Why Guitarists LOVE Korina - A Rundown Of This 'Mythical' Tonewood!

[@mikerichardson499]

I can’t help but appreciate the grain and the direction of it! Beauty!

[@Captain_Yata]

I just love how nice the grain is and how honey yellow/orange it is, the Epiphone korina V and Explorer are two guitars I desperately want :)

[@Trashslayer76]

It's almost as if manufacturers make up scarcity to sell products or something😂

[@ukdadgamer6033]

Look and sound great - top job as always Dagan

[@bretspangler8717]

I have both Epiphones, my V is the version before the "Inspired" lines came out. I play my Explorer daily, it has amazing tones and is super light and comfortable to play, the action is nice and low and plays so smoothly.

[@sanjsurativideo]

Bro!! These are beauties and sound great! Thanks for making my morning again 🙌

[@LouCondon-j1v]

When I see a Flying V guitar I can't help think of the song "Rock Bottom" by UFO.

[@grzegorznt666]

I have this V, its great but its so light😮

[@chrisdaviesguitar]

Love my 2018 heavy metal v. Sound through my Blackstar is incredible.

[@liorauf]

Amazing video! ❤

[@MrKevy58]

Excellent review!!!!

[@jonnyrebb]

I have the Epiphone Explorer Korina bass.

[@binaryanticommunist1882]

There’s a guy building guitars made from old skateboards. In his garage. Sells every one.

[@80smetalisawesome]

Will you review the Kramer nightswan or the Kramer Pacer Carrera?

[@fistovuzi]

the original korina V's and Explorers are extremely rare you say? *Joe Bonamassa has entered the chat*

[@KT-cz7rm]

When i was a kid i thought flying Vs must've been a newer invention. Maybe late 70s or 80s. The i saw Albert King playing "Lucy" in 1968 or something.

[@infinidominion]

Basically B level mahogany just marketed in a way to make it seem like some superior material

[@andreepolo616]

They sound great, they look gorgeous but that tonewood thing, in my humble opinion, is just a big scam. Unless you're goal is playing them unplugged, you won't hear any diference between korina and any other type of wood. Great video btw.

[@chocolatecookie8571]

Bro, the V-guitar suits you best.

[@Zakkironxmetal2]

The v is cool 🎸

[@Mixkybus]

🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@BeastlyChest92]

that would look perfect beside that Antigua strat

[@Artymofo13]

Reverends are excellent guitars.

[@blackpanther5939]

please to ibanez GRG121DX please please

[@chrishawkins1922]

hmmm looks like a veneer over a multi piece body

[@chriscanmoreofficial]

I think people define “tone” as the final product of sound i.e the shape of the wave, how it looks in a mix, how it sounds out of an amp etc…I personally define “tone” as the combined effort and mixture of variables involved in producing a musical sound. So in essence, the wood characteristics how it feels in the hands and makes the guitarist play, the resonance of the wood the sustain etc that is all encompassing in “tone”. Does the species of wood have any effect on the shape of the sound wave? No; not at all. But the wood will definitely influence the player, the sustain, and so on so in that sense, wood does affect “tone”. TL;DR - tone wood, not waveform wood.

[@sinakaedwards2009]

The V is my favorite guitar of all time. I like the black pickguards better. I would like to see a Modern V by Gibson where the points are pointier similar to the Kramer Vanguard. Even the headstock.

[@StephenWilson72]

don't forget reverend guitars

[@DaganWilkin]

Yeah, Reverend Guitars get a shout out 🤘

[@mister_syre]

It's not about tone but more about the vintage looks of it.

[@flapjack413]

When it comes to electrics, tone is in the speaker. Wood is wood.

[@samright4661]

😂😂 it’s not physically possible! The strings vibrates off the wood where the pickups located? Ooh in the wood! Wood ain’t wood , some woods is lighter less dense than other woods

[@aronschwarz236]

​​@@samright4661how can a magnetic pickup pick up the sound of wood?

[@gearViewmirror]

@@samright4661 The vibration of the wood, denser or less dense, defines how the guitar feels and reacts to your picking and does nothing for the tone...🙄

[@MrClassicmetal]

@@aronschwarz236 He'll make something up.

[@VanjaSpirin]

let me put it simple. tonewood counts. not much, but counts. neck wood is far more important.

[@eglide73]

Tonewoods my a$$. For electric guitars “Tonewoods” are a myth.

[@klascojoe]

I saw a Warmoth video with the same guitar body but different woods. Swapped the neck and everything else for each test. There was a slight difference. But overall negligible. So close that I would choose just which wood looked the best to me.

[@VanjaSpirin]

there is allways some guy like you. let me guess, you don't belive in evolution. you beleive in god.

[@dray1333]

@@klascojoethose guitars probably just have minute differences in the strings or scale length, wood doesn’t factor into the sound of the guitar at all

[@klascojoe]

@@dray1333 They used all of the same parts except for the body. I mean, they took everything off of the body and put it all on a different body. They use the same neck and all the electronics for each test. It’s on Warmoths channel.

[@eglide73]

@@VanjaSpirin actually I believe in spelling “beleive” correctly. Don’t feel bad, I know Neanderthals are horrible at spelling.

[@monkeyrater]

fuck pickguards....thats the problem with Gibson, the push shit no one wants

[@mikefloyd3152]

Tonewood is such a scam lmao

[@jimmcdougall9973]

I’m still not sold on Epiphone. Bad experiences and nothing like the Gibsons they’re based on. But these two could sound good with a set of Dirty Fingers pickups.

[@theausdog]

Sorry but tone wood is a myth!!! lol get good speakers get good tone!!!

[@alieffauzanrizky7202]

The only magical thing about korina is that it's the "blonde" color and that's it, especially if you got the V wood grain on flying Vs since it looks cooler and more desirable. Korina itself is pretty cheap, with an unfortunate feature of sawdust being a bit more toxic to inhale compared to other wood.

[@VanjaSpirin]

allways those boring guys

[@andrewbecker3700]

Here's a novel thought. Speakers don't make tone. They attempt to reproduce the signal accurately. Any decent speaker can get you there. If the signal is shit, it's shit. No speaker can change that.

[@alieffauzanrizky7202]

@@andrewbecker3700 This is also a great argument about "Any cheap guitars is great if you use them properly". A lot of cheap guitars (usually under $400) have very low output ceramic pickups that once you put any effects into an amp modeler or real amps, it would barely pick up any signal from the guitar.

[@MAX96MENDES]

Broomstick wood is the best Tone wood EVER. Period. Jimi Hendrix used it. Jimmy Page used it. Eddie Van Halen used it. Even Joe Bonamassa uses it.

[@ChristopherLeeShreds]

Wood matters. Its at least 5 percent of your tone. Amp is 80 to 90 and pick ups and tone woods are the rest!😅

[@MrClassicmetal]

Do tell how you've calculated those percentages.

[@RumpleStiltzkin-bu5he]

Thats just it...."mythical tonewood." I bet a guitar made in basswood with the same dimensions and same pu's in the same signal chain will, guess what....sound the same. People overpay for their ignorance/being naive. By all means, buy what you want, just making a point.

[@theausdog]

Amen mate maybe i could pay 60k for some old stock new tubes to magically turn my amp into a mythical sound machine!!! lol

[@RumpleStiltzkin-bu5he]

@theausdog or you could give me 20k and ill point you in the direction of plugins or a cortex.