Looks like Halo recently dropped their prices quite a bit as well. Now they are down to about the same cost as what it takes me to build my own customs from custom Warmoth parts. Love the matte finish and the neck-through look on this one.
Mine is coming in about a month, I was a little concerned when going in from their bad track record back in their early year's but they seem to have things together now and for a good price as far as customs go. Really excited.
You should look into the Bill lawrence Q-filter. Instead of a tone knob it gradually reduces the output a little, but more importantly it reduces the midrange punch, so you can adjust the character of the pickups from very clean singlecoilish sounds, to the full blare of your exsiting pickups. It is a a very inexpensive solution that yields a lot of tonal variation. Highly recommended.
I just found out about Halo, designed my own, want to purchase one so badly when I get the chance! Your review was very helpful, and got me pretty stoked to play one of these fine axes. Thank you.
Pretty dope axe my man :) maybe the head would be better upside down ( but I am Jackson fan so its understandable for me ... :D ) and I dont really know why would you get another neck pickup FOR YOUR NEXT guitar , when you can change only the neck pickup with another on this guitar
I had an Aria Black n Gold bass back in the 80s and 90s, but then i sold it. And when i heard that a new anniversary edition of that guitar came out i was excited but then i saw that the price was 4500 dollars. I looked for weeks on all sorts of sites for the original 80s model but i just couldn't find one. So i went on their site and made a guitar that looks the same and sounds better for 2900 dollar. Get these guitars they're worth the price. I bought another guitar from them just a few months ago and it puts my ESP MX220 to shame.
A little surprised.. i ordered a custom Halo a few years ago and it was an absolute disaster. It was warped, didn't follow my specs and took twice as long as they promised.
Hmm, ya I've heard similar stories but I think in the last couple of years they've undergone a shakeup in the company and are producing higher quality stuff now.
Brandon Gordon - the VP offered to give me half my money back and let me keep the pickups and bridge since they were "custom Options" By that point I was sick of having to deal with the company so I said yes and went and out an off the shelf guitar to mod the the specs I wanted . Left a really bad taste in my mouth
How has the guitar held now that you have had it since January? I can't find anyone else who will build a 24 fret explorer with a Floyd and I built a great one on the website but everything is so 50/50 on the internet
I have found it to be a very solid guitar, with only a few minor issues like the screw holding the pickup selector often coming loose, one of the tuners being a little rough feeling when turning, and one fret being a tiny bit high which causes high bends to have issues sometimes. The best part about the guitar is the evertune which really does a great job keeping the guitar in perfect tune during intensive recording sessions. However, the evertune does change the way the guitar feels and I honestly end up going back to my tele most of the time since it just feels a little more comfortable to play. But I know I can count on the guitar getting bands through their guitar tracking process which really makes me appreciate it!
Thanks man, yes I've grown to like them more and more as I use them. I recorded a whole album with a large variety of tones and the Juggernauts accomplished all of them very well!
Sean Rutledge I built this guitar on the website with all the exact same specifications and it came out to $2,769 not including tax or shipping, however he chose a lot of the most expensive options for his custom. The Juggernauts are most expensive passive pickup, the Evertune is the most expensive bridge, he chose the most expensive neck wood and construction, and all the pretty things like the binding and inlay add on a bit of money. However, you can make yourself a decent custom between $1,700 and $1,800, with say a Hipshot bridge, DiMarzio or Fishman Fluence pickups, bolt on construction with a mahogany or maple neck and rosewood or maple fretboard. They also have a 50% deposit option, where you pay half the cost of the guitar when you first order it, and the other 50% when the build is done. On top of that, they currently offer a $500 coupon if you join their mailing list. The only catches are the coupon only applies to custom shop orders, and it expires 30-40 days after you sign up for the mailing list. So if you're wise with your essential options, you can pay as low as around $750 in February and $750 + tax and shipping in November. Hope this helps in deciding for a custom order!
I had an Aria Black n Gold bass back in the 80s and 90s, but then i sold it. And when i heard that a new anniversary edition of that guitar came out i was excited but then i saw that the price was 4500 dollars. I looked for weeks on all sorts of sites for the original 80s model but i just couldn't find one. So i went on their site and made a guitar that looks the same and sounds better for 2900 dollar. Get these guitars they're worth the price. I bought another guitar from them just a few months ago and it puts my ESP MX220 to shame.
Would you recommend spending money to get this or buying a guitar then doing it custom yourself? i would say myself but the issue is i like ebony necks and those are hard to find for explorer shapes then you have to go through the taking the neck off amd everything
I guess it really just depends on what exactly you want in your guitar. If there are no brands that make the kind of guitar you want or even a starting point on which to customize, then yes Halo would be a good choice for you. But it would probably be significantly cheaper and quicker to do it yourself with a pre-made guitar. In my case I really wanted evertune with stainless steel frets, and an ebony neck.
Mark, what's the difference (if any) in feel or sound with the stainless steel frets vs. normal frets? Also what fret thickness did you go with and why? (They show three thicknesses on their site--medium, jumbo, extra jumbo.)
@@thorthunderlungs5171 thanks for your input. I did get a chance to try a local luthier's stainless steel fretted guitar briefly, but not long enough to get a sense for whether I should go with that. I guess the potential downside is, if there are any flaws in the fretwork, they're be harder to fix. But then, if they require less maintenance over time, I suppose that pays for itself.
For the track in the beginning, I used an amp sim called Toneforge Menace by JST for the rhythm parts, along with an H&K Tubeman for the lead parts. Then for the tone demos at the end, I used a supersonic plugged into a Suhr Reactive Load, and then into a cab impulse response by Ownhammer. Hope that helped!
Thanks for the review, man. My Halo Custom is on its way in June '17! Love Halo's build site. It's like building a car on an automaker's site and no other builder has anything that even compares. As for your pickup predicament, visit Josh Hernandez at www.hwpickups.com. He custom winds everything himself and will be replacing the stock Halos for me.
Ha you know what? I'm actually appreciating and liking these pickups the more I play them. They are actually really nice pickups!! And yes, going out and playing is the important part!
That's great to hear. :) Just don't worry if u wouldn't like your pickups, really easy to change 'em. I've done so on my Esp Custom Shop plus I put chrome covers on the too. :) Anyways, great review n video! \m/ \m/
Missed the chance to play the halo theme on it
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Looks like Halo recently dropped their prices quite a bit as well. Now they are down to about the same cost as what it takes me to build my own customs from custom Warmoth parts. Love the matte finish and the neck-through look on this one.
I have the same bottle of water as you ^_^
Wish I had the same guitar as well...
Mine is coming in about a month, I was a little concerned when going in from their bad track record back in their early year's but they seem to have things together now and for a good price as far as customs go. Really excited.
Yep, I think you'll love it!
You should look into the Bill lawrence Q-filter. Instead of a tone knob it gradually reduces the output a little, but more importantly it reduces the midrange punch, so you can adjust the character of the pickups from very clean singlecoilish sounds, to the full blare of your exsiting pickups. It is a a very inexpensive solution that yields a lot of tonal variation. Highly recommended.
You can just change pickups, you don't need a new guitar. :)
I've waited 5 years for one build. So that wait wasn't that long. Thanks for the video
I just found out about Halo, designed my own, want to purchase one so badly when I get the chance! Your review was very helpful, and got me pretty stoked to play one of these fine axes. Thank you.
Pretty dope axe my man :) maybe the head would be better upside down ( but I am Jackson fan so its understandable for me ... :D )
and I dont really know why would you get another neck pickup FOR YOUR NEXT guitar , when you can change only the neck pickup with another on this guitar
Thanks for this review, i'm looking into purchasing a custom bass from them but I couldn't find much information or many reviews on the company.
I had an Aria Black n Gold bass back in the 80s and 90s, but then i sold it. And when i heard that a new anniversary edition of that guitar came out i was excited but then i saw that the price was 4500 dollars. I looked for weeks on all sorts of sites for the original 80s model but i just couldn't find one. So i went on their site and made a guitar that looks the same and sounds better for 2900 dollar. Get these guitars they're worth the price. I bought another guitar from them just a few months ago and it puts my ESP MX220 to shame.
I would have swapped those pickups out for the Fishman fluence modern ceramics with 3-way coil tap wiring. The tone variations are untouchable.
Thanks for the review! I've got my Strat if I want versatile, looking for a metal/rock specialist now. Good to know about the pickups, too. :)
Get active pickups if you're planning on playing metal
great demo.....i have a merus with a floyd and carbon fiber fretboard and just ordered a reaper with a hipshot trem... .great company....
I'm a little disappointed that it took 9 months to arrive though.
Nice demo...Maestro! Sounds great, Mark
Thank you man, I appreciate it!
Thanks so much for the very helpful review!
BRO WE HAVE THE SAME LAST NAME! I'VE LITERALLY NEVER MET ANOTHER KLETT
Thanks for the review. I've been thinking about halo guitars for a long time... 🤔
Great guitar and a fantastic guitarist
A little surprised.. i ordered a custom Halo a few years ago and it was an absolute disaster. It was warped, didn't follow my specs and took twice as long as they promised.
Hmm, ya I've heard similar stories but I think in the last couple of years they've undergone a shakeup in the company and are producing higher quality stuff now.
Mark Klett - yeah and with no way to try before I buy I'm not willing to take the risk again.
Gus Topher did they refund you or anything?
Brandon Gordon - the VP offered to give me half my money back and let me keep the pickups and bridge since they were "custom
Options"
By that point I was sick of having to deal with the company so I said yes and went and out an off the shelf guitar to mod the the specs I wanted .
Left a really bad taste in my mouth
Gus Topher damn that sucks i really wanna get one of these but for the price i dont wanna waste that kind of money
what is up with only metal guys ordering these?
Absolutely amazing playing!!
Great playing!
Thanks Jeff, your guitar is great!
Jeff Lee said
Is that one of their wide nut width guitars? Congrats glad you dig them- I live in Silicon Valley thinking of getting one to support a local company.
I'm not sure where the nut width on this guitar ranks for them but it's definitely comfortable and a good guitar.
I was thinking of getting my own custom halo guitar now but the prices are higher :(
They are very nice guitars:)
Your style of production is awesome man. Love the angles. You're a great teacher bro 👽✌
How has the guitar held now that you have had it since January? I can't find anyone else who will build a 24 fret explorer with a Floyd and I built a great one on the website but everything is so 50/50 on the internet
I have found it to be a very solid guitar, with only a few minor issues like the screw holding the pickup selector often coming loose, one of the tuners being a little rough feeling when turning, and one fret being a tiny bit high which causes high bends to have issues sometimes. The best part about the guitar is the evertune which really does a great job keeping the guitar in perfect tune during intensive recording sessions. However, the evertune does change the way the guitar feels and I honestly end up going back to my tele most of the time since it just feels a little more comfortable to play. But I know I can count on the guitar getting bands through their guitar tracking process which really makes me appreciate it!
When you say the Evertune changes the feel, do you mean like it's stiffer/harder to bend the strings and such?
Lookup Oldwood guitars on instagram theyll do it for cheap
Excelente interpretacion... que bien suena esa guitarra... saludos desde Ibague Colombia
What does your custom Halo weigh? Mine just arrived and its all of 8lbs
Really enjoyed your playing, keep it up! Also, i fuckin love the juggernauts, most versatile pickup set i've ever played.
Thanks man, yes I've grown to like them more and more as I use them. I recorded a whole album with a large variety of tones and the Juggernauts accomplished all of them very well!
You may have said it at some point in the video and I missed it, but how much did this guitar end up costing?
Sean Rutledge I built this guitar on the website with all the exact same specifications and it came out to $2,769 not including tax or shipping, however he chose a lot of the most expensive options for his custom. The Juggernauts are most expensive passive pickup, the Evertune is the most expensive bridge, he chose the most expensive neck wood and construction, and all the pretty things like the binding and inlay add on a bit of money. However, you can make yourself a decent custom between $1,700 and $1,800, with say a Hipshot bridge, DiMarzio or Fishman Fluence pickups, bolt on construction with a mahogany or maple neck and rosewood or maple fretboard. They also have a 50% deposit option, where you pay half the cost of the guitar when you first order it, and the other 50% when the build is done. On top of that, they currently offer a $500 coupon if you join their mailing list. The only catches are the coupon only applies to custom shop orders, and it expires 30-40 days after you sign up for the mailing list. So if you're wise with your essential options, you can pay as low as around $750 in February and $750 + tax and shipping in November. Hope this helps in deciding for a custom order!
I had an Aria Black n Gold bass back in the 80s and 90s, but then i sold it. And when i heard that a new anniversary edition of that guitar came out i was excited but then i saw that the price was 4500 dollars. I looked for weeks on all sorts of sites for the original 80s model but i just couldn't find one. So i went on their site and made a guitar that looks the same and sounds better for 2900 dollar. Get these guitars they're worth the price. I bought another guitar from them just a few months ago and it puts my ESP MX220 to shame.
Would you recommend spending money to get this or buying a guitar then doing it custom yourself? i would say myself but the issue is i like ebony necks and those are hard to find for explorer shapes then you have to go through the taking the neck off amd everything
I guess it really just depends on what exactly you want in your guitar. If there are no brands that make the kind of guitar you want or even a starting point on which to customize, then yes Halo would be a good choice for you. But it would probably be significantly cheaper and quicker to do it yourself with a pre-made guitar. In my case I really wanted evertune with stainless steel frets, and an ebony neck.
Mark, what's the difference (if any) in feel or sound with the stainless steel frets vs. normal frets? Also what fret thickness did you go with and why? (They show three thicknesses on their site--medium, jumbo, extra jumbo.)
@@autobotsNdecepticons
If you try stainless you'll never go back to nickel. The smoothness and durability can't be beat.
@@thorthunderlungs5171 thanks for your input. I did get a chance to try a local luthier's stainless steel fretted guitar briefly, but not long enough to get a sense for whether I should go with that. I guess the potential downside is, if there are any flaws in the fretwork, they're be harder to fix. But then, if they require less maintenance over time, I suppose that pays for itself.
@@autobotsNdecepticons
They can be hard on nickel strings too, but I change mine often enough to never have a problem.
Awesome guitar. Thinking of getting one myself. Hey Mark what was your setup for recording this track? It sounds excellent
For the track in the beginning, I used an amp sim called Toneforge Menace by JST for the rhythm parts, along with an H&K Tubeman for the lead parts. Then for the tone demos at the end, I used a supersonic plugged into a Suhr Reactive Load, and then into a cab impulse response by Ownhammer. Hope that helped!
Mark Klett thanks dude
Nice demo Great playing
👍👍👍❤❤❤ welldnt Bro..
Sounds great! What's your setup?
Where did your let me love you cover go? Did you take it down?
Amazing *--* parabéns Mark
Would I ask for the Mark Klett model?
Oh no, I'm not sponsored or anything by the company, but if you wish, I could send you a spec sheet which explains the whole guitar in detail.
Me vengo suscribiendo al canal, y ya hay nuevo video!
Éxito, que tocas increíble! :D ME ENCANTO
verdad que toca genial yo me suscribi por sus covers orginales jejeje español al poder :v
Sounds sick bro! Totally agreed with the tittle
Thanks man!
How much does the evertune bridge cost?
Awesome vids dude
the ability to choose from all kinds of guitar body types and still going with Super S :(
Id prefer a mustang or jaguar body but yknow that's cuz I'm a Nirvana fan
Which color is that
total weight? wish you would plug straight into a marshall no effects
I'm sure by now u know but another great company is balaguer
Wow! Cool!
Thanks for the review, man. My Halo Custom is on its way in June '17! Love Halo's build site. It's like building a car on an automaker's site and no other builder has anything that even compares.
As for your pickup predicament, visit Josh Hernandez at www.hwpickups.com. He custom winds everything himself and will be replacing the stock Halos for me.
tabs?
Nice video!!
Too long to receive
17 month waiting list
Hey bro, great video! And u know what? Go n buy new pickups and install them and go out there and rock! :)
Ha you know what? I'm actually appreciating and liking these pickups the more I play them. They are actually really nice pickups!! And yes, going out and playing is the important part!
That's great to hear. :) Just don't worry if u wouldn't like your pickups, really easy to change 'em. I've done so on my Esp Custom Shop plus I put chrome covers on the too. :) Anyways, great review n video! \m/ \m/
I need one!?!?!?!?
To strat sounding for me but still an awesome guitar
There should be more metal bands who played like your demo🤘
Listen to Between the Buried and Me! They're my favorite metal band that writes this style of music.
All that money and you still can't even get genuine MOP
whats the song you're playing?
It's an instrumental that I made for this demo. It doesn't have a name haha!
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mahogany lol