I think Dimebag Darrell should count as a super famous musician who played Washburn.

@paulgill5813

9 жыл бұрын

Paul Stanley did also for a while not sure if he still uses them now.

@ChadVanHalen5150

9 жыл бұрын

Paul Gill Paul used them until just the end of last year when he announced he's back with Ibanez and thank god, I missed seeing him with an Iceman... His Washburns were definitely not my thing

@paulgill5813

9 жыл бұрын

That could be a fact I didn't know that those where Washburns either. But yes he should get something he was amazing. Im not a huge Washburn fan but my brother had one years ago Im talking early 90s maybe it was called Washburn Wing Eagle Sersies it was a body thru - neck very expensive about the price rage of a Les Paul I think . It was amazing it was stolen and we cant find another one no where. I think this was their top of the line.

@austinclark2378

9 жыл бұрын

DamageIncM dime was with washburn from 1996 when dean went under to shortly before his death in 2004, so 8 years.

@kellyjackson7889

9 жыл бұрын

+Sawyer Smoak I don't think he could count though, as he was drunk a lot of the time ; D

Washburn guitars are my favorite ones by a long range. I own 3 of them and they are fantastic, they are basically my daily practice and record woods.

So basically it's an inexpensive guitar with all the mods that modders tend to do already done for you. Great idea.

@bc454irocz89

4 жыл бұрын

no its not i just bought one. Its not cheap at all, I dont know what these guys are talking about, its better than any guitar in its price range

@danielsoucy6688

2 жыл бұрын

NO EXPENSIVE! VERY HIGH-END!

As a die hard Fender/Gibson 'snob' it's always interesting listening and discovering 'new' guitars and what manufacturers are doing. Music is a multifaceted thing and people engage with it in so many different ways that I'm pleased there is something out there for everyone. Great little preview guys.

I appreciate the honesty in this review. Thanks, guys!

Nice to hear Lee rocking out. Great channel, guys!

You know what I respect the most about about these guys particulary the Captian is the honesty and a very good eye for detail..something that's been lacking in many industries for a while.

I hold my hands up & apologise for forgetting that Dimebag was a Washburn guy for a while, so I take back my statement that they didn't have a super star player other than Nuno. I know I couple of you threw Paul Stanley in the mix too.... well I forgot about him too, but I sleep better for it ;)

@ChadVanHalen5150

9 жыл бұрын

Oh shit, shots fired haha more importantly than Paul, Ace went Washburn in the late 80's with that really stupid looking guitar during the Frehley's Comet days

@kristianbentham3474

9 жыл бұрын

Steve Stevens had a Washburn signature in the early 90s too, but his relationship with them didn't last very long (less than a year). Sammy Hagar also had a Washburn signature

@SawyerSmoak

9 жыл бұрын

CaptAnderton We need to see a Washburn Ola Englund Solar review!

@vwharman

7 жыл бұрын

hate to show up way late to the party, but does Dan Donegan of Disturbed not count? not a huge fan of the band myself, but they strike me as having reached at least a moderate level of success.

@SawyerSmoak

7 жыл бұрын

I thought he played Schecters?

My Washburn Mercury is an awesome beast. Oldest guitar-brand in the US, since 1883.

My first electric guitar was a Washburn, so they've always held a special place in my heart. These look pretty cool! Glad to see them back in the game.

Just love you'r vids chapers. Keep on rocking!!!

That was some different playing in the Intro rob. Love that style I've been hearing lots of similar sounding riffs through all your Reviews over the years. That opening jam was Refreshing.

Lee is getting better in every video! Keep on rockin' Captn!

I love the smile on Rob's face when Captain dropped in drop D.

Washburn had Dimebag, doesn't get anymore "MEGA" than that, Nuno is great as well but Dime pushed and carried Washburn to their peak when he was with them. When Dime left and signed with Dean that's when Washburn took a nose dive and went to hell, but those Dime USA Made Custom Shops where some of the best you could get. I own a Southern Cross (a real one not Boogie Street) and a signed Dime Blackjack both USA Custom Shop from Washburn and to this day 2 of the best guitars I've ever laid my hands on other than my PRS Private Stock Custom 22.

a little history from an Indonesian about the Indonesian Guitar factories and luthiers (please be informed that my national pride for my country might sound a bit cocky)...the factory that makes Ibanez, schecter ESP, Squier, Gregg bennet etc are located in Mojokerto east java, us indonesians are known for being Kere tapi aktif hence the term kereaktif/kreatif translated to english as Poor but active into Creative, we even went to the reaches of the impossible to make things for a very cheap price in general, where in the west could you find a custom shop guitar pickup wounder that would create your own custom pickup for only 65 dollars with all the trials failures and errors covered by the little company that makes it, you should check it out Ganee pickups, and for guitars we have customshops that makes guitars for under 500 dollars and it's all custom to the buyers liking, includes all the amazing maple tops etc plus a wide variety of exotic Indonesian tonewoods that they offer, i've been ordering many indonesian customshop guitars since 5 years till now, and i've always been pleased, not only that, the guitars that you order are built by master luthiers that if you are interested may offer a course in building your own guitar, but it would cost you a pack of cigarettes a day and 2 cups of coffee a day. i really don't want to belittle mexican Fenders because i think they're gorgeous, but our 500 dollar customshop totally beats up the mexican fenders, i had a mexican fender tele and my 500 dollar customshop tele with my customshop pickups side to side, i had to see their audio waveform in logic pro 9 and i had it all measured up and my tele beats it up in the playability, finish and the thickness of the sound, i didn't have to use a preamp when i track dry signal with that tele of mine...

@FlourescentPotato

9 жыл бұрын

...I just lost 30 IQ points...

@llamaofvinter5801

9 жыл бұрын

This isn't history. This is an advert or spam as some might call it.

@RKO619ification

9 жыл бұрын

Cool story bro.

I get what these guys are saying with these guitars, but I'd rather buy a cheap guitar and do the upgrades myself. It's more personal, and feels like you've accomplished something that way. Plus the custom specs are in your control as well, and you aren't limited to, say, only what Washburn has available. That said, nothing wrong with these guitars. Although I was kind of taken aback when Rob said his guitar was 750 pounds. I wasn't expecting that at all. Either way, this particular line isn't what I'm interested in as far as Washburns go. Really want to see those Solars.

@scottmckinstry1698

9 жыл бұрын

Fuck that. Go get a Chappers. Watch out for the Ghost Fret model coming soon. (Chapman Explorer) AWE YEAH! Don't know about you, but I'm fucking getting one!

@jrnjd3

9 жыл бұрын

flips220 I totally agree, buy a few tools (fret leveler and files, nut files etc...) and whatever hardware you want. You'll be able to turn any guitar into a beast.+Scott McKinstry, I like the ML guitar series, I want a ML1 pro (walnut), bad ass guitar!

@whrmheadroom

9 жыл бұрын

flips220 Don't forget to add in $1800 for the PRS Archon combo

This review is bad for Cap's business (saying that a product isn't worth its price), but I love how honest you guys are being about it.

As an owner of a Parallaxe guitar I can say: it is worth its money. Serves well. I have a model with fixed bridge and with a pair 81/85 by EMG. Sound is clear, rich (however, I presume subjectively, some Bare Knuckles pickups might have deeper sound), with biting mids. Has enough presence and attack even in neck position. Absolutely great with almost any kind of distortion or overdrive, obviously because it was designed for that. You'll get powerful riffs and solos with lots of sustain and all noises absent. Clean sound is supreme as well, however the pre-built pre-amp might cause the guitar go naturally overdrive, so keep the volume in mind. Anyway, it sounds awesome; I, myself, at least, got what I had expected. As for the hardware and other: he guitar plays and feels very nice, so you don't really sense a scent of something cheap. The cutaway comes in handy, although I'm not really into playing high on the fretboard. The neck's thin, but it doesn't feel like that. I like kinda thicker necks, like the ones Strats have, but feel absolutely comfortable playing the Parallaxe. However, I really miss logarifmic potentiometers (the guitar is equipped with linear ones, so you wont' be able to do "swell" kind of things). The quality of manufacturing I would assess as satisfactory. Wood is fine, with beautiful flamed maple top (NB! Not all models have it). The finish, however, could have been thinner. The really must be sonething about the paint (I have some pieces fallen off)? but that's minor. A kind of thing you'd be polite not to notice for that money. The most essential thing - wiring - is done well and neat, but I sometimes have issues with the switcher (it doesn't switch well into the bridge position). I would attribute that to me using the switcher in Buckethead fashion, but keep that in mind anyway. Well, I certainly have no regrets about this instrument. Plays well, feels well, what else?

Sweet vid rob!

Dime was with Washburn for about 10 years. I'm a huge fan of their Idol series guitars. Particularly from the mid 2000s when they were Korean Mande, and you can get some great deals on their USA guitars which are excellent.

@lewisbarnes

4 жыл бұрын

I have 3 Washburn Idols and love them all. Still need to find a honeyburst one and if I ever get my hands on a US model I'll be very happy

Fantastic work , class track & video °^°

I played a Washburn parallax in store, sounded incredible. Amazing sound for the price

I really dig my Washburn. Best feeling guitar I own.

Nice opening guys. Some really cool playing :)

The headstock on the black one is a throwback to their late 80s guitars. I used to own an SBT-21, the tele-style "acousti-lectric" (I just made that up) solidbody with only a piezo bridge pickup, and it had the same headstock shape. I saw these parallaxes at NAMM and they were pretty cool. Loved the shapes and finishes. The mid-range ones were an especially awesome value for the money! Rock on! \m/

Nice to see Lee playing some metal riffs.

Captain said the black one has no clean tones but that was clearly the amp. Clean channel even has gain. I have pretty much the same one with EMG's and it sounds amazing for clean tones through my blackstar! I can play ben Howard,oasis,pearl jam and many more and it sounds absolutely amazing for them! Sounds just as good as the metalcore tones I also go for

I bought a Washburn Mercury series limited edition Tonewood 23 yrs ago. I have battered the shit out of that guitar in fact its the guitar in my profile pic. It still plays and sounds as good as the day I got it, it's had very little maintenance over the years and is still going strong. One of the best guitars I have ever played!!

Grover Jackson designed the Washburn Mercury Series in the early/mid-90s which were pretty nice. Dimebag from Pantera and Scott from Anthrax had some signature series in the late 90s/early 00s. The Buzz Feiten tuning system uses any manner of standard nut (Gibson, Fender, Floyd), but the distance between the nut and the first fret is shortened by about 2/3 of a millimeter. Supposedly this slight alteration of the standard fret scale makes chords ring more evenly across the entire fretboard.

I just bought a 90's Washburn Maverick BT-10 with a scalloped fretboard and I'm loving it!

beginning playing is awesome, yall should record an album of you two original music

I'm super excited I'm going to buy a Washburn pxm 100c

Love my old 80's Washburn Panther prototype. Made in Japan

1:38 ahahaha Lee!!! cannot unsee!

Smokin and Rockin!

Both of their tones from that opening jam are beautiful... Captain has that chunky umph and Chapper's gainy lead is beautiful.

@whrmheadroom

9 жыл бұрын

Ryan O'Toole But having played Washburns before I credit the amps

@ryanotoole7585

9 жыл бұрын

mialph leonarsquez good to know

@scotto0010

8 жыл бұрын

+mialph leonarsquez I respectfully disagree. You have played the wrong Washburns apparently. The problem with Washburn is that they flood the market with crap beginners guitars so no one takes them seriously. You have to spend a little more money on a Washburn to get one that isn't meant as firewood but once you break that point they can be incredible. I have an Pilsen Idol (made in USA) that no sane person could play onstage for long becasue it is soo heavy. However, the tone is a Les Paul killer. It stays in the case unless recording or sitting down.

@whrmheadroom

8 жыл бұрын

scotto0010 True, I haven't played top of the line washburns and I'm sure they are a fine instrument but I could imagine them being similar in feel /sound/quality to a top of the line Jackson or Charvel or Schecter but the point I was making was that the PRS archon head would make even a firewood guitar sound glorious.

@scotto0010

8 жыл бұрын

+mialph leonarsquez Ok, point taken. I would say a majority of custom shop Washburn's follow the PRS Gibson feel rather than the shredders like Jackson, Charvel & Schecter. They do of course have the shredder customs too (Solar, N4, WM526 etc) but I would most are made for the previously mentioned group. Their high(er) end imports are meant to compete with the Jackson, Charvel & Schecters and some do it admirably. I have three Charvels - one MIA, one MIJ and one MIM. I have the Washburn PXM20FRFBCBM which is a combination of the two reviewed in this video. It keeps up with the MIA and MIJ Charvels and blows the MIM Charvel away.

i bought that black washburn parallaxe with the bolt on for about 350 used. stuck sd blackouts in it. best shred guitar ive ever played. i love the cutaway reach nothing like it. stays in tune really well too.

Back in 1989 I bought my 2nd electric guitar which was a Washburn KC40V, and I'm pleased to say it's still going strong! I've bought many other guitars since then of course (like a Strat, Tele, EVH Wolfgang) but the Washburn still holds up really well!

@scotto0010

6 жыл бұрын

That was the second guitar I ever had and I still have it today too. It was the first that I bought new out of only four guitars that I have bought new - out of about 60 guitars I have gone through. All it ever needed was a pickup change and it was good to go.

Finaly someone got hands on parallaxe guitars!!! such a small amount of info about them in the internet. And i want pxl20B so much. But i cant afford blindbuy it :/

CaptAnderton Rob Chapman Cool review! These guitars are like a step up from entry level where you would spec it up except its done for you already. Again how captain lee says, and i agree with, picking a guitar is personal. BTW the smerk that naturally happens on chappers face when lee drops some mean playing out of no where is priceless!

The Captain rocking on the dirty yea!!!!!!!!!!

My favourite!!!!

That's was a great intro.

First guitar was a Washburn Chicago KC40V in taxi yellow - loved it! Buzz Feiten is done via a nut nearer the bridge and compensated tuning, not a compensated nut like the Earvanna and the Musicman to name a couple. Because the nut is moved nearer the bridge Suhr decided to stop Feitenising their guitars because it is easier to retrofit it than it is to undo it later. Because the Feiten system does not require a compensated nut you can use it with locking nuts aswell. Hope that helps.

Nice news from Washburn! I own two Washburns (X40 Pro QTBL electric and EA20SDLK electro-acoustic) - they are great guitars!

I have a Washburn X50 Pro and I aboslutely love it Buzz Feiten, quiltet top and seymour duncan pups/coiltap etc. for £300 (back in 2007) was amazing value

my first guitar was a Washburn WR 120 and i loved it

When do I work when you keep these nice nice videos coming all day long :D

Capt'n & Chappers, we appreciate the honest feedback & reviews. It's not bad, it just is what it is.

Long live the Washburn Idol :-)

This is why I never regret subscribing though!

Winter WEB! lmao I love that .........you realy need to run with that ....I will be waiting for your first Winterweb Album

If washburn made the primal concrete sledge guitar with the pointy Jackson style that dime played on the psycho holiday video they would be back in business no doubt

@mikemerifield5708

8 жыл бұрын

I wish they could but they would probably get sued by dean

I had a Washburn flight case, but it contained a Schecter C1+, sold both a while ago. Mick, my nemesis still owns a 1960s Washburn, no idea what model, but it's red!

I have an early 90's Washburn Mercury Series MG30, one of the cheapest of the series. I've loaded it with a Bareknuckle Nailbomb and still has original factory single coils. For a cheap guitar it plays and sounds great and use it as much, if not more than my more expensive ESP's

Awsum Rob! :)

that les paul thing you have there looks sweeet

regarding the small head-stock; i gig with a gorgeous 1987 Washburn with the same exact size and shape head-stock as the in-line 6 one in the video. Washburn has always made guitars with that style, it's nothing new. Mine sits on a set neck in a PRS style body (which they were forced to stop copying) none-the-less they did a hell of a job making mine, gorgeous real QM top, not a veneer, 2 tone body (dark brown body and bright goldish orange natural top, 24 frets, VERY unique "carbonite" finger-board, Floyd Rose trem system with locking nut, stock passive EMG pups. i gig with it straight into a high gain Randall stack and it's the nicest guitar i've ever owned, very rare too (only 1,100 made, far fewer left). paid $75 for it from a nice woman in Boston, who mustn't have known what she had. My Washburn is older than i am and sounds better than any of my newer Jacksons, Schecters, Ibanez, and Dean guitars i've owned or still own. Not familiar with their newer models, but it's high praise for a 80's metal guitar for under 80 bucks to sound, look, and play as well as mine. Been a Jackson guy all my life, but my favorite ax is a cheap 80's Washburn.... also, agree completely about Dime, why they didn't mention him is beyond me.Of all the Washburn players to forget, Do your homework, guys

Hi gents, first off, great video. Good to see a honest opinion on these, as have been intrigued as a Washburn fan of old (had a Mercury series MG74 back in my teen years, and recently purchased a second hand MG40 in a bid to get those days back). Anyway, before this gets TL:DR, would you say a good comparison to these lower end of the range models would be the now discontinued Charvel Desolation series? That was the distinct feeling I got from watching, as I also currently own a Charvel DX1-ST, which has awesome appointments, but feels a little 'toy like' against some of my other guitars (specifically the Charvel San Dimas and my Chapman ML-1 Hot Rod).

Ha, my first electric guitar was a Lyon by Washburn. Just a black Strat copy that came with a tiny 5 watt amp from Target. Sold it to help pay for an ESP about 8 years ago to a local music store and it's still for sale to this day in the very back for about 70 bucks.

captain forgot that paul stanley was with washburn when he said there was no major artists using them, say what you want about paul stanley or kiss (or don't because I don't care) but I would say that he's a pretty big artist to endorse any brand.

i have the Parallaxe PXL20B single cut and its awesome and going to get the Parallaxe PXM200AFTBLM Double Cut soon i started to love this brand

Best play of u2!!!

hahaha dat Winterweb picture!

I think the guitars look pretty good and sound really nice too.

Whoa. At 17:44 the Captain goes dropped D. Rock on man.

Nuts about the nuts!

can't wait to see the solar. I have a white 160.

The (sh)affordable Washburns from the late 80s to early 90s were called Mercury series. I had one in blue/purple that was an ok guitar for the money

I wish that Chappers and El Capt did some more like psychedelic-based videos! The ones with the moog pedals are cool and experimental but I'd love like more modulation effects and stuff! Though I do enjoy Rob and Lee's rockage! I hope more modulation stuff comes out in the future! :D

I believe their cheaper series in Washburn was the Chicago series, I had a 1980's Washburn KC-10 with a humbucker that was angled to going between humbucking and single coil and a maple fretboard

Washburn needs to bring back the MG series, those things rocked!

I had the good fortune to see a free clinic with Michael Angelo Batio at Guitar Center in Seattle when he was promoting Washburn guitars. I can't remember exactly when that was, but it was probably at least 15 years ago. It was very loud, fast and inspiring. I didn't buy a Washburn though, and I still can't play anything like Michael Angelo.

They looks like Shecter and ESP had babies. BTW, still waiting for some Schecter reviews like the Hellraiser Extreme ;)

The Best Washburn players: Nunno Bettencourt Dimebag Darrell Paul Stanley Emmpu Vuorinen Ola Englund

The solar series would be sick to review!

I own an 80's Washburn A10 ( kind of an explorer/firebird hybrid) and it Rocks! The Washburn 'Power Sustain" humbuckers and Harmonic Lock hardtail bridge with brass saddles make it absolutely sing. Sadly they no longer make them, but what can you do.

the range Cap is asking for is KC! I had the KC40 which was good and Nuno also used the KC70 on the Pornograffiti album which had 2 switches to split the humbucker!

Looked at the scalloped LTD TE the whole time. That guitar's awesomeness haunts me.

Nice

Rob Chapman Hello , i have saw this video about Washburn, i find the video as very good one and useful. How ever Washburn have aslo more cheeper models that actually plays very well. Can i ask you please to make an review for one specific model that is really really SHAfordable :) It is actually from the low range price guitars. So the guitar i will like to see in a video from you is Washburn RX10MRD Double Cutaway HSS . I will really appreciate if you make a short video for this guitar because i am very in-fluent from your opinion, the guitar i ask a video is maybe a one i want to buy , and in this point as a begginer with this will be nice to know does it worthy . Thank you and keep going with this great vids mate . Cheers !

Are you going to do a demo of the musicman majesty guitars? Thumbs up from norway-

Hearing the Capt. play Slither!!

Assuming that the amp tones and the post eq hasn't drastically changed the guitars to my ears have a very present mid range, which is something different compared to Ibanez, Jackson, esp and other such likes PS. I love the vids, keep them coming,my here should be an Andertons channel on sky lol

Anyone instantly think of a schecter damien 6 when you see the black one? ( minus the headstock ofc )

Lee´s downpicking is pretty great! I´ve been practicing for years and suck at it :/

The buzz feiten guitars don't have a compensated nut because thats a retro fit part. the factory made ones as far as i know have had scale tweaked in their placement (Not sure if the frets are tweaked too). I own one and i honestly could never tell the difference in anyway from a buzz feiten guitar and a standard one.

@waynewhiteside6687

9 жыл бұрын

Neither could I.

@kingdarko

9 жыл бұрын

Is your's a hard tail type guitar .. maybe its easier for them to do those types by just retrofitting their nuts on them.

@kingdarko

9 жыл бұрын

thought so, i think its a case of that they can compensate it at either end so on hardtails its easier to just to retrofit that special nut and with floyded guitars i think they move the bridge end changing the scale length ever so slightly and then adjustment happens at the saddles intonation..

@DTGuitarTech

9 жыл бұрын

I can't tell the difference either! As a guitar tech, what I do know is that Buzz Feitens are a pain to work on.

@DTGuitarTech

9 жыл бұрын

Yeah thanks. I've worked on one before and its the nut depth that I have the problem with with Buzz Feiten nuts. If you go too deep, they become very weak.

In addition (or alternatively to) to the compensated nut, the frets are placed differently on a "Buzz Feiten" guitar.

@bc454irocz89

4 жыл бұрын

Since the instrument has been built with the BFTS, the nut will have been positioned by the manufacturer according to the BFTS specifications and will look exactly like a standard nut for that model of instrument: bone, plastic, GraphTech Tusq, locking nut, roller nut, zero fret, etc.

1:57 I think you are referring to the Washburn KC series? I think I still have some old guitar magazines with the adverts on them.

@peterwilliams941

4 жыл бұрын

Yep with Robbie Robertson playing top of line red KC100, got mine for £500 new (Still have it!) best money I've ever spent!

Nice to see some beefy sound from cap to

Honest re there, thanks guys. Just wanted to get that in before the "damned with faint praise" submissions. I am curious as to your opinion on what makes one import made guitar with similar woods and specs having upgrades bits significantly different than another...

rep for washburn... Johnny X. Steve, was co-owner with Gavin. used to do the EC-29 and EC-36 (extended cutaway?)

Looks like the older X-Series set-necks (with updated cosmetics), which are very, very good.

Just remembers something or someone...the Washburn AF40 Ace Frehley Signature...wasnt a big seller but if you are a FrehleyFan its like one of the pieces to your shrine

Washburns Paul Stanley Starfire and V guitars were two of the best guitars I have ever played im my life but they sadly dont make them anymore

The old Washburn models the Captain couldn't remember were the EC29 and EC36

I think you guys were talking about the wasburn spitfire early in the video!

Love the norwegian metal band! !!!!!

Winterweb lmao!! Great pic!!