Great review and playing by Bob Spencer 👏 I’m a little confused by the info conveyed here compared to the website. Bob says it’s a plastic nut, the website says bone. Someone’s asked about the weight, Artist has responded with “2.5 to 3kgs”, the website says “3.5 to 4kgs”. And what does “preamp” refer to in this video’s title? Cheers ✌️
The nut looks plastic, because it's so highly polished, but, of course, it could well be bone! I'm not fussed either way. To tell you the truth, I didn't check up on that on the web site! As to weight, no idea, as I didn't weigh it. Best to call Artist Guitars! And thank you. :-)
@@BobSpencerMusic Thanks for the response, Bob! Great EC licks on this one. Looking forward to getting one of these soon! They’ve recently been prototyping colour samples for a Walnut 58 which looks beautiful. I’m certain the video title mentioned “preamp”. They either edited that, or I actually saw it in the video description (where it is still mentioned).
A year later and Artist have still not addressed the poor fretboard and fretwork with the manufacturer. I just got the Black58 and had to spend rather more than ten minutes fixing up the rough fingerboard and scratchy frets. This makes for a poor OOTB experience. Otherwise, a nice budget 335 style guitar which feels and sounds great.
Hey Steve! Sorry to hear that you've experienced the rough fingerboard and frets. If you send us an Email we can definitely resolve these issues for you :)
During the review, Bob claimed one or more setting as being “clean” which it was clearly not. Whilst I’m sure that a proper clean sound might be obtainable, I don’t understand why distortion on all settings demonstrated needs to be the nor. Mind you, if this guitar is not capable of distortion free output, it’s certainly not for me.
All guitars have distortion free outputs, as pickups do not "distort", players only *think* they do due to their relative outputs and frequency responses (and misleading advertising and players having little knowledge of how things work :-) ). You can easily prove this yourself by recording a direct signal from your guitar, via a studio grade preamp into a professional interface. It's the amp you can hear distorting., not the guitar. "Clean" is a relative term, as is "proper". If this demo is not clean enough for you, that's a fair comment, but we should bear in mind that it's subjective, and only from your point of view. Cheers, Bob.
Thanks for sharing... great review Bob...I am 78 yrs old & remember the 'old ' days when I played a Maton as my first electric guitar, so gear has come along way since the early 60s... keep up the good work... cheers 😀
I bought one of the Chuck Berry style 355 clones for $350 shipped with a bag.. A wonderful guitar, sounds and plays great. Only gripe is after about 3 months of use, didn't stay in tune. Had it set-up again, I'll see how it goes, but I am on the verge of using it in a live situation.
I see you still haven't got out of your pajama pants Bob 😂🤣. Yes they're fantastic guitars for the price - I've got the Cherry58 and the Tobacco burst 10th Anniversary. Both kick arse. And they say 335's were made for jazz (with evil Ted Nugent laugh, begins to crank the amplifier to full with wonderful feedback).
Are the Bull buckers voiced the same as in their other guitars? I already have a LP style artist guitar, with Bull buckers. Didn't want the same pick up sound in a different guitar
Can I ask how heavy is it? I find a lot of these cheaper guitars are like bricks. Being semi hollow i'm assuming it's not, but would be keen to know its actual weight. Great review and playing btw.
Thanks for the great Review Bob !!! With such a wide tonal range due to the Coil Splitting of the 'base' Bullbucker created sound abilities it has, what would you say those ranges/tones are like if you compared other specific guitars to those. I mean like, can it be a Stratocaster, or a Telecaster, or a Les Paul..... at least very much like any of those - or close enough to. Or what specific difference (in body wood/construction tone creation etc) makes it NOT able to be like any of those in any close manner. From what I see (hear?) it seems it could mimic any of those to some good degree(?).
IMO, nothing I've (yet) heard sounds like a "proper" single coil except a single coil, nor does (AFAIAA) anything claim to. More to the point for me is, "is this usable?", which this is, as I hope the review conveys. I don't really do much in the way of coil splitting, but I am aware that others do. I would be wary of anyone who claimed their split coil Gibson style guitar sounded "exactly" like a Fender style. Body weight, body materials, scale length, bridge composition, various angles............. :-)
Late 60's at the peak, before the 70's burst of Hard Rock. Cream going strong. Wonderful Sound.
Artist should do a Epiphone Casino Natural Ala beatles P90s , would buy one in a heart beat.
Good review! I'm looking to buy a Cherry58! Greetings from Hollywood California!
Great review and playing by Bob Spencer 👏 I’m a little confused by the info conveyed here compared to the website. Bob says it’s a plastic nut, the website says bone. Someone’s asked about the weight, Artist has responded with “2.5 to 3kgs”, the website says “3.5 to 4kgs”.
And what does “preamp” refer to in this video’s title?
Cheers ✌️
The nut looks plastic, because it's so highly polished, but, of course, it could well be bone! I'm not fussed either way. To tell you the truth, I didn't check up on that on the web site! As to weight, no idea, as I didn't weigh it. Best to call Artist Guitars! And thank you. :-)
Where is that mentioned? Ta, Bob.
@@BobSpencerMusic Thanks for the response, Bob! Great EC licks on this one. Looking forward to getting one of these soon! They’ve recently been prototyping colour samples for a Walnut 58 which looks beautiful.
I’m certain the video title mentioned “preamp”. They either edited that, or I actually saw it in the video description (where it is still mentioned).
@@williehew I have no idea what that "preamp" refers to! :-)
A year later and Artist have still not addressed the poor fretboard and fretwork with the manufacturer. I just got the Black58 and had to spend rather more than ten minutes fixing up the rough fingerboard and scratchy frets. This makes for a poor OOTB experience.
Otherwise, a nice budget 335 style guitar which feels and sounds great.
Hey Steve! Sorry to hear that you've experienced the rough fingerboard and frets. If you send us an Email we can definitely resolve these issues for you :)
@@ArtistGuitarsDemo Done. Check your mail 😎
I am about to pull the trigger on the 'ARTIST BLACKCHERRY GLOSS BLACK HOLLOW BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR' with bigsbyish Trem
During the review, Bob claimed one or more setting as being “clean” which it was clearly not. Whilst I’m sure that a proper clean sound might be obtainable, I don’t understand why distortion on all settings demonstrated needs to be the nor.
Mind you, if this guitar is not capable of distortion free output, it’s certainly not for me.
All guitars have distortion free outputs, as pickups do not "distort", players only *think* they do due to their relative outputs and frequency responses (and misleading advertising and players having little knowledge of how things work :-) ). You can easily prove this yourself by recording a direct signal from your guitar, via a studio grade preamp into a professional interface. It's the amp you can hear distorting., not the guitar. "Clean" is a relative term, as is "proper". If this demo is not clean enough for you, that's a fair comment, but we should bear in mind that it's subjective, and only from your point of view. Cheers, Bob.
so this guitar has no clear sounds...what a pity...
Thanks for sharing... great review Bob...I am 78 yrs old & remember the 'old ' days when I played a Maton as my first electric guitar, so gear has come along way since the early 60s... keep up the good work... cheers 😀
Cant go wrong in those shorts!!
I bought one of the Chuck Berry style 355 clones for $350 shipped with a bag.. A wonderful guitar, sounds and plays great. Only gripe is after about 3 months of use, didn't stay in tune. Had it set-up again, I'll see how it goes, but I am on the verge of using it in a live situation.
Thanks for the nice review. Tuning tends to be the biggest issue for me with budget guitars, so locking tuners are the biggest selling point for me.
I have a cherry red one i love it.
An excellent review, Bob. I enjoy your techy, almost nerdy, attention to detail.
Yes, "almost"...
Cheers Bob love ya work.
The noise that I am hearing....electronic hum.... from guitar or amp???
Proximity to my PC and that bloody "review" light, maybe. The guitar and my amp are very quite.
If you mean when the pups are split, yes. That's normal.
I like the noise
I still know Crossroads too. Great version by Clapton.
I see you still haven't got out of your pajama pants Bob 😂🤣.
Yes they're fantastic guitars for the price - I've got the Cherry58 and the Tobacco burst 10th Anniversary. Both kick arse.
And they say 335's were made for jazz (with evil Ted Nugent laugh, begins to crank the amplifier to full with wonderful feedback).
Got the Artist tele. It's a wonderful guitar. 💓🎸.
I have the seventh Anniversary, which has had many compliments. This sounds really great, what amp is used, please?
Straight into my Ivan Richards "Spencer-Ford" amp. No pedals.
Are the Bull buckers voiced the same as in their other guitars? I already have a LP style artist guitar, with Bull buckers. Didn't want the same pick up sound in a different guitar
Thanks Bob, so glad you didn't say it was awesome out of the box, and that it did require some work, if it plays as good as it looks, $400! I'm in :)
Great playing!!
Can I ask how heavy is it? I find a lot of these cheaper guitars are like bricks. Being semi hollow i'm assuming it's not, but would be keen to know its actual weight. Great review and playing btw.
The proximate weight of the guitar is 2.5 to 3 Kg.
@@ArtistGuitarsDemo Why does the product tech features list 3.5Kg to 4.0Kg then? Thanks.
Nicely played!
Don't worry about the copy Bob - the demo said it all. I'm sure Artist would know what to send me if I stump up the cash!
👍🏻👍🏻
Just bought one of these as my first electric guitar. I’m loving it so far. Thanks.
Do you ship these to the states?
Sorry not at the moment, but we are working on this.
@@ianbushAu if you work for Artist, you may want to know about Ian Scanlon, keeps leaving troll comments on this reviewer's videos
Thanks for the great Review Bob !!! With such a wide tonal range due to the Coil Splitting of the 'base' Bullbucker created sound abilities it has, what would you say those ranges/tones are like if you compared other specific guitars to those. I mean like, can it be a Stratocaster, or a Telecaster, or a Les Paul..... at least very much like any of those - or close enough to. Or what specific difference (in body wood/construction tone creation etc) makes it NOT able to be like any of those in any close manner. From what I see (hear?) it seems it could mimic any of those to some good degree(?).
IMO, nothing I've (yet) heard sounds like a "proper" single coil except a single coil, nor does (AFAIAA) anything claim to. More to the point for me is, "is this usable?", which this is, as I hope the review conveys. I don't really do much in the way of coil splitting, but I am aware that others do. I would be wary of anyone who claimed their split coil Gibson style guitar sounded "exactly" like a Fender style. Body weight, body materials, scale length, bridge composition, various angles............. :-)
Nice looking guitar. A white pick guard would make it look even better.