Are Cheap Guitars Worth It? Durability Test 3 Years On! Orangewood Oliver vs. Oliver Jr.

🎸► Do Budget Guitars Have a Short Life? The 3-Year Verdict!
Orangewood Oliver & Oliver Jr.

In this video, I'll be doing a follow up review with the Orangewood Oliver & Oliver Jr after 3 years of playing. These 2 entry level guitar's remain Orangewood's top sellers for a reason. Many believe that a guitar's price reflects its musical quality and whilst that’s true to an extent, many beginner guitars today offer excellent playability and sound. Here's hoping that Orangewood start shipping outside of North America soon!

00:00 INTRO
01:41 OLIVER VS. OLIVER JR DEMO
04:14 MY THOUGHTS ON BOTH GUITARS
04:56 GUITAR SPECS OVERVIEW
06:24 HOW TO THEY HOLD UP OVER TIME?
07:23 BASIC GUITAR CARE TIPS

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[PooDotStinkPants]

Hello Mr Tran, first of all we just want to say from one Aussie to another, you are *by far* the best guitar tutor on YouTube. We realise you get a huge number of requests to do tutorials for songs people want to learn and are hoping we may be able to slip another one in. Based on your uploads, chances are you might like this one as we have similar tastes in music So...pretty please would you be able to do a lesson on Australian artist Merril Bainbridge's song "Under the Water"? Sorry it may not get the views as it is a highly underrated song but it was a hit back in the day. Moreover, you would literally be the only channel to upload a tutorial for this song and we cannot work out the finger picking pattern. Thank you for all the hard work and effort you put into your content, it is very much appreciated.

[hervicpaulpillos]

Picked up the Oliver JR in 2020 for $170 because I wanted something I can carry on my road trips, fell in love with it. This year I bought the Oliver Mahogany natural burst for $197, best purchase I ever made! Slap some EB earthwood medium light for a perfect combination… 🍊 🎸

[stevenspringer]

Thank you VERY much for this 'recent' review as I have a Jr coming next week ($135) and most of the videos I found were years old.

[paullavallee]

I wish they had affordable well made guitars like that when I started playing

[TheSongScope]

A new model that was recently released was the all-mahogany Guild OM-320! It sounds great and would love to see a comparison of it versus the Orangewood models

[paulventura]

Excellent video. Your assessment of these two guitars is both clear and comprehensive. You come across as very trustworthy in your evaluation. I play Taylors but have been considering Orangewood as a daily practice instrument and you have been helpful in my own decision making. All of your videos are well-worth viewing. That's why I subscribe.

[scottrafferty]

Orangewood, Harley Benton, and a few other brands are awesome guitars for the money. And if you take them to a shop and do just a tiny bit of adjustments, they can sound awesome.

[stavros]

No shipping to Australia....Damn i really want one!

[mohajurvaibhav]

Can you teach us how to play to build a home?
Please :)

[Carrmistr]

Excellent video! thinking about purchasing this brand.

[gixjnzs]

Great video keep up the good work. 👍👍 I purchased both already love them

[dannycolwell]

200-300 for 3 years is a much better investment than 1000-3000 for something you pick up and lose the spark for within a year

[loveMusic]

The jr doesn't handle the low E very well but probably great for single note playing.

[SangayDukpa-fimj]

Hey there i am a singer with a loud and raspy voice . I was thinking of buying an acoustic guitar. I wanted to buy this olive Mahogany but i have a question and the question is that, since i am singer with raspy and loud voice and i like playing both fingerpicking and strumming which guitar would suit me the best.

[SoMoMule]

Just ordered the Jr., marked down to $157 + free accessory kit. Couldn't pass it up for my first acoustic. Great follow up review as well as the head-to-head review with the Taylor and the Martin mini's.

[MightyMoud]

Where do you buy those in Australia? I can’t find them!

[matthewlieurance]

Can you make a guitar tutorial for the song “rain” by creed 🙏🙏🙏

[TiaraBoudreaux]

please do a tutorial for burning house by cam

[timothycharlesellis]

I have relatively expensive Taylors and Ernie Balls but the guitars l play on every day are a $100 Epiphone acoustic and a Squire Strat.

[OkinawanPride]

Would you ever consider doing a review on the Enya NEXG-2? Been in the market for a silent guitar but having that extra function with the speaker would be nice.