Guitar Search Saturdays Episode #24 - Melbourne Music Centre (4K)

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Guitar Search Saturdays Episode #24 - Melbourne Music Centre
Today on Guitar Search Saturdays we're checking out a guitar shop in Melbourne called Melbourne Music Centre.
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[@MelmusicDotComDotAu]

Cheers Shane for the vid! Owner of Melbourne Music here, thought I'd let everyone know we're also having a huge stocktake sale throughout July on pretty much everything you see in this video of up to 50% off! Our address is 525 North Road, Ormond, 3204 Melbourne We're open 7 days a week so if you're in the area feel free to drop by and say hi :)

[@intheblues]

Hi Brad, thanks mate! I am loving those SX guitars so far so good! 😄If you get any different lefties in there please let me know.

[@dalepal]

I always enjoy the Guitar Search Saturdays. That’s a really nice shop that seems to feature a variety of affordable gear and more lefties than normal.

[@1768pt]

This is my favourite series. I live in country vic and don't get to the city very often so these are a great resource. I check GSS before visiting Melbourne having a preview and knowing what to expect is great and helps with knowing if a store is worth a visit. Thanks for the effort and keep up the good work.

[@barbmelle3136]

From Leo: I have owned an SX tele for about 5 years. Beefy neck. I did not need to do any fret work to the neck. The tuners felt rough, even though they did the job. That guitar now wears better tuners, controls and Seymour Hot Rails pickups. It is a very solid player. Even my friends who are brand snobs admit that it is a great playing and sounding guitar.

[@stevemandrackie1284]

Missed Guitar Search Saturday. Glad to be going shopping with you again. MEGA! Still love the lefty alarm.

[@landonbailey]

Chillin on a Saturday morning with a new GSS episode. love it!

[@intheblues]

Thanks dude!

[@markeric2997]

great love walking around guitar shops ' allways looking for the lefty's wall. cool

[@triplesevensix291]

Loved the St Kilda guitar strap. Love Rowland S Howard. One of St Kilda's finest? I know his funeral took place there anyway. Gone too soon. Cheers from the UK.

[@grewejames1]

Glad to see Guitar Search Saturday back! Thanks for your videos.

[@rockindavebyron3960]

I agree Shane, Cort guitars is greatly underrated, I had a black LP model, an Explorer model & 2 strat models that totally kicked ass, sorry I traded them!!! Great video, I really do enjoy these, thanks bro !!!

[@gerryloughran1676]

Think shops like that are great full of stuff - get the Tokai Rockinbetter and a Mega amp !..another great Saturday - cool

[@lukeceko5775]

What a channel! Thanks Shane :)

[@ricklee4513]

Great Guitar Search Saturday video, Shane, as always you do a great job. Covering the SX range of guitars was interesting. I have a black SX strat type guitar that I picked up some time ago and haven't done much with but now will revisit it and see what it can do rather than look at selling it.

[@telesandstrats3297]

Great video! They really packed a lot in a small space. That looks similar to the mom and pop shops here in the USA.

[@Ruzzy324]

Love this store. It's my local. I bought the butterscotch tele just the other day. Love it!

[@1768pt]

I just bought a used SX Tele (the RH version of the one you tried Shane VGT ) and can vouch for them being great value as well as great instruments. The neck on mine is a little chunkier than my 91 US standard Strat but not overly thick. I Bought mine for a project and am in the process of adding a Bigsby style trem and some Filtertron pickups just for fun. That guitar would make a great platform for a Video series on wiring mods etc.

[@JonBakerMusic]

That is a really cool guitar shop! Wish I knew of somewhere like that over here in the UK - they're either big chains, small, less well-stocked places, or somewhere like the famous Anderton's (which tends to be too busy to actually try anything easily most days!)... That accessory wall alone would make me travel quite a distance - but not as far as Oz! ;-).

[@2n3chordjams70]

KOOL video and excellent background music. They all fit well for sure!

[@seamanjive]

I just got a line on a 95 Gibson Nighthawk, twin pup model with bound neck. Well gigged condition but I like the mono! I gig a Tele but sometimes need the girth of a Lrs Paul. Looks like the Nighthawk fits the bill..

[@markdakel9253]

Yep. Go get that guitar. Can’t wait to see what you do with it. What a great shop, everything guitar player could want under 1 roof

[@connorpitts-west863]

Great video Shane as always. Glad to see guitar search Saturdays back again. SX FTW! Great guitars. I've played an SX tele and it was awesome. Absolutely holds up to the classic vibes. I love both. I'd say get that tele as well.

[@stepvanjoe3469]

Man love the organized clutter of small stores like these, so much to look at, you always seem to find something cool in a store like these. It is a shame mom and pop music shops like these are disappearing, gotta do the G.S.S. more often, one of my personal favorites! buy the S.X. and do the mods will make great content!

[@jamalabdul2009]

Another great episode of Guitar Search Saturday!!!😄😄😎😎 It is a shame that the Squier series is so expensive in Australia even though these guitars are made in China and Indonesia which isn’t that far compared to North America. Nevertheless, it’s awesome that there is gear at affordable prices from other manufacturers and the quality is improving. This shop is jammed packed with everything you need, even for us Southpaws!!! When I do get to take a vacation to Melbourne, you’re definitely going to have to make this a stop!!! Thanks Shane for another excellent episode!!!🎸🎸🎸🎸🤘🏽🤙🏾🤘🏽

[@mattg3019]

I see the inspiration for Slosh ..... Charlie Fuzz. I love it.

[@stevehogan8829]

Holy Cow... What a bunch of stock... Man I hope theft isn't eating them up.. I agree with you. Cort makes some amazing guitars. I had and sold a Les Paul type that was so nice that I wish I had not sold it. Thanks Shane.

[@hotdotdog]

Sounds like a great shop.

[@toddflowers8052]

I have an SX Tele with Seymour Duncan pups that sounds and plays great,for the price you can't beat them !

[@edblakemore5729]

Thanks, Shane! I always enjoy GSS. I have an SX swamp ash Tele and they great guitars for the price. Perfect modding platforms.

[@WoahBoomshakalaka]

Fantastic! GSS! I totally agree with Cort IMC guitars.

[@uetoaya1980]

The 4K quality is awesome !

[@toddflowers8052]

You know these are my favorite ! Thanks Shane ! :-)

[@intheblues]

Thanks Todd! More on the way! 😄

[@JTai117]

For $300, it's a no brainer. Grab it a try pickups from Lollar, Pioneer Pickups (personal favourite), Klein and Lindy Fralin.

[@Craig_Fussell]

Glad to see another GSS!! Great way to window shop! What great store!! I’ll bet they’re one of they’re one of those places where if they don’t have what you’re looking for, they can get it for you...or maybe you don’t really need it hahaha! ✌🏻😎

[@intheblues]

Thanks Craig! There's more episodes on the way. 😄

[@chegaro1967]

Shane, GET THAT SX TELE, You won’t regret it, I own 4 SX GUITARS (two strats, and two teles) and they are AWESOME, and they hold up their own with anything in the Squier classic vibe series, you might even choose not to change out the stock pickups, which sound great and punchy and are extremely dynamic...get back there and get that Thang!

[@Hulkhoagie1]

Hey Shane, I really enjoy this series of videos. It's interesting to see the makes and models of instruments that are uncommon here in the US. What amazes me is there are so many great, affordable instruments being produced. There truly is something for everyone. Good video as usual. Thanks for all the great content.

[@peterschmidt9942]

I've got one of the older VC50's, don't use it that much these days but if you want a nice Beatle'y sound it's there - I actually find it very bright...and loud from volume on 1 and then from 3 on-ward's only saturates more. And I've never had to change the tubes! I'd also vouch for the SX guitars - I've got their thinline Tele and it's the only chinese guitar I've never felt the need to changed the pickups on - they're great. Other than fixing a couple of bad solder joints on the switch and them being a bit rough and stripping the pickguard screws , it's one of my favourite guitars. And I never had to do a setup on it either! Mine has a standard tele headstock, but I don't mind their new shape. Can't beat them for the price. Love the GSS video Shane - keep 'em up.

[@ofershragay]

Shane, this is a great series.

[@timgroves3606]

easily my favourite videos of yours

[@boxcarstewart311]

Christmas in June! Great shop! It was cool how they unfinished bodies and necks and had all the other parts to make your own axe. And all the lefties! Buy the SX Tele and demo that Tokai Rebel Rocker on the channel, please!

[@FilippaArendt]

I had a VC30 too :) Very cool video 👍🏻🎸

[@tak-el-uc]

I really like that Tokai Rebelrocker. Especially the R on the tailpiece.

[@gyrospace2]

These are cool videos and when a lefty is spotted boom, the alarm! Awesome dude

[@bigfootingermany]

That Blue Strauss amp at 3:50 looks EXACTLY like the Subzero brand of tube amps sold out of the UK through Gear4Music. I know for sure G4M isn't making their own stuff, so this is probably a "White Label" thing. There is a Laney head that matches stitch for stitch, including the plastic "tweed-ish" grill cloth of this Strauss and the subzeros. This really makes me wonder if the origin of all these amps is Strauss. Gear4Music.com and Laney are both UK and of course Australia is formerly of UK. Or maybe all 3 are simply white label products from China or Indonesia.

[@paulmckeown8557]

great video mate, great quality. looking forward to the sx stuff, you better get back there with the credit card ; )

[@leftymark8667]

From what I could see the SX blonde Tele looked to be closer to an Affinity than Classic Vibe, thinner body and string bridge mounted and not through the body?

[@NerdGasims]

That SX tele you played sounded pretty good, it brings the twang!

[@intheblues]

Thanks Toki, I thought it was really quite great and for the price it's hard to beat. I have a Squier Affinity series Tele here right now and I reckon the SX might be the better instrument.

[@NerdGasims]

The SX looks really nice and from the demo you did in this video it sounds nice as well. I think the SX would make a cool project guitar for trying out pickups and such. Definitely seems like a nice value, I’m also a fan of teles in that butterscotch type of finish as well so look points for me are really high

[@hohlamazoo]

Those are great mod platforms for sure. Why are they so pricey in Australia though? In the US those are about $130.

[@mrtambourineman6107]

Should hit 100k subscribers this year...

[@bigfootingermany]

Shane I watched a video from a music store over here, that was putting the SX Teles and Strats up against a wide variety of competitors including the Squier CV. The SX outscored everything there except the CV. It tied with the CV. But we're talking about a guitar that costs just under 70 euros up against the CV which is almost 400euros. I would take the chance, and get a real quality set up done on them. As long as the platform (the wood and the connection between the neck and body) is solid and straight, and the frets are put in the proper locations for the scale length, the only thing that can make it a polished turd is the tuners. And from what I remember, they were 14:1 in the SX, which is actually really good on a budget guitar. I've seen budget guitars with as low as 8:1. Those really are polished turds.

[@mrtambourineman6107]

Good one Shane

[@shaunw9270]

About 15 mins in I was surprised to see what was called a Rockburn Overdrive here in England . I didn't realize they were any good until I bought one of the pedals in a local Cash Convertors pawn shop . I bought the DLY-303 £29 brand new and it's my slap back delay in place of my broken WEM Copicat . I wish I had bought the whole range now lol. These pedals vanished after Joyo hit the scene 😉

[@intheblues]

Thanks for the information. I haven't heard of them with that name before. Very cool!

[@DylanBrisbane]

Awesome Video! I reckon you should always add a video in of you playing if you can.. pick your favourite looking or something.

[@intheblues]

Thanks Dylan, if there's a lefty at the shops I will for sure. 😄

[@mrtambourineman6107]

I like guitars

[@petoskeystoned6221]

Upping your game on the intro! Nice!

[@bugzeew5782]

how come you didn't play or look at the cool double neck in the window, I've been eyeing it off for ages, its half base half 6 string.

[@swordofhonor2]

Great video.

[@MattyK-USA]

Shane, you have to pick up that SX!

[@intheblues]

I might head back Monday and give it another try. 😄

[@artamussumatra6286]

Yea, cheap Teles can be awesome. You expect absolutely nothing from them, and when they really deliver the goods, it’s blows your mind. I love my $150.00 Squier Bullet Tele. It is a great companion piece to my American Professional Tele, so glad I got it!😁👍

[@SUPER8_GUITAR]

dont live in australia but these are fun to watch

[@JuddLofthouse]

Ooo.man would I love a day in there ...nice one

[@artamussumatra6286]

Yessssss! I love GSS! 😁👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@salomao1989]

The Mega Amp song is the best, lol!

[@intheblues]

haha thanks man! 😄

[@w13rdguy]

Nah. The Rebelrocker is better, lol! 11:20 Honestly, both are greatly augmenting my Saturday morning coffee experience! Thanks, Shane.

[@evandijk1983]

Pick it up already why ask ?😎👌🏻

[@seamanjive]

Like the mojo!

[@ToddSauve]

Shane, you just don't know what COLD is! Come and spend a winter on the Canadian prairies in Saskatoon or Winnipeg and then tell me Melbourne is cold in the winter! Hah! Try -30 Celsius with three feet of snow and a 40 mph breeze ... we get that almost every winter in Calgary and we're almost California compared to the other two cities I just mentioned. ;)

[@intheblues]

Haha nah I am alllllll good 😳😂

[@ToddSauve]

Yes, I see on Google that currently Melbourne is "suffering" through +5 Celsius or so at night and +13 Celsius during the day. That is decent fall weather here in Calgary--or "poor sledding" as we call it. ;p

[@denismorton1269]

Ormond ... The Ormond Brothers Band.

[@xetexuk12]

Shame those LAG acoustics weren't left handed, lovely looking things!

[@aixpert291]

Wow! Amps are EXPENSIVE down under! Damn.

[@MelmusicDotComDotAu]

See reply to Aaron earlier above....it's a bummer being a retailer in a country who's minimum wage is $18.29 per hour with both Worksafe Insurance and Superannuation added on top, making the payment per hour for an employer just on $25 each per employee! Let alone free medical care. I believe the US minimum wage is less than $8 an hour and you have no employer paid Superannuation, free healthcare or work injury insurance? In fact, is it correct that you don't even get 4 weeks fully paid holiday leave each year. Does that make it a little more sensible? ;-)

[@bmt638]

I have an SX tele. Would be cool to see what you would do with it.

[@craigparse1439]

Great guitar shop! Too bad I live in the US Left Coast.

[@HPPrintervx4p5q]

Wait it get's cold in Australia?

[@TracerXS]

Get that tele!

[@allenhodovan238]

I want to see a project series so pick up that tele

[@shaunm1983]

GET IT

[@MichaelBLive]

Love these episodes. Surprised SX doesn't have problems with that headstock design.

[@MichaelBLive]

"Just a bass" just gutted bass players around the world.

[@MelmusicDotComDotAu]

Only the Strat headstock is copyrighted fully.

[@part_time_critter]

Get the sx tele!

[@jdl2180]

Wow a left handed amp!😅

[@bugzeew5782]

WTF this place is at the end of my street and I'm always in there, wish id seen you there.

[@Slovy_]

The prices on the danelectros are double what they are in the US. That’s crazy. They’re like $350-450

[@intheblues]

Welcome to Australia. Check out the podcast I did covering the 200% markup on Fender gear in Australia over the US. 😆It sucks!

[@Slovy_]

intheblues it me got be cheaper to have a friend in the states mail you gear as a “gift” instead of buying it at home. That really sucks. Sorry to hear that.

[@MelmusicDotComDotAu]

Compare apples with apples , my friend. Keep in mind that the minimum wage in Australia is triple that of the USA, 1.8 MILLION dollars buys you a 1950's 3 bedroom home in the outer suburbs of Melbourne, and something like a Ford Mustang GTV8 basic costs $75,000 here. Ohh....and the Australia Dollar is only worth (currently) 74cents USD. Now....does THAT make it clearer? ;-)

[@stjepanbilic9748]

Get it. :D

[@vitorisaia]

Shane, what did you think about the neck of the SX? I have a Strat from them and mine has a very thick neck... Regards from Brasil!

[@garretazonsa]

Vitor Isaia my sx thinline tele has a thick neck as well

[@intheblues]

I love thick necks on guitars 😎✅

[@ehmmmjay9907]

Khruangbib's bass player plays an SX bass, still with the strings that came with the bass! Check them out if you haven't! kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2XbfKl-drOkoM0

[@hopeishere363]

It's a shame they only stocked budget guitars... I see a lot of those types of shops in my travels as well and it's a pain when you're looking for some nice gems or rare guitars. That being said, I own two lefty SX guitars... one called an STG Vintage strat which I modified quite a bit, and I also own one of those baby-poo brown teles. The tele was actually pretty great, but I stripped it down for modding and haven't finished it yet. Never liked the colour, so I stripped the paint (which is more like a plastic wrap and is hard as hell to remove without damaging the body). The STG vintage strat I mentioned purchasing and modding sounds really sweet. The only thing I could bag about it is the tuners are just rubbish, as is the trem system. The pickups are alright, although I believe the cheap wiring lets it down. I ended up getting Tonrider Surfaris installed with dimarzio internals which turned a pretty good guitar into a really fun little strat. I did a little play with it here if you're interested: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGTKipqQq6ubbNk Also... If you haven't already, take the chance to check out the Music Swop Shop. I bought my lefty Epiphone SG there about 3 years ago and when I was there they had about 10 or 11 really nice lefties. All second-hand... but a really nice store and the folks running it are good helpful people. Thanks for taking the time Shane!

[@kengihepworth5761]

Hope Is Here those plastic wrap type finishes can be removed easily. Start at the strap mount hole at the butt, use a small rag dampend with acetone , rest the body on the rag for up to 15 mins, checking every 5 mins. When it softens, use a bike air pump with a needle cut on an angle like a syringe. Get under the wrap with the air and squirt acetone in between. I've done it 3 times now, it works a treat!!!

[@hopeishere363]

I used a hot airgun... so that may have been part of my problem. Oh well, live and learn for next time! Thanks Kengi!

[@kengihepworth5761]

Great vid.

[@intheblues]

Thanks Kengi! 😄

[@Eywadude]

*@intheblues, @Shane,* Get that SX Tele! You: "This was an absolute pleasure to play...the tuning stability was good...just playing this reminded me a while lot of my '52 reissue in terms of feel. It felt absolutely great to play." IMHO, for the price of that SX, you'd be nuts not to buy it. You could chase trying to find another guitar that plays as well as that one, *regardless of price* , but you may never find it. Why hold off now that you've found it? Especially for a guitar so affordable as that one. That guitar would make the absolute perfect testbed guitar. It looks good, it plays just how you like it and the price is right. Sometimes the answer is as simple as it being right in front of you. You should should pick it up ASAP. You instantly bonded with it, which is telling you something. You may never find another affordable guitar that looks and plays like that again. Get it before it's gone! Cheers from Canada. :)

[@Brisco45acp]

Hello from Northern Michigan. What’s brutally cold in Melbourne?

[@drummer4hire12]

Hello from N. lower Michigan ;)

[@intheblues]

We are wimps in Australia. Anything under 10 C is considered really cold! hehe. It never gets below freezing point where I live. 😳😂

[@telesandstrats3297]

I'm jealous Shane! Where I live in the USA, we had multiple weeks this past winter of lows at night -18 C to -20 C. Several months where we were wishing for highs around 0 C, that would have been a warm day :) Average temps day and night were between -5 C and -10 C. Maybe it's time to move to a warmer climate :)

[@Brisco45acp]

Houghton. Northern Mi.

[@metalliholic]

Jesus 50 degrees Fahrenheit? That’s I’m sweating in shorts weather over here in Chicago land. Bruh!!!

[@jackieohehir3259]

perhaps you should buy that Tokai....................

[@54macdog]

Snap up that lefty Rick clone!

[@hopeishere363]

I agree. I reckon if you leave it you'll regret not getting it. It's such a cool looking axe!

[@peterschmidt9942]

Yeah, those rebel rockers are pretty hard to find these days. Jim Hall shuts down any production of Rick copies pretty quick smart.

[@MarkSD]

Dig

[@mrtambourineman6107]

I'm not buying a guitar pedal with a mass murderer on the front mate!

[@intheblues]

Actually I don’t think he ever did the killing lol 😂 I think his mindless followers did that (or from what I remember of the documentary lol) 😎👍

[@lucanicolosi4556]

I bought my first bass amp here and it was awful.