GROTE Guitars, Beautiful and AFFORDABLE Semi-Hollow Body Guitar
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- After many requests, I've decided to check out one of the latest offerings from Grote Guitars! They have many models available and this one is really a standout. With a deep red transparent flame maple finish, and a great tone, this is a guitar that will turn heads without breaking the bank. Only about $200 for this guitar! Let's unbox is and review it!
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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!
My 16 year old grandson was looking for a 335 style guitar to play in Jazz Band at school. After watching your video I started looking around. I was amazed when I found an older Grote 335 (no transparent top) in like new condition for $50 on Marketplace. Of course I jumped on it and now my grandson is venturing into blues and jazz (a departure from heavy metal). We are both subscribers and enjoy your videos very much.
That's fantastic!
@@GuitarMAXMusic 😮
I bought the purple one 2 months ago and wasn’t to sure about the red pick guard, but I’ll be damned if it doesn’t get prettier every day.
I hated the look of the telecaster until I bought one !
Beauty is indeed “ In the eye of the beholder”!
Be safe and be well Brothers and Sisters!
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Black pick gaurd $12.99 ☑️
I just ordered a solid red, and you got me thinking. Maybe a purple pick guard and all the women at my soon to be moved into an underaged ( I'm under 65 but my wife won't quit drinking and this sucks) assisted living community might have giant panties flying at me?
Yeah, i almost didn't get the Tele model, but that thing plays and sounds great. Glad i got it now.
I have a Grote hollowbody with a P90 in the neck. Love it...awesome guitar.
Bought the purple one a couple weeks back--super happy with it so far. Neck and frets are great but I did polish them up and put new strings on. Nut is cut well and works fine but I'll probably upgrade it at some point. I expected to need to upgrade the pickups and tuners also but to my surprise, not necessary. Tuners work fine and the pickups are surprisingly useable. My only real issue is that the bridge posts were not fully seated when it arrived. They were firmly mounted and no buzzing or anything but not flush with the surface...had to tap those into place. For $200, I couldn't be happier...and as you can all plainly see, these are beautiful instruments. 2 thumbs up for sure!
Just finding this video. One year later, do you still have a positive opinion?
I was considering buying that one too. How much did you pay for yours.
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Only at the 3 minute mark and I can't stop laughing. Glad you're enjoying life, man. Merry Christmas 🎄
What are you laughing at?. Curious. I'm like a fish and biting.
saw.
I noticed you gave a funny look when you said that they were established in 1989. Groat has absolutely been around since 1989. I was born in 1981 and my second guitar was a Groat. I got it around 1992 when I was 11 years old.
I think the point was it isn't much to brag "since 1989" vs. other manufacturers.... Just a weird thing to put on the bag, not arguing the factual nature.
@@ws8080 so you think that being in business for over 30 years is nothing to brag about? They should absolutely put it on their packaging and be proud of it. I mean there is lesser companies that brag about being open since 2009.
@@mark5150ty and .. I noticed.. you misspelt the guitars brand name. Maybe they went by a different spelling when you were 11 yrs old..? Or perhaps it's an auto correct issue?
Groat like 🐐 ?
Or Grote like 🎸 ?
Loved that things tone!! It sounds and looks like it would be at least a $600 guitar!!
You had me rolling with that unboxing! Thanks for doing what you do, Max!
I wonder if the same factory that makes Firefly guitars makes these? Honestly I used to be dead against Chinese guitars, but man they have really upped their game. Hard to beat a deal like this. I bought a similar es335 copy from Firefly for $175 and cannot believe they’re making money at these prices. Gibson take note......
Chinese manufacturing isn't just about cranking out cheap happy meal toys anymore. The technology and training is there to create quality goods..
I bought a few Chinese guitars in the last few years (including two Grote-branded) , and while they all were not the luxurious perfection that I would expect from certain manufacturers that charge 10 times the money, I never got one that wasn't very playable and definitely worth more than what they cost. Week point was always the tuners, which are of course easily replaced. Even the PUs are usually very OK!
There is no reason to be prejudiced against Chinese made guitars or products generally speaking unless you know a particular seller or manufacturer did something unethical like stealing designs and ideas without compensating original product inventor or rights owner.
This is proof most guitar companies, Fender, Gibson, etc., and especially those retarded "custom boutique" companies with their fucking disgusting prices are all just operating out of sheer fucking greed.
..from a guy who has American ,, Korean, Indonesian, Japanese, and Chinese guitars ..... .I speak sarcasm also my friend and wholeheartedly agree. SOME of them are completely a ripoff of American designed Guitars.
Looked up this video today, because I saw it at our local guitar store for $99! For that price, I could wait to get it home and plug it in. What do you know, it works!! A definite score!
I bought mine about a year and a half ago. I got it because I got tired of waiting for a "Firefly", which at the time, everyone was so hot to get. It did not come with a gig bag. I got the tobacco sunburst model. I was blown away by the appearance.... of course, anyone can pick anything apart and find something to gripe about. But really, I would say, flawless. Sits next to 2 brand new from the box, Epiphones, and a Seagull 12 string. People consistently pick it out first and say "Wow!, that one is beautiful!". The action is sooo low it's almost too low. But because of that, it's super easy to play. New strings are a must. That being done, it's one of my favorite guitars of all time. I do recommend these guitars. And I was pleased to run across this video review of it. Kudos! I agree! You could pay a lot more, and do worse....
Greetings !
I like his style presenting this video, good voice tone, good speech, no bias, and good vibes.
He rips the foam off, ready to watch the goodies...LOL.
The color and details look gorgeous, I am sold, I am purchasing a Grote semi-hollow....!
Thank you
Thank you! 😃
@@GuitarMAXMusic Hi there. I have been on the prowl for quite some time for an inexpensive yet decent quality ES-335 style guitar, as the likelihood of ever being able to drop bank on the big daddy Gibson isn't gonna be in the cards. Anyhoo in the course of this journey I happened to stumble across this here video, and I'm very happy and pleased that I did. I found it to be very comprehensive, straightforward, informative, and highly entertaining to watch. I just wanna say that I really dig your style of presentation a lot, along with your extremely mad, mad, mind blowing playing skills, you absolutely plain flat out rock dude 👍In closing I'd like to say thanks a million for posting this review, and as a result you inspired me to jump off the fence and pick one of these sticks up, and I subbed to your channel and look forward to catching more of your content.
@@GuitarMAXMusic Hey there once again. I was just kindly wondering if maybe you could give me some advice/recommendations on what the best string gauge is for this type of guitar? I forgot to mention in my previous comment that I am a beginner guitarist, so not knowledgeable about this sorta stuff quite yet. I sincerely thank you in advance, and would be most appreciative for any feedback.
From Leo: I wish my old Gibson looked that good. You clearly get some good tones out that guitar. . Sounds like the Grote could use 15 minutes with some fret erasers to polish them up. Where were these great value guitars when I was young (and broke)?
I actually have a Grote 335 here - very similar to the one in the vid, just a different tailpiece and not quite as beautiful flamed wood (I should really have paid for the "premium"!). I bought that with very low expectations and thought, well, if it is crap it might still be a good project fixing it … what can I say, this is my absolute favourite guitar (of quite a collection now ;-) Maybe has some details where you can see the cheaper production, like small issues around the binding or so, and yeah, I replaced the tuners, but playability is absolutely top-notch and that's the most important for me.
With that experience I also got myself a Grote Thinline Tele and while there is nothing wrong with it, it is just a reasonably good guitar. Really nothing wrong, but not that perfection of the 335. So maybe I got lucky, but at the price level you can't do much wrong.
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Thank you for the reviews. I generally don't go by price when I buy an instrument. I go by how the guitar feels and sounds, so I appreciate your reviews.
I have bought Two of theses Guitars and they are great.
Great looking, great sound to it -- and some very tasty guitar playing, too.
One of my favourite demos on this channel so far.
I actually went and bought one of these guitars. Very good presentation. Can't wait for delivery, can't wait to play. Good work Yall.
Got the new guitar today. It was everthing you said it would be right out of the box. Tuned right up. Playability is superb,neck is just right,the sound is a monster. Those may be low end humbuckers but on the hollow body they sail, really hot for not so hot humbuckers . Yeah I'd have loved to had a Gibson but this sounds so good and is such a strikingly beautiful guitar I'm as happy as can be.
I got the Grote,absolutely everthing I was told it would do right out of the box it did. Intonation was a little off but not bad. I own a Strat and an SG but I have to say I like the neck better than both . This guitar is a solid investment. Wish everyone had one.
Three months in ,I'm playing the Grote 2- 3 hours a day, really a wonderful instrument.
Hey,I own one of the hollow body with a single pickup at the neck and I think its a great guitar for the money. I think I paid around $150 for it about a year ago
That's the one I want, but want to add another pickup to it and don't know how hard that would be
@@benjaminfowler4513 Extremely difficult to add another pickup. The best you could do is get a surface mount pickup but you'll have to pull all the controls through the F-holes on the guitar and rewire from there.
Grote makes a dual P90 guitar that resembles an Epiphone Casino/Gibson 335 that may be worth looking at instead.
New subscriber here. I've watched a few older videos and enjoyed them (being a "knife guy" myself, LOL, I loved the intros with the unboxings with swords and such, and I busted out an LOL at the intro to this video 😂 Love the cheesy humor, my friend! 🤘). Anyways, I played bass growing up (I wouldn't call my buds and I a "band", LOL, but it was the glorious 80's and we were metal freaks). After threatening to my wife that I was gonna buy an electric guitar and start learning to play every year since the early 90's, LMAO, I finally bought one a couple weeks ago and started (no "formal training" going on, at least as of now, just playing around and watching LOTS of videos). Anyways, have a great week, looking forward to next video ✌
Thanks Max! I purchased one of these based on your review and I'm extremely happy with it. Setup was great out of the box!
Great demo, this guitar looks and sounds great and the price is amazing.
Awesome video I’m buying my son his first guitar 🎸 for Christmas 🎄 so excited for him
That is awesome!
@@GuitarMAXMusic Hey Max great review, I thinking of going with this semi. Do you know if the neck on the Grote semi with the stopbar tailpiece is the same width and thickness?
Anybody ever tell you you look like John Travolta from pulp fiction?
Awesome video, rock on!
I didn't see it till you said it 😂
This my first video by you I ever watched and I have to say that intro made me subscribe
Getting the one without the tail piece. So excited. Been waiting for it to arrive and found your post here. Thank you so much for validating my choice! I thought the picture looked great but didn't know about the nice details. Loved the review. Just getting back into playing after years of going without so I wasn't sure what to get. Decided on a semi hollow body as I hadn't had one before. I don't have a lot of money so I picked this one. I think my wife is getting me the mini blackstar to practice. (We only have a 1 bedroom apt so I can't get it too Loud) That has a delay feature which I noticed you used to great effect. Will mostly be playing blues and some acdc kind of rock so I think I made a good choice. The backing tracks is a great tip! Loved the video and the humor. Thanks again! Really enjoyed and appreciate the video! RH
I got the purple one for free, someone was literally throwing it away. Set it next to the dumpster in my apartment along with a fender mustang amp. It’s so Ugly with the thinnest veneer flame maple (looks like a picture just put on there) and red marble pick guard and the pickups don’t sound very good but it was a free guitar so I’m loving it!!
I bought one of these, had a flame top with this model had Gib style bridge. The guitar was over all nice, but i didn't like pickups, very aggressive. I set it in my second story store room, which is unheated, so it gets maybe in the mid 30's in there. I remembered it one day and got it out, took it to a friends house to jam with it. Dam I discovered if I turned down the pots to below halfway, it sounded pretty darn good and I can't complain, I like it. Mine had no bag with it.
Always love your videos, your expertise and the infusion of humor makes watching ever more enjoyable.
Holy shit . It looks great . The headstock shape is cool the maple is great
I got one of these last Christmas. In fact it was the exact one in this video. The sad part about it was roughly two weeks before Christmas I broke my arm and when I opened this guitar all I was able to do was look at it. It is a stunning guitar. I don't think I got to actually play it until the first week in February. It was really terrible to have and not be able to play. Once I was able to play it, I still could only play it for 5 or 10 minutes until my arm would star hurting. Had it been my fretting hand arm, it would have been easier. Anyway, it plays really nice. I did have to polish the frets. There were a few that were pretty rough, but other than that it was good.
I have a purple model. It was goven to me by a friend who was disappointed with the finish. He was expecting the grain to be natural. Its not a stain, but a paint job. I don't care. I was blessed with a beautiful and playable instrument. It makes me look good.😊
I got myself one for $160 on ebay last week, so far I'm playing the hell out of it. Changed the strings to some flat wounds, love how it sounds. Budget guitars are getting better and better
How is the action and neck feel??
@@Theshark15z neck and action feels great, the saddle bridge is prone to buzzing and requires some tinkering.
Absolutely blown away by this guitar a lot of value for your buck.
Just got one from my family for Father’s Day. Can’t be beat for the price !!! Another addition for my collection . Will use it for the Ted Nuget sets 💪
Half of me is yelling, "THE CALIFORNIA RECIPRICAL SAW MASSACRE!" The other half is yelling, "WAR HARBOR FREIGHT!" (All my tools are from Harbor Freight. Love their coupon catalogs.) Oh, and the review was awesome too. I dig the Grote although I'm not hot about trapeze-style tailpieces. I'd love to see if they have a stoptail to go with the tune-o-matic. Thumbs up as always, Sir Shreds-a-Lot!
I was thinking the same thing about the tailpiece lol. Also harbor freight my adult playground
@@anthonycheman9930, well done, my excellent friend! Where else can one get (with a coupon, naturally) 10 pairs of really nice Hardy mechanic gloves for 15 cents (limit 40 pairs)?
I’ve ordered a really pretty version of this To motivate myself to learn faster. Unfortunately I caught the beginning of the Chinese New Year and it could be weeks before my guitar arrives. Meanwhile I watch this every other day or so ! It’s the closest I’m going to get for awhile!
Confirmed purshaser here to verify that indeed the center block is made of wood. Looks to be 5/8in maple top from the pick up pockets. Love the unplugged resonance. Frets needed love and I'm dropping P90s in.
I have a Grote 12 string Les Paul cherry burst and she is great. Zero complaints.
That stank face at 2:45 LMAO.
Been eyeing one of these and of course you've already reviewed it. Thanks Max!
Haven't watched yet, but gotta say, I have been waiting for this one!
I got it yesterday, I wasn't sure about the brand checked on Andertons and found a summer sale is going on at the moment. I watched your review and bought it, it is amazingly good. Thanks for your video.
It’s refreshing to see a person using the right tool for the job. Many people would have probably tried to open the box with a craft knife!
Tone of that guitar and the runs you played had me thinking "I need you tonight" by ZZ TOP.. very cool. I think i need one!
Just bought one of these in brown as my first guitar. They are up to $249 now. On Amazon, the pictures give it a reddish hue that mine does not have. It's still gorgeous. Now just have to learn how to play it.
Just bought one for $130, walked by it in a pawn shop and it caught my eye, better made than most cheap guitars.
i bought ths guitar. plays great. i have been using it for live gigs where there is moderate toloudvoume,ivebeenplaying highgain-ish stuff like metallica and alice in chains covers, and so far this guitar has been way more versatile than i expected....even sounds better than an epiphone semi hollow es 335 mdel....i am very impressed. however i did have to polish frets, hdrate fret board or recondition, string change and tighten screws here and there ans set intonaion.... guitarisnw one of y favorites to gig locally with. excuse my english is a bit bad. use the guitar several nights a week ,playing queen, nirvana, beatles, guns n roses, moorohead, cranberries, david bowie, danzig, eric clapton, the cure and many styles played withthis same guitar and humbuckers are not microphonic
Tuned in for the unboxing, stayed for the guitar. I always appreciate your humor Max. Like another commenter, I was expecting the plasma torch for unboxing, but the Sawz-all was a nice touch. Great video as usual. Merry Christmas to you and your family. God bless and rock on.
I bought one of these since I am a broke bastard and love it! Mine came with a roller bar stop instead of the trapeze one your has. I like it better without the pick guard as well. The only problem with mine is the nut was a tad uneven...the big E string sits to low in it...I just got a bone one...works great.
Great review, Max as usual! And your unboxing was awesome ahahahah
As always, great video Max, beautiful guitar, and great price. And as usual, it sounds great in your hands...don't they all? Love you work, I will be researching these guitars as I need a 335 in my collection. BTW, my collection is an affordable one that I built most of, or at least modified all of. Keep up the good work!
I bought one a year ago, the one with the sunburst finish, brand new for $170. I also own an old ES 335. So I can compare them. I play the ES more often for recordings because it has a brighter sound, but that being said sometimes the darker sound of the Grote is exactly what I want. Grote makes a great guitar for a good price.
WHAT AN UNBOXING, MAN !!!!!
WAOOWW !! Thanks for the revue, saw an hollow body bass, man....... I WANT IT ;)
Damn bro! You're playing is amazing!
I almost dead in laughter after I seen him bring out the saw to open the box 😂😂
Thank you for your videos and your time and help. I own the same one as well as the single p90. Very happy with them. After a set up and new strings I play these probably more than my higher end guitars.
I ordered this guitar but when it got here, it did not have the trap tailpiece which bothered me. I did not send it back because the guitar is still so beautiful and actually sounds and played better than any of my much more expensive 335 guitars. So just today i decided to order this one again and made myself clear that i wanted the model with trap tailpiece. The company did knock 15 bucks off the first one, so i am giving them another try. Thanks for putting another great review video on here. These guitars are about the best deal you can get imo.
I love the helmet and gauntlets... Keep it up... The Skilsaw kills me...
This guitar reminds me of the Ibanez Artcore I sold to cover the venue for my wedding. It would be awesome to snag a replacement for it. Think you could find a budget bigsby trem to throw on it? It looks awesome and sounds great for the price! Thanks for pushing out such awesome content bro!
Grote makes one with a Bisby Style trem
Best unboxing method ever😆 and beautiful guitar overall.
When you said you were going to "demo" the guitar, I thought for sure you were going to hack it up with that saw. You're going to need to do another video 😏👍
I fired up mine this morning that has the same fancy curly flamed maple top but in purple. Even running stock everything it's just a phenomenal guitar with a jaw dropping finish *but mine has one huge problem; the neck is slightly warped!*
It's a simple fix with my heat press but annoys me that a couple months after I bought it, the twist set in. From inspecting it, I think the glue was still soft when they unclamped the fingerboard which is unfortunately common with guitars being built at break neck speeds. When I heat pressed my Les Paul hollow body, I boldly saw the fingerboard was somehow down flusher with how it sandwiched to the other half of the neck and I even had some glue squeeze out.
*In the end, cheap guitars generally share the problem of "squirrelly" necks which due to under cured wood or premature clamp removal without heating them for time conmpensation.* There's a fortune to be made off high end cheap lookers with rushed construction defects.
I'm working with Grote, I believe the actual owner, on a custom les paul. Ive only heard good things about them. It took less than a month to build, he said they are painting it now so after the 2 month shipping lol I should get it by my birthday in March =)
FINALLY! Enough of the silly sword unboxings.... Thank you for brining it back to reality.
drugs kill,wimpy...just saying.
Man you just do you what you like.... love the vids
I bought the grote tele thinline $139
I bought this exact guitar $239
Both are unbelievable for the price , upgrade the pickups and tuners for another $100 and a good setup , really great guitars. 🎸🤟🍻
The frets are done nicely but definitely need polished !!!
Do you think they’re quality enough to start gigging?
@@TheTrueStevieK I couldn't really say because I'm not a gigging musician, I only play for my enjoyment but with decent tuners , a good nut, good pickups and electronics (approximately $200) it is a decent guitar . In the last year I have upgraded my guitar collection to mostly $600-$1200 guitars and I still play this one often if that means anything. 🎸🤟🍻
Most epic box opening yet. Love all your content.
The unboxing is the best part. Well, not that the rest isn't great!
Hey Max, thanks for doing all these videos man. You give good honest reviews without any fluff. The saws all was a nice touch by the way. Merry Christmas to you!
Hey max as soon as you finished your video I bought this grote in brown color .
Awesome! Give us a report when you get it, let everyone what you think of it!
@@GuitarMAXMusic I sure will brother .
@@GuitarMAXMusic Grote has a lot of cool looking headless guitar models on Ali Express. Very tempting but when I read reviews people were very disappointed with the cheap quality and parts. Uneven frets and unstable tuning bridge were the main complaints on the headless. Get what you pay for was the concensus.
Would be great if you can review the NK headless models from seller guitars 123 on ebay.
Like the new unboxing equipment. But I also like the old equipment.
I just got a Grote 335 w/stop-tail bridge...GREAT guitar!
Yes, the frets needed a little polish, but that's easy. My ONLY gripe was that, as I was polishing the frets, the nut must not have had enough glue and came out in my hands....a little super glue, and back in business. Interestingly, when I was adjusting the pickup poles to match the radius, I found that the radius was 15", not 12" like I expected.
I am VERY pleased with it!!
“This is gonna be a normal unboxing video. Nothing weird” then at 1:20 “let me put on my safety goggles...” hahaha! Awesome!!!
I like how the truss rod cover just swings out of the way for easy adjustment.
FRICKEN AWSOME...how you opened it...it's GREAT!
I'm thinking I've got to buy one for the heck of it.
Well, you got me sold on the Kramer Baretta Special and it was worth every penny. I'm eyeing a purple one for the fiance
i have the grote tele plays and sounds awesome for 145 not bad
Love the new unboxing process!!! Great looking guitar. Not sure about those pickups but for the price.. NICE
Not only am I a GuitarMax fan, I love Harbor Freight Tools....Rock on!
I got this as gift and love it! My favorite of all my guitars! Highly recommend-fun to play
Always love your reviews thank you
I seriously laughed my as of when he brought in the welding goggles and the electrical saw!
I’ve had a Grote guitar now for a while. It’s the Thinline Tele-style. I love it. Had a spare MiM Tele neck at home, waiting for a project and put it on there but went back to the factory Grote neck because it just felt better to me.
Good review buddy. Thanks man 😎👍👌💯🎸🎸
These are going for $169 on ebay right now. Same exact deal with the gig bag just like in this video. I ordered one a few days ago. Can't wait to get it.
This guitar finally ticked all the boxes for me and it is on the way via your link. Hmmm... All the boxes... Well, its red, definitely a 335 type GSO, hopelessly Chinese, and I've got enough sense to trust you... Odd that... Did I mention it is red? By the way, that is more paint job than anything "flamed maple," sort of like a pretty print on Maple (maybe top layer in the plywood), but it still looks nice to me. Way enough to make this old guy smile a bit! We're talking used car money for a real one.
Loved that unboxing bit, subscribing!
I like the sword and gauntlet but couldn’t stop laughing with the saw thanks for reviewing I have been checking these out on Amazon
There is a seller on ebay called guitarsfactory, that sells only Grote guitars, and they are listing the body and neck being Maple, but claim the fretboard is actually Walnut. There are various guitars, including the Gibson J15 acoustic that do, in fact, use a walnut fingerboard.
1:56-I thought that I had sawed everything till I saw you saw that box.!
your mid-evil-unboxings are awsome ! dot listen to the noise ! great video, thank you !
great guitar review
Still Loving my Grote
Nice looking and sounding for the money for sure. Loved the box opening.
😄 That box opening. Loved it man!
Just got here a week ago. Arrived a wee early. Better than I expected. Funniest flaw/ 12 feet double black dots are on the 9th feet. And they are not centered. I wonder if someone was stoned. Or just so they dont get sued
You never disappoint Max 🤘🏽🎸 love your channel, keep being you brother 😎
Star fox just ready to rock in the background, awesome!
You're a great guitar player but it's tough to fake the blues. Hard to hold back the shred! There, it came out! 🤟 (Nothing critical about this. Just an observation.)
less is better ,play w feeling. sry its hard to describe ..yet good to know it shreds .not unlike the guitar its based on lol love the budget stuff !!!!
I was going to say the same thing but I see you got there first. The tone was totally wrong also. It's nice to see him try something out of his wheelhouse though.