Testing Out Gimmicky Guitar Gadgets #3

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Guitarist/Songwriter/Samurai Born in the Manitoba prefecture of Canada, samuraiguitarist, honed his discipline under the study of the country's most powerful musical sensei. Bred on rock, raised on the blues, trained in jazz, samuraiguitarist creates incredibly innovative videos that showcase his talents on the guitar.

[@TiagoLageira]

Guitarist: loses pick Giant Pick: *loses guitarist*

[@tyleraho2485]

Pixar would like to discuss a new movie idea with you. Pleas call them.

[@mal2ksc]

In Soviet Russia, balalaika pick YOU!

[@Sergio-fu7mv]

Mal-2 KSC you mean MODERN Russia? 😂

[@bobolore]

@@Sergio-fu7mv Don't you mean MOTHER Russia?

[@Creatic58]

Bassists loses fingers

[@TheDevinShamel]

The good thing about that giant pick is that at least when you drop it, it won't disappear and end up in another dimension.

[@bigboichris5743]

Wanna bet? A picks a pick

[@pdaddy_]

Anyway, it shouldn't fit in most soundholes.

[@graaau4582]

Pick: you've underestimated my power !

[@randompheidoleminor3011]

@@pdaddy_ *pick somehow lodges itself into octave bass f-hole*

[@pdaddy_]

@@randompheidoleminor3011 It appears the laws of pick physics are more mysterious than I imagined. Maybe this can be explained with quantum physics - or better yet, string theory.

[@madmonty4761]

Guitarist: Flips giant pick out to crowd during concert Girl in front row: decapitated

[@willfowler8540]

Big funny Did laugh

[@blindlarva9439]

Everyone else: child This man: PuNy LiTtLe WeAkLiNg

[@smorrow]

Ding ding ding, here comes the shitmobile!

[@marcmurray8847]

So when are you releasing a song using every single one of these gadgets?

[@gargus6287]

pls no y

[@colorblind_btw4426]

Facts

[@drewharrito5705]

Pretty intesting endeavor

[@stephpicher]

Here’s a hypothetical “Samurai’s law”: the more useless the gadget, the funnier the review.

[@boseifrit5480]

@@SusanPDavis what are you going on about now?

[@conorisak2934]

Petition to get him to record a whole album with the huge pick

[@rogonz910]

Conor Isak .... and play a live gig with it too

[@evyalley]

I second this

[@RJTheBikeGuy]

I literally LOL'd! Don't buy it for yourself. Don't buy it for your kids. Don't buy it as a gift. Amazon link in the description.

[@fabiomora6491]

I felt like he was using some mental tricks on me

[@sugumariarchunan1583]

@@fabiomora6491 reverse psychology.

[@KindaOkayArtist]

I never want to see the word *”LOL’d”* again

[@carrito1981]

@@KindaOkayArtist how bout LMAO'd

[@saltydog9185]

“Puny little weakling” lmao 😄

[@sebastiangonzales46]

😂😂😂

[@underwoodvoice9077]

I actually shouted "NO" at the finger stretcher thingy; do NOT BUY, USE, OR ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO USE THIS. YOU MAY PERMANENTLY DAMAGE YOUR HAND.

[@reaganharder1480]

since it appears to have done nothing, I'm guessing it isn't damaging the hand. But... I can't imagine a device like that making any meaningful change to once hand-span without causing damage...

[@rickfeith6372]

I imagine some rookie getting that...and pushing it too far. So thats why I cant play that Fmin chord, its nothing to do with my skills or dexterity, its because my fingers are too close. Duh.

[@philipmateo3816]

Liszt wants to know you location

[@alexmurphy5289]

@@rickfeith6372 Guitar is like yoga for the fingers... We need to realize that we can, with practice and stretching, get to those chords eventually. My hands are above average size but my dexterity is pretty bad. We can all get there

[@luciel3893]

@@alexmurphy5289 I actually started out playing (butchering) all these songs that required very stretchy chords. For context, I have big hands but my fingers are small compared to the rest of my hand. What I've noticed is that I can now actually bend all my fingers 90 degrees in every direction. Fair to say, I can stretch a whole lot and those jazz chords mean nothing to me now. Cower in fear, John Petrucci.

[@cavemanissy1143]

This dude has the most metal strat and doesn’t even play metal. Looks cool.

[@samuraiguitarist]

I found that thing buried deep in the guitar store I used to work at. It was a killer deal too and I've grown to love it

[@cavemanissy1143]

samuraiguitarist okay well, one, I’ve seen that video and love it and two I love you and that you felt you should reply. Love you Sammy

[@drcks]

Kinda reminds me of Kirk Hammett's Ednacaster

[@Psyfonify]

metal? looks like every typical 80s dad strat, not like a metal one. imo metal looking strat would be an inca silver body with a black pickguard, pickups, knobs, and switch, with a rosewood or ebony fretboard not a maple one not that it matters anyways, i just wanted to make fun of goofy cheesy dadrock like iron maiden by insinuating that its not metal (looks exactly like a maiden guitar) but hey, you're welcome for giving you that beautiful mental image

[@cavemanissy1143]

Psyfonify this is for sure a metal strat, a, what I think is an 81, emg in the bridge and a Floyd? Also Maiden never used a guitar like this, Kirk Hammett of Metallica did tho, so yeah it’s pretty metal by metal standards.

[@patrickkelly3053]

"Just play a violin you dingus" 10 years of violin lessons later "Yeah, my dog still hates me"

[@davidmcaninch4714]

Samurai Guitarist: The guitar just isn’t meant to be bowed. Jimmy Page: Hold my pick.

[@samuraiguitarist]

Potentially unpopular opinion, it only sounded good when Jimmy did because of all the effects. Granted, It did sound good though and it was super cool

[@dukealbert7017]

Let’s face it, Jimmy is the only guitarist that will seriously get away with using a bow on guitar.

[@shreddykrueger2408]

@@samuraiguitarist he did it without a lot of effects before rah just gotta find the right vids the denmark live radio is a good example

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

@David McAninch : I'm so tired of the worn out "hold my beer" cliche, but I love your "hold my pick" version, lols.

[@davidmcaninch4714]

Aylbdr Madison gotta take care of the musicians, you know what I’m saying? Be they guitarists, drummers, vocalists, or even bassists, we provide the music for you.

[@simonebravo5026]

"The midi controller can also do the Adam Neely thing"

[@luccaburgess]

na na na na naaaaaaa nana

[@RodrigoTambara]

3:54 "shortcuts don't work at music" HOLD MY TRANPOSE BUTTON

[@danielskrivan6921]

That guitar pick is never getting stuck in an acoustic guitar.

[@samuraiguitarist]

Challenge accepted

[@michaelkiese7794]

Chord Buddy has a use for music therapy, and physical therapy. Imagine if you have had some brain trauma, or other physical trauma. Playing music helps connect pathways in your brain. Plus if you have had physical trauma to your hand, even just pressing down on a chord buddy and strumming guitar can be very helpful.

[@wiegraf9009]

Or you could just use a synthesizer...seems too poorly made to be therapeutic.

[@dima10656]

Damn, when I play guitar, I sound just like Sammy G with a huge pick. Feeling kinda proud about it, don't know why.

[@stefanhennig]

You and me, bro. Maybe we should get a really tiny pick to compensate?

[@jesuslovesyou2616]

Jesus Christ died for your sins please repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand 🚧⛽️🚈🚈🚥🚆🪝✈️

[@High_Gain_Pity_Party]

burst out laughing when he did a pickslide with that huge pick Lol

[@drunkenroundtable]

-The Midi Guitar Wing is just the product I've been looking for for 20 years. Being a paraplegic, I can't use a pedal board. I could hook this up to my Fender CyberTwin and control it with this. Thanks Sammy G!

[@drfabriciomnogueira]

xD

[@SuperGroat]

Hand stretchers always looked to me like bad injuries waiting to happen

[@Shelnovid]

Aw man, where did the song names go for those quick demos? They were pretty fun in the previous videos

[@samuraiguitarist]

Oh right I forgot about that, next time they'll be back

[@mcp6885]

@@samuraiguitarist oho so there's a next one is there?

[@nudlgunu1176]

@@mcp6885 yep

[@greatkingrat]

“Just play a violin ya dingus”.....this video is totally brilliant but even more worth it just for that.

[@jesuslovesyou2616]

Jesus Christ died for your sins please repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand 🚧⛽️🚈🚈🚥🚆🪝✈️

[@xfangirlalwayz1566]

8:58 That pick slide 😂

[@allyboyd3700]

As a music educator, the chord buddy is designed for adaptive music situations in classroom settings

[@Keiko_Kitsune]

I laughed so hard at "puny little weakling." That caught me so off guard 😂

[@sebastiangonzales46]

That made me laugh so hard Lmao 😂

[@sleepy_boiwr7089]

Same bro 😂

[@1555yodude]

I'm a bit disappointed you didn't turn your hand outline drawing into a turkey

[@jasonginsberg5377]

1555yodude that's only for patreon patrons, or so I hear...

[@michaelstuemky4783]

Well, he's Canadian. So that whole Thanksgiving holiday doesn't really bring him much reason to celebrate

[@km_studios]

@@michaelstuemky4783 Canadians have Thanksgiving, it's just in early-mid October

[@michaelstuemky4783]

@@km_studios Canadians don't have holidays, silly!

[@painfullremains2193]

@@michaelstuemky4783 ? Cause its cold?

[@alecrodriguez5037]

The big pick sounds like a 6 year old playing guitar hero

[@P1ectrum]

FACTS

[@mattiallmi5839]

9:12 this sounds like me

[@tacoqueenindustries674]

Speaking as a string player, the Piranha Bow probably needed more rosin for any better result. It would probably work better for a classical guitar due to the smooth strings or it could be paired up with the Kaki King Bridge to make it sound a lot better :)

[@SinkMan434]

“Puny little weakling like her” Jeez ok Sammy calm down

[@ChainsawChristmas]

I can see why they're on the Jazz III. The Jazz I was a tad big.

[@MolliOlli182]

That giant pick was actually useful! For pick-slides.

[@ornleifs]

Ha Ha - that guitar pick testing was such a Spinal Tap moment.

[@BarryRowlingsonBaz]

I was hoping to see the worlds biggest pick scrape.

[@charlesclark3840]

Also, Nigel taught us that guitar is not meant to be bowed with a bow; a guitar should be bowed with a violin. And make sure the violin is in tune!

[@maninthecrowd5076]

The bridge thing sounds like an exotic eastern instrument turner Edit: 154 likes, yikes, thanks guys that's my first above 100 likes, thank you, You love me you really love me( in Mask-esque voice).

[@snakey8095]

Tunir Ghosh Fun fact: that’s exactly how a Guzheng (Chinese) / Koto (Japanese) works.

[@Bacopa68]

There's a kind of horizontal harp on a box thing from China that works like that guitar mod. I don't know what it's called.

[@maninthecrowd5076]

@@snakey8095 I know, just couldn't remember the name, actually sounds quite similar to some novice Sitarist too.

[@EllisHudsonn]

Omg guys 😮 0 likes!!! Thank you so much!!!

[@jasperfk]

It’s 154 likes, don’t cream yourself

[@theothertonydutch]

Imagine the kaki king bridge with a pick up in it, as well as a pick up in the bridge of the guitar. So many tonal possibilities!

[@KiwisCovers2112]

Got so anxious watching the strings stretch from the Kaki Bridge Only to be amazed by how beautiful the sound was once you started playing

[@alexmurphy5289]

Guitar is supposed to be difficult, and I understand we all have to start somewhere (I still play open chords / cowboy chords myself...) but having a gadget to help you with the "easiest" chords isn't a good start to a musical journey IMO. Phenomenal video as usual

[@nicosotheraccount]

My dad bought me a chord buddy when I started playing guitar 8 years ago... how is it still living?!?

[@courtnrysalamone7677]

8:47 When your guitar playing is so fire that you have to fan your guitar

[@metricula]

This is such a great series; I love pushing weird sounds or finding new tools for accessibility/disability tools

[@MyGuitarhero1000]

“moonlight uh spotlight uh” 7:12

[@lukedebiase8212]

"The guitar isn't meant to bee bowed" Tell that to Jimmy Page, Mr. Sammy G

[@modularcuriosity]

For all the Sammy G fans, if you have Kaki King's 1st CD "Legs to make you longer" then there's a bonus track at the end of the song "My Insect Life" called "Nails" which uses this bridge. It starts about 5:40 into "Insect" after a long silence which sounds like the first song had ended.

[@Jopeymessmusic]

That movable bridge thing looks awesome! Playing in open tunings is great for inspiration too! Looks like I found a new gadget!

[@411exit]

"the guitar is not meant to be bowed" SIGUR ROS HAS ENTERED THE CHAT

[@magmarok8209]

Jimmy Page has entered the chat

[@FriendOfTrashPandas]

The e bow isn't touching this one

[@FriendOfTrashPandas]

Eh? Eh?

[@salkhon]

The Kaki King Bridge gives a really nice set of sounds, i'd love to try it actually!

[@noi5emaker]

5:16 Best Advice Ever! Really, if you need a particular sound, faking it never works. I love how you wrote a short piece of music tailored for each gadget. That's real musicianship and giving the toys a fair trial. You're probably the only person on earth who could make a pick of that size sound good!

[@curioussquid8279]

I've been following your videos for quite a while now, and I definitely did not expect to get slapped with the lick in one of them. Bravo.

[@joedel-grande1915]

Welcome back to Watchmojo, and today we’re talking about The Best DLC’s for guitar

[@snehashisparashar2414]

"The Guitar just isn't meant to be bowed." Jónsi: "Hold my Hopelandic beer."

[@pdaddy_]

I am definitely making myself one of those koto-guzheng-bridge thingies. What a great idea. As you mentioned, there should be some interesting overtones when used at different frets - maybe fret 7 or 9?

[@AndyFunke]

I know that this has already been mentioned, but I also really want to warn against the finger stretching thing. Seriously, the famous composer Robert Schumann literally did permanently damage his hand with a finger strengthening device destroying his chances of ever becoming a concert pianist.

[@davedelirious2180]

The first tune was an absolute BOP

[@JacobDFerguson]

10/10

[@914050]

Check out Kaki King's song Bowden Island to hear that bridge as used by the original artist. It's super cool. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJ21kJ5te7-hqdk

[@shanewalton8888]

SAmmyG: "The guitar isn't meant to be bowed" JImmy Page: "Hold my beer."

[@olafvanrijnsbergen1177]

If you can run that Midi thing to control a midi floorboard you can actually have a pedalboard right on your scratchplate. And thus. If you set it up right it's actually amazing. You can go out from the stage and shred your awesome solos while being in the middle of the circlepit. And then. If the solo is over press engage the rhythm channel right from the pit

[@jglee1236]

"The guitar just isn't meant to be bowed..." Jimmy Page stares at the screen angrily

[@dukealbert7017]

jglee1236 LITERALLY every other guitarist nods in agreement

[@dukealbert7017]

Maybe....but then again....e-bows. Typically the need for an actual bow has been negated ever since.

[@BallisticApe]

Dude keep making these sort videos as well as the weird guitar pedals and your channel will grow heaps! Keep it up man love your vids :D

[@RC32Smiths01]

Awesome list and showcase of these rather untraditional features indeed! Although I won't lie, that first gadget gave me anxiety when it was used in action....

[@jesuslovesyou2616]

Jesus Christ died for your sins please repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand 🚧⛽️🚈🚈🚥🚆🪝✈️

[@3rdalbum]

Thanks for reviewing the fretting thing. That's the kind of thing I was looking for, for my dad a while back when he had a stiff hand that didn't seem to be getting any better. It's a shame this device doesn't work well, but the good news is his hand has freed up quite a bit and he can play some chords again.

[@lol-zp1ps]

You can shred better with that giant pick than I can with a normal one. Also that pick slide made me very happy.

[@SeanCoomes]

That violin gadget hurt my teeth tbh

[@darcygibbons2891]

8:26 "Way she goes." I see you're a trailer park boys fan my fellow Canadian

[@justyoutube5670]

DECENT!!!

[@Hey-Its-Dingo]

Samurai Guitarist: "This pick is just too big to be practical for the guitar" Punk Bass Players: "Finally, a pick that won't snap by the end of a set!" (I'm a bass player)

[@crowsfancy5017]

I love this series, good detail, good prices, and some items to add to my christmas list

[@ChaosHero17]

Oh and whatever you played with the bridge thingy was really sick.

[@sarahhsmiles42]

you using the big pick 9:05 is how my brother sounds on rocksmith

[@richardhawley8041]

I never would have guessed that your Testing Out Gimmicky Guitar Gadgets series was where you test gimmicky guitar gadgets so thanks for making that clear.

[@nine9whitepony526]

That chord button device is good for that young fella out there who wants to get his pole buffed but doesn't want to go through all the effort of actually learning the guitar

[@professorchaos9171]

I need one those chord buddys but it has to play extended chords and the inversions too. Also in all keys.

[@matthew.wilson]

I think I've actually seen those for sale. They're called "fretboards", I believe.

[@professorchaos9171]

@@matthew.wilson yes but i need an automatic one that writes music for me

[@matthew.wilson]

😂

[@TheSquareOnes]

There's actually a synth version of that called an Omnichord, I know Grizzly Bear used one in several songs.

[@silent-trouble]

The first thing was really cool, even though i was scared the strings would break. The head sized pick made me laugh out loud. :)

[@lars5174]

The bit you played with the oversize pick sounded like the riff to "the real enemy" by The Business and covered by Nausea

[@wiegraf9009]

That bridge looks great! I expected you to play the guitar like a koto, but then you started playing it like a guitar and my mind was thrown for a loop!

[@smerglederf3494]

which gadget helps you create a full cover of RHCP's "Mommy Where's Daddy?" including all vocals?

[@altoid8450]

A band

[@pani7713]

You can play moonlight with the gadget on the guitar

[@shadowflame005]

8:47 what it feels like to go back to a regular pick after trying a jazz 3

[@viernesb]

Watching you play with that pick was awesome!!! Best thing I've seen this year!

[@shimonbenloulou1778]

lil wayne could use that chord buddy

[@mediterraneanblues6500]

I like how every time he says "hello everyone," it's in the same key.

[@mckinleymorton]

Im getting that raised, movable bridge. I love Koto, that bridge is basically a Koto bridge. Really nice demos!

[@wordeye]

Your Pros and Cons of the Chord Buddy are funny, and your take on the finger stretcher is hilarious. Thank you.

[@georgiabaskett4871]

I never said you could use my bridge.

[@inkunuga1122]

For the violin stuff, just use a pencil, you’ll get the same result

[@samuraiguitarist]

Or just play a violin ya dingus

[@davidtobis3614]

@@samuraiguitarist but after buying five guitars I don't have enough money for violin ya dinga.

[@inkunuga1122]

It’s called guiolon

[@mykhedelic6471]

I say be creative in your arrangements and sound pallet. What would Jimi or The Beatles or even Eddie do? I thought what you made with it was pretty cool. It could be just the right sound for a certain part.

[@victorgalvez8937]

The giant pick was hilarious 😂 great video

[@FLEXJR69]

The chord buddy, I could use that cause the joints in my fingers bend backwards when pressures applied

[@ronnyrosenberg9041]

you should put as many on a guitar as you can at the same time and make a song using them all

[@TrueGuaranteedIrish]

I laughed so hard a the massive pick slide!

[@bjaanderson]

Best part of the video 🤣

[@jesuslovesyou2616]

Jesus Christ died for your sins please repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand 🚧⛽️🚈🚈🚥🚆🪝✈️

[@roberttbird4507]

😁🤘🎸Many years ago, I tried using a violin bow on my Bass Guitar, with a lot of trouble I could get a crazy sound out of it, but all it really did was gum up my strings with the Rosin off the bow. Rosin is really sticky stuff and when it gets into your Round-Wound strings, it makes them go dead and there's no getting that stuff out!!😁🤘🎸

[@Sidewalk_Surfer]

Use the guitar wing to trigger arm/rec in ableton Live for looping. AWESOME

[@mushy7263]

7:12 moonlight by xxx

[@lactate8008s]

4:03 made me laugh out loud

[@davidg1612]

That huge pick is a nice conversation piece if nothing else.

[@niclastname]

That Kaki King Bridge thing looks like an awesome gadget to pick up. You're right though that it seems really pricey for what it is. I was thinking it might be like $50 when you said it was expensive, not $80! It also seems a lot larger than it needs to be. I don't have one, nor did I do any engineering on it, but it looks like it could be a lot narrower, and also doesn't look like it needs to be quite so tall. I really want to get one to check out though!

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

Try using a guitar slide, in the same place.

[@dombowombo3076]

8:59 seems like sammy g. just needs a big guitar pick to sound like me.

[@SergioGuillenPantoja]

The licc FTW!

[@standbysixx593]

I saw this just this morning in my upload list and it's been keeping me motivated throughout my schoolday today, thanks Sammy G! Greetings from Germany!

[@shirpradhan2583]

1:40 the last bend on the lower string sounds so dope.

[@JadeCryptOfWonders]

Got a nice George Harrison vibe there Samurai.

[@noahr4951]

7:45, You're going to get a copyright claim from Adam Neely.

[@raenfox]

I have serious problems fretting a normal guitar due to my fingers being rather thick and not very flexible. I tried the Chordbuddy, and let me tell you, if anyone has a similar issue, there's a product out there for you. Probably. I just haven't found it yet, as it certainly is NOT the Chordbuddy. Because your guitar needs to fit, otherwise you can't use it. And the way it is built, yours likely won't fit. Sammy actually managed to fit it quite well, at least better than anything I could do. In my case, the nobs that are supposed to push down the strings actually went IN BETWEEN the strings and got stuck. It was almost comically bad, like it was designed to do that. Unless they create a new version that can be adjusted horizontally, don't risk it. Try something else. Like... converting your 6-string guitar into a 4-string or something, so you have more space between the strings.

[@mitchelldavidson9911]

love the audiobahn speaker cover i had a few of those