ANNOYING THINGS GUITARISTS DO → INCLUDING US!

[@boogerwelder]

6 inch string "whiskers" hanging off the headstock.

[@Geezer-yf8hv]

Been there! As soon as you trim it to make it look nice, the string breaks!!

[@spiffokeen]

If I change strings and can’t locate a wire cutter I have to at least wrap the whiskers into tight circles. It still drives me a little nuts until I get them trimmed but I can’t stand them sticking out and bouncing around.

[@petelake7373]

Good way to lose an eye

[@alexanderhanksx]

@@spiffokeen I used to keep some in my case for this reason, but I stopped doing that when I started carrying a cable bag. Cables, strings, picks, tools, an extra tuner, a slide, a capo, batteries and a lighter stay in the bag at all times. Sometimes you're jamming and someone doesn't have the tool or accessories they need so it's nice to have extras.

[@B3NICKY22]

YES!!! Thank you!!

[@wickedninja8599]

My biggest pet peeve is when some players think that the music sucks if it's easy to play. Not everything has to be Dream Theater to be good!

[@samzuvich4445]

easy is good tite is hard

[@OgamiItto70]

Plus, start the set with an "easy" song or two. It'll help you get over the sting of adrenaline from stepping on the stage and let you relax and get into the groove. And it's a confidence-booster.

[@samuelbasye3508]

✅💯

[@IrLosin]

Playing the riff a couple of times might be easy, but now play it with the same precision and feel, trough a song with several riffs for five minutes and play it in time..I fell into that trap myself when I was younger until a buddy of mine put on the drum track and told me It's easy, right? So play the song now..yeah.. fail :P

[@erniejohnson8200]

Or Alan Holdsworth?

[@scottbubb8397]

Not just guitarists, but any musician that thinks they have to play constantly during a song. Sometimes there are parts when you need to drop out. There are no dynamics if everyone is playing all the time.

[@MrRandyMitchell]

You have to let the songs breathe...I was told years ago that one of the most important things is what is in between what you play...

[@zombee38]

that's my keyboard player he thinks that he needs to play 200 chords in a song that only has 4...talk about over playing...geeez

[@turboturtle2002]

@@zombee38 Played with a guy like that. Told him I was gonna cut his fingers off if he played anything quicker than a quarter.

[@SirWinstonBeech]

Guitarist that insists on doubling my keyboard solo. I can see doubling my guitar solo because I suck on guitar. But I can hold out on keyboard.

[@mtp4430]

Scott Bubb Exactly! Perfect explanation, and that same philosophy applies to every instrument in the band.

[@kyleryan2599]

Im sorry did you just casually gloss over the fact that you opened for Def Leppard?

[@HoyaSaxaSD]

Well, he said 1999 Def Leppard (right?). Not exactly the Hysteria tour. But still cool.

[@marksmith7789]

That's what I thought!!!!

[@RonCondon]

What has nine arms and sucks?...

[@thedrummerdude2431]

Trying to have a conversation with the band without the guitarist cycling through the top 100 guitar riffs of all time like a shuffled Spotify playlist

[@drvee1983]

Or the bass player, or worse, drummer while two or more members are trying to work a part out.

[@MeshuggahFan-iy6tb]

Or guitarists playing sweet child of mine between songs and wailing away incessantly dragging the “joke” out for WAYYYYYYY too long and acting like they are comedic geniuses 😂😂

[@jeffgarrison7056]

Hahaha, that's ME!!! Well it used to be!!! There's no such thing as a covid gig... boohoo... I can't wait to start gigging again!!!

[@davidmacleod9313]

Hahaha! Don’t want dead air! Lol

[@michaellf3512]

OH man, I am a keyboard player and I can SO relate to this!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!

[@MrArcanaman]

Untrimmed Guitar strings after a string change. Cabs that are narrower than the Amp Head.

[@otaviosmartins1]

OMG YES

[@jeffreycollins7297]

The second part isn't so hard to do these days but in the 90's on back it was a problem.

[@Lance37a]

Tuning without muting, constantly noodling while people are talking.

[@6stringstorulethemall967]

I'm working on it geez.

[@Foodgeek]

OMG! I am a guitarist and other guitarists that just keep on playing ALL THE FREAKIN' time when you are trying to actually talk about something that you are working out! 😂 It's, of course, totally okay when I do it!

[@millenniumtree]

Yeah, the noodling between songs at rehearsals! Gah!

[@zeroman614]

People shouldn’t be talking while I’m noodling.

[@jordangunit3078]

Do people really not noodle? Bluegrass jams. People do it. No matter what. Banjos mandolins etc. Noodle noodle. Maybe I should try to stop. Probably won't.

[@jarodreddig63]

My biggest pet peeve is when local mom and pop music stores close up.

[@fiesel714]

Big corporations are ruining communities.

[@fiesel714]

It's horrible

[@michaelwoods9005]

Guitar Center drives all the local music stores out of business, then they go out of business themselves, so now we have nothing😡

[@jarodreddig63]

@@michaelwoods9005 Between big corporations like them and internet sales, mom and pop local stores 🏬 have been doomed.

[@SchardtCinematic]

@@michaelwoods9005 Guitar Center is the Walmart of music stores. They suck

[@williamknell864]

I was just poking around in Six-String Instrument Middle, years ago, and a guy was buying a Squire Strat and a little amp for his very young son. He was from Central America. I forget what country. He was shipping this all to his son at home. He needed a "wire." The sales rep talked him into a 20foot monster cable! For grade school kid, just learning to play. $30, with gold ends. If anything goes wrong with it, "you can get a new cable at any Guitar Center." I'm pretty sure there are no GC's in Ecuador! The sales rep kid really laid the BS on heavy. As soon as the rep disappeared for a minute, I showed the dad an 8 foot NoName, with Switchcraft chrome connectors for less than half the price.

[@hha9527]

I am so happy after reading your comment

[@Condor512]

I got suckered into buying a Monster Cable too (it's 18 or 20ft) during a Phone Purchase. It's a well known Music Store (not GC) but I didn't have Internet access at that moment so couldn't check other Brands or Pricing. I Paid over $40 for that pos cable, and almost immediately I stopped using it. I keep it just to remind me to never shop at that music store ever again.

[@216trixie]

To be fair, if he was buying a Squier and little cheap amp, there was probably no money in the sale. The only money for the store was in the guitar cable.

[@marksc1929]

..well played

[@baileywatts1304]

@@Condor512 I lost one of the ladybug tubescreamers to the plug from a monster cable breaking off inside of it. I took it to my local guitar store to open the thing up, but it had borked up the jack real bad so I just sold the pedal to them cheap, and chalked the whole experience up to a forced consciousness expansion

[@cheezyridr]

side note: i once went to see a buddy's band. as a joke, he played the solo to american woman for every-single-song, the entire nite. i thought it was hillarious, but no one else did

[@HeleneLogan]

OMG that's hysterical. I will fight the urge to do that, LOL!!!

[@cheezyridr]

@@HeleneLogan that was at least 25 yrs ago, and i still laugh about it every time it comes to mind.

[@barneycarparts]

@@cheezyridr Skunk Baxter who played with Doobie Brothers, when he was on tour, and bored to hell, would slip in "Strangers in the Night" solo. during some song or other, the audience LOVED IT. ROFLMAO.

[@cheezyridr]

@@barneycarparts that's awesome

[@cheezyridr]

@Rodney McMinge that's awesome man, adapt and overcome - too funny!

[@robertoriggio117]

Thank you for letting us witness your support group.

[@joelraymond9737]

LOL!!!!! Your not lying. Must be a typical smart ass guitar player :-)

[@kitekrazee]

They got off topic too much.

[@robertoriggio117]

@@joelraymond9737 I'm not a guitar player, but someone who works with a lot of them.

[@robertoriggio117]

@@joelraymond9737 (I sympathize with the rant!)

[@petercruz8615]

*slowly reaches over and carefully removes polytune from the headstock of my white les paul* *sobs*

[@stevendurham9996]

You'll be ok.🤓

[@fayser1]

lol

[@Ajohn13Music]

Guitarists that can't play rhythm, give no room for anyone else, flood of notes won't stop soloing ...

[@gaud20299]

I'm so sorry :p

[@jmorra]

I am sorry.

[@darryldouglas6004]

Ajohn13 Absolutely I call them lead guitarist because that’s all they can do. They see the rest of the song as just a vehicle to get to the lead. 🤪

[@DaddySantaClaus]

What if they play rhythm and lead? Hahaha

[@nope-z5y]

@Ajohn13 As a keyboard player, I feel your pain. I have been in bands where I could not even do a fill without being solo'd over.

[@mikeblue385]

what's that noise? 'i have a bad cable.' is that the same bad cable you had last week? and the week before that? what the hell?

[@bzbzob]

Another plus for cable vs wireless, cable gives you weeks of warning before it actually dies!

[@tomcoryell]

mike blue that’s my bass player. His volume pedal crackles and his cables crackle.

[@ccshredder9506]

Some of us are poor :(

[@warrenmorphis4208]

@@tomcoryell That's my rhythm guitarist! His board is ALL jacked up! Shitty cables...cheap power supply....Buzzes ALL NIGHT, and he's totally oblivious!!

[@duffbaker9554]

@@ccshredder9506 Okay, that's true but then there those who are just plain cheap. The guitarist who doesn't own a guitar stand. The guys who sing but don't own mic stands. The drummer who never has had a proper drum-stool to sit on. I know because I've played with such types. It's pathetic.

[@dandagle2629]

As a bassist, hearing him talk about $27 strings like that's crazy expensive is really funny.

[@MM-vs2et]

Just boil your strings every month or so. Mine lasted a year and 2 months today.

[@dandagle2629]

@@MM-vs2et I don't gig, so my strings stay bright for a while, but I'll have to try that sometime.

[@MM-vs2et]

@@dandagle2629 Same here, they last like just about a month before sounding like a death metal bass. Cleaning the strings after playing also helps.

[@bellowl]

I thought he was saying that he'd put reasonably priced $27 strings on guitars for guys who think they need the most expensive gear and then they'd be surprised how good the sound was on strings a third of the price they're used to playing.

[@perwestermark8920]

No, he claimed $27 gave you great strings at a cheap price but that some people thought they needed way more expensive strings despite not being able to notice any difference.

[@mikerichardson7261]

One of the reasons Holdsworth changed gear so much was because, unfortunately, he didn't sell records. He had a wife and kids, and had to provide for them. Often strapped for cash, he had to sell stuff now and then. An awful reality for such an amazing talent.

[@ronfrosig7354]

His Family should see about making a Movie about Sir Allan Holdsworth, he is in my top 5 Guitarists ever!!! A friend of mine in Los Angeles knew him, and said it was a sad story.... Holdsworth was the favorite guitarist of most know known Guitarists however he died nearly penniless... God bless Sir Allan Holdsworth

[@ElevatedLevetator]

Awful for anyone. In some ways talented people shouldnt get felt sorry for cause they had it hard like normal people, cause talent is just luck, really

[@msPaulaA1]

My biggest pet peeve is when I am playing my own rendition of a song and some elitist player says something like ‘That’s not how Page does it “ or ‘you played that riff wrong, it’s not like on the record’. Its like, DUDE IM NOT JIMMY PAGE. I’m Paula and it how I WANT to play it. Seriously WTF?!

[@matturner6890]

If there's wrong notes I think that's justified, but not if you're just reinterpreting something

[@garyjones7044]

I hate seeing a bar band that can play a song note for note and everybody gose on and on about how great they are, thats being a good technition not a creative artist.

[@nevarmaor]

YES! An interpretative cover is so much better than a note-for-note cover.

[@robertemerson1087]

Hell Jimmy Page on stage doesn't sound anything like the record either. 😂

[@spb7883]

That elitist player is the type who killed rock music. If every performance sounds exactly like the album, audiences will eventually get hip to the fact they can just stay at home and listen to the album. The divergence between 60s and 70s live albums and their studio album counterparts is striking for a reason. It's called "creativity". Sadly, for that elitist the same thing is an "error".

[@dancolley4208]

Loved your comments about "it's not the instrument it's the player". I had a friend who was an incredible Strat player. He was driving to a gig and someone rear ended his car and totaled not only his car but also his guitar. It was CRUSHED. So, he got someone to take him home and he borrowed his son's Squire that he bought from a Good Will Store for $9.50. He was not making enough money to have 3 or 4 guitars for back ups but he had nine fifty for his son. He has done a bit of work on it but not much. Tuners, strings, leveled the neck and gave it a severe cleaning. He came back to the tavern where he was playing, plugged his son's turquoise blue Squire into his amp and I promise you, I could not tell the difference. He was no Jeff Beck but for the level that he played at, he was incredible. Your "pet peeve" really made me laugh when I thought of my friend playing his sons Squire!!! Great video. Thanks for the chuckles!!!

[@ErikHeller-sg8sw]

Pet Peeve??? Who T F Uses the Word 'CHUCKLES'????? What A DORK.

[@jmullentech]

@@ErikHeller-sg8sw You know you can use the word 'fuck', right?

[@DerekADempsey]

The video where Jacko P lets the other guy play his bass and he plays the other one. He sounds the same on both. The instrument is what it’s called, an instrument.

[@Geezer-yf8hv]

That is the definition of a great guitarist! Don’t blame the gear, (it may not be to your expectations, but don’t blame it for a bad performance), (unless it breaks down completely)!

[@Geezer-yf8hv]

The worst things that ever happened to me was breaking strings in the middle of a performance! This happened to me at a “battle of the bands”, although I know this was lame now!! I continued to play, but that one string breaking threw my other strings out of tune, (cheap guitar)!

[@kitekrazee]

No musical sensitivity. Trying to be Eddie Van Halen when the music is like Elton John.

[@jersonfigueiredo5079]

@@phutureproof Did you seriously think the guy meant Elton John was not musical? Read that again.

[@DoctorEnigma01]

Players who use so many effects and digital overlays you can't even tell if they're playing

[@duffbaker9554]

That's become so boringly common over time.

[@Lowtech14]

Or what they’re playing

[@jburdsinfuse]

Guilty as charged...of course the director's request for "more swells" is really out of my control.

[@MW-wv8pb]

Here comes the hate, but... Tom Morello is the most overrated guitarist in history... behind "The Edge", of course.

[@willpemberton6823]

@@MW-wv8pb never heard of them…

[@DBoonful]

Gold alloy connectors do not improve the perceivable sound -they prevent oxidation better than Nickel alloys -that's it.

[@EclecticHillbilly]

My pet peeve is when you try to talk to a guitarist about music and all they want to talk about is gear.

[@kleestard1013]

Gear is relaxing. practice can be frustrating.

[@gtrgeorge348]

Wanting to talk to ANY musician about music and all they want to talk about is gear...

[@MrTimSeeker]

Like the Gear Page. Try to strike up a conversation about WHY the song by Bob Dylan, "Blowing in the Wind" is so iconic, for example. The minute you try to spark a conversation about the lyrics, then you're under suspension. But hey, was that a Martin? What kind of harp was he using? Where do you get a holder like that, so you can sing, play guitar and harmonica at the same time....

[@adamwilliams6704]

BINGO!!! I can't stand "musicians" who are all gear, all the time, no soul, no creativity, no ideas ... and the word's in quotes because musicians are artists ... and them folks ain't.

[@Pannemat]

This is interesting because mine is the opposite. I'm interested in gear but I always talk to guitarists who never want to talk gear!

[@jimsanger]

Has to be guitarists who can't stop playing in between songs, either at gigs or in a rehearsal space when you're trying to work stuff out. The constant need to play licks and 'practice their chops' is infuriating

[@stuartpopp472]

Yes, I agree. But I am guilty of it myself, can't help it sometimes

[@3dsman]

Got to give you an amen on that!! Don't understand why people who do that don't understand that if everyone in the band were to do that it would sound like a ridiculous amateur cacophony. And yet they still insist.... oblivious to the world around them!!

[@VaderBrasil]

Dude, that makes me sick ...

[@lauraharmon6508]

I've walked away from rehearsals before because nobody could discuss music between songs due to a noodler.

[@RobertHollander]

That's it. That's why I don't play in bands anymore. Guitarists or anyone that dinks around between songs. Wastes time and super annoying.

[@gdj6298]

The bit about the gold-plated drumkit reminded me of being in Sydney, going into a music shop where they had a SPECIAL EDITION Yamaha DX7 (Five millionth or whatever). The white keys were silver, the black keys were gold....I was contemplating this instrument in bemusement when one of the shop guys came up - we both looked at the instrument in silence for a while and then he said, quietly, with wonderful Aussie succintness ......."Yeah.....fuckin' atrocious ain't it ?"

[@larryduke5236]

The universe is composed of 4 subatomic particles, 25% protons, 25% neutrons, 25% electrons and 25% morons - Frank Zappa

[@AChadWardenProduction]

IT'SME Zappa always had clever and witty sarcastic humor to poke at spineless assholes who have too much egos

[@augustusbetucius1572]

I think you're thinking of this - "Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe. " The quote you have posted I'd never heard or read before. I think it might be a corruption of the one one above, which you can find him saying in interviews on KZbin.

[@michaelwertzy9808]

@@augustusbetucius1572, "paraphrasing" is a very unused term of honesty. "Plagiarism" is a whole different beast.

[@gtr1487]

good 'un That’s because Zappa knew people are difficult, and therefore, he was a pain in the ass to the pain in the ass. :)

[@Richard-jf8pb]

@IT'SME Frank Zappa was everything. Now you know...

[@aaronrobinson8956]

In my former life I was a professional RF tech. “Solderless” anything is usually worse than the solder version.

[@arilschultzen3017]

THANK YOU! I hate that stuff...

[@dandagle2629]

And soldering really isn't that hard or expensive. I learned from KZbin and got a $30 kit on Amazon. Cables even seem like a good thing to practice on, a decent amount of space (especially compared to some pots)

[@HeleneLogan]

@@dandagle2629 Agreed. I'm an electronics goober, but I can solder. If I can do it, anyone can, LOL.

[@tissuepaper9962]

Solderless connections are better for high-vibration environments. For example, there are almost no solder joints in your car. Otherwise, they're kinda trash.

[@JPDC624]

How do you get a guitar player to turn down? Put a chart in front of them.

[@kevinmauch5622]

How do you get them to stop playing entirely?...Put notes on the chart.

[@msenecal]

How do you get a piano player to stop? Take the chart away from them.

[@llh3025]

@@msenecal Ha ha! Love it...

[@noeticflatulence]

How many guitar players does it take to change a light bulb? 11. One to turn the bulb, and 10 watching and nodding with arms crossed saying, "Yeah, I could do that."

[@kitemanmusic]

Do it for him when he is not looking!

[@bobsmith3790]

I loved this video. I worked as an engineer for most of my life and my favorite times were sitting in a control room with great musicians like you guys and listening to conversations just like this.

[@ThomasFrank93]

My biggest pet peeve guitarists that don´t cut their excess guitar strings...... like dude... it takes 1 minute to cut those!!!!

[@JohnSmithSTSBand]

Tom Morello has entered the chat

[@wolfsilver6304]

It's useful for string through guitars for when you take the strings off to clean your guitar, easier to get them back through

[@LowEndMarauder]

@@wolfsilver6304 put on new strings it's not a bass guitar

[@jeff7764]

Chris Hannah of propagandhi use to do that

[@c1ph3rpunk]

Oh hell yes, this.

[@Darrylizer1]

You guitarists are so hilarious! We drummers never do stupid stuff, ever.

[@DBCisco]

lol

[@krautnation]

Darrylizer1 Unless it’s a guitarist playing the bass, because you know it’s easy, I’m a guitarist so of course I can play bass. SMH

[@DBCisco]

@@krautnation lol

[@markv.5962]

simmer down or we wont let you hang out with us anymore

[@gdsurfer85]

As a drummer also, I actually find alot of things annoying about drummers, being critical of my own abilities inherently makes me critical of other drummers.; I should add that the concept of being or doing something annoying is completely abstract because what is annoying to one person might be pleasant or endearing to another. Anyways find your own personal style and rock on

[@johnmaritato3587]

I am generally annoyed at everything but I have never been even remotely annoyed by a Rick Beato video. Always a pleasure.

[@ErikHeller-sg8sw]

Until this Video where those 'Other' Goonters are ALL TALKING AT THE SAME TIME.

[@samzuvich4445]

i agree with you hate everything equally

[@OhNoNotFrank]

I had a good time until I read this comment! 😉

[@davidmacleod9313]

I have! I mean, he had one of his 20 most iconic videos and this one was about keyboard intros of all time and didn’t even mention In A Godda Da Vida!!!! I’m 67 and was there at the beginning of hard rock etc and THAT some was thee song for keyboardist (organist) to play. And there’s more. Lol

[@tysonrinker5958]

I get annoyed by his head bobs and weird shaking when he's listening to music

[@bassgodmike]

The Blues Lawyers and doctors are the ones responsible for the artifricially high prices of vintage guitars.

[@user-pd5ot4zd4b]

Yeah, I know anecdotally through the vintage scene and stores in Chicago that was definitely the case starting in the 90s. Lotta guys from the trading pits were known to have a good run, then roll up to Chi Music Exchange, etc, and plunk down 10 large or more on a sweet restored vintage piece to noodle along with Clapton records et. al. Too hot for me!

[@redram5150]

It isn’t artificial if people are voluntarily paying those prices. The market has expanded to include collectors.

[@user-pd5ot4zd4b]

@@redram5150 true that, probably better to say the market moved beyond just players and their tools once the instruments themselves became iconic to fans/collectors who'd grown up and made money. The same thing had long since happened to the Italian violins. Eventually the drought ends when they reissue classics, which is a route I took.

[@wulf67]

Vintage rock musicians are the ones responsible for the artificially high prices of doctors and lawyers, though.

[@garethboyd8580]

God bless these learned idiots! There’s always a chance to make money off them.

[@leavnsmallville78]

My top 5: 5. Constant complaints about having enough room on stage (esp. when the 'stage' is a carpeted part of a basement next to the water heater) 4. Noodling instead of listening when parts are being worked out 3. Thinking that the rest of the band will just like, pause (?) when you cross up a run on a solo 2. "But, my amp can't breathe." ...k maybe not a cranked twin reverb in a 150 seat club then. 1. Stringing together the rig takes twice as long as setting up the drum kit, you don't help set up the rest of the stage and you always bum my gaffer tape and zip ties after I put my cases back in the truck. Thanks for listening, you guys are the best, really :)

[@mxkguitar]

In my defense, I will tell you that I am always wireless! i spent 90% of my playing time being connected by a cord. I am 61 years old now, tired of fighting the wire around my ankles, and most importantly, can't afford to fall! LOL So...that's that, and now I feel better! Love the videos! Thanks!!! ;-)

[@michelleinwi6919]

Mark Kapsha safety first!

[@RollerCoasterFenatic]

Agreed!!

[@samzuvich4445]

a 5 doller battery makes it all ok dosnt it?

[@bryanlasermagiktyler3132]

wired or wireless it doesn't matter just whatever works for you I can understand I have wireless and wired I love the sound of both I've noticed there's a little bit of a delay with the wireless that you don't get with the wired but other than that it's all good

[@doctornova3015]

I actually play at a theater in Branson where I stand on a 4x4 platform fora few hours a day . Having the wireless saves some valuable space under my feet. With the cable there I step on it constantly, it will then pull me down and threaten to pitch me off of the platform. I even tried a curly cable. Made it worse. I'm actually more inclined to use a cable when I have more room to move.

[@derekglenbailey1811]

“Road worn” guitars. People want the street cred without the practice and play time so they put 100 years of wear on a brand new guitar. It’s dumb

[@oisinmcphillips2090]

I've never seen anybody with a roadworn guitar try to pass it off as a real thing. Modern poly finished guitars don't age like nitro finished ones. Most people don't want to wait twenty years to get their guitar to look how they want.

[@oisinmcphillips2090]

@stavros741 I'm not gonna play a guitar if I don't like how it looks. Stop being a pedantic ass

[@CaptRich-bi3gp]

They don't want to earn their chops, they just want to look like it...

[@devolve42]

@blob darkass Unless it's a Parker Fly (RIP).

[@devolve42]

@stavros741 I used to be that way but it got too stressful. Now I just keep in mind that all things are temporary and nothing lasts. Sooner or later something is going to happen to a pristine guitar. It's going to get scratches, chips, dents, and gouges. The *first* noticeable blemish is like a kick in the face. The 100th one is kind of cool.

[@davidshoffner5430]

Playing with different bands over the years I run across some that can't keep a tempo, especially when they get louder. They get faster the louder they get or get slower when get softer. I'm a drummer who is playing guitar and it drives me crazy. I can't even tap tempo and keep my delay straight with all the different tempos going on. The other thing is watching someone rapping there cable over their shoulder and elbow. Ahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!! And they wonder why their cables don't last. There I feel better. Thanks guys.

[@bryanlasermagiktyler3132]

I've never played professionally or even unprofessionally just at home but I understand what you're talking about the way that people rap chords it's not a construction cord I always just grab mine give a few inches from the end and then loop it in my hand and feel the twist and that way it's natural and doesn't bind the metal wrapping inside

[@InstruMentalCase]

On the Allan Holdsworth comment: It's basically become the same situation you've seen for years in Gypsy Jazz guitar -- Django's style is essentially the basis of the entire sound, but thousands of players now exist within that genre who emulate him while still developing their own unique voice. I think the same can be said about players who have taken substantial influence from Holdsworth in their soloing style, such as Tim Miller, early Alex Machacek, Paul Masvidal, Fredrik Thordendal, Derryl Gabel, etc. When a player like Holdsworth is so innovative that their style births an entire subgenre, a lot of amazing players within that movement get dismissed as clones because people are too lazy to truly listen and discover what makes them unique.

[@jfo3000]

Totally agree, a new genre under Holdsworth is a good thing for the growth of guitar. Then there is also EVH, massively influenced by Holdsworth, changed hard-rock guitar forever. Allen was The Big Boss, with an imagination far beyond.

[@jamesmayle3787]

The Bible is truth Please read at least Genesis Mathew and one book of the Bible you chose yourself. This is an extremely important spiritual milestone to get through in life. Much of what is important is never talked about in church. To fully understand the truth in Jesus Christ’s words you must put them into action in your own life. That means you’ve gotta at least heard them. You have to look yourself. Three books bare minimum, how could you say you seriously tried if you won’t read at least that much. It is important. God uses these three books as a secret reading requirement to see who’s serious. Please do not be one of the ones who get to their afterlife reviews without having passed this milestone. There’s a lot of grace to be had with just this one act. It shows a lot to God. That you’ve at least tried. It is important. Also, to be forgiven we must forgive. It’s another milestone that’s important. If there’s love in your heart you forgive. That’s what it’s all about, love. Everyone in life hurts people without wanting to, and the people who’ve loved you deserve forgiveness. Parents are actually important here. You have to genuinely look inside and forgive from the heart. For free, no apologies, bribes, etc. just mean it inside. It teaches your soul important lessons. It has to be done as an adult though. Above 20yo. Below 20 you don’t have enough understanding of the world and much more. Your real journey doesn’t even start until then. That’s when the real temptations of sin kick in. That’s why it’s so important to do the inner work Jesus Christ taught as an adult. It’s personal choice then. That’s when your faith is matured and it can be properly harvested. Please trust me. Break down before Jesus Christ and ask for forgiveness. It is all true. Jesus Christ is the way truth and life.

[@rickthelearner5631]

Rick, how about making a video about cheap instruments and making music?

[@rbtguthrie]

#1 - Noodling between songs. #2 - Noodling between songs #3 - (guess)

[@jamesfox9922]

Playing an awesome intro to a great song that the band don't even know how to play....

[@SwBeyond]

Nah. You're talking about drummers. Song is finished *blast beats*.

[@danieljensen2626]

I just turn my volume off so no one can hear me noodle.

[@EvaluateAssimilate]

@@danieljensen2626 ah, amen. the mantra of the considerate guitarist 🤟

[@leannemo7382]

Noodling during practice or actual gigs?

[@mattkaustickomments]

I know a guitarist that constantly hums while he plays. The problem is what he’s humming is not even in the same UNIVERSE as what he’s playing!

[@garyreams8123]

The Glenn Gould of guitar players.

[@loganmpe7559]

I still can't play and sing at the same time! He hums a different tune all together? That hurts!

[@mattkaustickomments]

@@loganmpe7559 Yeah, tell me about it! He’s a friend of a friend and they asked me to jam with them - the guy was in his own world and would “solo” forever. As a favor I even did an open mic night with them once. ONCE! That’s all I could take. Lol.

[@calamarideity]

Objectively awesome and great guitarists that figure, "Hey, I'm a great guitarist -- That means I'm also a great songwriter and singer."

[@connormckee4431]

I can’t believe you’d go after zakk wylde like that

[@HeleneLogan]

@Justin Last That's a really great explanation, I think!

[@bruce3ist]

Watching this while looking over my iPad at BOTH the capo and snark tuner, hanging off the end off my guitar 😳

[@blaineadams7484]

At least you trimmed the strings

[@krautnation]

andrew holt Funny, I’m staring at my snark right now too.

[@jeffreylebowski7459]

Me too. Guilty as charged...

[@theharvardyard2356]

Same, hanging off my quilted, abalone bound headstock to boot

[@elcidbob]

Only reason my snark doesn't live on my mandolin is that it won't fit in the case with it.

[@SuperLeica1]

Singer/songwriters moving the Capo back and forth, while explaining the lyrics for three minutes. Then the song turns out to be shorter, like 2-2,5 mins.

[@alward5678]

And half the time the songs suck..

[@kitekrazee]

That made me laugh. I just wish more songs were that short.

[@GeeVanderplas]

You could've stopped after singer/songwriter...

[@jaywestbo6936]

@@GeeVanderplas open mike,be ready and tuned,do your set,get off the stage,fine'!

[@tanyadepoalo9085]

Geert van der Plas What's wrong with singer song writers? Most songs start very simple with guitar or piano and vocals. And then build from there. If a song is good in it's most broken down form then the rest is icing. I think vocalist/ songwriters are disrespected like this too often. Not everyone can sing, not everyone can play the guitar or the drums or the bass but put all those elements together with good songwriting and......singer songwriters are every bit as importwnt as drummers guitarist and bassists.

[@recoilrob4765]

"If you can play, it doesn't matter what you play... If you can't play, it doesn't matter what you play."

[@JgHaverty]

I LOVE this lol

[@bryanlasermagiktyler3132]

find something to play even if it's just one song just focus on that and it doesn't even matter if you're really that good at it practice does make perfect and then you can go beyond

[@BrianBroskie]

Skilled guitarists that memorize 1000 cover tunes but can't jam freely or improvise

[@loontil]

so true usually dudes who think women love them coz they play the guitar ugh

[@takaorobinson8719]

I know a guy who sings and plays in front of stores and despite knowing a grip of songs without a tuner, he is helpless.

[@takaorobinson8719]

That seems to be a lot of people. Guy says "let's jam" but can't be bothered to learn the chord progresson so we can trade off,.so now it's "noodling" time and he is in his own little world.

[@kitekrazee]

@@takaorobinson8719 I find that more common.

[@toneseeker4968]

@@loontil I've stole a lot of women because of my guitar skills... depends on your definition of love. I even married 2 of them (of course at different times).

[@petep]

When Monster cable molded ends fail, all you need to do is cut the end off, strip off some insulation, and put normal connector on. No need to throw the whole cable out!

[@Geezer-yf8hv]

Yeah, but extra frustrating, knowing you got screwed buying these “perfect” cables!

[@jimmyd1626]

When you're trying to rehearse and band members can't stop playing in between songs. Cut that S@!t OUT!!!

[@michaelquintana1178]

LOL

[@foxstarproductions]

Drives me up the fucking wall. Somebody just noodling endlessly between songs.

[@tazbrinkerhoff1398]

That right there is the biggest pet peeve ever! Noodling is for home and fun, rehearsal is business!!!

[@ArSaSixNine]

and to top it off. whatever the fuck they play is half assed attempts to play a certain song. Fucking drives me crazy, or they do the same thing over and over again

[@eljison]

People who have guitars "displayed" in their homes outside of their cases and never play them, just dust collectors.

[@byrdmaan6171]

I always pick those ones up, give'em a quick tuning. Then I play them a bit. 😁

[@MichaelAnderson-nh4gu]

I will pick up there guitar and say your guitar is out of tune and put it back. It’s like there waiting for someone to come over and tune it for them.

[@Toutvids]

Most people have one or two favorite guitars they play often. All the others hang there just in case you get the desire to play them. I love my guitars on the walls, much better than a stupid picture.

[@davecollins3119]

Guilty

[@davecollins3119]

But I had a stroke so it's a really difficult now

[@mtp4430]

My biggest pet peeve is guitarists who believe that the faster you play and the more notes you play is what makes you a good guitarist lol I call that type of playing "guitar gymnastics". Please guys, leave that s*** in your bedroom, will you? I also can't tolerate those players that play solos comprised of simply running up and down the scale in a "this scale is what I play over this chord" fashion. Hey boneheads, you're supposed to just pick out certain notes and create memorable riffs. You're supposed to play inside the music, not through it and over it. Also can't tolerate guitarist who feel they're somehow better musicians than bass players just because they play the guitar lol Hey Mr. Egomaniac, any bass player worth his salt can play guitar. We didn't choose the bass because we couldn't play the guitar. We chose the bass because we love to groove. Can't tell you how many "shredders" I've met that can't Groove to save their lives when you put a bass in their hands. They play the f****** bass like they're playing a guitar solo. No bottom end, no foundation and no Groove.

[@ihop4no14]

Hear hear! I played in a "shredding" competition once and was criticized for being too "bluesy". Geez!

[@gscgold]

there is a whole new generation of guitarist who think this way, it's like if people just talked super fast and continually without actually saying anything meaningful.

[@mtp4430]

@@ihop4no14 I can believe that. If you happen to play with any emotion or feel, you don't stand a chance in a shredding competition. If I wanted to shred, I'd buy a paper shredder lol I'd rather hear a guitarist expressing himself musically than some guy simply playing as fast as he can with no expression. Keep playing with your bluesy edge and forget about those shredding competitions.

[@mtp4430]

@Mr. Fireman Most shredders just can't appreciate melodic phrases. Like a Carlos Santana or David Gilmore, etc would play. And no doubt, Tony Iommi played great solos. In fact, Black Sabbath was a very melodic band. Many people miss that point just because they were playing heavy/hard rock, as it was then defined.

[@mtp4430]

@@gscgold Yes, talking super fast without ever really saying anything meaningful or memorable. Loved your analysis on that type of playing.

[@freeelectron8261]

I guess the little guitar tuners have replaced the headstock cigarette :)

[@Araknis_Slade]

Not in my reality they haven't.

[@MisterBrain]

Do those Fender Roadworn guitars have the "cigarette burn on headstock" feature?

[@liammcclay7639]

MisterB no

[@chrisistopher]

guitarists that dont practice with a metronome but complain about drummers that dont practice with a metronome

[@garyhope2]

As a drummer, I'm surprised how many musicians have such a bad sense of time. Plus, I think the majority of drum solos are boring. It's much harder and more interesting to play with and accent the music than just pound out another boring drum solo. I exclude Joe Morello and Max Roach from this statement.

[@chrisistopher]

@@garyhope2 i completely agree, drum solos are usually quite lame and consist of nothing but normal fills that would sound much more interesting with other instruments being played together and as a drummer myself one of my pet peeves is when im playing in time and the guitarist isnt but then im the one to blame cause "im the drummer"

[@m0j0b0ne]

Sounds like someone needs to watch the 'John Bonham on a grid' video.

[@chrisistopher]

@@m0j0b0ne drummers are one thing and John Bonham is another

[@chrisistopher]

@@X9523-z3v all musicians should at least be able to stay in time

[@ShutterSnapped]

I have never taken a music theory course or play any instrument yet I enjoy watching pretty much every Rick Beato video.

[@CavyWheek]

He is an entertaining guy. It reminds me of the writer John McPhee, who wrote articles for New Yorker and also wrote books. The guy could write about anything and I was riveted. He wrote an article about tire recycling once and I couldn’t tear myself away from it. Sometimes it’s the person and how they tell a story that is interesting and entertaining.

[@dinosaurwizard]

when people mess with your volume/tone settings without asking

[@overdueresidue]

If it’s the knobs on a guitar get over it, if it’s the amp it’s a bit annoying but you should know how to set your tone anyway.

[@rappy007]

Bandmates that tune by ear and their band has a keyboard player.

[@Hamshrocks]

James Rapacon 😁

[@NoizyInSeattle]

Hell yes!

[@kitemanmusic]

Buy them a tuner for a birthday present.

[@charlesbranch4120]

OK, y'all talked me into adding a pitchpipe to my kit that I could throw at that guy.

[@HabAnagarek]

Oh MY GOD.

[@MrTimSeeker]

Spending an extra $500-$1500 for a guitar to look like someone dropped it and dragged it off the back of a pickup truck for 5 miles. I never got it, and still don't. I've even seen videos of "craftsmen" giving away a few tricks; like gluing a rock to the end of a stick, holding the rock against the guitar, and whacking it with a hammer a few times.

[@qwertyasdf66]

It's the same with jeans.

[@stevenlabrousse2275]

Only time I considered it was when I picked up a Fender Roadworn Tele. Didn't care for the look necessarily, but the feel of that neck? Yeah, I can understand people beating up the neck finish a little bit.

[@WhoWouldWantThisName]

I agree on the spending lots of money to make it look cheap thing. I CAN see relic-ing a guitar that is already beaten a bit and you don't really like it's boring stock look but it seems to inspire you to give it a different kind of worn-in look. If you're going for more of a punk vibe or something and you want it to look more like it has some miles but not just it was poorly cared for and dropped a couple times real bad around the house kind of miles, then I get it. Also when it plays great but it's just some god-awful color, I can understand wanting to change that but maybe not going to some expensive finish kind of solution. I just think there's nothing worse than having a guitar that looks really worn in but not being able to play well enough to appear as though you put all those miles on it. You can be good and have a pretty, shiny new guitar but not really the other way around, IMHO. I would be very embarrassed to play a guitar that looks too good for me. Like I need to be worthy of it, and if I can't play than my guitar better not suggest otherwise.

[@kitekrazee]

Higher price because it's like the artist's guitar. I've seen some used Ingwie Strats in GC. I guess they didn't like that scalloped fret board.

[@coreys2686]

I paid C$350 in 2002 for a Squier P-J bass made in Indonesia that I'm told (by long-time gigging, work-a-day musicians) sounds just as good as a $1500 Fender. The price of the rig means nothing if the input is crap.

[@xy9394]

Hiram Bullock(R.I.P.) is the only guy I ever saw that had a right to be wireless...he would dance down the aisles, leave the venue, climb rafters, dance with audience members.....never saw anything like it....one of a kind and sorely missed.

[@jamesmayle3787]

The Bible is truth Please read at least Genesis Mathew and one book of the Bible you chose yourself. This is an extremely important spiritual milestone to get through in life. Much of what is important is never talked about in church. To fully understand the truth in Jesus Christ’s words you must put them into action in your own life. That means you’ve gotta at least heard them. You have to look yourself. Three books bare minimum, how could you say you seriously tried if you won’t read at least that much. It is important. God uses these three books as a secret reading requirement to see who’s serious. Please do not be one of the ones who get to their afterlife reviews without having passed this milestone. There’s a lot of grace to be had with just this one act. It shows a lot to God. That you’ve at least tried. It is important. Also, to be forgiven we must forgive. It’s another milestone that’s important. If there’s love in your heart you forgive. That’s what it’s all about, love. Everyone in life hurts people without wanting to, and the people who’ve loved you deserve forgiveness. Parents are actually important here. You have to genuinely look inside and forgive from the heart. For free, no apologies, bribes, etc. just mean it inside. It teaches your soul important lessons. It has to be done as an adult though. Above 20yo. Below 20 you don’t have enough understanding of the world and much more. Your real journey doesn’t even start until then. That’s when the real temptations of sin kick in. That’s why it’s so important to do the inner work Jesus Christ taught as an adult. It’s personal choice then. That’s when your faith is matured and it can be properly harvested. Please trust me. Break down before Jesus Christ and ask for forgiveness. It is all true. Jesus Christ is the way truth and life.

[@TheSpoonwood]

" 300 foot Ego ramp" haha

[@aixpert291]

SpoonWood Gennaro /laughs in angus young

[@bntsearls]

Axle Rose, requires one for every show, then doesn't show up. Go figure

[@thomasmcgill6918]

I love when all of you guys are together. So fun and funny. Love it.

[@chrisscott6961]

Playing riffs in between songs of songs the band doesn't know and the crowd starts screaming for it......

[@tomcoryell]

Chris Scott I Hate That!

[@thytom8534]

My old band opened for a bar gig with a band who hired a sound engineer. They brought in these massive amp stacks, serious gear, then soundchecked for 45 minutes straight, basically played their whole set. The sound engineer was doing his job just fine, he'd go over to their amps and turn them down because it was far too loud for the bar, you could see people visibly upset. 2 minutes later when the sound engineer wasn't looking, the guitarists would sneak up and turn it back up. I remember our band bringing nothing but guitars and just plugging into their gear, letting the sound engineer do everything he needed to. Once our set was finished, I had complete strangers walk up to me saying how we sounded awesome and that they hated the main band.

[@jamesmayle3787]

The Bible is truth Please read at least Genesis Mathew and one book of the Bible you chose yourself. This is an extremely important spiritual milestone to get through in life. Much of what is important is never talked about in church. To fully understand the truth in Jesus Christ’s words you must put them into action in your own life. That means you’ve gotta at least heard them. You have to look yourself. Three books bare minimum, how could you say you seriously tried if you won’t read at least that much. It is important. God uses these three books as a secret reading requirement to see who’s serious. Please do not be one of the ones who get to their afterlife reviews without having passed this milestone. There’s a lot of grace to be had with just this one act. It shows a lot to God. That you’ve at least tried. It is important. Also, to be forgiven we must forgive. It’s another milestone that’s important. If there’s love in your heart you forgive. That’s what it’s all about, love. Everyone in life hurts people without wanting to, and the people who’ve loved you deserve forgiveness. Parents are actually important here. You have to genuinely look inside and forgive from the heart. For free, no apologies, bribes, etc. just mean it inside. It teaches your soul important lessons. It has to be done as an adult though. Above 20yo. Below 20 you don’t have enough understanding of the world and much more. Your real journey doesn’t even start until then. That’s when the real temptations of sin kick in. That’s why it’s so important to do the inner work Jesus Christ taught as an adult. It’s personal choice then. That’s when your faith is matured and it can be properly harvested. Please trust me. Break down before Jesus Christ and ask for forgiveness. It is all true. Jesus Christ is the way truth and life.

[@doobledoo]

Been in this exact scenario. I watched a guitarist have a melt down and walk off the stage, throwing his guitar, because the sound engineer told him to turn down his amp. The guys job is to make you sound good, why are you upset about it?

[@1mlb704]

I guess my biggest pet peeve is the pompous, elitist attitude that so many guitarists have towards others.

[@smogfood]

That's gotta be mine too. In nearly any city you could throw a rock and hit 20 guitar players, and at least a quarter of them would be really good, so get off your pedestal and realize there's better players than you... everywhere.

[@ragingchimera8021]

Yep, with you there. I find this attitude very prevalent in the crowded "okay guitarist" demographic, most the real amazing players I know are cool guys.

[@Reportageandart]

Yep... why can't everyone just be cool and appreciate that we all have a love for music. Everyone is a different level. I work in the music industry and all the real pros are actually very nice and encourage others to play and learn music... not be a complete a** to everyone.

[@classica1fungus]

Skill level is so relative ya know? Like, im considered a really good guitarist to someone who doesn't play, but compared to Joe Satriani we all look like trash.

[@skyblazeeterno]

ouch....guitarists thinking for some reason their instrument is more "real" than a synthesizer for example

[@satansrobotho]

Video pet peeve: when Editor typed "peeve's" in the intro with a possessive apostrophe rather than just adding s to pluralize :D

[@IamNemoN01]

satansrobotho Haha, joke’s on you. Mr. Peeve is the camera man. 😎

[@petercadieux783]

Yes! Thank you.

[@ToddtheExploder]

satansrobotho Yup. Also, misspelled words and poor or no punctuation.

[@OhNoNotFrank]

As this is not my native tongue, should I have used apostrophe after his last name here?: Angus Youngs marathon runs... Just curious and find different answers online.

[@hammerpocket]

@@OhNoNotFrank yes

[@andykenny5674]

Mine is the guitarists who hang around in guitar shops (“mates” of the owner) who lean on the counter and smirk at anyone trying out the gear at the shop. We had a few of those shops round here at one point, and guess what? They’ve all gone out of business.

[@andykenny5674]

j freed ....and the success of any business is customer perception. Nothing worse than feeling intimidated by other musicians, especially when you’re looking to be inspired by a new instrument. A very famous bass player once said “get the best instrument you can afford, because nothing will crush your passion quicker than something that’s barely playable”. Why oh why do the owners of these places allow such damaging things to happen right under their noses? It’s totally beyond me. The best places have got private booths for customers to sit in peace and properly fall in love with the instrument and thrash to their heart’s content.

[@andykenny5674]

Luke Robinett ...dead right mate. My biggest thing about any guitar is whether it’s got music in it or not. I’m not interested in impressing anyone with my playing, just if I can come up with some half decent new stuff that makes me happy playing it. I’ve still got the Fender Tele that I played in a shop 30 years ago with those virtuosos laughing at me.

[@Euthymia]

Oh do I ever detest that phenomenon. Nothing like it to get me to turn on my heel and leave the shop without buying anything. Although, true story: about 20 years ago I was in the San Francisco Guitar Center trying out a trem pedal with an indie rock guitarist friend who was looking to buy one. I dialed up a spot-on "How Soon Is Now" and one of the younger GC floorwalkers came trotting over to us with an astonished look on his face asking "dude, how are you getting that??" At first I wasn't sure if he was serious, but then I showed him, simple, just get the rate and depth right then time your strums, lift your pinky drop it back down, it's all in the timing, etc. He said he was grateful to hear someone playing something other than the same dozen Stevie Ray Vaughan or tired metal licks. "You're the first person I've heard play something COOL." One of my proudest moments as a guitar player, I'm actually kind of embarrassed to admit.....

[@Zettel9016]

Don't be embarassed. You were in the Flow; and in this state all things become magically right and true, even the exceptionally small things like this seemingly innocuous encounter that suddenly validated your existence as a musician/human being.

[@robertbikers9502]

@@Euthymia I love that song.

[@sgsoundvisuals]

I'm so guilty of the first one; I've had that silly tuner on the head stock and , the capo , and flowers , doobies and the occasional female garment. But I can change... This is currently my favorite channel . Thank you for all the amazing content !

[@guitrr]

1. Noodling between songs 2. Ending every run on the root. Please, don’t be “that guy”. 3. Using too much gain.

[@freefalling120]

Kane Miller I play with a guy who hates not ending on the root. Every time we don’t he looks completely stressed! Lol!

[@MrTimSeeker]

The absolute REFUSAL to string 3-4 songs together. Play a song. Stop. Tune. D*ck around with delay settings. Oh, here's another one, "Testing 1, 2...Testing 1, 2, 3..."

[@guitrr]

@@MrTimSeeker Continuity of a show; excellent point, that drives me crazy when I'm in the audience, but it makes me insane when I'm onstage.

[@Haxprocess]

I've never understood the "ALL THE GAIN!!! METAL!!!" Thing. Once you go past 5, the gain level sounds the same to me...

[@kilgoretrout3966]

noodling thru practice

[@michaelogden5958]

I was in a ridiculously low-budget band in the early 80s doing one night stands in dive bars. It was a ton of fun. Fortunately I was the drummer so my stuff pretty much always worked. However, the "electric" guys actually made most of the PA gear including the microphones. More than once the electric guys spent one or more breaks repairing something with a soldering iron - on stage.

[@jamesmayle3787]

The Bible is truth Please read at least Genesis Mathew and one book of the Bible you chose yourself. This is an extremely important spiritual milestone to get through in life. Much of what is important is never talked about in church. To fully understand the truth in Jesus Christ’s words you must put them into action in your own life. That means you’ve gotta at least heard them. You have to look yourself. Three books bare minimum, how could you say you seriously tried if you won’t read at least that much. It is important. God uses these three books as a secret reading requirement to see who’s serious. Please do not be one of the ones who get to their afterlife reviews without having passed this milestone. There’s a lot of grace to be had with just this one act. It shows a lot to God. That you’ve at least tried. It is important. Also, to be forgiven we must forgive. It’s another milestone that’s important. If there’s love in your heart you forgive. That’s what it’s all about, love. Everyone in life hurts people without wanting to, and the people who’ve loved you deserve forgiveness. Parents are actually important here. You have to genuinely look inside and forgive from the heart. For free, no apologies, bribes, etc. just mean it inside. It teaches your soul important lessons. It has to be done as an adult though. Above 20yo. Below 20 you don’t have enough understanding of the world and much more. Your real journey doesn’t even start until then. That’s when the real temptations of sin kick in. That’s why it’s so important to do the inner work Jesus Christ taught as an adult. It’s personal choice then. That’s when your faith is matured and it can be properly harvested. Please trust me. Break down before Jesus Christ and ask for forgiveness. It is all true. Jesus Christ is the way truth and life.

[@thegood9]

#1 Bragging about their gear like their's is the ONLY way to play guitar, lol.

[@jonathantom8425]

Jason Lee yes my first act 3/4 scale guitar is the only way I can play guitar

[@darwinsaye]

Classic rock guys are the worst for that. Gotta have a Les Paul and a Marshall with a tubescreamer and the mids cranked. And don't you dare have any discernible bass in the tone or the "guitar's all about the mids" police will rage at you, lol

[@thegood9]

@@darwinsaye well, being a "classic rock" (and indie) guy, I can truly say I've seen it at all genres of music, from jazz to classical (probably the worst, honestly) to alt rock to classic rock to pop, etc...

[@darwinsaye]

@@thegood9 Yeah, no doubt it occurs in all the genres with people who only play one type of music, but in the comments for gear videos I mostly see the cranked Les Paul/ Marshall guys pushing the idea that there's only one good guitar sound. I personally play many genres of music and enjoy all kinds of guitar and amp tones, so it drives me a little nuts that so many guitarists can be very narrow minded. :)

[@mjklein]

I gave my Brian May guitar to a shop to change the frets. When I got the guitar back, I found that he had changed the radius. He said that the small radius was more for "strumming" rather than lead playing. A huge feature of the BMG is the small radius, so without asking me, he ruined the guitar.

[@christianspringman6877]

That is unforgivable. My god.

[@DomDaBom420]

@@christianspringman6877 my deepest condolonces

[@deadheadcentral2514]

I would have complained like hell, and would have tried to get him to replace it. You never do work that has not been agreed upon by the customer

[@mattball7341]

Funniest thing I had ever seen was running an E drum mesh kit with a Plexi Shield around it.. I literally LMAO

[@groovydjs]

Maybe he needs those sounds for his gig but still wants 118db of sound blasting at both sides of him. I can totally relate to his situation.

[@linoleum1979]

People that play their guitar w dirty hands. And people who don't clean their guitar for the pictures they took of it when they list it for sale. I presume it's the same guilty party for both offenses.

[@underwoodvoice9077]

Pet peeve: guitarists who can't play a song without spending five minutes tweaking pedal settings. Or who feel that every subdivision of every beat must be filled with some sort of guitar noise. Or who won't cooperate when I want to do either of those things. Also, everything Rick & company said.

[@stuartpopp472]

Yeah, that's annoying. I play guitar, but I don't like pedals, only an overdrive

[@1badsteed]

This had me howling with laughter! 1st gig we played, we were playing Take It On The Run by REO. When the solo hits, I stepped forward, onto my cord, unplugged it! I started laughing, plugged back in and caught up. I play in church. That plexiglass is VERY important. In most churches, the drums will overpower all other instruments. Love the channel Rick.

[@handsomerube]

Guitarists who stare at you after playing a run expecting a reaction. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@SciFiArtman]

HAHAHA! Absolutely! Especially sad when the whole band is made up of smoking players! Yes, we know!

[@valvenator]

Ha! I recently watched a YES concert video where Steve Howe would do that constantly after each of his 'cool licks' like it was something spectacular that everyone should be amazed at even though he pulled off that same lick about 150 times during the past year.

[@glenfarina3027]

Guys in the opening act who put their drinks on my amp!

[@kilovoltjoe]

AAggggggg...hated that

[@warrenmorphis4208]

Stage tape...Magic Marker...and a sheet of paper solves that bs - "DO NOT SIT DRINKS HERE !!!"

[@loontil]

being competitive, and thinking there is some universal calibration of being "good', when some people who know nothing, or even some moderately talented indie player can have more feel and emotion that some bottom lip-biting fretwanker

[@JgHaverty]

Oh the irony .... lol

[@ramirofrancois2157]

Use .012 strings because Stevie Ray Vaughan used them.

[@Bless_darealone]

False information

[@tedwojtasik8781]

Not true, SRV used .010 for four strings and .012 for the lower two. SRV always had a nice, rich tone on the lower scale but then his higher scales were, IMO, thin.

[@W1NGXER0]

Noodling between every song.

[@wolfsilver6304]

Yes, I hate that But I will make an exception for Raining Blood, I never get tired of hearing it

[@aw8079]

Every time I call a song w/ this one guy, he starts playing (practicing?) it. Then he stops. And we start for real. ALWAYS. Fuck, I've taken to "joking" w/ him to "not give it away". Does he think no one can hear him? The amp is on & up. Makes me crazy. Such an amateur move from a good player.

[@daveduffy2823]

Maybe they’re pretending their playing jazz.

[@wolfsilver6304]

@@daveduffy2823 they're*

[@randysmith7682]

Totally agree and would have to add 'noodling during songs.' I'm guilty of this, trying to fill every conceivable gap with guitar licks. It's a disease.

[@thomasandresen8373]

"Hey, everybody. I'm Rigby Otto, I'm Brett Soul, Davon Righto." The magic of KZbin translation.

[@marcelroodt]

Rick could easily go and play shows or start an alternate channel under the pseudonym Rigby Otto

[@thomasandresen8373]

@@marcelroodt Right, just what I was thinking. It could be a doctor Beato and mr. Otto kind of a thing.

[@MichaelCahenMusic]

Those plastic pick holders that stick on the body of the guitar... Yuk!

[@wesleyAlan9179]

Yeah,I cant stand those

[@supernoobsmith5718]

Yeah, I dunno what's up with that. I keep extra in my pocket, on my board and on my amp.

[@karatenfriendship]

I love my microphone stand pick holder. Best for my sweaty hands dropping picks

[@maxonlamb8063]

...and the ones on mike stands....if you drop picks learn to play with yur fingers....you will never turn back !!!

[@tomcoryell]

I like those. I stick them to the back of my headstock so no one in the audience sees them.

[@brucedeboer5671]

In my profession it's the Photo Doctor - a physician who owns all the best photo gear.

[@JgHaverty]

Why would you possibly care...?

[@bayareablues2255]

This kind of reminds me of the old guys in the balcony on the Muppets! ;-)

[@grumpyolman7670]

Huh?! What?! Take a bath, ya Hippie!

[@hamiltonmays4256]

BayAreaBlues Good old Statler and Waldorf (not sure which is which)

[@SciFiArtman]

Discussing 40 year old headaches, like they just discovered them! Get on the train, kids!

[@JetPackDino]

Beato would actually make a pretty good Sam the Eagle.

[@spivvo]

Never mind guitarists... singers that walk on your cables and pissed audience members that get up on stage....

[@MrFrankvomit]

I actually encourage people to come up sing in the mic ect as long as I'm able to give the audience an exciting performance all is good. I has an old singer that used to stand on my cables on purpose so I couldn't move around cause he thought it was funny.

[@glynnsmith4560]

pissed up audience members who land badly in an attempt to play on your conscience..

[@SirWinstonBeech]

Singer that doesn't practice with the band, ever, and at the gig jumps in 8 bars early derailing a 15 piece horn and rhythm section.

[@supernoobsmith5718]

OMG yes, except it's always the bassist with me. That's MY main reason for considering wireless.

[@alfvq]

Actually I have a friend (who happens to be a lawyer) who just bought a rare Les Paul Custom. He can't do power chords.

[@danieldesoto6787]

Wow that's like the easiest chord on the guitar. Maybe he should sell it to me for a good price lol

[@drcks]

well lawyers do make a ton

[@OgamiItto70]

Sounds like the perfect "alternative" player. Tune it to drop D for him so he can play lots of Bush and Lifehouse.

[@eddierocksteady]

Ridiculous

[@souljatruce1151]

@@OgamiItto70 power chords honey

[@stevethompson7059]

So my two guitar player pet peeves: 1. Playing Too Loud, so we finally solved it by these methods.1. In ears, 2. tilting our amps up to our ears, or putting the guitar amp on a 3 to 5 foot stand so the guitarists can hear your sound in your ears directly and not blasting the rest of the band, especially blasting the lead singer who is in front of the guitar amps. I am older and now have constant ringing in my ears from the ( other ) guitar player in the band. 2nd pet peeve. Too many pedals and constantly making adjustments during rehearsal. I used to be the guy with all the pedals and those knobs, adjustments, and forever adjusting my tone. I finally at a whim, bought a Digitech ELMTXPV-01 an all in one unit. It was a revelation using it, not much of a learning curve. Now I just use factory created patches that I find before rehearsal for each song, write it down on the song page, and with one knob or foot switch click, I have that same exact tone every time. At rehearsal, call the song and I just dial in the patch for the song. I can create new patches if I want, that does take time, but once I put it in memory it's there forever, almost forever or until it breaks. And finally the unit is easy to set up, no batteries to change and very small and light to carry to gigs or rehearsals too. lol I am older now and just want everything to be easier.

[@TwangGuru]

I don't run around on stage, but I'm an ardent defender of a good wireless system. Number one reason -- I'm decoupled from the house ground system. Anyone who has ever taken a shot from a poorly or improperly grounded club PA system will understand. I was actually knocked down by a ground issue at a concert venue in Kansas City -- never again!

[@augustusbetucius1572]

I don't use a wireless, but that's an excellent point.

[@j1thom]

Yup. Learned the hard way...

[@JALNIN66]

Good point. I took a nasty shock to the mouth singing backups one time. It was like getting punched in the face. I blacked out momentarily. Right in the middle of a song. Ouch! I'm a bass player and the last time I tried a wireless I hated it because it cut out some low end. Maybe they've gotten better in the last 30 years and I should try again.

[@j1thom]

@@JALNIN66 Many affordable digital systems out there. No companding. Perfect transmission of sound.

[@superspit]

Yep, the excuse for sound quality was never really an issue, unless you were using a potato. Groundloops, spurious signals, physical cable issues etc of corded setups are literally nonexistent with wireless. I use wireless in the studio. Partly because I can move away from the cabinet or other players and sit anywhere in the house and still monitor. I'm surprised not everyone is using wireless, for everything!

[@chipkirk6603]

I can't stand relic'd guitars if they're worn from use that's cool but not to buy a brand new guitar

[@000MidnightSun]

You don't want to pay $3000 for a guitar that looks like it was dragged through a field??

[@f15H8ul8]

for real

[@AlanW]

Listing a used 'heavy relic'd' guitar - Mint condition.

[@christschin3708]

I just don’t see the point? Use and make the guitar wear individual to you.

[@hughjarrse]

@@000MidnightSun there was a time when faded battered threadbare Levi's cost 10 times the price of a crisp new pair, it's just fashion nothing wrong with it distressed furniture is another area each to their own. The VOS Gibson's have a strange quality, the finish is dulled down to suggest age but guitarists sleeves where buffing it up again making it look newer each time it was played 🤯

[@JB-xo8sr]

Guitarists who don't wash their hands before playing my guitars.

[@benjamingrezik373]

smega adds tone brutha

[@phillippaul1821]

Worse yet... they don't take off their belts. If i want to scratch up the back of my axes playing with a rock star belt on, that's one thing. But you better take yours off or I will snatch my guitar right back outta your hands.

[@hauntingthegrave]

I've prohibited my friend from playing mine because his hands are disgustingly greaasy

[@dostacos1]

It’s not a baby, afraid it’s gonna catch a cold?

[@hudsonja]

@@dostacos1 not sure if you're being facetious or not, but the built-up oils on your hands can wreak havoc on strings and cause early deterioration and it leaves gunk on the fretboard

[@ericreganiguess1703]

I eagerly await any and all "What Makes This Song Great?" videos. But these Three Amigo videos are rising the charts rapidly. I love the chatter between these cats (Dave and Rhett) and RB. I've never played a single chord on the guitar - not one. But I love the hell out of these conversations. Great insights. The truth is that I absorb all of Rick's videos. It's easy to be enthused by somebody is so enthusiastic about their craft/ their art.

[@wiloo82]

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[@AJMjazz]

Bass pet peeve. Bass players that scoop all of the mids out of their amp (because it sounded cool at home) and complain they still can't hear themselves with their 1200w amp cranked all the way up at the gig. If they only heard their favorite player's tracks solo'd, (as Rick often does on his WMTSG series) it's usually midrange heavy. Listen and learn.

[@ekirenrut]

Oh man. I hate, HATE scooped mids on a bass. Might as well crank the horn all the way up on your hartke cab so we get a nice brittle top end too.

[@warrenmorphis4208]

@@ekirenrut AMEN!!!!

[@micromobile1]

My pet peeve is my dog named "peeve".

[@Atomic1710]

😂

[@andyleotell]

Nice one!

[@JeannieSargent]

Pet peeves: guitar players that look like they are having muscle spasms because they can't play anything without constant vibrato (and it's usually bad vibrato), clank from either too light strings / picking too hard or some combination therein, and last but not least - bad time.

[@musicmanxii]

I forgot about that awful clanking, been a while since I've heard it 🤢

[@jamesmedley8795]

Saw Derek Trucks about 3 years ago at the Ryman in Nashville with the Tedeschi Trucks Band. The crowd was literally on their feet cheering every time he soloed. It was probably the best, most moving, gut level/heart level playing I've ever heard, and I've heard a bunch.

[@davecollins3119]

That's because he is Duane Allman reincarnated

[@terrydactylspontaneous2596]

Guitarists with loads of guitars, amps and pedals saying you don’t need loads of guitars, amps and pedals.

[@wolfsilver6304]

Oh shiiijat, Roasteeed (It's usually because someone gives them that or they have to get it, but I love your comment)

[@wolfsilver6304]

@Jeremy Boyd that also is a big factor

[@derpimusmaximus8815]

@@wolfsilver6304 A producer owning and operating a studio does need loads of guitars, amps and pedals, though, even if they'd only play a simple rig themselves.

[@wolfsilver6304]

@@derpimusmaximus8815 Indeed what I meant when I said "or they have to get it"

[@stevesorrell9835]

terrydactyl spontaneous "Need" is subjective 😹. It's an addiction!

[@stroburg02]

Churches want to eliminate cables and amps when possible so the sermon stage is empty for the message. It’s really good to get as much stuff offstage quickly for the sermon

[@kitekrazee]

@@yamahajapan5351 Post of the week.

[@kitekrazee]

Singers holding mics. That's why I would never sing. I like mic stands.

[@jackhaugh]

I’m usually just annoyed by people that play guitars in church

[@iseefine2]

If cables, amps, etc bother people at church... stop having bands play at church! Duh! Is that just too simple? For me it's sermons that ruin a church service, not the music... that's the high point.

[@acr08807]

The churchgoers are what ruins it for me.

[@goodgulfgas]

Playing out of tune. And then you tell them they’re out of tune and they’re totally oblivious.

[@bobbyDD]

D M my fucking roommate man. I love him to death but the guy has a floyd rose guitar and never changes his strings. he hasnt had a setup since he bought the thing 4 years ago and its intonation is horrific.

[@mightyV444]

@D M - Or even worse: They *do* know they're out of tune but only shrug and reply, "This is just practice and not a gig!"

[@axslinger99]

Or they think their ear is better that a tuner!

[@alanswanson7515]

Or get angry

[@drvee1983]

Yes. Or they get mad at you for telling them, as if it were a personal insult.

[@pts5217]

Players that claim there’s a sound difference between maple and rosewood necks

[@bootleggerrosey]

#1. Putting the guitar down in funky ways and obscure places other than a guitar stand. #2. Playing everything in E pentatonic minor.

[@VBshredder]

I never do #2, I always throw in a flat 5th somewhere in there :-)

[@zachary4670]

Lol when I was 14 I went to a concert and my buddy and I spent the whole time freaking out about how the guitarist had put his second guitar down. And then he never used it!!!

[@fredrkane8481]

E minor blues scale is OK though. Don't judge me!

[@VBshredder]

@@fredrkane8481 haha amen!

[@morricane5087]

#2 is a thing I only know from bass players (okay, one bass player :D )

Great convo! My sweat is very acidic, I can relate to short string life. I oxidized my 62 Johnny Smith gold pickups and tuner keys.

[@epicmeade]

In regard to the 'Blues Lawyers' section, one of my favorite little details in Mike Judge's HBO series Silicon Valley is that every time a lawyer or a CEOs office is shown, there are always a couple of really high end Gibson guitars on stands in the background. and at one point a lawyer picks up a Les Paul and starts randomly playing blues licks while he's talking to his client. Blues Lawyers. also I just gotta say, I'm so happy that leaving the snark on the headstock during gigs was your #1 pet peeve. It's like sticking a clown nose on the Mona Lisa.

[@steevyboy1]

This popped up on my FB memories penned by Bill Bruford today. Maybe it explains why Allan went through so mane changes of equipment. "Allan wasn't easy, but if it was easy it wouldn't have been Allan. Like all creative musicians he was restless and relentless in pursuit of 'the perfect sound', the one that he couldn't get out of his head, the one that would never leave him alone,."