I can't wait! I'm an enormous KISS fan and plan to pick this up soon. I already have his explorer and absolutely love this thing! Thanks for the great video!
@@agufish Check out the KISS song "Strange Ways" especially the solo!! KISS has some good songs but like all bands their "hit" songs aren't necessarily the best representation of the band lol. I like to play along to - Cold Gin, Black Diamond, She, Watchin You and Parasite - those songs have much better guitars than their big hits songs have.
I bought this guitar a few months ago, after a customized setup I can say that the sound is monstrous, it releases power like a Ferrari... sounds better than my Gibson SG. From an aesthetic point of view it is Spatial, a dream, I changed the plastics of the selector covers in the rear and I mirrored them like the pickguard and I must say that it is even more spatial 💥 the only drawback: the fretboard, beautiful but I would have preferred it in ebony, I would have bought it even if it cost more.
Been a KISS fan since they came on the scene in the 1970’s. Yeah, I’m old. Anyway, thanks for the review. It’s a different take on an LP, to say the least.
"What does your Patreon pledge go to?" It goes to keeping your favorite content makers alive, fed, and housed. What the hell do you think it goes to? It's funny how wary some people get to parting with five or ten bucks a month on Patreon. One less beer a month goes a long way to maintaining good gear content on RUclips.
Fatt Philosopher Well said, I treat my support of content creators like a license fee and a thank you. I don’t expect any extras. Hunter’s t-shirts are awesome btw.
This is what I think of this guitar. As of 5:37 pm Tuesday 28 July 2020... I OWN ONE!!! Quality through the roof! Sound you ask... BAD ASS! You want attention on stage, this is the ticket. In your face loud! I love this guitar. The value of this guitar will only go up. I collect guitars but I play everyone of them. This one I will play ALOT! Tommy Thayer is a class act. Great guitarist! Now I have to get ahold of your signature guitar. I will get one! That one looks and sounds great!
I actually looked at that White Lightning Explorer on Reverb yesterday! If I didn't already have a blue LP, I'd snatch that up in a heartbeat. Nice "Lick it up" nod in the demo.
Great review. KISS fanboy. I own the White Lightning Explorer. Love the JB’s. Great guitar as well. One of my stage mains. Keep them Epi reviews coming 👍
An SG and an Explorer is on my list, and Epiphone has interesting options. What is giving my pause is QC issues I’ve seen on other channels. Trogly pulling out 5 new ones and 1 was good (high frets on the others), and the paint jobs were quite questionable. Caveat Emptor. Sounded like they can be good guitars, but don’t buy sight unseen.
I always liked the idea of a Les Paul with a DiMarzio Super Distortion in the bridge and a Duncan JB in the neck since they're the two most popular aftermarket humbuckers. Would be especially cool to try that combo in a guitar like this since the Super Distortion is Ace Frehley's signature pickup 😉
Ag love your vids and you have a really awesome attitude bud even against yer haters im a fan man .and this guitar wow this guitar is just crazy my dad passed away i had enough money to put down on a fender performer i know what yer thinking hey were not a rich family but i love the lakeplacid blue fender but this thayer guitar is frkn the cats ass.and i also am not a kiss guy .thanks for the demo bud have a great weekend tim from london ontario canada.
Great review mate, been checking every day for your vid on this guitar, I've been trying to buy one but all the stores over here in u.k are estimating may at least before they get some in stock, I guess I'll have to wait to get my sparkle on :/
I want to hate this thing so bad, but I'm strangely drawn to it. I love blue guitars and that extra sparkle just pushes it over the top. I predict this will be collectable some day more than the others. Great video again Hunter! God bless and rock on 👍🎸😎
Dude I will totally also tell you. This 2020 Epiphone lineup?.... Has got my 46 year old ass completely reconsidering my entire stance on playing Les Paul's because they feel like a baby guitar cuz I'm such a tall guy with long arms and big hands.but these guitars look so good especially when I watch them in depth on Trogly's video with the purple one. Dude these guitars by Epiphone that they're making these days? For under $500? And they finally gave us back the old style headstock instead of that stupid-looking one? I'm ready for a glittery purple Epiphone right about now.
Have you seen Trogly's Epiphone 2020 unboxing from a few days ago? What are your take on those guitars' quality, since you have a fair amount of experience with Epiphone
Actually his white lightning came in the Explorer and the Les Paul. I have a 2014 Silver Spaceman guitar with the Gibson pups in it and I love this guitar. I bought it thinking some day I would sell it to a big KISS fan but ended up liking it so much it's now one of my go to guitars lol. If the new one is built anything like the silver one it is an awesome guitar and the price is the same as when I got mine in 2013! Myself personally I don't like the flashy blue finish, it's too over the top for my taste but I would like to get one of his white lightning models.
I have this its awesome. Epiphone is just killing it lately. The Snow Falcon is also incredible. And the Jason Hook M4 is really good. I never thought I'd have this many epiphones. I got Gibson les Paul's and explorers and I play the Epiphones just as much.
My son would like to upgrade to an intermediate level rock electric guitar. There is one of these on the shelf I could pick up for him for Xmas. Would this be considered a good intermediate level guitar? He doesn’t play in a band but I’m pretty sure he could if he wanted to skill wise. He’s not a huge Kiss fan so the draw wouldn’t be based on fandom, but he does like purple. I know there are lots of choices and customization is almost limitless but if this isn’t a guitar you’d recommend within these parameters, what other Stratocaster for under $1000 would you recommend? Thanks to all that may offer their time and help!
This is one of those 'don't have to be a fan of the artist' signatures. That colour is just great, I'd get rid of the scratch plate pronto but I've always preferred LP's that way, they just look better without them to me. I appreciate the chrome + wild paint job though. That thing will pop on stage! Sounds killer too. Man. I want one!!!!! 👌✌️😍
I don't know why but I like it! It is certainly magic effect on me. I don't like KISS, I don't like Epiphone but damn this guitar tickles me too. I DON'T KNOW WHY!
Great demo as usual...but about not being able to listen to KISS, its understandable...heres the deal...between the early age of Rock Roll and when KISS was ruling the SM radios (and the birth of FM) we didnt have too many bands to choose from. Seriously,it was very few,case in point check out "Shananah"..."The Larwence Welk" show was huge on tv....yea We had Elvis, Chubby Checker,the Big Bopper...while early Rockers like Hendrix , ZZTop, Black Sabbath, etc, were underground still, if You were lucky there was someone in your neighborhood that had 1 or 2 records of "Good Rock&Roll....and all the kids would flock to His house for Led Zepplin and a few bonghits...ok..enter KISS on the scene , wicked makeup,bad ass costumes , 8" high boots...They were immediatly Rock gods !!! NOBODY! Had ever seen anything like Them. But now take a minute, an hour and list all of the Rockbands that came out between Kiss's heyday and the day You were born...go ahead and count...its literaly too many to list ! You would be typing for days !! And still typing ! So in that awesome pool of Rock &Roll there is aLOT of talent to behold. So its easy not to like a band like KISS. I myself was a bit too young to get into Them like Everyone Else did. But I still realized that They were super, mega,huge groundbreakers. I liked Em a good bit, but by the time I hit My teens there was a shi-ton if Rock and this all new thing called HeavyMetal !!! oh help My sweet fck ,Sabbath, Judas Priest, Ironmaiden, Alice Cooper(actaully was putting out records shortly before Kiss but who wanted to see singers eating raw blood body parts on stage)...You probably wouldnt like Manowar either but Ya get My point. Its like going to a restaruant that has 3 things on the menu to choose from...and there aint another restuarant !!! But then a new restarant is built and theres 500 things on the menu. You will NEVER go back to the 3 item restaurant
The opening track was a bit muddy for me. But very nice work on the B-roll! Waiting on my Electric Blue to arrive in the mail and this got me more excited about it. The color and all the features look great!
Always like your demos! Have you ever measured the pickup position between the bridge compared with a Gibson? It would be good to know if other LP style copies are closer to Epi or Gibson. It may be a reason for sonic difference beyond pickups
I love blue sparkle on any guitar. If I were to get one of these I'd probably switch the pick guard for a 100% transparent one so you can see the blue sparkle more. I'd also probably replace one or both pickups.
I had a JB in the bridge and hated it. It was piercing and had that "ice pick" sound that so many complain about. I swapped it with a Duncan Distortion and was much more pleased.
I gotta say, I know many people will disagree with this but I prefer the the Epiphone ballon headstock over the new headstock. The new headstock doesn't work for me and I had no problems with the old headstock. I've always loved that damn ballon headstock lol
Everything about this guitar, other than being a LP and having a JB, is what I feel like I should totally hate, yet, somehow I don't. Great review as always! Not sure what Kiss stuff you checked out, but I would just stop at the older stuff, mainly Rock and Roll Over and Destroyer specifically. But of course that was Ace, not Tommy.
Some say his girlfriend examined the glitter on him and thought he's bought a lap dance after playing this guitar. And she glowed in the dark after the makeup sex. All we know is: he's called The Stig.
Happy PALentines Day... pals? lol, I'll see myself out.
One big shiny hard wood guitar!
Nisssssssssce ⚔️
Agufish the Single cut warrior!
The Dooo just made a vid with a Hello Kitty guitar! I think a collab would be epic⚔️
That demo you played was killer.
Same to you dude.....This is what guitarists like us can celebrate lol.
Such glitter. Many sparkle.
Wow
I come here for 2 things:
-Guitars I can't afford
-Hunter's demo tracks
This demo track didn’t disappoint!
2020 requirements: Every model should also have a pink version of it.
triledink amen
It would look amazing
And glow in the dark binding.
pink version would be sickk!!
When is the review on the explorer coming up? Also love the channel! Keep up the solid work you absolute legend!
Hunter I have to disagree with you. You’re a lot better lead guitarist than you give yourself credit for. Sweet guitar solo man
Thanks for the shout out man. Always proud to support the creators that I love (no homo)
I can't wait! I'm an enormous KISS fan and plan to pick this up soon. I already have his explorer and absolutely love this thing! Thanks for the great video!
Dude this sounds amazing. I just bought this!! Can't wait to get it!! Awesome review!!
I love it Loud, Every time I Look at You, Tears are Falling, but I Still Love You - The Kiss evaluation of a Kiss guitar. :-)
Should have consulted you before making the title lol
@@agufish Check out the KISS song "Strange Ways" especially the solo!! KISS has some good songs but like all bands their "hit" songs aren't necessarily the best representation of the band lol. I like to play along to - Cold Gin, Black Diamond, She, Watchin You and Parasite - those songs have much better guitars than their big hits songs have.
Almost thought it was purple. Looks pretty sick.... for a Epiphone :).
For an epiphone? What's wrong about them? They build great guitars
There’s also white Les Paul version published before explorer shape (called White Lightning also).
I bought this guitar a few months ago, after a customized setup I can say that the sound is monstrous, it releases power like a Ferrari...
sounds better than my Gibson SG.
From an aesthetic point of view it is Spatial, a dream, I changed the plastics of the selector covers in the rear and I mirrored them like the pickguard and I must say that it is even more spatial 💥 the only drawback:
the fretboard, beautiful but I would have preferred it in ebony, I would have bought it even if it cost more.
Been a KISS fan since they came on the scene in the 1970’s. Yeah, I’m old. Anyway, thanks for the review. It’s a different take on an LP, to say the least.
probably the most classic rock sounding song i've ever heard from you. nice change up.
I’ve been waiting 6 months for this guitar, just had an email saying it will be with me tomorrow 😁😁😁😁😁😁😆🎸🎸🎸🎸
Cheers for your channel dude
"What does your Patreon pledge go to?" It goes to keeping your favorite content makers alive, fed, and housed. What the hell do you think it goes to? It's funny how wary some people get to parting with five or ten bucks a month on Patreon. One less beer a month goes a long way to maintaining good gear content on RUclips.
Fatt Philosopher Well said, I treat my support of content creators like a license fee and a thank you. I don’t expect any extras. Hunter’s t-shirts are awesome btw.
This is what I think of this guitar. As of 5:37 pm Tuesday 28 July 2020... I OWN ONE!!! Quality through the roof! Sound you ask... BAD ASS! You want attention on stage, this is the ticket. In your face loud! I love this guitar. The value of this guitar will only go up. I collect guitars but I play everyone of them. This one I will play ALOT! Tommy Thayer is a class act. Great guitarist! Now I have to get ahold of your signature guitar. I will get one! That one looks and sounds great!
I love that guitar and I love flashy and bright colored guitars.
@agufish that demo track is super sweet, awesome structure too! Thanks for making my day
The pastel knobs look weird to me but I love the guitar!
I would have liked LP Modern style clear knobs
I actually looked at that White Lightning Explorer on Reverb yesterday! If I didn't already have a blue LP, I'd snatch that up in a heartbeat. Nice "Lick it up" nod in the demo.
I'd put a covered 59 in the neck position and a cover on the bridge pup,clear knobs and be good to go ! Nice demo Hunter and thanks ! 😎🎸🤘
That was a absolutely fantastic track at the beginning
I got mine in a couple years ago. I love thus gutair, it looks phenomenal & plays great. Now to get his other 2 signature models.
Sparkle guitars are something you never thought exist yet there are thousands of them
Dude nice demo mix! So energetic as always!
MrMcTiller Thank you sir!
@@LukeDKramer Could I contact you to get some advice?
MrMcTiller Absolutely! Always happy to help!
Great review, got one, changed the pickguard, knobs and back plates for clear acrylic ones I think it looks way better
Great review. KISS fanboy. I own the White Lightning Explorer. Love the JB’s. Great guitar as well. One of my stage mains. Keep them Epi reviews coming 👍
Saw KISS last night and Tommy played this guitar for a good 1/3 of the show. That made me smile.
Man, honestly speaking... You're the best reviewer you tuber.....
Normally, not my cup of tea, but this guitar, I would consider adding to my arsenal.
PRINGLES, GIVE ME SPARKLES!!!
An SG and an Explorer is on my list, and Epiphone has interesting options. What is giving my pause is QC issues I’ve seen on other channels. Trogly pulling out 5 new ones and 1 was good (high frets on the others), and the paint jobs were quite questionable. Caveat Emptor. Sounded like they can be good guitars, but don’t buy sight unseen.
... right pringle?
Awesome track man. You always throw together great stuff. Very inspiring!
That finish...blue...me away...
Yes.
I always liked the idea of a Les Paul with a DiMarzio Super Distortion in the bridge and a Duncan JB in the neck since they're the two most popular aftermarket humbuckers.
Would be especially cool to try that combo in a guitar like this since the Super Distortion is Ace Frehley's signature pickup 😉
i watch your reviews whether or not i like the guitar cause i really enjoy your videos
Ag love your vids and you have a really awesome attitude bud even against yer haters im a fan man .and this guitar wow this guitar is just crazy my dad passed away i had enough money to put down on a fender performer i know what yer thinking hey were not a rich family but i love the lakeplacid blue fender but this thayer guitar is frkn the cats ass.and i also am not a kiss guy .thanks for the demo bud have a great weekend tim from london ontario canada.
Sorry for your loss Tim 🙏🏼
DEMO TRACK IS SICK 🙌🏻👏🏻👏🏻🔥
Great review mate, been checking every day for your vid on this guitar, I've been trying to buy one but all the stores over here in u.k are estimating may at least before they get some in stock, I guess I'll have to wait to get my sparkle on :/
The pmt website says that it is currently available to order, they just don't appear to have them in stock in any actual stores
Another great video dude. Regards from Ireland 🇮🇪👍
I need more Agufish!!!!
I Just Love That Guitar,, Great Review !
I want to hate this thing so bad, but I'm strangely drawn to it. I love blue guitars and that extra sparkle just pushes it over the top. I predict this will be collectable some day more than the others. Great video again Hunter! God bless and rock on 👍🎸😎
Dude I will totally also tell you. This 2020 Epiphone lineup?.... Has got my 46 year old ass completely reconsidering my entire stance on playing Les Paul's because they feel like a baby guitar cuz I'm such a tall guy with long arms and big hands.but these guitars look so good especially when I watch them in depth on Trogly's video with the purple one. Dude these guitars by Epiphone that they're making these days? For under $500? And they finally gave us back the old style headstock instead of that stupid-looking one? I'm ready for a glittery purple Epiphone right about now.
Have you seen Trogly's Epiphone 2020 unboxing from a few days ago? What are your take on those guitars' quality, since you have a fair amount of experience with Epiphone
Actually his white lightning came in the Explorer and the Les Paul. I have a 2014 Silver Spaceman guitar with the Gibson pups in it and I love this guitar. I bought it thinking some day I would sell it to a big KISS fan but ended up liking it so much it's now one of my go to guitars lol. If the new one is built anything like the silver one it is an awesome guitar and the price is the same as when I got mine in 2013! Myself personally I don't like the flashy blue finish, it's too over the top for my taste but I would like to get one of his white lightning models.
Troglodyte gang
I absolutely love my Electric Blue LP! It plays like a dream, and the paint job really has to be seen in person!
I'm seriously thinking about getting one. Just one little curiosity, is it heavy? Thanks 🔥🎸
I have one and it is 9 lbs, which is light for a Les Paul.
Thank you for the video. I want one. It's beautiful
Hope you can help....is the pickguard on this plastic? And if so, where can I get a replacement? Thanks!
I have this its awesome. Epiphone is just killing it lately. The Snow Falcon is also incredible. And the Jason Hook M4 is really good. I never thought I'd have this many epiphones. I got Gibson les Paul's and explorers and I play the Epiphones just as much.
I have preordered one, waiting on it to arrive. I CAN'T WAIT. What are your recommendations on the Electric Blue!
Beautiful, beautiful guitar! ❤️
i played one in Sam Ash, fell inlove with it
Sparkle guitars always have my attention
My son would like to upgrade to an intermediate level rock electric guitar. There is one of these on the shelf I could pick up for him for Xmas. Would this be considered a good intermediate level guitar? He doesn’t play in a band but I’m pretty sure he could if he wanted to skill wise. He’s not a huge Kiss fan so the draw wouldn’t be based on fandom, but he does like purple. I know there are lots of choices and customization is almost limitless but if this isn’t a guitar you’d recommend within these parameters, what other Stratocaster for under $1000 would you recommend?
Thanks to all that may offer their time and help!
Great job like always, Just asking, do you ever use that jet city on the back? Is it the jca100hdm or the amelia ?
A pink version would be awesome too
‘That’s a fuckload of glitter! A #Galactic #GlitterBomb!’ 🔭🌌
This is one of those 'don't have to be a fan of the artist' signatures. That colour is just great, I'd get rid of the scratch plate pronto but I've always preferred LP's that way, they just look better without them to me. I appreciate the chrome + wild paint job though. That thing will pop on stage! Sounds killer too. Man. I want one!!!!! 👌✌️😍
Quick question when you gonna do a studio tour for 2020?
Demo tracks always A++++ 💯🤘
Nice one hunter!
Don't really care who Tommy is but I love that guitar. Sparkle finish is RAD!
Awesome guitar, awesome video, and I'm sure your cat plays better than me....
I think it looks pretty good it looks like space and i think it's pretty 😎
I LOVE all things sparkly!!
I’m a old school kiss fan. Have to say, this is a really cool guitar
I have heard great things about the new Epiphone Les Pauls in general. I share your opinion of Kiss lol. Great review.
I don't know why but I like it! It is certainly magic effect on me.
I don't like KISS, I don't like Epiphone but damn this guitar tickles me too. I DON'T KNOW WHY!
Great demo as usual...but about not being able to listen to KISS, its understandable...heres the deal...between the early age of Rock Roll and when KISS was ruling the SM radios (and the birth of FM) we didnt have too many bands to choose from. Seriously,it was very few,case in point check out "Shananah"..."The Larwence Welk" show was huge on tv....yea We had Elvis, Chubby Checker,the Big Bopper...while early Rockers like Hendrix , ZZTop, Black Sabbath, etc, were underground still, if You were lucky there was someone in your neighborhood that had 1 or 2 records of "Good Rock&Roll....and all the kids would flock to His house for Led Zepplin and a few bonghits...ok..enter KISS on the scene , wicked makeup,bad ass costumes , 8" high boots...They were immediatly Rock gods !!! NOBODY! Had ever seen anything like Them. But now take a minute, an hour and list all of the Rockbands that came out between Kiss's heyday and the day You were born...go ahead and count...its literaly too many to list ! You would be typing for days !! And still typing ! So in that awesome pool of Rock &Roll there is aLOT of talent to behold. So its easy not to like a band like KISS. I myself was a bit too young to get into Them like Everyone Else did. But I still realized that They were super, mega,huge groundbreakers. I liked Em a good bit, but by the time I hit My teens there was a shi-ton if Rock and this all new thing called HeavyMetal !!! oh help My sweet fck ,Sabbath, Judas Priest, Ironmaiden, Alice Cooper(actaully was putting out records shortly before Kiss but who wanted to see singers eating raw blood body parts on stage)...You probably wouldnt like Manowar either but Ya get My point. Its like going to a restaruant that has 3 things on the menu to choose from...and there aint another restuarant !!! But then a new restarant is built and theres 500 things on the menu. You will NEVER go back to the 3 item restaurant
Not even interested in it, but I loved to hear your take. That's why I watched it.
Are you going to review the B.C. Rich, Bich Legacy Perfect 10? As I recall, you said you wanted to play a 10 string Bich.
Good video. I've heard that some of the new Epiphones have fret issues. Trogly had a couple with uneven frets. Epiphone need to sort that out.
Tommy is a big jimmy page fan. hence the open bridge pickup cover and neck closed hehe
Thats loud in more ways than one
when will the hb ex style prototypew be available to the public?
The opening track was a bit muddy for me. But very nice work on the B-roll! Waiting on my Electric Blue to arrive in the mail and this got me more excited about it. The color and all the features look great!
That headstock is giving off some big Hank Hill butt vibes
Couldn’t have said it better myself tbh
Yo Hunter, any chance you'll be able to demo an Eastman SB55 LP junior style guitar in the future?
Always like your demos! Have you ever measured the pickup position between the bridge compared with a Gibson? It would be good to know if other LP style copies are closer to Epi or Gibson. It may be a reason for sonic difference beyond pickups
This demo track has some glam metal vibes
Killer sound!
I'd like to hear what you think of the 'Muse Les Paul' . Great reviews 😃🤘
I love blue sparkle on any guitar. If I were to get one of these I'd probably switch the pick guard for a 100% transparent one so you can see the blue sparkle more. I'd also probably replace one or both pickups.
just what Ive done with it, clear knobs and back plates too!
I had a JB in the bridge and hated it. It was piercing and had that "ice pick" sound that so many complain about. I swapped it with a Duncan Distortion and was much more pleased.
I don't care anything about kiss but I love that guitar.
Have you seen that there's been some issues with the epiphone QC? I still want one, but it sucks that so many lemons are getting out into the world
I gotta say, I know many people will disagree with this but I prefer the the Epiphone ballon headstock over the new headstock. The new headstock doesn't work for me and I had no problems with the old headstock. I've always loved that damn ballon headstock lol
Is it blue or purple? Seems to change with the angle/lighting.
The action looks a little bit high and how is the fretwork on this guitar may I ask?
Please review the Epiphone Firebird 2020, planning to buy one and would love to hear your thoughts💓
I have one and....woooooooowwwww!!!! Realy a great guitar!!!!!! I love it!!!!
Oh man, thats pretty cool for sure, but it would look better with a ebony fingerboard IMO..
Great review Hunter! TY
Everything about this guitar, other than being a LP and having a JB, is what I feel like I should totally hate, yet, somehow I don't. Great review as always!
Not sure what Kiss stuff you checked out, but I would just stop at the older stuff, mainly Rock and Roll Over and Destroyer specifically. But of course that was Ace, not Tommy.
The last two records were pretty good. Creatures and Revenge are awesome records.
Some say his girlfriend examined the glitter on him and thought he's bought a lap dance after playing this guitar. And she glowed in the dark after the makeup sex.
All we know is: he's called The Stig.
Tommy Thayer's best work can be heard on Kiss's album Sonic Boom: it's just not on Spotify.
I see you playing those tasty leads lol, you should do it more often you sounded great!
Need that EX review!!