10 Things You Should NEVER Do to Your Guitar!

[@DarrellBraunGuitar]

Hope you guys enjoyed this one! 😂😂😂 Gotta treat your guitar right!

[@nehemiahzo_]

The clip with the guitar in front of the recliner CRACKED ME UP.

[@thibaultashkanshamloo]

@@nehemiahzo_ i think the guitar was pretty cracked up too

[@RodneyChops]

Worthy sacrifices to the gods to save many, much nicer guitars. (At least we hope).

[@outlawedblues]

No not my Tacoma

[@elihue_redneckreview]

You had way too much fun making this video!! Thanks for the laughs!!

[@ichiro319]

That Guitar has seen every nightmare imaginable.

[@TedSchoenling]

The shower alone.....oh the horrors

[@lueysixty-six7300]

@@TedSchoenling Lolz! 😳

[@DarrellBraunGuitar]

😂😂😂

[@davidjohnson00001]

Could be worse, it might have been Willie Nelson's replacement guitar.

[@zxbc1]

This entire video is just a constant anxiety attack for me. Thanks Darrell now I am scarred for life.

[@phillipb9328]

Number 11. Never let anybody borrow your car, your girl or your guitar.

[@elisas297]

Or money lol

[@lvbboi9]

Or shredded cheese

[@thepokemonatlas2945]

@@lvbboi9 what🤣🤣

[@lvbboi9]

@@thepokemonatlas2945 _d i d I s t u t t e r_

[@thepokemonatlas2945]

@@lvbboi9 😭😭

[@paulcrowder]

Is anyone else astonished that the first tire went right over the side of the guitar without the side breaking? Kudos to Tacoma for that one.

[@robbaskerville253]

So glad I have a Tele. My kid has dropped it on the floor so many times, no way a Gibson would have survived with headstock attached.

[@aboredperson6350]

Wait, you let your kid play YOUR guitar??

[@robbaskerville253]

@@aboredperson6350 No, more like what happened to that blue strat. I know that sound well.

[@glaucosouza1971]

I do know what youre talking about...also have a kid and a guitar, but in my case was not a tele...was my LP Custom...

[@blobfishesandothertypesofm2299]

Jim root used to throw his tele on the floor at the end of the set, his tech would pick it up and it's still be fine haha

[@fredstevens799]

@@glaucosouza1971 ouch!

[@Gottaloveguitars427]

I can never unsee that shower scene 😩

[@DarrellBraunGuitar]

👀🛀😭😂

[@Orville123]

Ha ha ha...dats sum funny _ _ _ _ .

[@molochsorcery4357]

Darrell plays so well you could almost imagine him practicing in the shower.

[@Gottaloveguitars427]

Best video I’ve seen in awhile on KZbin!

[@P_Ezi]

At least we could see.some shorts

[@denis_kleshchev]

Darrell: your guitar is your baby, it's your responsibility Also Darrell: drives over the guitar

[@joolz666]

It was another of Darrell's relicing jobs. :-)

[@udhi_gn3893]

That's what he mean by "Overdrive"!

[@bradpoole400]

Don't let them get too dry either. Especially solid wood acoustics.

[@G.Photogirl]

I'm learning the hard way on that. See my comment above ^ 😣

[@stratcat688]

Yuuuuuup. Big crack in my Taylor. Lesson learnt.

[@jeremyacton4569]

Yes. I bought an old archtop which had a guitar case loaded with silica gel sachets, and it was so dried out it was splitting at the f holes. It took months of lying open at 80 - 90% humidity for the cracks to close up enough to cleat the splits from inside the body.

[@RC32Smiths01]

A guitar is one of the best things you can invest yourself in. Make sure to make it clean and pristine!

[@jeekyboi9564]

At least the strings lol

[@clifisboring]

I completely disagree unless it’s an expensive guitar

[@stuartblack6803]

Who is this Pristine you speak of ??

[@sumi_plays_games]

Someone has a guitar they do not need anymore. 😂

[@adriak1]

Had*!

[@TheSupart91]

The snow finally melted and it fell off the roof finally

[@P_Ezi]

If he recorded this with a Gibson, we could have seen the actual headstock break happen.

[@hammer9856]

It will be in his next give away...

[@TheSupart91]

@@P_Ezi LMFAO

[@philipdoyle7638]

I’m amazed KZbin hasn’t demonetized this video for excessive cruelty to a guitar.

[@kingbrutusxxvi]

"Guitars hate heat and humidity!" All of us Florida musicians hang our head in shame. ;-)

[@jefferybradford5936]

Heck no that’s why they made Central Air units lol

[@cakenbolls442]

Florida??? Ever heard of Southeast Asia?

[@glaucosouza1971]

Florida and Southeast Asia???? Sorry, but nothing in the world compare to the "South Atlantic Convergence" phenomena, where all the humidity from the Amazon Forest gets into a "Wind corridor" that leads all the way from the forest to one single spot before it reaches the Atlantic. And that spot is where Rio is located. So in the summer we reach 43°C with a 40-60% of humidity.

[@cakenbolls442]

@@glaucosouza1971 Alright you win

[@LukeBass1000]

Just ask Jaco's upright bass

[@zacharykim295]

Welp, the image of Darrell in the shower is burned into my retinas. Thanks for that!

[@DarrellBraunGuitar]

😂😂😂 Sorry!

[@edrozenrozen9600]

@@DarrellBraunGuitar That's SO Canadian of you! 🤣👍😎

[@yuhaosu6899]

I have a new name for this video “how to destroy a super cheap guitar”

[@frankhoxsey1177]

That Tacoma wasn't super cheap when it was built. They actually an amazing sounding guitars.this one must have had a bad life before Darrell ended it's life.

[@TedSchoenling]

This is timely.. I've got an ASAT Classic commin in tomorrow.. and I was planning on showering with it.

[@joslynstuff]

That actually just caused me some stress watching an instrument be abused and then the car tire... well that was just too far, damn near broke out in hives.

[@judih.8754]

Oh no!! The tire. That wasn't the poor guitar he tosses on the shed roof??

[@pressonc]

Yeah, I can’t handle watching guitars get destroyed; seems a total waste, even when they’re cheapos.

[@Daniel-nr6iw]

lol I agree. Even a cheap guitar deserves some level of respect. This was a little painful for me to watch.

[@fredstevens799]

Imagine how I felt as I watched Pete Townsend violently dismantle a Rickenbacker on stage... wait! don't!!!... oh well...

[@joslynstuff]

@@fredstevens799 well thanks a lot , that did it hives and all. lol

[@calbrockocat8728]

That guitar alone in the shower reminded me of that scene from Psycho. Loads of fun, like the guitar toss onto the snowy roof.

[@rootsradical]

What video is that snowy roof scene from anyway?

[@calbrockocat8728]

It's on 1 of DBG's tutorial videos about using different voicings for chords until you can master the most difficult. The one in question was the dreded F chord.

[@prestonwoods8197]

I cannot unsee this.... Did not expect this

[@ADaviDTR]

Darrell, my friend, love your usual vids but I'd love to see this style of comedy more often from you!

[@shrehanvanage]

DISCLAIMER: No guitars were injured in this video.. . . They were killed

[@udhi_gn3893]

Injured, tortured then killed...

[@jasontp2201]

Brutally…

[@scottmclennan6114]

Looking forward to the restoration series!! Gunna be one hell of a job.

[@stevefielding8324]

You missed your calling Darrell 😁 Almost as funny as the chibson episode. Australia loves you.

[@thrasher99999]

As someone who works in a music store that sells mostly guitars I see all of these on a regular bases. That being said... This video still hurt me on an emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual level.

[@DMSProduktions]

What bases do they sit on?

[@krokovay.marcell]

@@DMSProduktions I think it’s spelled basses

[@DMSProduktions]

@@krokovay.marcell ;oP I SEE what you did...

[@amandawoods847]

After sighting this video theres definitely a greater role in guitar rescue

[@steviebel]

O. M. G. 🤦‍♂️. One of the best videos you’ve made

[@engelsjn]

Real thing, forgot to load my guitar in the back of my van and left it on the ground (in a case) behind the van. Got distracted and got home and didn’t know where my guitar was. Got a sick feeling that I forgot it. Went back to the scene of the crime and luckily I had just nocked over the case backing up the van and had straddled it perfectly! Could have been a similar scenario like your video! So, yes, know where your guitar is at all times!

[@grantkoeller8911]

A great video, I think you got your points across! No heat, no cold, no humidity, no dryness, no cars, no breaking truss rods, no stickers and no hedge trimmers for the strings! I felt so sorry for that guitar!

[@davidmiles533]

This is funny Canadian humor🤣

[@DarrellBraunGuitar]

🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@JESL_TheOnlyOne]

Canadians are, by far and away, the most humorous people on the planet. That's why we make fun of them all the time 😉 PS: Not the Canadiens, though. Speaking as a New Englander: I don't hate the Yankees. I don't hate the Jets. I don't hate the Lakers. I absolutely hate the Canadiens, though.

[@KVMGReal]

I mean, there’s not much wrong with putting stickers on the guitar unless it’s an extremely expensive one or you’re borrowing one. I personally am doing it for one of my guitars to make it quirky and unique. (oh and also it isn’t wrong as long as you aren’t blocking anything like the pickup selectors, pick guards, or strings. :P)

[@mackseward]

I don't know why people have such a problem with stickers on guitars.

[@chordzz]

If that poor acoustic is the prize in your next give-away, knowing my luck I'd win it!.... ☹️

[@freshestemo]

I thought I was the only person who strummed and sang Smoke on the Water in the shower.. Now there’s 2 people in the world!

[@oqibidipo]

♪♫ Frank Zappa and the Mothers were at the best shower around. Some stupid with a flare gun burned the shower to the ground ♪♫

[@edwindude9893]

I do.

[@yohanonshine4664]

Acoustic guitar might float on the water

[@loupafoid]

can you do a video on how KZbinrs keep their guitars clean? (not only the standard cleaning techniques but also the small things like washing hands everytime, wiping the guitars every day etc) Thanks

[@icu469]

Agree with all except the stickers. 14 guitars and just 2 have cool stickers which are easily removed with tlc and rubbing alcohol. Appreciate the humor and the guitar sacrafice.

[@marcanglin7127]

Darrell: Was that the same guitar that you threw on the roof of your shed in the snow ?!?

[@waynecribb4922]

LOL

[@joshuafreedman7703]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! I love that intro; I firmly believe it was the guitar's karma that caused Darrell to fall face-first into the snow wearing a T-shirt!

[@pierrepaul7342]

Darrell, you made my day !!! A lot of fun but interesting. Thank you !

[@tastywindex]

honest take: stickers on a guitar are less silly than pre-relic finishes

[@TwistedIdentity]

That was a GREAT relic job on that acoustic :D Worth so much more now

[@joolz666]

No. 5 - I actually would probably put stickers on my baby. This is probably also why I don't have children. ;-D

[@paristhalheimer]

Solid body guitars: Humidity change in MD is crazy. I keep a humidifier set to 45 percent, on auto, to prevent fret sprouts.

[@nellax8314]

ouch see that guitar get ranover hurt... i was thinking... "i could save it!" then i saw the wheel shots.... "oh no" ):

[@ivanichev7590]

Each and every single one of these examples made me hug my guitar, the last one made me spit my water, well done darrell!

[@Moth_On_Fire]

looked away for a second and heared: "snowball fight" followed by a -SPLUNK-. what a wild video

[@ricksanchezito8972]

The string cutting rule was clutch. I plan on changing strings tomorrow and already have my wire snips laid out. Thanks bud.

[@clifisboring]

Darrell I will put as many stickers on my guitar as I would like.

[@edrozenrozen9600]

Honestly, I don't see why you couldn't stick them on the back or sides of an acoustic... At least one that's relatively cheap. (Cork sniffers may object)

[@swagmiredoesall]

Go ahead, just know it lowers the resell value if it's an expensive guitar, it can damage the finish if you remove it, and you'll make a lot of money if you wait 30 years and sell it as a vintage guitar.

[@clifisboring]

@@edrozenrozen9600 I only stick them to cheap guitars

[@kevinbrown3082]

I know someone who did number 10!!!!!! Leaned their guitar against their car while unpacking camping equipment on a trip. Forgot it was there and moved the car driving over the guitar. (The rest of the camp site was probably quite relieved by this).

[@luanpratka1193]

This morning, i was woken up by a slamming sound. I let out a high pitched scream. When i look it's my guitar that has fallen from the hanger on the wall. Luckily it's fine.

[@petaks01]

Happened to me once too, enough to never hang them again

[@jaydeville]

me: "can you play smoke on the "- darrell: **GETS IN SHOWER INSTANTLY AND STARTS SINGING SMOKE ON THE WATER**

[@davidkastin4240]

Playing Smoke on the Water in the shower was legendary! 😆

[@jds2056]

Darrell. This video just made me realize why two fender player series guitars I’ve own have had their necks warp. My guitar stand is right by a heat vent!!!! This all makes sense now

[@materedai4158]

I literally screamed at 1:00, and it was not a joyful scream. Edit: I've made it to the end, Darrell, I'm afraid of you.

[@andortatar05]

A végét már nem birtam, rosszabb mint akármeik horror

[@materedai4158]

@@andortatar05 nagyon veszedelmes videó😩😩

[@msmoniz]

Yeah, when it comes to Number 5, I'll defer to Joe Strummer, Tom Morello. I don't sticker all my guitars, but I have one punk electric and acoustic in my modest collection that are proudly stickered guitars, thank you very much!

[@nateross14]

How are we supposed to age and relic our guitars then without doing all these things?

[@chrisggoodwin777]

I live in the desert southwest. I've got to keep my acoustic humidified to avoid cracking, warping, etc

[@billpilling5725]

100% all common sense. But vids like this wouldnt be neccesary if there werent idiots that did these exact things on a daily basis. 🤣

[@cm8312]

Love the new video format Darrell! Great and funny video. Keep it up 👍🏼

[@314jrock]

@ 3:35 You remind me of WWE wrestler Brutus "the barber" Beefcake.

[@BuffaloC305]

So, what do you use for a canoe paddle when camping out? I mean, the guitar around the campfire then out in the canoe - why not? Are you suggesting I might as well toss the guitar on my snowy Burnaby roof?

[@GuitarTabsDaily]

NO GUITARS WERE INJURED IN THE FILMING OF THIS VID...... 😂 🤘🤘

[@nickguzman1734]

This did not age well

[@GuitarTabsDaily]

@@nickguzman1734 neither does any guitar that doesn’t follow these 10 rules 😂

[@DarrellBraunGuitar]

My CGI budget was massive for this video!! 😂

[@nellax8314]

lies, the cake is a lie

[@GuitarTabsDaily]

@@DarrellBraunGuitar i actually feel like you had a lot of fun doing this one tho! Always appreciate your content brother 🤘🤘

[@robertwatkins8220]

Do you repair acoustic guitars? I have a mid priced Washburn. Nice guitar for me. I do take care of my guitars. I keep them in our home with heat in winter and AC in summer. I have a sponge humidifier in the case. I have been playing for about 60 years and never had the problem. One of the brace broke close to the end and the glue came loose.

[@gunkanjima3408]

Sticker guy was such a punk-acoustic thing to do 😂

[@fajaradi1223]

TBH... It's 14 YO us...

[@JakesRebellion]

I was dying when you launched the guitar with your couch 😂

[@actionpotato]

I was worried you were going to tell me not to put mac and cheese in my acoustic.

[@Falasi4]

I've salvaged the electronics out of 2 acoustics (not mine) that were ruined by poor storage. One they stepped on leaning against a chair and had neck break beyond repair. Other one got smashed by an old tube portable tv from a closet shelf - turned the body to toothpicks worse than the one run over in this video! Upside is I put the Alvarez electronics in my non-e Washburn acoustic for a Walvarezburn and the Fender electronics made it into one of my acoustic mandolins and works amazing!

[@diggersid456]

Changing stings at a time is a myth. Ive been working on guitars for nearly 20 years and always take them off all at once

[@guitarprepnplus1]

You are correct sir.

[@davidjohnson00001]

Yes, but do you slacken off the tension first?

[@diggersid456]

@@davidjohnson00001 yes pal. Modern guitars are very stable. Might need minor adjustments with the truss rod once or twice a year due to humidity. Also if your not playing it on a regular basis i always recommend loosening the strings slightly to stop bowing of the neck

[@michael_caz_nyc]

Great stuff Darrell. I am Super OCD with my gear. Everything is Pristine. ( no Relic's or Road-worn for me ). This was Tuff-for-me-to watch, but I agree with all information presented here. When you ran-over that Acoustic, I thought about my Taylor 414ce-R = " I can't even Imagine " oNe LovE from NYC

[@ashlin112]

Adjusting the truss rod always gives me anxiety on whether the neck will snap or not

[@springbloom5940]

Always gives me anxiety that Im going to jack up the action and never ever get it right, again.

[@jeekyboi9564]

Its not that big a deal, adjust a quarter turn at a time, instead of cranking it down. The wood needs some time to adjust. And most necks are made to be adjusted all the way both sides, unless you own a gibson lmao

[@springbloom5940]

@@jeekyboi9564 Gibsons aren't made to be tuned.

[@kishorekumarbiswas4256]

Great video DARRELL..... IT'S so important and so helpful ✌😎🎸

[@dirktucker77]

Those cargo pants tho!!

[@DarrellBraunGuitar]

Always is style! 😁😁😁

[@ConceptNull]

@@DarrellBraunGuitar Cargo pants rule! You should get a number or two smaller tho 😁😁😊

[@yohanonshine4664]

I did same thing. 1st time I did a truss rod except adjuster was in the sound hole so I didn't catch that there was a difference in directionality lol

[@gyanankurpatgiri4272]

Please make a disclaimer saying "no guitars were harmed during the making of this "...rip those guitars

[@williamb4652]

I think it’s fairly clear that one guitar was harmed during the making of this video....

[@stuartblack6803]

Great vid , LOL. My guitars have been the victim of me not unplugging them and the trip wire senario has happened numerous times. fortunately no fatalities so far ,

[@radeenabree9031]

I’ve never clicked on a video faster

[@ericvandamme6913]

Dude in shower with guitar! I was laughing so hard. Too funny

[@markbellamy6646]

That was impressive the guitar held the whole car up on the first wheel

[@wiggokarlsen2976]

Number 10 is what I will call a "Pete Townshend Signature Edition" ;-D Great job, Darrell !!!

[@SatchelBungDaddy]

Hilarious video! Your home is decorated great as well. I'm going to go ahead and credit that to your wife...

[@joshuacamp]

Great beginner advice. Probably my favorite video yet, along with the relicing video.

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

If you watched the interview of Bernie Mardsen by Lee Anderton, you will see his famous guitar "The Beast". It's a 59 Les Paul with a kind of lemon burst finish. But the guitar began it's life with red paint. It faded over the years to that lovely color. So I decided to try and artificially age my Les Paul by storing it in direct sunlight. It's been almost a year now of about 5 hours of direct sunlight per day. It has changed about 10 shades since then. So I decided to just put it under UV plant lights 24/7. It's slowly becoming lemon burst. It just takes forever! I am making a video of the progress. I will post it when I get there.

[@DarrellBraunGuitar]

That's a cool experiment!

[@camilo1455]

Let us know when it's a gold top.

[@fredstevens799]

@@camilo1455 LOL!

[@osricen]

Nice video! Any advice on how to change pick guard? Many videos out there, but they don't seem very trustworthy...

[@ahmadarifrafael5279]

Lol, now this entertaining 😂

[@JackLeeTheFirst]

This video is awesome. Love the edits! So funny! Please keep doing it!

[@mitokyo3679]

“Who would ever abuse his baby in such ways... unbelievable. At least I will never. But i’m gonna sleep with mine tonight for the first time. You know how excited I am.” “Oh I forgot one. I don’t see why it’s bad to take a shower with your baby.”

[@fajaradi1223]

Just make sure nobody else watch. Cause they may thought it's a sexual abuse.

[@marctreglown2503]

Learned my lesson about 27 years ago. I leaned my Jackson Rhoads V against my Marshall. My 3 year old son went downstairs messed with my guitar. It fell over and broke the head across the top tuning key. Glued it back on, and could barely tell the head had gotten broke. Luckily I never had trouble tuning problems. Traded it off years later.

[@shauncarter924]

RIP perfectly good acoustic guitar. Had you been mine, you’d still be alive. LOL

[@EverlastingDominion]

That guitar has been to war and back and back to war. Lol 😂

[@Bliggick]

Leaving a clip-on tuner on the headstock will destroy your guitar's mojo.

[@fredstevens799]

or at least the nitro finish if it's a Gibson (been there...)

[@trackie1957]

5:05 - I know you got that clapped out guitar specifically to abuse, but it still pained me to see it crushed like that. BTW, Martin has a chipper on its factory floor. Any guitar that has a flaw that can’t be fixed gets disintegrated. No factory second Martins.

[@thisismstre]

After seeing all those guitar accidents... 😱🥴😶

[@nehemiahzo_]

Can’t wait to watch this

[@noother964]

Hey, what did that poor Tacoma do to deserve such a harsh treatment? 😄

[@frankhoxsey1177]

Once I saw it was a Tacoma, I wrote a little. 😔

[@majesticpbjcat7707]

@@frankhoxsey1177 What did you write?

[@wostosgarage9866]

For a brief moment that guitar supported the weight of the car Awesome 👍🏼

[@davidjohnson-fo7ze]

Since mostly young kids put stickers on their guitars, Let me tell you, it is perfectly fine to put stickers on your guitar. It's YOUR guitar. Don't listen to bullies.

[@patmccrae5215]

Eddie put stickers on his guitar, believe he named it "Frankenstein" . Worked out ok 👌

[@nckhed]

Are you really saying the guy in the video is being a "bully"? 🤦‍♂️

[@davidjohnson-fo7ze]

@@nckhed Why whatever do you mean?

[@petesom1778]

This is what I get from him everytime... Great tips and a nice Canadian accent.

[@BSPotter]

for an extra $2500 Fender will do all of those things to a new guitar.

[@DarrellBraunGuitar]

😂😂😂👍

[@camilo1455]

Gibson wants 12,500

[@BSPotter]

@@camilo1455 play authentic

[@1dswylde]

Where'd ya get the stickers? Not for my guitar of course ☺️

[@aldersmoke1]

"Smoke" in the shower acoustic? There should be an award for that. Canadian Grammy or Laotian Emmy, I don't care.

[@jskrenes]

I put stickers on my pick guard. Worked well as once I outgrew the sticker thing I just swapped the guard and then hung the old one on the wall in my music room.

[@Grandpa.Dan8881]

Excellent video! Brought a smile to my face...

[@warriorwoodworksusa2411]

Would you do a speaker cab comparison? I recently purchased an old Randall cab for $100 swapped out the speakers with green backs and was blown away at the huge difference in sound quality!

[@zoltandombos2636]

I remember when my mom called my crying when she accidenteslly stepped on the nevk of my Dean Dave Mustaine signature baby while preparing my room for painting. Fortunately I found a local luthier fixing it and it’s better then before.

[@jaysommerfeld9629]

Hi Darrell a good way to end the week with a chuckle. I can see a new comedy channel in your future 😜