Artist AT73 Pink Paisley Burst Electric Guitar w/ Hand Made Pickups - $499 Delivered @ Artist Guitars

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Perhaps the best-value electric guitar on the market currently, there’s never been a better time to get your hands on the Artist AT73! We’ve marked down the Pink Paisley Burst Artist AT73 from $599 to ONLY $499! We only have limited stock available, and this deal expires once our current stock is sold out, so get in quick!

The Artist AT73 is a sleek and modern take on the classic paisley designs of old, packed with a host of great features to bring you an instrument that straddles the line between innately familiar and excitingly new. With a matching headstock and a classic-looking roasted maple neck finished with a comfortable satin feel, the high-grade locking tuners and rosewood fretboard (at a lightning-quick 14-inch radius), make for a guitar that is smooth and easy to play.

Having tested untold amounts of pickup options, we settled on a set of high-end, hand-made single coils wound by the Laohao workshop, a small team producing low-quantity batches of custom pickups to a frankly unbelievable standard. Paired with 250k pots, the AT73 packs a massive punch, every bit as twangy and biting as you could expect from a TC-style guitar. Every detail has been pored over with this one - a bone nut, copper shielding, a wheeled string tree, locking strap buttons, and glow-in-the-dark side fret markers are among a host of modern features that will make this your new number one.

There may be slight variations between the paisley finishes on each AS72. This is due to the paisley finish being applied by hand.

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Comments

  • Is this the same guitar Elvis Paisley used?

    • NO, pretty sure it was Prince

      • +1

        can confirm — he lives in the Park.

      • Pink Floyd

    • As in the Forex credit music king?

  • Just be aware these are generally pretty heavy

    • +26

      They come delivered with drop d tuning.

    • -3

      these are generally pretty heavy

      I might by one as a Xmas present for my brother.

    • +1

      For sure, I bought a dual-humbucker TC a few years ago and it's by far the heaviest guitar I've ever held.

      • No Les Paul?

  • Hijack but can anyone who knows guitars recommend something for a 12 year old beginner. I have an amp that I got free already but want a new guitar for xmas. Budget end of the spectrum but not so budget that it would hinder learning.

    • +9

      Any Yamaha guitar on Facebook marketplace that suits your budget.

      • Seconded, a used Yamaha guitar is pretty good. Also a cheap amp probably isnt going to be great, but you can get a good one later.

        NB I have both Artist and Yamaha guitars, both are pretty good for beginners, but I really like my Yamaha Pacificas (I also have a squier but I never took to it but it is pretty)

    • I'm still pretty crap and I don't consider what I do with a guitar "playing", but I started "learning" when I was 13.

      Anyway, you get what you pay for. What's your budget? I think $300 or so would be a good figure.

    • +2

      Yamahas are reliable and a safe bet as mentioned in the other comment!

      Still, I would advise to check with your 12 year old what sort of guitar they find nice or cool, and try to find a guitar like that within your budget from the normal "good" brands. I remember I was set on getting an SG or LP body because I liked how they looked and started saving money for that, but after a while my parents got me squier strat. It was a pretty ok strat but as a kid I was still a bit disappointed by not having the guitar I wanted (pretty dumb in hindsight and I appreciate what my parents did). Eventually I played the hell out of that guitar and gifted it to my younger brother after some years, and I still have a strat today.

      Alternatively, if they are already into guitars ask them what their favourite bands are and you may get an idea of what sort guitar they like.

      • +1

        Absolutely this. Practicing is the hardest thing. Anything that helps the kid want to pick up the guitar e.g. it looks like the one that he wants, will help that immensely. Some varying percentage of playing the guitar is the cool factor

    • -3

      If you are learning from scratch my recommendation is just to get an acoustic nylon string, they are easy to play and esp you won't experience as much fatigue, and they have a nice tone. If you already have one and just are after an electric then you can either go second hand or new, but your budget will be the main decider and you haven't said what you can spend

      • +4

        From being that age once and first playing on a nylon string classical guitar I hated that the neck felt like it was shaped after a cricket bat.
        Wouldn't reccomend. I didn't start playing seriously until moving to an electric guitar..

        • Maybe you were too young or small for a full size guitar, they make ¾ and ½ size ones.

          • +3

            @Jackson: I wasn't, because I switched to a 25.5 scale fulle sized Strat at the same age and it was a night and day difference. The neck profile is so much slimmer due to using a truss rod which a nylon acoustic lacks; requiring a thicker neck to compensate.

            Not least the issue of when you're a teenager into rock and heavy metal music there's very little you'd want to play on nylon acoustic besides the intro to Metallica's Battery 😁

            • +1

              @WildZero: I actually found the neck on my nylon string decent, the width helped me develop good technique. Don't get me wrong getting an electric was like a dream come true when I got one but I still wouldn't go past having a nylon string acoustic as a first guitar, esp if you are on a budget.

              I was a bit older when I got one, probably 14. The strings being further apart helps to, which is a trade off having a thinner neck on a typical electric

    • +2

      Marketplace hunt a Yamaha Pacifica, Squire Strat or any LTD that's available. If you're starting at age 12 a key thing to consider is that what you start playing, and then end up finding out is your desired instrument aren't the same thing. I started on a Strat copy as a kid but quickly moved to instruments better suited to heavy metal for example. So in this instance it's lucky I didn't start on a really high-end expensive guitar, as I might have thought that's what I had to stick with otherwise.

    • This Artist guitar is $169 ($158.86 with OCTO6 code with ebay plus). Looks good enough for a beginner
      https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/296088662303

    • I got this for my 12yo son and he is enjoying it so far.

      Artist AS1 Electric Guitar w/ HSS Pickups & AccessoriesSTH-PARENT https://share.google/OOH94wmeReL5AgjMb

    • +1

      2nd hand Fender squire stratocaster/telecaster with 9-42 gauge strings, a low action with light strings, plenty on fb marketplace.

    • A Fender Mustang copy {e.g. Squier or Artist) will usually have a thinner neck and is a lot easier to get your hand around and fret when you're in your teens. Some of those SGs and Les Paul copies have necks like baseball bats and are hard work if you've got smaller hands.

    • +1

      RENT! Rent a top tier yamaha for 12 months (so much cheaper than you'd think). Their 'made in Japan' guitars are very easy to play. If they're easy to play, they make learning more enjoyable, because they make better sounds with less effort. After 12 months, you'll know if they're serious.

      The odds are that they'll give up pretty quickly, even with a great setup on a great guitar. Then you just return the guitar, and stop paying rent on it.

      But if, just maybe if, they're destined to be great on the guitar, your choice to start them on an instrument that rewards them will have set them ahead by years.

      And for the back of your mind in years to come - my best ever guitar is a Yamaha acoustic that was made in china BUT setup by Chris Melville. This dude https://melvilleguitars.com who sells guitars to folks like Tommy Emmanuel. The 'setup' cost more than a kidney but, it now sounds like angels sing when my fat little fingers effortlessly play it. The best money I've ever spent in my life. And it's a guitar that will last me a lifetime… and then some.

      • +2

        You buy a used one you can sell it for similar 12 months later meaning its free if you didnt overpay or damage it

    • Risky… Buy something good that will last them and you'll be paying a fair amount.. if it's too cheap it won't stay in tune, won't have sustain and will be hard to play.

      I pay $280 just for a guitar setup these days to put it into prospective… Strings on-top. Any decent pick ups would be $300-$400.

      Things on marketplace are on there for a reason.

      I'd never part with any of my guitars, even if I had nothing because I'd loose too much money on them.

      You'd also never give an acoustic to a kid. I own a Yamaha LL16M and it's hard to play compared to my electrics, it's beautiful, it resonates but acoustic strings are hard to play he will quit by the week is out. Running elixir 80/20 nanoweb 12/53.

  • I got an Artist AT92v2 earlier this year and it's honestly really good. Quite heavy, similar (ish) to Les Paul weight in the body. Great guitar.

    • Yeah my Artist is heavy too, but its quite well put together

  • +1

    This is a Tele shaped guitar based on a more expensive Fender Brad Paisley signature model. But a tele is a tele, I would guess this comes with alnico pick-ups which are standard on mexican teles. And its a hardtail it wont be too fussy. All you need to do is set it up low and use Super Slinky strings (low gauge strings). And you will have a nice guitar for beginners..Definitely can’t go wrong with this guitar as long as its setup correctly.

  • Looking to get into elec guitar. Have violins from artist for me and my kids and found them to be pretty good quality for beginners.

    Anyone have the Artist SS45 Black Electric Guitar w/ Accessories & Amp and can comment on the quality?

  • Just get a used tele.

  • John Nathan Cordy did a bunch of reviews on artist guitars https://m.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEA&search_query=john+nath…

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