WHY IS NO ONE ELSE DOING THIS?!?! - Eart E-335 - Ball end stainless steel frets on a budget guitar?

Eart E335 on amazon: amzn.to/3T8jEZf
All the other guitar builders need to have their eye on Eart, their hyper polished ball end stainless steel frets on affordable guitars should set a new standard in the industry. But is it a standard the other builders can even match?
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[@sassycat]

Eart: Firefly's done the right way!

[@BoltRM]

Of course twice the price ;) I REALLY like the pickups on this.

[@dragoonphotography5847]

@@BoltRM Fireflys are almost in this price range now too. Every shipment came in a bit higher until they were basically in Epiphone territory.

[@matthewhowell4060]

Firefly is doing the frets like this on some of their newer guitars. I got their Explorer and V clones and they both had them.

[@bennettshapiro3117]

I had to replace both the tuners, and the pick ups on my Firefly.

[@MrJoecaldas]

I just got mine in yesterday. Chose it because of this video and a few others. I'm 68 and been playing since I was 9. I've owned Gibson, Fender and other major brand instruments, but I can honestly say that this is the best playing guitar I have!

[@stanleyhache1626]

Purchased this guitar a year ago and you have convinced me that I did the right thing... It's classic, classy and plays like a charm. It is completely flawless and the only thing that I would EART to do is work on the embossed name and make it POP on all of their guitars!

[@WalkenDead]

I have a feeling that the process of making the neck is so precise now that they can pre cut and do the fret edges before they are even installed. There would still be leveling and polishing, but taking care of the edges before install would cut down allot of the time

[@carlteresa5935]

I’ve had mine for about 1year and it is my most played guitar. Really love the tone,the fret work and the aesthetics. Plated through my Boss Katana 50 and my Fender 65 Deluxe Reverb Reissue, it just does everything I want it to do. Highly recommend!

[@BeatsAndGuitars]

Jealous at you 65 reissue. How’s that amp?

[@carlteresa5935]

@@BeatsAndGuitars I absolutely love it. I’ve gone through a bunch of amps in my time and none compare to it. I play mostly blues and jazz and play pretty clean with a bit of reverb. Done even own one pedal but I’m told it handles pedals very well. Doubt if I’ll ever change out the amp. Worth the investment in my opinion!

[@johnpike5836]

yep, delux tqin rev. the best but heavy

[@devinlawson2364]

I just got mine delivered yesterday and i played it for at least two hours. It is so well built and great sounding. I saw another review of this guitar on another KZbin channel. Always wanted a 335 but don't rate paying full fright for a real Gibson. All I did was tune it up about three or four times in the first 1/2 hour and once it settled in, she played great! Love this guitar. I will be recommending it to everyone I know who plays.

[@BeatsAndGuitars]

I have this guitar it’s ABSOLUTELY phenomenal. Probably my favorite budget 335 style guitar and I have 7 of them. It’s a easy 2nd place to my $2,000 D’Angelico

[@roosky203]

What exactly sets the D'Angelico apart from other MIK/MII guitars for the price? From someone that owns one anyways, always been curious because they're very beautiful guitars and I'm not an origin snob

[@BeatsAndGuitars]

@@roosky203 I hear you on that…I’m not either. As far as the D’Angelico I’ve only bought and played the one I have. It’s a D'Angelico Excel EXL-1 Throwback - Vintage. the regular EXL-1 is about half the price not sure what the differences are. I have a Gretsch G2420 that’s great and definitely more affordable, as well as a few others in that price range but I gotta say the Eart is by far my favorite budget hollowbody guitar.

[@michaelmillican5592]

Same here. They are amazing guitars

[@DJBuglip]

What pickups does the D'Angelico have in it? Humbuckers or some sorta single-coil?

[@BeatsAndGuitars]

@@DJBuglip it’s a floating Seymour Duncan Johnny Smith Mini-Humbucker

[@raf.raf.]

That finish is so pretty!

[@gregperkins7723]

I'm watching this with mine in my lap. Cannot put this one down!! Holy crap this is the best $400 I ever spent in my guitar journey (so far). Sold my Gibson 335 because I couldn't warm up to it. I cannot get this one to cool down.

[@pthintz]

Love the content…really appreciate all the insight. Btw…this is probably my favorite channel on KZbin. Great demo of the EART. 👏

[@toddwilliams4442]

While i dont own the 335 style model, i do own 5 EART guitars. I genuinely love them for not just the stellar frets, but also for the best roasted maple necks ive seen on ANYTHING less than 2k. The tuning machines on my teles and ibanez-esque super stratish hss models are impeccable. Sitting in a rack case or in their cases, i can come back a week later and it will still be pretty spot on. LOTS of folks blame poor string changing skill sets on bad tuners. Well wrapped/stretched strings hold tune barring outside intervention/occurrence. ive modded/ frankensteined every one that i own. My only issue is that they use such unusual parts, VERY few projects are as simple as a typical 30min strat or tele pick up and pot swap. They use decent pots . I their humbuckers SAY alnico, but id like to see the guts, bc every other pickup they use is ceramic, but my hss actually had well voiced, stout tone for ceramics(they still had to go lol). I made a lap steel with the neck,middle out of one lol. Im working on a custom pickguard company start up that will cater to not only the "i want exactly this color/print/image/script on my pickguard!" crowd, but i intend to make the options available to unique"no aftermarket parts available" guitars. I will send you a sample once we are up and running.

[@N7CAL]

Got mine on sale for $279.00 on Amazon. Amazed by this guitar

[@timbaker1320]

I bought an Eart S style guitar same color of the 335 in video. $200. I'm completely happy with it. I've owned about 27 guitars in the past. Most in the $600 to $700 range. You can always change pickups. I like.

[@PedalPlayhouse]

Wow the satin finish is gorgeous ❤ wow rounded end frets?! Everyone should do this!!

[@juanjan__]

6:12 the impression that I get and the happiness that I get 🙂

[@davecooper360]

I noticed it too!

[@TIMExBANDIT]

Oh this is a damn stream, no wonder it started in the middle lmao

[@darrellowe4208]

60cycleRyan are your videos ad lib kinda like how you like a pick-up because of the way it sounds not because of preconceived notion about the magnet or anything else? You are so natural and well-spoken with an obvious understanding of what a purchaser would want to know.

[@60CycleHumcast]

they are mostly ad lib. I fumble here and there and retake what i was saying but nothing is scripted.

[@rickeguitar9086]

I have the same model. I truly like mine. The only issue I had was the intonation on my D, A, E strings required me to push the saddles to the very front to where it cannot go any further. In the end, the result fell within satisfactory expectations. Everything on this video is the experience I have had with this guitar. And I have had mine over four months. I use this model for when I am looking for a Larry Carlton, Doobie Brothers, Eagles & BB King mood and sound. Thanks Eart! You saved me $2,000+! If I need another guitar, I am going to shop for an East again. Very pleased with mine! Thanks for demoing this model 60 cycle hum!

[@SoCalGuitarist]

I have a whole stable of EARTs. they're great guitars, not just for the price, but in general. If you're not a brand snob, want a good guitar for a good price, go EART. They're easy to upgrade too if you don't like the pickup sounds, but that goes for any guitar once you start chasing specific voicings.

[@ravenshadowz2343]

I think it is good for learning to learn how to make adjustments on a Gibson style guitar. Also good for learning to play the guitar. Thank you for this video!

[@richardcramp2850]

and binding makes a Guitar very nice

[@jjdillon2007]

Alnico 5 magnets can make a neck pickup less prone from sounding muddy, while an Alnico 2 pickup can tame the shrill sound of a bridge pickup.

[@bryanbailey6963]

Nice review! Got me interested in Eart guitars. Thanks - just what I need - another guitar. And Eart offers free shipping from the US warehouse!

[@ianskelding5827]

Hello Ryan, I liked the sound of the eart guitar, yes it did sound a little dark but overall a good guitar

[@robertwatkins8220]

I bought the NK-C1 wine red Eart Telecaster. I have been playing it for a couple weeks. I have yet to find a flaw. I barely turned the neck adjust. And the height adjuster on the 6th string. I have had many Fender Stats and Telecasters, American and Mexican. I have never had a guitar this nice!

[@martynridley3671]

Does it have the same ball-ended frets?

[@k4vms]

FYI - At Uncle Wally’s Guitar Repair in Englewood, FL when we do a “Set Up” out “Set Up Process” has as one of the many things we do is dress the frets with 400, 800, 1000 wet and dry paper and then we use polishing compound and a buffing wheel and give each fret a mirror finish. Literally you can see yourself in the frets. We do a lot more in our “Set Up Process” then most other shops. Ricky from IBM, Ret (Now at Uncle Wally’s Guitar Repair”

[@cjm3122]

I got a Les Paul (ish) Eart last year. Same here. This is a nice guitar.

[@cantfindamerica877]

I did construction work for yrs and play guitar. So I had to figure out how they do the Frets. I stumbled across a guitar building video and one must pre measure each fret and grind each end before they install them. Which if a factory is mass producing these guitars with the same design on every guitar it’s not a real problem to do this.

[@loyolaschool]

Thanks for playing Sissy Strut. One of the songs we used to play in my band

[@adam-n-stuff]

Aaaah-yeah! Strut your Cissy stuff! Definitely liking that guitar, nice Mitered frets.

[@TomTobin67]

I build custom guitars and I do out of the box ideas like my 12 string stratocaster with locking tuners and a tremolo and 3 different caps.

[@sesa2984]

Looks amazing. Not sure it compares in tone to my 335. Thinking (long term) about picking a road version. But mine just sounds so good. Memphis, neck broke twice but sonmehow sounds better now.

[@area51audio]

Oh man...Two Princetons. We certainly have dad humor in common 😄

[@picksalot1]

Nice guitar, sounds and looks good, phenomenal fret ends, straight string pull through nut. I would recommend that EarT to move the Truss Rod adjustment to the heel end of the neck, and use the new wheel-type design. Accidentally breaking the headstock of a guitar should be a thing of the past. Adjusting the Truss Rod is simple, but small changes can go a long way, so watch a video or two first if you're new to this. Personally, I'd prefer a slightly glossy finish and a wide variety of colors.

[@nonservitium]

This with a trem = cream dream shoegaze perfection

[@peskypesky]

Sounds great and looks great. I wish they hadn't changed the body shape, but I might still buy one. Thanks for the video!

[@greevar]

How do you get the attention of your prospective customers? You do something awesome that no one else is doing.

[@60CycleHumcast]

you mean the brands? I just make videos and they come to me. I don't like pitching myself to brands.

[@michaelmillican5592]

It's the 2 Princetons/ prince's theme song!

[@paulebbing775]

informative and passionate, as always.

[@russellzauner]

"...and for all those truss rod adjustments you'll be doing, we just made a flip door for you do to that..." lol

[@davidkastin4240]

Amazing fret ends! Seems like it's a good guitar. The only thing I don't like is the dull finish.

[@danbgt]

I just bought a Firefly FFLGS double neck. It has polished ball end stainless steel frets.

[@michaelhirstny]

Cissy Strut! Such a hot jam. Thanks for reminding me! Great review. These guitars look like a no brainer for anyone looking to stay under $500 for a 335ish guitar. Could see doing some pickup upgrades and having it be a main axe.

[@miks-dk]

Your video made the guitar so popular that it’s sold out from Amazon 😂😂

[@Superjet113]

There in stock now as I look on Amazon USA... I have prime and it says if i order now i can get it monday.

[@guitfidle]

Wow, I gotta say, that sounds great right out of the box!! I would have killed to have a guitar like that for reasonable price when I started playing like 30 years ago. I'd say this sounds pretty dang close to my Epi 335 pro

[@WalkenDead]

I have had this conversation with allot of people that play guitar. The current "cheap" guitars, no matter the price range, are so much better than the ones we all started playing with. Maybe it has something to do with learning how to set up a guitar as you get to be an older player, but the ones I see need minimal setup, it's more of a to taste kind of thing

[@guitfidle]

@@WalkenDead I picked up a used Epiphone 335 Pro for $350. It needed zero setup, hell I haven't even changed the strings yet. It seriously plays better than a $2,000 Les Paul brand new off the shelf. For that matter, I picked up an Arbor SG Jr a couple years back for $75. All i did was clean it up and change the strings. I'm blown away for how well it plays and sounds

[@Play2Hiswill]

I bought this guitar on sale from Amazon last month for 279.99 what a steal.

[@gergnotsloh]

I see you put white knobs on that HB MR modern. I just got the same guitar in white myself and think I'm going to do the same thing !

[@60CycleHumcast]

it just looks better with white knobs

[@gergnotsloh]

@@60CycleHumcast 100% Agree ;) I put a Ramones sticker on mine too, lol.

[@edigabrieli7864]

You forgot to mention it has a roasted neck and a compound radius 9/12 to 14 inches. Mine is one year old and I love this guitar.

[@margovallen]

Sweet guitar. However, one word : Seymour Duncan Alnico II's neck and bridge. You're welcome.😎

[@StephenLPugh1]

I was not expecting the Elastica riff, nice! I've been eyeing semi-hollows for a while, this is very tempting.

[@Superjet113]

I wonder if they make this in fiesta red or bright red color. I like it!

[@60CycleHumcast]

Just this color. Hopefully they do more colors in the future

[@odnich.gitarygarazowe]

Hi! Well actually for me it is easier to make guitars and basses with hemispherical frets than traditional because i prefer to finish fret end before installation. All my friends have got hemispherical frets (stainless steel) in their instruments after my reftretting job :) You just have to be more careful if you want to cut frets - ends of frets should to be in one line. Sorry for my English. Greetings from Danzig.

[@TheAtariCreep]

5:17

[@davidshuman4469]

I have an Eart E-3S Rainbow that I absolutely love, and the one thing I probably like most is the BALL-END steel frets. (!!!) Makes me feel like I'm playing a guitar that costs 4x what I paid for it. Now you have me thinking I need the E-355 too

[@moogsmiley4157]

Ryan can you try the Epiphone Crestwood and see if it can drip? thanks.

[@sorenahlback]

I bought one of these a few weeks ago and it’s really, really good. Neck is so smooth and it sounds good. Only wish I could have would be maybe coil split from factory because it a little more mess in a hollow.

[@BuffaloC305]

We added our 7th, 8th and 9th to our students, and had no neck issues other than them discovering neck bends and bridge bends instead of 'whammy bars'. A few of those students have cheapo Strat/Tele styles with swapped-out pickups, but none of the Eart users have made that switch yet. There may be a few Lollars eventually, but these keep up with everything they want.

[@davidmeinertdecrepidude]

On close inspection, mine has '57 + Classic copies in it, which I believe are AlNiCo II by design, which may explain the 'darkness' you hear. The various websites alternately quote AlNiCo II and V depending on source. the Eart website proper states AlNiCo II

[@GamingPlus10]

The sides are sunburst too

[@Big-A-Russel]

I love the two Princetons thing! This was a treat!

[@Superjet113]

They are $349 on their website, but I didnt look on anything about shipping..

[@edwinstovall3334]

On the subject of pickup magnets, here's what I've learned over the years and particularly the past few months. I find that I favor Alnico neck humbuckers over ceramic neck humbuckers. Strat-style single coils sound better in ceramic form than do their Alnico sisters. Bridge humbuckers sound enough alike for me not to have a preference between ceramics and Alnicos, at least not in humbucker form (which is the only way I accept bridge pickups). That's it, all I know.

[@wonderwomanguy]

Perhaps it's subjective to each of us, but to my ears my 89 V with ceramic pickups sound much different than my Les Paul with Alnico 5s as far as humbuckers are concerned. Again, to each there own as far as their opinion of tone.

[@wonderwomanguy]

"How do you judge a Tune-a-matic?" *TROGGLY'S HAS ENTERED THE CHAT

[@stoatystoat174]

does look and sound great for the money. Only worry for me woulf be how could you repair the inards if a pot gives up on you or something

[@HighSideYT]

to use "metal" for a genre for this guitar, this would be great for stoner metal. deep, cream, fuzzy awesome. def gonna make me get out my harley benton hb35 plus for some stoner metal jams for sure.

[@BrentAdams]

....and I do Love me a Sunburst! (I don't care what magnet ... or wire... type a pick-up may have. I just want to be able to dial in a good sound without too much trouble!)

[@bobertdeleon5010]

You have to order stealthy so they don't cherry pick you guitars! Their marketing doesn't miss a beat! Good job bro!

[@bobertdeleon5010]

I was never choosey about pickups until I played a JB and a '59 set by Seymour Duncan!

[@1seriousgearheadify]

That's my go to combination. Have them in a few guitars

[@bennettshapiro3117]

I'm not sure if I love all alnico5 pick ups, Ryan, but I did notice that my new Leo Jaymz tele has alnico5 pick ups, and I really like the sound of it.

[@bldallas]

Holy smokes, that guitar is gorgeous. And with stainless steel frets….and a BONE nut and full sized pots?!!!! Wow. I don’t need another guitar, and have never bought “off-brand” guitars in the past; usually they have a fugly headstocks, or goofy logos, etc. Hum.

[@chrisclermont456]

Seems like a great travel guitar for 335 players that worry about thieves and airlines!! I don't fly with my Gibson 335 anymore. Got a decent cheap Tele modified to hell I work with now. This would be a welcome travel buddy.

[@seanfaherty]

I sounds to me like the frets are nice I love your truss rod advice . I was told a 1/4 turn every 15 minutes. That isn’t a neck it’s a whammy bar. I still like it

[@60CycleHumcast]

You can turn it faster than that but yeah. Adjust, tune, measure. Rinse and repeat.

[@Edward1312]

You need to remember the biggest guitar market in the World is in the US. This guitar would never be allowed in the US without the risk of litigation from Gibson. This is why you will not see it anytime soon selling new in retail stores in the US. This is why no one else will copy this when it uses any type of Gibson design because they will not be able to sell it in the US.

[@renewijgh8859]

Needed a little down tapping on some frets, by my luthier, before it became playable, but now it's the guitar that is always out and ready to play. New gotoh locking tuners and Dimarzio 36th ann. Paf's made it complete. Beats a lot of the more expensive 335's available.

[@timbaker1320]

I liked the video. Did not know about flexable necks. Used to try the Joan Jet method in I like Rock in Roll vid. Lol

[@chucklee347]

The new fireflies are stainless steel and rounded ends also. Many channels are saying that's how you know you got a brand new one if it's older stock regular frets brand new stainless steel. I don't know I bought a firefly 4 weeks ago and the frets were excellent they really were but it wasn't stainless.

[@casiopeaman]

My favorite magnet type is green eggs and ham in the Jazzmaster pancake style. Discuss amongst yourselves.

[@YellowstoneCountryFlyFishing]

WTF that truss rod adjustment???!!!! Why doesn't every guitar have this?????

[@peterskalak7844]

Firefly has started doing the round end polished frets on some of their new guitars. They have it on the V and Explorer style ones.

[@HeelBJC]

Eart has to be seen as a legit Epiphone/Squier alternative at this point. They've been around long enough that this isn't some flash in the pan gimmick. They're pretty clearly on a level above brands like Glarry or Firefly, which I was skeptical of when they were starting out. I think the big roadblock is going to be whether they can break into the big retail suppliers. Until then, they'll still be seen more on the level of those latter two even if it's unfair based on quality. They even have headstock that don't look like a crazy wilderness axe man slashed it into shape! Though I'll never be able to see the logo as anything other than "EAR."

[@PatCaseyLA]

@@Dogdickdale You can buy them on Amazon, though. If the fret job isn't good, just return the guitar, right?

[@jvin248]

@@Dogdickdale Stainless is no problem. I only build or refret with stainless. Glad to see stainless on budget guitars.

[@jvin248]

They shouldn't 'break into the big retailers' because that will only double the consumer price. An import factory selling direct to consumers through amazon is their market advantage since amazon has just a low sales fee not a regular music retailer markup.

[@HeelBJC]

@@Dogdickdale My experience with stainless steel is 100% different than yours.

[@McB41n69]

@@Dogdickdale i bought an Eart W2 and leveled the frets with regular tools. Not sure if that means they use softer stainless or what but it wasn't an issue for me.

[@garyhighley9022]

Put some tone pots with a wider sweep and it will get some treble twang going on

[@thomasd9237]

👍Nice demo 👍 can I have it when you're done with it ? 😀 In a blues context this little guitar would be nice against something bright like a startercaster or a tele. I think I need one of these.

[@NoWay1969]

Is it just me or are the frets finished prior to installation? I haven't seen the guitar close up, but it looks like they're cut to size and machine polished, and then installed. There's nothing wrong with that, but frets are usually filed and finished post-installation and Eart seems to be doing it prior to installation and that's how they get a finished look and feel at a budget price.

[@TranscendentBen]

Seriously, though - one problem with mentioning the neck adjustment is too many people think the purpose of adjusting the neck rod is to adjust the string height! And really, it CHANGES the string height, so it's only logical to think that. I think you should clear that up and take a moment to describe how the neck should be (very slightly concave - fret the first and last frets, the fretted string should be a VERY small distance away from the 12th fret, maybe 1/32 to 1/64), "... and THEN you adjust the string height AT THE BRIDGE."

[@richardcramp2850]

tobacco burst 5 of them heck yeah

[@caseyscott1766]

"Hotdogged" SS frets > EVERYTHING ELSE.

[@noisetrust]

I don't know about magnets but ceramic caps taste the best. Nice crunch.

[@igavehimadollar3354]

here for the review and also the comments

[@onkelpool]

There are a lot of very high quality guitars here for this price! That's how it seems to me personally🙄.

[@Gene_Cali]

That guitar seemed to like you, It sang for you. 🎸 Eart does make a excellent instrument for all skill levels. Thanks Ryan for this Informative and fun demo. \m/

[@chrisclermont456]

Good tuning stability and sustain.

[@mr.smithgnrsmith7808]

You’re playing is just fine dude, quite nice actually

[@biffabacon1203]

Bought a similar by benson and to be honest it's a nice playing guitar..most if not all cheaper end guitar seller's will know the power of a bad Internet review so will produce a decent product to keep selling.

[@tjforgey7854]

Firefly has been doing it on some of their models too.

[@LocalManMakesMusic]

Been looking for a good budget 335 for awhile. Thank you!

[@eppleheid]

Thank you! I have a nickle allergy and don't buy guitars because most brands don't have nickle free frets. About time I bought an Eart? If only it wasn't called Eart! Lol

[@petermartin4142]

Great advice! I wish I could play. Then I would really appreciate the information that you just presented. I enjoyed your videos and have subscribed. I have a few guitars but I’ve been putting off starting. You have inspired me I will think of starting again, signed the great procrastinator 😂😂.

[@chuckplainview4085]

Eart quality is what those weird firefly guitar group people on facebook see in their heads when they constantly think about fireflys with eachother all the time.

[@HikerDave57]

That is a very nice looking and sounding guitar. My Bullet Mustang has a thin body that can be bent out of tune like that and it’s never been a problem. Maybe when and if I get a hollow-body electric guitar that could be the one.

[@PooNinja]

Super stainless sensation

[@murph1017]

Two Princetons! There's no such thing as too much Two Princetons...c'mon. I love 335 style guitars. There's something so satisfying about their pick attack.