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@@phylumofdoom I'm not a fan of the channel, and I think the guy is kind of douchie, but he gives a lot of gear to people, so I don't go in on his channel myself. In the end, I feel like he is a net good for the guitar community, even if I can't make it through any of his videos, lol.
I saw someone with a skin tight Affliction shirt at the grocery the other day. I bet you can picture the guy without having seen him. Typical Affliction fan, lol.
I used to see their ads all the time back when I had a Facebook account. Thought about getting a bass out of curiosity until I saw they were charging about $50 to make it playable. Not surprised to see they were shady.
I remember carrying those guitars in the shop I worked at. They sent us a prototype bass with a custom color specifically for my boss. The finish felt like the kind of paint you paint your house with. Needless to say we didn't sell very many and stopped carrying them fairly shortly after
@TheCadegoodspeed45 it's just short for the founders name, Bernardo Chavez Rico, and was actually a great brand that made high quality guitars... once upon a time.
I'd save the money for a midi sequencer if you want to listen to exotic scales playing ascending and descending, repeatedly. That's 99% of Rick's "licks" when he's not shilling garbage.
I knew Darrell or Dimebag back to when he was maybe 18 or so. Hearing Pantera mentioned still gets me. He was always a great guy and really believed he would make it but I did not see it coming back then. Now I will be a bit sad.
Always was curious about these guitars but never bought one because didn’t care for the looks and the price was a bit high for what you were getting. Stayed with brands like Harley Benton and Firefly. I’m sure there’s more to this story. Will be interesting to see how it plays out.
I would love to know what the deal is with Vorona guitars who made official custom built Cradle of Filth licensed guitars at almost 5k an instrument who ran from a dodgy facebook group and their actual web page as far as i know doesnt even exist anymore. I couldn't find ANYTHING about them online or videos of anyone using them or even demoing them...so bizarre! but would love to see if you could find something. Im sure with a big named band like Cradle there is a interesting Sixstringtv video :)
I was JUST thinking of HLK this morning, and to catch this video is so strangely welcome. I saw HLK advertising many many years ago, and almost saved up enough to buy one, but never pulled the trigger after my dad assured me my strat was enough. He was right, and to see how F'd I would have been makes current me laugh at 13 year old me and how damn naive I was.
dude i am literally playing my hardluck kings tele as we speak. my dad bought a telecaster as well from them so we could mod it right when everything started to go down. the scam wasn't initiated yet, and thats why we bought from them. i feel so ashamed to love this guitar now even though it is a brilliant instrument. sucks that he won''t get his tele though.
The HLK guitars I've bought over the years all played fine. One had some sharp fret ends, a bit of filing fixed that. The single coils in their tele and strat style guitars didn't sound bad; just rather unremarkable. I replaced them all. The humbuckers in the LP, Firebird & Explorer style guitars actually sounded pretty good to me. I did replace several of them, just for the sake of variety. I wouldn't describe them as mediocre at all, at least the ones I have. They compare favorably to Epiphones and Squiers IMHO. The finishes were what set them apart, flame and quilt tops, others with neon green or orange. All that being said, yeah, pretty dirty way to go out. Screwing honest people trying to buy your products.
I bought one of their tele clones in like 2015 or so wjen they wrre having a 99 dollar flash sale. Bought it as a mod project. Its exactly what you would expect for the price lol. Kinda wish i had bought a squier instead.
I purchased one of their "Outlaw" (Flying V) guitars about 8 years ago... I'm not in their "cult" mentality, but for what I paid (about $280usd including shipping), it's a decent guitar. Maybe I got lucky with it. Too bad for the customers (and OEM factory) that got scammed.
I only ever considered ordering something from them once and it was just a hardcase for 50 bucks. I decided against it because i didnt want a case with the hardluck king branding lol
kinda of sounds like the guy might have died or gone to prison or something. kind of hard to refund peoples money or otherwise wrap up loose ends in those situations.
Wait, so these people thought their $250 HLK was actually made in the USA and not just a drop shipped pos from China rebranded for Harley riders with chain drive wallets? Oh, that's gotta hurt 🤣 At least they got a cool tshirt to model at the Ed Hardy conventions.
its on i got your back on this one he should fill orders then shut down not filling already paid orders is stealing and all you got to do send his name and the info you found to the fBI internet scam site he will be investigated and force to pay it all back plus jail time
I have friends that bought HLK guitars. Every one of them was Junk. Loose and broken hardware, Horrid Electronics, Iffy at best hide glue and finish work, sharp af fret work,etc.... You get what you paid for......Junk.
HLK seemed to have interesting offerings, like a 5-string Flying V or explorer bass and unusual finish colors, but the construction and materials always looked so poorly designed, their claims of being "designed in the US" always seemed sketch to me.
Doesn't sound like a scam, sounds like someone hit a significant problem in their personal or professional lives and found themselves in a position to not be able to fulfill their commitments and is handling it poorly. Scams are different, they are designed to deceive, like you said 14 years isn't evidence of that. But something happened. People should just do the chargebacks and get their funds and this brand will likely just disappear forever.
I bought one of their "showroom" guitars. Looked like it was one that didn't get sold. The build of The guitar was complete genetic garbage. Everything about it was sub par. Only paid 150 us so I didn't feel too.ripped. Their ig page used to show clips of the guitars getting set up. Looked like it was done out of a storage unit, really just screamed unprofessional
@@sixstringtv1 Oddly enough when I did some googling none of the photos of Kirk with the yellow guitar showed the headstock. And that photo with the shirt doesn't show his face either...
It is a little offensive to throw in Mark Wahlberg in this exposion tbh. He has nothing to do with the topic and his legacy in music shall not be sullied with your words about another Mark. Please remember Marky Mark brought us hits like: music for the people, you gotta believe or good vibrations. How dare you bringing in his name and soil it with this filth! 🤢🤢😝
I have never owned one of these guitars mainly because I know better. I also heard that the dude behind all of it was a bit of a prick, especially when grievances were made regarding one of their guitars. But starting your video making fun of an age group is a bad look, bro. Sure, the die hards in this need to face reality, but outright being a d bag when talking about anyone who enjoy something you don't is LAZY and classless. 🤷♂️ YT journalism at its best. And I know it's not just you, bro. Mentioned it as a blanket statement.
@@mwoodlarks3121 For real. The right is currently pushing for a candidate that shits themselves in court and they're proud of the fact that he's in diapers. It's terrifying
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Seems that the company has fallen on some....wait for it.......wait.... for it........"HARD LUCK"! 🤣🤣
Insert CSI Miami meme here.
ba-dum-tum...tshh!
More like the customers did and by the name alone they knew what they were in for 🤣
Music Is Win catching strays
Always
Did I miss a video about music is win? I've heard it referenced a few times lately and feel I missed something.
@OrbitalDeathRay: Yeah, I heard it in this video. I just didn't know if there was a whole video where he had explained his dislike in more detail.
@@phylumofdoom I'm not a fan of the channel, and I think the guy is kind of douchie, but he gives a lot of gear to people, so I don't go in on his channel myself. In the end, I feel like he is a net good for the guitar community, even if I can't make it through any of his videos, lol.
I don't mind him. His opinions are well thought out and he's a great player. Some of his videos are pretty awesome
See, if I had a company called hard luck kings and I wanted to give my customers a title, I’d just call them Kings, it’s right there!
Hell at least Princes.
Somehow seems better than what they actually went with, yeah
That would be way too “woke” for that entire demographic 😂
I somehow imagined that it’s supposed to be called “Rad Bastard” but some old dude got it mixed up and it officially became “Rat Bastard” instead 😂
Don't worry...
The Blues Lawyer is looking into this. Stay tuned.
HLK is the Affliction of guitar brands
What about spear guitars? Remember them?
I saw someone with a skin tight Affliction shirt at the grocery the other day. I bet you can picture the guy without having seen him. Typical Affliction fan, lol.
Within the last week 60 Cycle Hum talked about why they don't like Hard Luck Kings and now I'm seeing this. Sounds like a real winner brand
And i sent them the ad ;)
Maybe s bit coincidental
Ive been playing since the late 80s and I and none of the people I jam with have ever heard of Hardluck Guitars.
Who would buy from a company called "Hard luck" ? That's like buying from a company called "Tough S#it" 😂
Ah yes, 2010. When the guitar choices for a beginner were either Squier or firewood
I used to see their ads all the time back when I had a Facebook account. Thought about getting a bass out of curiosity until I saw they were charging about $50 to make it playable. Not surprised to see they were shady.
I remember carrying those guitars in the shop I worked at. They sent us a prototype bass with a custom color specifically for my boss. The finish felt like the kind of paint you paint your house with. Needless to say we didn't sell very many and stopped carrying them fairly shortly after
As a fellow Goldstein, I must say we're not all like that XD
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Honestly, looks like you are.
The fact that you’re wearing an Obscura shirt and you look exactly like Rafael Trujillo is hilarious.
😭😭😭
Hardluck kings is the most cringe brand name ever, it sounds like FFDP's in-house brand.
Brass knuckle crown ✊👑
Lol ever heard of BC Rich? Haha
@@TheCadegoodspeed45 That's a guys name at least.
@TheCadegoodspeed45 it's just short for the founders name, Bernardo Chavez Rico, and was actually a great brand that made high quality guitars... once upon a time.
@@TheCadegoodspeed45 you aint lumping BC Rich in here
This is actually wild
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You got great content. Great video. Never heard of this company.
Watching this while drinking a beer and wearing my pantera shirt. I would say walk on home but your already there.
😂
Love the shirt ❤ and your videos. Always a good day when you post a new video.
This video is you at your best, man.
Weird Pantera hate aside...
Good video man.
It’s not his fault, the boarder-line neck-beard is inhibiting clear thought.
It's probably just mild Virtue Signalling, tbh.
As a paying customer, Mr. Beato has interesting channels, but his perma-peddled products are dog shit.
I'd save the money for a midi sequencer if you want to listen to exotic scales playing ascending and descending, repeatedly.
That's 99% of Rick's "licks" when he's not shilling garbage.
@@murphyman104What on earth are you talking about???
sounds like a wealthy guitar scammer seeing as Mark is in real estate
Wow...I have had a couple of those (still have the Lady Luck (Explorer clone).
I knew Darrell or Dimebag back to when he was maybe 18 or so. Hearing Pantera mentioned still gets me. He was always a great guy and really believed he would make it but I did not see it coming back then. Now I will be a bit sad.
That obscura shirt is fire btw! I have two of their shirts. Really love Steffens band
Always was curious about these guitars but never bought one because didn’t care for the looks and the price was a bit high for what you were getting. Stayed with brands like Harley Benton and Firefly. I’m sure there’s more to this story. Will be interesting to see how it plays out.
I will truly miss the HOSS ads
How do I know you are not scamming me? lol.
Wow, I had been considering trying one of their guitars for a few years, now. So glad I didn't.
I’ve never heard of this company
I have a Lady HLK Guitar lol I got it like 10+ years ago. Very cheap feeling guitar but played pretty good.
Does Germany have milk stores? I'm kind of intrigued, lol.
nope
Why would anyone need an entire store, only for milk?
@@marvintimke3978 I don't know. He was the one who said something about milk stores, lol. I'd never heard of one, lol.
I would love to know what the deal is with Vorona guitars who made official custom built Cradle of Filth licensed guitars at almost 5k an instrument who ran from a dodgy facebook group and their actual web page as far as i know doesnt even exist anymore. I couldn't find ANYTHING about them online or videos of anyone using them or even demoing them...so bizarre! but would love to see if you could find something. Im sure with a big named band like Cradle there is a interesting Sixstringtv video :)
I almost ordered form them to
I was JUST thinking of HLK this morning, and to catch this video is so strangely welcome. I saw HLK advertising many many years ago, and almost saved up enough to buy one, but never pulled the trigger after my dad assured me my strat was enough. He was right, and to see how F'd I would have been makes current me laugh at 13 year old me and how damn naive I was.
Bro, calling Andrew Wang "friend" in the message killed me
"Would you like some scams with your scam?" - this channel.
😂 @ 8:08 .
I love Yoshi's island !
dude i am literally playing my hardluck kings tele as we speak. my dad bought a telecaster as well from them so we could mod it right when everything started to go down. the scam wasn't initiated yet, and thats why we bought from them. i feel so ashamed to love this guitar now even though it is a brilliant instrument. sucks that he won''t get his tele though.
The HLK guitars I've bought over the years all played fine. One had some sharp fret ends, a bit of filing fixed that. The single coils in their tele and strat style guitars didn't sound bad; just rather unremarkable. I replaced them all. The humbuckers in the LP, Firebird & Explorer style guitars actually sounded pretty good to me. I did replace several of them, just for the sake of variety. I wouldn't describe them as mediocre at all, at least the ones I have. They compare favorably to Epiphones and Squiers IMHO. The finishes were what set them apart, flame and quilt tops, others with neon green or orange.
All that being said, yeah, pretty dirty way to go out. Screwing honest people trying to buy your products.
They should change their name to EdgeLord Fail Queens
I always thought they were a cringe brand.
I bought one of their tele clones in like 2015 or so wjen they wrre having a 99 dollar flash sale. Bought it as a mod project. Its exactly what you would expect for the price lol. Kinda wish i had bought a squier instead.
Hold up, they started in 2010? I thought they were an early 2000's company.
I swear it looked like they were trying to imply that Kirk Windstein is a proud rat bastard.
They absolutely were, they pushed that shit really hard
Goldstein..?
Every single time.
Much like TTM guitars
Those shirts will be $300 on eBay in a year from now
I purchased one of their "Outlaw" (Flying V) guitars about 8 years ago... I'm not in their "cult" mentality, but for what I paid (about $280usd including shipping), it's a decent guitar. Maybe I got lucky with it. Too bad for the customers (and OEM factory) that got scammed.
Suprised Ratt hasn't used that one for their fans
What are the fanbois saying now?
I only ever considered ordering something from them once and it was just a hardcase for 50 bucks. I decided against it because i didnt want a case with the hardluck king branding lol
kinda of sounds like the guy might have died or gone to prison or something. kind of hard to refund peoples money or otherwise wrap up loose ends in those situations.
Or he bounced to Thailand
Walmart guitar in 2010: $100, Epiphone Les Paul LP in 2019: $150
Thank god they're gone! Those guitars were GARBAGE...
I don't think they even designed them. I'm sure that I've been seeing those same designs and finishes for years on Aliexpress.
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Having avoided the FB cesspool, I have never heard of these guys. I own several Carvins/Kiesels/Warmoth and I'm very happy.
Don’t buy guitars from California real estate brokers
bro u dont know that.. my dad is coming back for sure... its only been like 15 yrs
This seems like a Walmart knockoff of the BRJ Black Friday debacle from years back.
he will not like when guitar YT comes.
He will move to Iceland when guitar 4 chan comes....
I bought one for my brother as a gift. What a piece of crap. It’s absolute junk.
The milk store????
Fuck yea obscura!
Wait, so these people thought their $250 HLK was actually made in the USA and not just a drop shipped pos from China rebranded for Harley riders with chain drive wallets? Oh, that's gotta hurt 🤣
At least they got a cool tshirt to model at the Ed Hardy conventions.
😂😂
I have a HLK Jazzcaster
I had never heard of these guitars until I started seeing them PLASTERED all over my local Facebook Marketplace.
Always been a hard pass!
They've gone under actually, good riddance
its on i got your back on this one he should fill orders then shut down not filling already paid orders is stealing and all you got to do send his name and the info you found to the fBI internet scam site he will be investigated and force to pay it all back plus jail time
I have friends that bought HLK guitars. Every one of them was Junk. Loose and broken hardware, Horrid Electronics, Iffy at best hide glue and finish work, sharp af fret work,etc.... You get what you paid for......Junk.
I mustache you a question: did you look in the mirror before shooting this video?
I sneezed halfway through shooting and it did that 😩
Shitzinpants limited edition.
HLK seemed to have interesting offerings, like a 5-string Flying V or explorer bass and unusual finish colors, but the construction and materials always looked so poorly designed, their claims of being "designed in the US" always seemed sketch to me.
I like and buy used Fender guitars. Nothing else matters.
Doesn't sound like a scam, sounds like someone hit a significant problem in their personal or professional lives and found themselves in a position to not be able to fulfill their commitments and is handling it poorly. Scams are different, they are designed to deceive, like you said 14 years isn't evidence of that. But something happened. People should just do the chargebacks and get their funds and this brand will likely just disappear forever.
Hey! I'm middle aged! 😄
I bought one of their "showroom" guitars. Looked like it was one that didn't get sold. The build of The guitar was complete genetic garbage. Everything about it was sub par. Only paid 150 us so I didn't feel too.ripped. Their ig page used to show clips of the guitars getting set up. Looked like it was done out of a storage unit, really just screamed unprofessional
How the hell did they get Kirk Windstein to pose with that? Is this even real? I've been following Crowbar and Kirk for ages and never saw this...
Probably money lmao
@@sixstringtv1 Oddly enough when I did some googling none of the photos of Kirk with the yellow guitar showed the headstock. And that photo with the shirt doesn't show his face either...
It is a little offensive to throw in Mark Wahlberg in this exposion tbh. He has nothing to do with the topic and his legacy in music shall not be sullied with your words about another Mark. Please remember Marky Mark brought us hits like: music for the people, you gotta believe or good vibrations. How dare you bringing in his name and soil it with this filth! 🤢🤢😝
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Why did you need to bash pantera listeners.
>Goldstein
Oy Vey...
I have never owned one of these guitars mainly because I know better. I also heard that the dude behind all of it was a bit of a prick, especially when grievances were made regarding one of their guitars. But starting your video making fun of an age group is a bad look, bro. Sure, the die hards in this need to face reality, but outright being a d bag when talking about anyone who enjoy something you don't is LAZY and classless. 🤷♂️ YT journalism at its best. And I know it's not just you, bro. Mentioned it as a blanket statement.
Metal guitar player that hates on pantera, yeah I'll pass on your content lol
Didn't ask
Came for the newS, left coz of the news kid 😂😅
I hate seeing another Mark do something stupid. This makes us all look bad.
American politics suck, I hate the culture war, I just want to be gay and happy
America needs to get off the right-wing reactionary train before it's too late.
@@mwoodlarks3121 facts, it's getting scary tbh. I'm in canada and it's DEFINITLY leaking over here
@@mwoodlarks3121 For real. The right is currently pushing for a candidate that shits themselves in court and they're proud of the fact that he's in diapers. It's terrifying
Be gay and miserable like everyone else.
@@mwoodlarks3121I'm becoming more and more scared for my safety where I live as a non-binary in Southeastern Ohio, so I cannot agree more.
When you cant pull the bigger audience so you take the cheap shots.
I personally liked the video but too political feeling.
Feel free to cry about it, but do it somewhere else if you don't mind
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