Just picked up one of these. Super impressed so far! Beautiful finish, hardware is on point, and importantly the playability and tone is 👌. I finally have a P90 in the arsenal 😊
Great demonstration of the gold top Artist LP style guitar !! That mother rocks!! Looks great and sounds great as well. A lot of that is thanks to you, of course, Shane. The P90s are absolutely awesome and useable in coil split or not. Way to go Artist Guitars !! I really dig watching you play Shane ! You always show the joy of playing an instrument you like. Thanks for sharing your experience of this new Artist offering. Take care Shane!
I thought you got the old VOS Les Paul back! 🤪 I’ve been on the hunt for a P90 equipped guitar for some time and this is really what I’ve been wanting as far as the tones and the look. The coil taps adds another level of tone textures to this good looking guitar! My only complaint is the availability of this guitar to the US with Artist Guitars. I completely understand the complexity of shipping inventory, even before supply shortages due to world events, but it is a shame nonetheless. Hopefully one will cross my path in the future, or I’ll just head on over to Australia when it’s possible 😁!!! Another solid demo Shane!! Cheers!🎸🎸🎸😎😎
Look at the new P90 Goldtop that Indio is getting ready to release. It's their 66 DLX Plus Goldtop w/ P90's. I have thr humbucker version and it's a fantastic guitar. It needed nothing from me the day I got it except to be tuned up and played. I love it and plan on buying another 66 DLX Plus. I'm just not sure if I want the iced tea burst - looking guitar they just put up or if I want the P90 gold top to go with my current GT.
I have a Burny Goldtop Les Paul with P90’s, it’s the RLG 60 P90 model, fantastic guitar! You should check it out, Burny make very authentic looking guitars that play beautifully!
Hello Shane, great review and playing as usual, however I believe you are using the term "coil tap" incorrectly, see my explanation for "HUTCHfromBA", below.
The supply chain certainly has made getting Artist guitars tough in the US. Additionally you can’t get the Les Paul style guitar in the States due to copyright issues which is a bummer because I have a TC 59 that I was fortunate enough to get last year and it sounds great. I’d really like to be able to try this model. Thanks for the demo Shane!
Just followed the USA link, found three pages of guitar photos with red banners crossing them with the notice : SOLD OUT. Never heard of Artist before, would love owning a dual P90 guitar if it was inexpensive, guess I'll check the link again in several weeks. Thx for something new I hadn't heard of before.
@@benallmark9671 Yeah, well, what're ya gonna do? I've got a feeling that the next several months are gonna be really tough, worse than the end of 2020 as far as gear availability. Be well.
Hi Shane, i've been waiting for this one, looks and sounds awesome. As an Artist fanboy its gonna be in the Christmas sack for sure. As usual sound and camera superb and love the track. Cheers Paul.
I have one of the batch just released in September 2022 and it's more of a burnt orange colour than gold. The one Shane is playing was obviously painted with a different paint colour than mine. The colour of mine is similar (in any light) to the colour you can see in this video at the 0:29 second mark. Still, I like it - it's a very nice guitar, plays well and has all the other good features Shane mentions - I just wouldn't call it a 'gold top'.
The ease in which you played this guitar shows it's a quality build. I've got an ag100 on the way. Fingers crossed I feel the fluidity you seemed to have when playing this beast. I've watched enough videos of yours to tell what guitars feel right in your hands. This seems to rank well considering the price.
Awesome playing Shane. Nice backing track. I've noticed that different guitars inspire different styles in your playing, which is great. Well done sir. Great sounding guitar!
Looks nice Shane. I've been going back and forth on buying one of these since they were announced. The discounted one in the customer return section of their website had me looking again. I’ve never loved the Les Pauls I've had, but I keep wanting one. Great review as always.
@@jamalabdul2009 oh come to Melbourne great Jamal. I will meet you at the airport. Artist Guitars is in Sydney though. I used to live not too far away from them, but they are moving out west this week.
These things don't stay in stock, I can tell you that. Been buying Artist gears for yonkers. Got notified about the new stock of Thinline Butterscotch Blonde teles late one evening, I think this was late last month. Went to buy the next morning they were all gone!
Awesome Demo/Review Thanks Shane. I have an Artist Guitars TC59 , Cherry58 and just ordered a Grungemaster. Your Honest enthusiastic reviews have help me make the decisions and I have not been disappointed. Each Artist Guitar has been more than Expected, and have been so enjoyable to Play, Nothing but a Pleasant Experience from Customer Service to Quality of the Guitars. Was a Tough Choice for a P90's Guitar between The Grungemaster and This Gold Top and I chose The Grungemaster. I think I will need to get one of these Stacked Gold Tops next. Thankyou SO much Shane and Artist Guitars you have helped me through these tough times. Cheers
I have two , this one and a Telecaster from a charity shop for $100 each brand new , I also own both of the real ones $0000 , these Artists sound so good if not better , I love them , even if they are left handed , swapped strings around now upside-down, and yea great🎸
Fantastic demo, brother and the sound is awesome, through my headphones. Been buying Artist gear since 2014 so, this gold top is definitely on the list for Xmas.
Chords sound fine and in tune with the Artist GT90. I had a Yamaha Revstar P90's - beautifully made (heavy) and single notes excellent but chords never sounded in tune the overtones clashed. Whether it was the body or the pickups I don't know. Had your jam track going round in my head for a little while!
If anyone's interested in this for a left hander, it's a great time to buy! Until the end of the year (31/12/2023), it's on sale for $300 AUD which looks like an absolute steal to me.
@@kaindog1007 I ended up returning mine cause the one I got had a really loose input jack and scratched up fret board and I liked the Artist Stealth that I ordered at the same time more because I mainly play metal and those active pickups sound really good with distortion. It was a long time ago but from memory I thought the TC59 bullbuckers had a more full and pleasing sound and were more versatile than the P 90s which sounded a bit tinny and thin to me - but like I said I did end up returning my LP59GT90 so it might have not been working properly
I have the LP59 in Cherry Sunburst and these guitars definitely feel like they are worth about $1000-$1200 AUD it's easily on par with my Epiphone inspired by Gibson ebony explorer and that's a great guitar.
I tried to register on the Aussie website but couldn't because my address is in the US. So I looked up their US website and everything was sold out! Now I really have the blues!
The site (USA LINK) does not have one single traditional single cutaway Les Paul style guitar of any kind on it. Saving the USA-based folks some time here. ☹️
I just got one of these guitars just a few weeks ago early October. Had to wait 6-7 months for them to be available here in the UK and within literally a couple of day's they were sold out. So they sell out fast or they don't get much stock in. But tremendous guitars with great specs for a modest amount of money. Got 4 now LP59TSB Les Paul this gold top Les Paul ST62 Stratocaster and TC59 telecaster great guitar but heavy as hell
Bloody things are never in stock for us leftys in the uk even on the mailing list for stock! Only thing that came into stock was the jazmaster style p90. Really wanna try the humbucker lp from artist. They look on par with harley benton.
I’m in the U.K. and have the LP59 Les Paul with the Bullbucker humbuckers, fantastic guitar and a very authentic looking Les Paul too! The tuners although locking are not as precise as they could be but holds tune well once set and I’d prefer a better bridge, a Tonepros or Gotoh but not urgent. I’ve added a pick guard to mine as I feel a Les Paul looks naked without one, put a “V” in the headstock and added the gold “Les Paul Model” script to the headstock with a 2 screw trussrod cover (all from eBay) The pickups are considerably better than those on a Harley Benton and are clones of the Seymour Duncan Jazz/JB set, it’s a much more authentic copy and compares favourable with guitars costing several times the price!
I love this guitar but I want Artist to bring out a semi-hollow body with those P90s in it😛I already have an Artist Black58IIX with split Bullbuckers I absolutely love🤘🎸
Amazing tones out of that Beautiful instrument. Cool guitar and nice playing Shane. Blues On....💙 PS. How does a coil tap work on a P90 ? I thought it was a fat signal coil.
These pickups have two separate coil windings, they are "stacked" one on top of the other, so it is a "humbucking" configuration, but with the two coils on top of each other instead of being side by side. Also the terminology is wrongly used by many people (Shane included), a "coil tap" is where there is a defined point in the winding of the coil which has a connection terminal, so that when the output of the pickup is "tapped" there is only part of the coil being used, not the full number of windings. In the case of "coil splitting" this usually refers to two separate coils, which in the humbucker pickup are connected (usually is series, but can be in parallel), and when the pickup is used in "split" mode it means that the two coil windings are "split" from each other and only one of them is used. Of course this distinction can be ignored if the two coil windings of the humbucking pickup configuration is considered to be "one coil", in which "coil tapping", then becomes a legitimate way of describing the separating of the two coil windings, but this is not what is usually meant by a "coil tap", however the common usage of the term "coil tap" has blurred the distinction and makes explanations such as this somewhat irrelevant!
Seems like a lot of guitar for the money. Sounds great. Sticklers will probably take issue with the shade of the Gold Top. Not saying I do... but some people... y'know...sticklers. ;)
Great demo Shane! I also enjoyed your other demos about Artist guitars. So many cool options and they seem to be a great bang for the buck. Love how those P90s sound but also the TC59 got my attention. It looks I may have to toss a coin! From all the guitars from Artist you have tried, what’s your favourite?
Great playing as always. I love to see how much fun you have while playing! I always like your backing tracks and see the computer in the background. What music software are you using?
Beauty of a gold top, but unavailable in North America. I haven't seen more than 1 or 2 guitars available at Artist USA site for over a year. They have to do better getting their product over or stop GASlighting us.
I wish we could get them here in the US. Been waiting for them since June. Would love that one. It's what I've been looking at for a while now. Guess I'll have to look at another brand. I was going to buy 2 artist brand guitars but I guess not.
@intheblues Shane great review video. Would you recomend this version with P90's over the CSB bullbucker version? Which did you enjoy playing more? They both look pretty similar but the pickups may make a difference?
Would love to know how you think this compares to a Gibson. Obviously it's only about 10% of the price of a Gibson Les Paul Standard so I'd expect it to be nowhere near. But the tones in your video sound absolutely fantastic, and pretty much on par with the Gibsons I've played. Would love to know if it really is that good, or just great tone dialling in and great production?
@@DavidBrown-bc4fu Thanks for the reply, really appreciate it. Guess I need to order one then! with the awesome return policy they have I guess I've got nothing to lose anyway.
Nice! The place that makes my Goldtop is about to release a P90 version. They just put it up on their website and it looks great! Somehow, it looks even better than my GT w/ humbuckers lol. Yea, I want one. They also just put a burst on their website, too, like a week prior to putting the P90 Goldtop on there so now I'm not sure what I should get...a new color with humbuckers again or the same color guitar with different pickups. Hmmmm.
Yeah, that was an odd choice of screw. Really out of place. Look at 6:39 in the vid, about as close a look as I found. The pickup screws don't look quite as as obtrusive as before, but I'd need to see a better close up to be sure.
I had another look - these do look different to the original screws used. These appear have a rounded head. Note that the Artist website still shows the pickups with those odd flathead screws.
@@doogledog1740 You may be right. They look more like the real deal. Although maybe they sent a "special" one to Shane, or the lefties are screwed together properly.
Stacked P90's and P100, are they the same? In the video, the body looks a bit thinner compare to "G"LP, am I right? One thing that kind of off is the position of the pots, they don't look arranged properly. Anyway, nice sounding and nice playing as always 👍👍👍
No stock in Europe unfortunately, a damn shame cause I was looking for a decent goldtop '56 type for a long time now. There's an Eko VL480 GT that seems ok also, but very little info on the web apart from couple short vids. Plus, component wise it's definitely built more affordable than this - basswood body, hardware that seems really cheap etc. Good for an upgrade project maybe....
Just checked the USA website, they have two acoustics in stock and that's it, everything else is sold out, has been for months. This guitar is not even listed. Good Luck.
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only 90 seconds into this video and Shane is absolutely shredding. Have to try and get one of these into Japan in the new year. Awesome opening Jam.
Just picked up one of these. Super impressed so far! Beautiful finish, hardware is on point, and importantly the playability and tone is 👌. I finally have a P90 in the arsenal 😊
Great demonstration of the gold top Artist LP style guitar !! That mother rocks!! Looks great and sounds great as well. A lot of that is thanks to you, of course, Shane. The P90s are absolutely awesome and useable in coil split or not. Way to go Artist Guitars !! I really dig watching you play Shane ! You always show the joy of playing an instrument you like. Thanks for sharing your experience of this new Artist offering. Take care Shane!
The input on the switch and push-pull's I find extremely valuable. Thank you for the great review!!! Pleas keep them coming!!!
The unequal layout of the volume and tone knobs really triggers my OCD! Nice playing Shane.
I've been waiting for you to review this guitar for ages. What a fantastic guitar for the money. Great review and a very nice intro track. Cheers.
I thought you got the old VOS Les Paul back! 🤪 I’ve been on the hunt for a P90 equipped guitar for some time and this is really what I’ve been wanting as far as the tones and the look. The coil taps adds another level of tone textures to this good looking guitar! My only complaint is the availability of this guitar to the US with Artist Guitars. I completely understand the complexity of shipping inventory, even before supply shortages due to world events, but it is a shame nonetheless. Hopefully one will cross my path in the future, or I’ll just head on over to Australia when it’s possible 😁!!! Another solid demo Shane!! Cheers!🎸🎸🎸😎😎
Yeah I think Shane is just rubbing it in our faces knowing we can’t have it! Just like an old girlfriend!! Lol
Look at the new P90 Goldtop that Indio is getting ready to release. It's their 66 DLX Plus Goldtop w/ P90's. I have thr humbucker version and it's a fantastic guitar. It needed nothing from me the day I got it except to be tuned up and played. I love it and plan on buying another 66 DLX Plus. I'm just not sure if I want the iced tea burst - looking guitar they just put up or if I want the P90 gold top to go with my current GT.
Sounds fantastic mate !!!
@@JC-11111 out of stock on monoprice
I have a Burny Goldtop Les Paul with P90’s, it’s the RLG 60 P90 model, fantastic guitar!
You should check it out, Burny make very authentic looking guitars that play beautifully!
Just
Ordered one !
Great demo Shane, thank you
Great playing Shane... That is a good looking guitar,your reviews are the best
That first jam reminded me of early Blue Oyster
That playing made my day better. Thanks.
Hello Shane, great review and playing as usual, however I believe you are using the term "coil tap" incorrectly, see my explanation for "HUTCHfromBA", below.
The supply chain certainly has made getting Artist guitars tough in the US. Additionally you can’t get the Les Paul style guitar in the States due to copyright issues which is a bummer because I have a TC 59 that I was fortunate enough to get last year and it sounds great. I’d really like to be able to try this model. Thanks for the demo Shane!
The US is just becoming evil in so many ways
Just bought one. The smile on your face while playing says it all 😊
Just followed the USA link, found three pages of guitar photos with red banners crossing them with the notice : SOLD OUT.
Never heard of Artist before, would love owning a dual P90 guitar if it was inexpensive, guess I'll check the link again in several weeks. Thx for something new I hadn't heard of before.
Good luck ever getting one. I’d be interested in hearing if you ever land one. Good luck.
@@benallmark9671 Yeah, well, what're ya gonna do? I've got a feeling that the next several months are gonna be really tough, worse than the end of 2020 as far as gear availability. Be well.
@@radman1136 I think you’re right. Not a dam a thing we can do is there.
They go for 479 AUD which is about $355 USD I believe.
@@JC-11111 AUD$399 (approx US$297) for the guitar alone, more with a hard case.
The hybrid jam is happening here, guirtar sounds amazing!
You make good videos, brother. Your review sold out all of the Artist guitars!
Maybe it's my one only, but the single coil is on when the knob is down, as a P90 is naturally single-coil, By pulling it out in double coil.
Yes that’s what I discovered too and the humbucker setting is quieter for some reason?!
Good to see you can get hold of one they never have them in stock to buy.
Hi Shane, i've been waiting for this one, looks and sounds awesome. As an Artist fanboy its gonna be in the Christmas sack for sure. As usual sound and camera superb and love the track. Cheers Paul.
Man that is a really nice looking goldtop. So often with the cheaper goldtop copies out there they get the colour wrong but this one nails it.
I have one of the batch just released in September 2022 and it's more of a burnt orange colour than gold. The one Shane is playing was obviously painted with a different paint colour than mine. The colour of mine is similar (in any light) to the colour you can see in this video at the 0:29 second mark. Still, I like it - it's a very nice guitar, plays well and has all the other good features Shane mentions - I just wouldn't call it a 'gold top'.
Stacked P90 aka P100
Will it be a keeper Shane?
You had some broad smiles while playing it for sure.
What a great guitar! Thank You for nice presentation! Just love it!
Really nice looking and sounding guitar. And this price is really nice too.
Looks good. Sounds good. Goldtop LP with P90s.... what more could you want.
Worth watching the demos for your playing alone, but this sounds amazing for a guitar in this price range. Looks good as well.
The ease in which you played this guitar shows it's a quality build. I've got an ag100 on the way. Fingers crossed I feel the fluidity you seemed to have when playing this beast. I've watched enough videos of yours to tell what guitars feel right in your hands. This seems to rank well considering the price.
Beautiful guitar (always love locking tuners) and fantastic playing by Shane!!!!!
Awesome playing Shane. Nice backing track. I've noticed that different guitars inspire different styles in your playing, which is great. Well done sir. Great sounding guitar!
Looks nice Shane. I've been going back and forth on buying one of these since they were announced. The discounted one in the customer return section of their website had me looking again. I’ve never loved the Les Pauls I've had, but I keep wanting one. Great review as always.
I guess the easiest way for me to get one is fly to Melbourne….. okay I’m game!!!😂😂😂👍🏾👍🏾
@@jamalabdul2009 oh come to Melbourne great Jamal. I will meet you at the airport. Artist Guitars is in Sydney though. I used to live not too far away from them, but they are moving out west this week.
@@zd351 Whenever we can I’ll will make that trip!!!!
I'm just here to listen to you jam; loving the mask in the background too
These things don't stay in stock, I can tell you that. Been buying Artist gears for yonkers. Got notified about the new stock of Thinline Butterscotch Blonde teles late one evening, I think this was late last month. Went to buy the next morning they were all gone!
Awesome Demo/Review Thanks Shane. I have an Artist Guitars TC59 , Cherry58 and just ordered a Grungemaster. Your Honest enthusiastic reviews have help me make the decisions and I have not been disappointed. Each Artist Guitar has been more than Expected, and have been so enjoyable to Play, Nothing but a Pleasant Experience from Customer Service to Quality of the Guitars. Was a Tough Choice for a P90's Guitar between The Grungemaster and This Gold Top and I chose The Grungemaster. I think I will need to get one of these Stacked Gold Tops next. Thankyou SO much Shane and Artist Guitars you have helped me through these tough times. Cheers
These have my attention, value and looks the bees knees...the lead in bro blew me away, you were sure at one with that thing.
Opening jam on treble pickup reminds of a rory gallagher song 👏👏
Feels like philby…
I have two , this one and a Telecaster from a charity shop for $100 each brand new , I also own both of the real ones $0000 , these Artists sound so good if not better , I love them , even if they are left handed , swapped strings around now upside-down, and yea great🎸
Looks like a great guitar. Doesn't look like they have anything in stock tho.
I have the Artist LP6 stealth and I absolutely love it. The bang for buck is hard to beat.
Oh come on Shane, I just bought the Tele from Artist due to your review ( still waiting to arrive ). Now you're making me want to get another guitar.
haha sorry about that mate. I hope you dig the Tele, it's a great guitar. :)
That intro jam. Omg that was awesome.
That intro jam was awesome Shane! Looking forward to playing that well one day!
I was a big fan of the Gibson P-100 which was a stacked hum canceling P-90 style pickup back in the early 1990s.
Now that is a beauty and sounds majic..👍🇦🇺
bet yuu would make broom sound guud 😆
Awesome demo Shane. Love the way you present your videos. That guitar is a monster🤘🎸
Great Looking and sounding guitar , problem is here in North America the odds of us getting our hands on one is slim to none. Especially now a days.
Stacked? So they're P-100s really? Nice playing as usual Shane
Artist really make amazing quality guitars for the price I'm not sure if there is any others as good great videos mate thanks 👍
Fantastic demo, brother and the sound is awesome, through my headphones. Been buying Artist gear since 2014 so, this gold top is definitely on the list for Xmas.
Looks great!
That’s a great color for a goldtop.
Chords sound fine and in tune with the Artist GT90. I had a Yamaha Revstar P90's - beautifully made (heavy) and single notes excellent but chords never sounded in tune the overtones clashed. Whether it was the body or the pickups I don't know. Had your jam track going round in my head for a little while!
Brilliant tone & great sustain.
Great sounding pickups, good bandwidth.. nice playing too thanks.
If anyone's interested in this for a left hander, it's a great time to buy! Until the end of the year (31/12/2023), it's on sale for $300 AUD which looks like an absolute steal to me.
That opening jam was 🔥🔥🔥
Just ordered one of these, can't wait! Will be my second from AG, first being the TC59 which I've had for a year and still play it all the time.
I have the TC59 and love it. Is there much difference between these P 90s and the bullbuckers. I’m thinking of buying the Thinline with these P90s.
@@kaindog1007 I ended up returning mine cause the one I got had a really loose input jack and scratched up fret board and I liked the Artist Stealth that I ordered at the same time more because I mainly play metal and those active pickups sound really good with distortion.
It was a long time ago but from memory I thought the TC59 bullbuckers had a more full and pleasing sound and were more versatile than the P 90s which sounded a bit tinny and thin to me - but like I said I did end up returning my LP59GT90 so it might have not been working properly
@@Alex-oj8po thank you.
Me again, only lefties in stock at Artist. Thats got to be a first.Cheers
I have the LP59 in Cherry Sunburst and these guitars definitely feel like they are worth about $1000-$1200 AUD it's easily on par with my Epiphone inspired by Gibson ebony explorer and that's a great guitar.
Apparently not sold in the US.
Can you buy it in the usa?
No
I tried to register on the Aussie website but couldn't because my address is in the US. So I looked up their US website and everything was sold out! Now I really have the blues!
The site (USA LINK) does not have one single traditional single cutaway Les Paul style guitar of any kind on it. Saving the USA-based folks some time here. ☹️
Yeah, I just reached out to customer support to see if it was available in the U.S. I would love to get my hands on this.
Wonder if Gibby, issued a cease & desist for the US market.
@@brianmckenzie1318 Most likely. Same reason why you guys don't get Tokai or Edwards Les Paul style guitars
Checked out the site here in the UK they are out of stock
Ah damn, they had a few recently listed as in stock. Keep an eye on it :)
I just got one of these guitars just a few weeks ago early October. Had to wait 6-7 months for them to be available here in the UK and within literally a couple of day's they were sold out. So they sell out fast or they don't get much stock in. But tremendous guitars with great specs for a modest amount of money. Got 4 now LP59TSB Les Paul this gold top Les Paul ST62 Stratocaster and TC59 telecaster great guitar but heavy as hell
Bloody things are never in stock for us leftys in the uk even on the mailing list for stock! Only thing that came into stock was the jazmaster style p90. Really wanna try the humbucker lp from artist. They look on par with harley benton.
I’m in the U.K. and have the LP59 Les Paul with the Bullbucker humbuckers, fantastic guitar and a very authentic looking Les Paul too!
The tuners although locking are not as precise as they could be but holds tune well once set and I’d prefer a better bridge, a Tonepros or Gotoh but not urgent.
I’ve added a pick guard to mine as I feel a Les Paul looks naked without one, put a “V” in the headstock and added the gold “Les Paul Model” script to the headstock with a 2 screw trussrod cover (all from eBay)
The pickups are considerably better than those on a Harley Benton and are clones of the Seymour Duncan Jazz/JB set, it’s a much more authentic copy and compares favourable with guitars costing several times the price!
I love this guitar but I want Artist to bring out a semi-hollow body with those P90s in it😛I already have an Artist Black58IIX with split Bullbuckers I absolutely love🤘🎸
This model looks sold out in lefties? All I see are Teles and Jazzmasters in lefty.
Are the p90s the same ones they put in the grunge master
Amazing tones out of that Beautiful instrument. Cool guitar and nice playing Shane.
Blues On....💙 PS. How does a coil tap work on a P90 ? I thought it was a fat signal coil.
These pickups have two separate coil windings, they are "stacked" one on top of the other, so it is a "humbucking" configuration, but with the two coils on top of each other instead of being side by side. Also the terminology is wrongly used by many people (Shane included), a "coil tap" is where there is a defined point in the winding of the coil which has a connection terminal, so that when the output of the pickup is "tapped" there is only part of the coil being used, not the full number of windings. In the case of "coil splitting" this usually refers to two separate coils, which in the humbucker pickup are connected (usually is series, but can be in parallel), and when the pickup is used in "split" mode it means that the two coil windings are "split" from each other and only one of them is used. Of course this distinction can be ignored if the two coil windings of the humbucking pickup configuration is considered to be "one coil", in which "coil tapping", then becomes a legitimate way of describing the separating of the two coil windings, but this is not what is usually meant by a "coil tap", however the common usage of the term "coil tap" has blurred the distinction and makes explanations such as this somewhat irrelevant!
Seems like a lot of guitar for the money. Sounds great. Sticklers will probably take issue with the shade of the Gold Top. Not saying I do... but some people... y'know...sticklers. ;)
Aka SNOBS!
Great demo Shane! I also enjoyed your other demos about Artist guitars. So many cool options and they seem to be a great bang for the buck. Love how those P90s sound but also the TC59 got my attention. It looks I may have to toss a coin! From all the guitars from Artist you have tried, what’s your favourite?
Shane, please tell them to ship to africa!!
Great playing as always. I love to see how much fun you have while playing! I always like your backing tracks and see the computer in the background. What music software are you using?
Beauty of a gold top, but unavailable in North America. I haven't seen more than 1 or 2 guitars available at Artist USA site for over a year. They have to do better getting their product over or stop GASlighting us.
Trying to get one Shane, but it is on a container somewhere at sea at the moment. I can wait….
I wish we could get them here in the US. Been waiting for them since June. Would love that one. It's what I've been looking at for a while now. Guess I'll have to look at another brand. I was going to buy 2 artist brand guitars but I guess not.
I’d love to get my hands on one of these, but I imagine the shipping to Ireland would be far too expensive
Artist have a UK website for ordering!
@@ces69 Thanks I’ll check it out, but with the UK now no longer a member of the European Union buying anything from England is an absolute nightmare
The best part....does not have the dump Epiphone headstock shape!
I got one and i love it.
@intheblues Shane great review video. Would you recomend this version with P90's over the CSB bullbucker version? Which did you enjoy playing more? They both look pretty similar but the pickups may make a difference?
Alan Wilson at Woodstock!
Would love to know how you think this compares to a Gibson. Obviously it's only about 10% of the price of a Gibson Les Paul Standard so I'd expect it to be nowhere near. But the tones in your video sound absolutely fantastic, and pretty much on par with the Gibsons I've played. Would love to know if it really is that good, or just great tone dialling in and great production?
I use this and a Gibson ES135 with 57 humbuckers. It really does sound that good
@@DavidBrown-bc4fu Thanks for the reply, really appreciate it. Guess I need to order one then! with the awesome return policy they have I guess I've got nothing to lose anyway.
That’s a cool Oddist!
Great..Now I'm going to get one of these Shane... I'll hide it in a receipt..🤣Mrs proof🤘🎸
Nice! The place that makes my Goldtop is about to release a P90 version. They just put it up on their website and it looks great! Somehow, it looks even better than my GT w/ humbuckers lol. Yea, I want one.
They also just put a burst on their website, too, like a week prior to putting the P90 Goldtop on there so now I'm not sure what I should get...a new color with humbuckers again or the same color guitar with different pickups. Hmmmm.
Excellent thanks, I’m ordering one, ps do you get to keep em 👍😁✌️
Chambered? Thank you
👍🏻👍🏻Good review, Shane! Did they replace the pick-up anchoring screws? Mine had countersunk wood screws for mounting 🙃 A good guitar nonetheless!
Yeah, that was an odd choice of screw. Really out of place. Look at 6:39 in the vid, about as close a look as I found. The pickup screws don't look quite as as obtrusive as before, but I'd need to see a better close up to be sure.
I had another look - these do look different to the original screws used. These appear have a rounded head. Note that the Artist website still shows the pickups with those odd flathead screws.
@@doogledog1740 You may be right. They look more like the real deal. Although maybe they sent a "special" one to Shane, or the lefties are screwed together properly.
i like dhis more then HB guitars
Left-handed guitars just look odd. I don't think I'll ever get used to them.
But maybe that's just me.
Stacked P90's and P100, are they the same?
In the video, the body looks a bit thinner compare to "G"LP, am I right?
One thing that kind of off is the position of the pots, they don't look arranged properly.
Anyway, nice sounding and nice playing as always 👍👍👍
No stock in Europe unfortunately, a damn shame cause I was looking for a decent goldtop '56 type for a long time now. There's an Eko VL480 GT that seems ok also, but very little info on the web apart from couple short vids. Plus, component wise it's definitely built more affordable than this - basswood body, hardware that seems really cheap etc. Good for an upgrade project maybe....
Les Paul, P90s, Gold Top. Nythe.
Just checked the USA website, they have two acoustics in stock and that's it, everything else is sold out, has been for months. This guitar is not even listed. Good Luck.
Looks physicaly identical to the Harley benton GT I own. Specs are different. The gold is more bronze than the traditional GT
Can't decide between this or the lp59 with coil split and kill switch.. or at least which to get first..
I finally pulled the trigger. cant afford a Gibson.👍
Hi Shane, what are your thoughts on the differences in sound of this LP compared to the Humbucker version?.
I put some fat p90's in my Affinity and did not like it. You probably need something more similar to the LP materials.