This week we cast a critical eye over the Joe Strummer tribute guitar we built from scratch here on theguitaristas.tv Channel 📺 Our version cost a fraction of the $15,000 they are asking for the 'MasterBuilt' version... but is it any good? Join us for a deep dive review and let's find out! 🎸

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This week we take a close up look & listen to our gorgeous highly rated Japanese made Tokai Love Rock. We then take it apart to measure everything before 'fact checking' our contentious thumbnail claim... it's a post truth clickbait world baby so we're probably fine! 😁✌️

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If you want to buy someone a guitar this Christmas but are not sure where to start, or if you want someone to buy YOU a guitar this Christmas and need help to guide them, this film is for you. Look no further we have found the perfect guide to a cheap guitar that everyone will love! 😁🎸

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With this weeks hugely anticipated release of the 'unaffordable' Epiphone version of Greeny the hot topic, I decided not to buy one, but rather review my own brilliant and vaguely look-a-like custom made version. It just needs some new knobs and a more talented player! 🔥🎸

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The final chapter in the Epiphone Vintage Re-issue trilogy drops this week after we finally grabbed the most 'expensive' model. We raved about the Coronet and Wilshire but will this posh version also make the right noises?... Grab a drink and join us as we take it to pieces and find out!

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Another fabulous Tele is added to the line-up in preparation for the mega comparison film planned for next month. It would have been rude not to have included 'the original' so we grabbed a Fender player and today take a close up look to see how it measures up!

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Back in the 1950's new guitar manufacturer Danelectro's mission to make 'cheap' guitars for big US dept stores led to the use of some interesting cost cutting materials & techniques. Today we take one apart for your entertainment to find out what it looks like under the hood! 😁🎸

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Another weird creation from Squier's highly affordable 'Paranormal' range is under scrutiny this week as we check out the Nashville Stratocaster. It's a mix up of Leo's finest, the Tele and the Strat but can it really do the job of both?... put the kettle on and let's settle down and find out! 🎸
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Today we unbox & review a surprise signature guitar that doesn't cost the earth. As Joe Strummer himself once sang 'if you want to taste the honey don't go killing all the bees'... these things link nicely to our thoughts on the new overpriced Epiphone Joe Bonamassa SG Custom. Discuss! 🎸

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Have you ever spent a big wad of cash on a guitar only to find that a few days later another 'too good to be true' opportunity comes along making you question your own sanity? 🧐🤔 It just happened but I bought it anyway! 🤷‍♂️... my name is Colin and I'm a guitar addict! 😂🎸

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This week we review an affordable retro reissue from iconic British company Burns who are best known for creating some odd looking 'ahead of their time' guitars. Will the current range help to reignite that old flame? 🔥 join us for a deep dive look & listen and find out! 🎸

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What happens if you take a Fender Stratocaster and remove all the annoying bits and replace them with attributes and parts from a Gibson? Does it still sound like a Fender?... join us as we take a close up look and listen to find out! 🎸

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This week we review our Epiphone ES 335 and prepare to fix the dodgy wiring before attempting to play a complicated solo without learning it properly. In studio 3 we muck around with a favourite SG and a scruffy Fender Blues Deville tube amp. Guitar porn doesn't get better than this!! 🎸🎸

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This week it's finally time to review an Epiphone ES 339 and cor blimey guvnor it's bloody well Pelham Blue innit! 🎸🙌 Ok so we already know these are great and as one of our most requested guitars to 'review' this one should be a piece of cake... now what could possibly go wrong? 🤨

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GAS moves in mysterious ways and this weeks spontaneous purchase turns out to have been planned over many months... it just arrived a bit sooner than expected! 😊 It also appears to be a bit of a 'rarity' but is it really 'the one'? Join us for a deep dive to find out more! 🎸

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Considered by many to be a better version of Gibson's ubiquitous ES-335, the original Epiphone Sheraton has long been on our list of favourite semi's. This week we take a close up look at our new Ebony II Pro to see if it really does give the 'big G' a run for more affordable money. 🎸

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Some new additions to the Gretsch Electromatic range caught our attention so we grabbed a vintage white double P90 bigsby loaded jet to put through its paces. We describe it as affordable, unique, stylish, and *%$**£! cool... but what does it sound like?

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With the hype surrounding the new series 'fx pistol' all pervasive the urge to buy a Les Paul Custom and play some Jonesy riffs could be resisted no more. But previous experience has come in useful and saved a heap of filthy lucre... join me for the full story and in depth guitar review!

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You simply can't walk past a shell pink telecaster that costs just £185... well I can't so I bought it and this weeks review of the amazing JET JT300 kicks of a new series where I compare a bunch of such budget axes. Watch out Fender the bar has been raised! 🎸👍

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While perving at online Guitar porn for something 'affordable' recently we happened upon this G&L ASAT Classic going for a song. At nearly 50% off retail price this was a no brainer and fits nicely into our forthcoming series of £500 T-Styles. Fancy a closer look guitar nerds? 😎🎸

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Following recent revelations about our love-hate relationship with the Gibson 'lifestyle brand', and a fairly solemn promise that we were well and truly 'over them', yet another SG arrived at our door this week. And it's Pink. I think we need help so let's talk this thing through! 🤨🎸

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Completing the line-up for our first 'affordable' T-Style comparison is this weeks review guitar from Tokai. Renowned for making 'better than original' copies we check out this Chinese version and find out if Japanese quality control is all it's cracked up to be. Warning: there will be waffle!! ...

This week we check out another great looking 'vintage vibe' centre block alternative to the ubiquitous ES-335 in the form of the Guild Starfire 1. This model costs just $550 so we were keen to find out how it plays and sounds... join us for a close-up look and listen guitar nerds!

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