Know Your Tone - Blind Test Guitar Challenge!

[@MotoClasico]

My eyes need Lespaul, my hands need Ibanez, My ears need Telecaster, my wallet needs Stratocaster

[@bluesintirol]

...got the same: 😂 one for cooking, one for cleaning, one ...✔️

[@bobmomgodbob]

Just a lespaul with an ibanez neck and telecaster pickups but the price i cant fix that

[@Thecoolman1]

SG is the answer

[@mixmixture7049]

Gibson is most expensive.

[@spidart182]

My wallet says CORT

[@ROVAKAN]

i play for 7 years and my success rate 0%

[@bruch6337]

I never play and i get 100% in the first one

[@pedramPN]

ROVAKAN also since 7 years and I got maybe 10-15 % haha, I think it's because the test is so difficult, I hope so

[@hbert06]

39 years on my side - I had two out of the 16 right. Which was pretty much by accident! I was shocked on one side, but tests like these are real eye-openers sometimes!

[@XxHarounXx]

TraumaGore & Co no you didn't

[@BOT-qy1ym]

i play for 5 years on my hotas TM "warthog" & 0 on guitars =)) my result is: 1TC_2SC_3RG_4LP 2 correct 1SC_2LP_3RG_4TC 0 correct 1TC_2LP_3RG_4SC 2 correct 1SC_2RG_3TC_4LP 2 correct (accident) Not distorted LP i recogniz even from da moon! клевая балалайка =))

[@juzek1958]

I'm a bass player. I picked the example that I thought sounded best, it was the Telecaster each time. Interesting.

[@ecuadortheconstructionwork3835]

juzek1958 I’m also a bass player, but I love teles

[@skord176]

Same Im also fond of the bass and I always get the tele right

[@유도마-v2r]

I'm a bass player, too, and I chose 3 tele's and 1 strat. Fender rules!

[@shilpwift3366]

I'm a guitar player, Les Paul's for me

[@smn1085]

heavy dist 100% les paul,...

[@Pepniti]

The fenders were really easy to tell apart from the others

[@jackallen6261]

I own 4 fender guitars and I got EVERY ONE wrong,, lol.

[@benjaminfoster2005]

I got the strat for both the distorted ones. Looks like i chose right.

[@mixalisgaming2246]

Yeah and I dont like the tone of it much. But its preference I guess. Teles are a different story tho.

[@aaronmaiden3606]

Singles vs humbuckers

[@cmr9928]

Gibson too

[@enzovergnesousaaraujo7867]

Still easier than the Yanny and Laurel thing

[@fellixbrenden9407]

Ya same here.

[@timdouglass9831]

I could mostly pick out the single-coil vs the humbuckers, but beyond that I was lost.

[@duncanearley]

Tim Douglass yeah me too although a second listen of course makes it easier.

[@Texturas75]

Yeah, I couldn't tell the Tele from the Strat.

[@thebamfordman]

The telecaster has a slightly brighter twang; even brighter than the strat. The Gibson has a warmer sound than the Ibanez. I've owned all three makes and all three are great guitars.

[@69erthx1138]

Tim Douglass Electric noise vs. cancellation, excellence discrimination man.

[@awayelsewhere]

I could pick apart the strat and Tele especially in the last one, but then I got the Les Paul and ibanez mixed up mainly when the neck pickup was used

[@JohanLGT]

Easiest ones are the telecaster's sharp sound and the les paul's nosy timbre.

[@brunosoares687]

JhonnLT yeah AHAHAHA I got right all teles

[@Electricalwav]

JhonnLT totally right. They have unique sounds. for me I could tell the strat apart from the RG because the strat has that single coil buzz.

[@edgardaniellopezcarbajal8712]

Totally agree

[@vampeiyre]

Bang on. I could always pick the Les Paul and Telecaster examples, always mixed up the Strat versus Ibanez. Quite a testament to how trash Ibanez pickups are that you can't hear the difference between them and a Strat.

[@SuperZiggyCraft]

Then it should be easy to tell the difference between the single coils on a strat and the humbuckers on the ibanez

[@walterdersch945]

I'm an audio engineer & got zero right. I guess guitars are just not my thing.

[@vampeiyre]

That is some bold and respectable honesty sir.

[@user-zb8tq5pr4x]

OR guitar choice doesn't matter nearly as much as people think (religiously)

[@HeiTheDarkReaper]

same and I can really only pick out guitar tone when its really good or really bad. everything thats in the middle is hard to distinguish

[@danhope77]

No, they just sound very similar. Some pundits will never concede it though

[@penart8079]

I always thought teles had brighter tones compared to strats, but after watching this, it's the vice versa

[@exzaviorw]

Strats can get shrill and ice picky, teles can beef up, depending on pixkups and amp settings

[@brannondoolin8654]

Yeah bro I have a 65 Princeton (not the reverb) amp and a tele and it sounds gorgeous and I’ve always loved teles but I do wish I could get the picky strat sound like John frusciante

[@tarunkumaar625]

It really depends on the instrument in general but I thought so too.

[@chrisf247]

In my experience, public opinion on which fender sounds brighter flip-flops every 10 years or so.

[@musicplaylists59]

i think people might presume that teles sound brighter because a lot of people who famously play teles just happen to play styles where you use a twangy, brighter tone.

[@u7angbe]

1:34 Guitar 1 1:53 Guitar 2 2:11 Guitar 3 2:29 Guitar 4

[@The2bdkid]

I could tell the difference between the humbuckers and single coils, but I couldn't tell the difference between a Strat/Tele or RG/LP.

[@iwannasmell]

oh really? i just struggled with rg/strat

[@The2bdkid]

+iwanttosmell I have a Strat and play with high gain. I really don't like the tone but I can recognize it through the video. I also recognize the Tele/Strat sound from listening to Hendrix.

[@russelllucas1043]

same here.

[@rosukiii.]

I actually could! strats have a brighter tone and LP's pups are mad beefy

[@projectptube]

if the pickups were custom in every guitar you would be lost.

[@jeffmurphy101]

I’ve never played any guitar.. YET. The tele sounded amazing each time for me, the strat was a close overall second.

[@mesapnq7549]

strat to play guitar bro

[@pi2z806]

@@mesapnq7549 Ibanez is the best bro

[@hubertnetkowski9128]

and how is it now? did you already play a guitar? im just ordering mine

[@symbolitical4158]

@@pi2z806 notice the keywords: to play Strat is the best beginner guitar by far

[@TheCharudatta]

I got Gibson Les Paul right everytime.

[@bernardo9745]

Charudatta Munde it sounds like balls... tele and Ibanez were the best

[@davilins8295]

Mee toooo

[@rizhi5504]

Yeahh me too.. is it means we are les paulers? Haha

[@timmarrier]

Charudatta Munde I did too with the exception of the first one where I had it right but switched it away, rats! I was always an RG guy, then one day out of sheer boredom I threw an EMG81 in my gf's kid's LP that he left behind unwanted. So, that's how we met and I don't really talk much to the ex anymore, but I heard RG moved to a nice retirement closet in the basement, which was good to hear.

[@a.b.b.181]

Me 2 :-)

[@VadimkaaAAaaAa]

I just wanted to pick my first guitar by the sound i like the most. 100% i picked Ibanez RG, I made my choice!

[@pewdiepie504]

Strat is more better

[@alexandramendez8163]

This is what imma do

[@Machinophile]

Same... They're simply the best...

[@revonis7234]

I did the same

[@mixmixture7049]

Yeah. But literaly had more time to set up Ibanez rather than the others😂. Many Ibanez players at concert at least they should had 2 guitar to carry them, in case your string snap, could be mess.

[@Apophis392]

Tele is twangy, the Ibanez is bright, the strat sound like a warm breeze blowing through wind chimes, the Les Paul has a rich thickness.

[@wlfgng.1845]

True af

[@bobbyjonkey13]

Exactly!!!!!!!!!!!

[@joaquin8637]

it's curious how the ibanez and the strat sound so similar, but the les paul is always recognizable

[@joaquin8637]

+Josh W it really depends of the pickup position, but the les paul is still the most recognizable of the four

[@bro-marsquiggles1536]

For some reason the RG was the most recognizable to me

[@duncan_iero]

the LP has a shorter scale length which makes the tone darker/warmer, or you can say more mid-low and less high-mid

[@nakkach4681]

It is really common misconception, but for a rule of thumb imagine a viola and a double bass. Which of them has warmer sound? And all the Gibsone/Fender scale/tone tests should take a look on a picking spot, because that`s one thing that makes huge difference;)

[@billybob728]

LP is also made of mahogany (thicker and darker sound), whereas the strat is made of alder (which is very similar in sound to basswood, hence the similarity)

[@DarrellBraunGuitar]

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[@Fragmatic88]

You made the videos! This is awesome!!

[@DarrellBraunGuitar]

+Fragmatic Yeah!

[@aodtoxic]

Thank you for the test. Always choose Ibanez. This is destiny.

[@DarrellBraunGuitar]

+shane mcmurray Thanks! It was likely a Mesa Boogie Blue Angel with a Rode NT3.

[@DarrellBraunGuitar]

+shane mcmurray 😀👍

[@shootdang8618]

Wow this really blew my mind. Instead of trying to guess what guitar was what, I just picked my favorite tone. Hands down each time I always picked the Ibanez. Whats crazy is that I have never even actually played one. I guess I will be trying some in the future.

[@migio7320]

NO JOKE: I picked Tele and LP every time as my favorites. I have a Strat at home. :(

[@cnine5640]

You always need just ONE more guitar!

[@migio7320]

@@cnine5640 I'm gonna buy a Lp style guitar soon.

[@cnine5640]

Michael You won’t regret it, I have two and they’re the best guitars ever made.

[@migio7320]

@Mr. Richardson that's kinda cruel but ok... I'll leave you thinking like that then...

[@mixmixture7049]

Im ibanez player. Me too, i want had strat soon😁.

[@emilia1832]

1:33 - SS - 3:39 - 5:03 - 6:22 🖤 1:53 - HSH - 3:56 - 4:28 - 6:07 🖤 2:11 - SSS - 3:21 - 5:20 - 6:37 🖤 2:30 - HH - 3:02 - 4:45 - 5:52

[@cardinalargie]

Daaayum, that Telecaster sounds nice.

[@axlsjkazkovich9352]

Rory G lol yeah wasn’t expecting it at all

[@damanOts]

Ibanez wins on distortion, but the tele has a phenominal clean tone

[@TheAlaskansandman]

Ibanez is an amazing guitar that has a lot of range from having that solid crunch of the Gibson, to the clean crisp to warm clean tone sounds. My first guitar i bought was the Rg 550 and lovedddd it

[@mixmixture7049]

@@TheAlaskansandman Is just many work to set it up😂. The others just plug and play.

[@davolthe1261]

​@@mixmixture7049 That's only bcs Floyd Rose( edge zero more accurately), i have one Ibanez with floating bridge and i blocked that motherfucking demon for life, now i play with no stress and enjoy the guitar alot 😂, keep in mind that most guitars need set up at one point(at least intonation and truss rod), yeah floyd rose guitars are bit harder to set up but once you learn how to it's not a biggy.

[@DeXx_The_Reaper]

Who plays clean?

[@Breddouson]

I adore teles' and strats' clean tones, but they're also winning distortion sound for me

[@TheBfutgreg]

Heavy distortion was easiest to tell for me

[@magangbi1671]

Yeah

[@octonto8696]

In all i mixed the tele with the strat😂

[@maxmustardman298]

TheBfutgreg indeed, though i mixed up the ibanez and the gibson. didn' expect the ibanez had such a growl. perhaps due to the pickups

[@pete3198]

Jokerz Designs Same!! I got the Les Paul and Ibanez right every time, but only got the tele and strat on the first one. The subsequent 3 tests i got the tele and strat the wrong way around. Ive always felt the tele is the brightest and cleanest sounding of the lot, with the strat sounding similar but a bit dirtier. Yet every time i picked what i felt was the cleanest and brightest of ended up being the strat (except the first test).

[@AcousticJamDad]

This was actually a lot of fun to do...really gave me some insight of my own perception of the different tones, especially the classic Fender v. Gibson sound.

[@pocketman5510]

Same

[@melodica5407]

Bridge heavy distortion 1. Les paul 2. RG 3. Strat 4. Tele

[@work1907]

I'm doing this hard mode! on my smartphone with no headphones. It's a dumb mode actually.

[@anthonybrady5723]

work1907 same got first test right but distortion was hard

[@joelcoool]

Not as dumb a mode as Locrian #6 ;)

[@Milanman1096]

I got it all correct doing the same thing! Stay hardcore man! ;)

[@himanshuhingwe7356]

I did it with volume at 0. Did i do it wrong?🤔

[@aaron.s.robinson]

Only guessed the Tele right. Lol telecasters are the goat

[@longlivedonaldtrump682]

aaron robinson agreed

[@samzondlo8746]

aaron robinson got telecaster right all four times and got strat wrong all four times

[@mohammadrezamaulana28]

aaron robinson ive played on too many humbuckers that i got the gibson and ibanez always right. Was thinking of saving up for a tele this year!

[@fagyu7502]

Aaron Robinson I ve got only the les paul I can't see the difference between the 3 other

[@Kathayne636]

Totally same result for me.

[@Zoidbergsin]

Tele tele strat tele... i was just trying to convince myself about not buying a tele, strat would be better for a beginner etc etc but damn...

[@weekasi1]

I bought a strat because it is nicer to play when sitting down.

[@Zoidbergsin]

@@weekasi1 haha i also bought a strat, people said tele is too heavy

[@weekasi1]

@@Zoidbergsin The weight isn't as well distributed on tele IMO. In that sense it feels more like Gibson style guitars. It feels much heavier than the strat, even though it probably isn't.

[@alexmurphy5289]

Strat is the easiest guitar I've ever played but not the fat neck version...seriously get the modern c neck Squier or whatever and it'll be great with some tweaks.

[@asyrafnasir7895]

get the tele man..u can never go wrong with them

[@ageresequituresse]

100% on the clean round. Reversed the Les Paul and the Ibanez on the second round. I've always been a strat player primarily, though I owned a Tele for a while.

[@ruchira7536]

Thank you. These tests helped me select my ideal guitar; Test 1 = Les Paul Test 2 = Telecaster Test 3 = Les Paul Test 4 = Les Paul No guitar blows me away for clean warm and rich tones like a Les Paul. I like the biting overdriven bridge pickup tones of the Tele too. But I can get a similar tone on a coil split Les Paul based on the reviews I have seen. I do not own any of these guitars yet. So it's gonna be a Les Paul Traditional Pro for me this Christmas.

[@DarrellBraunGuitar]

+E Franklin Nice! I'm glad you liked the video, and I hope you enjoy your upcoming new guitar!

[@bernardo9745]

Ur gonna waste moneyyyy

[@tradeka4206]

I've been playing for a year, just got my first electric guitar and it's interesting to hear different tones as I get more of an ear for tone

[@TheCerealQuiler]

Only got all of them when clean. On the dirty sounds I was only able to know what were humbucker or single... Great test! Incredible that sometimes the Strat had a little more bite on the bridge pickup than the Tele...

[@martinlopezruiz7875]

Mine: 1: les paul 2:stratocaster 3:telecaster 4:stratocaster. I'll definetely buy a strat as first electric guitar

[@yjersey]

Totally lost track of them. In other words, they all honestly sound really good. And are quality instruments. You played great. You make them all sound awesome! 😄

[@cescarrachi]

I'm glad I could recognize the Teles and Strats, I got confused between the Les Paul and the Ibanez. I would be a good reason to buy one, hahaha.

[@mixmixture7049]

Strat is suitable to play all music than the others.

[@saumyalimbu6918]

After distortion kicked in i was lost. I got the rg right everytime though

[@Squall6575]

Weird because I got some of the cleans wrong but as soon as we got to distortion, I had 100% accuracy

[@TheAlaskansandman]

@@Squall6575 Last clean tone one was the tricky one to my ears haha got the Gibson right but the Strat and Ibanez can sound pretty close. Tele i can tell everyyyy time, stands out the most to my ears

[@djijspeakerguy4628]

On the bridge pickup distorted sound, I literally thought the telecaster was the les Paul.

[@Bigbuddyandblue]

I'm watching a black screen

[@WintersunEnsiferumx]

Sad.

[@xXNuclearWarXx]

+s7eveninch But you can't hear black. Well, at least not without heavy doses of hallucinogenics.

[@apokemonrunescape729]

+Cyborg Pirate Ninja Jesus I put red bull in my coffee and Now I hear colors

[@captainpiefox9133]

Wow, funny AND original. Do it all the time, though

[@sauravroy7776]

Dude, it's an African-American screen. Don't be racist.

[@gamerpedoyz5464]

The result for me was... 1 - I liked how the Les Paul sounded on the first one 2 and 3 - I liked how the Ibanez RG Premium sounded 4 - I liked how the Telecaster sounded So, in other words Ibanez sounded really good to my ears.

[@hmstack6049]

I'm a drummer and had no problems realising which ones were single-coil guitars and which one were humbuckers, found it easy to realize which one is tele and which one is strat on clean. Couldn't differ Ibanez and LP though.

[@sticksen]

Well, the Fenders clearly shine when played clean, the Tele having a tiny bit more bottom. When adding distortion, everything sounded nearly the same to me. :)

[@rafaellteixeira]

Good test! for me one think it's true, i'm a les paul boy :D 1. Tele (fail), Ibanez (right), Strat (fail, single coil are similar), Les Paul (right); 2. Les Paul (right), Ibanez (fail), Strat (right), Tele (fail); 3. Ibanez (right), Les Paul (right), Tele (right), Strat (right); 4. Les Paul (right), Ibanez (right), Strat (fail), Tele (fail, another time single coil messing me up xD) Cheers from Portugal!

[@MilitantOldLady]

I own that Ibanez and i couldn't pick it out.

[@m.sdot2]

I own that Tele and I couldn't pick it out lmao

[@PixelmansGaming]

What model is it?

[@MilitantOldLady]

RG970WQMZ ...i had to look at the order email to recall that name :D

[@PixelmansGaming]

+Teutone Haha yeah ibanez names, love the guitar wanted to look it up.

[@MilitantOldLady]

PixelmansGaming It's a fantastic guitar. I really like what the Indonesian factory produces. They are on point.

[@adityarohanik0]

Since I don't have any guitar experience I just used this test to identify the tone I liked the most. Test#1 Ibanez; Test#2 Ibanez; Test#3 Telecaster; Test#4 Telecaster; The funniest part is that I just ordered my first guitar a few hours ago but it's a Squier Bullet Stratocaster

[@almarc]

1: All correct. 2: 2 of 4 correct. 3: 1 of 4 correct. 4: 2 of 4 correct. Fat overdrive certainly made it the hardest to guess, though. I was half-guessing there.

[@syncdog]

Pickups and there impedance are a huge factor. It would have been more challenging to match the pickups better and choose solely on make and wood. The Humbuckers were easy to pick out. Learning the difference between the two took a minute . The LP pups were hotter and darker. Single coils are always thinner. Your Strat didn't have the typical "strat neck" sound that distinguishes it more so from a Tele. (Jimi/Stevie) By the end I was nailing it. Thanks, that was fun!

[@Bubblehead640]

Im stunned! Been preaching Gibson sound forever and I picked Fender all 4 times!

[@sagnikpaul1811]

Ooopssss!!

[@WiseGuy2014]

lol the last one were they had distortion i got all of them right but for the others i got them all wrong

[@oldGnRrocks1]

same.. i guessed stratocaster then telecaster, then said the other way around cause i cant really tell the difference between those two. but the treble on #3 just screamed stratocaster for me.. and the nice thick tone on #1 sounded like les paul.

[@yesto9676]

luck still exists

[@janji9529]

same

[@ilkeguneysahin4589]

same for me, i have no idea how or why

[@djb1977a]

WW Heisenberg I placed the Les Paul correctly all but one time (but I am mostly a Les Paul player) which was the second one and picked it out as the Telecaster (hmmmm... lol) and also got the Ibanez right half the time. The Fenders I found more difficult to distinguish in these single pickup sound tests. I guess inbetween positions would have been more obvious on the Strat or maybe I just need to play Fenders more.

[@joeroe2622]

For me it was easier to hear the differences when distorted just because of how the guitars reacted to it with the Ibanez being brighter the Les Paul while having that humbucker sound and the Les Paul being darker and single coils having that twangy tone even with distortion

[@koshersalaami]

One for sixteen. The main thing I learned is that if you’re running distortion you should pick your guitar based on how it plays rather than on how it sounds, assuming you’re choosing between these four, because the difference is pretty minimal. He could have repeated one of the guitars in that section and I doubt anyone would have noticed that the same instrument had been played twice. My listening was an IPad and a pair of beyerdynamic DT770 pros.

[@thewwemegafan]

Ibanez and strat really got me! Great video! Love these for when I am up late at night.

[@jackbest3241]

Awesome video man, that Ibanez really threw me off on the clean tones. Excellent test.

[@DarrellBraunGuitar]

+Jack Best Glad you liked the video 👍

[@SaberSongs]

That was a lot more difficult than I imagined, great video!

[@DarrellBraunGuitar]

+SaberSongs Glad you liked it :)

[@jpeterson213]

Lespauls tone always had that unique feel and life to it, Which made me pick that everytime in the test by the sound only...

[@basartuncel]

A surprising result for me! Normally, I like the dark tone of Strats and Les Pauls. I took this test to see which guitar would sound better to me. I was also curious if I could spot the Strat. Interestingly, not only did I fail to recognize the Strat, but in all the tests, the best-sounding guitar turned out to be the Telecaster, and the one I eliminated every time was the Les Paul. Thanks for the video! Your stuff never gets old.

[@MetalSonicBricks]

Got the strat and tele confused everytime except on the last one. The Les Paul was the easiest guitar to identify - probably because I'm a Les Paul player myself...

[@iwannasmell]

tele has a slightly louder and deepet sound i think

[@iwannasmell]

+iwanttosmell deeper*

[@DanielSousa0]

About the tele/strat thing... I've got the same here!

[@DrummerRF]

ITs because the difference is very minor and if there is any difference, it is most likely in the pickups and strings.

[@smokepot6671]

Weeelll if your regular fender player you can see a pretty big difference in sound by no means is it as big like a a strat to a les Paul the tele has lot warmer neck pickup that tends to be slightly muddier while a strat has is a little less warm but cuts through better and teles have a great bridge pup that can have great twang, but the bridge pup on the strat can be twangy it just seems more shrill to me strats are all about the neck pup and middle switch but with a tele its all about the bridge, by no means is it huge but those are things I've picked up being a player using mostly fender guitar for the better part of a decade

[@DminorWolfy]

the only one i knew was the les paul. the earth tone hits yah right in the chest.

[@bernardo9745]

Elena Garcia its pretty bad in my opinion

[@nukafan2216]

I got the telecaster and the les paul right every time those are my favorites

[@iloveitall]

Two years after my first test - two years more of guitar experience. Started the test really honestly without knowing the order. Result: Got everything right! A Tele remains a Tele, a Les Paul remains a .... and so on.

[@christiaanbezuidenhout6984]

Playing around 13 years now with Fender and Ibanez. Could hear the difference every time and had all right except first one. And that from my cellphone speaker.

[@sonic7184]

I don't know why but to me a Les Paul with distortion is instantly recognizable. The Neck pickup on a strat sounds a bit more muddy and scooped than the one on a Strat. But HONEST TO GOD... That Ibanez was a troublemaker xD

[@FunkadelicPancho]

guitar in the intro solo is a Les Paul

[@DarrellBraunGuitar]

+connor adcock 👍😎

[@UltimateMTB]

Round 1 4/4, round 2 1/4, round 3 4/4, round 4 1/4. Got the telecaster right every time! It definitely sounded the best

[@ronwilliams1094]

The tele cuts the best and has the most clarity out of 'em all. It has that perfect mid-range, to my ears at least. I can understand why Jimmy Page used a tele for recording and used Les Pauls live!

[@jgn2112]

I don't own an electric guitar so I really took this test seriously to rate the sound I liked best. I had a point system and i listened through the whole segment of each test then went back and listened again, rating the sound on each one, then added the points at the end. Some tests i pretty much couldn't tell any difference so i had to really strain to differentiate. Turns out, the strat and Les Paul tied for #1, then Ibanez, with tele finishing last. I've always loved the look of a les paul, so that's the tiebreaker. I'll get a les paul style tho, since I dont have tons of money laying around. Probably Wolf or maybe Grote.

[@Triston3.6]

did u end up getting it?

[@manuelalves2403]

epiphone les pauls are good for begginers

[@JesseThoj]

I really like the first clean riff.. what is it called??

[@StrengthScholar0]

I got everything right except for the heavy distortion. Tele's are the 🐐

[@Rollermanfromspace]

I'm writing these down as I go along 1-1 tele 1-2 Ibanez 1-3 strat 1-4 LP First set all right! Not a bad start 2-1 tele 2-2 strat 2-3 LP 2-4 Ibanez Well not bad, good to know I'm going to be in the market for a tele soon :) 3-1 Ibanez 3-2 LP 3-3 tele 3-4 strat Aye, I guess after too many comparison videos I might actually be learning something 4-1 LP 4-2 Ibanez 4-3 strat 4-4 tele Pretty happy with my results. At least I can tell a les paul from a strat and notice which pickups are higher output

[@derekvillorente4334]

I was surprised that I got them all right. I could definitely tell the difference between the clean sounds of the single coils from the bell like tones and the thicker midrange from the humbuckers when the guitars became distorted.

[@113kk]

test 1: all right test 2: 1 right test 3: 2 right test 4: all right Guess I sort of know my tones? XD

[@JamesMP]

my guesses: test 1: tele ibanez strat les paul test 2: les paul ibanez tele strat test 3: les paul ibanez tele strat

[@kambion]

Holy shit, I nailed it. Knowing what the pickups sound like, especially differentiating between humbucker and single coil, helps a lot. The telecaster tone is simply unmistakable, as is the strat, I had more problems with the Ibanez and Gibson, which says a lot about the quality of that Ibanez. At the end, decided that the muddier one was the Gibson. (cool story bro)

[@JaxonBurn]

kambion wow, I was the complete opposite! I could very easily tell which was the Gibson and which was the Ibanez, but struggled to differentiate between the tele and the strat.

[@Kingslayer260]

Nothing beats a nice mellow strat tone...

[@PaulyRenzeth]

I can identify the Les Paul all the time and im in love with it. I thought this will change my mind to not getting a les paul but it only convinced me more.

[@beeswax8901]

I got the distorted ones right but not the clean ones.

[@Hamorich]

yea me too

[@Studio1215]

+AdityaVanko and I was the opposite. Got both of the cleans and blew the distortions.

[@alecmcgrathofcanada9175]

I did good on the first and last test.

[@xxivancraftxxtutorialesyma7709]

Alec McGrath stfu edgy

[@alecmcgrathofcanada9175]

XxIvancraftXx Tutoriales y mas What?

[@aydenkoyanagi1727]

XxIvancraftXx Tutoriales y mas says the one who uses "Xx" in their username.

[@captain_autisimo4747]

Damn it, mixed up the Ibanez and Strat for the first one... So close

[@josecarlosbejar3163]

Me too.

[@LeonardoFolk]

It's ten years i play guitar and I own an american stratocaster, yamaha pacifica, schecter omen 8 (8 strings) and hopefully soon a mustang. This test was very interesting, i did it very carefully with earpods. It was easier recognise fenders. Here's my results: #1 Telecaster , Les Paul (wrong), Stratocaster, RG (wrong) = 2/4 #2 Les Paul, RG (wrong), Stratocaster (wrong), Telecaster (wrong)= 1/4 #3 RG, Les Paul, Telecaster, Stratocaster = 4/4 all correct #4 RG(wrong), Les Paul(wrong), Telecaster, Stratocaster = 2/4

[@blackwatercat4263]

First test: All right Second test: 2 out of 4 (switched the Ibanez and Les Paul) Third test: 2 out of 4 (switched Les Paul and Strat) Fourth test: All right *What did you get?*

[@ColtonAnderson1258]

I was picking the ones that sounded best to me and I ended up with all 4 no repeats smh

[@jeppep95]

clean its possible to tell but distorted its really hard

[@mrpokemon8778]

heavy distortion is the only one i got 100%

[@theanimefan00]

The Ibanez shines through in heavy distortion for me. :3

[@teenagehaze7174]

I nailled the Ibanez in the 2 distorsion tapes... I think that hard HB sound is easy to tell, especially in the second sound test

[@andreaparussini7843]

you can't mistake the distorted sound from the bridge pick up of a strat lol i own a strat myself and i think it's the worst you can get from it

[@deanmccaskill5495]

+godless times I agree. I don't like my Strat single coil bridge sound at all. I never use it.

[@LionelKristensen]

I got the first tet almost right, the second I was awfully wrong, the 3rd and 4t was perfectly right! awesome video btw

[@tulipiscute]

Reading other comments here makes me feel a lot better. Only got the first one right. Never owned an ibanez or les paul, so I was struggling

[@oscarestrella3512]

My results: Test 1 - fail Test 2 - fail Test 3 - i got the Les Paul and the Tele Test 4 - i nailed it, got them all. It was really hard to tell, the first 2 tests were the hardest for me, but let me tell you I own this guitars: Les paul, Fender Strat american delux HSS, G&L Legacy HSS, Peavy T26, And a Monty's custom made guitar, and in my studio they all sound pretty different, Only the Fender and the G&L are similar, the G&L having a bit more mids.

[@snottyboy9983]

I was able to get the les paul correct every time.

[@valmirknasel]

I'm not musician, but in all blind tests the sounds i've liked are made with fender...:)

[@robbiecahyadi10]

hahaha lol 😁

[@smokepot6671]

I've been a musician for 12 years and the.fender stratocaster has always been my 1sr choice but it depends on your taste and what you play fenders country blues funk well, Gibson makes good guitars but there not for me more rock and hard types of music and ibanezs usual are used for metal and extreme music you can you any guitar for any style those are just common trends

[@hapax87]

To me, a Stratocaster is a better guitar for blues and blues based rock, whereas a Les Paul is better for hard rock and metal. Telecaster is very versatile , but mostly used for country and blues, Ibanez gives a great sound in certain genres, but is not my favorite. You have to have technique like Steve Vai to make one sing like he does.

[@user-algori]

I choiced: 1 - Gibson, 2 - Ibanez, 3 - Telecaster, 4 - Stratocaster. Good comparative. Thanks

[@PachuauZ]

It's very easy to pick the fat sound of a Les Paul from the bunch when they are all clean. With distortion, its a little bit harder... The Strat and Tele were also recognizable, but not as much as the LP. What i learned from this video is that with distortion, every guitar can basically sound the same, with a little bit of tweaking.

[@volltroll]

got the tele right every time. The rest was a big mess :D Good Test!

[@DarrellBraunGuitar]

+volltroll Hahaha, yeah it is tough!

[@yaelflores5002]

got right my les paul everytime

[@HommaKnarf]

Suprisingly got it right on the distortion tones.

[@DarrellBraunGuitar]

+Frank Homma Nice! 😉👍

[@JLchevz]

same

[@marcusharrigan6879]

Strat bridge PUP never seems to thicken even with distortion.

[@AllYourBaseRBelong2Us]

I consider myself an astute music listener but otherwise know jack-squat about electric guitars being just a beginner on acoustic. i tried this and I got more wrong than right, but my person ratings are: Test #1 (neck w mild overdrv): Tele, Strat, Iban, Les; Test #2 (bridge w dist): Iban, Tele, Strat, Les; Test #3 (Neck clean) Tele, Strat, Iban, Les; Test #4 (Bridge Dist) Strat, Iban, Les, Tele... I apparently gravitate more towards the Telecaster and away from the Les Paul.

[@iwannasmell]

the ibanez and strat sound really similar, suprising

[@outsideofparking1375]

why surprising? they are quite similar guitars the ibanez just has more metal oriented pickups

[@maurorodriguez2588]

The ibanez is a "Superstrat", it need to sound similar

[@tonyrigatoni1712]

+Mauro Rodriguez I don't know much about guitar tones and all, but with my little experience I think there is a huge difference between these two.The strat I believe is more aggressive. Is the Les Paul really characterised as the superstrat?

[@iwannasmell]

+Tony McDante les paul isnt ibanez, the ibanez is the red guitar without a pick guard les paul is usually gibson (not always)

[@iwannasmell]

+OutsideOfParking i'm not sure, i just imagined they would have a very different tone

[@Unownzone]

Oooh I picked my favorite sound for each test and all of them were the Ibanez RG Premium! Maybe I should start learning the guitar😂😂

[@helenzlazzli]

Spotted the Strat in all tests! I can rightfully claim the title of a Strat player now I guess lol

[@DarrellBraunGuitar]

+Axemarloe Absolutely!

[@helenzlazzli]

Haha to balance the bragging out I did get the humbuckers wrong a couple times, even mixing em up with the tele on the one with the highest gain.

[@sardomaitland8156]

Yup, got them all wrong. ^^

[@Bobthesnob]

I've been playing for 25 years, all kinds of guitars. I got a few of the clean tones right but that's about it.

[@benoityip]

I only listen to the high gain sound, and it is pretty obvious, the Gibson has a heavy bass. The strat single coil is easy to listen. For those who cannot tell the difference, make sure you plug in a good quality headphone (no artificial change in frequency response)

[@guitarianrockin4378]

OMG I got all 4 right after they were distorted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm freaking out XD!!!!!

[@AirshipFury]

13/16, 81%. not bad.

[@DarrellBraunGuitar]

+Timothy Munoz That is excellent!

[@AirshipFury]

+Darrell Braun Guitar thanks!

[@amalbabu3976]

I played for 1 month n I could only find my Stratocaster's tone.