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guitar and coffee great combination, some note to your spraying-habit, i think at the long run when you spray your beans it isnt advantageous for your grinding mill, rather brush it would be better.

My goal is to just improve, I'm pretty much still at the beginning, so I want to learn new challenging songs and hopefully get down some techniques and concepts too. I think I found the passion of my life so now it's just a matter of practice

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2025 Goal: learn a new song or concept a week

I have dreams of the Revstar in white.

Loving the vibe. Think I'll have to stick around.

I started the Paul Davids course during Covid but never finished. I want to finish it this year and just be more comfortable playing by ear. 15 minutes a day hopefully. 😊

I purchased a subscription to Truefire and starting with a course on the CAGED system. I’ve been playing rhythm acoustic for years and decided I wanted to improve and grow as a guitar player this year. So, here’s to woodshedding!

New stuff for me is learning finger/hybrid picking. A few songs I know already make light use the technique, but this new year I'll be striving to make it a more natural part of my playing. Also have a few TrueFire corses I aim to complete. This new year is likely to be defined by woodshedding, with the goal to play with more people in the following year. Five Watt World is a great resource-- also Ask Zac is great too. Zac Childs is the one who's inspired me to pursue the hybrid picking thing... and Tim Lerch's interviews on Five Watt World that have bumped me down the path of a Jazzier expression (he has several TrueFire courses). Love that Gibson-- sure is pretty, and sounds good too!

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That practicing vs playing thing is something I plan to get serious about this next year. Recently I’ve been finding more enjoyment in acoustic playing too. I just need to force myself to be more creative in my playing overall and what I’m doing right now is just replaying what I already know. I like this style of video. Motivated me to get things done. Love the background change too!

Harry & David coffee is my jam. Dunkin' and Starbucks, noooo. Always used heavy & jazz picks but now medium & thin have added a lot to my playing. Using lighter strings with a bit higher action as well. Love flatwounds on bass, to me sounds more authentic. The extra tension works for me. Dry signal with a bit of crunch is how I plan to play plugged in this year. Much more nylon acoustic finger picking and regular acoustic strumming patterns also on the agenda this year. Ukelele and mandolin too. Happy New Year. 🎉

I really don’t like Starbucks either I agree with the over roasting. I’ve been wanting to try flat wound strings for a while I was going to put them on my bass first. To level up my playing I guess I’m building a pedal board currently I have the board and power supply no pedals yet though.

What are your plans to level up your playing this next year?

he went to prs for $$$ he needs to fund his million dollar watch obsession

I just got mine. Unlike my other SE’s it needed some tweaks on the whammy bar setting, but like every SE it came out of the box in tune and intonated. A perfect set up. The pickups have virtually NO 60 cycle hum. Overall great for the money. Tuners? Put your strings on right, stretch them out and set up the instrument and it shouldn’t be a problem.

Very Cool, Thankyou. Interesting, Informative and Entertaining Demo/Review Video. Awesome. Amazing looking, sounding Guitar and playing. Only have my 1984 Yamaha Acoustic 'first guitar' and Yamaha Pacifica, both Awesome. And definitely hope to get a Revstar in near future, always have impressed. All the Best. Cheers

Waffle waffle! Get to the point. Also do your home work. "i think its a compound radius but i'm not sure"?!? Also don't take his advice, the neck feel is clunky a cheap fat like a budget epiphone. Its also a crap fingerboard radius that cause choking all over the neck . You'll have to settle for a higher action. Not surprised JM approved all the cheap crap on this guitar. Kinda sums up his playing for me. Grossly overrated.

I really liked your eastman video, and so I decided to see what else you have reviewed and I am an acoustic guy who is exploring the world of electric guitar so I can practice quieter with headphones. I picked up a cheap squire affinity strat and Im not wild about the sound I get from it. This revstar is one of the exact models I am looking into, along with the Gretsch G5210-P90. Thanks for the review of this guitar and hope you had a Merry Christmas.

Except for professionals guitars are a luxury. As much as I'd love to have a great guitar at an unbelievable price anything that funds a repressive regime such as Xi's CCP Chinese 🇨🇳 one is a deal breaker. Tibet is a vassal state. One million Uighar Muslims are imprisoned in mega "reeducation centers" ( huge prisons) for the crime of being an ethnic minority whose identity and religion threatened absolute control. All Chinese citizens endure constant surveillance where jaywalking means a conviction, automatic fine and social demerits that can prohibit travel and video game bans for starters. This denial of inalianable human rights doesn't stop at their borders. Apple, Google, X, and Disney are among corporations who must cooperate with censorship and sharing information on private citizens elsewhere when they do business there. Long term expansion of the economic, political and military agenda has been wildly successful. The Silk Road includes artificial islands to support its second largest naval fleet and ocean trade. Cities built along the roads and rails extend to the Middle East. China is not the only totalitarian state and others, including the largest and oldest democracies ( India and the U.S.A.) are going in that direction. Music is about freedom and celebration of the human spirit. Let's not invest in its destruction. Buy responsibly.

I have a Silver Sky SE and love it. I also have a similarly priced Fender (Player Strat) and the overall quality is better on the SE. I also think it feels better to play. As far as the tremelo, for some reason PRS/Mayer have it bottomed out against the body like it’s a fixed bridge. Even though I don’t use the trem, I decided to float the bridge just slightly.

I picked a well-used, kinda beat up one last summer. Lots of mojo and feels good to play. I dig it

Picked up a lefty SE when it was released recently. My 1980’s American-made Fender Strat hasn’t left its case since.

Worst neck I’ve ever played

I had a chance to pick one of these up really cheap 20 years ago and I regret it that sounds amazing. Great review.

I've had my E6SS-TC for about a year and a half, love it, outstanding quality and sound, it looks very much like a J35 but sounds richer and more balanced.

Since my first electric guitar was a Yamaha I've always kept an eye on the company. Then several years later I discovered Triumph-- Rik Emmett played a beautiful white/gold Yamaha SG3000, and buddy I was sold! Those were too expensive for me back then, and as years went by the company discontinued the model. SO, that's the first thing that comes to mind when I see these new Revstar guitars--- a modern take on their SG series. It's featured in his "Star Licks" video tape (it's what we had LONG before the internet LOL!). BTW, the video is available on RUclips; just search "Rik Emmett Star Licks Guitar Lessons". Even today that tape sets a high standard for video lessons ;)

I played one in a guitar shop and loved it. I love giant frets and heavy guitars. lol!😂 I still want to own one, one day.

I really like the style of this video! Having the sound of the guitar in the background the whole time is really nice. Seems like you can focus more on your conversation about the guitar rather than trying to decide when to play! Really like the relaxed feel! Great job bro!

Had a dark green v1 RS502T and I loved it but eventually parted for reasons you mentioned: It was heavy and the frets were too tall - I felt the bumps on my finger tips when sliding up and down. The new ones played and sounded great also. Chambered but the body is a little bigger so still close in weight.

A friend of mine bought one and it could not be intonated properly: the bridge was not in the proper position and the top two strings’ saddles needed to be moved further towards the neck than was possible. I had a similar issue with a Schecter guitar last year.

I’ve been really wanting one. They sound amazing

SE tuner blow simple fact worse tuner out there 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

Have you tried the Yamaha Revstar line? What are your impressions?

Just take out one or two springs and readjust the claws to get a smoother floating Trem. It works great that way!

Immediately jumped on the phone to place a preorder on the lefty silver sky when it went live. i got the Storm Grey body w/ rosewood fingerboard. Absolutely love it. It's pretty much what I wished my old 2005 MiM Strat would be like. I find all 5 pickup positions useable and a chunky neck that feels like home (my #1 for years was a 2017 Trad Les Paul. The neck on those are pretty hefty) The Silver Sky's 8.5" radius threw me off a bit, but after a little truss rod tweaking, the guitar really came to life.

It’s not a gripe when 10000 other people complain about the pickups the running machines and the bridge problems and I would know considering I have se models and the crap pickups but the 9 1980s and 1990s I have will never be sold by me

lol you full of it

I love mine! Great deal and great strat guitar! ❤️

Hi from France, Thanks for your video, is there a great difference between the SE and the usa model ? In the same price, do you prefer the silver sky se or a Fender Player (mexico made), Thank you for yours responses !

Luckily I played the SE Silver Sky version before playing the Core. Once I got a Core in my hands the choice was clear-- the SE is the one to pick. They are so close in terms of feel and quality that I couldn't justify the extra cost of the Core. Now that I've watched all 12 of your videos, I'd like to know more about your Crate amp. Had you not mentioned it in an earlier video, I would have thought it was an old Peavy Classic 50-- judging by the looks of it. Many years ago I had several Crate amps that were all geared toward hard rock, where this one looks like it's a blues influenced model (based only on the tweed covering). Anyway, Merry Christmas!

Looks like a great guitar! I have an OCD quirk to preferring durability and ease of maintenance, which usually steers me toward bolt-on neck guitars. As such, the first word in acoustic guitars for me is Taylor; the bolt-on necks and laminated tops of those made in Mexico models speak to my OCD :D Eastman make very fine guitars, and if I were in the market for a traditionally made (i.e. set neck) they would at the top of my list-- right next to Yamaha which I always admire when hanging out at our local music shop. But in very short order I find myself back in the electric section LOL! And yes-- the reason for the season! Through the eloquence of Sir Linus Van Pelt quoting Luke 42; "Lights, please..."

Cool guitar! I very nearly bought one-- ordered it online, waited a week for delivery, opened it up... the only thing I liked about it was the neck shape. There were some QC issues so I returned it the next day. Didn't even plug it in. Why? Because a few days earlier I played an SE version at our local shop-- so, when the Core model arrived I knew right away there was not enough difference between the Core and SE *for me* to justify the expense. Honestly I'm more of a Tele guy anyway, and as such I ended up going with the PRS Tele instead ;) If ever I was in the market for a Strat, I'd go PRS SE for sure-- great guitars!

LOVE the Telecaster! To lighten the load on my back, I sold my two heavy guitars and purchased two lighter weight replacements: A PRS NF53 and a Myles Kennedy signature model (PRS Teles). One weighs 6 lbs, the other 6.75 lbs. So those have inspired a bunch of things for me. Love your 78!

Staying relaxed is something I have been trying lately as well. A simple concept that I never thought about until I was going through a TrueFire lesson with Eric Haugen, where he mentions it. That was a bit of a revelation for me. Then a few months ago Uncle Larry suggested keeping a light touch with the fretting hand which was another reminder-- and confirmation-- that I need to lighten up. Still working on it, but I've noticed a big difference when playing in our church band; by intentionally staying loose, I find I play smoother and easier, with less fatigue. Again, it's something I'm working on ;)

Nothing wrong with making a guitar your own! Me? Yeah, I've done a lot. Most memorable was taking a Fender "Highway-One" Strat, disassembling it, sanding down the body and painting it in Van Halen stripes (meticulously following his Franky patterns from old photos), then lightly sanding, and darkening the neck using a bit of ground up pencil led (graphite). It came out fantastic if I do say so myself LOL! After a few years, I sold it to fund something else. Since then I've painted several other things in the Van Halen theme ;)

What? Fender doesn't have enough models in its HUGE lineup that PRS has to make one? Gotta wonder ...

What I'm doing to sound better? Start by dialing up a good overdriven amp setting (with a few effects) and leave that be. Then I control crunch, or clean tones using the guitars volume/tone controls. I use both controls a lot, and switch between pickups at times. Stings are pure-nickel (DR, Ernie Ball, D'Addario, etc.). Usually using 10s, but I've played around with 8s & 9s-- 8s being more fun, and better when practicing using a light touch. Picks: standard Fender thin/medium/heavy depending on how energetic I'm feeling... also really like V-Picks "Freakishly Large Rounded" which is quite thick and has a tone much like that when using the flesh of the fingertips. Then of course much of what you talked about using picking location, palm muting, pick angle... There's so much a player can do when not distracted by a pedal-board LOL!

Favorite thing about that guitar...? It's a Tele! I've got a real soft spot for any Telecaster (and the multitude of variants). Also, the P-90s... in 40 years, I've never played a guitar with P-90s... how's that possible?! Enjoying the videos-- spending a rainy afternoon on the channel ;)

Subscribed, I liked the silver sky se, when it came out I couldn’t find one in my area. But later got a hold of one. I think they are good for the price. Can’t afford the American made one but man it played great. Tried on out at Sam ash . Thanks for the video. Like to hear the silver sky.