What guitar and amp would I buy for $500

hey guys today I met Sam ash because you guys asked this really interesting question if you only had five hundred dollars what guitar and ankle you buy and so I thought about it really hard I thought you know what I'm going to use my $500 and I'm going to go into Sam ash now this store is about 50 minutes away from my home I'm not sure what's inside of it but I talked to Sam Ash and they gave us permission to go in the store and videotape me trying to buy a guitar amp so here are the rules I have five hundred dollars plus I can add a little bit for sales tax to buy just the guitar in the amp I don't have to worry about cables ringing that stuff and and I only go by what I really want so if I want if I find a guitar and it's going to SAP up the whole 500 hours I don't get the amp and if I buy the amp and it zaps Apollo money I don't get the guitar but the idea is to try and buy what I would really want for five hundred dollars so let's go check it out yeah yeah it's a man Japan 399 that's awesome oh I just I don't know if I need another second string alright next profile yeah it is it's the filled the narrow probably get sidetracked I think well cuz I want to look you know kinds of cool stuff to try to stay focused but oh yeah look at that Idina school that's the triple bucker one that's the one that's not as popular but it's pretty cool amazing it look at Robin guitars you see the Robin we're good another Ibanez 7 here's another setup that's a hardtail oh you know what alright now a little teaser tailer though it's hard to come across yeah this is pretty cool and that's a good price too you never see those that's pretty awesome that's really awesome oh is that a flaxseed guitar blacks would you have a flat for youth art you see that I don't think we brought enough money mahogany body said if it would if this was for like that I I consider it but not having an amp it's not you know right my water Joe check this out here's a Japanese Ibanez - 1999 for - 70 - 80 bucks 200 a bucks Cuoco that was pretty cool I don't know if I'd want to put a Floyd Rose guitar no what here's a cool guitar yeah this sounds good right you know the Black Star sounds good of course these hands and an octet but I you know one thing on for the record kids have it so good every amp sounds great there's no just things about setting up anymore No I would love for every kid that has one of these black stars boxes I'd like to send in my old gorilla amp right yeah they make those kids like play old computers and stuff right right to see how look I just like to send kids guitar players like a gorilla amp for a week and watch them just struggle I like it right yeah we'll definitely ask cuz 400 bucks for a gifts and Les Paul that's cool it's a 2013 349 for the GL there's a lot of guitars for under 500 bucks that are really good I mean there's a lot I don't know how you mortgage board right there yourself in 2013 that was the year they were doing the big maple right if I so hard to tell I guess you can tell yeah it doesn't matter yeah I agree national big that's work with that black star sounds better right I like is bearing the orange amp this is good nigga this one in the bailing sure hey Joey hold this and this is cool Wilkinson I wouldn't play it it's cool if to give tonight actually I've used it absolutely yeah the place fantastic it's definitely cool looking it means I mean you think this is $190 how do you buy a guitar for $100 with a set night in EMG style pickups and Wilkinson bridge like it's just I mean smoking guitar you look good but I don't think I play it but I like it what's that but it's oh okay watch get this I'm not making this up you guys can google this this is a t TM guitar it stands for taller than midgets that's the brand that's why they use an acronym so this is supposed to be american-made guitar is what they claim on the website I don't know but I wouldn't own it because that I think that's I'm sure it's offensive with just weird on top of that that's in the budget hmm you know what you guys make fun of this but I'm we were making fun of okay yeah you buy really nice after this is particularly the most uncomfortable thar ever to play ever but you know what plays great sounds great you know if this sustainer works separate okay we got to check out different andis let's display the ever play was the seen her before yeah pickle I've never come times be kind of done fry my fellows is a the cool thing is 360 you can buy a better Hampton yes nice you know what I like mostly about this today that everything was a hard choice right there was a lot of good right I can't you pick a southern string because I don't need another Semin screen I wanted to Les Paul this works out perfect it's a gold top it's p90s loading up you're gonna get this black star nine bucks so we hit we hit it exactly it's 500 bucks today we're gonna add tax what's it you know who's comes to pound it does not on our slide is suffering it doesn't run off with double-a batteries there's like cool see perhaps if we love this though right Bilbo yeah we all buy one see that's the whole point the whole point is to expand the kitchen it's just where it's got a fax that's right how much money what we say we're at sixty right 60 yeah get all their so everyone wants checkerboard Pyxis a mesh I got them all in Sandman fix because you need pics you try to do pop but you look for money really cool the look of Joe is Phil buys more pedals I'm guilty too transparent yes sir I know where the grand total after-tax of five 1796 free tax 470 694 look at that awesome 25 bucks sister you

Channel: Phillip McKnight

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Keywords: sam ash, phillip and tone king, gibson, gibson broke, gibson issues, blackstar, best guitar under 500, used guitar, new guitar, know your gear, guitar center, music store, guitar store, ibanez, schecter, fender, orange, amps

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Length: 11min 46sec (706 seconds)

Published: Mon Aug 08 2016

Reddit Comments

[u/DunkingFatMansFriend]

Get a MIM strat and a 15 watt amp with built in effects. Great starter pack

[u/geetarzrkool]

Love Phil's vids. All guitar nerds should watch them.