Gibson Wasn't At Coachella... But They Do Have a Gene Simmons Bass!! 🙄 || ASKgufish

[@agufish]

I think I should also point out I noticed the same thing about Coachella being conspicuously Gibson-less before seeing Rhett Shull’s video. It doesn’t mean Gibson is in trouble (there weren’t any Harley Bentons at Coachella either lol). Just something interesting that I thought would be interesting to talk about. Anyways, grading rubric for the gear demos to give a score out of 100? Let me now what you think! ➤ Massive thanks to DistroKid for sponsoring today's video! » Get your music on Spotify and snag a bonus 7% off! distrokid.com/vip/agufish

[@riblet1000]

Excellent idea. Scoring 10 categories would help out similar priced guitars into perspective. Maybe consider one category simply as "the 'it' factor."

[@ciggy_]

I dig the idea of ranking, especially the different categories, I say use categories, possibly with numbers, but I think trying to make those into an all encompassing end score is hard, then you will probably have a lot of “how is X guitar a 7 when Y guitar is 10” kinda comments

[@TrickyPickins]

The Grading Rubric sounds like a great idea! I'm all for it. I also want dedicated sound sample sections to come back, but that's another thing all together.

[@poesybeat]

Instead of a Doug Score, a Hunter Score. DeMuro’s been pretty successful with that approach. I appreciate demos where the KZbinr gives a very specific recommendation (“I’d buy this” or “4 out of 5” etc) rather than just, “yeah, so let me know what you guys think.” Would love to see you implement that.

[@michaelcosta7235]

Do the rubric. I understand your apprehensions, but most of us are wise enough to understand your grading will account for your tastes and use your review as guidance, not an all out endorsement and fully objective take. Scores help us to understand how strongly you feel in a direction. Have objective and subjective categories. Materials, Quality, Value, Variety of Optional Features can be objective enough, Tone, Feel, Aesthetics can be your subjectives.

[@killroy123]

Fender spends most of its time trying to get guitars into the hands of people (good basic range, modeling amps like the micro which are plug and instant play, fender play to get people to practice) while Gibson spends its time saying, "Hey remember the 60s, 70,s and 80s when we were young and this music was playing? Those were the days. That'll be 3000 bucks please."

[@rocktorrocks]

If you look at what goes into making a Gibson, set neck, binding, carved flame tops, they’re pretty fairly priced compared to Fenders which are flat out cheaper to manufacture. And you can still grab used Les Paul studio and Tribute models for well under a grand. In fact a brand new USA made SG raven is $1100, yet some Mexican made player strats in limited colors sell for $1050. And this doesn’t even include Epiphones which are making fantastic guitars in the new line up and selling for LESS than what a player series Fender costs despite being similar in quality. This is just people making an excuse to hate on Gibson. If anyone thinks they’re overpriced then don’t buy it. Why even waste energy complaining about it.

[@mcshootydotjpeg]

That's also because Fender has a decent "modern" collection. Gibson players buy for the "historic" specs. Sure some Fender players do too, but Fender gives you the choice while Gibson exclusively does modern stuff under Epiphone. If the Prophecy series for example had the exact same specs but was released under the Gibson name it would be a hit among new players if you ask me.

[@rocktorrocks]

@@mcshootydotjpeg I wouldn’t mind seeing the Prophecy series in Gibson’s line up. Actually it would be pretty cool but I think I’m in the minority in liking that. I do think separating their lineup into a “modern” and “original” collection was a nice start though. The Les Paul Classic with faster slimmer neck and special wiring options or the Les Paul Modern and the Les Paul Axcess models with the heal carve are a step in the right direction in that regard. So they are at least trying to offer more modern guitars.

[@IamQuh]

@@mcshootydotjpeg Fender is just smarter with their branding and pricing strategy. People don't feel an Epiphone is a Gibson but a MIM Fender is a "real" Fender.

[@killroy123]

​@@mcshootydotjpeg Agree too with this. Fender has its historics but its not obsessed with it on the level Gibson is. Look at Fender on youtube vs Gibson. Fender has does talk about its historic spec'd custom shop versions sometimes but theres so much else happening beyond what they've always done. Lots of Gibson's content is squarely focused on historic players and historic instruments. Its also really easy to actually get a Fender. People can start with a Squier for not too much. When the person is ready, making that jump to the actual name brand Guitar (Fender Player) isn't that hard tbh. You're looking at roughly 850 to make the plunge up to the name brand. Contrast that with an Epiphone vs Gibson. You can find some pretty inexpensive epis but to jump to Gibson is way higher (from 200 to 1200!). An upgrade to a Gibson SG just way too expensive until a few years pass and even then you still wonder if you need to pay that much.

[@wolfsguitarden740]

A scoring system isn't a bad idea

[@ScreaminT81]

EMOOOOOOTIONAL DAAAAAMAGE!!!! 🤣🤣🤣 lefty’s need more fiddles and yes get an MR demo.

[@drew2dee2]

"and with a name like fireball, they better bring the heat!" never change agu

[@Uncle1bob]

I got both the modern and the beratone. They are sitting in my place till I get home!

[@mcshootydotjpeg]

Thanks for actually giving a shit about us lefties, Hunter. Love the new MR series.

[@fingersmike]

The MR baritone should have been black IMO

[@fifteen.8029]

Bros making a Doug score for guitar

[@matejmikulcic9254]

I like this new upload schedule

[@wildeasage]

Loving the MR line. I'd love to see some old Montgomery Ward-style stuff, too. Also, Epiphone Wilshire is one of the coolest body shapes ever! (IMO). I'd love to see HB's take on it.

[@juanmacaceres2702]

The AguScore

[@damianhannon1581]

I took the chance to say this on the Shull video the other day, about why Gibson isnt as "popular" anymore (edit - I use "popular" in inverted comments as this is a term I hear people say - they clearly are popular - so I'll spell it out a bit more - that they are not as popular with younger more diverse demographics) - this is exactly the point I've been saying for a long time. Compare to Ibanez especially, but Fender - they have a young (and old) diverse mix of feature and signature artists. Gibson, 3 of the big name releases they are having or had recently (or announced) - Slash (great guitarist, probably not as relevant to young guitarists), Dave Mustaine and Gene Simmons ... I mean are we surprised to see younger bands / new players gravitate more towards the brands that actually market and target them?! If Gibson want to inspire young and up and coming guitarists, they need to relate to them as best they can. Find big instagram and youtube creators that pump content out that would have their product on display (like Ibanez do), do lots of videos promoting their products on their channel with plenty of diverse representation that appeals to everyone. The joke is that they are the boomer brand, but when you compare to what the other companies are doing around them, they are hardly making a move to be caught up with the current 2022 world. Its just so odd to me. But then again its Gibson, so maybe I shouldnt be surprised. edit - I didnt write that out very well - so I do want to be clearer. Are we surprised that we dont see Gibsons on younger more diverse artists? They clearly market more towards an older demographic - some of their new releases are Slash, Mustaine and Simmons - and feature people like Tom Petty. They have a couple of younger artists, but in fairness, while I think Marcus King is a beast of a player, he's hardly this massive super star that is drawing a new dawn on Gibson, he's targetting more towards that country rock Nashville demographic (that is a horrible way of saying it, its late and I am tired, apolagies - hopefully it gets the point across!). Compared to a Fender and Ibanez (they are NOT the only ones, but they are the ones I see the most ads / demos etc for) generally are a bit more young, diverse and target those groups on things like instagram. To me is not surprising - it hasnt been way before cochella and shulls video. My comment was more meant as literally that "are we surprised we dont see it at the young hip concert?!?" not "oh this clearly means Gibson is dying. Again I dont think Gibson is dying, they are clearly fine. Just dont be shocked that people say stuff like this when they announce new signature artists like Mustane or Simmons!!!!

[@michaelcosta7235]

Rhett's video was stupid. Its like calling Fender dead because you went to a metal festival and saw none.

[@USSLIBERTYREMEMBERER]

Michael Costa The last 5 335s i’ve seen have all been ibanez. Gibson’s actually fucked dude lmao

[@michaelcosta7235]

@@USSLIBERTYREMEMBERER you live in a fantasy world. Gibsons are on massive preorder status because the demand is higher than the supply.

[@manfredmar]

@@michaelcosta7235 thats pretty much every major brand though, the production has been super slow these past couple of years. The wait time on more high end guitars is almost always gonna be ~2 years

[@michaelcosta7235]

@@manfredmar and? You can't call a company who sells out of 10,000.00 per guitar runs in under an hour in trouble. The fact is simple, Gibson doesn't need to worry about the Coachella type. Join any Gibson Les Paul group, thousands and thousands and thousands of consumers, multiple NGD posts per day. Gibson is not in trouble, its just the same old rhetoric from people who aren't even potential customers. There are many people, myself included, buying multiple Gibsons, new, every year. I looked at the Coachella lineup, never heard of most those artists, they aren't on the radar for Gibsons target market and that's fine, they don't have to be, many others like those artists. The point is its a piss poor litmus test.

[@MetalLeo30]

Discord and YT notif at the same time today

[@Andrew_182]

The MRs are cool and something different. I’d personally love another color option for the baritone though as I’m not really a fan of a lot of the more traditional bursts (clown burst, tobacco burst etc). I feel like it would make a lot of sense on the modern lol.

[@patricklosiniecki8503]

I played the Meteora at Sweetwater a few weeks ago and I LOVED it. I'm more of a bass player, so I really wanna try that one too. If it's half as good as the guitar I'm sold.

[@shanedeel2]

The silver burst looks great

[@patricklosiniecki8503]

@@shanedeel2 so good. I almost feel obligated to get the sunburst, though. Ya know...Fender stuff.

[@shanedeel2]

@@patricklosiniecki8503 I seen the sunburst in person and I loved it. It was a real good looking piece of wood underneath.

[@shanedeel2]

I haven’t seen a silver burst yet but i definitely like the maple fingerboard.

[@patricklosiniecki8503]

@@shanedeel2 I always love the look of maple necks. The one I played at Sweetwater was a Sunburst. Definitely love the look. On a bigger bass bodies, it's gonna look great. Especially with black hardware.

[@wiebertjeen]

It's so annoying that the new Harley Benton classics don't have a tremolo, P90 guitars with a tremolo are frequently hard to find and the classic mosrite had such a distinct tremolo system.

[@bigbo1764]

Squire is the main marketing ploy of fender; people play squires and get used to playing fender-style guitars, so their go-to upgrade is a fender rather than another brand. All for good reason too, the squire models have been absolutely killing it recently; if fender managed to make an LTD 1000 series style lineup, I’m pretty sure it’d make waves.

[@fredriksvard2603]

Isnt player plus pretty similar to ltd 1000

[@bigbo1764]

@@fredriksvard2603 kind of, similar price point, my main issue with fender is that their lineup has little diversity; I don’t own a fender because of their refusing to spec stainless steel frets on mid-range guitars, or the fact that they only use in-house pickups rather than some Seymour Duncans, fishmans, or EMGs in a few guitars. I see how they appeal to the classical player, but in disappointed that I’ll never really own a strat due to the simple fact that fender doesn’t have a decent mid-range lineup.

[@fredriksvard2603]

@@bigbo1764 isnt the player plus what youre looking for? Maybe still too vintage. But yeah its just not their thing, similar to gretsch. I went looking for a guitar for more clean mellow tones, postrock or ambient. The fender performers just sounded beautiful with very little effects etc. Couldnt get the same sound and feel out of any other guitars in the stores here, they all sounded like clinical platforms for toneshaping through amps and fx. Its kind of the similar thing in the camera world, some cameras and lenses have character straight out of camera. People convert vintage lenses to get away from digital perfection, kinda same thing with vintage guitars...

[@adamguthrie7063]

I appreciate the lefty love!

[@TrickyPickins]

Those HB Moserites giving me those early Kurt Cobain vibes.

[@smeemusic]

The bridge on that G2 bass is pretty sick. Never seen it before. The bass also screams KISS but the colors you see on their stage are still very popular. So it makes sense to make a line of instruments based on their image.

[@donttalktome4696]

I feel like people "age" into Gibson. As I get older I tend to appreciate them more. Same with teles for a lot of people.

[@damianhannon1581]

Thats quite interesting. I was down in Denmark street a couple of weeks ago testing out a couple of guitars - I am actually getting out of my LP custom - played through a gorgeous Fender Vibrolux, but thats another thing ... But had a very good chat with guy there, and we both were similiar age (late 30s, early 40s) and we were talking about our love for single coils and the Fender designs (I have a hold over from Gibson, prefer shorter scales, so Cyclones and Mustangs for me) - and he was saying he thought people gravitated towards single coils later. Like growing up - when I got into guitar in my very late teens - man the les paul was the one for me. Ironically enough somewhat inspired by the likes of Slash (though I prefer solid colours, so the customs and the gold tops were my thing). Like I said in another comment, I think maybe its cyclical - Gibsons will be cool and trendy again in a few years. Hell maybe a "new" brand takes the spot at the top for a while!

[@MrDussek]

hmm I disagree. I’m 20 and I have an 08 les paul traditional gold top and play all the blues rock to modern trap metal I can. I think the problem with gibson is their exclusivity to only catering to the older generations of music and not really endorsing any new gen z artists or so. They don’t really promote or motivate newer younger players to playing their brand

[@damianhannon1581]

​@@MrDussek are you disagreeing with people aging into Gibsons? If so thats an interesting point. There are obviously going to be exceptions that prove the rule - not every gibson owner is a boomer dentist or doctor lol. There are going to be people like yourself that are younger picking up nice Gibsons (after all - they are undeniably great guitars) - then there are also older guys like myself leaving Gibson! But by at large these are probably the exceptions that prove the rule (after all, its all subjective taste). I dont want to keep going on ad nauseum about this - but its plain to see that Gibson doesnt target certain demographics (young and diverse) - just glance at Gibson and Fenders youtube channel and there is a noticable difference - and even more so looking at the artist gallery. I mean again, Gene Simmons is getting a signature bass in 2022 - he was on his way out mainstream pop culture when I was a kid. For me its just a interesting discussion, largely because so many people seemed surprised that Gibson isnt AS popular as they thought it was with younger generations. Like of course they still sell and people are invested in their brand, but you are shocked that 15-25 year olds arent (overall - I am sure there are some that are over the moon) getting excited over Dave Mustaine singature guitar!?

[@michaelcosta7235]

You all just pissed Gibson was so ahead of the game by making their guitars so easy to convert to headless.

[@matt6288joyce]

I absolutely love the MR baritone, looks amazing

[@k.l.graham5860]

As a lefty I play "right handed" guitars, and find it weird that it's so uncommon to use your dominant hand on the fret board. It probably comes from finger picking in the olden days of the lute and such. ...but I'm surprised right handers have never questioned this.

[@brownsfanlarry1340]

I don't give a shit about the newer styles of music! I WILL ALWAYS LOVE MY LES PAULS!

[@benallmark9671]

I hear ya , 70’s through the 90’s are where it’s at if you like rock n roll.

[@carwynvan]

Would love to see fender do a Noventa Meteora, that shape is awesome but I'm a sucker for p90s

[@rivalmindss]

i wish there were more slections of pickguards for those MR guitars. A black one with a red tort pickguard, or a sunburst with a black pickguard and even a blue or red with a white pearloid would be gorgeous

[@CSFiction-]

The grading system is kind of a damned if you do, damned if you don't kind of thing. As you mentioned, not having it can lead you to repeating yourself and maybe lacks some context for what the baseline is (how good is "good" and how bad is "bad"). But a numbered grading system will bring focus onto itself and many people will get stuck on it rather than what you are saying. I think of game and movie reviews where the reviewer will say things like "It has some issues, but it's super enjoyable and well worth picking up" but the takeaway people will have is "you gave it a 5/10 that means it sucks avoid it like the plague"

[@damienalvarez2957]

Kind of want to pick one of those MRs up, being a huge Johnny Ramone fan. On another note, I find it rich that Gene Simmons said rock is dead, yet now has a Gibson collaboration to make... rock instruments spec’d for modern guitarists. So... is rock dead or not? I like KISS, but Simmons’s offstage antics have always made me roll my eyes.

[@johnkoch9315]

Anybody know if a ST style neck would fit on the MR guitars?

[@vickysquires972]

Love the rating idea - go for it 😎

[@jacktowers7533]

I’m left handed and plan on buying a right handed mosrite shape and converted then converting it to left handed cuz I actually like the style in a reverse configuration Don’t worry years of wood work will make this a weekend job

[@jeremyobriant7266]

DistroKid is great. I'm a nobody but it's nice to be able to put my music on all the different sites to share and easily use on social media. As soon as Fender or Squier releases a sub-$600 Meteora, I'm on it. The Silverburst with the tremolo is sick but I wouldn't play it enough to warrant the price. 🤣 Orange is the greatest amp company in the world. Even though I've moved more toward using amp sims and my Line 6 Helix, I still have two Orange amps and I can't say I won't buy more. 🧡

[@clifisboring]

I need a mr baritone demo RIGHT NOW!

[@kaiju4914]

Love your vids man your demo was the reason I bought a solo ii custom

[@MoorxCo]

pretty cool to have a baritone in the MR series! but what about a baritone single cut? 😉

[@mickb5854]

I like the idea of a rubric, but I totally understand why it can be hard to quantify certain things that a lot of people think are subjective. Also, ratings can change as technology gets better and the meta changes so it can be hard to keep a rating relevant. Maybe trying to make it interesting in some way? Like, a numeric score but then also a funny segment of what the kind of person who would like the guitar would wear or what kind of food they would like? Makes me think of Revzilla’s scale for difficulty being scaled by beard length (more difficult the job, the longer the beard.) I like your channel because it doesn’t feel super review-y so keeping some of that personality would interest me way more than some number out of 100 or such.

[@Conar.]

King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard played some wicked Gibsons at Coachella

[@once-and-future]

I dig the vibe (a bassist I played with had a Mosrite bass) - and getting more of that cool design out there. To be honest - if I went Mosrite-ish I'd go Eastwood Sidejack, but the HB looks like a nice option at a little more budget point.

[@benallmark9671]

I’m not against a Pau Ferro fretboard but IMO Fender should darken them up some how before they leave the factory. I know dam well they can figure out a way and I really think it would pay off.

[@rayalmeida9424]

right!!! those super light fretboards on the player series in particular really put me off

[@Barry101er]

Coachella 2022: Harry Style’s guitarist Mitch Rowland had a gold top with a Bigsby-stood out a bit!

[@IJIIKY9192]

I get the Gibson hate, then I forget all about it once I plug my LP in. 2003 LP Standard I got a hell of a deal on and it practically plays itself. Great thing about guitars is there's something for everyone. Whatever you play, just enjoy it

[@10INCHCRUSHER]

Amen Brother.

[@WilliamSmith-yn6yg]

HB surfcaster - SS, HS and HSS. Solid and semi hollow options 🙏

[@ZL1LoVeR]

Pausing to say I love the grading scale idea

[@eparock]

personally i would love a hb version of the billybo... an aluminum neck sounds very cold to the touch and probably the sound as well.

[@steveduran1664]

One of my high school teachers was a friend of Simi mosley and has one one off guitar hand-built by them, and that same man was my now boss's father. My boss is friend's with Mike mosley. I seriously hope Harley benton actually asked to use the design, though I don't play mosrites they very much hold a special place in my heart that it would upset me to hear they got ripped off.

[@matthewbailey1126]

Not a Gibson fan but honestly I wouldn’t use Coachella as a benchmark to measure guitar sales success. Gibson giving Gene Simmons is cringe tho.

[@agufish]

I don’t think it’s a good metric for guitar sales either (Gibson is dominating because they’re great at capturing people that have disposable income), but I think it is indicative that they are not “cool” amongst young musicians. It’s just one festival, but it’s a big one for pop music. Even in the rock and metal scene, I had really time thinking of Gibson players in younger bands when talking about potential signature Epiphone Prophecies lol.

[@matthewbailey1126]

@@agufish count me in that group. I am a middle aged millennial. If I’m going to drop 3K+ on a guitar it’s going to PRS or something else. IMO PRS probably sits in a lot of the same space as Gibson used to in the metal and rock community

[@rocktorrocks]

@@agufish There are younger guys like Marcus King and Jared James Nichols representing the Gibson brand quite well I think. Not to mention the many younger youtubers like us. I’m a millennial and Gibson is my go to brand, before that when I was younger and on a smaller budget it was Epiphone. I love Fender too of course, but if I had to pick one brand to stick to, it’s Gibson. Maybe I’m an anomaly.

[@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t]

@@rocktorrocks Gibson has more artist models for dead people than under 40's.

[@rocktorrocks]

@@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t Considering how far back Gibson’s history goes, that makes sense and would be expected. Many, if not most of their artists from the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and even 90’s are either aged or passed away, that happens to any company with time. Even if Gibson got more new big artists from the last 20 years to play a Gibson, the total number of these new artists would still be quite small relative to the total number of notable Gibson players (from the 50’s through 90’s) that preceded them as 50 years is a lot more time than 20. Not saying they shouldn’t try to get young new talent in, that’s good for any brand and in the 80’s it was Slash that helped rescue Gibson. But I don’t think Gibson is lacking that much in new artists or popularity relative to other brands and they do have a strong legacy they can rely on.

[@mariamendonca7885]

dude. is that an indio offset in the very strt of the vid? I grabbed 1 as a cheapo tester too n it's literally my fave couch guitar these days. All aside that it doesn't even sound all too bad, the fret work wasn't the worst I've seen, was a couple sorta sharp corners on a few I got rid of quick n easy, but as my 1st offset shaped guit I was just so surprised at how comfy it is to hold between the legs in a classical style sitting down anywhere and how accessible the makes the entirety of the neck when it's more vertically aligned with my body. You can play it without a thumb behind the neck all day long it's so close and accessible. Considering it's I think the cheapest thing I've tested to date it's really sooooo much more than worth it for having at the couch to grab quickly n conveniently whenever I wanna play during commercials or play along to a vid or something for fun now that there's a good vid chan like stingray loud in the world finally. It's really great for the price of a toy frankly. I got a strat style guit I grabbed a couple years back with a coil split on the humbucker also I was thinking of swapping the pickups with but I might just grab a push pull pot n just slter whats already there. Hell for what it cost so far maybe just grab a really nice humbucker for it too with a couple singles n just upgrade the whole rig altogether. My bad on some meteora chatter, I had noticed it not liong ago but was confusing it's scale length with another model I had seen. Another good vid bud, keep up the great work.

[@okayestguitar66]

I dislike silver rim-bursts, but the teardrop shape does not work well (now that I think about it, never seen it) on a Fender... But it's a cool guitfiddle shape. Thanks.

[@willesposito9165]

The emotional damage clip caught me so off guard 😂😂😂

[@karengayle9331]

Gun, motorcycle and car reviews are a large part number laden. It is great for comparison .

[@NeoRichardBlake]

As someone with multiple teachers in the family, I'll never say a rubric is a bad idea. 😜

[@yetimatzenightcat8702]

😄👍

[@jla7023]

I like the scoring system. I'm assuming single cuts get a bonus point in the style category? lol

[@Paul_Lenard_Ewing]

Artec P.U.'s cover all the bases from budget basic to doing OLP for companies like Duncan. It was a good idea to make these because copies over the years have been mainly junk. There were never a great deal of the originals so they are as rare as a '59 LP. Add to that the original build was pretty good but not better than I expect a HB CMC made guitar. In short the only point in owning an original is for a cool wall hanger.

[@Derpis03]

LESS FUCKIN GOOO IM SO HYPRD FOR THAT MOSRITE BROOO

[@davidpaul6656]

I find it amusing that Gibson released a Gene Simmons Thunderbird bass. Ya know, because he played one his whole career 😏 It's like when they released the Slash Firebird 🤦Come on Gibson, why not a Ripper model?

[@chrollo0427]

i want a new jazzmaster from HB and a jag style hb

[@thenoobshotu]

Might be worth trying something similar to sports stats where even if everything is ranked out of 10, a 9 in category a isn't worth as much as a 9 in category b. Not sure how that would work exactly, but that's why this isn't my job 😂

[@andrewhudson7108]

I think along with the price and artists, Fender simply has more variety than Gibson. If I were to play just Fender, I’d have a huge variety in terms of the styles and sounds I want to get out of them. While Gibsons guitars have incredible tones and quality, it’s a very specific tone nonetheless. I think they need to put out classics like the Firebird VII or Steve Clark’s triple humbucker Les Paul with tremolo without charging up the wazoo for it. As well as experiment more like they did in the early eighties with their P90 Explorer or super strat. But for now while I’d love to one day play a Gibson, I don’t see them ever being my main axes.

[@poopoo-qz7sw]

Harley benton should do their take on the hydra

[@COBHC8890]

*********** JIM ROOT signature Meteora!!!!!! Calling it now!!!!!!!!!!

[@codyburgess7034]

I smashed the F out of that like button!

[@patriknessboLemoran]

What are these new harleybenton EX- amarok series !?!??!

[@KakuraZenom]

Demo on the baritone P90 hell yeah

[@jacobbockover1628]

Grading is fine though i care alot more about function than finish but whatever. I would like to try a mosrite my dad worked at the factory in bakersfield ca. Along time ago. I still use picks left over from them.

[@yetimatzenightcat8702]

My Harley Bentons are my absolute favorite guitars. Very good quality instruments at an unbeatable price 🤷‍♂️

[@thatcookingfuntime1722]

I'd love a harley benton take on the SG-X. Silver would be dope but the beach series colors would really sell

[@musamkhan]

Hey dude. I had a request for your grading system. Can you give 2 scores for budget guitars. 1 score that is price range specific and one is a general score against all guitars? I have fallen into the trap of reviewers singing praises about budget guitars only to find myself somewhat disappointed. A realistic expectation would really help!

[@Richtone85]

Depending on what 10 categories he goes with the initial list would give you a realistic expectation as Tuning Stability and rating the clean, crunch, distorted sounds are on there.

[@musamkhan]

@@Richtone85 i 100% agree. This isnt a specific point for this channel. I think hunter does a great job in explaining the pros and cons. But sometimes i just want to know how an instrument competes in its own price range. For example; at roughly the 1000$ range you can get a ltd ec 1000 or a mid tier ibanez. In my opinion the fit and finish of the ec1000 is slightly higher (personal opinion). But i totally get what you mean

[@Andrew_182]

Probably been inundated by now, but it looks like Cort bought Digitech/DOD and looks to have plans to continue the brand. Good news imo.

[@sb632]

So what are your thoughts on the newly announced Reaper Custom from Schecter?

[@brandonshortt1770]

I really really don't get how your fan base doesn't get thst you have a hand in hsrley benton 🤣 you're never ever shy about it ever, you don't hide any of that which is absolutely the thing I respect the most about you but somehow people ask you questions about the brand as if you don't know anything about them lol

[@stormbringer1876]

@Agufish Guilty Pleasure? Glarry GIB 5 string with a Kickass Bridge... So Cool!

[@AnotherTwoSteps]

Haircut is great man .

[@chris_2714]

I'm a middle aged "boomer" who can afford a Gibson if I want but wouldn't bother. Their QC game is still off and at the prices they charge, it's unacceptable. Nothing to do with who plays what, rather what I'm getting for my money. At that price range, you're damn right I'm looking for high quality. Fender, PRS, MM and smaller brands like Suhr, LSL are all better options in my book.

[@yetimatzenightcat8702]

Fender has exactly the same problems as Gibson. 2 weeks ago I got a brand new "EVH striped series" made in mexico by fender for 899 € unfortunately it is industrially manufactured mass-produced goods of inferior quality at inflated prices. 🤷‍♂️ I'm done with Fender

[@chris_2714]

@@yetimatzenightcat8702 that's the thing though, that guitar may have some QC issues but it's a third of the cost of a Gibson. If you're paying $3k+ the QC better be damn well perfect.

[@RevGerryRM]

Love the new models

[@nicosonic]

I have a MR modern it's great but the pickups squeal with my EVH 5150 high gain channel, and they have put 2 tones knobs which kinda sucks. also the trem does not really stay in tune.

[@corvus5782]

I love my Danelectro 64XT. Doesn't have the carve, though.

[@AJbassist]

if u like thunderbird bass, look , you should check out the PHX esp ltd

[@rocktorrocks]

Gonna rant a bit but I think this whole Coachella thing is WAY OVERBLOWN. Plenty of “younger” generations of guitarists including myself love Gibsons, especially blues, hard rock and metal players who like humbuckers. Coachella seems to be predominantly trendy mainstream pop acts anyways, most of their artists (and their fans) barely play guitar or don’t play guitar at all (e.g Billie Eilish). I doubt their fans are interested in buying Fenders or Gibsons and many of the Coachella guitarists are playing indie, a genre where Gibsons aren’t popular to begin with. It’s like going to a country music festival, seeing tons of teles and saying teles have taken over the world and other guitars are out. Broad generalizations on such a small and specific sample size is nonsense. We didn’t see tons of Ibanez or PRS at Coachella either, why single out Gibson. Many younger popular guys in blues and rock like Jared James Nichols do play Gibsons. Also between lower end and second hand Gibsons like the Les Paul tribute and the stellar Epiphones being made now, Les Pauls, SGs and other classic Gibson designs are quite accessible and similar to Fender player series price wise. And many of these “young” artists will prob end up getting Gibsons when they’re older anyways. Offset Fenders are trendy now too but these are all phases which come and go. And Fender is like Toyota, it’s reliable, well known, easily available, and basic. But Gibson, like Mercedes and Porsche is still doing fine. Just caters to a different customer base. My 2 cents.

[@elbeto_sg7403]

for the love of god could somebody tell harley benton to make a vintage/modern strat. Traditional strat with flame roasted maple, locking tuners, 22 or 21 XJ stainless steel frets, fret set truss rod, graph tech nut, two point modern tremolo and for the rigth price i would love to see some single width fishman fluence in there. PLEASE HUNTER !!

[@Forest_Fifer]

Mark Tremonti sings Frank Sinatra. Thoughts?

[@klasewiberg]

Great idea about the quantative measurments. Just do a guide first so we know what a 1 and a 10 is.

[@IDGAF_PLUS]

Points? No. What are you, a wine taster? Just keep doing what you are doing. It works and it's really good IMHO. Also, what do I think about what HB is doing? I think it's fucking cool as shit! They are collaborating with an actual player that has their finger on the pulse of the guitar community to create products....as opposed to just sponsoring top KZbinrs to push products that are in stock.

[@Fiddy_Too]

*Fender is the future* it seems

[@WattchomanBrandySavage]

Is scoring things out of 5 in the cards?

[@gregmackey7517]

Why doesn't Harley Benton sell the ex 84 with emg's anymore?

[@Forest_Fifer]

They really called an amp the MK Ultra? Was it announced on April 1st?

[@travisbashista8868]

I wanna see HB do a baritone Firebird style guitar

[@clifisboring]

The black top Jaguar had pickup rings

[@hambonesyndrome8767]

Finally, budget mosrite

[@shanedeel2]

That orange amp is over 3k dollars? Wtf? 3 knobs equals 3 grand

[@andy_lar7926]

Wish HB made Kurt Cobain inspired guitars

[@benallmark9671]

They should make a replica to that red and black offset he played live back in the day. The ones he’d smash m I can’t remember who makes them but it’s a brand you wouldn’t even recognize. Anyway they’re good looking and hard to find , I think they’d be a score for Thomann to make. Matter of fact I’m gonna call Ben and suggest it.

[@coolowlman]

fuckkkkk those MRs look SOOO good

[@naruto199797]

I like the mosrite shape I associate it with the Ramones I'd get the modern one because of the humbuckers p90s aren't my thing

[@adecentmeal]

Ayy

[@tzctlpc]

The MR series more looks like a Hi Flier, that Kurt Cobain played back in the 80s

[@rockboy4470]

Johnny Ramone played a Mosrite.

[@alextuozzo7138]

I'm so bummed out because I like everything about the modern except for that Wilkinson trem I had a danelectro with it before and it was the worst thing I ever used but I'm probably in the minority with that

[@robertpurdy4452]

Thank you for giving a shout out to the lefties in the World!