They should do a challenge where they hotrod a SUPER affordable guitar like this to the point where they actually prefer it to something more expensive like. Call it The Hotrod Challenge or something
That need to include fret crowning and fingerboard rolling, what is not much seen in this channel ... maybe they should, they have guy who can do scalloping, so they can pull off some of these tricks ...
Paul Reed-Smith should get in with the Christmas swing and bring out a Private Stock with turkey inlays. :))) He could donate it to poor little Casper.
Jan G Practice doesn't matter much without some natural talent to back it up. Just as talent doesn't matter much without the practice put into it to hone those skills.
I remember when I went from a £100 strat to a USA strat, was so dissapointed with the differences. When I went from a £100 practice amp to a £600 marshall, the difference was massive. Worth knowing when you're a beginner.
I’ve thought of getting a Pacifica. I’ve got a Strat and some Les Paul’s etc. But fancied a change. The reason? I got a Yamaha THR10. What a great amp.
Going through a rough time and played this on the way to work this morning cause my favorite video are Rabea and Pete jamming, the opening made me laugh and smile like I hadn't in awhile. Thanks for these videos on many levels 🤟🔥
Idea for a future show. Take an Eastcoast guitar out of stock. Load it with better pups (lollar, bareknuckle, whatever) give it a setup and then blindfold test it against an off-the-shelf mid-range Fender or whatever that cost ten times the price and see which for example Rob, Rabea or Pete prefers. Then you also got a B-stock Eastcoast you could auction off for charity.
@@Bacontruffle . Oh for sure. You make a good point. And maybe seasoned vets like Rob etc might 'feel' the difference. But would most people? Interesting question?
@@grahamcooper2144 oh absolutely. You can blindfold someone who doesn't even play guitar, give them a custom shop and a knockoff chinese and they'll guess within a couple seconds. And more importantly, you'll notice over time as I don't expect these - however good they are for what they are - to hold up really well over time
For those of you wondering, the radius is about 16, so very flat. Also more like a D shaped neck. about 200 american dollars including shipping for the lowest model. The tuners are not great (what you find on most cheap guitars), but it's an easy replacement over time. What I found nice is that the pickups are actually decent for the price, which is pretty important. The review I watched, the frets were pretty sharp on their hands, so they would have to fixed if you don't want to maim yourself. This could be good or bad depending on who you are, but I wanted to give some info that's not too readily for my american buddies or anyone.
For maybe the first time on this channel, I felt like this video had misleading statements. It suggested that Squier Bullet and Classic Vibe guitars don't stay in tune - not necessarily true. It suggested that the quality of the wood in a guitar doesn't matter - not true (think warping over time.) This video had the vibe of telling people "Hey, there's not much difference between these two guitars." They didn't actually come out and SAY that, but read the comments here and you'll see that some people took that message away. I liked the first video on the EastCoast guitars - it seemed real and genuine to me. This video felt like a pitch from a sales dude at Guitar Center. For all of their praise, neither one of these guys would be caught dead on stage with one of these. And they picked the perfect target - people hate the Silver Sky because they hate John Mayer and they think PRS guitars are way overpriced.
Rabea (of the East Coast): "[I'm] definitely surprised that it stays in tune, sounds decent, plays alright." Pete: "... You have to remember ... 8, 9, 10 [year old] coming into the shop 'Mummy, Daddy, I wanna a guitar for Christmas.'" Then Rabea recounts two stories where a Bullet didn't stay in tune - he didn't make a sweeping statement that they never do. All that's fine, isn't it? Give the viewers a little credit, they're not idiots and it's obvious the presenters are discussing a budget piece of kit for beginners, not pro kit.
Staying in tune and being comfortable to play or the two biggest things for a starter guitar. If the guitar doesn't inspire you to play, it'll just sit there collecting dust till it goes in the boot sale. I think most people would say, for a musical instrument, ninety nine quid (plus an amp for a bit more) is minimal risk. If whoever the starting guitarist is doesn't take to it, you're not out that much. Me thinks there will be quite a few more guitars beneath Christmas trees this season.
I’m sure you guys have plenty of similar videos cause your library is massive (which is awesome) but I’d love to see an Eastcoast vs Squier Bullet or Yamaha, etc. Keep the vids coming. I’m addicted!
I love how all the way through the video you can see Bea wrestling with his inner self, every time he finds something about the guitar that he doesn't love, you can see his mind reset at the fact it's only £99 and it's pretty acceptable.
Times sure have changed! When I started in the 1960s, affordable guitars were crap! I just got a guitar for just under $170 USD, and the build an features, would have to been a custom shop! Very happy!
The thing is with these cheap guitars is that when it starts off playing and sounding decent you can tweak it to make it as good as you like without worrying about ruining your investment. If you pay £2300 for a guitar you are going to be a bit more hesitant to do that. For instance, if you want some more of the biting trebble of the PRS you could fit a treble boost circuit as used by Eric Clapton or put in a new set of pickups. Each of those would cost around the £50 mark to start with. You could tweak the neck by getting the edges rolled and sand off the finish from the back which would probably cost about £80 to be done by a pro or about £15 - £20 if you could do the work yourself. It is the kind of thing you can just make your own knowing that if everything went wrong you could always just buy another one.
Sitting here having had my first french seal in 6 months, watching and listening to those jams. Absolutely perfect for the chilled mood I'm in. Great playing from both of you, and what's really great to see is how much you both love to jam together and how each of your playing inspires the other. A bit like crossroads but with no one's soul at stake :) Great music, and acessible due to the internet. Cheers lads. and cheers Anderton's!
1:57 I laughed so hard for some reason when Pete did that bend down and Bea fucked it up! 2:20 Pete used the lick again and I actually spit out my coffee! I think I might be enjoying these Andertons videos a little too much!
The company "Vintage" has impressive budget strats. They use good materials and all the hardware and pickups are Wilkinson. I have an icon series V6 in a HSS configuration in a relic burst rosewood fingerboard and tortoise shell pick guard. The relicing is done quite poor, but it plays and sounds superb. Got it used for $300 usd. Great value!
Love the vids, love you guys, love the playing. Always very entertaining. All the same, I don't think this was a fair assignment to Rabia or Danish Pete. If the PRS doesn't spank the EC in every possible way except price, then PRS should hang their heads in shame. Having to pull that back and try to balance making the EC look good while not making the PRS appear overpriced isn't realistic, and it doesn't really help your point that spending 100 GBP on an EC guitar (set up by Andertons) is a better value than spending 80 on one out of a catalog house with bad strings and a crap setup. The parents who are going to be buying EC's for Casper and Jane don't know any better, and that's the message I think you're trying to share. It's 100 vs 80 cost. Not 100 vs 2300.
Waiting for the shootout where Pete plays a broom then a vacuum cleaner and the comments section of people going - "I'll have Pete for Xmas please, thanks" 😂you're awesome and inspiring Mr Honoré 🙏
I think longevity of a good setup would be the big difference; especially once you start using the tremolo over a few weeks or a month...if those guitars can hold up to daily playing and only need to be adjusted as often as the more expensive one's they really are a deal. I've always found that over time, you eventually end up spending as much money for a cheap guitar in upgrades, extra setups and mental anguish as you would for a pro model that is very reliable over the same period of time. That would be a good test how long does it take this cheap guitar to cost as much as an expensive guitar...
They both sound good. The differences in tone on either side, could be down to the players. But at the end of the day, does Pete play something like an East Coast? No. He prefers custom shop Fenders that are way more expensive than the PRS.
Regarding demoing these into pricey gear, you do still raise a couple of very valid points. Firstly, if anything, it highlights the quality different between entry-level and top-of-the-range guitars that may not be quite as noticeable if you plugged them both into a sub-£100 amp. Knowing whether or not you'll have to replace the guitar as soon as they get a somewhat better amp Secondly, if have a lot of gear yourself and getting your kid their first own guitar, you may well be more comfortable letting them plug into a (half-)decent amp then letting them loose on your grand-plus Fender Strat. Also, as a "perpetual beginner" myself, one thing I can say is that when I'm looking into budget guitars, "Stays In Tune" is a major selling point. Very little is worse than being partway through a practice drill and one of your strings sounding progressively more out of tune when it started off near-perfect.
You can get US made Peavey “Strats” on the used market all the time for 100-ish and they are as good as anything else made by fender. Go to Branson,MO or Gatlinburg,TN and watch all the shows and the guys that are playing 8-12 shows a week are using them. Having said that, I think those EC guitars are a spectacular and smart addition to Anderson’s and will turn a lot of new players into actual players.
Re do this video where you get it professionally set up, fret levelled, upgraded tuners and put the prs pickups in. Probably still be under £500 and see the difference
You guys should do a challenge (kinda) where you take a silver sky and an equivalently priced fender strat and compare them while blindfolded (maybe through in a few other strat like guitars)
All you have to do is look at the pole height of the PRS P-U's to see the difference in Quality. I bet the tuners cost more than the EastCoast. I obviously prefer the PRS in tone as well as playability. I do wonder how well the trem system holds up on the EastCoast and how well it holds up in a year or two with regular playing, how well it copes with temp changes - whether you get fret sprout, warping etc. For £100, it does seem like a 'great' guitar for the money and a lot better than some guitars for around that price. If my kid was interested in learning, I would possibly be tempted as a 'starter' guitar. As a musician though, I doubt anyone would buy it as their 'primary' instrument. Like I said though, it doesn't seem bad for the price and probably competes with guitars that are double that but I wouldn't sell a Silver Sky (if I had one) to buy an EastCoast GS100 and whatever else I could with the money left over. I appreciate I am looking at this from the perspective of a guitarist (with 3 PRS core guitars in my collection) and not from the perspective of a parent looking to buy a kid their first guitar for Christmas. Its not a guitar I would buy for myself and would spend more to get the 'quality' locking tuners, pu's, rolled frets, excellent nut, decent floating trem, decent, long lasting input jack, great pots etc etc.
A few suggestions for future videos while I enjoy the outro jam: *) Mention what fret sizes are on guitars, especially for models aimed at new players. Alternatively put this information on all guitars on ye official Anderton[e]s website. *) Perhaps consider whether a given instrument is a good representative of its class. What I mean by this, consider for instance the EastCoast GL120. Would that model be a good 'test' guitar if one wanted an inexpensive LP style guitar to see if you like Les Pauls in general (as a new player testing various instruments). In my admittedly limited experience I for one needs to 'live' with a style of guitar for a while until I can definitely say whether or not I am into, say, Strats, or what have you. It isn't sufficient to just test an instrument in a shop, as I have found I can 'warm' to a style of guitar when I have it at home. The opposite can happen as well, so...
I've always said that money doesn't buy a better tone in most cases but it does buy a better feeling, inspiring guitar! My old epiphone with classic 57 plus pickups soynded just as good as my gibson lp traditional but where it lacked was the finish, quality, feeling and inspiration but tone wise was exactly the same!!
How much of the tone is coming from the Victory Amp and Dane pedal though? Glad it stays in tune, but I feel like a better test for the "first guitar" would do play it through a budget amplifier, as well.
Glad to hear there's a big difference in soundquality between the two guitars. As is to be expected ofcourse! Both sound nice, the PRS just sounds a lot more lively
Actually, that's what I like about these kinds of comparison videos. Yes, the higher-end multi-thousand guitars sound much better. And they're what you aspire towards being able to afford, and justify getting, one day. But knowing that there are very affordable starter guitars that are still capable of making nice enough sounds whilst you practice and/or save up is nice.
Guys, please, please, PLEASE(!) do a video where you play a starter guitar through a price range of amps. People are gonna buy these and expect them to sound like they do on your videos and they just won't - because you are playing them through £2K+ amp & pedals.
The Diddario strings seem like they help. Not the strings themselves, but the fact that it gets set up with decent strings on it, rather than set up with crap strings. Because then when you put on EBs etc. the original set up will be redundant.
Inexpensive instruments can be pretty darned good. I feel like the sweet spot for strats is the Mexican-made Fenders. Not cheap, but they give you precious little to complain about.
For all the "Partscaster"...or should that be "Partscasper?" guys...that Eastcoast has GOTTA be a good base!!..Wilky trem, locking heads,and upgraded electronics would STILL keep it below many "Mid Range" guitars!! Nice one Guys!!
I can’t believe it A 100 dollar guitar that’s the greatest guitar in the world What a revelation Must have been built by a master mind genius with free parts and labor
Well they both sound okay. But the PRS is clearer. Less buzz than I hear from the Eastcoast, in fact there's no buzz, it could be a Les Paul on the neck with that sort of solid, thick projection. But for those tiny prices, they are better than even a Squire for a beginner I think. But that being said, someone getting an Eastcoast will probs be going for a cheap amp that's super bright. So it's gonna sound like a freaking beehive. So I hope those amps the Eastcoast guitars come with are made with a decent treble control.
I always think there is a missed market with Mk 2s better pickups/tuners with bag (maybe) etc extra £50 or so from factory/seller, not diy at home upgrades, I would go that route every time.
I would spend another 50-100 pounds to have the EastCoast guitar set up by a good luthier, including fret dressing. I think getting the neck feeling nice can go a long way to making a cheap guitar seem like an expensive one if it's decently made to begin with.
Here is my advice for the EastCoast Stratocaster and Telecaster style guitars, I can only comment and give advice on those. The GT100 and GS100 are good guitars, and can actually be great guitars after a few tweaks and setup. - Replace stock tuners with locking or vintage style tuners (great locking tuners can be had for $45 USD, good vintage tuners for $25) - The nut, the stock nut is rather sad and the one installed on the GT100 had a extra unfinished cut like the installer made a mistake. Also, the grooves seemed to be too small for 11's so I would have replaced them regardless. Stock nut is cheap plastic. ($6 - $15 USD depending on your personal preference) - Tremolo block upgrade (not as necessary but it is lighter than the Squier Affinity blocks and I was not just happy with it at all, luckly I had a spare. (A nice steel or brass block is $15 - $30 USD depending on preference ) - Better string trees ( $10 USD ) because on both of the EastCoast guitars ( Telecaster / GT100 and Stratocaster / GS100) I received last Friday the string trees had rough edges and rough inside path, could harm or decrease life of the strings. You can actually fix the stock ones with some super light grit sandpaper but upgraded string trees are always great, even on Mexican Strats. The pickups on the GS100 sound similar to actual Fender Tex Mex set to me, at least the neck and bridge pickups. I don't have a middle to compare them with. But I did compare them to my 91 American Stratocaster with Fender Tex Mex pickups installed. No need to change pickups unless you dislike the stock tone of the GS100, but the stock pickups themselves are far from junk. But many Strat players do like the overly scooped mid sound (Mayer kind of tone) so it may be something you would like to do, but not necessary. The telecaster pickups do the job, they sound like any standard Fender Telecaster. Neither of them sound bad at all.
Got a lil nephew called Casper, got him a 2nd hand 3/4 size Elevation strat shape electric with a lil 5W amp for his 6th birthday...what an arse to try & intonate proper & get to stay in tune...still not right. You get what you pay for I guess (did only pay £45 though lol). When it is right, it rips...but it ain't ever right ha ha!
From Leo: Great test and review. The jams are top notch, thanks for sharing your talent. The "magic" of guitar design is no longer a secret. EVERYBODY knows what makes a guitar play right. Modern manufacturing methods has made guitar building very efficient. It is amazing what a $100 will buy. Of course most of the more pricey guitars ARE better, but the laws of diminishing returns applies. I bought my first new guitar in 1971. The choice then was Fender, gibson, or unplayable crap. That is no longer the case. Except for the bottom line toys, most entry level stuff is very playable. If a player does not have the chops to make a $100-$200 play, he probably does not have the chops if you had him a $2000 guitar either.
I think any guitarist starting out should play and learn with cheap guitars. My reason being when they trying to learn a song and get the tone of artists using much more expensive gear, they will be forced to develop their hand techniques rather than rely on the tone of an expensive guitar, amps or pedals to get them that tone.
As always, playing on point!! Gotta say though... There's no way a pro/ semi-pro/ decent amateur guitarist would buy this for their kids. This might be the best guitar ever made for beginners but, this should be marketed for the kids that don't have musician parents. I'm sure Andertons do a great job on QC and set-up! Compare it in terms that non-musicians will understand.
Cavenue Which just goes to show if you are buying a guitar and amp, it’s good to get a really good amp. A Les Paul Custom will sound like ants through a Gorilla amp.
I am a huge believer in buying inexpensive guitars and modding them or mid priced guitars, all used and playing good amps and cabs.I have on 3000 dollar guitar, the other 14 don't equal that in what I paid. But, I have three 100 dollar heads and combos and five more heads that cost 6-900. Guitars can only sound so good. My 75 dollar used squier strat that i modded for another 200 sounds as good or better than the mexican strat i got used for 300. I'd much rather spend my money on my amps. Also, the best way to get a killer amp cheap and still under full warranty is when it gets discontinued. I got the Egnater tweaker 88 head for 450 because it was put on clearance at 50% off by Sweetwater. You cannot beat that
Best jam ever heard in andertons tv! any tips on where to learn this chords progressions online? Im kinda newby in everything that is not pentatonic haha
How does it hold up against the JET 300 for 50 quid more..? .the Jets roasted maple neck and recessed jack socket v ECs better pick ups....bright redness?!
I can almost hear PRS saying “Yeah but...” lol.. Got to say as a new owner of an SS and digging its beauty, I am still happy that I spent the money on it, but damn... Million dollar players and $5k amps do certainly have me questioning the sanity of my greed for something I can do no justice too. OKAY MADE it too the end where Pete plays the SS.. feel MUCHO better now... money well spent.
That's part of the problem - who decides what a "good" tone is? Tones that sound objectively nasty by themselves can sound great in a mix. Prince is the all-time master of odd guitar and synth tones in a tune.
For these cheap guitars you should offer a 'tune up' service before they buy it, where you file fret ends, level the frets, change the nut etc to make the playability feel like a more expensive guitar
Further proof that Danish Pete could play a solo on a dead opossum and make it sound worthwhile.
I bet he could also play a solo on a living opossum
I don't mean to be a hater, but missing the beat by a mile seems to be the signature of Anderton's jams.
And let's no forget covering bad timing with very quiet notes that lead the phrase/lick to nowhere.
@@whatshendrix Hendrix generally played out of time and and of tune, so you're batting on a sticky wicket there.
You mean, he could bring it back to life by playing on it.
They should do a challenge where they hotrod a SUPER affordable guitar like this to the point where they actually prefer it to something more expensive like.
Call it The Hotrod Challenge or something
That need to include fret crowning and fingerboard rolling, what is not much seen in this channel ... maybe they should, they have guy who can do scalloping, so they can pull off some of these tricks ...
they kind of did something like this with the shred vs blues a while back. They both got affordable guitars and then upgraded and personalized them.
They did do that a couple years ago, I believe it's on chappers channel, worth the watch for sure
@@toddlestien I've seen that too many times hoping they make a new one
Yeah, like a 50 pound setup, and see how it responds.
Fender should do a PRS copy with dead birds inlay
Lol!
with inlays of drumsticks and wings
It'll never be better than a real PRS
Even though the Silver Sky is better than most Fenders
@@Mr.Goldbar Even though the whole headstock is an awkward block glued on to the neck..
Good idea
Paul Reed-Smith should get in with the Christmas swing and bring out a Private Stock with turkey inlays. :))) He could donate it to poor little Casper.
what do turkeys have to do with Christmas?
Well if they're tone turkeys, a lot. We eat Turkey at Christmas, in England and Canada, don't you eat Turkey at christmas?
@@WarrenPostma We don't eat Turkey at Christmas in Spain. My 2 cents.
What do you serve in Spain?
Civiche and paella.
Talent > gear.
Don't tell my wife I said that
Practice > gear
Jan G Practice doesn't matter much without some natural talent to back it up. Just as talent doesn't matter much without the practice put into it to hone those skills.
Talent,practice, hard work,lessons, patience, and the willingness to consistently play the instrument.
It's not about what you have, but how you use it. Is that what you tell your wife?
@@pacman1789 lack of talent should not turn you down from practicing ...
I remember when I went from a £100 strat to a USA strat, was so dissapointed with the differences. When I went from a £100 practice amp to a £600 marshall, the difference was massive. Worth knowing when you're a beginner.
You can hardly tell that Andertons recently started stocking Eastcoast.
It's their own brand. Margins will be much much higher than if it was just another brand they were stocking.
@@bencousins4687 no
@@Lozh1993 yes
I believe they went looking for their own low cost brand because of the terrible quality of beginners guitars?
@@bencousins4687 eastcoast actually belong to PMT music. They have quite a few stores. One is in Southend.
The cheap Yamaha Pacifica’s are great for the money too :)
but these r better
yeah those are great i don't like the shape though i'm picky lol
I’ve thought of getting a Pacifica. I’ve got a Strat and some Les Paul’s etc. But fancied a change. The reason? I got a Yamaha THR10. What a great amp.
Anderton's doesn't seem to stock Pacificas.
@@micahclark24 I don't like the shape either. Not sure why.
Going through a rough time and played this on the way to work this morning cause my favorite video are Rabea and Pete jamming, the opening made me laugh and smile like I hadn't in awhile. Thanks for these videos on many levels 🤟🔥
Idea for a future show. Take an Eastcoast guitar out of stock. Load it with better pups (lollar, bareknuckle, whatever) give it a setup and then blindfold test it against an off-the-shelf mid-range Fender or whatever that cost ten times the price and see which for example Rob, Rabea or Pete prefers.
Then you also got a B-stock Eastcoast you could auction off for charity.
Issue is, it might sound like a mid-range guitar, but it'll never play or feel like one, since the construction isn't on the same level
@@Bacontruffle . Oh for sure. You make a good point. And maybe seasoned vets like Rob etc might 'feel' the difference. But would most people? Interesting question?
@@grahamcooper2144 oh absolutely. You can blindfold someone who doesn't even play guitar, give them a custom shop and a knockoff chinese and they'll guess within a couple seconds. And more importantly, you'll notice over time as I don't expect these - however good they are for what they are - to hold up really well over time
That’s absolutely not true.
@@wildersparks9161 Care to explain what exactly isn't true according to you and why?
John Mayer is jumping the ship
East Coast John Mayer Signature coming out 2019 (and yes it'll be just a strat)
For those of you wondering, the radius is about 16, so very flat. Also more like a D shaped neck. about 200 american dollars including shipping for the lowest model. The tuners are not great (what you find on most cheap guitars), but it's an easy replacement over time. What I found nice is that the pickups are actually decent for the price, which is pretty important. The review I watched, the frets were pretty sharp on their hands, so they would have to fixed if you don't want to maim yourself. This could be good or bad depending on who you are, but I wanted to give some info that's not too readily for my american buddies or anyone.
Ha another Guitar Pit fan! no shame
For maybe the first time on this channel, I felt like this video had misleading statements. It suggested that Squier Bullet and Classic Vibe guitars don't stay in tune - not necessarily true. It suggested that the quality of the wood in a guitar doesn't matter - not true (think warping over time.) This video had the vibe of telling people "Hey, there's not much difference between these two guitars." They didn't actually come out and SAY that, but read the comments here and you'll see that some people took that message away. I liked the first video on the EastCoast guitars - it seemed real and genuine to me. This video felt like a pitch from a sales dude at Guitar Center. For all of their praise, neither one of these guys would be caught dead on stage with one of these. And they picked the perfect target - people hate the Silver Sky because they hate John Mayer and they think PRS guitars are way overpriced.
Rabea (of the East Coast): "[I'm] definitely surprised that it stays in tune, sounds decent, plays alright."
Pete: "... You have to remember ... 8, 9, 10 [year old] coming into the shop 'Mummy, Daddy, I wanna a guitar for Christmas.'"
Then Rabea recounts two stories where a Bullet didn't stay in tune - he didn't make a sweeping statement that they never do.
All that's fine, isn't it? Give the viewers a little credit, they're not idiots and it's obvious the presenters are discussing a budget piece of kit for beginners, not pro kit.
This is the ultimate 'The tone is in the fingers' demonstration.
kudos to Lee and staff for reaching 500k subs. the work put in by all is of a high standard. audio sounds as good as it can be off YT. regards. j.
they're having so much fun it's so great to see two guys jamming and smiling at each other when the other does a cool riff - it's lovely to watch
Staying in tune and being comfortable to play or the two biggest things for a starter guitar. If the guitar doesn't inspire you to play, it'll just sit there collecting dust till it goes in the boot sale.
I think most people would say, for a musical instrument, ninety nine quid (plus an amp for a bit more) is minimal risk. If whoever the starting guitarist is doesn't take to it, you're not out that much. Me thinks there will be quite a few more guitars beneath Christmas trees this season.
I could listen to these two on loop for 24 hours for the rest of my life. The beginning back and forth was incredible. Great, expressive playing.
I’m sure you guys have plenty of similar videos cause your library is massive (which is awesome) but I’d love to see an Eastcoast vs Squier Bullet or Yamaha, etc. Keep the vids coming. I’m addicted!
Pete could play my banjo string and still sound like a god...
Please don't make me.... :)
...but he'd feel a bit of a dick doing that...
@@danishpete dw, I'd also rather it didn't happen😂
bum tit tit bum tit tit play the hairy banjo
Broke mine years ago.
Such a pleasure to watch these two play off of each other. So much talent between those guys.
I love how all the way through the video you can see Bea wrestling with his inner self, every time he finds something about the guitar that he doesn't love, you can see his mind reset at the fact it's only £99 and it's pretty acceptable.
Pete + Bea = guitar heaven
And as always, well done gentlemen. It is always such a pleasure watching the two of you playing off of each-other. Really inspiring.
Times sure have changed! When I started in the 1960s, affordable guitars were crap! I just got a guitar for just under $170 USD, and the build an features, would have to been a custom shop! Very happy!
I don't understand why people are upset with PRS for doing a Stratocaster copy when almost every other brand on Earth does it.
John Mayer hasn't been coy about it... He literally said it should be played on a Fender Amp.
Paul is being carful because he got sued by Gibson for copying les Paul’s. he’s just covering his ass.
The thing is with these cheap guitars is that when it starts off playing and sounding decent you can tweak it to make it as good as you like without worrying about ruining your investment. If you pay £2300 for a guitar you are going to be a bit more hesitant to do that.
For instance, if you want some more of the biting trebble of the PRS you could fit a treble boost circuit as used by Eric Clapton or put in a new set of pickups. Each of those would cost around the £50 mark to start with. You could tweak the neck by getting the edges rolled and sand off the finish from the back which would probably cost about £80 to be done by a pro or about £15 - £20 if you could do the work yourself. It is the kind of thing you can just make your own knowing that if everything went wrong you could always just buy another one.
Sitting here having had my first french seal in 6 months, watching and listening to those jams. Absolutely perfect for the chilled mood I'm in. Great playing from both of you, and what's really great to see is how much you both love to jam together and how each of your playing inspires the other. A bit like crossroads but with no one's soul at stake :) Great music, and acessible due to the internet. Cheers lads. and cheers Anderton's!
Bestiality is never acceptable, even at 6 month intervals.
1:57 I laughed so hard for some reason when Pete did that bend down and Bea fucked it up! 2:20 Pete used the lick again and I actually spit out my coffee! I think I might be enjoying these Andertons videos a little too much!
And it's the John Mayer Guess I just feel like "tasteful tap" :D
You all have played a slight variation on this lick before, and it got stuck in my head for a week.
Well, now it’s back, baby! Sounding great, fellas.
I like these new Harley Benton videos ^_^
The company "Vintage" has impressive budget strats. They use good materials and all the hardware and pickups are Wilkinson. I have an icon series V6 in a HSS configuration in a relic burst rosewood fingerboard and tortoise shell pick guard. The relicing is done quite poor, but it plays and sounds superb. Got it used for $300 usd. Great value!
Love the vids, love you guys, love the playing. Always very entertaining. All the same, I don't think this was a fair assignment to Rabia or Danish Pete. If the PRS doesn't spank the EC in every possible way except price, then PRS should hang their heads in shame. Having to pull that back and try to balance making the EC look good while not making the PRS appear overpriced isn't realistic, and it doesn't really help your point that spending 100 GBP on an EC guitar (set up by Andertons) is a better value than spending 80 on one out of a catalog house with bad strings and a crap setup. The parents who are going to be buying EC's for Casper and Jane don't know any better, and that's the message I think you're trying to share. It's 100 vs 80 cost. Not 100 vs 2300.
Waiting for the shootout where Pete plays a broom then a vacuum cleaner and the comments section of people going - "I'll have Pete for Xmas please, thanks" 😂you're awesome and inspiring Mr Honoré 🙏
I think longevity of a good setup would be the big difference; especially once you start using the tremolo over a few weeks or a month...if those guitars can hold up to daily playing and only need to be adjusted as often as the more expensive one's they really are a deal. I've always found that over time, you eventually end up spending as much money for a cheap guitar in upgrades, extra setups and mental anguish as you would for a pro model that is very reliable over the same period of time. That would be a good test how long does it take this cheap guitar to cost as much as an expensive guitar...
Good to see you guys getting a nice little jam going! More please.
They both sound good. The differences in tone on either side, could be down to the players. But at the end of the day, does Pete play something like an East Coast? No. He prefers custom shop Fenders that are way more expensive than the PRS.
This proves that a shredder can play with great feel. Huge respect for Rebea here, he did a tremendous job playing these fills
That seems like a great entry-level guitar, regardless of how it stacks up against the PRS. I'm loving the jazzy Bea, by the way!
Nice. Now compare both guitars using the eastcoast amp that comes with the bundle deal.
Regarding demoing these into pricey gear, you do still raise a couple of very valid points.
Firstly, if anything, it highlights the quality different between entry-level and top-of-the-range guitars that may not be quite as noticeable if you plugged them both into a sub-£100 amp.
Knowing whether or not you'll have to replace the guitar as soon as they get a somewhat better amp
Secondly, if have a lot of gear yourself and getting your kid their first own guitar, you may well be more comfortable letting them plug into a (half-)decent amp then letting them loose on your grand-plus Fender Strat.
Also, as a "perpetual beginner" myself, one thing I can say is that when I'm looking into budget guitars, "Stays In Tune" is a major selling point.
Very little is worse than being partway through a practice drill and one of your strings sounding progressively more out of tune when it started off near-perfect.
Both of these guys are great! Always fresh to see how well Rabea plays different styles too
The thing about you guys is that you always get along.
I'd love to hear the phone call Lee gets from Paul Reed Smith about this...
Who cares what the guitars are when the playing is this effortlessly cool!
intro made me smile man they were sweating the licks out. kudos guys
Opening jam was so much fun to listen to and watch. very cool guys.
You can get US made Peavey “Strats” on the used market all the time for 100-ish and they are as good as anything else made by fender. Go to Branson,MO or Gatlinburg,TN and watch all the shows and the guys that are playing 8-12 shows a week are using them. Having said that, I think those EC guitars are a spectacular and smart addition to Anderson’s and will turn a lot of new players into actual players.
Guitars aside -- that jam session was enjoyable...
Re do this video where you get it professionally set up, fret levelled, upgraded tuners and put the prs pickups in. Probably still be under £500 and see the difference
Great video and editing. Always fun to watch.
You guys should do a challenge (kinda) where you take a silver sky and an equivalently priced fender strat and compare them while blindfolded (maybe through in a few other strat like guitars)
All you have to do is look at the pole height of the PRS P-U's to see the difference in Quality. I bet the tuners cost more than the EastCoast. I obviously prefer the PRS in tone as well as playability. I do wonder how well the trem system holds up on the EastCoast and how well it holds up in a year or two with regular playing, how well it copes with temp changes - whether you get fret sprout, warping etc.
For £100, it does seem like a 'great' guitar for the money and a lot better than some guitars for around that price. If my kid was interested in learning, I would possibly be tempted as a 'starter' guitar. As a musician though, I doubt anyone would buy it as their 'primary' instrument. Like I said though, it doesn't seem bad for the price and probably competes with guitars that are double that but I wouldn't sell a Silver Sky (if I had one) to buy an EastCoast GS100 and whatever else I could with the money left over.
I appreciate I am looking at this from the perspective of a guitarist (with 3 PRS core guitars in my collection) and not from the perspective of a parent looking to buy a kid their first guitar for Christmas. Its not a guitar I would buy for myself and would spend more to get the 'quality' locking tuners, pu's, rolled frets, excellent nut, decent floating trem, decent, long lasting input jack, great pots etc etc.
PRS uses a special kind of silver tone paint which you just can't replicate for under £100... It's just not the same
Tesla paint / color.
No shit
Yeah, they stole it from Tesla..
Brian Stewart Tribute to how Fender did the same in the the 50’s with auto finish paints
sup Billy Corgan
A few suggestions for future videos while I enjoy the outro jam:
*) Mention what fret sizes are on guitars, especially for models aimed at new players. Alternatively put this information on all guitars on ye official Anderton[e]s website.
*) Perhaps consider whether a given instrument is a good representative of its class. What I mean by this, consider for instance the EastCoast GL120. Would that model be a good 'test' guitar if one wanted an inexpensive LP style guitar to see if you like Les Pauls in general (as a new player testing various instruments). In my admittedly limited experience I for one needs to 'live' with a style of guitar for a while until I can definitely say whether or not I am into, say, Strats, or what have you. It isn't sufficient to just test an instrument in a shop, as I have found I can 'warm' to a style of guitar when I have it at home. The opposite can happen as well, so...
I have a PRS and they are great great guitars but 2300 for a Strat copy? I don't think so. Get a G&L ASAT...
bea you were worried about tuning on lil Casper ? and yet you tuned the p.r.s. at least three times by the 13 minute mark !
All those years trying to copy Gibson, they final achieved it :-)
I loved the opening with you guys just fooling around.
I've always said that money doesn't buy a better tone in most cases but it does buy a better feeling, inspiring guitar! My old epiphone with classic 57 plus pickups soynded just as good as my gibson lp traditional but where it lacked was the finish, quality, feeling and inspiration but tone wise was exactly the same!!
How much of the tone is coming from the Victory Amp and Dane pedal though? Glad it stays in tune, but I feel like a better test for the "first guitar" would do play it through a budget amplifier, as well.
I bought a Epiphone SG Junior to my kid as his first guitar. Great guitar.
the two best homies on this channel!
Glad to hear there's a big difference in soundquality between the two guitars. As is to be expected ofcourse! Both sound nice, the PRS just sounds a lot more lively
Actually, that's what I like about these kinds of comparison videos.
Yes, the higher-end multi-thousand guitars sound much better. And they're what you aspire towards being able to afford, and justify getting, one day.
But knowing that there are very affordable starter guitars that are still capable of making nice enough sounds whilst you practice and/or save up is nice.
Guys, please, please, PLEASE(!) do a video where you play a starter guitar through a price range of amps.
People are gonna buy these and expect them to sound like they do on your videos and they just won't - because you are playing them through £2K+ amp & pedals.
Lovin' the Scofield feel.
The Diddario strings seem like they help. Not the strings themselves, but the fact that it gets set up with decent strings on it, rather than set up with crap strings. Because then when you put on EBs etc. the original set up will be redundant.
Inexpensive instruments can be pretty darned good. I feel like the sweet spot for strats is the Mexican-made Fenders. Not cheap, but they give you precious little to complain about.
Some of the best tones I’ve ever heard. Assume it’s the purple heart tonewood?
For all the "Partscaster"...or should that be "Partscasper?" guys...that Eastcoast has GOTTA be a good base!!..Wilky trem, locking heads,and upgraded electronics would STILL keep it below many "Mid Range" guitars!! Nice one Guys!!
1:57 Pete and Bea trying to play that riff from John’s instagram😂 love it
I can’t believe it
A 100 dollar guitar that’s the greatest guitar in the world
What a revelation
Must have been built by a master mind genius with free parts and labor
Well they both sound okay. But the PRS is clearer. Less buzz than I hear from the Eastcoast, in fact there's no buzz, it could be a Les Paul on the neck with that sort of solid, thick projection. But for those tiny prices, they are better than even a Squire for a beginner I think. But that being said, someone getting an Eastcoast will probs be going for a cheap amp that's super bright. So it's gonna sound like a freaking beehive. So I hope those amps the Eastcoast guitars come with are made with a decent treble control.
Weird thing with Eastcoast, everyone thinks its an Anderton's owned brand but Anderton's don't do any lefty Eastcoasts - yet PMT do.
I always think there is a missed market with Mk 2s better pickups/tuners with bag (maybe) etc extra £50 or so from factory/seller, not diy at home upgrades, I would go that route every time.
I would spend another 50-100 pounds to have the EastCoast guitar set up by a good luthier, including fret dressing. I think getting the neck feeling nice can go a long way to making a cheap guitar seem like an expensive one if it's decently made to begin with.
Here is my advice for the EastCoast Stratocaster and Telecaster style guitars, I can only comment and give advice on those. The GT100 and GS100 are good guitars, and can actually be great guitars after a few tweaks and setup.
- Replace stock tuners with locking or vintage style tuners (great locking tuners can be had for $45 USD, good vintage tuners for $25)
- The nut, the stock nut is rather sad and the one installed on the GT100 had a extra unfinished cut like the installer made a mistake. Also, the grooves seemed to be too small for 11's so I would have replaced them regardless. Stock nut is cheap plastic. ($6 - $15 USD depending on your personal preference)
- Tremolo block upgrade (not as necessary but it is lighter than the Squier Affinity blocks and I was not just happy with it at all, luckly I had a spare. (A nice steel or brass block is $15 - $30 USD depending on preference )
- Better string trees ( $10 USD ) because on both of the EastCoast guitars ( Telecaster / GT100 and Stratocaster / GS100) I received last Friday the string trees had rough edges and rough inside path, could harm or decrease life of the strings. You can actually fix the stock ones with some super light grit sandpaper but upgraded string trees are always great, even on Mexican Strats.
The pickups on the GS100 sound similar to actual Fender Tex Mex set to me, at least the neck and bridge pickups. I don't have a middle to compare them with. But I did compare them to my 91 American Stratocaster with Fender Tex Mex pickups installed. No need to change pickups unless you dislike the stock tone of the GS100, but the stock pickups themselves are far from junk. But many Strat players do like the overly scooped mid sound (Mayer kind of tone) so it may be something you would like to do, but not necessary. The telecaster pickups do the job, they sound like any standard Fender Telecaster. Neither of them sound bad at all.
Are they a better value than the Squier Affinity?
Tom Misch at 20:56!!! Love it. That's a guy i'd love to see at andertons.
Fro Dane Jam. - The perfect accompaniment to you Tonal Toast
Do 7.25'' radius boards really fret out if properly set up? listening to Pete and Rabea playing that PRS I don't think so.
No, they don't. A good guitar with a 7.25 radius neck and a good setup will not fret out.
Oeh I recognised that little piece of Tom Misch (danish) Pete was playing. Very nice!
I believe a lot of what makes a guitar sound good is a good valve amp. I prefer to put my money into a nice amp
I'm sure it is a worthy entry level guitar, but Pete and Rabea could make a broom handle with some cheesewire on sound perfectly respectable
i like how pete worked in that new mayerism
(tap slide bend)
Ultimate Shootout: PRS Silver Sky vs. G&L S-500 vs. Fender CS Strat vs. Yamaha Pacifica vs. Jay Turser vs. Squier Bullet Strat vs. East Coast GS100.
Got a lil nephew called Casper, got him a 2nd hand 3/4 size Elevation strat shape electric with a lil 5W amp for his 6th birthday...what an arse to try & intonate proper & get to stay in tune...still not right. You get what you pay for I guess (did only pay £45 though lol). When it is right, it rips...but it ain't ever right ha ha!
From Leo: Great test and review. The jams are top notch, thanks for sharing your talent. The "magic" of guitar design is no longer a secret. EVERYBODY knows what makes a guitar play right. Modern manufacturing methods has made guitar building very efficient. It is amazing what a $100 will buy. Of course most of the more pricey guitars ARE better, but the laws of diminishing returns applies. I bought my first new guitar in 1971. The choice then was Fender, gibson, or unplayable crap. That is no longer the case. Except for the bottom line toys, most entry level stuff is very playable. If a player does not have the chops to make a $100-$200 play, he probably does not have the chops if you had him a $2000 guitar either.
Pete can make a broomstick strung with fishing string sound good. I'm convinced.
I think any guitarist starting out should play and learn with cheap guitars. My reason being when they trying to learn a song and get the tone of artists using much more expensive gear, they will be forced to develop their hand techniques rather than rely on the tone of an expensive guitar, amps or pedals to get them that tone.
Nice Tom Misch lick at 20:58 🤙🏻
As always, playing on point!!
Gotta say though...
There's no way a pro/ semi-pro/ decent amateur guitarist would buy this for their kids.
This might be the best guitar ever made for beginners but, this should be marketed for the kids that don't have musician parents.
I'm sure Andertons do a great job on QC and set-up! Compare it in terms that non-musicians will understand.
Compare the cheap guitar against a fender start Mexican
And the prs against a fender strat usa
Big surprise. If you take a $100 guitar and run it through a few thousand $ of amps and pedals, it'll sound good!
That is not how signal chains work.
Cavenue well said
Cavenue Which just goes to show if you are buying a guitar and amp, it’s good to get a really good amp. A Les Paul Custom will sound like ants through a Gorilla amp.
With regard to what makes a guitar good, a signal chain can only subtract.
I am a huge believer in buying inexpensive guitars and modding them or mid priced guitars, all used and playing good amps and cabs.I have on 3000 dollar guitar, the other 14 don't equal that in what I paid. But, I have three 100 dollar heads and combos and five more heads that cost 6-900. Guitars can only sound so good. My 75 dollar used squier strat that i modded for another 200 sounds as good or better than the mexican strat i got used for 300. I'd much rather spend my money on my amps. Also, the best way to get a killer amp cheap and still under full warranty is when it gets discontinued. I got the Egnater tweaker 88 head for 450 because it was put on clearance at 50% off by Sweetwater. You cannot beat that
Best jam ever heard in andertons tv! any tips on where to learn this chords progressions online? Im kinda newby in everything that is not pentatonic haha
How does it hold up against the JET 300 for 50 quid more..?
.the Jets roasted maple neck and recessed jack socket v ECs better pick ups....bright redness?!
Rabea's run of jerky bends was filthy
I can almost hear PRS saying “Yeah but...” lol.. Got to say as a new owner of an SS and digging its beauty, I am still happy that I spent the money on it, but damn... Million dollar players and $5k amps do certainly have me questioning the sanity of my greed for something I can do no justice too. OKAY MADE it too the end where Pete plays the SS.. feel MUCHO better now... money well spent.
Do eastcoast do a stratty thing with the iconic recessed jack socket?!
I think I love that bit too much!!
the video just started and i already prefer the cheap guitar. but i just like twangy guitar tones personally
its Pete's magic
That's part of the problem - who decides what a "good" tone is? Tones that sound objectively nasty by themselves can sound great in a mix. Prince is the all-time master of odd guitar and synth tones in a tune.
2:40 What kind of djent is this?
For these cheap guitars you should offer a 'tune up' service before they buy it, where you file fret ends, level the frets, change the nut etc to make the playability feel like a more expensive guitar