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"Gibson on every stage, dominating stages around the world, being the most relevant, played, and loved guitar and music company."
"Musical instruments are the best user interfaces that have ever been invented."
"From the very beginning, this was a project centered around a quality instrument."
"We have to talk about your obsession with silverburst guitars."
"After A is our G shape so I hope you went right here and saw this shape and played those roots."
"Every guitar is different, every player is different... set it up for the player."
"To me, as a player, all the guitars I buy, I buy them to play them."
"I think Sweetwater wants more money to grow because I think they're looking around and I think, if I was them, I'd be laughing at how no one's even trying."
"I've linked you guys to Sam Ash, I've linked you to AMS, I've linked you Sweetwater, I've sent you guys to Reverb, I've sent you guys to Amazon, I've sent you guys to mom and pop stores."
"If you're out there and you're looking at the new guitar prices and having that sticker shock of these inflation, just keep in mind that, you know, there's a lot of players."
"You buy high-end guitars because sometimes the components are better."
"Quality is everything Fender should be quality wise."
"There's just a level of craftsmanship in Gibson that's unparalleled."
"Learn an instrument, even if it's a wacky one."
"The guitar that you ignored turned out to be your favorite guitar."
"We might be seeing the end of the cheap guitars."
"Real mojo is you pick it up, it fits, and you don't know why."
"Without that custom work on it in this condition, this is probably a $440,000 guitar."
"Gibson redefines guitars as investments with the new rally partnership."
"They know they've created a really good line of guitars."
"Stainless steel frets... years down the line, you've got a guitar with frets that feel just as nice as they did when you first got it."
"They make fantastic guitars at a great value."
"For not very much money, you can get a really good decent quality classical guitar to learn crafts on."
"There's a reason why all of you guitar freaks... the first thing you do is go look at the local Craigslist or hit the Guitar Center's website."
"The reality is if everyone picks up any a Schecter or an ESP or a PRS and they play the same and they sound the same, if it doesn't feel special, how does it kind of take you to that special place you want to be when you're making music?"
"Martin guitars, one of the oldest family-owned companies in the world."
"Plays like stank... like a hot knife cutting through butter."
"You cannot get Gibson to build you custom-shaped bodied guitars anymore."
"The multi Drive really sets this synth apart and the duophonic mode is a nice touch with a very unique character."
"It's complicated and it's not the same as a normal Jazzmaster."
"In a world where My Bach and Heritage exists, Gibson isn't the best bang for buck new... but they do make some really cool stuff."
"Playing music with these Fender-style guitars... is more like using a scalpel and being a neurosurgeon."
"They're so wonderful as art pieces and as tools."
"Your first guitar won't be your last guitar."
"I think the absolute high point of this Fender Custom strat is the tone, it's just unbeatable."
"An old guitar feels like a broken-in leather jacket, just right."
"Their passion for all things guitar but especially Ibanez is infectious."
"This neck is so good, it reaffirmed my decision that this is a good mod platform."
"But at 350 bucks it sounds pretty good, pretty natural, especially on cleans."
"It's very rare to get a guitar that is truly awful."
"No other mono synth can boast such a reaction to its sound."
"The M1 is widely credited as the beginning of the workstation, a kind of all-in-one unit, something that still has a market over 30 years later."
"The MicroKorg was released in 2002, hitting the sweet spot according to some sources, it's the highest selling synthesizer of all time."
"I just loved playing and writing music at the time, and you know, anywhere we could get a gig, we would take it."
"But in the Custom Shop, like John Page and Eric Clapton, they would always go out and try to find the best people they can."
"I'm pretty easy to please as long as I can pick that guitar up and see the solid build of the guitar."
"I want somebody to pick it up and go, 'Yeah, that's the one.'"
"Generations of players proving Martin is the best by test."
"The sound of a martin dreadnaught is unmistakable and its story is one of craftsmanship, consistency, and influence unmatched in the world of acoustic guitars."
"The inscription on Reina Ricin's headstone reads, 'She now plays a flute of silver and an oboe of gold.'"
"That's why I love these guitars because they really showed what Gibson was capable of doing despite the 70s and 80s kind of being an era of lower quality guitars as compared to what you're used to seeing in the 50s or 60s."
"So you could say without synths phasers wouldn't make any sense good one."
"Alfred Yankovic came face to face with destiny when his mother purchased an accordion from a door-to-door accordion salesman."
"It's the one guitar of my collection that I couldn't live without."
"Get it, play it. If you love it, you love it. And if you don't, you don't."
"It's like the piano or the keyboard is the main instrument, in my opinion." - Discussing the versatility and accessibility of musical instruments.
"Creativity is fueled by the best instruments. It doesn't always come easy, and in the process, you often realize how important quality is."
"This guitar really threw me for a loop. The seller thought it was an AR 9, I thought it was an '89 prehistoric. It turns out everybody was wrong. It's a 1983 pre-reissue prehistoric Les Paul."
"There's nothing wrong with playing your guitars and there's also nothing wrong with collecting them."
"So where did I go when I should be renovating the building I went to buy an entire ambulance full of guitars and instruments and all kinds of cool stuff."
"These are as good as the Epiphones, there's no real advantage to one or the other."
"You get a whole lot of guitar for just 350 bucks."
"G&L's are just as good or better in some cases than the Fender counterparts... This is why they made the underrated guitar list."
"One of the things you'll encounter in a synth with presets is that the physical position of the sliders doesn't necessarily or necessarily doesn't present the actual position of the parameters in the preset."
"Unique guitars have potential to be ridiculously expensive."
"Just crazy crazy to feel, yeah like for 200 pounds about around 200, but you know they've go wrong the fretwork is nice."
"I always thought cellos and basses kind of looked like fish."
"The things that are gonna happen to the guitar are really not about the tuning. It's gonna be how it gets hit, what kind of packaging it has. That's really the bigger thing."
"A flamenco style guitar with a whammy bar? It's so hilarious, I love it!"
"I hope Fender makes more weird things like this because I think a lot more people would like it."
"It's not necessarily the same level of 100% quality perfection as that Gibson Les Paul...but it's definitely not garbage quality either."
"The necks are hard and they literally do what they do or they say they do, they basically stay very stable."
"If you're going to do a custom build... you can have somebody build it, I like the Kiesel guys for the price."
"Is it really worth spending so much more to get this USA Fender versus the Squire? Yes, it is."
"I still have the guitar, and I still love it."
"Just don't ask what's involved with making and playing a woodwind instrument."
"This guitar is just insanely stable. I've changed in temperatures, I've flown with it, and I pick it up, it's in tune."
"Not everyone can afford a Gibson Les Paul Standard. I'm not discouraging anyone from buying one. They're iconic guitars, a lot of people love them, including myself."
"These guitars are fantastic. For those who don't know, I actually own a PRS SE Custom 24 and I really believe it's my most playable guitar."
"Eastman guitars make beautiful instruments. They feel good in the hand, they sound great, and they're not overly heavy as well."
"Yamaha makes great guitars at a really, really great price."
"Find yourself a two pickup Les Paul Artisan even if it's not what you normally think when you think of this model."
"Epiphone actually asked me last year about a revamped prophecy line."
"Her name is Sadie, she's beautiful, it's a Washburn hollow body. Look at this thing, that's right, I'm using the beginning of my show to show off my wonderful electric guitar."
"So, to ease the load of memorizing both the instruments and the notes, why not just add some way to see the pitch on the side of the block?"
"This guitar checks off all the boxes of what kind of guitar I would feature on this channel."
"It's amazing what they do with those instruments; it's why they are what they are, it's not just hype."
"As a musician, it's just so impressive seeing the instruments up close."
"This is a much more performative instrument for sure."
"Nothing looks cooler than that, and a greened out gold top."
"I love this guitar it sounds really really good it's quiet when you're not playing it and it just has a great attack."
"I love playing Ibanez guitars, they're so fast."
"If a cardboard box sounds good, though, I'll play it."
"This came into the warehouse yesterday and we're going to layer down here. What you're looking at folks is a best I can tell either a 1948 or 1949 Gibson LG2 model acoustic guitar."
"John Lord started to expand beyond his trusted Hammond C3 and RMI 300."
"They're well balanced, they feel great to play, they just hug your body, but they also sound great. You would never mistake the sound for something else."
"It's a great guitar for like I've found myself calling it out when someone's stuck on a solo or something."
"Versatility, dynamic response, tonal quality, simplicity, reliability, and value for the money."
"Fender clearly understands the legacy of the basement name and the long shadow that it casts over the music of the last 70 years."
"Now the action of your bass is fully dialed and it's time to make sure that you don't sound Out Of Tune like a dummy."
"Jimmy's known for making basses that are based on the, you know, the the fender um, the fender kind of platform Jazz basses P bases."
"The number one most important thing is to try to have fun doing it so whatever you have fun doing should be what you should be practicing because if you're not having fun odds are you're not going to stick with the instrument."
"It's so in tune and stays in tune."
"It's my favorite guitar. It's great. It's got Bill Lawrence 705 pickups in it, nine pedals and six knee levers and... it's my favorite guitar."
"Revived the qualities of mid-60s Fenders with modern features."
"We don't have a piano, we apparently don't even have the instruments for a band."
"These are basic basically in the same lineup as the Epiphone elitist series of instruments if you don't know anything about those just think really high-end Epiphone similar to like what they're doing with the inspired by Gibson Custom Shop range."
"It brings the beans and it sounds like a real horn too."
"It's just funny to point out, like, what are the quirks, the all the quirky little things because ultimately, like, time, these are time-tested iconic basses."
"It was my first proper Ibanez guitar as well and I really like it."
"The neck is the selling point of the guitar."
"One of the PRS guitars that Carlos has been seen recently is the PRS sc245 Custom. He was first seen with this guitar in 2016 at the House of Blues in Las Vegas, USA."
"It's more of an art than a science, and each instrument has its own little nuances of what's right and what's wrong and how it works."
"So definitely get you a tuner that is knowledgeable and that can tune you properly, and I think you should be fine."
"The Squier Classic Vibe series of guitars are some of the best bangs for your buck in the guitar market today."
"It holds tune remarkably well too."
"A single pickup bolted to a slab of wood, a cable and an amp."
"If you love the sound of the Blues Junior and if you love it and the others don't do it, don't sell it."
"The difference between a standard digital modeling amp and a decent tube amp is like 0% to 98%."
"...you really want is an instrument that's going to inspire you to pick it up all the time..."
"I always like the scratch play on the semi Hollow, all the colors and Deluxe telecasters."
"Oh man it's amazing it's a 1950 JT j200 Gibson body which is the biggest acoustic that Gibson made."
"Kind of clicky from the metal in the bridge and also slightly soft from the rosewood saddle."
"It's just that thing where you pick something up and you're just like, 'Wow, magic guitar.'"
"I love these things these are my favorite basses of all time as far as I'm concerned."
"There's a magic to this guitar. It's why it's becoming PRS's top-selling guitar."
"Making guitars is a very important thing too to keep those crafts going."
"I just love it. I love the way it sounds, I love the way it plays."
"Love gibsons, I've been learning all about these things all this time."
"...this new cork synth is a proper performance instrument and because of this, it's far more inspirational than its predecessor."
"...I must say the wavesite does give you some really nice Lush synth pad sounds."
"If you always find yourself messing with the EQ and the tone controls every time that you plug in your bass maybe try testing out some other basses and try to find a clean tone that suits you."
"A Gibson Les Paul Standard is a dream guitar for me."
"After I got my first Les Paul, I kind of understood why people like them so much."
"I think a Stratocaster, like an HSS Stratocaster for example, can do almost anything and everything. I think they're like the utility knife of guitar bodies and shapes and types, whatever you want to call it."
"...they would actually do black hoops on the bass drum with silver Sparkle inlay, which is a great look."
"The analog instruments, when you get better than one percent, you're pretty happy."
"It's nice to preserve these instruments and allow us to work on them and repair them and put them back into circulation. It's a mutual benefit."
"The aesthetics of this thing is just beautiful. I am so happy they brought a purple burst finish back to a Les Paul."
"I'd much rather go look and talk about that stuff than any anything new Gibson or Fender."
"If you ask if you should buy a guitar, you should."
"The whole Gibson vibe. I really held off getting Gibson for a long time but this is my first one."
"As well as great piano sounds, what's also really important is the keyboard action."
"The beauty of the Yamaha CVP instruments is that there are a lot more than just pianos."
"Yamaha's philosophy behind the CVP range of instruments is that they should make music fun and enjoyable for whoever's playing."
"If you're looking for something that's more than a piano and it's going to be the centerpiece of your music making, the CVP series would be a really good purchase."
"The Casio p xs 1100... it's got some great features and sounds built in."
"Certain instruments tied to certain eras. Like saxophones in the '80s."
"This is one of the most versatile road guitars I've ever come across."
"Everyone's Stratocaster is unique to them and I think that's purely a wonderful thing."
"The final verdict on this guitar is I think it feels great, it plays great."
"Stylistically a strat I think would be more versatile than a Les Paul."
"It's the most popular instrument in the history of the world more people play and have played the guitar than maybe all the other instruments combined."
"This guitar is very comfortable to play."
"Different woods are rated by how quickly vibration will travel through them, so a higher velocity of sound is generally considered a better wood."
"Surprisingly, for such a heavy wood, ebony sounds so good."
"If it weren't for the SG, Telecaster would definitely be my favorite guitar."
"The fit and finish on these instruments is incredible and the fact that they're offered at a lower price point is pretty sweet and these guitars sound just as stunning as the higher end models in fact let's go ahead and listen to Trey Hensley play one right now."
"...and they put a trumpet into every man's hand."
"I love these guitars, they just sing for me."
"This is my main setup, I have another guitar here, this is a custom Ibanez Roadcore that they made for me."
"I really love the 24 inch bass drums if you haven't played a 24 inch Kick Drum man they're just fun super thunderous beefy loud."
"Lenny had this idea of a double deck guitar... take it further than that... this Mega guitar."
"This was Fender's way of using up leftover parts... and it is one of my favorite goofy-ass instruments in the entire world."
"I've always loved this model from afar."
"A string tree alone will not cause tuning problems."
"A string tree is your best friend."
"It's a weird sound and not one that I would probably go for all the time, but having it is a blast."
"There's the first Cover Scat bass."
"This guitar was the first one that I found that allowed me to really be able to carve and shape my acoustic tone without having to have a massive pedal board sitting in front of me."
"...the neck glows a little bit more because hey that's the area where you're playing the most."
"A horn doesn't have those bad attributes but has the attributes of what a normal person would consider pleasant."
"It's kind of the same with the electronics, you know? This isn't a Gibson and it will never be mistaken for a Gibson so you get to play a little bit fast and loose."
"It's got this double cut with ultimate access to the upper register here which is just a really really fun kind of speed speed boat of a guitar to play."
"Did you get a pandemic hobby? I bought an ocarina, man."
"I was very pleased with the way that this fretboard felt. I was kind of scared about that."
"It's crazy to me that these guitars didn't catch on as much as say the pointy guitars like the ESPs of the era."
"Realistically, this is the guitar that you should get. This is quality."
"The high hat, for not being a two-piece high hat, is probably, in my opinion, the best."
"I mean, with the Phaser, yeah. It was one of those happy accidents."
"The stage piano, stage EP, and organ instruments are simply outstanding."
"Really, really good, great guitar, I loved the P90s in that thing."
"This technique has more effect than you might imagine and it works on almost any clean instrument."
"This is a serious piece of equipment, hand-built in Japan out of high-quality materials."
"If you buy a made in Mexico Strat or Tele, you literally can take it out of the box and gig with it anywhere in the world."
"The action is the lowest I've ever played on an acoustic out of the box in my entire life."
"I love how Ibanez has been making a point of making these look more interesting with colors and finishes."
"There's a tradition of great violin makers in Italy... and there's a tradition of making these fine guitars in New York City by Italians."
"If you know what you're doing, these guitars are capable of a lot of different things, so let's dive in and talk tone."
"Most modern fret wire is sold between about forty thousandths to fifty thousandths of an inch tall."
"I still recommend these instruments to anybody who's looking for a great guitar for non-Martin Gibson Taylor pricing."
"It's amazing what can do when there is an instrument that fits their body size."
"One is not better than the other; you'll find that different tonewoods like these different strings differently."
"Back in the 1950s and 60s when rock combos had taken a firm foothold in the music scene, all of the main instruments—guitar, bass, and drums—had one common character: their sound. They all had a sharp attack."
"The way it looks and feels definitely matters... there's something about being in front of a nice-looking instrument."
"We're not going to tell you what piano to buy, or how much money to spend, but we are going to cover all of the critical areas of difference between these lovely instruments."
"The Korg Kronos is almost 10 years old, but let's take a look at what it has to offer."
"Dollar for dollar, they probably make the best metal shell drums in the market."
"If you have never played or owned a Les Paul before and you want the truest Les Paul experience possible, I would go with the 50 standard."
"You pick up the guitar and play it, and if you can't put it down, that's probably the guitar for you."