15 Guitar Myths That Make Us All Look CRAZY!

[@999manman]

This video has that warm, vintage tone.

[@timg7942]

999manman must be the vintage pickups and the nitrocellulose.

[@999manman]

@@timg7942 Hahahah! No doubt!!!

[@Skelly5962]

It's because it was probably filmed with an Android rather than an iPhone.

[@MrSparks54]

Must have used matched Groove Tubes

[@IgnazioPillitteri]

and now after three years it sounds even better, as the video has nicely aged, we can undoubtedly call it "vintage"

[@TheJollyMisanthrope]

A lot of myths have one thing in common: Trying to separate you from your hard earned money.

[@azmike3572]

Easy to separate me from my money...wasn't hard-earned at all!

[@williamsporing1500]

Exactly

[@paulsgotgas7307]

To my ears the rosewood fretboard had a warmer vintage tone than the maple, but that just might have been the poly finish.

[@carlosoliveira-rc2xt]

Lol.

[@balamsky]

No... it’s the spaghetti logo what really matters

[@spencersmokler4171]

you're correct, rosewood is a warmer tone and maple is a bright tone

[@functionform]

To me the Maple sounds a lot better, fuller. I wish I was joking. Could I pick it out in a mix? No, but in a naked comparison like this, I highly prefer it.

[@phillthorpe2643]

What is more amazing is the tone was so similar coming from 2 completely different guitars .

[@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy]

When I was a teen just starting to play electric guitar, someone told me that Eddie Van Halen boiled his guitar strings in hot water on the stove before stringing his guitar ( to allow them to stretch ). I did that, and when I removed the string from the boiling pot, they were nothing but pure rust! Lol, I'll never forget that, so don't believe that myth! R.I.P. Eddie.

[@cursedcliff7562]

Thats why you do that to old strings

[@GrungeyMr]

its actually a cheap trick to make bass strings sound new and bright again, it removes all the natural oils, sweat and gunk that have been collecting on your strings, only problen. they dont last half as long as new strings does and sound even worse after they die.

[@drkaplin98]

I did that too! Such crap!

[@MrOgynist]

I heard recently that Eddie deliberately told mistruths about what he did to achieve his sound. The specific item cited was whether he used a variac to provide more or less supply voltage to the amp. Apparently he told interviewers both at different times. To support that, apparently also Alex told Eddie early on to turn his back to he audience when he was using special playing techniques, so they wouldn't be learned by the other locals.

[@mickavoidant4780]

@@GrungeyMr I did it once and it did nothing more than waste electricity.

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

Ok can confirm was triggered multiple times in this video hahahahaha

[@andrewmoseley4029]

Robert Baker You and me both.

[@ladariusjohnson709]

Hahahaha Myth #16 Long silky hair enhances guitar skills and brings out the rebel in you Hahahahahahahahaha

[@j_freed]

If you enjoy these debates you don't have to think anyone's right. People like Phillip McKnight have tons of gear experience and he says a good inexpensive set of pickups isn't necessarily inferior to some expensive custom set, because the same basic correct materials are widely used.

[@napalmhardcore]

@@j_freed Regardless of whether he is correct on that particular point, I don't consider Phillip McKnight an authority on guitar tone regardless of how much gear he owns. He did a video on attenuators and didn't even realise that the model of RockCrusher he owns has no cabinet emulation.

[@roberttownsend7064]

no. flames. flames make it faster. just like cars.

[@philroe2363]

"Play jazz on an SG . . . play bluegrass on an Ibanez" . . . Yep. Just PLAY!!!

[@cardprophecy97]

Me trying to djent on my acoustic

[@aristotlefromebay]

@@cardprophecy97 Y? Same

[@bobravenscraft5376]

Eddie said he loved his 335. Didn't look cool

[@legryzzly2]

The more important part of the guitar for tone ? THE AMP

[@dylanadams1455]

I'd go even futher and say the speaker cabinet. Makes a huge difference.

[@stevenshea990]

Scale length too. The "fender sound" is as much the increased string tension from its 25 1/2" scale length as it is the single-coil pups

[@brunnoteixeira9400]

The speakers!

[@legryzzly2]

@@brunnoteixeira9400 Agreed. Anything on the amp, (preamp, speaker, cab...) Is more important than anythig on the guitar. Important meAns AUDIBLE. Most of the time, only the guitar player can hear a difference on a pickup change. Especially in a mix. And 99,9 % of the audience don't give a F*** about the whole debate 🤣

[@ryankelsey9646]

“Wood is unpredictable.” Yes, I deal with that problem every morning! Lol

[@emilyadams3228]

Get rock hard to play hard rock!

[@Customwinder1]

Outta control 😂

[@theodosios2615]

That's outstanding, sir.

[@xamislimelight8965]

Damn straight! Use it or lose it! Haha

[@Aram_musica]

😂😂😂😂

[@shokid]

You need to boil the guitar picks to get that vintage warm tone, then you freeze them and then deep fry, to get that crunch 😂😂

[@sagespane7617]

shokid Thank you so much dude! Only know I realized that I always mixed up the order. That‘s why it never worked...

[@paulfrombrooklyn5409]

If you stir fry the picks, too, they will sound warmer.

[@keithblaney9064]

Don't forget the Sriracha if you want a hotter pickup.

[@dustrider9306]

Remember to always grease your fretboard for those fat neck tones!

[@TruthSurge]

I usually like to add a little honey to the fretboard just before playing a really fast song. I think it helps with the bending, too.

[@RudyAyoub]

i like your shirt

[@rajdeepganguli2274]

i like your hummus

[@ask-ingarbhn6855]

I like your memes

[@buyana114]

I like that you are everywhere

[@void_snw]

I like Ayourb content

[@TarkMcCoy]

Practice...why does it ALWAYS come down to practice...can't I just PAY to sound like Hendrix??? :)

[@stevetaylor827]

Of course you can, mime to a Hendrix recording!

[@EddieOtool]

Of course you can. If you want to sound like him for a single note length that is. But for a whole solo... You gotta do some Voodoo, Child.

[@cdreid9999]

I have a 7 string fanned fret thats awesome. therefore ..technically.. im better than Carlos .. who only plays a silly six string :D :D :D

[@hans-joachimbierwirth4727]

I once played a C chord on a 12 string. Tommy Emmanuel said he's already busy with 6.

[@azmike3572]

Tark, there's a LOT of us who also want that! Let us know if you're successful! Would be so much easier. Like trying to lose weight by watching the exercise videos.

[@bolland83]

"Warm vintage tone" probably has more to do with the recording gear of the time being all analog tube gear, than it does with the guitar pickups.

[@pyroman6000]

Yep, and not to mention the vintage amps they were using.

[@bgm9517]

@@pyroman6000 technically, wouldn't the "vintage" amps back then be new?

[@goochguitar6967]

And everything was recorded to tape!!

[@alexeypolevoybass]

@@bgm9517 there still is a big market for analog gear, so they didn't even get old yet.

[@AnomieTrain]

I always start the day with a big bowl of guitar string soup

[@gregorp8406]

Soup is practical too because afterwards, you dont need a.. tooth-pick!!😂😂😂

[@BillDutton]

This was perfectly entertaining! I laughed as you poked each sacred cow - well done Darrell, I always enjoy your videos.

[@jarrydee2799]

Damn near spit my coffee out when I seen that chopped up strat... Awesome!

[@michaelmonopoli1004]

looks fretless too

[@jonksmodels]

Yeah I love it too.

[@DJAPE-vq5jw]

@@michaelmonopoli1004 bcs it is

[@nameismy_ethan]

Somebody call Rob Chapman to do these hearing tests

[@lordofthestrings7261]

Robs clean tone sounds like an angry bee though :(

[@jacebeleren1703]

Rob Chapman believes the tonewood myth, so i wouldnt really trust him on the matter, accomplished guitarist as he may be.

[@DocMcStuffIt44]

matthias umagat kind of scary how accurate he can be 😭

[@destianpatrianagara1119]

@@jacebeleren1703 cause he own a guitar company so that's obvious

[@TheMusicalMedic]

String gauge test. String gauge test. String gauge test. String gauge test.

[@stevenpippin6079]

For real. And let’s be clear, you can get great tone on 8’s or 9’s, but you CAN NOT sound like SRV on them. It’s not a matter of good tone. It’s more a matter of specific tone.

[@EpicStuffMan1000]

@@stevenpippin6079 i dunno man. Not with stevie's exact rig, but if you switched some stuff i'd bet you'd get 60% of his tone. The rest was the player himself.

[@drbosommd]

Strong gauge makes a difference on acoustic BUT the acoustic guitar has a bunch of different factors. Body wood does makes a difference too.

[@dochort21]

Spent a weekend switching through several string gauges - everything from 8s to 11s. Guess what, recorded on GarageBand, it still sounded like me playing, though I did have to work to control bends with 8s. No difference in tone at all. I stuck with 10s because that’s what was most comfortable to me. If you don’t sound like SRV, it has nothing to do with the fact that you’re not playing 13s.

[@TheMusicalMedic]

@@dochort21 yeah, I definitely believe that string gauges don't actually change the tone, but I know that bigger strings are better for lower tunings, I play 10s in D Standard and it works just fine, sounds great and feels perfect!

[@BG-jg4pt]

The funny thing is that your amp matters way way more than your guitar and no one talks about it

[@ayylmao5121]

SPEAKERS matter most

[@DarrellBraunGuitar]

#truth

[@buyana114]

@@ayylmao5121 I agree it's speakers, amp, pickups and lastly the guitar itself for the tone

[@SaxJockey]

Agreed this is often glossed over, however Darrell often mentions in his videos that a good amp is the great leveller. A good amp will make a reasonable guitar sound good. A crap amp will make a great guitar sound...well like crap 😉. His advice about more practice, less agonising over detailed mechanics/astaetics is great advice.

[@Aeronaut1975]

@@ayylmao5121 I'd say the cabinet is just as important as the speakers

[@scottraycraft1885]

In a corner Crying My f holes aren't haunting or organic

[@oleadsr8186]

effhole haha

[@malcolmwindust3888]

Definitely organic…

[@PurpleLightning6was9]

@@malcolmwindust3888 Hopefully, at least

[@jaytaylor9232]

I boil my guitar for revived tone.

[@99rpm]

A warm tone it will be!

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

*gets drink* Let's do dis thang!

[@paramediccpo]

Robert Baker you 2 need to do something together on a video! Love to see that

[@stevesoldwedel]

@@paramediccpo Yes!

[@jpalomino93]

0:28 Nitro finish vs Poly finish 1:34 Vintage pickups vs Modern pickups 2:32 Gauge & Tone 3:26 Thin lines vs Solid bodies 4:03 Maple fretboard vs Rosewood fretboard 6:06 Power supply pedals vs 9V batteries pedals 6:42 "Vintage tone" 7:18 Strat bridge vs Tele bridge 8:40 Guitar versatility 10:00 Small Strat headstock vs Big Strat headstock 10:54 Boiling your guitar strings 11:32 True bypass vs Buffered bypass 12:31 Noiseless pickups 13:12 Country of manufacture 14:06 Tonewood

[@Big_Theft_Auto]

That was really cool man 😁

[@SassySally391]

José Palomino thank youuuuuuuuuuuu

[@foosiew]

Hero of the day

[@alocasio5896]

Guitarists swear they can hear a dog whistle being blown from the other side of the moon when they should be focused on practicing instead of these silly myths.

[@kalypso4133]

Sorry to say that on a good speaker,there is a bit of a difference in the maple vs rosewood. Maybe not enough to make much of a difference in tone, but it is there.

[@aliennomad3532]

@@kalypso4133 I'll bet though you've never done a blind test. It would be interesting to try, but it's difficult unless you have what are basically two guitars the same but made from different woods. However, you might find it interesting to look up some of the blind guitar tests.

[@pete5668]

Where is KZbin's laugh button? hahahaha

[@kalypso4133]

@@aliennomad3532 I have done a huge amount of blind tests xDD maybe you are just deaf?

[@frankkolton1780]

@@kalypso4133 Let's talk science. Electric guitars work by magnets in the pick ups detecting and then voicing the vibration of the string above it. The material of the neck or fretboard has absolutely zero influence on the way the strings vibrate.

[@ianrickey208]

Darrell proves that “made in Canada” can sound as good as anywhere. Love his comment about CNC machines hahahahaha - well said Darrell!

[@masterrick2759]

Was hoping the metallic flakes in my gold top were adding sustain and bite. Thinking of starting that rumor anyway

[@mattymodeerf]

nah nah man, to try and make it more marketable, youve got to say that the gold flakes add to the magnetic pull of the pickups on your strings and kills your sustain!

[@gregorp8406]

Combine it with active pickups with 18volt mod and see the flakes turn while you turn the volume knob!

[@guitarprepnplus1]

Metallic flakes affect pickup tone..🎸😎😳

[@cdreid9999]

duh they add crunch! :P

[@Ryuu87]

Dude, I’m so glad you brought all those things to the table, I expect a lot of the tonewood freaks bitching but that only works for acoustic guitar, if anything. I am a physicist and I’m tired of explaining that a bad capacitor will affect the tone muuuuch more than a rosewood slab on the neck

[@eriklundstrum4656]

Ryuu MV what we should really be talking about is how much the color fo the guitar affects the tone. As you know the biggest difference in the world exists between a light red and dark red finish.

[@Ryuu87]

@@eriklundstrum4656 Yeah white ones sound better, and red ones are faster.

[@BoltRM]

He said the tone is affected, just not enough to go crazy about it. Playability is #1 + decent pickups #2 should be the main focus. That plus a good amp. That's ALL we need to focus on..

[@Ryuu87]

@@BoltRM Let me put it this way: If you can hear the difference, you have an ear way better than the average human.

[@JoeBaermann]

​@@Ryuu87 I doubt it's about having better ears, I think it's more been playing loads with both types of fretboards, hence why it's easy to hear the difference at once when the guitar is all on it's own, still not enough to pick one over the other just for the little difference in sound. Almost inclined to say no one will ever be able to point it out in a full mix, but there are probably some trained ears that can.

[@SoManyDogs]

CABLES CABLES CABLES! Do a comparison between cheap and expensive cables. I spend nearly a 1/4 century in the high end audio sales world, where crazy has been refined to a degree that makes the guitar world look completely and utterly rational. As a newly minted student of stringed things (Yay! Another obsession!)' Y'all aren't crazy. I'd like to see a cable comparison since $10,000 speaker cables exist, and sell, in high end audio.

[@DarrellBraunGuitar]

Yikes!! Welcome to the club! 😁

[@YouTubeHandlesAreMoronic]

Without a doubt; the mythology of the guitar world is bush league when compared to the absurdities of the audiophile realm. Ever heard of Shakti Stones? Egad...

[@tomaszwota1465]

Don't forget to get ceramic supports under your $10,000 cable, so that the signal flows better.

[@jaytee1086]

An electric guitar signal needs a quality cable that is shielded to eliminate noise. It is called Hi-Z because there is a lot of resistance to the small signal your pickups make. Your guitar will sound better thru your amp if your signal chain is designed to eliminate noise and interference. It's just a fact. Learning this changed my guitar playing world. It allowed me to find my tone and made people take notice. Yes better (shielded cable) makes a difference in your tone. Now try a matched triode tube (12ax7 with matched triodes) in the phase inverter socket of your amp. You will hear that loud speaker hiss go away and the feel of compression and attack and even order harmonics take it's place. Try it. For $20 its worth a shot. I know many players that live by it. I know I do.

[@tomholton235]

I did notice a difference some years ago from upgrading my guitar leads and patch cables but that was a fair length of cable and it was going from super budget to decent cables. Once you get over a certain point you can spend all your money on oxygen free copper and gold plated connectors and it isn’t going to make a difference. I’d have said that it could be placebo but the big thing was less noise (shielding helps) and the fact that the good cables have lasted 10 years and the connectors have since broken on the cheap ones even with minimal use.

[@luca9408]

Is it just me or do Teles always sound better than strats

[@lydiapelling4636]

Teles sound so beautiful, honestly after watching his comparisons I've realised I'm not much of a strat fan. Teles will always be superior in my opinion :)

[@luigivonbootheven2854]

Ask Hendrix...

[@leonraine44]

Well, it depends on your preference 😊

[@rikardocarvalho]

@@luigivonbootheven2854 Since when any legend player must be a reference for his tone ? Hendrix used mostly what he had available at the time. They hadn't have much options to choose from. I am pretty sure they aren't as picky as modern players are

[@hammerofgodminiatures]

A strat can't do tele but a tele can do strat so tele is always my go to

[@sirbaronvoncount4147]

I will take a tele bridge pickup over a strat any day. So much more balls

[@rknisple]

I agree man.

[@jharsch3453]

What's that other pickup even for?

[@arnolddealiii4259]

Led Zeppelin I. Mic drop!

[@rknisple]

@@arnolddealiii4259 i used to think he used an lp on that record, when i found out it was a tele I was blown away, bought a tele the next day

[@jonthehermit8082]

I concur...I've personally changed my strat bridge 3times searching for perfection.

[@jenbill]

Well you left out a couple of most important tonal factors the Color and Time of day Ahahahahaah!

[@TheToneLounge]

Don't forget that, according to Billy Corgan, the color of the guitar also affects the tone! lol Great video by the way. Just subbed the channel. Are you Canadian, I'm hearing an Ontario accent, heh?!

[@tomaszwota1465]

DEM RED GEETARZ GO FASTA! WAAAGH! __ Basic fact of 40k.

[@gillesgenete9598]

Arksolva Studio it is for sure ! A red guitar excites you, then you play rocky, a sonic blue calms you and you play pop balads, a black one gets you in blues ,and a green one makes you quiting guitars , haha 😂

[@TheToneLounge]

Gilles Genete it’s all about perspectives lol

[@noi5emaker]

@@gillesgenete9598 Totally agree. Green guitars just sound terrible. Can't stand green.

[@joshiuahallenbeck531]

Billy sounds like a bad RNG system.

[@TheWolvesCurse]

myth9: finally! i can play deathmetal on a hollowbody guitar!

[@cardprophecy97]

I wanna hear that tbh

[@Milton_Andrew]

Checkout King Parrot. Grindcore on a hollowbody.

[@artiefischel2579]

TL;DR Just play. Somehow I knew that's what your tonewood experiment would end up looking like.

[@niklnik1008]

"now the question: maple or rosewood?" Me: looks at my Ibanez with ebony fretboard...

[@shapeshifter7676]

How about no wood at all?

[@lordofthestrings7261]

@@shapeshifter7676 check out a gittler guitar ;)

[@ricklewis5804]

LordOfTheStrings Yeah those are crazy!

[@just.gajche]

*me*:looks at my vintage Musima from plywood...

[@DarrellBraunGuitar]

This is a video I've been wanting to make for a LONG time! Make sure you stick around for Myth 15, because an old friend makes a glorious return! Enjoy :)

[@Osmorales90]

Amazing return!!

[@Supperconductor]

You “rescued” that guitar like a serial killer picks up a hitchhiker - LMAO!

[@caseyking8394]

That guitar looks like a transformer lol

[@hanomag251]

One of the best video of the year!!! All because of the Super Red Strat!!! :) Like they say: It's all in the wood!!!

[@tdtom1376]

hey Darrell, I was just looking at your Teespring page. I think you should market the guitar pick design that you have on the coffee cup. a 20 pack of picks? also, the system defaults to Aussie dollars when I'm looking at it... can't convince it that my currency is NZD.

[@spottedsaint5776]

If you sneer and hop around on one foot like Angus Young, while grasping the guitars neck like you're attempting to strangle an ostrich one handed ,it'll give you that warm vintage sound.🤣

[@rollandcolon6566]

You just changed my perspective in a huge way. I've been stuck in a lot of these myths for a very long time. So much that I have avoided buying a new guitar because I couldn't figure out which direction to go and what exactly I wanted to spend my money on. Your videos are awesome and greatly appreciated! Big thanks to you sir!

[@DarrellBraunGuitar]

Thanks Rolland! Glad to help :)

[@TomMacalisang]

People from the 60's were already searching for that "Warm, vintage tone" 😂

[@asgeirosnes3850]

You're forgetting one very important thing with the f-hole, that makes the Thinline the better guitar. It just looks cool. :D

[@cholepriccee2069]

It looks ugly

[@alecmullaney7957]

Also louder acousticly

[@Axess-sv8nq]

Myth #14 - You have to buy American guitars only. THANK YOU! I get so tired of the gear/guitar snobs who look down their noses at you if you don't own THE most expensive guitar. It's like playing an Epiphone instead of a Gibson makes you less of a player in their minds. Screw that noise!!

[@adriannasanchez468]

Axess2084 you should want to support American companies and help the American economy...

[@Axess-sv8nq]

You want to pay the prices for me? I worked for decades in this 'American Economy'. I was forced to retire early from the business I owned due to a stroke. In a few years, I had used up the retirement money I saved up and am now on Social Security. I worked for decades of my life helping to build this 'American Economy' and now, I have to live on table scraps through no fault of my own. You want to pay $3000+ for a guitar, you go right ahead. I am not wealthy like YOU apparently are, lady. I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth. Or is that a FORKED TONGUE in yours?

[@spottedsaint5776]

@@adriannasanchez468 if Axess2084 bought his budget priced import guitar and gear from a local pawns hop, or music store, he STILL supporting the American Economy. The store owner still gets the profits.

[@Yu2beFool]

@@Axess-sv8nq Hi, "Axe". I fully understand your anger, because - like you, and many others who like to play the guitar - I had to save quite a long time to afford an instrument that is worth the money (it has to fill my needs, crap won't do that!). And my patience was worth it when I came across a beautiful Paul Reed Smith Custom 24 SE Dark Ebony showroom model that costed me just over 700 euros (800 USD) in stead of over 1200 at the time. Just saying: being short on money does not have to take away your dreams. I love this instrument and it could sound better with Seymour Duncans, but it will not look any better than this! Besides: who cares if I get home from a nasty day's work and play the hell out of it? Even more: a skilled guitarist - the one who realizes practising is important - can get good sound out of any (good) guitar. Videos like these teach us how to improve a good instrument and to separate junk from good stuff. I got this - American - instrument from a store in England. So, tell me: where does the money go to? Can we ever really tell?

[@Axess-sv8nq]

Jeff Peccato - Well said, sir!

[@micdf]

Bass strings actually can be revived somewhat from boiling. Not a myth at all. But buying new ones is still preferable.

[@henkehakansson2004]

Actually yes. It depends. Boiling PLAIN guitar strings is really kind of moot and futile. But the wound strings were gunk residue resides in the wound cavities as all strings on bass are wound plays a role. And if you use Fender bass tuners you just put the strings back again without distorting or weaking the turns they have shaped form in. My take instead of boiling, is soaking them in isoprpopyl alcohol. For a while. The de-gunking of finger dirt and residue inside the wraps starts creeping out. But guitar strings are so cheap these days so it's a no brainer buying new strings.

[@connorross6921]

Yeah I can go from really crappy tone to a completely new better tone just by boiling them

[@JLindebergful]

I agree. Boiling crusty wound strings makes them sound lively again. Not so for dead-sounding plain strings (sorry Eddie). For years as a cheap-ass, I'd just replace the three high strings and boil the wounds for 20 minutes. Now I can afford to buy full sets whenever I want.

[@irwinfc]

totally agree! i did that several times on the E, A, and D strings from a set of peavey stainless. worked every time!

[@hunter5028]

...dont boil strings. Please, for the love of all that is holy, just get new ones.

[@rayganadamson2005]

Boiling strings is typically a bass thing, the one thing it does is helping stretch them and pulling dead skin cells out. One is for new strings one is for reusing

[@noi5emaker]

Yup. Especially when you play a 5 or 6 string. They're a little more than $7!

[@pica6sedg]

Or it helps them to rust!! Metal + water + heat + salt from sweaty hands = disaster.

[@pica6sedg]

If you really want them clean use isopropanol.

[@KaitouKaiju]

@@pica6sedg Nickel and stainless steel don't rust.

[@greasyt9400]

Every time I swap strings (4 string epi t-bird pro bass) I boil my oldies and dry them. If I break a string (has happened this year) and can’t afford new ones/store is closed I pick up an oldie and bam, solid temporary fix

[@giancarlogimang9207]

Myth #16. The more guitars you buy, the better you get at playing.

[@stroumyi]

This video should be a link in every guitar buyers guide. All of the concerns of someone who is about to buy an electric guitar for the first time are here! The man said it all and he said it right!!!! Nice video! Again..!!!

[@asmallfarmhomestead3657]

That “warm vintage tone” slogan always confused me as well...almost everything “vintage” was way brighter and trebly than anything today...I never knew what they were talking about with the “warm” aspect.

[@escalator9734]

Maybe because now the magnets lost their charge (or whatever it's called I don't remember) and treble goes down with it. So they can make pickups matching the old ones, but with the sound they have now instead of 60 years ago

[@DMSProduktions]

I think the 'woodiness' of the sound output too as most electric guitars of that era, were all hollow, and as early pick ups were not potted they were quite microphonic so picked UP body resonance along with the string resonance.

[@K0sm1cKid]

I think people associate old music with warm tones in part because of vinyl too. People hear that old music was more "warm" and apply that to the tones of the instruments when that wasnt necessarily the case.

[@DMSProduktions]

Yes, that too is a good point. ALL prev recording media imparted their own colour to the sound, acetate, wire, & tape all had their own slant and natural compression to the sound it accepted and played back! The reason digital recording sounds clearer but more harsh is it is completely NEUTRAL, and records and plays back EXACTLY what was put on to it! All the wave forms are turned into NUMBERS, the numbers play back exactly the same, on any player. Records and tapes being PHYSICAL media do not, as they have physical shapes of wave forms on them, and are physically played! THAT is they key difference!

[@user-oy7gz5bf2h]

EQ is tricky. Sometimes, more treble registers as fuller to the ears or brain. It's not straightforward.

[@JK-nr2eu]

You forgot a big one, Darrell: All ceramic pickups suck and all AlNiCo pickups sound great! There are plenty of great sounding ceramics out there and also poor sounding AlNiCo pups out there too. It's all about the overall design! There is a lot of brand and cost bias going on in these subjective evaluations. I would love to see a video comparing the sound of a $1500 American Fender Strat to a $250 Squier Standard Strat with the pickups secretly swapped. I think the vast majority of people would still bias their opinions toward the sound of the Fender just because their brain tells them it is supposed to sound better. The comparison has been done between these two guitars plenty of times and people tend to say things like, "The Fender just has the fullness of tone that you need and the Squier sounds too bright and harsh to me." If the pickups were swapped, I'm sure a few very experienced players would know simply because they know what the pickups sound like on their own merit, but I would bet my bottom dollar a majority would be saying things like, "The Squier sounds okay but it's slightly dull and it doesn't have the brightness and bite of the Fender."

[@Nikoo033]

Myth8: strat and tele has sthing in common: both slightly out of tune 😅

[@hobbyknight9962]

THANK YOU! Finally a KZbinr cuts through the B.S. that is guitarist superstitions. Thank you thank you thank you.

[@noahodum9737]

I mean if 90% of your tone is pedals amps and pickups, and you use plywood for the guitar, you're missing out on 10% of your tone. Is that important to you?

[@jackallen6261]

Yep, practice practice practice!!

[@ThomasAtzinger]

The funniest thing about this discussion is: who does really hear subtle differences when all the audio you got is a youtube- compressed file made out of an mp3 😀

[@TedSchoenling]

well said on all of it. And as somebody who builds their own pedals I can tell you this.. True bypass is EASIER to build than buffered bypass. I'll tell you, you'll need some buffering.. maybe not all of the pedals but like you said at least one!

[@The030Berliner]

Another wonderful myth to add: The brand of your potentiometers and capacitors changes everything! You'll need CTS pots, Switchcraft switch and input jack, and an Orange Drop capacitor to sound good!

[@mickeybreezy]

"This is what my life has devolved into." I feel that homie.

[@lowlifeangler]

More Stickers , More sustain!

[@chris_2714]

Malmsteen claims the bigger headstock helps with sustain. Pro musicians just contribute to these myths!

[@guitarprepnplus1]

Are we surprised?😵

[@ciddax754]

And what? He is an epic guitar player but only a human. When you are Malmsteen and order a guitar, they will do everything that this guitar is the the best they can get you. No big surprise it's better then the old one and the only real visible difference is that bigger stock. He heared a professional musican seriously explain, get the white one because they sound so much better.

[@sqlb3rn]

more mass = more sustain. when you vibrate a heavier mass it takes longer to return to rest. yay physics. maybe the difference is too small for most to notice but yngwei is not wrong.

[@jackhaugh]

sqlb3rn segfavlt yeah I agree with you. I have an old guild acoustic electric that I put brass string pins in solely to gain mass and thicken the sound, and it worked. I also have a Fender Starcaster semi hollow body (not to be confused with their horrible acoustic of the same name) that has a GIANT headstock on it, and it produces much fuller tones than any of my other guitars including other semi hollow bodies.

[@infinitefretboard]

Like he would know? He doesn't sustain anything.

[@fondoman3884]

.. thank you, Darrell! I do feel that you deserved some kind of award for all the work/effort that you've put into the making of your excellent videos and all the knowledge/info that you've shared through all the years!

[@MarkArandjus]

Music is one of the only places where people will argue that technology from 50 years ago is better than technology today, that is pretty crazy :P

[@YTOnceAgain]

It's not necessarily crazy. In the end, it's about which sounds you prefer. Be open-minded and base your choice on sensible criteria.

[@deaconblooze1]

Yeah, guitars, and NASA.

[@MarkArandjus]

the blue penguin that's a matter of craftsmanship and quality, not technology.

[@MarkArandjus]

NamelessHere Forevermore Never heard any space buff argue that space tech used to be better, every generation of rocket engine, rover, probe, telescope, and satellite is more capable and efficient than the last. What's lacking is the scale and ambition of NASA's projects, but that's a matter of funding, not tech.

[@swidswid3026]

I generally would agree, but not due to tone -- I just think that instruments ought to be made to stand the test of time, and that includes your amplifier, pedals, tuners, etc.Moreover, the simpler the technology is, the more likely it is to function properly over time, and the easier it is to work on. It's not the age that I appreciate, but the theory behind it's design and manufacturing. I totally love the evertune bridge, which qualifies as new technology, but it functions simply and mechanically, which is consistent with what I like about old technology.

[@williamolsen20]

The Fender head stock is the craziest one, it is all about the look.

[@MyRealName]

I honestly never heard anyone say such nonsense in person.

[@SideEffectsmusic]

I haven't even noticed.

[@BrianSGuitars]

Billy Gibbons plays 7s..

[@mikeenachos]

Hetfield plays 11's 😂

[@georgemueh3273]

Lmao....SRV 56-12 Oh and try the billy gibbons chalenge. It is amazingly hard to break a 7

[@regalseagull6810]

I think he plays .000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001

[@wolfewispr]

so does bb king or he did while he was alive..

[@markcheetah4960]

@@georgemueh3273 I thought SRV played 13s?

[@dylanporter8105]

A strat sings while a tele growls

[@celticwolff5429]

Pick fingerboard material that looks good with your body? So Guitar Center should have full length mirrors & we should ask "Does this fingerboard make me look fat?"

[@charlie6588]

Lmao he meant the body of the guitar

[@TheCedar71]

It's not the fingerboard...

[@unique23b32]

I don't know if it's just the fingerboard or that spare tire you're carrying around, but yes - SOMETHING's making you look fat.

[@EpicStuffMan1000]

@@charlie6588 woosh lol

[@noi5emaker]

Hahaha The winner of the Best Comment Award :)

[@Mark70609]

I think there are a few things in this video people would disagree with. It has been my experience that the guitar sounds fatter with heavy gauge strings. I thought there was more output from the strings and sustain, though this could be due to the mass of the string. The guitar pickup works by a string passing through a magnets lines of flux and inducing a voltage on a coil. Thus the string has a direct relationship with the output. I agree people do sound good with thin gauge strings too, but there are other factors which come into play such as their amp and speakers.

[@cdreid9999]

I think the trick is.. it's the ear of the musician and how he adjusts his gear/electronics. Ive heard STRATS of all things playing metal with megacrunch. And teles. And ive seen some very twangy music played on lp's and rg's...

[@MrDokek]

I want to say about the nitro vs poly finish, on top of that, the only reason they really went to a poly finish over a nitro back in the 60's was simply because guitars with nitro finishes that were shipped to stores often arrived with finish damage or marks. Poly made that problem disappear and far fewer guitars were shipped back to the factory.

[@seanbrooks2583]

@@BlazonStone because some manufactures tend to put so much on it makes the guitar feel like plastic.

[@JoeBaermann]

Poly is also a lot easyer to work with, plus it's not as unhealthy as nitro since it doesn't take years to fully cure.

[@scottnathanphoto]

@@BlazonStone It feels hard and plasticky. I like Nitro because it clouds up, flakes off, cracks and crazes.

[@aeroshack]

I thought most levels of hyper sensitive human audio perception had a direct relationship to wealth. The more you have, the more you have!

[@Wolf_K]

The wealthy must justify their Custom shop purchases with claims of “superior” this and that, that only they can hear.

[@ricklewis5804]

Wolf H Gotta say it. My $679 Epiphone sounds just as good to me as my $6,790 PRS and honestly looks as good too.

[@Wolf_K]

Rick Lewis Anyone that can say that is judging quite honestly in my opinion. ;) I like nice things, we all do, but the difference between a thousand dollar guitar and a $5000 guitar is not $4000 in quality upgrades, like some claim. However, the difference between a $200 guitar and a $1,500 guitar is quite dramatic. After a certain price point (no idea what it is to be precise) we are paying for name brands which do nothing for the sound, elaborate decoration which does nothing for the sound, and also buying into the special little club of owners of such instruments. My most expensive guitar (a 1966 mustang) isn’t my favourite guitar. I like LP and SG juniors the best. SGJr a bit more than the LPJr.

[@ricklewis5804]

Wolf H I can’t tell if you’re agreeing with me or disagreeing. My point was the inexpensive guitar looked and sounded as good as the expensive one. Perhaps Paul Reed Smith is a good Luther and a better marketer or ppl just expect a more expensive item to be better to somehow justify their lavish purchase. Good point you made about at some price point the difference drops off but Darrell demonstrated a $200 Indio that had really good sound. I’ve enjoyed every DBG video I’ve watched, they’re all interesting and educational.

[@ricklewis5804]

Does the guitar that cost ten time as much look and sound ten times better, of course not. It isn’t even twice as nice. The difference is negligible yet ppl that can afford to prefer to buy the expensive stuff all the time. It’s an image they want to project. My Subaru is just as good as a car that cost twice as much, there’s plenty of examples of expensive stuff not being worth the extra cost ppl just think it’s better. However the flip side holds true too in some cases. A cheap pickup selector switch may fail or get scratchy while a good quality one can work properly for years. So, yeah, you get what you pay for is true ... sometimes but not always.

[@whatskraken3886]

WHEN THE CANADIAN GETS MAD AT PICKUP SELLERS

[@Bigbuddyandblue]

I am having an excellent day, thank you.

[@ichbrauchmehrkaffee5785]

about that boiling thing. yes, it's definetelly smarter to just buy a new set of strings. But I don't think getting out the mechanical defects in the strings was really the goal of the boiling, but rather to get rid of dirt build up on the string. Glenn Fricker from SMG actually just recently did a test where he compared new strings vs old strings vs boiled old strings, both in the context of a full mix and soloed. The result: it makes no difference, even the new strings didn't sound too much different from the old ones. Of course, it may be worth noting, that he was comparing the strings on a heavy rythm tone, so minor differences may not have been that audible

[@UmVtCg]

Try again on a clean tone

[@Ginanity]

The overarching takeaway message seems to be: stay away from 'forums'

[@rocktopher101]

This was a fantastic. Thanks for the common sense.

[@ec8107]

You forgot tone caps. Of course the orange ones sound better! I paid $7 for one.

[@JoeBaermann]

That's way to much for just one of them. Apart from that, I only use orange capacitors when I change all the electric components in a guitar, cause of consistency and durability.

[@MrVirgilVox]

That nonsense would be myth #16. A capacitor is a capacitor. As long as they have the same value they do not treat electricity any different, thus do not shape the tone any different.

[@DMSProduktions]

@ EC, they saw YOU coming! LOL!

[@DMSProduktions]

Correct, a cap IS a cap!

[@isodoublet]

"That nonsense would be myth #16. A capacitor is a capacitor. As long as they have the same value they do not treat electricity any different, thus do not shape the tone any different." Not quite true; what you're describing is essentially an idealized capacitor. Realistic capacitors you can actually stick in your guitar/effects/amps can deviate from the ideal in various ways. For example, they typically behave as if they have a resistor in series with it; the value of this resistor is called the "equivalent series resistance" of the capacitor. The ESR depends on the type of capacitor (electrolytic, ceramic, mica, etc) and even sometimes on the manufacturer. This can contribute to a difference in sound when you place said caps in sensitive parts of the circuit. Furthermore, the capacitance and the ESR are not constant. They both depend on frequency, temperature, and applied voltage. So your 0.022 uF capacitor might be a 0.022 uF capacitor only at 20 degrees C, at 100 Hz, subjected to 1 V (typical values for standardized measurement conditions, which depend on the type of capacitor). Electrolytics, for example, are notoriously bad at this (the capacitance can change by like 10% to 20% between your measurements on the bench and it reaching proper temperature). Ceramic capacitors also often tend to be a little microphonic, so depending on where they are in the circuit they might give you some positive or negative feedback. Does this affect sound? You bet: an important function of capacitors in audio circuits is to shape the frequency response of various stages. If you have, say, a high-pass filter somewhere, these departures from ideality will change the cutoff frequency and change the overall response in a more or less unpredictable way. Orange Drop capacitors are valued for this reason: they have a low ESR and are extremely stable under changes in frequency, temperature, etc. This means that a circuit with orange drops will likely behave closer to what the designer intended than a circuit with, say, ceramic capacitors. There are applications where this doesn't matter (e.g. guitar tone control), but they're also rugged and durable, so why not?

[@maxjaggli8852]

9:35 i play in a jazz band and i use my sg

[@alwaysopen7970]

You go boy!

[@MyRealName]

sweet! would you do the same if the guitar you favored was a crazy looking bc rich or something like that? sg doesn't look all that crazy and inappropriate, and not looking ridiculous while performing is what this is about, i think..

[@dannythejester]

I Play Blues in my sg

[@jic1]

Depending on the type of jazz you play, that might not even look out-of-place. And, to be honest, I think "looking out-of-place" is probably 70% of the 'you need brand/model X to play musical style Y' attitude. The next 20% is probably 'I need to play the same guitar as my hero' (which heavily ties into the whole "looking out-of-place" thing). Does the remaining 10% cover reasons that really make a significant difference in playing a particular style? I honestly don't know, I just thought I should allow for the possibility that those reasons might exist.

[@standswithfist806]

Ed Bickert played some monster jazz on a Telecaster. There are lots of old videos of Ed on KZbin. Hope it inspires all. Great stuff.

[@brentrusche2056]

I hope this comment doesn't fall of deaf ears...with regard to Myth #6 and Batteries vs. Power Supply in an effect pedal (and batteries in general): Well, I can tell you with absolute certainty that I own a pedal that sounds vastly different when using a 9V battery as opposed to a Power Supply. Believe it or not, my Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble pedal suffers from massive 60-cycle hum when connected to a power supply and completely quiet when powered by a 9V battery. Perhaps a manufacturing defect, but all of my Boss pedals are from the same era and no other suffers to this extent. I would be happy to send you the pedal for your own evaluation. As far as "brands" of batteries are concerned, I don't get it. HOWEVER, there is absolutely an argument to be made between Alkaline vs. Zinc Chloride/Carbon batteries. The former rules the day with regard to sales and dependability (Duracell & Energizer) but the latter (Eveready) seem to lag in terms of power output length and linear output. While I have heard maestro Eric Johnson state that he was able to discern b/w the batteries used, it wasn't the brand but (most probably) the type of cell used to power his pedals...a very, VERY possible observation on his part. Again, I hope to read some feedback. Nice video! Brent

[@1dgabel]

Much more likely a solder issue than the actual power source. Or a bad connecter,

[@cdreid9999]

Electricity running through copper creates magnetic fields.. magnetic fields affect the electrical characteristics of metals they pass through.. and reversing (ac) or switching off (cheap/normal rectifiers) those fields can have an effect on the TINY currents your amp by design amplifies the living hell out of. So a bad connection.. a tiny magnetic field in the wrong place because you have wires coiled all over each other etc can have an effect. 9v batteries really serve two purposes.. you isolate your pedals from the AC power supply and get rid of hum.. and the magnetic signals put out by that ac power supply. And to eliminate cables .. And brands DO MATTER. The chemicals in those batteries arent identical. A cheap generic walmart battery is produced by using the cheapest things they can buy.. such as impure chemicals etc. And there have been a Lot of tests of battery brands especially vs generics.

[@TheStompboxer]

A fuzz face has 11 components. Thinking the power supply DOESN’T make a difference sounds crazy. If the voltage going to the transistor doesn’t matter, why bother biasing them? The internal resistance of the battery makes a difference. It’s akin to the difference between a solid state and a tube rectifier.

[@MTLeadSlanger]

Most of these I agreed with, some I didn’t. The biggest one I disagreed with was the “myth” about string gauge. I don’t think heavier string gauges necessarily makes your tone “heavier,” but to say it doesn’t change your tone at all is really out there. Without even talking about the differences I personally hear, you have to consider the fact you are using strings that are physically larger or smaller than others. That changes not only how the string will vibrate, but also how much mass is moving over your pole pieces. You said it yourself, pickups are 90% of your tone, so how is it that changing what you put over that pickup to use it has little to no affect on tone?

[@MyRealName]

"how is it that changing what you put over that pickup to use it has little to no affect on tone?" - well, the thing is, it just doesn't. forget all the talk, just listen, it's really hard to notice any difference, so much so that you start thinking you're making it up in your head. which you are, most likely :)

[@MTLeadSlanger]

So then I suppose you would make the argument that new shiny strings and old grimey ones sound the same too, huh?

[@tommyibanez3958]

Totally agree. Anyone can perform that test themselves- bend a note on the G string then bend the same note on the high E string. The note on the G string sustains longer as well as has a slightly bigger tone. The only difference there is the string gauge. There is also something else at play- strings vibrate in an elliptical pattern- the lower the gauge, the wider the pattern, hence lesser sustain. The cure for the age-old 'How do I get lower action AND less buzzing?' question is "move up a gauge'. This all can be a good thing or a bad thing depending on what you are going for. An old band I played in had songs in drop C. I dropped C on 11's and didn't like the way it felt, so I went to 13's. The 13's, while all the notes were the same, lost the 'guttural' sound the 11's had. This is part of the reason, if you're listening to a song, you can tell on what string someone is playing a lick.

[@dougjohnson3791]

@@tommyibanez3958 It's not the only difference. The difference that matters there is not string gauge.....it is the length of the string between the nut/fret and bridge. Use an oscilloscope and exact same string length with different gauges and strike a note.....NO difference.

[@lovesgibson]

Of course string gauge would affect the tone. Although the effect is probably minimal when you’re comparing 10 to 11, etc

[@Zoso7227]

I was really hoping for the “fiesta red” strats sound better. It must be true 🤷‍♂️

[@TheResidentSkeptic]

Regarding power supplies: A transformer/rectifier power supply will give you a noise-free power source given sufficient capacitance to minimize ripple at a given load. This is pretty similar to a battery that will give you a "perfectly" clean voltage. Battery brands won't make any difference apart from capacity and discharge rate at varying currents. There is another power supply however that can introduce noise to your signal and that's a switch-mode power supply - similar to what's in your computer or laptop power supply. Instead of a heavy transformer and a large amount of capacitance, it uses MOSFETS to do high-frequency PWM switching to step down the voltage and provide a stable current. Like a class-D amplifier, this method doesn't lend itself to low total harmonic distortion, save for some specialized and patented circuit designs. So are you likely to hear noise from a switch-mode power supply designed for guitar pedals? No, probably not. Are all power supplies the same? Definitely not.

[@EddieOtool]

I am the kind of guy who believes everything matters, but when the impact is lesser than 3%, you shouldn't bother and leave that to optimization, that is focus on it when and only when everything else that do matter is sorted and already up there. This includes most other myths here mentioned. Besides, food for thought: why invest in a noise-free power generation when half you pedals are dedicated to induce noise into your sound? I think the ear should be the ultimate judge, not the brain. Fun fact: I changed the pick guard on my cheap Ibanez, removed the cheap plastic one and put one made of mahogany plywood. That did make a huge difference and was totally worth it; it got rid of a cheap plastic-like resonance it had when playing unplugged. The amplified improvement, still, might be lesser than 10%; that is unnoticeable to untrained ear, which is the most of my public. This said, music is a matter of feeling above anything. Whatever makes you feel better and improve your "playmanship" is totally worth it, even if the net gain is objectively negligible. I know to me what makes me feel the "most better" when playing my instrument: it is practice. When I get to practice a lot, I become more and more akin to my instrument, and whatever I do - be it playing music or just setting up my tone - is drastically improved.

[@cdreid9999]

@@EddieOtool for me it was hum. And theres something youre all forgetting. Every electronic device you own transmits random radio waves.. energy.. which your other electronics pick up. Thus why EVERY electronic device you own has a sticker saying it complies with the maximum that device is allowed to put ou

[@hans-joachimbierwirth4727]

Power supplies don't feed your circuitry. Power supplies feed capacitors that feed your circuitry. If designed properly they function as low pass filter so that no high frequency pass into the audio pathway. If not designed properly result is static coloured noise.

[@formulajoe2]

And why all the fuss about something sounding a little “brighter” or “darker” (warmer) than the next and spending tons of cash when 99.9% of all guitar amps have a tone control (bass & treble), not to mention the tone control on the guitar? “Nope, that pickup is too bright” - “maple is too bright, must have rosewood” - uh, turn the treble down a bit or turn the bass up a bit.

[@SaxJockey]

Missed one out, road worn (and expensive) has the best tone 😂. But only if it has a mint green pickguard 😎.

[@stevesoldwedel]

Would definitely love a string-gauge test.

[@Osmorales90]

. I love the way you put back together the strat of the tonewood myth! Looks sick and it is still and amazing functional guitar... 👌🤙🤙🤙🤙

[@markk2285]

Hell, my ears hear differently from day to day. A quality guitar, fresh enough strings and a good day playing and happiness abounds. Great vid, Darrell. You real players can make a shovel with strings sound good; us duffers, however.........

[@ralfburhenne2421]

Myth No 16: Les Paul Players believe their back pain were caused by their guitar.

[@bradlively2844]

and 100 promise this is real played les pauls thru the 90s and did not do anything labour wise besides walking after 10 years shoulder pain and upper back pain stated retied the Gibson at 10 pounds for a 7 pound start 20 years later and no pain

[@nehemiahzo_]

I would understand that the thing is heavy, but all solid bodies are at least a little bit heavy.

[@TheStompboxer]

It’s a myth that they believe that?

[@ralfburhenne2421]

@@TheStompboxer Come on, you know what I mean.

[@TheStompboxer]

Ralf Burhenne My ‘79 would change your mind about that. They’re not all the same weight, but they’re definitely heavier than a Strat or Tele, on average. Newer ones tend to be lighter (whether through weight relief or the wood) than the old Norlin era beasts.

[@erikceman5354]

Exactly as Darrell said pickups are 90% everything else is mambo-jumbo

[@paulnbassett2437]

Is that a really big mambo?

[@erikceman5354]

@@paulnbassett2437 10% not really.

[@paulandlesson]

to all the good folks out there posting about they can hear the difference between this and that. string gauges types of wood etc. good on you! However remember if you put a guitar of any quality in the hands of Steve Morse or the like it's going to sound incredible. Ones playing is more important than any word any gauge of strings etc.

[@sqlb3rn]

sounding good has nothing to do with sounding different. you can put 10 different guitars in his hands all with the same pickups, and they will all play and sound different. If these differences are so minimal like you and the OP claim, then just get a ucanplay guitar from best buy and drop in seymore duncan pups and you'll sound just like the pros.

[@paulandlesson]

​@@sqlb3rnSir, I don't think that we have any disagreement as far as your first sentence. Of course they're going to sound different. As to your second point a guitar must be of some quality to be playable. I didn't take it to be the posters intention to say that you could buy a $50 guitar and that's all you need. I apologize if my post was misleading or not articulated well. Thanks for your reply.

[@Nikoo033]

Disagree with myth 3. I received my PRS with 46-10s. On my boss Katana, sounded lovely with all the knobs at noon. But I wanted more bass/sustain/thickness in the tone. I have switched to Ernie ball custom beefy 54-11s. Big big difference.

[@74dartman13]

Myth #16...using gold pickgaurd screws gives you a "brighter" tone than if you use chrome screws!😂

[@schmoemi3386]

Yes, the sound gets more (m)yellow... :-)

[@74dartman13]

@@schmoemi3386 😂

[@nanispiderman]

the final conclusion that we all can think of after we see this video: " guys.. shut up and play, seriously..." Fantastic video Darrell, thank you very much!

[@guitarreviews]

Agreed 100% for electric guitars. However, tone wood makes a huge difference for acoustic guitars.

[@Bulletbyter]

not on my baby Taylors it didn't. One had a spruce top and the other had mahogany. They sound exactly the same

[@nataliagonzalez1698]

I always imagined this to be true Darrell really needs to test that out if he hasn’t already

[@williammidgley3905]

11:23 I don't know about guitar but after boiling my acoustic bass strings it made a world of difference

[@eliotmccann2589]

Yes it's more relevant for bassists.

[@mikewhitfield2994]

I think your comment that 90% of tone is pickups and the other 10% is split among a hundred things is spot-on. Love to see a string gauge test too.

[@schmoemi3386]

And string material... 8)

[@mikewhitfield2994]

Yup, assuming he has the time to test another variable.

[@rickmooney8800]

and 9% is the person playing it.

[@Snoopdave2000]

40% amp and speakers 40% pickups 20% a hundred other things I would say !!!

[@mikewhitfield2994]

Snoopdave2000 I think we were discussing just the guitar signal. But if we discuss the entire delivered tone, I would agree that the amp could easily be 40%, and considerably more if it’s a modeling amp. But then we’d also have to consider pedals, which can completely transform the guitar even more than amps. I think it all comes down to the fingers though. I have a thousand dollar pedal board (just received a Headrush Eleven HD multieffects processor/pedalboard in my Premier Guitar Mystery Stocking), a top rated $250 modeling amp and several $400 - $500 guitars and there is zero chance of me producing any sound that anyone wants to hear. I can change them in a thousand combinations but none of them don’t suck. Yet someone like Darrell could take a $25 Salvation Army Hello Kitty guitar played through a $5 10W practice amp and make it sound great. It’s in the hands, heart and head, not the equipment.

[@fagiano76]

Awesome video...You missed "active pickups sound sterile".

[@alwaysopen7970]

Passive is the way to go as active pups make all guitars sound the same. Alnico or ceramic magnets? I prefer Alnico. Celestion or Eminence speakers? Celestion sounds better to me and are 1/2 the price. 15" or 10" speakers for bass? I prefer 15" or 12". 18" is cool in the correct cab. A W cab is best.

[@scottnathanphoto]

@@alwaysopen7970 Nonsense. Guitars sound like the players hands. I did a session years ago with Jeff Beck. He couldn't be bothered to bring a guitar or amp. He borrowed a Mexican Strat from the 80's. $149 at Guitar Center. He used a terrible silver face Twin Reverb. Together, it sounded just like Jeff Beck.

[@fredriksvard2603]

alwaysopen actives do not make guitars sound the same. I just got rid of a particularly thin-sounding emg-equipped guitar.

[@jakebergen1837]

Lol they do that's not a myth.

[@scottnathanphoto]

@@fredriksvard2603 They sound pretty good on Keith Urbans Tele and David Gilmours 80's Strats.

[@delboy7264]

The only 1s that notices tone difference is players,at the end of the day, its the players that make the diff not the guitar!

[@markusfinkler9625]

Ok myth No. 16. I read that Jimy Page once said when he was asked what Song he played with which guitar. Doesn't matter gimme whatever guitar and any amp an just tell me how you want it to sound like and i daily in for You. 🤷

[@theguyinthefunnyhat]

I buy guitars based on only a few factors: The pickups (single coil, humbucker, p90 etc), the aesthetics, the sound it makes and the price. I have an SG copy (cos I look the SG - it's iconic and my original dream guitar), a Tele copy and a Les Paul Junior copy with p90s. They all have a unique tone and play differently. They were all £100 or less too. Obsessing over gear and brands is pointless and sucks the fun and enjoyment of playing guitar, at least to me.

[@thedondeluxe6941]

I still guessed the rosewood and maple fretboard correctly, though! Hahaha :-)

[@andrewwagner6851]

The Don DeLuxe 50/50 shot. I got it wrong

[@kenzee9290]

Got it wrong! LOL I played a tele-from-a-kit with a replaced maple neck. I hadn't played in quite a few years but that night I played my A** off! I think it was more feel than tone though.

[@seok-gyogwon130]

thanx for saving ma money ㅋㅋjust practice...

[@p1nkp4nther]

LOL, how true...!

[@mostlyfromscratch3510]

I dig the way you put that Strat back together once it was cut up it kind of looks like an exploded technical diagram, cool👍

[@crusherbmx]

thick strings do sound different, or behave differently, but not in the way way you's expect. And, my Thinline Tele is heavier than my Standard Tele!

[@amdenis]

Pickups and microphones makes all the difference- other than the single most important factor, the tone knobs-as we all know.

[@andreasleonlandgren3092]

Andrew Denis thx

[@tormaks]

I think everything is about eq. If you know how to use eq, the sky is the limit.

[@robertwillett4122]

Bro it "excuse me" it Fn hilarious what people do to find the holy grail of tone. For example, my buddy comes over with a guitar, l probably shouldn't mention the brand or model, but it was high end, very high end, could have bought a used car high end. Hey l have a so called hugh end guitar too, because of the playablity and it will be here long after im gone. He was so excited about this one in a lifetime guitar he couldn't wait for me to play it, so he could sit back and gloat about his discovery of the greatest guitar ever built, like Thor himself built it. So l told him to listen in the other room you know l tricked him saying im going to play it super loud and did everything to get him out of line of sight. Then l pulled out a 100 dollar Epi and played. I could hear him in between riffs just bragging about how good it sounds then he goes l want you to hear this riff l cane up with and he walks in and I'm playing the 100 dollar guitar. I was laughing so hard l started to cry and hyperventilate. Im not knocking down expensive high end guitars by any means.l have a couple myself. Im paying more a lot more to have a quality, easier playability, stays in tune, and if course sounds good. But when the blind fold goes on, it's almost depressing. I mean the difference between the sound and the money is truly heartbreaking. If you play guitar halve way decent you can make cheap guitars sound like there expensive. Just watch, dam l forgot his name. Estevan, i dont know the dude the pushes those cheap crap acoustic guitars late night. Yeah, l love messing with big box guitar store salesmen. This wood was hand picked by master craftsmen 30 years ago blah,blah blah. Im not saying to buy a cheapo guitar and make it work because they fall apart, wont stay in tune, so on Just get a quality axe. The hard part is learning. Once you do learn it is a tremendous feeling of accomplishment and you will have it your whole life. Never met someone who learned to shred, then said this sucks I'm not going to pkay anymore. It is such an amazing achievement to be a decent guitarist, thats why people spend BIG money on guitars and the search for that holy grail seems to never end. The holy grail of guitars is the person that spent thousands of hours to be able to be a guitarest. Great show! CHEERS

[@waynebrown1394]

If this is true there would be no reason to upgrade from a Squire bullet Strat to an affinity, classic vibe Strat, MIM Strat, made in Japan Strat, or an American. There is a big difference in materials from wood, tuners, pots, switches, bridges, quality control. So if this $100 guitar sounded like a $5000 dollar guitar what do you consider a "quality ax". This is said with respect I just disagree...I agree that you do not need a $5000 guitar I got a MIM Roadhouse Strat and a PRS custom 24 with a roasted maple neck. I don't even dream big my dream guitar is a Gibson Les Paul standard. Just my opinion.

[@JoeRoganPodcastirl]

You can get a monsterous tone out of light gauge strings, but the gauge of string DOES change tone.

[@allanwhittick2930]

I feel that these myths are based on acoustic sounds not actually the guitar plugged into an amp.

[@jumbo4billion]

I think you are spot on

[@goldenultra]

Me too