WestCreek TT-20 - Can it deliver in a band situation? Yes Sir!!!
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- here is part 1:
• WestCreek TT-20 T-Styl...
here is part 2:
• WestCreek TT-20 is rea...
Here is a link to the TT-20:
WestCreek Guitars TT-20 Solid Body Electric Guitar, Mahogany Body, Maple Neck, Rosewood Fretboard, Rounded End Frets, Bone Nut, 22 Frets (Red) a.co/d/04aHB7po
J_Man, thanks so much for that. You actually had me in tears. knowing that you actually have a connection with subscribers is amazing. It made me feel like a Million Bucks. American bucks at that. I am starting to get some control of my fret hand back. I'll be playing Happy Birthday again in no time LOL. You're an amazing individual and so talented. The Guitar Gods are shining on you. Thanks again, it meant a lot!
Hey Rainer, glad you're feeling better! Don't even mention it. I count my blessings every day and understand I could lose them anytime. If I can help brighten your day or someone else's, then it's just blessings to good use haha! Sorry for the Bon Jovi in the middle of that, just another quirky thing my band does to keep people on their toes hahaha!
Enjoy your day! ☺️
Hi again Jason, I was going to write this to your email but your Guitar giveaway video has disappeared. I'm writing this to say I would love to have your Westcreek TT20 as it is an awesome sounding and looking guitar. I don't feel right in entering the contest as I would not feel deserving of it as it would be better suited for someone who has some playing ability. So I decline in entering the contest. My life has turned into a complete disaster. I had a stroke on June 27th but it was a mild one , In the meantime my wife had a heart attack and is in he hospital as we speak. I went to the stroke clinic today and was told that the Coradic arteries in my neck have blockages and I have to return tomorrow to asses the blood flow and maybe have stints put in. I don't know if I told you that I only have I leg and bound to a wheelchair for most of my time. Life has been turned upside down for us once again. I'm just saying that's the reason I'm not entering. I would likely never be able to play it. I couldn't do it justice. I think I'm your number one fan though. Love your videos. You are the real thing my friend. Just know that you have friends all over the world. Maybe someday when things settle down here I will send you a video of myself privately. In the meantime, keep plucking that six string. Sorry for the rant.
@@rainerjaschke5216 hey man!
So sorry to hear this... Yeah the deadline for the video entries was today at 12 eastern time. So I deleted the video, hence why you can't find it.
If you're passionate about guitar, then you're deserving! I'm doing this to thank the people who watch and comment on my videos regularly and you fit that criteria perfectly.
I will pray for you and your wife buddy. Have faith that things will get better. God doesn't give you anything you can't handle, so you got this!
Take care and keep me posted😉❤️
I LOVE it you are actually gigging with these guitars and showing us how they do! I hope you continue to do that. That bass *is* gorgeous, BTW.
Thanks! I'll do it when I can my man! Yeah that bass is killer! 😍
Great video! Thanks. Happy Canada day! You just proved that you don't have to spend thousands to have fun.
Hahaha! Thanks. Yup great all around guitar! 😁
Playing great and singing too! Very fun watching your stuff...keep it up
@@BennyGuitar ahhh thanks man!
That was great jamming guys!.... thanks for sharing!,, Happy 4th!
Thanks!
What a blast! I restarted and watched this again as soon as it ended. You guys are great!
Oh hahaha thanks! Always fun to play with these guys, and these new guitars!
Cool ! I like that guitar, and it's fun to see you take delivery of these budget guitars, work em' up at the bench.. and then take em' out and gig with em.'So cool ! Rock on Bro. That thing looks sharp on stage. Band sounds great! Edit: Wow! So cool how you played Don't Stop Believin.' You play it totally different than me. But better of course. LOL You guys put a different twist on that. A Southern ish twist. I loved it.
@@jimmyz2098 hey thanks brother! It is a great guitar after some TLC haha... Fact is I put a twist on almost every song we do because I'm not good enough to emulate the original hahaha...
Only guitar players notice though hahaha... 95% of the people out at the bar don't have a clue and that's a good thing because if not I'd never get asked to play hahahaha!
Lots of fun though!
Rock on Brother!
You guys sound fantastic J, very tight and balanced.
Thanks buddy... Always fun and a really cool inexpensive guitar!
Great video. Your band sounds really good. And your guitar playing is outstanding. Love your channel.
Ah man thanks so much for the kind words. Much appreciated!
The band sounds awesome and some nice shredding on that tele!
@@sixstrings4568 hey thanks man! Much appreciated.
Great guitar. Super easy to play!
Sounding great J man! Thanks for the live footage! Really enjoyed it!👍🫶🎸🤗🙏🙌👏
Thank you and my pleasure. Always fun to share guitar info! 😀
Happy Canada Day J-man🇨🇦🎆🎇!!!
Your gig venue reminds me of the concerts I went to in Michigan when I was a teen.
The Amboy Dukes, Steppenwolf, Bob Seger, etc. lots of fun!!
Rock On brother & keep the videos coming 😎🌵👍🏻
Hey right on,
Thanks so much!
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I was watching a TH-cam video that was saying that the pups in the budget guitars are good enough to gig with at a big venue. Because they feedback & squeal at high volume. Seems like the TT-20 did just fine. What do you think?
@@johnjolly9519 no issues with this one buddy! I'd say that comment was based on the one guitar reviewed in question....
I listen to this video and I’ve watched a complete segments of this telly build upgrades that you have done to the guitar. You’ve got me a big time West Creek fan of these guitars and by watching your clips that I saw that you offered to your audience was fantastic very well seasoned players such as me, there’s not many of us left your videos. You guys are awesome Springhill, Florida.
@@donwalker8047 hey thanks. Much appreciated! Yeah these WestCreeks are great however they do need to be set up for your liking!😉
The West Creek racer just arrived today, Friday July 12 and I have it on the set up bench right now get it ready for a gig tomorrow night let’s rock🤘✌️👍🎸
@@donwalker8047 awesome man! Let me know how it goes! 🤠
Stage worthy proven! Great set. I would've loved to have been there.
Thanks! Yup nothing wrong with this TT-20 😉
This guitar definitely has some strat spank to it. Love it.
Yeah there is a uniqueness to the sound, maybe just the lower output pups?🤔
Holy cow, you can jam my friend. You must be a real pro it didn’t look like you were struggling.
Hahaha thanks! Definitely NOT a pro! Guitar plays great so it was an easy gig! Just the pickup output I'm unsure of 🤔
What a great tone and twang. Just awesome!
@@GeoffreyAnderson2112 thanks man! Yeah very capable guitar for under $300 CAD!
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You don't need to go into debt to have a good tone. Keep up the great videos.
@@Johnny.D you're right... These budget guitars are great!
And you are a really good player. 👍
Ahhh thanks Vern!
great giggaroni brother!
you guys sounded great!
that tele really cut thru nicely!
Thanks man and yeah, not bad for the least expensive piece of gear on stage! Hahaha
@@j-man9457 hekk yaa the tele stole the show too!
i had to put thinner "shims" under the potshafts on my tease tele so now the jazzmaster style knobs arent "slammed" onto the plate...
not teases fault but teles usually come with the "dome" knobs anyway lol!
@@birdman316 always fun to change stuff around hahaha!
@@birdman316 I'm not seeing any videos from you lately. Am I not getting notifications or you've just been busy?
@@j-man9457 yaa work has been bonkers lately...
i have a couple in the works tho!
Great playing! Looking for the upgrade video on those pick ups.
Hahaha thanks... I have a set of Joe Barden a home which cost more than the guitar but not sure I'll throw those in haha!
Defo got that Tele twang! Great. Nice to see an affordable guitar do it. Who cares what's on the headstock - it's the vibe, feel and the player that matters. Thanks.
@@robjones7725 100%
I've never seen a print improve a guitar's playability hahaha!
Rock on!
Thanks for sharing this…you guys rock. If I ever make my way up north again I’m gonna have to plan my trip around one of your band’s gigs.
Hahaha! Well if that's the case bring a guitar and come up with us hahaha!
Thanks, and Rock on!
Sounds just fine JMan. 👍
@@joereddy3146 thanks man! Got your entry... Will watch and reply later today! 😁
OH YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@theguitarprofessionals8584 great tele!
You made that guitar sound good
Ahhhh jeeeezzz thanks man, but maybe it's just a good sounding guitar and I had nothing to do with it hahaha🤔😁
Hi thank you I enjoyed that.
Overflow at the Arena! Happy Canada Day! Just finished cutting fairways here in Calgary. I can hear
Ranchmans south from my bedroom window, and you guys are way better!
Hahaha thanks very much!
G-tar sounds great-nice playing!!
Ahhh Jeezzzz thanks man!
Yeah guitar is great! 👍
Dude if you are apologizing for your "mistakes" then I've gotta up my game! That was some mighty fine playing and harmonies.
@@Erkinstien hahaha thanks! All I can say is thank god for video editing hahaha! 🤣🤣🤣
Damn good guitar playing😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
That guitar did amazing, I would swap the pickups for some SD singles but hey it did great
@@No1414body yup an upgrade would bring it up a level for sure! 😁
Hey J- man
Try raising those pickups as high as you can without getting tone wobble...
I usually start at 1/16th of an inch and then use my ears...
Different pickups react differently.
Try compression for more sustain.
I actually like low output pickups cause i like ckean Tones a lot.👍
Hey thanks, they are already up there quite a bit. I agree great for cleans... Just looking for more bite!
The videos man! Im a big fan of budget guitars. I have a semi hollow that i just love and as you say suits the way i play. $279 off good old Amazon. Again really appreciate your content.
Ahhh thanks man!
It sure is a great time to be a guitar player! Lots of options out there that won't break the bank😉
$279 eh? Can't beat that!
Rock on!
Sounds great,I own a lot of expensive guitars but the one I play most I have $80 in
Wow! Really? That is awesome!
Rock on!
I'm surprised how good that guitar looked on stage. Westcreek needs to do a matching headstock like Musi, then it would look even better.
Yeah man good suggestion... I'd say it's probably just a cost thing. I'd guess a matching headstock would put over $300 and with a totally new line, they likely want to stay below 300$,🤔
Great band. Great guitar pickin. This only proves we have a fantastic guitar player, not that the guitar is fantastic, which it could be. This guy can make most guitars sound good. That is the actual reality.
@@thomastucker5686 hahaha thanks man but nope it's just the guitar! If I play a crappy guitar, I struggle big time...
I appreciate the kind words though! ☺️
@@j-man9457 do you think this guitar is made by the same folks Musi? The headstock looks identical from what I can see.
@@thomastucker5686 no 2 seperate companies however they are sister companies. Originally Musi focused on the F style models whereas WestCreek focused on the G-style models.
The head stocks are quite different up close as is the construction and the components. 🙂
That guitar is spanky. Strat DNA.
Yeah for a stock guitar, it is pretty amazing at just under 300 CAD!
The modern country tone is legit. I don’t like hot pickups myself they always sound brittle and nasally. Try raising the pickups until they buzz on the strings then back them off. I bet they sound completely different. Great set! Love me some Earl.
@@keenedgedesigns hey thanks man! These pickups are about as close to the strings as I can get them, without them sounding harsh...
I like a slightly hotter output PU and then I can back them away from the strings a bit but still get that fullness and sustain😀
@@j-man9457 If you did that they are weak then. What I noticed in the live performance was that you sounded great but the guitar did not project very well. Try the Kent Armstrong Tele pickups. Very inexpensive and they sound great.
@@keenedgedesigns hmmmm interesting. Never heard of them. I'll check them out!
Thanks!
@@j-man9457 A friend from my Tallahassee days named Uncle Rob turned me on to them. He also taught me everything I know about setups ( knowledge you could fill a thimble with ) . They are just very good pickups for not a lot of money. And you can never go wrong with Fralins. Lindy is a Tele player too.
@@keenedgedesigns heard the fralins were good but here a set of fralins are easily the cost of this whole guitar and then some hahaha!
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U sound really good. I do understand the Lack of Gain and attack Ur looking for. Maybe Change those pickups out.
Thanks man! Yup a slightly hotter pup would definitely wake this guitar up!
Dang man. You rock live too. Hahahah.
@@robertclarkguitar hahaha only sometimes! Thank goodness for editing 😂!
Just curious but is there a reason you guys put drums at the end? In my experience we always put bass on the other side of drums. Guitar is cool.
Nope no reason. Everywhere we play is different... This crooked stage was the most even / level on that end so the drummer set up there hahaha!
Your band sounded really good through your phone. Pretty amazing! The guitar stands up ans sounds good. I could see by your "smile" when you were bending that it wsn't quite perfetly dialed in. As a by the way, you should remove any trae of an Eagles song- their legal department will copyright strike you.
Thanks!
If the Eagles are threatened by my crappy rendition of a piece of their song, then I'll take that as a huge compliment hahaha!
Hi J-man, I've been very much enjoying your video's. I was 60 not long ago and on a whim I thought it would be a good time to learn an instrument. So being here is a good clue to which instrument I chose haha, Is there any advise you or any of your fine quality subs could offer as to where to start?. Do I go acoustic, electric or indeed electric acoustic?. I'm 6ft 5in when I'm laying down, should that affect the size of guitar I buy? Last but not least, at this late stage is you think I could at least reach a reasonable skill level?. Cheers guys.
@@andrewhoney7994 hey man! Welcome to the fun haha!
It's never too late to learn something new. What to get it totally up to you. Acoustic / electric doesn't matter so long as you like it. I prefer electric. Much easier to play. But then you need amp and cables, maybe some pedals, whereas an acoustic you just grab and play, but you always get the same tone... An electric with pedals get you overdriven sounds, lead tones etc... really depends on what you like. Most guitars are all close in size so your height won't matter. Just don't buy a junior sized guitar hahaha....
Get a good guitar. By good I don't mean expensive, I mean well set up. If they are well set up, they play well and hold tune and are more fun to play.
I like buying these budget guitars and they are fantastic, but they need to be set up 98% of the time. So if you don't do your own set ups, make sure you have somebody who can do that for you so the experience of your first guitar is a positive one.
Hope that helps!
J
Yep !! Good stuff...What pedals are you using?
@@paulfenton2070
Hey Paul thanks! For these types of smaller gigs, I just use a small pedal board that I run to the front of the amp. No effects loop.
Guitar - mini poly tune tuner - Rowin Compressor - Wampler Clarksdale - Wampler Tumnus Deluxe - Rowin mini Delay - Mini Spark booster - into my Quilter Tone Block 201.
That's it 😄
Hey J Man.......seems like you got the juice and are pretty hooked up. I bought this TT-20 a couple of days ago. I really like it. I was wondering if you know how I could get a spare pickguard or 2? Thought maybe you would know how I could get a hold of WestCreek. I bought the red one, and thought if they sell them I'd get a white and black spare.
@@billreppa1928
Hey Bill not sure you can get pick guards for these, but try this email:
contact@bestproductsselling.com
You could buy a black sheet of pickguard material, take your pickguard off and trace it then cut one yourself 🤔😉
Good luck!
@@j-man9457 Thanx, I'll give it a go.
@@billreppa1928 let me know what they say!
@@j-man9457 i will
Would in series resistors help the pickups rather than changing them?..............................................................
Not sure! Never used them... Think they are more for tonal changes as opposed to output increase🤔
Hey mr J_Man I subscribed about a month ago when I came across in one of your Vid you know much about guitar both as a nerd and music country/rock player that I much appreciate!! Can you please tell your opinion about a couple of brand such as Vintage V20 coaster series which I have ordered and JET 350 both T-style. Since the first mentioned is getting hopefully on early August they say that I have the right to change my order since the day of delivering is a bit long... What do you think? Pardon for being long... Greetings from Italy
Hey thanks!
So T Vintage V20 I have never heard of so can't comment.
The Jets 350 I never had either but I did buy a Jet 300 Tele and I had to send it back as it was a real lemon! Frets were terrible and all 4 neck screws were stripped from factory.
I'm sure they are not all like that and the 350 series is supposed to be a higher quality.
On the 300, the body and neck were ok but to use at a gig, everything else would have to be upgraded .... Tuners, nut, pickups, pot, saddles... And for what these Jets cost here in Canada, it just wasn't worth it. The 350 might be better and better priced in Italy than here in Canada!
Good luck!
J
@@j-man9457 you're welcome!! Vintage V20 coaster series is the cheapest I ordered for 180E. it is a British company owned by JHS I read on the site these are made in China but the Pro series Icon V52 and so on... are made in japan... the V20 series need pickup upgrade (they got ceramic that I don't prefer like you don't either) my concern in general is the 'weight' this body is in Palwonia!! I just sold a Squier modified for the weight and sounded crappy (bridge Seymour D. design's a lemon!!) Yes I just found this second option I am happy that you tested the bad jet 300. I just found a 350 at a fair price (given that it cost around 500E.) I see that the price in Canada are higher... We also have Thomann but I needed to wait 2 months at least
Thanks a lot for you kind and quick feedback!! wishing the channel runs up for us all benefit
@@j-man9457 You're welcome! Vintage brand is owned by JHS this V20 coaster is made in china and is to upgrade (ceramic pick ups) it's the cheapest one (190E) but there are models which range from 300- to above 500 like the V52 -60 Icon to1000 and above made in Japan pro series...
@@mr.beaver2822 hmmm interesting. Do you have a link to these?
@@j-man9457 vintageguitarsrus.com/pages/contact-support?customer_posted=true#ContactFooter I hope is right!
Are you using your quilter?
@@mattacjones yes sir!
Can you recommend a Srtat style hardtail that is not so expensive?
Not off hand John... A hard tail Strat is hard to find. I think Squire has a few models but As soon as Squire or Fender is on the headstock, the price goes up to more than it's worth!...
I'll keep an eye out and let you know if I come across something😉
I see what you mean. The guitar was having a hard time keeping up in the mix. Throw in a hotter set of pickups and it'll be great. The guitar looks good strapped to your body
@@2bikemikesguitartopics145 hahaha thanks!
Yup needs an upgrade PU wise for sure!
Hardtail Strats have ALWAYS been really rare! The Robert Cray signature model is a current production hardtail model from Fender… But short of finding a custom-made hardtail Strat body from some place like Warmoth, the Squier Sonic HT is just about the ONLY fully assembled production hardtail Strat I know of in the “affordable” range that is made currently. It’s not BAD by any means, but it’s front-load instead of string-through like a vintage one, and the body is not full thickness, either. The pickups and electronics could certainly be upgraded.
@@zuperdee interesting... Thanks!
Funny you should mention Warmoth because years ago, I had them build me a 1 piece solid alder Strat body with telecaster routs. I had an ashtray bridge on it, Tele bridge and Strat neck PUs, tele control plate, a fender licensed tele neck with a 12°radius, locking tuners and bone nut. Really cool and unique axe but not Cheap! Another guitar I regret selling over the years 😕
J!! Where's your guitar giveaway video? I need your Email I just finished uploading :(
@@totalbullion5882 hey buddy so sorry. I took it down as giveaway entries time limit was today at 12:00 pm eastern time.
I took it down at 1:00pm today.
Sorry😔
Oh well, that's what I get for setting up a green screen and going all out for it instead of a quick Hello and goodbye. Lesson learned 😴
@@totalbullion5882 ahhhh man that sucks. Yeah video was posted 5 days ago and entry deadline was today 12pm. The last entry I received was at 11:58am today. Talk about last minute hahaha!