New Cheap as Chips Andertons Brand...

darthed1981

Looks like Lee Anderton has done a deal with the Far East to make bargainous guitars for him under the "Eastcoast" brand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j5lFK290xw

These things look incredible value, if you get a playable guitar for these prices you are in Harley Benton territory for sure.

I really want to try a few of these.

thegummy

Is it just me or do they not sound nice at all?

darthed1981

thegummy said:

Is it just me or do they not sound nice at all?

I think they vary a bit to be honest, I thought the SG one through the Katana sounded nice.

They were using cheaper amps than usual as well.

thegummy

darthed1981 said:

thegummy said:

Is it just me or do they not sound nice at all?

I think they vary a bit to be honest, I thought the SG one through the Katana sounded nice.

They were using cheaper amps than usual as well.

I based that on the intro with the kind of Tele one and the Strat. The hollow body one actually sounded less bad surprisingly.

thegummy

WTF they've got one with bird inlays!

That's surely not right!

Paul_C

Eastcoast is also sold by PMT and has been for a few years (assuming it's the same factory/company) - if so, some are ok-ish and some are awful-ish.

MattBanshee

Yeah was about to say, Eastcoast have been in PMT stores for years. Let's just say that I wouldn't even use one to hammer in tent pegs.

DannyP

thegummy said:

WTF they've got one with bird inlays!

That's surely not right!

Not my cup of tea - but that was my favourite sounding. I also like Captain Lee's haircut in this.

thegummy

I'm going to keep a note of this link for when people say that the gear doesn't matter when it's a great player :P 

Obviously it's being harsh when it's 150 quid for the guitar and amp.

If what they're saying about the fretwork being good and each guitar being set up in store then it obviously is significantly better than most things in the price range.

Quite surprising that they would put that labour cost of the set up in when they're selling the whole package for such a low price.

EricTheWeary

Paul_C said:

Eastcoast is also sold by PMT and has been for a few years (assuming it's the same factory/company) - if so, some are ok-ish and some are awful-ish.

Eastcoast has been around for a while, presumably as Andertons and PMT now have this buying partnership these are part of that. 

thegummy said:

Is it just me or do they not sound nice at all?

I haven't watched the video in the OP but last night I was watching an Andertons video of something I was interested in and that sounded awful. They had a few videos with horrendous sound mix issues on this year, I'm not having a go at any of them as characters but they don't seem to take much care over these videos any more. 

mbe

Yuk! Andertons just joined up with other retailers' race to the bottom. I've seen these in PMT and they don't stack up against Harley Benton.

King85

They do look very interesting. The GV320 in the spalted maple top looks nice.

As said in another thread recently though a good guitarist can make anything sound good.

MattBanshee

thegummy said:

I'm going to keep a note of this link for when people say that the gear doesn't matter when it's a great player :P 

Obviously it's being harsh when it's 150 quid for the guitar and amp.

If what they're saying about the fretwork being good and each guitar being set up in store then it obviously is significantly better than most things in the price range.

Quite surprising that they would put that labour cost of the set up in when they're selling the whole package for such a low price.

I wouldn't trust Andertons' claim that guitars are set up in store at all. I once bought a jazzmaster that had the saddles all over the place, and when I asked if they could set it up prior to purchase, I was just handed an allen key and told to do it myself.

Recently I also tried a Jazz Bass that they were selling second-hand. The frets had been filed down to flat stumps and any fretting above about the 7th fret was dead on any string. I pointed it out to the sales guy and he just said it seemed fine to him.

thegummy

EricTheWeary said:

Paul_C said:

Eastcoast is also sold by PMT and has been for a few years (assuming it's the same factory/company) - if so, some are ok-ish and some are awful-ish.

Eastcoast has been around for a while, presumably as Andertons and PMT now have this buying partnership these are part of that. 

If that's true then it's very disingenuous that he's making out they painstakingly researched the market to find which low end guitars were the best quality when really it was just part of the package deal they had signed up to.

duotone

thegummy said:

WTF they've got one with bird inlays!

That's surely not right!

Just spotted one behind him with the Sharkfin inlays...a la Ibanez 

thegummy

King85 said:

They do look very interesting. The GV320 in the spalted maple top looks nice.

As said in another thread recently though a good guitarist can make anything sound good.

Did you watch the video?

Danish Pete is unquestionably a good guitarist and that strat did not sound good!

chrisj1602

Paul_C said:

Eastcoast is also sold by PMT and has been for a few years (assuming it's the same factory/company) - if so, some are ok-ish and some are awful-ish.

Looks like exactly the same stuff to me...

https://www.pmtonline.co.uk/brands/eastcoast/

Steve922

PMT list Eastcoast guitars  in their catalogue but most of the 6-strings don't seem to be in stock right now. - none in their shops; its mail order only.

The Eastcoast bases are well stocked in PMT shops. Prices all the same as Andertons BUT Andertons claim to do a full setup before handing it over, which PMT don't (though they say they'll do any adjustments needed.)

EricTheWeary

thegummy said:

EricTheWeary said:

Paul_C said:

Eastcoast is also sold by PMT and has been for a few years (assuming it's the same factory/company) - if so, some are ok-ish and some are awful-ish.

Eastcoast has been around for a while, presumably as Andertons and PMT now have this buying partnership these are part of that. 

If that's true then it's very disingenuous that he's making out they painstakingly researched the market to find which low end guitars were the best quality when really it was just part of the package deal they had signed up to.

Obviously I don't know but if they did painstakingly research the market they probably wasted their time when their business partners were already selling these.
They don't appear on the GG site, interesting to see if they do at some point although it may be that GG have less interest in stocking budget models 

Bridgehouse

They may well have painstakingly researched the PMT website...

Funkfingers

The twenty four fret model that appears at 4:40 looks suspiciously like something that Shine Guitars would make.