What guitar would I buy for $500?
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You need to do this again post-COVID
Yes! And try out the JOYO ma10-e amp, biggest waste of money I’ve ever spent🤮🤮🤮
Post Chinese tariffs
I don't think I've seen pices like in this store since the mid 90s.
Bro I work in a music store in Canada and seeing that video would be so useful get in so many people only looking to spend 600-700 $ ( Canadian) and I’m tired of defaulting to a squier with a mustang or something along those lines
Or during COVID with masks on. The last time I went to Sam Ash their inventory was a little lacking. Which is a shock because the previous time I went there I spent way too much money.
$500 budget: *gets Gibson*
Me: where do i find these
No sht. I've never seen gibson p90 guitar or mij ibanez 7 string anywhere near 300 to 400 bucks
This place is practically giving them away lol
Maybe its because were this price because there has been a lot of inflation in the past few years, so maybe $500 was worth a lot more then than now.
I checked and the inflation rates from 2017 to now are higher than they were in 2016 and 2015 so I think around then was when prices started to go up.
Hunt GC used section like a hawk. Youll find cool shit like this once and a while, but it gets snapped up quick
"I don't think we brought enough money"
Every trip to every guitar store ever
Don't stop at McDonald's before going.
Where I live you get 1/5 of a used Gibson for 500$
same ;__;
And I don't even like Gibsons (no hate pls)
Panos Bek here in Brasil that's the price lol
That "Gibson" is more likely a chibson!
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I prefer to buy my guitars in whole numbers not fractions.
That Sam Ash has 10 times the selection of the Guitar Center near me. Actually my music room has a better selection than the Guitar Center near me.
straight2helll guitar center is ass
I don't even have a guitar center or music room near me 😂
straight2helll long n mcquade is where its at!!
@@connervettrus6955 where you from?
@@trevorsaunar3158 Viola, Idaho
1:51 holy shit that dean is my guitar, got it at this same Sam Ash like a few weeks later
Sweet
Spectacular
Stupendous
Fucking mint 👌
Lol nice, got Philips handprints all over it
The shop owner really likes Zeppelin
well who doesent?
V10 FSI You're right
+V10 FSI it's a great band but not my favorite
+Valve Pipe same with me, I'm more of a metal guy
physical graffiti disc 2
How is there a P-90 goldtop Les Paul for 399? I'm so jealous!
Me too!! Near where I live I have a pretty good store called Estudio 54 and for 355€ ( equivalent of 400$) I get 1/25 of an original Les Paul 1959 Historic One Piece Top
It’s a low end les Paul Chinese made... worse than epiphone but says Gibson and can be modded
@Everything If they did work out a deal for the video, that's was a cruel thing to do to us lol
Everything I didn’t say it was a replica I said it was the low end Gibson les Paul the ones that are made in China they go for like 800 brand new
@@dekagramofficial even the lower end Gibsons are made In the U.S.A.. No Gibsons are made in China. It's a goldtop Tribute model w p90s. Probably a few years old.
Shitload of Zeppelin playing in that store 👍👏🏻👂
no stairway?
philipb stairway? Denied!
Nothing wrong with that
kashmir at the start
I missed that.
Dam my sam ash dont have anything close to that good of guitars lol I use ebay and craigs most of the time, Great finds man !
bakerXderek yes i know i got a fender nim strat ps i am in england £230
Always nice seeing bxd on guitar videos cheeahh
at this point im more amazed when i dont see your comments on random videos im watching
bakerXderek Holy shit it's baker!! I love you man I don't know how in the mushroom tip I found you on a guitar video
This guy commented on one of my other Channels videos
*plays every Zeppelin song ever*
That album (physical graffiti) is absolutely great
Aidan Bouw nah it’s Zeppelin
@@capula3344 whoosh
Except for stairway to heaven
When's a new Little Britain season?
Fool knew what he found with the used Gibson...wasn't letting go of it the whole video so it didn't get snatched by another costumer lmao.
Where the hell is that Sam Ash where you can get a Gibson Les Paul with P90s for $350????
I need to go to that Sam Ash O_o
IMO, the best new guitar for under $500 is a MIM Fender Strat
Ken Hall I have two, a wine red 50s reissue single coils and a Blacktop cherry red double humbucker. Great guitars, for what I would have paid for one American Standard Strat, I got two Strats. I also have a Les Paul Studio, so I've been looking to buy a Gibson with P90s, especially an SG, and all of them go for at least 700 bucks used.
You should suscribe to Scott Grove's groovy DJ channel, really informative and he's always saying that it's not necessary to spend a thousand bucks for guitar, with 500 to 700 bucks, there are a lot of very good options out there.
I was happy to get an Epiphone Les Paul for $350 (well, it was a custom Les Paul though)!!!
+Leigh Foulkes Never really tried Epis before. A bandmate had an Epi SG, I fiddled around with it but found it a bit uncomfortable.
Still can't believe that LP P90 goldtop went that cheap in the vid.
That was at the peoria Sam ash I believe?
WTF?!! A gold top Les Paul with P-90's for $400?!! soooooo jealous :( That's like my dream guitar at my dream price lol
It was a Studio. Still a great deal, but that wasn't a Standard.
+RootsRockRebel ooooooohhh! ok now it makes sense lol I didn't even know studio's came in gold tops.
Other than the binding, what is the difference between the Studio and the Standard? Other than one being 3X the price, of course.
The Studios lack the upscale cosmetic features of the Standards. They don't have body binding, they have decals on the headstock as opposed to actual inlays, they don't pick-guards -- that sort of thing. The bodies are also about an eighth of an inch thinner than LP standards, and Gibson will use woods for the laminate top that they'd reject for LP Standards -- so, you'll almost never see an LP Studio with a truly stunning flame on the laminate top. They don't use tops that look like crap, or anything, but the real gems they reserve for the Standards and Customs. Originally the Studios were also built with alder bodies, as opposed to the Standard's mahogany bodies, but Gibson later switched to using mahogany bodies for the Studios as well after 1985 (I could be off by a year or two on the exact date).
The intent behind the Les Paul Studio was to provide something that was practically sonically indistinguishable from a Les Paul Standard, but at a lower price, for people who didn't care about having all the fancy, pretty dressing on their guitars. The reason they're called "Studio" is because you're supposed to be able to use them in a recording studio (where people can't see the guitar, only hear it on the recording) and nobody would know it's not an actual Les Paul Standard -- only on stage, where people could actually see the guitar, would anyone be able to tell it's not a Les Paul Standard. That being said, a lot of guitarists who've used both swear that while the two models are very close sonically, the Studios do fall slightly, but noticeably short of the sonic qualities of the LP Standard. But, others say they can't tell the difference. So, it's up to a person's individual ears, I guess.
To each is own.. I would never buy a guitar such as that.
Gold - nah / P90's = maybe / Les than a Paul Reed Smith = fuck nah!
LPs are "filthy beasts, but we put up with them for the tone" -Guthrie Govan
I think that looking at USED GEAR really defeated the whole point of the video... What NEW GUITAR AND AMP WOULD YOU BUY WITH $500???
Well he never said anything about new did he ? lol.....
At this price point it is much better to get second hand gear. Honestly, it's easy to find a used guitar that's looks as good as new, and in store they will be set up. Buying new online is probably worse than buying used in store at this price - £300 guitars online won't be set up and may come damaged. If you want new though,
Squier Classic Vibe Strats, Epiphone Les Pauls and ESP LTD's are all good choices, along with a Vox Valvetronix or Blackstar Core ID 10/20.
Agree 100% and he should have tried some fender guitar and amp combo packages.
You’re definitely wrong I’d always go used for better gear on a budget. New doesn’t mean good
I have saved literally thousands on guitars and amps because I bought them used.
I'd find it a lot more interesting if you did this without buying used, since it's not very helpful if you only get stuff you propably aren't going to find anywhere else.
I believe that looking for used stuff is great!!! here in Greece we have so little that most of the used stuff are so highly priced it doesn't even matter. however there seems to be a legit strategy
shoominati23 I feel you man. I didn't play my guitar before buying it. I played sth similar I found on a different store and then I ordered the one I wanted. And it is was a middle range Jackson around 600 euros from x range
Can you buy from Reverb.com? They sell new and used. Very good deals, from time-to-time. Check it out, if you can.
rockbay79 Pretty sure reverb isn't particularly economic in europe. Don't know if they even ship here, but if they do shipment cost and our sales tax would put the prices way out of the bargain range.
ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE
Was it Zeppelin day or something, they must have played all of Physical Graffiti
ten years gone
I caught that when I heard Ten Years Gone, In the Light and Kashmir. Must've been Physical Graffiti day.
Boogie with stu was on too! Best day ever tho 🤷🏼♂️
I guess I'm not the only one to notice
wouldn't it have been ironic if they had played the 4th album and 'Stairway to Heaven" came on?
Only problem with this video is used instruments shouldn't of been an option. Reason I say this is any store will have a different selection & price ranges jump majorly. I just would think looking at new only would of made this a lil more even across the board.
Not to mention, the prices were ridiculously low...I wish I could find prices like this in Oklahoma
I have no issue with used, but agree prices seem higher here in Oklahoma
The 2nd choice Ibanez was new.
To be fair I'd have taken that new Ibanez over the LP anyway, and it was enough cheaper to get both an amp AND a pedal and still be under $500. Madness what you can get on a budget.
Prices in CT and some parts of NY are astronomical. The used sections in the guitar centers around here rarely have good stuff under $800.
i live in the wrong country, that lp probably would have cost 1100 here lol
Yeah mate was just thinking the same. Imagine the joy at finding a Gibson Les Paul for that price in Australia. I did find a 2013 Gibson SGJ for AUD$500 on gumtree and it's one of the best guitars I've ever played.
nice find
1100AUD is 843USD....i guess the cost of getting to Australia doubles the cost?
+Al Abusharif no it's the local distributors mark up. They gouge the hell out of us. It's cheaper for me to fly to the USA and buy a high end Gibson there and fly back with it than it is to buy one locally. Fender are the same.
Australia. They're around the same here I think. With the conversion ofc.
I don't know how they were able to part with that Gibson for $400. First thing I thought is 'what is wrong with it?'. Really good ad for Sam Ash though.
Im pretty sure that model a couple years ago was about $600 new. Pretty low end of the Gibson range but still a US Gibson for $400 thats a crazy deal
maybe it was a Chibson
@@truthseeker7341 ya I was thinking the same thing honestly. All the gold ones i've seen have white pickups. I can't find a used one with black anywhere. Also, the knobs look different as well.
"I don't think we brought enough money." -Guitar Player's Lament
And now, a review of the Fly 3.
Amen!
omg that store has some killer obscure 80's guitars. Heaven!!
I know right? And everything is so freaking cheap! Even for used stuff. 300 bucks for MIJ guitars? I need a piece of that.
Everything is so expensive here in Canada. Even if you ignore the difference in currency values, and adjust for it guitars are still expensive. And used gear for some reason doesn't go into like 1/3 of the original price. Go figure.
did the shop owner play the whole physical graffiti album?
rburkl basically
A Japanese 7-string for $350. Only in US..
@Everything I'm pretty sure it has something to do with old white men... right? Apparently, there is a female spirited (self-loathing, Hellenised Jezebel), man-hating thing (PC culture) coming over the world fast. And the US needs to back off and die because it's so manly (Now that Obama's out).
They are anti metric system
$350 is going to be Indonesian not Japanese
@Everything gtfo
@Everything thanks but thing is my phone's camera is fucked and i did thought about jamming out with an electric guitar after i get one and get really good
I wish we had a Sam Ash around here. From what I've seen in this video, they have approximately 4 times the inventory of my local Guitar Center!
I have two Guitar Centers within an hour of me. The Oklahoma City store is a lot bigger than the Tulsa store, and they have a lot more used inventory. It depends on the size of the market what size store they build.
Young Frankenstein Thanks for the info. My nearest Guitar Center (Tonawanda NY) only has about 15 used guitars on display at a time.
Can I just say, it's amazing that your guitar shop is in a place that looks EXACTLY like "Tonewood".
Mark Cheetah theres 8 in the NYC area within an hour away from me...sad part I visit these stores more than I practice looking for used guitars.
Mini Surf Guitar speculation is an amazingly fun hobby. I just recently landed an Epiphone Dave Navarro "Jane" acoustic/electric that retails at GC for $659 at a shop that had it marked down because the G had fret buzz. I got out the door with it for $189. I put a new bone nut on it and sold it for $550 in a $45 dreadnought case that I found marked down to half price on Musician's Friend.
Awesome guitar, too. I would have kept it if I had played it before I told her I was flipping it. Ebony fretboard, bone nut, and the coolest inlays ever created.
Thanks for the advice, but I called Sam ash asking for that les Paul at that price and the guy started laughing at me.
This store is insane. Such a good collection and great prices. I wish we had this kind of stores in my country...in most of our stores the prices are twice as big and very small range of guitars. Usually each store sells a specific brand. In 500$ all you will find would be a cheap squier or cort.
Great Guy Glick: I am going to buy a guitar, but I will have to research this to death and wouldn't be able to make up my mind until the next Black Friday or until Man Friday gets pregnant.
@Vincent 500 USD.
Cort is a third party manufacturer for s lot of brands
Nice video
You have lovely hair
I'm sorry
lol
RaJa 000 😂
@@KBlock-kg6hp bruh that probably demolished their self esteem
😂😂😂😂
lol I can't stop laughing
Man O man ...if i had a music store with this much variety, Id need to build another room in my house just for guitars !!! Gibson les paul for $400 Wow !
A $400 les Paul with p-90s? That thing was either broken at some point or stolen. Think about it. Someone actually sold that probably once $2000+ guitar for $200 to that store.
It is a tribute guitar. They went for about 800 new.
Cheapest "Gibson" you`ll find... no binding, not as well made.... if it was a strat it would be similar to a made-in-mexico.. but for this les paul it`s one step up from Epiphone with Gibson on the headstock.
stolen guitar dont buy
Wrong. Sam ash always had $399-$499 matte les Paul's back I. 2011-2015. Don't know why.
All these years I thought Sam Ash was just an online store haha.
It was just be an online store eventually.
I used to shop at our local Sam Ash in Glendale, AZ this was like 20 years ago. You just never know what you'll find at Sam Ash.
You should make this again with the $600 Covid relief. 😂
xD I'd watch
My £500 rig
(aka my current rig cos I'm 14 and poor)
Orange Micro Dark head £129
Vox 1x12 cab £109
Epiphone Les Paul traditional pro (on offer) £279
Okay £510, but that's not that bad, right?
that's $665 american which would put you well over his limit
Not bad at all
nice rig m8
+Jimmy Parris good words...
The Epiphone LP 60s Tribute Plus beats it, but is more expensive.
5:50 and just after with the captions on. hahaha
🤣🤣🤣
It does sound like he is saying the N word
hahahahahahha
Lmfao wtf
@@justjason3136 IT ACTUALLY DOES! LMAO
This just showed up in my YT suggested videos. I remember watching it when it first came out. Sadly, the days of finding a Les Paul for $400 are long gone!
I still have an old gorilla amp that I love cranking, the absolute crap sound is nice lol
Irish Kid Productions I’ve seen a few at my local Music Go Round.
I bought an old Gorilla in a pawn shop a while back, just for nostalgia. They are a unique part of guitar history, tons of people had them, and I think they are cool.
Who else’s hears Kashmir in the background at the beginning
You can hear plant's wail from a mile away
Not just kashmir, but pretty much all of the physical graffiti songs
Ooooo oooo yeaaaaa eeeeeaaaaahhh
Lmao Kashmir is my walkup song in baseball
@@JVolpe-qg4en yeah i noticed too, the manager must be a big zeppelin guy, like myself lol
Damn, I never realized how thin those S-Series Ibanez guitars are.
A little weird to me, but I'm using a hybrid jazzmaster and jaguar guitar called the Jagmaster. Its a little thick, but not super so. Been a long time since I've been to a guitar store. So cool
Wow! used guitars in USA are super cheap and so much choice in that guitar shop.
No wonder all you gear heads in the US own so many guitars.
Yeah that was ridiculous. Up here in rural canada everything is double that unless you want to look at the wall of cheap squires
@Lord_haven111 Find me the Larrivee I want and let's trade hah
But every cheap used guitar has been bought expensively at some point of time...
WTF?!?!?! A Gibson P90 for $399?!?!?!
I literally hated my life for a few second.
I was just like how the hell is there a Gibson for $400 especially one with P 90s like what the hell
Watching this is 2024 is insane. You can't even buy a Squire for those prices. $400 Gibson?! There are $1800 Epiphones for sale 😵💫
Remember back when it was the Peavey Backstage instead of Blackstar amps? Ugh! God I hated that stupid Saturation, but when you're 14 and you want to play stuff liek Iron Maiden 7 Judas Priest, and that's what you can afford, that's what you get.
My first guitar was a Memphis brand Les Paul that my dad bought me for Christmas in 1977 for around $150 from "The Doo-Wop Shop" when we lived in Louisville, KY. My first amp was a Univox solid state amp that was about a 50 or 60 watt combo that was either a 2x10" or a 10" & a 12" - instead of the speakers being side by side, they were one over top of the other. My dad bought the amp from some guy used for like $50 in January or February of 1978. The amp had a great clean tone, but no overdrive, and no matter how loud I turned it up, it never gave me the "KISS Sound" I was looking for, so I rarely ever messed with it. I was like 9. Had guitar lessons, and eventually learned about distortion pedals (an older friend had the original RAT pedal and that was the first one I'd seen.)
I LOVE my Peavey Amps, in all shapes & forms, and even the Sat control.........
for $500 budget i would get used equipment...i would look for a morshal code amp and something like a jackson with a floyd rose and 24 frets
A Morshal amp with a Guybson Las Pole guitar and some NXR pedals! That'll really save you some bucks!
that store must love led zeppelin
Who doesn't?
1:48
I think i had stroke...
I had that same gold top with cream p-90's. Hell of a guitar. I was in it at $800 used with a Gibson case. $400. Wow. I see your death grip on it the rest of the video. ;-)
He's so happy there, like a musician in a music store
The Gibson was an unusual find and a great choice, but that was very rare. The amp had no bottom end and seemed tinny compared to the earlier blackstar you used. I didn't notice you trying out any Vox or Line 6 amps which would be my preference. Fender Mustang is also very good for the price.
Les Paul's need to be excluded from these types of videos. Almost every "I have this amount of money so let's see what I can buy" type videos always end up with the person buying a les Paul. This is my first time watching one of your videos and you can play amazing, looking forward to watching your other videos. Just wanted to put in my 2 cents on the Les Paul thing.
just shows that LPs are among the best guitars out there. I'm not even from USA, and I bought 2011 LP traditional in Sam Ash (while livingin US), the best god damn sounding guitar I've ever played.
When I saw the titles i would of NEVER guessed that you got a Gibson Les Paul, an amp, and money to spare for $500
I recently bought a “Sub Zero” (Gear fo music) guitar, for £140 and I was pretty sure it was going to be crap. Thing is, it isn’t, it’s actually great fun, stays in tune remarkably well (better than my B&G crossroads for example) neck straight, P90’s etc. Frets needed filing and pups needed screwing down, but it’s quickly become my home go to guitar. I’m sure it’s made of wooden crates and matchwood, but who cares, it sounds and plays great!
One thing to note; it arrived in a cardboard box; no padding, no protection, polystyrene etc. The fact it arrived in one piece means the build must be fairly ok....
Really. Where is there a USA Gibson les Paul for $399. I don't get it.
probably a chibson
@@someguitarist2729 Guitar stores can't sell counterfeit.
All Gibsons are USA made.
Hey, that's my local sam ash. Hope to someday run into ol' Phillip there.... That'd be sweet.
@@ericb.1384 pause. Hes in arizona?
Loaded Buggy new haven right?
Blitz why so u say that?
4:45 i dont know why this bugs me so much. Nothing serious, but listening to people fail to tune to drop d gets to me 😂
I missed that haha hilarious :D
I couldn't care less. I mind my own business
@@fendertremolo9793 calm down there, Dalai Lama. admittedly i wouldn't comment something as cringey and 'i'm a guitarist look at me'-ish nowadays but it was really more of a comment about noticeable slight imperfections that irk people (like one road tile out of place). nothing judgemental or about anyone's business
I like looking at the guitars in stores like that. But I never feel comfortable playing a guitar in a store. Thumbs up if that's you too.
Why this video sucks. I love Phil and his channel but the parameter should have been 'what I would buy NEW for $500'. Buying a used guitar with a crazy markdown doesn't help any viewer at all since that's a one-off. If the idea was to educate and inform the budget should have been for new pieces so a viewer could gain some insight. Who WOULDN'T buy that Gibson? Good luck in finding a deal like that especially these days.
Americans have it so good. in Canada,the only chain we have is long and mcquade which only has about 40 guitars and 20 of them are squiers
you guys have it Good too. im from guyana and the best guitar you can get over here is a chinese made guitar for $200usd. it completely sucks. And guitar music isnt even big over here.
Try Capitalism... It's good M'Kay?
Socialism SO Sucks. Go@ damn Hillary Care.
Srsly im from the Philippines and I haven't seen a guitar store that big also if there was it would be probably full of local guitars and atleast 2-5 gibsons or ibanez
Karmin Chylyn may store sa sm north edsa punong puno ng gibson saka fender saka music man, pero bnew lahat so $$$
Shop Ebay or Aliexpress
The only guitar stores near me have absolute shit compared to what other stores have.
Josh Battershell i know right. the place near me has crap equipment and i had it cleaned by what im guessing was the luthier and he tried to grill me on i need a tuner because he had to tune it and adjust the rod and then stopped when u said i had it adjusted for c standard tuning lol what a joker
Josh Battershell
Josh Battershell I like my local music shop, theyre nice, knowledgeable people who'll give you some great deals on new gear;however, they can't stock anything that nice because we live in a small town and it would never get sold. You got to think about it from the businesses perspective, they can't just go out and get 20 new les Pauls when they know they can't even sell one. You can always order stuff through the music shop but at that point it may be cheaper to go online.
If you are confident in your ability to identify what guitars people want, use the market situation to your advantage.
First save up money, then travel to a major city (ideally where you can stay with relatives or friends for free, or you can couch surf or something to get accommodation costs down). Anyway, make sure it is a city with a great selection of guitars and stiff competition between guitar stores.
Bring as much cash as you can, or use a credit card. Shop around carefully. Buy as many great deal guitars (that you think will be resellable) as you can afford, go back home - sell all of them to other people in your area, except for the guitar you like the most. Make sure you charge enough money in between to pay for your expenses and as much as possible of the guitar you choose to keep.
(If you aren't confident about how many guitars you can sell locally, then sell the guitars on eBay instead. Make sure you allow international buyers if you want access to a larger market.)
Most ridiculous rule of the world: countries when you make tons of money have cheaper stuff.
2:16 so you’re just gonna look over the paul stanley iceman like that? Jk man, but seriously.
Little did he know, he was going to be stuck at home for months 4 years later.
I’d buy a Squier telecaster, an orange crush and spent the rest on setup and upgrades for the tele
Snobdoggle it would depend on the quality and feel of it first. I got a Squier affinity strat and it has a neck that I just love so I upgraded it
I wouldn't
Fender Tremolo you wouldn’t what?? Your reply lacks any backbone and doesn’t really do anything to communicate any point at all.
Snobdoggle cable
This happens to be my exact setup and it's great
Nice deal on the LP. However, I would have suffered through something a bit cheaper (yet still really comfortable) and gone bigger on the amp. I went on Music123 / Musician's friend to check out what I'd buy with $500 and here's what I came up with:JACKSON JS-22 DINKY...(new)...$199PEAVEY VYPYR VIP 3, 100W , 1 x 12 COMBO AMP..(new)..$299
Can't believe that LP was so cheap
yarbgreat1 because it used thats why lp have a low price
it's one of the 2013 goldtop studio models, they weren't very expensive back then :)
@@joshuaoberting17 Tribute to China.
@@joshuaoberting17 nope. They've been cutting corners on the parts. That's why they're not in a very good financial state the company. They think the customers are as foolish as some that believe that everything Gibson made is made in America. Watch Phillip's newer videos, he talked about having have to fix Gibson LP with cheap outsourced parts
Anton Basuki they’re not in a good state because they went public
not a bad sounding amp these days
laughs in line-6 spider v
Oops a tube snob that doesnt know how to dial a tone
Timmynator k
One of the only truly bad sounding amps
@@michealgray533 cause you never managed to dial a good tone 😂😂😂
Timmynator possibly but I’ve personally challenged 4 people to try and get a good vintage distortion tone out of that amp and I just can and neither could they. If you have amp setting I would be very interested
Just picked up the same gold top, saw it hanging on used wall and it kept screaming "take me home bro"! What else could i do...
Wish I had other options, guitar center sucks. I always feel uncomfortable
Can't ever go wrong with P90s. Sounds and looks beautiful.
If I lived that side of the pond with a guitar centre like that I’d own a a large guitar collection.I know it’s four years ago but those prices are crazy
Even people from the US are shocked by the prices. Aside from the gibby, a used Fernandez sustainer guitar for 300?! I even saw an iceman guitar in the background and it was on the bottom it had to cheap too.
That 013 Gibson LP tribute 50s he bought is 3 times that price today.
I'll say I like your blues style better than rob chapman's shredding
chapman plays blues too
@@devs3720 Chapman shreds blue shite.
This guy is a beginnermediate. I don't know what crack ur smokin. Rob is way better
Looking for a gibson les paul? Search on AliExpress for it. Yes its a Chibson but with the quality like Epiphone. And for those nuggets who think Gibson is very much better then Epiphone?... i tested a real Gibson lp classic vs an Epiphone lp standard. They did really the same job. Only diverence are the logo on headstock, some of the wood material and the pickups. But they are really good comparable. Gibson is overpriced bcs of the name/brand.
I just can't believe the Blackstar Fly sounds as good as it does.
just like a kid in a candy store !!! love it
If I were to do this today as a beginner I'd buy a Positive Grid Spark amp for $270 and a Yamaha Pacifica for $200.
I just bought a new Squier Bullet Mustang HH for $150, spent $65 on a setup, and it plays as good or better than any $1000+ Fender I've ever owned. Sounds decent, but not great, so I'm fishing for pickups for it.
Great Video!!! Please do more videos like this in the Music Store! Very helpful, thanks
You’ll probably never find another Gibson, that nice for $399 ever again.👍🤘🏼🤷♂️ Do you still own the guitar?
Only REAL guitarists know that the answer is a First Act Adam Levine edition + Either a marshall code red or a line 6 spider 3
I was thinking Hello Kitty Squire and an old Crate g40 but you may be on to something with that AL edition. lol
Or a home shopping network Esteban combo special
I've spent about 9 grand in that exact store.
i hope you get loyalty discounts here and there.
What did you buy?
Garnet Bezanson Let's see... bass, bass stack, couple of acoustic guitars, electric guitar, ukes, combo amp, practice amp, 24-track Digital recorder, a few mics, a few effects, conga drums, cymbals, various percussion, electronic piano, recording software, lots of accessories of every kind... I really can't remember it all. Come to think of it, might have spent more. :/
Love you Phil, but the spirit of the question means new gear, not used. Used gear involves lucky opportunity.
the guy shredding in the background at 9:56
jamie c on the floor lol
A two note tap. Shredding he is not.
You had a difficult time letting that Les Paul out of your hand let alone out of sight... then the price tag suddenly disappeared.
Funny. Nice find! The Gorilla was a part of my early life as well and that thing was a hot mess of distorted pleasure. We took every opportunity to knock on it but the price was in line for a teen's budget.
wtf is this Sam Ash? I would have bought every single one of those MIJ Ibanez. Even in 2016.
I would tell my choice before watching the.video. just for fun.
I bought a MIM Telecaster for $500 and for another $500 I would add a Fender Blues Juniour or Bugera V40 :)
Tele and a booze jr. Perfect Toanz all the way.
don't exactly know why but I laughed so hard at "toanz".
+David RF spend 5 minutes on this subreddit and everything will be clear. www.reddit.com/r/guitarcirclejerk/
HAHAHAHAHAHA that link made my fucking day, some of DOSE POSE'TS xD
+Marshall Testa i posted lots of stuff :D
I’ve never seen someone who can play guitar well and pick up a guitar at guitar center and go “this sounds awful” they always say “this sounds pretty good”
A gibson les paul goldtop for 400 dollars is not a realistic find, of course thats what you would buy if you could find it. If I walked into a guitar shop and saw a Gibson les paul or sg for 400 I'd buy it on the spot, even if I had to put it on the credit card.
Score on the Les Paul! I'm looking at all the used prices you have there in Arizona and they are MUCH lower than in the RI area. We don't have Sam Ash, but our Guitar Center asks ridiculous prices for used gear.
If it helps any, I wanted to see what GC did for markups so I sold them an old PRS I had. They gave me $180 with the case and the next day it was on the site used for $299. I talked to the manager about the markup and he said that they are allowed to discount their used gear up to 15%, but they get to pick and choose when. Try it next time. Also, don't *EVER* buy a used guitar from their website without calling the store and having an employee put their hands on it and check it out for you. If it's over $300 ask them to e-mail you some more pictures, too. If you like it, call back and have the employee that did the work ring it up for you so that they get the commission. They can even go to the manager with your offer!
Here in CT, guitar center usually has pretty good deals on used (because they give close to nothing for them). Never been to the Sam Ash.
which guitar center, Jon? I'm guessing you're close to NY City?
+krelbar All of the CT Guitar Centers. Southington has the best deals out of the ones I've been to (Orange, Manchester, Southington.) it's small though.
Closest one to me is Manchester and its 1hour 20 minutes. Usually if I want to find a deal, I go to Speen St in Natick...about an hour. Just have to say that RI, Millbury and N. Attleboro sucks...especially for Used gear
Great choices! So glad you went with the Gibson/Blackstar; what a great combo for the price. Love the video. Would love to see this as a series/giveaway type deal.
2021 here, the thought of buying even a used tribute gold top gibson lp for that price is fucking crazy lol man have they inflated recently
3:33 There are bad sounding amps (Line 6 Spider)
I bought a Kramer Baretta and Fender Mustang amp for 450 bucks, for the pair. And it's probably my favourite gear. And I've got other guitars in the 2k range. It's not all about money. Lots of cheap guitars are freaking awesome quality
you speak the truth. I have a Gibson SG standard i paid a little over $1k for a few years back and recently in the past 2 months I bought a new G&L Legacy Tribute for $400 and a used G&L Fallout Tribute for only $300! Both actually sound and play fantastic. Still love using my cheap used Boss Katana with all these guitars also.
That Sam ash has an awesome used section. Just the japanese Ibanez’s alone and the Gibson les Paul is a steal.
why doesn't America just add tax to the item already instead of when you have to pay
Because every state, county and city has its own sales tax rates as voted by its citizens. Alaska, Oregon, Montana, Delaware & New Hampshire have no sales tax. It’s actually simpler to separate the sales tax.
Uncle Mayhem not really. Not including the sales tax is by far more confusing BECAUSE every state has a different tax.
I go back and forth to Japan a lot. In every kind of store in Japan, they list prices both with and without tax. You’re right; in the US I have to ask what the tax rate is if I don’t already know, and calculate it.
Uncle Mayhem Same in Japan, down to the locality, but they still list all prices with and without tax.
Uncle Mayhem cause this is america and nothing can be simple
Where’s this Sam Ash at?! I would seriously travel to it. One to look at all of those guitars, and two to listen to all that Zep
My guess is Phoenix. . . looks like Arizona plates in the parking lot, and the sales tax was 8.6%. . .
RIP Sam Ash. My favorite guitar store in the valley 😢
I feel so validated that you thought the Blackstar Fly 3 was awesome, lol. That is my only amp right now and I love it, but I am new and sometimes feel like maybe I only love it because I dont know any better!
For that price the headstock snapped and was glued back together.thats the only way
Nah, that's only around $150 or so lower than market value, and it has P90s which tend not to be in high demand. If they had it a while and it wasn't selling I could understand that price, especially in 2016 versus today.
It's too obvious when they glue the headstock back on, he would have spotted it.
Not if you're good at covering the crack
Watched this again I'm still blown away at those cheap prices
That is crazy prices good video liked and subscribed Cheers !