at 18 I was diagnosed with a very rare form of epilepsy, Had to be ressucitaded multiple times, I deal with musicians dystopia due to nerve damage (Hence my never ending search for the perfect neck) I don't post on here anymore as it's become a bit you know. I'm now 34 and trying to save my passion (hoping to buy a guitar soon, just got a apartment after being homeless) have gear i bought 4 years ago and haven't even bothered hooking them up (no guitar) it feels odd but i'll take your words of wisdom and try to keep pushing. Thank you for sharing it truly helps seeing a fellow warrior continue his passion.

Wow, heftig man… zou je helemaal niet zeggen, ik vind je juist altijd zo beheerst en doordacht spelen. Respect dude! 🍀

*walks over to my Laney Ironheart 60W head that I bought used with no manual and pulls out the bass knob* "ARE YOU F%CKING KIDDING ME" Thank you.

I did notice your interesting playing style. But honestly it’s working for you. The playing sounds so refined and “clean” even in the highest of gain settings. Keep doing what you’re doing!

brother i had no idea. I'm so happy for you. so glad u have been able to work through this

Which one do I need to sound like Dickey?

Appreciate the time you take to do these vids. This is one of the best demos of the Jubilee mini. Versatility right there!

THE IRs were the real star of this show. :)

Pausing at 7:04 to guess A for Helix and B for real amp. We'll see! Edit -- neato, got it. But in no way do I think one is "worse" than the other. Someone else said B sounded darker, and listening in my car that's what I picked out, too. But man they're both so good. My Helix LT is so extremely good, I couldn't be happier with it.

Thank you ! ❤👊🏽💪🏽

I can't believe I like the V30 best. I don't even really love that speaker. I had high hopes for the F70. Maybe with different tones. They all sound good.

Reading the comments, everyone who seems to have a problem seems to live in Europe. It must be a transformer problem with 220 volt power.

I still prefer real amps. Keep it up Jon. Cheers

Damn, that Redback just sounded so "at ease" in the first clip like that's what it was BORN TO DO. Wow. But then the Creamback started up and added in a little more edge and that was very cool too. Maybe those two would be a great pair. As I listen more maybe the V30 and a Cream? I don't know, they all sound really good in their own way. The Red seems like it would be a perfect rhythm guitar speaker.

You're still one of the best guitar players I've ever seen. All the best Jon.

Your riffs are great and they are what made me watch your channel in the first place. I would've never guessed you had such an issue. I like your positivity and strength to keep going and find new ways. It is inspiring!

Very inspirational!

Another door did open Dude. Your tight creative inspiring hard rock rhythm lead type of style is super amazing. Its the way the rhythm work and the chording and the broken sort of lead chording stuff, man, its just so much fresher than a traditional guitar solo. Its my favorite playing on the internet. And its comes with a bonus! The best tones too! Everything for a reason my friend. Glad to see you have become what you've become and glad to see those blessings rollin in and glad for this amazing content you bring us 🎉

12:08 Duncan JB (Heavy 1) 12:19 Duncan Nazgul (Heavy 1) 12:30 Fishman Fluence Modern Active (Heavy 1) 12:40 Fishman Fluence Modern Passive (Heavy 1) 12:51 EMG81tw (Heavy 1) 13:03 EMG81 (Heavy 1) 13:13 Duncan Distortion (Heavy 1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14:40 Duncan JB (Heavy 3) 14:51 Duncan Nazgul (Heavy 3) 15:02 Fishman Fluence Modern Active (Heavy 3) 15:13 Fishman Fluence Modern Passive (Heavy 3) 15:24 EMG81tw (Heavy 3) 15:35 EMG81 (Heavy 3) 15:46 Duncan Distortion (Heavy 3)

Having fun using this newest bass Whammy to emulate guitar in my all bass solo project. Highly recommend it for expanding your soundgarden.

I've been struggling with the same. After 25 years I finally made it in a band and started doing well. My last show was at Kickstands in Sturgis. I made it through that show through sheer willpower and some luck. I stepped away from the band, and took 4 months off of playing. I picked up a guitar and went full tilt practicing. The problem was still there. I'm not going to lie, it brought me to tears. But I have a friend that's willing to jam and make music whenever/however I'm able. So coming to terms has been hard, but recording has been the ticket. I'm able to play/record as my condition allows. But realizing that I'm not going to be able to be a touring musician was such a tough pill to swallow. I'm thankful to know that I'm not the only one dealing with it. So thankful you decided to share man.

Inspiring video! After 40 years of full-time guitar teaching and guitar playing I'm now having to deal with CMC arthritis in my left thumb. I'm only 53 but I had a bad accident when I was 9 that broke that thumb and wrist really bad. So when I started playing guitar at 14 there were always certain issues to overcome with that hand but my youthfulness probably helped offset the problems. As I've gotten older I've had ongoing bouts of golfer's elbow and tennis elbow and rotator cuff problems, all from guitar playing so much. I have successfully managed to rehab my rotator cuffs with a Shoulder Reliever kit that I found online (it totally worked which is impressive because my shoulders were pretty bad), And the tennis and golfer's elbow have mostly been manageable now that the rotator cuffs are healthier. But last year I got diagnosed with CMC arthritis. The arthritis is due partly to age and wear-and-tear but especially due to my childhood accident. The X-rays apparently showed "signs of previous trauma" in that part of my hand. And now I have increasingly bad chronic pain in my left thumb. I am able to get an occasional steroid injection in my thumb, but overall I have chronic pain regardless if I play guitar or not. I now frequently wear a compression glove and something called a MetaGrip thumb brace that helps support the joint to minimize the pain but overall it's just something that can't be cured or completely fixed. Even surgery would be a hit-and-miss option and would essentially be a permanent change in how my hand works but things may get to that point soon. It's been a genuine struggle and disappointment to see something so central to my life slowly slipping away. I've been trying to wrap up unfinished guitar works and I'm definitely trying to transition to another deep love of mine of more compositional orchestral type creative work. But underneath it all is a deep sadness that is hard to overcome moving forward. It is what it is and this is a new chapter in my life that is going to take a lot of work and soul-searching to navigate. Hearing other stories of similar struggles in people that I respect is encouraging. Thanks for sharing and being vulnerable.

I wrote you a long reply in positivity, but looks like it didn't get posted. Best wishes.

I preferred the Helix in the isolated tracks because of the low end that you mentioned. It also had little less presence to me, so by itself it sounded nicer. But the real amp sat much better in the mix. Just the right frequencies

Ik wil hem graag hebben. Lijkt me heerlijk om mee te tweaken.

Thanks for sharing. Lots of love and good luck. You rock! I'm pretty sure you're aware but Julian Lage talked about having focal dystonia in his left hand during his interview with Rick Beato and how he was able to get away from it. Best from Barcelona

Hey Jon, thank you for sharing. First, I love your channel and your content. Your recordings and the level quality of your mixes sound sooo professional! You have taken a very difficult personal issue, broke it down in the perfect manner. Please keep up the great work with your content. I feel you should also consider being a recording/mix engineer. Sounds like you already know what you are doing. Best regards for continued success in all you do.🔥🎸🔥

You are a legend, Jon! Learned so much about tones, tube amps and especially IRs. Hearing all those amazing riffs not in a million years would I've thought about you having a bad condition in your hand. You have my utmost respect for giving us such valuable content despite your situation. Please keep doing it. Wish you and your family all the best. Greetings from Germany, Ben

I feel like the hi-hats on VST drums always miss the mark. You get two options: 1. Hats completely closed. 2. Hats wide open, cymbals not touching. Nothing in between, so you can't get that rock sizzle sound.

I use a Golden Boy od/boost (Jackson Audio)and to hot pickups aren’t great I find a mid output sounds better even stacked single coils sound great,my hot pickups get lil more muddy

Did you use the exact same signal chain and settings when comparing, besides obviously swapping speakers?

Sounds killer

This inevitability scares me... Power lifting, MMA, Chef by trade, and being a Guitarist since teen years. Yeah MMA and Powerlifting broke me at around 35 with upper back problems , and now I ponder how much my hands have left 😅 DIE HARD 🤘

04:11 vh2's cleans sound like a harp here almost Nice

I have the MT15. I would say in 70% the JJ JR sounds more badass. But what will you expect from the price difference. I still love my MT15!

Engl for the win but the invective is so close, the marshall did way better than i thought, and that mini mesa sounded Great!! Hard to beat any of these amps! Love my Invective by the way!

Sorry you have to deal with this. I’m not trying to poke fun, but is hypnosis an option?

I thought I had Tourette’s or something but I involuntarily move my fingers to music all the time and have to make a conscious effort to stop…maybe it’s dystonia?

Man - that tone is a dream. Personally I favor the Nazgul's, but they all sound amazing.

I recently bought a Les Paul Deluxe and it was amazing out of the box for $2300. Superb deal. For some reason they forgot the fourth screw on the backplate (lol) but I found a few of those lying around so I just installed one of them. The bodies may be CNCed but these guitars are still hand-finished so you can't expect machine-like perfection. If you want perfection, ask a robot.

Your style is very interesting, and seemed quite right hand focused, IE rhythmic invention over melodic ….without knowing or perceiving your left hand had such issues😳 Yes focus: I became aware that my gift is single note leads, playing across chord changes, i wanted to learn to play over more & more complex progressions, (by ear, I’m completely intuitive, reading is not something I did well) with key changes etc beyond the rock idiom, so I gravitated to Jazz on Pandora, and with no band possibility during Covid, I stopped worrying about playing whole songs and my limited chord knowledge After 5 years of being exclusively a soloist, I am noticing a problem, full songs I used to play …well, I literally can’t But the music world has changed and being in my late 60’s playing at home is probably all I will be doing, so I’m ok with it. It’s like therapy, I’m glad to know you have found a place and a way to continue😄 , as have I.

I've heard of a few musician's having this, and you should get in touch with them imo : including Romain Goulon, French drummer (ex Necrophagist, ex Benighted, etc)

That's horrible, more power to you for pulling off what you have!

I feel this in a huge way! 3 years ago I completely lost my voice. But my condition ending up being hypothyroidism and not only did I lose my voice. I was feeling sick and abnormally fatigued. Which this was caused from being exposed to radiation when I worked on nukes in the USAF. I've thought about doing a video talking about it. I just haven't found the right time. I'm just feeling blessed that I have my voice back and can sing again 😁

In the world? Not even close

If I had to choose just one... the Creamback!!! Saludos Jon!!!

Thanks for sharing buddy. I developed "musician's focal dystonia" in my right hand 12 years ago. I had to relearn to guitar left handed.

What is the current draw on this pedal power amp? Curious to know if it will work with my current Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 3 power supply.

Now that's unbelievably inspiring! Like.... you had really tough luck. Then you've found ways around your loss. And now are quietly talking about it to help others. So this video is not just about medical stuff or musicianship. It's a really important life lesson. And the more I think about it, the more valuable it seems. Thanks man, you're a legend!

Marshall JVM for all life I was expecting a clear break from Eng but it doesn't change anything