My questions would be: How easy is it to replace strings? How easy/difficult is it to change tunings on the fly, i.e. go from standard tuning one song, to drop D, back to standard? Thanks for the video!
@@FirstLast-xn8ic oh I agree, but I did have those questions about that bridge. My PRS stays in tune really well and is 100% stock, but still has those human elements of which you speak, especially since I'm a bass player who's used to pressing and bending much thicker strings
So many ways having a Guitar that stays in tune always is a dream. Although have a few questions. How does it deal with drop or alternate tunings? Or is it set for only standard tuning? Was that a battery compartment I saw? If the system runs of batteries how many, what type and how long do they usually last? Last question, is there a locking nut on that guitar, didn't notice? If not with the strings being tightened and relaxed in a constant state to maintain pitch, will it prematurely wear out the nut? Years ago was in a Masterclass and the teacher asked everyone to play. Most students ripped off some licks trying to impress and show their chops. After all had their turn the Teacher says " does nobody have an ear or pay attention to what they hear"? Most everyone was so concerned about speed and flash many were prssing to hard as they got into it (as you even stated on this vid) and technique and pitch go out the window. It's a very bad habit to break. Point being, with something like this which corrects poor playing, could cause some very poor technique and sloppy play in future. Which would be very noticable when playing other guitars. Took myself quite a while playing plugged into a Peterson Strobe tuner to learn the max pressure before pitch goes sharp. Kept doing it till it was automatic. Good lesson for anybody really (especially with Barr Chords). Just a thought. Still do love the idea of complete tuning stability. Thanks for the Video!
Wouldn’t that completely defeat the purpose of having a tremolo? I personally only own hard tail guitars, so I’m not really familiar with trems, but it seams like an oxymoron to me.
@@madaxe79 one of the key problems with trem systems, especially floating ones, is that they have a really hard time staying in tune as you keep whammying. You can configure evertune bridges to allow for bends (or in reality tension change as that's all bends are) while still maintaining the perfect tuning feature for unbent notes. If they could make something that allows for a ton of tremolo stuff while also keeping unmodified note accuracy it'd be a game changer.
Cataclysmic Delta I get what you mean now... And I think I have a way to do it. Just need to get hold of an evertune to modify. It shouldn’t be too hard, the springs are just acting as a tension take-up device, so, there’s actually probably two or three ways to do it, just need to do some testing to see which way works best. That sounds like a fun project to try and make work. I’m completely not interested in the outcome, but I’m now interested in the challenge
Actually bends are like the number one way to sound like a noob. If you don't do them fight at least. A LOT of players are guilty of out of tune/flat bends
So you can’t use bends? I should finish the video LOL like what if you want to bend ha ha I’m not too overly crazy about it but I feel like it would be a must to play anything traditional
I agree then have to retune when ya want to bend guitars why fix somat when it’s not broke, design something universal to stay in tune 24/7 and play bends as well. Not stop n start like this not good they can keep this crap cannot see the point
Bruh, last time I bought a guitar was over 13 years ago. After one week of watching these videos, I got inspired to pick it up again, and immediately bought a project squier strat lol...
The Evertune bridge is incredible, and perhaps the first really big innovation in guitar tech in recent history. I had the same strings on for over four months. Never went out of tune. Period.
Hey Darrell, don’t forget that the Evertune solves the double stop bend issues for all your blues type licks as well. Ps.. all Evertune need to invent now is a whammy bar version that somehow stays in tune all of the time and I can die a happy man/boy/nerd/guitarist. Great vid bro.🤘👍🎸
Yeah on their website they say that after they finalize and release the bass version, they're going to work on the version 2 for guitars which they hope to be able to incorporate whammy bar functionality in it. But apparently the bass version has been in the prototype stage for years, and honestly I don't know how they could make it work with a whammy bar, so who the hell knows if/when it will happen.
First time I played one of these, it felt like reality as I knew it was falling apart. I didn't know it was an evertune bridge and I couldn't understand why my bent notes weren't bending.
you don't have to use that no-bend part of the system, or can choose to use it on individual strings. So you can set up any Evertune guitar to play like any other, it just stays in tune forever
That is very useful when you don’t want the chords to go flat or sharp ,more like a studio mode! Use the tuners to make it sharper until you reach the end of the locking zone and you will be able to bend no problem
I have an Evertune on an ash strat that I have set up for bending. It plays brilliantly. Chords sound great. Bending feels the same as a standard bridge guitar. You can thrash it and it stays in perfect tune. Two-step bends? No problem! - returns to perfect pitch! My go-to guitar around the house because when I pick it up, I know it's in perfect tune. It's been a game-changer for me. If I could afford to, I'd put one on all of my non-tremolo guitars. BTW, using one doesn't rob you of the ability to HEAR or tune a guitar. I play numerous guitars and using it has no adverse effect on my playing (like lulling you into developing sloppy technique).
Awesome man! Ive got to try one of these. After playing 35 years, my ears can detect even the slightest hint of being out of tune and it drives me fkn nuts lol.
That grey and rather clean finish is definitely precious and defined! Of course it plays very well absolutely! I always enjoy these showcases, as well as envious of those guitars haha.
Cool review. Though i was expecting abusing the evertune, like breaking strings but the other strings still stay in tune. Lol. Your review definitely makes decide to get an evertune guitar. Thanks man
I never questioned the reliability of it. I just don't really have a use for it. I don't have an evertune on my guitar, but it stays perfectly in tune from string change to string change. I never have to tune it. It's called low mass locking tuners. As far as compensation goes, it's a cool idea. I can see how it would be useful for some applications, but more often than not I do a lot of bending on all strings in my style of playing so it's not a necessary feature. Still a really cool design. I'm always amazed by what people are able to figure out in the guitar world.
Basically it is a hardtail Floyd rose. You dont have to worry about the balance act as much. Tune it. Set it up to the radius of the neck and proper string height and your gtg.
@@sunnohh Robotuners? Like the Gibson fiasco? Absolutely nothing like that. At all. Clearly you’ve never played a guitar equipped with an Evertune bridge.
Does anyone else find Darrel's accent really calming? Like when he pronounces an "ou" sound it's like "aaaah, I'm in the happy Canadian guitar place! Yay!"
As a bassist by birth and guitarist for fun I have a real bad habit of playing too hard on the dainty guitar strings. This bridge seems great for my stupid fast punk songs.
I've been a huge fan of Evertune, both the product and the company. I used their install program and had them order and install one in a PRS CE24. They did a great job and didn't cost all that much, considering.
295 + installing and it could go easily over 500$. But you will have guitar that is in tune and plays in tune which is the essence of a good sound. Unlike some expensive brands like gibson.
You're situation without a doubt definitely takes the cake, but I came damn close by installing $440+ worth of Mastery Bridge and Vibrato, when all was said and done, on my $500 Squier Jazzmaster. XD
I got a Solar A1.6 with Evertune. When I first got it I had to down tune it to D standard so I had to fiddle with it a bit but once it was locked in I’ve not had to tune it once in 5 months. I haven’t changed the strings yet (cause I hate doing it) but yeah, it’s incredible to just pick it up every time and never have to do anything but play. 🤘
I have an ESP loaded with one and i can honestly say, it's a game changer. once you understand it, its easy. string tension in different tunings is also a non issue. if you are traveling, and the weather changes, you drop it, etc, it will always stay in tune.
As a long time player and long time les paul user, i immideatly ordered an evertune guitar and sold my les paul :D i will never worry about tuning again
These are the nuances I love about playing guitar. You can use them to shape your style. Not sure if I'm sold on the Evertune. Edit: Ok maybe it is cool. Definitely for studio!
I've been planning on taking up guitar again.... Had a lot of doubts, but thanks to your videos I'm quite confident on going back to the good ol' music days hahaha thanks a lot man
Great bridge! Actually a couple of days ago I was changing strings on my LTD Alexi 200 ( for the first time in ten years since I owned it, lol ). I got fed up trying to adjust the strings on the floating bridge so I took the back plate off and stuck a small piece of wood between the bridge and the body, so the bridge wouldn't bend backwards. A lot easier to tune now, since I don't pull up on the whammy bar anymore, so there was no point in having it.
Who are the 54 numpties that disliked this video? This guy is excellent and very good at what he does....a definate go to when looking at different guitars. He has taught me a hell of a lot and look forward to new videos from him.
Lots of comments here like, “How dare you make a product that makes the guitar function more consistently”. 😂 I might not have an Evertune, but to pretend like it isn’t innovative or useful is flat out dumb.
Love my evertuned guitars. I sold all the other ones because I never played them anymore. haha I have mine setup so I can still do bends on all the strings, but the tuning stays solid for rhythm parts. Total game changer!
Another cool thing you can do is tune the bridge to Drop D, then just tune up the low string to E with the tuner on the head. makes it very easy to switch tuning on the fly.
Best thing I noticed about evertune is it really cleans up your playing. I noticed I didn't have to concentrate so much on note definition because it stays so perfectly in tune.
Darrell : "Normally I tune up a guitar and then play it, this one i just pick up and play it" Me : *_Looking at my Squier strat_* asking "Are you an evertune ?"
I pick up my kit-built S-type and it's still in tune about 1/3 of the time, still sufficiently in tune that I don't bother fixing it just to noodle out an idea about 1/3 of the time, and sufficiently out of tune to require breaking workflow and tuning about 1/3 of the time. It depends more on how much I've been abusing the tremolo bridge than anything else. If I have, it will drift while hanging up. If I haven't, then only temperature and humidity will make it drift.
I've been wanting to buy an Evertune bridged guitar for a while now, but wasn't sure about it. This helped me answer some of the questions and reservations i had about it, so thanks a lot!
How, how, I ask you how? How does Darrell keep making interesting videos? Just captures my interest with each one, never stops. Dude is great, and it makes me disappointed Jared Dines hasnt had him on a shred collab yet.
My thought exactly. If you are a beginner or intermediary, it will auto compensate for bad technique. Even worse, pickup a guitar without this bridge and you're lost.
The thing is, a beginner is unlikely to spend a lot of money on a guitar with an evertune. But even if they do, who cares about "bad habits" when your instrument works just fine with the way you play?
I'm gonna disagree. The biggest issue for intermediate guitarists outside of needing to improve mechanically, is fighting bad tuning stability, or other instrument imperfections such as poor intonation and string height. This gets even worse depending on what part of the world you live in. Here on the Gulf Coast, where we have an average of 75% humidity, and wildly varying temperatures throughout the months, things like neck warp, and strings shrinking/expanding constantly will also pull your guitar out of tune. The Evertune is probably the most important advent in guitar technology since pickups and amplifiers were invented.
I feel like it would be an awesome buy for a tracking guitar, but ive also heard it is a sustain/tone sucker that is pretty obvious on clean tones. I dont own one though, only what ive heard. Probably awesome for gain stuff
One of my evertune guitars loses sustain on the high E above the 12th fret. I would not call it a sustain sucker by any means but on that particular guitar with the particular strings I use, I do notice that. For me the myriad benefits far outweigh that issue, but each player is different. If you play a lot of high solos I would try a guitar or two before purchasing, just to be sure. Just make sure it's set up properly, almost universally guitar stores don't know how to set these up so they just confuse the heck out of people. I bought one used at guitar center and I had to do a complete setup on it before I could even try it out, they had everything so jacked up.
For the 1st half of this video, I was like "A bridge that won't let you bend strings? The dumbest thing ever!" hahah!! Glad I continued watching to learn about the customization!!
I have never seen or heard of this magical bridge. This may be because I live in South Western Australia. Thank you Darrell for another informative and entertaining video. Now I have to have one. Bugger Cheers Tim
My latest purchase-an ESP Eclipse II included an evertune in large part because of your recommendation. It is fabulous!! Well worth the money. There is a bit of a learning curve -especially tuning it in for the first time-but again well worth it.
I guess it could affect someone’s playing, and a beginner a lot, specially in getting familiar with string tension and doing bends in tune and that stuff. I would recommend to just practice on a normal guitar, and use this for professional purposes only like recording. I would only practice on this guitar to get familiar with it. I don’t think this shouldn’t be anyone’s first guitar. Although I could be wrong. It looks sweet, I want to get one exactly for the purpose I mentioned before (recording).
Had to scroll to find your comment, but i'm with you. Out of tune is all part of it, especially with double or triple tracked guitars. i often record three guitars, with one at perfect pitch, then i'll sharpen one, and flatten another, and pan the flat and sharp ones for a huge sound. i recorded a violin player, who's pitching was so good, that when i double tracked her, with a medium pan, they both met in the middle, sounding like one violin. It's like recording multiple vocals and then pitch correcting them, the whole chorus effect disappears.
@@CineDecodificado Well there is a track called And Then When We Meet Again by Gemma and Tezzo which we did at home during, and about the lock down. I'd love to hear some of your stuff too. Best, t
EASILY, did you not watch the video ? Look Up Ola Englund's "Master of the universe" album, all recorded with an evertune, you'll only know this because I told you so.....
Problem is that every time you make a slight mistake on a regular guitar it pressures you to adjust and therefore you improve gradually. With evertune you will not notice your mistakes and they will be entrenched in your playing so when you then play a regular guitar afterwards you'll sound like crap.
I don't know if I could ever use the rhythm mode. So many riffs of mine have bends on all of the strings, so if I got one it would be purely for the tuning stability.
Lable isn’t terrible at all. RGD - rg drop tuning AL -axion label ET - ever tune The 61 is what’s confusing a bit because Ibanez keeps changing the number convention.
Honestly, I have heard a guitar with true temperament and evertune and I actually though it sounded bad. Don't know why, but I didn't like it. Could have just been the guy's playing. But there's something about the way this works, the intonation is so much more solid. You know how when you pluck a string to tune it goes a little sharp? That doesn't happen anymore. So as you're intonating and tuning you're really solid on the note immediately, no movement. So while technically the temperament might still be a hair off because of the way guitars work, it honestly sounds flawless when set up well.
Straight frets are tempered frets - they approximate twelve-tone equal temperament. Bendy frets from TrueTemperament simply provide other tempered tunings. A true untempered guitar would be fretted according to just intonation - pure simple ratios in reference to one pitch center - and would sound perfect in one key and immensely out of tune in others. The frets would be so bendy as to be unplayable.
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This bridge feels like magic lol! It definitely can take sketchy tuning/playing and turn it into a useable guitar performance!
Enjoy :)
Make a guitar review about JCraft guitars sir darrel, they're cheap but good🎉
My questions would be:
How easy is it to replace strings?
How easy/difficult is it to change tunings on the fly, i.e. go from standard tuning one song, to drop D, back to standard? Thanks for the video!
@@FirstLast-xn8ic oh I agree, but I did have those questions about that bridge. My PRS stays in tune really well and is 100% stock, but still has those human elements of which you speak, especially since I'm a bass player who's used to pressing and bending much thicker strings
So many ways having a Guitar that stays in tune always is a dream. Although have a few questions. How does it deal with drop or alternate tunings? Or is it set for only standard tuning? Was that a battery compartment I saw? If the system runs of batteries how many, what type and how long do they usually last? Last question, is there a locking nut on that guitar, didn't notice? If not with the strings being tightened and relaxed in a constant state to maintain pitch, will it prematurely wear out the nut?
Years ago was in a Masterclass and the teacher asked everyone to play. Most students ripped off some licks trying to impress and show their chops. After all had their turn the Teacher says " does nobody have an ear or pay attention to what they hear"? Most everyone was so concerned about speed and flash many were prssing to hard as they got into it (as you even stated on this vid) and technique and pitch go out the window. It's a very bad habit to break. Point being, with something like this which corrects poor playing, could cause some very poor technique and sloppy play in future. Which would be very noticable when playing other guitars. Took myself quite a while playing plugged into a Peterson Strobe tuner to learn the max pressure before pitch goes sharp. Kept doing it till it was automatic. Good lesson for anybody really (especially with Barr Chords). Just a thought. Still do love the idea of complete tuning stability.
Thanks for the Video!
bro, I'm a poor guy, can u send me a cheap beginner guitar plz.
I love your videos btw you're soo cool.
Once Evertune is able to bringe this technology into a tremolo system, they will completely dominate
I definitely agree! i think theyll conquer more when they make a bass bridge!
It will be kinda hard to use the trem because then you will have 6 springs instead of 3 to work with
Wouldn’t that completely defeat the purpose of having a tremolo? I personally only own hard tail guitars, so I’m not really familiar with trems, but it seams like an oxymoron to me.
@@madaxe79 one of the key problems with trem systems, especially floating ones, is that they have a really hard time staying in tune as you keep whammying. You can configure evertune bridges to allow for bends (or in reality tension change as that's all bends are) while still maintaining the perfect tuning feature for unbent notes. If they could make something that allows for a ton of tremolo stuff while also keeping unmodified note accuracy it'd be a game changer.
Cataclysmic Delta I get what you mean now... And I think I have a way to do it. Just need to get hold of an evertune to modify. It shouldn’t be too hard, the springs are just acting as a tension take-up device, so, there’s actually probably two or three ways to do it, just need to do some testing to see which way works best. That sounds like a fun project to try and make work. I’m completely not interested in the outcome, but I’m now interested in the challenge
Preventing bends: the perfect way for a guitar tech to troll his boss.
Actually bends are like the number one way to sound like a noob. If you don't do them fight at least. A LOT of players are guilty of out of tune/flat bends
Haha, how to become an ex-guitar tech!
@@michaeloberhofer7183 Your Evertune Robot Wilma here!
@Andrei James well my point was more that if a noob guitar player wants to sound more pro probably the number 1 thing he can do is just not bend.
So you can’t use bends? I should finish the video LOL like what if you want to bend ha ha I’m not too overly crazy about it but I feel like it would be a must to play anything traditional
The fact that they accomplish all this through a mechanical system using springs is amazing.
My brain hurts when it doesn't change pitch even with those tiny bend bends.
yes Hahaha
I agree then have to retune when ya want to bend guitars why fix somat when it’s not broke, design something universal to stay in tune 24/7 and play bends as well. Not stop n start like this not good they can keep this crap cannot see the point
@@SuperAwesomenateyou can play bends as well, you just need to tweak it so it's not as rigid with an extra turn
@@SuperAwesomenate What are you talking about? Pay attention...
I have to stop watching these, they make me want to buy things I can’t afford.
*But I can’t stop watching because they’re just too good.*
You can get them fairly cheap in LTD guitars
I wasn’t expecting you, Dio
Right!?
Bruh, last time I bought a guitar was over 13 years ago. After one week of watching these videos, I got inspired to pick it up again, and immediately bought a project squier strat lol...
I'm still saving up for a Mexican Fender Jazz bass. I know the feeling.
The Evertune bridge is incredible, and perhaps the first really big innovation in guitar tech in recent history. I had the same strings on for over four months. Never went out of tune. Period.
Aaaaaaqaaaaaaaaaaa i NEED IT
Does this mean Lil Wayne can finally play a solo that won’t make dogs cry?
No lol
Not yet
yea, nah
That's the evertune 3 fret series in single string mode
Hey Darrell, don’t forget that the Evertune solves the double stop bend issues for all your blues type licks as well. Ps.. all Evertune need to invent now is a whammy bar version that somehow stays in tune all of the time and I can die a happy man/boy/nerd/guitarist. Great vid bro.🤘👍🎸
Smokestack Studios Gembrook allegedly Evertune are working on a trem system 🤓
Yeah on their website they say that after they finalize and release the bass version, they're going to work on the version 2 for guitars which they hope to be able to incorporate whammy bar functionality in it. But apparently the bass version has been in the prototype stage for years, and honestly I don't know how they could make it work with a whammy bar, so who the hell knows if/when it will happen.
C wow...wow👍
SheepHair awesome dude, can’t wait👍🎸
You could tune it in a way that you can bend but it's a but tricky to find the right Point
Evertune is the greatest guitar innovation in the last 30 yrs. Works flawlessy.
But how do you bend? Seems really stupid to me. My fender, ibanez, prs and even gibson all stay in tune real good....
@@sunnohh there is a setting to be able to bend and also stay in tune
@@sunnohh this bridge also achieves perfect intonation. And you can bend all you want, watch the video.
First time I played one of these, it felt like reality as I knew it was falling apart. I didn't know it was an evertune bridge and I couldn't understand why my bent notes weren't bending.
It sure is a different system to get used to, but it takes 5 minutes to learn it, and then it's really really simple.
you don't have to use that no-bend part of the system, or can choose to use it on individual strings. So you can set up any Evertune guitar to play like any other, it just stays in tune forever
bros physics didnt load in
That is very useful when you don’t want the chords to go flat or sharp ,more like a studio mode! Use the tuners to make it sharper until you reach the end of the locking zone and you will be able to bend no problem
@@malevolent5496 shut up
I have an Evertune on an ash strat that I have set up for bending. It plays brilliantly. Chords sound great. Bending feels the same as a standard bridge guitar. You can thrash it and it stays in perfect tune. Two-step bends? No problem! - returns to perfect pitch! My go-to guitar around the house because when I pick it up, I know it's in perfect tune. It's been a game-changer for me. If I could afford to, I'd put one on all of my non-tremolo guitars. BTW, using one doesn't rob you of the ability to HEAR or tune a guitar. I play numerous guitars and using it has no adverse effect on my playing (like lulling you into developing sloppy technique).
Awesome man! Ive got to try one of these. After playing 35 years, my ears can detect even the slightest hint of being out of tune and it drives me fkn nuts lol.
That grey and rather clean finish is definitely precious and defined! Of course it plays very well absolutely! I always enjoy these showcases, as well as envious of those guitars haha.
Rise Against are long time proponents for evertune, touring all over the world, for anyone that has doubts about reliability
Dillinger Escape Plan also
And Devin Townsend! 🤘
Rory Clewlow from Enter Shikari as well!
Cool review. Though i was expecting abusing the evertune, like breaking strings but the other strings still stay in tune. Lol. Your review definitely makes decide to get an evertune guitar. Thanks man
I never questioned the reliability of it. I just don't really have a use for it. I don't have an evertune on my guitar, but it stays perfectly in tune from string change to string change. I never have to tune it. It's called low mass locking tuners. As far as compensation goes, it's a cool idea. I can see how it would be useful for some applications, but more often than not I do a lot of bending on all strings in my style of playing so it's not a necessary feature. Still a really cool design. I'm always amazed by what people are able to figure out in the guitar world.
I think the Evertune bridge is the greatest piece of gear developed since the Floyd Rose came out.
Basically it is a hardtail Floyd rose. You dont have to worry about the balance act as much. Tune it. Set it up to the radius of the neck and proper string height and your gtg.
Meh, its just another take on robotuners, hard pass
@@sunnohh Robotuners? Like the Gibson fiasco? Absolutely nothing like that. At all. Clearly you’ve never played a guitar equipped with an Evertune bridge.
@@sunnohh maybe actually watch the video. There's no relation to robo tuners. This is entirely mechanical.
@@sunnohh Maybe you should look into things before talking nonsense...
Does anyone else find Darrel's accent really calming? Like when he pronounces an "ou" sound it's like "aaaah, I'm in the happy Canadian guitar place! Yay!"
As I Minnesotan I think his pronunciation was perfect
Love how you write soli deo gloria in all your videos💪
Where was that?😊
This Bridge has two settings. One setting will not let you bend notes. Other setting let's you bend
I was wondering that thank you clearing that out
3 settings you mean. The third setting, have any number of strings to compensate for bends and the rest no compensation.
The no-bend setting would be good for studio rhythm sessions.
@@TK-fk4po Cleans. Its amazing for cleans.
@@peterharoldjanakjr2078
I was only aware of two settings. But I appreciate you sharing there are three
That is, indeed, INCREDIBLE. Almost breaks the mind to watch you bend those strings and have them NOT go out of tune. Thanks Darrell!
Love my Evertune LTD EC-1000ET, I've adjusted the tuning 3 or 4 times in 6 years.
As a bassist by birth and guitarist for fun I have a real bad habit of playing too hard on the dainty guitar strings. This bridge seems great for my stupid fast punk songs.
I've been a huge fan of Evertune, both the product and the company. I used their install program and had them order and install one in a PRS CE24. They did a great job and didn't cost all that much, considering.
$295 bridge on my $100 Squier, sure will rise the value of my guitar.
Love your pro pic
295 + installing and it could go easily over 500$. But you will have guitar that is in tune and plays in tune which is the essence of a good sound. Unlike some expensive brands like gibson.
You're situation without a doubt definitely takes the cake, but I came damn close by installing $440+ worth of Mastery Bridge and Vibrato, when all was said and done, on my $500 Squier Jazzmaster. XD
I got a Solar A1.6 with Evertune. When I first got it I had to down tune it to D standard so I had to fiddle with it a bit but once it was locked in I’ve not had to tune it once in 5 months. I haven’t changed the strings yet (cause I hate doing it) but yeah, it’s incredible to just pick it up every time and never have to do anything but play. 🤘
Wow, the new RGD61ALET is even more gorgeous than I thought
Evertune Bridge is one of the greatest guitar inventions ever. It's just incredible.
Pretty cool! I could see it being great for recording.
I have an ESP loaded with one and i can honestly say, it's a game changer. once you understand it, its easy. string tension in different tunings is also a non issue. if you are traveling, and the weather changes, you drop it, etc, it will always stay in tune.
why didnt you ask OLA for a SOLAR?????
id love to see you review one :)
At first glance I was like SOLAR!!!! 😄
then I got a better look, still a sick guitar tho.
@@meatrocket1 Where did you think that Ola got some of his inspiration for certain Solar Guitars? He played Ibanez Guitars for years.
I bought a Solar and it turned up to be a garbage. I could cut and apple with those fret ends.
@@amirrezarezaie Good to be in a kitchen ! i thought Solar guitars were nice built
I’ve heard of this product but first time seeing it. Kind of revolutionary. About time
DAMN nothing sounds better than a perfect tuned distorted guitar Lord I do say lol
As a long time player and long time les paul user, i immideatly ordered an evertune guitar and sold my les paul :D
i will never worry about tuning again
These are the nuances I love about playing guitar. You can use them to shape your style. Not sure if I'm sold on the Evertune. Edit: Ok maybe it is cool. Definitely for studio!
I've been planning on taking up guitar again.... Had a lot of doubts, but thanks to your videos I'm quite confident on going back to the good ol' music days hahaha thanks a lot man
Great bridge! Actually a couple of days ago I was changing strings on my LTD Alexi 200 ( for the first time in ten years since I owned it, lol ). I got fed up trying to adjust the strings on the floating bridge so I took the back plate off and stuck a small piece of wood between the bridge and the body, so the bridge wouldn't bend backwards. A lot easier to tune now, since I don't pull up on the whammy bar anymore, so there was no point in having it.
How tf do you not change strings for 10 years?
First of all you definitely don’t know how to change the strings on a Floyd Rose if you didn’t block the bridge😂
when you change strings,put in a block UNTIL ITS TUNED .then you remove the damned thing
I've come close to doing that to my LTD so many times. lol
@@trillrifaxegrindor4411
Yeah I use a stack of business cards under the trem.😀
Thanks for the video - this bridge totally blew my mind. Awesome channel. 👍👍
Who are the 54 numpties that disliked this video?
This guy is excellent and very good at what he does....a definate go to when looking at different guitars. He has taught me a hell of a lot and look forward to new videos from him.
So glad you R checking this out!
Lots of comments here like, “How dare you make a product that makes the guitar function more consistently”. 😂 I might not have an Evertune, but to pretend like it isn’t innovative or useful is flat out dumb.
Thanks for posting this. I didn’t know what an evertune did before seeing this video.
Love my evertuned guitars. I sold all the other ones because I never played them anymore. haha I have mine setup so I can still do bends on all the strings, but the tuning stays solid for rhythm parts. Total game changer!
When they're setup for bend mode, do they stay in tune as well as not?
You are always amazing. So much talent and knowledge
Another cool thing you can do is tune the bridge to Drop D, then just tune up the low string to E with the tuner on the head. makes it very easy to switch tuning on the fly.
I have the LTD EC-1000 Evertune. It really is amazing how it just stays in tune. The problem of over-pressing on the fret board is simply gone.
I put one on a Les Paul and It tried so hard to compensate, that it exploded
Authentic.
😆🤣😂
Lolol
Then it's headstock popped off...
String Butler helped mine immensely.
Best thing I noticed about evertune is it really cleans up your playing. I noticed I didn't have to concentrate so much on note definition because it stays so perfectly in tune.
Darrell : "Normally I tune up a guitar and then play it, this one i just pick up and play it"
Me : *_Looking at my Squier strat_* asking "Are you an evertune ?"
I pick up my kit-built S-type and it's still in tune about 1/3 of the time, still sufficiently in tune that I don't bother fixing it just to noodle out an idea about 1/3 of the time, and sufficiently out of tune to require breaking workflow and tuning about 1/3 of the time. It depends more on how much I've been abusing the tremolo bridge than anything else. If I have, it will drift while hanging up. If I haven't, then only temperature and humidity will make it drift.
I've been wanting to buy an Evertune bridged guitar for a while now, but wasn't sure about it. This helped me answer some of the questions and reservations i had about it, so thanks a lot!
And I thought I've seen everything...Amazing future tech stuff! Looks great too!
i wanna see one of these with a whammie bar for every string.
Mini bridge whammy’s
You’re onto something !
Sounds like a weapon of mass destruction
I really like the elegantly simple, streamlined look of that guitar. Bridge seems pretty cool.
Hey Darrell, do you ever play extended range guitars? I would like to see you play a 7 or 8 string sometime!
Same! The Brian "Head" Welch ESP 7 string or James "Munky" Shaffer Ibanez 7 string would have been a good one to explore the evertune with
Yes, make it a multiscale at that!
just super super pro idea!!! Excellent, thank you!!
A real cowboy knows how to manipulate his saddle
This saddle is installed directly into the horse
How, how, I ask you how? How does Darrell keep making interesting videos? Just captures my interest with each one, never stops. Dude is great, and it makes me disappointed Jared Dines hasnt had him on a shred collab yet.
I can see this being really useful for recording, but for practice, it might be better to have a normal guitar so you don't develop bad habits.
My thought exactly. If you are a beginner or intermediary, it will auto compensate for bad technique. Even worse, pickup a guitar without this bridge and you're lost.
The thing is, a beginner is unlikely to spend a lot of money on a guitar with an evertune.
But even if they do, who cares about "bad habits" when your instrument works just fine with the way you play?
usually people who know how to play already buy these.a beginner absolutely should learn how to play properly first
I can definetly tell a difference in my ears, not as natural of a sound at the strings. But that guitar is awsome.
I'm gonna disagree. The biggest issue for intermediate guitarists outside of needing to improve mechanically, is fighting bad tuning stability, or other instrument imperfections such as poor intonation and string height. This gets even worse depending on what part of the world you live in. Here on the Gulf Coast, where we have an average of 75% humidity, and wildly varying temperatures throughout the months, things like neck warp, and strings shrinking/expanding constantly will also pull your guitar out of tune. The Evertune is probably the most important advent in guitar technology since pickups and amplifiers were invented.
Was drinking coffee when you said Ibanez labels are terrible, I almost spat it out.
Haven’t finished it yet, but great video Darrell
That’s downright fascinating! Thanks for sharing!
I own an Evertune Equipped LTD EC 1000 Deluxe.
Congratulations
good for you?
Good job?
CofeDafoax is that a question?
How does it compare to a gibson modern standard les paul?
This is the first time I ever saw that B-bender trick on an Evertune! Really cool!
It’s a cool concept, but imperfection is what makes the guitar the guitar 🎸
No.
Not even remotely true.
Watching Darrel bend the string and the pitch not changing was like seeing witchcraft in real life.
What is this sorcery?
My thoughts exactly!
Science.
Is this right with the lordt?
@@darthlazlo :}
You should make a video of the WHOLE process: install/intonation/tuning/fine tuning, etc.
methinks playing clean is better for demos, just an opinion, everyone's got one! 😁
curtrod lol when I hear an Ibanez, clean is exactly what I wanna hear.
@@soleneisconbi7302 I know you were being sarcastic but what about the Artcore archtops?
Elan Sleazebaganno I’d go elsewhere for a descent hollow body. Not saying Artcore isn’t descent just that I’d go else where.
@@soleneisconbi7302 True, I just like the Artcore HB's for some reason
Do a bit of everything 👌🏻
Cool demonstration and explanation, Darrell!
Thank you!
Love ur channel!
I feel like it would be an awesome buy for a tracking guitar, but ive also heard it is a sustain/tone sucker that is pretty obvious on clean tones. I dont own one though, only what ive heard. Probably awesome for gain stuff
One of my evertune guitars loses sustain on the high E above the 12th fret. I would not call it a sustain sucker by any means but on that particular guitar with the particular strings I use, I do notice that. For me the myriad benefits far outweigh that issue, but each player is different. If you play a lot of high solos I would try a guitar or two before purchasing, just to be sure. Just make sure it's set up properly, almost universally guitar stores don't know how to set these up so they just confuse the heck out of people. I bought one used at guitar center and I had to do a complete setup on it before I could even try it out, they had everything so jacked up.
For the 1st half of this video, I was like "A bridge that won't let you bend strings? The dumbest thing ever!" hahah!!
Glad I continued watching to learn about the customization!!
Perfect guitar for me I have a heavy touch and do one or two unwanted bends so this bridge is perfect ..... but can it play jazz hmmmmmm
I bought this exact guitar a few weeks ago, it sounds killer, stays in tune and just feels right.
It's all fun & games until your friend tunes it wrong & steals your allen key.
I have never seen or heard of this magical bridge. This may be because I live in South Western Australia. Thank you Darrell for another informative and entertaining video.
Now I have to have one.
Bugger
Cheers
Tim
Evertune: the way guitar players at Hogwarts figured out to mess with muggles.
Това е абсурдно ! Къде отива чувството от това да свириш и букета от тонове който носи всеки един от нас .
When you added in that you could still bend your strings if play a lot of Blues and if you can't bend it ain't Blues ;-) LOL
My latest purchase-an ESP Eclipse II included an evertune in large part because of your recommendation. It is fabulous!! Well worth the money. There is a bit of a learning curve -especially tuning it in for the first time-but again well worth it.
This is insane but I worry about how it'll affect my playing when I go back to a non evertune
I guess it could affect someone’s playing, and a beginner a lot, specially in getting familiar with string tension and doing bends in tune and that stuff.
I would recommend to just practice on a normal guitar, and use this for professional purposes only like recording. I would only practice on this guitar to get familiar with it. I don’t think this shouldn’t be anyone’s first guitar. Although I could be wrong.
It looks sweet, I want to get one exactly for the purpose I mentioned before (recording).
No difference, you will just find yourself more annoyed at having to tune again ;)
you wouldnt go back....
That would be if your playing was inaccurate before the evertune
@@abcrx32j I looked into it and it has methods to set for bends and vibrato. This thing is a god send for studio people
Wow is right. Sounds like a game-changer.
I think this kills the whole feeling. Imperfections are part of art.
Had to scroll to find your comment, but i'm with you. Out of tune is all part of it, especially with double or triple tracked guitars. i often record three guitars, with one at perfect pitch, then i'll sharpen one, and flatten another, and pan the flat and sharp ones for a huge sound. i recorded a violin player, who's pitching was so good, that when i double tracked her, with a medium pan, they both met in the middle, sounding like one violin. It's like recording multiple vocals and then pitch correcting them, the whole chorus effect disappears.
@@tezzo55 share some of your recordings if you want.
@@CineDecodificado Well there is a track called And Then When We Meet Again by Gemma and Tezzo which we did at home during, and about the lock down. I'd love to hear some of your stuff too. Best, t
that evertune seems really cool & actually works. great.
I'd like to hear David Gilmour try to play the Comfortably Numb solos with that thing.
EASILY, did you not watch the video ? Look Up Ola Englund's "Master of the universe" album, all recorded with an evertune, you'll only know this because I told you so.....
is mind blowing to see the string bending and the pitch not changing
I'd be wary of having one of these through fear of it encouraging bad habits with no consequence
Never knew about this bridge. Thanks for the video man!
Problem is that every time you make a slight mistake on a regular guitar it pressures you to adjust and therefore you improve gradually. With evertune you will not notice your mistakes and they will be entrenched in your playing so when you then play a regular guitar afterwards you'll sound like crap.
Dont play a conventional guitar then. Reminds me of a Tommy Cooper joke
Nice review. Thanks for posting, Darrell.
I don't know if I could ever use the rhythm mode. So many riffs of mine have bends on all of the strings, so if I got one it would be purely for the tuning stability.
Exactly,if you play rhythm and lead it's not practical to stop to be able to bend notes. I also use the whammy so..............keep trying
love those silver fluence's!
Maybe Ola would send you a SOLAR to try!
Wow . Bend Safty is trippy . I was just amazed
Is the Ibanez tuned up a semi or is the evertune tones down a semi??
Both guitars are Ibanez
This comment gave me a semi
That silver
Ibanez is an RGD and tuned down to D standard stock according to the website
I absolutely love that guitar damn. Ibanez with single knob fishman fluence and evertune
I don't give a damn about the guitar I just want that Allen wrench. 😁
Lable isn’t terrible at all.
RGD - rg drop tuning
AL -axion label
ET - ever tune
The 61 is what’s confusing a bit because Ibanez keeps changing the number convention.
Wouldn't it make sense to pair this with temperament frets? Otherwise it seems like you are making the guitar ever-out-of-tune...
But consistently so.
Honestly, I have heard a guitar with true temperament and evertune and I actually though it sounded bad. Don't know why, but I didn't like it. Could have just been the guy's playing. But there's something about the way this works, the intonation is so much more solid. You know how when you pluck a string to tune it goes a little sharp? That doesn't happen anymore. So as you're intonating and tuning you're really solid on the note immediately, no movement. So while technically the temperament might still be a hair off because of the way guitars work, it honestly sounds flawless when set up well.
@@Muchthesame
Good point!
Straight frets are tempered frets - they approximate twelve-tone equal temperament. Bendy frets from TrueTemperament simply provide other tempered tunings. A true untempered guitar would be fretted according to just intonation - pure simple ratios in reference to one pitch center - and would sound perfect in one key and immensely out of tune in others. The frets would be so bendy as to be unplayable.
I have just got a Solar guitar with Evertune, and it's REALLY AMAZING. I mean, seriously, SO easy to use, and keeping tune 100%.
Wow lil Wayne would’ve actually sounded decent if he had an ever tune
Great job Darrell! I own about 10 EVERTUNE equipped guitars and they have spoiled me. I wasn't aware of the B bender trick. Bravo!
Seems more of a headache to me. Lol
I'll stick with good ol' tune-o-matic.
Notice how he started this video AFTER setting it up, lol.
Yeah this thing seems like idiotic engineering
@@sunnohh only if you misunderstood what it is. This is a good example of incredible engineering.