UNBOXING A GRASSROOTS LP & A HUGHES & KETTNER TRIAMP MK2...

[@agufish]

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[@russellzauner]

If you're an H&K fan, you've probably heard of it but the engineer that worked on those has his own company now and he's a ripper of a guitar player too - Tom Blug built a stompbox amp that's unique and feature loaded along with having amazing tones/timbre. If you come across one it would be cool to see it on the channel.

[@russellzauner]

Also, Tom's really approachable and loves talking tones and tech so maybe just reach out to him about the amp questions you've got. I am confident he'll be happy to explain it all in an easily understandable way. Never met him but have asked lots of questions on livestreams and he seems like a pretty good dude.

[@TexAgsArmyVet]

Duuude. I've been watching your videos for a couple years and I know need a Grass Roots Les Paul...and An Edwards...and a Navigator!

[@cesarvelasquez3186]

Dont want to be that annoying advice guy, but i would probably sugest to take that amp to a good amp tech so he can check the circuit board for service or cleaning, that drink spill on the top looks sus af and theres a good chance It got to the board... Anyways sick gear pick ups dude!!

[@818Kira]

Damn Grassroots was something I kept lowkey for years hoping people wouldn’t talk about to keep prices down 😅😅😅 They’re great for the price I’m always in the look out for Edwards and Grassroots guitars for Japanese Visual Kei bands like the 4-500 dollar Sugizo Signature models

[@agufish]

Lmao sorry 😂 🤐

[@russellzauner]

It's okay, another channel just blew up vintage Takamine deals; thank goodness I only collect flame maple Aria/Ibbys from the 70's/80's. My guess is that since Sweetwater has been ramping up their used gear department (note YT influencers are doing a lot of content on vintage/used gear and it seems most of them are getting it from Sweetwater or literally making their videos in the used gear room) that we'll be seeing a lot more chatter about used markets (and a lot more undervalued gems/deals disappear, if they weren't already gone from the past few years).

[@818Kira]

@@russellzauner I pray brand loyalists don’t even consider grabbing Japanese knock off 🙏🏻 Edwards and Grassroots do absolutely zero advertising outside of Japan tho unless you’re caught up on Agufish vids they might stay lowkey lol Fernandes is another one of my fav Japanese brands

[@josephfigueroa3527]

How do you get them imported?

[@evenzeroescanbeheroes6875]

When I bought my Epiphone 84 Explorer,it came from Japan, and it also came with a crane. I thought that it was cool because even on the bubble wrap,they wrote the word "enjoy" on it. I messaged them my gratitude, and they were very sweet, even influencing me to maybe one day be on KZbin. I loved the whole experience.

[@BillyTheKidsGhost]

...And now I'm convinced that Hunter is spying on my watchlist ... fuck.

[@schectertheboy]

I just surprised that you're Asian. Great content as always Hunter😊😊😊😊

[@flapjack413]

That guitar is pure sexiness! I want!!!!

[@PooNinja]

H&K makes amazing heads! ⚠️Lube that connector before you pull that foot switch cable!!!!⚠️

[@andybungert]

I vote it survives

[@gaberox1]

I always wanted an H&K because they light up blue i always imagined playing in the dark with just the blue amp light lol 😂

[@Rockmanxpr]

I too was seduced by the blue light :P

[@christopheranderson2158]

Mark 2 for the win! Has more of that Marshall “growl” I prefer. It will CRUSH in a band settings. 🤘🤘

[@neilomac]

Give that Grass Roots black hardware and a set of Duncan Blackouts for maximum Bret "The Hitman" Hart vibes.

[@rainxsupreme]

Ok I’m gonna have to grab a Grassroots cause that is too sick for that price

[@StoreBrandHoney]

Pick guard stays. Oh man, Hunter I need that pink Grass Roots baaaaaad.

[@trevv5886]

Grassroots is wickedly awesome. The H&K Mk2 is definitely more raw but both sound Brutal. Can't wait for the Grassroots video

[@riffmania]

wow i want an edwards like that

[@JoviChan]

i got an Edwards like this, fell in love when I first saw it E-LP-120CD/QM its a super lovely guitar to play (and looks too)

[@RequiemDead]

That Grass Roots is insanely cool! No pickgaurd, black hardware, Fishman fluence open cores.

[@THEFALLOFEVEMUSIC]

Definitely dude, I second that would look killer and more modern 🤟🤟

[@HaydenMcCarry]

Dude! Glad you got the MKii, Sounds massive and chunky!! Good stuff!

[@kryptonicloser]

Bro I’ve been in love with H&K when I found out Chris Henderson from 3 doors down used them back in the day I’ll get my hands on one before I die for sure

[@ronaldviens7862]

Alex Lifeson of Rush also used H&K amps extensively over the years. Awesome sound.

[@Masterfighterx]

Your guitar has a flamed Ebony fretboard even!

[@yeti1002]

I saw one of these grass root guitars on reverb . It looks good in the pictures , but i was a little suspicious at first . Price is good for mods , looks solid in this video . I like it 😊 this grass root guitar .

[@brandonjackson5865]

The Grassroots looks phenomenal for 350 bucks. If it were just the husk it’d be worth 350 hell just the fretboard and inlays look better than anything else under 2000 . Definitely no pickguard on Pinky.

[@airguitar1321]

My vote for the grass roots is a white pickguard, chrome hardware and chrome pickup covers

[@evanjohnson1815]

i too, love a good deal and would gladly accept the right price for some cosmetic flaws, as long as it operates as new and wont have longevity issues. in some instances, like my orange cab, i actually enjoy the wear and scuffs on the tolex that ive accumulated all on my own from transit

[@mattroberts1077]

I've had the H&K Triamp mk2 for a few years, I find Channel 3A to be very harsh sounding and quite unusable imo. 3B sounds fantastic and some of the cleans and lower gain tones are brilliant. Wouldn't mind getting my hands on a mk3 at some point, I saw John Browne was selling one recently

[@jasonmccann257]

Try throwing a 10 bang eq pedal in the loop. The one thing I've noticed about the MK II is the eq controls on 3A/B are very limited in their capabilities, hence where the eq pedal takes over.

[@mattroberts1077]

@jasonmccann257 that is a great suggestion! I had never considered an eq pedal. I'll have to gather some more funds together, I'm already about to pull the trigger on getting some new gear

[@HuxleysGhost]

That Grass Roots is absolutely GORGEOUS

[@EJBGuitar]

Gold’s gotta go on that Grass Roots…thinking black hardware might look sick.

[@mattlines5647]

That Pink prvoked an audible response. We all need pink guitars like that.

[@mattw.6726]

Triamp Mk II sounds killer! It's got a liveliness to it on channel 3 that sounds amazing. Not as tight for the djenty licks as the Mk III, but in a way more powerful for the non-djent stuff. I'd definitely call it a keeper. Clean it up, send it in to a tech to have the LED replaced and general maintenance done, and add it to Tone Mountain!

[@edwinstovall3334]

Congratulations, Hunter Engel! You are the first human being ever to make me like ANYTHING PINK! (Anything non-living, that is!😎)

[@jams3maddij]

No guard 🤺. Black hardware. Hell yeah. Rock out some Psychedelic Furs. The H&K Marks. You got a monster in the rack. And it's Uncle Mark II. Road dog. If I am remembering right. The LEDs for the panel glass lighting effect runs along the edges. Get a RBG strip with multiple color options. And put a sound switch (massive Dumas moment. Forget what it's called) and a remote for ease of control. Still a vicious sounding monster. ?? Grass roots comparable to a epi just with a open book route on top. Do tell. Where do they fall within the LP copy market? ROCK ON

[@Dr-Stu]

WHERE did you get this for $350 I went looking for this after the 1st video you mentioned and I can't see one for less than $600 before shipping. And that's a horrible deal.

[@andybungert]

YT got it this time by a hair

[@trevorreniger5670]

*Whaaaaa!* 🥹 I am a hot pink kinda guy. Hot pink shoes, lots of hot pink polos, all pink discs for disc golf, ect. Plus, fellow Les Paul hypeman and my main amp is an H&K Grandmeister. It's like Hunter read my mind and made this video just for me. Now I've gotta find one of those hot pink Les Pauls from Grass Roots.

[@RavageRitual1986]

No way you got that for $350. I’ve been watching eBay for this exact model and color and they never dip that low and then it’s another $100 for shipping. Let’s see that receipt.

[@ShadeHope1969]

Just bought a JJN Gold Glory so I would Have a p90 Guitar, suprisingly the binding was great as well as the neck and frets,I was worried about flaws n stuff, But hey,Even I can get lucky now and then, Love the vid Hunter.

[@MrJingles021]

I live in Korea and those Grass Roots guitars are pretty available. I have always wanted to check one out.

[@Barry101er]

The Pinky: I would swap out the hardware from gold to all black, imho

[@TobyKBTY]

Man, all ESP brands and sub brands have their shit together compared to most others. I've been impressed by the occasional Grass Roots and low end LTD models here, totally comparable to midrange LTDs and great mod platforms

[@adamstrachn]

Killer guitar Hunter. I'd go with nickel hardware, Bare Knuckle Silo or Polymath with neck covered aged nickel, open aged black ribbon bridge. Both with aged nickel screws and no pick guard🤘🏻

[@Myoldnameiscringy]

Dude, don’t do Chrome on that grass roots. Go Blacked Out

[@BA99253]

I just picked up a boss gx 700 for 150. I love it it’s a great poor man’s axe fx.

[@yeti1002]

This H&K amp has to many knobs , the gut shot probably looks like a computer in the inside 🖥️ . Im not sure if amps techs like working on these types of guitar amps 😢 sounds pretty good on this demo .😅

[@agufish]

Oh yeah, a lot of techs refuse to touch the Grandmeisters because they're such a pain in the butt. They packed so much stuff into those lunchbox heads lol

[@1972LittleC]

Always no pick guard.

[@mmagoon67]

I'm not sure why there's a volume difference between the two amps here. I owned the MKII and then went to the Mark 3 and the Mark 3 is so much bigger. Playing the amp through their respective cabs is important too. The Mark 3 was made for it's Rockdriver TC412 cab and the MKII was made for the industry standard V30s. My Mark 3 with the TC cab can go louder than my MKII ever could, although I do miss the warm smoothness of the MKII with the V30s.

[@spiraldrop4897]

Get Trilogy amp and you will be surprised that Trilogy (1.300 eur new in 2000s) compared with Triamp mk3 sounds similar in some channels plus much better clean Fender on 1a on Trilogy

[@COBHC8890]

*******. Do a upgrade video for the Grass Roots guitar! But.... do something different!!! Heavy relic'd, with tarnished nickel hardware!!!! Hipshot "Deco" tuners. Bareknuckle "Black Dog" humbuckers w/tarnished covers. Do like a "stoner rock/doom" theme. Something different!!!

[@Bacontruffle]

Holy shit that GrassRoots custom, positively ridiculous finish, certainly need more Navigator/Edwards/GrassRoots!

[@Joe-mz6dc]

Bro your videos are very good. Much appreciated. I rented a TriAmp Mk 2 and I enjoyed it very much. I used it with a Suhr reactive load into my digital audio workstation. All of the tones were usable.

[@voyager1568]

I’d swap the black plastic for cream. I just don’t like black plastic (rings/ pickguard) unless it’s on the perfect guitar for it. It looks cheap to me, like it’s a studio instead of a standard. Just a personal opinion though!

[@jciturr]

Try Triamp MK1 is ridiculous how good all channels are. Then stick a sonic maximizer in the loop and you are in MK3 territory... Another great HK gem is the Trilogy...

[@michaelgriffin5304]

As a previous HK owner- Everything is meh except the MK series made in Germany. Even those are only OK compared to all of the maintenance, weight, etc for the 2 good tones they make. Not a fan of HK at all. Soft, squishy, wompy, brash with a guitar tone that always seems kind of 'hidden' or hard to hear compared to other amps.

[@BarnyardTheSilverback]

Not gonna lie, I want that pink Grass Roots LP.I would probably give it black hardware and some EMG's but that's just me

[@barryengle12666]

So yeah..... Just saw your last name in the video here. Slightly different spelling (Engle- Engel), but according to my grandparents most of the different spellings are related somewhere on down the line. They changed them I guess to hide from the nazis during WWII and a little after. I have no idea what the original spelling is. Just noticed that on this video, cool stuff man!! Great video, lots of good info here

[@shanewalton8888]

Sorry I couldn't find you the Grasroots sooner, Hunter. Let me know if you want another pinky Grassroots.

[@yagoravell7944]

Old boss GT8 came with models of the 3 channels of the H&K MKII, and becouse of Mr. Lerxst, is all the amps i use! Haha

[@wickid_chyld]

Chrome, nah. That pepto baby is asking for some black hardware. Maybe with some zebra p'ups.

[@billdehey1300]

I thought you had a Navigator. The Navigator show was the one the got me hooked to your show. Your show rocks. Thanks for sharing. 🎉I like this except for the paint job.

[@stug5041]

Never a pickguard on a Les Paul a) covers up the beautiful top. And b) often the plastic doesn’t even match the body binding

[@zacharymicah]

While I do like a well made Les Paul, and I primarily play Strat-style guitars, I've always thought Les Pauls look better with out the pick guard.

[@axtonkahler7360]

No pickguard and black out the hardware! That thing is SICK!!!

[@lucyfuir6386]

I literally just bought one 2 weeks ago for 700 cash US from CL. Has one blown bulb but the rest is mint.

[@mqaisataloss.5951]

Ah man love good deals, got a fender Mike dirnt p bass for little under 2/3 the price because the case had a crack in it and 1 tuner was slightly bent. Hell yeh brother, Dont rly care for the guy himself but it's a sweet sweet bass for the money 🎉

[@jaygarrett2750]

Wow dude, i haven't heard that LoG riff since middle school lol. New American Gospel was my favorite album for a very long time lol

[@jmabs5096]

Almost looks like the ebony has some kind of satin lacquer on it. Welp these prices will jump up a lot now! Get them while you can! Never ever heard of this line from esp. That matte black 👌

[@brandonsmalleyorblspinc689]

I don't know why but I still have Enough Envy I wanna write with that it's not even My color but Muaw Rad

[@oshlick]

Have you tried the Tokai love Rock? I just bought one and it blows my Gibson away. If you’re interested let me know and I can ship mine to you to try out

[@purrpocalypse]

I have a Grass Roots "Raindeer" guitar. It's really nice, though the hardware is a bit shabby. Still love that guitar though.

[@Forest_Fifer]

Not gonna lie, i was expecting a "several hours later" halfway through trying to extract that ESP from all the plastic...

[@needsLITHIUM]

Nice Black Label riff. Lamb of God, old school, New American Gospel. Dope.

[@rosembermorales1995]

Last year's technology is just as good as most things that are new in the year you live in. Not only is it already discounted but can prob find it even cheaper used on FB or cl. Also learning to set up guitars can save you money on stuff that others think is broken.

[@billdehey1300]

That new/used Hughes sound fat, chunky cool! You should think about keeping that, clean it up on the outside. Good catch.

[@martinclayton7260]

I like the gold hardware, it really works with the pink. Id buy that, if i found one.

[@RunCMD97]

Speaking of import guitars, any way we can get Thomann to make an RD 👀👀👀👀👀?

[@Fallen_Chama]

I have a grassroots guitar but want to try more I want to try the the scalloped strat, takayoshi ohmura guitar and mikio fujioka guitar, and also some of the other snappers

[@garygary6032]

just a piece of very helpful advice that connector on the back of the triamp that's "stuck" has those 2 prong things on the side screwed in so it stays in so please for the love of god do not use pliers to pull it out you just need to unscrew those 2 prong thingos😭

[@michaelmenkes8085]

we need to normalize good fretwork as a base specification, not a surprise. Buy nothing that comes needing a tech to redress frets!

[@reeseosborne7734]

The Marshall mode four uses that same kind of VGA looking foot switch cord

[@golfrick007]

I was wondering is that equal to a Epiphone? How long does it take to ship? Thank Mr. Fish😊

[@thejakefromstatefarm6768]

The last thing I would ever think would be this cool is a pink les paul but here it is and it’s pretty fuckin cool lol.

[@Tehstroyer]

When you buy a Hughes & Kettner, but after turning it on, its just Hughes.

[@OrbitalDeathRay]

That pink is unbelievable. I love it. Get that pickguard outta there so we can see more of it lol

[@supersonicnomad8437]

That Grass Roots Paul is rad!!! Yes, pickguard.

[@ScottDreyfus]

are grassroots better than firefly for build qc. i only want the husk anyways

[@jantzencase7524]

I don't think I have seen anyone ask this before but what strings do you use across your guitars

[@JohnWiku]

Stone Sour Through Glass, fuck yes man!!

[@tawmifm]

Try using contact cleaner to remove the footswitch cable!

[@soundstorm9508]

What's the details on that sig guitar of yours? Looks really nice

[@sixsix8six]

OK I need you to link me to your PO Box. I'm sending you a real knife.

[@spiraldrop4897]

Change tubes and some channels will sound the same....

[@Kumacidefpv]

12:46 You, Fluff and Ola all play that same riff when trying gear., hahahaha

[@collinadams8165]

Used gear where I live is just people asking retail price for beat up gear.

[@theonemodifier]

What about the Grassroots LP sound an action etc.?

[@foreverjulybass85]

It's almost $4500 now... the mark 3 anyways

[@LouSassles]

15:56 IM LOOKING AT YOU THROUGH THE GLASS, DONT KNOW HOW MUCH TIME HAS PASSED

[@DrewKane]

SO PINK!

[@bryancmcguire]

Hey hunter isn't grass roots the equivalent of ltd?

[@timallen7354]

I love it. No pick guard. Silver hardware 👍

[@kobalt_ren01]

Anish Kapoor's least favourite guitar!

[@Duncan8er]

If you need a midi module for your amp, I have an extra one I could sell.