Walmart Now Sells Brand Name Guitars / The art to trading guitars with stores
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- Опубліковано 23 лип 2024
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00:00 Intro, new merch
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03:00 Will a Gibson Tribute hold its value?
11:24 I don't keep guitar boxes, I don't even keep cases
15:31 I do not keep guitars because they are investments
18:28 The If you lost money on a Gibson you didn't wait long enough speech
24:50 Walmart Sells Brand Name Guitars
32:59 Do you I still like the Enya Nova Go guitar
36:30 Burning out on reviewing guitars
41:00 Buying guitars instead of doing the smart thing.
44:00 Do not know much about Wide Range humbuckers
45:50 The rule I follow when picking pots for pickups
48:19 PRS Finish issues, will the new finish fix it?
53:50 What would I buy today if I only had $500?
56:50 Your guitar got hit by a bulldozer?
59:00 one $2000 guitar or ten $200 guitars?
1:01:20 Guitar Of The Week
1:26:49 Is it safe to tune up a 1/2 step to F, will it hurtt guitar? If safe, what gauge string?
1:30:25 Is trading or selling the Guitar Center bad? How Screwed will you be?
1:38:39 Issues with Kiesel and fret sprout
1:42:00 Why you need to tell the manufacture you are having issues
1:50:10 The art to trading guitars with stores
1:51:00 Curating a guitar collection is never right
1:53:50 Im not telling the world. Im telling you
1:59:10 Vintage pickups? Is there real magic?
2:05:50 Modeling amps are crap, oh wait, they are great
2:14:00 How Super chats on this channel work
2:16:00 Handmade vs factory made guitars
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Hey Phil.... and everyone. Catching up on the show and I use Kohl Cash for stuff all the time, like socks, underwear, candles, T-shirts, etc etc... if only they sold guitar gear!!! 🤘🎸🤪😎
Thank you again for doing what You do, Phil! A traditional axiom that I refer to when considering getting involved with ANY kind of "gig" - be it making a UA-cam video, recording and posting audio tracks on soundcloud, putting together my radio show, or doing a live performance - is that it comes down to THREE things: The MONEY, The CONTENT and The PEOPLE...give me ANY TWO of the three, and I'm THERE! Otherwise, it's (always) a BAD idea!
You grabbed one my faves - the lime G&L with the arm carve. Beautiful axe! Great show as usual Phil, thanks!
Thanks for another informative KYG!! Everyone, have a great weekend playin' music!
I bought a fender bullet from Walmart and what showed up was the guitar from Sam Ash.
Interesting, thank you for sharing
Haven’t watched the full video yet but unless your talking about the physical store their online store is like Amazon. Bunch of different sellers just use it as it’s a good venue cause of name recognition. Been happening for awhile now.
Walmart is a mutant octopus of many tentacles…
Their supply chain is a relentless priority. Preferably to take suppliers over and buy them. Increases their margin and eliminates their competition... or something like that.
@@elliottorion4235 Yeah, that is what was discussed in the video. They are a marketing hub not really selling guitars. I only used them because I had a Walmart CC and wanted a cheap guitar to mod.
@@j_freed Yeah just like Amazon and Ebay in this regard.
44:12 you want 1 meg pots for wide range pickups. we JUST did an install of fender cunifes with 1 megs AND THEY SOUND BEAUTIFUL. they are resonant, loud, clear, articulate, and have a sweet bell-like chime... like a telecaster should. 😊
17:22 - hear that sound? You don’t hear it often. That’s a man with principles. Who doesn’t succumb to greed over integrity. Interested in the hobby, not excess profits. Way to be, man.
I like the Guitar Of The Week! It’s nice to see what’s in the collection! I’ll probably never get my hands on a Strandberg, so living vicariously through yours might have to do!
Phil, for questions you ctrl+c-ed, you can put on clipboard history in Windows, then you can find the previous x number of your clipboards when you press Windows+V and paste them
Could come in handy 👍🏻
Phil, a left-handed baseball pitcher is known as a southpaw because diamonds point north or northwest. Thus his throwing hand is to the south! That's a very old reference.
This is an etymology I’ve been interested in for years, but there is no consensus. The biggest issue with the diamond story is that parks weren’t generally arranged to put the batter facing east. The earliest reference to a baseball player being southpaw is for a first baseman! We will likely never know.
@@RandallHayter Thanks for that it's no requirement. nugget. Left handed first basemen may have some advantageous defensive capabilities but
Cheers Phil. Have a great week.🙏🏻
Man, the adulting thing hits hard. I've been trying to save up for one guitar ever since it was released around 3 years ago, but due to life circumstances, I've only amassed 1/4th of the cost for it so far, and it ain't even a super expensive guitar, just a buck shy of USD1000.
Been playing the same RG almost daily for around 4 years now, but due to living expenses and the expensive nature of audio gears related stuffs (even more so in our Malaysian currency), I have yet had the RG professionally maintained or setup, ever since I got it 4 years ago. If it wasn't for my somewhat stubborn nature and having the drive of wanting to get better at playing the guitar, I would've given up on playing the guitar for the 2nd time. Not to mention how much the guitar fights back and the crazy tropical weathers the guitar have to go through.
Man, the things that we do as musicians in life, just for the sake of arts. 😂
I had a lot of fun earlier today just playing guitar at home through a Fender G-Dec amp
Yeah, there are better amps, but it is fun.
And for what I was doing, it was great.
Good show as always. Funny you mentioned the old Spider II. I've used one for years for home practice. The HD150. Behringer 412 cab. Love the Leslie speaker effect. Have a good weekend.
I loved that Phil had an epic bass rig while sleeping on an inflatable mattress. That's rock'n'roll! 😀
I believe I read that PRS shoots nitro cellulose finishes on top of a polymer type of base coat, so these are not like true vintage USA finishes or anything.
Fender custom shop does the same chicanery with their $5-8000 instruments. This information is from Bill Nash who says he's had to strip and refinish many of them. Exposing the cover-up.
Walmart actually has the physical guitars in store. Seen it myself when I was there buying tires and was walking the store while I waited
Walmart sell tyres! Branded or cheap s**t?
My local Walmart has a Strat style for like $250! The fret ends are like razor wire!
@@Peterbrendanalbert they sell Goodyear and a bunch of cheap sh!t
Thanks for getting to my question.
I chanced upon a 2021 tobacco burst tribute with a pretty nice flame top, flame maple neck and a one piece body in sweetwater’s demo shop. Believe I paid $900 for it. Some of the finish was rubbed to gloss but nothing was wrong with it.
One of the Walmart SuperCenters near me has a display of the Cort guitars in store in the electronics department. They sell guitar strings, clip on tuners, picks, capos, etc. somehow they wound up with like 60 Kyser capos around Christmas and ended up marking them down to try to get rid of them, when they hit $5 I bought 10 of them.
I LOVE that lime (or neon green) G & L!!! Your statement about keeping it shows your good taste in instruments!
EASTMAN guitars are appreciating in value so fast I don't know if I'll be able to buy another one. I have a very nice Eastman dreadnought that voices like a D28 but is probably closer to a D18 in retail point. It needs better setup but I'm not going to pay for it because I have my Gurian mahogany that is balanced for flat response across the neck and everyone that sees it wants to use it for recording. I've had 2 studio owners try to buy it. I sold it once and gave it away once. Both times it wound up back in my possession and that's where it's going to stay. Period. Gurians are so amazing. I've never seen a so so Gurian. They're all ..ALL ! superlative instruments!!
The Bogan 7 for them aussies
Great show Phil I haven’t seen a video on you firebird ? Please do if you don’t mind ..your the greatest 👍👍👌👌
Oooo that headless Gibson joke is really funny Phil.
Walmart is not selling them. Walmart is just another Amazon now, like NewEgg. It's 3rd party sellers through Walmart. good luck with the returns!
Years ago I purchased a Les Paul player pack from Walmart, and it was in 4 shipping boxes! The first box said Gibson distribution. It was a LP Special 2 LE., and came with everything, Amp, dust bag, tuner, strings, picks, tools, and as an Exclusive, Walmart threw in headphones and a guitar stand! Total cost $ 161. to my door. That made me a happy beginning musician.
Kohls Kash is a total addiction scheme with frequent renewals but always on the next visit
Hey Phil can you tell me what the green guitar is in the background behind you. It looks like an old ibanez I used to have from when I worked for Hoshino back in like 2006 or so. I made a Frankenstein that had a body like that. Your channel is the first time ive seen one even remotely close to what I had. I only have one crappy pic of me with it, but its got that Talman look with no pickguard. (Mine was stolen unfortunately)
Phil, for the PRS question 48:30, the PRS Joe Walsh model (and wood libraries done with the same finish) comes with what they call a "cracking nitro" finish. It's somewhat preaged and does come with finish checking in most cases.
Hey Phillip, I remember you recommending the Crate Palomino line. Was there one specific amp from that line that you recommend? I've never seen one come up for sale until yesterday. It was the small V8 model and I bought it.
I've sold two guitars to Guitar Center. Both were Epihpones - so neither was a high end guitar. They gave me 60% of what they were going to sell it for and yes, I could have sold them direct for more - but it was worth it for me to eat a few hundred bucks and not have to deal with shipping or whatever. Now - if I was going to move a Gibson I wouldn't go to GC. People who grumble about selling stuff to GC are misguided IMO. I walk out of the store in a matter of minutes with CASH in my pocket with no hassle.
Its worth a couple hundred books just to not have to deal with people on Marketplace LOL
My latest is the best new for $300 (but it costs $430) - the Squier Paranormal Nashville Strat. It represents the "best " of the Strat and Tele in one instrument. Even the "best" $200 guitar has not turned my head - yet.
My local Walmart actually has Cort guitars and other assorted instruments and D’Addario accessories
just got my first Kiesel guitar
its now my new favorite guitar brand
highly recommend building one and purchasing
they are second to none beautiful fit and finish high quality at much lower price
One of my favorite anecdotes from Phil is when he was telling Kiesel's owner how great his Eart guitar was. Excellent guitars for the money.
Phil, in the trade-in at GC discussion (around 1:30:30), there's another option worth considering. You can donate gear for a deduction against your tax liability. Depending on your circumstances, you could get a dollar-for-dollar boost to your refund and somebody else gear they wouldn't be able to afford otherwise. Just something worth considering when space is worth more than money.
Cal is the Kiesel customer service guy. He's awesome 😁
He is amazing, ask him about when he was in the Navy and worked on the Nuclear power system on Aircraft carriers
@@PhillipMcKnightawesome! He was such a nice guy at Connect. Perfect person for that position
?????Phil, a question for next week regarding pickup price vs cost. Have anyone wound pickups with gold plated wire or solid gold wire????
A couple of years ago, I received a brand new Kiesel that, out of the box, had severe fret sprout. I suspect the guitar stayed on the UPS truck over a weekend in +100F temperatures. They took the guitar back without question.
On modeling amps - I'm sure happy with the Boss Katana.
I'm disappointed...no time stamps yet... it's been a WHOLE minute!!@ LOL
Philip is working on converting one of his pickup winders into a time travel machine…
Then you can have the timestamps at the beginning of the live show.
I order strings thru Walmart since I moved to the middle of nowhere. Free shipping. The price is comparable but I don't have to drive to a store.
I have been saving my boxes, if I do throw away the original box I'll cut off the product label and put it in the case. I do it mainly for resale, I don't intend on selling them but you never know.
Love the chats for sure but I’m thinking more recent 335’s (yrs 19-24)are losing, at least for now in this market
Here you only pay sales tax on the final price which is nice, saves you some extra.
That plus the 10% off plus the 5-10% cash back from your gear card (or other credit card) can go along way towards making up the deficit from trading in.
"I don't want a guitar with a speaker in it." Beautiful. ❤ Phil!
Phil, I do not keep the boxes, but I do cut off the top flap with all the guitar info; (Gibson,Fender,Rickenbacker,Ibanez…etc…).I do keep all of the cases.
I have a case or a gig bag for all of my instruments, but I’d probably be more like Phil if I had that many guitars! He probably still has more cases and gig bags than I do!
I haven't seen any guitars at Walmart in the northeast. Ive never seen a guitar at any department store up here.
I always thought that Wal-mart guitars said “Wal- Mart” on the headstock!
I really like guitar of the week.
I live in eestern ny, buffalo and suburbs. There are two guitar centers around here. Some of their used guitars are the same ones on thevwall for sale during covid. They are the same price. Do you think i can talk them down on the price, how much?
All ya can do is try right.
Yeah, normally prices get lowered by corporate after so many months... if it's been there a year plus like you are saying, they should want to sell it for a discount
Phil, I think GC Gear Rewards is the "us" version of Kohl's Cash.
I was at GC a couple of days ago. Almost all the used guitars for sale were Gibsons.
I tried the original Enya guitar and it just didn't feel right for me. Maybe because I primarily play an acoustic. I wasn't into the way it sounded. Tastes differ. There was zero problems returning it.
QUESTION: Any suggestions on the best way to insure you guitar stuff against burglary?
Maybe getting an insurance policy? I wouldn't combine it with renters or homeowners insurance so you can potentially submit a claim without your more expensive insurance going up
I think you made a mistake with the nova go sonic. I haven’t picked up any of my Gibsons in two weeks because I have the enya on the couch and it plays and sounds so good as a practice instrument. Too bad you didn’t feature it
Les paul tribute is great
Wondering if this is a e new norm : unsold new old stock from 2015. increase list price to current levels (1799 -> 2700). apply discount rate 36% and say this is an absolute bargain and show discounted price as 1799 (so actually no discount). I'm awed as pricing is at one's liberty but this is basically lying and wonder what the community thinks.
Hey Phil, Can you bring back "The Geeky Stuff" shirts???
Hey Phillip! How are you? You know this is crazy. I've been watching your videos for about a year or so now, and I kept on wondering if you were the same Phillip McKnight that had the guitar store in Chandler, Arizona. Finally, I searched for you on Facebook and son of a gun. It is you. You've been putting out a lot of great content, brother. My wife and I left Arizona back in 2018 to relocate to South Carolina. Family health issues being the reason. So I take it your store no longer exist?
Yeah, he shut it down a few years ago
@@justinhamilton9381 that's a shame. Great shop, with a nice selection to choose from.
My experience is that i could not return 3rd party merchandize at the Walmart store. Probably depends on the seller.
Last year I ordered an Indio telecaster style guitar (actually 2, since I didn’t get shipping notification for the first, I ordered another one), and one arrived with obvious damage to the box and the guitar itself. Since it was under $150 (just $108 Canadian dollars), I was able to return it to my local Walmart. The seller was Monoprice, and that seems to be the policy for third party Marketplace sellers at Walmart. It’s actually not bad, I saw some reviews on UA-cam, and it’s a great guitar to try changing out tuners or other modifications.
DO THE WARMOTH BUILDS, PLEASE! Maybe work out a deal for viewers, like Stew Mac?...👍👍
Please don't Phil
I have 17 guitars all the cases are in the original shipping boxes and then I bought 17 used cases to keep my guitars in there so the cases that came with the guitar are in mint condition with all the case candy😢
I picked up my SG '50s Tribute with P90s on clearance at my local Best Buy back in 2014 for $299 CDN (roughly $220 US today, but exchange was closer to par back then).
My local Best Buy typically didn't sell guitars other than a few starter packs and someone had ordered this one to store without ever picking it up.
I saw it on the shelf marked down to $600 CDN and I would check on it for weeks (they were $795 CDN retail - .$575 US at today's exchange).
After it was there for a couple months I asked a manager if they would do $300 and he let me have it.
By far the best deal I've ever gotten on a guitar and I feel like I was meant to have it 😊
That’s funny, you’d think if you sold a guitar for even dollars you paid, into it would mean you actually lost money because of years of currency inflation. Plus there’s the lost opportunity cost…
But I get it, and I think there’s nothing wrong with “paying rent“ on a guitar you enjoy for a few or many years, before passing it on for not much less real $ you put into it. It’s fun! An awesome hobby.
i keep the boxes for guitars because i use them to ship guitars i sell. so its only for practical reasons.
Why am I not seeing mugs in bonfire?
On doing the smart thing: My Matchless Chieftain savings morphed into a new septic tank system.
Look forward to Gibson lawn mowers in guitar shops.
they will sell your brand too..they been sellin peoples stuff on internet. I got a zenyx mixer came from sam ash but I ordered it through walmart.
the whammy was they advertised it a 4 sub 4 interface but it came a 2. soooo
gong
I do not believe that all Gibson's will hold their value. However, I believe any Gibson ES-335 kept in good condition will always hold its value. But, I can not believe a Gibson LP with a Richlite fretboard or G-Tune (or whatever the automatic tuner Gibson LP Std) will hold its value.
I have a 20 year old LP studio vintage mahogany that was $800 new. They go for about $800 now
I just sold my gibson tribute for a hundred bucks more than I paid for it new 5 years ago
"If you are into headless guitars... you might be into a Gibson" 🤣
10 percent better but twice the vibe
3 $650 guitars for me
Those are third party sellers using Walmart's online system it isn't Walmart itself.
When I worked at Sam Ash in 2012, they got a directive from Gibson to blow out all 2012 inventory (precursor to "Robot Tuner Apocalypse). They were selling SG Standards for $799 and Les Paul Standards for $1599 (Street price for a Standard was $2599 then).
I grabbed a Les Paul in Blue Mist (great color!) for what ended up being $1425 out the door, and I had to sell that guitar to buy some more gigging gear a couple years later. I sold it to a store and STILL got $1475 for it CASH. I could have sold it for $2K if I had wanted the hassle. The Japanese dealers have bought those Blue Mists up (2012 & 2016 runs) and you can get one on Reverb for $3400 now.
I grabbed a 2016 Tribute (humbuckers) when I decided I missed the Les Paul sound. I didn't get a discount, but the guitar was $799. I sold that guitar (again to a music store) for $675 in 2023 when they had a Blue Mist for $2300. They sold the Tribute for $1049.
So yes, Gibsons hold their value well, even in the current market.
24:23 someone needs to explain to commenter how inflation works. 2500 cash = 2500 cash in 5 years, whereas a hard asset worth 2500 5 years ago being worth 3500 now, is worth 3500 in todays money. Vs 2500 cash. Make sense?
And investing $2,500 in 1988 yields a lot more! Don’t invest in anything and you are loosing money.
Don’t worry Phil nowadays if you were wearing decade old clothes you’d be super hip 😂
😂😂Drink the liquid!!!!
I was really happy to hear you mention Bob Schneider. He’s so great. I live an hour outside Austin and we go see him around town. He plays OFTEN at Saxon Pub where you can get in for not much $, and sit right up at the stage front if you want. How great is that? PLUS, there’s an incredible guitar store adjacent to Saxon that has an absolutely huge array of cool used stuff. You should come some week Phil. Life doesn’t get much better than this.
I know inflation has been a factor but that's only part of it. A lot of it has been due to greed.
Look at how Epiphone handled the previous Alex Lifeson model for 800 bucks. Once people realized they were offering such a value-packed guitar for 800 they were flying off the shelves. Epiphone decided they weren't making enough money, discontinued it and made a guitar with less features and one that took less labor to produce. But instead of pricing the guitar cheaper they raised the price big time. So you're telling me that by removing the parts and labor associated with the piezo system won't save $100-200 off the cost, but actually increase it by $500?! I doubt they're paying Alex that much more this time. You'd think for that price if there was no piezo they'd at least make the pickups the main feature and give us Gibson pickups, but no, still Epiphone pickups. The ruby color must be made from actual rubies because I don't understand how they arrived at that price for a Chinese guitar. I thought the whole 'made in China' thing was supposed to be a cost-saving measure. Not for Epiphone apparently.
I believe there comes a point where we have to consider if brands like that should be temporarily boycotted, even if they do have a good product. Someone else will make something better for cheaper, "oh, but it has to have that name on the headstock." That Gibson/Epiphone name used to mean something else imo, now you're just basically showing off that you overpaid for your sweet and sour guitar. When Epiphone released the updated Alex Lifeson model, it's almost like they just went on Reverb and saw the discontinued model going for 1,300 and chose that for their new price point. But that one had a piezo, the new guitar doesn't. It doesn't make sense. Epiphone is charging what they think they can get away with. Stop buying them, or if you have to just buy used instead.
You can tell they desperately want to sell new guitars right now. They could easily drop prices but instead they're trying to offer us better guitars and still overcharge, and don't get me wrong, the 'better guitars' part is a great thing, but if we simply don't overpay for them then they'll have to drop prices eventually. I'm not saying not to own an Epiphone in the meantime if you want one, heck, I picked up a couple used Epiphones recently because I got a really good deal of them but if I were buying a new guitar then I'd go with another brand, one that I want to support and give my business to like PRS.
Nevermind....somebody just mentioned inflation
Newsflash! Doesn't really matter who you purchase from, if it's online, there's nearly always a 3rd party.
All my friends have been saying for years if you wanna pick up chicks, flash some Kohl's cash
No sound playing guitar
Buying a $2500 guitar in 1988 and selling it now for $3500 is not a good inflation hedge, it’s just nice that you get a guitar and don’t lose a lot of money. Taking that same $2500 and investing in a DJ 500 indexed fund in 1988 yields over $40,000 in 2024, not inflation adjusted.
Hi. One problem with your comment regarding not losing money on the guitar is cost of living. That is a huge point. ,$1,000 in 2018 is not the same in 2024.
that's called Inflation.....The reason prices shot up is directly from Supply Chain problems due to the pandemic. Many people are taking advantage now and "keeping" prices high....they are trying to make up for lost profit during the pandemic.....but some are greedy and holding as long as they can. Prices will drop back eventually......as market prices are directly tied in with grocery prices, it's all interwoven.
@@94SexyStang
Partly true. Corporate greed is what shot prices up. That's why the large corporations were blaming supply chain issues while their profits were soaring and continued to soar. Secondary market was mostly pandemic related.
SPOILER ALERT: Unless it's some impossibly rare and sought-after piece, or belonged to somebody famous, guitars are not investments. The Les Paul you got for your birthday when you were 15 isn't worth a ton of money just because it's old and you didn't beat it to death. There are a zillion of them just like yours. If you want an investment, buy gold bars....
No, it's not- but imo you should keep resale in mind when buying. I used to not worry about it, because I was buying budget gear mostly, but as you get older and start buying higher end stuff, resale matters. Especially considering when something expensive tears up and has to be replaced- often it's selling everything I don't absolutely need that saves the day. When my last tube amp tore up- I sold all my pedals and had enough to buy a Headrush MX5 modeler and the matching FRFR 112 cab. I needed stuff to sell quickly, and for as much as I could get for it- luckily, I had a ton of Boss pedals. They sell about as quickly as you can list them, usually for a decent price.
🤣hey its a good excuse for buying a guitar
@@stoneysdead689 Well if your financial situation demands that you fund new gear by selling old stuff, then do what you must. These are toys... if I can afford something, I buy it. If not, oh well... we don't always get what we want. But frankly, just the thought of having to try and guess what "Item X" MIGHT be worth 8 or 10 years out just in case I have to sell it to get something else, is beyond exhausting. And if you do manage to guess correctly with any kind of regularity, then you should be day trading rather than buying guitars... you'd be having lunch with the Warren Buffets of the world instead of trying to figure out if an old fiddle will be worth $800 on Reverb in August of 2032.
@@notonyourlife7939 Bud, I don't mean any offense- but what you just said is really silly and ridiculous. I'm certainly not alone when I say I consider the resale of whatever I buy- the majority of musicians I know do the exact same thing. And it's not very difficult to predict what will hold its value, the same stuff that's been holding its value for years and years now- Gibson, Martin, Fender, Vox, etc. - they're not going to be worth more, not even worth every penny you paid- but you'll get the majority of your money back. These are not "toys" to ppl like me- they're tools, I make my living playing music.
@@stoneysdead689 One man's "silly" is another's objective reality. The vast majority of people who own guitars are not professional musicians, thus putting them squarely in the "toy" category for probably 99% of the buying public. I also own motorcycles, but I don't race Moto GP...so they're toys, too. Guys who make their living on the track @200 mph would probably disagree, but that won't make the ones in my garage any more of a "tool".
The fact that such is not the case for you doesn't make my take on things "ridiculous". It just means that we have completely different needs, and will never view this topic the same way... but that doesn't make either one of us "wrong". Just different.
Over 2 hrs come on man
first
Just as you said you would be 👏👏👏
At what?
Ok Check THIS Date.. and note it ... July 2024. Phil is DEAD Wrong on his evaluation of the value of Gibson guitars. If you have one and are holding out thinking value is going up? You're sorely mistaken. If your purchase was for "life" ? You're good. Why? Japanese/Korean product is better AND the big marketeers JP (Jim Page) and JP ( Joe Perry) are aging. JB doesn't carry the same weight. Phil "you're literally giving this advice" AFTER you yourself divested from the store . Come ahn. Get real. Do agree with your love of Ibanez .. prefer 1 of the other Asian manufacturers .. but yeah there's great guitars coming out of Asia ( just not the junk areas.. Junk is FLOODING the market driving everything down down down)
Sweetwater is garbage anymore, or at least my sales engineer is.
No, they’re not. It’s you.
@@stevemc75 They are pretty dodgy, have you ever noticed that they list everything as "preorder" even though its been for sale on the website for weeks beforehand? If they were honest they would say "sold out" or "backordered". Its a dishonest sales trick. Also have you noticed that a day or two after they have sold out of a guitar one will show up in inventory? Thats because they get a return and sell it as new. My opinion of course.
Too long!!
I bought a PRS SE 245 and has Humbuckers with magnet poles in the middle of the pickup instead of at the edges..never seen any like them...what are they?
P90-style
Can you please add me onto the friends list that receives the free stuff or discounted stuff.
Enya Nova Go. To make it playable (without pain) I had to change to lighter gauge strings and did major mods to the bridge, nut and zero fret, plus fret leveling. The sound gets better after the strings age. A luthier would charge over $300 for the work I did on it. I paid $190 for it. hmm....
Phil, are you playing yours right out of the box?
After going back to view Phil's review, I see that he was reviewing an electro-acoustic version. Perhaps that model has lighter action than the Nova Go?
ua-cam.com/video/vDUViNXo7kM/v-deo.html
@@PhillipMcKnight Thanks for your quick response. I was mistaken about fret sprout (edited my comment accordingly). Most people would be okay with the frets but I have OCD when it comes to level frets.
Even though I would not recommend it to most people (because of the high action) I just ordered another one from Amazon.... They have a 20% off coupon right now!! (14April 10AM).
Also they are shipping a different case than from your review but the current one is high quality and accurately depicted on the Amazon page.