I’ve Never Played A Guitar Like This (now I want one)

[@WTF-Cubing]

Just realized how much a guitar store is like a pet store. Players often go to a guitar store just to play with them, pet them, be around them. And leave in a better mood.

[@mykhedelic6471]

But then you cry because you have to leave their sweet faces, behind...

[@WatchfulHunter]

Can I pet it? Hold it? play with it? Why yes! Emotional attachment greatly improves probability they will buy it.

[@ajb2065]

⁠@@WatchfulHunterthere’s been a couple of times I’ve refused to try something the guys in the store have tried to hand me because I couldn’t trust myself. A black trini in particular

[@Bob-Whiting]

@@ajb2065 OOOOOO, yeahhhhh

[@Bob-of-Zoid]

The best music stores also have a cat or dog running around!

[@ncd1967]

I need a whole other channel where you and Josh just shop for guitar stuff and make jokes.

[@tylergreene1573]

I would watch HOURS of livestream footage of that.

[@Bob-Whiting]

@@tylergreene1573 LOL! We're all terribly sick man.

[@Scoots1994]

Oh goodness yes!

[@ncd1967]

@@drsrsv8884 are you allergic to fun?

[@KoaCharvel]

I would also spend hours watching that, with random pedals, amps, and guitars being tried out.

[@AskZac]

Thanks for the kind shoutout, and it was so nice to finally meet you and Tilly in person. Josh gets taller every time I see him.

[@tresblack4739]

That's the one thing online stores can't give you...running into friends at local music stores, and hanging out, discussing gear, music history, and stories. I value that more than stuff, to be honest. I hope it never completely dies.

[@tonefarer]

The vibe was so good in there it brought half of guitar youtube together on the same day

[@basdenchris]

I really love these videos, man. I know it's not practical to spend all your (not to mention Tilly's, Josh's, etc.) time wandering through guitar stores, but it's so entertaining to be a fly on the wall.

[@RhettShull]

These are some of my favorite videos to make, thanks!

[@matthoke7740]

I grew up in Tulsa. When I was a kid, I used to ride my bike up to the original store. Bob was the owner then, and put up with us little kids running around. 40 plus years ago.

[@christophermartin7973]

That grove at the beginning of the video is amazing. Love the feel and the vibe of it!!!

[@TheOriginalArchie]

6:30 I remember seeing that tuner ad (with Warren Demartini) in Guitar Player magazine when I was in high school, around early 90's. Every issue for a bunch of months in a row. What a blast from the past!

[@mross1968]

Thanks for stopping into GHOFT! My first teaching job was there in the late 80’s. It’s the best guitar store in the state and one of the best anywhere!

[@JPPalaciosMusic]

I visited this shop in December of 2021. I was visiting my girlfriend's family for the first time, since she grew up in Tulsa. The folks were so nice and very down to talk shop, let me play things, and generally just hang out. Unfortunately it wasn't the kind of trip where I could've bought much, but this is a good reminder that I've got to drop by the next time I'm in town

[@darrennwalters5189]

This has been my favorite store for a hot minute. These guys are top notch.

[@portsideguitar1981]

Man, what a great episode Rhett. Just running into Zac Childs would have been great. Then Josh. Then that awesome Lucille. You sounded great on that Silvertone and loved the B roll of the shop while you were playing. Then the bit about Eldon Shamblin…a lost guitar hero to most modern players. So great!

[@briansuniqueguitars]

Good to see Peavey getting some love in my home town, and a Mantis with the original case is rare. I think Josh referred to the T-60 as a T-160. Goes to show you how unknown the Peaveys are, when a guitar brain like Josh gets it wrong.

[@MrWill9894]

I think the mantis is pretty cool for what it is, almost like a mini-Dean ML

[@DesconectadoOaxaca]

I can't call myself much more than a beginner yet, but I just lucked into finding a 1983 t27 in excellent condition. I feel super lucky and can't wait to keep it for life.

[@PAHVID]

Went in there last month when visiting Tulsa. What a great shop!

[@seanzinger]

Ask Zac!!!!!! And JHS! This can’t be a coincidence 🕊️ That Lucille sounded incredible dude. Your touch seemed right at home on it.

[@guitarz]

this one could have been 2hrs and I would have watched every second. Love that shop such a great vibe.

[@ArchieOnEarth]

When I first got a Rickenbacker 12, I would run the Rick-o-Sound stereo outputs to each channel of a Peavey Stereo Chorus, with a bit of overdrive pedal on the bridge channel. While it was a nice lush sound, ultimately the classic Ric 12 sounds in my head were mono, so the splitter cable went back in the closet. Also around that time, the Smithereens were breaking their Rics-through-Marshalls sound, a contradiction that worked quite well.

[@bhouglum]

Love wandering through guitar stores. Emerald City Guitars is my favorite in the Seattle area.

[@JakeAkinTUL]

I live ~ 2 minutes down Harvard from Guitar House. Great shop. I'm only about 3 months back into playing guitar after not playing at all in my 20's and on days I'm frustrated after practicing I like to sneak over to Guitar House with my 9 month old son and walk around. I say it's so that he can look at all colorful guitars and listen to folks playing, but it's really for both of us to look and listen. Know I'm late to the video, but thrilled you literally came to my neighborhood and visited Guitar House of Tulsa, Rhett. Cheers, brother.

[@KSETONMTL]

Rhett man, I've been a Lucille player since 1984. Met BB in Ottawa on the Blues and Jazz tour, and ordered a Lucille from Steve's Music... they "only" had a red one in Montreal... and I lost it, and had to have it... and it made me as a player... I'm on my 3rd red Lucille... you want one, we should talk...

[@timwatson4118]

OMG!! Rhett Shull, Zac Childs, and Josh Scott are my three favourite guitar media heroes! Just WOW!!

[@RhettShull]

I honestly couldn't believe I ran into Zac there, that was a total coincidence

[@AskZac]

I knew Josh, but had not met Rhett in person. Great day

[@TheOriginalArchie]

I've played a Novak dual output (Charlie Hunter model) which has an output for the bass strings and an output for the guitar strings...and man it was so inspiring to hear myself as two different tones. I went on to buy a Morley switcher, which lets you use a single output guitar in the same way. You can use A or B to two different amps, or switch to C, which is both at the same time. I still use it today. Scott Henderson also uses this set up in a similar way. You can keep a dry tone at all times on one amp, and add pedals to the other. It changed he way I hear and play.

[@maxdecicco9095]

The whole experience looked like alot of fun for you. I enjoyed watching it. Great playing Rett the vibe was perfect.

[@tone1798]

What a moment! Thanks for sharing Rhett!

[@paytonbenzen]

I’ll be in Tulsa in a few weeks and I can’t wait to go check this store out while I’m there!!!

[@ywtcc]

I experimented with stereo outputs with a guitar I was swapping the pickups on. All I did was wire the pickups directly to a 1/4" TRS output to see what would happen. Seemed to work just fine! I thought a lot about the idea, I think it could work, but it's really the effects manufacturers that need to get on board. First, they would need to recognize a TRS standard stereo output for guitar, or dual TS, whichever works. The standard would assume one channel is neck and the other is a bridge, rather than left/right, or guitar/bass, or whatever. Then, obviously, effects would need to be made for that standard. There's a bunch of stereo effects already, but the ones that (I think) really could benefit from supporting this standard are the digital amp modelers. Most of them are stereo devices already! Some effects unique to this standard would be a rhythm/lead footswitch, that just switches between the two outputs. Also, you could have separate compressors for the neck and bridge, which would make the compression more accurate. Separate EQs for neck and bridge would be nice, too. Or, add a little stereo separation. I bet you could get really nice string separation if you set it up right. Then, after that standard is accepted in the industry, we can have a conversation about hexaphonic pickups. If you're going directly into a big, multichannel audio interface, and doing everything on the computer, hexaphonic pickups already make some sense, if you're willing to put up with the hassle of setting up effects for it. Software support for a 6 channel Low E to High E standard would be nice to see, to make the process simpler.

[@theskilletdoctor7686]

Thank you Rhett for opening up our eyes and preserving music history- or at least giving us a glimpse of how to find it!

[@davidrodriguez6493]

The playing at 6:35-7:00 in particular is so damn beautiful. Love your style Rhett!

[@michaela.friestbigmikesbas2508]

That stereo sounds killer. You made that sing man.

[@BW-CC]

Bobby (Whitlock) Is from Memphis, Jim Gordon was from California... not Tulsa. After the Dominos Eric used players from Tulsa and that was because Carl called them after the demise of the band. If that bass was on Layla.. the case would have said Derek and the Dominos on it. Tulsa guys (except Carl) were after the Dominos and Layla. CoCo Of Bobby Whitlock and CoCo Carmel

[@beister21]

By the way guys this comment is from Bobby whitlock and co co Carmel 👍

[@TobiasBaker-c5b]

Man, you came out of the store with the first Roland keyboard to have midi, and the programmer!!!! I'm very impressed.

[@johnmahoney5393]

Tied with the Jupiter-6 for that honor, no? Anyway, I want to hear more about how/why Rhett left with the JX!

[@elybascoy3790]

"They ship this in drop D" 😂 10 comedy points for Rhett

[@tonymagrogan]

Spinal Tap level good

[@coffeebeeean]

I’m so sad I didn’t run into you while you were in Tulsa. I bought a fender strat from Guitar House. Glad to see you in Tulsa

[@chrismunsonmusic3432]

Tulsa getting some love!!!! I miss home, Virginia ain’t a place for an Okie lol

[@B---------------------------D]

I absolutely miss the "hole in the wall / Mom & pop" type guitar shops. I'm so thankful to have caught the tail end of that era in the 90s before Guitar Center ruined everything. I had no idea how lucky I was to live in a town that had 5 guitar shops in a 2 block area as a teenager, until they all disappeared.

[@ed.marinakutchukian4875]

@RhettShull There was a shop years ago here in Lower Hutt NZ called "Music Box". All sorts of cool and quirky guitars. Was my favourite shop ever. It closed down and gave way to a PC repair shop. (DEEP.... LONG... SIGH!). The guy that ran the shop is still around, teaching kids guitar!

[@sinisterj73]

Great choice Rhett! Grabbing that JX-3P and PG 200 was perfect

[@Dekkuran]

I believe the riff Rhett started playing @ 7:28 is from a yet to be released song from his band, which is also a similar progression to Stone Temple Pilot's Atlanta. Seems fitting given where he grew up. I can't wait to hear the full tune when it comes out!

[@indebtperhapsiam8893]

9:35 Love that Silvertone, I have a 1967 Harmony Rocket H56 and it is in mint condition, when I play that through a Fender Blues Jr. and a boss tremolo pedal it is about the best sounding combo you could rock with, highly recommend that.

[@stevenmagliacane7407]

You guys need to do more of this stuff. Off the cuff, improvise in guitar store geek out mode…. Think of the merchandising!!!!

[@francoisbogatto8624]

Great video! As a French guitarist, I'm often curious and a little jealous of the American guitar heritage and the equipment that can be found in some very nice stores. However, I'd also like to see European brands like Duesenberg tried and documented. These are superb guitars.

[@mattwebber1963]

That Harmony tone when you flicked the selector. Minty sweet. Gorgeous looking thing too.

[@RandomPlateu]

dude you went to onw of my favorite guitar stores in muy hometown, this is crazy!

[@felderup]

i've been scrounging good parts to rewire my stratish as a balanced stereo guitar, just takes a while to get decent parts, halfassed is fast, finding an easy place to get the transformers from is hard when you're not stinkin rich. after that it's really really easy to do the rewire.

[@BuddyBlues]

Man Justin just told me about this and I’m already trying to buy it from him 😂

[@MurrayWilliams]

Jamie sold me my Custom Shop Strat. Love that place!

[@bhnv3298]

Noodling for years, still playing the SG I purchased in 79 at the age of 14. For years I have been splitting signal with a Boss stereo chorus into Marshall valve amps, a DSL 40 and a JTM60. Sounds amazing to me.

[@anthonyrussell4888]

This was a great episode. Thanks for highlighting such a wonderful musical resource.:)

[@holderview4373]

That’s where I bought my first electric and ordered my tele. Wish I knew you were here Rhett! Would have joined you down there. Crazy cool place.

[@trentflynn6568]

Shopping online is cool. It's almost too easy, convenient, and, you can basically find anything you can think of. But, a person will never know how magical going to a place like that, can be. To see, and, hear about the history & to enjoy the experience all around, in an old school, brick and mortar building with tons of mojo. The Internet is cool, but, we need to help preserve places like this. All of the Mom and Pop shops, actually. Thank you for the video. And, thank you for reading. Keep Rockin'. 🎼👍🏼

[@JeffsBassment]

"They ship that in Drop D" got me

[@robbyclark6915]

I live in Tulsa and I have bought and sold some gear with these guys a couple of times. Awesome place. It's guitar heaven. Amps too.

[@johncrafton8319]

My old Godin xtSA was stereo. It also had a piezoelectric "acoustic" saddle pickup as well the ability to output to a MIDI interface as a synth controller. This is not a new idea, nor is it unique. I'm glad you found this guitar, but if this is a brand new experience for you, you should get out more.

[@PNWGuitar]

Godin has alot of unique features across its lines that are not common

[@P-J-W-777]

I spent a lot of time in Oklahoma as a kid. My grandfather was a pilot and we would all fly there several times a year as he and my grandmother were born and raised there. We spent a lot of time in Tulsa, Oklahoma City but most of it was spent in Shawnee and the surrounding areas. I got to see a lot of blue grass and country bands perform live in restaurants oddly enough but really cool. Some of them have become pretty big name artists. Great, great memories.

[@brianphelps1183]

Nice, I have my fathers 1960 ES355TDSV and his Gibson GA55 Ranger RVT amp from 1965. Nothing sounds like it.

[@GuitarsOK]

What?!? Oh man!! Out of town this week! Come on! This would have been awesome to see! Love this place. And these guys

[@craigrice7854]

This is one of the funnest videos of yours I've seen yet!

[@GTdesigner]

I lived in Tulsa for years during a guitar black spot in my life. I’ll be looking forward to checking out this spot next time I go visit friends there.

[@scottemmonsmusic6001]

Rickenbacker has Ric-o-Sound, Steve Morse has a hex pickup on an acoustic where the high E, G and A strings were one side of the stereo field, the B, D and low E on the other. I have a pricey Breedlove Kia acoustic that has a Mic and piezo that can run in stereo. I used to own 345s and 355s but having each pickup panned never really did it for me. I have electrics with separate outputs for piezo and magnetic allowing the use of an acoustic signal path to get the best possible acoustic sound.

[@davidpepper442]

Drew Winn is a cool dude. Guitar House definitely has some rarities like the "new in box" pump organ from the 50's. Josh should have purchased that just so they could say "He Has The Box"!

[@harrisonswift1416]

I have a '99 Gibson ES-345 STEREO and it's amazing. Never ran it into two different amps YET.

[@gregpendleton4957]

I need to find those pedals before Josh does a video on them. Thanks for the heads up. Time to make some money.

[@bryankurdziel2387]

I may or may not have pulled the trigger on a Harmony Man becuase of this video. Thanks Rhett Shull Pedal Finance Advice Show! 😂

[@Gratefulman1965]

I love guitar house, I wear my T-shirt Proudly. During the pandemic they went above and beyond to help out of work musicians. Great folks!

[@petedennis5694]

Well, I bought a sunburst 345 (TDC ? I forget.) in 1964 and, to be honest, it’s only really since sound processing became a thing that it can do what the designer dreamed of. WAY ahead of its time !

[@johnhmaloney]

Great video! I miss local music stores and every time I see a video at one, I wish I could visit it. I grew up with three great, music stores within 20 minutes of my house, My dad bought my first guitar at one of them, I took lessons at another and spent a good chunk of my teens and 20s at the third. Unfortunately, Guitar Center moved into my area sometime in the '00s and shut two of them down. The one that survived has a deal to supply band instruments to the local school system and doesn't have much of a guitar selection. Btw, as someone who started playing in '85, that Red Mantis is stunning!

[@InGratitudeIam]

That was really cool! Thanks for taking the time.

[@revchadbrooks]

Yep. Totally had that synth. Loved it.

[@tafkamberlin]

I used to have a JX-3P 30 years ago, together with a D-50. Those were the days!

[@waynead754]

I have a 1960 Gibson GA-79- the amp that was made for that guitar.

[@scottkidwellmusic9175]

Well... looks like i might have to book a tour just to justify visiting all the cool guitar shops. Funny that y'all run into Josh, too. Among the many others in the know ... Thanks for letting us tag along on the adventure!

[@SunsetClubRacing]

Very cool video format, felt like I was there..!

[@franciskhoury4288]

Most of the ES-345s made in Memphis from about 2002 to 2012 came with the double-jack, like the Lucille. The cases had the BB King signature stenciled on (well, I removed that - I'm not into guitar signatures). I have a 2011 ES-345 wired this way, and I really ought to get a second amp to mess around with the stereo. Great guitar!

[@fred5613]

This is one of your best videos! I love hearing about the music history of Tulsa.

[@sailsofcharon9224]

I live close by and visit guitar house of tulsa a lot. I love the place so much!

[@drayve8590]

Chac Zilds!!! Hell yeah! Love that dude!

[@EthanAlexander-z9c]

Still can’t believe I met you in the parking lot😂 Great talking to you, Tilly, Zac, and the crew🙌🏼

[@RhettShull]

Great meeting you man!

[@AskZac]

A pleasure!

[@tylerellington8796]

Nice to see Tulsa music history getting some appreciation. Thanks to Rhett and friends for stopping by!

[@davidrobinson5180]

Looking forward to the JHS show when you and Josh have perfected the single guitar duet.

[@Diesel0012002]

ES-345. I had a 68. Stereo TRS jack. Trapeze tail. The nicest playing and sounding thing ever. Still kicking myself for selling it.

[@d3w4yn3]

Some incredible tones from every guitar in this video!!!

[@booitsnick]

Man I agree stereo so cool I have a friend who only plays a stereo rig and it adds a completely different sound to any pedals you own.

[@vivito-]

Amazing episode !

[@bronsbaard]

I just saw the Winery Dogs perform yesterday and Billy Sheehan has a similar setup on his bass. Awesomely versatile

[@Tusitala1967]

This video is worth a watch just for the banter.

[@jonlavigne3270]

So on my channel I have a video demonstrating my late older brother’s Strat that he modded with a Fishman power bridge and stereo output jack. I use a breakout cable to send it to an electric and acoustic amp simultaneously. It’s really cool.

[@shamsam4]

That lady (I wanna say "broad") knows some shit. I wish her well. Meeting Zac and Josh there is whatever degree of serendipitous and great!

[@BeefNEggs057]

Dang man. 😂

[@activese]

Wow that guitar in stereo sounds amazing, you should try to record in a studio with it😁, and that store seems to make you travel in time, Rhett you are tall, but, never, never, imagined how tall Josh Scott is, searched and he is 6.6. Cheers.

[@thiofabian9568]

I loved videos like this. Feels so at home.

[@WilliamHaisch]

9:15 If you don’t mind a newer version, Eastwood has reproduction versions like that, namely the Airline H77 (trapeze tailpiece) and Airline H78 (with Bigsby).

[@ziggylayneable]

It was really cool to see him on your channel

[@danielbuchner1253]

30y ago I bought a Boss CE1 for only 5,- DM (deutsche Mark, what is ~ 7$US). The first few years I don't know what to do with this big grey box untill I realised that the stereo outputs are a realy nice option. Today I use the CE1 with a Vox AC30 CC in stereo with a red knobed Fender twin reverb. It sounds amazing. Especially with a P90 equiped Guitar.

[@timwhite5562]

I had a 345 that I ended up selling a 15 years ago, and it was the biggest mistake in my gear history. When I first got it I thought the stereo outputs was something I'd never use because I only used one amp at the time (ironically I started using a stereo setup after I sold it). I ended up using it so much that I've since modified three guitars to stereo. I rarely use them with two amps; I used them with A/B/Y switchers and effects. I'll run the neck pickup into fuzz/bridge pickup clean; one pickup into a wah or volume pedal/the other bypassed, or one into modulation and the other bypassed, etc. There's literally countless scenarios. They're highly underrated features. * I don't know if it was modified by the original owner or what, but mine had two jacks and I had to use a Y-adapter for it.

[@hbengineer]

I used to have a Roland JX-3P back in the 80’s and sold it because I was stupid… Fortunately Roland makes a virtual synth version that I’m going to have to try… It does have an iconic 80’s sound!

[@stratfanstl]

That Carl Radle bass and case... Very cool.

[@scootsmctoots8862]

Its the first guitar shop I ever went to. I lived by the original location and would walk there to buy strings, guitar picks and play with the pedals. They always were cool about the 13 year old kid with no money playing any guitar I wanted. Best guitar shop Ive been to, and I try and stop at places while I travel for work. Spoiled to live in Tulsa.

[@karmicselling4252]

The keyboard you walked out of that store with is a Roland JX-3P. Not quite as good as the Roland Juno models that were popular around the same time. However, the JX-3P and the JUPITER-6 were the FIRST synths that Roland produced that had a factory MIDI interface. So you have a nice piece of history there. Cheers from the Land Down Under.

[@Palvader]

Josh Scott is a grown-up kid, and I love it!

[@cameronlesley2428]

I have a great mum and Dad store here in Australia. It’s so good they knocked $500 bucks of a fender jazz bass I bought today. They are great because they believe in supporting music musicians and the community. Local music shops are the best