15 Guitar Myths That Make Us All Look CRAZY!

Today I talk about some bizarre and unusual guitar myths that people believe! I also mix in some more commonly held myths with playing examples!
See if there are any you believe on this list!
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[@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

[@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!

[@s6g2k]

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.

[@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

[@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 .

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@ianrickey208]

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

[@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!

[@BillDutton]

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

[@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

[@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!

[@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

[@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!!😂😂😂

[@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 :)

[@draganm7823]

I've watched this educational session and each time I come away with more info, it's gr8. Thanks Darrell!

[@jaytaylor9232]

I boil my guitar for revived tone.

[@99rpm]

A warm tone it will be!

[@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.

[@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..!!!

[@tocadolly2197]

Good stuff Darrell - really, really good stuff - very refreshing! Thanks for that.

[@vladbroski6190]

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).

[@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.🤣

[@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.

[@elgamal1982]

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.

[@TheWolvesCurse]

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

[@cardprophecy97]

I wanna hear that tbh

[@DocDisco241]

Checkout King Parrot. Grindcore on a hollowbody.

[@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

[@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.

[@roymiddel9380]

The way you start your video's always put a smile on my face

[@LukeHul]

Great video Darrell, please more new ones like this! New tag line for your channel: "cutting through guitar myth insanity since [when you started the channel]". Thanks, looking forward to more new vids as we're social distancing at home

[@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.

[@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

[@justincarlson3134]

Thanks, man. I love your videos. I’ve learned a lot from your channel.

[@takeawayteacher4742]

Love your videos! this one's amazing, killing those silly myths!

[@TomMacalisang]

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

[@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

[@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

[@mjwal00]

Well done. Was waiting for this type of video to come out.

[@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...

[@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.

[@congerscott6064]

Absolutely great video, thank you 🎸👍.

[@garryramsey1949]

Thanks Darrell, that was very informative and very well presented

[@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.

[@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!

[@Pharesm]

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.

[@dominiquez5643]

You rule man ! Love your channel ! Super fresh of ideas ! You killed me with the "Franken-Darrell" hahaha But it did sound amazing !

[@mickeybreezy]

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

[@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.

[@genegarneau3822]

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...👍🎸

[@sleekeith2444]

Just great! I can't even express how much I agree with all you said. One of your best video!

[@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!

[@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

[@SamarHussain1]

Darrel this is one of the best videos of yours so far. Great job 👍

[@billavonda1604]

Awesome video - great pearls!

[@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.

[@jenbill]

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

[@user-hd5vn8pc6j]

You're reasonable, logical and easy to listen to, definitely a great channel!

[@andrejlazic573]

Very informative video. Thanks.

[@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.

[@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 😀

[@martinds4895]

Great video! Thanks Mr Brown.

[@tuffn00gies]

I just started and I'm learning a ton from your videos. Thank you!

[@scottraycraft1885]

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

[@oleadsr8186]

effhole haha

[@malcolmwindust3888]

Definitely organic…

[@PurpleLightning6was9]

@@malcolmwindust3888 Hopefully, at least

[@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.

[@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.........

[@dylanporter8105]

A strat sings while a tele growls

[@Arfshesaid457]

Thanks for demythologizing the guitar marketing. This is a much-needed and gentle application of journalism and science to rampant folklore. Also I was glad to see you on Robert Baker’s top 5 list.

[@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.

[@israelunterman]

That was super interesting, thank you!

[@MusicbyLou]

You're great! That was too much fun!

[@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!

[@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... 👌🤙🤙🤙🤙

[@scottchaney56]

Hilarious and great Darrell. Thanks.

[@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

[@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👍

[@RaphaelNano]

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

[@martin13rm]

damn these are the videos that internet guitar forums needed since decades, love em darrel thank u so so much

[@jameshayes3225]

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

[@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...

[@oldguysguitarvlog183]

Man, I love your channel, LOL. Incredible stuff!

[@ckallaher]

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!

[@Alliejen12345]

Enjoyed this - thanks Darrell!

[@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!

[@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

[@_inthrone_]

Huge thanks! I love your sharing 😉🥰

[@adrianramirez7122]

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

[@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.

[@Yu2beFool]

"The most beautiful instrument ever created..." AND the only instrument that gives so many possibilities to express your (inner) self! I love playing the piano, but nothing beats any guitar, wether amplified or plain nylon. Thanks Darrell, this was educational, as always of high quality video and sound and sometimes hilarious (9V batteries?).

[@eddyeddy2887]

ROFL. You made my day. True, have heard these Myths N number of times. Thank you so very much for clarifying and demonstrating it. Sincerely appreciate it. Thanks Darrell, you are a STAR.

[@jerkforsure8387]

People in the firearms community are similar. Its almost like some of these people believe they could tell you if they were shot with a 9mm or .40 S&W.

[@jerkforsure8387]

@David Calloway yes, however, not the point I was trying to make.

[@jerkforsure8387]

@David Calloway so, you could tell if someone shot you with a 9mm? I am aware of what I am speaking on, are you?

[@jerkforsure8387]

There is no "meaningful" difference between being shot by a .40 or a 9mm. One could not notice the difference

[@jerkforsure8387]

@David Calloway 🤦🤦🤦🤦

[@jerkforsure8387]

@Sean M eye roll

[@stevesoldwedel]

Would definitely love a string-gauge test.

[@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.

[@TemporaryStayer]

I love this video! Stick it to the gear snobs!!!

[@K.114.]

thank you explaining what the f holes are for. i'm new to guitar. and it's hard to find explanations for the simple simple things. thank you! :) also, i couldn't decide between the telecaster and the strat and you just made my decision so clear by explain the difference in such a simple quick way. thank you :)

[@rocktopher101]

This was a fantastic. Thanks for the common sense.

[@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!!

[@notyetskeletal4809]

Great vid... comments too. Reminds me of when I catch myself listening for minute differences in tubescreamer comparison videos to realise I'm not actually making music. It's redundant and I should focus on my time management.

[@lent7156]

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.