Import Guitars, GOOD or BAD? Feat. Steve From Boston - TGU19
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- In this interview, I talk with awesome fellow UA-camr Steve From Boston about how the stigma of overseas manufactured guitars has changed over the years, and whether or not the cost of hand made guitars is still justified!
Here's Steve's Top 3 list of affordable guitars:
- Squier Classic Vibe Stratocaster: amzn.to/30urfX2
- Harley Benton Fusion II: www.thomannmus...
- Kramer Pacer Classic: rover.ebay.com...
Max's Top 3 list of affordable guitars:
- Jackson JS32 Dinky: amzn.to/2XET5hr
- Harley Benton Extreme 84: www.thomannmus...
- Squier Contemporary Active HH Strat: amzn.to/30v3NsY
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Rubric: -5 points for Danzig references. -5 points for not reading the description. -5 points for not watching far enough into the video to answer your own question. -5 points for misquoting me in your comment. 20 points possible. Everyone starts with an A!
Really awesome hanging out at TGU, Max! See you again soon, bud!
Man you are living musicpedia of gear, thanks for all that knowledge. I'm 53 and I remember the first Korean guitars and they were hoorible. Greetings from Portugal.
Bababooey!!!
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Steve from Boston 😂😂😂
You racist lair who don't know much about guitars obviously, was thinking you are so so OK but after this spiting fest on ''1st guitars were garbage'' and ' MIJ had no crowned frets, not well measured scales'' how you dare to spread such lies? THIS GUITARS WERE MADE IN LATE 1980'S IN KOREA AND THEY ARE BETTER THEN YOUR USA STARTS especially model ST 40 AND THAT IS WHY FENDER WENT TO ''WAR'' WITH YOUNG CHANG' RADIO-HEAD USED THEIR TELECASTER ON 1ST ALBUM! planetbotch.blogspot.com/2012/07/1989-young-chang-fenix-st-20-strat.html
That was a pretty good interview. He bought up some great points.
Keith Smith yes, but what it did cost?
Steve is one of a kind. He brings a lot of experience and really is a wealth of knowledge. We never miss his videos-thanks Max!
Yeah, Pix is good.
He has a vast knowledge of inexpensive guitars as well as the overly expensive ones. He certainly knows what he's talking about! And Max has jumped into that mix now too!!
A Name on a Guitar doesn't make it a Great Guitar, and Having an Off Name doesn't make a Junk or Inferior Guitar.
Today we are fortunate and its even more affordable to take a lot of new low cost Guitars with a little time polish and tweak few upgrades you got what would of been a $1000.00 Guitar...
By the same token CNC on Famous Brands has fell the opposite way they cut cost, they cut materials, use cheaper materials and in some cases now the Less known Brands are better then a lot off shelf Famous Name Guitars.
Also Steve from Boston has really been informative with a lot of his Videos for several years. Appreciate both Max, Steve, and the others who take time to put time in sharing and informing us on Products, and we get to have a treat to a lot of good Playing as well which is always Cool...
Thanks Max!!! and thank you Steve...
bpreece1 your absolutely correct, when shopping for a guitar, the name brand has nothing to do with my decision, I have played high end Les Pauls that I didn’t like, and on the other end I’ve played no name low cost guitars that sounded and played great, I advise all guitar players that I know that are in the market for a new guitar, to give all guitars from high end to low end a chance. I don’t have any brand loyalty when it comes to a guitar that to me will become such a personal relationship and experience. I have several guitars and even though some are more expensive than others, everyone of them to me all have equal value.
I recently read a comment from a guy in China who makes guitars in a factory. He said that the actual Chinese guitar manufactures make very good high end stuff for not a lot of money, compared to the big names that pay very little wage and give the workers inferior woods and material to work with. So crap comes out from them.
Digging the collab between channels here. Feels like I'm part of a community of fellow crazy guitar players
Steve is such an intellectual talker. I love to hear him talk
Amen brother...Instead of blaming Asian products it is sooo nice to hear an American celebrating economic and product competition. Steve is a guy after my own heart that presented the facts, even if he was very positive towards our country, he didn't bad mouth Gibson or any other U.S. manufacturer for spending more money pleasing wealthy stockholders than on their products while Asia had their eyes on the ball for decades.
Max! Loving your channel more and more. This video is no exception. Bravo my friend! You both made some very very good points, and this is stuff we need to be thinking about out here. You know, us guitar players who buy guitars and gear constantly. Over the past 3 years I have become more and more addicted to learning and collecting. Thanks to guys like you! Much appreciated, Max! Great video!
Thank Mark!
Steve is the best guitar related youtuber. He is just this positive person that always has this objective opinion . No fakeness
so true!
Steve brings up some very excellent points. I had a 1975 Gibson Les Paul Standard that I purchased in 1979. While the guitar sounded good it was exceptionally heavy to play. I sold it 2 years ago because it was just getting too heavy to play anymore. I recently purchased a Harley Benton SC450 from Thomann and was totally astounded by the quality of the instrument. It actually plays better than my Gibson did and weighs much less. The new guitars from Harley Benton are really putting pressure on US companies to step up their game and stay competitive.
1975 lp ? i have a plywood bodied guitar too !!!
I bought a new UNIVOX Les Paul, Made in Japan in 1974 and still have it today. Plays great, but , yes, it ways a ton.
Just got two Chinese-made Jackson JS11s for my boys. I'm blown away by the build quality. Play nice and sound decent. Wish I could have had a guitar like these when I was 10 years old.
One more option for people who want handmade guitars now is to make it themselves under tuition, Check out what Crimson Guitars are at in the UK, it looks like a pretty cool way to appropriate a guitar for anyone with the time money and inclination to DIY.
Oh man, I'm from Germany. Had I only known my favorite Guitar UA-camrs were chilling around the corner...
Well, I actually own a Neck-Thru Japanese Jackson Soloist 3 and it’s great as fuck!
Steve makes a lot of sense. You can tell when someone knows what they are talking about. Max always asks good questions as well. Good interview.
Great conversation MAX and Steve, THANKS! Steve makes some extremely spot on points about Today versus 70's and 80's. I'm 54 and have been playing guitar since age 10 and Bass since age 12. My first guitar was this GOD awful 1960's Japanese made for Sears electric Stratocaster style that Santa had brought 2 of my older cousins for Christmas. My Dad bought one of them for me because I wanted a guitar so bad. I was already playing the Trumpet which was new, and was taking lessons. Learning to read music and music theory. This was extremely helpful. My family listened to music constantly. My oldest brother played Sax and other brother played Bass. My brother that played Bass was left handed but learned to play right handed because a left handed Bass was out of his price range! He's in his 60's and still play's right handed! My first "REAL" guitar, that was actually great, was a Lawsuit 1971 Ibanez Les Paul. I still have it and play it sometimes. I got the Ibanez with a Hardhell case and a 1967 Fender Deluxe for 250.00 from my brothers Asst Manager who was getting a divorce when I was like 11. He brought it to my parents house for me to demo. The best deal I have ever got! Thay are both collector items now! I will leave them to my daughter. My first new amp was an early 80's American made Peavey Classic 50 watt 212 combo. This thing will still rock as loud as you want! My first Bass is an American made Peavey T-40 , Black with a Maple neck a fret board, with a flight case included! I used to stand and walk on this case at Band practice, take it out and it's in perfect tune, just to blow people's minds! The Peavey Amp and Bass were very expensive! Back in the early and later 80's any equipment or Pedal's and gear were crazy expensive! I have acquired Gibson's, Fender's, Charvel's, Jacksons, the real one's, Ibanez and others. Then I was buying Mesa's, Marshall's, Ampeg's, Randall's,G-K's,original Vox's, etc, before it all became what I call affordable with all the new Import low cost equipment from Asia. Like Steve say's, it is really a new world for beggining players who can get some great playing and sounding gear for such an affordable price! It's really astounding!
Very informative as always. High end guitars will always have a market if the quality is there. Budget friendly guitars start the path in music and down the road maybe you buy the high end guitar after acquiring the skills to warrant spending the big money. Thanks Max and also thank you Steve!!👍🎸🎸😀
Excellent video, Maxx!!!!.. Steve has been one of my favorite channels for quite some time now.... VERY informative!!.. Do dat stuff...
The overseas made guitars are Brilliant and definitely for the pro player guitar making Technology is on all four corners of the earth has been for a long while
How did I miss this first time around? Two of my favourite yootoobers! 😎
Excellent interview, and I wholeheartedly agree with Steve's stance. Nice to see someone who can relate the changes to others industries (bicycle/car) as clearly.
Hair looking great as always Max. Oh yeah good interview as well!
Very refreshing to hear reasonable people talking about this topic. Nothing wrong with inexpensive guitars anymore.
Harley Benton got me into playing. Buying some expensive gear in the first couple of years of playing would make me feel like someone who needs to compensate for ... something.
But when time comes... so in love with the Duesenberg Caribou 🤣
My two favorite Guitar youtubers... hope you two do more of these together.. awesome. Great points made. My very first guitar was a "try me" guitar my parents got me it was made in Korea back in the 80's.. I could put my pinky under the strings. the action was so awful. never stayed in tune. But my parents made me learn on my dads acoustic before buying me one, just to make sure I really was interested. So, i had strong fingers and calluses and a friend helped lower the action and it was a little better. But my next guitar was a BC Rich (this was back in late 80's). And it took me forever to relearn that I don't have to push so hard on the strings or pick so hard to get sound. today, my stepsons first guitar was a Indo Ibanez RG. Way better guitar to learn on, and he stayed interested, and now he plays in a band and he's quite good. I love that beginner/mod. guitars are so affordable cause it will keep kids interested. Also my 9 year old grand daughter asked me for a guitar for Xmas this year. Harley Benton is what I'm getting her. I love my Harleys. I'll just get her a junior model. Oh and the price and inflation mentioned. Ibanez Rg back in 90' cost anywhere from 700-900. Which today would be 1700-1900. But yet the Rg 550's today are only a grand.
My major beef with American manufacturers is, they're charging handmade prices for machine made guitars.
I've found Chinese makers that will make you a One off, custom made to your specifations guitar that no one else is even making anymore. By hand for Peanuts. Less than $500 delivered.
What would you do?
That's what happens when you get a living wage and worker benefits. Ain't no way the people on top are gonna cut into their own profits.
@@vincentmorelli1013They probably don't have a living wage and benefits. Guitars made overseas with the cheapest parts, materials and, labor can sound just as good, play and feel just as nice. But, the last thing company leaders in this country will do is increase wages and benefits for workers. That's why they send work overseas. Cheaper labor.
True.
Yeah...LMAO...I bought a 7 string bass straight from a Chinese maker. Had to refinish the frets. Straighten the neck. Replace the electronics and bridge. Refinish the paint. Basically the only thing good was the wood itself...hopefully. I still saved money but had to spend several 100 on replacement parts and several hours of working on it to make it playable. If you don't know how to work on your instrument you'll have to spend the money for someone to do it. Then you lose any savings you had.
@@trance9158 Was it from BangGood or AliExpress?
I want to add its actually been this way for 25 years
Very interesting to realize the pattern of the different countries' progress. It makes a lot of sense now. Awesome video!
fellows laughed at Japan guitars and then stopped... later the same with Korean one and later the Indonesian ones. And now they are seeing good Epiphone and Squier and Ibanez stuff from China
Most of the time I'd rather have a MiJ than a US one. I've had a MiJ strat for 30 years and its still a wonderful instrument. It was my first decent guitar as a kid and it took a beating and held up.
@@rS-ej4vo I bought a 1980 MIJ Squire tele in 2000, and I still have it! It sits on a stand right next to my easy chair, so I play it more than any other of my guitars.
What a great pairing. Such a level of comfort and knowledge coming from both of you guys. Great video.
Thanks!
That thumb nail pic cracks me right up! :D
oh boy, did steve hit the nail on the head. i had a early 70's "barth" (probably better named "barf"!) weighed 80 ibs. and i developed superhuman finger strength due to about an inch high action!!! stayed in tune for at least 10 minutes!!
Superb interview. The points raised by Steve is valid and I fully agree with you both. Wishes from India.
My first guitar was an Encore cherry sunburst Gibson Les Paul Custom copy my mom bought me for Christmas in 1980. It was made of plywood, the frets were definitely coat hanger wire, and the pickup weren't even humbuckers, they were just a simple coil with some wire wrapped around it... a total piece of firewood... but it looked like Ace's Les Paul Custom, and that's all that mattered. And Mom bought it for me... so to me, it was even more valuable than a real Gibson.
in the 1970s gibson les paul were plywood bodied
@@carmineredd1198 Norlin-era Gibson Les Paul's were made with several separate pieces, but plywood no.
Agreed! Thanks Max and Steve! Pressure keeps the quality improving!!!
My $400 Indonesian Ibanez is amazing!
I know. I have a prestige that I hardly ever play because I don't have to fight it at all. Weird, but...true.
@@jmromero6381 always wanted a Team J Craft
Indonesia have longer tradition of making string instruments, sure they didn't made guitars but they are masters with wood, Cort - Indonesian one in the last 15 years make such great guitars, Ibanez made there is killer good etc.
Ibanez's are awesome, Japan and Korean. I don't have an Indonesian, yet. Perhaps soon.
Which model do you have?
Awsome that you guys did this together
This was a very good interview. I still own one of those first CNC made Korean guitars (Series 10 professional) and it has been a solid instrument all these years. I now only play Schecters but I just can't bring myself to get rid of it because it has such a different sound. You never know when I might want to pick it up and just have a bit of fun remembering the late 80s / early 90s.
Great interview.Steve is a great source of Guitar info and experience.
Great stuff here!
One thing I love about Fender and Squier is that yes, they are consistant so they feel very similar BUT you can easily customize then to your own likes. And from there, it becomes your own, and your special friend and it doesn't have to cost you 3000 dollars or so :)
Being from Boston, I met Steve before, great guy, great video.
Btw, I bought a Squier Affinity Strat HSS 4.5 years ago for $179, favorite guitar ever. Crazy but true !!
My first acoustic was a Yamaha FG-180, which my mom bought me in 1969, when they were really new to the US. Prior to that, I had a tiesco Del Rey which was also Japanese, but nowhere as good as the Yamaha. My point is that early on, the Asian factories began upping their quality for the market here. Now they are all pretty good and the price has gotten lower. Some of my best guitars are Korean Ibanez semi hollow body models. Thanks for the good video!
I broke down and got a fender modern player thin line telecaster just for a vessel to put tv jones pick ups in. I got it first for the wood and specs. I was blown away. I will say the fender p90s r good if u dont want to mod it. I will say I do have a hand made guitar and it is like night and day, but in all fairness I’m best friends with the luthier that built it. He’s known me for years and knows how I play and what I like, but I do agree imports r amazing. I got a fender fmt telecaster from Indonesia as a gift and all I had to was set it up. The more I watch this channel the of a guitar snob I become..🤘🎸🎼🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🇺🇸
The Jay Turser JT50 Custom Sg with Gold hardware is Remarkable the craftsmanship and neck binding just incredible unfortunately the JT50 Custom Sg with Gold hardware isn't Available anymore the JT50 Custom is just not with Gold hardware and it probably wont be long before the JT50 Custom isn't Available anymore and some of The Turser Les Paul's because they are that good and Gibson knows this the quality of craftsmanship with these overseas Guitars the past 25 years is incredible and with out the ridiculous price tags more and more professional guitarist are playing overseas made guitars and it's not hard to see and hear why simply Brilliant
Jt are killer good guitars
Great interview! I agree - the industry has completely changed. I have just purchased a Harley Benton TE-52 which stands up well against my American made Fender Tele, for a tenth of the price!
8:20 GREAT point! Unplayable or hard to play instruments is the BIGGEST off putter for beginners! The amount of bargains I have bought used, because of this and fixed up for a few extra $, is astounding!
I got an artist LP for nearly 1/2 of the price because there was some major flaws. Works pretty good now. There's bargain guitars and an even better bargain if you can fix them flawed guitars.
@@peterschmidt9942 Yup!
Steve is on point , .I just got a LAG high dollar guitar FOR 400 from China plays perfect. Like he said Foreign guitars are getting better . great vid Max. thank ya brother
Great interview. Very educational and changed my mind and opinion on a lot of details about guitars and the hype. Many thanks.
Steve great! I've been talking with Steve for about 12years!
Max.. great interview! Guitars are catching up with automobiles in the sense that today you really cant buy a bad car, technology is doing amazing things..I would buy a Hyundai today, but when they came out??? Not a chance!! Sure, I bought a Gibson SG HPll that cost me as much as 8 Harley Bentons but its what I wanted..I love it! But..that being said I still very much love my Wolf "Tele on STEROIDS" that you made me buy!😁 Its a unique tele that needed a couple things like a couple Seymores dropped in it and some tuners but I am still way ahead on that one..(Thanks again btw!) I love Harleys guitars..it is amazing what $200 will get you in a nice semi-hollow body from Harley.. Great fit and finish..decent hardware and pretty good pick ups. You cant really go wrong with them or Wolf which is Korean.. Love both..Thanks!
Max, new sub here. This guest don't know squat about guitar, Oh wait that's me Lol. SFB is the man. I think if you were to poll the YT guitar channels, I think we all would agree that SFB has some of the best if not thee best guitar tones on YT. Very smart dude. Thanks for interview Max.
Just found your channel and I have been binge watching, tho I am not a guitar player “yet” I have been scouting the internet for a nice guitar and lessons keep up the good work man
Thanks!
Really enjoyed this as Steve has some nice insight with regard to the progressions of imports.
PixxyLixx! Good to see ya dude. Good one Max
Steve is very well spoken, knows his stuff. Nice interview Maxx because experience speaks louder than impulsive behavior
very cool interview.. I will say though that Yamaha has always I think made great guitars at a low price point. I have a 1988 RGX110 that I've had since new. Great playing guitar. Still my favourite neck on any guitar I own. I also own a 71 Yamaha FG-75 that my Mom bought my Dad on their 4th anniversary.. it's aged wonderfully.. plays great and sounds amazing.
Steve makes some great points. To get a cheaper guitar you had to go towards either building it yourself or buying a kit. Now you'd be crazy to buy a $150 kit, when you can get a fully working guitar for not much more coin.
I love what he said about embracing foreign companies because it makes our companies better/produce better instruments for cheaper. It's totally true. I think people are beginning to realize you dont need to spend a ton of money to get a quality instrument nowdays.
It really doesn't matter if a CNC mill or lathe cuts out the shape or profle. That is a standard in conventional machining and fabrication to profile a part or component. It creates accuracy and makes a job faster and more efficient than cutting everything out with a bandsaw. It is the care that is taken afterward in sanding, surface prep and making sure the components and scale length are laid out and placed properly. Its the equivalent of drilling a hole on center with a hand drill without a center drill vs a fixed axis machine with a center drill. Its called "holding a tolerance." That is what creates and maintains quality throughout large scale production runs. Hand built makes sense in designing and fabricating 1 instrument or a limited run. You can design and place the tightest tolerances on any part print or feature. Whether your laborers care to hold it is a different story. This is where your quality control department comes into play before the end user receives the product.
Great video. The increase in import pricing makes Kiesel and incredible deal. They are not low cost, but a great cost for what you can get.
I agree, but the problem is that they charge too much for features, so unless you just want a piece of wood with pickups it's not gonna be cheap
That is true. Most of mine ended up being a little more...but it is addicting building one to your specs.
The overseas guitar companies are now competing with the USA and other countries that make high end guitars...why? Because the overseas guitars are professionally crafted quality and don't carry Ridiculous price tags
Why "import guitars" are only "the USA vs. Asia"? There were other "overseas" manufacturers, as you call them, making good, solid, durable guitars, some of them also very inexpensive: Höfner (Germany, est. 1887), Eko (Italy, est. 1959), Hagstrom (Sweden, est. 1958), Lag (France, est.1980), just to mention some of the more known brands. Weren't those imported to the US?
Because no one bats an eye at "Made in Germany" or any "Western" country. Once you get into Asian manufacturers many question the quality and workmanship as they don't cost as much to make.
You forgot MATON!
@@DMSProduktions - I didn't "forget" Maton because I've never heard of it.
@@Module79L LOL Seriously? Oz's best known brand! If you follow Shane's channel you would have seen he had a Maton Mastersound for a while, but he couldn't bond with it! I saw it in person, couldn't really play it cos he is a lefty, but it seemed well built and sounded great!
Check out Josh Homme from QOTSA, among others who are Maton devotees!
I just got the monoprice $99 Chinese strat California classic Indio copy . Ridiculously cool modding platform .
Great vid, thanks Max. Good quality vs price point comparisons for then & now. I'm waiting on delivery of a couple Harley Benton guitars & cases, I'll review on my channel when they get here.
Hey Max, great interview! I started playing a little after Steve, but, I was fortunate to get some great import gear at great prices as early as the late 1970's. I bought an Alvarez, (not Yari) in the late 1970's. I think I paid about $225.00 for it. I put Grover tuners on it for about another $100.00. I think I got a hard shell case included in the price. That was one great acoustic guitar. As far as I remember it sounded as good as a Martin D 28. I know it played and sounded amazing. In the 1990's my wife purchased a Samick SK-5, which I still have and it sounds and plays really awesome. That was about $225.00 with a hard shell case. Samick has put out some great gear over the years at great prices. I believe they used to be the biggest guitar maker in the world for a while. So great deals have been around from Asia for a long time. Sure there were some duds, but, that is always the case. I owned a few duds, but, they did not cost very much. Today, I'm getting great deals on a variety of gear and having a great time playing all of them. Go Asia!
Great interview!
As you have seen me post on some of your previous vids Max, Gibson is charging way to much for their guitars, Some really good videos out there from very skilled craftsman that show you how to buy a Chibson (chinese Gibson) and work the body of the guitar from the fretts to the body and replace all electronics and hardware with Gibson parts and there you have it. Basically a very nice guitar with the Gibson logo at a fraction of the cost. If Fender and Gibson continue to still sell their hardware and parts then overseas guitars will continue to be bought.
Thank you for this video and it's great to see you to see Steve from Boston being interviewed on it. I say see in a very arbitrary way seeing that I'm sick really legally blind LOL. But just to say in the early eighties I had a Gibson SG with a bixby and then something came up and I bought a blazer with look like a I guess you could say it was shaped like a Stratocaster but it didn't have sweetie pickups anyway I divert and I paid for that use from a friend a hundred bucks and that was in 1983 maybe 84 and considering how you guys are talking about you no money today vs money back then the guitar was dirt cheap was it anything near as good as my gyptian was at the time no not even close but a hundred bucks it stayed in June 6th and I was a professional drama so I didn't play guitar on stage but my friend use the Ibanez as a backup and there were times where he needed it and yeah the blazers series it has all brass hardware even the knobs were breasts everything but the nut goes West I guess it was he knows full it's time a great guitar I still think the pickups were very lacking back then and the woods that shows what not the greatest considering in had a opaque finish on it and I decided I was going to sand it all down to natural wood and then saw how many pieces of wood there actually were and yeah memories and I'm just sorting on here but thanks for your video and I guess so people don't attack me and comments please don't I'm legally blind using speech to text and let a little bit all those people tell me I am LOL and the speech-to-text off and does what it wants to and it's like impossible to edit it in any kind of timely way meaning like within a year so there it is and yours truly Bob the blind bedroom guitarist
Thanks Max, always enjoy your videos, great interview.
Steve knows his stuff! Great perspective. I trend toward vintage and that somewhat places me in the handmade group. But definitely not the Range Rover crowd. :). I have a Squire J Mascis Jazzmaster that plays phenomenal, never mind the low price point.
From Leo: Very good interview, Steve's points are dead on. I still have my Taiwan Harmony electric. It was awful in the 1960's and is still awful today. That was just all I could afford at the time. It is hard to find a bad $300 guitar today. ALL of my import G&L guitars have been excellent. Even the Squier Affinity Telecaster I got last fall was very good right out of the box. In adjusted dollars we paid 10 times as much for really bad guitars as you can get a very good one for today. You never saw a youth with 5 or 6 guitars back then. We have a whole generation that has never even seen a truly bad guitar. We are in a completely different age. Unfortunately Gibson cannot (or will not) compete in the production guitar market and are not willing to go simply boutique.
Good show and thanks for having Steve from Boston on🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘👍
Steve from Boston rocks!! Great interview Max!
The video that I have been waiting years for. My 2 favorite UA-camrs in one video \m/\m/
3.47 into this video - already LOVE it - good content !!!!
I recently bought an Ibanez for $399 and its a better built , feels and sounds better then most $1,000 dollar and up guitars I have own over the years !! The only thing I may change is the pups just because I don't get the tone I like out of them , but the factory pups are more then fine for most experienced players ..
What Ibanez is that? I also have a dirt cheap Ibanez that beats guitars for 10 times as much, but mine is an early 90's Japanese RG :)
Its the RG421AHM Its was supposed to be a Blue Moon Burst but it arrived with Blue on the edges fading into a Beautiful Emerald Green its a pretty Guitar but nothing pretty about it's feel and sound its a shred Machine . Im staying with Ibanez from now on , been playing for 35 yrs and this Guitar just astounded me with the price & Quality . Got it from zZounds no regrets !!
@@DeadShred9 the new Ibanez guitars are some of the best from the competition for sure! My dream guitar is an AZ
Charvel is on my Wishlist someday ?
@@DeadShred9 the Charvel is nice but the Ibanez is even better!
Oh and thank you Steve
yeah best interview about this subject i have seen i think is the closest to tell it like it is.
Great interview! I really loved this interview and will share it with a pro guitarist friend!!
Same thing with solid State and Modeling Amps both are remarkable Tube Amps are not superior over solid State and Modeling Amps...its called Technology Advancement it's been this way with the Amps also 25 years
Well, no, the solid state and modeling amps are not better than tube amps. Why do you think modeling amps are modeling tube amps, and there is no solid state amp that can cover the bases that a tube amp does anywhere near as well. I do agree that technology advances have made solid state and modeling amps serious contenders. They edge out classics in terms of diversity and offering an all in one more portable rig...but tone for tone, they are not as good as tube amps....yet
@@Emilee_is_slay bullshit....end of conversation
@@Emilee_is_slay solid State have been Remarkably good for 25 years and they sound like tube Amps with a push of a button Tube Amps once had there place and still do for the ones who like them but as far as tube being superior over solid State and Modeling Amps not even close it's the other way around now I started playing guitar in February 1973 at age 11 years old I'm old School and I have been around and played long enough to see the Advancements the past 25 years...its nice that I can just hit the button and my solid State Amps sounds like Tube and much more reliable try playing outside 105 degrees and you tube Amp shuts down after 20 minutes of playing even with fans blowing on them lucky I was also Running a Marshall solid State along side the Tube Marshall and the Solid State pulled me threw and no one knew the difference
@@BlueberryStinkFinger62 your anecdotal evidence doesn't really matter. I work in the industry, was a touring musician for 10 years and a studio artist for another 6. Now I am a full time luthier and amp repair tech. If you step back and think about what you're saying, you'll understand how you are just not correct. Solid state technology is way better than it was even 10 years ago in terms of tone, but the modeling amps are modeling TUBE amps, not the other way around. I wonder, is there a setting on a kemper or axe fx for a crate gx1200? Or a vox vx, how bout a marshall valvestate? No. Because no one wants that tone. SS can give you some incredible cleans, and some even work well with pedals, but they are not on par with tube amps tonally yet. The reason people buy these new SS digital components is diversity. Not a single person is sitting next to a 65 deluxe reverb and saying...ya know, my kemper sounds much better. They are saying, why would I drag out 6 amps to a show, or to record when I have a damn good approximation right here in my modeling amp. A direct comparison of pure amp tone is, at least for now, going to lean to the tube amps. If SS amps want to be viewed as better, they need to develop a solid state amp that doesn't copy a tube amp of some kind and can stand on it's own against then. There are none out there that do that.
I will always favor a Kemper or an Axe FX over a tube amp
Good interview, although I think Matsumoku was technically the first Japanese manufacturer to embrace CNC manufacturing equipment. But certainly Hoshino and Fujigen were in that same time frame, as was Peavey in America.
Good interview! Thanks as always Max. Keep the content coming.
Nice Steve is a great guy.
Steve is a great guy very knowledgable and excellent player. Awesome interview.
I had an intermediate level guitar made in Korea in the 90s and even though it was made of good woods, a student level guitar made in USA or Japan was much better. Now I have another Korean made guitar (a Gretsch) and it's awesome.
I agree entirely for electrics that CNC is perhaps a bonus for consistency. I disagree partly with acoustics however. All the sound from an acoustic is determined by how it's made and the quality and density (sound properties) of the wood. Even from the same tree, two different pieces of wood will not be entirely the same. If all are made to the exact same dimensions, they will sound different. Hence, acoustics benefit greatly when made by hand. A luthier can tune the tops and modify the thickness of the tops individually based on the characteristics of that particular piece of wood.
Good interview. Thanks for sharing.
Great Stuff Guys.... FWIW, The Korean made guitars will eventually be sought after much like the Japan made guitars were.
I love my Checlipson. I wouldn't sell it for 4 times what I payed for it. I did have to replace all the hardware, put on a graphite nut and drop in a 81/85 set but it plays a lot better than my Epi Paul Jr. It was also kinda cool to be able to communicate with the luthier while he was making it without paying thousands to a custom shop to get that interaction and there was a little language barrier. I would not try to pretend its legit or sell it as such but I don't feel bad since its a copy of a copy, I don't feel it cost Gibson a penny if anything they came out ahead since I do have legit Gibson stuff, some with the same cheap Chinese stuff that is on a lot of the knock-offs. Mostly with all the hype around Chibsons the last few years I had to see what it was all about. Much better than I expected. I figured I would do a review and give it to a student or something but its better than a LP Studio at 20% of the cost, so I ask who is really getting screwed? We are and have been for years so F them!
Nice and very interesting interview, MAX!
Great video guys I agree if a guitar plays well the player is going to want to play it
Great interview. Yes yes and yes!
I was subbed to Steve back when he was Pixxy Lixx. He is a great guy.
Hey Max, THAT was very cool. Steve from Boston REALLY spelled it out! I agree 100% with what he said. I am definitely going to check out his channel... Thanks Max, you F***ing ROCK!!!!
The fact that Fender is willing to put the actual "Fender" logo on more and more import guitars tells you something.
Great interview.
Nice interview dude!
Thanks you!
My first was a Sears acoustic because both my parents worked at the main warehouse in Los Angeles.Then my dad took me to Hanich Music Store in West Covina Ca and bought me a 76 Ibanez PF 200 AND A PEAVY AMP, I WISH I still had that Ibanez,,,
Also America is NOT the world! Other Western countries built (& still build excellent instruments!) EVERY country promotes, ' buy domestic' etc! You would be mad NOT to support your own industry!
DMSProduktions yep so true I agree
I’ve got 5 Les Paul’s and original Hamer’s etc. But I picked a Korean Hamer up for £100 uk and it’s as good as a USA Gibson. Fantastic guitar. Find one. Not an XT though.
Great video....I always love Steve's videos and he brought out some excellent points about manufacturing in today's market.