Not one squealie? 4 out of 5 beards.

@Catywampus.Kerfuffle

Жыл бұрын

A generous score even at that. I can only begrudge 3 at best.

@burtsgurt

Жыл бұрын

I was going to say the same thing!

@coldsunna

Жыл бұрын

Can it even be a play through on a Joel model if you don’t squeal?

Chris Amott played some nice caparisons back in the day

@ZachComa

Жыл бұрын

Yessss

@cerveshred

2 ай бұрын

Those Arch Enemy days

First I ever found out about Caparison guitars was Michael Romeo of Symphony X fame, followed by Evergrey thereafter. Impressive axes and never a bad word said about them.

A friend has a Caparison and I used it for maybe 10 minutes on his rig. Saw and felt no flaws in the construction, felt nice, and every single pickup position sounded good. Very impressive guitar.

My friend had a Caparison TAT Frozen Sky, a model they discontinued in 2012. It was so beautiful I dreamed of it for years and then suddenly he said he's selling it and we came to a very decent deal. It was unlike any other guitar and I don't know what exactly does it, but it does still, 10 years later, feel like a 3000e guitar it is, compared to my other guitars. It also has the asymmetric neck that's something I had never experienced before, surprisingly thick but comfortable. Or maybe I do know why it feels like a 3000e guitar. Hand painted individually unique finish, every millimetre of it was apparently finished with dedication. All the hardware is quality and set exactly where they should be, it's so easy to adjust in maintenance. Also it has confusingly loud sound when played acoustically and has this oomph that feels odd from neck-thru guitar with floating bridge (the Schaller also feels like heavy machinery, I love it better than any other floyd I've had). I don't even have to work when tapping. It plays like butter. I also thought it was quite dark with the Caparison pickups, but then I played it through a loud amp and it was actually balancing out the amp just nicely. Furthermore it has the low mid growl, that very enjoyable crisp and balls that my any other instrument doesn't have. It's so enjoyable to play lower tunings with or do those intervals that trick the ear to hear a lower note because of that tonal quality. The HSS humbuckers with splits also provide surprisingly fine single coil tones. It's like a sample of craftmanship. I have 10-52 strings in D (tuned down from E without changing a set) and noticed it, like you said, really does behave well with light strings on lower tunings. And the strings are ages old already, but the last time I tuned it was probably a year or two ago. I don't understand it, the strings at least should give up the tuning. I would've never thought to own such an expensive guitar or notice the difference, but having it makes me very happy because I can admire every inch of it even if I'm not playing it. All of my other guitars ranging from 200 to 1200 euros have at least something that I can point out "well this wasn't made with dedication and desire to present me the best guitar their hands have touched, you can tell this is just another product on the line". Having it in my hands convinces me that it in fact justifies its price which I would have never expected. I actually have a labor of love, a show piece of craftmanship in my hands, something more than just a functional instrument, an art piece almost. It is the one that I will never part ways with, I wouldn't be able to bear the fact that I could never again feel it. No surprise Michael Romeo and Mattias Eklundh play Caparison.

Played my first Caparison yesterday. It was a Horus 6 that’d been hanging in a Guitar Center for over a year. As neglected as it was, that was EASILY the best super strat 6 string I have ever played. Took a while to get used to the short scale but it felt sooooooo smooth.

Yeah this is a grail guitar if you were into the prom queen / parkway / killswitch era. The leads on your mix were SUPER crisp, laser beam metalcore killswitch harmonies, perfect!

Having owned a high quality guitar or two in the past, there's just something about the way it makes your playing sound so much better, knowing that everything about it is flawless.

Glad to finally see you with a Caparison 👍 cheers!

@robbyplaysfantasy3510

Жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly

The “real nice car” description makes perfect sense. When you have a quality made object, regardless of what it is, they feel solidly built. Nothing is loose, zero tolerances, everything is super responsive. Everyone has something to say about guitars over the 4K price point, and for the most part there does seem to be diminished return after say the 2.5k price point, but that extra something is definitely there. You’re getting all the materials hand selected, hand made, in countries that pay the workers well. I think everyone should save up some money and get a custom shop caliber guitar, even if you’re just a bedroom player but serious about playing. Even if it takes two or three years to save to the money. Just don’t go out to a bar less or buy one less quarter of weed a month…. Everyone has something the buy regularly they can do without. Quitting drinking enabled me to save enough to get one. If I can do it, anyone can.

I previously had the Metal Machine and what a comfortable guitar it was. Light, comfortable and the ebony board shined like glass.

I’ve always wanted a purple Caparison Horus and a framus cobra ever since I saw Peter Joseph back when was with the absence. I’m so stoked to see you review these

Always wanted one of these glad to see a video of it

For me the thing that always stood out about caparison guitars was the neck heel. They have a really good handshake.

Simply amazing guitars im fortunate enough to own 6 of them ranging from 2 horus, brocken, tat, dellinger and a anglus. They are all topnotch and a joy to play.

I always grew up loving CapriSun’s. Glad they’ve expanded their market Good for them!

ESP Standard/E-II are my personal favorites of all time

Love Caparison Guitars. Have had for about 14 years. They’re awesome instruments.

Fluff you described this guitar perfectly! This guitar is top notch I never thought I'd own one but I had some extremely good trading to get it. A 400 dollar jcm 900 slx turned into a 750 dollar modded jcm 800 which I then traded for this caparison. Some will say I shouldn't have traded the 800 but I spent a year with it and couldn't get super happy with it. Ended up with a bogner but back to the guitar. Enjoy it! I was planning on trading this guitar for a amp but was so impressed thats why I kept it and don't plan on selling it anytime soon. Cheers man enjoy that guitar they are rippers

It Sounds Great!!

Outstanding riff!

Yo Fluff bringing us the early OO's Metalcore vibes here and I did not expect that! 🔥

@RiffsAndBeards

Жыл бұрын

Dawg I GOT YOU

I have two, and I absolutely love them.

The damn nice car metaphor makes absolutely perfect sense. When PRS first established themselves back in the day, high performance is good descriptor of what their designs felt like in the hands.

Been admiring those since Bleed From Within started playing them. Look like a serious shred stick 😎🤘

even since i saw evergrey with caparisons i been wanting one.never got into kill switch engauge.but glad that caparisons getting more attention.

i missread the word as comparison.

@daddyodoyle

Жыл бұрын

I missread is as Capri sun

@TylerJohnstonGuitar

Жыл бұрын

I was hoping he’d do a comparison of Caparisons

@Nick-A1

Жыл бұрын

Same.

I still love mine! Great to see a bigger channel check them out. Such a shame the brand just isn't taking off though. Just so expensive now, and they lost a few key artists. I got mine from Japan when they were cheaper. I went from an Ibanez Gio to a Caparison. Build quality was insane step up for me.

@robbyplaysfantasy3510

Жыл бұрын

Yeah the brand just seems so under rated, I was stoked a long time ago in my Guitar center employment days and tried to get gc to carry them thus was back in 2013 and I left before the deal finished lol but years later I was able to afford my first caparison and never looked back since

@simonp9471

Жыл бұрын

@@robbyplaysfantasy3510 I think mine is a 2009 or 2010. The ole Crimson Red TAT. Now they've switched to 27 frets. I paid one third of what the new ones go for today. Good to see another fan! Chris Amott, Andy Laroque 😁

A lot of bands I loved in the early 2000's were playing Caparison back then- Ola Frenning and Peter Wichers of Soilwork had deals (really underrated players). Also Michael Romeo, KSE back then (and again in recent years), Evergrey, At the Gates. More I'm sure I'm missing. I've wanted one for a long time but I just can't justify the price for a new one and finding a used one in Canada is nearly impossible. I've often heard that ESP, Ibanez, Jackson are similar quality (the Japanese made ones). I love the headstocks and body shapes most of all, they have the ultimate looks for a metal-oriented guitar.

Ooof that sound and riffing !

@RiffsAndBeards What are the sound panels you have in your home studio?

wait, did you trade one of your PRS’s for the Caparison? It’s ok if you did it’s your stuff to do with what you will. I’m wondering along with many others, which guitar did you trade???

Whenever it comes to dream guitars at that price point, id always go PRS or a nice gibson les paul custom ebony.

As someone who’s lived in Japan a few years, played Caparison, owned 2 Gibson LP Customs, and a J. Custom and Prestige’s, Ibanez defines quality and consistency in the guitar biz in comparison to Gibson and other US makers (leaving PRS alone, they’re definitely on point IMHO). Caparison, Sugi, and a few others along with Ibanez all come out of the same Nagano area of Japan. The Chushin-Gakki (Caparison factory) and FujiGen (Ibanez) are like right next to each other in Japan. I’d say certain Ibanez Prestige guitars are right on par with the 3.9k Caparison. Maybe wood selection is what’s offsetting the price, both guitars feel like a high end sports car in lap

I was shopping for a PRS (my Birthday present actually) and the store had a used Caparison Dillinger Prominence. It was about $2k and I just couldn't say no. It just played soooooo darn well that I had to get it!!! The stock pickups sound great. The bridge PU is great for harmonics and squeals. It also gets fantastic in-between strat sounds. The neck feels like a thicker Jackson Soloist- kind of a D shape with comfy shoulders and that nice compound radius. The inlays are also cool AF. Congrats on your new guitar. I LOVE mine :D

I’ve always wanted a caprisun

@travislee9662

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I just could never get comfortable with the straw radius…just not for me.

Loved Caparison since the KSE End of Heartache album, and then seeing Matthias Eklundh/Freak Kitchen in London many years ago. Seem like great guitars.

I own two Caparison TAT Special 7s, and an Orbit 7 CZQ. Caparison makes amazing guitars. Theyre ridiculous, top notch build quality and components. PERFECT fretwork. Their neck profiles are some of the most comfortable out there, I find them more comfortable for fast shreddy stuff than the Ibanez wizard/prestige necks. Also, every Caparison I've played is insanely loud acoustically, and that really shines through when plugged in and playing tapped harmonics, pinch harnonics, or popping harmonics with the bar like Dimebag. Overall, I think Caparison makes some of the best guitars available anywhere.

I've always been interested in Caparison guitars after I saw a Walnut Horus model, I think 2 years ago I blindly bought a Caparison Horus off of Reverb and it turned out to be one of my favorite guitars ever. I mostly played the early 90's Japanese Jackson's so the neck was probably a bit chunkier than the usual slim Jackson necks but It didn't bother me at all.

@therealone1288

11 ай бұрын

Yep the walnut is a grail for me but since they are so rare I pulled the trigger on the new walnut/black wood. Fixed bridge even better for me. Insane guitar

My impression of Caparison guitars are that they're simply built to perfection. There's lots of more affordable guitars with the exact same specs, but most of them usually have some kind of flaw in the neck, frets, finish or whatever. I guess that's just the difference in factory guitars vs custom shop guitars. You are paying more than twice the price to get a flawless guitar, not just a more spec'd out one.

I love Caparison, they play like a dream and are very well made. My Dellinger II can do stable tuning down to F# before it gets ridiculous.

Brother Joel, good man to say the very least

I have a Caparison 8 string (Brocken FX-WM8) and it's one of the best constructed guitars I've ever played. There are no flaws in the construction.

i have a caparison custom line dellinger 2 and wow is it an instrument very expensive but they are really worth the money and serious pieces of gear, love them......im after a 7 string from them next.

Thats a great guitar man i always liked Caparison guitars nice Fluff 👍

I own Caparison TAT for a few years now. Feels like this is what I'm never about to sell.

I love my C2 Delinger. The JSM is sick.

Fun fact: Several people that worked with ibanez in the early 2000s work with caparison now, thats why they compete with Prestiges and J Customs. They're pretty much in between those, or an equivalent to the extint Uppercut prestige series from Ibanez.

I have a Caparison TAT 7 FM. Absolutely top notch workmanship. It's custom shop level quality, but it also comes in at custom shop level prices. Overall an incredible guitar though.

That riff😮

It’s definitely helped , confirm my next present . From me too me with love .

I played several different Caparison models at Sweetwater (Standard and Signature models) My favorites are the Courtney Cox signature and the Dellinger

I've always used 10-52 for drop-c on 25.5" scale guitars also🙃

2:40 It does make sense. The type of guitar I prefer. Love the design of this guitar. I have two Dean Splittails with V necks which I find perfect for riffing. Did I mention I'm a riff guy?

I want the same in red but they don't seem to have a custom shop unfortunately :'(

I learned about Caparison through Mattias IA Eklundh and played one similar to his Apple horn and it blew my mind.

I first saw those from rob marcello playing them, but they're too expensive, truthfully guitar prices are getting out of control

I own this guitar and it’s my favourite

I love Capri Sun.

I have a 10"-16" compound radius guitar, which makes sense to me and works great. I don't really get the point with 14"-16" radius though, it's such a small difference.

We’ll have to say sounds pretty f-ing good!

Pacific cooler is my favorite

heavy sound but heavy price also..🤧

Adam D's model is really cool too

Nice to hear you say you don’t need massive strings for lower tunings.

@jfo3000

Жыл бұрын

Iommi

Caparison. It's a brand I've always wanted to own, ever since I got into Bring Me The Horizon over 10 years ago and saw Jona playing these guitars. I've dreamt of owning one. They sound killer, but my god are they expensive.

Bruh I love caprisuns

That one and Adams sig are killer looking guitars always wanted to try one out!

@mikeomaly

Жыл бұрын

I could swore Adam's was the dellinger with just a bridge pickup but I'm prolly wrong

@robbyplaysfantasy3510

Жыл бұрын

Tat special design but yeah these things are sick dude I've had both kse models well still have the jsm I'm trying to get my metal machine back

Michael Romeo has a signature Caparison. Caparison is made in Japan. So you know it's very high quality. Out of my price-range tho. But I do like them.

The headstock and tuner layout is pretty cool look'n. Simple and effective. The inlays are kinda weird though. Seems a tad expensive considering the other stuff coming from Japan.

@lord_Errykson

Жыл бұрын

The inlays are clocks set to whatever the position the fret it’s on

You never see anyone leave caparison. That’s one of my dream guitars, the Horus more specifically. Matthias Eklundh got me in to them. You hear nothing but good things. It’s funny though, you spend that kind of money and get a gig bag lol

@therealone1288

11 ай бұрын

The gig bags are actually really nice. They beat the old caparison hard cases

Nice guitar. I only wish they did some sort of amber stain to match the headstock.

"Built for slinky riffin'." So am I, Fluff. So am I.

Very good guitars! There is also an 8 string, the Apple Horn Mattias IA Ecklundh... Very nice, very expensive...but too expensive for me...😉🤘

I've owned the JSM in black and currently in white and the Adam D metal machine sig and they are both unique guitars, yes pricey now compared to when they first came out but they are very consistent and caparison sources their woods very well and you can see the attention to detail and the fretwork etc. Honestly the JSM is very versatile compared to the metal machine because of all variations and using the full KSE Fishman set but you will not be disappointed with either

@robbyplaysfantasy3510

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I have the white jsm too but currently trying to get my metal machine I have it on layaway rn guitars are expensive lol

@robbyplaysfantasy3510

Жыл бұрын

I did play a metal machine already so I already know what to suspect It just matches my cars finish my 19 gti

Got 3 caps and counting!!

Always wanted one, never had the chance to play one though. Never see them in South Africa. One day…

Great guitar. Action cannot get as low as want to. Might be the medium frets?

I got a Capri Sun Pacific Cooler and it sounds terrible

So... What you are saying is it feels very, very good?

I had a Caparison Horus (Jackson Falcon) awhile back. Traded it for an Ibanez Egen18TVF. Miss it sometimes.

Man that is a sexy guitar and it looks like it makes you very happy. Congrats on the guitar.

FLUFF FINALLY GOT A STUDIO COUCH

Ibanez RG thru Blackstar amp video comin' soon? 😏

Funny to me that this video came out. I just tried out my first caparison the other day. It was $3100, but I didn’t feel I wouldn’t be just as happy with a guitar 1/3 the price.

I've never really needed 11's for just drop C tunings. 10-52 or 56 is usually plenty.

Love Fluff but I just want to point out one thing, thats not how the "guitar" sounds. Thats how the amp, ir, and speakers interpret the signal from the guitar. The signal chain is way more important to the "Tone"

Japanese guitars are phenomenal!!

Man there's just something about an all black guitar with a maple neck. It sounds seww nice as well

Used to own a Dellinger II and then sold it off to buy two of the back then brand new Jim Root Teles… biggest gear regret of all time. Since then the prices of Caparisons have almost doubled 😕

That is my ALL TIME dream guitar, Joel is my hero, Killswitch is life 🥰

@robbyplaysfantasy3510

Жыл бұрын

I just got mine and it's worth it and joel is amazing bro not to mention his "metal machine" it's sick af and plays like something made from the metal gods themselves

@TheMikeakers

Жыл бұрын

@@robbyplaysfantasy3510 I know but £4k… I’m on minimum wage my dude and cost of living is insane 😢 I am very jealous 💚

this riff , maaan

Great demo and congrats man. Caparison makes amazing guitars but the price is not justified anymore for me. No SS frets, no pickup choice. Super strat wise I will stick to my 5000 series Ibanez prestiges

Beautiful guitar!! But I like Adam's TAT sig guitar more

For a second I saw Phil Anselmo jumping into the frame singing mouth of war 🤘

Damn... I wish it has SS frets. Almost just bought one... Assumed it had them.. And then I just found out watching Adam and Joel discuss the differences between their models. My fav guitar in the world is starting to get fret wear and... In this price range, I just don't want to go through the same thing if it would be keeper. :/

Have you played a joe satriani ibanez

Oh Geeves.....could you pull the Caparison around for me? I think I fancy a spin....and a cup of Earl Gray as well. Toodle-loo!

I blame Evergrey and KSE for this being my dream guitar. I have yet to hear a bad recording with them. And speaking of recordings, HOLY CRAP THAT FULL MIX EXAMPLE SLAMS. Joel would approve. Adam would probably start running around with a cape while screaming random profanity.

All I need to know is Steven Jones from Bleed From Within uses one. I know it is a killer guitar