I Tried Another Budget Metal Guitar..

[@TaylorDanley]

Check them out here, they are currently having a sale! - rebrand.ly/jj6s17y

[@russellzauner]

I need to start saying wHammy bar, like Stewie says cool wHip

[@BrainDeadTX]

I’m a guitar player with a tight budget, so I can only buy “affordable” brands, I bought the G4M 734 Pro Baritone black burl burst, I’m so very happy with my purchase, sounds and feels amazing, it also looks great. I will definitely be buying another one eventually 🤘 I’m glad that you are reviewing this brand and putting the word out, it will 100% satisfy other guitar players in my same budget situation 🙂 It was listed at 180 pounds, which came out to be $305, taxes and delivery fee included.

[@darknessviking]

this is the future for guitars more fun and colorful and experimental and original guitars instead of just boring same design and color

[@gedwardjones]

For a hot minute Loathe used their baritone because there weren't a lot of Bass VIs available at an affordable price point.

[@kevinmyles6369]

Dude, Gear4Music is the Harley Benton Thomann of UK

[@TaylorDanley]

@@kevinmyles6369 I was unaware!

[@kevinmyles6369]

@@TaylorDanley yeah basically same business model. Some very guitars there but personally I was hoping for sort of exact market to be filled like when Squier discontinued their spec baritone guitars they should have perfectly sorted that. They got couple but not really fond of the design. Harley Benton sort of covered it in a way with couple of their baritone models..👍🏻👍🏻

[@666nuklear666]

They also have a gernan branch...

[@athmaid]

As a german I have to say, they're better than Harley Benton. But we have the MusicStore "Fame" brand which also has some nice gear

[@resington]

@@kevinmyles6369 harley benton are a lot more consistent with QC.

[@charvlim5159]

You’re supposed to do a single clap and say “wiiiiiiiill iiiiiit chug?” 😊

[@RainMakeR_Workshop]

G4M gear is VERY common here in the UK. Their own brand guitars are known as great budget guitars and mod platforms. I have their Harlem S 8-string Mutiscale.

[@TaylorDanley]

@@RainMakeR_Workshop cool! I’d never heard of them before now and I’m very impressed!

[@RainMakeR_Workshop]

@@TaylorDanley You might know their gear by their former inhouse brand name, SubZero. Their Rogue VI is used by Loathe and has been on a LOT of metal guitar YT channels as an affordable Bass VI/Baritone. They still use the SubZero brand, but it seems to no longer be for guitars now.

[@jeffreymoffitt4070]

@@RainMakeR_Workshop that's why I recognize the brand!

[@MotorsandMetal]

This DOES give old Rondomusic vibes, I REALLY miss old Rondomusic lmao

[@chickenpasta7359]

Man what happened to them lol. Their guitars used to be so cheap. Now you're better off going to a bigger brand lol

[@MotorsandMetal]

@@chickenpasta7359 dude for REAL, remember when they had that semi custom shop? And their selection is really lacking now

[@dominicvercillo5867]

@@chickenpasta7359 I loved Rondo. I had a handful of sx and agile's. For the price, they were unbelievable. Kurt posted a message a while ago pretty much stating that Covid and inflation killed them. Total bummer.

[@ManfredFechter-kc7iy]

I have one since June, and i will NEVER give it away ! Stays in tune for weeks, pickups very powerful, the satin-surface, not-too-thin neck, quick responding ash-body... QC very good, only the black colour-binding bleeded a little bit into the wood, only a mm, nevermind, noone sees that all the time,... She's PERFECT as she is, G4M made a great job here !

[@GhostNoteAudio]

Dude, I just bought an 80 pound (!!!) Gear4Music own-brand strat a couple of weeks ago, and it's great! It was already really good when it arrived, even had a decent set-up out of the box. I slapped a Chinesium rail humbucker in the bridge, and some cheap locking tuners, and it's now my go-to 80s shred machine :) It's ridiculous how good cheap guitars are these days.

[@chickenpasta7359]

Budget guitars have gotten so good now. I remember in the mid 2010s anything under $400 was just asking for trouble. Glad to see there's makers out there that care about the budget segment of the brand.

[@mccloud273]

I remember learning about G4M ages ago through their Harlem series (it was either a series or a model, but they had this one headless I thought was interesting), the fact you can get an Ash body and those specs for ~$300 instead of something like poplar and a fretboard made from table scraps is a pretty good deal! Also could you please please PLEASE do some NAM/etc captures of The Devil pedal? I would buy them in a heartbeat!

[@LeeJoRo]

would be goods as a project guitar (for upgrades etc)

[@TaylorDanley]

@@LeeJoRo I think it’s just good as is, but yeah if you want to do stuff too Amit and make it better I’m sure that works too 💪

[@the43rdparallelthrift34]

That is stupid! If you're going to buy this, just to throw money into it, then just buy a better guitar from the get-go.

[@LeeJoRo]

@@the43rdparallelthrift34 thanks for reminding me to keep my opinions to myself

[@qerzuk]

@@the43rdparallelthrift34 show me a Guitar with barenuckle juggernauts under 600$ wiht stainless steel frets and a floyd than

[@JamieSlays]

great review mate :D

[@TaylorDanley]

HEY JAMIE 💪

[@peterschmitz1754]

omg i just sold the old version (subzero gen pro fr) of his guitar is was fine but it didnt feel right it was kinda heavy and the floyed kinda sucked imo but cool seeing you review this guitar

[@MathiasBronnes]

Those pickups kicked ass. Holy shit.

[@VXTfour]

UK resident here.... I have 5 G4M guitars (Subzero and Redsub branded) and yes, they are great value......but..... Don't expect them to be finished very well. You'll find things like.... the pickup switch wired the wrong way round.... massive scratches on the fretboard/neck..... digs out of the body... loose output jacks.....If that doesn't bother you then go for it as they are great for the money. Also, prepare for a pickup swap as all of the instruments I have received might as well just have a microphone instead.

[@mishmashmedley]

For any interested US folks out there, add $90 to every price you see (you can select dollars at the top right corner) as that is how much extra they have to charge for exporting to the US. (it might be a little less/little more, but thats a good average)

[@poopoo-qz7sw]

Great episode thank you for your hardwork much appreciated 😊

[@FunnyHaHa420]

Now I want to see you play guitar wearing vibrating hand massagers!

[@tedfeast]

Agile guitars are really nice. I bought an sx flying ve from them years ago that I still have.

[@picksalot1]

Nice guitar. Looks and sounds like they got a lot of things right. 👍

[@metal1mark73]

Would u recommend replacing the Floyd Rose with the 2000 model Floyd or the original Floyd to improve out of tuning issues?

[@TaylorDanley]

@@metal1mark73 I didn’t have any tuning issues. Even when I was abusing the whammy. I think that’s a misconception of Floyd rose specials. The biggest issue with the specials is the metal is much softer, and they won’t take nearly as much abuse as an original. That and the fact that I think most people don’t learn how to properly maintain them compounds the myth that specials are “bad”

[@metal1mark73]

@TaylorDanley Floyd specials are cheap Chinese made, but 2000 are Korean, and Originals are German made and these 2 last a lot longer. I'm stuck on what to do wdyt? Or maybe just replaced the cheap parts on the floyd special?

[@southernpanda33]

I had a Kramer Pacer Classic with a Floyd Rose special. I had zero issues with it. I even floated it so I could go up or down. And that was my FIRST Floyd Rose tremolo. If you take care of it, it’ll be fine.

[@TaylorDanley]

@@metal1mark73 IME it’s the metals they are made from, not the country of origin (1500 vs original for example are near identical IMO). The first thing to go on those specials that will give you problems are probably the little clamps that hold the string in place and the screws that adjust them. You can replace all the saddles, the block and the springs, but you will likely at some point have issues with the blade edge wearing and either have to file it or replace the whole base… so kinda up to you if you want to slowly replace it piece by piece over the years or just swap it out with an original or pro and call it a day. Again, this is just my experience and also from hammering on them a lot. If you take good care of a special I’m sure you can get a lot of years out of it before you have any issues

[@metal1mark73]

@TaylorDanley I will replace it with the Floyd 2000 Korean made, less hassle and all at once, to save time.

[@resington]

Had a few Gear4music guitars and the QC is pretty hit and miss. Proceed with caution.

[@okkid3185]

Tried their headless, and it had massive fret sprout. Pisses me off it's gone down 1/4 in price since then. :D Oh well, I got to fix it with a file.

[@chaosandorderstudio]

Thanks for writing that I was about to check them out 😅

[@MaximusAdonicus]

@@chaosandorderstudio It's the same with Thomann. I got 1 guitar and 1 bass from G4M: top notch!! 👌💯 Thus I'd rate my G4M experience better than Thomann 🙉 But again, apparently both companies have some QC issues depending on Your luck! Still, both of my instruments are the BEST at their price range, so... 🔥

[@Livelaughlimpbizkit]

09:50 what is this riff? It's so familiar but I can't place it. Driving me nuts.

[@totallynotjohn8083]

Cowboys from hell by pantera

[@tonyjones1560]

I just got a “new” (used) guitar a few months ago. Dude, I’m gonna have to blame you if (when) more axes start arriving in the mail. I don’t really mean it, I’ll just be trying to avoid getting kiboshed by the wifey… Sounds good though. I’m in the market for a 7 string and a bass…

[@TaylorDanley]

@@tonyjones1560 😂 🤐

[@tonyjones1560]

@@TaylorDanley Thanks, man. I’m subscribing and hitting the notifications bell. Least I can do…

[@alienprobe974]

I own the Subzero Rogue VI Baritone, Upgraded the tuners,bridge,pickups and electronics! and its freaking amazing!

[@Jigglenomicon]

Hey Taylor, they also sell a extremly cheap "Warlock" clone guitar called the Harlem X, it also comes with a "Floyd Rose" but its a non name branded one, could be cool if you took a look at that, if its worth getting for your first locking trem guitar... cheers..

[@jrhoadsHTI]

Now do Gear4Music Saturn amp, please? They're reasonably priced for a tube amp (though I know it faces the same import issues) but the Gear4Music demos suck and you can't find anything about them.

[@neilduty8448]

I bought a Harlem headless which out of the box was unplayable so I did the fretwork reprofiked the neck to a slim c and changed the pick ups for a pair of £32 Vansons and now it's my favourite guitar I only paid £150 for it. If you don't mind doing the work they are fantastic

[@michaelr.4878]

It looks like one of the Kiesel models that were really popular a few years ago. I have kind of gotten away from checking guitar like this out in my old age. Since I turned 40, it has been nothing but guitars that look like furniture. I guess the old ppl were correct when I was younger when they always said, 'your tastes will change'. Sure enough, they have.

[@thomasgundersen8401]

Luckly we can buy high speced electric guitars for a good price from this brand or Harley Benton f.ex. But why not other shapes than f.ex super strat or tele. What about something like a warrior, v, ml, lm stealth, iron bird, star with and without floyd rose...

[@jamesosterberg2510]

The only guitar I bought from Gear4Music, is their budget Headless type at 210€. When I got it, it was dirty AF, so I torn it apart until the last screw, I cleaned full in depth, remade the frets to get them right and shiny, reworked the wood at the top of the neck where the truss rod hole is ..... and now, it's a very cool travel guitar. I like it, but work has to be done to get it right. But this one you got is quite interesting .........

[@killacoiler1707]

The premier music gear store here in the US is Sweetwater and they do not have a house brand of guitars. They do however feature guitars from more affordable brands like Sire, Squier, and Epiphone. These brands are a bit more pricey and do not offer the same quality components as what this does in this price range. What I do not understand is why companies such as Fender, Epiphone, Gibson, etc do not utilize stainless ball end frets? It isn't like it's significantly more expensive and have significantly better wear resistance. The funny thing is that many of these house brand guitars are built in the same facilities that produce the lower end models for Ibanez, Fender, PRS, Gibson, etc. still they come better equipped and at a more budget friendly price. I played a few of the new budget models from Ibanez and Jackson that come out of these same factories and I have to say that while the necks and bodies are well done, the finishing of the frets, the basic setup, and the rest of the hardware on them are garbage. It is sad when a noname brand gets better fretwork, bridges, and better sounding pickups for equal or lesser money.

[@Shroomy801]

This channel has sure blown up. I’ve been subscribed since it was only like a thousand subs. It’s 60k now. Insane!

[@AntonioTENEBRION]

people hate specials because they are cheap that's the only reason why they complain about it

[@88Nyman]

Try their amps also...wanna know is their GA-100 to eny worth of money?

[@darknessviking]

this is the future for guitars more fun and colorful and experimental and original guitars instead of just boring same design and color

[@russellzauner]

Rondo is pretty budget but where else are you going to get an affordable 8 string fanned fret classical nylon stringed guitar for all your Brahms pieces?

[@seancole1692]

You should try the G4M Harlem line!!!

[@Avliv_Satan]

I might look into one if it doesn't have a floyd rose/floating bridge, I prefer tuning stability over the ability to do dive bombs

[@D14V0R05]

I checked the rest of their in-house brand guitars and maaan, those prices are insane. I wish that they shipped to South America.

[@mikehill666]

I own one of these for about a year now it’s the subzero brand of it, though with the matching headstock great Guitar for the money

[@mikehill666]

I own one of these for about a year now it’s the subzero brand of it, though with the matching headstock great Guitar for the money

[@edwilson7629]

Very awesome looking and sounding guitar!!!

[@Sylkis89]

this looks like a Skervesen lol I wonder if they are some super budget line, rebranded

[@GrumpyIan]

They have a US site, though do keep in mind it's not including the shipping (so whatever price you see add ~$170 to it)

[@bloxxy_plays3595]

Tayor can you reply with hi and pin this comment

[@theglitch_713]

If the burst was inverted to where the blue was on the outside it would look soooo good.

[@Zordid0]

I just wish gear4music made lefties.

[@chupiconverge6034]

Very 🆒🆒🆒🆒🆒🆒

[@jea783]

Thanx for testing the guitar in E standard .

[@RubyRoks]

Steel frets, glow in the dark dots, and a floyd type trem at this price is bonkers. Reminds me of when Harley Benton stopped being a complete joke around 2018-2019ish.

[@theskepticalskeptic]

dude that thing sounds SOLID!

[@bofuscrapshaw]

Seems great! Thanks Taylor

[@mattkiser3997]

I gotta say, I'm impressed!

[@riffsnoleads]

The only issue with the Floyd Rose Special is quality of the material. The blades and posts tend to chip out develop grooves pretty easily and quickly. As far as doing the thing, totally great, but longevity is not built into them

[@TaylorDanley]

I agree with this. I think it depends on how hard you are on it as well, at a lower tension they seem to be fine. Once you start beefing up your string gauges and adding tension is where they tend to start having issues IME

[@DrMurdercock]

Is this a guitar video?

[@mattdylan664]

What Taylor said at 10:23 💯%!

[@BrainDeadTX]

I’m a guitar player with a tight budget, so I can only buy “affordable” brands, I bought the G4M 734 Pro Baritone black burl burst, I’m so very happy with my purchase, sounds and feels amazing, it also looks great. I will definitely be buying another one eventually 🤘 I’m glad that you are reviewing this brand and putting the word out, it will 100% satisfy other guitar players in my same budget situation 🙂 It was listed at 180 pounds, which came out to be $305, taxes and delivery fee included.

[@nightlust]

66,6k subs... brutal lol

[@xsnys13]

“Coil tapped middle” sounds exactly like Gin Blossoms tone. 👀

[@TaylorDanley]

Thanks now I'm going to have "Hey Jealousy" stuck in my head all day 😂

[@tomgreen876]

oh hey look at that you actually bought a guitar that didnt arrive broken for a change! Well done!

[@tomgreen876]

Also in English we say Glacier the same Glossier is a different word altogether, and is also the same in American English.

[@bestboy897]

looks incredible

[@FubuZ-j4c]

10:52 this is some noooice riffage Taylor. Does it belong to any song perhaps?

[@TaylorDanley]

@@FubuZ-j4c “bug” by my band Sacrificer!

[@KeikoFXDesigns]

Nice guitar.

[@barryprosser1370]

Hell yeah

[@minimumwade]

YEE HAW

[@tillsteinbacher3195]

The G4M Harlem V is probably the worst quality guitar I've ever held in my hands by far. But the shape is cool so I got it anyway. Shame that it needs a truckload of work to be playable.

[@MaximusAdonicus]

Damn. What's wrong with it?

[@tillsteinbacher3195]

@MaximusAdonicus for starters they somehow installed the nut at a 45° angle and it's one of those Fender style nuts the slotted ones. The holes for the tuners are way too big so they just kinda wobbled around. The pickups are mounted directly to the body but the route isn't deep enough so the pick-ups at string height when I got it. All of that was rounded off with a volume knob that's crooked and doesn't turn without digging into the finish and a loose output jack.

[@MaximusAdonicus]

@@tillsteinbacher3195 Damn, that's a lot of shiet to sort out! I would have just returned it for a replacement and I'm sure they would have agreed. What's a Fender style nut? Aren't all nuts slotted 🤔

[@LegatoTactics]

Is it veneer top?

[@TaylorDanley]

@@LegatoTactics it doesn’t appear to be, and the website doesn’t say so, so I think it’s an actual wood top

[@markofthebeastful]

dont they have an America store or site for purchasing?

[@MaximusAdonicus]

No.

[@robertvarner8195]

They do have a Gear4Music United States website that has prices in US dollars.

[@MaximusAdonicus]

@@robertvarner8195 Yas, they have the site in multiple languages and currencies, but the actual stores are all in Europe.

[@Xander_Park]

Remember, kids, good guitars ain't cheap, cheap guitars ain't good.

[@TG-of3sp]

Playing a Katana...sitting in front of all these great amps 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@TaylorDanley]

@@TG-of3sp bro tell me about it, but I use a nice amp and the internet gets mad at me 😂

[@benscha18]

Go and maybe check out a Harley Benton for the Budget Metal Guitar series.

[@olegov7ch]

If you want to compare this to honda civic, imagine it had stick shift but the actual shifting is backwards like the switch on this guitar :)

[@TaylorDanley]

I remember test driving a Subaru that was like this when I got my first car. The anxiety it gave me was enough for me to pass on it lol.

[@the43rdparallelthrift34]

Just get a $400 LTD from Sweetwater with free shipping included. This guitar doesn't really sound good...muddy lows and the highs lack a lot of clarity...and when you add lows with the highs, god, does it sound bad. Sure it's cheap and a beginners guitar but like I said, get something else from a reputable brand for a similar price from sweetwater and get free shipping included.

[@selfsatisfiedred]

Yeah but that 400$ ltd doesn’t come with stainless steel frets

[@chickenpasta7359]

Nah. All these big brands that make guitars under $500 make subpar guitars if you're buying new. Plus you're not getting SS frets on those. I'm a big ESP fan and own one of their Edwards guitars but I'd never buy a budget guitar from ESP, Ibanez, Jackson, etc. They all have major QC issues and even when there aren't any, the guitars are just ok at best. I'd rather support G4M/Harley Benton because they're giving you the most for the money. And as someone who played them they're amazing even for their price. You can also buy pickups that remedy a lot of the issues you're talking about or save money and just learn how to EQ. Pickups don't have massive sound differences.

[@TaylorDanley]

@@the43rdparallelthrift34 weird you mention that… 👀

[@MaximusAdonicus]

The guitar wouldn't happen to be the new ESP LTD M-200DX NT series they just released? 👀 I got one of those and the pickups RRRAAAWWKK!! 🔥🤘🤘🔥 Easily the BEST pickups on a "budget" guitar (this is my MOST expensive guitar! it's 499€ in Finland = 557$!!). The pickups remind me of EMG's: chugggsss and definition for dayzzz!

[@MaximusAdonicus]

@@chickenpasta7359 As a budget guitar specialist I must say that out of all the budget guitars I own the Jackson JS-series offers the best bang for ur buck!! They play like a 1000$ guitar! There's absolutely zero issues with anything! The only downside is that the stock pickups are only "pretty good", but if u change them u can rival ANY guitar in the world! ESP LTD on the other hand has the BEST stock pickups, they are basically on par with any brand name pickups - the only problem is that they only have 1 model in the true budget category and their next model is twice the price, thus for 1 "budget" LTD u can get 2 budget Jacksons! I also got two instruments from G4M: both amazing!! And I got 2 from Thomann: One came broken, got a new one that is good. The other came with issues that I still haven't had time to solve...