Badlands Guitars, another youtuber brand

[Emperoff]

Stuff is full USA made, in Southern California
Price is NOT affordable, at $ 2499

So what is an affordable price for a full USA made guitar?

 

[STRHelvete]

So what is an affordable price for a full USA made guitar?

Free

 

[spudmunkey]

So what is an affordable price for a full USA made guitar?

For many, "affordable" doesn't get to carry qualifiers like "... considering..." or "... for a...". $110k would be an affordable Lamborghini, but that's not an "affordable car".

 

[narad]

I feel like for the target demographics, this'll be in tough competition with the new MIA Jacksons (~$2k IIRC) and on the other side by the higher end USA Charvels. Hard to see them having a competitive advantage in that spread.

 

[MaxOfMetal]

I feel like for the target demographics, this'll be in tough competition with the new MIA Jacksons (~$2k IIRC) and on the other side by the higher end USA Charvels. Hard to see them having a competitive advantage in that spread.

Yeah, seems like poor timing.

Jackson/Charvel has pushed out so much more competitive models in the last five or six years.

 

[OmegaSlayer]

So what is an affordable price for a full USA made guitar?

Sorry, that wasn't what I meant.
I meant that I expected a youtuber brand to be something Indo or Korean in the $ 800-1500 range, and didn't expected it to be US built

 

[CanserDYI]

I absolutely adore Phil Mcknight. The dude is fantastic, humble, funny, smart, he's not a huge peddler and I feel like I can trust him.

I wish him the best of luck in this venture.

 

[Kyle Jordan]

I like it.

And yeah, Phil has become one of the YT guys I'll search up if I'm interested in something. Tone King seems like a good guy too, but I haven't watched much from him in a long while, and never much to begin with.

Being limited runs, I think they'll do well enough, and I hope they succeed. Plus, with shops like GMW going refinish only, I'm glad to see others pop up in a similar space. People may want to complain, but a lot of the smaller companies are owned or run by dudes getting up there in age. Seeing new companies that are doing similar things at least keeps the idea alive so long as they find enough success.

 

[Vegetta]

Does nothing for me and I was playing back in the heyday of everyone playing the custom Charvels. If I wanted one of those I would just buy a Charvel or a Jackson.

 

[Surveyor 777]

I like it and have a bit more faith in it being decent with Phil being involved, rather than just being some random new guitar brand.

However, I won't be buying it unless they have an Indo or Korean model (and for roughly half this price). For me to spend $2500 on a guitar, it has to be special and also - not a brand-new company.

 

[jaxadam]

For me to spend $2500 on a guitar

I can get at least 3 RG570s for that!

 

[KnightBrolaire]

why would I bother when I can just buy old kramers and charvels

 

[Musiscience]

Of all the guitar YouTubers (Glen aside), these two are probably the less likely to sell me anything. The only thing I can really remember from the Tone King is the beginner level playing and bad tone.

 

[CanserDYI]

Seeing as there are LTD's and Schecter's creeping up to the $2k mark, $2499 for a USA made guitar that doesnt have the reach and resources as your Fenders and Gibsons and Jacksons, I don't find it that "unaffordable". And frankly, doesn't seem to be marketed to be affordable anyways, just another option to pick. I'm not going to buy one, but I still hope to see these in the wild someday.

And not a fan of Tone King, he's cheesy to me, but Phil is about as genuine as you can get.

 

[gunch]

Not boomer not zoomer but squarely late gen-xer. Not for me but it’s nice to see, you know?

 

[LCW]

I find it hideous. Not into the 80s shredder vibe. Never been. And I was born in the 70s. I can smell the hairspray and visualize the spandex with this thing. Yuck.

 

[Spinedriver]

I find it hideous. Not into the 80s shredder vibe. Never been. And I was born in the 70s. I can smell the hairspray and visualize the spandex with this thing. Yuck.

If you watch the video, Tone King even 'highlights' that they were taking inspiration from bands that played the L.A. club scene (re: hair metal bands). I reckon their target market isn't going to be so much new players but older guys who have money to burn and are really into bands like Quiet Riot, Ratt, etc...

 

[spudmunkey]

I reckon their target market isn't going to be so much new players but older guys who have money to burn and are really into bands like Quiet Riot, Ratt, etc...

Which makes a certain amount of sense, since that makes up about 114% of The Tone King's viewership.

 

[BMFan30]

Man, don't post that -- I had a shot a second build mimicking that and didn't have the cash at the time to go for it :'( I forgot how beautiful it was.

The neck pickup is called a charlie christian pickup.

Haha that's awesome I hope you go through with it one day, it's such a beautiful body! Huge fan of just natural wood finishes too. Whether they are laquered or not.

Thanks for letting me know, took notes already and saved your post!

 

[PF Chang]

More like Badlands Guitar, since they only have one model...