binky_bass Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 (edited) Both myself and my guitarist have pulled the trigger (mostly out of curiosity) on a pink coral EastCoast super strat and a Cream EastCoast Tele. Both with Roasted Maple necks, both quite reasonable spec, both £99 new delivered... Can these be even half decent?? The reviews suggest so. I'm not 100% convinced, but for £99 we thought we'd take a punt. Will report back when delivered and tested. Could be the steal of the century or a waste of time and money! https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/211119377178025--eastcoast-st2-deluxe-hss-roasted-maple-neck-coral-pink?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA8NKtBhBtEiwAq5aX2ERs8fl25B9vQa-RxTkprRaOC_XDZUWhaJCK6eDvJWheC8VHDusEQhoCv34QAvD_BwE Edited January 27 by binky_bass 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Much like Thomann with Harley Benton, I can't imagine that Guitar Guitar will want to tarnish their reputation with a shoddy budget line, so I think it will be a good buy. Let us all know once you have given it the once over. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 A lot of these low budget offerings are quite decent as far as neck, body, etc are concerned. The fittings are where corners are cut (something has to give - £99 retail equates to about £40 at the factory gate). By the time you've improved pickups, tuners, wiring, pots, etc to a reasonable standard, you may as well buy a Squier or similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 This is my actual Tele, reviewed by the guitarist in my band. What he fails to mention is that I paid £99 for it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassfinger Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Is it a genuinely roasted neck, or some kind of dye or tint? We demand you chop it in half to see! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binky_bass Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 23 minutes ago, Bassfinger said: Is it a genuinely roasted neck, or some kind of dye or tint? We demand you chop it in half to see! For Science!!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 53 minutes ago, warwickhunt said: This is my actual Tele, reviewed by the guitarist in my band. What he fails to mention is that I paid £99 for it. What's he got against squires? It's a job, innit? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 I'm surprised that these have popped up at QatarCatarrh. I thought EastCoast was a house brand exclusive to Andertons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 24 minutes ago, neepheid said: What's he got against squires? It's a job, innit? For goodness sake he plays Ibanze guitars! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer of the Bass Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Ceramic pickups though - not always a bad thing, but it's a step away from the classic strat pickup recipe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 31 minutes ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said: I'm surprised that these have popped up at QatarCatarrh. I thought EastCoast was a house brand exclusive to Andertons. I first encountered them about 15 years ago in PMT. Seemed to be a decent budget brand even back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 I'm intrigued by their SG copies as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Cheap guitars have never been better, so many good ones out there now. I'm sure that they will be fine if set up well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 (edited) 13 hours ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said: I'm surprised that these have popped up at QatarCatarrh. I thought EastCoast was a house brand exclusive to Andertons. I saw a Lee Andertons clip a while back where he was talking about the various companies that he's involved with. Pretty sure he said East Coast was a joint enterprise with at least one other UK music retailer aimed at supplying the super cheap end of the market. On a different subject I suspect there's factories in the far east churning out tons of roasted maple. In a few years it's gone from being a relative rarity on higher end guitars to a standard feature at every price point. Edited January 28 by Cato 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 23 hours ago, binky_bass said: Both myself and my guitarist have pulled the trigger (mostly out of curiosity) on a pink coral EastCoast super strat and a Cream EastCoast Tele. Both with Roasted Maple necks, both quite reasonable spec, both £99 new delivered... Can these be even half decent?? The reviews suggest so. I'm not 100% convinced, but for £99 we thought we'd take a punt. Will report back when delivered and tested. Could be the steal of the century or a waste of time and money! https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/211119377178025--eastcoast-st2-deluxe-hss-roasted-maple-neck-coral-pink?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA8NKtBhBtEiwAq5aX2ERs8fl25B9vQa-RxTkprRaOC_XDZUWhaJCK6eDvJWheC8VHDusEQhoCv34QAvD_BwE "The EastCoast ST2 is EastCoast's superb version of the classic double-cutaway, bolt on neck electric guitar, rigged with a pair of chiming singlecoils and a meaty humbucker in the bridge position". So if it is anything less than"superb" get down to Trading Standards! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 A lot of these reviews are people excited at having new gear rather than an objective appraisal of a guitar. One of the benefits of someone like Ed Friedland doing a review compared to the Lobster guy is that Ed takes stuff on the road and really puts stuff to the test. £99 is a throwaway amount for some people, and I’ve been caught up in this before, buying some HB stuff etc. I’ve convinced myself it’s good quality but it’s really not when you start taking it on the road. The HB pickups are weak, the tuners flimsy and the overall feel is cheaper than a Fender. It’s cool if reviewers want a cheap guitar, but don’t try and convince me it’s as good as an expensive one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftyJ Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 (edited) 10 hours ago, Cato said: On a different subject I suspect there's factories in the far east churning out tons of roasted maple. In a few years it's gone from being a relative rarity on higher end guitars to a standard feature at every price point. First time I ever heard of it was when Gibson used it as surrogate rosewood fingerboards after the FBI had seized their stock of rosewood . They referred to it as "baked maple" and they were widely ridiculed for it. Looked well enough though, and hardly anyone heard a difference. Edited January 28 by LeftyJ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 17 minutes ago, Burns-bass said: A lot of these reviews are people excited at having new gear rather than an objective appraisal of a guitar. One of the benefits of someone like Ed Friedland doing a review compared to the Lobster guy is that Ed takes stuff on the road and really puts stuff to the test. £99 is a throwaway amount for some people, and I’ve been caught up in this before, buying some HB stuff etc. I’ve convinced myself it’s good quality but it’s really not when you start taking it on the road. The HB pickups are weak, the tuners flimsy and the overall feel is cheaper than a Fender. It’s cool if reviewers want a cheap guitar, but don’t try and convince me it’s as good as an expensive one. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle, as it usually is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 9 minutes ago, neepheid said: The truth is probably somewhere in the middle, as it usually is. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 (edited) I watched this review and because the guitar sounded so good in the video I had to try it out. When I actually played the guitar in my local shop it was absolutely s**t! The sound was thin and nasty and the tuners couldn't keep it in tune for more than a few seconds at a time. I actually did buy a guitar that day, it was a Yamaha Pacifica that they had going secondhand. It stayed in tune, had a decent set up, sounded pretty good and only cost me £68. Don't believe the hype. Edited January 28 by gjones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 1 hour ago, Burns-bass said: One of the benefits of someone like Ed Friedland doing a review compared to the Lobster guy is that Ed takes stuff on the road and really puts stuff to the test. Two totally different things. Ed is well known and respected as a player, author and bass guru. He does straight up honest reviews. Lobster fella is selling folk on mods. He does his initial video then does another after he's had someone swap the pickups, whether they actually need swapping or not. He's looking for YT checks for video, kickbacks from his embedded links and lastly cash in his back pocket when he punts the bass on the QT. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 (edited) I have noticed especially on US guitar forums that there seems to be an expectation from a suprising number of people buying brand new guitars that they'll want to modify it in someway, even models I would regard as high end intruments like US Fenders and Gibsons. I think Lobster is aiming at that mindset. Edited January 28 by Cato Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 I think that's a foolhardy waste of time - but I have heard plenty times of people planning what mods they're going to do before they've even bought the damn instrument. Seems daft to me, get the thing first and see what it's like before making any decisions like that. I had half a mind to replace the pickup in my G&L Tribute LB-100 for a split MFD to make a cheapskate SB-1, but I ended up liking the sound of the stock alnico pickup just fine so I left it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 I did the modding thing just the once a few years ago on a Squier VM 70 I'd acquired just because I was interested in having a go. I was happy with the results but for the overall cost of the project I certainly could have bought a new Mim Fender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 29 minutes ago, kodiakblair said: Two totally different things. Ed is well known and respected as a player, author and bass guru. He does straight up honest reviews. Lobster fella is selling folk on mods. He does his initial video then does another after he's had someone swap the pickups, whether they actually need swapping or not. He's looking for YT checks for video, kickbacks from his embedded links and lastly cash in his back pocket when he punts the bass on the QT. Thankfully I don’t watch YouTube (unless people post videos here). if I want to watch white middle aged men play guitar and bass poorly while talking rub ish I go to one of my band practices. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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