Artist STHL Black Left Handed Electric Guitar + Humbucker

Review for an STHL purchased at discount, advertis

By: John ZD351 on 11 February 2021

All I wanted was a LH S Type body to put the neck and various bits from a RH guitar I have. Couldn't find a reasonably priced body. I was considering whether to buy one of those $150 kits or the $199 Artist STHL purely to harvest the body for my project. Then I see Artist listing a half priced STHL noted as "Customer returned due to wiring issue - guitar requires repair before use with an amp" - - - - - - - - - - Perfect. What do I care about the wiring? I've found my body donor. I place my order on the Friday before the Australia Day holiday and received it in Melbourne on the following Thursday, exactly as predicted. it came with the gig bag and all accessories listed in the ad. - - - - - - - - - - After I checked out the guitar for about 15 minutes, I was not too happy. There was absolutely nothing wrong with the guitar. I found no wiring issue. I got sound on all 5 switch positions. Volume and Tone controls worked as they should. Neck profile was a very comfortable slightly more filled out modern C shape. Fret ends were neat and well dressed. Action and intonation set well. Guitar was a good weight, not too heavy or overly light. Days later, I pick it and it's keeping its tune. - - - - - - - - - - Yep, not happy. I can't strip this guitar out. It's too good to be cannibalised. My righty neck is bodyless again and I've got myself ANOTHER black LH S Type. Thanks a lot Artist! Call me when you have one with a snapped neck. I'm too much of a softy, and can't take a perfectly good guitar out to the slaughterhouse. I should have known after my other Artist Guitars purchases, that this would end up too good for what I wanted. If I was buying this at full price with the intention of keeping and using it I would have been very happy with my purchase.
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By: Artist Guitars

We appreciate your feedback on the customer-returned STHL left-handed guitar as it means a lot to us. I have sent you an email regarding possible victims for the "slaughterhouse". Feel free to reach out if you have any other questions or concerns. Cheers!

An absolute pleasure to deal with

By: TERRY on 9 February 2021

This is my second purchase from Artist and they are an absolute pleasure to deal with, nothing is asking to much from this company May not be the " brand " name of other guitars but they certinally are not the price either and Artist guitars play exceptionally well regardless of your experience. You wont regret the experience of buying an Artist guitar.
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By: Artist Guitars

Thank you so much for the review Terry! We really appreciate the support!

Fantastic product

By: George on 17 April 2020

I had been looking for a left handed guitar for a while and saw this one and decided to give it a go, and to be totally honest I am more than impressed with it, not just the price but also the added accessories and incredible sound. I would recomand thio guitar to both experts and new players love it
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Best Value For Money

By: Darren S on 9 April 2020

Artist STHL Black Left Handed Electric Guitar + Humbucker is the best value for money out there. I was amazed at the quality of this guitar for the price. The neck is really comfortable to play and the Wilkinson pickups have a great sound, especially when playing the neck and middle pickups together, they have a beautiful chimey sound you would expect to get from a more expensive guitar. Great work Artist Guitars, thank you.
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Artist STHL Black Left Handed Electric Guitar + Hu

By: Allan Carpenter on 14 February 2019

I received my brand new Artist STHL guitar much sooner than expected. The guitar is beautifully finished and can’t be faulted. One wonders why the “NAME” products should be so much more expensive. Thank you Artist Guitars ❤️
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Left handed electric guitar

By: Luke on 9 February 2019

I brought the STHL left handed guitar overall I’m impressed the the neck is smooth postage was really quick tuners and pickups are great the only complaint I have is there is so much fret buzz due to so many of the frets being uneven it’s also causing the strings to go out of tune every time I play a chord so it’s going to take a lot of work and money to level and crown the frets everything else is great I’m giving 3 stars purely for the money I’m going to have to spend to get the frets done otherwise it would have been 5
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Low On Price, Not On Quality.

By: Troy Gardiner on 20 October 2018

Was looking for a budget priced guitar to modify, and these are perfect for that job. Being left handed leaves me with a small choice in guitars, but even before any changes were made, this played like a dream, and made with just as much care as a right handed guitar, no hanging frets, neck fits perfectly in the pocket, springs and trem claw are nice and tight and easily adjustable with some patience. I may have changed the pickup configuration to suit my needs, but at the given price, I could just as easily buy another to have the HSS. Only issue, the output jack was not connecting to the lead 100%, but that was a quick fix and it's fine now.
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Low Price High Quality

By: Les on 9 February 2018

I bought this as a guitar to learn on before I bought a big name brand, I find I don't need to spend a thousand plus on a guitar, this is putting out a really good sound, I have changed 1 thing on it, I got some locking machine heads just to be sure though it didn't need them, would I recommend this to someone, yep, beginner or playing for you-tube, a small pub this mixed with the NUX Frontline 30 does the job, no need to break the bank to get a good quality sound.
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Best Customer Service + Value For Money + Great Ex

By: Karan on 7 February 2016

I received the best service from Artist Guitars. I ordered the guitar at night and it came the very next day. Also, I am a beginner wanted to buy a cheap guitar for a beginner and did not wanted to spend much. They are the only music store that offers great guitars at these rates. especially for a left handed person. On top I used Afterpay, it is so convenient. Also I did not buy the amp + guitar which I should have, but I bought it later and they gave me a discount. Their staff very friendly. Also, the guitar is good for the price, I love the HSS combo gives a range of sound. I am a customer for life. I would recommend anyone to buy from Artist Guitars.
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unecessary charges

By: david ell on 24 March 2015

happy with the guitar but the $10 extra we paid for fast courier delivery and the estimated time of arrivals were bulldust my partner contacted the courier company through tracking number only to be told that they do not do express delivery and package was coming via australia post this is not acceptable you need to remove the express delivery option from ebay if you are not going to deliver any faster or refund my ten dollars our daughter was most upset that she had no birthday present and this was due to youre failure to deliver when quoted

Artist Guitars Response:
Sorry for the trouble with the shipping.  We have ongoing problems with the way Ebay quotes express shipping to some areas.  Ebay quotes a shipping time that is much faster that actually possible and at the time of writing this is still beyond our control.  I can only apologies for the trouble this has caused.  To compensate you for the shipping charge you paid, we've sent you 5 sets of strings free of charge. Please let us know if there's anything else we can do to help you. 

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By: Artist Guitars

Sorry for the trouble with the shipping.  We have ongoing problems with the way Ebay quotes express shipping to some areas.  Ebay quotes a shipping time that is much faster that actually possible and at the time of writing this is still beyond our control.  I can only apologies for the trouble this has caused.  To compensate you for the shipping charge you paid, we've sent you 5 sets of strings free of charge. Please let us know if there's anything else we can do to help you.