Top 8 WORST Production Guitars EVER!
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- Top 8 WORST Production Guitars EVER!
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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.
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
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!!!
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.
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!
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!
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I was looking for this
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.
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.
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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.
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
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.
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
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.
What is the name of that yellow pedal all the way on the left? That looks just like my first guitar pedal iv ever had and cant remember what is was. Dont think iv seen one since.
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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
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'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.
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.
may i ask what is the roland amp model sitting beside you ?
It was a Roland Cube 40-XL. It now lives under the table next to me because it doesn’t get used much anymore.
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 took the shape of Brian May's guitar.
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
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.
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".
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.
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.
Good info. My first electric guitar was a Kramer. I see Kramer made it on your list twice. :)
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...
The review of the Gibson Reverse V is an instant classic.
They should use that in ads.
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loved this.. video keep em comeing. hope to see another one like this soon
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.
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!
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.
Dear Robert, any chance you could offer you're thoughts? I own a a 1978 Ibanez Artist 2622 EQ and don't know if this is a valuable guitar to own or worth selling. It is the traditional violin finish, some of the gold is wearing off as it does on all of these. It's in really good shape, a couple of dings nothing major. All electronics work as new and the sound and tone is awesome, but I don't play it anymore it sits in its luxurious lined flight case never seen the light of day for a couple of years now. Any advice would be helpful thanks from Canada.
That was the Steve Miller guitar. It looks like one just sold on eBay recently for $1099 US, so that’s probably pretty accurate as far as value. Nice guitar! rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F193173239597
Robert's Guitar Dungeon Thanks for the quick reply much appreciated 👍🏻
I got an Epiphone 61 sg vintage , Is that an ok guitar ?
It’ll get the job done.
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!
"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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What was gibson at with that back the front flying V I bet they didn't sell any of them
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Nice list. Thank you for including those garbage Esteban guitars and that VW Slash piece of firewood. Your review of the reverse flying V was hilarious. One question -- where is the Wangcaster?
Thanks man! The Wangcaster isn’t a production guitar. 😉
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 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.
Thank God you mentioned Esteban lol
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Do you think a Randy Rhoads will fit in a molded Nite V case?
I have no idea, honestly.
Lol @ your face when you mentioned the reverse Flying V 😂😂😂
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!
Hi Robert. How’s it going? I had experience with using a guitar which was digitally retuned like that Peavey. I had to play it while wearing headphones to drown out the sound of the guitar’s real tuning. Roland called it a “Digital Capo”. It’s useful, but not that useful.
Loud lol with you and that reverse V! Hilarious!
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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Great video and keep up the great work!
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.
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.
#2 was definitely the best. Should do a sit down test, show how the v can at least be wedged up on your leg, but the reverse just infinitely slides off.
What about the Keith Urban guitars?
Are they about the same grade as the Estefan guitars?
They’re basically the exact same thing. LOL
@@RobertWJackson That's what I figured. I see them for sale a lot.
This video made me subscribe to your channel so long ago. I remember some dude shared it on a Squier fans Facebook page and i clicked on the link and 15 minutes later the guy and i agreed we nearly fell of our chairs laughing when you reviewed the Reverse Flying V. After all these years it still cracks me up.
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!
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.
I MISS Jan SO MUCH💔😭
@@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.
The Reverse Flying V, I about spit up my coffee 😂😂😂 that was awesome 👏🏻. Great review!
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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
That VW guitar actually looks cool.
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
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
Good Video. I do watch those Esteban Infomercials and for some reason I can't stop even though I know they suck. Same with Keith Urban. He claims in a way that his has better action and softer strings for beginners. His guitars do look better. Have you tried one of these?? You could have included the Epiphone SL Les Paul That sold for $99.00 new a few years ago. I was the sucker who bought one in Yellow with my Sam Ash 10% off coupon so walked out with it for $97.00 total. It's a piece of garbage. Bridge is actually bending and pulling off the body and I barely play it! Tuning nightmare. Literally like throwing $97.00 in the trash. Thanks Robert
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!
Nice video. I did see most of them were gimmick guitars with flaws. And then you had design nightmares for playing let alone eyesores. Spot on for the eight you chose. Of course there are worse out there somewhere but it was nice you had a few real expensive examples that should never be purchased by any wary customer. Thanks!
Good review. Just subscribed.
Thanks man! Welcome to the family! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
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.
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!
Do you think the Ibanez RGA42FM good for the price ? Thanks
Oh yeah, absolutely. I’ve sold several to customers and they’re all happy with them. A lot of them do seem to swap out the pickups, though.
@@RobertWJackson ok cool... what pickups would they change them to ? Thanks
Seymour Duncans, DiMarzios, Bareknuckle, Fishman Fluence, EMG’s... Just depends on what you want.
Is the VW guitar electric or diesel?
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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.
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 !
Hahaha your reaction to the reverse Flying V. You're awesome man! Great video!
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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
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.
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’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.
I started dying laughing when you got to the reverse Flying V
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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.
Did First Act put out a Volkswagon Beetle edition guitar?
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I really love the share the music idea! I’m going to seek out local groups doing this.
The Gorky Kramer was supposed to look like a Balaliaka.
I think the Gorky Park one was meant to resemble a traditional Russian stringed instrument which the body is a triangle.
what you did on the no.2 reverse flying V was great. LOL
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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.
My mom got me an estaban when he first did his infomercial. BIGGEST POS EVER.
This video came up in my recommended feed as I play guitar, watch a lot of guitar orientated videos. I honestly found the reactions, facial expressions of this guy, and the perfect timing of his deliveries absolutely hilarious! Great job sir! 🤣🤣🤣 👏 👏
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What do you think about the Aria Pro2?
I’ve had my Aria Pro II Excel since about ‘92, I think, when I bought it new. It’s still a great guitar and it hasn’t failed me yet, even after all these years.
Thanks for responding Robert, you f'n ROCK!!
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Your reaction on the Gibson reverse Flying V was priceless, had a good a laugh. My reaction was more WTF.
The reverse V, LMAO!!
Best acoustic guitar for the blues
The prison guard has a fake guitar the same shape in Judas Priest’s “Breaking The Law” video!
I'd like to see someone playing one just for entertainment purposes, just once.
Man the reverse v is a groovy axe!!
that guitar gets a 10/10 from me lmao
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
Don’t forget the Harmony Electric Guitars that were marketed by Fingerhut in the 80’s and 90’s
Correct me if I’m wrong but aren’t robot tuners set to E standard? That’s what I remember seeing on the back of the Gibsons.
You could actually set them to any number of different tunings.
@@RobertWJackson Interesting. Quality Grover tuners and a legit tune-o-matic with stop-piece are all I need. Skynet ain't getting to my Les Paul!
Benjamin Kellogg same here. LOL
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
That reverse flying V review was the most accurate. I felt it.
Just curious have you ever played a reverse V? They look weird but sound great.
Nope. I wouldn’t be caught dead playing one those things. LOL
It looks to have a poisonous arrow tip.
Really interesting video. I'm not much of a guitar man but this was great! Ashamed/Proud to say some of these I've never even heard of!
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