Jayce Allan Guitar

Jayce Allan Guitar

Playing guitars, talking guitars, learning about guitars.

Is My Fender a FAKE?

Is My Fender a FAKE?

Did You Spot the Fender?

Did You Spot the Fender?

A Guitar From JC Penny?

A Guitar From JC Penny?

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  • @jjcollins
    @jjcollins7 сағат бұрын

    I absolutely love it! Sounded great and super fun. Most people underestimate how loud a 20 watt tube amp is. A 100 watt vs 50 watt is only 3db. Down to 20 is maybe 3.5 less, so lets say 7 db less than 100 watts. I can absolutely guarantee that a 2x12 or a 4x12 will definitely be louder and push more air! If you want a more classic tone, try a green back 25 watt in that cabinet. Have fun and enjoy it, you hit 110 db in that room easily with that little monster! Love every minute of it!

  • @JayceAllanGuitar
    @JayceAllanGuitar4 сағат бұрын

    Cool, thanks!

  • @JoeBaermann
    @JoeBaermann7 сағат бұрын

    There is no such thing as a beginner guitar. It’s either cheap or expensieve, both can and will or will not work for beginners to pros. Plus that one should never commit to a brand, just look when a brand has none of the original people behind it anymore. But it is the big “insert random letter” some may say, well, feel the same when a band has none of it’s original members left?

  • @JayceAllanGuitar
    @JayceAllanGuitar4 сағат бұрын

    Makes sense.

  • @akakakakakak3084
    @akakakakakak308419 сағат бұрын

    People aften judge quality with price even without a trial first.😅

  • @christopheraaron8299
    @christopheraaron8299Күн бұрын

    I got the 2 tone sunburst one. Over all, very impressed with everything except the electronics. That's ok, though, because I have a loaded pickguard with alnico v pickups and upgraded pots and wires. I also have a spare set of locking tuners I'll probably put on it. One thing I like; Cheap Squiers typically have the fat 70s headstock with 2 string trees, but I like the classic look of this one with the smaller headstock and single string tree. Once all the upgrades are done, it should be as playable as my Affinity Strats. Obviously it's not on the level of my Fender Standard.

  • @JayceAllanGuitar
    @JayceAllanGuitarКүн бұрын

    Yeah the stock pickups are pretty thin sounding

  • @christopheraaron8299
    @christopheraaron8299Күн бұрын

    @@JayceAllanGuitar That's why I love how modular Strats are.

  • @JayceAllanGuitar
    @JayceAllanGuitarКүн бұрын

    @@christopheraaron8299 And most stuff fits too.

  • @raglanroadworks
    @raglanroadworksКүн бұрын

    Tuning in here before the channel blows up so I can say I knew you before you sold out 🤘

  • @JayceAllanGuitar
    @JayceAllanGuitarКүн бұрын

    😜 I might be dead before I get enough subscribers to sell out! 🎸😎🤘🏻

  • @robertcarey3383
    @robertcarey3383Күн бұрын

    Well, you are on the right path, if you can't sound good playing a Gibson into a tube Marshall.......it's not the equipment!!! They are selling Marshall DSL40 combo now for $725 and they really sound good as well.

  • @JayceAllanGuitar
    @JayceAllanGuitarКүн бұрын

    I’m sure I can make any rig sound bad! 😜😎

  • @draper858
    @draper8582 күн бұрын

    Plain and simple….. get a dsl or jvm combo….. problem solved

  • @KingLoopie1
    @KingLoopie12 күн бұрын

    Now we know what makes Jayce smile... LLOOOUUUDDDDDD!!! 😂

  • @JayceAllanGuitar
    @JayceAllanGuitar2 күн бұрын

    I couldn’t help smiling!

  • @7171jay
    @7171jay2 күн бұрын

    If you are going to demo an amp that is trying to emulate vintage Marshall amps (well somewhat anyway) you should understand how the old amp's controls and inputs work then you could maybe understand the tilt control. The vintage amp and the new recreations that copy them more closely are two channel amps with two input jacks on each (4 total). One channel is the "Normal" input and the other is the "Bright" input. The Bright channel is very bright sounding and the Normal is kind of dark sounding in these vintage amps so players figured out that jumping the channels together with a short patch cable allowed them to use both the Bright channel and the Normal one simultaneously and mix the two to taste. The usual way is to get the volume and gain you want with the Normal channel volume knob and then bring in the Bright channel a bit to get the amount of high frequencies and cut you are after. The Origin simulates that trick of tthese older style four input, two channel amps that had a volume knob for each channel with just one input by giving you the Tilt control wich is basically a blend between a Bright and a Normal channel, it's just that it happens within the amp so you only have the one input but you can still do the old "jump the channels" trick by adjusting the Tilt knob.

  • @JayceAllanGuitar
    @JayceAllanGuitarКүн бұрын

    Makes sense. It’s definitely different than any amp I’ve ever played on. I guess people have been modding them but that seems too dangerous for me! 😎

  • @bigchrisgulley66
    @bigchrisgulley662 күн бұрын

    I've been kicking around the idea of getting one of these and now I'm confident enough to finally pull the trigger on the purchase. Just one question though how well does it handle effects pedals? Thank you

  • @JayceAllanGuitar
    @JayceAllanGuitarКүн бұрын

    Now that I don’t know because all I have is a tuner and noise suppression pedal. I’ll have to get something but other videos I’ve watched it seems to handle them well

  • @JoeEcker-md8cn
    @JoeEcker-md8cn2 күн бұрын

    I used to own one of these was a fairly good guitar mine was around a 1990s model was not a bad leaner guitar 🎸

  • @hannulaantera6164
    @hannulaantera61642 күн бұрын

    great video, why do you use tabs when you go through the shape of the body last? Why not use masking tape and super glue with the pins. then you can get the shape right without sanding or chiseling

  • @JayceAllanGuitar
    @JayceAllanGuitarКүн бұрын

    Mmmm. I don’t know. Never thought of it. Guess I could try it out.

  • @robertwinter6974
    @robertwinter69742 күн бұрын

    Great sounding amp. If you turn it up full, you could wake a whole city up with it. Great video

  • @JayceAllanGuitar
    @JayceAllanGuitarКүн бұрын

    Thanks for watching.

  • @iamanovercomer3253
    @iamanovercomer32532 күн бұрын

    I'm a Fender guy and was looking for a telecaster... and I don't personally care for Chinese guitars. Yesterday I was hanging out with Torsten in his basement and he was setting up guitars . I got a black and silver SBH-HD Series T Style TUMMY CUT 13.0K Alnico V Humbucker and a purple of same model ( for someone else) . I DON'T support China BUT, what got me was Torsten and his mindset. Well for the money, I wouldn't have known that this was a guitar made in China. It's got a lot of guitar for the money. I've tried squire and they suck, my hand couldn't slide down the neck....

  • @JayceAllanGuitar
    @JayceAllanGuitarКүн бұрын

    He’s a good guy. Super fun to talk to.

  • @toddr2375
    @toddr23752 күн бұрын

    Without getting into the technical details, and assuming a few things here, my theory is that you're not getting 100% clean tone because you're hitting that first preamp tube with a high output humbucker. It's the inherent nature of tubes that the first gain stage in a tube amp will start to get dirty a lot sooner than the first gain stage of a solid state amp.Try rolling the guitar volume down a bit, (although you will lose some highs as well), or try a guitar with single coil pickups. If you're still chasing a clean tone with humbuckers, you could try using a limiter pedal, or a clean boost pedal with the controls set that it doesn't actually boost. Thanks for the review and have fun with that amp!

  • @JayceAllanGuitar
    @JayceAllanGuitar2 күн бұрын

    Not necessarily chasing clean tone, but I know people will ask. I was just playing around with it and did try a single coil guitar and it sounds completely different! Very clean tones from a single coil. Thanks for the info.

  • @WickedFesterBand
    @WickedFesterBand2 күн бұрын

    I have a DSL 20 and yes ….. Loud as F!

  • @SearchingForTone
    @SearchingForTone2 күн бұрын

    Thanks a lot now I want one😂

  • @JayceAllanGuitar
    @JayceAllanGuitar2 күн бұрын

    It's so much fun and sounds amazing.

  • @Brobot234
    @Brobot2342 күн бұрын

    @@JayceAllanGuitarI love my Marshall dsl 40c, but now you got me gas-ing for heads again.

  • @JayceAllanGuitar
    @JayceAllanGuitar2 күн бұрын

    @@Brobot234 🤪I've only owned combo amps until the Friedman I also reviewed and this one. Seems more versatile than a combo.

  • @foghornleghorn2975
    @foghornleghorn29752 күн бұрын

    Origin 20 is great budget crunch amp....really good with pedals too.

  • @Earthshaker1965
    @Earthshaker19652 күн бұрын

    It's a great sounding amp! You got a really good deal on it.

  • @MrMjp58
    @MrMjp583 күн бұрын

    I’ve owned expensive Fenders etc and found all sorts of things I wasn’t keen on. I’ve also had plenty of cheaper versions, many of which had good features. Taken overall, and however appealing they often can be, the cheaper ones will probably let you down, or frustrate you more often, in terms of tuning, intonation, feel, construction, hardware etc, especially when performing live. No hard and fast rules with this kind of thing. The sounds are often indistinguishable.

  • @foghornleghorn2975
    @foghornleghorn29753 күн бұрын

    Great Video! Very helpful.

  • @JayceAllanGuitar
    @JayceAllanGuitar3 күн бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @ROCKNROLLMODS
    @ROCKNROLLMODS3 күн бұрын

    In my opinion, when you put a humbucker in a strat, it becomes a completely different weapon. They are definitely both probably comparable in quality, but the intonation definitely sounds a little out on the yamahammer. I think I'd like to prefer yamaha over fender, but I unfortunately would probably buy a fender just for resale value alone. Thanks for the video

  • @rayericphillips3916
    @rayericphillips39163 күн бұрын

    Best to save and buy a good guitar. I have a Pacifica 604 and 904 and they are amazing guitars. I also have a Gibson Les Paul which is beautiful. You get what you pay for whether its a guitar sax or anything else. It is discouraging for beginner guitarists when they just cant get the good sound or feel from a cheap guitar. I am pro level multi instrumentalist but wait until you can afford a good one. Many second hand good guitars out there!!!!!!

  • @fatroberto3012
    @fatroberto30123 күн бұрын

    I had a friend who made pedal steel guitars. I discussed their construction with him many times. I don't remember him ever mentioning tone wood.

  • @jimmynich4791
    @jimmynich47913 күн бұрын

    My first guitar was a blue Pacifica 012, i still suck, its still awesome but slightly modded. The Squire is probably fine as well, not many bad guitars being made now.

  • @ND._o
    @ND._o4 күн бұрын

    Some people are simply privileged and it shows lol. I come from a fairly poor family and when at 14yo I expressed the desire to learn to play, my parents bought me the cheapest possible guitar they could find in some pawn shop. Needless to say, it was absolutely horrible. It was some no name Chinese classical guitar, but the worst part about it? They actually pawned it with STEEL strings (like an acoustic) and not with nylon strings like a classical guitar should have. The string tension was so insanely high but since I was a poor, self taught beginner in an age before I had internet, I had absolutely no idea that this is a huge issue. I was still passionate about it and practiced until my fingers literally bled. Fast forward 5 years and I graduated from high school, and my parents finally decided to reward me with a new guitar. It was a used Washburn acoustic (WD10-S) but holy crap, compared to that no name Chinese junk I used to play this felt like the best guitar in the world. I couldn't believe that this is actually how a guitar is supposed to play. I still own the Washburn and use it as my main acoustic guitar. After so many years it needed a new nut and a refret and now it's absolutely rock solid. I love it so much and will never get rid of it. I feel like people simply lost the ability to understand that what they personally consider a "toy" might be someone else's dream.

  • @JayceAllanGuitar
    @JayceAllanGuitar3 күн бұрын

    Well said.

  • @NathanChisholm041
    @NathanChisholm0414 күн бұрын

    Another tradesman blaming his tools?

  • @JayceAllanGuitar
    @JayceAllanGuitar4 күн бұрын

    Tradesman? Whoa slow down. I just play guitar. And badly.

  • @DrMurdercock
    @DrMurdercock4 күн бұрын

    Ive not seen a new guitar with those old pacifica style for like 20 years. Why would anyone use those in 2024 with all the better options for the same prices?

  • @DrMurdercock
    @DrMurdercock4 күн бұрын

    Soft wood comparable to pine? Yiiiiiiiiikes. Don't ever drop it

  • @MrBaldypete1
    @MrBaldypete14 күн бұрын

    You know what? Here's my guitar journey.... I'm 39 now. I started with a shitty Chinese acoustic my mum had hoarded away for me years ago, had no clue how to play. I got a Yamaha ERG121 with a 10W amp for Christmas at 17 years old. I played that thing all the time. I taught myself everything I know. I then grabbed a Vintage Metal Axxe Raider because heavy metal. I played the fuck out of that. I then got a second hand Ibanez SA260 from eBay for £90. Real workhorse guitar and the one I still play to this day when I can. I then got a brand spanking new Gibson SG standard for my birthday from the girl I was with at the time. Still have that thing but not the chick. Thankfully. I grabbed a couple more good deals from eBay after that. Then I started grabbing stomp boxes and amps and stuff....Really got into it. And you know what? I still suck. Not as much but yeah, I suck! I stopped having the time to practice. I lost the passion for playing because life got in the way. I had to move all my gear back to my dad's place when my daughter was born because of space. My guitars became projects for me. Sure, I might not have the time to play them so much anymore or I'm nowhere near them when the creativity comes along but my Ibby and a cheapo Epiphone LP became re-finishing projects for a holiday from work. My next refurb project will be that old Yamaha. I've got some ideas for that one! :) My advice is this: gear doesn't make you good. The guitar doesn't make you good. YOU make you good. Your drive, your passion, your commitment and your skill make you good. a good player can make a 'shitty' guitar sound good. A shit player can't make anything sound good, no matter what your amp, pedalboard or axe. Trust me, I know! :D Get what you can afford and play it until your fingers bleed! That's how you get good.

  • @JayceAllanGuitar
    @JayceAllanGuitar4 күн бұрын

    Can I get an amen! That is a very inspiring story. I pretty much suck too. I don’t think I’ll ever be much better. The conundrum is that as I get more time I’m going to be older and I think it’ll be more difficult to learn and certainly be faster. I’m 53 now. I hope to retire within 10 years. But I watched a KZreadr review the Squier Debut. Same guitar I reviewed and couldn’t help but wonder if he dubbed the sound of the guitar! Hahaha. It was sooooo good. I did a video with a MIM Strat and it sounded like all the other guitars I own. I honestly think the guitarist makes the tone. Or at the very least the player is a huge part of it.

  • @MrBaldypete1
    @MrBaldypete14 күн бұрын

    @@JayceAllanGuitar The player makes up a lot of the tone bud. I could give Satriani that Yamaha and a couple stomp boxes and he'd dial in a few settings and make it sound good. Give me one of his JS's hooked up to his pro gear and I'll still suck! Ibanez keep coming out with new JS models and Satch still sounds like Satch and still sounds amazing. Is it the guitars? Nah. It's him.

  • @JayceAllanGuitar
    @JayceAllanGuitar4 күн бұрын

    I’ve seen interviews with a few guitarists, David Gilmour comes to mind, and they say basically the same thing.

  • @SearchingForTone
    @SearchingForTone5 күн бұрын

    Squier debut was 100x better than my 1st guitar in 97 and $30 cheaper. At the rate of inflation it is the equivalent of $294 today.

  • @JayceAllanGuitar
    @JayceAllanGuitar4 күн бұрын

    My first guitar was a crappy Harmony acoustic. But my first electric was a decent Japanese made guitar.

  • @SearchingForTone
    @SearchingForTone4 күн бұрын

    @@JayceAllanGuitar Hondo Strat copy for me. Weight of a Les Paul built into a Strat body. Wish I kept it for sentiment but never bonded with it

  • @kimthompson5871
    @kimthompson58715 күн бұрын

    I agree . I’ve been playing near 50 years and at no time was there so many budget guitars on the market as there are now ! It’s definitely made the manufacturers step up their game. Great review

  • @JayceAllanGuitar
    @JayceAllanGuitar5 күн бұрын

    I appreciate that thank you.

  • @robertwinter6974
    @robertwinter69745 күн бұрын

    Hi, I know this is of your subject for this video. But I have just recently changed the machine heads on my Fazely Sheriff. Sorted the truss rod ,string height. All the usual things you would do. Tuned it up and intonated it. Must say I saved the strings as they hadn't been on the guitar for more than two weeks. On tuning however all the strings except the bass E string tuned up nicely. E string just kept on buzzing and making horrible noises. So checked everything again. And still that buzzing was there. Couldn't figure out what was causing it. So I thought there's only one way to go. I put a new Bass E string on it. Worked perfectly. Still don't know what was wrong with the old string, checked it over and looks perfectly fine.

  • @JayceAllanGuitar
    @JayceAllanGuitar5 күн бұрын

    The winding on the string could have loosened and caused a vibration or maybe it wasn’t sitting in the nut slot properly. I have had stings buzz occasionally too where I couldn’t find the source. Glad you got it solved.

  • @EntertheDragonChild
    @EntertheDragonChild5 күн бұрын

    The nut, bridge and fret material being all metal, then yes all you hear is the electronics

  • @geralddoyle5131
    @geralddoyle51316 күн бұрын

    Is it ‘new’ or ‘used’? If it’s used you expect someone may upgrade the trem block for sustain. Pretty nice guitar.

  • @JayceAllanGuitar
    @JayceAllanGuitar5 күн бұрын

    Used. Someone upgraded the trem block, put a new loaded pick guard in and changed the tuning buttons.

  • @Allen-tm9xn
    @Allen-tm9xn6 күн бұрын

    Buy a stage right tube 15 all tube amp for about same price,at least it has some good tones

  • @JayceAllanGuitar
    @JayceAllanGuitar6 күн бұрын

    I’ll check into that thanks.

  • @christopheraaron8299
    @christopheraaron82996 күн бұрын

    I have more fun buying cheap guitars and upgrading them to my desired specs. I don't care about their re-sale value.

  • @JayceAllanGuitar
    @JayceAllanGuitar5 күн бұрын

    Same.

  • @christopheraaron8299
    @christopheraaron82996 күн бұрын

    I just got my Debut today (2 tone sunburst.) I only bought it because I had a loaded pickguard I put together laying around with alnico v pickups, big pots and thick braided wires and a set of new locking tuners, and the guitar was only $120, so I kinda had to. I'm very impressed with the instrument for the price, but it'll be a real shredder when I'm done with it. This is Strat #6 in my current lineup, and once it's upgraded, I suspect it'll be on par with my 2 Affinity Strats. Obviously not as nice as my MIM Fender, but still a great instrument.

  • @JayceAllanGuitar
    @JayceAllanGuitar6 күн бұрын

    Thanks for tuning in. I think I agree with you. I have a MIM also, and the Debut, even after I upgraded it, isn't quite as nice as the MIM.

  • @robertclarkguitar
    @robertclarkguitar6 күн бұрын

    Really cool i hear they are trying to SS fret too. Great to see affordable guitars all over now. Lol. Maybe it will teach the Proud Fender Gibson esques to stop the insanity. It wont. Lol

  • @JayceAllanGuitar
    @JayceAllanGuitar6 күн бұрын

    Yes stainless ball end frets on these. Price has gone up about $30-$40 since I got mine. But still a very affordable guitar.

  • @YNGWIE998
    @YNGWIE9986 күн бұрын

    I'll never forget reading an article in a guitar mag, about 35 years ago (or thereabouts), of a reporter who went to interview Jeff Beck just prior to him performing at a gig backstage in a dressing room. She walked in, and found Jeff warming up with a no-name guitar playing through a little 5W practice amp. She said there he was playing this crummy no-name guitar and it sounded like....Jeff Beck! Just goes to show that it is not the guitar, but the person playing it that makes the sound!

  • @JayceAllanGuitar
    @JayceAllanGuitar6 күн бұрын

    I watched a video by KZreadr John Nathan Cordy who reviewed the Squier Debut (his was matte black) and he played it quite a bit as a demonstration and it sounds incredible. Makes my playing on any guitar sound terrible. But I'm sure when someone like him says the guitar doesn't matter as long as it holds tune and functions properly, people will believe him, because his playing adds credibility and the guitar just sounds incredible, when I say it doesn't matter people go "Pffffft, yeah right..." LOL

  • @7171jay
    @7171jay7 күн бұрын

    Sounds like a box of bees. Are there two DS1's inside that thing???

  • @JayceAllanGuitar
    @JayceAllanGuitar7 күн бұрын

    Couldn't tell you, I didn't build it!

  • @JayceAllanGuitar
    @JayceAllanGuitar6 күн бұрын

    The only thing that brings tears to my eyes are these comments...tears of laughter. So what amp should I be reviewing?

  • @7171jay
    @7171jay6 күн бұрын

    ​@JayceAllanGuitar I can't speak for Kenneth but I was simply commenting on the amp you were reviewing here. There is certainly value to your review even if I'm not a fan of the amp from what I'm hearing here. It would have been useful if you clearly demonstrated the minimum amount of gain the amp can do as it seems questionable if the amp can actually get anything like a proper clean tone. You have to admit the amp is indeed a pretty buzzy beast. Not my cup of tea but might be just the amp that somebody else is after.

  • @auntjenifer7774
    @auntjenifer77746 күн бұрын

    You want a nice little bedroom/ house amp there's orange OR15, orange 15 terror head unit,supro DK 12, Marshall DSL 1 watt head unit ! 😂 you can get a DSL 40 combo for $300 and it's way Way better than the buzzbox "Friedman" amp you are using here. My Marshall MG15 mini stack sounds way better than this Friedman and it's only got 10 inch speakers !😅

  • @7171jay
    @7171jay6 күн бұрын

    ​@@auntjenifer7774 All good suggestions there but I'm happy with the two small tube amps I have hung onto for the last couple of decades which most people probably have never even heard of... a 1960s Galanti and a 1990s HiMu. Even this buzzy little amp reviewed here might be good for somebody who wants to shred. It's all a matter of finding the right amp that helps you do what you want to do.

  • @mr.k905
    @mr.k9057 күн бұрын

    So no cleans from this little sucker, eh?

  • @JayceAllanGuitar
    @JayceAllanGuitar7 күн бұрын

    Ya know, now that you mention it, I don't know. I was so fixated on playing distorted tones, I didn't even think to try to get clean tones out of it. I'll try it out tonight when I get home and see.

  • @mr.k905
    @mr.k9057 күн бұрын

    @@JayceAllanGuitar Cool, thanks! I’m very curious…

  • @JayceAllanGuitar
    @JayceAllanGuitar6 күн бұрын

    @@mr.k905 Okay, so it does not do clean. I turned the gain all the way down and turned the volume down to next to nothing and you still get an edge of breakup tone, and that is with my Fender strat on the bridge pickup. I think this little amps is supposed to emulate the Plexi sound, but I didn't think it sounded much like a Plexi, more like just your garden variety distortion.

  • @kennethc2466
    @kennethc24666 күн бұрын

    No decent sounds either.

  • @JayceAllanGuitar
    @JayceAllanGuitar6 күн бұрын

    Wow Kenneth, dude you're on a roll. Good luck at the comedy club.

  • @countdoogula2781
    @countdoogula27817 күн бұрын

    I've currently got a fully modded Ibanez RG7421, a Chapman Pro M1 baritone......and a $500 Squier contemporary tele. Which one stays eternally in tune (drop B), feels like you could throw it out a window with no dramas, and is the one I always reach for due to straight up mojo? The Squier. I can't explain why, but seriously, never overlook a Squier.

  • @Zeberai
    @Zeberai7 күн бұрын

    Thanks for the video, I just bought a Squier Debut and the tuning was bothering me, glad to know it's pretty easy to fix.

  • @JayceAllanGuitar
    @JayceAllanGuitar7 күн бұрын

    No problem. Thanks for watching.

  • @JakeStrange66
    @JakeStrange668 күн бұрын

    I have to wonder though...how does a channel have 68k subscribers & isn't monetized???

  • @JayceAllanGuitar
    @JayceAllanGuitar8 күн бұрын

    Who's got 68,000 subscribers? Which channel are you referring to?

  • @JakeStrange66
    @JakeStrange668 күн бұрын

    @@JayceAllanGuitar my mistake. I was looking at views instead of subs. But I think they give you the option for monetization when a channel reaches 1k subs.

  • @JayceAllanGuitar
    @JayceAllanGuitar8 күн бұрын

    @@JakeStrange66 I am monetized now, yes, but I wasn't at the time that video was made.