About three months ago I received for my 30th wedding anniversary the above guitar.
So, 3 moths later, with a bit of gigging down the track, how is it? Is it a May December thing, or is it in for the long run.
Quality:
An exceptionally well made instrument. The poly coating is maybe a tad thick, but consistent and flawless. The hardware is of top quality. Often I’ll change the bridge, or the output jack. I do not feel I need to on this instrument. It has a besiutiful grain befitting the clear coating. Frets are excellent and there’s no fret sprout. Though it’s a telecaster, it has the Stratocaster belly cut. I haven’t needed to set it up. Came perfect for me straight out of the box. The pickups (of which more later) are quality and sound terrific. The pickup selector switch is a tiny bit flimsy, so I might replace that at some point. The potentiometers are smooth and sturdy. A well cut bone nut ties everything in.
Playability. Plays as well as any fender worth 6-10 times the price. Bends beautifully. The maple neck is smooth and easy, and the 12” radius gives a nice feeling in the hand. It is a modern C neck. There’s no neck dive. It sits nicely. The locking tuners work very nicely and it holds its tune with 10-42s.
Sounds: extremely versatile guitar, both clean and overdriven. 2 pickups: an Artist bullbucker in the neck, and an artist twangler in the bridge. The bullbucker is an homage to the Seymour Duncan JB 2. With the bonus of it being splittable. So you can select both pickups, pull the tone knob out, and you have the vital Tele both pickups single coil sounds. The bullbucker bucker can roar, but can also do the sweet cleans - Mike Stern is in the ball park.
According to Artist, the twangler is essentially an in house design. It’s certainly a very hot pickup, but can be wound back. It growls, roars, snaps and coos.
Value for Money: 349 Australian dollars. (About 275usd) Incredibly cheap. It’s a proper professional instrument. If you need a Tele and are running short, you could do much worse.
Is there anything wrong with it?
It’s a bit heavy. But once it’s on, I tend not to notice.
www.artistguitars.com.au
There are the specs.
So, 3 moths later, with a bit of gigging down the track, how is it? Is it a May December thing, or is it in for the long run.
Quality:
An exceptionally well made instrument. The poly coating is maybe a tad thick, but consistent and flawless. The hardware is of top quality. Often I’ll change the bridge, or the output jack. I do not feel I need to on this instrument. It has a besiutiful grain befitting the clear coating. Frets are excellent and there’s no fret sprout. Though it’s a telecaster, it has the Stratocaster belly cut. I haven’t needed to set it up. Came perfect for me straight out of the box. The pickups (of which more later) are quality and sound terrific. The pickup selector switch is a tiny bit flimsy, so I might replace that at some point. The potentiometers are smooth and sturdy. A well cut bone nut ties everything in.
Playability. Plays as well as any fender worth 6-10 times the price. Bends beautifully. The maple neck is smooth and easy, and the 12” radius gives a nice feeling in the hand. It is a modern C neck. There’s no neck dive. It sits nicely. The locking tuners work very nicely and it holds its tune with 10-42s.
Sounds: extremely versatile guitar, both clean and overdriven. 2 pickups: an Artist bullbucker in the neck, and an artist twangler in the bridge. The bullbucker is an homage to the Seymour Duncan JB 2. With the bonus of it being splittable. So you can select both pickups, pull the tone knob out, and you have the vital Tele both pickups single coil sounds. The bullbucker bucker can roar, but can also do the sweet cleans - Mike Stern is in the ball park.
According to Artist, the twangler is essentially an in house design. It’s certainly a very hot pickup, but can be wound back. It growls, roars, snaps and coos.
Value for Money: 349 Australian dollars. (About 275usd) Incredibly cheap. It’s a proper professional instrument. If you need a Tele and are running short, you could do much worse.
Is there anything wrong with it?
It’s a bit heavy. But once it’s on, I tend not to notice.
Artist AT93V2 Electric Guitar w/ Twangler & Bullbucker PickupAT93V2
Artist AT93V2 Electric Guitar w/ Twangler & Bullbucker Pickup - Artist
www.artistguitars.com.au There are the specs.
