Rabs Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 What do you reckon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 I had enough at the 23 second mark. I was never going to buy one in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 I've boycotted them my whole life and didn't even know I was fighting whatever the fight his. Harley who? rct 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 (edited) I lasted 3 1/2 minutes, until he said "it's not American". Indeed. Did these guys miss the 70s and 80s with almost every far-east manufacturer producing 'lawsuit' copy designs? Talk to Ned Steinberger mate! Presume they feel the same about Chibsons? I tried a £200 Harley Benton 335 copy and it was an amazing guitar for the money, incredibly well made and finished. I could easily buy one just because it's such an incredible bargain. I don't think they're using slave labour or murdering puppies. In this world now, you can't have mass-produced manufacturing and not have other countries with lower labour and material costs undercut you where possible. That is life. I am not in the USA....there you may see things very differently, like these guys. I don't agree with him at all. Edited June 19, 2022 by jdgm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Is it like PRS making a Tele? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 I couldn't follow it... his bed head distracted me.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brucebubs Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Their RB-612CS 12-string is a stand out bargain - a nod to Rickenbacker without the complicated headstock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NighthawkChris Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 (edited) Virtue signaling in the highest form for what guitars to buy. What a load of crap. I blocked these Casino clowns a long time ago from my YT feed and I remember why. Buy whatever guitar you like. I don’t make them, don’t care about the company that does where if there are copies circulating of their models, I’m not making YT videos to “spread the word” and make claims like slave wages or whatever… Just shut up already! I just want to play a GD guitar. Edited June 20, 2022 by NighthawkChris 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted June 20, 2022 Author Share Posted June 20, 2022 19 minutes ago, NighthawkChris said: Virtue signaling in the highest form for what guitars to buy. What a load of crap. I blocked these Casino clowns a long time ago from my YT feed and I remember why. Buy whatever guitar you like. I don’t make them, don’t care about the company that does where if there are copies circulating of their models, I’m not making YT videos to “spread the word” and make claims like slave wages or whatever… Just shut up already! I just want to play a GD guitar. Yes... They get pretty slated in the comment section on YT... A lot of people said they had never heard of HB and have now bought one thanks to this video 😄 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 16 hours ago, Rabs said: What do you reckon? I got "their entire business model is... Steal... Pay slave wages... Make money off others." That's many a company right there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 I bought a Harely Benton,, oh wait,, no I didn't it was one of the ones that they COPIED..... yea that's the ticket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitefang Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 (edited) Never heard of HB or these clowns either. They don't need to make videos suggesting which company to boycott. What they need to do is hunt down and slap the snot out of whatever b!tch lied to them and told them they know how to make an intelligent sounding argument. Whitefang Edited June 20, 2022 by Whitefang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Exactly what is the minimum slave wage currently at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitefang Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 18 minutes ago, Sgt. Pepper said: Exactly what is the minimum slave wage currently at? I think it's two bowls of rice and only ten lashes. Whitefang 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimt Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Kind of looks like something Walmart would sell. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 I had a great uncle named Harley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdinaryNimda Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Whitefang said: I think it's two bowls of rice and only ten lashes. Whitefang And the rice is not guaranteed? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 The negative wave about HB was inevitable. Lots of endorsees of the Brand; especially John Robson (though he's bought a Gibson now). I don't agree with this fellow (who is obviously the boss of the other one - who's there to act like his pal and agree with him). Me? I have a Harley Benton strap (somewhere). Its a really good strap for the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Get one of these. https://www.wired.com/story/verso-cosmo-guitar-is-made-from-bent-steel/amp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 I know they're cheap. But that's all I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 I didn't watch it. What's it about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 21 hours ago, Sgt. Pepper said: Get one of these. https://www.wired.com/story/verso-cosmo-guitar-is-made-from-bent-steel/amp The history lesson in the text is (again) completely wrong. More misinformation spreading. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitefang Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 On 6/20/2022 at 12:44 PM, badbluesplayer said: I had a great uncle named Harley. Oh, and I had a great uncle who gave me rides on his Harley. I mean he was just an uncle, but a great guy. Whitefang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimt Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 (edited) Back in the Day, Barbie Benton was alot better. 😬. Edited June 22, 2022 by slimt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Harley Tobin was his name. I knew it was something like Benton... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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