Yes I fondle strings, drink milk and need diapers, but at least I have dignity, unlike bass players

@SpectreSoundStudios

Жыл бұрын

Are you sure about that? :p

@dovydas2278

Жыл бұрын

good one mr hotwife tyler

@dantesinfernopurgatory7826

Жыл бұрын

You left out excess silica gel consumption while unboxing your guitar.

@TheNightmareRider

Жыл бұрын

I don't know what your definition of "dignity" is, but I play bass in the nude and... was I going somewhere with this?

@luken9263

Жыл бұрын

Since you're here. How much do you think my fondling skills will crossover/apply to guitar. I'm a pretty good fondler(imo) but my guitar skills are somewhat subpar. Trying to correlate the two as best I can. Thanks in advance xxx

So glad I'm a multi instrumentalist. Every time you rant about guitarists I'm a singer, when you rant about singers I'm a bass player, when you rant about bass players I'm a drummer, and when you rant about drummers I'm a guitar player again.

@axc1080

Жыл бұрын

Same 😂

@tomaszmikinka8681

Жыл бұрын

Get out.

@SuperDarwinFAN

Жыл бұрын

Bruh, same! I love this lmao

@buttholesniffers

Жыл бұрын

Sick humble brag

@Bob-of-Zoid

Жыл бұрын

What, no bongos?

The best advice I've ever learned as a metal guitar player is to PRACTICE to perfection! Don't just practice. Practice to perfection. My father is a world-class musician. He's in the Country Music Hall of Fame. He can play every instrument. His specialty, though, is the fiddle. When I was trying to learn how to play the fiddle, I had a cheap $100 instrument to learn on. It sounded and played like garbage. Then one day my dad picked up that same fiddle and started to riff on it. The POS fiddle suddenly sounded amazing! He normally plays fiddles that are worth $25,000 or more. I asked him why this POS sounded so much better when he played it compared to when I played it. He responded..."practice more". Lesson: A master's touch means more than any equipment you could ever buy. The "tone" is in the performance. Practice more!

@RyansCustomShopandGearOutlet

Жыл бұрын

Your story reminds me of the videos of famous musicians playing Hello Kitty instruments and sounding amazing. The majority of your tone is in your hands and skill, not the gear.

@Numnutz

Жыл бұрын

The point you make is very valid, and I certainly do agree, however if you claim that your father is a in the Hall of Fame without giving a name, I'll have to call BS on that.

@RyansCustomShopandGearOutlet

Жыл бұрын

@@Numnutz His name is Johnny, and I guess you didn’t know it, but he’s a fiddle player too. He plays a gold fiddle since he won that bet that one time.

@Numnutz

Жыл бұрын

@@RyansCustomShopandGearOutlet Damn, that's cool. But not as cool as that one guy I know who once won this competition where the winner would get a fiddle that was actually just a solid diamond that had naturally formed and had just the perfect shape. It sounds amazing when you play it. But the crazy thing was that it was a 4th grade spelling competition so I was really shocked when they handed out so many diamonds. I guess he just spelled words so well they gave him extra.

@DoktrDub

Жыл бұрын

So your dad can play over 1500 instruments? I find that kinda hard to believe! Jokes aside, you have a good point.

You summarised my feelings exactly after working at a guitar store for 2 months 💀

Are you a guitarist or a collector? That just made me re-evaluate my whole life. Thank you Angry Sound Guy

@onlyguitar6521

Жыл бұрын

People can be both. Some are mostly collectors but some of us enjoy having many guitars and also enjoy playing all of them. Every guitar has a different personality. It’s just fun

@moonorbust7740

Жыл бұрын

@@onlyguitar6521 well by re-evaluate my life I meant that I’ve been collecting lately a lot more than playing guitar. I’m just trying to make sure now I’m doing both really. Need some more knowledge in the music theory department to enhance my playing

@onlyguitar6521

Жыл бұрын

@@moonorbust7740 i see. I went through that last year, started collecting more than playing and had the same realization so I started learning theory like modes, etc, and I think that made me a much better player than I had been ever before. So I have now continued collecting guitars but I decided to play all of them rotating them. It’s doable and a lot of fun. I have a few videos in my channel btw.

@moonorbust7740

Жыл бұрын

@@onlyguitar6521 yup, aiming to follow in your steps! I’ll check em out!

@tastefulsubstance

Жыл бұрын

@@moonorbust7740 I've felt that creative block lately too. Honestly? Looking up random chords, using a capo, or progressions, or scales, even just one or two completely changes the way you think. Also, try playing with and learning multiple techniques, and make challenges. Like how many techniques can you use in a solo, or how many chords can you fit into a progression, and then just let them fingers fly. Creativity and feel adds emotion and umph to it. But using the same emotions leads to a depression of the same chords and songs

There’s honesty then there’s brutal honesty. This is definitely something we probably don’t want to hear but it’s something we needed to hear. Cheers Glen.

Love it as always Glenn. There's a lot of total scams in the guitar industry, fueled mostly through clever marketing and by appealing to woo and superstition. There are a couple caveats I'd carve out though when it comes to spending more money on gear. If you're going from a cheap beginner instrument to a more expensive one, you're probably going to get noticeable improvements that make playing more enjoyable (at least up to a point, and obviously you should only be spending more if you actually *get* those improvements, not just because it has a brand name on it). I got back into playing a couple years ago after not playing for over 10 years, and used my big boy money to get a much more expensive guitar that absolutely blows my old high school one out of the water. The neck is more comfortable, the frets are way smoother, the damn thing stays in tune, and there's something to be said for the fact that the aesthetics of it just triggers that pleasure center in my caveman guitar player brain, and makes it more fun to pick up and play. Likewise for amps, if you're upgrading to something that you actually like the sound of better, it can make it more fun to play and make you feel more inclined to keep practicing. Upgrading your gear can be absolutely worthwhile, as long as you're not constantly chasing down 2% tone differences, and buying only the boutiquest of amps because the germanium transistors were handcrafted by blind monks in the Himalayas.

@ACowIsHuge

Жыл бұрын

The amp one is very true :D i always used a Modeling amp for practice and when i was at my guitar teachers House he let me use his Marshall fullstack. The feeling of the Sound vibrating The Air in the room was just so crazy

@warpath6666

Жыл бұрын

Well ......... I have the ultimate tonewood guitar. It was made from the wood of a tree that Jesus himself pissed on 😄

VARIAC: IT DOES WORK, because it reduces the high voltage supply to the valves, reducing the headroom, making for an earlier onset of distortion at a lower volume level. It's too CRUDE, as it also reduces the voltage to the valve HEATERS (Which will eventually not heat the valves enough to operate). The amp modification "POWER SCALING" is a better approach.

@DJPhantomRage

Жыл бұрын

Be interesting to see Mr Carlson debunk this.

@pilgrim9392

Жыл бұрын

I'm going with Glenn unless you prove it with an O scope...

@brendan_christensen

Жыл бұрын

@@pilgrim9392 you should check out Rick Beatos video where they experiment with the variac and “Runnin’ with the Devil” you can hear noticeable sag and slight differences in the high end at points.

It’s actually pretty crazy how much better you get even by playing a scale at 70 bpm on a metronome.

@SpectreSoundStudios

Жыл бұрын

Indeed!

@dunxy

Жыл бұрын

Practice, scales, practice, theory, practice and learning to read music (and some practice) is how i advanced my playing more in weeks than years of faffing about with tabs and not putting the time in. I now practice a minimum of 1.5hours every day(except one night per week i socialise) with multi hour sessions on my free days. Lots of scales and metronome ;)

@JakeStrange66

Ай бұрын

I never could get used to a metronome. I use pre-recorded drum beats instead, at different time signatures & tempos. I started to learn to read music in my late teens, but for some reason just stopped... Might not work for everyone, but I just play whatever sounds good to me. (A few of my favorite guitar players for example, Greg Ginn, East Bay Ray, Subhumans UK, & I learned playing along with their records.) 😂

Hi, guitarist here. This video is so accurate, especially between opinions and Excalibur syndrome. I used to have a JS 32 Jackson Kelly that I loved more than all of my other instruments but ended up having to sell to make rent because my manager lied to me about having pto for a paid vacation, and lost a full weeks pay right as rent was due. I still yearn for another Kelly one day, but the whole thing made me a Jackson fan boy and I now currently play an 8 string multiscale Soloist. I still want another Kelly but the rest of my instruments wouldn't collect dust if I got it but the play time for the others would be greatly reduced. Also on the topic of opinions are the solid state vs Tube arguments because one of my buddies likes to harp on me for using amp sims while he plays away on his Marshall. Space is a big reason for me at the moment but I still prefer going this route because it works for me but I wouldn't shoot anyone down for what works for them. Anyway, love the content as always. Fuck you Glen, I hope you're taking care. :)

@KelticKabukiGirl

Жыл бұрын

I sold a 90s Kelly dot inlay Bolt-on I recorded my first full length album with. It was boring and black but added chunk my Ibanez S series custom lacked and was being repaired due to skinhead drama(Metalcore scene in the 90s.... ugh) I wish I still had it even if it wasn't great. My new 2021 Kelly KEXQ green quilted maple top is however! I want to sell a few other guitars and get 2 more Kellys now. A Silverburst and orangeburst

@PaulTheSkeptic

Жыл бұрын

I don't think anyone disputes that tube amps are going to sound different than solid state amps. He's talking about people who change out their tubes thinking it's going to change their sound. But those tubes are all manufactured at the same place now because very few places still make tubes. So it's not going to do much of anything. When you say "amp sims" are you talking about virtual amps in a DAW or like an amp that models other amps or like a stomp box you plug your guitar into? That can mean a number of different things all of which vary in quality quite a bit. They are getting pretty good at it from what I understand but that doesn't mean they're going to replace a nice Marshal amp. It all depends on what you're doing. Playing live? Playing live in a garage? Playing on Twitch. Recording. etc.

Brilliant!! . I started playing in 68, was a session player for 30 years. Only took two guitar's to a session because that's all I had. Didn't work out too bad 😁. Dopamine hungry. What a great quote. Great stuff Glenn. Best wishes from the other side of the pond

This both made me humongously uncomfortable and rolling over the floor laughing. Well played, Glenn, well played. More, please.

@SpectreSoundStudios

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Now share it ffs!!

I think the vintage PC argument is hilarious as they too are now worth stupid money to collectors 🤣🤣🤣

@needlesinmyeyes7272

Жыл бұрын

They're worth alot more when you scrap em. Gold motherboards

@creepingnet

10 ай бұрын

And were all pissed at the collectors and marketers there too. Same kind guys fetishing 54 Strats now fetisize your old 486.

As a guitarist this is all 100 % true. I honestly never understood the vintage market myself, oh look its old its worth 100x more lol

@216trixie

Жыл бұрын

Cars, art, many items, valuables have a collector's market, that buys and sells appreciating items. Musical instruments have a collector's market also. Some guitars like gibson's, appreciate in value and there's a market for them. Too bad other instruments don't appreciate like a gibson.

@jpalberthoward9

9 ай бұрын

I can help by explaining it the way it was explained to me. 1959: High school kid playing Sears guitar wants a Les Paul. He works part time at McDonald's or a gas station making about $20 a week. He goes past the window of the music store on the way home every day and stops to drool over the beautiful sunbusrt Les Paul, but It costs so much, even in 1959 dollars that it's completely out of reach. 1961: Kid goes off to college to "be somebody" and "get somewhere in life" Guitar dream goes out the window in favor of becoming a "respectable citizen". Soon marriage, family, and bills have buried the guitar dream at the center of the earth. Many decades pass. 1995: kids grown, mortgage paid off, retirement coming soon, our friend begins to rekindle the lost guitar dream of his youth. He still wants the '59 Les Paul, so he goes to an auction and gets into a bidding war with 5 other boomers who are also recapturing their lost youth by owning something they coveted and drooled over in those days. That Les Paul jumps in price to over 100 grand in the course of less than 30 minutes. The guy who gets it brings it home, discovers he has no ability for playing it and auctions it off to another frustrated sell out boomer, and the whole process starts all over again. This is why '59 Les Pauls go for half a million bucks. There's no way on earth that they could ever be intrinsically worth that much, no matter how nice they are.

You hit the nail on the head with this one Glenn 😂 Couldn’t stop laughing

Amazing episode. We need a similar one dedicated to picking the "perfect" heads and cabs

Guitarists want instruments that make them feel a million dollars. In real life, guitarists look like bums, staring at the floor, going weedly weedly on a piece of wood... But in a guitarist's mind, they're slaying demons with their pentatonic wizardry, so of course a pointy battle axe is what they need.

@bryansmith7758

Жыл бұрын

top comment lol

"Guitarists have addictive personalities" [Me who smokes cigarettes, drinks caffeine laced beverages, smokes weed, had a painkiller addiction 12 years ago] you're crazy, what do you mean "addictive personalities", bro. I'm perfectly fine lol

@darksu6947

Жыл бұрын

You sound just like me! Did you switch over to suboxone like I did? Surely you're not a quitter are you?

@xamislimelight8965

Жыл бұрын

@@darksu6947 nah, just stopped. Wasn't fun. Itchy all the time, easily frustrated, didn't eat at all those first 3 days. It was a classic case of "they were in the house, and the one prescribed them didn't actually need them." It was at the hight of doctors just shoving these things out like candy. And when the injury was actually taken care of, they stopped being in the house, so i really had no choice in the matter lol

@darksu6947

Жыл бұрын

@@xamislimelight8965 I remember when doctors used to hand them out and barely ask questions. I went from snorting percoset, to shooting morphine and oc's. Shooting morphine makes you feel like you're catching fire from the inside. To be honest with you, I still miss that feeling. After my daughter was born I decided it would probably be better if I didn't end up dead from an overdose. So one day not long after she was born I started taking suboxone and I haven't touched any opiates since that day. My daughter is 13 now. I can honestly say that being a dad isn't always easy, but it's the best job in the world.

@xamislimelight8965

Жыл бұрын

@@darksu6947 I had a friend (i say "had" but he ain't dead or anything, just moved out of state) who was on that stuff. It looked like a breath strip, but was orange. Looked about as much fun as the pills i was popping.. which, I'll admit, wasn't after a while. First few months, sure. But then it became a chore. A chore that was tearing me apart on the inside. Literally, i have permanent stomach lining damage from them..

@darksu6947

Жыл бұрын

@@xamislimelight8965 I'm glad you managed to stop before things got any worse. It was nice talking to you dude. I hope you have a wonderful day homefry.

"... and broke when they fell over" I remember as a kid, one of my buddies started working at 11 years old to start saving up for a Les Paul. He finally saved enough (~$2700) when he was 14 and ordered it. First time he plays it, he sets it on a guitar stand onstage. Stand falls over. Head snaps off.

@okkid3185

Жыл бұрын

Had a friend around '00, during a pause at a tiny gig, an audience member knocks his expensive Les Paul over (by accident) and it breaks in two. For years I thought he was unlucky, until I had heard it enough times: "Gibsons break in two when they hit the floor". I have an old SG and I'm supposed to feel lucky because the crack on the back of the neck isn't very big. Only big enough to break the original Truss Rod Cover. Both these guitars had/ have Gibsons volute.

@bradleyard4195

Жыл бұрын

I have a Gibson Sonex. It got dropped once, but the headstock didn't snap. Instead, the neck actually split lengthwise. I got it repaired, but you can definitely see where it split. Fortunately, it's been rock solid ever since (something like 30 years since it happened).

@darksu6947

Жыл бұрын

I have a Schecter Synster Custom S with the Sustainiac pickup and the carbon fiber reinforced neck, I've had it fall over or get knocked over 3 or 4 times now and there's no damage anywhere on the guitar. It still looks and plays perfect. I love the ebony fingerboard that's on it.

@okkid3185

Жыл бұрын

@@darksu6947 Funny you mention it, I have the Schecter Avenger in the same shape, and it had a trip to the floor and to my surprise I can't find any scratches or anything. Like it never happened.

@TitaniusAnglesmith

Жыл бұрын

A highschool friend of mine spent roughly €3000 on this really nice silver trumpet, first performance he tripped on the stairs and completely crushed the bell.

Glen thank you so much for always brightening my day up, this has been my favorite video so far, as guitarists you are 100% on the dot. Thank Scorpio I have learned from you not to waste my cash on crap I don't need or have an urge to buy anymore. Over the years of watching your channel you have taught me so much about the shady music business and how they can and will sucker us into spending, spending, spending until our cards are maxed. I've watched a lot of your videos and you single handedly showed me there are good folk out to help the average consumer, I am so happy I found your channel sir I still have my very first guitar and its "the one" still to this day just an average older Yamaha EG 112C so basic an instrument but it gets the job done still to this day. P.S. I also have an old Hondo guitar that I can't find any information on all I know is it was my ex-girlfriend's uncle's guitar when he learned back in the seventies or early eighties, I'm not sure. would you know anything about that brand of guitars? any info would be appreciated Glen again thank you so much for being the best on KZread you motivate me to actually play, learn and experience the instrument the way it should be done with passion.

@rowanmartin4397

8 ай бұрын

I have one good guitar, mostly because I don’t have the money before, but oh man it is a great guitar. It’s a Schecter Hellraiser, a gibson style v with a Floyd rose and emg pickups that can separately switch between single and double coil pickups. 24 frets. It’s absolutely amazing, and can do almost any style. I also got it for $750 used, it’s a lefty

Guilty. I spent my whole life spending, trading stuff, selling good guitars, believing the tube myth’s. I simply quitted after 20 years. I spent two years without playing. I bought a couple of acoustic, and now I play and learn to work with what I have. Never been happier!

I was a poor musician I made do with what I had. I never bought gear that wasn't needed. I made my Peavey solid state supreme 100w head sound pretty damn good

@sansocie

Жыл бұрын

Funny in the day people snickered. Had a Sun SS. Seen the prices on the used market ?!?! 😄 We got the last laugh. Still amazing myself at home with my Tele and Spark amp.

@amandahuginkiss6868

Жыл бұрын

I've always been a poor musician. And I don't have much money...

@jetcheneau5811

Жыл бұрын

@@sansocie Sunns are my favorite amps. I will never pay that fucking much for em tho lol

@KuhKronus

Жыл бұрын

Still one of my fav solid state amps. But it’s not for everyone

@diaryofanaxeman539

Жыл бұрын

@@amandahuginkiss6868 I seen guys get better sounds out of a Behringer V Amp rack unit than guys with Eleven Racks or Kemper modellers .

Ah yes! "Edward Van Hendrix" That got me laughing so hard! Underappreciated joke! Great video as usual!

Dude, I so love the "out-takes" at the end whenever you show them. Another cool video. Hope you are having a great time in Europe?

God, you are so right about the Excalibur syndrome thing. One of the biggest annoyances I have about KZread guitar players is their constant "I finally found my dream guitar" horseshit. Their "dream guitar" never looks even remotely different from anything else they have. And a couple years down the line when that "I finally found the one" video is made again, it still doesn't look or sound any different. What guitar players see in these instruments that I don't will forever mystify me.

@travisspaulding2222

Жыл бұрын

The KZread guys are full of shit. Most of the time they are just trying to send you to a sponsor. There are a relatively few that push out good content, but even then, you have to make sure you are on the lookout for the pitch. Their main objective is to get the views and interactions. When it comes to "vintage" guitars, the only people who buy those are already famous musicians, rich collectors, and KZreadrs so that they can feature it on their channel.

@liamfitzdrums

Жыл бұрын

@@travisspaulding2222 In the case of the famous musicians buying vintage guitars, a lot of them bought them brand new at the time of the release of said guitar.

@travisspaulding2222

Жыл бұрын

@@liamfitzdrums I'm not talking about 90 year old musicians. I'm talking about guys like Kirk Hammett and Slash, who I believe both own 59 Les Pauls. They didn't buy those brand new. CC Deville is the same way. I think he has hundreds of guitars.

@liamfitzdrums

Жыл бұрын

@@travisspaulding2222 This is facts

@jfo3000

Жыл бұрын

Yep, they are just salesmen, trying to sell us the newest version of whatever we probably already own. Only a few are worth watching, because they also are entertaining in some way.

The thing I never understood in the vintage guitar craziness that the ones that were actually used are quite disgusting. Sure their owner says that "they have the 'mojo' (another buzzword in the bullshit-factory) but in the reallity it's just a discolored, beat-up chunk of wood, the cracks of the remaining lacquer is filled with decadce old who-knows-what-kind-of gunk, all hardwares are oxidized by various type of human DNA. Words like "Bacterial infection" or "rampant diarhea" describes this phenomenon better than 'mojo'. (Sure, rampant diarhea also can have a certain mojo)

@antoonhermans8953

Жыл бұрын

yep , and now they even make fake vintage guitars , the call them relics and they are made by the so called custom shops of fender and gibson and they sell them for insane prices , the managers at fender and gibson must be having a great time with al those idiots who fall into there marketing- branding BS .

@csiszerg

Жыл бұрын

@@antoonhermans8953 o yeah, relicing is a great business these days. Btw the craftmanship involved is something to be acknowledged - im pretty sure that they put a lot of workhours to beat up the guitar authentically (like restaurators in museums). But still - does it have any sense? That's a different question :) Gibson also sells reliced guitar cases for 600 EUR/USD I just simply can't imagine why anyone would pay for that...

Love the intro haha, I needed this video today 🤘

Thanks Glenn this had me crying with laughter I'm a long time guitarist in my 60s who plays Harley Bentons and Hagstroms as well as the stuff I build myself so I'm qualified to laugh at myself and anyone else with a delicate ego many thanks fellow music nerd

Dude, PREACH! This video should be the guitar Bible.

No one ever mentions how gullible guitar players are when it comes to guitar pedals,especially Boss. I’ve heard people claim that the age, country of production, or even something as ridiculous as what kind of pcb. Especially my fellow chainsaw HM2 nerds.

@metalzonemt-2

Жыл бұрын

And the OD-1, long chip vs short chip...and the DS-1 with the silver screw vs black screw, and, and, and, and through hole component vs surface mount....and 4558 chip vs some other chip... and analog vs digital... and true bypass vs buffered bypass... And the list goes on and on and on. And don't even get started with Ibanez pedals, especially the tube screamers...

@Deris87

Жыл бұрын

I'm happy to believe unlisted changes in parts or circuit design can have a difference in tone, but I'm not going to believe any specific claims about say pedals from X production year vs Y production year, unless they can back it up.

@0x777

Жыл бұрын

See, that could never happen to us bassists! Playing with two hands is already keeping our brain fully occupied, there's no way we could spare a brain cell to kick a pedal!

@elmo7sharp9

Жыл бұрын

Sold all my "vintage" 1980s pedals and replaced them with electrically identical clones. No regrets...

@TheBANDEMIC

Жыл бұрын

well you see some of these people have a point regarding to the sound of older pedals... not that they sound better or worse but they were manufactured differently with different chips, capacitors, potentiometers etc etc so some old pedals do sound different from their new counterparts

Can't wait for the sound engineer episode. That will be fun.

Great video Glenn. You hit the nail on the head many times here. Glad you are able to verbalize all these thoughts so clearly

Practicing is too hard, buying new gear is way better! New gear definitely improves the guitar playing.😂😂

@SpectreSoundStudios

Жыл бұрын

Well, duh!

@CrushingAxes

Жыл бұрын

@@SpectreSoundStudios 😂😂

@michaelhodilofficial

Жыл бұрын

Unless you're a bass player. Than again, they spend the little money they have on s-x toys and weed.

@cheezyridr

Жыл бұрын

of course that's true. why else would i have owned dozens of guitars over the last 35 years?

@CrushingAxes

Жыл бұрын

@@cheezyridr 😂😂😂😂😂

Glenn I love your video and you but man I’m really missing the experimental videos. Can we please get some soon? I know these type of videos are quick cash grabs with click bait titles (no I’m not knocking you, you gotta make a living) but you were the one guy who made the video everyone wanted to see! Don’t forget why you got those Subaru era to begin with man! Love you and fuck off 🤙🏻

@SpectreSoundStudios

Жыл бұрын

Noted. Got some cool stuff coming up in the next few weeks, including a visit to the Celestion factory!

@nicholasmullins3693

Жыл бұрын

I concur. I've normally watched religiously but I'm personally tapering off lately.

I always thought the use of the variac by EVH was as a form of attenuator, allowing him to run the b*ll*cks off the amp, getting its best tone, but at usable volumes. Fun video.

Videos like this is exactly why I like Glenn! I can proudly say that I was never in a wagon of gear chasers and I've never chased the gear to "sound like someone". It was tempting to buy the gear just like Dimebag, but I've never done it. From my experience this is what you should look for when chasing a guitar (tone): 1) If guitar neck feels good to play and it suits your hand, 2) Good pickups, 3) Good amp. This is the base of your tone, but knowledge and practice is going to make wonders for you!

Hell Glen, i was listening to this, knowing full well you were talking about guitars... Yet, it is all the same within the field of photography. Latest and greatest gear that will perfect your photography. The big camera with the shinny name plate that tells everyone YOU are a professional. The cameras, sensors, or lenses that perfect each style of photography YOU HAVE to have to do that type of photo. The idea that vintage film bodies, such as Hasselblad, are going to somehow make you a better photographer. Shooting film can improve your photographic ability, but so can practicing more. This brings me to the damned MacGuffin, in cameras... right now.. It's color science. Every sensor is going to pick up colors differently, and all the software put into the camera to capture the image is going to change the look....Right? RIGHT?!. In a world of one click post processing, or even the most simple understanding of color grading means even if its true, it doesn't matter, you, the artist take control of it all, and manipulate the image to your liking, not the cameras. The camera... Is just a tool. As far as snake oil, there are so... SO many useless photography products, gimmicks and utterly useless hunks of garbage out there, even if the tool you need does exist, good luck finding it in the sea of cheap plastic, and even still... It will not improve your photography the same way as just picking up your camera and experimenting. Onto addicts... HAH!! Gear Acquisition Syndrome, something I had to get over very quickly as I started my photography business. I don't need the latest and greatest camera, mine still works fine, I don't need EVERY lens, I bought the ones I needed for the job, and if I don't have it? I can always rent it. Photography is insanely expensive, stop wasting your money on crap you're never going to use! Damnit Glen, I was having a good morning. LOL!

What musician isn't a bit insecure? Lead singers don't count, I said "musician".

Love it! A couple weeks ago during work I brought up an alternative schedule for one of the co-workers who is out of state and still working. Time zones can be killer, especially when you're expected to work regular business hours. Anyways, we were chatting with our manager about the pitched schedule, it got a lot of attention, then out of the blue the manager asks me about guitars. What made it hilarious was one of my co-workers (affected most by the schedule), followed up with a "Panic Button" gif then a "Guitar" gif. :D Manager tried to use my addiction to divert :P

HILARIOUS! this was a great one \m/

Guitars are musical tools, that's what they are! Wrenches for musicians, we get way too invested in them!

@Earbrass1

Жыл бұрын

...and, sadly, many guitarists are unmusical tools.....

Yeah, I would totally but the keyboard based on how it feels. Mechanical keyboard community is there and growing very fast.

Love this, brilliant watch. Great channel.

Most sense I’ve ever heard on guitarists. Scarily accurate! Just saved me a lot of money - thank you!

In my opinion the constant buying and selling of gear just shows that people don’t do proper research before purchasing. You hit the nail on the head, the endless consumerism just shows how little people value their own money

@IgneelS11

Жыл бұрын

they do not buy it to keep it, they buy and already know theyd sell it if theyre bored with it.

Rick Beato has a video on recreating the Brown Sound with Rhett Shull where they took a handwired Plexi and gradually turned the voltage down using a variac while playing "Running With The Devil". The end result is a noticeable amount of power amp distortion, but it's rather subtle and likely wouldn't be heard by the average listener.

@mihneazoican2479

Жыл бұрын

Reamp and null test. As much as I love Rick, he and Rhett have more of a “vintage” mindset. Take Dan Worrall - he considers mixing an art, but still likes to poke around the plugins to see exactly what they do

@NealVio

Жыл бұрын

There's another video where the guys use a Variac on a Marshall, and they try different voltages, and you can hear the difference.

@shredhed572

Жыл бұрын

The factor Rick left out was that varying the voltage doesn't do much unless you set the bias of the amp to the voltage level you're using. Pete Thorn and Dave Friedman have a great video on this. Take care

@craigpoole2602

Жыл бұрын

@@shredhed572 you sound like a fellow Marshall nerd.

@mihneazoican2479

Жыл бұрын

@@shredhed572 yeah again, Pete has some less-than-scientific takes on “tone”. The strat neck pickup being “under a harmonic node”. Ofc changing the pickup location changes the tone, but that specific node of the open string 4th harmonic has nothing to do with it

This is so accurate... Funny as hell as well. The "Snake Oil" comment is so on point especially when you get those "play guitar tutorial" advertisements in the middle of so many KZread guitar videos. Keep them coming Glenn this stuff's brilliant!

Great introspective and video 🤘

Fun fact, the frequency your ears can hear changes over your life time. Hence those ring tones kids had as adults couldn't hear it.

It's not only guitar players that fall for things like vintage & snake oil. I have a friend that goes on Gearspace for "pro" opinions and confirmation bias on gear. He's spent 50k, easily, on "vintage" and "high-end" gear, converters, pre-amps, etc. - Many purchases are straight from forum members pedaling the gear. He'll take a complete stranger's opinion as gospel, and let that guide him. Because he thinks that better gear will make his music and mixes sound better. It hasn't, but he refuses to believe that the problem is his ears or skills.

@SpectreSoundStudios

Жыл бұрын

Ask him how much he’s spent on acoustic treatment?

@JohnSmith-oe4bw

Жыл бұрын

@@SpectreSoundStudios - The room is good, and appropriately treated. That's not the issue. It really is just "Excalibur Syndrome", at this point. He keeps buying/selling gear, chasing the dragon. He does electronic music. All hard and soft synths, samples/drum machines. Only thing recorded with a mic, is vocals.

@electricorchard1428

Жыл бұрын

@@JohnSmith-oe4bw I'd love a nice rhodes piano, or a Yamaha DX7 , or Hammond organ; I guess you could sample all of these, and the Nord keyboards have pretty good representations, I guess stuff like the rhodes and the moog might be affected by temperature or tape distortion, that might be cool.

@idontwantanusername

Жыл бұрын

I can confirm first hand that most of those points apply to people into synths. Maybe it's even worse, because we often complain about "limitations" (for example: way too limited sample memory on new gear for nowadays standards, as if computer technology was stuck in the 80ies) but we still buy those pieces of new gear. 😅 By the way, I'm also guilty of spending too much time looking for gear (especially synths - I'm not a guitar player) instead of just making music. It's a really bad thing when you're both into technology and synths at the same time.

I totally agree with you on the tone wood thing. I loved the experiment you did on it and no one could tell the difference. You are so entertaining. Love it.

I just love the variation between both waveforms on Glenn's monitor. 😆

I still love gear and consider myself a recovering gear addict and I'm almost fifty. I was at my worst in my teenage years in guitar crazy L.A. (not surprising) but grew out of it when I realized the only thing that could make me a better player was my own willpower, and it worked. I became picky about gear. I wouldn't get anything I didn't actually need. I don't worry too much about amps as I either use a good multi-fx or a decent combo, but I don't buy pedals and amps all the time. If I want to check out a new pedal or amp I see if my local shops have them on hand so I can try them. Most of the time I'm underwhelmed about the hot new thing. The guitar world is full of gimmicky and equipment manufacturers know how to push their good. At the moment I have just one guitar, a Schecter I bought for $250 and loaded with a DiMarzio Super Distortion and Air Norton I had sitting on the shelf over my workbench. It plays and sounds great, especially through the amps and pedals I already have. Will I be getting another guitar? Yeah, probably just for backup, but it's gonna be another very affordable, practical guitar with a fixed bridge, and if I don't like the stock pups I have a bunch of DiMarzio sets I can just pop in and there I go. Most of my time dealing with the subject of guitar I'm actually playing the thing, making music, getting better, not buying more and better gear that I'll went to sell when something shiny and flashy comes down the road in two days. Just remember, whatever preferences you have about guitars (I have mine) your amp is the single biggest factor in your tone next to your own playing ability, next to the magic of a studio mixing board and mics or PA system for gigs.

@SpectreSoundStudios

Жыл бұрын

The speaker is way more important than the amp. Video on the subject coming!!

@JoeBaermann

Жыл бұрын

@@SpectreSoundStudios One could claim that using good speakers is as important, since not every amp sounds the same trough the same speaker when the guitar is plugged straight into it. Even the same valve amp can sound different with the same speaker in variable environments, probably not so much in a studio with controlled climate though? As for the whole V30 debate, good idea to try other speakers, but bad idea if everyone goes for your suggestion making those speakers become the new “V30’s” over time 😂

Imposter syndrome is definitely a thing. That said, I'm far from "fashionable" when it comes to gear. I play through a couple of Monoprice tube combos with a few effects pedals. I have a 1981 Gibson Sonex I got way back in 1991 when I was a freshman in high school. I have a 1966-ish Harmony Bobkat someone I know was literally throwing away. I have an Ibanez that I picked up for, like, $60 because it was a basket case and I was willing to put the work into to fix. I have a Harley Benton CST-24T that is an amazing guitar. I play because I thoroughly enjoy it. I gave up on trying to be "cool" with my gear choices years ago, and don't really care about being "trendy". New gear isn't going to make me a better musician, practice and hard work will.

I love watching the waveform spike when Glenn screams. It's like even Reaper is wincing.

Your pickup shootout stopped me from making a pricey + unnecessary pickup purchase for a new bass. Thank you Glenn 🤟

As a guitarist whose played roughly a thousand gigs, it’s true about the gear craze. After about a thousand bucks guitars and amps don’t really get much better. Spend about a thousand on a guitar, a thousand on an amp, get a couple pedals and that’s good enough to be “pro” gear wise. After that its your ear, practice, talent, showmen skill, social skills, and hustle.

For everyone that has been all butthurt about bass players and drummers being "unfairly" criticized on this channel, this video is for you lol we're all musicians and we're all just as bad as each other for G.A.S. We all like shiny things lol

Upvoted for thumbnail alone. *plays guitar while chuckling*

Great vid Glenn. I have seen this syndrome in action many times and managed to stay away. I still have my old Princeton which I had the caps replaced and my Strat from '92. They do the job... Cheers

if i recall correctly, hendrix was also notorious for selling his guitars for drugs hours before a gig, leaving a poor roadie to scramble around the city to desperately find a strat lying around and restring it to lefty in time for the show.

@MoreMeRecording

Жыл бұрын

But that said, Hendrix himself said (when asked why does he play upside down guitars) "Because they're made better". As a Lefty, I can tell you that while my 78' strat plays and sounds great, the build has a sorts of inperfections but honestly, I like the fuck ups. Gives the guitar **GASP** more character.

@kurtcocaine5531

Жыл бұрын

I can see that. His sound always sounded raw asf.

@CutterAz

Жыл бұрын

Don't think Jimi had them restrung but instead played upside down. I remember a BB King interview where he spoke of his short time playing with Jimi as he asked why not switch strings around.

@bradleyard4195

Жыл бұрын

@@CutterAz He definitely had them restrung as lefty, watch the footage of him playing at Woodstock. Eric Gales, on the other hand, plays lefty with his guitar strung right handed.

@CutterAz

Жыл бұрын

@@bradleyard4195 I have gone back to see photos & video and I was wrong. However I did rewatch the BB King interview and I suspect that time was from his early playing days in which Jimi sat in on a set with him only once. BB like most the bluesmen wasn't as impressed with his playing style or shyness.

It is true. I'm metal AF and I still ended up buying my first strat in a standard SSS setup the other day despite just shelling out 2k on a new E-II 7 months ago because.... i dunno, clean tones i guess lol.... It might have taken 20 years, but Fender still got me 😔...

@MyBichSustained

Жыл бұрын

It's not complete without the Twin Reverb......TRUST ME.Lush clean tone like no other!

@snap-off5383

Жыл бұрын

EXCALIBUR!

@THESlammethy

Жыл бұрын

I feel this. I’ve owned a lot of ESP guitars and just guitars suited towards metal in general, but I still just love the feel and sound of a Strat, and a Gibson LP. Fat cleans ftw

@snap-off5383

Жыл бұрын

@@THESlammethy The cleans are in the pickups, amp, and speaker.

@THESlammethy

Жыл бұрын

@@snap-off5383 I just meant I enjoy playing cleaner styles of music on strats and lp’s

This video makes me feel mature. I used to be like every point made, however always being broke helped me keep some things in check. I hit a point years ago where I realised if the wood is good (reliable in different conditions) everything else can be changed to make it better. My main gigger is an old strat copy that’s been modified and maintained over the years, the neck looks like some kind of maple and I have no clue what the body is, but it’s always played nicely and been reliable. Fun bit too, the guitar I’ve had the most “tone” compliments from other guitarists is a 1980’s budget strat copy with a plywood body!

Thanks for your thoughts on vintage stuff. I honestly wondered if it actually made a difference in sound, and I listened to clips of them head to head with new reissues and they really dont make a difference at all. If you let me hear them on a mix, I wouldnt know or care if your equipment is old.

Perfect… watching this now and making some scrambled eggs

@SpectreSoundStudios

Жыл бұрын

Travelling to Berlin this morning!

@JenMajuraOfficial

Жыл бұрын

@@SpectreSoundStudios Safe travels. See you this weekend ✌🏼

@luken9263

Жыл бұрын

Happy Birthday Jen!

FYI, when you do that long scream I mute you. Just sayin'

@luken9263

Жыл бұрын

My wife gets so pissed with it now I have to mute it. She calls him "Angry Sound Guy".

@antoniusmetal

Жыл бұрын

@@luken9263 "Angry sound guy" is an extremely accurate description.

@Mendelian

Жыл бұрын

I turn up my volume, I love it

@gumbly4174

Жыл бұрын

I love Glenn’s powerful voice

@reghunt2487

Жыл бұрын

@@Mendelian I'm not saying it's good or bad, just that I mute it.

As much as I don't want to admit it, this hit home on several points. I've been a collector forever; baseball cards were my crack when I was little. When I seriously started on guitar (age 7-ish), my collector impulses went there too. I needed all the cool guitars that my inspirations played. I needed every kind of pick or pedal or try every brand/size of strings and so on. I am the one who buys all of the little do-dads in the back of guitar magazines (it's how I bought my 1st Klon, when Bill was selling them via small ads). I subscribe to every guitar-related magazine that has existed. The giant Sweetwater catalog is my bible. BUT. I also adhere to a strict practice regimen; I own a high-security warehouse that is like our band HQ, where we jam together a few times a week when we can (y'know, life get in the way sometimes). We play shows when time permits. I'm OK falling into some of those tropes & stereotypes, it's my hobby & it makes me very happy. I see too many miserable people that don't have a release in their life like music. So, YES, I am a happy 'gullible moron'.

This is one of my favorite videos so far. Doing Crom's work, Glen! And it's arguably worse (though more niche) in the hi-fi audiophile world; it's beyond ridiculous (e.g., the Steve Hoffman forums).

Speaking as a guitar player, I approve of this message 🤣

Beato recently interviewed a guy who talked about plugging into numerous Marshall amps of the same model until he found the right tone. All I could think is there's no way Marshall, let alone anyone else could have so much inconsistency with the same components in the same circuit that you could actually hear it, especially in a mix

@indiedavecomix3882

Жыл бұрын

My feeling is whatever amp/guitar/pedal combo you have, you can put a sound together you'll like, even if it isn't the exact tone you're chasing.

@lomoholga

Жыл бұрын

That whole princess and the pea thing is so present with idiot guitarists lol Man, impress me with relative or perfect pitch- shut up about your this Marshall sounds so better than the other 3 I tried!! Lol

@Tigermaster1986

Жыл бұрын

True. Also - when I bought my amp, I, of course, tested it in the store. I specifically asked for the same guitar I had at home - a relatively cheap Eko - my first electric guitar. I plugged it into various amps, then I chose the one I liked the most in my price range, I bought it, I brought it home, I plugged it in... And it sounded completely different, although it was miles ahead of the small practice amp I'd used before. It didn't even sound worse than it did in the store, it was just different. Apparently, the acoustic properties of the room you're playing in matter. Who'd've thunk? :) The point is - your tone depends to a huge extent on things that are beyond your control, so wasting time and energy on tone chasing is often pointless. Whatever amp you buy, in a different room it will sound different. Plug it into a different cabinet speaker and it will sound different. Turn the volume all the way up and it will sound different.

@craigpoole2602

Жыл бұрын

Marshalls are dreadfully inconsistent . Especially Superlead models from the 60's and 70's.They weren't the same parts consistently as they used what was available at the time. So many different values across parts even in the same circuit design yield wildly different results. It doesn't take "golden ears" to hear it at all.

@elmo7sharp9

Жыл бұрын

@@craigpoole2602 Component tolerances - even when new - could be +/- 20%. Then they drift with age...

One of the BEST videos ever! Worth watching once a month.

OK question.... Years ago, Vox came out with the AD100 VT 2x12 modeling amp. It was touted because of the 12ax7 tube in the pre-amp stage. I put it right next to the Line 6 spider 2x12, spent about an hour annoying everyone in guitar center with similar settings to see if I could find which I liked better before I bought. Now I might be crazy, but I could swear that I got more warmth and detail (depending on the setting) from the vox; better harmonics and response to varying types of string input. Would it me more accurate to attribute that to the speaker differences between the two or the tube in the vox? (I still play an old vox VT30.... still sounds great)

@gradyhendrix8470

Жыл бұрын

I have a vt30 vaivetronic. Loudest 30 watts I've ever heard and it only has a single 10.

I don't know, I think that if an instrument makes a player feel much more confident or comfortable, then it was probably worth the price. Is a good deal of that psychological barriers? Perhaps, but for some people a Les Paul custom is cheaper than therapy. Oh, and I love vintage gear, because nothing really tickles me like playing death metal - or worse *grindcore* - on a guitar made in the 50s for jazz. I think seeing all the big-on-tradition guitarists' heads explode is well worth the price of a vintage piece.

@davismiller3769

Жыл бұрын

@@concernedcitizen6676 Yeah it seems everyone wants all the metal guys to play an Ibanez. Well, you know, I feel more comfortable playing a Gretsch Double Anniversary.

@StratsRUs

Жыл бұрын

Just play what you want .

Meanwhile, bassists will keep playing the first bass they ever bought until it literally falls apart. Or until they die. Or both.

@JohnnyArtPavlou

Жыл бұрын

With the original strings.

@unduloid

Жыл бұрын

​@@JohnnyArtPavlou Why the heck would you change the strings??

@JohnnyArtPavlou

Жыл бұрын

@@unduloid well we don’t really change them… We take them off and boil them and then put them back on. Every 20 years.

@JohnnyArtPavlou

Жыл бұрын

@@unduloid To get that Rotosound sound? 😝

I'm really glad I grew out of "Excalibur Syndrome" around the time I graduated high school. These days, I'm more interested in if a piece of gear is reliable, has some feature that I could use in fun creative ways, or (the best) a combination of the two. I do like when I can aesthetically appreciate an instrument, but I vastly prefer function over form. If I hadn't managed to grow out of that mindset, I'd be in way more debt than I currently am.

wanted to +1 the MacGuffin effect, especially as a newer gear enthusiast. I've absolutely been bitten by the gas bug and that's something that never goes away, however (seriously) I was very smart/pragmatic about my purchases. When setting my studio up I only GASed in a bad "bruh you can't even really justify this, why did you even buy it" way like, twice, maybe 3x lol which I think is pretty well behaved. Having that said, because I was so pragmatic about acquiring my music gear it was PAINFULLY obvious almost off rip that there was a LOT of bs on the market. I was amazed at the endless sea of reviews on every piece of gear that were blatantly just shilling a product. The endless sea of options where they all essentially sound the same, countless versions of the same pedals made with the same components doing the same things at radically different price tags, some great, some absurd. The synthesizer scene is particularly bad about this which shares shocking resemblance to the guitar pedal world as interestingly a lot of the components/concepts are the same or similar. I wish people were more cynical about this overall in the scene because these companies are just ravaging our wallets and it's pretty unnecessary at the end of the day. I'm all for capitalism like make your paper boo but so many people don't know how to manipulate it and the market to their favor as a consumer it creates bs like this lol Hence a lot of your point (I think) if people stopped paying the stupid prices, the vintage scene would chill tf out. The retro video game market also mirrors this sentiment/logic. But whatever like honestly, buy what you want, you could be deleted from the planet tomorrow. Enjoy life lol art is about expression and having fun doing it so, if that vintage Jaguar makes your pp hard because Cobain used one, effing buy it at whatever price you're willing to spend and play your heart out! (shrugs) what do ya do ya know? damned if you do, damned if you don't lol

The only time that buying a new guitar has helped me play better was when I switched to a shorter scale length to accommodate for my short fingers physically not being able to fret certain chords without it. That's the only reason I can think of for the case of "buying a more expensive guitar will make you sound better" but it was also only $350 sooooo....

@joshuaporterfield6774

Жыл бұрын

I definitely improved after getting a newer guitar than my 94 epiphone lp. Probably because I got a gretsch that Is beatiful and an absolute delight to play. The lp is nice, but still just not as nice for me.

@chickenpasta7359

Жыл бұрын

i mean the only time you'd really benefit from having a more expensive guitar is if your old guitar was just shit or its something you really wanted. did i need to drop the cash on a strandberg? no. but i sure do love mine and its cured my GAS for a long while now

@brandonjackson5865

Жыл бұрын

@@joshuaporterfield6774 the new affordable Gretsch play nice and are easy to play every single one I’ve picked up from 300 to 3000 have felt really nice. Today’s 300 dollar Gretsch > 90s 250 dollar epiphone and its not even close.

@DavidGarcia-kw4sf

Жыл бұрын

I like having nice equipment, but I still need to practice every single day.

@scrub8423

Жыл бұрын

@@DavidGarcia-kw4sf preach that shit!

When Mick Ronson was doing one of his first shows with David Bowie he had to borrow a guitar from someone. That someone was a little appaled at Ronson's reckless abandon when playing (fearing he would scratch the guitar and whatnot) so he went to him after the show to tell him that he should've been more careful with his special guitar. Ronson replied that it was just a piece of wood with six strings attached. We need to be a little more like Ronson I think.

@luckybag6814

Жыл бұрын

you mean we should be disrespectful when people do us favours?

Omg that intro hahahah, i feel personally attacked…and i loved every minute of it 😂

Although, EVH did talk about changing the voltage of the amp using the Variac, actually, EVH said the resulting tone sounded amazing afterwards. There's a video where he says that.

@gradyhendrix8470

Жыл бұрын

Eddie played ungodly loud. I mean loud. They had to change the voltage to keep the amps alive.

I have a very strong feeling wannabe audio engineers have the same GASsy problems as us poor guitarists with a collection.

@SpectreSoundStudios

Жыл бұрын

Don’t be mistaken: it’s a fact!!!

@coreyroberts47

Жыл бұрын

I sure do. I must have all the amp sims!

Glen is the angry music producer that just complains about everything. And forgot what playing music was all about.

@nicholasmullins3693

Жыл бұрын

Is it all about keeping a revolving door of buying new guitars and not actually focusing on your playing? Is playing guitar about spending $3k for an instrument with a subpar paint job then frowning on people who think that doesn't make sense? Is it about taking out a second mortgage for NOS tubes that magically give your $500 tube amp a new EQ curve? Maybe people should focus on learning their instrument and working on learning songs and writing them too. Huh... Wait a minute... Sounds a lot like what Glen is screaming about.

@stevehaye

Жыл бұрын

years of being an engineer/producer will do that to ya.

@TheMasterOfMetal9

Жыл бұрын

@@nicholasmullins3693 lol noooo 😂 why would you think that?

I was once guilty of all of these minus having an "excalibur" guitar, now I am perfectly happy with an old squier and an 80s kramer that i built using scraps of old parts, i have a couple 60s fender single pickups but use a modern seymour duncan humbucker in the squier and a mick thompson blaxkout in the kramer, sure these may not be the best feeling guitars ive ever played, but they sound great, still feel good in my hands and they (stay in tune) and both have a ernie ball strings. Super slinkies on the squier, and skinny top heavy bottom on the kramer. Nothing "super fancy". Just whatever I could get my hands on for next to no money to make everything work.

Guitarists also read tone with their eyes instead of their ears. I don't even read spec sheets anymore. I picked up a PRS SE custom 24 and I love it. I thought I'd have to rip out the low output pickups but my ears have spoken and they're honestly perfect. It stays in tune, and does everything I could need it to do.

Accurate. As a guitar player, most of us have two left feet planted firmly in the 1950s. Every other industry has constantly pushed for improvement and these elmer fudds and blues lawyers are trying to keep us stuck in the past because of their flawed, nonsensical perception that it’s somehow “better” that way

@rowanmartin4397

8 ай бұрын

tubes amazing nothing can beat need tubes all tubes ss horrible I love my solid state orange amps just as much as my all-tube Marshall

I used to buy more guitars to have different ones for each genre/tuning. There's really not that many variations and now we have plugins that can change tuning it's a bit moot to have a bunch ready to go. 9 is enough for me 😂

@eaglewarrior8707

Жыл бұрын

I only buy junk guitars then customize them myself. I make a killing when I flip them and they look amazing. Custom fingerboard and paint. It's only cool if you put in the effort. Because cool doesn't come from nothing.

@InTheSh8

Жыл бұрын

With guitar string prices these days, it becomes an expensive hobby!

@luken9263

Жыл бұрын

@@InTheSh8 you change strings? I thought rust gives my tone more 'character' ....

@jcrosslin8

Жыл бұрын

@@luken9263 That's how the best guitarist in the world, Kirk Hammett got his amazing tone. Rusty strings. That's why they call the band "Metallica" hahaha

@luken9263

Жыл бұрын

@@jcrosslin8 Thanks, I was today years old until I knew this. Thought it was just me. But deep down I knew it sounded more 'metal' the rustier they got.

Thank you Glenn I needed this video today! I’ve been looking online all week for new pedals when I really just need to be practicing. Sometimes you just need to hear someone else say it. ROCK ON AND HAVE A BITCHIN DAY! 🤘🏼

Wow, you just boosted my self esteem. I do actually spend far more time practising than looking at guitar reviews.

So I don’t need 32 guitars?

@SpectreSoundStudios

Жыл бұрын

No, you need 57

@DarkMatterBurrito

Жыл бұрын

@@SpectreSoundStudios makes me think of that Springsteen song "57 channels and nothing on". Only here it's 57 guitars and the guitarist still isn't doing anything.

Case in point: When it was found out that Stevie Ray Vaughan was using extra heavy strings with a .013 on the high E everybody thought that the better tone came out of using heavy strings. Never mind that SRV himself was using Super Glue on the tips of his fingers because he had already ripped his calluses apart. I recently saw a video by Mason from Vertex Effects where he reveals a piece of equipment that Stevie used that it was basically never, ever talked about and it was a rackmounted chorus unit that he would have connected after his amps and into the mixing board of whatever venue he was playing at. THAT was the TONE, NOT the STRING GAUGES. Some guitarists like James Hetfield like the heavier gauges especially on the lower strings because they add tension and therefore stability; the guitar is able to hold its tuning better under aggressive playing, but as far as tone is concerned string gauge has no effect at all.

@ZiddersRooFurry

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Yeah. I'm pretty sure the only reason Stevie used heavier string is that he was so aggressive when playing he would have broken lighter-gauge sets.

@elmo7sharp9

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Rick Beato's test showed that you gain BASS (Rather than straightforward volume) as the string gauge increases. Not necessarily an improvement...

@ZiddersRooFurry

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@@concernedcitizen6676 Whether a studio mastered album or live I very much doubt your ears can tell the difference. What you're doing is something called cognitive bias. It's when you're so attached to an idea no matter how illogical it is you twist things around to fit your way of looking at things. If you feel there's a difference do like Glenn says-go grab some sensitive measuring equipment and show us. The fact is your entire statement is heavily flawed in that the equipment and methods used to analyze frequencies has been shown to be accurate to a high degree. There's no way your ear is going to seriously beat a highly tuned piece of scientific equipment. Again-cognitive bias. Your ears and your brain aren't an accurate, objective gauge of anything.

Guit-ollecotor here. Yes, we should all practice more and buy less. But, so long as you buy low and don't spend every penny or every waking minute looking this can be fun and actually inspire you to play. I buy "deals" once in a while repair them, play them and usually pass them on. Amps, guitar, bass, keyboards, etc. Since I repair them (tech by trade) it keeps them out of the landfill, makes a little coin and gives the next person a good deal. Key is moderation. Keep em coming Crazy Uncle Glen!

Love the anger!! You mentioned "Vintage" being a term to determine a second hand guitar's resale value. Ironically, my guitarist has Vintage Les Paul Copy, has had it for years. But came across a "vintage" Gibson Les Paul at a decent price, ended up selling it on for profit and keeping the Vintage LP copy because it played and sounded identical (his words not mine) Go figure.

Am I the only guitarist in the world, who uses only one guitar and actually practices like 4-6 hours a day?

@daionsavage

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Yes. You are the only one. ;)

One of the other myths around Eddie's tone is that it's called the Brown Sound. That was never used by him to describe his guitar sound. The Brown Sound was originally used by, Eddie I think, but it may have been Alex himself, in an old interview to describe Alex's SNARE DRUM. NOT Eddie's guitar sound. They said when he hit it, it sounded like hitting a hollow log....hence the Brown Sound. Moron guitarists co-opted this bit of information somewhere along the line and applied it to his guitar tone.

@MoreMeRecording

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Look it up, you're close. It was Eddie (I had the guitar rag issue he said it) where he said (paraphrasing) he *wanted* his guitar to have a brown sound, like how he described the sound of Alex's snare.

@doublestrokeroll

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@@MoreMeRecording Sorry...that's not correct either. Since anything even suggesting a link gets deleted....put this into that thing that let's you find information on the internet... the brown sound was used for alex's snare not eddie's guitar sound First one. Billboard magazine. His words. He never applied it to his tone or tone he wanted. But by all means if you can provide proof with a link.

@doublestrokeroll

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@@MoreMeRecording “That’s funny, because people took that whole ‘brown sound’ thing totally out of context,” he said. “I was never talking about my guitar tone. I was talking about Alex’s snare drum. I’ve always thought Alex’s snare drum sounds like he’s beating on a log. It’s very organic. So it wasn’t my brown sound. It was Alex’s.” “It happened years ago. People would ask me about his drumming, and the only way I could explain it was that it had a very brown sound,” Van Halen noted. “I’m glad you brought this up, actually, so people can finally understand what I was talking about.”

Hey Glenn, We just finished our debut EP and we’re working on our follow up full length album. The EP and our band is actually classified as a black metal project, but now every member in the band has gotten more interested on making more complex stuff. What I’m asking, how do you progress but still keep your «style» intact. We started influenced by BM, but are listening and playing alot of Death and Thrash Metal at the moment and I can’t figure out our direction.

Thank you for that last mention of the "learn to burn on lead guitar without learning scales" bs! As a pro guitarist who's done more than my share of practicing and paid handsomely for it via a music education and through experience with bands, I've also made my living as a guitar and music teacher for over a decade now. This bs is only for the truly stupid who have 0 work ethic and honestly think you can get good without learning something essential to getting to a certain level of ability. Of course I see this in students who don't practice and still have to be shown how to fret a D or G chord after months of lessons, because they don't take it even a little bit seriously. Anyway, love your blunt force trauma brutal honesty! Thank you much sir. 🤘🤘💥

Am I the only one skipping the first few seconds as quick as I can in these vids? Love you Glenn, but the screaming is killing me.

@SpectreSoundStudios

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That’s the idea

@GuitarMeOfficial

Жыл бұрын

@@SpectreSoundStudios lol

@HabAnagarek

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@@SpectreSoundStudios lol touché!

"Is there ANY group of consumers more susceptible to the "shiny new toy" syndrome that guitar players?" Of course there are. They're known as Apple fans ;-)

I'd love to hear Glen's take on aftermarket guitar pickups. To me, that is one of the biggest MacGuffins in the musical equipment business. Yes, there's a difference between Seth Lover and X2N pickups, but many guitarists are quick to drop $300 on new pickups that are near copies of the ones they're replacing when they could have just adjusted the pickup or pole piece height, or heaven forbid, use the knobs on their guitar and amp.

Whoa Glenn. Now, that's an intro! Also dang, 3:58 handing out the savage slams to a guy who's like 30 years dead. You are on the warpath!