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00:00 Boiling strings saves them
01:43 More expensive is better
03:10 The Tone Course plug
04:08 Vintage is better
04:51 Tone wood matters
06:27 Pedals should be true bypass
07:31 Analog is better than digital
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  • @jakethebard
    @jakethebard6 күн бұрын

    Speaking as a luthier with over ten years experience here. The cheap versus expensive guitar debate is something of a pet topic to me. I have played and repaired a ton of guitars that run the gamut from the cheapest of the cheap - I'm talking about the no-name Amazon specials to guitars that are worth five figures. There is definitely a lower threshold where you are going to have a very difficult time finding a guitar that has the ability to play well. If the neck came out of the factory warped, if the pieces don't fit, if the solder joints are cold, then you will have a very tough time getting it to play well. That being said, most of the time - I would estimate around 75% - the ease of playability and use comes down to a good setup. The big barrier to entry oftentimes with people is whether or not the cost of making the guitar play well will exceed the value of the instrument. For the majority of the $50-100 Amazon specials, the first proper setup will get into that range where the cost is more than the person paid for the guitar. Now when we are talking about the lower cost offerings from the main brands such as Fender, Gibson, PRS, and Ibanez, they are absolutely worth getting and putting the time and money in with proper setups. I once had a string of American Pro and Player Series Fender Stratocasters and Telecasters that all came directly from the factory with abysmal setups and quality control. I had to do fret work to every single one because they came from the factory with the frets poking out of the sides of the neck. Many of them would fret out, and they all needed intonation, action, and nut adjustments. I contacted Fender about it probably a dozen times and they always came up with excuses as to why they were coming to me with those problems. On the other hand, the most I had to do to the Squires I was getting in the shop would be to do minor intonation and action adjustments. They almost always had really great fretwork, though I would occasionally need to give the frets a polish. Moral of the story is that whether you get a Fender, Squire, Gibson, Epiphone, PRS, PRS SE, Ibanez, or most any of the other established brands, make sure that the shop you purchase it from has a good luthier on hand to get it set up properly for you. The "for you" is particularly important there because there are so many different playing styles out there and one person's perfect setup might be unplayable to you.

  • @IssamUAhmed

    @IssamUAhmed

    5 күн бұрын

    Really informed and useful comment

  • @jackhargreaves1911

    @jackhargreaves1911

    5 күн бұрын

    Well said. I have never bought a new guitar that I haven’t had to do something to do to get it to play to the price-point it was sold at (which is disappointing). From shimming the neck of a new Taylor, to re-fitting the nut on an Epiphone LP, to fretwork (always) on new Fenders, to doing set-ups on all of them. I feel sorry for people who don’t have the confidences to work on their guitars, especially when they shouldn’t have to.

  • @jakethebard

    @jakethebard

    5 күн бұрын

    @@jackhargreaves1911 In my opinion, every guitar shop needs to have an experienced luthier on hand who puts all the new guitars that arrive on the bench and goes through them to make sure the potential customer who picks it up off the rack isn't fighting the unfortunate lack of QA that is so common with many of the manufacturers. And that goes for the high-end guitars as well as the entry level offerings. I have seen so many young and new players get discouraged when their entry level guitar was set up poorly and they got frustrated because they were unknowingly fighting a bad setup instead of just their lack of playing experience.

  • @TheDuke7997
    @TheDuke799712 күн бұрын

    Rhett “there is no correlation between cost and sound or playability” after buying a Fender Custom Shop and R8 from Gibson demoing a dozen models at various prices.

  • @rome8180

    @rome8180

    11 күн бұрын

    I think he overstated the case. There is some correlation. A $3000 guitar will, on average, be better than a $300 guitar. What he should have said is that there's not always a correlation.

  • @TheDuke7997

    @TheDuke7997

    11 күн бұрын

    @@rome8180 Yes. Yes, that was my point. Thank you for your contribution.

  • @czechplastik

    @czechplastik

    10 күн бұрын

    I thought that was a bit rich, making a blanket statement like that when he regularly gushes and enthuses over high end guitars. look at his own collection. I think statements like that are unhelpful for people shopping for guitars, it's hypocritical. In my opinion, the more expensive stuff is better, but it isn't linear and isn't a cast iron guarantee, especially when you start getting into custom shop and boutique level instruments.

  • @TheDanification

    @TheDanification

    9 күн бұрын

    Rhett rocks no cheap gear. At least Sammy G is an aficionado of the jellyfish pick

  • @TranscendentBen

    @TranscendentBen

    8 күн бұрын

    @@rome8180 The MAIN difference (see my rant about this) is the $300 guitar likely didn't go through as good of a setup.

  • @Markleford
    @Markleford6 күн бұрын

    Good ol' Rhett, falling for (and spreading) the well-worn just-so parlor trick of "tapping on a guitar body with a microphonic pickup makes noise, so tonewood must be real!" Please, learn how pickups work and how magnetic fields can be affected by any moving ferrous metal part of sufficient mass.

  • @actuallyasriel

    @actuallyasriel

    3 күн бұрын

    It's annoying because he says *mostly* the right stuff, like the real reason people prefer certain woods being the way it resonates against your body. But like, anything that's not literal crap is going to hold against microphonics if the instrument is made well!

  • @Wyatt42069
    @Wyatt420696 күн бұрын

    "cheap gear is better than expensive gear" "here's a clip of me playing through some Strymons"

  • @JeremyAndersonBoise

    @JeremyAndersonBoise

    Күн бұрын

    It matters especially much with reverb and delay algorithms, certainly. Zing, gotcha, I guess. It matters less with drive pedals,analog circuits generally, tonewoods and properly functioning pickups, though.

  • @lancenunez8252
    @lancenunez825212 күн бұрын

    There are more and more players that have never played a tube amp… it’s going to take a while, but we can already see some guitar modelers departing from just trying to emulate physical amps and doing their own thing.

  • @overvieweffect9034
    @overvieweffect903411 күн бұрын

    another thing about vintage gear that I believe in is that a lot of the crap old gear just wasn't deemed good enough to be preserved, so most of the one that did survive were more likely to be really good in the first place

  • @mattyp453

    @mattyp453

    11 күн бұрын

    100% - a lot of older gear was buzzy, hissy crap. Just cause something has a tube doesn't make it sound great. Only the best survived.

  • @jash500

    @jash500

    11 күн бұрын

    Mind blown. That makes so much sense now that I think about it

  • @QPatrickQ

    @QPatrickQ

    10 күн бұрын

    Survivorship bias is real

  • @t3hgir

    @t3hgir

    5 күн бұрын

    or it's a lemon that the owner has been trying to get rid of lol "oh yeah, this one has MOJO..."

  • @jash500

    @jash500

    5 күн бұрын

    @@t3hgir ha. I can’t count how many times I’ve almost taken that bait. Mostly back in the Craigslist days.

  • @scottasin
    @scottasin12 күн бұрын

    Check out Jim Lill's "Where does tone come from in a guitar" and the following series. He truly does the mythbusting on what parts of the guitar affect the tone. Its really incredible.

  • @plumbummusic2051

    @plumbummusic2051

    12 күн бұрын

    When Rhett mentioned his neck swap video I was instantly reminded of Jim Lill doing the same. Which changed the string distance to the pickups, affecting the guitar's "tone" (which actually was the guitar's output)

  • @biggoofybastard

    @biggoofybastard

    12 күн бұрын

    @@plumbummusic2051 Did he not set the pickup height when changing necks? Did he measure to ensure scale length was the same?

  • @metalinyourhead3604

    @metalinyourhead3604

    11 күн бұрын

    Glenn Fricker has a great video as well. He goes out of his way to make sure all variable are account for

  • @MainPrism

    @MainPrism

    10 күн бұрын

    ​@@metalinyourhead3604I'm sure he's yelling the entire time too 😂🤣

  • @GuitarsAndSynths

    @GuitarsAndSynths

    7 күн бұрын

    true- pickups affect sound a lot! I had a very crappy old guitar and replaced the pickups and now sounds blazing! Cost me $50 for cheap pickups too.

  • @trillclintxn234
    @trillclintxn23412 күн бұрын

    Squiers are amazing guitars, they just usually need a professional setup out of the box

  • @paf2212

    @paf2212

    12 күн бұрын

    with a good setup they pretty good , still not the same as the neck feel of a fender

  • @Ferinex_666

    @Ferinex_666

    12 күн бұрын

    The difference in playability and sound on lower mid-range guitars when properly set-up is crazy. I have a $300 Epiphone Les Paul that I've played for years. Finally got it professionally set up 4 years ago and the difference blew me away. Best $100 I ever spent.

  • @martyshwaartz971

    @martyshwaartz971

    12 күн бұрын

    @@paf2212as long as it isn’t glossy it’s fine imo

  • @mybrainmelted

    @mybrainmelted

    11 күн бұрын

    the quality control is a huge issue... i bought an affinity strat made in china that came setup perfectly out of the box and plays amazing. next 2 squiers I bought had terrible issues, sent back a CV 50's tele that came with frets lifted off the board, and a sonic mustang that had horrible fret dressing and gouges all over the fretboard from it. both were made in indonesia.

  • @robanderson6633

    @robanderson6633

    11 күн бұрын

    ​@@mybrainmelted8:19

  • @rubenarangure1282
    @rubenarangure128212 күн бұрын

    7:50 I actually prefer the analog Miku sound

  • @colinlee6683

    @colinlee6683

    12 күн бұрын

    Um... *brain melts*

  • @lvbboi9

    @lvbboi9

    9 күн бұрын

    Greatest pedal of all time

  • @GuitarsAndSynths

    @GuitarsAndSynths

    7 күн бұрын

    yup really want that pedal!

  • @WhoDaF0ok1sThatGuy
    @WhoDaF0ok1sThatGuy11 күн бұрын

    That expensive vs cheap guitar take from Rhett was almost as awful as his take on Kurt Cobain being a Guitar GOAT😂

  • @msmoniz
    @msmoniz12 күн бұрын

    2 points; 1. I own 3 Squier Telecasters, 2 of which were made in Indonesia, 1 in China. Having played their American and Mexican made counterparts, while some of them may have played marginally better, in no way to my experience and feel did they play 2-6 times (depending on the price) better than those Squiers! CNC manufacturing with guitars have closed the gap so much that it comes down to quality control at the factories(cheaper guitars will naturally have less QC checks, but American or Mexican factories having more QC checks still doesn't mean they catch everything as I can attest to several examples) and a good set up. Dismiss an inexpensive guitar based on price and/or name on the headstock at your own peril. 2. The argument against tonewood mattering, and I agree with, is that in a mix live or recording, other than to guitar snobs/nerds(not mocking as I am both to a certain degree!), it will make no difference. A 2 humbucker pickup guitar if made of mahogany or not, with 24.75" scale, or a 3 single coil pickup guitar with a 25 1/2" scale is gonna sound the same in a mix and no one is going to be able to tell if it was alder or ash! Rhett is right in that how it feels when you play it, does matter if that affects how you play, but getting hung up on it in a live or recording context if your preferred tonewood guitar isn't available, that no one in the audience will know or care about, is a fool's preoccupation.

  • @mybrainmelted

    @mybrainmelted

    11 күн бұрын

    another aspect of the tonewood issue, is the weight of the guitar... i've got a swamp ash les paul that weighs 2/3rds as much as a normal one and it is much more enjoyable to play, resonates extremely well also.

  • @rome8180

    @rome8180

    11 күн бұрын

    Exactly. I'd challenge Rhett to actually pick out different guitars by wood type in a mix. There's a point where something is so far down the totem pole of impact as to be basically irrelevant. It's not that it makes NO difference. It's just that it's so little difference compared to speakers, amp, pedals, EQ, pickups, strings, and player that it might as well be irrelevant.

  • @andytheguitarist472

    @andytheguitarist472

    11 күн бұрын

    Yes I agree with your tonewood breakdown. Every test they try, show that the wood dosent matter, or dosent matter enough so that the human ear can pick up on it. What I do think is happening, is people want it to be true, that it matters. And when playing, even trying to play the same way, their bias shine through. Feeling happy can change how you play. That dosent mean the wood technically did anything. When eliminating the human aspect, the wood does nothing. YOU did something different, because you love the difference. Its the same with the looks of a guitar. Some say looks dosent matter, I say it does. You play better, if you just love picking that beauty of a beast you got up. The looks dosent play better, but you do if you love or feel inspired by your instrument. Same thing with tonewood imo

  • @GuitarsAndSynths

    @GuitarsAndSynths

    7 күн бұрын

    @@mybrainmelted heavy Les Paul are nice furniture is what guitar master Yngwie Malmsteen once said

  • @mybrainmelted

    @mybrainmelted

    6 күн бұрын

    @@GuitarsAndSynths 😂 he's not wrong

  • @kingdeedee
    @kingdeedee11 күн бұрын

    I didn’t know guitar players boil their strings too. I always thought it was a bassist thing since our strings are so much more expensive

  • @sterlingsherman
    @sterlingsherman7 күн бұрын

    “That’s just, like, your opinion, man.” ~the dude

  • @brownpunk1794

    @brownpunk1794

    5 күн бұрын

    Dude...

  • @carlosangel9404
    @carlosangel94047 күн бұрын

    2:08 Why is this a hot take? Expensive gear doesn't make you a better player. Practice makes you a better player. I know it's a boring answer for a lot of people, but dropping an entire downpayment for a house on a guitar with fake relicing isn't going to make you play like Stevie Ray Vaughn. It's the wizard, not the wand.

  • @jackhargreaves1911

    @jackhargreaves1911

    5 күн бұрын

    I love that phrase

  • @eg.5511

    @eg.5511

    4 күн бұрын

    It doesnt mean you would play better. They are saying the guitar would feel better or worse in your hands, etc.

  • @carlosangel9404

    @carlosangel9404

    4 күн бұрын

    @eg.5511 I feel like "better or worse" is kind of depending on the person playing the guitar. A lot of how a guitar feels in relation to its price is psychosomatic; we like to think that a price that high for something that looks and sounds like any other version of that thing must be justified somehow, so we perceive it to be better, whether it's true or not. There are plenty of blind test videos all over KZread where people will choose the significantly cheaper option over the $10,000 boutique version, whether it's pedals, guitars, or amps, you name it.

  • @luistijerina
    @luistijerina11 күн бұрын

    “The wood matters because we swapped the necks and it sounded different” lol my man, that changes like a million things that come in contact with the string and the hands, that’s not definitive proof that wood is a factor.

  • @zoeherriot

    @zoeherriot

    8 күн бұрын

    It even changes how the neck contacts the body.

  • @jamwayofaiken-augustarockb7643

    @jamwayofaiken-augustarockb7643

    8 күн бұрын

    Y'all check out his video for it. It's pretty interesting

  • @irmasil3

    @irmasil3

    8 күн бұрын

    Grow up Glenn fan boy. The wood matters cos it's part of a guitar. It's like saying the guitar doesn't matter at all for the sound of that...guitar. Even Glenn admits several times that guitars with different woods sound different. They sound different in his tests. It just doesn't translate into a HEAVILY DISTORTED "IN THE MIX" SOUND...No shit...Using 10 compressors, a ton of a distortion and aiming for the same exact sound through different guitars to "fit the mix" and then suggesting the guitar doesn't make a difference....lol..No mate. YOUR FUCKIN' MIXING PREFERENCES don't make a difference. I have 20 guitars. They all sound different.They all record different. And I can make them sound exactly the same when recorded....or different. Period.

  • @zoeherriot

    @zoeherriot

    8 күн бұрын

    @@irmasil3 the point was much simpler than you make it out to be. When you changed the neck, you changed so many things, you don’t know if the wood was the thing that changed the sound. That’s a tricky thing to confirm because you can’t exclude all other causes. Would be interesting to swap necks with the same wood and see if there’s any perceptible difference.

  • @andyglamrock

    @andyglamrock

    7 күн бұрын

    @@irmasil3 Screw the Canuck loudmouth. Jim Lill did it better and as scientifically as possible. Search "Where does the tone come from in an electric guitar"

  • @AndrewLakeUK
    @AndrewLakeUK9 күн бұрын

    Vintage tends to be better because of survivorship bias. The shit stuff they pumped out at the time doesn't last, the good stuff stays. it's not good because it's old, it's old because it's good.

  • @hammill444
    @hammill4444 күн бұрын

    It kinda seems like Rhett has no idea what he’s talking about. He listens with his eyes.

  • @donald-parker
    @donald-parker12 күн бұрын

    On the whole tone-wood thing, the impact is on what I call "the muse factor". Where you pick, how you pick, what you pick with, strings you use, amp settings, etc., all have WAY more impact on sound than the wood your PU are mounted on. But there is no denying that a guitar that looks and feels different can inspire you to play things differently and to play different things. Some of it is physical (like body shape, weight, balance) and some of it is psychological. That doesn't mean it isn't real - but its not the wood affecting the sound. Its you playing differently.

  • @doscheid

    @doscheid

    8 күн бұрын

    Yes. It probably does make an objective difference - specially if we are going to measure things in a "quantum" level. But the perceived difference is completely subjective. It happens more in the player than in the guitar. One can even feel and hear a difference and consider it doesn't matter - so, for that player, the difference doesn't make a difference. I think it applies for all the topics in the video. Not only for wood. The myths relly in thinking matters of taste are objective.

  • @donald-parker

    @donald-parker

    8 күн бұрын

    ​@@doscheid Yep. I laugh at all the Reddit posts from people with questions like ("can you shred or a Tele" or "can you play Jazz on a Fying V" or whatever). You can play anything on anything pretty much. But for the muse.

  • @chucklakeridge7944

    @chucklakeridge7944

    6 күн бұрын

    On retrospect, I found that cheap guitars make me play better. I feel I have to be more precise and strong arm the sound from it, plus I'm not afraid of treating it rough. Hand me $5000 guitar and I'm almost afraid to touch it.

  • @sseltrek1a2b

    @sseltrek1a2b

    5 күн бұрын

    yup...so many variables contribute to your experience of playing a particular guitar or rig set-up...it's just another individual "human" thing that we all have to process when setting up our sound...

  • @logany37
    @logany3712 күн бұрын

    I almost got through 40 seconds of Rhett talking. Thats a new record

  • @damiens4601

    @damiens4601

    12 күн бұрын

    Huh ?

  • @arunkarthikma3121

    @arunkarthikma3121

    12 күн бұрын

    Yeah, his videos are so boring and incoherent, that I have been conditioned to zone out during them

  • @Aleksandre-K

    @Aleksandre-K

    12 күн бұрын

    That was a hard one to watch

  • @zeusapollo8688

    @zeusapollo8688

    12 күн бұрын

    31 seconds here

  • @seanbeadles7421

    @seanbeadles7421

    12 күн бұрын

    @@robinr22nah it takes skimming through 2 Rhett Shull videos to realize theres never a point to the video beyond making content

  • @rome8180
    @rome818011 күн бұрын

    I'd challenge Rhett to actually pick out different guitars by wood type in a mix. There's a point where something is so far down the totem pole of impact as to be basically irrelevant. It's not that it makes NO difference. It's just that it's so little difference compared to speakers, amp, pedals, EQ, pickups, strings, and player that it might as well be irrelevant.

  • @jonathanschubert9052

    @jonathanschubert9052

    10 күн бұрын

    Have you seen Bramdon Acker?

  • @jonathanschubert9052

    @jonathanschubert9052

    10 күн бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/gKesrK2vZqWqp84.htmlsi=KveapFAAJOckL60i

  • @timsopinion

    @timsopinion

    10 күн бұрын

    You're right - in a mix, it would be basically irrelevant. His point seemed to have more to do with playing the guitar - how it feels and how it responds and how the player, in turn, responds to the instrument.

  • @toretronio9030

    @toretronio9030

    9 күн бұрын

    ​​@@jonathanschubert9052 Brandon plays acoustic instruments, where the wood makes a lot of difference. It's what amplifies the sound afterall Just the fact that there's an argument about whether the wood matters in electric instruments really just shows how insignificant the difference is in sound

  • @jamwayofaiken-augustarockb7643

    @jamwayofaiken-augustarockb7643

    8 күн бұрын

    If you think it's affecting the way you play, it does.

  • @NelsonMontana1234
    @NelsonMontana12343 күн бұрын

    Boiling does nothing. The reason a string sounds fresher when put back on is because the part that got flattened out from playing is in a different place and there's fresh metal touching the frets.

  • @eduardo0796
    @eduardo079611 күн бұрын

    I was looking forward to watch this video, then I see this Rhett dude is featured. I'm gonna skip this one and wait for your next video.

  • @ThePhlegming
    @ThePhlegming11 күн бұрын

    Y'all need to check out Jim Lil. That guy has done some really good work doing tests to find out what makes something sound the way it does.

  • @shitman674

    @shitman674

    6 күн бұрын

    He’s definitely the most scientific and un biased about the info he puts out. But he’s disproven a lot of things that people like Rhett talk about, so people who share the same kind of mindset don’t like his content. Jim really has proven how cringey a lot of guitar influencer world really is, just a bunch of buzzwords that mostly don’t mean much

  • @zappasmoustache23
    @zappasmoustache2312 күн бұрын

    Dweezil Zappa posted a video today on instagram of him playing guitars made out of cardboard. They sounded like guitars.

  • @MainPrism

    @MainPrism

    10 күн бұрын

    Those cardboardcasters? The drum kit is pretty sick too.

  • @t3hgir

    @t3hgir

    5 күн бұрын

    @@MainPrism no, the other cardboard guitars XD

  • @MainPrism

    @MainPrism

    5 күн бұрын

    @@t3hgir hey everyone's always ripping shi off. I wouldn't be a bit surprised to see some Chinese knockoffs for $50 🤣😂

  • @jacobreece1971
    @jacobreece197112 күн бұрын

    I have a "higher end" squier strat. The 40th anniversary gold edition simply because the aesthetic of it. I have more expensive guitars that i play more regularly but i love looking at that $400 strat more than my les paul 😂 but it's not a bad guitar at all. Sounds like a strat. The neck feels great the pickups sound great. The look is just a huge bonus

  • @theothertonydutch

    @theothertonydutch

    12 күн бұрын

    Well, that's also because Les Pauls just kinda look like toy guitars. :P

  • @jmeakin4

    @jmeakin4

    12 күн бұрын

    I have the same model and of all other guitars I've tried, that Squier 40th Anniversary Strat's neck feels better than all but one (that of a JV Modified Tele). That Strat's aesthetic quality from its perfectly flush inlays just add to its functional quality. The pickups were the biggest surprise. While not exactly Seymour Duncans, they are quite good - exceeding expectations and eliminating the presumed need to upgrade them.

  • @grifalton

    @grifalton

    11 күн бұрын

    I have the telecaster 40th anniversary and absolutely love it. It's my play-everything guitar now.

  • @american_cosmic

    @american_cosmic

    11 күн бұрын

    i have a 1999 MiM Fender tele and i have a newish Squire strat. As far as i'm concerned, the quality (physical and sound-wise) between the two guitars are relatively comparable... far closer than i would've thought. The recent Squires are solid guitars.

  • @gregorywhite921
    @gregorywhite9217 күн бұрын

    Concerning the buffer. It keeps your signal at a high enough level to prevent it from falling into the noise floor. Then you are screwed. If there are a lot of pedals in your signal chain, this can be important. Regarding the cable length, it is the capacitance per foot of cable that is important. A longer cable will have more capacitance which will roll off your high ends. The more capacitance given a particular resistance, the lower the cutoff frequency of the low pass filtering effect and your highs will suffer. Go with a low capacitance cable to maintain your highs. A buffer will have minimal effect here.

  • @oldmanzen6682
    @oldmanzen668212 күн бұрын

    Oh Sammy, you may get a kick out of this. I was walking around downtown Ottawa last week, and I passed an older lady (which says a lot considering my username), and as she passed me, she said, "Awesome shirt, man." I was wearing your playing card Sammy G T-shirt.

  • @RobDogzInc
    @RobDogzInc8 күн бұрын

    After watching Andertons blindfolded videos about kempers, most of the time Rob and Lee prefer the sounds of the kemper versus the real thing. It’s all just placebo effect.

  • @juniesdream
    @juniesdream12 күн бұрын

    Have to hop in here and say I can totally attest to the Mexican made Fender guitars vs Squier part. I sold my mexican made Mustang and ended up replacing it with a beautiful $500 Baritone Squier Telecaster that I've named Bessie (Bessie the Baritone). Everything about this guitar feels just as great if not better than the "real fender". Just looking at this guitar makes me excited to play and puts a smile on my face and I think that is far more important than the price tag!

  • @mykhedelic6471

    @mykhedelic6471

    12 күн бұрын

    I have several Squiers that out of the box were golden and several more with the soul played into them. Other than winning the lottery and having the Custom Shop super spec a few guitars (I have alot of aesthetic fantasies that I'd love to realize with great components and craft) I have no need for a Fender. I don't feel any less playing a Squier. My PBass is absolutely a lifer, too. I did get ONE dog, though, and it was a CME exclusive, no less (but the pick ups in it were shockingly great). But otherwise, 10 others that are total companions.

  • @narrowonflow
    @narrowonflow11 күн бұрын

    so.. lets just pile more myths on top of existing ones then? i like it 🤣

  • @Mayyde
    @Mayyde12 күн бұрын

    i own a squier affinity strat that's become one of my favorites for doing modifications and testing stuff. a while ago i decided to set it up with a floating bridge and was surprised that it somehow handles full-chord dives and brings it back up to pitch perfectly. actually does it 10x better than my old ampro strat that had a professional setup. i think the feel of the guitar in the hands is the most important, and an instrument that feels comfortably priced for the player. the moment i have a cheap-ass squier in my hands, all kinds of crazy shit is happening. that mf is gonna get thrown around and put through the wringer. however if i have a $5000 strat in my hands, it's going directly in the case and i'd probably play it once or twice a month while i do wizard experiments to all of my squiers

  • @spazmodicusrex6629
    @spazmodicusrex66297 күн бұрын

    My 2014 Squier Affinity is great! Got it for under $200, including $10 extra for lefty. I only had to put some medical tape around the tremolo springs to dampen some really bad ringing from the springs themselves and set up for 10-52 gauge and it's been a winner. My only real negative about it is that the frets are obviously cheap and have worn down rather quickly. The frets are set and dressed properly so there's no rough edges though.

  • @budcaldwell6847
    @budcaldwell684711 күн бұрын

    I enjoy both of your channels and it’s great to see you collaborating. Here’s a challenge for Rhett, if he still has the Axe Fx. Stop comparing it to the real thing. Use it to create models of amps and pedals that never existed. The Axe Fx allows you to switch out or add components to models that were never available in real life and would be very hard to build. See if you can use it to create sounds that you’ve never quite been able to find in a real piece of equipment. It might make an interesting video. :-)

  • @budcaldwell6847

    @budcaldwell6847

    11 күн бұрын

    PS: And, I don’t mean over-processed craziness. Build a better clean, edge-of-breakup, or crunch tone. Oh, and get the pedal box. ‘Cause you’re right. The physical interface is terrible without a computer.

  • @farber2
    @farber212 күн бұрын

    The classic vibe, not Affinity or other.

  • @ThorinDoesStuff

    @ThorinDoesStuff

    12 күн бұрын

    I had an affinity PJ bass and i loved it, super good sounding, they also make amazing mod projects imo

  • @zappasmoustache23

    @zappasmoustache23

    12 күн бұрын

    I had an affinity strat and I couldn’t believe how good it was. It just looked cheap, crappy plastic pick guard etc…felt great to play sounded as a strat should. Only sold it because I needed to make some cash fast.

  • @fenixfyre

    @fenixfyre

    12 күн бұрын

    Affinitys are fire these days.

  • @farber2

    @farber2

    11 күн бұрын

    @@fenixfyre OK, I've seen consistent good reviews of the 40th anniversary of the tele squire.

  • @nocturnal101ravenous6

    @nocturnal101ravenous6

    11 күн бұрын

    @@farber2 because they are made in Indonesia and not China.

  • @TheBoboMaker
    @TheBoboMaker12 күн бұрын

    The pay more is definitely a myth. My Squier Toronado has been my favorite guitar since I bought it for 400$ in January. Out of my other 7 electrics the next cheapest is worth twice that and the most expensive 10 times. The only thing that the Toronado needed was a good setup and a fret polish. Along with my 99$ Notaklon which I got around the same time, nothing but joy.

  • @mattyp453
    @mattyp45311 күн бұрын

    Liked the vid, would have liked to hear more of your opinions too. FWIW I agree cheaper guitars 'can' sound/play better than $$$ guitars. The entry level (under $200) market is so competitive those guitars often give ~$500 guitars a run for the money at less than half the cost

  • @tntcheats
    @tntcheats7 күн бұрын

    You can feel the wood vibrating, so there's a meaningful difference? Oh, well I better put on my special guitar playing pants and guitar playing shirt so I don't change the vibration too much, given that vibration is going to be affected by the contact with my body.

  • @Zoso7227
    @Zoso722712 күн бұрын

    Now you have to break a Les Paul neck and see if it sounds better after it’s repaired

  • @stevecw01
    @stevecw013 күн бұрын

    the truss rod on the necks will effect the sounds of the neck. not difficult to figure out. thats what effected the tones in rhetts video

  • @chriskettlewell801
    @chriskettlewell80111 күн бұрын

    I do have to take issue with one thing Rhett said about modellers though. He said they will never be as good as tube amps because they are always trying to copy tube amps. While most models are trying to emulate tube amps because that’s what people want, certainly Line6 regularly keep coming out with their own original amp models that aren’t based on a tube amp and one thing they say with that is they are trying to do things in some of those models that you just couldn’t do in a tube amp. So it’s their attempt to try and actually go beyond the tube amp. As such, if this sort of thing is done more and more then that renders that comment very wrong, that modellers have the potential to be able to emulate the best things about tube amps while removing the limitations, or even creating something completely new.

  • @yammak2004
    @yammak200412 күн бұрын

    Forty years ago I used to boil electric strings it helped a bit. Man I'm old 😂

  • @cladladd
    @cladladd12 күн бұрын

    number 1 myth is learning guitar will get you women, na they just liked cute boys who happened to play guitar.

  • @Karlismydaddy

    @Karlismydaddy

    12 күн бұрын

    Facts! All the girlies I got was from playing bass!

  • @MeLexdy

    @MeLexdy

    12 күн бұрын

    Plus when your crash finally comes to you and says play anything, you can't even play a cord right

  • @iancook7109
    @iancook71096 күн бұрын

    Moog station in the background is also part of a guitar players journey. Creating interesting new jam tracks that are yours is inspiring and worth the effort

  • @Run-Riot
    @Run-Riot5 күн бұрын

    Ah, yes, Rhett Shill. The most qualified of people to talk about myths because he believes most of them.

  • @jmeakin4
    @jmeakin412 күн бұрын

    I started guitar later in life, having the 'grownup funds' for gear instead of starting with avg. preteen or teenager finances; but I didn't throw money at instruments, thinking more expensive = better or that different gear would make me play better. Of my preferred genre's 5 basic guitar types, Tele, Strat, LP, 335, & acoustic, I had 2 Squiers, 2 Epiphones, and 1 Fender (acoustic). Since then, the ONLY instance of a more expensive instrument being significantly better, enough to merit an upgrade, was in the case of the Telecaster. A JV Modified just blew away my Squier Affinity. That gem of a MiJ guitar now is mine, worth every penny, and I wouldn't change a thing about it. Can more expensive equal appreciably better? Yes; but not always; and in my experience, that's the case just 20% of the time.

  • @edwinwise6751
    @edwinwise67514 күн бұрын

    Actual experience 2 years ago : bought 2 identical mim teles $750 . Both played well but had noisy electronics , really bad fretwork , sloppy assembly .Spent too much time and money making them stage worthy . Frustrated I stepped up to the US pro series ….. no issues . There is a difference . If you plan on live performances spend the money

  • @grimtheassassin
    @grimtheassassin6 күн бұрын

    Hey, what power conditioners do you use for your studio to remove buzz? The buzzing when I play with my electric guitar annoys the hell out of me. I've heard of the Furman Power Conditioner? Is this good? What would you reccomend? Cheers Sam.

  • @BaronVonQuiply
    @BaronVonQuiply4 күн бұрын

    Having lived through the era of "If it's not one of these few brands it's junk" (I put a nickle under someone's JC Penny strat neck because the fit was that bad and needed shimming, in 2004) I'm somewhat amazed when I play my 88 and it's indistinguishable from the guitar they made 30 years later (the neck is a little thinner and the inlays aren't CNC-perfect but that's it) meaning that great quality was available back then but you weren't picking it up at Sears and had to go looking all the guitars that were set up for slide but the guitar shop didn't know that (real place, I can show you the store on a map, they also had a guitar with a printed top because I guess veneer was too pricey to use but they had spare ink)

  • @gerryatrix74
    @gerryatrix745 күн бұрын

    I have an ancient australian made bassman clone, and the static noise diminishes markedly when i run a ehx oceans reverb pedal - it has a buffered bypass. Best i can reason for that being a slight drop in input impedance... anyone else suggest a better reason?

  • @sira.scottascot8865
    @sira.scottascot88656 күн бұрын

    A big "tonewood" to me is the quality of the neck material and it's rigidity. Cheaper guitars with what I call "rubber necks" tend not to transfer vibration as much as a high quality piece. I don't see it mentioned very often. I guess I could be out of my mind, but a guitar or bass with a soft, flexible, mushy neck, wether it be moisture content, or just weakness, can sure sound lifeless and likely bring other hassles down the road. I'm not saying it's always this way, or that it's always a cheap vs. spendy thing, but I truly believe that the rigidity and moisture content of the neck wood makes a difference. If yanking on a wound string makes the headstock move, I'm not usually into it.

  • @ptittannique5621
    @ptittannique562112 күн бұрын

    I'm curious, what are people's thoughts re. solid state V tube amps? And do they compare differently at different price points, in your opinion?

  • @fezz562bo7

    @fezz562bo7

    11 күн бұрын

    There’s something about a really good tube amp that most (I said most, not all) solid state amps can’t get to. It was even more apparent 10-15 years ago when the technology just wasn’t there to emulate the warmth of a tube amp for certain guitar tones. But the more distortion you add to your signal, the more you lose tone because of the compression and clipping that happens with distortion. However, as far as playing live, outdoors, and in colder temperatures go, I’d much rather have a solid state than a tube amp, because you’re not going to deal with volume fluctuations due to temperature. There’s nothing more annoying than a tube amp going loud because it decided it was warm enough for it to push itself to 11. That being said, focus on speakers. That will really make the difference. Solid state technology for higher end amps is at a point where the only people who will notice whether your amp is tube or not, are the most cantankerous cork sniffers. And trust me, I use tube amps all the time. Solid state amps are definitely getting there.

  • @aaronkaaimarino

    @aaronkaaimarino

    11 күн бұрын

    IMO...BOSS has done outstanding work pioneering the use of analog solid state and digital with their Katana series and especially their Nextone Special. Their use of an analog class ab power amp that affects the tone of the amp, adding harmonics, saturation and character to the tone makes a huge difference in tone and feel. Meaning turning up the master volume isn't simply a volume control turning up and down the kevel but an integrated part of the circuit signal chain. Good emough that I think it is better than some tube amps. Full disclosure I do work for BOSS, but even if I didn't, as a player I'm still impressed with what they have done.

  • @ManOrWomanIDK
    @ManOrWomanIDK11 күн бұрын

    The music school I work at has a bunch of squier bullet strats and on a lot of them the high frets are either lifting out of the fretboard or weren’t fully seated and the high e string gets stuck hooked between the fret and fretboard. Doesn’t happen with our mexi fenders.

  • @flickeringgreenflame8493
    @flickeringgreenflame849311 күн бұрын

    Were the two necks 100% identical in shape and dimensions? (Measured with callipers.) Those differences would also make a difference. Microphonic: that's not the pickups transmitting the vibration of the strings? You've tested this with no strings on?

  • @hsmoscout

    @hsmoscout

    9 күн бұрын

    guitar pickups that are microphonic will transmit any vibrations to the pickup, which includes vibrations of the strings that are transmitted to the pickups via the body, and also includes things like someone screaming into the pickups which cannot be heard on non-microphonic pickups. that said most modern pickups are designed to not be microphonic at all.

  • @nisselarson3227
    @nisselarson32278 күн бұрын

    Boiling works better with bass strings I think. Lots of grease and dirt, dead skin cells are caught in the larger grooves of the heavier gauge strings. It's really working well, for a little while. Obviously it's no contest to buying NEW strings. If you're playing flats there's no reason to ever change 'em.

  • @andreifilip6364
    @andreifilip63646 күн бұрын

    So many youtube guitarists actually want to be sound engineers so bad, but it doesn't sell as well 😂 I wonder if anyone ever made a list where you can see what actual percentage of sucessful guitarists that actually gave a damn about the signal chain and wire impedance and tone wood and all that shit

  • @joshspunkrockgarden9914
    @joshspunkrockgarden99145 күн бұрын

    The thing about "a modeler will never surpass a tube amp because a tube amp is what the modeler is trying to emulate," while true, misses my favorite things about modelers: My Tonex One pedal doesn't weigh nearly as much as even one my tube amps and I can store 20 different amp profiles on it. Even when you factor in the Seymour Duncan Powerstage 170 that I power my cab with, the size and weight doesn't even come close. Plus if you're not playing some DIY basement show with a horrible PA and no monitors, you don't even need to bring a cab or a power amp with a small modeler.

  • @robertsteinberger
    @robertsteinberger12 күн бұрын

    It's not true a modeller can never surpass an amp in tone quality, because with a lot of modellers you can even mimic a complete rig consisting of 2 or 3 amps, split and combined in whatever way you want ro process that. That's something you just can't ever easily do live. Also they can always deliver the same signal vs micing up a cab in a room. Bit I het what it is that you're saying.

  • @Vykk_Draygo

    @Vykk_Draygo

    12 күн бұрын

    Your point doesn't address his point. You're speaking about ease, not about a qualitative difference. I disagree with his opinion, because his argument is basically "they are emulating, so it can't be better". This is a logical fallacy. One thing does not imply the other.

  • @Sk0lzky
    @Sk0lzky11 күн бұрын

    >wood matters for the tone Lmao. There have been tests done with bridge and saddle being mounted completely in air and there's zero difference. In fact, it even had slightly better sustain lmao

  • @SoDNiGhTMaRe211
    @SoDNiGhTMaRe2113 күн бұрын

    I totally agree with the price thing. My first guitar was 260 bucks and it plays and sounds great. I've tried out some guitars that cost triple or more and not many of them felt or sounded so much better that I felt like it was worth spending like triple the money.

  • @boalston2484
    @boalston248411 күн бұрын

    I still have my old affinity Strat that I learned on. The neck always felt great so I swapped all the electronics out and put a full sized bridge block in It and now I wouldn't trade it for anything. It plays great and sounds just as good as any Mexican Strat

  • @daveayerstdavies
    @daveayerstdavies11 күн бұрын

    Coaxial cables don't attenuate audio 'highs' unless they are literally miles long. Cable capacitance is somewhere between 50 and 100 picofarads per metre. Depending on the source impedance that's not going to adversely affect audio frequencies until the cable is 500/1000 metres long, and even then the effect is probably not audible. Cable resistance likewise is not a factor unless you have unfeasibly long cables. Pay attention to impedance matching, it has a much greater effect upon your sound.

  • @TranscendentBen

    @TranscendentBen

    8 күн бұрын

    Guitars are HIGH-impedance output, and ARE affected by cable capacitance, especially with the volume set at less than full. For bsst results use a buffer pedal(s) as Rhett said, or use active pickups where the guitar electronics has low output impedance.

  • @tommyabernathy9880
    @tommyabernathy988011 күн бұрын

    I know Rhett has a lot of knowledge, but … well, I’ll just say I’d have preferred to hear the great samurai speak more on these points. 🍻

  • @rodrigogouvea7107
    @rodrigogouvea710711 күн бұрын

    First time hearing a reasonable opinion about tone wood! Thanks guys!

  • @creamwobbly
    @creamwobbly12 күн бұрын

    Boiling instrument strings cleans them. It might prolong the life of gut strings. Probably not nylon or steel.

  • @creamwobbly

    @creamwobbly

    12 күн бұрын

    Boutique handmade pedals are only copying cheaply made handmade pedals. It used to be cheaper to build your own pedals from components, which used to be way easier to obtain (Radio Shack in the US, Tandy & Maplin in the UK, ...) I will never pay money for a boutique pedal. It's the most precise definition of ripoff. I'd absolutely pay top money for a handmade instrument.

  • @creamwobbly

    @creamwobbly

    12 күн бұрын

    Survivorship bias indicates vintage = moah bettah. I've played old Gibsons and Burns guitars that were an absolute joke.

  • @creamwobbly

    @creamwobbly

    12 күн бұрын

    Tone wood matters for playing electric guitars unplugged. But if you've got trem springs, you're already better off.

  • @creamwobbly

    @creamwobbly

    12 күн бұрын

    A passive guitar signal is a resonant circuit, all the way to the first active device. The switch to a true bypass loop should be mechanical, and shouldn't introduce any ‘soft switching’. But that creates a thump when you switch, with the end result that: a) if you _really_ want true bypass, then evict as many effects from your signal path as you can, and let the amp do the work b) if you need those effects, tough. No true bypass for you. May as well get a full digital pedalboard.

  • @creamwobbly

    @creamwobbly

    12 күн бұрын

    Analogue sounds better for every analogue effect just because they're doing L-C magic on a resonant circuit. You can't _reasonably_ do things like pitch shifting in analogue (it's possible but it'd cost several salaries). Digital effects can accomplish the same effects with a high degree of accuracy, and offer way more flexibility. It all depends on what you want to do (see above).

  • @Lomoholga2
    @Lomoholga211 күн бұрын

    A little education on the basic scientific method and the concepts of sensation and perception would go a long way at understanding why electric guitar tonewood doesn’t exist. But whatever ppl have their ideas with zero or very poor misinterpreted evidence (look! This unplugged electric sounds so much more resonant!! lol)

  • @Turtlpwr
    @Turtlpwr9 күн бұрын

    Love this collab!

  • @mspeedm5849
    @mspeedm58496 күн бұрын

    The wood used in body construction from a weight to player comfort factor is a big one for me. It is far more than just slight tonal changes like a warm Mahogany or a bright Maple. I think it also comes into play how dense the wood is to work with when being constructed, that drives up the cost. This factor alone maybe more overlooked than what it may provide you from an output standpoint. Some of the exotics look great, but are a bitch to sand shape etc. I am not going to build a bunch of exotic body types for the same cost as a bunch of alder or pine. The cheaper guitars are often missing quality hardware and electronics, but the same companies are often guilty of using those same low quality parts on their more expensive models with a different name. Hence little difference. If it isn't a customized or custom shop it isn't special 9 out of 10.

  • @ostry66
    @ostry6612 күн бұрын

    I have Indonesian made Squier Strat that I have modified, had set up by a professional and it's AMAZING, my no. 1 guitar by far. The pickups were kinda shit, but since I put Seymour Duncans on it can go toe to toe with any Strat. I absolutely love the feel of that neck.

  • @gregorywhite921

    @gregorywhite921

    7 күн бұрын

    Indonesia is making fantastic guitars these days, both electric and acoustic. Check out a Pono acoustic for less than a grand, it will blow your socks off.

  • @H_Oscarsson
    @H_Oscarsson7 күн бұрын

    Tone wood is the biggest myths of them all. In short. The wood itself is secondary. More important is how dry or moist the wood is/was when the guitar was built and how much moisture it releases and accumulate during it's lifespan.

  • @aliquidcow
    @aliquidcow11 күн бұрын

    I tend to think that, with the exception of stuff that's expensive because of sentimental reasons etc, more expensive means more specialised, rather than 'better'. This is why I don't advise beginners to go out and buy a really expensive guitar first, because it will probably be good for a particular reason, and you don't know yet as a beginner what it is that will work best for you in a guitar. So you should really start with something basic, and then when you know what you really want in a guitar you can go out and spend money on that.

  • @Rogers1977
    @Rogers19779 күн бұрын

    I feel like I'm only really qualified to talk about analog vs. digital, since I use both in my production. I have a true analog synth and I use virtual synths a lot. Virtual/modelers will get incredibly close, and most listeners won't notice, so who cares, right? What analog and physical things offer is the user experience and limitations. I love the feeling of being able to grab a knob or fader, it's so much easier to explore sounds and really be connected to the process. And having imposed limitations forces you to be a little more creative and do things you wouldn't normally do. By that same logic, I have a small tube amp that I record my guitar through because I love the simplicity of reaching down and grabbing a knob to change my sound, instead of opening a menu. That's just my $0.02.

  • @witzbold70
    @witzbold702 күн бұрын

    I like this series and appreciate both artists ❤❤

  • @JeremyAndersonBoise
    @JeremyAndersonBoiseКүн бұрын

    I used to boil my bass strings, I was broke and young and bass strings were about the same price they are now in the friggin’ 90s.

  • @enethion
    @enethion8 күн бұрын

    For a clean sound: yeah, wood matters. Add gain, and it's not a valuable factor. So if you're into heavy music - tone wood is not what should concern you... Actually I'd go for RUF guitars for heavy playing.

  • @GMec78
    @GMec788 күн бұрын

    Rhett on the tonewood debate in electrical guitars, the resonance you described seeking has to do with the dryness of the wood i.e. material prep prior to construction rather than the rareness or value of the type of wood used.

  • @cactustactics

    @cactustactics

    7 күн бұрын

    I think that's the point he's making though - just that the physical properties of the wood affect its resonance, and that translates into some influence on the vibrations that produce the sound of the instrument. How much it even matters and what's the "best wood" is purely subjective, and people are always gonna get silly about that stuff

  • @cjlister8508
    @cjlister850812 күн бұрын

    I have only heard of boiling your strings being for bass strings. Guitar strings are so cheap theres no reason to not just buy new ones.

  • @I.M.Guitar-Nerd
    @I.M.Guitar-Nerd12 күн бұрын

    Topic #2, price vs quality. This one is easy with one example, the Behringer SF300 Super Fuzz, for $25 this pedal will absolute make your head explode with just how good it sounds!

  • @csnide6702
    @csnide670211 күн бұрын

    I have a Squire Strat & it is VERY versatile...... I can make it sound like my Les Paul but the Les Paul cannot sound like a Fender- at all.

  • @jbrobertson2758
    @jbrobertson275812 күн бұрын

    Rhett, have you ever tried D'addario nickel bronze acoustic strings? Mellower highs and overall tonality than 80/20 or phosphor bronze strings. I love them on my Martin D-16, 1993 with mahogany sides and back.

  • @mateuszcielas3362
    @mateuszcielas336212 күн бұрын

    for me when it comes to electric especially pickups make most of the job and then shape and then wood

  • @ampeel-lj8pu
    @ampeel-lj8pu12 күн бұрын

    I own both Squires and Fenders. (I have a classic Vibes p-bass and tele) The tone on the Squires is arguably just as good as the Mexican counterparts, but they do tend to be lower output, and depending on who you ask they sound a little "shallow" (I don't think so, but you can do you). That's nothing a few pedals or a nicer amp could fix, and you have that money to spend. That's why I recommend going for a cheaper guitar and more expensive amp (NOTE: very importantly, get a CHEAPER guitar, but NOT a lower quality one. Get one from a trusted brand.) edit: The vintage pickups might have something to do with the low output, but I've played non-vintage ones that sound similar.

  • @CorbenEdward
    @CorbenEdward6 күн бұрын

    Frets matter. I can't gallop percussive riffs the same way I do on taller frets with shorter worn down ones. Personally I believe all these myths are to create division in and by the industry to make us forget about the ZERO FRET! Hardly see those anymore.

  • @Elhesh
    @Elhesh11 күн бұрын

    Personally (for my taste) you can’t go past an Ibanez premium for price. Great performance and functionality in all regards. I have had music man, Strandberg, knaggs, to Suhr, to Gibson and still come back to the Ibanez. Good old Rg

  • @onlyusernameleft2
    @onlyusernameleft29 күн бұрын

    I can't remember who I heard this from but it tracks with my experience: after $500 every guitar is a good guitar and the cost to quality ratio starts evening. At the entry level and budget end of the spectrum, spending $50 more makes a big difference in the quality of the instrument you're buying but an extra$500 at the high tier doesn't have the same effect. $500-$800 is my sweet spot and if it retails in that range and I find it listed on sale, used or a demo model it's hard not to make an impulse buy.

  • @jk-76
    @jk-7610 күн бұрын

    "Microphonic" pickups. That sounds like a pickup that needs wax potted. Does it feed back relly bad when the gain starts getting high? I have fixed a couple "microphonic" pickups with a simple setup of a chocolate candy melter and parafin wax.

  • @mrcoatsworth429
    @mrcoatsworth4297 күн бұрын

    Man, rhett sure believes a bunch of those myths... Like the wood thing for example... even if there are microphonic pickups, where is the evidence that the material of the guitar plays a big enough role in what those pickups pick up? In my experience, it's just some low end rumble.

  • @brentbeltz8968
    @brentbeltz89689 күн бұрын

    It’s crap that either of these guys, or anyone, would pick a Squire over a Fender and or Gibson. Spend $1.00 on garbage you can never resale or $1200 on something that works and can be resold. It’s just the market.

  • @tjukkv
    @tjukkv9 күн бұрын

    What are some of the lowest cost guitars, pedals etc you own and like?

  • @pedrohnqtoledo
    @pedrohnqtoledo11 күн бұрын

    At 06:05, what guitar is that? Feels like a bolt on Les Paul style with a weird pickup combination.

  • @Andy_Ross1962
    @Andy_Ross196212 күн бұрын

    Great, two of my fave youtubers together!!

  • @abunai.j
    @abunai.j12 күн бұрын

    On the 'expensive is better' point, I have a Squier Paranormal Baritone Tele that came with better fretwork than my $1400 Ibanez. I've also got an American Ultra Strat from the early 2000s, and a Mexican Tele from 2008, and the differences between them are definitely not indicative of a $1.4k price differential. Is the American Strat made better than the Squier? Yep. You can feel it right off the bat. Is it $1,400 better? Nope. Not even close. Diminishing returns are real. On the tonewood debate, I'm far more concerned with how well built and resonant the guitar is than whether it's got a slight frequency bump I can add in or take out in five minutes max with an EQ pedal or in the mix. If a guitar is dead wood, no amount of other stuff will save it. Do I believe tonewood can make a difference? Sure. It's one of the many small things you can change about a guitar that will make a larger cumulative change. Is it going to make your guitar sound completely different? Nope. Besides, I want a well-made, resonant guitar whether it's made with ash, mahogany, or alder. That matters way more to me than which of those woods it's built with. And yeah, vintage is just vintage. I spent enough time working on cars when I was younger to know that 'classic' isn't inherently better, and most often, it's not better - just classic.

  • @LMacNeill
    @LMacNeill12 күн бұрын

    I think tonewood affects acoustic guitars far more than electric guitars. Simply because the pickups in an electric guitar are interacting far more with the strings than with anything else. Yes, Rhett is correct in that some pickups have a "microphonic" component -- if you can tap on the guitar and hear the taps through the amp, your pickups have that quality, and are affected by the tonewood. But the tonewood *is* the sound in an acoustic guitar. The strings vibrate, and the tonewood resonates -- it amplifies and colors the sound from the strings. Not saying it doesn't also do that in an electric guitar -- it absolutely does. But the tonewood plays a far smaller role in an electric guitar than it does in an acoustic guitar.

  • @trevjhowell
    @trevjhowell5 күн бұрын

    Many custom shop guitars have handwound pickups. Which have many advantages. Also my cs strat is over 20 years old and nice and broken in now. Just my 2 cents (justifying my 16 year old self's 2k purchase/ used).

  • @GuitarsAndSynths
    @GuitarsAndSynths7 күн бұрын

    For me playability and setup matter as well as how easy access to upper frets are for me on a guitar. I have played cheap guitars that had great setup and sound and play as well as the expensive guitars. That said once you get past 2-3k on a guitar price, the law of diminishing returns apply.

  • @gregorywhite921

    @gregorywhite921

    7 күн бұрын

    I think given the high quality of inexpensive guitars now days (Schecter, Ibanez, etc), the cutoff for diminishing returns is more like about $800, especially if you buy used.

  • @amyl.9477
    @amyl.94779 күн бұрын

    Pardon my ignorance (I’d literally never touched an electric guitar until this year) but I’m surprised at the “a lot of pickups are microphonic” part. I know for acoustic guitars a lot of pickups could be described as microphonic, but for electrics? Can you give some examples of microphonic pickups for electrics that are in common use?

  • @th3gr81
    @th3gr8111 күн бұрын

    The Bullet Strat series is the best guitar ever. It has the best neck I’ve ever played; just replace the pickups and it sounds like an actual Strat at a fraction of the cost.

  • @edgargomez2956
    @edgargomez29564 күн бұрын

    The one myth that I’m a believer of is that big headstock strats have more sustain.

  • @SpartanLaserCanon
    @SpartanLaserCanon12 күн бұрын

    I too don't like very bright acoustic sounds for my own playing, but some players like that and I think too bright acoustic sounds are just ok. That is why I don't use elixir strings. I like the sound of those boiled old strings.

  • @SpartanLaserCanon

    @SpartanLaserCanon

    10 күн бұрын

    I am talking about steel string acoustic guitars. I do like Flamenco tones on Flamenco guitars.

  • @Uachtar
    @Uachtar7 күн бұрын

    I am not sure about the statement that Digital will never surpass the Analog. I will probably not for people looking for an analog sound. But for people looking for more than that, it will for sure in the future. I am quite fascinated and amused by the fact that 50-70 stuff is so glorified. I understand why. Some of those stuff sound amazing, it reproduce perfectly the music we heard and we love. We are just a bunch of copy cat looking to emulate what we have heard. (And yes, i am one of those although the tone i am looking for is a bit more recent. i am still in the search for something already existing.) There are people that come from time to time that just do something completely new that shock the world and become the new standard. I am pretty sure that in the future, Digigal modeler will have things in them designed by those people that will not be possible at all with analog stuff and that a generation of guitars and bass player will just want to copycat because that will be the music they heard and liked when they grew up.

  • @JojoFryrocks
    @JojoFryrocks11 күн бұрын

    But they can and they do make new vintage guitars; Fender custom shop do everything from ‘New Old Stock’ that is an replica of a specific model to their relic versions which have been expertly ‘worn’ to give the vintage look and feel, all for a lot less than you will pay for a vintage guitar