Ask Scott Grove Answers Part 1

[@groovydjs]

They are all original, vintage. Some have never even been played. I love these things. The old 2663 with the triple coil pickup is great! Plus, you have to love the 1978 PS10. Cool axes.

[@diamonddust22]

Scott, these videos are absolutely amazing. I loved this so much. You are an incredibly fascinating and beautiful person.

[@frostyboo2]

You say it how it is, your honesty and experience is invaluable, much respect.

[@myway43]

I love these videos Scott, I really like your stories of when you were younger and on the road, great stuff! write it down. It would make great reading.

[@groovydjs]

I like the LSR roller nut because it allows the strings to go off in any direction after they pass through. So, wacky headstocks are not a problem with them where other roller nuts have real problems with strings that don't pass straight through to the tuners.

[@edcrutchfield3447]

I really appreciate your honesty about your life , and information about music and the details about guitar you shared. . Thank-you. Very inspiring!!!!!!

[@svenzia]

Not a boring video in sight. Always worth my time. Many thanks, Scott G.

[@daahveed8072]

Howdy from Texas! Old video, but still gold. I always have a good laugh and learn a lot from watching your videos. Hope all is well! Happy holidays.

[@groovydjs]

Many thanks my good friend! That is so very appreciated! It's cool that someone sees me for who I really am. You Rock!

[@groovydjs]

Many thanks Brian! So very appreciated and welcome aboard! Scott

[@briankennicott4397]

Hello Scott, I'm a new subscriber of a week or so and have enjoyed your videos. You are 100% real, like tone, it starts with the person. Rock On! - BK

[@groovydjs]

LOL, so very true my friend. I find myself repeating myself most of the time these days. I think that pretty much everything has been answered somewhere along the line.

[@gbburn23]

greetings from Chicago. Great vids Mr. Grove. Always informative and entertaining.

[@Terryplaysguitar]

I love listening to you ramble on.

[@TheNewenglandboys]

I'm just seeing this in Sept 2020! Scott, you are an amazing guy. Amazing life and great teacher. Really enjoy hearing about your life's stories. Thanks bud!

[@fafafuhi]

Hey Scott thanks so much for answering my question lots of help with the roller/metal nut makes perfect sense.The earvana is worth a look though its staggered and supposed to "tune" up better. But thanks a million

[@groovydjs]

Actually, the last one I bothered to play was one I bought new in 1983. It was called a Bel-Aire. The very first night on stage, I went to do a dive bomb on the whammy and the entire bridge came out of the body! Every screw, springs, everything! It was all there, hanging by the strings from the headsock of my guitar. I'm lucky that didn't hit me in the head and kill me. lol I do love the SHAPE of the Cadillac. I had a custom axe made with that shape and 3 single coils.

[@redhorse554det1]

very informative. you do a great job. thank you. have 679 vids to catch up on.

[@groovydjs]

Many thanks my friend!

[@ryanleeashbaugh9390]

I like your stories about your career the most Scott. Your career and the way you reflect back on those days is fun to listen to. Your life is super interesting and you should write a biography!

[@groovydjs]

Thanks for listening, I often can't believe that anyone finds my stuff interesting. lol

[@mjhealy3714]

That was awesome. I hope there will be more 'Ask Scott' vids in the future. Might be fun as a regular segment. I look forward to the KISS outfits. :) The lessons sound like a good idea, too. Also, nice mention of the Peavey AT200. I was not aware of it. I wonder if they have or will make a model with three single coils?

[@groovydjs]

That was a GREAT episode!

[@14Maxmom]

It seems like you are a strat guy and for me that's great. I plan to get a strat next and I can now get a good idea of what to get. Thank You.

[@groovydjs]

Sure you can learn. My wife (who is also 56) just started playing, using only my videos and no personal help from me. She's doing fine and dandy. I have lots of folks in their 70's that are just starting and are playing the typical "Smoke On The Water" stuff the first day with no problems. You can do it. It's just wood and wires.

[@elfhermie]

A series of KISS video lessons by you would be the BEST thing since Rocky Road Ice Cream! Thanks again for sharing your points of view, Scott! Always fun and interesting times!

[@JohnnyMrHattersmith]

Thank you so much for replying to my videos! It's very much appreciated! :D

[@maddogpicker]

I love the ibanez edge my friend. You have so many classics.

[@jvin248]

That question on changing speakers in the Amp .. The important part is the box interior volume is sized to the shape and throw of the speakers. Put the wrong speaker in there and it fights the air volume and cuts the system output volume and tone.

[@bsquared61]

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones!? Awesome! Howard Levy has absolutely revolutionized modern day harmonica playing. And Victor Wooten grooves like no other...

[@groovydjs]

I'm glad that you are enjoying them. It has to beat watching Honey BooBoo. lol

[@ChadDestruction]

What an honor to have played with the late great Johnny Paycheck. I cried the day he died.

[@pipelinewelder]

Hi Scott. Thanks so much for the tuning lesson. My Guitar sounds like it wants to be played at last. I have a US Stratvg with a Roland pick up. Great for quick change to open G for Stones numbers. Do you reckon that in the drop G that the intonation would be out or should the Roland electronics compensate?

[@stringmanipulator]

Get rid of the headstock sticker vanity is brilliant .. :) you have a good one Scott!

[@groovydjs]

Thanks my friend! Sometimes.....there's just NOTHING on TV and I watch the same type of things. lol Cheers!

[@FloydRoseDiscovery]

Hey Scott, When you was talking about the Speakers from the Crate amp. and you said Eminence Speakers. I live right beside it. I can walk to it in 5 seconds. I'm that close. They have some good speakers but not a lot.

[@6672rock]

Those Ibanez Icemans in the background -- are they vintage 70's models or modern reissues?

[@ramlankamal7030]

You're my hero!

[@diamonddust22]

I am truly honored my brother.

[@drgnfrc13]

Man, I could listen to you talk all night... oh wait, I think just did... (3am and I am still watching these vids start to finish). lol

[@anthonyd8634]

Hi Scott, Thanks for all the great videos, but I wanted to ask what tube amp would you prefer for jazz and djent (like the band Periphery) for the money around $500 or $300? Thanks, Anthony

[@wvmarv1]

Scott, I'm late to the party and haven't seen a whole lot of your videos yet. So I would like to know what your opinion of Dean guitars is? Thanks

[@SwedishGuitarNerd]

AND the truth about bolt-on guitars too! Awesome!

[@scottgrove4416]

Many thanks my friend!

[@GREGTAR2]

got a set of roller saddles for strat. how do you intonate them. I ran out screw length to flatten it

[@rasalapatuski78]

Hi scott what can you say about the squire classic Vibe telecaster? Do you have any review about this Guitar? Thanks.

[@Telechontar09]

I actually love your divisive opinions

[@TheBlightDroid]

You seem like a pretty cool guy. I like what you have to say. I'm glad I subscribed. Keep doing cool stuff. Cheers.

[@51MontyPython]

Hey, Scott, do you know if (and how much) the neck affects tone on an acoustic?

[@kammhron]

Bravo!

[@rawatson83]

do you own or play any dean guitars? There not my main go to guitar but i have picked up a few to play around on the side. just wanted to know what you think of them.

[@irok75]

Hey Scott can you help me to date my guitar, the headstock have been painted black so now it has no name on it after paint remove, i do think it's a Peavey predator USA but it has SSH ? and i see predators with 3 singlecoil every where and not SSH, i can send a picture, it plays like a dream :) it has serial no and the handbuilt in USA on the back of headstock

[@williamcummings8425]

Love all your videos man, you seem like a really cool dude guitars aside, keep making videos!!!!!!!!

[@ZEPEH-46N2]

Just finished part 1 :D

[@ChesterTheGm]

So good!

[@CriticalMassCongregation]

Hell yes t the flecktones! victor wooten is so far in the pocket he's gathering lint! great idea with the toilet paper. I have some work to do!

[@SwedishGuitarNerd]

It's good to have someone else but me on KZbin telling the truth about Gibsons and Epiphones!

[@lifeandThings]

Scott, thanks for going over al those questions. My favorite part was when you mentioned the Dixie Flyer. I went to the Star Search video, and it was a treat. Cool song and I wish Dixie Flyer would have won. **Peace

[@toddmorrissey8372]

Anyone that makes a point of explaining "I really am that bright"? Well....usually not the case. Still love your channel and watch all your stuff.

[@TitanMan404]

I still think you're a gigolo on the side! LOL Love Ya Bro keep fighting the good fight!

[@nickhorn671]

Scott you win the internet for the day.

[@JohnSmith-rd5ff]

acoustic b15 celestion BN10 300S great little monster to drag around

[@fafafuhi]

Hi I'm the guy that asked it. I've looked at their site and other things but do you have and/or played one? I'm just looking for some feed back from someone who knows.Thanks

[@sduke39]

Don't know if you are still answering questions since you're now on video 20. But I got up the courage to ask a question I may hate the answer to. Can a person that starts learning the guitar at age 56 ever be any good? I've been trying to learn since May and I'm really struggling. My fingers don't seem to ever get better at forming chords. No matter how much I practice, I'm just not improving at all. I've wanted to play the guitar since I was a kid and it looks like it's too late now.

[@SarcastSempervirens]

I'm glad you decided to answer these via video, it's so fun to watch :D Also, glad you'd make people get rid of the brand names on guitars, I have a custom made one with no name, logo or anything anywhere on it and every other idiot keeps bitching about it, why, how, why, you can't have it like that, blah blah, but when they actually play it it's "Dude, I have nothing like this in my shop, where'd you get it?" Just pure bullshit.

[@EADGBEb5]

Scott I've scoured these pages for a review you've apparently done on Zager Guitars and can't find it. Have you actually done one?

[@groovydjs]

Yeah, I did one, but....it got pulled. No truth telling allowed on KZbin. lol

[@502deth]

holy shit, comments left on? turning over a new leaf? i got a question. you say kiss was your main inspiration, but you also say you are mainly a country/blues player. how/why did you make the jump from rock to country?

[@RorysStrat]

Scott, are you on some of those country albums that you mention as a credited player? I don't personally care and it makes no difference to me as far as liking you but I am just curious! Love your history and videos.

[@alexfields8785]

i dont understand the evertune thing.. does that mean you cant even bend notes?

[@Flapjackbatter]

Yes. There is a pivot, and the string-tention holds the pivot from aboe, and a spring pulls on the pivot from below. So they are in balance. One such mekansim for each string. You can adjust this different ways. Imoh it's just a gimmic, that limits your guitar way too much.

[@alexfields8785]

i imagine itd be good for a beginner. when i started out i didnt have a tuner and i had to go to a friend to tune for me every time.. then again the system itself costs more than my first guitar did so you know.. maybe a digital tuner is a better investment. id hate a guitar i cant play the blues on.. by now almost everything i do depends on bends.. thanks for the explanation man.

[@lguukietar]

Alex Fields you can bend strings look at the Devin Townsend video :) its a pretty cool system so could try it!

[@pabdiary]

Scott you just like two great musicians: Neil Young and Jack Black. That's a compliment

[@TheNavalAviator]

Scott Grove for president 2016!

[@AdamLitchfield13]

SWEET BELLA FLECK!!! love bella fleck

[@LordofBlackstar]

Which college did you graduate from? I mean, if you did - just assuming : )

[@Everdeath1722]

Hey Scott, really enjoying these vids my good friend. oh, and don't mind this account. it's kind of a community account lol so alot of different idiots reply on it aswell. I have only chatted with you about 3 times on it ,this bein the forth. I'm making a private one later, but what I wanted to say was I really enjoyed the pics vid you did and think you should do a vid about your career too. I enjoy those just as much as the guitar ones. Well have a good one bro, BTW I got same shirt haha!

[@classicrock8989]

Heck ya indianpolis!!! I love q 95

[@1After100]

You say it's not cool to be in band these days? That's not correct. It is cool to be in a band these days. You just have to be doing the right things and have something going on, whatever it is. In the right scene, in the right places. There's women who are into musicians, always will be. Trust me.

[@stringmanipulator]

No I have not tried it, they are supposed to be a little better intonated but I guess on an electric guitar you could might as well adjust the bridge ? .. well I might be wrong :) (has happened before .. lol ) I was just so surprised that Scott didn't knew about them already, well he probably did he just forgot it :) I'm sorry I couldn't be of any help you have a good one

[@wesmatron]

I'll add to that...I bought a Farida Hypersonic ... What the fk is one of those!? Yea, I know. Well, I tried that thing in the shop and it played like a dream and it gives some superb tones. The writing on the headstock in no way effects the playability or tone ;)

[@Chilling4Shillings]

I agree with you on the Gibson Vs. Epiphone subject, The Epiphone electronics are pure shit, the pickups that come in the Epiphone guitars just suck I have an Epiphone SG Special (budget guitar) the action on it is great stays in tune and sounds fantastic (after I swapped the pickups for some DiMarzio's added a push pull for coil split and a mini toggle on off to throw my bridge pickup in and out of phase) People who have expensive guitars have played my guitar and liked it better than their own

[@guitarrelic]

Two thumbs up !

[@321drewb]

holy crap if most of these people would watch your videos . they would know the answers to most of this stuff

[@slickdrift1975]

Hi Scott (NUKE EM ALL) excellent vid .

[@Connorharding180]

do you have a room for all your expensive guitars?

[@rawatson83]

peter griffin once said. nobody wants to be peter criss. not even peter criss wants to be peter criss lol

[@diamonddust22]

Scott you should call yourself, "Guitarzan."

[@AdamLitchfield13]

sorry to comment twice I am huge jazz fan

[@georgeszweden9497]

Dr Grove nuking rant is based af

[@wesmatron]

Getting rid of brand names on guitars...that is fking genius. You'd have to try the guitar...you would actually look at the quality and playability. No more would manufacturers be able to slap out $1000 guitars with 60-year-old superseded technology on them merely because it has Fender or Gibson written on it. A lot of those other luthiers would get a fair crack.

[@schuriken]

comments videos...good choice Mr. Grove.

[@forshigity5000]

You need A Jazzmaster

[@jokekill117]

Ya!!!! My question is first XD

[@georgewells6597]

"We're fucked on this one"

[@EvaSlash]

lmao scott is gonna nuke em all!

[@brando555555]

Jesus christ, I thought Ed Roman was dead

[@amazingteknique]

overthrow all governments. fuck yeah haha.

[@drgnfrc13]

I actually have watched part of an episode of that show before, and it was every bit as awful as expected. Sad that stuff like that is even able to make it onto television these days, let alone on "The Learning Channel..." It's one of the big reasons I just don't watch television anymore.

[@pabdiary]

look just like***

[@MacCunnyfunt]

My nuts should definately be adjustable, i'm always sitting on them. The old Ibanez nut with the bone and brass combination are pretty good though Scott ?