The Best Guitar for Each Genre (Is NOT What You Think)

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[@MusicisWin]

ukuleles are actually perfect for doom metal

[@jakegrafitti8847]

Really?? I’ve always used mandolins

[@MOTORHEADGASKET]

I subbed to your website last week. Its pretty nice!

[@ryandowsley3654]

Nah loots are way better

[@chain_chambers5478]

Switch roles with the bases and guitars is my thing

[@ifhami4122]

Damn I'm so early

[@bdelaney101]

A person who owns one guitar, plays every genre on it.

[@KRColson]

Here, here BD! Sometimes it's all about the "shekels".

[@leonsunu1209]

Who called me? 👀

[@SarcasticSyringe]

Both my electrics are currently broken and I don’t have the money or time rn to repair them so I’ve been playing every fucking genre I’m capable of playing on my acoustic for the last six months

[@johncrafton8319]

Nah. Many just stick to one or two genres. I've yet to meet anyone that plays every genre on any number of guitars. I pride myself on playing damn near everything, and even then I certainly haven't touched certain genres. For example, I've yet to try Thai Kantrum, and probably never will.

[@bdelaney101]

@@johncrafton8319 I was talking more about the amazing capabilities of the guitar. But I see what you are saying. Also, That Thai music is pretty catchy. Some interesting scales there :)

[@RJRonquillo]

I only play blues on blue guitars.

[@noopez_]

I only play metal with steel picks

[@Kuroiwa1988]

I only play jazz in Azz guitars

[@jamesryder9158]

@@Kuroiwa1988 I only play country on an acoustic with a great big ole hole in it

[@pao2725]

I only play wonderwall on an 8 string ibanez

[@jitsroller]

I only play with myself 😬

[@TrevorDaniel]

amps & player = genre the guitar doesn’t matter

[@alejandroaldunce319]

Nobody seems to understand that this is the key

[@ryosapien27]

the pickups definitely matter

[@iloveaviation-burgerclub-a8145]

Theguitar gives a raw signal and you can do anything in post processing. You can make it sound like an organ if you wish. So I don't get the task. Okay, an 8 string banger of doom with ative EMGs deliveres a nice signal but you eq, compress, overdrive, distort and pimp it anyway. So just dial in. As speaking for metal I will always prefere the one with the lower string setting and the slicker playability to get that speed. No trem. Butif it is a 666strings, a Les Paul, a Strat, a Lag Roxane or ... does not matter that much. I will make it sound.

[@TheCSteve]

Its your playing dude, if you play not very well then the amp is useless .. Tip: see your right hand as the painting brush for a new painting .. Then you will think harder about what to do with your right hand ... Example, Mark Knopler left hand is not difficult at all but the painting hand is hard to get .. If you get that then you even will sound good on a guitar from 50 dollar 🙂

[@alejandroaldunce319]

@@TheCSteve Totally right, the amp and the guitar are just for showing up when you already know how to play well

[@vito1999]

I’m a broke metal head playing on a Strat, this made me feel better 😂

[@celiaaa4571]

Im playing lamb of god on a pacifica 112j😹

[@mimi3pc520]

@@celiaaa4571 literally me

[@slowswimmer9169]

I'm currently learning "Pushing Too Hard" by The Seeds on an old classical🐴

[@celiaaa4571]

@@slowswimmer9169 LMAO, U WIN😭😭😭

[@antonionewton2404]

Bro same I had no choice on my first 😩

[@X_mano]

I have mastered every genre with my air Guitar.

[@jfitz458]

Best comment yet! A guitar legend in his own mind.

[@timothywideman6837]

I just couldn’t nail the intro to Opeth’s Heir Apparent on my air tele, so I got an air strat-and not one of the cheap Mexican-made ones either. Fortunately, I’ve got air bucks to burn.

[@ashith1297]

@@timothywideman6837 underrated

[@stephanieredden8861]

I wonder if they still have battle of the air bands?

[@do_haegh6178]

You are the best type of guitarist. Sadly and happily I now own a guitar. Now I try to play everything but end up making things too complicated

[@roy.mclean]

Jimmy Page played a Tele on the first LZ album and Les Paul was a jazz guitarist.

[@rolandszadai1522]

Radiohead playing alter rock on tele. Tele is huge.

[@aenima1]

Jim Root uses a Tele. he has a signature model! Jimmy Page played Stairway Solo with the Tele and I believe it was used in studio heavily the first 3 albums

[@treydudley]

@@aenima1Jim Roots tele is a completely different breed though, it has active EMG humbuckers. It’s basically a tele body and that’s it

[@insertnamehere1258]

David Gilmour sometimes used a telecaster (I know that Dogs exclusively used a Tele).

[@danielfishburn7042]

Jimmy page is an overrated

[@Chris-lz1fs]

I'm definitely not a guitar nerd but it's something I realised years ago that it's more about how I pick or strum the guitar, the settings on the amp and what way I held my pick. I never even knew that humbuckers were better for metal until this video! Like the saying goes, it's not about your equipment, it's about about how you use it...

[@danielatherton1631]

People make the mistake when playing metal of playing wood guitars. Obviously you need a metal guitar.

[@livestrong296]

I learnt the entire Metallica discography on an acoustic.

[@jameslangridge1674]

I learnt it on my old classical nylon string.

[@tristonmurdock4586]

everybody gangsta til livestrong plays metallica solos on his Takamine

[@justheretoruinyourday9499]

@@jameslangridge1674 lol

[@hunterc.3880]

same here 😭

[@gecs53270]

You're metal as a fuck

[@geraltofrivia4890]

Worst guitar for metal? "Strat" *Iron Maiden has entered the chat*

[@KenaiTobin]

He probably forget about them

[@ericpedregon1840]

Yngwie Malmsteen (Strat in hand): "Hold my beer"...

[@JG-us9wh]

Yeah but dave murray uses a strat with mini humbuckers

[@jasonrackawack9369]

Richie Blackmore: Hold my wizzard hat.

[@anickner1178]

The only thing metal about iron maiden is the iron.

[@josiah4918]

Yes a different guitar can sound differently for other genres but I think it’s all about how the player uses the tones of the guitar and what style they use to bring out the tone more

[@Michal-xt6gw]

i think it is mostly about post production, but yeah, i can't make my SG sound exactly like Strat or Tele, but I can get close just by eq

[@ATEC101]

Or, if you had Jeff Beck's talent and dedication to the craft you could pull anything off the wall anywhere and just play whatever 'genre' you decided. It's in the hands, not in any particular guitar. Shred forever Mr. Beck.

[@youssefmostafa6262]

Imagine you're in a Country show and the guitarist comes out with a Flying V Guitar lmao

[@paulgentile1024]

I saw a guy playing jazz on a firebird once !... it sounded so good..

[@Markle2k]

@GOLDBOND vs BALLS One of the Three Kings of the Blues famously played a Flying V. Albert King played Memphis Blues, though all blues is Country-adjacent (or the other way around). Neil Young did proto-grunge on a White Falcon. John Frusciante plays one on Californication, in the music video and live.

[@SirBender]

It’s a bit like the drummer with the metal drum set (huge toms an double bass) playing ZZ TOP with his band 😅

[@harmongreeriii4163]

It would probably not suck..

[@andyjohnD]

There used to be a local country band, where the guy played a V.

[@drumsonfire89]

“What is the last guitar anyone would recommend for country?” BC Rich Warlock

[@joekerr9150]

I'm gonna play country on a BC Rich Warlock

[@Chilipotamus]

This was 100% what I expected tbh

[@Maintenancebay]

That was my first thought too lmao

[@dustinskaggs2724]

A nice good ole fashioned jackson randy rhodes v

[@Aaron-zh4kj]

OH MY GOSH. I SAID THE EXACT SAME THING OUT LOUD WHEN HE POPPED THE QUESTION. HAHAHAHA

[@greggramig910]

I had been pondering this exact same idea and thought it would be a great video to blind test multiple genre's on the same instrument and see who can tell what. I will soon find out for myself how possible this is! Just ordered an HB 35 Plus which from all appearances appears to be a capable and very flexible instrument. BTW, didn't buy it for Jazz but rather it's incredible flexibility. Another fun fact, this is only the second guitar I have ever bought and owned.

[@toshineon]

I bought a Squier CV Starcaster to also play a little of everything. Works and sounds great whether it's playing indie rock or downtuned alt metal.

[@greggramig910]

Bought the hb35plus. Build quality is 99.9% perfect. It is so resonate that I can practice without an amp, important living in an apartment!

[@drmidnight680-kz2le]

@@greggramig910 there's no substitute for talent.

[@talmadgeskillman7678]

I think the whole “different guitars for different genres” thing was a lot more important back in the early days of electric guitar when the tone was basically dependent on the guitar and maybe an adjustment or two on the amp. Now with all these crazy pedals and midi inputs and computers, it’s way easier to get any sound you want out of any guitar you have.

[@man4437]

And when all of your tones suck anyway because you don't know how to operate an amp, it doesn't matter anyway!

[@talmadgeskillman7678]

@@man4437 Exactly!

[@alfaridarizka865]

Also sometimes the pedals are so crazy, they can even make your guitar not sound like a guitar anymore XD Like the Hatsune Miku pedal or the fart pedal

[@AndySaunarMusic]

Totally agree

[@evacody1249]

Expect metal music still is dependent on the tone of the guitar. It's why the majority of guitar players use ESP, Ibanez, Dean or some lesser know guitars. Do you have any idea how many thing are confused with being metal just because the guitar sounds heavy but they lack the tone? Sure hardcore music is heavy does not make it metal. Sure you can make a country song sound heavy does not make it metal. There really is a tone in metal music set by the guitar.

[@stevenotis2538]

“What is the last guitar anyone would recommend for country?” Me: Abasi 8 string?

[@NikiIhsanul]

bruh

[@_nuclearnoodle_5757]

Exactly what I thought

[@beemerboomer6313]

Nice

[@devinftf]

That Mountain Dew meme guitar Jared Dines had built.

[@Lathamhater]

Was totally thinking a Rhoads V and have to say still thinking that..

[@BlyndCyclopz]

I have two guitars a cheap electric tanglewood, probably 15+ years old that a good friend kindly lent me to get started. And I now have a pretty darn expensive D'angelico Deluxe 175 Ltd edt... I still always play the old tanglewood more than the D'angelico for some reason 🤷

[@NoirL.A.]

i play bass and guitar secondary and for some damn reason i've always preferred the feel of cheaper models over expensive ones which works out well for a person of limited means.

[@davidfurney3945]

I feel this, i built a good frankenstrat with a hendrix neck, HSH configuration with overwound paf’s, a floyd trem and overall used parts I thought would be exactly what i want, and it is exactly what i wanted, but i still use the first act guitar i got 12+ years ago as a Christmas gift more often

[@SGM-RobertAndres]

Agree! I played for a band that covered jazz standards, classic rock and pop as well as indie songs. I have a 335, Strat and Tele. Depending on mood or which one has fresh strings was the one I took to a gig. All are great for any genre. Dial in tone and the fingers do the rest.

[@StanslaMichael]

The only guitar that played every single genre perfectly, that everyone owned, the Broom.

[@billwalsh388]

Air guitar works for every tone too!

[@metaldude21]

Very underrated comment.

[@disabledpizza]

@@billwalsh388 except in space

[@mcbins1993]

so i'm not the only one lol

[@thefriendlyranger5718]

My axe of choice as a kid was a vintage wooden tennis racket. I preferred the shorter scale length.

[@gregorwalton]

Country: Tele Blues: Tele Jazz: Tele Metal: Tele Me: 13 guitars, 1 Tele

[@dillonholcomb2310]

I just got my first tele.. i wish i would of gotten one years ago. I love it!

[@thestarchild1291]

Same! I love the tele.

[@zaca911]

I cried when he played county on the SG I could hear the shit tone on the bass notes. It's not a bad tone it just really didn't sound as good as a tele to me...

[@pancakes7294]

Tele’s for me are nothing special, no offense, but it doesn’t seem to have that kick as an ibanez such as the Jem. For me they don’t have much singularity, like a strat is a strat and tele is a tele, but Ibanez guitars aren’t different and have major differences between another a jem vs the thbb10 are crazy. I think Ibanez captures the versatility I like better than a strat or tele

[@gunblazingmutant]

Jim Root from Slipknot uses a Telecaster. He wrote the riff Sulfur. Perhaps the most head bang inducing riff they have.

[@That_oneguy_mane]

The guitar you CHOOSE speaks to you and your soul on what your style is. Play what you please. But have the look you want man! Any car will get you anywhere, but if everyone chose what car they could own there would be so much variety, and would have more personality! For me I’m a jackson king v JS32 Army drab. (With some customizations)

[@coppertopv365]

Sounds awesome

[@natrixxvision6997]

Johnny Hiland’s first signature guitar was with PRS and had humbuckers. Joe Pass went through a Fender period. Bill Frisell and Mike Stern play jazz on Telecasters. Wes Montgomery recorded Body and Soul playing a Fender Bass VI.

[@JHKNVY02]

Julian Lage also frequently rocks a Tele and did an entire tour nearly on the bridge to prove the neck isn’t the only option

[@Jcraft174]

"The last guitar anyone would recommend for a country" I thought you would use a Flying V LOL

[@robertomingo9822]

Yeah or a warlock

[@ThePerfectLizrd]

Yeah I was thinking a jackson rhoads v lmao

[@swapnilj1452]

Yes a BC Rich Warlock

[@chrisstargazer5866]

An explorer too maybe 😂

[@bleedingfingers7457]

So did I.....

[@aforry24]

A metal band i used to be in laughed at me when I brought a single coil telecaster to my audition until I started shredding

[@OllieWales]

Kool

[@chassy50]

That’s weird cause telecasters are really popular for metal

[@Trollsmacker]

I love my Esquire made of parts, and I love metal riffs as well. More than 70 years after the first ones were built, the Esquire and Tele are guitars that still have some surprises left in them

[@spottedsaint957]

Telecasters are pretty much the Swiss Army knives of guitars. I modified mine and now it really does do it all.

[@newthrash1221]

@@chassy50 No they’re not.

[@DickenKrr]

Wow that silver sky sounds so unique on metal yet very interesting.. loved it!

[@71tbomb]

I played in a few cover bands for over 20 years. All different styles ( metal , rock , country ect ) & only used 1 guitar most of the time. It just happened to be my ARIA PRO II with T top pickups in it. I can get most sounds that I want or like with this guitar. I do own a few other guitars & love the different sounds I get with them, But you can get what you want from Any guitar if you try. I also write & record my own stuff too.

[@Mully_888]

I have the aria pro 2 aswell

[@ColtonAnderson1258]

Tyler’s real list: prs,prs,prs,prs,prs,prs

[@johncrafton8319]

Plus Tele.

[@rl-ub9hx]

Solid line up

[@OttoisOhio]

So true

[@morphine0000]

Q: What does Tyler's cat respond to? A: Prsprsprsprsprsprs.

[@staciehaskins6483]

@@johncrafton8319 and SG

[@garynovak1012]

I just played Ace of Spades on my old banjo. It sounded killer.

[@tristonmurdock4586]

You're my hero

[@dominikweber4305]

Justin Johnson played Ace of Spades on a shovel.

[@d4zey]

justin johnson has entered the chat

[@myriad860]

You deserve all the success you have! You have such an open mind and perspective on things... it makes me want to cry dealing with the rest of the world!

[@krame99]

Man I need a PRS in my life I would take one over a Les Paul or a Fender the sound and tone seem unbelievable. Great video Tyler I’m learning from you and I appreciate it.

[@paulxaviercyr]

Maybe I'm "old school".... I remember strats being metal. Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, EVH, Malmsteen... Just to name a few.

[@Markleadguitar]

Adrian Smith played a Charvel and they always used hot pickups, Malmsteen swapped to DiMarzio pickups because they picked up less string twang - same with JP and honestly with EVH the only thing about it being a strat was the shape. EVH used different tone woods, pickups, neck radii, all kinds of shit. You can play metal on a strat. Just it's not as common as a lot of these guys now with these ESP/Jackson/Ibanez guitars with dual humbuckers.

[@bogmanhimself4656]

hell dude I'm pretty sure the guy from knocked loose or iron reagan plays a strat lmao. i kind of hate guitar culture honestly, all this shit is dumb and 90% of your tone comes from your fingers and your eq

[@mrmasrawy92]

didn't iommi play a strat sometimes?

[@ChopTheViking]

Not to mention that every guitar maker in the world who makes "metal guitar" makes almost all their models as "super strat" style guitars. It's like craft breweries and IPAs.

[@Yngsatchvai]

Malmsteens tone was GODLY! IDK what an ESP does that damn strat was and is the $#@×

[@CobaYT]

What he's trying to say is: "You don't have to buy a thousand guitars like me."

[@gerardovillegas6906]

Yeahh Lmfaoo haha pretty much

[@johncrafton8319]

When most of them are PRS, he's not wrong.

[@lostinjanuarymusic]

Nobody need that kind of negativity 😜 Go ahead and get as many guitars as you “need”

[@freezingjazzy]

@@lostinjanuarymusic I don't see the negativity in this. It's actually a bit positive. He's just saying "You don't *have* to buy a thousand guitars." Not "Don't buy a thousand guitars."

[@lostinjanuarymusic]

@@freezingjazzy 🤫 don’t tell my wife

[@erickjthemuse]

Absolutely agree. I use my PRS standard 24 SE in my high school jazz band and it works wonders, just gotta play around with the tone. Also its my only guitar with functional electronics so you gotta do what you gotta do

[@ryanpierce5460]

I've been a guitarist for over 25 years and noticed a few variables to this question. Today with all the effect pedals avialable and people even upgrading their guitars such as adjusting their bridges or installing their desired pick ups, it's easier now to replicate. So yes you can play any genre on one guitar alone but takes some tweaks to it. Even the kind of amp you use can make some but not a huge difference to the sound of it. Today I'm in the casual guitar player category. I used to play heavy metal but now I just play flamenco and classical and prefer to play solo and it's a form of relaxation for me.

[@foughtstatue1023]

“Any hollow-body guitar you won’t have a whammy bar” I think the entire Gretsch company would disagree there.

[@mitegai3027]

my gretsch hollowbody has a whammy lolol

[@foughtstatue1023]

@@mitegai3027 yeah the Gretsch 5034TFT is literally an acoustic guitar with a bigsby. It’s pretty cool

[@pleaseenteraname2276]

@@mitegai3027 same

[@mickavoidant4780]

Some Starcasters have a whammy

[@Patrick-857]

RIP tuning stability though.

[@tim-tim-timmy6571]

"what is the last guitar anyone would recommend for country?" Me: An Ibanez 8 strings with active pickups. "Gibson SG" O well

[@cope847]

Active pickups might be better than passive humbuckers. You can get more high end snap. At least with say an EMG 81.

[@ryanshort3501]

Me: Any Jackson

[@gohil_yajur]

Was literally expecting him to bring out Ibanez for that..🤣

[@t-bonevlogs1725]

Was it bad I was secretly hoping a Dean razorback country jam?

[@geegee1014]

I was thinking somthing made by BC rich with emgs 😆 but no, an SG! On music radar its 3rd on the list for country electrics!

[@RealRandomReview]

I'd like to see the same done with amps.

[@proc007]

I was about to say this as well, because it would be nearly impossible to justify using a cranked Marshall for a genre like smooth jazz lol

[@NoirL.A.]

@@proc007 you could still do it but you'd have to turn the volume way down and really take some time to tweak it.

[@kf5epm532]

Thanks for this; been playing country on my SG for ages.

[@jonlavigne3270]

"What's the best guitar for (genre)" Yours.

[@commentfreely5443]

any guitar. it's the pedal that makes the genre.

[@EnderTea_]

@@commentfreely5443 you can play metal without a distortion pedal, and you can play country with one

[@shadowx2750]

@@commentfreely5443 you confused pedal and amp

[@GeorgeWockington01]

@@EnderTea_ actually pedals can play a big part. I have a crate GX 15 and its distortion sounds like shit. But, I hooked up a metal muff distortion pedal and turned the knobs in the right areas and now it sounds like metallica in standard and sounds similar to cannibal corpse drop tuned. Keep in mind I have an epiphone sg special ve which is only 180 dollars.

[@pyroman6000]

That would be the guitar you like most, and which brings you the most joy and inspiration while playing it. I own several fairly pricey iconic guitars- a US standard Strat, a firebird; a SWEET Jazzmaster; and even sweeter SG. The guitar I always seem to reach for first, and have the most trouble putting down? A $300 Schecter Solo Special, lol. (It's in SG red- that must be the secret! lol) I can get darn near any sound I want out of it, it's very well set up, and it plays great- what more could you ask? And if that isn't doing it- I can grab my CV Tele.

[@MWolfe-vs9ht]

"The last guitar anyone would recommend for country" Me: "B.C. Rich warlock has entered the chat"

[@e.j.meader5919]

Or B.C. Rich Draco.

[@devinftf]

I was CERTAIN it was going to be a warlock. Alas.

[@AirshipFury]

That's too cheap for him, man. He won't buy a guitar with a base price below $1000 lmao jk

[@bryanmartin8336]

My thought too. But he’s only using guitars he has. So I knew it wouldn’t be anything like a BC Rich.

[@SgtPnkks]

With emgs and a floyd

[@greablood1072]

Thank you for saying this! As an artist, this is exactly like “what brush should I use?” The answer is always “whichever”

[@Kriegter]

I honestly don't care I just want the guitar to look cool

[@Double_J_48629]

that is explicitly what Lemmy said ... if it's good enough for him, who am i to judge?

[@quickdrywiteout2594]

Kieth Richards said it best when said "les paul, strat, tele, doesnt matter in 15 mins i can make them all sound the same"

[@dirtypotato3764]

same, I'll make em all sound like trash but it'll only take a few seconds

[@mtc4him201]

😂

[@kaustik185]

yeah if you only play 1st position blues licks thats not hard

[@Cycluing]

Wait till you hear me. I can make them all sounds like a garbage disposal

[@bojangles6444]

He pushes a syringe into the pickups shoots it up and is ready to rock. Please allow me to introduce myself I’m a man with massive veins.

[@berkburakbiyikli5655]

“What is the last guitar anyone would recommend for country?” any 7 string with EMGs

[@CalvinNeufeld1]

I was gonna say something schecter with actives.

[@douglasbarroso5296]

I played country and blues in an ibanez rg for years, with original pickups and edge 2 floyd rose style bridge, and it was amazing, it was the only guitar i had in that time! I use to hear things like "this guitar is to play metal, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, etc"...kkkkkk... when they listened country and blues, they coudn't believe it was an ibanez rg with floyd rose bridge...kkkkkkk...

[@Acheron666]

Jackson warrior with bare knuckle nail bombs.

[@DrSimnjanovski]

Electric guitar with Nylon strings

[@jomsh9765]

I was gonna say a 7 string flying v

[@ryanulcickas158]

humbucker guitar, single coil guitar, and a nice acoustic. I have a strat, a les paul, and a nice taylor. I can get any sound i need out of them.

[@UncleRaab]

THANK YOU, Tyler! What a much needed declaration!

[@Rxbandit421]

Tyler: “musical genres aren’t based on guitar tone” Djent: and I took that personally

[@cIappo896]

Take a banjo and tune it to drop z

[@lmchannel2.079]

@@cIappo896 I took my prs with 10-46 and put it in drop a

[@YouTubecanbitemyhairybanger]

Djent is not a genre. That is all

[@marcthedashergd6321]

Djent is a genre, although it is also a meme.

[@lenzschwarze]

Shoegaze also

[@JonLakeOfficial]

Humbuckers are great for metal because you’re cranking that gain so high, the less pickup hum/buzz you have, the cleaner the sound and it becomes easier to mix from a producers perspective. You can always add raspiness in production. It’s near impossible to remove it. But everyone does things differently and that’s the best thing about music.

[@josephfrost55555]

Yeah I actually thought his playing example for metal really proved the opposite for me. For the lead tones he sounded great but on the rhythm/chugging stuff I really thought the single coil sound detracted from the style. Maybe just me though

[@jmaguire2232]

Most of the metal I’ve played has been on a strat modified with hum buckers.

[@jazzhippie3878]

@@jmaguire2232 or blend switch

[@spiky724]

What's the difference between humbuckers and single coils for metal

[@dunxy]

@@spiky724 Pretty much what the OP said. Single coils are generally lower output and have hum, humbuckers (its in the name) are hum canceling so when you crank the gain they do not have the hum that one gets with single coils. You can get active single coils and other variants that eliminate or reduce the hum, ive tried a few myself and they seem to do nothing well, id rather have a noisy traditional single coil or just play with humbuckers. If you're just mucking around at home and not recording or gigging its not a major thing, i play metal all the time on my Tele that does have very noisy pickups, but it doesn't bother me and nobody else is there to get bothered so yeah... If you only want to play stuff overdriven and distorted humbuckers are probably the best choice, i love my clean stuff just as much as distortion and that's why i mostly use single coils, also i find i play better on the guitar i play the most as i imagine my muscle memory is dialed to it, switching scales and fret counts can complicate things for less experienced players, which i consider myself as even though ive been playing of and on for a very long time.

[@markbrown7103]

I’ve been playing guitar since 1974. I am often wondered about this cause I totally agree with you. I play rock on an acoustic guitar and it sounds good. I have two electrics ones a Strat and the other is a Graach a Gretsch. I think the Grinch is pretty cool for playing Fingerstyle, like Chad Atkins did . But you can play almost anything you want on any guitar, so like you say you got the sound right and I know Tatian Rite go for it will work every time. Thanks for the video. I totally agree with you.👍🏼👍🏼❤️❤️☮️🎸🎸😀☮️

[@matthewmckinney9348]

The open chord played at the end of the palm muting in the metal section is unmistakably single coil, and every bit of that section sounds glorious through single coils.

[@hussledupgamejam]

"What is the last guitar anyone would use for Country?" That's easy, the *Ibanez HHUEB922PFJN-MNMND3663*

[@vanmeilleonardallego5187]

I thought it's BC Rich.

[@iijj]

I thought Dean guitars

[@dirkhennig2192]

I actually googled that one. LOL

[@kailucofficial9931]

The THBB10 for sure lol

[@gaboxd4407]

Dude te RG58392kddkfke9sncne9sxi is a great series so sad its discontinued

[@alialmuhamad4780]

Alternative title: "Flexing My Guitar Muscles across Different Genres"

[@alexandereggleston8893]

The true flex is jazz on a B.C. Rich...Affinity Series

[@jalapenopoggers8310]

@@alexandereggleston8893 that's nasty

[@famousvoiceimitator]

Active pickups are often good for metal. And pickups with ceramic magnets are too. And the level of output from a pickup can indicate what type of music they’re best for. But the pickups contribute to the sound just as much as the guitar itself. So when it comes to getting the type of music you want, it’s usually better to find the right type of pickups for that type of music sound. And the magnets in the pickups are part of what controls what type of music sounds come from them also.

[@anadamvargasblunt]

I was in a post-punk, no-wave, noise/free jazz band, and the guitar I used most in my repertoire was a 72 semi-hollow bodied telecaster.

[@sebastiancarrasco4260]

Tyler: no genre is made to use an specific guitar Me: *dies in GibsonLesPaulGoldtop Core*

[@bandolierboy1908]

Man!!😂😂😂😂😂👏🏽

[@alteredbrain]

The best guitar for a genre ? The one that fits in your hands.

[@malte1984]

nah... the one that feels right

[@Zeppec]

@@malte1984 same thing

[@DapperHesher]

Yeah, I require a bit more than that. I couldn't play or even keep in tune my jams on a shitty Stratocaster.

[@NatRiveraP]

THE ANSWER I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR!! Haha Thank you so much for this great video.

[@TyasAlfisa]

this video change my perspective. my thought about what guitar for what genre is really bothering me all this time. and i also convinced myself over and over again that my strat with single coil is enough. but if i have more money in the future, maybe i will try the other guitars. so, the answer now it is enough. thank you for this explanation! ^^,

[@davisdavyant6217]

-Random people: You need a strat for a great blues tone, ibanez for metal, blablabla -Me who use my $140 guitar for every song: 🙃

[@missa4116]

and then theres me who plays metal on an acoustic

[@limpbizkit6245]

and then theres me, playing deathcore on a ukulele

[@lilmarc701]

@@limpbizkit6245 wht guitar is best for deathcore

[@MoeruHoeru]

Accoustic with fuzz pedal is the best 😂😂

[@evangalisky1287]

my first guitar, an epiphone SG plays everything really nicely

[@mikenagoda]

A Tele is the only guitar that stares at you from across the room, saying, "You should've picked me for the gig, silly."

[@nick1512]

Agreed I’m a tele guy it’s the perfect guitar for anything

[@JC-mc2eb]

Poor Tele not noticed by Senpai

[@therewasascene]

Surprised my drummer who likes jazz with some good tones out of the tele just the other day! They really do do everything. It doesn’t sound like a guitar faking a jazz tone it just sounds tasty

[@andrewharper1609]

Strats are my go to but I do like the tone of the pickups though.

[@RecklessDezire]

I'm a Les Paul guy, but I do have a guilty pleasure for a good Tele lol

[@CR3271]

I think you're half right. I needed a spanky strat sound on a track once and all I had was my Ibanez RG. Dropping the gain and gutting the EQ made it so good that when I finally got hold of a strat I couldn't make it sound any better. However, bringing a strat up to shredder metal sound takes a lot more gain and the right kind of amp. In other words it's easier to dumb down a guitar than to amp it up.

[@user-nw8ho8hb6z]

Agreed to a point. A good base is necessary. Then Amp and pedals can make all the difference.

[@GRAG92]

Damn dude, every video you make is very entertaining and your playing is incredible bro! Love from CO!

[@LaurEricRattus]

"Nobody would play metal on a strat" Sad Iron Maiden noises

[@deathcoreblues6831]

**sad yngwie malmsteen noises**

[@dirkda2451]

Strats single coil bridge pick ups, one of the judas priest guitar players said he used to play a regular strat for recording

[@vhsorion]

Van Halen

[@krisberntzen]

All of the 1980's was really all about the Strat. Les Pauls were uncool in that decade until a certain guy with a top hat and shades came along

[@LaurEricRattus]

Imagine if he would´ve picked up strat

[@joem9360]

‘Jimmy Page’s Telecaster sold the most Les Pauls’ I think is a pretty good statement for this

[@pulaski1]

True, but the guitar Kris Derrig built in the 1980's, that ended up in Slash's hands recording AFD, may have sold more Gibsons.

[@EdEddnEddyMercury]

Considering jimmy page only used a tele on one album, I'd say that jimmy page's les Pauls sold the most les pauls

[@joem9360]

@@EdEddnEddyMercury he used a Tele on the Stairway to Heaven Solo don’t forget. Only albums II and III don’t have teles on them. Apparently after 4 he preferred recording with teles and stuck Les Pauls live

[@EdEddnEddyMercury]

@@joem9360 ah I did forget about the stairway solo. Either way, page did play les Pauls a lot and that's the reason that so many zeppelin fans own les pauls

[@joem9360]

@@EdEddnEddyMercury oh yeh 100%. Like the les Paul is so iconic with Page it’s insane, Tele comes second when u think of him. I think it’s coz early les Paul’s and early teles sounded so similar is why you can’t really tell. Jimmy Page is the Les Paul man

[@roycelow6910]

I’m so glad this came across my feed, I have been trying to figure out what I want as a first electric guitar. I’ve been playing acoustic for a few years so I was worried about getting stuck in a genre from a guitar.

[@user-nw8ho8hb6z]

Hello, I would recommend a Squire of your choice made in Malaysia (not the Chianese ones). Then either do a good set up or have one done for you. They are very good for the cost.

[@micheleyoung6450]

Great video great playing guitar plan. And I love when you said in the end tones in the fingers Amen.

[@jackriot2636]

Country: Tele Blues: Strat Hollowbody: Jazz Gibson SG: AC/DC

[@bainbridge-he6xp]

What? SG for AC/DC? Dave Chandler from St Vitus laughs in your face

[@maksymilianzurakowski8346]

SG for acdc and St Vitus? Tony Iommi *laughs in d#*

[@shobudski6776]

Blues?? Les Paul of course. Strat for driving fence posts.

[@edgemaxxer1573]

sg is also good for black sabbath

[@punkfiend13877]

You forgot about Tony Iommi he used an SG

[@tusharjamwal]

I thought humbuckers were good for metal because they're less prone to noise which is really good when you're on a good amount of gain.

[@bingobongo1615]

Absolutely correct. Also clarity with high gain

[@deathsee]

I think he did a great job showing what you would sound like playing metal with a crappy solid state amp, and a speaker cab with no bottom end :P

[@drewkg14]

@@deathsee You haven't learnt

[@edward4565]

@@Haha-Jim you missed a note bro here you go d👌

[@gibson2623]

@@deathsee The same would apply to a crappy valve amp.....There s nothing wrong with solid state amps...a good one is also great....Orange amps are a good example of this ;)

[@Tetrastuctural_Intelligence]

Love this video topic. As a newbie, it's easy to be fall into the trap of feeling like you "need" the perfect tool for the job. However, we are not talking about trades here. Playing guitar is creative endeavor, meant for exploring different sound. And what better way to become more creative than to step outside of the box and being different from everyone else.

[@hunterderk5754]

I have a telecaster and for me it has been wonderful for pop punk clean tones think, real friends brand new etc.

[@eatassonthefirstdate]

or El Jefe from NOFX? lol he's the most popular punk guitarist that plays a tele

[@IndyGonk]

Tyler: “What’s harsher than a humbucker? What’s more aggressive and heavier?” Me: “P90!”

[@djautotur4875]

Technically a P90 is a single coil, so you could have said lipstick pick up or whatever instead

[@scottyd2262]

I put a P90 in my Flying V.... Now it really has a heavy cutting tone !!

[@ryan._verma]

Wait, P90 as in guitar or the gun😳

[@spotterstockholm]

Yep, have a feeling it would have fit the track better than the Strat!

[@dirkhennig2192]

Same here.

[@97Guitarrista]

"guitars are not for the genre" so I'll go play nu metal with my $ 20 Stratocaster and my 10-whatts Laney xd

[@thatlonzoguy]

With enough effects anything is possible :)

[@notoriusdrifter40]

Thats just crap gear mate :)

[@taliesine.8343]

Well his point still stands, if you are gonna spend only 20$ on a guitar it doesn't matter which type you use xd

[@ChrisWhoPlaysLizzie]

The amp is probably much more important than the guitar tbh

[@Mischu708]

a noise gate and proper distortion and you're set

[@felixgitarre]

So what about the tone of the amplifiers and genres? Could you make another vid? Since we now have many options such as modeling amps, plugins etc... Do we still need the valve amps?

[@johngsteel]

Awesome! Yes, you can make any guitar work in any style of music!

[@prometheustv6558]

It’s so satisfying seeing all the PRS’ all on one rack.

[@-guitarhero]

tyler says the same about the money he gets from doing that

[@barrysrcdump3557]

Good to see someone that knows how to use a plural apostrophe. 👍😁

[@sotis1756]

Am i the only one who hates the look of prs’s?

[@RC32Smiths01]

I truly believe that certain guitars compliment certain genres and styles, but I also believe that you shouldn't restrict yourself to doing such. Using anything and everything encourages creativity I think!

[@peytonpatrick8656]

Isn’t that what Tyler just said?

[@RC32Smiths01]

@@peytonpatrick8656 Well I was exactly agreeing with his points.

[@YenCrew]

Exactly. Like you said "compliment" but not demand or promise certain genres or styles 👌

[@TemkaUwU]

I think that it's mostly the visual, the show. If you go to a blues concert with a warlock it won't seem fitting and you'll look like dumbass even if your playing is great

[@edsohovocals]

Thank you. Brilliantly insightful and useful. You might have stopped me lusting after a new guitar that I can't afford. 👍🏻🙏🏻

[@jasperjones5995]

Such a FUN video. I've changed my mind totally about dis stuff.

[@wailingwarlie]

The one guitar that I've never seen jazz played on is the jazzmaster...

[@jansenwonders8614]

Did it this morning at a guitar center, and I can confirm it’s got some mad jazz tone. Never understood why no one ever uses jazz masters for jazz....

[@homeboyjon4885]

Check out Ray Barbee. He’s a pro skateboarder but plays some great jazz. I get where you’re coming from, though.

[@kevinlittrell3407]

Nels Cline is the one lad I’ve ever heard that used a Jazzmaster in the context of jazz.

[@kevinlittrell3407]

@@jansenwonders8614 It was when jazzers were still religiously into archtops, so the Jazzmaster would’ve been a dramatic departure.

[@j.markforemanii5585]

That would be conforming to "the man", Daddy-o

[@kirkwhammet9933]

Any Guitar is great, Superstrat, LesPaul, Strat, FlyingV, Telecasters, etc....as long as there's a Whammy WahWah pedal, Everything will sound good! 🤘

[@suzanne9390]

Hi Kirk 😎😎

[@user-uc5of6nn6i]

wah is true and true is wah-wah

[@dungeonmaster420]

Word

[@thirus8312]

You mean esp????

[@iBoss818]

Thanks Kirk, very cool

[@baronhelmut2701]

Im relatively confident that nobody said that there are certain generes you cant play on certain guitars. Im pretty sure they meant: "Why use the back of an axe to drive in a nail when you have a hammer at hand." In metal obviously a hardtail will be more likely to be useful than a softtail but of course you can still play it or sound good enough on the other one.

[@justinp5902]

That strat metal example wasn’t great BUT there’s definitely very famous strat users in metal like in Iron Maiden or John 5

[@destubae3271]

Iron Maiden uses rail pickups (humbuckers) so it doesn't count imo. John 5 mostly plays with humbuckers as well

[@Kevslatvin]

@@destubae3271 Yep. Dave Murray uses railed single sized humbuckers and Adrian Smith full sized humbuckers.

[@dermilos.6930]

Yngwie

[@AndyBergerW]

@@dermilos.6930 I'm sorry but you might be wrong, fellow. I think I remember a rig rundown of Yngwie in which he says himself that his signature pickups are single coil-sized humbuckers with single coil covers.

[@lachytaylor9171]

Not super metal, but John Baizley used teles and jazzmasters for a big chunk of Baroness stuff

[@Yadandadandandaa]

- "Last guitar for metal...?" - "Yeah well.. Gretsch..?" - "...a strat!" *as a guy having his whole arm covered in iron maiden related tattoos* : - "WHAT THE F..?!"

[@johncrafton8319]

Dude, AC/DC's Malcolm Young used a Gretsch. Sure, they're Hard Rock and not Metal, but you can't tell me he wouldn't be able to get metal tones out of that. Hell, both my hollow-body Gretsch and my solid-body Gretsch can clean house on any six-string metal songs. I haven't drop-tuned them, though, so I'm not sure how well they'll do with those. Oddly enough, the FilterTron pickups are damn good at metal. They cut through the mix quite well.

[@robhendrikx2198]

I was thinking the same thing. At the 5:20 mark, it absolutely rocks. Ever since Buddy Holly strats rule.

[@danielyahya3856]

To be fair, Iron Maiden uses humbuckers on their strats for the most part.

[@campycampbell7466]

@@johncrafton8319 I've had similar experience with my Gretsch, a G5220 Jet with chambered body and Broad'Tron pups. I picked it up for blues and classic tones but it does a lot more than merely hold its own when compared to the S-D Full Shred pup in my LTD.

[@ahp8695]

Not even kidding I play thrash metal on an epiphone wildkat semihollow... ...don’t judge. It works better than you’d think

[@enzolima7059]

“the last guitar anyone one would recommend for country” Me: SOLAR GUITARS

[@andrewpappas9311]

My guess was ESP, Schecter and Ibanez

[@junkhead_92]

Flying V

[@matej2268]

Warlock

[@SammyMakepeace]

7 string Ibanez xD

[@enzolima7059]

@@andrewpappas9311 that was my initial thought lmaooo

[@dustymetal4ever]

Wow, I thought I'd never hear you play country dude. Still sounded great. Very informative video man

[@LBibeauB24]

I played in highschool Jazz band with a BC Warlock and a Line6 Floor Pod Plus. It didn't look the part but damn it sounded good and creamy. All those wrong notes.👌 Also, Keith Urban uses a Les Paul for a lot of his stuff. Albert King used a Flying V for his blues although that's a bit closer to status quo.

[@NeonBeeCat]

who cares if it even looks the part, i think its more authentic

[@LBibeauB24]

@@NeonBeeCatExactly and that's my whole point. You can play anything with anything. It might be tougher to get a nice smooth, clean jazz tone with Seymour Duncan Invaders or Nazguls, but it'll be a unique sound experience and I think that's awesome.

[@NeonBeeCat]

@@LBibeauB24 i can get a decent jazz tone with an ibanez gio generic metal looking guitar xd

[@musicsucks5843]

Tyler: What is the last guitar anyone would recommend for country?” Me: Fanned fret, 8 string Jackson with active pickups Tyler: SG Me: uuuuuhhhh

[@dominikweber4305]

Yeah right

[@floydfreeman1318]

Jared dines new Mountain Dew guitar

[@zwz.zdenek]

I did picture a ginger SG in my head, just couldn't remember the name.

[@malte1984]

before he said SG, my guess was an Explorer

[@williamsaling9648]

Same here. I seen plenty of country twang guitarists using an sg. Never seen one playing a flying v.

[@andreazoli6407]

Me playing master of puppets on my stratocaster: "interesting"

[@gabrielferes]

Same

[@pamparrrr]

Same here

[@pkepix5405]

Same

[@ethan5817]

Same

[@futuristicgamer6371]

Same

[@americanxlove]

Ahhhh, the correct answer to “why does my tone suck”: I am the problem. It makes sense when ya think about it though 😂

[@wasteddude9387]

I like your message. Get outta the box! Like your playing too. Your demos were cool to listen to. Thanks for a great video!

[@LTCEagleScout05]

My life has completely changed when he started playing country on a SG. I have never heard a SG sound like that.

[@adrianmcgrath1984]

Pretty sure I’ve seen people in Lucinda Williams band playing SGs - and Danelectros

[@JohnnyRebKy]

I played country on a Gibson Les Paul for years. Gold top with P90 pickups plugged into a Fender Twin Reverb

[@MikeDCWeld]

That's only because you likely haven't heard anyone playing country using an SG. They sound just like any other guitar because all guitars sound the same.

[@ICee712]

Really? The guitar only brings so much tone to the overall sound. The amp/sound/EQ setup makes a big impact on your end result. When I first started, I thought I wanted the "most metal" sound I could screech out of my amps. I thought I wanted an Ibanez Iceman, or something similar. Now I play between a Strat and an RG series Ibanez. I can get a nice twangy funk sound out of my Ibanez run through a Katana, and counter, I can get a nice metal tone via my Strat. Just have to set it up for those sounds.

[@wtbgamegenie]

@@JohnnyRebKy that’s such an awesome and underrated country tone in my opinion.

[@CarlosVargas-cn7rx]

"Strats aren't for Metal" Yngwie Malmsteen and Ritchie Blackmore have left the chat

[@marcalving1753]

Iron maiden?

[@NordArt1991]

If I remember correctly... I heard that Paul Gilbert used a Squire Strat on the first Racer X album. I could be wrong. 🤔

[@RecklessDezire]

Yngwie plays blistering leads the whole time and very few heavy riffs tho! lol Thats another story, modern Metal wouldn't dare be done that way. Yngwie pretty much created the Neo Classical metal genre so he could sound however he wants lol

[@jonathanwright8802]

as have Iron Maiden. 3 guitarists, 3 strats.

[@richardriddick8345]

I was pretty blown away with the insane tone I got with nothing but an Orange amp and a Squier Cyclone. I played "War Pigs" and the sound was a lot more warmer/fat than anything I have heard produced from a Gibson SG, even in the hands of Tony himself.

[@NS-4723]

Excelente vídeo!!! Most important is study and learn about tone modeling

[@gabor222]

Your demonstration of singlecoils for metal was nice (I think that the guitarist of Raven did play a singlecoil Tele in the early 80's too) but you missed one important point: a setup that suits home or studio recording might not suit live performances and that is why humbuckers became the choice of metal players: the stage environment has much more electric noise (from lights and other equipment) than a studio and if you pair it with high-gain amps then single coils can become just too noisy.

[@guywilson3828]

feeling very valid for owning a telecaster but never playing country

[@norm6645]

Works for John 5

[@ossisuomalainen]

@@norm6645 Tbh everything works for him, the guyy can play anything

[@Reject101Personal]

I got the John 5 Tele, and I Def don't play country. Great guitar though

[@pulaski1]

@@ossisuomalainen But _mostly_ what he plays is Tele's, and he's a Fender brand representative for the Telecaster.

[@Zildian219]

"Any hollow body guitar you are not going to have a whammy bar..." *Me: Looking puzzled and amused at my Gretsch fitted with a Bigsby*

[@dominikweber4305]

Ikr?

[@ScoDiddley]

Guild Starfire, too.

[@kiillabytez]

Gretsch and Rickenbacher have entered the chat.

[@bodybysoul_]

the riff on the PRS is fire as hell

[@arpi1225]

Actually, your video was fascinating and I'm glad to have been able to see it. I can totally agree with you, the reason being I have an Ibanez strat and I often play with a hardrock sound. And it's beautiful, strong, really enjoyable to me! My guitar's sound is quite high quality, it's not an intermediate instrument, but was made from quality wooden. So yap, I believe that the guitar shape shouldn't necessarily mean that strats can be only used for these and those genres, etc. As you've mentioned this stereotype in your video. Thank you!

[@stringspicksandfiddlestick6388]

In the words of Keith Richards "Give me five minutes, I'll make them all sound the same."

[@anthonyl7114]

Did he really said that?

[@kaboomerty1638]

@@anthonyl7114 idk but i agree, most important thing is the playability, and how you attack the strings and play it, i can barely tell the difference between my hofner semi hollow and strat through a good amp, i’m sure there’s little differences but you’d be able to make it sound like anything by dialing the eq, fuckin with the tone and volume, and maybe even using pedals but i don’t use any

[@krisberntzen]

@@anthonyl7114 I have heard him say that, and not as a joke. Keith sounds like Keith no matter what equipment

[@johncihon1]

Keith isn't famous for smashing his guitar on stage, you're probably thinking of Pete Townsend of the Who. I've seen the Stones live five times over about twenty years. The funny thing about his quote is that he changes guitars for almost every single song!

[@themaf]

@@johncihon1 ty for the correction!