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This is such a good video. Very meticulous and clear!

You're a great player and I enjoy your licks a lot. But I feel that you can achieve the sound you're looking for from almost every one of these guitars by using the EQ on the guitar or getting a specific Amp which you like. I say this from experience. The only thing that's actually hard to deal with is a muddy neck pickup ( in my opinion ) such as Burstbuckers. Amp and tone knobs on the guitar can get you closer to the tone you hear in your mind. I definitely like how you started playing the Les Pauls acoustic acoustically first. I also check carefully the weight distribution on the wood from neck to body.

Love this because I’ve been asking myself the same question and also have a Tele, PRS, Les Paul and a white Strat. They are all so perfect I hope I never have to settle on just one. Great video, thanks man.

Is it just me or is this guy like completely wrong about the sound? Honestly, I’ve played through one of these and it sounds amazing! Not sure about the longevity of it. But I truly don’t understand this negativity on the tone from this guy.

Dude, I looked at your channel and subscribed before I watched any of the videos. So playing an E chord with tremolo and the guitar tuned down is how you test how an amp sounds??? Play the goddamn thing and stop fucking off on one chord

I have the 2006 with gloss black and gold hardware. Not sure if wood korina or not. It's light, so maybe it is, it sounds awesome. Probably one of the best guitars I have owned in my life.

That vox wah sounds killer!!!! I really want to inquire the V846, but I feel like there’s not enough videos covering that one 😭 but aside from that. This video was so cool, definitely subscribed! 👍🏽

Gibson are much clearer and fuller.😎👍

Expencive gear !!!.....two rock ,vemuram ,etc You want to sound better ,just practice more 😂

These amps are tonally different out of the gate. It would be easy for someone to say one is better than the other because all of those Dumble wanna-be's are very mid focused, and mesa has never tried to be Dumblesque. Randall was really always a huge fan of Leo Fender and you can see that in his tone stacks that he built. I believe Mesa's are very versatile amps, but they usually end up in the metal corner which is just one way to use them. They are very capable amps. I have 2. A Mark V 90 and a Blue Angel. Great amps. I never really got with the whole Dumble thing because 1) Its mainly mystique, and 2) I've personally never been a fan of any of the big name people who used them from a tone perspective. I mean they have good tone, but its never grabbed me to the point that I Jones for a Dumble clone.

Right, because no one doing a RUclips demo has said he’s my clean tone, followed by the sound of a cranked metal zone into a rat…anything to poke at someone. FWIW, I’ve always liked your demos and modest demeanour. Tx!

music is just a touch loud... blessings bro

Thank you for the in-depth video. I am considering placing an order. What is your opinion using single coils or humbuckers. Would humbuckers be a little dark. Secondly, is the Bloomfield is a good platform for pedals up front.

Only problem is the cost is too high for a 5 Watt amp.

It’s like a Time Machine that style and the amp, lovely

I can't find any of the other Explorer videos in this channel can you help?

I don’t get the lust for old technology, worn down, used guitars embedded with old cigarette smoke, sweat and grime from another man. It is the equivalent of a teenager lusting after granny porn.

Do you have a trust fund? (Genuinely no hate in the question).

I'm just 27 but worked a lot to get a twilighter mono when i discoveredi it. First try and the tone haunted me. My quest for tone is kind of done. It's just perfect. Pure, raw, truth.

😍....soooooo beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!

First and foremost great video 👍the jimi hendrix sg looked and sounded great but could of sounded better as the bridge pickup was set wonky leaning backwards and was nearly touching the low e at the front of the pickup it would of sounded a hell of a lot better if that was rectified on such an expensive guitar

Tone comes from the hands.

If you just had a sub $2000 (retail/new price) tube-amp, which two pedals would you pick out of the lot, for the cleanest, best sustaining slide-tones if you only had room for two pedals period.

Could you do a video explaining to us in non tech terms what the dual stage actually is and does for the SlideRIG pedal, provided you understand it completely. The pedal comes with two +- suggested settings, but it's like; ''Here you go guys, good luck figuring out how to set up this pedal, just play with it, you guys don't need to know what the 2 stages is actually about or how they interact with each other''. 😄

I've got the same amp. Cant wait to get it up and running. Nice playing!

tremolo in the loop

That was excellent. I've had a Studio Signature for a few years; I love it, but I've always wondered what I might be missing from the bigger iron. Not enough to worry about.

Ya it hits you on a gut level in such a good way! It's a classic for a reason. You make it howl.

I could listen to that shit all day. Great tone man.

I bought two Silver Sterling 150w and 100w and a CRS 50w. Now I have a good supply. Silver Sterling is an amazing amp!!! I have never and never gotten such a beautiful sound from any other amplifier as I did from Silver Sterling!!! For me this is a king among all amplifiers. The best of the best.

That tone king is amazing

Love your tone!

from my perspective through my gear that sounds nothing like hendrix its more of a country pickin tone

You can tell how loud an amp is by how much it weighs

Great vidi. As always, it’s fun to watch you ask these questions of your machines as we do of ours. The first thing I did when I bought my first boutique amp was trade-in my Hot Rod Deluxe toward it. I’ve often wondered how the Hot Rod would stand up to my ears now that I’ve got a few more interesting amps and loads more of interesting pedals. And importantly, a more learned acumen in my discernment of tone variety. And most of all, as is so evident watching your evolution, better and better hands. Keep up the great playing.

Hello friends of the channel and james. I need your help to decide on an amp. I am sure that james has talked about this alot, but i am looking for my 'holy grail' amp that can be good at home volume levels. I was blown away by the bartel starwood so i am learning towards that, but i want to do a more detailed research before i spend so much money. Do you have any other suggestions i should check out ? Thank you all

great tone! I love the plexi/JTM sound. I play a Silver Jubilee and even if I really like it, it does not have this magic of a Plexi. But I can play it at home. If you have any suggestions for a plexi which can also be played at home, let me know :).

Great video. Good job getting them sound alike. I couldn’t tell the difference between them

I just got a TS1 and it is amazing💯🎉😎 Best sounding amp I own💯🎯

Thanks for this . I saw SRV play a guitar with lipsticks and I really liked the tone he got with that guitar. I think these pickups are underrated.

Those amp share the Two-Rock DNA but, they sound really different.

I'm surprised to see the HRD keep up as well as it did. The harmonic trem on the Landreth is great though. Feels like the Harmonious Monk couldn't really touch how wide it sounded. Loved the video man! Love to see this kind of stuff!

James is the “bedroom level” with the Strat video still coming?

I have the same amp. If you go out the second input with a cable to a non reverb amp, it send the reverb to that amp. You can turn the volume right down on the Gibson and turn the reverb up and you get full wet reverb. Add volume on the other amp and bring up volume on the Gibson to suit. The trem doesn’t move to the other amp, however if you go out the monitor jack, you get the full sound of the amp with reverb and trem sent to the other amp. It’s pretty cool. I did the capacitor mod on mine and it opened up the amp big time. Lots more thicker tone and more volume. Just so you know. Enjoy your Gibson. I also have a 1960 GA 30 tweed Invader.

Why reverb dude, WHY???

Both sounded great. One costs you 400 and the other will set you back 4k. That’s about it really. 😂

It doesn't matter,tube amps are a thing of the past.. With today's technology ss is the way to go,it's getting to the point where there is no real difference in tone, and with ss there's really no maintenance, no buying tubes or biasing or any of that.. New ss has onboard effects that run after the preamp instead of dinosaur tube amps where you have to run effects in front of the pre(unless it has an independent effects loop)..Tube amps are obsolete in 2024! Ss is lighter, more user friendly, economical and just better than tube amps now... Sorry tube guy's...

Didn’t the Strokes use them in the early days? If that’s the case then, they have some of the greatest guitar tones ever heard.

That is pretty wicked

$600 for shipping for a guitar? Cripes, I hope that’s just because you payed for a lot of shipping insurance for it, and it’s not just the normal cost based on size and weight nowadays.