Slash Pack Review
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
- My wife's friend is buying her husband a guitar to get him started playing guitar. She asked for some suggestions and I provided a few. In the end the decision was hers. She settled on the (Epiphone Slash AFD performance packwww.google.com.... I think she made the right decision. In this video I am going to check this thing out. I am mostly interested in the guitar. I will tear this thing down, give it a full setup, and test it out to see how it sounds.
Legends say he's still trying to tune the guitar.
Listen bro, I'm close, I swear. It must be humid in here or something. I'll have it tuned by next week.
haha
Slash Le Pew
LOL, at 10:10 still out of tune!
Carolina Custom Guitars Is it in tune now?
Lol
Thanks for the review, gonna pick this up for my brother and his kids for Christmas! Also bought them some drums! We're blessed. Be well everybody!
I know it's an old vid but I love the fact you stretch the strings. That's one of the things I was taught to do when tuning
Yeah, two things I've always done. Stretch the strings and always tune up to pitch.
@@carolinacustomguitars thanks for the review I think you just helped me pick a budget Les Paul pack
If any parent is watching this video for a Christmas/Birthday gift for your child...BUY! this simple set up for any future rockstar is phenomenal
I second the motion
Great video I actually the starter pack two weeks ago. Figured I would learn the basics on it before spending a large chunk of change on a Les Paul.
Marcus James . thanks for checking out the video. i have gone through a few of these starter packs and this seems to be the best one I've played.
Poser
"For the money I think it's a pretty good deal" Calling this a review is way an overstatement, IMHO
The Slash logo on mine is less noticeable. Great review
ill be buying one of these for my son hes 8 and wants to play guitar like his dad i think he will like this guitar
Katrina Shadowkat I'm sure he'll love it.
”I’ll be buying one of these for my son! He’s 8 and want to play the guitar like his dad. I think he will like this guitar!”*
Yeah, I’m part of the grammar police, I’m sorry!
@@wilhelmtheconquerer6214 its shity the way you did this
@@alexthinksthrashdeathmetal1098
Well, I'm a shitty person... Let people get their opinion be heard or join EUs censored internet instead
Dad doesn’t let him touch his guitars? Lol. My kid always grabs my nice guitars. I even bought him a nice Jackson Soloist (neck through) guitar so he’d leave my stuff alone. But nope. He grabs my guitars even though he “doesn’t like em” lol. Now he has 3 guitars and still, I come into my man cave and there are smudgy fingerprints all over my beloved ESP guitar.
"Slash Pack Review"
Only shows the guitar
It might be because he didnt want to hear the "amp". I hear it has a unique sound. "CRAP". But I wouldn't know never heard it. These cheaper maps kinda sound like yuck. I know my Dean 10w sounds like yuk.
@@daveshank1921 I just picked up the amp. Just the amp. I am not really interested in the guitar, ironically. Just wanted the amp, b'c I am into the vintage thing right now. I'm really an 80's rock guy. But I ove the look of this Epi amp. Picked on up off of Reverb. It's really good. Not fantastic. But really good. I was shocked to be honest. Had it a few days now. Looks amazing, and sounds a LOT better than I figured on. Sounds so much better than all the other crap amps that come in these packs. My only (2) complaints are as follows: Wish it didn't say "Snakepit 15G." LOL I wish it just said 15G. But it's not all that noticeable. Small print. The SLash signature is OK. Also very subtle. And the 2nd small gripe is... the mids and highs come on way to strong and gives it a little bit of a tinny sound. But I crank up the bass full on. And almost nothing on treble and mid. And honestly... this amp has a very full and rich sound to me - when you dial it in to something you like. An 8 inc speaker instead of 4 or 6 like many of these little starter amps. And MUCH fuller sounding. For cleanish and a little break-up type gain... it is AWESOME! If you want to play Def Lep or Van Halen - forget about it. LOL But I have equipment to do that. For basic rock, blues, or vintage styles... it's great. I LOVE it.
@@jimmyz2098 Cool. I have had alot of cheap practice amps. Am using a Dean Mean10 and it sounds cruddy without a pedal. Really tinny n thin. Thank you for the input.
wanted to hear the amp it came with..
I was going to but i decided that since I had a pretty good idea what it would sound like and being a gift for someone i would leave it in its packaging.
@@carolinacustomguitars Good for you. But your viewers don't know what it sounds like, and the video title states that you are reviewing the PACK, not your own preferred equipment. So what does the pack actually sound like for a buyer?
I got 1 of these amps w/ o power supply off Ebay. Found out power supply is a crazy 24v AC to AC wall wart. Really hard to find. When I did find it had a problem getting it shipped. Had to complain real loud to the company shipping and they sent back the shipping cost. Whole amp ended up costing me $49. I like this amp. It ain't my Boogie or Twin but for under $50 it sounds good enough to play with along my other practice amps.
got one last week after tuning the sound was not right figured i got a bad deal until I found a video of an old guy showing how to do what he called a step-up setting on the humbucker poles adjustments so after a dew hours tweaking and adjusting everything from the humbuckers , neck rod, string high , string distance on bridge its now the best sounding guitar I've ever owned. Have new bridge coming going to get rid of the wire holding down the adjusting screws , that's a messed up design but it will get you by to see what's it's about. Seems all good just have to spend time adjusting . Only thing better than this guitar I guess is You Tube to find out how to do things.
U got a link to that video?
Picks up the amplifier " not really interested in that " well mate I think without your guitar ain't gonna work well ahahhaha
Sebastien Caplat, you could be right.
I got the same pack today for my son (14) is over the moon, very nice guitar.
Cezar Rusu. Good move. I would do that in a heartbeat if I had a kid that was interested in guitar as well.
bought my nephew one for christmas. hes going to pass me in skill before long. i am teaching myself
I hope the same for my daughter.
Legend has it. That when u play this guitar. U have slash guitar power
@@gamingislife3332 I've heard the same legends as well.
@@carolinacustomguitars And some months later... Do you have slash guitar power? Got that guitar from my father-in-law as a birthday present without him knowing anything about guitars. So... all the jokes and kidding aside: is it worth the money? I don't wanna tell him that he should have saved his money...
@@CSorglos all jokes aside, I don't care what anybody says, that guitar is a solid buy.
I just picked up the amp. Just the amp. I am not really interested in the guitar, ironically. Just wanted the amp, b'c I am into the vintage thing right now. I'm really an 80's rock guy. But I ove the look of this Epi amp. Picked on up off of Reverb. It's really good. Not fantastic. But really good. I was shocked to be honest. Had it a few days now. Looks amazing, and sounds a LOT better than I figured on. Sounds so much better than all the other crap amps that come in these packs. My only (2) complaints are as follows: Wish it didn't say "Snakepit 15G." LOL I wish it just said 15G. But it's not all that noticeable. Small print. The SLash signature is OK. Also very subtle. And the 2nd small gripe is... the mids and highs come on way to strong and gives it a little bit of a tinny sound. But I crank up the bass full on. And almost nothing on treble and mid. And honestly... this amp has a very full and rich sound to me - when you dial it in to something you like. An 8 inc speaker instead of 4 or 6 like many of these little starter amps. And MUCH fuller sounding. For cleanish and a little break-up type gain... it is AWESOME! If you want to play Def Lep or Van Halen - forget about it. LOL But I have equipment to do that. For basic rock, blues, or vintage styles... it's great. I LOVE it.
Yeah, I really wish I gave it a shot while I had the chance. Now i keep finding myself looking at those little one channel epiphone amps constantly. My tastes change so often these days. Glad you like it. I'll probably get one eventually.
i got this guitar aswell
box was sealed from factory and shop had just recived it, so no tinkering was done.
I think mine came pretty well intonated from factory aswell, however the tuners are awfull this thing cant stay in tune with its china tuners, i'll be raplaceing those (proberbly along with a bone nut and some better quality knobs)
-action on mine seems pretty damn fine out of the box
If ykyk 8:27 he’s in the right hand position to play “THE SONG”. It’s undeniable on any les Paul
Get it in tune yet. Might need a bigger tuner
Nope, I just went ahead and bought a new guitar.
not bad...they're goin for $499.99 CDN here in Toronto. Curious as to what the guitar sounded sounds ok with distortion but the clean sound gives away the fact that it's a bottom of the line "meh" guitar. Thanks for the review. It was great!
k but how do dary and squirrely dan feel about your choice of music?
Richard Woodhouse legend has it he will be playing at the super soft birthday party
Thanks for the video. I've been playing for almost 25 years and have more expensive guitars but i just ordered one of these packs just for the fun of it. Should be here tommorrow. Not expecting much but what a deal for the price. If anything hopefully my 11 year old son will want to start playing soon. He's not very interested yet but hopefully soon he will be. Figured this would be perfect for him. Way better than a cheap knock off strat. Thanks again and nice playing!
Thanks for the input. I hope you like it.
Carolina Custom Guitars
I think it will be worth the $$ ill find out tomorrow i guess. Biggest worries are probably the tuners. Oh well. Throw a nice set of 50 dollar tuners on it if i have to. Thanks again forcthe vid!
Hi Nate, did you give it a try? What did you think about it in the end? I'm curious to know from someone with your kind of experience.
You see that package with many peaces. When it come from china to US as a package as you se it was sold separately to make more money.
Nice guitar better than many high price guitars
I like the look of this pack, but I would like it better with a SG instead. Slash was the man, but I have a bad back and hip and I think the SG is lighter, though I could be wrong. Also.. lets face it, I am no Slash anyhow.. or a member of ACDC lol.
I don't know if it would be better, but I do think that they could make a good bit of money making an sg pack like this.
@@carolinacustomguitars
well, if it was better or not would mostly be subjective, and I am only saying that from my perspective. I have a bad back and hip, thus the lighter of the two options would be best from the perspective of back pain.
Also, I bet they would make a ton of money from a pack with a SG in it. Someday I will manage to save up enough to enjoy a cheap guitar. Keep up the good work man :)
@@carolinacustomguitars
I did find this, but i wouldn't consider it a full pack without even a cheap practice amp.
www.samash.com/electric-and-acoustic-guitars/electric-guitar-packages/epiphone-sg-special-ve-electric-guitar-vwc-with-accessories-egsvchvpk
I have been keeping a eye out for a SG pack, and I see no reason why it is not usually done. People love ACDC just as much as people love Slash.
Sorry, I don't know why I am so focused on this, I cant afford a guitar anyhow lol.
Hope all is well.
@@carolinacustomguitars
though AFD set is currently selling for 249 at guitar center. Ill drop the link, but it no longer sells with a amp.
www.guitarcenter.com/Epiphone/Slash-AFD-Les-Paul-Guitar-Outfit-1395853392693.gc?source=4WWRWXGP&gclid=Cj0KCQiA04XxBRD5ARIsAGFygj-fpBfyydLq4sBNjhhaIec5LlNKarzyejmdInZz5joyM9okUicYNUQaAmRiEALw_wcB
they do have a different pack though, but its black or vintage sunburst instead. The pickups are different though, I have am looking at it now to try to figure out which guitar has better specs.
One has a built in tuner, where the other comes with a clip on tuner. But guitar wise, its really just comparing finishes and pickups. One has Ceramic Plus, where the other has a 650R and a 700T.
Looks like there tuning mechanics are different, one is die cast sealed, while the other just says sealed. ..
screw it, ill just link it and you can see what I am talking about lol.
www.guitarcenter.com/Epiphone/Les-Paul-Electric-Guitar-Player-Pack-Ebony-1345561599805.gc?pfm=item_page.rrt1|CategorySiloedViewCP#productDetail
I don't have the money and wont have the money to afford ether one mind you, but I can't help but to see what other people think about these things lol.
Hi; thanks for the review; how is the action of the guitar? is it possible to adjust the action in an appropriate level?
Farhang M. Saliani the action was very good right out of the box. But, aside from that, the action can easily be adjusted.
Thanks a lot dear friend; i do appreciate your kindness and response
Thanx dear friend; i do appreciate your kindness & response
can you buy that pick up cover tuner separately?
Hey Jayden. I did a quick search and I did find some you could get on eBay and Amazon. Here is a link to one of them on Amazon if you are interested.
www.amazon.com/Shadow-Humbucker-Chromatic-Bridge-Position/dp/B005SUXNW4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1511072525&sr=8-2&keywords=pickup+ring+tuner
Personally, I would rather buy a clip on tuner if i wanted something quick and accurate.
Err. Are you sure you checked the intonation? You compared open string to 12 fret harmonic. I thought you actually had to fret a note at the 12th fret and compare it to open, or the harmonic to setup up intonation?
Otherwise you've not actually determined that the 12th fret is half way along the string have you?
I know everyone was hoping I could show all of the uncut footage of setting this thing up but I assumed some people might have an attention span as short as mine. But, thanks for paying attention.
+Carolina Custom Guitars You could have added a time line, so that people who don't want to see the full set up, can just jump to the playing part. That way you would have been able to make a full video but nevermind, gteat video👍
Thanks dude, very nice video.
Sounds good to me mate
Video was great .. I need to know the tuner made and model .. thank
The on board tuner was an epiphone made tuner built into the pickup ring. The one I used to check its accuracy was the tuner built into my Kemper amplifier.
Shadow tunner pretty pricey unless you get it used
I know this is a stupid question and all I’m a beginner cut me some slack So it’s a real les Paul right?
Yes it's just made by their cheaper company epiphone still Gibson just cheaper
Also, this is not a carved top like most les Pauls. This is a flat top like the les Paul special.
how can you order this package kit
You can go to sweetwater.com or reverb.com and search epiphone slash pack and it will pull up.
3:05 stroke it smoothly
😃😃🤣🤣🤣
that's what she did
awesome!!!!!!!
Don't matter if it's well set up if you don't tune the guitar to pitch, and with ceramic humbuckers you don't need gain on 22 LOL Why bother with VOX and Mesa when you have 2 channels on your Epiphone? :D You get 10 points for playing Vito Bratta thou...
Hey, I'll take the points. Can't believe someone caught that from my poor playing.
im love the guitar
You lost me when you didn't show anything but the guitar and you did a complete setup. It's for beginners and they won't have that luxury.
Hindsight is always 20/20, but looking back it's still a bit fuzzy. Besides, it wasn't much more than some tuning.
for the record i did notice that white lion lonely nights
Damn, thought I could slide one in under the radar.
planing to buy one!!
Me too. As soon as my wife gets on board.
You can never have too many. I've been debating for years on getting the banjo guitar. The only part that worries me is the bad luck I have had with my current banjo. It's one of those bargains that wasnt the quality i was hoping for.
What the name of the song you play first
It's "don't cry" guns and roses
If you would place the guitar on your right leg, it wouldn't slip away all the time.(juyt a tip)
They didn't even get the red fade on the guitar. Come on Gibson, don't neglect poor Epiphone!
How much did it cost???
Vaideswaran A I believe they are going for around $350.
@@carolinacustomguitars I live in India...I can't find it here...😣😣😣
Try musiciansfriend.com or ebay
@@carolinacustomguitars wow they are 250$ now
which song is the one you are playing at 9:20 - 9:30?
That was me trying to remember how to play "Don't Cry" from Use Your Illusion II. By the way, I failed on that one.
Oh ok. Thanks. Then i won't use it as a tutorial. :)
Its a baby Slash...
Love lespauls but a bolt on neck no way.this is just plain and simple selling a name
This is all true. But all that aside, for the price, it's a nice instrument.
thanks
Great Vid bro
Why do we want to watch someone unpack anything ? WE DON'T !
I get it. Not enough of my beautiful face. I'll keep that in mind.
Good video brew
Seamus McMichael thanks boss
How fucking long did it take u to tune that wtf
Antwan_ Sciarafafa_ This is why i have switched to the D'addaro NYXL strings instead of the Earnie Ball strings. The Earnie Ball strings must be stretched constantly to hold their tuning. I also wanted to check the intonation because this was a brand new guitar with an unknown setup from the factory. But, thanks for watching and giving me some input.
I thought Epiphones come with D'addario 10-46 strings (atleast thats what i remember reading on their website)
I think that already had a D 'addario strings :)
It may have come with d'addario strings but since I have a habit of always changing strings on a new guitar I just threw what I had laying around on it.
U know that Gibson owns epiphone
And jaguar is owned by ford. that doesnt make them a ranger now does it.
It's out of tune 😭
i wish they let you pick the color or less have it one color wow lmao
Yeah I think that slash red would be cool
play a slash song
He did
Just out of tune 😂
Woooow made in China, that is the biggest mistake epi made man
Most guitars are made in China now anyway
Made in China. Yuck ! But thanks for the review.
I don't like it
That's like, your opinion, man. But, everyone has their own taste.
i ve seen the "made in China" on the box...i stopped the video....lol
Haha. You got me
China makes 70% of what you own 😂
Did you also turn off your computer?
Yup. Just as awful as I figured it would be. Very glad I haven't tried to buy one....