Guitars I Hate

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Guitarist/Songwriter/Samurai Born in the Manitoba prefecture of Canada, samuraiguitarist, honed his discipline under the study of the country's most powerful musical sensei. Bred on rock, raised on the blues, trained in jazz, samuraiguitarist creates incredibly innovative videos that showcase his talents on the guitar.

[@bman4099]

*puts away 12 string banjitar with a Floyd rose

[@bleepboop]

...and robotuner

[@remlad407]

You forgot your trem bar.

[@Number.4]

@@remlad407 floyd rose?

[@ethangilbertmedia]

Sven Wolf did you watch the video...

[@Number.4]

@@ethangilbertmedia It is about the comment, not the video.

[@samwilko9820]

I've had a banjo guitar for 30 years - it's been out of tune for 30 years.

[@vinnyhorapeti2461]

Haha

[@neriomao4314]

🤣🤣🤣30yrs outta tune.. Is it still out of tune?

[@nathanadnitt]

Bro at this point it's not out of tune its it's own tuning lol

[@tishtishman9101]

Single Coil 😂😂 holy shit that’s a great point actually

[@A____G]

@@nathanadnitt it's its*

[@chrismarcyy]

"i hope i never see one again" ... Fender 2019: Acoustasonic!

[@joerandom2957]

Chris Gonzalez at least the new one is good

[@normcote270]

Agreed!!!

[@ItsRevival]

The new one is actually pretty good

[@normcote270]

@@ItsRevival Too much money, take a look at Godin Acousticaster, if you're looking for an awesome thin boddied acoustic these are imo. the very best, and that is coming from a huge Fender fan!! I own 3 American Strats. 2 Teles., 5 Fender amps including one I bought new in 1969 and still have to this day. That said I own a Godin Acousticaster that has played hundreds of gigs, check them out, see what you think. 😉

[@jaykebeckett5955]

The original acoustasonic is dope.

[@andrewm5471]

I always wanted to learn the guitar But the beginning seemed so slow and frustrating

[@jasonforster9445]

You...

[@ItsMeVolatility]

No.

[@rolansterling1238]

Got the same fricking ad

[@pedrodayrell8810]

NOT AGAIN OMG EVERY TIME THIS AD AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH

[@gilapo27]

If it wasn’t for rocksmith i’d give that one a try

[@LackingLoam]

12 string acoustic with Floyd rose and Gibson robot tuners and only works with the jellyfish guitar pick

[@theurbread]

oh no

[@craighalvorson77]

Hilarious!!!😆😂🤣🤪

[@atomicwinter31]

It needs to be a hijacked banjitar that somehow gets a floyd rose and a reverse flying V

[@stackhom656]

@@atomicwinter31 and put it through a Boss Metal Zone pedal through some unknown amplifier

[@tristan3456]

oh god why do you give me this image in my mind?

[@brownjedimasterchief1022]

I have never heard someone say, "I upgraded to a squire" 😂😂😂

[@dagnastyodi4196]

lmfao

[@craigbranscum4041]

Play an 80s model or a new classic vibe you will understand ,but yes if you have the cash don't bother.

[@kamsi2439]

lol i really upgraded to a squire. it was so much better than the god-knows-which brand guitar i started off with that i didn't understand why people made such a big deal about fenders 😂

[@kitoyobeni1]

@Kevin Huang I also upgraded to a MIJ Fender Squier back in the 90's, trading my import Dean 88 for it. Of course, I also added a graphite nut, locking tuners, piezo bridge saddles, and bridge and neck Semour Duncan strat-sized humbuckers in it, so I upgraded my upgrade, so to speak.

[@smoshbooz]

Guys... It's Squier not squire

[@einoware436]

Remember, this man has a reverse Flying V

[@loopooh1632]

Flying vagina

[@Highrollinhunter]

Imagine a flying v with robot tuners I would hate it

[@saged08]

@@Highrollinhunter oh you’re in for a treat

[@shaneb1313]

Ya, it’s hideous too!!😩🥴

[@Goddot]

technically it should be a Flying W

[@yukefort8402]

This man is a combination of every person I’ve ever met that works at Guitar Center.

[@kenkovar2647]

well Jeez I guess I oughta rethink them

[@VintageFindsGurl15]

✌️Ikr it’s pretty great✌️

[@redram5150]

Those are fighting words

[@danielmiller2886]

All the good guys at guitar center, at least.

[@StallionStudios1234]

LOL Long and McQuade for me (equivalent of Guitar Center in Canada and he actually worked there).

[@Krankitopia]

My guitar teacher always told me the story of an 12-year-old student that used his dad's guitar to learn to play. At the time, my teacher had a small show choir with her students that would travel around and play local gigs. They had an older van with those giant removable seats that they would empty to carry around the gear. The 12-year-old's dad happened to have a 60s era black Gibson Les Paul. My teacher said the thing played like a dream and sounded amazing. It was terrifying to see a 12-year-old, who didn't take guitar even remotely seriously, walking around with it. The kid had a habit of holding this Les Paul by the strap, without strap locks. I'm sure you think you can see where this is going. He also had a bad habit of swinging said guitar by said lockless guitar strap. One day, while the adults were loading the van and the kids were just goofing off. He was swinging his guitar in a way that he had been told no less than 100s of times not to do, when the strap came off and the guitar went flying into the giant heavy seats of the van sitting near the door. The momentum of the swing meeting an immovable object was too much physics for the neck of that guitar so it promptly snapped in half. The kid immediately started crying. When the dad came to pick up the kid and saw his beloved Gibson in pieces, he just told his son to get in the car and was never seen by my teacher again. That silent disappointed rage. I still partially believe that kid was killed that night.

[@samuraiguitarist]

Oh no....

[@hanreality.7266]

Why didn't someone take it off the kid?

[@khnarry7938]

Hopefully………….

[@jordanmitchell380]

I got anxiety from reading that

[@Finkardop]

And that's why guitar center locks higher end guitars

[@Aerowind]

My dad always told me the story of the "Smellocaster" which made the rounds in the area when he was in a band. Apparently it was a telecaster that played amazingly, but something had happened to it to make it absolutely reek. It kept getting sold over and over again because nobody could get the smell out, and it was bad enough that it had to be passed on.

[@markuyehara7880]

Did anyone ever try to refinish it?

[@TheCSpang]

Just a few months ago, I was in Guitar Center buying an amp. I used a Telecaster they had to test the amp because it was the same model as mine, and I didn't have mine with me. The thing is, that thing STANK! A guy before me had just got done playing it, and after I was finished with it, the smell got on my hands! I was so disgusted! It turned out that the guy playing it was what the employee called a "regular" who would just come in to play their instruments but never buy. I have no idea if it was from the guy playing it or what, but it was certainly a stinky experience. The only way to have avoided this would've been to bring my own guitar with me that day. I'm a lefty, and at the time. that stinky Telecaster happened to be the only left-handed electric guitar in the store.

[@turdferguson2]

For some reason the word smellocaster and the idea of an eternally stank guitar is making me laugh my fucking ass off rn

[@FizzyP]

This story sounds very made up but I was entertained. 7/10.

[@MeatMan359]

Sounds like it would make a sick instrument for a bard necromancer

[@mikethegrunty5968]

That story about installing a Floyd rose on a Black beauty broke my damn heart. I use a Floyd Rose on my Ibanez RG and I have a lot of fun with it, but the idea of someone carving out a cavity on such a gorgeous and valuable guitar kills me on the inside

[@budderbear]

Their Black Beauty was your Ibanez.

[@BecomeTheKnight]

Lmao!! That black beauty story made me make audible noises of discomfort. Also shocked I didn't hear you diss the Gibson Modern Flying V lol. Even though I'm the crazy guy that thinks they look awesome.

[@samuraiguitarist]

I don't hate that bad boy at all. I don't like it but I don't hate it either.

[@KoBronJordan]

@@samuraiguitarist I hate it for both of us.

[@saidoterodiseno]

Hey wuddup Mike!

[@professorchaos9171]

I like them as well.

[@wiggledixbubsy98]

It looks rad

[@yosemitesam4549]

I have a valid totally rational hatred for your reverse Flying V.

[@MarcAndreLevesque]

I always say "what ever floats your boat" but some things in life are just wrong ... the reverse flying V is one of them :)

[@Punttipate62]

@@seralouise. yes

[@grangerlofton8608]

Is that for real 😳?

[@jimjam1719]

yosemite sam- not only is it wrong or doesn't look right, it was an ugly color combination,,,, geez. that burnt brown mustard yellow with a white pick guard,,,, man. i would be a lil more tolerant, not much, but a lil more if it had a better color combo. come on man.

[@MrJacobThrall]

Wait...what...that thing's REAL? I genuinely - GENUINELY - thought "reverse flying V" must be a joke.

[@ballsdynamite]

When I worked at a guitar store a decade ago, a guy called and said he had some cool vintage tele, I can't remember the exact year, but let's say it was a 67'. I was stoked, and excited for him to bring it in for a setup. I did a bunch of research while waiting for him (slow store, lots of free time). I discovered that of all the models from this year, green was the rarest color it came in. A few hours later, he shows up. He opens the case and inside is a natural finished 67' tele, which this guitar was never manufactured in. I ask him about the finish, and he says, "Oh yeah, it used to be green but I sanded off the finish." 😨

[@tvstaticjumperz5439]

Nooo and greens such a lovley colour for guitars (well i think so coz its my favourite colour)

[@KansaiSamurai]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOh the pain!

[@jackquentin1950]

My stomach churned a bit after reading this. But hey, whatever floats your bloated goat, right?

[@drumsNstuff79]

These stories make me cringe. But think to back in the day. You had a guitar and it had chipping cracking nitro finish on it. Stripping the paint and going "natural" was the thing back then. I bet a lot of guys had nitro finishes that they thought looked awful. "Reliced" wasn't a thing before Rory Gallagher and SRV. Besides no one knew these guitars would have any value. think to a guy now who owns a '90's Strat. Does his guitar have any value now? That's how they thought back then. I have an older musician friend who can vouch that you would've been looked at weird if you didn't refinish your tattered Tele or Strat back then. That's why those finishes are so rare and valuable today.

[@counterfeit1148]

Green on guitars sucks

[@ProximitySound]

My stomach literally turned when you described the Floyd Rose in the Les Paul.

[@logancrocker4194]

I promised myself I would never cry because of a youtube video. But that Les Paul really got me

[@moopledoopy]

@@deathincorporatedfitnesstr1256 you should come stocked with a warning sign. WARNING: BAD OPINIONS

[@diegosuarez170]

But Alex Lifeson from Rush has one...

[@Sunnatism]

Well, they actually produce lp with a floyd rose. Alex Lifeson of Rush plays one, for example.

[@ProximitySound]

gooby pls Is that supposed to be insulting, because I find no negative connotation to the term.

[@redgrizzlybur7810]

Honestly, I should've heeded your word and skipped the piece where the guy installed a Floyd Rose on the Les Paul...

[@mrblank-zh1xy]

Me too. My blood pressure went up 40 points; i skipped too late.

[@remyr5749]

Was it Alex Lifeson?

[@bozoc2572]

Finally, found a way to improve the les paul!

[@femboycyan]

@@remyr5749 didn’t he use a bigsby?

[@stratocaster-dn7gt]

@@femboycyan check out the Gibson Axcess. Thats what Lifeson uses

[@aftabhussain4036]

I thought you can't hate anything you're the only positive person I've found on internet who has an explanation for li'll wayne solo

[@basilschreyer8807]

Aftab Hussain Dars where did he say this?

[@samuraiguitarist]

It still bugs me that his guitar tech didn't give him a flamenco guitar for that beautiful bossa nova solo.

[@aftabhussain4036]

@@basilschreyer8807 His video on truth about wayne's solo

[@charliethegent]

He's super negative all the time, what are you talking about?

[@bwebb90]

Aftab Hussain Dars he was very polite about the whole thing tbf

[@NicklausSIR2]

"some say it's still detuning to this day"...djent players be like "OMG where can I buy this ?!" (jk, I love me some extended range guitars)

[@davidlamothe8586]

Need. With bigger gauge. And better pickups. And better bridge. And better overall guitar.

[@h.m4627]

It could be tuning sharper

[@firefist8511]

@@h.m4627 detuning is downtuning, uptuning is sharpening.

[@powbobs]

I really like my one robot Gibson. Les Paul jr. I would never gig with it because changing strings is a huge pain in the a$$. But for playing at home it’s great.

[@phillsosa228]

The reverse flying v might as well be the reverse mullet of guitars.

[@cuauhtemocmorisco3493]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@winterfrost99]

Phill Sosa i laughed WAYYYY too hard at this

[@getrektgaming6280]

I know a guy who has two of those

[@aydenburris8631]

Before the reveal of what happened to the Les Paul, all I was thinking was "please don't say he put a Floyd rose in it"

[@Jack-po3pl]

Lol, acoustic Tele is back

[@mattsuhy2461]

It really bums me out to say this, but my manager went to NAMM and apparently it's worth the two grand they're charging for it

[@drfdwf392]

Yes. And it still looks horrible as fuck. Leo Fender would probably be so fucking disgusted if he's alive today.

[@artwizardsam3238]

I think it's actually better than ever now!

[@Mickocarbomb]

@@drfdwf392 March 21 1991.

[@yourlocalgrungekid9472]

I hate telecasters

[@NarfireVA]

I'm sorry but a banjitar is more valid of an instrument than the reverse flying V.

[@atomicwinter31]

Nothing is more valid than the Reverse Flying V of the kings.

[@cursedcliff7562]

Ding dong your Opinion is wrong

[@launder0]

In Brazil we have (or had back in the 80s) a brand called Tonante. Some people say that if you tune a Tonante properly, it will never go out of tune again. No one was good enough to test that legend, tho

[@matheusmoreiradearaujo3267]

Fica a dúvida de qual a pior: tonante ou dolphin?

[@eduardomarchesini8062]

Hahahahahahahaha

[@snakecharmer2571]

Haha, it's like the sword in the stone

[@tavicotavio]

BRASILL BRASIL

[@adrianjoseph6964]

hj em dia as piores sao menphis e waldman

[@multi.instrumentalist]

I love that Gretsch acoustic - it’s just so wrong, it makes me happy somehow.

[@mdhj67]

Like a horrible 50's sci-fi movie that's so bad you have to love it.

[@cole1710]

i bought this guitar because i needed an electric/acoustic to mess around with for recording. i already own a "normal" acoustic and a classical guitar, so when i saw this freak show it caught my interest and i couldn't resist. i agree that its level of obnoxious is part of the appeal lol.

[@ThomasHendrickson]

I like it a lot actually

[@erikcallaway7051]

@@cole1710 I bought this guitar because it was totally absurd. I have ZERO regrets 🙂

[@florianstumpf4349]

Inverted flying V's are just wrong

[@williw.5815]

No they are sexy

[@carakill4626]

they are the worst thing in the world

[@YouCanCallMeXoe]

Reverse Explorers are cooler, imo

[@astrodomo5044]

He owns one

[@stef1234bodog]

Agreed.

[@4Gunzo]

Dude the 57 les Paul with the Floyd story is a nightmare and then some

[@popev3887]

Yes,,,It reminds of the old POLAK joke about the Polak who won a gold medal and then had it bronzed.

[@juliannelson6300]

@ninja cheese0315 a 57" Les Paul is scary. Almost 5 feet tall! 😵👻

[@Duzz14]

That's just insane. I though the LP axcess (kinda a clever name though) was bad enough

[@PizNeyWorks]

floyd rose + les paul = probably my biggest fear

[@connormccourt3098]

PRS mark tremonti

[@linksayajin2958]

As much as it sounds wrong, the Alex Lifeson LP is actually a really good instrument

[@marcelrudolph3537]

Gary Holt from Slayer used them as well and they sound great to me

[@wannaberabbi9302]

PizNey Works neal schon lmao

[@blippblopp8111]

I have the LP studio shred that has a Floyd Rose and it's a great guitar. However, refitting a vintage LP with a whammy of any kind is a crime and they should be sent to prison.

[@basgerritsen9669]

I can really relate to the crappy beginner guitar. Recently one of my friends decided to pick up guitar again and started playing on the cheapo Epiphone they got from their parents like 6 years ago. They thought playing guitar was just extremely hard, untill I dropped by and let them borrow my well set up strat. Their playing immediately improved a lot and having a really nice guitar just sitting there also turned out to be really motivating for them, not fighting the guitar all the time made playing much more fun as well. So if one of your friends wants to learn and you've got a nice spare axe, by all means just let them learn on your nice guitar!

[@xxepic_swag_gamingxx5238]

I learned guitar on an Ibanez Gio with rusty, incredibly heavy strings. I loved it so I played until my fingers bled but the moment I upgraded to an LP studio, it felt like it was all worth it. Using the trem on the Ibanez caused the strings to make this awful cracking noise- the kind of noise they make when they’re about to snap. The relief I felt when I could play the guitar indefinitely without fear of it snapping at me at any given moment was indescribable. It still has a few setup issues, one of the humbuckers rattles (physically, it’s loose), the selector switch is loose and the G string detunes just by looking at it, but I still love it.

[@andrewharing2637]

One of the unspoken rules of music is that,the higher the level you're at, the easier it gets. Cheap instruments are harder to play, and small venues are harder as well. When you play in a massive arena with an amazing PA and loads of monitors and you have roadies and techies setting everything up for you, it's much easier to give a great performance than playing a crappy little bar with a cheap PA. I know some people think this is an important rite of passage, but I really don't subscribe to the "I had to suffer, so I don't see why future generations shouldn't have to suffer too, even if it's now unnecessary" school of thought. Unless you believe guitarists should have to make their own guitars like a Jedi, I don't see any reason why you should deliberately make learning an instrument harder than it needs to be.

[@gravelrecords-us]

I had guitar lessons in 2015 and quit very quickly after losing interest. I didn't pick up my guitar again until February 2021, where I was extremely passionate about it, coincidentally during the time I started listening to Rock & Roll again. Now, a year and four months later, I've been having lessons for 4 months and am actually pretty good at guitar.

[@_Peremalfait]

I think oftentimes cheap guitars just need a truss rod adjustment or lower action. Part of the bargain with cheap instruments is they don't spend a lot of time at the factory setting them up properly.

[@Lemonfreak1111]

A piece of me died when I heard about the black beauty

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

yeah me too

[@mrblank-zh1xy]

It was horrible

[@ArnoldPlaysGuitar]

"Some say it's still detuning to this day"...with that straight face of yours...I cry-laughed, bro!!!

[@quadirmiller609]

ArnoldPlaysGuitar time stamp please

[@sundigest1121]

@@quadirmiller609 watch the damn video

[@quadirmiller609]

Rayene Boussetta I did, but I want a time stamp so I can replay it. It also saves more time. Thank you.

[@sundigest1121]

@@quadirmiller609 well now you know.. Also it's not like the video is 20 minutes long or something

[@SimonGavriilidis]

@@quadirmiller609 4:10

[@scottbaxendale323]

You should never hate a guitar someone loaned you, because it is always better than the guitar you didn’t have before you borrowed it.

[@DanZhukovin]

They're the same guitar, so how is that possible?

[@ambycakes]

Thank you Tom Nook ^_^

[@ocanain1731]

When someone gives us lemons, you're making lemonade and I'm throwing them through your window trying to hit your 3/4 Samick Les paul copy. Different strokes.

[@scottbaxendale323]

Dan Zhukovin You statement is impossible, ......what do you mean?

[@scottbaxendale323]

O'Canain How’s playing a borrowed guitar making lemons or lemon Aid? If you didn’t borrow the guitar all you are playing at that point is air.

[@loopooh1632]

i have a deep hatred for headless guitars

[@marcraygun6290]

I love you

[@iburst9385]

Now kith..

[@truceproduction1]

Man I love headless guitar but I hate lespaul

[@lucaselias4659]

“some people just wanna see the world burn” lol

[@maddoxdavidson9963]

Just watched that movie haha

[@PeJota615]

I hate headless guitars in general. They don't look right to me. I don't trust them.

[@KyleDaSloth]

Never trust anything without a head.

[@wesleyalan9179]

PeJota15...im with ya on that

[@isaacayotte7372]

Me too they make me uncomfortable in a way I can’t describe

[@The_Kevinist]

I’ve been in love with ‘em since i first saw Holdsworth rocking on Then the Strandberg craze just made me more in love with them What’s wrong with you guys? lol

[@wesleyalan9179]

@@The_Kevinist ..hahahaha, whats wrong with you!! Lol, jk

[@Southboundpachyderm]

Yeah you’re right, that reverse Flying V is the dumbest looking guitar I have ever seen.

[@samuraiguitarist]

You misspelled "nicest"

[@rizaef.4442]

@@samuraiguitarist I'm fucken dead dude

[@cygneturesounds]

Hahaha oh so mean!

[@POOKIE5592]

I used to think so, until I saw the reverse Explorer.

[@roberthiggins986]

Add a thinline Taylor to that list. I was so excited by the prospect (I absolutely love my Taylor 814 model) that I nearly purchased one - sight unseen, much less played. I decided to hold off and hunt one down (divine intervention?) and soon found a few used ones. The sound that came out of each and everyone of them, made me cringe. It took a lot of tweaking to get even a decent tone. Since that experience I have seen other musicians play them live with the same odd “rubber band” string sound I had experienced that couldn’t be fully masked, making me continuously appreciate not plunking down the money that instead covered my entire PA system.

[@maxgemstone7257]

Perhaps the most umpopular opinion: I think Tosin Abasi 8 string guitars are ugly as hell.

[@matthashobbies]

Apparently they're supposed to have a versatile shape or smth like that? I still don't get them

[@l04d83]

I agree, totally.

[@thegirlnextdoor7793]

I agree

[@horstvazinksi3408]

They can be for sure

[@joedoherty1062]

I absolutely love the look of them, but I like sci fi a lot

[@TaylorTheOtter]

I've never played one but I really hate upright basses. I mean, they always seem to miss two strings, you can't play them like a normal guitar and the pick that you get is a meter long and not to mention, made of horse hair and wood. Upright base must be the most impractical guitar in existence ;-)

[@jacobclark8659]

as a bassist i started to read this prepared to bring wraith upon you...

[@acoffeewithsatan]

Upright (or double) bass isn't a guitar, it's a fiddle! *breaths in* okay, they're surely not the most practical things ever but hey, they were from a time an acoustic instrument had to resonate loud enough to break through a live performance and man, do they resonate! My musical group has one, not really high quality, but still playing that thing makes the whole place feel the low frequencies.

[@Stavros-ki7wn]

André Fontes r/woosh

[@alabamahebrew]

Those old uprights are cool!! If you happen to see one being played by a woman it goes from cool to suhhexyyy... lol. Back in the days when electric basses were first coming out Elvis Presley was on set making a movie and they were recording one of the songs for the movie. For whatever reason they needed an electric bass but the bassist only knew how to play an old stand up. The story goes he got so frustrated with that new Fender bass that he threw it on the ground and said those things will never replace the old stand up. I cannot recall the name of the song but it did end up getting recorded with the new electric bass and guess who played bass on it? Yup, Elvis himself! He picked it up and said "give me the damn thing" within 10 minutes he had it figured out and to this day if you listen to that song it is the King himself playing the bass guitar on it! And people dare say Elvis had no talent? Update - the song Elvis played bass on with only about 10 minutes of practice was the song from the movie "Jailhouse Rock" and it was called, "Baby your square" - now as an avid Elvis fan myself this really surprised me once I saw what song it was. If you are unaware of that song the bass plays solo several times during it, for a guy to play bass on a song like that after only having 10 minutes to rehearse, and get used to a new fancy instrument, really attests to his music abilities!!

[@DJ_Hypofox]

@@jacobclark8659 you and I both ahaha

[@tiahamilton1818]

“Some say it’s still detuning ‘till this day.” I am dying laughing.

[@Syuurp]

Drop Z life

[@jeffrey3498]

For me it's Ovation. Damn things are like ticking time bombs. You never knew when it was going to slide off your lap.

[@mattworkman9519]

No to mention they sound horrible.

[@miguelbarahona6636]

@@mattworkman9519 no, Ovations sound great.

[@kitoyobeni1]

Got to agree here. My brother had an Ovation when he started out and I couldn't stand that bowl back.

[@miguelbarahona6636]

Simple, use a strap.

[@kitoyobeni1]

@@miguelbarahona6636 Still ends up at an uncomfortable playing angle when seated, and that was back in the day when I was a string bean. Now? Gotta believe the stomach insulation gets in the way, lol. Just not for me...

[@CarsInDimension]

The "weird bevel behind the neck" is called a volute, meant to strengthen the neck and keep the headstock from breaking.

[@homunculusSZN]

Haha bet it still broke anyway. 80s Gibsons are shite

[@charlescrumpler510]

Here’s a story on par with the Black Beauty. I was talking with the tech at my local guitar shop and he told me the story of his worst customer. He was a guitarist for the praise band at the local mega church and had really high thoughts of his playing and tech abilities. One day, he brought in a guitar that the tech for the shop still can’t fully believe existed. This guy had taken a Les Paul body, cut out the neck, and bolted on a Fender Stratocaster neck. He was looking to get it set up and was turned away. The guy from the story said that it was about ten years ago and he still has nightmares about it. For the record, I never saw this guitar, but it sounds awful.

[@therideneverends1697]

the intonation would not even work on that

[@niteshades_promise]

Charles Crumpler i think im gona be sic🤢😩🍻

[@randomdude9698]

That poor les Paul and strat.... *shudders*

[@dre4011]

You lost me @ "Praise Band"...

[@tylersmith9868]

What on earth is a mega church?

[@bouncyspring6274]

Puts away 12 string trem robotuner banjitar with Floyd rose*

[@Ligmoo]

Stolen 😀

[@216trixie]

The best part was you ripping on Modern country music.

[@samuraiguitarist]

Not all of it, once in a blue moon there is an amazing song. But there is also a lot of garbage there imo

[@celticfury7328]

Modern country pop...also known by producers in Nashville as "it worked for the Eagles and Lynyrd Skynyrd back in the 70s, so let's beat that formula TO DEATH a million times over in the most generic way possible"!

[@looniethemoonie5353]

Celtic Fury hip hop beats and rap have no place in country.

[@SteamvilleQuintet]

Country people are ripping on modern country right now.

[@DanZhukovin]

>Country >Music Pick one

[@DavidDantePhoenix]

Solid list! I feel you on your selections, especially the 12 string w/ trem. My nightmare is always a guitar that won't stay in tune, and a 12 string w/ trem is most certainly an extreme of example of such nightmare... 3:19 One thing though: the "bevel" on the back of that Les Paul headstock is called a volute, and is supposed to make it less susceptible to breaks.

[@chantalc5246]

"It's probably still detuning to this day" hahahahaha

[@ajaj3196]

I had a stratacoustic stolen from me, and now in hindsight part of me thanks the thief for forcing me to find a better acoustic. I later found out who took it and that they only got $75 for it and it was in as good a shape as stratacoustic could be in.

[@the.Aruarian]

That bump on the back of that shitty Les Paul was a volute, which strengthens the neck by adding mass. Gibson guitars can definitely use it.

[@andrewince8824]

Ironically they could save a lot of ballache for themselves by changing the rake from 17° to around 12°. Most Gibson headstock breaks are due to the steeply raked headstock hitting the floor before the body. A slightly flatter headstock would improve the tuning stability and increase string life too.

[@andrewince8824]

And I said ironically because a shallower rake is what makes Epiphones so much stronger. And PRS also use a shallow headstock (I'm pretty sure PRS was a reaction to Gibson).

[@maxonmendel5757]

@@andrewince8824 yeah iIrc, PRS worked at Gibson for a little while. The whole headstock system on a PRS is miles ahead of anybody else.

[@PirateStyle2013]

The best necks by Gibson were the 70s and first couple years of the eighties with the volute.

[@kitano0]

I have a NAMM prototype LTD with a volute...a great guitar that they didn't eventually make many of...a X-Tone...

[@bobbob4652]

The weird bevel on the back of the headstock is called a volute.

[@Jkaterchannel]

And I happen to like them. :)

[@GonxalusAika]

Guitars I hate: Anything with a Floyd Rose Special

[@retrorewind6042]

I had a floyd rose special i got on a schecter 4 years ago, still in perfect condition

[@Mr.Goldbar]

IKR Floyd 1000 is much better

[@Xeppeling]

I’m not a guitarist; what’s the thing with Floyd Rose?

[@Mr.Goldbar]

@@Xeppeling Floyd Rose is a double locking tremolo bridge that's ment to give you a lot of flexability while maintaining tuning stability.

[@Xeppeling]

@@Mr.Goldbar Does it have a bad rap in the guitar community, or is it just the fact that it was installed on such a valuable guitar?

[@kristinat6421]

Being a not big or even that great guitar player, this will sound cheesy coming from me but here we go. About 10 years ago my brother ordered an Esteban guitar from the commercials/short segments you would see on TV. I was too small to really remember but he loved that $500 guitar (or what I believe he said it was). A few years ago, 13 year old me wanted to start learning guitar and he didn’t mind me using it. I genuinely thought professional players were gods. My fingers blistered so bad just by playing what any beginner would play; the opening to Whiskey Lullaby, Smoke On The Water (classic). I hardly knew what fret was so you can understand just how much I didn’t know. The only knowledge I had prior to this was ukulele being taught in elementary. Fast forward to my 14th birthday. By this time, I really just didn’t mess with the guitar much. Something seemed off about it being so hard so I gave it up. We visit family and lie and behold, they have two acoustics as soon as you walk into the house. My eyes are on this pretty, black dreadnought. My parents start talking about how I wanted to learn guitar and ya da ya da. They say go ahead and I swear it felt like heaven. The action was low and hardly any effort was used to hold down a string. Present day I now have that guitar that they gave to me as a present. She’s an Ibanez, no wonder this guitar felt good, it was decent! The poor Esteban ended up with cracked neck. I’ve never played a guitar with such a high action before. And that’s why looks can be deceiving. I liked the body since it was the black with stars but it wasn’t worth $500. I’m 16 now and still pretty mediocre when it comes to playing but I wouldn’t give that guitar away for $1,000,000.

[@Fausto_4841]

bc it would be impossible to find another ibanez acoustic or any number of other tremendous guitars with a million dollars.

[@tob2089]

T h e m o d e r n f l y i n g V

[@samuraiguitarist]

I don't love it but don't really feel much hate towards it. It would fall under guitars I have zero emotional attachment to

[@Nosferatu981]

I would like it if it was like $1200 and didn’t have such a stupid location for the input jack.

[@tavicotavio]

I like the design and the sound but the black modern flying v is actually purple, they are overpriced and the jack position is stupid

[@tob2089]

lawyer morty yeah I actually quite like the modern Flying V. I was making a joke because of the amount of hate going towards it 😂. They are overpriced but I quite like the purple colour.

[@tavicotavio]

@@tob2089 i think that it would be sick if it was 3000 dolars less and in a satin black finish

[@GNVS300]

0:31 *MGMT intensifies*

[@iamdaveandhaveaniceday2651]

3:18 that’s actually something Gibson stopped doing around the 80s for some reason. Gibsons necks tend to break very easily and this prevents that from happening

[@jimherleva4541]

Gibson necks tend to break very easily - if you drop them. You don't need a bevel to stop the headstock breaking, just don't lean it precariously against your amp and walk away from it.

[@iamdaveandhaveaniceday2651]

@@jimherleva4541 they still break way to easily so it makes sense to want something to prevent that. I dropped mine once and the headstock almost got ripped from the guitar, if it were literally any other guitar it wouldnt have broke.

[@pongame20]

I hate G string (3rd string)

[@lisabartley4975]

@thatoneguy42 Assuming they meant from the high E string to the low E it would make the G the third

[@i.p.knightly149]

My 78 Ibanez LP, I can make the G go out of tune just by walking into the room.

[@lauranceemory4448]

Nice to see someone agrees with my opinion. It's neither fish nor fowl. Sometimes wound, sometimes not. It's in a musical no man's land

[@catchnether1647]

I thought I was the only one!

[@waynebrown1394]

@@lisabartley4975 I am lost now we are arguing over the string numbers standard tuning EBGDAE you count from the bottom up and Lisa is right. Lisa I love it when people are brave enough to use their names instead of making up a name that a third grader would use. There is a reason I use my name because I will never write a comment that I would not say to your face. It is cowards that hide behind these names and make troll remarks. Not all of them but enough of them.

[@MikeLee-lg5vq]

I had a friend that had a stratacoustic. He eventually removed the neck and put that on his squire strat. Then he put the squire neck on the stratacoustic and put it away. Probably for good.

[@CasperTheGhost64]

Alvarez beginners are great starter guitars. It's odd to hate on an entire brand because of things entirely the fault of the people who played the guitars rather than the people who made them.

[@elonmush4793]

ah, the cheap Strat copies! How many thousands of guitar players have started on a crappy Strat with terrible playability

[@elijahwhistler4795]

Me. I dropped guitar for close to three years because of that POS. I wish I hadn’t tho because I’d be three years better than I am now😂

[@sazarod]

I cannot stand Parker Fly guitars, I mean, I understand they're well built and are wonderful to play, but GODDAMN! are they ever ugly.

[@davedecker1725]

gregvalou Not as butt ugly as 80s BC RICH guitars pheeeuuuwww! 😆😆😆😆

[@silvansky]

I like their shape, it is soooo progressive!

[@wesleyalan9179]

I have a lov/hate relationship with parker flies, i have two

[@kitano0]

Not everybody's cup o' tea for sure....but I love my Parker P44...the ergonomics are great as Naki referred to, and mine plays beautifully...

[@RaymondUpenieks]

One guitar I always wanted since it's light, sounds great and playable. But does look strange but could care less..it's meant to be played.

[@withelisa]

As a banjo player, I hate banjitars too. Takes the special aspects of each instrument and waters them down. Somehow much, much less than the sum of their parts.

[@waynebrown1394]

I agree but then he says that they are easy to play. Ok break one out and lets here you play some blue grass.

[@huntercaswell1630]

I mean im a guitar player and having one on the ready for pit playing is just needed. Having to learn a guitar book for a show is rough enough let alone for two hard instruments lol so they have saved my neck

[@dsingo]

i just refer to them as bad guitars

[@beanieguitarguy4070]

As a violin player, I hate the viola. It takes the special aspect of each instrument and waters it down. Somehow much, much less than the sum of their parts.

[@noahbaker7629]

I'd love to see him wip out a banjo and play foggy Mt break down if it's "easy"

[@tristan702]

0:10 I actually thought he was gonna say “if you like them you can screw yourself”

[@Hodgkins91]

12 string floating trem *vomits and faints anticipating setup*

[@xuxuang8574]

I lived in China for a few years, and needed a guitar so went to a local guitar shop and picked up a super cheap accoustic. It had a plastic saddle and bridge and looked like absolute crap. It was made by some unknown company with Chinese characters for a name. But holy shit it sounded good. These incredible rich tones. The only thing comparable is I have a carpenter freind who makes his own guitars with special unusual wood types with hollow necks. It sounded like them. I couldn't bring it back with me though and gave it to a student who couldn't afford a guitar to learn on. I still think about it and miss it. On the other hand I have a fender knock-off I bought in a flea market as my first ever guitar. It sounds like crap, the neck has a twist in it and the electronics only work half the time. But I love it and will keep it because of sentimental value...

[@smalltownnightlife]

To be honest, I hate almost as many guitars as I love. No sense in defending terrible guitars.😎

[@dean8842]

You hate banjo-guitars? Then you probably never played a Deering banjo-guitar. They are REALLY sweet and extremely well made, and playing one just might change your mind.

[@zacharywalsh6481]

the word for the bevel on the back of the neck is volute

[@eilliwwasniahc]

I'm surprised he was unfamiliar with this. It indicated a limited guitar experience. These are pretty common on Gibson style angled peg heads.

[@strawsparky33]

@@eilliwwasniahc uhhhhh?? Maybe limited experience with vintage Gibson's. Ive never seen a modern gibson with a volute either, and ibe played for 15 years

[@eilliwwasniahc]

@@strawsparky33 I'm an old geezer. Played for 40 years. Have had 3 gutars with this type of neck. So yeah, I think it is inexperience. I have already called the police, you kids get off my lawn!

[@strawsparky33]

i mean ive owned guitars with a volute. i had an epiphone les paul at one point with one. my 2013 gibson les paul doesnt have one, but i wouldnt mind either way. id sell my soul to own a vintage guitar from a big brand like gibson or fender, g&l, ibanez, Gretsch and ect. Theyre definitley worth their weight in gold @@eilliwwasniahc

[@Dvqwerty]

volutes are so nice! gives a little extra strength on the neck. it saved my 1980 Lotus Falcon

[@ryangifford9572]

I remember when i first started playing bass i had a silver tone with wicked high string action. being a metal fan it was really difficult to learn faster more technical songs but damn it did my fingers get wicked strong.

[@JoeBat95]

Hell yeah.

[@unevenspleener]

Lol I had a similar experience with heavy gauge guitar strings. First guitar, don't know who strung it up but the string gauge was like frickin telephone lines. Didn't know any better so I just practiced like that and eventually the callouses on the tips of my fret fingers became like granite.

[@metalltier]

Cannot stand prs guitars. They are amazing and some of the most beautiful and comfortable guitars I've ever played. But there's just something so sterile about them that rubs me the wrong way. A clinical instrument rather than a companion.

[@lorz8940]

Im reading this with my new prs on my lap... ouch

[@metalltier]

@@lorz8940 congrats, ignore my love of pos vintage plywood(cuz character)

[@216trixie]

@@lorz8940 hurts because shoe fits?

[@imbawling]

I feel you, can't quite put it into words I just hate them. At a local music store they have prs guitars hanging all over the wall and I just die inside every time i go in there.

[@awol.oper8r]

I dislike 90% of PRS guitars I play. Not only do they feel sterile, some of them are so light and small they feel like toys, and they sound like toys when you use their single coil pickups. That being said, that 10% that I do like are special. Some of my favorite players (looking at u Rob Compa) play a PRS. When they're balanced with high output pickups, properly weighted and are strung any strings that aren't super light and wimpy, and properly weighted, I love em. Definitely plan on owning one at some point to give em a fair shake

[@jmacc9876]

My most hated: in the late 80's My friend's Raven SG style guitar (made in Japan for Canadian exclusive market). It was horrible and almost unplayable, but later on in the summer we sacrificed it by plugging it in (outside) we lit it up with white gas and had a cool Jimi Hendrix moment.

[@davidkulmaczewski4911]

They're back... Fender announced the Acoustasonic Series Telecaster, msrp of $2000. Haven't seen yet if they're made of plastic, but it wouldn't surprise me . . . pics look about as bad as the ones shown in this video. Why do Fender and Gibson both seem like they lost the plot decades ago?

[@bossebiceps6810]

They are actually kinda cool! Would not buy one tho. Andertons has videos about them

[@michaelcolvin348]

I starting learning how to play guitar on a Kay acoustic guitar that my step dad bought at a yard sale for $15 .... I'm now in my mid fifties and can't imagine my life without being able to play music. Anyone else relate ???

[@kitoyobeni1]

Change that to about $25 at a flea market and on the verge of my 50s and I'm with you. Not a Kay though (no label if I remember correctly, and that thing was awful looking back at it now, borderline unplayable. Same flea market did get me a $50 late 60's silverface Princeton though, wish I still had that one...

[@garybrinker4522]

I learned with a $20 Silvertone acoustic late60s..

[@Kaotiqua]

Though I got my start on guitars when I was about 5 with a tiny Yamaha classical, a lot of the meat of my learning happened after I ran away from home in my teens. I bought a ratty Stella Harmony off a drunk for like $5. It literally had _knots_ tied in some of the strings above the nut because dude couldn't shell out .79 cents for a replacement. They were covered in rust, too. If you can learn to make music on a beast like that, you can play anything.

[@demoleramera]

My first guitar was a local department store brand nylon string that I loved, but as soon as I got a first proper acoustic I put that away thinking I'll never play it again. Jokes on me, dug it out from the shed last year and just for fun decided to mic it up. And to my surprise, it sounded amazing when playing classical pieces. My "proper" acoustic now plays horrible btw, while the original lives on for whenever I try to butcher some baroque pop songs

[@gregbaker6215]

Michael Colvin Kay, red strat copy electric, wasn't my first but my step dad got it for me as well. I don't remember how much it cost, I learned the whole FogHat album Rock n Roll Out Laws that summer on that guitar. I used to have the page marked in the Sears and Montgomery Wards catalog with guitar that I wanted. A SG looking thing. I never did get one of those either. Always something cheaper cause money didn't grow on trees, as I was told more times than I can remember...

[@crashboredom2]

Someone please find this legendary guitar that is forever detuneing.

[@whenwhen2284]

At my local guitar store, there was a Travelcaster in the “Used” section. I already don’t like those travelcasters (I’d played one before that was falling apart before it had even been on the shelf), but this one was criminal. It was bright pink camouflage, it felt horrible to play, and the Floyd Rose on it made the bridge (which to me always looked like it was about to fall off) look even uglier

[@cyberbilly1]

I've admittedly never played a banj-itar, but I'll give it a pass because it sounds awesome in the intro to Ladylike.

[@DarrenToth]

I play a banjitar, and I can tell you the problem that the banjo and guitar, although they are very similar in design, they have very different 'functions' (for lack of a better word). Banjitar works WAY better with "non-standard" tunings like DADGAD or Drop C,, and it favors picking over strumming. The banjitar is more like a sitar than a banjo or a guitar in it's function. It resists classic western approach to chordal music, that's why guitarist make it sound clunky and banjo players can't stand the change in picking style that it often calls for. Not sure why I am telling you this; I guess you are the first person I ever saw be nice to my instrument. :-p Peace.

[@barbmelle3136]

I agree that standard guitar tuning really does not work on banjitars. The head really cannot resonate the low E and the low A anyway. To keep fingering simple, I take the low E string off and put on the same string as the high E, and tune it to the same pitch. I replace the A string with a G spring and tune it to the same pitch as the A note on the G string. The higher strings work better with the head and it is a way more "banjo" sound.

[@Deathgeist]

Was really glad when you didn't musically knock the beginner Alvarez guitars, out of all starter guitars I think they are definitely some of the best sounding. But yeah that experience would turn me off them for good as well!

[@seanbirch2118]

I hate any guitar Michael Angelo's Batio Guitars. It's like, "We get it you shred, do you really need a 4 necked guitar" Rick Nielsen's 5 neck guitar is stupid too.

[@babayaga1767]

rick nielsens guitar is meant to be funny. michael angelos isnt

[@onpsxmember]

@@babayaga1767 Says the monster in the chickenlegged house. The double guitars are a show element. You can't tell me it's not showmanship when he's raising the guitar while playing on both necks.

[@cuauhtemocmorisco3493]

@@babayaga1767 😂😂😂😂

[@RaymondUpenieks]

@@onpsxmember In Batios case it makes sense to have a double neck since he can play both at the same time. Four necks are for show and he is such a technical guitar player but still four neck guitars have no purpose in actual playing.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

An acoustic with a Tremolo is rather interesting

[@dre4011]

My 1st "good" acoustic was an early 90's Alvarez Regent... (had to pawn it along with my '90 Telecaster to pay rent when I was 22)....years later... (this past January)...I had the supreme satisfaction of walking into a guitar store and buying a brand-new guitar with a nice hard-shell case right off the showroom floor... (all of my 15 guitars are used or built)....I bought a brand-new Alvarez CE cut-away...mostly for my Dad & I to share because the old man keeps saying he's gonna buy a brand-new Taylor.....but he's tighter than a '"frog's-ass" and I keep calling his bluff....so I bought it to keep him busy....I wouldn't be a guitarist if it wasn't for him.....

[@TheAndostro]

try to "play" on polish defil guitars, action in cm not mm and sounds ugly

[@outerspace9392]

It depends on what you get, but theyre mostly as bad as it gets

[@falkym]

defil 😍

[@jamesthe-doctor8981]

"...and some say it's still de-tuning today." Now, THAT'S funny!

[@kylezakk]

1:28 why do people torture themselves like this? Just block it, set it up like a hardtail, and then tighten the spring claw screws until the block falls out. Then finish tuning it with the fine tuner.

[@jessd1952]

Banjo guitar owner here. Sometimes it fits in the mix, rarely comes out but appreciate having it in my collection.

[@THEQueeferSutherland]

aw man, but with a 12 string with a vibrato, you can do that one beautiful sounding chord on The Killing Moon that comes right between the lyrics, "The killing time......unwillingly mine." It's worth owning one just to do that one thing.

[@briano.5746]

I personally can't stand any guitar with a Floyd Rose .

[@qtkf69]

why

[@booshting3520]

They are awesome.

[@jimmyjohnson1426]

@@qtkf69 I have a little piece of wood that I stick between the block and body on the spring side, then tighten the trem claw, tune up, then loosen the trem claw until the wood slides out effortlessly. I don't have any problems with Floyd Roses, wether their originals, specials or 1000s. I have three FR equipped guitars, one is tuned to E standard, one to D standard and another to drop B. They're great if you know how to set them up, and don't have to take them to a store or tech every time you need a string change.

[@leewhitworth9142]

They're only useful if you can shred really.

[@jimjambananaslam3596]

@@jimmyjohnson1426 I actually just leave them blocked off if I'm not using a trem. Just block off both sides with pieces of wood or taped up stacks of coins, and loosen or remove the blocks on the nut. Strings will be a bit tighter, so you can pop out one of the springs if you want. I agree though, they're not hard to tune if you know the trick.

[@elmariachi451]

2 years later there's 3 different versions of the acoustasonic. Lol

[@guilmon182]

I own a robot guitar, aaaannd, yeah, I have to agree

[@thorinbane]

same and its too bad because the LPM is actually a nice guitar. I like the non finished feel a lot better than an epi or reg gibson les paul.

[@aquamate5127]

i own one as well, but i always thought that the robot tuners are pretty neat.

[@lonelyvariety]

In a few decades 45% percent of the worlds guitars will be played by robots

[@retaliaterguitar2]

I absolutely hate 1. B. C. Rich Warlocks 2. Shecters 3. Any matte black guitar 4. Any matte black seven string guitar 5. Most ESPs post 1989

[@generalizedkyle]

Kiesel makes a (prepare yourself) 8 string multiscale headless acoustic guitar. It’s like they took every guitar type and put it into one piece of wood.

[@ervin9720]

Once i saw a guitar with 17 strings, imagine trying to change the strings to that thing, it haunts me to this day.

[@kagamiryo615]

Ayo nice pfp

[@v_twin_villain]

I freakin love my *ahem* GUITANJO, hahaha! It's a great convo piece and some of the classics sound hilarious on it!

[@semanticsamuel936]

Luna acoustic guitars and BC Rich guitars. I've got a friend who owns a Luna, and it looks beautiful. These are very pretty instruments and I can see the appeal. However, they are so-so to play. Not horrible, not cheap and nasty, but really unremarkable, and it irritates me because a pretty instrument should sound as good. Unfortunately, out of politeness I complimented my friend on his guitar and he's now convinced I love it and lets me play it every time I pop over as if it's a privilege thing. BC Rich is just the electric equivalent of Luna. Style over substance. I don't *hate* them, just profoundly disappointed.

[@SodawarsGaming]

I mostly agree, but I'll say that I got to play an older BC Rich Mockingbird at a vintage guitar shop once and it was stunningly good. Clearly had been well-loved and worn in just the right way, and the build quality was impeccable. I've heard decent stuff about their current higher end models too. They could stand to do a better job differentiating those beginner models from their better guitars, maybe by re-introducing them as a sub-brand, squier-style.

[@skylerrizzi]

Cheap B.C. Riches are complete crap but their Mk5 line is pretty good

[@maxonmendel5757]

I had a BCR Assassin that I let my friend talk me into selling to guitar center. I miss that baby. That said, there aren't many BC Riches I do like. Most of them go too hard with the metalhead vibe

[@semanticsamuel936]

I have to admit to having only played one BCR - a Warlock series one (I think). Can't imagine it was that pricey. I really didn't like it, but you're all right - can't really judge an entire brand by one instrument (same goes for Luna, though I have played several Luna guitars because I was thinking about getting one myself), so all fair comments here. I actually really like Squier guitars. I used to own a Squier Telecaster and really couldn't fault it as an instrument, especially at that price point. Couldn't afford a proper Strat or similar, but the Squier did the job just fine, and could even get a decent metal sound out of it with my pedal setup. I wonder if BCR could benefit from a beginner/budget line like Fender/Squier have. The thing is, you buy a Fender or Gibson and you're pretty much guaranteed it'll be pretty good, even at the cheapest end. Can't say the same for other brands and my impression of BCR has been mired by a few bad guitars I've either played or heard.

[@SaMuRa1HaCK95]

Yeah my buddy had a Luna probably one of the most beautiful guitars I've ever seen and very different but played pretty bad.

[@onefatstratcat]

The saddest POS guitar I ever played was a strat copy that had the Crate name on it.. It was so bad that even after I broke it apart to use as firewood the fireplace spit it out :)

[@TheFreeBass]

As a bassist I have a love/ hate relationship w/ 2 of the most iconic basses in existence; The Fender Precision & the Rickenbacker 4001. I love the sound of them, but I despise their necks. The P bass is like playing a baseball bat, & the Rick is like a hockey stick. I imagine I'd have a similar reaction as the Rick w/ a Hofner, but I've only ever held one & the action was so high (no lie, it was @ least 3/4" @ the highest fret) I didn't even bother trying to play it after an initial look over.

[@WittyName44]

Canadian band - Nathan. It took me forever to figure out why there sound was so unique - Banjitar was one of many reasons. They used it well, and qualify as non-popular goodness in my books :)

[@jimbles6826]

I understand the hate on the Strat/Telecoustics, but I must say, they sound good plugged in. Unplugged, my telecoustic sounds like death, but when it is plugged in, it sounds beautiful to me, at least.

[@JakeTerch]

Agreed, my bass player lets me play his Stratacoustic and plugged in it's decent. The feel of the neck is great.

[@jimbles6826]

@Naki Ryan The Telecoustic/Stratacoustic line is electric/acoustic.

[@grimg0r]

4:10 looking for the perfect djent tuning

[@DarkKar]

This isn't hatred. This is poetry.

[@AtlasGuitar]

If there's any guitar I "hate" it's a Strat. They look and sound fine, and I'm okay with things like a Jackson Soloist, but there's something about the way that a real Strat looks that I just don't like. Yet I love the way Teles look.

[@TheSectric]

I'm with you. I respect strats but something about a tele is infinitely more cool to me. They just have this amazing style and feel.

[@Deebz270]

Yeah... Mostly because they are *so fucking boring!* For what is basically two planks of wood screwed together.

[@seancollins9597]

To me, they all just look like cheap toys. I cannot stand them. I don't like how they feel either though.

[@DatMetalBoi75]

I have the same problem but with teles

[@all_invite_0hm]

Your name is 'MetalGuitar457'... So hating Strats is quite typical.

[@EdgarsLS]

4:19 that guitar was born DJENT!

[@alienattack1630]

"Some say it's still detuning to this day" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Nolkan]

Man, do I love Alvarez guitars. It’s unfortunate that you have that traumatizing memory of them, I have a fear or something along those lines for those guitars as well, just do to alternate tuning being very difficult on a Alvarez and snapping many strings in the process of tuning.