Kris and Guillaume on a Budget... | Affordable Guitar Rig Challenge | Thomann

[@Tone-Quest]

I thought Kris’ tones were more rich with harmonic and overall goodness. Kris gets my vote. Love the video, nice to see our Guitar Gods play the type of gear that us mere mortals tend to play.

[@sch2412]

nice! but now we need a "no budget limit" follow-up :D

[@GiantPinhead]

Very sensible and honest. Good job, gang.

[@PaulCooksStuff]

"Any combination of those letters" ... Image Lulu? I'd be happy with either if I'm honest. Different but both good. Though Kris deserves some kind of special prize for picking a HB guitar, amp and cab AND costing more than branded gear. I didn't think that was possible 😂

[@instant_coffee_is_evil]

Brilliant! You would have done that challenge in the 90s... well, it would have sounded like sub-shit. Nowadays, cheaper gear has become really really good! I'm drawn to that Tele tone btw.

[@SomeKindOfMadman]

I dig it when both of you are together to make a vid. Thanks a bunch to you both. Kris and Guillaume.

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Oh man, it's always our highlight of the day whenever we make a video together. It's all natural and fun. And we get to jam which is always awesome. Best team ever. 💛 And thank you so much for watching our stuff and for the comments. 🙌 //Kris

[@marcinzub9013]

Interesting rigs!

[@HenrikMoos]

I must say you both got everything out of those rigs!! And man would I love to know how that katana was set up, cause that sounded sweet

[@ArvidNielsen]

Thanks, guys!

[@jwilder2251]

Guillaume won - I always absolutely love Kris’ playing, but today Guillaume really stood out - no one would know he was playing a budget rig

[@ChrisDN]

Kris' rig for me. I'd love to hear what the Mighty 15 sounds like with its gain pushed up some more. If I built my own combination out of what was used, I'd go: Tele > Golden Plexi > Dealbreaker > > Mirror Image > Mighty 15

[@MrYatesj1]

If your looking for tone spend money on your amp, guitars are a fraction of your TONE. $900 on a used Fender Deluxe Reverb and $600 on a used Mex Strat, Mex Tele or Some form of Les Paul

[@rjester21]

Both sounded surprisingly good 👍🏼, but I Think G won this game! Love to see this challenge at different prices 😊

[@backlom]

A win for Guillaume!! 🎉 so many options in the Katana plus pedals.

[@TheBedroomRocker1]

I also preferred Kris' set-up, although I really missed some reverb for the clean sounds

[@beardedrancher]

Kris gets it. That amp just smokes the katana to my ears. Just sounds fantastic

[@szymonszymanski3]

Both of the rigs sounded amazing. I can’t pick the winner 😂 Great job guys

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Thanks for watching my dude! Yeah pretty much the same here, haha. //Kris

[@latontolog]

Awesome budget rigs!

[@JoeBaermann]

Both, the amp setup and delay Kris chose and the horseman and fuzz Guillaume chose, paired with a different guitar and gain stage, would probably switch those V30’s out though.

[@ferramirez4570]

Great video kings! The poor man John Mayer's rig represents me! Lol great sounding rig can't go wrong with a Katana, would you guys review the Nux Queen of tone any time soon? That would be great! Sweet tones as usual with you guys! Thanks for the content.

[@joermnyc]

$1000 (USD) rig according to Thomann’s pricing (might be less on a US based sellers site, sorry): Guitar: Harley Benton’s take on the LP Junior Double Cut, $180 , love me a DC Junior) Amp: There’s an Orange “crush” 60 watt combo amp that sounds great, and is shockingly all digital (no tubes), $592 Pedal: JHS Supreme Fuzz: $217. And I’ve got $11 left for new strings or something. 🤷‍♂️ (already have cables, tuner and a strap, which might be cheating.)

[@therollband1290]

Squier classic vibe has alnico pickups. Bugera makes inexpensive tube amps. Ampero multi effects. 💥

[@ronaldfernandez.8586]

Súper bien.💯

[@lincognito4073]

Good job to both of you! I'm going to be diplomatic and call it a tie. I was surprised at Kris' choice of delay. I have the same on my pedalboard and love its sound. But not exactly a budget pedal, no?

[@CentaurusRelax314]

Loved Kris' tones. Very impressive. Once again, there was that elusive 'hollow'/woody quality i've not been able to achieve. I thought it was in that Revv Dynamis amp, but i guess i'm wrong again. Could it really be true that "tone is in the fingers?" Noooooo..... I need tone to be in something i can *buy.*

[@Sean_Plays_Guitar]

Kris's Guitar, Guillame's Amp, Kris's Pedals but swap the plexi gain for the fuzz on G's board.

[@Sean_Plays_Guitar]

Oh and as far as who wins.....we (the viewers) win. Thanks guys!

[@GitShiddy]

I think Jessica absolutely smashed it with his rig. That setup is something that can work from day one beginners right up to small club gigging. Brilliant rig Guillaume. But (as I'm a stickler & massive fan) the Fuxx Fuzz is not a Big Muff at all; it is a Foxx Tone Machine clone & that is dope ass fuzz circuit that too few people know about.

[@JoeBaermann]

There are quite a lot of clones of the Foxx. To get one that is more versataile I would go with something like the Doppel.

[@elvillegas1211]

It would be interesting the same kind of video, but for gigable rig. 🙂

[@TheDiaboliq666]

Great video. Love the sound. Have to say I somewhat prefer Guillaume's rig on this occasion, though usally I'd be the Tele guy :) Gotta ask 'cos I've been busting my head for 1/2 hour now... would that be "See you again" at 18:00, or something else?

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

I'm not sure if I can forgive for choosing G's lame rig... kidding 😄. But I can help with the song. It's an improvised version of Slow Dancing In A Burning Room. Cheers //Kris

[@matzer8846]

Hm ... did you find these rigs blindfolded

[@valueofnothing2487]

Bluesman sounded great to me. Wonder if you could get the cheaper HB15 with a cheap alnico speaker.

[@rockoutmichigan]

So many wood jokes... lol 🤣

[@ricardocarm0]

Guill : D'Addario pedalboard have space for Harley Benton power plant (5) underneath?

[@stephengabree]

Both sound fine but Kris had a much crisper and detailed sound. The Amp won for him.

[@Oilid]

Survey says: the richer you are, the better you play. ... 😂

[@antennahead]

Guillaume won, because he has budget left for a gigbag and a strap... Play those instruments standing! The balance will be not the same as you were sitting. Also i found his rig versatile. The playing of both as always on high level. Love it!

[@BioHazardBHZ]

Kris... I really appreciate your tone and your playing... but today... G nailed it! 😂

[@gcvrsa]

For a working professional or serious amateur, a budget of about $2000 USD each at new street retail prices for instrument, pedalboard/accessories, and amplifier is a reasonable budget, and easily achievable by anyone with a moderate income, especially considering that this gear will easily last 20-30 years or more, even for the electronic items. My standard for what constitutes a "professional level" of gear is essentially a US Fender or Gibson model instrument, and that will currently cost you about $1700-1800 USD for an American Professional II. So, considering two instruments, two amplifiers (if you play in stereo), and one pedalboard, that's a budget of $8,000-10,000 USD, all-inclusive, for a complete list of gear that could be taken on a world tour playing the biggest venues without fear of reliability or quality issues. Split that over the course of 20 years, and you are talking about an investment of $400-500 per year, not counting the fact that even after 20 years, that gear will still retain most of its value on the secondary market. Bear in mind that amateur classical musicians commonly spend multiples of this on a single instrument. A student model Yamaha AVC7 cello will cost you over $4600 right now, in January 2023. The lower grade AVC5 will cost you $3200. But can you make great sound on a lower budget? Of course you can, and the first place to start is not with low/cheap quality new gear, but used professional quality gear. Most serious musicians look to buy their gear used, first, because this stuff is robustly made--it has to be, to survive the rigors of gigging and still be reliable. The cost savings is immense. I never recommend to anyone that they buy cheap "starter" gear, because it's a bad investment. Buy used, pro level gear--especially if you are a beginner or a parent buying for a child!--because even if you find that you don't or your child doesn't stick with it, you can always recoup your investment on resale, and in the meantime, you will have a much better experience that will lessen the chance you will give up, in the first place. And if you don't give up and/or re-sell it, you've made the wisest possible investment. Buying used, you can often get pro level gear in mint or excellent condition for as low as half what it cost new, for items that are less popular. And the used market will always be fairly robust, because we musicians are a fickle lot and constantly trying new and different things.

[@f1n3ss3r4]

Hey so I’m a complete beginner and I want to start playing, for the instrument pedalboard and amp what would be a good budget? Is $2000 what I should be looking for or can I go lower? And approximately how much would I spent on each part of the rig?

[@explorervango880]

Enjoy the videos with these two together. Today Guillaume was the winner.

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

I enjoyed your comment until I got to the last sentence. 😆 Just kidding. G did great! 👏 //Kris

[@explorervango880]

@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses I subscribe to your channel. Does he have one?

[@px.musics]

Sorry for my ignorance but what was Kris's guitar?

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Hey Roy, check out the gear link in the description under the video. You'll get all the rig related questions answered there. :) Cheers //Kris

[@fredmarquis1105]

Love you guys always want more video from you. Really like this one and yeah, sorry kris your rig is super cool,... but Guillaume won this one :)

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Haha, thanks man! Okay, I can live with that. 😄 G nailed his rig. //Kris

[@jeffreyeagen4896]

I think both this and guitars are great, but I must say when I first heard Guillaume's guitar I was very impressed! And G did better with his budget 😉

[@MrJingles021]

I thought I'd like Chris's better. But I thought Guillaume sounded better. I wanted to like the tele because strats aren't my favorite...but that Katana sounded great....someone should have grabbed a Catalyst though

[@CountNetsrac]

Guillaume aka Jessica won in my opinion. But did he take the actual pedal board into account? The Daddario boards are not cheap as far as I remember.

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

No he didn't. That pedalboard plus the two guitar cables wouldn't fit in the budget. Just sayin' 😆 //Kris

[@thoblette]

What´s that riff at 13:17??

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Van Halen - Ain't Talkin' Bout Love It's awesome. :) //Kris

[@heisenced]

Guillaume won for me. The Sire guitars are incredible for the money.

[@hakankillberg6043]

Thanks great video both winner great tones but please get rid of that Fuzz didnt like the sound from that pedal at all

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Haha, I thought the same thing. It's interesting how the most simple device (=a fuzz pedal) seems to be the hardest to nail on a budget. 😄 //Kris

[@Roland-Bach]

Hi. You have a dB Meter in the Background. Can you tell me what device it is , please? Greetings from Germany Roland

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Hi Roland, this is the one: tho.mn/jtf10 Cheers //Kris

[@rottalmusik6563]

Guillaume has the rig to go for a guitarist who knows that he will play and gig for the First time. 2 years acoustic, wana Start giging electric in a Band. KRIS has a rig thats a bit more for the geek. Tube Amp, cab, pedals. Could be a great First rig for a beginnen if money isn't that much of an deal (for a Beginner). I would gig with both, but kris's rig is more to my tast, caus dont cheap out on the amp!

[@greatsouthernpansy]

I really dislike those types of videos. I have all the gear I need, but there's always something soooo cheap and sooo awesome that would be really nice to have. Like for example this NUX Klon.... About 12 minutes into the vid I was already browsing thru aftermarket options :D

[@kadiray2651]

kris won.

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Thanks man! :) //Kris

[@pauldncn1]

No one won guys You both produced two rigs id buy tomorrow if I had the money Both guitars just sang Thanks for making a “ challenging day” feel brighter and make me desperate to play 🤣🙏👍

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

It's our pleasure Paul, glad you enjoyed our little banter. 😅 Yeah it's fair to say that both rigs did amazing and made us happy playing the guitar. Which is what all of this is about, isn't it? Cheers mate //Kris

[@pauldncn1]

@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses Kris What was that Tele ? I need to make a GM ( genetically modified) Tele ( maybe Paul Modified tele) I find Ibanez necks suit these hands So a fender with an Ibanez neck and a mad fool playing it What a combination 🤣🤣😁👍👍

[@drmagex]

Guillaume got the more dynamic rig for les money... so win

[@quiquepriore]

I don't understand why you don't choose a dream universal audio

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Good point. I guess for 2 reasons: 1. you still need some kind of monitor to hear yourself with an amp simulation pedal which could get too expensive for this challenge and 2. we are both huge fans of the experience of playing through an actual guitar amp with a guitar amp speaker. Not because of the recorded tone (which is the same with simulations) but for the playing feel. Cheers //Kris

[@quiquepriore]

@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses thx for the feedback 👏🏼😄

[@nihiabstracto]

G lost, sorry 😄

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

🙌 Your name shall be written on the wall of our studio. With golden letters, haha! Thanks man! //Kris

[@horschy4856]

I like Kris' tones more, but wasn't he cheating? 😂 Also the G rig is more versatile. So I would give this to Guillaume

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Cheating? Noooo way. 😆 Also, if we factor in Guillaume's expensive DAddario pedalboard and the two long cables, he's over the limit. Just sayin' Haha! I'm all about tone and feel, you know that. That's all I cared about here. As always. 😅 Cheers buddy //Kris

[@horschy4856]

@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses That's right and I totally dig your approach💪 At the end it depends on what you need and if you have fun with the rig. And I had much fun with the video 👏

[@willhol4209]

Katana does not have a built in tuner.

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Thanks for the heads up. I'm actually pretty surprised it doesn't have one. Cheers //Kris

[@klausfritsch4350]

I do not know why, but I still do not like Fuzz.

[@gcvrsa]

You do not need an "isolated power supply" unless you have pedals with unusual power requirements or pedals with poorly designed power supplies. I've been gigging my pedals for over 30 years and never once used an isolated power supply, because I buy well-engineered gear that follows sound electrical engineering principles and doesn't bleed noise all over my ground plane. If I ever had a unit that was noisy, it would be immediately returned for a refund. It's a sad fact that some of the biggest names in effects pedals have some of the worst power supplies in the industry. Strymon, Eventide, and Line 6 are some of the worst offenders in this regard. It's usually the digital pedals, but never Boss.

[@adriantodor3458]

Interesting rigs!

[@ronaldfernandez.8586]

Súper bien.💯