999manman must be the vintage pickups and the nitrocellulose.
@999manman5 жыл бұрын
@@timg7942 Hahahah! No doubt!!!
@Skelly59624 жыл бұрын
It's because it was probably filmed with an Android rather than an iPhone.
@MrSparks544 жыл бұрын
Must have used matched Groove Tubes
@IgnazioPillitteri4 жыл бұрын
and now after three years it sounds even better, as the video has nicely aged, we can undoubtedly call it "vintage"
@TheJollyMisanthrope4 жыл бұрын
A lot of myths have one thing in common: Trying to separate you from your hard earned money.
@azmike35724 жыл бұрын
Easy to separate me from my money...wasn't hard-earned at all!
@williamsporing15002 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@paulsgotgas73075 жыл бұрын
To my ears the rosewood fretboard had a warmer vintage tone than the maple, but that just might have been the poly finish.
@carlosoliveira-rc2xt5 жыл бұрын
Lol.
@balamsky5 жыл бұрын
No... it’s the spaghetti logo what really matters
@spencersmokler41715 жыл бұрын
you're correct, rosewood is a warmer tone and maple is a bright tone
@functionform5 жыл бұрын
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.
@phillthorpe26435 жыл бұрын
What is more amazing is the tone was so similar coming from 2 completely different guitars .
@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy4 жыл бұрын
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.
@cursedcliff75624 жыл бұрын
Thats why you do that to old strings
@GrungeyMr4 жыл бұрын
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.
@drkaplin984 жыл бұрын
I did that too! Such crap!
@MrOgynist3 жыл бұрын
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.
@mickavoidant47803 жыл бұрын
@@GrungeyMr I did it once and it did nothing more than waste electricity.
@philroe23635 жыл бұрын
"Play jazz on an SG . . . play bluegrass on an Ibanez" . . . Yep. Just PLAY!!!
@cardprophecy974 жыл бұрын
Me trying to djent on my acoustic
@aristotlefromebay4 жыл бұрын
@@cardprophecy97 Y? Same
@bobravenscraft53764 жыл бұрын
Eddie said he loved his 335. Didn't look cool
@legryzzly24 жыл бұрын
The more important part of the guitar for tone ? THE AMP
@dylanadams14554 жыл бұрын
I'd go even futher and say the speaker cabinet. Makes a huge difference.
@stevenshea9904 жыл бұрын
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
@brunnoteixeira94004 жыл бұрын
The speakers!
@legryzzly24 жыл бұрын
@@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 🤣
@sirspongadoodle19 күн бұрын
@@legryzzly2funny thing is thats because atleast for anything with even a moderate amount of overdrive the difference between pickups becomes unnoticable, theres a guy called glenn fricker whos got a couple videos on em…
@bolland835 жыл бұрын
"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.
@pyroman60004 жыл бұрын
Yep, and not to mention the vintage amps they were using.
@bgm95174 жыл бұрын
@@pyroman6000 technically, wouldn't the "vintage" amps back then be new?
@goochguitar69674 жыл бұрын
And everything was recorded to tape!!
@alexeypolevoybass4 жыл бұрын
@@bgm9517 there still is a big market for analog gear, so they didn't even get old yet.
@ryankelsey96464 жыл бұрын
“Wood is unpredictable.” Yes, I deal with that problem every morning! Lol
@emilyadams32284 жыл бұрын
Get rock hard to play hard rock!
@Customwinder13 жыл бұрын
Outta control 😂
@theodosios26153 жыл бұрын
That's outstanding, sir.
@xamislimelight89653 жыл бұрын
Damn straight! Use it or lose it! Haha
@Aram_musica4 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@shokid6 жыл бұрын
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 😂😂
@paulfrombrooklyn54096 жыл бұрын
If you stir fry the picks, too, they will sound warmer.
@keithblaney90646 жыл бұрын
Don't forget the Sriracha if you want a hotter pickup.
@dustrider93066 жыл бұрын
Remember to always grease your fretboard for those fat neck tones!
@TruthSurge6 жыл бұрын
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.
@Vaddinn6 жыл бұрын
lmao
@jpalomino935 жыл бұрын
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_Auto5 жыл бұрын
That was really cool man 😁
@SassySally3915 жыл бұрын
José Palomino thank youuuuuuuuuuuu
@foosiew5 жыл бұрын
Hero of the day
@AnomieTrain6 жыл бұрын
I always start the day with a big bowl of guitar string soup
@gregorp84065 жыл бұрын
Soup is practical too because afterwards, you dont need a.. tooth-pick!!😂😂😂
@fondoman3884 Жыл бұрын
.. 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!
@jarrydee27995 жыл бұрын
Damn near spit my coffee out when I seen that chopped up strat... Awesome!
@michaelmonopoli10045 жыл бұрын
looks fretless too
@jonksmodels5 жыл бұрын
Yeah I love it too.
@DJAPE-vq5jw4 жыл бұрын
@@michaelmonopoli1004 bcs it is
@rollandcolon65666 жыл бұрын
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!
@DarrellBraunGuitar6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Rolland! Glad to help :)
@RobertBakerGuitar6 жыл бұрын
Ok can confirm was triggered multiple times in this video hahahahaha
@andrewmoseley40296 жыл бұрын
Robert Baker You and me both.
@ladariusjohnson7096 жыл бұрын
Hahahaha Myth #16 Long silky hair enhances guitar skills and brings out the rebel in you Hahahahahahahahaha
@j_freed6 жыл бұрын
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.
@napalmhardcore6 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@roberttownsend70646 жыл бұрын
no. flames. flames make it faster. just like cars.
@ianrickey2084 жыл бұрын
Darrell proves that “made in Canada” can sound as good as anywhere. Love his comment about CNC machines hahahahaha - well said Darrell!
@BillDutton6 жыл бұрын
This was perfectly entertaining! I laughed as you poked each sacred cow - well done Darrell, I always enjoy your videos.
@RudyAyoub6 жыл бұрын
i like your shirt
@rajdeepganguli22746 жыл бұрын
i like your hummus
@ask-ingarbhn68556 жыл бұрын
I like your memes
@buyana1146 жыл бұрын
I like that you are everywhere
@void_snw6 жыл бұрын
I like Ayourb content
@stroumyi6 жыл бұрын
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..!!!
@nameismy_ethan5 жыл бұрын
Somebody call Rob Chapman to do these hearing tests
@lordofthestrings72615 жыл бұрын
Robs clean tone sounds like an angry bee though :(
@jacebeleren17035 жыл бұрын
Rob Chapman believes the tonewood myth, so i wouldnt really trust him on the matter, accomplished guitarist as he may be.
@DocMcStuffIt445 жыл бұрын
matthias umagat kind of scary how accurate he can be 😭
@destianpatrianagara11195 жыл бұрын
@@jacebeleren1703 cause he own a guitar company so that's obvious
@Ryuu876 жыл бұрын
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
@eriklundstrum46566 жыл бұрын
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.
@Ryuu876 жыл бұрын
@@eriklundstrum4656 Yeah white ones sound better, and red ones are faster.
@BoltRM6 жыл бұрын
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..
@Ryuu876 жыл бұрын
@@BoltRM Let me put it this way: If you can hear the difference, you have an ear way better than the average human.
@JoeBaermann6 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@masterrick27596 жыл бұрын
Was hoping the metallic flakes in my gold top were adding sustain and bite. Thinking of starting that rumor anyway
@mattymodeerf6 жыл бұрын
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!
@gregorp84065 жыл бұрын
Combine it with active pickups with 18volt mod and see the flakes turn while you turn the volume knob!
@guitarprepnplus15 жыл бұрын
Metallic flakes affect pickup tone..🎸😎😳
@cdreid99995 жыл бұрын
duh they add crunch! :P
@TarkMcCoy6 жыл бұрын
Practice...why does it ALWAYS come down to practice...can't I just PAY to sound like Hendrix??? :)
@stevetaylor8275 жыл бұрын
Of course you can, mime to a Hendrix recording!
@EddieOtool5 жыл бұрын
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.
@cdreid99995 жыл бұрын
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-joachimbierwirth47275 жыл бұрын
I once played a C chord on a 12 string. Tommy Emmanuel said he's already busy with 6.
@azmike35725 жыл бұрын
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.
@The030Berliner4 жыл бұрын
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!
@SoManyDogs6 жыл бұрын
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.
@DarrellBraunGuitar6 жыл бұрын
Yikes!! Welcome to the club! 😁
@YouTubeHandlesAreMoronic6 жыл бұрын
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...
@tomaszwota14656 жыл бұрын
Don't forget to get ceramic supports under your $10,000 cable, so that the signal flows better.
@jaytee10866 жыл бұрын
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.
@tomholton2356 жыл бұрын
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.
@spottedsaint57766 жыл бұрын
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.🤣
@asmallfarmhomestead36576 жыл бұрын
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.
@escalator97346 жыл бұрын
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
@DMSProduktions6 жыл бұрын
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.
@K0sm1cKid6 жыл бұрын
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.
@DMSProduktions6 жыл бұрын
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-oy7gz5bf2h6 жыл бұрын
EQ is tricky. Sometimes, more treble registers as fuller to the ears or brain. It's not straightforward.
@jaytaylor92325 жыл бұрын
I boil my guitar for revived tone.
@99rpm Жыл бұрын
A warm tone it will be!
@RobertBakerGuitar6 жыл бұрын
*gets drink* Let's do dis thang!
@paramediccpo6 жыл бұрын
Robert Baker you 2 need to do something together on a video! Love to see that
@stevesoldwedel6 жыл бұрын
@@paramediccpo Yes!
@OroborosEternalLife6 жыл бұрын
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.
@seanbrooks25836 жыл бұрын
@@BlazonStone because some manufactures tend to put so much on it makes the guitar feel like plastic.
@JoeBaermann6 жыл бұрын
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.
@scottnathanphoto6 жыл бұрын
@@BlazonStone It feels hard and plasticky. I like Nitro because it clouds up, flakes off, cracks and crazes.
@BG-jg4pt6 жыл бұрын
The funny thing is that your amp matters way way more than your guitar and no one talks about it
@ayylmao51216 жыл бұрын
SPEAKERS matter most
@DarrellBraunGuitar6 жыл бұрын
#truth
@buyana1146 жыл бұрын
@@ayylmao5121 I agree it's speakers, amp, pickups and lastly the guitar itself for the tone
@SaxJockey6 жыл бұрын
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.
@Aeronaut19756 жыл бұрын
@@ayylmao5121 I'd say the cabinet is just as important as the speakers
@theHAL90002 жыл бұрын
Big difference when I switched out the stock pickguard with one made from a hand-selected tone acrylic ...
@TomMacalisang6 жыл бұрын
People from the 60's were already searching for that "Warm, vintage tone" 😂
@mikewhitfield29946 жыл бұрын
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.
@schmoemi33866 жыл бұрын
And string material... 8)
@mikewhitfield29946 жыл бұрын
Yup, assuming he has the time to test another variable.
@rickmooney88006 жыл бұрын
and 9% is the person playing it.
@Snoopdave20006 жыл бұрын
40% amp and speakers 40% pickups 20% a hundred other things I would say !!!
@mikewhitfield29946 жыл бұрын
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.
@mickeybreezy6 жыл бұрын
"This is what my life has devolved into." I feel that homie.
@roymiddel93805 жыл бұрын
The way you start your video's always put a smile on my face
@alocasio58966 жыл бұрын
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.
@kalypso41336 жыл бұрын
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.
@aliennomad35326 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@pete56686 жыл бұрын
Where is KZbin's laugh button? hahahaha
@kalypso41336 жыл бұрын
@@aliennomad3532 I have done a huge amount of blind tests xDD maybe you are just deaf?
@frankkolton17806 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@rayganadamson20056 жыл бұрын
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
@nickburmanmusic6 жыл бұрын
Yup. Especially when you play a 5 or 6 string. They're a little more than $7!
@pica6sedg6 жыл бұрын
Or it helps them to rust!! Metal + water + heat + salt from sweaty hands = disaster.
@pica6sedg6 жыл бұрын
If you really want them clean use isopropanol.
@KaitouKaiju6 жыл бұрын
@@pica6sedg Nickel and stainless steel don't rust.
@greasyt94006 жыл бұрын
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
@Axess-sv8nq6 жыл бұрын
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!!
@adriannasanchez4686 жыл бұрын
Axess2084 you should want to support American companies and help the American economy...
@Axess-sv8nq6 жыл бұрын
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?
@spottedsaint57766 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@Yu2beFool6 жыл бұрын
@@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-sv8nq6 жыл бұрын
Jeff Peccato - Well said, sir!
@draganm78235 жыл бұрын
I've watched this educational session and each time I come away with more info, it's gr8. Thanks Darrell!
@TheToneLounge6 жыл бұрын
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?!
@tomaszwota14656 жыл бұрын
DEM RED GEETARZ GO FASTA! WAAAGH! __ Basic fact of 40k.
@gillesgenete95986 жыл бұрын
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 😂
@TheToneLounge6 жыл бұрын
Gilles Genete it’s all about perspectives lol
@nickburmanmusic6 жыл бұрын
@@gillesgenete9598 Totally agree. Green guitars just sound terrible. Can't stand green.
@joshiuahallenbeck5316 жыл бұрын
Billy sounds like a bad RNG system.
@TedSchoenling6 жыл бұрын
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!
@niklnik10086 жыл бұрын
"now the question: maple or rosewood?" Me: looks at my Ibanez with ebony fretboard...
@shapeshifter76765 жыл бұрын
How about no wood at all?
@lordofthestrings72615 жыл бұрын
@@shapeshifter7676 check out a gittler guitar ;)
@ricklewis58045 жыл бұрын
LordOfTheStrings Yeah those are crazy!
@just.gajche5 жыл бұрын
*me*:looks at my vintage Musima from plywood...
@dominiquez56434 жыл бұрын
You rule man ! Love your channel ! Super fresh of ideas ! You killed me with the "Franken-Darrell" hahaha But it did sound amazing !
@Mark706096 жыл бұрын
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.
@cdreid99995 жыл бұрын
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...
@ThomasAtzinger6 жыл бұрын
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 😀
@sirbaronvoncount41476 жыл бұрын
I will take a tele bridge pickup over a strat any day. So much more balls
@rknisple6 жыл бұрын
I agree man.
@jharsch34536 жыл бұрын
What's that other pickup even for?
@arnolddealiii42596 жыл бұрын
Led Zeppelin I. Mic drop!
@rknisple6 жыл бұрын
@@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
@jonthehermit80826 жыл бұрын
I concur...I've personally changed my strat bridge 3times searching for perfection.
@martin13rm3 жыл бұрын
damn these are the videos that internet guitar forums needed since decades, love em darrel thank u so so much
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.
@EpicStuffMan10006 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@drbosommd6 жыл бұрын
Strong gauge makes a difference on acoustic BUT the acoustic guitar has a bunch of different factors. Body wood does makes a difference too.
@dochort216 жыл бұрын
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.
@TheMusicalMedic6 жыл бұрын
@@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!
@williamolsen206 жыл бұрын
The Fender head stock is the craziest one, it is all about the look.
@MyRealName6 жыл бұрын
I honestly never heard anyone say such nonsense in person.
@SideEffectsmusic6 жыл бұрын
I haven't even noticed.
@hobbyknight99626 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU! Finally a KZbinr cuts through the B.S. that is guitarist superstitions. Thank you thank you thank you.
@noahodum97376 жыл бұрын
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?
@jackallen62616 жыл бұрын
Yep, practice practice practice!!
@ckallaher Жыл бұрын
I know it’s an older video but I just love this, especially the maple versus rosewood fretboard because no question the second one sounded more like the “conventional wisdom” rosewood but of course it was the maple. A plug for the beefiness of the Tele bridge pickup (at least vs. the Strat bridge) was much appreciated too. You’ve done a great service to the guitar playing community!
@micdf5 жыл бұрын
Bass strings actually can be revived somewhat from boiling. Not a myth at all. But buying new ones is still preferable.
@henkehakansson20045 жыл бұрын
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.
@connorross69215 жыл бұрын
Yeah I can go from really crappy tone to a completely new better tone just by boiling them
@JLindebergful5 жыл бұрын
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.
@irwinfc5 жыл бұрын
totally agree! i did that several times on the E, A, and D strings from a set of peavey stainless. worked every time!
@hunter50285 жыл бұрын
...dont boil strings. Please, for the love of all that is holy, just get new ones.
@DarrellBraunGuitar6 жыл бұрын
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 :)
@Osmorales906 жыл бұрын
Amazing return!!
@Supperconductor6 жыл бұрын
You “rescued” that guitar like a serial killer picks up a hitchhiker - LMAO!
@caseyking83946 жыл бұрын
That guitar looks like a transformer lol
@hanomag2516 жыл бұрын
One of the best video of the year!!! All because of the Super Red Strat!!! :) Like they say: It's all in the wood!!!
@tdtom13766 жыл бұрын
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.
@scottraycraft18855 жыл бұрын
In a corner Crying My f holes aren't haunting or organic
@oleadsr81865 жыл бұрын
effhole haha
@malcolmwindust38885 жыл бұрын
Definitely organic…
@PurpleLightning6was94 жыл бұрын
@@malcolmwindust3888 Hopefully, at least
@asgeirosnes38505 жыл бұрын
You're forgetting one very important thing with the f-hole, that makes the Thinline the better guitar. It just looks cool. :D
@cholepriccee20695 жыл бұрын
It looks ugly
@alecmullaney79574 жыл бұрын
Also louder acousticly
@artiefischel25796 жыл бұрын
TL;DR Just play. Somehow I knew that's what your tonewood experiment would end up looking like.
@stevesoldwedel6 жыл бұрын
Would definitely love a string-gauge test.
@ichbrauchmehrkaffee57856 жыл бұрын
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
@UmVtCg5 жыл бұрын
Try again on a clean tone
@luca94085 жыл бұрын
Is it just me or do Teles always sound better than strats
@lydiapelling46365 жыл бұрын
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 :)
@luigivonbootheven28544 жыл бұрын
Ask Hendrix...
@ZepFb4 жыл бұрын
Well, it depends on your preference 😊
@rikardocarvalho4 жыл бұрын
@@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
@hammerofgodminiatures4 жыл бұрын
A strat can't do tele but a tele can do strat so tele is always my go to
@clintonthe4th2456 жыл бұрын
I started watching this thinking, "I don't need to know this nerd stuff" and then watched it all the way through and enjoyed it
@mostlyfromscratch35106 жыл бұрын
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👍
@TheWolvesCurse4 жыл бұрын
myth9: finally! i can play deathmetal on a hollowbody guitar!
@cardprophecy974 жыл бұрын
I wanna hear that tbh
@Milton_Andrew4 жыл бұрын
Checkout King Parrot. Grindcore on a hollowbody.
@lent71562 жыл бұрын
Best guitar related video I have seen!! Practice, or just play all the free time you have, workout best in long run and much better than spending money.
@jenbill6 жыл бұрын
Well you left out a couple of most important tonal factors the Color and Time of day Ahahahahaah!
@MTLeadSlanger6 жыл бұрын
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?
@MyRealName6 жыл бұрын
"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 :)
@MTLeadSlanger6 жыл бұрын
So then I suppose you would make the argument that new shiny strings and old grimey ones sound the same too, huh?
@tommyibanez39586 жыл бұрын
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.
@dougjohnson37916 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@lovesgibson6 жыл бұрын
Of course string gauge would affect the tone. Although the effect is probably minimal when you’re comparing 10 to 11, etc
@Osmorales906 жыл бұрын
. I love the way you put back together the strat of the tonewood myth! Looks sick and it is still and amazing functional guitar... 👌🤙🤙🤙🤙
@elgamal19825 жыл бұрын
Man, you are an awesome honest respectful person who I really admire. I just found your channel like 2 or 3 days ago and since then I am watching all your other videos to try fixing the mess some other reviewers and forums did to me. Everything started to make sense now. Thank you.
@rocktopher1016 жыл бұрын
This was a fantastic. Thanks for the common sense.
@TheResidentSkeptic5 жыл бұрын
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.
@EddieOtool5 жыл бұрын
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.
@cdreid99995 жыл бұрын
@@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-joachimbierwirth47275 жыл бұрын
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.
@JK-nr2eu5 жыл бұрын
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."
@cagraydn6892 жыл бұрын
Myth #11 actually works on bass strings and boiling bass strings not used for "making them like new" its for the situations like you have to rush to a gig or small recording session and you don't have time/ability to buy new set of strings and your strings are not in their best shape. Just remove them, boil them for a couple of minutes, restring them back. It'll clear of some of the gunk and dirt and brings back a little life to bass strings and since bass strings are much thicker, your strings won't snap while restringing. I have to add one more thing, it is for "just one time". Boiling the same strings over and over won't work like the first time. Btw, great video keep up the good work.
@lowlifeangler5 жыл бұрын
More Stickers , More sustain!
@markk22855 жыл бұрын
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.........
@aeroshack5 жыл бұрын
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_K5 жыл бұрын
The wealthy must justify their Custom shop purchases with claims of “superior” this and that, that only they can hear.
@ricklewis58045 жыл бұрын
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_K5 жыл бұрын
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.
@ricklewis58045 жыл бұрын
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.
@ricklewis58045 жыл бұрын
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.
@genegarneau38222 жыл бұрын
Everytime, when i watch Darrells videos, i go plug in my guitar and start playing. Darrell makes guitar playing so fun.. so addictive. Love it...👍🎸
@dylanporter81055 жыл бұрын
A strat sings while a tele growls
@RaphaelNano6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video man this was a wake up call I spent a lot of time and money on things like this. Time to practice more
@Bigbuddyandblue6 жыл бұрын
I am having an excellent day, thank you.
@adrianramirez71224 жыл бұрын
Speaking for the bigger fender logo, it JUST LOOKS BETTER! I love it so much, I love it so much more than the small one
@chris_27146 жыл бұрын
Malmsteen claims the bigger headstock helps with sustain. Pro musicians just contribute to these myths!
@guitarprepnplus16 жыл бұрын
Are we surprised?😵
@ciddax7546 жыл бұрын
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.
@sqlb3rn6 жыл бұрын
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.
@jackhaugh6 жыл бұрын
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.
@infinitefretboard6 жыл бұрын
Like he would know? He doesn't sustain anything.
@nanispiderman6 жыл бұрын
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!
@stevennash90955 жыл бұрын
Excellent assessment of some of the nonsense we all get fed as guitarists. The Fender book claims that the larger headstock was to address warping problems! Wouldn’t a larger headstock be more likely to warp? Another piece of nonsense. Of course, if you want your Les Paul to sound true vintage it’s essential that the poker chip and the knobs are made of butyrate...! I have 20 guitars and have owned many more over many years and everything you have said has been borne out by my own experience. I use 009 -046 strings because they’re easier to play, prefer Rosewood to maple because it’s less sticky under the fingers (especially with nitro finished necks) and have found no discernible difference between ash and alder other than weight (sometimes) and that ash looks better for clear finishes. Great mythbusing piece. Well done....
@cdreid99995 жыл бұрын
the fretboard thing is hillarious because the only reason we even HAVE fretboards is that Leo fender didnt like the way his guitar necks started to look ugly and dirty once musicians had been playing them a lot..
@vladbroski61904 жыл бұрын
Just love your videos Darrell. I can't get enough of your "contagious" enthusiasm. It is honestly a shot in the arm of true guitar wisdom. Wishing you all the best through this crazy time! Long may you run brother. (From Calgary, Alberta).
@amdenis5 жыл бұрын
Pickups and microphones makes all the difference- other than the single most important factor, the tone knobs-as we all know.
@andreasleonlandgren30925 жыл бұрын
Andrew Denis thx
@celticwolff54296 жыл бұрын
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?"
@charlie65886 жыл бұрын
Lmao he meant the body of the guitar
@TheCedar716 жыл бұрын
It's not the fingerboard...
@unique23b326 жыл бұрын
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.
@EpicStuffMan10006 жыл бұрын
@@charlie6588 woosh lol
@nickburmanmusic6 жыл бұрын
Hahaha The winner of the Best Comment Award :)
@MarkArandjus6 жыл бұрын
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
@YTOnceAgain6 жыл бұрын
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.
@deaconblooze16 жыл бұрын
Yeah, guitars, and NASA.
@MarkArandjus6 жыл бұрын
the blue penguin that's a matter of craftsmanship and quality, not technology.
@MarkArandjus6 жыл бұрын
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.
@swidswid30266 жыл бұрын
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.
@MusicbyLou5 жыл бұрын
You're great! That was too much fun!
@williamweller81006 жыл бұрын
Myth #14: I was going to mention Ibanez guitars made in Indonesia, versus Japan. I have been using a JS1000 for about the last 10 years, or one of their prestige models. I recently just purchased a JS24P. I cannot see or feel any quality differences between the prestige and premium model. While I do not have one of the more recent JS prestige models, the JS24P appears to be made of all the exact same materials, pick ups, bridge, etc. I am not disappointed with my guitar that was made in Indonesia at all.
@Nikoo0335 жыл бұрын
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.
@paulandlesson6 жыл бұрын
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.
@sqlb3rn6 жыл бұрын
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.
@paulandlesson6 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@Pharesm4 жыл бұрын
Good videos you make, crisp voice, crisp narrative! String gage: I think you're right that it matters not on electric guitars. But on acoustics - which you probably weren't talking about in the first place - I find a fairly distinct improvement with thicker gage strings: low strings seem to flap less and the high strings are definitely less harsh, especially on spruce tops.
@Supperconductor6 жыл бұрын
Darrell, awesome video! Can you please explain the difference between pickup output levels? Isn’t lower output preferable because you can always boost it vs. a high-output pickup can’t be attenuated? Or can one simply ride the volume lower on higher output pickups? Or, is there some other interaction between the pickups with differing outputs and the pre-amp because of DC resistance? So confused! EDITED TWICE: Stupid auto-correct on your name.
@themikeaustin6 жыл бұрын
My understanding is that lower wind pickups have broader "coverage" because more windings means more midrange and less low and high frequencies (we're talking about overtones here). Some people believe that the reason "vintage" pickups sound so good is that the magnets get weaker over time and that affects the level of signal that the pickups have. G&L (Leo Fender) developed Magnetic Field Design (MFD) pickups. These utilize a high-strength ceramic magnet with *fewer* windings of wire. This results in more output with less noise and fantastic clarity and string-to-string articulation.
@Supperconductor6 жыл бұрын
themikeaustin Very interesting stuff. I really need to learn more about this.
@StratMatt7776 жыл бұрын
Electrically speaking, DC resistance is an indication of nothing more than how many feet of wire there is for the signal from your multimeter to go through. A longer distance of winding wire for the voltage to go through = more resistance. More windings = more output.
@Supperconductor6 жыл бұрын
StratMatt777 thanks that makes sense
@StratMatt7776 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear that, thanks! Yeah, they don't tell us WHY higher resistance equals more output or less treble. I was duped for 15 years by Duncan's website telling me that Alnico magnets were warm and ceramic was bright. Then Darrell's recent video straightened me out!
@ravenslaves6 жыл бұрын
Myth #6...depends on the pedal. Most modern circuits (guitar pedals) don't care too much about the quality of the power source. However that changes when you're dealing with a germanium transistor because they are so unstable that anything from the power source to the temperature will alter their performance. Which is why they were dropped from most applications once the vastly more stable silicon transistors were developed. Also add to that the cheaper non-alkaline batteries are not as consistent in their performance, stability and durability as the better batteries and power sources, and your pedal circuit may or may not be getting the proper voltage or current.
@adaycj6 жыл бұрын
Exactly, so it isn't really the battery. It is the voltage (power really).
@danieljansson23106 жыл бұрын
In an old fuzzface with germanium 9v is to much.
@ravenslaves6 жыл бұрын
I think the voltage is fine. I'm thinking it has more to do with the current. ...maybe both! Germaniums are so sensitive I wouldn't raise my voice around one.
@terrygoss5 жыл бұрын
Boiling bass strings works. It really does. 20+ years of experience on this. I still like to buy new ones when I can, as I like to try different strings, but for bass, boiling works.
@henkehakansson20045 жыл бұрын
yes bass strings works, But pretty dumb to boil tiny PLAIN guitar strings. All grime you can wipe off with isopropy alcohol, pretty easily.
@talesfromthetoiletseat82954 жыл бұрын
For me this is true but that is because Bass strings are way more Expensive than guitar strings. This might be due to the store I used to go to though. I remember five string sets are crazy expensive depending on brand.
@FrankJamesMusic4 жыл бұрын
Right on Darrell! I'm 76 and have been playing for over 65 years. Couldn't agree more. I own a $95 Dollar Lag Dreadnought that Blows away Martins and Gibsons at Parlor Jams. I have also own Imports that I was totally happy with and they played Both Rock and Country wonderfully. Love your Videos!
@Ginanity4 жыл бұрын
The overarching takeaway message seems to be: stay away from 'forums'
@Nikoo0335 жыл бұрын
Myth8: strat and tele has sthing in common: both slightly out of tune 😅
@saintwcf4 жыл бұрын
never in over a half century have I ever boiled guitar strings. Glad to know my instinct was correct.
@jameshayes32253 жыл бұрын
I love your reviews Darrell. You've almost single handedly doubled my guitar colletion. I was looking for the "I Like Guitars" shirt in your shop and didn't see it. I would be interested in having one because, first, I really like guitars, and secondly, my wife will hate it HA! Seriously, let me know where I can get one. Thanks for the inspiration! Let the music set you free. James Hayes