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That was a really nice way of saying “yeaaahhh I don’t like this at all but hey someone might”

As I bassist I would have LOVED to see you demo that thing. I'm so intrigued by that twist....

@maximeauger4896

4 жыл бұрын

r/gatekeeping

@aylbdrmadison1051

4 жыл бұрын

I don't know what happened with the copyright, but I used to have the man who invented the fanned fret guitars (Ralph Novak) work on my guitars back in the late 80's. I sure hope he owns the copyright. We lost an amazing guitar tech back then because he chose to devote all his time to building his fanned fret design guitars and basses, and I supported that move. I still have my old Charvel that for years after he refretted it was smooth as glass.

@davidtidwell7987

4 жыл бұрын

@@aylbdrmadison1051 I'm not sure but I think the guy that build Charlie hunters guitars put a patent on it?

@davidtidwell7987

4 жыл бұрын

@TGM well no shit, Sherlock....

@eucesarmachado

4 жыл бұрын

TGM that's why the full name of the instrument is electric bass GUITAR

Saw a video a few years ago about a boutique guitar show somewhere showcasing really unusual stuff. The best thing I ever saw was the one guitar that had a mechanism inside that alternated the signal from the neck and bridge pickup back and forth, like turning a blend knob. It sounded like a fricken univibe built right into the guitar.

Hey look ma, that’s me (0:03)! It was really cool to meet you and your dad and talk to y’all, y’all were really cool dudes. You’re definitely a big inspiration to me, you’re just a normal dude who followed your dreams and worked hard at it, and you’re not starving, which gives me hope, haha! You imparted some good guitar wisdom to me, so thanks! And thanks for putting me in your video, sweet video and playing btw!

@RhettShull

4 жыл бұрын

Great meeting you man!

The twisted neck is probably the most innovative idea I’ve heard for a guitar. I wanna try one!

@DingleBerry88

3 жыл бұрын

I agree but I’m having a hard time understanding how that would work without having the worst action ever and an absurd amount of buzz.

@jonkerr2050

3 жыл бұрын

I agree I’m a 42 year old newbie just learning. The amount I can practice each day really is dictated by how sore is my left wrist is getting.

@purungo

3 жыл бұрын

​@@DingleBerry88 Its a matter of how you look at the neck. If you slice it lenght wise, the section is always going to be straight, so it would be same as a normal guitar. But as you move the slice up and down, the angle of the straight line changes from going front to back to going back to front. Bending, though, probably wouldn't be the prettiest thing ever, which I think is why that's been done on a bass.

@JoshuaC923

3 жыл бұрын

What an interesting concept

Your channel has been so good. I found it last week and Ive smashed it all week

@RhettShull

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much John!

@joenicolette

4 жыл бұрын

And even watched some of Rhett’s videos, in your spare time!

@wesleyalan9179

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah...I found it sometime last year and never subbed,lol...subbing now! Thanks!✌

Coming from someone who has built a few guitars, I can't imagine the amount of work that has gone into some of those awesome creations! I kinda like the first hollow body the best!👍😎🎸🎶

@johnstafford8405

4 жыл бұрын

Yes tradition and aesthetics sell ,and maybe a bit of snake oil thrown in.

@patrickjordan8373

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnstafford8405 The snake oil keeps the strings from sticking at the nut without a locking whammy.

I really enjoyed this video because it shows the guitar as both an instrument and a piece of design. I always believed that those two aspects are inseparable. There is no music without a vision, there is no vision without inspiration, and if you are a guitarist, there is no inspiration if the instrument does not speak to you. Very inspiring. Thank you, Rhett! :)

I’d take the Relish and the Vila. Also loved the twisted bass! I’ve built a, comparably very mild “twist” in the necks of my acoustic builds, for years now. Customers have LOVED it! With a carefully engineered and cut nut and saddle, it works great. There’s no negative effect on tone, pliability is improved, and goes a long way in reducing wrist and hand stress for marathon playing sessions.

@robertwellington2616

4 жыл бұрын

Cherry Picker Guitars a month late but the twisted neck etc makes a lot of sense.

Really love the way you play, and what you play, and the great guitars you play. I even try to understand, learn and play some of licks that you play. Thanks for the great videos

Just visited righteous guitars 2 weeks ago. Walked in with few guitars, walked out with a Suhr. Thanks to you and your channel I discovered that store. Only an hour from my house and I never knew it existed. I have known Ben from when he managed at guitar center. I was very happy to see him. He is great guy, very knowledgeable and polite. I'm not going to lie my hands were sweating being in that store. So many beautiful guitars.

Love your channel Rhett! Dig how you demo each guitar right after the description.

Thanks Rhett, I am a drummer. But I love watching anything that has someone that's passionate about something, I love your appreciation for the instrument..

Hey Rhett - not only did you showcase these wonderful unique instruments.... You also showcased how tasteful your playing is! Enjoyed it immensely👍

I've got one of them Teuffel Teslas. It's a high quality instrument. Very Strat-like in a lot of ways but more fun to play because of the unusual neck.

Beautiful guitars! That Vila is bucket list worthy!

Cool video. Great to see a gear video that's showing new and different content, rather than just another vintage Gibson or Fender. That Vila is a beaut.

Darrell Braun demoed that Swiss guitar with the removable pickups on his channel. Very cool

@wesleyalan9179

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah...I remember that video too...

@wesleyalan9179

4 жыл бұрын

@Ben Hackett ..haha,yeah! Samurai guitarist is really cool!

Listen to me.....I'm 58, from Boston, started guitar lessons at the age of 6, I've seen a lot, been to a lot, had even more than a lot........That being said, the first guitar (the Wide-Sky) and amp combo of this video, I Pray that you bought that set-up......The sound coming out of that guitar and amp together, gave chills up my spine, and I saw the ghost of Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters and the Mississippi Delta Blues Universe at your fingertips. Good Gawd man that was Incredible!.Oh and Love the Retro Greta G. Guitar and your quick Mr. Sand Man. Luv it! Great Video Rhett

@RhettShull

4 жыл бұрын

It was a special guitar!

@wesleyalan9179

4 жыл бұрын

Jim...I couldn't of said that better myself, lol! That was a really killer set up!

Really inspiring how these luthiers are pushing forward guitar design and technology . Thank you for bringing us this

It’s cool you brought your dad, my dad and I would do the same thing!!! We’d nerd out and then before you know it I would drop a lot of money on either the guitar I liked the best or the one he talked me into liking the best! Dad’s are the best worst influences! Cherish these times!

I find this video to be very informative and also a GREAT guitar lesson(s) ! Enjoy your playing. Thanks.

Diego Vila is my luthier and my friend here in Madrid. It's been a treat seeing you play one of his wonderful guitars

@adrianhagel1031

4 жыл бұрын

Su guitarra es la que mejor sonido transmite, la mas plástica en manos experta y la que pudo llegar al corazón, felicidades de mi parte

@martinpaddle

4 жыл бұрын

it made a great impression

AMAZING designs...I think the first one (Robert Johnson) was my favourite but I wouldn't say no to any of them..even that quirky one at the end...thanks for sharing

Was that a bit of "blue" by Jason Becker that I heard on the gretta guitar dude? That's my favorite song by him.

5:19 That progression, with that particular guitar and tone where mindblowing...

I just want to say this was an awesome video he did a fantastic job describing the guitars I'm going to watch this video again to pay attention to the type of guitars and the type of Fest you are attending. Please post more videos if you're going to another show I will definitely watch them thank you very much keep doing a great job

Hey Rhett- Thanks for the post. Love the Gary Clark guitar.

I love all the tones you got out of that Villa guitar!

WOW! That Diego Vila guitar just BOOMS!

Nice! Really loved the sound of that first one you played, the most I think. That's just what I like. The others sounded neat too.

i just love your phrasing and feel man. holy cow.

When the guy showed that relish guitar, I immediately thought of samuraiguitarist.

@LPCustom3

4 жыл бұрын

Krzysztof Filmowiec I saw the Relish in Mannheim last September (2018). Very amazing guitar! Of course I’m the guy who was the first to play a Travis Bean Guitar in 1975...😳

@TheZooropaBaby

4 жыл бұрын

I saw a guitar player from Herbie Hancock's band playing Relish recently, that was kinda surprising, I only saw him playing PRS in the past, so

@kionihernandez356

4 жыл бұрын

mishas guitar shopping video started the whole Relish madness. not complaining! unique stuff

That villa guitar is bad ass. It sounds soulful. Someone that likes R&B would love that. I could name a few bands.

I see you on the “Bright Lights” riff. Very cool man. Gary is the man and it’s very cool that you got to open for him!

Glad that Diego Vila is getting recognition. I used to hang around with him in his shop and he is one cool builder and nice all around person.

@RhettShull

4 жыл бұрын

I'd love to meet him one day

@GermanFafian

4 жыл бұрын

@@RhettShull just let me know if you ever drop by Madrid. I'll present both of you.

@damianvila

4 жыл бұрын

@@RhettShull He told me he had the intention of going to Winter NAMM. Maybe you can meet there?

Man...one day I'll get to check this show out,really cool! Thanks for sharing man🤘😎🤘

I went to last year's show and loved it The show pulls into Memphis tomorrow, and can't wait to go again.

Man that last comment reminded me of when I bought my second guitar. It was a music instrument pawn shop, and I had my eye on a Strat and saw another guitar with flawless sound but no character. I picked the Strat and it is the guitar I have loved the most Sadly it was burglarized, but I had for a while and get to keep my memories. I have other guitars and while,they are ok, probably even better I have never have never been able to identify with them quite as well. So yup character over perfection Excellent video

The Wide Sky and the Teufel are my favorites, I think the Teufel would sound very cool in the right setting.

Love these guitars can't imagine how expensive they are! Great channel!

I would love to see this show. Very cool that you and your dad enjoy checking out guitars together. I wish my son was into guitars. I tried, but it isn’t his thing. Too bad, because he’s going to inherit all my gear someday.

I'm glad that you showcased how great a shop Righteous Guitars is. I really wanted to make this show but had a work conflict. However, I did go up there can purchase a sweet Sonic Blue Suhr Classic Antique S (Thanks Alex!) last weekend . I was so tempted to take home the Friedman pt-20 as well but I have a mortgage.....

So, about the controls on the last guitar, a static buzz button, a momentary killswitch, and a feedback producer. So many possibilities.

Love that Tesla!!! Ergonomically brilliant build.... I'm surprised they didn't talk much about those aspects of this guitar.

cool ...vila was the show stopper ...did he say 300 volt cap on the 'murano glass' guitar !

I liked the Sky Guitar, also, you are so lucky to have the relationship that you do with your Dad, he sounds cool!!

That Wide Sky was perfect. Now I really need to go try out a bunch of hollow-bodied, P90-loaded axes.

loved that Wide Sky!

The guitars are astounding, but so is your playing!

I am learning guitar and that last one looks like a wonderful playground. My art is ceramics. And most instructors (I am still learning) are blown away by my ability to not form an attachment to a peice. Aka. I like something and want to play it safe. Where as I only see what I like about said pieces and what I can do better. This frees me to experiment and play. Basically let me try something I never done before. Let me expand. Unless I am pushing/improving my technic I rarely do the same thing. So I will throw 40 tea bowls. But each one is different trying to tweak the one thing or another. that's what this guitar would allow me to do. Improve my skill by wanting to try stuff out. Its clay.

Love the guitar around the 14:30 mark... its really out there but its kinda meant to shake up the players perception... pretty cool!!

Some, like last one with no regular tuning keys, seem to have a strange balance point worked out. No headstock and tuning keys takes away neck dive, but extending the body along the top of the neck adds it on again.

That Didonato sounded amazing. Could definitely see that being a killer studio piece, wouldn't wanna gig with that.

@duffman18

4 жыл бұрын

That's the thing with quality guitars. You never wanna actually use them for gigs because they _will_ get damaged. It's the law of the gig. I've heard of people using Squiers for gigs instead of ever bringing fenders. A squier you don't really mind if it gets scratched. Or people using epiphones instead of Gibsons Unless you're big and successful enough to employ a guitar tech then you have to be careful what you bring to play with. And even then, disasters can happen. SRV's iconic strat was completely destroyed shortly before his death, because a stage fell on it. I think they screwed on another neck to it but it was never the same

I got a vintage Klein (ie. made by the dude). The ergonomics are out of this world, especially when sitting down.

What I'm liking about Rhett Shull is he's playing different guitars with the same clean tone settings on the amp. Amazing guitars.

MAN. that Vila sounds Awesome

OMG the Didonato!!!! I'm in so much love with that tone.

Musicians talking about electronics always gives me a chuckle. Not to a huge stickler but the voltage rating on a capacitor is only a tolerance for the voltage. Farads are the units used to measure the actual capacitance.

That was amazing! Very enjoyable. Vicarious joy!!!

@Jamie Gale - damn dude, your accent made me miss living in Toronto. Great tour of these amazing instruments. Thank you!!

Dude! This show just stopped at my local store yesterday. I got the chance to check all these out in person at Bananas At Large in San Rafael, California. I had no idea that the event was happening, but when I got there it really wanted to go up to the guy to tell him that I saw him on your channel, but there were a bunch of people waiting to talk to him. It would have been cool to let him know that your channel has boosted his visibility, but he was busy at the time. The Wide Sky was gorgeous. The Didonato was so impressive to see in person. There were way more guitars that you didn’t feature that would all be worthy of their own showcase video. It was also really cool that the event had the vibe where everyone was welcome to pick up and play the guitars. It appeared that they were all on sale, since they all had a price listed. The cool thing is that it feels like an art exhibit, but you’re not usually allowed to physically interact with the art - but this exhibition is all about the public interacting with the art. KZread tends to make things seem larger than life. But this show is literally a couple people in a Winnebago with a bunch of expensive guitars visiting local mom-and-pop music stores. My local store is definitely not a super-prominent guitar store, but they still were able to host this event. If you have a local guitar shop, check their calendar to see if this show is coming to you. We don’t get many chances to see instruments like this in real life.

Love the Chet Atkins Sandman version.... And that is an AWESOME sounding/looking guitar (the Greta).

That touch sensor guitar sounds super amazing. 10:45

Great video! You could have made it 2 hours long and I wouldn't complain. Love that Teufel Tesla... been wanting one for years! Too bad I can't put out that kind of cash....yet! 😉 The guitar by Relish had a great sound from this end. Again, GREAT video Rhett! Thanks SO much. 🎸✌😀

Oh, I wish you had played all of Mr. Sandman. That was beautiful.

Rhett, can you go more into how the guitars influenced your playing? Every guitar I pick up affects me differently and I play them differently, or I play old things on new guitars.

such an amazing video. I would have loved to see these live.

Anybody know the song at 10:46? Beautiful, I'd love to hear more of it.

Loved to see how each of those unique guitars brought something different out of you when you played them.

Great stuff... Just love it! 👌

Wonderful to hear the guitars, but what amp/pedals did you use?

Man all those licks sounded so organic on those guitars pretty sweet stuff

I like the mic thing on the teuffel mimicking an unpotted pickup idea.

Another great video! Thanks for playing Gary Clark Jr licks on the first guitar.

That was cool! Pretty funny when u got that last guitar can't remember the name but it was like somethin aliens wud rock out with did the knobs turn aswell or were they just push? The one with the sli, forget it they were all super cool, well done for shouting out to ur dad.

i'm no luthier but that neck has a twist at 8:55, no horizon needed for that! Fun to try!

@14:00, is that acoustic guitar w/the sound holes on the side, a seagull? would have loved to hear that 1.

Rhett! Your filming, your subject matter and your style presenting said material has improved to a highly professional level! I subbed your channel, quite frankly because of your affiliation with Rick Beato. But! BUT! Now I look forward to your videos and the variety of musical subjects you present! Keep it up and thanks much! Love the on the road Vlog stuff. Really, lets people know what it entails and helps appreciate musicians much more in today's digital climate! Keep on Keepin' on Brother!

What a great job doing this video. I could have stuck around for all 50! :)

@wesleyalan9179

4 жыл бұрын

Lol! Hell yeah!

I knew it was your dad filming!!! I could see his reflection in the Greta when you were playing it!!! LOL

Some gorgeous specimins there for sure!!!

These are the most thoroughly enjoyable guitar reviews I have seen. Who would even consider Gibson or Fender custom shop when there are instruments of this quality and capability out there. #1 Sold me. 😊

Rhett, great video. You need to get a Creston Lee guitar made with your expressed aesthetic tastes there at the end.

Cheers Rhett! Interesting guitars! I tried out the Relish last year in Mannheim at the Mannheim Guitar Summit!

Very cool video. Thanks!

The Teuffel guitars have been around at least a decade. I saw them at namm back maybe in '07(ish). Remarkable instruments and beautifully engineered.

The Wide Sky was awesome - sort of maintained an acoustic property with electric tone. The other stuff is a no go with the twisted necks. At least when a neck is straight, you know where it's supposed to be - but how on earth would you know what went wrong with the twisted neck and which way you adjust the truss to remedy it?

3:34 Usually guitars are weird for their shape, this one's weird for its construction, wow.

I know its not 'boutique' but PRS also put different caps into the Silver Sky to make everyone the same. There is small variations from the manufacture so each Silver sky has different capacitors to ensure they all have the same result. I must admit that I don't like every one of these and certainly wouldn't look to buy but its nice to see some builders looking outside the box. The first seemed more conventional but that ONI was 'interesting' - not sure I would want it but the craftsmanship is great...

You know its a good video when you hear it suggested that "it would be like 2 1/2 hrs long" and your dissapointed that its not! I have watched a couple of your vids and. I find them non-flashy, pretty basic and to the point, almost like your buddy shot a video for you to see something because you couldnt be there. Very cool chill vibe. Good player and its seems interesting enough. Im subscribing based on your vids being a great 8 on a 1-10. Keep it simple, interesting and informative and your channel will continue to succeed. Thanks..look forward to seeing upcoming vids and watching vids you have previously done.

My dream guitar is this one 5:31 with lipstick pickups, a glass top, twelve strings, a resonator, and gittler guitar neck and frets.

I was at Righteous Guitars yesterday, and i really was hoping you would be there.

You got some shiny new Chops and you have gotten better noticeably. You bought the Beato Book didn't you. I don't have a way to do the PDF thing. I like the book book. I even contacted some publishers, lol. I'm surprised they wrote me back lol. Cool guitars on this episode by the way. I want to make some more guitars. I'll get there at some point. You really have gotten better.

Any of Ulrich Teuffel's guitars will be incredible. I owned a Niwa for a few years & loved it. It's modern art that you can play.

4:09 - Nope, those are off the shelf mylar film electrolytics with 10 or 20% variation. They are designed for hundreds of volts so they'll never get charged on a guitar pickup. He should try some proper tone caps or NOS classics.

As a point of reference, David Torn played a Teuffel for a while (maybe the same model; certainly some of the same features) and Billy Gibbons has been seen onstage with a different Teuffel model.

I wish you had played that Torsal bass thing. Do they make regular (non bass) guitars that way too?

The lesson on the last guitar is, if you want to make noise musical, you need to build your music to a point where it makes sense. But that does seem strange to do with this instrument because it seems to cut the note when using noise, so its hard to build around it, its either one or the other, not both at the same time. Maybe rythmically would help, but that seems to limit it.