Unboxing the Artist Guitars Grungemaster Guitar (and the Mystery Item)

[@intheblues]

Thanks for hanging out guys. Sadly the mystery item will remain a mystery until we get it sorted out. A huge thanks to Cheddar and Matty K! Any questions please leave them here and I will reply shortly.

[@intheblues]

@Guitar Ray It'll be easily sorted. It's on the road already back to Artist guitars. Their customer support is awesome. 😀

[@chedu77]

Harley Benton used to sell the same model, Ja-60. Probably same Factory. Now i think the new batches are from a different Factory and has Jazzmaster pups

[@bilalmalikguitarist]

Man I just love your studio! And the way you record, and deal with, and setup guitars, amps, mics and stuff! Rock on brother. Or in your case Blues on brother!

[@ivanroberts2447]

Great looking guitar Shane ,in the UK we have a brand called revelation that does similar stuff just bought one for my daughter for crimbo in a metallic purple finish with matching headstock, looks amazing and feels fantastic same style as the one you have with p90s and has like a varitone 5 way rotary switch but has a tremolo bridge with whammy bar and has a skunk stripe it's fantastic for the money was 199 pounds .

[@clintonmaher6930]

I have one of the Grungemasters! Snagged it for $150 on gumtree still in the box with the plastic on the guard. It's a genuinely great guitar for indie rock/fuzz/noisy type stuff and is really nice to play! Totally worth the $250 new price 👍

[@malcolmhardwick4258]

Clinton Maher nice price 150 bucks ☺

[@jasonbaker5430]

I like the headstock. I kinda reminds me of some of the vintage Harmony headstocks

[@fredn2735]

Nice Axe Shane ! It's a cool mate for the tempress green PRS that I've always liked. Sounded pretty good man .

[@donjohnstone3707]

The Artist guitars and amp look very good and seem to play very well. Great value for money.

[@IPushHard]

I was all ready for the big amp show! Sorry for your unfortunate event. I'll be looking for the video on the working version.

[@LookingForEntertainment112]

I just ordered one of these, so Artist can say thanks to you for that! I've been looking for a project guitar to put a Bigsby and GFS Single Ferrite Gold Foils on. 😄🤙 On a side-note this is definitely out of the Harley-Benton factory. I'd prefer never to give more money to the other lot who sell Harley-Benton after my experience buying a $1000 guitar (not HB) from them, so the option of supporting an Aussie shop is awesome.

[@intheblues]

Thanks Wes. You won't be disappointed. I was playing it more this afternoon and it's really quite great.

[@Whty360]

Bought one of these 6 months back, customer returned one for $200, after a good set up, fixing up a few sharp fret ends and a set of Wilkinson P90s I got for $20, I love the thing, sounds amazing for blues, rock, etc. Great if you know what you're doing, might be a bit rough anyone who hasn't done a set up before.

[@martynrandall7652]

I bought one of these here in the UK. I'm more of a blues rock man, I have a Vintage V100 with wilkinson pups and love the sound of it. Did the new pups make much of a difference? Cheers.

[@barrettwright4668]

The guitar looks awesome! and the dark rosewood neck is really nice! I’ve never had or played an offset guitar, but I’d definitely try this one.

[@alans1313]

guitar sounded real nice for the dollars,,i was a little excited to see the amp as i have seen these online a few times,,i actually bought one of their strat kits guitars and for $119 ,and certainly cant complain,,plays quite well and had a lot of fun experimenting with the type of body finish,,,so looking forward to a full review of both the amp and the guitar ,,cheers for now

[@toddflowers8052]

Darn it ! Missed you live again ! Looks pretty cool , I love P-90's and it really resembles a Jazzmaster. Now that amp looks great too ! Nice unboxing for sure ! Cheers ! (I'm sure that you'll get the amp sorted, probably rough handling in shipping.)

[@jamiejiminico]

Looking forward to hearing what the Tweed Tone sounds like as a “first valve amp” option. No real reviews of it out there yet. Love the vid’s Shane 🍻✌🏼

[@Idk-wx1dc]

I seriously believe every guitarist should subscribe to this channel

[@cass2771]

I missed the ‘live’ part. Ah, the joys of live broadcasting! Another extension speaker cab? Nah, it’ll be something simple, probly. And you know your way around an amp. Keen to hear it when it fires up.

[@cruzthree8883]

I got one of these! I hacked it and added a proper jazzmaster rhythm circuit!

[@richardtremblay7634]

Holy shit, sounds amazing

[@kiivje]

Lovely guitar! Congrats!

[@billsedge7360]

Another great vid, cheers from the uk

[@jamalabdul2009]

Had an early bedtime so apologies for missing the stream. I’m really digging your new guitar there!!! Hopefully they will figure out what is wrong with the amp. Cheers Shane!!!🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾🎸

[@darwinsaye]

I wonder what percentage of people want to hear a guitar demo with dirt and effects first, as opposed to those who want to hear it clean first... No offence intended toward how you like to do things, but I came away with no idea of how that guitar itself actually sounds, :)

[@kanyinak]

I ask the same question. I'm looking at getting one of these as an affordable jazz guitar but remain onthe fence. I guess having a rip sells guitars but I reckon there will be a few like myself who want to hear the clean tones.

[@bojanparamidev4917]

@@kanyinak If you look up Artist Grungemaster on youtube you will see Artist shows you clean samples and drive as well! It is a great guitar for the price.

[@kanyinak]

@@bojanparamidev4917 thanks man.

[@MsMusicman56]

I agree and of all guitar demo's. Don't start off with a long dirty solo. Play the bloody thing clean n then later on add some dirt, and, not a truck load of reverb. And for older folk like me with a crap back especially on Les Paul types, the weight. Cheers all

[@hutchfromba]

Does the amp have an FX Loop ? Live show, what can you do. Lol Blues On.... Such a bummer it didn't work. Bad form.

[@gerryloughran1676]

WoW not another cab conversion ...guitar looks great similar to Revelation RJT 60...cool

[@DMSProduktions]

Bones: 'She's DEAD Jim!'

[@shaunm1983]

They should come with an additional black pickguard, not many people are going to loke that one

[@markfrench6569]

Did you get the amp working? Any link?

[@TheTexBlues]

If the speaker was unplugged when you took it off standby if there’s no load on the speaker output it can blow the output transformer

[@notanotherguitarchannel]

The headstock shape is tastefully different.

[@alexanderpotts8425]

wow this sounds sick. I kinda wish artist did their hollow bodies lefty...

[@New_Zealand_Music]

Nothing line nice asymmetry. Sweet, trying through the Tweed

[@barbmelle3136]

From Leo: About the broken amp, If I did not watch you take it out of the box, I would have asked if Dr. Rick had been trying it out.

[@DrumRoody]

I bought the 8 string for $250 and it was rough. Once worked over it was great value

[@joshuadurocher8071]

Hey Shane how's the leg bro how are u i love yourvids u are great my aussie friend im from the usa I always watch

[@intheblues]

It's getting there thanks mate. I get the stitches out this weekend all being well. It was the worst I've cut myself ever! Crazy stuff. :)

[@Tone-Quest]

New guitar looks sweet!!! 🤟🏻😀🤟🏻

[@hutchfromba]

Nice instrument ! Love p90's but I love them all. I got severe GAS... Blues On....

[@garyhundsrucker7771]

HUTCHfromBA Yeah,I love them all too much too!I guess I should just move into a guitar store and have done with it!😉Like the Phantom of the Opera:the Phantom of Guitar Center!😱

[@michaelbraganza8010]

Can you see if the valves are lighting

[@guinn2415]

Come on mate , lets hear some more of the grungemaster

[@Crabfather]

When I saw this title first, my eyes flicked over it quickly and I though it said 'poo guitar' lol It's pretty nice though! I just scored their hybrid 5 string and fell in love in 5 minutes. A minute for each string..

[@artbylarry]

I got one of these the tuners are rubbish and the bridge was damaged. But it was still worth it it sounds great and I dont mind putting some Gotoh tuners in it

[@oldguyjammin9732]

Shane, lovin’ the Trampas Green, DSL AND the ET65 - you’re 3 for 3 with me! \m/

[@jimmitropoulos4421]

Shane, did you ever find out what the issue with amp was?

[@bnastali]

Like to see a trem on a Jazzmaster...but this sounds super for the money. I am so impressed by your site, man.

[@intheblues]

Thanks a lot Bill.

[@davidkastin4240]

This looks like the Reville guitar. You want a trem on a guitar like this check out Revelation Jazzmaster. I got one. Very nice! Lefty too!

[@oldguyjammin9732]

That’s BEAUTIFUL

[@slanford6767]

I bet that company that sent you that amp is pulling their hats down over their eyes about now.

[@boxcarstewart311]

Offset lefty, and P90s? Nice!

[@MrJoshDoty]

Nice looking guitar.

[@slanford6767]

If the string is a bit flat just bend it a bit more 😁

[@paulgriffith9288]

My old Peavey Classic 30 did the same thing.

[@billsedge7360]

Headstock similar to a Yamaha Pacifica I reckon??

[@88Nikoli]

Yeah solid state amps , you can do whatever you want with them ....... except get that tube tone !!!!!!!!!!! :-):-):-):-)

[@88Nikoli]

Another great video Shane , except you have the guitar the wrong way around mate !! 😀

[@nevillegreg1]

Mate, what are you doing sticking your hands inside the amp with the power chord connected to the power point?

[@intheblues]

I never put my hands “inside the amp” I’m not stupid. My hands went nowhere near the inside of the head what are you talking about lol?

[@nevillegreg1]

@@intheblues. Looked like you put your hand inside the back of the cabinet while it was plugged in the power point. If that was the case, then it's simply dangerous practice, particularly if there happened to be an electrical fault. Anyway, that's what it looked like.

[@intheblues]

@@nevillegreg1 I was seeing if the speaker lead was connected as well as if the valves were seated properly. Nothing I haven't done a million other times. Thanks though mate but it's all good. I make sure I never go near the capacitors inside the amp :-)

[@michaelmcinnis911]

Looks like lefty Grungemasters aren't available in the USA - bummer!

[@tomfoolery2082]

Guitar sounds big, fat n healthy from here. But im a big p90 fan so. Headstock is fine but i couldnt give a crap less what a head stock looks like.

[@suavetrainwreck7300]

Bummer about the amp. I was selling an Ampeg V4 about 30 years ago and it blew up hissing and popping with smoke pouring out the back. No fun at all.

[@officialbobhanleymusic]

Stage use??

[@MrRafaztar]

I almost bought one of these a couple of weeks ago.

[@GuitarHack66]

I missed the livestream. Too bad the amp was a dud but that guitar sounded very cool. Cheers

[@ArielsSmartyPants]

Guitar seems nice, too bad about the amp though. I see they sell the Mjolnir head, that would have been nice if they sent one of those ;)

[@davidkastin4240]

Nice guitar. You can turn the switch to make it go up and down instead. The down side for me personally, rude and nasty comment about the look of the pickguard.

[@zapruderpedro]

Pretty similar to a pure Salem wood soul

[@matr4724]

is there much difference with the cherry 58 ?

[@joelmurray7004]

Yes

[@matr4724]

@@joelmurray7004 cheers mate. In what way ? Someone actually gave me this guitar ( i play accoustic ), I havent used it yet cause i need to buy an amp, but i m looking at playing only blues / neo soul and rnb type of music. Should I try to sell this one to get the cherry instead (or the LP59 ?). Or it doesnt actually matter much. What is your opinion ?

[@joelmurray7004]

@@matr4724 the body shape of the grungemaster and the cherry 58 are very different to each other so they're going to feel very different to each other. A good amp is probably what you should be thinking about first.

[@joelmurray7004]

I've had a few artist guitars, ag45, tc59, grungemaster and lp59. The grungemaster is my favorite, followed by the lp59.

[@matr4724]

@@joelmurray7004 thanks for your help mate ! You have any amp reasonably priced to recommend to play in my apartment (amp needs to be good at lower volume) ?

[@tomfoolery2082]

What was that amp brand again, lol .

[@Zelomeisterdude]

Just an idle thought, I've watched a lot of unboxings and often the person remarks on the guitar being in tune, or close to it, right out of the box. Obviously this one wasn't. I assume a guitar is in tune because someone tuned it to do a final quality control check on the set up and playability before shipping it off, whether at the factory itself or by the dealer/distributor. Do you suppose this being this out of tune means no one checks it out before it goes to the buyer? Or do they detune it before shipping?

[@MikeKeller]

I would expect a guitar to be detuned before shipping. It's safer for the neck, especially if there's no support for the neck in the packaging.

[@Zelomeisterdude]

@@MikeKeller I would have thought so too, but the guitars I've bought online from companies all arrived, basically, tuned up.

[@malcolmhardwick4258]

Its a rebranded Harley Benton !

[@kevwoods3193]

I got one !

[@benlogan430]

Let the tubes warm up for a minute maybe?

[@intheblues]

There was no sound. I let it run for 5 mins off camera afterwards as well. It's all good it'll be sorted out pretty quickly.

[@DEADMEDIC]

What’s your keeper profile

[@intheblues]

I used the Joyo Jackman with the Marshall 2x12 on the clean channel with a Royal Flush Overdrive pedal.

[@bradowens4052]

What is up my dude

[@davidozab2753]

P90!

[@peterschmidt9942]

Shame about the amp. I've bought a few things from Artistguitars and never had any issues.

[@intheblues]

It's on its way back. It's probably the power tubes but I only had one spare so we'll see how it goes. Their customer service is great. :-)

[@peterschmidt9942]

Yeah could be, might be something more sinister. Their customer service is outstanding. Pretty good prices on other stuff too like mic stands / microphones etc. I've been eyeing off one of their LP's after getting the 335. I really don't need another...buuuut

[@PelicanIslandLabs]

Oh no................... "I'm spewin"..............

[@73prd]

Bought one of these and did not like it, very neck heavy unfortunately

[@stateofblitz]

Oh my god so much reverb and delay 🤢

[@billgross176]

shame you didnt play it without all those effects.

[@intheblues]

Yeah a real shame.... 😂

[@masterbeernuts9344]

@@intheblues would be nice to hear it clean, just for a second at least.

[@intheblues]

@@masterbeernuts9344 Wait for the review. This was an unboxing video.