Yamaha EZ-AG - what is it?

[@richwetpasta]

I think these really shine when you plug them up to external MIDI banks/vsts via usb adapters

[@reread2549]

Yeah the Yamaha EZ-AG Works much better with the Midi Solutions Event processor plus if you want to control software synth’s or a midi sound module. The event processor removes all the false triggering etc. thanks for the video

[@MADMALKO]

yeah i didnt look into it enough - got a comment in a previous video saying similar but id already done this vid and given the guitar back to its owner

[@kennethmcintosh7403]

Good video Malko. There is even a deluxe version with a wooden body and a plastic whammy bar! Still has the flimsy plastic neck though. None of them light up beyond the 6th fret which is a let down for the audience, although pressing the demo button by accident just as you start a song isn't!

[@MADMALKO]

hahaha

[@5uperhands]

Top tip - you can change the pitch. The piano works ok if you pitch it down an octave. The problem is learning the chords - look at the D shape - which fingers go where, if you don’t know? Then look at them barred F#m - where would a beginner start with that, without a guitar teacher telling you. Finally, why is it only teaching chords, and not riffs like the day tripper one? Sexytunes, as Eddie Izzard once described them…!!

[@dinosauria55]

I’ve often thought about picking up some sort of midi guitar interface for my synths. Fun wee thing.

[@MrJasenstewart97]

You won't regret it, they take some getting used to for sure but once you do it's so fun to play on. The amount of stuff you can do with these is insane

[@lemonnlimelight2760]

Interesting Man Cave.. Sending best regards from South Africa.

[@MADMALKO]

hello south africa! cheers!

[@floydlay9189]

One thing Malko,,you will always be in tune!,,great vid!

[@MADMALKO]

this is true...

[@Emcfree2084]

He mentioned that in the video

[@deanevangelista6359]

No neck dive either!

[@guatapal]

Hi, great video and quick correction. I have one of those and it actually is a midi guitar or should I say midi controller device. You need a midi to USB cable and you can you use this instrument with any midi enabled software. Tested and confirmed.Still poorly built both for the neck keys and the strings you are strumming with your right hand but I would still recommend it as a learning tool even though you would have to pair it with a real guitar. I bought mine with rewards points when it was initially released so I did not really pay for it. I do not think I would have spent real money on it. Still a nice unique item I am glad I kept it throughout the years.

[@MADMALKO]

yeah i didnt research it before i did the video - i probably would have if i bought it but i just borrowed it off my friend.theres a guy in the comments here who uses it as a midi controller ...for gigs! id have given it a bit more of a chance if i didnt have the casio mg510

[@ravensmead1558]

I wish id had a music Teacher like you when I was at school !! no kidding !!

[@MADMALKO]

haha im humbled - cheers!

[@9jmorrison]

You have a great idea, maybe Edgar Winter like?

[@alexobrien4880]

Whatever it is, quite a nice tone. 👍Alex

[@MADMALKO]

worth gettin one if you can find one cheap - they fetch a fair bit on ebay!

[@lemonnlimelight2760]

Please load up Hotel California and take it to the solo section. It's gr8 to teach.

[@MADMALKO]

that isnt one of the built in songs , i didnt have this long enough to actually do anything with it like looking up a manual!

[@joeking433]

They need to make one that you can bend strings on.

[@MADMALKO]

i think they did? in the 80s? looks kinda like a dyson without the yellow bits, may have been casio?

[@beast76uk]

Hi Malko, saw one of these on FB marketplace for £100 and was intrigued as to what it was like, so searched KZbin and found you. Its - different... interesting... (maybe) fun..? But i wont be buying it lol. I did, however, subscribe to you, cos i liked the way you came across in the video, and I'll get through some of your Bass videos (cos, I'm a Bass guy!) 👍

[@MADMALKO]

oh theres plenty bass videos!

[@factorylad5071]

Have to agree with you here malko this one is just mental. As a learning tool then? Suppose it could work in 2 ways , the first that it gets you playing the guitar and second as a tool to learn new chords. But I doubt either of these learning functions would work out any better than a guitar and a bit of savvy. That chords are built up using scale formulas so grabbing a piano keyboard is the simplest way transpose chords between your keyboard and guitar fretboard and if pursued would lead to the knowledge of the clefs and music reading which is , if you are trying to expand your mind ha ha! I would get a cheap electric piano keyboard anyway if that's what ails you , casino and yamaha ones are always very good. I got a solid hardwood offcut from a 100 year old door , I was considering running it in a lathe to make a baseball bat , now I have seen this guitar I am thinking more guitar neck again , 🤔

[@MADMALKO]

guitar neck!

[@jacopobaleotto3464]

Can you record midi into your DAW (into PC)?

[@MADMALKO]

im not sure, i dont even remember if it had a midi out..have a scroll through the comments in this vid as i remember a few folk talking about things the guitar could do

[@barbarianblood2316]

Whoa that thing is pretty strange.🤘

[@MADMALKO]

sure is... kinda like playing a tv remote...if you dont think too much it plays

[@AngelMartinez-qs3cf]

Hey nice video, does it have a headphone jack? Also, what was the name of that Stratocaster like guitar that you showed early in the video? Very nice!

[@MADMALKO]

i think it did yeah, the casio is a mg510 - ive done videos on it before

[@AngelMartinez-qs3cf]

@@MADMALKO Do you still have the Casio MG 510?

[@MADMALKO]

@@AngelMartinez-qs3cf sure do - love that thing

[@color33d]

I like guitar guitar . But what is the Marshal top in the back ?

[@MADMALKO]

its a marshal dbs400 bass amp with 4x10 and 1x15 cab - the one with the band logo on it is a mb150 bass amp

[@color33d]

@@MADMALKO Thanks

[@andrewnicolai6251]

Is it possible to change the tuning on this?

[@MADMALKO]

aparently you can access a lot of features by connecting it to a computer? -one of the comments below talks about that