The Fret Zealot is a cool learning tool. If installed properly the first time and just left alone, I'm sure it would do exactly what it was advertised to do. However, I'm not the only one to break it while installing it. It's fairly new so hopefully they will work on its durability in future generations. I was impressed with the amount of songs available to learn spreading tons of different genres. amzn.to/2Laq2ks

@jeffreybiscoe6

6 жыл бұрын

The Trogly's Guitar Show - I think it's s cool idea + I know enough from being a car painter putting on stripe packages , adhesive stuff will drive you crazy. Adhesive stuff is fragile + most of us don't follow included directions with anything ' we glance at them . It'll improve they gotta put some kind of fake non working one you put on first / remove + put the lighted one on. A practice install.

@9imack

6 жыл бұрын

I bet you thought 'Oh f**k, why me?' when you tried to adjust it & that first part tore off lol. I have to wonder whether you'd have posted this 'review' had no one else broke their's too? :)

@jochemvh7655

6 жыл бұрын

Just be honest man, you and I hate it

@FretZealot

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to review it!

What I learned from this video: follow directions. I'm actually glad you didn't follow them Trog. I constantly work with people that don't follow directions and screw up simple things like assembling an awning. Yes I'm an old (50) grumpy man that is constantly telling my younger (30-35) coworkers to follow directions. I remember being young and not reading directions, I am grumpy, I need bran in my diet and now it's time for a nap. Great video. Love your show.

@FretZealot

6 жыл бұрын

We humbly thank you for following directions. In complete honesty- it's our biggest challenge!

@hortyist1

3 жыл бұрын

@@FretZealot Hard a.f. to find info about what effect the adhesive has on a guitar neck...if any. Can it be removed with no signs of ever being there ?? Trynna decide which guitar to put it on.

@FretZealot

3 жыл бұрын

@@hortyist1 all you need to do is ask us :-). The adhesive is 3M 468MP double-sided tape. No chemical reaction like superglue, so if your neck is high quality and not already damaged, there will be no effect on it whatsoever. The LED strip technically protects your neck, so if your guitar gets exposed to sun, the rest of the fretboard may fade a little just as an example. TL;DR - high quality fretboard is best and the adhesive is tape 👍

@hortyist1

3 жыл бұрын

@@FretZealot Great Thanks...Hard to believe I am the only person asking this question is what got me. So, no impossible residue left behind..that's great thanks.

@FretZealot

3 жыл бұрын

@@hortyist1 exactly. Any residue is just the thin tape and can be wiped off (an alcohol wipe would definitely take it off).

Thank you for doing the review! If anyone has any questions, please ask away. All feedback is welcome. With 90% of new players giving up on guitar, we're just hoping to keep a few more around :-)

thats one of the most beautiful guitars i ever seen in my life

And this is the last time a company sends troggly anything lol

@FretZealot

6 жыл бұрын

All feedback is welcome! We're adding additional instructions inside the box because of situations like this.

I would probably use it just for stage show with the cool flashy settings

I installed this thing on my Vintage '59 Les Paul Burst. It wouldn't stick properly so I used Gorilla Glue. Will that hurt it's resale value at all? : )

Is Paranoid tabbed wrong? I know it sounds the same, but I thought Iommi played it on the 12th fret E string always.

This is the third review of this that I’ve seen mistake the battery holder for a capo

@Trog

6 жыл бұрын

To be fair, it actually works really well as one haha. The extended part to hold the battery makes it easy to move up and down. It won't replace my Thalia, but it's better than most cheap capos haha

@FretZealot

6 жыл бұрын

It was a pretty crazy design process, but believe it or not, using a capo (it's a real metal capo) as the battery holder is the best solution to make sure you can clip the battery to any head stock and don't have to permanently stick it on there.

I have purchased two fret lights a number of years apart and was disappointed in both mostly due to the software, the guitar was fine. Even though it’s been 7-8 years since I’ve even tried the fret light I purchased the fret zealot guitar ... yes you can get a nice guitar with it already installed. This to me is the way to go. I actually build my own guitars and I think this was the proper call for this. The company made it very clear to me that the product is a one time use deal. Do not take it on and off!!!!! I love the different colored lights so you can determine root 3rd 4th 5 th etc. That was one of the things that I always thought fretlught should have done. I enjoyed the fret zealot so much that I purchased one for my nephew who has showed an interest in playing. I like that it integrates with the spark app which is a great way to learn songs . I wish this was available all those years ago when I bought my fretlight . This is in my opinion far superior technology that the wired fretlight that I have from a number of years ago. Fretlight , I think, is now wireless and I should go online and see if the app is different, but I really like this. Great for any level player and can help with creativity!

I had the best teacher. Me, my guitar, and my record player. Took a week to understand how thing work. Then came the scales that someone taught me. Hours and hours on end that were the best time spent learning the guitar. I’m not the greatest guitarist but I love playing it. Not sure what to think about these gimmicky things.

When you’re playing can you even see the lights?

I've had my Fret Zealot for about 3 months, and I love it. I bought it to help me with scales.

Trogly is one of the coolest people on the planet! And he probably holds the record for most Les Paul's to be owned by one human being. Certainly his residence has seen more Les Paul's than any other.

Great job at getting to the point where you can receive items from companies. Saw a video of this the other day, doesn't seem all that much useful, especially for some $200. You could get nice lessons for a bit for that much money. If I were a beginner, I don't believe this is that useful. Those are just my thoughts. Nice video either way.

If install properly it stays in place. The best size to get is the one that is the 25.5 I had the one that started with 24.75_22.5 but was not happy with the fitting. The 25.5 fitted perfectly up behind. the frets. Regarding breaking mine did not and has been tryed on 2 guitars of mine. The guitar I tryed it on was a yamaha electric and a crafter semi acoustic. It fitted but once you get past 4th fret it left small gaps which I did not like. The second one I put on not only looks good but plays OK as well and the application is very good and informative. My conclusion is I'm happy with it. It

So it's like DreamScreen for guitars. DreamScreen is LEDs on the back perimeter of your flat panel TV that react to the video and provide ambient lighting on the wall behind the TV. Almost the same price, too..... for a 65" TV

Are you going to be selling the guitar because I have been looking for an alpine white studio with gold hardware that is in good shape

@Trog

6 жыл бұрын

I don’t have it listed, yet. Feel free to reach out if you’re interested. Facebook.com/Troglys Troglyzeburninater@yahoo.com

now you need to review rocksmith and see how well you can learn with it

id buy it, just for the fun mode XD

i havent been here in a while (not that i dont like the videos or anything ive just been working like crazy) but i believe that there are only fourteen frets because most beginners (which is what this is targeted for) get an acoustic and most of the time on those they stop at fourteen frets some even twelve

@FretZealot

6 жыл бұрын

Exactly! There was actually a lot of math that went into the decision (scale length, etc.), but primarily because of complications with acoustics mounting right below the 14th fret.

Wow, did they send one of these to every presenter on youtube?!?!

Its looks cool for a live show lol I like playing super stoney reggae

I think it's a cool idea. Great for beginners. If I would buy one, I'd put it on my cheapest guitar that I wouldn't care about damaging the finish! The price would have to drop considerably. $200 is a little steep!

@FretZealot

6 жыл бұрын

That's what many people do! Regarding the finish, rest assured we use a standard 3M double-side tape, not anything chemical like super glue, so there should be no risk of damage :-)

@74dartman13

6 жыл бұрын

Fret Zealot cool!👍😎

Those strips are very weak compared to the Force restraining it. To avoid tear outs, I would not take the hole tape cover off at once. I would install one by one and peeling as I go down the frets. That will give a better chance to get the strips right the first time. Now for removing the hole system, I would rather peel the strips from the tips, not the back bone. From there I’ll do the reverse installing procedure and you would be good to go. Whether is a sharp angle on a structure it causes that weak joint, is prone to crack or rip off from there.

@FretZealot

6 жыл бұрын

Yep! That's exactly how the installation video shows how to do it :-)

Some sort of augmented reality and projection will be the future.

@FretZealot

6 жыл бұрын

Give us a few months ;-)

Your eyes are smiling more than your mouth. 😁👍

Isn't it pronounced Fret Zel-it?

@FretZealot

6 жыл бұрын

Yes :-)

@phillipsaunders1449

5 жыл бұрын

As a novice picking up the guitar once again , 25 years after the first time, I must admit I was inspired to try once more before I “kick it” after seeing this product in a number of other review videos. The emergency nature of my work has kept me from committing to scheduled lessons on a regular basis, but having an “AI” teacher to learn from at 2:00 a.m. with interspersed lessons from an actual human teacher might just keep me going. I purchased one and received my “Fretz-Alot” last week. (WTF is up with these guys and their pronunciation? In another video the presenter calls it “Fret Zee-lut” - I chalked it up to his accent but was so distracted by his repeated use of “Zee-lut” I just had to quit watching.. I’m still trying to decide on which guitar to install this product, since it does appear to be a permanent fixture once the adhesive tape has had time to cure. It can’t be a cheap guitar because I’m a novice and I need something that won’t frustrate me so much I just quit again. On the other hand, I’m a novice and wouldn’t choose too nice a guitar unless I couldn’t walk through the house without stepping on one. I think I’ll go back down to the local guitar “big box” and discuss the issue again. Nobody there had heard of the “Zee-lut/fretz-alot” yet, so now I can take the product along and at least let them visualize what I’m thinking of doing. Maybe I’ll buy a cheaper and a more expensive guitar and install the Fret Zealot on both.....but that could get expensive for an avocation I might not keep up, like before. That is, unless the Fret Zealot truly makes learning and playing guitar much more enjoyable for novices. I really hope it does as advertised, help me to achieve this goal. Such a device was not available the last time I tried! As regards this hapless reviewer, I knew he was done for when he called the processor bracket a capo, then proceeded to strip off ALL of the adhesive backing before really checking the fit. I am quite fortunate that his was not the first video I saw. There is no way I would have purchased the Fret Zealot if that was the review I had to base my decision upon! Actually the first installation video I saw was on the Fret Zealot website. The directions were quite explicit, the lighting and video very clearly demonstrated what should and should not be done, and why. If the above was my video review of this $200 product, I would not have been so irresponsible as to have posted it publicly. It was clear that the reviewer did not read the installation instructions, and he admitted as much. So why do a young company the disservice of posting it publicly? There may be some issues that need work, but this video does not help to resolve any possible manufacturing areas that require strengthening due to the simian nature of the installation. I must agree with TIMExBANDIT’s comment above. It is not that this review did not help the company, but the fact that it did not help those of us who might be considering whether or not to spend our hard-earned money on this new product. Which brings us yet again back to that timeless conundrum: Just because one has the use of a video recording device and a KZread account, should the two necessarily be combined? In all seriousness, before I came across these “lesser” reviews of Fret Zealot, I’d seriously considered recording and posting review(s) of installation and “ease of use” on a more expensive / longer - necked guitar vs. a less expensive / shorter-necked guitar. Since I’m a novice guitarist and novice video editor it seemed like it might be helpful for those who, like me, might’ve thought about picking up guitar for the first or second time. But then some smartass would likely come along and make fun of the way I pronounced Zealot, or say the subject matter was not centered in the field of view ;-)

@ryanfulldark2775

4 жыл бұрын

Yes

I think I am Psychicly linked to you Austin, I guess we need a break lol! "I don't like it going on the headstock" - then you say it. "That top edge looks uncomfortable" then you say it. " You have to peel all that tape off then apply it?" then you do - we both were wrong, lol! - Anyway, I could definitely see the advantages of this, or a similar product, for newbies and it would help me with scales and those oddball chords only the show offs have memorized. As for the actual playing a song part, I think it would get annoying with all those lights on. $200!! No, I mean the technology is good but not at that price. One thing that you didn't mention is that the problem with something like this for newbies would be that it sort of teaches them to stare at the fretboard all the time. Im not one of those die hard " don't ever look at your guitar" type guys. Good review and yes you are indeed a typical guy - "directions? who needs those"... fast forward a few minutes..oh hmm guess I should have checked the directions, lol. I worry about putting it on a nice guitar but I bet with a neck like the maple fret board of a typical Fender it wouldn't leave any of that residue.

Nice review as usual. I'd pass on this and find a decent Fretlight guitar on the used market. A friend had a Fretlight and it was a nice learning tool. Since the Zealot is not reusable, once its stuck down, you can't move it to another guitar. Horrible idea that you can't remove it and reuse it. It looks far more fragile than my ambient lights I bought for behind my TV off Amazon for $12. If they could make the light strips cheap so you could easily replace that part they may sell these. As is, not worth the money in my opinion. Rock on bro.

One it won't be in your thumbs way because your thumb will be against the back of neck. Two you broke it trying to remove before you even tried it,and three most of all I have listed to your playing you need one of these on all your guitars

Kinda Kool I guess Would not like sticky Goo left on my fret board

Wow. I learned how to play Metallica songs by ear, tabs, and watching Live Performances. This technology is just...insane.

I bought the Fret Zealot LED Learning system installed from Fret Zealot on a beautiful Yamaha (inexpensive guitar). The guitar is great. The Fret Zealot is just a device that I cannot deal with. As It is cumbersome, and has not really taught me anything yet. The lights are too bright to look at, the application has a lot of faults, and it sounds, as a cheap keyboard (try playing BB King like that). It did not come with the black glasses. Also, I bought the guitar from Fret Zealot so that FRET ZEALOT would PROFESSIONALLY install it. I was thinking that they were going to do a good job, as this was done in the factory, but I was surprised, the installation looks really bad. The tape is not properly placed on the top of the fret board, so it does not contact the wood, and the dots from the Fret Zealot do not match the guitars dots on the 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, or 12th, fret. The worst is the fact that is really not a teaching device, and the fact that they sell it as if it was is deceiving. It is very expensive, this device to me is not worth more than $50.00, and that is because it is an electronic flashy toy.

nice idea but not on any of my les pauls. Harley Benton Yep

The next step

Did anybody else notice that paranoid sounded like Africa by Toto

People who are thinking about getting this should save 140 dollars and try rocksmith. It has helped me a lot.

On a side note about the incident last night - maybe what I saw on the screen last night was not that old video. Had I known last night you were uploading this one I would have told you that this is the one Im pretty sure they were showing. I remember that "Fret Zealot" wording. I did not watch the video last night, I just saw it advertised on the right in the channel listings, either that or it was the first in that line of notifications you get? I clicked on another video - hey it had a hot looking asian chick and they were saying "you won't believe what she does on TV" - c'mon, a guy HAs to check that out before looking at some ginger with a guitar!! lol...

@scottbulmer7160

6 жыл бұрын

Well don't keep us in suspense...........what did she do on TV? lol

@alabamahebrew

6 жыл бұрын

Lol well Dash old boy did you know that on one particular Japanese game show the contest is for you to sing along with your favorite song? Yup, you stand there and sing along with it. If you finish the song , you win! If you cannot finish it, you lose. So, what is the "sport " of it? Well while you are standing there singing, a beautiful young Japanese girl is umm, using her hand on your happy place! Ankther game is quite simple, you stand behind a table that has a cloth on it draping to the floor. The audience only sees you from your stomach up.. while you are standing there you are receiving some oral gratification. What's the goal? You have to not climax while this is going on. The other person, who the audience can only see the feet of while they are umm "performing " is doing their best to cause you to lose by climaxing... oh the catch? A straight guy is standing while it's a gay guy on his knees!! Yuckkkk.... the beautiful Japanese girl you initially see though is standing behind a board divided up. A group of men ate tossing like bean bags at the board hitting segments causing them to break away revealing this beautiful young, and naked, girl . Lol.. they have some very perverted and sexually intriguing games over there!

@scottbulmer7160

6 жыл бұрын

Frigging bizarre man........i can see why you had to check it out before the ginger with a guitar. BTW.......We prefer to be referred to as "chronological enhanced" rather than old lol. Have a great weekend Ron just Ron

@Trog

6 жыл бұрын

I thought it was strange too... but this video wasn’t even recorded yet at that time haha

@alabamahebrew

6 жыл бұрын

Really? Man now I wish I would have clicked on it, darn those cute asian girls!! lol. I am pretty sure I saw those words " Fret Zealot" but maybe I just think I saw that after seeing it on this one? Maybe, I jumped ahead in time?!?

I'd rather buy Rocksmith 2014 instead of this

@psykoklown874

6 жыл бұрын

Then head to customsforge.com for CDLC.

Phil Mcnight destroyed his sample trying to remove it. At least his worked for a while.

Hello. I am early. That is all.

It's more like a $20 thing than a $200 thing...the money is for the stuff you can do with the phone/library of songs, learning materials etc...It would be better, in my opinion, as something that was $20 and had 4 or 5 levels of scales and chords built into it with 10 songs and you choose which one of the 4 or 5 levels you buy based on your level when you start and where you are as you progress and wear them out, with no apps or heavy deals hanging off the headstock. I'm sure that they can get that much memory available without anything bulky and let's be honest, How long would they last anyway?

If any developers are here, the fret zealot is programmable using their SDK.github.com/edgetechlabs/fz-android-sdk There may be some roughness to getting started, ask me questions if you like.

HOLY SHIT IT HAS AKIRA YAMAOKA SONGS YOU CAN LEARN THE SILENT HILL 2 SOUNDTRACK

I could understand why a beginner might want this to learn scales.

I always thought it was pronounced frets-a-lot, because I think it sounds better, but I’m fine with pronouncing it the other way

@Trog

6 жыл бұрын

I agree, it sounds better and that was a selling point to me. After I filmed this a realized it wasn't... I was saddened haha

Most people don't read or follow directions. Fret board has 12 frets then it starts over again, only one octave apart. 24 fret is the same, only two octaves up. Peace out

I think rock smith would be better, you get to learn every scale and chord and a bunch of songs and you can get custom songs if you buy it for your computer and learn anything you want

yea it seems helpful but its 200$ and not reusable? thats a lot...for something not reusable i would rather pay no more than 80-100. but if it was reusuable and not so fragile id pay more for something like that but 200 is a lot. good vid man, i saw philip mcknight make a review as well. similar criticism to you i think in some ways

$200 is a lot of tacos. Think I'd stick with the normal chord apps. learn theory and hopefully retain it somewhere in the grey blob

woodeso registeres a complaint...

You probably get this off. By carefully using a hair dryer and peel off all the frets one first and the edge at last. Nice products for the people to learn.

ZEL-it.

So how much they pay u for this video?

@Trog

6 жыл бұрын

I got the Fret Zealot free - that's all

@robertobrien2903

6 жыл бұрын

Just think about how cool it's going to be when Gibson sends you their entire new line to review or compare to older models etc...someday.

@Trog

6 жыл бұрын

Strangely, current Gibson doesn't seem to like me that much. Maybe if we get new ownership in and my channel continues to grow things like that can happen. Once I hit 20k subscribers, I think I'll reach back out to Sweetwater to see if they would let me borrow guitars for the purpose of review. Only problem with that is they don't seem to get the 'cool' ones in any more. The 2018 LE Line up had some great ones in it!

@squidwardstesticles5914

6 жыл бұрын

The Trogly's Guitar Show maybe they don’t like you because you promote and sell used guitars, so people that watch you might have a lower chance of buying a brand new gibson...idk, just a thought

hmmm a walmart boxcutter?? ;)

@Trog

6 жыл бұрын

It’s actually the standard cutter for just about every store across the country haha

@garycoates4987

6 жыл бұрын

The Trogly's Guitar Show yeah I recognize it from workin in retail hell lol

$200 worth of guitar lessons with a real person who knows what they're doing, is money much more well spent than gluing LED strips to your fingerboard. I wouldn't put this nonsense on a Squier, let alone a Gibson anything;-)

@SJAnubis

5 жыл бұрын

200 dollars worth? thats like 3 lessons. this would add to lessons

@skid9227

2 жыл бұрын

Nah.

Another video that I haven't seen 👀 😕 🙃 😐

Zell'-it

i like your site, but the video quality is not great.

Not for 200.00 bucks. That’s crazy. I guess maybe as a learning tool. But really if just looks cool. Not two hundred dollars cool. It’s a novelty in a nice box

I don’t know man. I don’t think this is for your audience. This said, you should have done the black light test ;)

What happened to Guitar Hero?

Why does nobody know how to pronounce "Zealot" in these videos. Not hating, I know you corrected yourself but it just seems kinda funny, it is a real word.

@Trog

6 жыл бұрын

I had never seen nor heard of that word before this product. Pronounced incorrectly (frets-a-lot), it sounds like a fun guitar product that will make me into a highly skilled Guitar-Playing Knight. Pronounced correctly... honestly, I probably wouldn't even have taken the free product sample for review - the "name" was a huge 'selling' point to me

@Tom-gv7hc

6 жыл бұрын

Yah, honestly it makes more sense being pronounced that way rather then the real definition of Zealot, but I have heard multiple other people pronounce it that way, kinda funny if you ask me.

Not sure I would have even bothered to upload this

Its a tad pricey.

@eddiegodoy5120

6 жыл бұрын

a tad?

Id pass im not a huge fan of glue residue on my neck

R.T.F.M

@FretZealot

6 жыл бұрын

Our #1 challenge :-/

put it on a cheap guitar to practice since you are a beginner you don`t need a fancy les paul.

It's not Frets-a-lot, it's Fret Zealot.

you broke it lmao

Dont let em giv ya a hard time bout breakin it, phil mcnight broke the 1 he was showin like 3 4 days ago. Guess its not for real guitar players.

Why's everyone trying the fret zealot?

@rorygallagherfanboy4456

6 жыл бұрын

Metal Pappu Probably because they got it for free.

@stanlee5465

6 жыл бұрын

No kidding, I've seen this on half a dozen guitar focussed youtube channels over the past few days! lol

@oliverle8438

6 жыл бұрын

Metal Pappu It like just came out so they’ve been sending out samples to get their name out there

@FretZealot

6 жыл бұрын

We finally got enough inventory to stop selling out and decided to send them out for reviews and feedback :-)

@guitarofdestiny

6 жыл бұрын

Fret Zealot "got enough inventory to stop selling out." Lol C'mon turn off the salesman schtick for 2 seconds will ya?😂😂😂

That review was pretty bad Togley. I guess it reflects the product

ZEH-LET! ZEH-LET! NOT ZUH-LOT! Seriously?

Whatever happened to just spending 5 bucks on a guitar music theory book? Not to mention, the internet yields all the free chord charts, tabs, scales, lessons, etc.. you could ever possibly need, for free.

you did an excellent job of trying to be cordial with that "SOUP SANDWICH"of a total piece of junk! I believe GUITAR HEROES would better and you won't screw up your guitars with goop.You get ***** for keeping your cool.

Dude you should know the lights should go (under ) the frets ,,,,, because your finger is to be on top of the fret !!

time for me to say that I wouldn't rock it. Insert donald trump joke..i meant to say I would rock it.

Sorry Frogger, this will be your first and last product review.

First

Not for me- You're supposed to learn music with your ears, not with your eyes... Plus it makes a beautiful Gibson look like a toy.

Frets Cringealot as the company watches you...jeez dude

Well, that was a good advertisement for a product, not. And it’s Zealot,the “ea” sounds like the “e” in petrol.

It looks fiddly and it is expensive, no I wouldn’t want one.

Horrific. Never put this on my Les Paul. Fail.

Maybe $50 not $200 it's probably $2 to make This video proves that there very breakable.

It's a 'good' idea but it doesn't work in reality

You broke it because you did not follow the instructions included with the product. I felt kinda dumb for ya.

that's absolute garbage hahaha

do they take dogshit as payment?

This was painful to watch....yikes...

$200? AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ... AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ... Nope.

Why buy this 200 usd junk? I would rather buy rocksmith 2014 for 50 bucks.

Horribly designed gimmick IMO..