The Perfect Guitar Gifts (for every budget)

[@samuraiguitarist]

I just read an article that says the guitar belonged to SRV!

[@Slikx666]

Good to see that the scammer in the comments has been removed. 😀👍

[@spoon-plays]

i just saw something you could put in your weird guitar vids kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmPOe4CGm6uCjpo 360 degree spinning guitar lol

[@revtheory]

Don't EVER buy anything from this guy, shady and unscrupulous, I liked a shirt he was wearing in one of his videos, purchased it a few weeks ago, made a mistake a ordered a women's size, and they after immediately writing to rectify, and pleading to make the change to a large mens, they said there is nothing they can do, wouldn't change it, couldn't, impossible. they sent me a woman's size shirt that will never fit me for $60, insane. Beware, not good business, shady and unscrupulous.

[@CAHeaf]

I like how the budgets go from reasonable to overkill fairly slowly and then overkill to impossible so fast haha

[@matthewmay1494]

I bought a Spider Capo while blacked out drunk. When it arrived, I had to google what it actually did as I had no recollection buying it. I'm proud to say I've used it once in the studio. Worth it!

[@superscatman4236]

A recommendation that I have for that 1-5$ range is those rubber pick holders that fit between the strings on the headstock. Very functional and you can pick up a pack of 10 for like 10$.

[@dennisneo1608]

Yeah, but they make your picks taste like rubber.

[@jompahyeah7635]

​@@dennisneo1608You are not supposed to eat the picks

[@nuthinbutlove]

​@@dennisneo1608I get it 😂

[@KitchenFaucet_]

⁠@@jompahyeah7635”fun to play with, not to eat” lmao

[@mustacheman4476]

@@jompahyeah7635NICE TRY FED!!!!!

[@dw7704]

No matter your budget, a guitar store giftcard is always a cool gift

[@Speedshadow6991]

I agree with that completely. But if someone bought me a bulk of my favorite strings, that would be great too

[@bufferkiller]

The fingertip covers are marketed to everyone, but they’re like most products people find useless. They’re for disabled people. I stopped hating on them when visiting my grandfather a few years back and learning he’d quit playing guitar. He’s 89 now, and as his health and diabetes worsens, his skin has become sensitive in ways calluses can’t help. It’s any pressure that hurts under the skin, not the skin itself. It’s the swelling. I gave him a set of those, and he plays every now and then because of them. They don’t protect enough to stop the pain completely, but they do lessen it enough for him to handle every now and then. Started learning how a lot of the stupid inventions we mock in memes are for disabled people like that. It’s just hard to produce something solely for disabled people at an affordable price, so it’s marketed to the general public.

[@pemo2676]

this is SUCH a good comment. this is an issue for a million different products, and i see complaints of "convenience devices" all the time about "who would use those??". Systematic ableism is such a huge problem. Keep spreading awareness like you're doing!

[@bufferkiller]

@@pemo2676 Thank you! It feels like my words fall on deaf ears more often than not, so it's nice to run into others spreading the word too.

[@quintenbrasher7104]

I’ll defend the finger guards a little. I was working in my woodshed and clipped the tip of my left index finger with a saw. Nothing was cut off, but there was a sizable bit of skin missing. After getting it glued back together, I realized that my callus was basically gone, and my finger was incredibly tender. I used the finger guards to help cushion the pain until I could get back to playing normal.

[@Mognam]

having 7+ stringed instruments, i always ask for strings. can never go wrong with strings (as long as they're the right gauge).

[@kevinwhite6176]

Everyone who plays a compatible instrument should have an e-bow. Even if you never use it on a song, just play with it for an afternoon. Follow the tutorials from the Heet Sound people on how to use it for best effect; most people just use it to make howling wailing mournful sustainy sounds but you can use it to create shrieking high-pitched feedback as well as some pretty interesting arpeggio-bowing effects that no one ever seems to use it for on recordings.

[@jangrabk]

I used an eBow for years - great tool and very versatile. But I must confess I've retired it now because I bought a guitar with a Fernandez sustainer pickup in it, which allows me to use both hands for playing - holding the eBow can be slightly restricting at times...

[@RobotronSage]

Yeah but you can also do that with tremelo and hitting the fret or pinch harmonics etc

[@RobotronSage]

@@jangrabkHonestly an e-bow is such a goofy ''post millenium'' super futuristic way to ''play'' guitar like imagine you time travel here from say ancient greece and there's people playing guitars with fecking digital hover irons or something Like can I attach my virtual reality headset to it too? lol

[@supermario2100]

That Strymon Deco really shines in stereo, you get a really great double-track effect with a ton of width and dimension from the right side.

[@randydean23]

I read Zen Guitar years back. I loved the Neil Young bit about *(and I'm paraphrasinghere)* [I like to play with musicians who don't get uptight about being the best and just play as best they can] or something to that effect.

[@geoff5623]

Cable ties are something I bought a pack of, thinking I only need a few and would never run out, but I've found so many places to use them over a couple years that I need to buy more 😅.

[@jackyspearow]

For anyone looking for a gift for a guitarist-I also recommend asking them. This list has a lot of good hits for general guitarist stuff, but especially for the guitars themselves, certain genres like metal wouldn't often use some of the things in this video. Your friend may also already own some of these gifts, or an alternative (e.g. a sustainer pickup instead of an E-bow.)

[@southboundguitar]

That Rickenbacker was owned and played by Stevie Ray Vaughn I just watched it sell at an auction on Friday.

[@robbaskerville253]

I'm getting myself some of those chord box stamps for Christmas. That's so useful.

[@johnpearson5000]

I got Zen Guitar at a garage sale a little over a year ago, but never finished it. You're definitely making me want to get back to it. Thanks for this list Sammy G!

[@jtbesquire]

Im pretty sure Variax guitars are still made by Line 6, and they are supposed to be quite nice, especially when paired with a Helix or POD modeler. If I didn't already have 20 different guitars, it would be pretty cool to get a Variax, which can be made to sound like multiple different types of guitar through my modeler.

[@FakyMcFake]

Just what I wanted to say, Line6 still makes Variax models, though they had much more variety ~10 years ago. As a mediocre guitarist I got myself a Line6 Variax Shuriken together with a Helix LT and am really happy with them. Not only can you modify the sound, but also tune each string individually up to an octave up or down and save that as a preset. When I jam out to a metal playlist I never have to physically retune or switch my guitar depending on the tuning, I just push a button and go. Some purists may frown upon something like that and the price may be a bit steep, but I wouldn't wanna miss it anymore!

[@jangrabk]

Yeah, I was also gonna mention that - the guitar he showed was one of the original Variax guitars - I had one of the 700 series in blue with a beautiful top to the body, and it transformed gigging in clubs - I only needed one guitar instead of several. But then they brought out the James Tyler Variax range - and this is what's still produced. I have the JTV-59 model which has a lovely cherry sunburst top on it - the James Tyler Variax range includes conventional pickups as well as the piezo in the bridge. The original Variax didn't have any conventional pickups, so if your batteries died, you couldn't continue playing. The JTV-59 has a battery with a 12 hour gigging life and also includes a lower level indicator. The flexibility of these guitars is stupendous - you even have acoustics available. We used to cover "Wanted Dead or Alive" by Bon Jovi - I started with a 12-string acoustic in Drop D tuning, and then switched over to a Strat with normal tuning for the rock part near the end - no need to swap guitars. It's also brilliant for recording because you never get any interference. I paired it up with my Line 6 POD HD500 (yeah, I know the Helix is awesome) and my Line 6 wireless setup and was able to play any type of song - wouldn't be without it (although I do have another 15 different types of guitars as well...) - so NO - it's not old technology, far from it!

[@sumlem]

Thanks for this! My boyfriend used to play guitar and often talks about wanting to pick it up against so I got him the Zen Guitar book to encourage him back into his hobby.

[@adamabram3563]

Smooth transition into the online course ad.Haha

[@dansorber1223]

I reread Zen Guitar once a year. Definitely recommend. Glad to see it made it to your list

[@kittenswithketchup]

The Line 6 Variax is definitely still available, especially the Shuriken signature model of Stevic MacKay of Twelve Foot Ninja. He and Rohan both use them with a pedal board that allows them to switch tuning and models with just the tap of a foot. They've done a lot for driving up the sales of these incredible guitars. And, to answer your question, yes, they were and still are great guitars as they're made by Yamaha.

[@Durmomo0]

I hope if they ever discontinue the JTV 59 they put the guts into a Revstar in the future. Those are cool guitars.

[@riccampbell]

Sorry to say it's been announced officially that the Variax line has been discontinued. KZbin doesn't let me put external links in - but the info is available both on L6's own forum and TGP. I hope they continue supplying parts and such, I have a JTV69 and a Std.

[@FakyMcFake]

Leo Moracchioli from Frog Leap uses a Shuriken in his live setup too and it definately comes in handy when quickly switching between different cover songs. Really sad to hear Line6 discontinued the Variax line.

[@kittenswithketchup]

@@riccampbell Well that's sad to hear. I want a Shuriken so bad haha

[@jonesisdying]

I still regularly consult my hardback copy of Zen Guitar. Had it for years. It's indispensable!

[@mateusbez2669]

I’ve bought myself a Chinese E-Bow and use it live in a single song. But it is very cool.

[@hazelisaacs2201]

The “under a dollar” finger covers are useful for protecting a finger if you have a papercut / blister

[@mrseaweed88]

Something you could have for the £10 price range is a guitar slide, a lot of guitarists already have them but their really fun for beginners.

[@mhoop1]

I have an early 90's Gibson ES 135 if you're interested. Cherry with white binding, 2 p100's

[@mitoplancha]

The only use i see for the fingertip protectors is that if you cut your finger, put a band-aid and want to play guitar, you can use it to play while your cut heals

[@scottbrower9052]

Nah....that's what duct tape is for 😂

[@ehfoiwehfowjedioheoih4829]

You should do an acoustic guitar buying guide by price! I love the channel so much, thanks for getting me into guitar

[@Septemfluous]

Variax guitars are still available and they do sound pretty good.

[@angrypantsman6034]

Uhhhh the Variax Guitars are still very much available, Yamaha make them, Stevic from Twelve Foot Ninja even got a signature version a couple years back :D

[@DavidFell]

Variax guitars are still a thing! They’ve gained more features and magnetic pickups as an alternative to the piezo saddles used by the modeler, but they’re pretty cool. I have an old one like the one you showed, plus a newer one. Along with a Variax Acoustic and a Variax Bass: those two are long out of production but very useful.

[@V3xxe]

I was coming to say this! The Shuriken Variax is my main guitar nowadays!

[@DavidFell]

@@V3xxe I play mine regularly in public as well. It's a pretty amazing guitar. @samuraiguitarist ought to check out one of the modern ones. We can change tunings and tones at the turn of a dial! And it sounds good!

[@man4437]

The older I get, the more I want to get strings for Christmas. Not that I need that many, but they're like socks: you can never have too many pairs. Honestly I want somr socks, too.

[@Ryukwillcome]

Those locks were abolute fire on the lofi beats

[@Ryukwillcome]

Nah U deserve it

[@Ryukwillcome]

@user-samuraiguitarist1-TeIegra do U wanna maybe do a Collab somtime

[@BrigitteLaskowski]

Around the $450 to $700 depending if you live in the USA or Canada, you can gift a Epiphone Les Paul Muse or SG Muse guitar. From $120 to $400 US to CDN you can buy a Positive Grid Spark Go, Spark Mini or Spark 40 Amp or a Spark CAB. I have the Epi SG Muse, the Spark 40 & the Spark CAB and I gifted my daughter the Spark Go as she's not at the stage where she's playing guitar or bass in public yet. You should get a Spark amp and the CAB and do a review. I love that I can get any sound I want without buying tons of peddles.

[@Durmomo0]

(Looks like I am wrong, most of them have been recently discontinued) They still make Variaxes to this day even. They did upgrade the modeling and the guitars about 10 years ago. There used to be niche community making 'transplant' bodies for them before they upgraded them. I still have mine but I never play that one. I have done SO many gigs with those things.

[@raven4442]

The guitarists in Twelve Foot Ninja use Line 6 Variax's, their own custom model "The Shuriken" is what they use, they're incredible guitars, one of the guitarists does a demonstration of how it works live, there's videos of it on youtube.

[@hafeesh]

1:00 Those Dunlop prime tone picks are not under $5, at least, not what they're sold here for haha.

[@catmakesmusic182]

i want a '74 strat

[@younkinjames8571]

I have one

[@catmakesmusic182]

@@younkinjames8571 well, good for you m8 enjoy it cheers!

[@CedricsSpecialLP]

5:38 You are double wrong. a) The Variax guitars do still exist. b) They are great guitars that are even used by some guitarists on tour like Steve Howe of Yes and John McFee of the Doobie Brothers. Both those players practically swear by the technology of the Line 6 Variax. There are even ones made in collaboration with James Tyler.

[@jangrabk]

Here here - I've just answered someone else who mentioned this - I have my James Tyler Variax JTV-59 which is a brilliant guitar, and has served me superbly well for about 15 years now - they are great to record with. Steve Howe was the first Line 6 Variax endorsee - I actually bought a blue 700 series like his, but part-exed it to get the JTV-59 which is very much more versatile - there's a separate knob to alter the guitar tunings - you can even set it to baritone! Amazing technology - and the facility to be able to customise the patches using free software is superb!

[@donaldjenkins3081]

I like that strymon pedal, but have you ever tried the ehx analogizer?

[@TxBassMan31]

I fall into another category. I don't receive gifts and I can't afford to buy anything for myself. Been that way for decades. I don't see it changing. I'll save up for strings as usual... glad I can at least do that now and then. lol

[@SpartanLaserCanon]

I love the Zen guitar book. I didn't need to read much of it though as I am pretty Zen already about playing guitar. That book isn't good for if you want to learn theory, but it's a good book if you already know some theory and want to be more Zen about playing guitar.

[@JCBassCovers]

We used those finger protectors at one of the office jobs I worked to make it easier to sort through papers for the exact reason they would make playing guitar miserable LOL.

[@xserienchiller86]

once I found a capo on the street and kept it.. I never use it but its my favourite equipment because I don't spent money on it. Everything a guitarist buys is one meal less per month, so please give your local bedroom guitarist as much gifts as possible ^^

[@muntificator]

Sammy G! Twelve Foot Ninja might change your mind about that Helix system. Their guitarist Steve Mackay uses it to change tunings mid-song, so that they can swap styles from Funk, to Latin, to Djent, to whatever :)

[@mikemadej]

re Variax guitar....well and alive with boutique and luthier versions and of course, the Yamaha Standard Variax as they now own Line 6, the inventors of Variax. The one you looked at was older 16bit now they are 24bit to go with HD stomp boxes.

[@kb39295]

This video dropped 5 minutes after I just bought myself a new guitar for Christmas

[@jeffthevideoguy23]

I tried a Variax. The sounds were about 90 to 95% of the actual instrument, but it all sounded off a bit.

[@ConnorHammond]

Those fingertip protectors would have served me well, in my teens. I used to get terrible dermatitis, and steel strings would get painful to play, sometimes cutting my fingers open, covering my guitar in blood. Bandages were annoying, these would have been great.

[@richiedagger733]

I love it whenever ol sammy g mentions his dream guitar is my guitar. ..... mines not vintage tho...

[@MarcCoteMusic]

A neoprene strap from Levy's. If the guitarist in your life is on the older side, like me, this will change their life. I went from having significant shoulder and neck pain at long gigs to barely noticing I was wearing a guitar. Seriously.

[@Mr.Goldbar]

The idea I like the most is to just get money or gift cards to guitar stores, and then I can get what I want :)

[@wonton4658]

I like to believe this video is just his own personal wishlist and he’s secretly asking people to buy him this stuff

[@g.blacksheep525]

What’s the cheapest yet best guitar for someone brand new who’s a fan of Nirvana The Misfits and Type O Negative? I’ve been wanting to buy one, but I’m really not sure where to begin!

[@RamdanRandom]

squier guitar are pretty good

[@gsbguitarsgsb679]

Zen guitar has been in my musical book library for a good ten years or so. It’s one I have actually read cover to cover. lol…

[@RikinR0ll]

I just bought a 2nd hand Jubilee combo! They are way cheaper in the UK than they are overseas. It really is amazing, you shouldn't have sold yours!

[@markholt629]

Absolutely love that book. Definite win on gift list

[@THEQUIETKID6666]

0:03 I can see why he doesn’t smile😓 He belongs in an analog horror video💀

[@stanncat4344]

How do the fingertip protector things work on the right hand for finger picking? As a classical guitarist primarily sometimes wanting to play steel strings I've been curious to try these to protect my nails or to get the sound of no nails playing in general in the right hand. I may just by them sometime to try out like that and do my own video, but thought I would throw the idea out there. I have adjusted my steel string and electric playing to not be as harsh and good nail care and technique does alot but still I end up playing quieter much of the time to protect them on steel strung instruments. And nail polish only does so much and finger picks are just limiting.

[@bajorekjon]

You can't go wrong with a cool strap. They're cheap and basically every player uses them.

[@maninthebox01]

For someone like me that suffers from severe nerve pain and fibromyalgia, the finger tip covers may be a great gift, I have been playing guitar for over 25 years and in the last 2-3 years my medical conditions have really put a damper on my abilities to play for any amount of time.

[@Ben-zm2gm]

Scott from Scott's Bass Lessons uses a glove for similar reasons, try looking into that maybe!

[@maninthebox01]

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll look into that.

[@rockerbuck967]

I had a Line 6 Variax at one time - note I said "at one time..." Total junk. It needed a special cable to access the good stuff - if good means sounding like ass. It made firewood, though. It was the only guitar I owned that my guitar tech did a complete setup for and told me to NEVER bring back again.

[@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606]

The finger covers are for that authentic Tony Iommi experience lmao

[@seadawg93]

How do we get a question to you? I’d REALLY love to hear any thoughts you have on resonators, in general and especially compared to standard acoustic, for blues and for other styles. … 😊 🙏

[@Birkguitars]

This may be a little UK specific but I just bought my brother a couple of Landlord pedals for Christmas. Two pedals a power supply and a patch cable for £65. And there are other options as well. Are they are good? Does it matter? If you are just starting out with pedals who cares. But I wouldn't buy the cable ties I can get a 10 metre (33 feet) roll of velcro for under £20 and I can cut dozens of loops to the size I need. And in the $5000 dollar range - wait until January and bid for one of Mark Knopfler's guitars. I mean how cool would that be? A guitar actually owned by the Sultan of Swing himself!!

[@RaccoonHenry]

if you're spending between 500 to 1k and above, you're buying these things for yourself, you already know what you want, and you are only watching this for validation :) enjoy your gifts!!

[@MreenalMams]

I read half of the Zen Guitar book at a hotel lobby.. definitely the greatest guitar book ever.. still waiting for someone to gift me that..

[@kohai-kun9261]

5:00 LOW FI PEDAL BOTTOM TEXT

[@TheAdjacents-ABQ]

Zen Guitar was a GREAT read.

[@MuscleCarLover]

2 seconds in and already I'm smiling because '64 Strats are one of my favourite years of Strat. Also, there is no way I'm buying that Rickenbacker without knowing the history

[@southboundguitar]

It's there. You just have to find it. It was owned and played by Stevie Ray Vaughan. I just watched it sell at an online auction house in Dallas on Friday.

[@godsfavoriteboyband]

My first guitar was a second hand Monterey Sunburst Strat

[@SteveBiegun]

For $1 million, the best choice would be 2x personal John Mayer concerts

[@sydneyheathen3629]

It's so ridiculous when ppl comment about the way u look. Lol. Cuz your channel is all about fashion. I frickin love your content bro. I've been playing guitar for 15 years and it's always awesome to learn more about it. Keep it up. 🤟✌️oh...I have a misa that was given to me and had the same problem with it. Horrible.

[@paulsmart5199]

Can I suggest treepicks wooden picks made in Calgary also g7th capos

[@harry9392]

The finger tip thingymabobs are OK as finger pics

[@jarrodhroberson]

Fretboard Logic really broke the code for me pre-KZbin and explained the "why" of the fretboard and tuning for me.

[@Simbosan]

Wow, a set of guitar strings for 5 bucks? What paradise do you live in?

[@lawsonpuffer5110]

I have a Line 6 Variax JTV-59 that is my work horse. The modeling is pretty impressive. I would love to see you do a review on it. I think the JTV line are on the higher end from the one you showed from Line 6. I use mine with a Helix, so without one it might be a little different experience. Love your vids.

[@BillCoz]

Altoids tin guitar amp, what ever happened to the Marlboro cigarette pack amps i used to see at guitar center?

[@ff_crafter]

You can definitely find decent unbranded pick for under a dollar and that's a better gift than that finger cover

[@samuraiguitarist]

Get my theory courses 50% off with promo code "XMAS23" or follow this link samuraiguitartheory.com/p/the-rudiments-beyond-the-basics-and-pentatonic-mastery-bundle?coupon_code=XMAS23&product_id=5199121

[@artistlovepeace]

Eye can't be Jimi Hendrix or the Beatles or Prince but I can dream. Thank you for dreaming with me.

[@Trevkage]

Are we gonna get another Samurai Santa at the guitar store video this year? Loved that vid

[@jonwanrocks]

sammy. WHERE are we finding strings for under 5$??

[@MrJayscinema]

If you can get a set of daddario strings for $5 or less I’m in!

[@lennonnicolas5994]

Great stuff!

[@JimboLodisC]

speaking of weird guitars, did you ever feature the Roland G-707 synth guitar on your channel?? I'm wanting to know why that weird arm was added to it

[@thejonesyman069]

Is that micks guitar from tps?

[@BrandonPoirierBlair]

''Every guitar should read this'' -Samy G.

[@hikupmusicofficial]

i can get cable ties on wish for under 5 and are good quitly ,my fiance got me a couple of altoids amps love them

[@polygraphovich]

Any recommendations on a solid music stand? Doesn’t have to be like Al DiMiola quality (you ever see his?), but sturdy & able to write on the score/charts.

[@seanbaines]

Nice mix of good info and belly laughs

[@ver-loren9224]

9:20 or you could get any used car you could dream of, many guitars at once, or maybe even a small town square

[@ronpatterson6420]

😅 the finger tip protector might be handy if a person loses their two middle finger tips in a machine press like Tony iommi did, but then he was a machinist and made his own

[@victormarinelli5660]

At $120.00, The Fender Mustang Micro is a pretty sweet little gadget.

[@josegomez385]

Test out the black mountain thumb pick

[@TheKlaun9]

Buying a guitar player a book about theory is so offensive, I love it. I wonder if they make a book about keeping time to surprise our drummer

[@alanwilson1724]

I'd love an ES295.

[@terrydionne1541]

Knowing these prices are probably in canadian funds, I would have thrown a Gibson Les Paul R9 or '68 custom around that 10k range.. I paid for mine and it hurts!!

[@Slikx666]

I'd just be happy with someone setting up my 6 string basses for me. And the 5 string and the 4s. 😆

[@bouncyball05]

For Christmas I'm buying my self a strymon time line

[@Emperor_x8]

Would replace the one dollar thing with something that might actually get used is a cheap cool looking sticker