BEST Used Guitar?! | Plugged In Ep. 6

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[@there_is_nothing_here]

@@chicagomusicexchange exclusive SG. I've been wanting one of those. what was the name of that Smith's song he played?

[@GunnReqwan]

I personally liked the echopark, but the Strat is a really close 2nd. Coming through that Vox, the echopark was just the most entrancing.

[@chicagomusicexchange]

Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want and This Charming Man

[@chicagomusicexchange]

🤘🤘

[@RVCBoardofTrustees]

I’d love to call dibs on that Eastwood Mad Cat, for reasons.

[@AnduinGabrielVaid]

This once again just proves that no matter the price, no matter the type of guitar, Nathaniel plays better than you ever will.

[@chicagomusicexchange]

😂

[@GunnReqwan]

True 😂

[@BasementGuitarSuperstar]

He’s like Danish Pete. He could make a cardboard box with rubber bands for strings sound like angels singing

[@rickington1]

Couldn’t agree more.

[@EricClapton1945]

He's such a great host for this channel's store.

[@jeffpfannenstiel1011]

Regardless of the guitar(s) chosen, it's the playing that I'm here for...Nathaniel is a master. Bravo.

[@chicagomusicexchange]

🙏🙏

[@BenRedhead]

The Smiths on a Rickenbacker - Doesn't get much better!

[@chicagomusicexchange]

🤘🤘

[@sethgauby8730]

It really doesn't

[@shinjial]

What's the song? I don't know it, but I loved his rendition.

[@sillysausage4549]

Please please please let me get what I want ​by The Smiths @shinjial

[@shinjial]

@@sillysausage4549 Thank you so much!

[@jamiebridson7871]

Nathaniel's dynamics are outstanding. The Echopark was superb too.

[@ehmmmjay9907]

Is this the first time in history someone has talked about a Mad Cat Tele without mentioning Prince?

[@mayaratseyguitar]

I owned that Echo Park for a while. Great guitar! Fun fact it was built for Dean Fertita of Queens of The Stone Age in 2018. He used it on the road and I have pictures. There was no COA so I had Gabe make me one in 2021 which is why it says that.

[@chicagomusicexchange]

That's awesome!!

[@robertnees9781]

Nathaniel had such fun with that SG w/ CME pickups it truly made me smile, but the '79 Strat would totally be my thing. Get Nathaniel in the basement with some pedals and that strat and let him "Edge" out for an hour or two on a live stream 🤠🎸🎶

[@chicagomusicexchange]

🤘🤘

[@ESP77769]

I've never seen/heard another guitarist like Nathaniel who knows and can INSTANTLY play so many different songs!! Amazing musician, thanks Nate!!

[@anthonysam8340]

Always impressive … very captivating especially when jumping styles …amazing

[@CentaurusRelax314]

Johnny Marr songs are like _stories._ Not just riffs or typical chord progressions. I don't even bother to try to learn Smiths songs because i just can't remember *all that stuff.* Every song is like learning the intro to Little Wing, and it took me a lonnnnng time to get that down.... He's amazing. And Nathaniel has seemingly genius-level recall of everything he's ever played. I envy that. The chops, too, of course.

[@JustMe-mn5hk]

The best used guitar is any guitar that Nathaniel's playing!

[@chicagomusicexchange]

amen! 🤘🤘

[@JustMe-mn5hk]

@chicagomusicexchange get him to play something on the least expensive guitar you sell! They would probably sell out in 24 hours!

[@scaljas]

How about a video where you play “signature” guitars? Like the Johnny Marr Jaguar, Noel Gallagher Riviera, Billy Duffy Gretsch, etc. Also, his rendition of “Please, Please, Please…” killed me. I just melted listening to it. F-ing amazing.

[@saltpeter500]

The colour coordination of the Rick and the Vox is perfect, beautiful. The Smiths 👏

[@goblinfromdahmoon]

may we per chance be blessed with an acoustic episode? im so dying to hear what u have behind those glass doors p.s. i really enjoy these videos and resonate with your love for guitars a lot : )

[@chicagomusicexchange]

Absolutely!

[@GunnReqwan]

I believe Nathaniel would just sit down and play a J-160e for a large segment of that.

[@mickymillersson4376]

Ditto

[@jacopolago]

Nathaniel, we need a parallel series "Unplugged In" where you do the same with acoustic guitars. Keep up the good work, mate!

[@marcpigeon7796]

Always a treat to listen to Nathaniel 🏍️🇨🇦

[@jjmatashi]

Finally seen someone who loves the guitar more than I do - and that's saying something!

[@halletscove6529]

Cracks me up on the Rick -- this button does a thing....And then you make it sound the way you did. So well done. Cheers!

[@chicagomusicexchange]

🤘🤘 Cheers!

[@seanmeehan1437]

I can’t afford any of these, but I could afford $20 admission to come in and watch Nathaniel play them all.

[@jamiewm]

Nathaniel you have made my day playing a Smiths song, and playing it so beautifully. I'd love to see you do more Smiths stuff and how about doing something with JM???

[@JoePerry-r4j]

Love the Echopark sounds amazing 👏

[@pharmerdavid1432]

Every guitar player in the world is envious of how easily Nate conjures great sounds out of any guitar he plays? As for this group of guitars, I'd go with the Echo Park, I share the last name of the luthier, and always wanted to buy a guitar from them...if only I had $3K+ to spend, nobody I'd rather give it to than CME, plus they are trustworthy gentlemen...except when they change the price on the phone!

[@michaelschauster]

That Echo Park on the bridge pickup sounded great. Of course when Nathaniel is playing pretty much everything sounds great!

[@misubi]

The Echopark had a lovely bell chime.

[@chicagomusicexchange]

🤘🛎️

[@jari04]

If you're not playing a Prince song on that one i'm going to be really disappointed 😂

[@chicagomusicexchange]

😬😬

[@SakinCorap-c8l]

Hope he plays either Purple Rain or Purple Stain

[@deaterk]

jari - yeaaaa…a wee bit disappointed that no one filming recognized this guitar…

[@psychohada-bob8008]

How to sell any guitar...... let Nathaniel play it! Always a pleasure to listen to. 🤘🏻 Any Full Band Fridays coming up??🙏🏻

[@chicagomusicexchange]

Should have 1-2 more before the end of the year! 🤘🤘

[@CraigGriffiths]

I do like that strat. I have a tone wired in bridge. Then I can moved between middle bridge for solos.

[@chicagomusicexchange]

🤘🤘

[@CatherineCoughlan-c1o]

Love listening to guys like Nathaniel and Justin Johnson playing guitars they could play a tennis racket and make it sound amazing.

[@froblivion8284]

The SG sounds so good - amazing playing too obviously 😊. It’s a steal at that price.

[@chicagomusicexchange]

Right! Someone already nabbed it 🤘🤘

[@froblivion8284]

@ not surprised at all! They have taste 😉👍

[@sfgylk34u_57]

Wonderful hands - Rickenbacker sounds fantastic.

[@chicagomusicexchange]

🤘🤘

[@MoltenNut]

I have a suggestion for this show. It’s in desperate need of more episodes.

[@SisGuitarGAS]

That Echopark is stunning!

[@dalonergan]

Always enjoy watching Nathaniel play.

[@chicagomusicexchange]

🤘🤘

[@begraz]

Great demo video... I liked all but the last black Strat (clean sounds were YUK)

[@kevinsimmons7182]

I have a black ‘79 Strat with maple fretboard. Great playing, thank you

[@sethgauby8730]

Great to hear The Smiths and Johnny Marr!!

[@chicagomusicexchange]

🤘🤘

[@tymanngruter1808]

I own an original Hohner mad cat, after replacement the pick-ups and elecktronics i feel like Prince sometimes! But this one suits you well!

[@Somethingfromtimmy]

Donna Lee on the Prince tele 🔥☄️

[@softsouthernknight]

Play the Gibson Les Paul Mary Ford and see how that sounds with the old capacitors. Should sound great cranked up.

[@richardgreen8677]

Nice videos nath, saw you on andertons video!😃

[@SisGuitarGAS]

I’d love to see a collaboration of Nathaniel and John Cordy- two incredible players with that cheeky British sarcasm

[@pablospicoli]

beautiful Smiths rendition.

[@ilanlukatch]

That's not a Tuxedo. It's a 360 MG/BT (mapleglo, black trim option). Ric's designation of Tux is for White/BT with a white enameled fretboard, and it's rare. MG/BT were common in the mid-80s.

[@mikeegilkatada5676]

@25:00 what song is that, man?! That for sure is rockin'! 🪨👊

[@jamesgoodyear9809]

tie your mother down by queen - kickbutt song!

[@troyshellhamer3876]

I posted the same thing wanting to know that song! It rocks

[@jeffffff12]

The pick guard sounds awesome. How do I get one for my Tele?🤔

[@parmeshgurung]

what an amazing player

[@josephharris1869]

Your a great player dude!!

[@6deste]

love these videos, thanks guys.

[@chicagomusicexchange]

Thank you for watching!! 🤘🤘

[@HeathenSoldem]

Are you playing the intro to Here She Comes Again by The Stands on the Rickenbacker?

[@adam614ce]

LOVED that EchoPark.

[@thedutchdjentleman]

Wasn’t expecting Jakub Zytecki to get a mention in one of these videos, he’s an incredible player. Worth checking out if you haven’t already

[@stratolestele7611]

I'm not sure if I'm imagining it, but I think there was someone else (prolly a few!) making the "Prince" Tele...had it on the tip of my tongue...the Chinese company that everyone was nuts for a few years ago - first it was a Les Paul style for under $200 usd, but I think they make one of those Teles. Given their simplicity, I'd think they'd be ripe for fret work, electronics and the usual hardware upgrades and you 'should' have a decent approximation. It's always down to the necks. If you can work with the neck, you're in business.

[@jamesgoodyear9809]

what song did he play on the sg?? that sounded awesome!

[@cantstopplayingmusic]

Love the Echopark😀

[@chicagomusicexchange]

♥️♥️

[@jensschettler1732]

One e again proved that a good strat is all you need.

[@chicagomusicexchange]

🤘🤘

[@PaulMcCaffreyfmac]

A demo with a capo at the second fret is ringing alarm bells for me. "Just in case someone moans" - cheeky sod. Don't do it 🤣

[@jordanhaverkate1931]

28:16 that’s hidden kill switch technique is wild

[@hariharan224]

Man just played the top gear tune.. I'm crying 😭

[@chicagomusicexchange]

😂🤘🤘

[@ebikes2xs159]

Some surf music wouldn't hurt my feelings. Can't help but notice Five O background music.

[@GunnReqwan]

We can tell the age of the strat because of the bullet truss rod

[@adambrzycki8088]

my reaction time to turn the video way up when he hit that Tie Your Mother down riff was F1 level.

[@chicagomusicexchange]

😂🤘🤘

[@tomwalsh6774]

Cant find that T-shirt on your website? (can find the black one, but not the grey)

[@MrJurgis14]

That's my dream guitar right there..

[@chicagomusicexchange]

🤘🤘

[@Runner862]

Great to see some nice rhytm instrad stupid riffs like anyone else

[@chicagomusicexchange]

🤘🤘

[@dublblind]

Would love to hear the EchoPark through a Vertex pedal!

[@angelvega4341]

Any chance we can hear some Doobie Brothers or Grandfunk Railroad?

[@rockdanger]

You're kidding right?

[@EdBGuitar52]

Nathan can make a guitar made out of broken popsicle sticks sound good.

[@chicagomusicexchange]

😂😂

[@wewin03]

That SG is sick.

[@DredgenX]

Not sure why I always forget Nathaniel has a brit accent!

[@ajsrhodes]

How about showcasing the variety Gibson Melody Makers

[@chicagomusicexchange]

We do have a few at the shop right now! 👀

[@joshmiller884]

One day I will be as good as Nathaniel. One day I will be as good as Nathaniel. One day I will be as good as Nathaniel. One day I will be as good as Nathaniel. One day I will be as good as Nathaniel. One day I will be as good as Nathaniel. One day I will be as good as Nathaniel.

[@sbreide1]

How about “This Just Plugged Into”. Same guitar but different amps?

[@jamesenglish6044]

Best Music store in the world

[@chicagomusicexchange]

Thank you!!🤘🤘

[@CatherineCoughlan-c1o]

When I hear Rickenbacker I think Beatles and John Fogarty CCR

[@mahdinikootalab1334]

more video with him pls

[@lutephilips5550]

Did nobody tell him the Madcat is a clone of the Hohner Prince played for almost 40 years. Original is iconic.

[@toddgibson6817]

I thought echopark were done after the subpar quality spread like wild fure through the forums

[@CliftonCaskey-nj8so]

That’s a nice Rickenbacker, but it’s not a tuxedo. The tuxedo was all white, including the fretboard, with black trim. This guitar is simply a Maple-Glo with black trim. At the time it was made, the model name would have been 360BT.

[@troyshellhamer9964]

Can anyone tell me what’s he’s playing on the SG please??? The very first blues number.

[@demuthjesse]

Does he have ANY CLUE that is the prince tele? Also, those are two stratocaster pickups. Nothing tele about it except the shape.

[@mahdinikootalab1334]

you can record a video just plugged in with the gibsons one

[@wartimemodels]

I could feel the Smiths incoming.

[@mrtonysantos]

@32:40 the low e looks like it's off the fretboard over the upper frets

[@Koffieleuter]

5 guitars but only 1 like button 😱 OK, the Echopark.

[@BenCDaugherty]

That rick screams Ed O’Brien

[@angelvega4341]

Any chance he can play Gavotte?

[@427Camino]

Can we get an episode trying different used amps with a LP and Strat?

[@chicagomusicexchange]

We for sure want to do an amp episode in the future!

[@ae3898]

“This just plugged into”

[@ICanRideMiBikeWithNoHandleBars]

Echopark FTW Cool story: I hung out with the owner of Echopark at his house, some years ago when he moved to Detroit. Got to play one of his acoustics. It was the best playing/sounding acoustic I’ve ever touched. It had a soul. If I had the money, I’d grab one of his guitars. They’re a work of art.

[@djizzah]

great player, great guy, but you know theres millions of great musicians out there that no one has heard of only a lucky few get the breaks but nat deserves it, im self taught possibly 2/3's as good as nat on my best day? ha ha, just kidding, my favourites are the strats, so versatile, always sound good, nats strengths seem to be jazz style and country in my opinion

[@earnestwatson8235]

How does one not know what that Tele is. Played by Prince and Merle Haggard had a burst.

[@maorixp8812]

Nick McCabe from The Verve played such a 79 black Strat

[@geraldponce8336]

Thought guitar 2 was the coolest. Of course a strat is a strat is a strat.

[@TK_100]

That’s a cool Ric

[@manphoto1972]

Love that beatles accent ;-)

[@HALWASRIGHT]

Definitely NOT a "Beatles" accent. That's Manc all day.

[@pelican2637]

😁just like calling a Virginian a Yankee

[@manphoto1972]

@@HALWASRIGHT english accent for french people is english accent

[@HALWASRIGHT]

@@manphoto1972 ok, cool. Thanks for the update...I guess...

[@41DegreesSouth]

9:49 can someone please tell me the name of this song?

[@MrAxeldernevik]

The overdrive in that amp is rough. I would love it, but it’s super duper rough.

[@shanebrbich5698]

I need you to find me a Left Handed Hamer Double Cut Slammer STAT

[@PaisiusAndrei]

Any chance of knowing the amp settings here?

[@chicagomusicexchange]

EQ is mostly the same for the whole video. Everything at noon!

[@russellsimmons774]

Can we get a explainer on the process of flying into Chicago to purchase a vintage guitar and amp. I would never want a vintage amp shipped, but don’t know how navigate the flying with an amp… Do you need to take the tubes out? Buy a road case? I feel like a second seat would be better than a road case and putting into checked luggage. Thank you

[@russellsimmons774]

And I loved the echo park, but it sold before I saw the video 😮

[@chicagomusicexchange]

It definitely depends on the situation but we ship amps all the time with no problems.That being said there are some amps we list as pick up only unless the buyer insures the shipment. Accidents durring shipment can happen but our team does a great job of packing gear for shipment. The big ones are sometimes shipped via freight. I'm not sure how flying with an amp would go but I would assume you would need a road case and it would be checked with like a bag. We have personally flown guitars by purchasing an extra seat for them so if the amp fits that would definitely be the safest option.

[@russellsimmons774]

@@chicagomusicexchange looking forward to seeing the store in person. Happy Thanksgiving!

[@chicagomusicexchange]

You too! Hope to see you soon!