Troglys Guitar Show

AsterixTG

Anyone else watch Troglys on YouTube?

Always nice to watch his stuff on Gibsons with a cup of coffee in the mornings - get to see all the lovely things I can't afford.

TeleMaster

Yea I watch him from time to time. He seems like a cool guy. 

Caffeine_Vampire

I've watched a few. Anything to avoid Andertons videos

Offset

I watch occasionally when he's reviewing something I find interesting, but I have to get over the fact I find him intensely irritating.  The only YouTube guitar reviewer I actively like is Phillip McKnight.  He's very knowledgeable on all things guitar, has a relaxed presentation style and genuinely seems like a good egg.  Trogly just comes across as a bit of a pecker from my perspective.

AsterixTG

Offset said:

I watch occasionally when he's reviewing something I find interesting, but I have to get over the fact I find him intensely irritating.  The only YouTube guitar reviewer I actively like is Phillip McKnight.  He's very knowledgeable on all things guitar, has a relaxed presentation style and genuinely seems like a good egg.  Trogly just comes across as a bit of a pecker from my perspective.

I get that - he's probably not my first choice to sit and have a pint with, but he does regular, reliable content and I will admit he's presented some guitars that I'd not normally have paid attention to.

Marshall_stax

Yup, discovered him recently while he was unboxing the set of LP's in limited edition colours he'd just got. Quite in to his channel now. 

Grampa

Watched a couple, good content and well presented, but his voice gets on my wick so gave up. Like @Offset I'd watch Phil McKnight any day of the week.

DefaultM

Some videos are alright. I found it interesting that he offers an expert valuation service when a fair few of  his videos are about him getting scammed and unknowingly buying fakes though. 

HarrySeven

AsterixTG said:

Anyone else watch Troglys on YouTube?

No. Can't say I really enjoy watching guitar-related vids, YouTube or otherwise. Not my bag.

RaymondLin

I watch his videos a few times a week.  He’s inoffensive, sometimes I learn something (but I still take some facts with a pinch of salt, it’s the internet after all) but he seems cool and it’s not flashy.

Whitecat

I like how he breaks down the guitars, literally, and measures stuff carefully (neck shapes/dimensions, weights are esp good as guidelines/baselines especially for unfamiliar/strange models). Important info that I wish all mfrs would supply. The tone demos on the other hand are not so useful...

That said I'm mostly with H7 and find YouTube guitar culture to be super cringe. 

longjaw

Watch him regularly - always amazed by the number of times he buys guitars from dealers/the general public that have dings, dents and other issues that haven't been disclosed and he just accepts them.

Also can't believe some of the QC issues on high-spec Gibsons he buys new (signature Dave Mustaine Flying V with a damaged fret inlay, for example).

lustycourtier

Hes a salesman, first and foremost, but as long as you remember that, hes ok. He constantly hits post on specs as well, but has done very well to come from working in a supermarket about 6 years ago to buying Michael Jordans house or whoevers it was. That video was utterly insane.  

RaymondLin

lustycourtier said:

Hes a salesman, first and foremost, but as long as you remember that, hes ok. He constantly hits post on specs as well, but has done very well to come from working in a supermarket about 6 years ago to buying Michael Jordans house or whoevers it was. That video was utterly insane.  

If it's some basketball player's house then that explains the massive indoor basketball court. 

Sassafras

First one I googled was an unboxing one - FUCK OFF!

Alterlifeson

I like him. He gets a bit of a bad wrap on some parts of the guitar internet but he provides good factual content. You do have to take some things with a pinch of salt, as ultimately he is a business man/seller - however is nothing like the YouTube channels of the big guitar shops who make no mention of anything wrong or untoward. 

He is very up on his Gibson history but would like to see a branch out into Fender world a bit more. Some of the Japanese stuff would be good to document too.

 lustycourtier said:

Hes a salesman, first and foremost, but as long as you remember that, hes ok. He constantly hits post on specs as well, but has done very well to come from working in a supermarket about 6 years ago to buying Michael Jordans house or whoevers it was. That video was utterly insane.  

Never knew that! His house always looked pretty fancy in his vids but I assumed it was a family members. That's a downer on my judgement more than anything.

AsterixTG

Sassafras said:

First one I googled was an unboxing one - FUCK OFF!

Yeah, he does that with everything he gets, some days it can be five plus...

I'm guessing it's so he can show/prove that any damage to guitars was caused before his involvement so he can return if not sold as advertised, but also to create a reveal.

I just click past the unboxings, as I do if I know it's other content I have zero interest in.

chrisj1602

I think videos like his are creating unrealistic expectations of how a guitar should come out of box.

Also, his voice gets on my nerves.

Devil#20

Marshall_stax said:

Yup, discovered him recently while he was unboxing the set of LP's in limited edition colours he'd just got. Quite in to his channel now. 

Weren't half of them damaged in transit. Stuffed end pins etc. His voice gets on my tits. 

AsterixTG

Devil#20 said:

Marshall_stax said:

Yup, discovered him recently while he was unboxing the set of LP's in limited edition colours he'd just got. Quite in to his channel now. 

Weren't half of them damaged in transit. Stuffed end pins etc. His voice gets on my tits. 

Ah yeah, that's right - one of the boxes was massive as they'd put 3 hardcased guitars in one package. It was heavy, unwieldy and obviously had been badly handled/damaged in transit.

lustycourtier

Devil#20 said:

Marshall_stax said:

Yup, discovered him recently while he was unboxing the set of LP's in limited edition colours he'd just got. Quite in to his channel now. 

Weren't half of them damaged in transit. Stuffed end pins etc. His voice gets on my tits. 

One thing Id like to see, would be a day in the life episode. Theres no way he works alone anymore, but even then theres not enough hours in the day. Videos lately he has his hoody over his hands which makes me think its someone else doing some of the footage