SX Telecaster Thinline, great CHEAP tele clone test
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I read in several places about how good are SX guitars (extremely cheap Spain brand, made in China). As i’m curious… here my birthday gift, a iper cheap ASH (yes, it is real ash) Telecaster Thinline with 2 single coils. Screenshot are so good i’m suspecting it wont be as good in real… but i’m really really suprised about the wood and resonance. There was wire soldered by a blind man, and still some wood pieces into body (ah ah ah) but anything you can solve for free. The plan is to put serious pickup set in, but i’m quite impressed about how the stock pickup sounds so i wanna share this with others. Tuning is not great, but is really just out of box with new strings, so let’s see after a couple of hours… capo need work anyway. Tuners are cheap but are better than i think, like almost anything here. i’m IMPRESSED about how this guitar look and how this guitar play. Maybe with a Nocaster set or Twang King set…. 
Using the great Epiphone Blues Custom with a bit of reverb
@kolbpilot you’re very kind! thank you. it has decent pickup and quite decent hardware, but i’m going to change pickup soon. with some work on it sx guitars are good, much better than price can suggest. the only thing it should be well done it is the wood, al rest can be substituted or modded!
At 52, with 30 yrs of half assed trying, I will never approach your skill. I too, bought the standard SX Telecaster (instead of your ‘Thinline’) a couple of years ago. The guitar is plenty good for anyone, but can really be tweaked to a semi serious level if desired for it comes with quality basic major parts.
@psychkoala thank you!
You did a fine, fine job with this video.
@pagerena hi, don’t worry for english, mine is worst than you i’m form italy and use english just here
good buy. i use dimarzio 10-46 strings. my sx needed a lot of work for truss rod (strings should be with a low action on all neck) and for intonation in bridge saddlers. i had to sand a fret and the nut (i should change nut soon). my pickups are not hot, they’re quite weak (like a standard tele) you can put higher for more output but it really depends on your picking and your amps.
Hi, please excuse my bad English. I finally got a Thinline SX, I’m from Argentina and I am determined that my ThinLine sounds like yours (although your fingers make a big difference!) I’ve seen and reviewed all your videos and still I have a few questions.
1) What brand and gauge of strings did you put?
2) You say that fit the mast to fix the tuning? How? Send it to a luthier or did you?
3) My pickups do not sound so “hot” like yours. I would advise instead of putting it brings?. Thanks a lot
@KensY you need to setup the neck, setting the truss rod. both SX i got was awfully setup when arrived (ordered online), after a set up the neck was pleasant and fat and no problems with action
How about the action? I bought a strats copied of SX and the action troubling me to do string bending…
@SymoneJem si scordava perche aveva un capotasto da quattro soldi in plastichetta, ed essendo appena scartata non ci avevo ancora messo mano (ne lubrificanti). se ascolti altri video piu recenti dove la uso, ora tiene bene l’accordatura… e fra poco ci monterò anche un capotasto serio in tusq
cavolo , in effetti suonano bene… poi il fatto che si scordi rompe un po le palle , ma il suono è ok
@battonpending thank you!
You’re a great guitarist. Loved the Beatles Album chord you threw in @ 1:51.
I love the rondo guitars, except the fat necks…
I’ve played SG thin necks my whole life…
@battonpending thank you, i confused writing! corrected
The neck & bribge pickups would be in parallel not series.
Sounds fantastic. What amp did you use here?
Hi
Which is the scale of that guitar?
24 3/4″ or 25″?
Thanks!
i eard about, i own two
great guitar, but i never tried a tele in mahogany, i’m not so sure the specs of this wood is good for the classic telecaster tone. let me know how it play and maybe post some video
nice man!
im getting a cheap Tele as well, but its a mahogany bodied..
Bach guitars if you ever heard about them, will be awesome!
thank you
Very nice video.
@gerbilsaurusrex1 vey kind
@rafport You are an amazing player dude,well done!
ahahah no unfortunately i’ve to pay for buy one and neither a discount for me (luckily are cheap)
if someone at SX want me to do some video for them and wanna gift me something… 
(this guitar is a real deal anyway, not all sx are so good, this one need to be bought)
Best SX demo I’ve seen up until now !
Awesome playing and sound ! Are you endorsed by them by any chance?
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