How is it this price?

What is the Sire S3 cheaper than the Sire S7. At first glance it's not that obvious but you will spot the Sire S7 has locking tuners while the Sire S3 has standard tuners, the Sire S7 has a roasted maple neck while the Sire S3 has a rosewood fretboard and maple neck, the Sire S7 has abalone dot inlays while the Sire S3 has ivory inlays, and the Sire S7 has better pickups and fancy wiring while the Sire S3 uses cheaper components all round with regard to electronics.

The Sire S3 is only £370 and has an alder body, bone nut, 22 fret and a 9.5" fretboard radius. It looks as though it has the same 2 post tremolo that comes on the Sire S7 and it feels amazing to play. It's a great weight and the satin back of the neck is lovely.

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[theponyneverstops]

Listening back to this, the S3 sounds amazing on the bridge with the extra distortion 🤘 Sire guitars are just incredible!

[cinemashai]

Played both. The neck on the s7 is wonderful. The s3 neck is great but not somthing that stands out.
I bought the s3 eventually. You cant beat that price. Perfect

[YouTubeHandlesAreMoronic]

Clean, I prefer the cheap one. The Green one sounds weak and thin.

[HumbleHeartMinistry]

Got the s3 a couple days ago. It is a great playing guitar. Neck feels good, and sounds pretty good out of the box, stays in tune very well. However, the frets all were very sharp and every fret bottom and top needed filed, and polished. The setup wasn’t perfect, but not bad. Definitely needed a good setup. But other than that it is well worth the $399.00 price! What I didn’t expect was the weight! This guitar is much heavier than the American strat I used to have a few years back! Not that it’s a big deal, just thought it would be much lighter than it is. I would compare the weight to the Gibson Les Paul Deluxe I had in the 80’s. But please don’t get me wrong, I really like the guitar! A good setup, and maybe down the road some new pickups, and the guitar rocks!

[devinsinderwitcz]

I'd pay the extra money for the S7 simply because of the roasted maple neck. Soooo smooth. Both are quality products at an ultra-affordable price.

[leonyetman]

I like the warmer sound of the cheaper guitar

[D--Tone]

Oh yeah OD covers up the difference in sounding pretty much, second hand market equalizes the difference I have seen a lot of S7 on FB in the region of 250 GBP then there is no question which one you would go for. Great video, thx

[markhumphreys]

I bought your old S7 from Andertons - I checked the markings against it. Thank you for sending it back!

[SisterRose]

I love the feels and looks of the Sire guitars but I wish they'd reach out to different pickup and body shapes more.

[frossbog]

S7 for a more funky Hendrix/Clapton type tone. S3 for more of a Gilmour/Eric Johnson type of tone.

[guitarlady]

I think he's wrong about the green one being better, The S3 sounds alot nicer.❤🎸👍.

[mjthethird]

In this video the s3 sounds way warmer and better and ceramic right?

[MaiMusicph]

Why this s7 is too bright? 🤔 My s7 CGM sounds warmer than that.

[mikec]

Too much treble on both for me.
Ice pick sounds.
Probably the amp settings

[zenseek]

Actually the S3 has a mahogany body not alder.

[zlobert]

I wonder can it play metal on the overdrive

[chucknuqui]

Does this guitars have thick neck?
How does it compare to a classic vibe?

[Bridging_the_Political_Divide]

I have the same guitar, ridiculous guitar for pennies. 👍

[jmflores]

s7 is alder body, while the s3 is mahogany

[monmixer]

The bridge saddles are cheap in the S3. No big deal though. You can by stainless steel fender saddles for 30 bux. I would change the tuners on the S-3 if I buy one but need to find some one that sells them Those tuners are staggered in height on the Sire to eliminate the string tree. Might be hard to find unless Sire would allow you to buy from them. They might want way to much money for them. So the diferences are locking tuners, cheaper bridge saddles and roasted maple neck. Obviously the pick ups are of lesser quality but most of the reviews I had seen said they were in fact hotter than the ones in the S7. They sound ok to me.