Unboxing the Artist Guitars Grungemaster Guitar (and the Mystery Item) 

I wonder what percentage of people want to hear a guitar demo with dirt and effects first, as opposed to those who want to hear it clean first... No offence intended toward how you like to do things, but I came away with no idea of how that guitar itself actually sounds, :)

Thanks for hanging out guys. Sadly the mystery item will remain a mystery until we get it sorted out. A huge thanks to Cheddar and Matty K! Any questions please leave them here and I will reply shortly.

Harley Benton used to sell the same model, Ja-60. Probably same Factory. Now i think the new batches are from a different Factory and has Jazzmaster pups

Did you get the amp working? Any link?

Great looking guitar Shane ,in the UK we have a brand called revelation that does similar stuff just bought one for my daughter for crimbo in a metallic purple finish with matching headstock, looks amazing and feels fantastic same style as the one you have with p90s and has like a varitone 5 way rotary switch but has a tremolo bridge with whammy bar and has a skunk stripe it's fantastic for the money was 199 pounds .

Man I just love your studio! And the way you record, and deal with, and setup guitars, amps, mics and stuff! Rock on brother. Or in your case Blues on brother!

I like the headstock. I kinda reminds me of some of the vintage Harmony headstocks

I bought the 8 string for $250 and it was rough. Once worked over it was great value

Bones: 'She's DEAD Jim!'

Does the amp have an FX Loop ? Live show, what can you do. Lol Blues On.... Such a bummer it didn't work. Bad form.

Nothing line nice asymmetry. Sweet, trying through the Tweed

Bought one of these and did not like it, very neck heavy unfortunately

The headstock shape is tastefully different.

Nice Axe Shane ! It's a cool mate for the tempress green PRS that I've always liked. Sounded pretty good man .

I was all ready for the big amp show! Sorry for your unfortunate event. I'll be looking for the video on the working version.

I got one of these! I hacked it and added a proper jazzmaster rhythm circuit!

Yeah solid state amps , you can do whatever you want with them ....... except get that tube tone !!!!!!!!!!! :-):-):-):-)

Holy shit, sounds amazing

Can you see if the valves are lighting

I have one of the Grungemasters! Snagged it for $150 on gumtree still in the box with the plastic on the guard. It's a genuinely great guitar for indie rock/fuzz/noisy type stuff and is really nice to play! Totally worth the $250 new price 👍

I just ordered one of these, so Artist can say thanks to you for that! I've been looking for a project guitar to put a Bigsby and GFS Single Ferrite Gold Foils on. 😄🤙 On a side-note this is definitely out of the Harley-Benton factory. I'd prefer never to give more money to the other lot who sell Harley-Benton after my experience buying a $1000 guitar (not HB) from them, so the option of supporting an Aussie shop is awesome.

Hey Shane how's the leg bro how are u i love yourvids u are great my aussie friend im from the usa I always watch

Nice instrument ! Love p90's but I love them all. I got severe GAS... Blues On....

Stage use??

I got one !

Guitar sounds big, fat n healthy from here. But im a big p90 fan so. Headstock is fine but i couldnt give a crap less what a head stock looks like.

Looks like lefty Grungemasters aren't available in the USA - bummer!

Nice guitar. You can turn the switch to make it go up and down instead. The down side for me personally, rude and nasty comment about the look of the pickguard.

When I saw this title first, my eyes flicked over it quickly and I though it said 'poo guitar' lol It's pretty nice though! I just scored their hybrid 5 string and fell in love in 5 minutes. A minute for each string..

They should come with an additional black pickguard, not many people are going to loke that one

From Leo: About the broken amp, If I did not watch you take it out of the box, I would have asked if Dr. Rick had been trying it out.

Darn it ! Missed you live again ! Looks pretty cool , I love P-90's and it really resembles a Jazzmaster. Now that amp looks great too ! Nice unboxing for sure ! Cheers ! (I'm sure that you'll get the amp sorted, probably rough handling in shipping.)

I got one of these the tuners are rubbish and the bridge was damaged. But it was still worth it it sounds great and I dont mind putting some Gotoh tuners in it

Bummer about the amp. I was selling an Ampeg V4 about 30 years ago and it blew up hissing and popping with smoke pouring out the back. No fun at all.

I bet that company that sent you that amp is pulling their hats down over their eyes about now.

I seriously believe every guitarist should subscribe to this channel

WoW not another cab conversion ...guitar looks great similar to Revelation RJT 60...cool

Had an early bedtime so apologies for missing the stream. I’m really digging your new guitar there!!! Hopefully they will figure out what is wrong with the amp. Cheers Shane!!!🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾🎸

Guitar seems nice, too bad about the amp though. I see they sell the Mjolnir head, that would have been nice if they sent one of those ;)

Shane, lovin’ the Trampas Green, DSL AND the ET65 - you’re 3 for 3 with me! \m/

The Artist guitars and amp look very good and seem to play very well. Great value for money.

If the speaker was unplugged when you took it off standby if there’s no load on the speaker output it can blow the output transformer

Shane, did you ever find out what the issue with amp was?

I missed the ‘live’ part. Ah, the joys of live broadcasting! Another extension speaker cab? Nah, it’ll be something simple, probly. And you know your way around an amp. Keen to hear it when it fires up.

I missed the livestream. Too bad the amp was a dud but that guitar sounded very cool. Cheers

Mate, what are you doing sticking your hands inside the amp with the power chord connected to the power point?

wow this sounds sick. I kinda wish artist did their hollow bodies lefty...

My old Peavey Classic 30 did the same thing.

The guitar looks awesome! and the dark rosewood neck is really nice! I’ve never had or played an offset guitar, but I’d definitely try this one.

New guitar looks sweet!!! 🤟🏻😀🤟🏻

Looking forward to hearing what the Tweed Tone sounds like as a “first valve amp” option. No real reviews of it out there yet. Love the vid’s Shane 🍻✌🏼

guitar sounded real nice for the dollars,,i was a little excited to see the amp as i have seen these online a few times,,i actually bought one of their strat kits guitars and for $119 ,and certainly cant complain,,plays quite well and had a lot of fun experimenting with the type of body finish,,,so looking forward to a full review of both the amp and the guitar ,,cheers for now

Headstock similar to a Yamaha Pacifica I reckon??

Bought one of these 6 months back, customer returned one for $200, after a good set up, fixing up a few sharp fret ends and a set of Wilkinson P90s I got for $20, I love the thing, sounds amazing for blues, rock, etc. Great if you know what you're doing, might be a bit rough anyone who hasn't done a set up before.

If the string is a bit flat just bend it a bit more 😁

Lovely guitar! Congrats!

Come on mate , lets hear some more of the grungemaster

Another great vid, cheers from the uk

Oh my god so much reverb and delay 🤢

Offset lefty, and P90s? Nice!

Oh no................... "I'm spewin"..............

I almost bought one of these a couple of weeks ago.

What was that amp brand again, lol .

Its a rebranded Harley Benton !

Pretty similar to a pure Salem wood soul

What is up my dude

That’s BEAUTIFUL

Nice looking guitar.

is there much difference with the cherry 58 ?

Shame about the amp. I've bought a few things from Artistguitars and never had any issues.

What’s your keeper profile

Let the tubes warm up for a minute maybe?

P90!

Like to see a trem on a Jazzmaster...but this sounds super for the money. I am so impressed by your site, man.

Just an idle thought, I've watched a lot of unboxings and often the person remarks on the guitar being in tune, or close to it, right out of the box. Obviously this one wasn't. I assume a guitar is in tune because someone tuned it to do a final quality control check on the set up and playability before shipping it off, whether at the factory itself or by the dealer/distributor. Do you suppose this being this out of tune means no one checks it out before it goes to the buyer? Or do they detune it before shipping?

shame you didnt play it without all those effects.