Yes , it emits noxious noises, they should have made them take these back and stuck in those vw cars they rounded up and destroyed. The world would be a better place.
@@badger305 They didn't destroy the TDi's, they installed better emissions control devices on them. A few months ago, I bought one: a 2013 VW Jetta Sportwagen with a 2.0 liter turbo-diesel and 6 speed manual transmission. I can honestly say it's the best car I've ever owned. It handles extremely well, has an incredibly immaculate leather interior, and gets 40+ mpg. In fact, I'm hitting my first 600+ mile tank of fuel (14 gallons of diesel).
@@rotaryskratch18 - Reminds me of that time I posted a comment opining about the comparative merits of my Fender vs. my Gibson, on a channel devoted to automotive performance.
My wife found a cheap copy of a Stratocaster at the garbage dump, but we brought it home. The frets were sharp and jagged and the action was high, so I took the neck off and filed and sanded the frets down, lowered the action and put a descent set of strings on it. For free I think it turned out pretty good. Some cheap guitars I think are okay, but they need to be set up; others are just toys--junk.
I found a small guitar amplifier sitting outside on the curb for the garbage man one day while I was working.. I took it home and plugged it in, and it worked. It didn’t have a mark on it, just some dust.. I told a coworker of mine about it that is a guitar player also, and he told me about another coworker of ours, who is mother through out a Marshall head .. I don’t know anything else about it, but it was an amp made in the 70s. She threw it away because her son had moved around got married and moved away to another city. She was cleaning out his room, and that was one of the things she tossed.. I was working one day, I was parked in an alley behind an apartment building. I saw two women carrying a tama drum set to put it in the dumpster.. it had the floor tom, the two mounted to the bass drum, the high hat with Zildjian symbols, and two chrome snare drums, one of them was a Slingerland.. there was a bag of drumsticks, a lot of drum fittings and clamps, a musical wood block, and a cowbell in the canvas bag.. I ran up to the lady like I was stopping her from jumping off a bridge just as she was about to drop the first room into the dumpster. I asked her, are you throwing these drums away? She said Yep. I live in a small apartment, my husband died three years ago and I’m sick of stepping over them. I asked her if I could have the drums. She said of course.. I thought about it for a second, then I said look let’s do it this way. I’m driving my company car/Jeep. I opened my wallet and I only had a $20 bill. I said I’ll give you $20 for these drums if you give me a receipt.. I did not want to be accused of stealing them. She excepted the money and gave me a receipt signed and dated, The drums took up every extra inch of space I had in my Jeep liberty company jeep.. I actually could not see out the rearview mirror because my company jeep was prettyfilled with tools and boxes of things I used every day on my job.. on my way home that day. I stopped in a music store and asked the owner, who was a new owner in the past few months, and he just happened to be a drummer, if he would be interested in the drums. He was a good poker player, but I could tell you was interested.. we ended up doing a swap for a used peavey tweed classic 50 with 4-10s..I never had a peavey amplifier before.. mostly fenders and traynor and ampegs.. it was only missing one chicken head knob.. I can’t believe how much better than my fender super reverb I liked this peavey.. I did not know they had switchable channels with post in Parissettings to make a growl at low volume. I didn’t know they had switchable channels. I didn’t know it had a built-in cooling fan for the tubes. I did not know how warm the tone is.. I liked that amplifier so much that I still have, that I went out and picked up a Peavey Deltablues, and a PV classic 30, all tweed, all tube amps.. both of my classic amps the 30 in the 50s were made in the 80s. My Deltablues was made in the 2000 and I believe it was one of the last ones that they made in the United States factory. I’m only sorry I did not know about these amps in the 80s when I was playing in the smoky bars getting home at 4 AM smelling like an ashtray.. all three of these amps have pre-and post game controls, and switchable channels, and they are all tube. They take the same tubes that they use in Marshalls, And I never heard them make any crackling or hissing or popping noises that my fender super reverb and fender vibrolux reverb were famous for..
I swear Gibson was ripping off the Judas Priest "Breakin The Law" video for the Reverse Flying V. If you go watch it, there's a bank security guard playing this cardboard cut out that looks EXACTLY like that. Apparently, the props department screwed up and glued the neck backwards and the band absolutely were pissed once the video was finished and they saw it. But hey, Gibson had the old lightbulb glowing over their heads when they obviously watched it!
Haha I just watched the video to get confirmation that the props department f'ed up the cardboard Flying V...That is some Spinal Tap shit right there! Would have loved to see them get pissed when they saw it. xD
there were british clubs in the early 80s where it was a thing. Young guys would make cardboard guitars to play air guitar. That's where the reverse v comes from.
I was gifted an Esteban guitar and practice amp. The guitar was not great but I still managed to do a handful of acoustic songs on a record with it. With a few mics, some reverb, and finesse it was workable. I've actually done a few gigs with the practice amp through a PA. With a few pedals it beat dragging a big cab in for a small gig. Me and friends always had a good laugh about Esteban and I took some pride in making it work.
@@waveman2952 I paid $83 winning a bid on Ebay. Actually only bidder. And it was a drunk what did I order last night kinda thing. But the Ashthrop E /A 6 string with all kinds of accessories was a great birthday present for myself. And I've used this guitar at worship services that are live broadcast on internet. My Boogie's never got out for any of that but this I drag everywhere including the Fla beach.
I have a kiesel Vader and while it's light weight, plays nice, sounds great and stayd in tune well, setting that thing up is a big pain, especially because you can easily run out tuning revolutions fast
I think you should do a video on the top 15 reasons why Wolfgang Van Halen needs to go on a diet he can play drums play Guitar Play keyboards and sing all at one time it's absolutely incredible never been done before but he thinks he can do it and copy some of the best musicians ever someone needs a drug test his fat ass
Eddie Van Halen without a doubt is the Undisputed King Guitar Alex Van Halen is one of the best drummers to ever live and this guy thinks he's going to come in and just replace them Mike Anthony is one of the nicest guys and a phenomenal bass player when I say is somebody needs to stop this kid before he completely destroys the legacy of Van Halen
I had a student with an Esteban. Her mom was so proud of the literally unplayable acoustic guitar shaped firewood. She quit of course, as I am sure 1000's did. He should be slapped.
han36solo That's actually a quite an important point: how many kids gave up on guitar because of having a really shitty, nearly or just about unplayable guitar and didn't know better?
Regarding your question "Why?" on Gorky Park's guitar: it simulates the shape of a Russian stringed folk instrument called balalaika. Overall this band as you mentioned, tried to close the gap between the US and Russian culture and their stage image is a grotesque on stereotypes around USSR things. I hardly imagine anyone would consider this guitar as a real instrument to play :-) more like a souvenir to put on a wall.
My very first electric guitar I played when I was 15 was a 'Lero', which was a cheap Les Paul copy. Really bad but did the job for a beginner guitarist like myself.
My 1st guitar was a $99 Carlo Robelli acoustic. After a year, I acquired the hand strength to crush boulders due to the high action. For $50 the guy at the music store (not the Sam Ass I purchased it from) filed the nut and bridge and did a magician's job on the neck. 25 yrs later it still plays great.
The Gorky Park Kramer makes sense. It has a shape of balalaika, Russian string instrument. I wouldn't say that Kaos Ibanez belongs here.. Replace it with Firebird Zero and it's all good
Yup fancy not realising balalaika ... "Nil pwan" for that one Yup again - I've heard some creditable stuff done on the kaos pad guitar, kinda sorta dub-step like ... well done though.
Also, since they came out right at the end of Kramer, only one batch were made. Most retailers didn't even have to pay for them because Kramer had gone bust by then.
Six years ago I'd bought an Esteban acoustic guitar for the blue burst finish and as a companion to my Martin acoustic guitar. As soon as I tuned the Esteban and played it I'd hated it. It had no sustain and the sound was dead as a doornail. Two days later I took it to a local small music shop and gave them the guitar and sixty bucks for a traveler guitar. That Esteban still remains the worst acoustic guitar I'd ever played bar none. P.S. I'd later apologized to my Martin guitar for hooking him up with such a terrible companion and Martin forgave me. Martin likes the traveler guitar WAY better.
First Act had me demo for them many years ago at CES, and i was impressed with the guitars they had there. They ended up making one for me which looked almost like a Tele with a down-turned lower horn, like a BC Rich Eagle. I loved it. I put Duncans in it, and it was fine for gigs, recording, whatever.... for a few months. Within a year, the white finish had gone considerably yellow, the binding was coming out of the edges (pieces of it were gone), and the frets were loose. It's been in a case in the attic for years now. I recently took a look at it, and it's as yellow as a banana, the binding is cracked and falling apart, and the neck is a pretzel. They really should go with what their name implies and just stick with the department-store beginner specials.
If you are willing to waste money on a cheap, cheesy, plywood body, chinese made POS guitar, you must either have money to waste or you are a beginner who doesn't know any better! Just because that poser slash played on one in a TV commercial, doesn't men that it is a good guitar, remember, he got paid millions for doing that commercial and than he went home and played the guitars that Gibson makes custom just for him! Don't think you'd ever see slash playing a first act on any stage anytime soon! lol
The First Act Volkswagen guitar is a perfectly good instrument. Yeah its quirky, but it plays perfectly well and the built-in overdrive actually sounds really good. And I am speaking as a musician who has been playing professionally for 33 years with many endorsements. I tried it and I liked it, it's a lot of guitar for a hundred bucks. Would I use it in place of my 1974 Les Paul? Yes, in fact I would.
I actually own one as well and the neck is great on it, but I did switch out the pick ups for some prs customs an old boss paid me with. Now it's a beastly heavy sounding axe. Especially with the built in overdrive and preamp going.
I have one as well. I mainly play my accoustics, I own three electrics, and I won't ever need another one. A 2012 American Standard Telecaster, a 1981 Peavy T-60, and the First Act VW guitar. I love all three equally. The pre-amp is in the VW guitar. This guy doesn't know what he is talking about.
i had one of these vw guitars and mine was great.before it was stolen it was one of my go to guitars. my fret edges were smooth the neck felt great it was light but to me thats a good thing.the pickups were unexpectedly good when playing clean they had a wonderful natural reverby type thing going on that sounded so sweet.crunch and heavy sounds were good too.also the built in effects had one combo on it so that you could use it as a kill switch and do stutter effects.mine was well built and worth every penny of $100 it is missed and im looking to get another one one day this guy seems like a snob.maybe he just got a bad if he had a good one he would love it unless he is just a price/brand/country of origin snob.
I had an esteban and almost gave up trying to play guitar because theyre so bad, the action is horrible, the strings are like playing on the straight edge of a razor blade, the body's too thick, and they don't stay in tune
This is EXACTLY the same thing I went through, with my very first Harmony Strat' copy, and when I played a friend's Les Paul, was able to do things I never even knew I could! #stillrockininthefreeworld
My worse guitar was an Ibanez Roadstar bought in the 80s. Felt like it was made of plastic and had a huge heavy locking trem that only went down. No tone. Perhaps I was too young to do it justice. Swapped it for a prototype of the first Focus by Kramer guitars. One pickup, Floyd Rose and a coil tap. Loved it!
I actually use a first act Volkswagen guitar and mine is perfect 👌 I use it alot and people have been speechless how its sounds and played but then again you have to get lucky to find one that plays great and no fret issues
The Gibson reverse V is quite useful if you want to play Boomerang Esteban makes for a good fire starter danelectro close second considering has cardboard
The VW guitar was the most sought after guitar by myself and the other teachers at the school I teach at. I'm sure there are some band ones out there, but ours was pretty cool...
I love mine and it is a great guitar by any standard. I own 180 Guitars and If I had to keep 25 this would be one of them. Well Built Nice neck contour and the onboard effects and phasing controls are great. Pickups are loud and proud with great tone. I doubt this asshat has ever played one.
Fun Fact: The Reverse Flying V was featured (kinda) in the Disney show Lab Rats when they’re in the mansion’s main living area you can see in some shots it’s in the background. Don’t ask me why I noticed that
Re: The VW guitars, another unique feature that I neglected to mention is the plate on the back of the headstock which has the VIN# of the car that it came with. Then there are some much more rare ones like mine that don't have that because they were showroom models so they had no particular car to be paired with. They have the plate but no VIN#. Sometimes, a dealers name. The rumor was that the showroom ones were made extra carefully and usually kept in a glass case at the VW dealership. Even the box contributes to the collectibility. The original box is not a standard brown guitar box. It has all kinds VW stuff printed on with pictures. I have one of each but they are kept in different places so they have yet to "cross paths" to allow me to compare them directly. Also thanks to you Robert for accepting my comment below so graciously with a like, showing that you understood there was no malice or insult intended. And regarding the Estebans, other tv guitar selling celebs do business the same poor way but I have an electric that approximates an LP stylewise from Keith Urban and it is very slick. Rolled fret ends, super smooth, low action, no buzzes or intonation issues and very good playability. The only thing about it to downgrade is the sound so someday it will get some quality pickups but I see them around real cheap sometimes so this is a heads up to your readers to snag one if they come across a good deal. Then again, perhaps mine is exceptional but there is no way of me knowing.
My pleasure. Your comment was easy to identify as non-insulting because there wasn’t a death threat attached to it. LOL I don’t deny that a lot of people really like the VW guitars. They’re just not for me. But that’s why there’s so many guitars out there to choose from!
I too have an un -serialized showroom model garage master. I picked it up at a pawn shop for $100 with all of its original accessories. It was incredibly well built and set up. Frets were dressed and polished. I was actually really impressed with the build quality of the guitar and it’s tone when unplugged. Furthermore the neck is one of the nicest feeling necks in any of my guitars at any price. I echo Robert’s assertion that the electronics are crap. The pickups just never seemed to open up even when paired with quality CTS pots and don’t even get me started on the pre-amp. I gutted the stock electronics, added a set of vintage Filtertrons and got rid of the mid cut and preamp. I also moved the pickup selector down by the VTT knobs and replaced it with a MojoTone prewired toggle. I also got rid of the weird looking 3 piece pick guard and had a custom one piece scratch plate made for it. All in all it has become one of my favorite guitars and I find myself reaching for it a lot more often than many of my others that are infinitely more expensive. I’m currently looking for another bargain on one to keep stock as a collector/ conversation piece.
Musicians! Save your money $$$$ ! Stop purchasing trash 🗑! Research top quality guitars 🎸 and and PLAY THEM! Figure out what you really want and then get the money $$ work harder work longer deliver food drive Uber tend bar walk dogs whatever it takes! I did it and $3550.00 dollars later I am the proud owner of a Martin D-28 acoustic guitar that sounds AMAZING! It took a lot of hard work miserable work relentless work but if you stay focused you don’t have to play CRAP 💩 guitars 🎸!! Enjoy!
Not saying that ibanez is good but the kaoss pad thing comes from (better said is made famous) by matt bellamy of Muse, he does some sweet stuff with his custom guitars.
My parents bought a VW Jetta in 2006 and received one of those guitars. Not the nicest guitar ever made, but kind of unique that it has the car’s VIN of the back of headstock and just in general a VW guitar basically. Still have it, but don’t really play it. The built in amp was through the auxiliary input inside of the glovebox.
I have one, i like the little rascal. As he said, FIRST ACT is MOST noted for its low end beginner rigs. They are less known but more accomplished in their electronics endeavors used for studio recording and sprcialty instruments. No matter his opinion, i like mine and still play it regularly. My opinion of his opinion is, must of been nice growing up and having sweet guitars at your beckon, the early acoustics i had were closer to being dobros than instruments you fret lol
Not sure about the chaos pad Ibanez used, but I have seen the chaos pad used to good effect on the Manson MB1 Matt Bellamy signature guitar. The pad is in the body of the guitar (so can't be stolen) and sits down between the bridge and the tail, which seems to make it easier to use in conjunction with the tremelo. Muse use it to great effect in their live shows.
Many of these guitars have a lot of electronic crap that is always going to fail (like modern cars) we will always love more conventional things for the purity of playing, good video, cheers!
I fell for a 500 dollar limited edition Firebird, they were probably made in Vietnam or something, the strings were so high off the fretboard it was ridiculous it didn't have auto tune or bluetooth though it is a handsome blue but that's about it, worst guitar I have
I had a J.B. Player " Charvel star style" in the late 1980's. It had a Kahler copy tremolo that literally fell apart in my hands. I met Jan ( RIP dear) and Janet from Vixen, who were endorsed by J.B. Player. The girl's guitars were way better quality , almost like they were built by a custom shop.
@@BillDerBerg I worked with Janet Gardner at a golf shop in Northridge, California. Not only is she a great musician, she is very smart, sweet as can be , and a hell of a golfer. I only met Jan once, and she was so kind and beautiful. Could hold her own against any guitarist which was quite a feat in L.A. in the 80's. I only worked with Janet for a few weeks, then she left to open for Scorpions.
Sorry, but you don't know bad guitars. The crap we had to play in the 60's and 70's was horrible! Most of the real crap came outta Japan, but even fairly expensive German and Italian guitars were just pigs to play. Tuning was sketchy, electronics were noisy and fragile, playability was laughable. Fat necks, skimpy frets, inaccurate fretting and bridge placement, terrible tuning pegs, bridges and tailpieces. Try giging with a Teisco Tulip E-100 or a Hofner Galaxy and see how far you get. Enjoy the microphonic pickups on the Kimberly or one of the relatively pricey Italian Voxes. If you're really brave, try Welson. . . where they essentially did EVERYTHING wrong!
Cheshire Cat I’m right with you there. In the early 60s the guitars that were readily available and affordable in Europe were mostly terrible. In 1963 I played 6 gigs a week at holiday camps for the four month season, my guitar was a German built Hofner Colorama . That thing was a real dog to play and sounded awful, a modern day Squier is 100 times better. Oh how I lusted after an American Stratocaster but they cost £175 which was around 12 times the average skilled workers weekly wage at the time and as rare as hens teeth in East Anglia.
They should have done then what they do now, studied the dimensions and angles of good Gibsons and Fenders, copied the neck width, thickness, fingerboard radius, headstock and neck angle. A cheap guitar these days plays like a dream compared to a Hofner, and Hofners were cheaper than Gibsons and Fenders, but they were Not cheap.
Hofner were not really cheap and were, like the U.K. built Burns instruments, made of quality materials but as you say they would have been better if the makers had followed Gibson and Fender specs a bit closer. The situation wasn’t helped by the lack of technical knowledge at our local music shops who largely regarded electric guitars as a passing fad and not a real musical instrument and the almost no-existent replacement parts situation.
Hofner and Burns were well constructed in a lot of ways, but at least in Hofner's case, had fatal flaws. I've rarely seen a Hofner hollowbody without a hump where the neck meets the body. The Solidbodies seem designed NOT to sustain, with needlessly complicated wiring and just cheap, terrible tuners. The Italian Voxes were a real rip off. They were pricey, but the hollow bodies were terrible. Thin plywood for bodies, neck joints that would crack, turning the guitar to kindling. Squeeling pickups and fat, unplayable necks (except for the basses). The cheap American Harmony's were Plain Jane's aesthetically, but a bargain, and sooooo much more useful and durable.
Cheshire Cat YOU NAILED IT. We could not WAIT to put all of that trash in the dumpster and as soon as we had saved enough for Gibsons and Fenders - that's exactly what we did LOL. The sad thing is that the millenial hipsters have revived all that junk - your old $75 Silvertone/Harmony/Teisco will fetch $1500 - still won't stay in tune or stop squealing at low volume LOL
I don't think there's a single bad thing about Peavey AT-200. It's just a normal guitar, you can use it without ever touching that autotune feature, but it's handy to have it sometimes. Imagine you are doing a gig or band rehearsal, and you don't have to worry about going out of tune or tuning your guitar ever ever, or in studio recording situation, it can be really helpful.
I picked one up used a year ago ... mine is great ... with the feature packs installed it’s very Fun and versatile ... hold down the volume button , frett a specific frett and bam your in different tuning / guitar voice volume doesn’t have to be up very loud to overpower the acoustic sound so that’s really not a big deal ...
Dave Harker additionally, if you're used to a particular feel of how your guitar plays in standard tuning, there is no difference in string tension.. I think it's pretty cool. The Line6 Variax had similar functionality.
Because it's true. MOST of these guitars are very amazing guitars, they just don't do it for you. I own nearly all of them in my very large collection. The reverse V is one of the FEW Gibson guitars that are worth owning. Simply amazing and the Firebird X....another great guitar from the nasty Gibson folks, BUT....it really is an awesome guitar. Most people just refuse to think outside of the dozen or so shapes that everyone owns and don't actually give a guitar a REAL play, listen and give a REAL critique based on all it has to offer. If it comes in neon pink, that makes it a crap guitar.....same axe in the so very tired tobacco sunburst and it's automatically legendary. Soooooooo, that is why. You asked, I delivered. Still, you're a human, be well. Cheers.
RE: #2 on the list. Take a look at the Judas Priest video for their single "Breaking The Law",when the Guard is rockin' out....it's a cardboard version of the Reverse V...some 30+ years BEFORE Gibson made the real version.
Muse uses one of those chaos pads for the bass line of Madness. The bass player mounted it to his bass much like the Ibanez guitar. Saw this on their SNL performance. First time I'd ever seen it.
I've got an aluminum-neck Kramer bass. I really like it, though the thing is a boat anchor. I found it in a store for a steal of a price, after reading about these things but having never actually seen one. Then I picked it up, and just instantly loved it. I've always been curious about the Duke guitars, but have never gotten the chance to try one out in person. Maybe I'd like it, or maybe I wouldn't. But I'm not the kind of person to buy something unseen and unplayed.
I have one of the basses; I got it cheap, too. I paid $300, but it’s easily worth three times that! The sustain is unreal. Aluminum necks were made until about 1983. Then they started making wood necks only. After about 1988, Kramer was junk.
I'm a huge fan of the Kaosspad Ibanez, and really enjoy the kinds of sounds you get from the KP. I wish they made more of these. Maybe a Talman or a Roadcore.
The Gorky Park is one of the main reasons Kramer went under. It was plywood! Metal was dying, endorsers were leaving, and the CEO was blowing all their money on ads. A real shame, because they originally made great guitars.
Yep, the Gorky Park was the final nail in the Kramer coffin. I think I’d also heard that by the time the Gorky Park came out, a fair amount of the company’s profits had also gone up the CEO’s nose. But I admit I have no idea if that’s true or not.
Robert's Guitar Dungeon I met the founder, Gary Kramer. He had sold Travis Bean guitars, which were similar. He was pushed out soon after, and they went to wood. They were bigger than Fender and Gibson in the mid-80’s! That money went to ads, endorsers, and Pablo Escobar.
Picked up one of those Esteban guitars at a garage sale along with full set of his lessons for like $10. Worse lesson's EVER ! If you or a friend got those and you/them couldn't learn don't blame yourself. And give guitar another try !
I am a Luthier, and have been building and repairing guitars since 1985. I was so glad to see the steban guitar on your list. I got a couple of them in the shop to set up over the years. They were the worst guitars I have ever seen. I tell people I dont work on them now because they are not able to be set up at all.
There's a lot of guitar manufacturers that are in financial trouble nowadays and they keep using technology to solve problems that don't exist instead of building guitars with better materials and workmanship.
Gibson comes to mind when this subject is on the table. If they weren’t constantly trying to peddle $2,000+ guitars, and instead focused on quality and affordability, they might get out of their rut.
The problem is the manufacturers adding stuff hoping to attract buyers rather than solve problems. The real problem is sales are down. The guitar craze is over. You can search for this years and last years most popular recordings and you will notice almost no guitars in them anymore. Next year when students start college/university, if they even see a guitar, and they may not, they will say something like: Yep, my Granddad liked those but I'm not sure why.
@@wickedwayzzz33 Paul is right, guitar based music is on the downturn. Also we should consider the tariffs imposed by the US govt on imported woods which causes the price of any guitars made with imported exotic woods in the US to increase dramatically.
Haha years ago I was at a hotel in Phoenix, AZ, and one night I heard a Spanish-y version of "House of the Rising Sun" coming from the bar area. "It couldn't be," I said to myself, but sure enough, in the corner, there he was -- black shoes, black pants, black shirt, black hat, black sunglasses -- Mr. Esteban himself. I was laughing so hard I had to leave.
"Your Honor, the defense respectfully asks that the prosecution reduce the charges, from criminal fraud to gross negligence. In return, the defendant is willing to plead guilty to the amended charge, and further, will willingly cease & desist with further production and sales of Esteban guitars, plus, he'll sign an affidavit vowing to never again appear on television, and will play only used Esteban guitars for the remainder of his natural life."
What a great business model! Produce something so ugly and awkward that no one will buy it, in hopes that one day it attains collector status in some vague and distant future. lol
The Kramer Gorky Park guitar is modeled after the Balalaika shape. That’s a Russian folk stringed instrument. You asked “why”… that’s your answer, Robert.
Apparently even Esteban didn't know "his" guitars were shit. Basically, some shady company went in search of an accomplished, somewhat known guitar player to endorse their trash. Esteban was getting ready to record the commercials and if I recall correctly, he insisted on using one of "His" guitars for the commercials (because HE had some integrity) and so unbeknownst to Esteban, they found a tech/luthier at the last minute (I think he had a day or so - perhaps hours...? I'm sorry, I can't remember) but the tech said the three "best" ones chosen for him could barely be called guitars. Basically all sorts of insane work was required to make these things simply play. I remember the guy telling the story (who was good friends with the tech) said that Esteban really had no idea what was going on, and wasn't at all the kind of guy who would pull a move like that. Not that it means he's completely free from all responsibility, but it does at least put him in a less brutal light.
Are you his mother? Or maybe Esteban himself? I call BS in this, since every one of guitars have been shit. So after the first one, he continued to run the scam several times.
@@RByrne Lol, this was some shit I watched on TH-cam or some random article I read, details are fuzzy but that was the gist. HE didn't run shit, he wasn't in charge of anything, you mouthbreather. Go cry somewhere else, you fucking baby.
considering Esteban isnt his real name , he used to do Elvis look alike gigs before he became Esteban ,he can play a guitar sure enough but these were some real bad guitars for a beginner im sure there are worst , now if someone was a beginner Guitar Luthier this could be a great practice Guitar
Except for the current political untimeliness of the image of the combined U.S. and Russian flags, I found this take on the balalaika to be most interesting and compelling. Perhaps if he had manifested an understanding of the cultural implications, he wouldn't have included this one, but then I wouldn't be aware of it.
@@xmillion1704 Burns did a Balalaika guitar back in the 60s. Theres was more curved, like some real ones are, and seemed to be a bit smaller. There is one in a book I have (Tony Bacon's Burns book) it has a trisonic and the same built in amp as the Bison, this was around the same time as the Concord inspired Flyte.
@@xmillion1704 They had some oddities, although after the original company went out of business the revived version just stuck to the more 'normal' styles, and for a while they made a Brian May guitar, Brian of course used their pickups for his original
The worst guitar was a Sears Silvertone. I learned very quickly what was meant by the term "action ". At the 12th fret the strings were in the vicinity of 1”. I had callouses on my left hand that doubled as a finish hammer. I believe it was a cheese slicer in a former life.
Barney Fike, I’m not a guitar expert but I believe years ago silvertone guitars were made by Harmony guitars. Harmony guitars sounded just okay, were built like tanks, lasted forever and usually played like crap, though some played nicely. I was given a student model Silvertone years ago that played great but sounded like a baritone mandolin or lute because of its small scale. Being a bassist, I gave it away unfortunately. By the way this guitar had a floating wood bridge and tail piece. Good way to improve intonation on cheap guitars. Note to bassists: Don’t buy acoustic bass guitars without a tailpiece. String tension will eventually and always twist and destroy an acoustic bridge that anchors the strings. I guarantee this, my source, basic physics!
Great video Robert, my worst guitar was an old Lyle 12 string. The neck was bowed, the intonation was way off, the frets were sharp and some of them above the fret you were using touched the string above it making the notes muddy. a real lousy guitar.
This is a so so vid. First the VW guitar. The reason for the price differential that you mentioned between 100 and 300 is usually about the condition and what is included. The expensive ones have the original vw logo case, the strap made out of a seatbelt, some vw picks, and a keychain plus the handbook which tries to be witty. They also have active pickups and produce a wide range of tones. Not Fender, not Gibson, just a range of sort of unique tones that are versatile. I am sure some are bad but mine are outstanding and punch way above their weight. They did not have an "amp in the trunk". They plugged in and used the car radio system. I'd wager that pristine ones will be collectible. Musically they are far superior to the old Silvertones and Teisco, and etc which get crazy money now. Re Esteban, you were pretty much on except that it came out recently that he also lied about his musical accomplishments and awards etc. What a con man.
@@rodstiffingtonxyz Yeah but that is what we said growing up about the Silvertones, Danelectros, Teiscos and etc. They will never get up in the rarified air of 50's LP or Strats etc but they do have a certain something.
Anybody can play, any guitar in any new vehicle. All you need is an aux cord and a 1/8 to 1/4 adapter. Done. Hell, I use my FM transmitter by plugging the guitar directly into the aux port on the transmitter. Then it transmits my guitar, playing to the radio. Done.
The Randy Jackson guitars are absolutely atrocious! I had to set one up for a client. Fret ends so sharp they could cut cold cuts. Action so high you could use the strings to dry laundry. I had to do so much fretwork on it, plus sand down the bridge. Replaced the nut and saddle because they were cheap plastic. It is playable now, but is still a really bad guitar tone-wise.
I was slightly worried there for a second because i thought you ment the jackson randy rhoads, to which i was going to say "your client was either a guitar abuser or got it from a guitar abuser" XD
My first reaction upon hearing about the story of their destruction a while back was "Aww, what a waste. Couldn't they have been donated?" Upon watching this video and learning more details about the model, my reaction to Gibson producing them is, "Aww, what a waste."
re: Volkswagen/First Act guitar, I believe the car's stereo doubled as a guitar amp (I recall seeing something similar on Top Gear, where they had Eric Clapton playing guitar through the car stereo of whichever model car they were demoing, but Eric used a Strat and a wah wah pedal...sounded pretty good). The Volkswagen ad I remember, though, had Nigel Tufnel (aka Christopher Guest) from Spinal Tap.
I think there were three or four Volkswagen TV ads for that guitar. One with Slash, one with Nigel Tufnel, one with John Mayer, and I believe there was also one with Brian May or somebody else, but I might be mistaken about that.
Estaban!! I bought one of these cheap guitars hoping my kids would learn on it, and they would leave my expensive guitars alone. Needless to say, the one I got sounds incredible. Could never get the kids to take guitar up, it rings like a bell, frets easy & sounds awesome, I play it all the time. Construction does appear a little cheap, and it looks like a bought off TV guitar, but the tone, projection and volume of mine is awesome! Love it!!!
I agree with the Esteban, I have a special place for them in my heart because I found like 100 to 150 in the garbage at guitar stores, I was damn near broke at the time and it sure as shit helped me out
I actually have a esteban guitar acoustic with the bottom cut away .I've had it 12 years and haven't had a problem with it .it sounds good and plays good although the first one they sent me had dead places in the neck i sent back the second one has been good
I have one of the Kaoss Pad basses and it’s my baby, I usually use it by setting one of the more bizzare effects on hold and then turning it off and on with the switch, but your complaints were also totally valid so respect for not just calling it stupid for being an experiment
Hey, man ... my mom bought me an Estaban ... it was cool ... I mean ... looking back ... it may have been shit but ... but then again I'm a shitty guitar player so it worked out. Love you, mom!
I love my PVAT 200 but I had to go through a lot to get a good neck. I just picked it up and played it after three months and I still love it. I don’t even use the auto tune feature in less I am in a bind While playing in public in a band ..... I Do you really like your video
Hey now... I had a First Act VW Garagemaster guitar. It had a built-in preamp with overdrive and a 1/4" to 1/8" cable that plugged-into the VW Radio sound system. That preamp system also worked as a Headphone amp. I think that there was a 1/8" headphone jack. Mine came with a sturdy strap made of Seat-belt material and a very nice VW Gig Bag. I paid $129 (including shipping) and sold it for $150 (minus shipping and fees). I was AMAZED that someone paid that much for that guitar. But it was a good starter guitar. I cannot understand what financial genius would think that a $150 guitar would be the deciding factor on which $24,000 automobile you should buy.
Arthur Seery my cousin has one. No idea where he got it but I swear it’s a damn decent guitar! People pay good money for them still. We actually had a band use it in the studio one time lol definitely a weird thing pairing it with the car but I really don’t see anything wrong with the actual guitar itself. At least the one my cousin has is decent. Maybe some of them suck? Esteban on the other hand.... what an embarrassment to even have these on the market. So so bad.
I’m here from an electronic music background the Ibanez with the Kaoss pad was an in my wheelhouse surprise . Kinda a cool idea but yeah 3 armed guitarist only accessory. They should have thought through it a bit more. I’m not surprised they were just there to get stolen with how badly the pad was seated in the guitar body.
You've obviously never played one of the awful guitars that pissed out of the 60s. All sunburst, crappy build, crappy tuners... just awful, awful guitars
@Ambivalent I cheat. I use a VG99 so can sound like pretty much any guitar. Because the pickups aren't important, and cheap old guitar that feels nice and stays in tune will do...hence of all my guitars I use a cheap (£112) Squier Affinity Tele 🤣
Peavey AT200 - the Variax JTV has the alt tuning as one of its features but you have to understand what you are playing. You have to have the amp set loader than the acoustic volume of the strings but it is an awesome feature. It's great to be able to jump to open tunings with a slide at the flick of a switch. Much better build than the Peavey apparently.
Just take a good look at this lardasses guitar collection. When your lazy and astupid you will be found on youtubey fantasyland
He has an amazing collection! Congrats, Robert! You should do an episode that runs down everything in your collection.
I’ve done one or two of those in the past.
@@RobertWJackson OK, I'm new to the channel so I'll dig through your catalog.
OR.....you could do another one to annoy the trolls....
"When your lazy and astupid" I see what you did there.
Has anyone checked the VW guitar for emissions?
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Oh you can believe the state will be calling!
Yes , it emits noxious noises, they should have made them take these back and stuck in those vw cars they rounded up and destroyed. The world would be a better place.
@@badger305 They didn't destroy the TDi's, they installed better emissions control devices on them. A few months ago, I bought one: a 2013 VW Jetta Sportwagen with a 2.0 liter turbo-diesel and 6 speed manual transmission. I can honestly say it's the best car I've ever owned. It handles extremely well, has an incredibly immaculate leather interior, and gets 40+ mpg. In fact, I'm hitting my first 600+ mile tank of fuel (14 gallons of diesel).
@@rotaryskratch18 - Reminds me of that time I posted a comment opining about the comparative merits of my Fender vs. my Gibson, on a channel devoted to automotive performance.
The triangular guitar looks to be based on a Balalaika, a Russian acoustic instrument; I think that's actually pretty neat!
It looks like a communist Dorito.
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I figured someone had already pointed it out. Gotta be quicker to the draw lol
A band with that balalaika geetar and the reverse V would be dope!
My wife found a cheap copy of a Stratocaster at the garbage dump, but we brought it home. The frets were sharp and jagged and the action was high, so I took the neck off and filed and sanded the frets down, lowered the action and put a descent set of strings on it. For free I think it turned out pretty good. Some cheap guitars I think are okay, but they need to be set up; others are just toys--junk.
They are cheap cause they left half of the work for customer.
bro. any guitar can be built to A1 specs. tf wrong with. u. I dont like this dude and yeah mfkas gonna learn today. fuck him and all yall yuppie pukes
I found a small guitar amplifier sitting outside on the curb for the garbage man one day while I was working.. I took it home and plugged it in, and it worked. It didn’t have a mark on it, just some dust..
I told a coworker of mine about it that is a guitar player also, and he told me about another coworker of ours, who is mother through out a Marshall head .. I don’t know anything else about it, but it was an amp made in the 70s. She threw it away because her son had moved around got married and moved away to another city. She was cleaning out his room, and that was one of the things she tossed..
I was working one day, I was parked in an alley behind an apartment building. I saw two women carrying a tama drum set to put it in the dumpster.. it had the floor tom, the two mounted to the bass drum, the high hat with Zildjian symbols, and two chrome snare drums, one of them was a Slingerland.. there was a bag of drumsticks, a lot of drum fittings and clamps, a musical wood block, and a cowbell in the canvas bag.. I ran up to the lady like I was stopping her from jumping off a bridge just as she was about to drop the first room into the dumpster.
I asked her, are you throwing these drums away? She said Yep. I live in a small apartment, my husband died three years ago and I’m sick of stepping over them.
I asked her if I could have the drums. She said of course.. I thought about it for a second, then I said look let’s do it this way. I’m driving my company car/Jeep. I opened my wallet and I only had a $20 bill. I said I’ll give you $20 for these drums if you give me a receipt..
I did not want to be accused of stealing them. She excepted the money and gave me a receipt signed and dated, The drums took up every extra inch of space I had in my Jeep liberty company jeep.. I actually could not see out the rearview mirror because my company jeep was prettyfilled with tools and boxes of things I used every day on my job..
on my way home that day. I stopped in a music store and asked the owner, who was a new owner in the past few months, and he just happened to be a drummer, if he would be interested in the drums. He was a good poker player, but I could tell you was interested.. we ended up doing a swap for a used peavey tweed classic 50 with 4-10s..I never had a peavey amplifier before.. mostly fenders and traynor and ampegs.. it was only missing one chicken head knob.. I can’t believe how much better than my fender super reverb I liked this peavey.. I did not know they had switchable channels with post in Parissettings to make a growl at low volume. I didn’t know they had switchable channels. I didn’t know it had a built-in cooling fan for the tubes. I did not know how warm the tone is.. I liked that amplifier so much that I still have, that I went out and picked up a Peavey Deltablues, and a PV classic 30, all tweed, all tube amps.. both of my classic amps the 30 in the 50s were made in the 80s. My Deltablues was made in the 2000 and I believe it was one of the last ones that they made in the United States factory. I’m only sorry I did not know about these amps in the 80s when I was playing in the smoky bars getting home at 4 AM smelling like an ashtray.. all three of these amps have pre-and post game controls, and switchable channels, and they are all tube. They take the same tubes that they use in Marshalls, And I never heard them make any crackling or hissing or popping noises that my fender super reverb and fender vibrolux reverb were famous for..
@@Jodyrides That is so awesome!!!
Reverse Flying V ........silence. No explanation necessary. Perfect delivery sir! Cracked me up 🤣
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Spit out my dinner during that silence. Bravo! 😂👍
Arguably the most telling review of anything ever on TH-cam
Highlight or lowlight of the video!
In all honesty the reverse V is the real V. The original design is an A
I swear Gibson was ripping off the Judas Priest "Breakin The Law" video for the Reverse Flying V. If you go watch it, there's a bank security guard playing this cardboard cut out that looks EXACTLY like that. Apparently, the props department screwed up and glued the neck backwards and the band absolutely were pissed once the video was finished and they saw it. But hey, Gibson had the old lightbulb glowing over their heads when they obviously watched it!
Haha I just watched the video to get confirmation that the props department f'ed up the cardboard Flying V...That is some Spinal Tap shit right there! Would have loved to see them get pissed when they saw it. xD
there were british clubs in the early 80s where it was a thing. Young guys would make cardboard guitars to play air guitar. That's where the reverse v comes from.
Watched the video since the 80's and bever noticed that!
I was gifted an Esteban guitar and practice amp. The guitar was not great but I still managed to do a handful of acoustic songs on a record with it. With a few mics, some reverb, and finesse it was workable. I've actually done a few gigs with the practice amp through a PA. With a few pedals it beat dragging a big cab in for a small gig. Me and friends always had a good laugh about Esteban and I took some pride in making it work.
I like that. Making it work ! Why not, what ya got to lose.
10 years ago my wife wanted one from TV and once you put better strings on it and better tuners it's ok as you said! Congrats to your success!
@@waveman2952 I paid $83 winning a bid on Ebay. Actually only bidder. And it was a drunk what did I order last night kinda thing. But the Ashthrop E /A 6 string with all kinds of accessories was a great birthday present for myself. And I've used this guitar at worship services that are live broadcast on internet. My Boogie's never got out for any of that but this I drag everywhere including the Fla beach.
Your review of the Gibson reverse V was priceless. I shot coffee across the room. Thanks for the laugh of the week.
What review? I didn’t say a word about that guitar.
Exactly. "It was gold, Jerry. Gold."
Yeah, some things are better left unsaid...
Actually I think you said everything that needs to be said about that ugly POS.
I know dude! How bout it!!! It made me laugh hysterically!!! What a guitar makers WASTE! LOLOLOL...hahahah!
Headless guitars just look terrible in general.
I love my Steinberger Spirit bass, it's super smooth and deep.
I have a kiesel Vader and while it's light weight, plays nice, sounds great and stayd in tune well, setting that thing up is a big pain, especially because you can easily run out tuning revolutions fast
If someone replies that they liked the Gibson reverse V it is time for a drug test
I think you should do a video on the top 15 reasons why Wolfgang Van Halen needs to go on a diet he can play drums play Guitar Play keyboards and sing all at one time it's absolutely incredible never been done before but he thinks he can do it and copy some of the best musicians ever someone needs a drug test his fat ass
Eddie Van Halen without a doubt is the Undisputed King Guitar Alex Van Halen is one of the best drummers to ever live and this guy thinks he's going to come in and just replace them Mike Anthony is one of the nicest guys and a phenomenal bass player when I say is somebody needs to stop this kid before he completely destroys the legacy of Van Halen
I had a student with an Esteban. Her mom was so proud of the literally unplayable acoustic guitar shaped firewood. She quit of course, as I am sure 1000's did. He should be slapped.
I have one, the body is borderline ok but the neck is totally unplayable.
han36solo guilty!!
han36solo 😂😂😂😂 too funny!
han36solo That's actually a quite an important point: how many kids gave up on guitar because of having a really shitty, nearly or just about unplayable guitar and didn't know better?
han36solo slapped then whacked with the box of shit he sells
Regarding your question "Why?" on Gorky Park's guitar: it simulates the shape of a Russian stringed folk instrument called balalaika. Overall this band as you mentioned, tried to close the gap between the US and Russian culture and their stage image is a grotesque on stereotypes around USSR things. I hardly imagine anyone would consider this guitar as a real instrument to play :-) more like a souvenir to put on a wall.
🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯 amazing some these TH-cam fucktards can't even do a little research before coming on here and making an ass outta themselves😂😂
My very first electric guitar I played when I was 15 was a 'Lero', which was a cheap Les Paul copy. Really bad but did the job for a beginner guitarist like myself.
Mine was called Orlando was a strat. Wish would of kept it was japanese and a Hudson tube amp. Young an dumb
Lol..my first was a Sears acoustic...1965 or thereabouts...but I could play 'you really got me' chords halfway decently...
My 1st guitar was a $99 Carlo Robelli acoustic. After a year, I acquired the hand strength to crush boulders due to the high action. For $50 the guy at the music store (not the Sam Ass I purchased it from) filed the nut and bridge and did a magician's job on the neck. 25 yrs later it still plays great.
The Gorky Park Kramer makes sense. It has a shape of balalaika, Russian string instrument.
I wouldn't say that Kaos Ibanez belongs here.. Replace it with Firebird Zero and it's all good
Dainius Vyšniauskas the firebird zero is a crime against humanity
Yup fancy not realising balalaika ... "Nil pwan" for that one
Yup again - I've heard some creditable stuff done on the kaos pad guitar, kinda sorta dub-step like ... well done though.
Also, since they came out right at the end of Kramer, only one batch were made. Most retailers didn't even have to pay for them because Kramer had gone bust by then.
Dainius Vyšniauskas Yes, it was clever. But ultimately, that guitar looks awkward to handle. And comes across as gimmicky.
Except the balalaika is generally a lightweight mandolin sized instrument. But for a good laugh google "bass balalaika".
Six years ago I'd bought an Esteban acoustic guitar for the blue burst finish and as a companion to my Martin acoustic guitar. As soon as I tuned the Esteban and played it I'd hated it. It had no sustain and the sound was dead as a doornail. Two days later I took it to a local small music shop and gave them the guitar and sixty bucks for a traveler guitar. That Esteban still remains the worst acoustic guitar I'd ever played bar none. P.S. I'd later apologized to my Martin guitar for hooking him up with such a terrible companion and Martin forgave me. Martin likes the traveler guitar WAY better.
I believe that the Gorky Park guitar is attempting to emulate the shape of a Balalaika, a traditional Russian instrument, rather like a mandolin.
That is correct.
@@glennhecker4422 The poster asked 'Why'? I ask how can he not know that'?
In any event it’s not to cool to jam on a giant dorito
If you ask me, it's cultural underpinnings make it way more cool, if slightly more awkward, than a flying V.
I remember those guitars and the band. Not really a fan of either.
I think the Russian guitar was supposed to resemble a Balalaika. That’s the only reason I can think of for the shape
Balalaika ! That's the name of a Vodka I used to drink that was made in The Bahamas back in the 1960's by Toddhunter Mitchel LTD. Distillers.
Amazing that point was missed...
Yep, true. The design was indeed supposed to pay homage to the Russian Balalaika. Still butt-ugly.
This list was not confidential at all for me 😲😁👍
lando27music lmao
Lets keep this controversial : what happens here stays here
Shhhh..I won't tell, if you won't.
Hahaha I’m glad I’m not the only one who noticed
Are you sure that word means what you think it means, Vizzini?
First Act had me demo for them many years ago at CES, and i was impressed with the guitars they had there. They ended up making one for me which looked almost like a Tele with a down-turned lower horn, like a BC Rich Eagle. I loved it. I put Duncans in it, and it was fine for gigs, recording, whatever.... for a few months.
Within a year, the white finish had gone considerably yellow, the binding was coming out of the edges (pieces of it were gone), and the frets were loose. It's been in a case in the attic for years now. I recently took a look at it, and it's as yellow as a banana, the binding is cracked and falling apart, and the neck is a pretzel.
They really should go with what their name implies and just stick with the department-store beginner specials.
gotcha buddy
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I was looking for this
I think the title should have been "8 Guitars That Robert Thinks Suck". I have 8 guitars that are worse than any of these LOL!
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Saw your VW guitar review and played one at a pawn shop. Aside from the gritty strings, I loved it. Think I'll be swinging back to buy it tbh.
Nice! I hope you enjoy it!
Why?
If you are willing to waste money on a cheap, cheesy, plywood body, chinese made POS guitar, you must either have money to waste or you are a beginner who doesn't know any better! Just because that poser slash played on one in a TV commercial, doesn't men that it is a good guitar, remember, he got paid millions for doing that commercial and than he went home and played the guitars that Gibson makes custom just for him! Don't think you'd ever see slash playing a first act on any stage anytime soon! lol
The First Act Volkswagen guitar is a perfectly good instrument. Yeah its quirky, but it plays perfectly well and the built-in overdrive actually sounds really good. And I am speaking as a musician who has been playing professionally for 33 years with many endorsements. I tried it and I liked it, it's a lot of guitar for a hundred bucks. Would I use it in place of my 1974 Les Paul? Yes, in fact I would.
I actually own one as well and the neck is great on it, but I did switch out the pick ups for some prs customs an old boss paid me with. Now it's a beastly heavy sounding axe. Especially with the built in overdrive and preamp going.
I have one as well. I mainly play my accoustics, I own three electrics, and I won't ever need another one. A 2012 American Standard Telecaster, a 1981 Peavy T-60, and the First Act VW guitar. I love all three equally. The pre-amp is in the VW guitar. This guy doesn't know what he is talking about.
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i had one of these vw guitars and mine was great.before it was stolen it was one of my go to guitars. my fret edges were smooth the neck felt great it was light but to me thats a good thing.the pickups were unexpectedly good when playing clean they had a wonderful natural reverby type thing going on that sounded so sweet.crunch and heavy sounds were good too.also the built in effects had one combo on it so that you could use it as a kill switch and do stutter effects.mine was well built and worth every penny of $100 it is missed and im looking to get another one one day this guy seems like a snob.maybe he just got a bad if he had a good one he would love it unless he is just a price/brand/country of origin snob.
There’s one problem; Volkswagen is woke.
The Reverse Flying V was fantastic. I could never keep a regular V comfortably in my lap, but that reverse was nice. I wish I still had it.
I had an esteban and almost gave up trying to play guitar because theyre so bad, the action is horrible, the strings are like playing on the straight edge of a razor blade, the body's too thick, and they don't stay in tune
This is EXACTLY the same thing I went through, with my very first Harmony Strat' copy, and when I played a friend's Les Paul, was able to do things I never even knew I could!
#stillrockininthefreeworld
My worse guitar was an Ibanez Roadstar bought in the 80s. Felt like it was made of plastic and had a huge heavy locking trem that only went down. No tone. Perhaps I was too young to do it justice. Swapped it for a prototype of the first Focus by Kramer guitars. One pickup, Floyd Rose and a coil tap. Loved it!
The First Act took the shape of Brian May's guitar.
Those Keith Urban acoustics deserve their own "Place of Disgrace" on the list Keith and his band should be forced to play those EVERY night ALL night.
there the same Esteban Guitar , better late than never
Isnt the gorky park guitar based off the body of a Balalaika?
Yes.
I actually use a first act Volkswagen guitar and mine is perfect 👌 I use it alot and people have been speechless how its sounds and played but then again you have to get lucky to find one that plays great and no fret issues
I had one and it was amazing!
The Esteban "Midnight Legacy"s I have are pretty good. His acoustics are free at yard sales every where. Nice firewood.
The Gibson reverse V is quite useful if you want to play Boomerang Esteban makes for a good fire starter danelectro close second considering has cardboard
Yeah I had an Esteban electric and it was nice.
The VW guitar was the most sought after guitar by myself and the other teachers at the school I teach at. I'm sure there are some band ones out there, but ours was pretty cool...
I love mine and it is a great guitar by any standard. I own 180 Guitars and If I had to keep 25 this would be one of them. Well Built Nice neck contour and the onboard effects and phasing controls are great. Pickups are loud and proud with great tone. I doubt this asshat has ever played one.
@@billfrisbee9530 I agree, I buy them up whenever I can the pups are FANTASTIC!
Fun Fact: The Reverse Flying V was featured (kinda) in the Disney show Lab Rats when they’re in the mansion’s main living area you can see in some shots it’s in the background. Don’t ask me why I noticed that
Yes, I'm aware that the Gorky Park guitar is made to look like a balalaika, which is a traditional Russian folk instrument.
Who would wanna play a big triangle? You can't sit down and play it and that would be too annoying for me to ever own one! lol
The dude from Gorky Park wanted to. I have a balalaika that I like to mess around with too.
I LOVE my balalaika...but that GP guitar? I'd have to play it to make a judgement.
The shape actually fits good when held like a classical guitar.
I LOVE my balalaika! So light and fits nice in the crook of the elbo.
Another balalaika player here.
Esteban guitars are good for one thing... I played a song then smashed one into a bonfire. Didn’t feel bad
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Re: The VW guitars, another unique feature that I neglected to mention is the plate on the back of the headstock which has the VIN# of the car that it came with. Then there are some much more rare ones like mine that don't have that because they were showroom models so they had no particular car to be paired with. They have the plate but no VIN#. Sometimes, a dealers name. The rumor was that the showroom ones were made extra carefully and usually kept in a glass case at the VW dealership. Even the box contributes to the collectibility. The original box is not a standard brown guitar box. It has all kinds VW stuff printed on with pictures. I have one of each but they are kept in different places so they have yet to "cross paths" to allow me to compare them directly. Also thanks to you Robert for accepting my comment below so graciously with a like, showing that you understood there was no malice or insult intended. And regarding the Estebans, other tv guitar selling celebs do business the same poor way but I have an electric that approximates an LP stylewise from Keith Urban and it is very slick. Rolled fret ends, super smooth, low action, no buzzes or intonation issues and very good playability. The only thing about it to downgrade is the sound so someday it will get some quality pickups but I see them around real cheap sometimes so this is a heads up to your readers to snag one if they come across a good deal. Then again, perhaps mine is exceptional but there is no way of me knowing.
My pleasure. Your comment was easy to identify as non-insulting because there wasn’t a death threat attached to it. LOL
I don’t deny that a lot of people really like the VW guitars. They’re just not for me. But that’s why there’s so many guitars out there to choose from!
I too have an un -serialized showroom model garage master. I picked it up at a pawn shop for $100 with all of its original accessories. It was incredibly well built and set up. Frets were dressed and polished. I was actually really impressed with the build quality of the guitar and it’s tone when unplugged. Furthermore the neck is one of the nicest feeling necks in any of my guitars at any price. I echo Robert’s assertion that the electronics are crap. The pickups just never seemed to open up even when paired with quality CTS pots and don’t even get me started on the pre-amp. I gutted the stock electronics, added a set of vintage Filtertrons and got rid of the mid cut and preamp. I also moved the pickup selector down by the VTT knobs and replaced it with a MojoTone prewired toggle. I also got rid of the weird looking 3 piece pick guard and had a custom one piece scratch plate made for it.
All in all it has become one of my favorite guitars and I find myself reaching for it a lot more often than many of my others that are infinitely more expensive. I’m currently looking for another bargain on one to keep stock as a collector/ conversation piece.
@@Rev_John_Danger That sounds pretty awesome I have never done stuff that involved. Love to see pics and/or vid.
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Save your money $$$$ ! Stop purchasing trash 🗑! Research top quality guitars 🎸 and and PLAY THEM! Figure out what you really want and then get the money $$ work harder work longer deliver food drive Uber tend bar walk dogs whatever it takes! I did it and $3550.00 dollars later I am the proud owner of a Martin D-28 acoustic guitar that sounds AMAZING! It took a lot of hard work miserable work relentless work but if you stay focused you don’t have to play CRAP 💩 guitars 🎸!! Enjoy!
Not saying that ibanez is good but the kaoss pad thing comes from (better said is made famous) by matt bellamy of Muse, he does some sweet stuff with his custom guitars.
Actually. Those guitars is called Manson Guitars
P0wer2R0ll yeah they are a custom guitar company that make guitars for matt amongst others, Matt made the use of a pad famous though.
Ibanez=I been had lol
I've seen Tom morello from rage against the machine use things like that ibanez pad thing.
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My parents bought a VW Jetta in 2006 and received one of those guitars. Not the nicest guitar ever made, but kind of unique that it has the car’s VIN of the back of headstock and just in general a VW guitar basically. Still have it, but don’t really play it. The built in amp was through the auxiliary input inside of the glovebox.
Brent Fettkether I remember that commercial
My Vw GarageMaster is a rare example of 1 out if 10 that are perfect out of the box. They must not be junk if folks are paying 2-300.00
Brent Fettkether those vw first act 🎸 are actually pretty cool. At least in my opinion they are.
I have one, i like the little rascal. As he said, FIRST ACT is MOST noted for its low end beginner rigs. They are less known but more accomplished in their electronics endeavors used for studio recording and sprcialty instruments. No matter his opinion, i like mine and still play it regularly. My opinion of his opinion is, must of been nice growing up and having sweet guitars at your beckon, the early acoustics i had were closer to being dobros than instruments you fret lol
Who ever said I had “sweet guitars at my beckon”? I didn’t own a guitar worth more than $200 until I was 28 I think.
Not sure about the chaos pad Ibanez used, but I have seen the chaos pad used to good effect on the Manson MB1 Matt Bellamy signature guitar.
The pad is in the body of the guitar (so can't be stolen) and sits down between the bridge and the tail, which seems to make it easier to use in conjunction with the tremelo.
Muse use it to great effect in their live shows.
Many of these guitars have a lot of electronic crap that is always going to fail (like modern cars) we will always love more conventional things for the purity of playing, good video, cheers!
I fell for a 500 dollar limited edition Firebird, they were probably made in Vietnam or something, the strings were so high off the fretboard it was ridiculous it didn't have auto tune or bluetooth though it is a handsome blue but that's about it, worst guitar I have
Greg Jay you can take the firebird to a decent guitar tech, probably needs a good set up,new strings could be a great guitar,good looking guitar
I had a J.B. Player " Charvel star style" in the late 1980's. It had a Kahler copy tremolo that literally fell apart in my hands. I met Jan ( RIP dear) and Janet from Vixen, who were endorsed by J.B. Player. The girl's guitars were way better quality , almost like they were built by a custom shop.
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@@BillDerBerg I worked with Janet Gardner at a golf shop in Northridge, California. Not only is she a great musician, she is very smart, sweet as can be , and a hell of a golfer. I only met Jan once, and she was so kind and beautiful. Could hold her own against any guitarist which was quite a feat in L.A. in the 80's. I only worked with Janet for a few weeks, then she left to open for Scorpions.
Sorry, but you don't know bad guitars. The crap we had to play in the 60's and 70's was horrible! Most of the real crap came outta Japan, but even fairly expensive German and Italian guitars were just pigs to play. Tuning was sketchy, electronics were noisy and fragile, playability was laughable. Fat necks, skimpy frets, inaccurate fretting and bridge placement, terrible tuning pegs, bridges and tailpieces. Try giging with a Teisco Tulip E-100 or a Hofner Galaxy and see how far you get. Enjoy the microphonic pickups on the Kimberly or one of the relatively pricey Italian Voxes. If you're really brave, try Welson. . . where they essentially did EVERYTHING wrong!
Cheshire Cat I’m right with you there. In the early 60s the guitars that were readily available and affordable in Europe were mostly terrible. In 1963 I played 6 gigs a week at holiday camps for the four month season, my guitar was a German built Hofner Colorama . That thing was a real dog to play and sounded awful, a modern day Squier is 100 times better. Oh how I lusted after an American Stratocaster but they cost £175 which was around 12 times the average skilled workers weekly wage at the time and as rare as hens teeth in East Anglia.
They should have done then what they do now, studied the dimensions and angles of good Gibsons and Fenders, copied the neck width, thickness, fingerboard radius, headstock and neck angle. A cheap guitar these days plays like a dream compared to a Hofner, and Hofners were cheaper than Gibsons and Fenders, but they were Not cheap.
Hofner were not really cheap and were, like the U.K. built Burns instruments, made of quality materials but as you say they would have been better if the makers had followed Gibson and Fender specs a bit closer. The situation wasn’t helped by the lack of technical knowledge at our local music shops who largely regarded electric guitars as a passing fad and not a real musical instrument and the almost no-existent replacement parts situation.
Hofner and Burns were well constructed in a lot of ways, but at least in Hofner's case, had fatal flaws. I've rarely seen a Hofner hollowbody without a hump where the neck meets the body. The Solidbodies seem designed NOT to sustain, with needlessly complicated wiring and just cheap, terrible tuners. The Italian Voxes were a real rip off. They were pricey, but the hollow bodies were terrible. Thin plywood for bodies, neck joints that would crack, turning the guitar to kindling. Squeeling pickups and fat, unplayable necks (except for the basses). The cheap American Harmony's were Plain Jane's aesthetically, but a bargain, and sooooo much more useful and durable.
Cheshire Cat YOU NAILED IT. We could not WAIT to put all of that trash in the dumpster and as soon as we had saved enough for Gibsons and Fenders - that's exactly what we did LOL. The sad thing is that the millenial hipsters have revived all that junk - your old $75 Silvertone/Harmony/Teisco will fetch $1500 - still won't stay in tune or stop squealing at low volume LOL
The FirstAct VW Garagemaster is a great cheap guitar. I put it right up with Squiers and Epiphone bolt-ons.
Idk, the reverse flying V doesn't look that bad. Looks a lot better than the other triangle on the list.. lol
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I don't think there's a single bad thing about Peavey AT-200. It's just a normal guitar, you can use it without ever touching that autotune feature, but it's handy to have it sometimes. Imagine you are doing a gig or band rehearsal, and you don't have to worry about going out of tune or tuning your guitar ever ever, or in studio recording situation, it can be really helpful.
I picked one up used a year ago ... mine is great ... with the feature packs installed it’s very Fun and versatile ... hold down the volume button , frett a specific frett and bam your in different tuning / guitar voice volume doesn’t have to be up very loud to overpower the acoustic sound so that’s really not a big deal ...
Dave Harker additionally, if you're used to a particular feel of how your guitar plays in standard tuning, there is no difference in string tension.. I think it's pretty cool. The Line6 Variax had similar functionality.
Yeah, this guy is about as sharp as a marble.
Why do you say that Mr. “Trolls Suck”???
Because it's true. MOST of these guitars are very amazing guitars, they just don't do it for you. I own nearly all of them in my very large collection. The reverse V is one of the FEW Gibson guitars that are worth owning. Simply amazing and the Firebird X....another great guitar from the nasty Gibson folks, BUT....it really is an awesome guitar. Most people just refuse to think outside of the dozen or so shapes that everyone owns and don't actually give a guitar a REAL play, listen and give a REAL critique based on all it has to offer. If it comes in neon pink, that makes it a crap guitar.....same axe in the so very tired tobacco sunburst and it's automatically legendary. Soooooooo, that is why. You asked, I delivered. Still, you're a human, be well. Cheers.
RE: #2 on the list.
Take a look at the Judas Priest video for their single "Breaking The Law",when the Guard is rockin' out....it's a cardboard version of the Reverse V...some 30+ years BEFORE Gibson made the real version.
I looked it up and saw that, it gave me a laugh.
I also remembered that scene when I saw the Reverse V.
WE'RE GETTN FKN OLD!
I think of that video every time I see one of those lol
7:27 Could you imagine resting your arm against that thing and taking one of those string nubs straight into the soft underflesh of your arm
Muse uses one of those chaos pads for the bass line of Madness. The bass player mounted it to his bass much like the Ibanez guitar. Saw this on their SNL performance. First time I'd ever seen it.
From the very second I saw one of those Esteban commercials, I could immediately tell that the guy a huckster. He has all the morals of a cat-fish.
Dont forget every electric gibson guitar made since 2012.
Gibson guitars are kinda like Apple products of today .. the only real reason why you would buy one is because your friends did..
Gibson aren’t that bad you’re probably only saying this because you read something on the internet but in my opinion Gibson’s are still great
I've got an aluminum-neck Kramer bass. I really like it, though the thing is a boat anchor. I found it in a store for a steal of a price, after reading about these things but having never actually seen one. Then I picked it up, and just instantly loved it.
I've always been curious about the Duke guitars, but have never gotten the chance to try one out in person. Maybe I'd like it, or maybe I wouldn't. But I'm not the kind of person to buy something unseen and unplayed.
The Dukes are wonderful - haters gonna hate!
after you wrote that you instantly loved it I fully expected you to say 'it anchor's my boat just beautifully'
I have one of the basses; I got it cheap, too. I paid $300, but it’s easily worth three times that! The sustain is unreal. Aluminum necks were made until about 1983. Then they started making wood necks only. After about 1988, Kramer was junk.
@@5roundsrapid263 By the early to mid 90s the strikers were plywood bodies.
William Roan I had a plywood Aerostar when I was a kid.
I'm a huge fan of the Kaosspad Ibanez, and really enjoy the kinds of sounds you get from the KP. I wish they made more of these. Maybe a Talman or a Roadcore.
The Gorky Park is one of the main reasons Kramer went under. It was plywood! Metal was dying, endorsers were leaving, and the CEO was blowing all their money on ads. A real shame, because they originally made great guitars.
Yep, the Gorky Park was the final nail in the Kramer coffin. I think I’d also heard that by the time the Gorky Park came out, a fair amount of the company’s profits had also gone up the CEO’s nose. But I admit I have no idea if that’s true or not.
For what it’s worth, the triangular body was meant to resemble a Russian balalaika.
Robert's Guitar Dungeon I met the founder, Gary Kramer. He had sold Travis Bean guitars, which were similar. He was pushed out soon after, and they went to wood. They were bigger than Fender and Gibson in the mid-80’s! That money went to ads, endorsers, and Pablo Escobar.
Picked up one of those Esteban guitars at a garage sale along with full set of his lessons for like $10. Worse lesson's EVER ! If you or a friend got those and you/them couldn't learn don't blame yourself. And give guitar another try !
I am a Luthier, and have been building and repairing guitars since 1985. I was so glad to see the steban guitar on your list. I got a couple of them in the shop to set up over the years. They were the worst guitars I have ever seen. I tell people I dont work on them now because they are not able to be set up at all.
There's a lot of guitar manufacturers that are in financial trouble nowadays and they keep using technology to solve problems that don't exist instead of building guitars with better materials and workmanship.
Gibson comes to mind when this subject is on the table. If they weren’t constantly trying to peddle $2,000+ guitars, and instead focused on quality and affordability, they might get out of their rut.
sorta why PRS make money
The problem is the manufacturers adding stuff hoping to attract buyers rather than solve problems. The real problem is sales are down. The guitar craze is over. You can search for this years and last years most popular recordings and you will notice almost no guitars in them anymore. Next year when students start college/university, if they even see a guitar, and they may not, they will say something like: Yep, my Granddad liked those but I'm not sure why.
@@paulstokes-rees4590 Such a defeatist point of view. Get outta here.
@@wickedwayzzz33 Paul is right, guitar based music is on the downturn. Also we should consider the tariffs imposed by the US govt on imported woods which causes the price of any guitars made with imported exotic woods in the US to increase dramatically.
Haha years ago I was at a hotel in Phoenix, AZ, and one night I heard a Spanish-y version of "House of the Rising Sun" coming from the bar area. "It couldn't be," I said to myself, but sure enough, in the corner, there he was -- black shoes, black pants, black shirt, black hat, black sunglasses -- Mr. Esteban himself. I was laughing so hard I had to leave.
David Schwartz 😂
You had a chance to punch him and you didn't take it?! You could have been our hero!!
It could have been one of the many Esteban 'tribute' acts that are out there, working the Holiday Inn Lounge circuit
The Gorky Kramer was supposed to look like a Balaliaka.
"Your Honor, the defense respectfully asks that the prosecution reduce the charges, from criminal fraud to gross negligence. In return, the defendant is willing to plead guilty to the amended charge, and further, will willingly cease & desist with further production and sales of Esteban guitars, plus, he'll sign an affidavit vowing to never again appear on television, and will play only used Esteban guitars for the remainder of his natural life."
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I think the Gorky Park one was meant to resemble a traditional Russian stringed instrument which the body is a triangle.
That reverse V is a mess but in the long run it might become a collectors item cause so few of them have been sold.
What a great business model! Produce something so ugly and awkward that no one will buy it, in hopes that one day it attains collector status in some vague and distant future. lol
The Kramer Gorky Park guitar is modeled after the Balalaika shape. That’s a Russian folk stringed instrument. You asked “why”… that’s your answer, Robert.
Let me hear your balalaikas ringing out
Come and keep your comrade warm
Apparently even Esteban didn't know "his" guitars were shit.
Basically, some shady company went in search of an accomplished, somewhat known guitar player to endorse their trash.
Esteban was getting ready to record the commercials and if I recall correctly, he insisted on using one of "His" guitars for the commercials (because HE had some integrity) and so unbeknownst to Esteban, they found a tech/luthier at the last minute (I think he had a day or so - perhaps hours...? I'm sorry, I can't remember) but the tech said the three "best" ones chosen for him could barely be called guitars. Basically all sorts of insane work was required to make these things simply play.
I remember the guy telling the story (who was good friends with the tech) said that Esteban really had no idea what was going on, and wasn't at all the kind of guy who would pull a move like that. Not that it means he's completely free from all responsibility, but it does at least put him in a less brutal light.
Are you his mother? Or maybe Esteban himself?
I call BS in this, since every one of guitars have been shit. So after the first one, he continued to run the scam several times.
@@RByrne Lol, this was some shit I watched on TH-cam or some random article I read, details are fuzzy but that was the gist.
HE didn't run shit, he wasn't in charge of anything, you mouthbreather.
Go cry somewhere else, you fucking baby.
considering Esteban isnt his real name , he used to do Elvis look alike gigs before he became Esteban ,he can play a guitar sure enough but these were some real bad guitars for a beginner im sure there are worst , now if someone was a beginner Guitar Luthier this could be a great practice Guitar
didn't Michael Angelo Batio play a Kramer Duke when he first started playing?
Good info. My first electric guitar was a Kramer. I see Kramer made it on your list twice. :)
The Kramer Gorky Park was a promotional guitar, Kramer was one of the sponsors of the Moscow Music Peace Festival.
Thé Kramer one is a triangle because it s the traditional shape of Eastern Europe / Russian instruments as Balalaika
Except for the current political untimeliness of the image of the combined U.S. and Russian flags, I found this take on the balalaika to be most interesting and compelling. Perhaps if he had manifested an understanding of the cultural implications, he wouldn't have included this one, but then I wouldn't be aware of it.
@@xmillion1704 Burns did a Balalaika guitar back in the 60s. Theres was more curved, like some real ones are, and seemed to be a bit smaller. There is one in a book I have (Tony Bacon's Burns book) it has a trisonic and the same built in amp as the Bison, this was around the same time as the Concord inspired Flyte.
@@Djarra - Cool, thanks! I've not been previously familiar with Burns guitars.
@@xmillion1704 They had some oddities, although after the original company went out of business the revived version just stuck to the more 'normal' styles, and for a while they made a Brian May guitar, Brian of course used their pickups for his original
I found an esteban at some pawn shop for $20 and only got it because it came with a free case and cable, the strings on it were upside down too 😭
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The worst guitar was a Sears Silvertone. I learned very quickly what was meant by the term "action ". At the 12th fret the strings were in the vicinity of 1”. I had callouses on my left hand that doubled as a finish hammer. I believe it was a cheese slicer in a former life.
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Barney Fike,
I’m not a guitar expert but I believe years ago silvertone guitars were made by Harmony guitars. Harmony guitars sounded just okay, were built like tanks, lasted forever and usually played like crap, though some played nicely.
I was given a student model Silvertone years ago that played great but sounded like a baritone mandolin or lute because of its small scale. Being a bassist, I gave it away unfortunately.
By the way this guitar had a floating wood bridge and tail piece.
Good way to improve intonation on cheap guitars.
Note to bassists: Don’t buy acoustic bass guitars without a tailpiece. String tension will eventually and always twist and destroy an acoustic bridge that anchors the strings. I guarantee this, my source, basic physics!
My nephew got one of those Esteban guitars, and they are JUNK. I'm not even a guitar player and I could tell the difference.
The review of the Gibson Reverse V is an instant classic.
They should use that in ads.
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Great video Robert, my worst guitar was an old Lyle 12 string. The neck was bowed, the intonation was way off, the frets were sharp and some of them above the fret you were using touched the string above it making the notes muddy. a real lousy guitar.
Great list, except for the inclusion of the VW guitar. As cheap guitars go, that one is excellent.
This is a so so vid. First the VW guitar. The reason for the price differential that you mentioned between 100 and 300 is usually about the condition and what is included. The expensive ones have the original vw logo case, the strap made out of a seatbelt, some vw picks, and a keychain plus the handbook which tries to be witty. They also have active pickups and produce a wide range of tones. Not Fender, not Gibson, just a range of sort of unique tones that are versatile. I am sure some are bad but mine are outstanding and punch way above their weight. They did not have an "amp in the trunk". They plugged in and used the car radio system. I'd wager that pristine ones will be collectible. Musically they are far superior to the old Silvertones and Teisco, and etc which get crazy money now. Re Esteban, you were pretty much on except that it came out recently that he also lied about his musical accomplishments and awards etc. What a con man.
i feel like the name first act will always stop it from being "collectible"
@@rodstiffingtonxyz Yeah but that is what we said growing up about the Silvertones, Danelectros, Teiscos and etc. They will never get up in the rarified air of 50's LP or Strats etc but they do have a certain something.
Anybody can play, any guitar in any new vehicle. All you need is an aux cord and a 1/8 to 1/4 adapter. Done. Hell, I use my FM transmitter by plugging the guitar directly into the aux port on the transmitter. Then it transmits my guitar, playing to the radio. Done.
@@JC-11111 But older cars don't have that ability, like mine.
it looks like a Russian folk instrument, balalaika, I would understand why Russians might have a nostalgia factor for the shape.
loved this.. video keep em comeing. hope to see another one like this soon
Firebird X would get my Top Vote , the Bluetooth was a Nightmare and still is if unfortunate enough to own one, should have renamed it the Nightmare
The Randy Jackson guitars are absolutely atrocious! I had to set one up for a client. Fret ends so sharp they could cut cold cuts. Action so high you could use the strings to dry laundry. I had to do so much fretwork on it, plus sand down the bridge. Replaced the nut and saddle because they were cheap plastic. It is playable now, but is still a really bad guitar tone-wise.
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Yes! They are an absolute piece of shit.
I was slightly worried there for a second because i thought you ment the jackson randy rhoads, to which i was going to say "your client was either a guitar abuser or got it from a guitar abuser" XD
What about the Keith Urban guitars? I imagine that they would be about the same.
2000konnie I think his guitars are made by the same factory as Esteban’s. He has an infomercial, too.
Riding over the Firebirds with a tractor was the best thing that could have been done to them.
RIGHT???
My first reaction upon hearing about the story of their destruction a while back was "Aww, what a waste. Couldn't they have been donated?" Upon watching this video and learning more details about the model, my reaction to Gibson producing them is, "Aww, what a waste."
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That guitar makes me angry when I see it.
re: Volkswagen/First Act guitar, I believe the car's stereo doubled as a guitar amp (I recall seeing something similar on Top Gear, where they had Eric Clapton playing guitar through the car stereo of whichever model car they were demoing, but Eric used a Strat and a wah wah pedal...sounded pretty good). The Volkswagen ad I remember, though, had Nigel Tufnel (aka Christopher Guest) from Spinal Tap.
I think there were three or four Volkswagen TV ads for that guitar. One with Slash, one with Nigel Tufnel, one with John Mayer, and I believe there was also one with Brian May or somebody else, but I might be mistaken about that.
Estaban!! I bought one of these cheap guitars hoping my kids would learn on it, and they would leave my expensive guitars alone. Needless to say, the one I got sounds incredible. Could never get the kids to take guitar up, it rings like a bell, frets easy & sounds awesome, I play it all the time. Construction does appear a little cheap, and it looks like a bought off TV guitar, but the tone, projection and volume of mine is awesome! Love it!!!
My buddies sounds quite good too.
The Kramer triangle guitar was designed to like a ballilanka
Balalaika*
I agree with the Esteban, I have a special place for them in my heart because I found like 100 to 150 in the garbage at guitar stores, I was damn near broke at the time and it sure as shit helped me out
Great video and keep up the great work!
Ha! Slash promoting the VW crap. He truly is the Ronald McDonald of the guitar world!
Hey! Watch what you say bro! Dont diss Ronald McDonald like that! Slash isnt in Ronalds league! Lmfao!
Very funny. Especially the reverse flying v...what were they thinking?
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I actually have a esteban guitar acoustic with the bottom cut away .I've had it 12 years and haven't had a problem with it .it sounds good and plays good although the first one they sent me had dead places in the neck i sent back the second one has been good
I have one of the Kaoss Pad basses and it’s my baby, I usually use it by setting one of the more bizzare effects on hold and then turning it off and on with the switch, but your complaints were also totally valid so respect for not just calling it stupid for being an experiment
Thank God you mentioned Esteban lol
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That Gorky Park guitar could hold the record for "World's Largest Dorito Chip".
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Nailed it huh?!
Maybe the Peavey AT-200s you saw sucked. The one I got is wonderful, and I love the Antares autotune function. Better luck next time!
A plywood Dorito!
Exactly!
Hey, man ... my mom bought me an Estaban ... it was cool ... I mean ... looking back ... it may have been shit but ... but then again I'm a shitty guitar player so it worked out. Love you, mom!
I love my PVAT 200 but I had to go through a lot to get a good neck. I just picked it up and played it after three months and I still love it. I don’t even use the auto tune feature in less I am in a bind While playing in public in a band ..... I Do you really like your video
I wonder if the Gibson flying V would work on my Bow for moose hunting
John Mayer did some of the ads as well. see them here on youtube.
Hey now... I had a First Act VW Garagemaster guitar.
It had a built-in preamp with overdrive and a 1/4" to 1/8" cable that plugged-into the VW Radio sound system.
That preamp system also worked as a Headphone amp. I think that there was a 1/8" headphone jack.
Mine came with a sturdy strap made of Seat-belt material and a very nice VW Gig Bag.
I paid $129 (including shipping) and sold it for $150 (minus shipping and fees).
I was AMAZED that someone paid that much for that guitar.
But it was a good starter guitar.
I cannot understand what financial genius would think that a $150 guitar would be the deciding factor on which $24,000 automobile you should buy.
Arthur Seery my cousin has one. No idea where he got it but I swear it’s a damn decent guitar! People pay good money for them still. We actually had a band use it in the studio one time lol definitely a weird thing pairing it with the car but I really don’t see anything wrong with the actual guitar itself. At least the one my cousin has is decent. Maybe some of them suck? Esteban on the other hand.... what an embarrassment to even have these on the market. So so bad.
I remember a buddy's grandmother bought him a Esteban guitar for his bday
Poor kid. LOL
I’m here from an electronic music background the Ibanez with the Kaoss pad was an in my wheelhouse surprise .
Kinda a cool idea but yeah 3 armed guitarist only accessory. They should have thought through it a bit more.
I’m not surprised they were just there to get stolen with how badly the pad was seated in the guitar body.
You've obviously never played one of the awful guitars that pissed out of the 60s. All sunburst, crappy build, crappy tuners... just awful, awful guitars
@Ambivalent They are surely worse than theIbanez. At least that was a decent guitar at the core.
@Ambivalent I cheat. I use a VG99 so can sound like pretty much any guitar.
Because the pickups aren't important, and cheap old guitar that feels nice and stays in tune will do...hence of all my guitars I use a cheap (£112) Squier Affinity Tele 🤣
Your reaction to the Reverse Flying V cracks me up every time I watch it. Thanks
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Peavey AT200 - the Variax JTV has the alt tuning as one of its features but you have to understand what you are playing. You have to have the amp set loader than the acoustic volume of the strings but it is an awesome feature. It's great to be able to jump to open tunings with a slide at the flick of a switch. Much better build than the Peavey apparently.