No other guitar sounds like this I PROMISE

[@gavinhaney535]

The whole "back when country music was made for farmers not frat-boys" might be the most accurate thing I've hear in a while...

[@kennethdon3619]

ever heard bo burnams 'pandering'? best country song written and its taking the piss out of modern country music

[@Otis-Isom]

@@kennethdon3619 not the best country song. You have Americana music like isbell and classic country like willie nelson.

[@kennethdon3619]

i... its a joke, try listening to it

[@Otis-Isom]

@@kennethdon3619 well I mean, I’ve watched that entire special. Ive heard the song. I thought that you were saying its the best country song ever. I agree its really funny and clever.

[@drdre4397]

@@Otis-Isom He probably meant it was funny and clever. "The best" is used quite frequently nowadays, not often referring to the singular best thing.

[@jayrose4804]

as someone who loves “shitty” sounds, i fucking love this guitar so much

[@JamesWalshBristolKids]

🤣LOL so true....'Cheesie'

[@prod.lanista]

Me too

[@totallyfrozen]

“Shitty” sounds? It think they’re just called lo-fi.

[@verigone2677]

@@totallyfrozen no, not all shitty sounds are Lo-Fi, there is a whole class of Hi-Fi gear that sounds freaking terrible unless it is put in the exact right situation or mix. There are wholly digital devices made in the last 10 years that are intentionally crappy quality (to meet a price point not a quality spec), there are also the first generation of 100% Digital multi effects pedals which by definition are Hi-Fi, many even have Stereo Input/Output. The early Digital Hi-Fi Synths sound like shit as well. There is an entire world of Shitty sounds out there that have nothing to do with the signal fidelity. Technically Hi-Fi just means a circuit with VERY little information loss in the signal path itself, typically through ensuring there are input buffers, line filters, and lossless amplification circuit topologies, EVERYTHING digital is Hi-Fi because by definition its just 1s and 0s while analog has to correct and balance for all values between 0 and 1. Fidelity has more to do with repeatability than the actual quality of the tone itself, tone quality is a by product of creating circuits that will produce the same results consistently and without error or artifacts. We don't draw ourselves to Lo-Fi because of a lack of consistency, in fact it is the consistent end of Lo-Fi tones we are drawn to...those things that have only lost the ability or never were able to consistently produce clean volume or they oddly compress giving the sound of different real world spaces, times, and places. There is however an entire world of shitty sounds that are completely consistent, stable, and tonally full...they just sound like shit, looking at you Line 6 Spider amps or the cheap end of DigiTech Multi pedals.

[@perkins1439]

Damn more cowbell we need more shity sound

[@vwtifuljoe954]

This seems like it would have been a good starter guitar for someone way back when, or something someone could use for traveling that would also allow them to record demos and song ideas. Thats the best guess i have for the intended market.

[@MisterMoccasin]

They could probably play along to music too maybe?

[@vwtifuljoe954]

@@MisterMoccasin definitely. The idea of playing along with something and having it all come out of the same speaker instead of trying to balance it all in your bedroom in thr 1980s while everyone around you hates it all would have definitely been a selling point

[@Bacid]

travelling with it might be a bad idea since it is plastic and more likely to crack and break.

[@PremiumUserUltra]

This thing is what alot of pedals attempt to do

[@dushk0]

But there was no KZbin back then...most people don't record themselves even today.

[@voidtempomusic]

I own one of these, and there's a few mods you can do to actually make it sound a lot better! Part of the reason that the EG-5 sounds so bad is (besides being made entirely of plastic and metal except for the neck and headstock) is that the aluminum tone block inside of it is woefully small. What you can do to fix this is taking a piece of wood and with some measuring and cutting, make a tone block extension that you can fit inside of it with a little bit of foam over top to keep it from rattling against the plastic backing. It's a small change but it makes a HUGE difference! Obviously it's not going to sound magically incredible, but it definitely turns a nearly unplayable boxy beginner guitar into a cool and aesthetic midtier wonder with a good fret job and the aforementioned tone block improvement. I also highly recommend changing the tuners, as Casio seemed to have a deal with Ibanez in the 80s to use their necks and headstocks, and as you can imagine they don't work incredibly well. Cheers!

[@whitex4652]

This is proven to be BS. The material of a body of an electric guitar plays zero role regarding the sound. Proven. Scientifically. So recommended is stop talking.

[@voidtempomusic]

@@whitex4652 You add the wood to have more material for the strings to resonate with and create a louder / longer lasting vibration you absolute walnut

[@richpeltier9519]

You're a madman and I respect that. 🤘🧙‍♂️🤘 Rich the Ancient Metal Beast

[@RocktCityTim]

@@whitex4652 Yep - that thing sounds JUST like my G6120 Chet Atkins through my Fender Princeton!🤣

[@leftaroundabout]

@@whitex4652 no, the correct statement is: standard electric guitar designs have such heavy and inflexible bodies that all the mechanical flex of the instruments happens predominatly in the neck. That's why changing the body material doesn't notably change the sound. But that's not true for the much more flexible bodies of acoustic guitars, and apparently not for a flimsy plastic body like this Casio either.

[@TimmyJoePCTech]

That thing sounds amazing

[@JawnJet]

Swear

[@Marta1Buck]

Hi Timmy

[@RareCr0w]

It’s him, trust me. It’s definitely not the guitar

[@noveltycrusade]

Scratchy and cheap. Unique, perhaps not amazing.

[@andtothewestamerica]

The playing is great and the recording sounds sweet but I bet if he recorded any guitar to cassette would sound similarly nice

[@denisborzov8406]

Lo-Fi indie rock is a thing. And it has been a thing for a long time, actually. This sounds like an awesome guitar for the post-apocalyptic survivors: you don't need an amp, power supply (if you have batteries), distortion pedals, and you don't even need software for the backing tracks.

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

I’ve noticed a lot of post-apocalyptic survivors kinda leaning towards the acoustic guitar and generally perhaps being a little too preoccupied with roving about in small post-apocalyptic bands and surviving to really focus too too much on backing tracks.

[@totallyfrozen]

LOL! at using batteries for something like this in a post-apocalyptic scenario. I’m guessing those will be saved for flashlights and radios.

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

@@totallyfrozen I’d save’um for breakfast. Get that postapocalyptic survival energy going.

[@Almadabes]

"Built in distortion that also doesn't sound great" Man. I must like a lot of shit cause that kinda sounded cool

[@bronsoncarder2491]

You... don't play guitar, do you? lmfao Sammy G made it sound ok, because he played something very specifically tailored to that sound. The distortion was thin, tinny, and lacked the harmonic richness that defines a good distortion. It might have been ok for what was played, but even that exact same riff would have sounded WAAAY better with even a cheap distortion pedal. lol

[@godzillagorilla4633]

@@bronsoncarder2491 you must be fun at partys

[@Kyle-gw6qp]

@@bronsoncarder2491 But, crucially, it sounded cool. So it doesn't matter if it was thin or tinny. The quality of the effect is irrelevant. It sounded cool, and that's all music has to do.

[@BCThunderthud]

I have one of these and I would like to modify it to have a different distortion because I don't think it's very good. It's just kind of bare-bones tubescreamer or something, it doesn't have a ton of character or any real variety to it. I think it could be good for busking or solo performing, you could make backing tracks and play on the subway or the sidewalk. It would be good for panhandling gutter punks maybe.

[@lemon9974]

@@bronsoncarder2491 How does that person thinking it’s cool, automatically equate to him not ever playing the guitar before??🤔 Was the patronizing tone necessary? Think you need to work on getting that huge stick out of your a** buddy…

[@kruse8888]

This is cool on so many levels. The weird 80’ gadgets never fails to surprise me.

[@oldsledpurgatory3595]

Country music always sounds the best in the cab of a pickup through an old AM radio with a ripped speaker.

[@dr.krieger6563]

REAL country music does, that pseudo pop beach music they are producing now (looking at you Kenny Chesney!) just cant be helped!! Lol!

[@melody3741]

@@dr.krieger6563 honestly though to be fair, it is still fun in its own right (at least some of it is) but maybe thats just cause im young enough to have nostalgia about it. You can judge me but i literally listen to both

[@xerothedarkstar]

Someone once described modern country to me as "hick-hop" and it stuck with me.

[@calebnation6155]

Base model 2 speaker sound system in a work truck 👌

[@breearbor4275]

the thing about lo-fi hip hop is that it isn't just taking regular hip hop and making it lower fidelity, it's taking nostalgia-inducing lo-fi samples, and putting simple hip hop beats over top of them. it's kind of about bringing together the old and the new, and it's something that emerged through hip hop specifically because of how hip hop centres around sampling older material.

[@youloveme163]

The thin sounds of the in built speaker or in built distortion have a really cool unique tone to them to be fair. I feel like they have good potential to make good sounds when layers with some more standard tones

[@jibicusmaximus4827]

i like the distortion lol.

[@darkmadder9897]

I think I hear a Magpie scratching on sg's window...

[@TankGuitar42]

theres usually one guitar thats mixed like shit

[@mihailmilev9909]

@@darkmadder9897 fr

[@kubrickenigma7977]

Man, I wish I had one of these back in the day when I was recording to cassette and writing (in that order, usually) constantly. It wouldn't have changed the trajectory of my life, but would have made those days and nights rife with interesting results on cassette.

[@mattiasjp]

The word Lo-Fi was coined to describe bands in the 80s and 90s like Pavement and Guided By Voices as I remember it. Hip hop adopted the word, but it’s very much a word that has been around for decades and has been paired with pop, rock and americana.

[@exerciserelax8719]

Yes! There's a ton of lo-fi folk/singer-songwriter music being made these days. There's also a long history of lo-fi "outsider" artists like Daniel Johnston.

[@Durmomo0]

Yeah and when I think lo-fi and cassette I think the Mountain Goats

[@luxford60]

Yeah, when he started talking about lo-fi I immediately thought of 80s indie as that's the only genre I'd ever heard it applied to.

[@voornaam3191]

And wasn't it a reaction to that stupid "hi-fi" expression? That's just an overcomplicated version of "good". And man, all these hissing amps had hi-fi on them. And this nonsense must have lasted for decades.

[@xXSPADEGG]

@@voornaam3191 Hi-fi = High fidelity

[@brianbratusek]

This is the first video of yours I've seen, I look forward to seeing more of your material. one last thing a tool is a tool you never know what sounds are going to sound good together. You can find gold in the strangest places. A diverse toolkit is a must no matter how you look at it.

[@TommyTheHat]

Does “Jack Stauber” know these exist? Him and it seem like a match made in heaven.

[@rybrd251]

I think he would find a lot of use in one of these, imagine the music he could make with it

[@TommyTheHat]

@@rybrd251 I’d love to hear it myself, even as just a one time experiment.

[@beenis08]

Id love to hear this on his next album

[@KrunkCobain]

True,also you don't have to put quotes around Jack Stauber's name, capitalizing the first letter of his first and last name is correct

[@techfreak244]

Either him or John mayer

[@wulfrache]

Awesome idea. The fact that there are not better versions of this is kinda of crazy. Both the backing track and recording ability.

[@ianthomson9363]

I think the concept of this guitar is a good one, it was just 40 years ahead of its time. Replace the cassette recorder with, say, a 4 or 8 track digital recorder that writes to SD cards and it would be a very useful tool for songwriting/demos and so on. Built into a Squier-level guitar, it could be a winner!

[@voidinheritant]

i defs agree. a great “training” and demo guitar

[@KaninTuzi]

There are pedals for that

[@voidinheritant]

@@KaninTuzi it’s more about the form factor of having it all in the guitar. simple easy n cheap

[@seanc8054]

"If you build it, they will playyyyy it" hehehe

[@Flixartist]

Get your ass to the patent office pronto!

[@TheRockinDonkey]

Anytime I feel nostalgic for cassettes, I'm going to re-watch this video where you talk about trying to play along to the cassette. That brought back horrific memories and reminded me why I switched to digital so many years ago. Also, I think your "lo fi" analysis is pretty accurate. I'm not an expert, but it sure seems to make sense. I'd be interested to know what Rick Beato has to say about the subject.

[@joeymartinez724]

I’d say lo-fi rock does exist it’s just usually just gets thrown in with more recognized/established genres. Take for example Ty Segall or Ariel pink who are credited with bringing lo-fi back into the recording mainstream. And bands like King Gizzard continue to carry that torch. Those would all go under different genre names, mainly psych rock or neo psych rock if you wanna get specific to separate it from the 70s artists. Even though the lo-fi sound plays a big part into it, you’d most likely use a name like this. I feel like other genres would experience this too. So while Sammy G is sorta right I feel like it’s a bit more nuanced than that.

[@tiki_trash]

Lo-Fi Rock is called Garage Rock.

[@joeymartinez724]

@@tiki_trash you’re totally right, it would be garage rock.

[@davidc7450]

A lot of guitar-based music genres have close association with "lo-fi" recording aesthetics. Psych and garage are great examples, but so is slacker rock (in early Guided by Voices, Sebadoh, Silver Jews, Smog, you could probably include early The Mountain Goats too), bedroom pop (Teen Suicide, Elvis Depressedly, even tracks by more contemporary and well-known artists like Clairo), and black metal (early Darkthrone for sure but there are dozens upon dozens of examples).

[@exerciserelax8719]

People were calling Guided By Voices "lo-fi" since long before lo-fi hip-hop existed.

[@meatlejuice]

Slacker rock is basically lo-fi rock

[@markusgarvey]

County has finaly got back to roots. It's called 'Dark Country' now. One band is called 'The Dead south'. They are really good. I have a 80's Casio keyboard that I have used quite a bit. It's a great drum machine and sounds great plugged in.

[@dustinb1070]

For a long time the dead south was considered horror/murder folk. Along with amigo the devil. All of their songs are about murder.

[@MedalionDS9]

Lo-Fi hip hop is a thing because it literally is in the DNA and the roots of hip hop... they used cheap and old-skool tech to get the sounds they needed, they didn't need anything too fancy or expensive to do the art

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

Analog is forever to be trusted

[@krokovay.marcell]

While I agree, I might point out that LoFi HipHop is not just LoFi and warped, it’s also slow (boom-bap) dreamy and soothing. One should try LoFi Country the same way. Take a dreamy country song and put vinyl crackling under it…

[@skuzz8182]

Thats cool

[@nicksalvatore5717]

Same thing with blues and jazz, they are rooted in that old crackly sound

[@imjustcullen]

Kind of but not really. Hip-hop does have roots in crunchy, lo-fi sounds, but it wasn't because they were using cheap/ old equipment. Genre-defining samplers like the SP1200 (1987), MPC 60 (1988), etc. were pretty new and cutting edge. The lo-fi sound was due to technological limitations from machines that had just a couple seconds of 12-bit memory.

[@haraldpettersen3649]

There is something appealing about the little plastic guitar, would definitely love to have it in the collection. You are an exceptionally good guitarist, who can make a stockfish with strings sound wonderful. It has something to do with giving the instrument you play a chance to show its very best. In a way, make the instrument thrive as well. Thanks for your very good videos, where I learn something new every time

[@K0r0n1s]

That closing track was fantastic! Lo-Fi-Hip-Country, I guess

[@starfishphoenix7352]

sounded suspiciously like Tim Henson

[@castrucciocastracani0]

@@starfishphoenix7352 probably because he only uses clean sound and compression lmao

[@cameronblanchette6687]

@@starfishphoenix7352 the style of playing is very different from Tim's

[@stephengarrison172]

Took the soloing class and I love it - lifetime access and sick materials. Charts. MP3s

[@PauKj]

One thing I would like to say about LoFi, is that it isn’t just about the (making of music with the) technical limitations of old analog hardware. I think it’s more about the characteristics of the old hardware being recontextualized in a HiFi production with new production techniques. It’s not only in hip hop; Vulfpeck comes to mind - soul/funk with good modern production, but with a lot of LoFi character and textures.

[@TapeCollageForEloise]

Maybe in a modern context that's what lo-fi have evolved into. But back in the day bands like Guided by Voices and The mountain goats weren't recontextualising their tape recordings with more modern technology. They were just recording like that and releasing it. Using lo-fi elements in hi-fi production isn't quite the same as recording entire albums on cheap tape machines.

[@CarlosKTCosta]

This is brilliant. This same concept with a memory card or just USB connectivity would be amazing for the starting singer songwriter and for the street musician

[@jesuslovesyou2616]

Jesus Christ died for your sins please repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand 🤸🏾🏋🏼‍♂️🏌🏼🥋🥋🎽🎣

[@Jona_The_Than_D]

Y’know, it definitely isn’t the worst but there is a charm to having a cassette. Reminds me of a lost era which I wasn’t a part of

[@Outta-hz1ej]

real chads use 8 track

[@danielmccann9341]

Cassettes were part of my life growing up and my first portastudios were cassette. Let me just say I like where we are now !

[@HiFiMonki]

I don’t understand why they are coming back. They are actually the worst, most fragile inconvenient way to listen to music…..I did have a blast as a kid waiting for my favorite songs on the radio and making mix tapes though.

[@Selrisitai]

that*

[@youtubecreators34TBeans]

@@danielmccann9341 Same. So odd people are trying to get into them again. Fun to record with for aesthetics, but releasing albums on them is just odd.

[@meteor.tonight]

Pretty sure C-Cell batteries disappeared because lithium ion batteries replaced them in most applications. A-D batteries all run at basically the same voltage so the bigger batteries (I think?) are just longer lasting (particularly for higher draw applications like a boombox).

[@naveenn2424]

I'd be truly impressed if you could buy a guitar with a wax cylinder on the side of it--now that would be lo-fi

[@jerryriggan]

My Dad brought some of those dictation machines from the sixties that had the wax cylinders. I doubt if anyone else knew what you meant.

[@hovesssharedspace8490]

judging by the amount of likes on the original comment, a lot of people understood it, but go off

[@chrisc7265]

I want a guitar with a monk attached that will notate what you play on parchment then play it back for you

[@petermace1624]

Wax cylinders, vinyl records, magnetic tape, digital signal. Nothing has really changed. It is just different ways of recording vibrations converted to electric signal by magnetic field interactions. It is just more precise and easier to manipulate now with more advanced microphones and pickups using digital recording equipment and computers.

[@trendingverge]

@@chrisc7265 jfc

[@stevenhoman2253]

Hi, i have an early 60's Japanese, Gretch country gentlemen copy. Apparently in the early days the copies were accurate in every detail, down to wire guage and windings. The body, neck and headstock are maple with a rosewood fingerboard. I know most of this because i restored it from its original ( dipped in chocalate ) colour. Im in Australia though.

[@LeoNickle]

Ska doesn't get enough love on your channel. More ska please!!!

[@mr.smithgnrsmith7808]

Garbage

[@greedo69]

@@mr.smithgnrsmith7808 u prolly get wet over the beatles

[@andystagger2906]

Ska sucks🤢🤮

[@greedo69]

@@andystagger2906 wubba wubba wubba wubba shadow lester is coming for u ❤

[@SubTroppo]

If that was Ska, I can play the guitar!

[@LeoCorleone1]

The "Lo-Fi Girl study" reference was spot on at 2:55! Thanks for making me chuckle, sensei 😂

[@emotionalrelation997]

You are a contender for one of my favorite YT guitarists because everything you do has such good melody and composition. You are very versatile and just have such a good musical ear. And your videos are fun! Thanks for all you do.

[@bronsoncarder2491]

Yeah, I'm continually amazed at how versatile he is as a musician. I remember finding this chanel years ago, and being somewhat turned off by the fact that he's a country musician. But, I watched a few videos and discovered that, while that's his favorite genre to play in, it's by no means the limit of his abilities. And his videos are so fun and interesting that it's worth it even when he starts playing country. lmfao I should note that, while I hate country, I also definitely respect the distinction that Sammy G and others make between "frat-house country" and the good old traditional stuff. It's *mostly* the frat house stuff I can't stand, and I even really enjoy a lot of folk music. So, there's Frat Country, which I can't stand. There's Traditional Country, which I can tolerate, and even enjoy (and, I mean, who doesn't love Johnny Cash? I knew some dudes in high school who literally only listened to hardcore gangsta rap... and Johnny Cash lol). And then there's Folk, which I very much enjoy, though I honestly couldn't really define the distinction. lol

[@manuelramospaton8000]

I love the absence of side markers, extra lil challenge that can actually help a lot with ur practice

[@MurdochGuitar]

I'm amazed I wasn't aware of this guitar. Back in the 80's and 90's I had my nose in a GUITAR for practicing musician or GUITAR! magazine as much or more as my homework. This is first video that shows something from "Back in the day" that I wasn't aware existing

[@valvenator]

My first guitar rag was the 10 anniversary of Guitar Player with Zappa on the cover. I bought most issues after that for decades plus other mags as well. Never saw this guitar in any of them. If I did I probably would have wanted one.

[@beveryofa2546]

I loved that shot where you panned up the guitar with those lines on the background, it really gave this feeling like the shadow being cast by the neck of the guitar was in 8bit resolution or something, this has been one of my most favorite videos of yours, I have got to get one of those projector things because I can't imagine how much fun you must have with it. :) Take care, be safe.

[@scottbogfoot]

In the 80's I had a clock radio telephone cassette player. Ahhh, no joke. So a combo like this don't surprise me as much as it do intrigue me.

[@Elektronijaenis]

And now your mobile phone does all those things. :D (Current mobile phones tend to be relatively bad for making actual phonecalls though.)

[@tomasotreasaigh111]

I really liked the last composition Sam, I enjoyed it all but the last bit was very good imo, simple and soothing. Peace from Ireland and best wishes to you and yours, keep on keeping on mo chara x

[@fudgesauce]

Is it true they also sold an upright bass that had a reel-to-reel system built into it?

[@richiedagger733]

I know that's a joke, but damn if I don't wish it were true.

[@heret1c385]

@@richiedagger733 I didn't get it, now i do. Damn.

[@carolinelackey5636]

Your videos are amazing. Thank you for existing 💖

[@wilson.5420]

Been wanting to learn the guitar for a while. The 3 course bundle that would cost 230 if bought separately is only 150, plus the 50% off makes it only $75 for 3 courses. I couldn't say no to that deal! Time to start my guitar playing journey

[@Gint._]

Stick with it even when you’re frustrated with it, you’ll love it, very rewarding instrument, good luck getting started! 👍

[@wilson.5420]

@@Gint._ Thank you! That's great advice for many things in life. Good things come with time and effort. Putting time and effort into anything requires some level of sacrifice that may not seem worth the result. That's why it's important to put more emphasis and thought on the process, rather than the outcome. Trying to apply this idea more to my life so I can explore new things without being discouraged by the lack of results.

[@bomoore9872]

I still dont have that money lmao

[@Bacid]

do it! Learning guitar has been such a rewarding experience for me. I'm 47, and i started 3 years ago. The guitar is a puzzle your mind tries to solve. It is also a very sensory experience- your eyes see the notes and strings and fingers, your ears hear the sounds you are making, your fingers feel the guitar and frets, your chest feels the vibrations of the guitar body! Enjoy!

[@wilson.5420]

@@Bacid That's great you're still picking up new skills later in life, instead of settling down. Keep doing that and you'll stay young forever. I have ADHD so anything that stimulates multiple senses is great for keeping my attention. That resonance inside the guitar body reminds me of that same effect playing the cello. So many different layers of experience, thank you for reminding me of that aspect of music making.

[@MikeLaRock88]

This is actually the purest "lo-fi" instrument I've ever seen. It was making the aesthetic in the actual time it came from

[@joermnyc]

Record an album with this and call it: “Tape Hiss Blues”.

[@mikhaildsouza5635]

Second this

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

Put an HM-2 through it and call it “Tape Hiss harsh noise love Torture Picnic”

[@randy206]

The Casio PG series is pretty weird too. It was a regular guitar with a synth pickup built in. It has a midi out to connect the midi signal to outboard gear but it also has a synth processor built right into it. You can play strings, horns, organs etc right from the guitar. You can isolate the guitar signal from the synth signal on separate outputs or blend them on a single output. They are plagued with bad capacitors on their synth boards but from what I read can be repaired fairly easily. I own a PG 380 but have yet to actually get it repaired.

[@GrahamDallas]

I remember when boom boxes took 6 or even 8 D cells, you had to wait for payday to get new batteries.

[@jonnylawless6797]

My brother had one in the early 90s that took four D cells.

[@remember_Pat_Tillman]

You speak truth here.

[@marcuslacovara6982]

You killed this video and I love the lo-fi hip hop sound you create thru out the video. 100% LOVE the video.

[@MichaelBestMusic]

Really sorta glazed right over that whole projector pedal thing, didn’t we?! More on that, please!! 😂

[@RCSDominoToppling]

Actually he talks about it more in depth in this video! m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6ucoWB-radgd6c Also sorry if you knew that and I'm just bad at detecting sarcasm lol

[@supersuper__liquid]

Thought the same thing! Came to the comments to find out more…

[@wbjr533]

I'd love it if you made a whole album of the music you were playing at 3:10 💥💥💥

[@TheNocturnalEvil]

Meanwhile all black metal guitarists "I just found the best guitar for myself".

[@FacePomagranate]

Can't wait for Ola Englund to see if it can chug.

[@Kutulu369]

I used to dream of having one of these after checking out either the JCPenny or Service Merchandise Christmas catalogs when I was a kid. So cool!

[@mckinleymorton]

Interesting hypothesis re the lo Fi hip hop. Yeah, Robert Rodriguez said that his mom cooked a ham with the bone cut off because that was the family tradition. But, when he asked his grandmother why she cut the ham bone off, she explained that it was because it fit better into the only roasting pan that she had. So, tradition is often built off of limitations. That's why he shoots/records in digital. Sure,. analog has a special quality,but the ease of digital production is so much more than physical tape/film.

[@mckinleymorton]

@@creamwobbly yeah. Idk about capitalism as an entire entity, but point taken. One seems to be consuming reality more than the other.

[@claesvanoldenphatt9972]

Dude, Stones’ Street Fighting Man was lo-fi acoustic guitar recorded on a portable cassette recorder in a hotel room. The good distortion sounds of the rhythm guitar is the cranked playback of the tape deck re-recorded as the main track of the multitracked song.

[@agent_of_cthulhu]

Great video! There was a fernandes(z?) that had a built-in speaker and effects but no tape deck. It also had an unconventional shape. Never got to check one out in person but I used to see it in music catalogs from the early 2000's.

[@VeitLehmann]

Yeah, I remember them, the Fernandes Nomad. There were also available as basses and double-neck guitars.

[@_Peremalfait]

I never dreamed something like this existed. It has a nice tone.

[@haviddasselhoff1629]

2:56 the lo-fi girl has been studying for so long that she's growing a beard now😳

[@zaphods2ndhead193]

You are exactly right about Lo-Fi. To us, back then, it was just music. No digital. No special "plug-ins" or samples. Do you want your vocals to have great reverb? Record in the bathroom. Drum reverb? Put the kit in a stairwell with mics on different floors. Analog.

[@caseyhamm8822]

lots of newer rock producers use the lo-fi sound. listen to stuff trent reznor, robert smith, or chris walla have produced. there’s a lot to be said about having a section that’s lower fidelity and then jumping into a crisp sound for the chorus

[@benjammin007]

Based death cab fan 👀👀👀

[@livekaos]

This is great! You can make tape loops, record backing tracks and play on the underground stations

[@10FoldPalmSprings]

This thing totally needs to be remade modern style. Like a diamond Daryl body with built in recording and drum loops. Effects. Let’s go

[@jesuslovesyou2616]

Jesus Christ died for your sins please repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand 🤸🏾🏋🏼‍♂️🏌🏼🥋🥋🎽🎣

[@ejonesss]

the C batteries are still being made you can still get them. you can even get an outdoor motion detector led light that uses 3 C batteries. what you cant get so much any more is the F battery witch is the 6 volt lantern battery and the high voltage B battery used for vacuum tube devices. you may be able to get the f and b batteries but at very specialty stores

[@SplexX100]

I actually like the lofi sound of this guitar. The ending song sounded really nice.

[@tazmon122]

DJ Kool Herc held the first hip hop party in the Bronx in 1973, mixing records based on the break beat, and drum tracks. live microphones were left out for any Disco junkie MC to jump up and give shout outs. the 5 pillars of hip hop are MC (rhyming), DJ (spinning), Graffiti (writing), B-Boy (breakdancing), and the last most often forgotten History (knowledge). the reason the trend for lofi rn is specifically in hip hop is because the boom bop movement. while most hip hop was based around disco and funk, boom bop is based around jazz and bebop. the beats of lofi-hip hop have been around since the 80's, it's simple to build from the ground up. take a desync'd drum groove, add in some out of tune bass, like 3 chords (Lou Reed once said "1 chord is fine, 2 is pushing it. 3 chords is jazz"), and add in some effects (like record pops and rain against a window) and loop. now all you need is someone like Q-Tip or MF Doom to rap over it, and you've got pretty much every boom bap record before Biggie and 2pac.

[@sweethands4328]

Samurai seems like a super chill dude who would be cool to hang out with, talk shit, and drink a beer 🍺

[@michaelmcclelland2896]

Right ?

[@vicmorrison8128]

Pretty cool what you did once you set the stuff up. I used one to grab inspirational riffs outta my head while walking along crocodile creek at 2am. Inspirational riffs come and go so fast. This tool catches those birds! Ah..memorex!

[@therealandrew185]

Lo-fi rock is definitely a thing. It's got a Spotify playlist that means it must be true

[@th3w4nderlust]

It's absolutely a thing and it's amazing and beautiful ❤️

[@chucku00]

de la Soul or The Goats first albums were quite lo-fi 30+ years ago : "3 feet high and rising" contains a lot of Casio SK-5 lo-fi samples and many "Tricks of the shade" tracks have been recorded on a basic cassette Tascam Portastudio.

[@bernhardkrickl3567]

I was never into recording and I really struggle recording digitally. There is an overwhelming multitude of options I don't understand. I was happy to just hit the record button on my boombox and sing into the built-in microphone. Of course, it sounded like shit. But I never bothered.

[@jasonlee8497]

Same here....But I now use Multitrack by Harmonicdog....easy to use....almost like old school recording, but modernized. Just the basics....but sounds great.

[@jackdaniel1297]

I have one for you to look for: it's an Epiphone Les Paul (pretty sure it's an Epiphone) from the 70's or 80's that has onboard effects. It has chorus and tremolo in think and maybe dist. I don't remember. It was my first guitar over 26 years ago

[@iamDBA1]

The first 8 seconds of this video was a wave of curiosity, horror, and envy all at once.

[@radbradmusicartist]

That built in distortion sounds better than any fuzz tone I've ever heard

[@RegebroRepairs]

Lofi rock exists since the 60's and it's called "garage" because it sounds like it's recorded in a garage. Lofi synthpop also exists, it's called 8-bit because it's made with cheap 8-bit computers instead of expensive synths. I think lofi hiphop exists as "lofi" because it's the genre where you use exactly the same gear as with non-lofi, you just make it sound "worse".

[@melody3741]

Some of it is actually recorded in a garage.

[@ChadPrestonOfficialThree]

Anyway (one word) is an adverb meaning “regardless” or “in spite of the circumstances.” It's also used to transition between two unrelated topics. Anyways (one word) is sometimes used to mean the same thing as “anyway,” but it's generally considered INCORRECT by dictionaries.

[@SpoinksEntertainment]

Holy fuck Charlie, you are really bringing it hard with this music stuff, keep up the good work, its sounding amazing

[@niclaswerther1569]

I think this could be very interesting in life solo situations. Imagine going on stage with just and amp, a mic and this guitar and like a bunch of tapes on which you have backing tracks for all of your songs.

[@tymime]

I think the guitar's output, speaker, and distortion sounds good in their own way

[@DatelessPiano]

Have u ever checked out the Electra MPC series from the 70's/80's? The guitars have a compartment on the back that utilizes 2 effects cartridges (sold separately) powered by a 9v battery and switches/knobs on the front to control the effect's sweep, tone, speed etc. Some of the FX modules even had knobs built onto to pcb to adjust as well. They were actually pretty well built and would fit your strange guitars series. I have an X120 and I love it.

[@Hillwatch]

This sounded way better than I expected and now I want one

[@zion6680]

Your hip hop track is really awesome, loved the phrasing.

[@stirlinghowe]

Wait... I thought the distortion sounded pretty good, considering the clean tone.

[@jamescanjuggle]

just heard it now, and have to agree it actually sounds like a videogame to me

[@patrickmccutcheon8860]

Man.. that high end warble on the cassette really brings me back.

[@fredchatham6680]

The tape going off pitch reminds me of a story off the subject but kinda on subject. Played in an after hours club in mid 70's as late house band (2:15a.m. until 7:30 a.m.). The 9 until 2 bands wee always good road bands. Those were the days when we could stay in the same place for weeks, months, or years. One band named BLACKJACK would play DONT GET FOOLED AGAIN on the final set. The staccato keyboard parts were on a cassette. Every time they played it, they had to run the keyboard thru the stage monitors and tune guitar and bass to the pitch the tape was running THAT time. After they were in tune,, They would start the song from the beginning, and most of the time it would be out of tune again. After the 4th or 5th night of watching them struggle I gave them a spare cassette deck. You would have thought I gave them a gold brick. One of the band members cried.

[@277southtombob]

I’d love to have a electric guitar with a decent built in amp. I’ve never saw one that actually really sounded good. It would be the perfect thing for a electric loving player to take to a acoustic jam and it would add a new sound to that kind of situation.

[@theothertonydutch]

How heavy do you want your guitar to be?

[@277southtombob]

@@theothertonydutch something like the EHX Caliber 22 built in wouldn’t be too heavy although I’m sure you’d need a good supply of batteries. A decent speaker though would probably add weight, even with a Neo magnet. It still would be a really handy guitar.

[@BuzzGarwood]

Good stuff, bro! Dig your style and vibe. Keep it up!!

[@A.T.G]

Lofi rock sounds like the white stripes 😂

[@gerardoarreola829]

Love your reference to the Lofi Trip Hop Girl when your at your desk with your synth.

[@AshenRJ]

Why listen to chill lo-fi beat while doing your homework when you can play the chill lo-fi beat while doing your homework? It's not guaranteed you will finish your homework but hey, at least the beat is chill.

[@pauljs75]

Seems like it'd make sense for busking where the performer doesn't want to carry a whole bunch of stuff around. A few effects, a built in amp, a way to play some backing instrumentals - seems like enough to do the job.

[@corncobjohnsonreal]

Do a New Vegas playthrough, people would watch it

[@HenshinHead]

I haven't seen this guitar before now, but I did once see some weird off brand electric guitar that had a speaker built into it. No tape deck, and the shop selling it said the speaker didn't work, but it would seem Casio wasn't the only one who had the brilliant idea of building a cheap speaker into the guitar. Also agree with you 100% on your lofi theory. Not saying someone couldn't record a rock or country song in that style, but it would feel too much like you were trying to mimic an established band or performer.

[@RockBoBsteRMusic]

Dude, for being all plastic it doesn't sound bad. And the speaker makes it a good practice instrument. For it's time, the tape player and recording is a cool idea. I could imagine this being a great tool for on the go practicing and recording your ideas.... Even still today. They could just switch the tape player for an SD. It seems like a handy tool still.

[@gadgscoastguitars7494]

I could see someone like Steve Vai featuring it in a one off track. Cute sound. Well done.

[@nonameronin1]

The recordings off this thing reminds me of the 90's era Mountain Goats albums, which is appropriate considering Darnielle recorded most of those directly into a boombox.

[@tod3273]

C Batteries mostly powered vibratiors and RC vehicles which could be combined for even more fun in the bedroom or the beach... Now they both use Li-ion battery packs mostly recharged by usb, magnetic cables or specialty connectors

[@tonyjohnson3063]

I've been playing clarinet, sax, piano, guitar for 23 years. I absolutely love your videos

[@charlesgram53]

Reminds me of the screen in "Planes, Trains and Automobiles", when John Candy tried to trade his Casio watch for a motel room. Needless to say, he couldn't get a room.

[@The_Horse-leafs_Cabbage]

This makes me think of a couple lofi, cassette based pedals Andrew Huang reviewed. Imagine doubling down on the whole aesthetic with this guitar and an old amp (or an amp modeled after one), going ham on an entire EP

[@BLBlackDragon]

C-cells are still around. They're just an odd middle-rage power that most equip no longer uses. We now do either AAA/LiPo, or the big honkin' D-cells. I have a couple of early 2000's LED camping lanterns that use C's.

[@righty-o3585]

Fun Fact , C cell batteries are the same power output as AA batteries. The differnce is their longevity

[@keenanemerson2086]

The Lo-Fi hip hop Outro was great. You need to put it out as a song. Honestly amazing

[@markhammer643]

It took several decades after this guitar was released for looper pedals to show up. A 32G stick of RAM can be had for

[@floraleyes1009]

man sammy g’s youtube channel has the comfiest vibes forever my favorite youtube musician