{"id":833061,"date":"2025-03-10T14:12:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T19:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/could-you-play-it-sure-is-this-guitar-worth-the-1500-i-paid-for-it-no-way-youtuber-buys-trump-guitar-and-is-surprised-by-what-he-finds\/"},"modified":"2025-03-10T14:12:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T19:12:56","slug":"could-you-play-it-sure-is-this-guitar-worth-the-1500-i-paid-for-it-no-way-youtuber-buys-trump-guitar-and-is-surprised-by-what-he-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/could-you-play-it-sure-is-this-guitar-worth-the-1500-i-paid-for-it-no-way-youtuber-buys-trump-guitar-and-is-surprised-by-what-he-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cCould you play it? Sure. Is this guitar worth the $1,500 I paid for it? No way\u201d: YouTuber buys Trump guitar \u2013 and is surprised by what he finds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Last year, Trump Guitars caused a stir when its patriotic line, claiming to be officially endorsed by incoming 47th American President Donald J. Trump, went up for sale.<\/p>\n

The fledgling brand was swiftly hit with a cease-and-desist order from Gibson<\/a>, as one model \u2013 the American Eagle \u2013 featured a body shape strikingly similar to the iconic Les Paul.<\/p>\n

Despite this, the model is back on sale alongside a disclaimer clarifying that \u201cGetTrumpGuitars.com is not affiliated, associated, endorsed by, or in any way officially connected with Gibson Inc.\u201d<\/p>\n

The range has been subject to an awful lot of discussion online, but now one intrepid YouTube guitar reviewer has actually bought the $1,500 guitar for research purposes.<\/p>\n

As advertised, the solidbody, all-mahogany guitar features a high-gloss eagle and flag design on the body and a rosewood fretboard adorned with \u2018Make America Great Again\u2019 inlays.<\/p>\n

\u201cHey, that’s a beautiful neck,\u201d admits HW from ToneJunkie TV<\/em><\/a>. \u201cI gotta be honest with you, my first impression of this guitar is a lot better than I expected.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI completely expected to waste $1,500 just for this video because I was curious. I’ve never heard of a Reagan guitar or a Clinton guitar or an Obama guitar. I mean, maybe those existed. I just didn’t run into them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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HW demonstrates the guitar’s sound through his rig \u2013 a Kemper with a Deluxe Reverb capture. While he notes the rhythm and middle positions sound \u201ccool,\u201d he finds the bridge pickup on its own \u201ca little underpowered\u201d.<\/p>\n

He also observes that the three-piece body guitar arrived with no finish flaw on the body but a slight finish flaw when it comes to some of the stars on the headstock. It’s equipped with chrome hardware, and a fully set-up medium to medium-high action.<\/p>\n

He also notes that it stays in tune \u201cpretty well.\u201d However, while the tuners are decent and the bridge is \u201cclearly intonated\u201d, the strings, in his words, play like they \u201cwere made in hell,\u201d which he explains is common with imported guitars.<\/p>\n

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Overall, HW concludes that \u201cit looks like a guitar that might have come out of a Samick or maybe the Harley Benton factory,\u201d meaning it is definitely not a \u201cMade in the USA\u201d guitar.<\/p>\n

He adds, \u201cIt might mean from China, you know, the body and the wood and everything. So it’s less than 51% made in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n

ToneJunkie TV<\/em>‘s final verdict? \u201cCould you play it? Sure. Could you enjoy it? Yeah, absolutely. I would say, is this guitar worth the $1,500 I paid for it? No way.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would put this guitar in line with an import Harley Benton that you would buy for 500 bucks. That’s what I think his guitar should go for. It’s like a collector piece at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a more recent video comparing the Trump guitar to a Harley Benton<\/a>, HW clarifies that one of his main reasons for the low price is the quality of the pickups, which he says are \u201creally not up to snuff for a $1,500 guitar.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He also notes that the knobs are in the \u201cwrong color,\u201d adding, \u201cThey’re not like the gold that’s on a Les Paul. They’re this bright, weird color, like someone did it kind of from memory. And so that bothers me, too.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would just say to someone, it’s on par with maybe a $250 to $300 guitar in terms of what I’m playing right now \u2013 the quality control [and] the playability,\u201d he concludes.<\/p>\n

By early December, Trump Guitars had already made changes to the models advertised on its website<\/a> after Guitar World<\/em> broke the news of Gibson’s cease-and-desist. However, the contested model is now back on sale.<\/p>\n

Guitar World<\/em> has reached out to Gibson for comment on this latest development.<\/p>\n

Update 1\/3\/24: This article has been updated to include comments made by ToneJunkie TV in a recent video update.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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