Description
Review of the Glarry Cool Burning Fire Style Electric Guitar (Sunset)
This is a budget solid body electric with a flame-shaped body, an H-S-H pickup layout, a five-way selector and a tremolo bridge with a removable whammy bar. It is pitched at beginners who want a visually loud instrument and a small bundle of basics rather than a conventional Stratocaster or Les Paul silhouette.
The finish here is Sunset, and the fingerboard carries 24 frets with a decorative surface pattern.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- H-S-H with a five-way switch is a wide tonal range for the money. Humbuckers at both ends give thickness and noise rejection for gain, the middle single coil gives a thinner, glassier voice, and the in-between positions blend the two. Few instruments at this level offer that spread.
- Twenty-four frets. A full two octaves on every string, which matters if the player is heading toward lead work rather than open chords.
- Rosewood fingerboard. Dense enough to resist string wear and comfortable under bends, and a step up from the painted or composite boards common at this price.
- Tremolo with a removable arm. The bar unscrews, so it can simply be left out by a player who does not want it swinging around during rhythm work.
Cons
- The kit includes an amp cord but no amplifier. The bundle is listed as guitar, bag, strap, amp cord and tremolo arm. A cable without an amplifier produces no sound, so a practice amp or headphone amp is a required extra purchase, not an optional one.
- The wood fields contradict each other. Body and back are given as basswood, but Top Material is listed as Rosewood and Basswood. A solid body of this type does not have a rosewood top; rosewood belongs to the fingerboard field. Treat the body as basswood throughout.
- The neck is listed as basswood. Necks are normally maple or mahogany because they need stiffness to resist string pull. Basswood is soft. If the entry is accurate, the neck will need its relief watched more closely than usual; if it is another import error, the listing gives no way to tell.
- No weight, no dimensions and no scale length are published. None of those three fields is filled in, so there is no way to know whether this is a full 25.5 inch scale instrument or something shorter, and no way to judge how it will hang on a strap.
- No tuner and no spare strings in the box. Both are needed in the first week, and neither is supplied.
Detailed Product Description
The body is basswood cut into a flame outline. Basswood is light, soft and tonally even, which is why it dominates the budget electric market; it takes a thick gloss finish well and does not add much character of its own, leaving the pickups to do the work. The flame shape is the main selling point and also the main practical compromise, because an irregular outline sits less predictably on the leg than a contoured double cutaway.
The neck is described as basswood with a rosewood fingerboard carrying 24 frets and a patterned surface. Rosewood is the right choice for a fingerboard; it is open-pored, slightly grippy under the fingers, and takes years of use before string grooves appear.
Electronics are humbucker, single coil, humbucker with a five-way blade switch, one volume knob and one tone knob. That is a simple, serviceable circuit. Humbuckers use two coils wired to cancel hum, so the outer positions stay quiet under high gain; the middle single coil is brighter and thinner but picks up more mains hum.
The bridge is a tremolo system with a synchronised action and a screw-in bar, so pitch can be lowered and, depending on how the springs are set, raised. Strings are alloy steel.
What Comes with the Product
The listing states the package contains one flame-shaped electric guitar, one portable bag, one shoulder strap, one amp cord and one tremolo arm.
What is not included, and this list is longer than the included one: no amplifier, no tuner, no picks, no spare strings, no capo, no stand, no cleaning cloth and no lesson material. The presence of a cable with no amplifier to plug it into is the point worth checking before ordering. Budget for a small practice amplifier at the same time; amp wattage for home practice covers what size is actually needed indoors, and the beginner accessories list covers the rest.
Who It Suits
This suits a beginner or an early intermediate player who already owns an amplifier, wants a striking instrument, and values the tonal range of an H-S-H layout with 24 frets over conventional looks. It also works as a cheap second guitar kept in a different tuning.
It suits less well a complete beginner buying their only instrument, precisely because there is no amplifier and no tuner in the box. It also suits less well anyone who plays seated for long stretches, since an irregular body outline is harder to balance on the leg than a standard shape. Players who need published weight and scale figures before committing should look at a listing that supplies them.
How to Maintain
Keep the tremolo springs balanced against the string gauge. Changing to heavier strings without adding spring tension will tilt the bridge and raise the action across the whole neck.
Oil the rosewood fingerboard once or twice a year, when the wood looks dry and pale. Clean the strings after playing rather than only when they sound dead.
Watch the neck relief carefully in the first months, especially given the neck wood listed. Sight down the fingerboard from the headstock every few weeks; if the gap under a fretted string at the middle of the neck changes noticeably, the truss rod needs a small adjustment. Action and setup explains what to look for.
Tips and Recommendations
Block the tremolo flat against the body with an extra spring if tuning stability matters more than the whammy bar. Budget vintage-style bridges rarely return to pitch cleanly without that, and the arm can always be reinstated later.
Have the nut slots checked before blaming the tuners. On instruments in this bracket the nut is almost always the reason strings go sharp after a bend, because the slot pinches the string instead of letting it slide.
Product FAQ
Does it include an amplifier? No. The package lists an amp cord but no amplifier, so one has to be bought separately.
How many frets does it have? Twenty-four, according to the manufacturer description.
What is the scale length? The listing does not state it. The scale length field is empty, as are weight and dimensions.
Is the top really rosewood? No. Body and back are listed as basswood, and the rosewood entry in the top field conflicts with that. Rosewood is the fingerboard wood.
Similar bundles are grouped under beginner starter kits and electric guitars. Comparable instruments include the Glarry 39 inch beginner kit, the Ktaxon 39 inch H-H solid body and the Pyle heavy metal electric guitar kit.
