🗑️ How bad was the Premier Guitar mystery "stocking"? 🤣

[@ArtOfShredYT]

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[@daddarioandco]

That denim strap looks neat 😅

[@ArtOfShredYT]

It's nice! 😁

[@markpell8979]

Karol, this WAS fun and Premier DOES suck. Thanks and happy holidays brother!

[@ArtOfShredYT]

🤣 Thanks, Mark! Happy holidays!

[@Johnnybananass-_]

denim strap would go great with a some JORTS and a pair new balance and a fanny pack

[@ArtOfShredYT]

haha, heck yeah that's a good idea, I'm bringing the 80s back 😂

[@dankruger9687]

Last year was just ok the year before I got an Atlas compressor that is really great!! I am looking forward to what I get this year ..UPS says tomorrow

[@ArtOfShredYT]

If you haven't seen my unboxing of this year's stocking I agree, it's great! Check it out kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3iZhZVsqLeno7c

[@not-f1nt]

Hi, man! Check the "ibanez gio grg121dx". This is a good opponent for Mitchell MS450. I've seen a sound test of that guitar and It sounds fire.

[@ArtOfShredYT]

Thanks! I've been planning on reviewing some more of the budget Ibanez's (I already reviewed the AX120) so I'll add that one to the list.

[@UncleAimee]

Wow, the same box of reheated crap they were selling last year. Only my Fender strap was electric blue and purple.

[@ArtOfShredYT]

Yeah, really unfortunate. I'm going to curate a better one next year. Stay tuned 🤘

[@shadowminister4090]

A Christmas Mystery Box is such a bad idea. I think there is value there, but for whom? You could be that shorter scale acoustic player that doesn't have a strap and needs 13-56, or you could be everyone else. Crickey, I'm their closest market. I'm an acoustic player, but I use 12-53 phosphor bronze and don't even have strap buttons!

[@ArtOfShredYT]

I also prefer 12s or lighter for acoustic. But I actually think the mystery box is a great idea. Premier Guitar just doesn't know how to execute. (I guess that's kinda like their fake paid for always positive "reviews" haha)

[@philsequeira3180]

Fender strap, D’Addario strap, Martin strings. Done this 4 years and got 5 straps. My steak continues. Luckily my guitar collection grows at the same pace.

[@ArtOfShredYT]

Haha! The issue is if I want a strap I'll buy my own strap. These are nice and all, but they really need to learn what "over promise and under deliver" means because they are great at it. If it was some kind of unique strap with strap locks (like D'addario sells) that would at least be something cool. But there are just normal straps they bought in bulk for $5 each.

[@Allie-w1l]

Would you please consider doing a review of the Sterling Cutlass CT30HSS by Music Man? I am considering buying that guitar.

[@ArtOfShredYT]

I plan on doing a Cutlass HSS at some point but it won't be soon

[@Allie-w1l]

@@ArtOfShredYT Ok, I'll be watching for it. 🙂

[@Guitarnivore]

Those Fender straps are good straps....but that one is uuuugly. Is the package worth over $43? Probably, but what a load of shit. I used to buy subscription boxes like this for different items, but I just found them all underwhelming or filled with counterfeit crap, so I stopped.

[@ArtOfShredYT]

Yeah, the straps aren't bad, but they're nothing special. The Fender strap is $25 on their website and the D'addario strap is on clearance for $19. The Martin strings are $20 tops. But still not a good deal. haha

[@MikeX50]

Love your videos - I think though that the big mystery is why people keep buying the those boxes! Hopefully your efforts will put a stop to it 🙂

[@ArtOfShredYT]

@MikeX50 it is definitely a mystery why everyone keeps buying g it 😁

[@mookyshoots1]

These boxes are a complete scam. The guys from a group I'm in all got the same stuff in their boxes. The same ugly Fender strap, that denim strap or a red paisley strap and some random sticker. Some got those acoustic strings and some didn't. The boxes just seem to get worse each year, which is why I stopped buying into them about five years ago.

[@ArtOfShredYT]

That's too bad! I've been watching along over the years as other people got their boxes of straps and for whatever reason I thought *this* is the year that would be different 🤣

[@sungodhelios8286]

If PG used this more as an incentive to subscribe, or at least use their advertisement-full website, it could be both fun, and rewarding. But, sadly… no, sir and madam. Yo… PG… this was my last year!

[@ArtOfShredYT]

Your ideas are better than theirs, that's for sure. It's a terribly run company. There wasn't even a stocking for the mystery stocking 🤣

[@josephjaynes6438]

It's used as a profit driver, instead of a tool to drive the "PG" "culture", if you will. One must wonder if most, if not all, of the "treats" in the box are donated as promotional items by the brands on the items. Keep on shreddin', mate!@@ArtOfShredYT

[@ArtOfShredYT]

I think they're donated or sold at crazy discounts.

[@TheSammyreynolds]

im convinced PG keeps the guitars and amps for themselves and sends everyone else crap.

[@ArtOfShredYT]

Could be, who knows. I'm gonna try to launch a real mystery box that is fun and useful next year. I have no contacts in the industry, but we'll see what happens!

[@unplannedbirthofanidea4340]

I got it last year and even reading the reviews on Reddit before purchase I thought my expectations were low... Nope, definitely not worth more than $10

[@ArtOfShredYT]

On paper it's ~$60 in value, but in reality it's not worth half the mystery stocking cost. Live and learn, I guess. (Unless you're Premier Guitar, in which case you live and keep scamming us with these boxes 🤣)

[@wvo2m]

Looks like it's just a way to palm of a load of crap that isn't selling.

[@ArtOfShredYT]

Yup. Not that the straps are crap, they're fine, but they're crap in a situation like this.

[@wvo2m]

@@ArtOfShredYT yep, probably good straps, they just look crap! 😂