You're probably the first youtuber I'm aware of who has actually followed through on a pledge to post every day! It's been a commendable effort, Nick, as well as being interesting and useful.

KZbin made a change a few years back and hastags don't matter anymore at all. You don't even need to use them.

Great stuff Nick! You have built an awesome channel, and I'm sure there is much more to come.

giiiiit it. ;)

Kiwis conquering the world

What an incredible milestone! Many congratulations Nick. Happy New Year to you! As an aspiring session musician I find your videos very helpful. I am glad your channel is growing and hope it grows even bigger this year.

Hi Nick, I've just pulled the trigger on my very first PRS, after being an Ibanez man for decades (although I always played a Patrick Eggle Berlin Pro live, which is a bit like a British PRS). I don't know if I'll regret this, but I went for a 24 fret PRS CE (bolt-on neck). What are your thoughts on 24 fret models, and the gain of having 2 extra frets versus the loss of a fatter tone on the neck pickup. Would you ever play a 24 fret model live? Cheers mate. It was your love of Ibanez that brought me to your channel a few years ago, and your awesome tones from your DGT and P90 PRS guitars that made me try one out!

Beautiful tone. Love that tele. Love your playing and trying out different git tar ideas.

Hello Nick, first of all you are a great musician! There are so many really bad videos on KZbin, the most important one seems to be a polarizing title... that generates clicks! Keep going and stay true to yourself! Cheers from Germany!

Edge of breakup is where I've been playing lately. - 11 ° this 🌄. Late start but enjoyed all the tips and great playing.🥞 ☕

do you know what would have been nice to hear? The direct output of your FM9 vs the same sound with the mic for all the 3 speakers. Nice job nonetheless.

What a sound, does it for me.😊 good jam track

You have done a great job doing a vid every day in 2024. It's a lot harder work than it looks. Happy New Year Nick. Jason 😎👍

thank you, as always.

My favourite go to guitar channel! 😎👍

Im learning from you, so im a happy kiwi😊

I for one am very glad you decided to do this. Thank you Nick! I am regularly trying to steal licks form you. Sometimes successfully others I'm still working on...

Sorry, Mate, but I've got dibs on the Making Mistakes channel thingy! 😉

Keep it up Nick. Enjoying the videos

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Interesting self assessment. What I manage to watch is always interesting and informative. Thanks and well done.

I'm pleased I found the channel and look forward to it every morning - usually just before I go and build guitars! I think it has made me think about a few things and made me pick up the guitar more often. Now I need to pick up the saxophone more regularly, before the next round of gigs with new music 😂

It's been enjoyable following the daily vids. Been following since before then, but it's been a nice daily check-in. I've definitely picked up the electric more often as a result. It's been fun and appreciated 👍

thanks for the insight Nick and kudos first off for making this a daily thing, the analytics are really interesting as since you post so much you get a more detailed feedback on the effectiveness on when you're posting videos if that makes sense, it seems logical that the weekend is going to be better, yet I still post during the week 😄 i might tweak that going forward, try different days and what not i'll be mixing things up a bit this year with posting some more regular/talking sort of content along side weekly videos, see how things fare, ultimately youtube is still something because i want to do it, not because i depend on it, and i think at that level the cards look quite different in terms of content and pressure involved

You’re an amazing player! Interesting video.

Good stuff Nick, caught at least half of them I reckon, enjoyed them thoroughly. All the best with whatever you do in 2025.

Nick! Thanks for sharing all that useful info. Since you mentioned Rick, some years ago I went to his house, and the whole time I was there, he was monitoring a video he had just uploaded, and he and his assistant kept changing the thumbnail and the title to see what would hit their target. It's interesting how the algorithms work!

Great stuff Nick. I'm going to start a channel this year. A very informative and straight ahead assessment of things, totally down with that and sorry for prompting controversy in the comment section! XD

Excellent Nick👍 keep them coming....🎸⚡

Very interesting insights, great to hear what your take on the huge amount of postings you did is so far. Funny about the mysterious almighty algorithms and how thumbnails and posting times have such an impact on viewing the actual content. Time for some 'Rage against the Machine' haha and can I pre-order your new course on 'Making mistakes" ...? ;)

Was just thinking to myself last night how amazing tech is now. I get just about every day started with people halfway around the 🌎. Really appreciate your channel. I'll have to binge watch to get caught up. I've only seen the ones this last month or so.

Good summary Nick - keep it coming as its great viewing! Great to have a kiwi adding to the guitar community. Cheers Jed

bewdiful Nick

I played regularly through years in cover bands in pubs, and did several years in a regular club band in Queen Street. Cannot read music, and never really tried because could imitate most things by ear. Always considered session players as the music readers and sight readers. And always considered you guys the next level. Have recently retired, having stopped playing many years ago as I was doing shift work. However, I am now considering having a go at learning music theory , as will have the time now, and have most of my gear, and all my guitars. Please keep up the KZbin videos as really incitefull.

Interesting thoughts, thanks for sharing. To be a bit philosophical: change is the only constant in the universe...

Kia ora Nick and your followers. Any other quality clone suggestions? I’ll research the ones you mentioned. My TS9 has shat itself again today, as I was setting up for a gig at Dockside. I’m tempted to try the “salt water test”, i.e. throw it in the harbour and if it floats, it’s working. I’ve had it maybe 12 years and it’s been to Weta Guitars and Dexter Mods (twice) for maintenance (including installing a brighter light) over the years. I’ve got a DS1 and a 20 year old Hotcake (which has been thrashed and once sent to Paul Crowther for maintenance - he fixed it up and kindly didn’t charge me - A gentleman and an inventor!) and a Boss OS2 which was part of an auction I won, but has never been used. Time for a TS clone with a better switch, brighter light and hopefully more reliable gigging life. Chur, Wade.

Nice, mine arrives tomorrow.

A session musician is surely someone who is paid to play, live or in recordings, without actually being a member of a band/orchestra/group? And that'd be you, wouldn't it? The scene has certainly changed a lot in recent years, and I think the changes are accelerating if anything. Streaming has taken a lot of money out of the work, which is hard enough, but AI is very close to taking away the work itself - and that's bloody scary. It's not just musicians, of course. It's in all kinds of fields, from artists, actors, designers and photographers, through factory and fast food workers, to doctors, lawyers and accountants. How all this is going to re-shape society is yet to be seen and hard to imagine, but it is starting to happen already. I could be wrong, but I see the future for professional musicians as being in those areas that demand a distinctly human feel. Live gigs are an obvious example, but I think there will be an upsurge in niche recording, much along the lines of the current trend towards vinyl-only recordings. I feel that the more the technology is used to create "content", the hungrier people will get for that human element in music and the arts. At least, I sure hope so!

Nick was wondering how to mix major an minor in a 12 bar blues? Thanks. I always thought a session musician was someone who played on everyone elses LPs, most of the time with the odd own LP.😊

BTTF was first ever memory I have of thinking to myself 'Man, guitar is COOL' courtesy of the Johnny B Goode scene. I must have been about 5 or 6 at the time.

I guess it's getting harder and harder to make a living out of music, especially for performing musicians who've committed themselves to their craft. It's no suprise that even the best and most sought after still have to expand their horizons. Imagine a world without music and musicians?

This video is spot on. Umberto Eco famously said “Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community ... but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots”. Replace "idiots" with fake experts, self-serving mediocrities and what have you and everything falls into place very nicely, cheers.

Internet, Fiverr, AI. Yepp, a lot of pros from many walks of life are having the bread ripped from their mouths.

To me, you are definitely a session musician Nick, if you see yourself only as a “musician”, that’s true too. But going back to your previous episode where you correctly said that there wouldn’t be that many people out there who could do what you do, that is, turn up to a recording session and sight read etc, to me, now that’s truly a session musician Nick. 👍👍👍

Sessions is where the bank is. Happy for you that you don't have to play dives or teach brats to be secure. 🍻

I've got a friend who I consider a session musician, he's just a bloke who gets high and noodles. Does that count? LOL 🤣

Yeah, there are a lot of these kinds of courses. There's one that's really big (and quite expensive) that was set up by a Kiwi guy. It seems to have pretty creditable tutors and solid content, but it just doesn't appeal to me (even though, as an older guy, I'm part of what seems to be their target market). I tend to watch and listen to good players, like yourself, and occasionally hear something that makes me go, "I'm going to try working on that for a while". And example was the Sade number I mentioned, where I spent a few weeks working on her vocal phrasing and inflections - a really interesting challenge. Thanks for that one! And just last night I was watching a John Cordy video and noticed a technique he uses where he slides, real fast, down into notes, and I've started trying to do something similar.

What guitar is that with 3 p-90’s!? You sound awesome

Cant wait for your course on how to wear a hat effectively!