Unfortunately, I was an accordionist that wanted to learn guitar, not a guitarist that wanted to learn accordion
@samuraiguitarist4 жыл бұрын
Ahhh yes I've heard that one before
@wearethehappyones184 жыл бұрын
2 days ago????
@sahbiah4 жыл бұрын
@@wearethehappyones18 patreon member probably
@wearethehappyones184 жыл бұрын
@@sahbiah ahh I see lol
@smashingtheadam4 жыл бұрын
IT WAS ME! I HAD A GUITAR AND WISHED I'D SPENT ALL THAT TIME LEARNING ACCORDION!
@willpowsey10384 жыл бұрын
very cool , wacky, neat, zany, quirky, nutty, silly, and just a little goofy
@hyde77514 жыл бұрын
i just wont like cause ya know 69
@LiMCRiMZ4 жыл бұрын
C'mon man you really went and hurt Orange Juice, you know it's fragile all it takes is a singular word dude be considerate smh 😂
@knekt68744 жыл бұрын
Yeah and the guitar is pretty cool too.
@CamxCam.4 жыл бұрын
@Orange Juice Quirky toothpaste.
@ScumbagDavey3 жыл бұрын
bizarre, some may say
@RC32Smiths014 жыл бұрын
Whenever you do these more unorthodox guitars, I can never help but think of how Steve Vai would have used these.
@Scarlett8Music4 жыл бұрын
I wouldn’t doubt he owns most of the guitars in this series just for fun. Would love to see what he could do with this one.
@LiMCRiMZ4 жыл бұрын
I think guitar would be a completely different universe if artists like him had this stuff from the start.
@lancetownsend62264 жыл бұрын
He at least has a sitar guitar like what SG did earlier in the series
@RC32Smiths014 жыл бұрын
@@Scarlett8Music Same. Steve is just out of this world.
@RC32Smiths014 жыл бұрын
@@LiMCRiMZ Interesting outlook!
@mal2ksc4 жыл бұрын
It's really rather amazing how well these MIDI controllers from the 1980s and early 1990s have not only survived, but they still interface just fine with modern equipment. There aren't too many standards from that era that have aged so well. I converted a Quickshot MIDI Composer by slapping a MIDI-to-USB interface into it (hard wired, entirely in the shell) and that gets used far more than my real synth that weighs 30 kg because I can easily wave it around with one hand and put it exactly where it's convenient. I also have more modern inputs like a Korg Nanopad and an EWI USB, and they all play nice together.
@mikkysteaders4 жыл бұрын
Buying this solely to play that fart noise sample on a guitar. Going to add some delay to it also. This is the plan.
@silentvideojournals10354 жыл бұрын
That is the plan.
@anthonyrodriguez97614 жыл бұрын
This is the way
@ShayerSUtsho4 жыл бұрын
Plan -> Poster, Poster -> Plan... Mayor!
@pauliusmscichauskas5584 жыл бұрын
There is a MIDI pickup for guitar you could use instead... way cheaper.
@rodriguezelfeliz46234 жыл бұрын
This is the way
@Ookami0ni4 жыл бұрын
SammyG writing anime ending credits for the 80s, in 2020.
@trebmaster4 жыл бұрын
SammyG time travel confirmed.
@joejtunes4 жыл бұрын
At this rate, if I wait long enough, the samurai theory series will be bundled 3 for the price of free. Sounds worth it to be honest
@donaldgosling4 жыл бұрын
Memories ! I worked for Yamaha Dealers as a musician from 1985 - 2010. I remember this guitar, also the 'breathe controller keyboard " ( play sax on your synth, breath is velocity /attack control ) .Great video !
@donaldgosling4 жыл бұрын
I remember the first Roland guitar synths from 1979, The world of analogue, or analog ;-)
@hatman4818 Жыл бұрын
I picked up a Yamaha EZ-AG while stationed in Okinawa. From what I've read, it can do this midi stuff? (really new to guitar and music production in general). Any recommendations on a cheaper beginner midi controller, ideally one that can interface with a computer? Also, I read its possible to add new sounds to it, how would I go about doing that?
@TVsBen4 жыл бұрын
Oh, man. The TX81Z was an awesome FM synthesizer. Like a Yamaha DX11 without the keyboard component. Super cool.
@adamtwelve4 жыл бұрын
That last song was catchy as hell though, could use that as a theme song for a show with a little tweaking
@musashimiyamoto89984 жыл бұрын
Imagine a live performance from an entire band but everyone one is playing this guitar 😂😂
@joshvandruff17904 жыл бұрын
For being an obscure instrument it actually sounds really awesome. Very retro video game like. Great work Sammy G!
@graydeotto28204 жыл бұрын
Please do New Complexity guitars soon! They are 100% the weirdest guitars being made right now!
@beenis084 жыл бұрын
You've cursed my brain, i can never see a guitar the same way again!
@lucasduque82893 жыл бұрын
I looked it up. Man, I could barely call them guitars. They're like a whole different instrument.
@spridle3 жыл бұрын
For as respected as the man is, I still feel he's crazily underappreciated.
@travishein4 жыл бұрын
I have the Rolantd GR-55. It is just a guitar synthesizer. it kind of combines the midi and sounds box into the same box, and frustratingly does not really generate or send out usable midi, so to use it with a computer like you did with drums. It is an odd unit as well, since it is fairly modern, but still has a bit of that hard to find information or documentation about the many options for each effect and setting for pickup sensitivity. You can still get cables and pick ups though.
@LiMCRiMZ4 жыл бұрын
That design definitely started as a cordless vacuum.
@lancetownsend62264 жыл бұрын
Check out Godin, a fellow Canadian brand. They make relatively inexpensive gear at amazing quality, and most importantly some of their guitars have a 6 piece transducer pickup and a 13 pin output, in addition to a regular output. The 13 pin can be sent into a converter and then sent into your interface for example and you can control virtual instruments with it, that come with pro tools! I don't believe I can post links in the comments section but definitely check them out.
@BrunodeSouzaLino4 жыл бұрын
Only problem is that the 13 pin MIDI ties it to the Roland ecosystem.
@ItsYourBoiUhh4 жыл бұрын
@@BrunodeSouzaLino it does ? so if i don't want to use roland hardware i need a USB MIDI port ? I really thought the 13 pin was the MIDI standard
@BrunodeSouzaLino4 жыл бұрын
@@ItsYourBoiUhh Standard MIDI uses a 5-pin DIN connector.
@ItsYourBoiUhh4 жыл бұрын
@@BrunodeSouzaLino thanks, thats the clarification i was looking for !
@jackaufenhand57104 жыл бұрын
Would have loved to hear this going through a DAW instead.
@mal2ksc4 жыл бұрын
I was hoping he'd use a guitar patch for maximum Inception value.
@zachbowden19934 жыл бұрын
I would have died if you played the Wii music on the fart sample
@ianerickson22104 жыл бұрын
We have let you live another day my friend. Spend it wisely.
@vortex30134 жыл бұрын
Behold: THE ENTIRETY OF THE LISA THE PAINFUL SOUNDTRACK
@robbed_copy4 жыл бұрын
Turly a masterpiece of a game.
@finojake85574 жыл бұрын
When u get enough weird corky stuff, u can make an album using only this different instruments, pedals, etc. That would be dope! hahahahaha
@crussteasock40473 жыл бұрын
Corky?
@GhettoBagel4 жыл бұрын
Oh wow, I love both this and the Casio that you covered, they're so bizarre and gimmicky, but I think that's why they're interesting and fun to me, I'd love to own one someday. This one also gives off a video game music vibe with the sounds it can put out, that last song sounds like it could be the theme to a town in an older Pokémon game.
@onewayave664 жыл бұрын
1:24 that is some impressive mixing there...
@blakejones66484 жыл бұрын
Oh man, that MIDI goodness. Really takes me back.
@christophermondragon19534 жыл бұрын
Your my favorite KZbinr!! Great vid
@jasonbiggs6033 жыл бұрын
This thing is awesome. Thank you for taking the time to hunt this down and do a video. You should collaborate with "The Midnight."
@pprovost4 жыл бұрын
I actually own one of these. They're great fun.
@chillermillercream4 жыл бұрын
i actually know someone who almost stopped playing guitar when he inherited an accordion
@iliketowatch.3 жыл бұрын
(1:02) I would never be so presumptuous as to correct the Samurai Guitarist's pronunciation, but I always thought the name of this company was "Yah-mah-hah" not "Yeah-mah-mah." kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYCknoB9l5ubq7M
@Chris-mc2dt4 жыл бұрын
The font you use to show instruments makes “organ” look like “dagan”
@lukeabrahamsen-collins8084 жыл бұрын
Honestly that's what I thought it was and I just kinda went with it
@216trixie4 жыл бұрын
I love a dagan in the mix.
@ShayerSUtsho4 жыл бұрын
Dagabo na
@maltron14724 жыл бұрын
Ben Tennyson, you’ve defeated my physical form (Vilgax). Now I shall destroy you with my omniscient power
@aries32114 жыл бұрын
This is a technical guitarists dream come true, I wanna see what people like Steve Vai, John 5 or Buckethead could do to one of these things
@Dottor_J4 жыл бұрын
8:24 loved it
@samdavis55384 жыл бұрын
I’ve been watching him for 2 years and literally just realized I was never subscribed the whole time.
@crussteasock40473 жыл бұрын
Guess being subscribed doesnt make a difference
@iancrone29063 жыл бұрын
The song at the end was absolutely amazing, damn.
@fudgesauce4 жыл бұрын
When Sammy G pronounces "Yamaha", his Japanese identity yields to his Canadian identity and it comes out "yam-a-ha".
@samuraiguitarist4 жыл бұрын
My Japanese is leaves something to be desired. Despite a few phrases and world's my grandparents used I don't know any
@lucasduque82894 жыл бұрын
Yam-a-eh
@DjangoRaisuli4 жыл бұрын
4:33 Straight up Transport Tycoon!
@michealpersicko95314 жыл бұрын
the TX18Z is a rack version(no keys just a tone generator) of the DX11 synthesizer from Yamaha(the breath controller might have given some people the hint it was a DX synth) and the g10 essentially just adds back the keys to the dx11. It's good if you can't play a piano but in reality it's an over complicated and more expensive version of one of Yamaha's budget models of DX synthesizers.
@benebluesman4 жыл бұрын
Coming from an area where Celtic and pub songs are popular I can see the use of that accordion sound, lol. Nice score.
@peter10524 жыл бұрын
I love that demo at the beginning!!
@rafaelpieri27714 жыл бұрын
Please make a full song with this. You make it sound awesome!
@ZekSanchez4 жыл бұрын
That's amazing and congrats on just getting 700k subs!
@brianspenst13744 жыл бұрын
You created the opening theme song from late 80s sitcoms. All on one guitar. Good job.
@caleblofquist60664 жыл бұрын
it looks like a vacuum from Star Trek
@brisleeadams4 жыл бұрын
I bought myself a second hand Yamaha EZ-AG this summer, cheaper and a bit more easy to plug to say your iphone or computer. Just takes a 16 € Thomann MIDI to USB unit for a PC, plus a 7 € USB to lightning cable to plug it into your iPhone and have hours of fun on Garageband synths and drum kits. Plus the onboard piano sound is acceptable if you use the 1/4" jack output. You just have to be patient with all those bum notes...
@robertloerwald34 жыл бұрын
I’m gonna get this so I can cover Gene Belcher tunes
@crussteasock40473 жыл бұрын
Im sorry u have poor taste
@robertloerwald33 жыл бұрын
@@crussteasock4047 What’s up your butt?
@emirhandemirkale86274 жыл бұрын
You know a content creator cares about what he puts out for his audiance when he spends a year and 1000 dollars to make a single video
@guru79682 жыл бұрын
Had a similar idea i would like to give yamaha. Make a guitar with touch-sensors inside the frets. So that you can play chords on one string with 4 fingers on the 4 frets of a String. That way some ot the chord fingerings used on piano would also be accessible by guitar players. The sensors should use the same technology used by touchscreens, they should sense the touch of a fret by electric currents, so you dont have to press hard. They could also make this a way to play guitar easier if you dont have enough strenght in your fingers or athrosis or smth. because touching the frets would be enough to trigger the digital sounds, and by making it adjustable through software we could make the guitar ignore things like fret buzz.
@khentjim87093 жыл бұрын
8:20 is so relaxing like in digital guitar
@geoffbannister83734 жыл бұрын
Man that tune at the end is a certified banger, it actually hit me in the feels somehow.
@rlckyrlcardo4 жыл бұрын
man i love this series. keep it up ninja mandolinist
@streamylc2 жыл бұрын
That was actually incredible.... if I could describe it?.... if the 80's beat the 90's in a thunderdome-esque version of "2 musical eras enter, 1 musical era leaves"... (and the 80's won) I.e.- what the late 80's would sound like if the 90's (as we know them) never existed
@phalcon234 жыл бұрын
5:10 You just took me back to Sim City 2000
@eduardssvikis4 жыл бұрын
Sammy.. maybe this isnt the weirdest guitar but it blew me away. You should so a video on the Line6 Variax
@junkhead_924 жыл бұрын
Congrats on the 700.000 subs
@youarenotaghost37024 жыл бұрын
The sparkle in your eye when you recount Derek playing Wonderwall at the Christmas party...
@onusgumboot55653 жыл бұрын
Cool. When I finally get tried of kick ass guitar tones, and want to sound like a Casio keyboard from the '80's I know what to get.
@Alex_Lake_Shire4 жыл бұрын
The song you perform towards the end sounds like the type of song you’d hear during the finale of a show
@AidanXavier14 жыл бұрын
This is actually really cool. Seems like a great replacement for a keyboard midi controller
@oskarileikos4 жыл бұрын
You can get midi pickups for real guitars, and the end result is basically the same
@AidanXavier14 жыл бұрын
@@oskarileikos I didn't know that, sounds useful
@BrunodeSouzaLino4 жыл бұрын
YouRock Guitar. Doesn't do the breath controller part and costs a fraction of the price. Or Fishman's Triple Play, which is like the Roland GK pickup, but USB instead of requiring a separate module.
@myribsbroke4 жыл бұрын
Next time you get invited to do a shred collab video, please use this, SG.
@adityaaradhye72213 жыл бұрын
The effort that he has taken is what is so appreciable 🔥💯💯💯💯🔥🙌🙌
@Mireaze4 жыл бұрын
When are you going to cover the Casio EG-5? Part tape deck, part guitar, all awesome.
@BrettyB884 жыл бұрын
Funnily enough, I actually wanted to play accordion instead of guitar around the time when I first started hahaha. My Grapa very kindly bought me a guitar and started lessons for me at a very small local instrument shop, which was absolutely littered with accordions. Gus, the store owner, was always playing/repairing accordions when I walked in and he would talk to us about his favorite musicians. He got me really into Frankie Yankovic and other polka/folk artists, as I'd write down every artist he mentioned and rent out their CDs from the local library. I think it was all I listened to or played guitar along with. As a result, for the first year or two into my lessons, I secretly wanted to play the accordion instead of guitar but never had the heart to tell my Grapa hahaha. Part of me has been meaning to pick it up someday.
@jimstiles262874 жыл бұрын
An ensemble of MIDI guitars would be handy when serving as the orchestra for a show or as a group of worship musicians for a church service.
@Violetlivengood4 жыл бұрын
You should make a video comparing midi guitar controllers over the years I'd love to see how the jammy compares to these older synths!
@tambaker51674 жыл бұрын
8:24 That end song
@gonzopram7254 жыл бұрын
The veins popping out of your head when you play with the mouthpiece is hilarious 😂
@Bad.At.Guitar4 жыл бұрын
"That would be a helicopter" had me bust out laughing, holy shit Sammy G
@nickn13163 жыл бұрын
Loved your demo at the end 💕
@MilesMcNallyLuthierie4 жыл бұрын
Thanks to you and this series I have been doing my own weird in interesting gear series. Thank you good sir.🙏
@ZiddersRooFurry4 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure Jan Hammer used one of these to record music for Miami Vice. That outro theme sounds very MV.
@qnastee4 жыл бұрын
that trumpet bit you did really reminded me of the original Blade Runner soundtrack
@Moth_On_Fire4 жыл бұрын
Every f*cking time a new Samurai video comes up I stop whatever I am watching to watch your videos
@McMagnumG4 жыл бұрын
that last song sounds like it could be a pokemon town theme. love it
@Tom_SDM4 жыл бұрын
This is just making me want to get a Fishman Tripleplay now! Basically the same thing except maybe $400 xD Very cool though, those sounds were pretty impressive even from over 30-year-old gear!
@eliasmsv31564 жыл бұрын
I like to imagine thunderstruck being played in with some of these effects
@TheStarchamber4 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see you try a Fishman Tripleplay. I love the idea of turning a real guitar into a midi instrument.
@22.NUU.DRU.224 жыл бұрын
5:29 Holy shit, either I just realized he shaves off the very ends of his eyebrows to actually look like a samurai...or they may actually grow like that, but Im sceptical🤔
@DashingPunkSamurai3 жыл бұрын
He rocks the hair as well with a top knot and the further back forehead
@JC-111114 жыл бұрын
That Yamaha is pretty sweet! Speaking of accordions. 😄 The Schaller strap locks I bought are listed on Amazon as being for an *accordion* 🤣 They were $19 USD so I can't really complain 🤷♂️😁
@burado19744 жыл бұрын
That lead was so heavy! Sounds like Mike Oldfield’s dodgy 90s era.
@jimmyoconnor45664 жыл бұрын
Great stuff Sammy G !
@incursus14014 жыл бұрын
The synth song at the end was great man
@TreySlayPlay23 Жыл бұрын
The base of it looks like a early 90s handheld portable vacuum
@alexorelmusic4 жыл бұрын
Why are you inflicting that to yourself 😂😂 I had great fun watching tho thank you ⚔️
@EddieVanAidan4 жыл бұрын
I look forward to your future roadside museum of weird guitars that will cost a dollar entry for passers by
@charlotteice57044 жыл бұрын
there's actually an audio to midi converter that you plug your guitar into and it gets you midi signals.
@MillRunner4 жыл бұрын
I recommend checking out the Rock Band 3 pro guitar. It has over 100 buttons, midi out, and is weird.
@TheFeelButton4 жыл бұрын
The dustbuster of electric guitar! Good stuff Samurai!!
@Bacopa684 жыл бұрын
It really will allow you to control the world if you fully unlock its potential. Please have mercy on me Sammy G if you get there.
@apiasylumforthepolitically73104 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure I've seen an alien play one of these things in bar
@whyhellothere36014 жыл бұрын
this guitar is actually so cool ?? also congrats on 700k!
@IanHolwood4 жыл бұрын
Sweet name drop on Derek from last years Xmas party!
@derekbender4 жыл бұрын
Wild stuff!
@samuraiguitarist4 жыл бұрын
I agree.
@theneonllama4163 жыл бұрын
@@samuraiguitarist so do I.
@angelacevedomoncada47694 жыл бұрын
Ik it's not a synthaxe but as a huge Holdsworth fan this still makes me happy
@Aeduo4 жыл бұрын
That T81Z sounds a lot like an MT-32. Like those cheezy DOS point and click adventure kind of games. Maybe try playing the monkey island theme on it. :D
@HarmonyProcyonLotor4 жыл бұрын
I’m not a guitarist who wishes I’d picked up accordion instead but I’m a guitarist who’s always wanted to play the accordion!
@tennysonjames29694 жыл бұрын
congrats on 700k samurai!!!
@BrunodeSouzaLino4 жыл бұрын
These guitars are probably meant to compete with the SynthAxe, which was very expensive back in the day and still runs circles around most modern midi guitars.
@weriinspiring19752 жыл бұрын
About this accordion thing You said... my father, after playing some songs from X century on my electric guitar, told me that every fool can play on that thing, and the accordion should be my instrument of choice. I responded with smth like ahhh shut up, every gypsy can play on accordion
@BeatsAndGuitars4 жыл бұрын
If you really want a great midi guitar system get the Fishman Triple Play it tracks chords and single notes flawlessly! More guitarist should know about it.