Stop LYING about Harley Benton!
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
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Glen I am willing to bet you'd probably never see this, but I have an idea for you. Take an actual blind person. Put them in a room and show them mixes with different tubes. Then different guitars with different pickups. And finally different speakers. Ask them when and where they hear the differences and see if they match up or not with what the results actually are. I'm blind. Have been playing for 17 years. And trust me the amount of variables that people think exist when they can see quickly start to go away when they can not. I had perfect vision when I started playing. I'm almost completely blind now. I have to use my ears for practically everything. and I'm telling you all right now Glen's more on the ball on this stuff than any of you are realizing. I'd love to take part in something like this if it was ever possible. Keep going and doing what you are doing man it is awesome. Oh and before anyone asks like I know people eventually will look up the terms screen readers and voice over. That is how I use my computer and phone to do things like this. Blind does not mean helpless in 2024
This comment needs to go up!
Nah this is bullshit /s
Bumping this comment up. Well said, mate!
Can RUclips comments be read with braille keyboards, too? Or does only the voice over work? I’ve also been wondering how blind-accessible most DAWs are. Voiceover can read out the dB numbers of the faders to you, I guess, but the only way to have tactile feedback would be to use an actual mixing desk with tangible faders.
For guitar, did you put the numbers in braille on the upper or lower edge of the guitar neck? I assume that‘s what I would do, to make sure I’d quickly find the right fret without looking.
(In case you’re wondering, yes, I work in a facility for visually impaired people. 😉)
So to answer these one by one. I would imagine a braille keyboard would work just fine for RUclips comments. As far as I’m aware it works just fine. I used to have one, but mainly used it for inputting math braille back when I was in college a few years back. Never thought about it for that use. The only time I really even use braille these days is on my phone with a feature that allows me to type in braille which is way faster than standard typing.
For the DAW thing that is tough. I think it depends on the user’s ability to learn and adapt. ProTools is a F**KING nightmare! There’s so much happening and honestly it is one of the most frustrating ecosystems I’ve ever had the misfortune to try to learn. Its a joke plane and simple for access. It can be done. Sure no doubt about that. But it is a serious learning curve. The only reason I figured it out is I’m a pretty advanced user who knew both the ins and outs of my screen reader and knows music technology to a decent level. I’ve heard Audasity is OK on a Windows based system, but not tried it on a MAC based system. Personally I use Logic Pro for everything. I have it streamlined exactly how I want it. I’d say 98% of it is user friendly for the blind and the things that are not are things that are annoying, but not deal breakers to say the least. It reads me all the info I need in real time for each track. I have also designed a few templates I use depending on what I’m doing so I can get up and going and start working as soon as I sit down. Plug in my gear and go. I understand some people’s hesitation on templates and presets, but I want something I know will work. Something I know will work every time. And something I can work on immediately to make sure I get ideas in place as quickly and affectively as possible. I’ve used Logic Pro since 2018 and have not looked back. Done everything from tracks for singers I’ve worked with to my own project work to live sound and entertainment more recently. I do own a mixing board. It is analog. But I don’t really use it at all. I tend to try to keep all of my mixing and mastering as internal in Logic as I possibly can. It gives me more control of where things are and how they are happening so I can figure out problems easier. Again I know that is not very traditional. But it is what I’ve found works for me. I basically just need a connection between my Helix and the computer. And my guitars. And I’m in business. I can lay down midi instrument and drum tracks as holding tracks. And send them out to people who play those parts to be replaced with real instruments. So it makes my life that much easier.
As for the guitar? Nah. You’d think the tactile marks would help. I’ve even considered it when I’m playing slide guitar since that is an extra level of difficult. But honestly nope. I’ve had to get very good at what I do through muscle memory entirely. I actually learned how to play guitar originally purely by ear and never even looked at my fretboard when I could for the most part. So by the time my vision started to go in my early 20s I was already pretty well equipped to deal with the situation. It makes it really interesting working with guitar instructors because they have had to basically reteach me guitar from a different perspective. I had to learn much more from muscle memory once I started doing professional lessons because telling me to look at the board was basically out the window by then. My current instructor (And yes I still take lessons 17 years later because you are never too good to keep learning) is arguably one of if not the best hired guy in the world today. He’s had to completely reinvent how he’s teaching me things like 8 finger tapping because it is such a visual exercise. We have to break things down to their individual components so I can get used to the step by step feel of the motion in my hands and wrists. Then build up step by step so I can get used to the motions rather than using fret markers to tell me where I am at any given time. It goes against practically everything he knows as a guitar player. but the coolest part is it is making him even better which I didn’t think was possible at his level. Because he’s learning this the same way I am and it is forcing him to think differently about how he plays. I know he did a recent solo with the group he’s on tour with in South America right now with his eyes completely closed to get a feel for it. There’s nothing to bring you as much pride and joy in yourself as getting a text from a guy who’s been a guitarist in some major label bands that just says “how in the hell do you play like this it is incredible?” I’ll never forget that question as long as I live.
Sorry this got way long. I’m willing to take a guess and say if you are based in the US you work in a Lighthouse for the Blind facility? Or possibly a school for the blind. Those are the only places that would come to mind for something like that. Its funny. I’ve always known my vision would go. Ever since I was a kid. I even went to a school for the blind for a bit. Yet I have never really felt connected to that community. I tend to kind of avoid it for the most part. I think that has helped me a ton because its made me learn to think outside the box. I tend to take things more as a “how do I do something my way” rather than “you can’t do them”. Sadly my experience around the visually impaired community is certainly colored by my own experiences with people in it. I… Just could not quite click with most of them. Probably because even to this day a lot of my interests are quite visual in nature. I mean even the field I run a consulting business in (The healthcare industry) is not exactly a traditional place for someone like me. But it is something I’m interested in. Anyway hope this answers a few things.
Glenn: try this gear out, it slaps and is way cheaper
Guitarists: Angery honest man is hurting the feelings of my empty wallet
Is that what you think? People who own Gibsons have an empty wallet?
😅😅😅😅🤣🤣👍
@@travisspaulding2222 in that case it's not the wallet that's necessarily empty..
@@yajrobot Lol, so now we're doing blanket statements about people's character? Maybe take a look in the mirror.
@@travisspaulding2222 LMAO another Gibson owner detected.
I missed when Glenn talked shit at Bass players. WHY DO GUITAR PLAYERS TAKE EVERYTHING FROM US!!
Because Guitar Players keep running their mouths while us Bass Players are too dumb to think lmao
@@longview3k69 That's the accuratest statement ever
“That’s all I have for you today. Now, ffffffffuck off!”
Dude, I saved a clip of that and send it to like 10 of my friends
Thanks for the idea!!! Haha
@@Guilhermetmfranco guaranteed laughs for you and the boys
_Masterful Signoff_
Guys watch the new video of Rhett Shull he compared different necks and if they affect the tone. The difference is really surprising. Anyone seen it?
@EbonyPope yeah that video is a very suspicious.
"It's not Right vs Left, it never has been. It's rich people vs everybody else."
Never expected to hear such a profound thing on a RUclips comments review on a Guitar Recording Channel, but it happened.
I salute you my man!
he says that and then craps on Christians constantly so clearly there is SOMETHING else.
@@L0rd0fTh3N3rdz What does that have to do with it?
That is just Marxist rhetoric. The individualistic nature of the right is diametrically opposed to the collectivist Rich vs. Poor class conflict that is espoused by Socialists/Marxists/Communists. Glenn by his very nature is a Capitalist. He may say these things but is still charging $250 for a pedal/effect. However, I agree that Glenn should do this because I am a Capitalist too. He sets the price for which his service/commodity is worth on the market, and he should have the right to do so. The huge glaring problem is Glenn is the rich compared to us common people. He is the "Bourgeois" /Rich to us. Apart from his outstanding tests and his incredible work, I don't think it is a good idea to listen to this rhetoric because it does not logically lead into Glenn being a part of the common people. I think he is doing an outstanding job-sharing information with us and helping us get to where he is. But, in the end, the Marxist viewpoint from which his views come from hold that he is diametrically opposed to us because of his position of power/wealth.
@@solaresat Why are those the only two schools of thought in your world. Please climb out of the holes you have dug for yourself.
@@L0rd0fTh3N3rdz There is no need to bring his attitudes about a particular religion into this. I think it was a simple, and quite accurate assertion, that is all. We can learn from each other without completely agreeing about everything.
Whenever the world pisses me off to much I just watch a few hours of George Carlin and I start to feel sane again. That and Sabbath
i swear being a musician is like a bragging contest!,
people judge you heavily
on the gear you use more than the skill you have!
Why is it that whenever someone says “gO rEaD aN eCoN bOoK” or “tAKE aN EcOn ClASS”, they are the ones in the conversation with the least knowledge of economics…
What does Y equal?
@@AmericanNationalist852do you want the income or output equation?
They think they've checkmated you, because these idiots are under the presumption that the book will agree with them and prove the person they are arguing with completely wrong. They also have never read an econ book, so it's all just arrogant assumptions that they are right.
"Well there's this little thing called SUPPLY and DEMAND and that means-"
*toilet noises*
Yep, ah, the Intertubes. They have truly done wonders for human civilization.
Pink noise to truly see tube's nuances 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 can't make this shit up.
7:46 as an American i have to disagree, i spend my money on much more than just burgers and guns, i also buy weed and I’m paying off my thousands of dollars medical debt from 5 years ago when i sprained my ankle and needed tylenol
"Tylenol"
@@YxYzYx yeah right, it was totally his fault for getting run over
@@naattxxnaattxx7055 lol it was just a joke but i don’t think he can actually comprehend that concept
hell yeah weed is expensive. top shelf anyhow.🤷🏻♂️
@@YxYzYx what im saying is when someone gets hurt, its not necessarily their fault. Someone could get run over and never be able to pay back the medical bills just because "its not the taxpayers fault"
Im not saying it is their fault, but people should help each other rather than stay inside their own bubble for the rest of eternity
I too miss Myspace and Bebo. Anyone remember MSN Messenger? Also good honesty about the politics, religion and corporate greed.
MySpace was comfy AF
MSN messenger was alright. AIM (aol instant messenger) was where the action was though
Lol Msn messenger and the chat rooms.👍 When I lived in New Orleans that's how I met a few cool friends in "Chat New Orleans" I think they started a pay wall and MSN went belly up.
ASL? Haha
@@thesandman775 AOL, MSN, and YIM.
Glenn, you need to take it to the next level. Review a Chibson
Interested to see Glenn break down Rhett Shull's guitar neck tonewood video. Tonewood is still bullshit to me, but curious to see how this is analyzed
It's a very flawed video. There are several things that jumped out at me immediately.
First of all, he is obviously very biased. He even said so before he even played any of the necks. When he plays the maple neck, it seems like he picks harder, perhaps unwittingly, basically confirming his own bias that maple fretboards are supposed to sound "snappy". Then he also mentions that, even though the necks were set up by the store for that guitar, he had to do adjustments because there was a lot of fret buzz. He did not mention or document anywhere by how much it was adjusted and if the string heights were the same for every neck. String height is pretty important, and the strings slapping against the fretboard may again be interpreted as the "snappy" character. If he had to adjust the string height, that also may have changed the distance from the pickups, making it louder or quieter going into the amp. And that might cause the amp to react slightly differently, with more or less compression. And then there is the fact that he did not do a blind test. When he listened back to the results, he knew which was which, and you can't judge anything reliably based on that.
These are some of the reason why Jim Lill's videos are so much better than any of the other stuff that's out there so far. He puts in the time and effort that's required to produce actual results that you can draw conclusions from. Plus, he documented his process very well. I'm not saying Rhett was trying to be misleading deliberately, but he just did not put in the time that would have been needed. The conslusions of his experiment (if you can call it that) just feed into people's preconceptions.
Oh and on another note, I don't understand where the notion comes from that maple sounds bright and "snappy". I suspect it's purely based on the visual appearance of the wood? Because in theory, maple is a less stiff material than rosewood and would probably dampen the sound more. I'm not a physicist, but I'd expect rosewood to dampen the vibration of the string less. (Not that that would translate to what comes out of the speaker.)
i guess there needs to be that robot arm thing that one of Glenn's more profound critics (must be the "physics of electric guitar" guy himself) had been ranting and raving for quite a while.
@@mrcoatsworth429very true. Did he also mention if he was using the same pickups on each guitar? I suspect they were not likely the same exact set of pickups. But regardless, your points stand.
Also, did he use a brand new pick on each guitar take? Because a worn pick will also change the attack and how snappy the strings might sound.
And was all the other wood the same except for the fretboards? And were materials like tuners and bridges identical?
I enjoyed watching the video, but there were some problems with ensuring his hypothesis was properly tested to remove as many biases and issues as possible. He did not claim it to be a scientific test, but that’s the only way to know for sure.
@@MashaT22 He changed the necks on the one guitar. So yes, they were the exact same pickups and I think strings as well. I also think he made sure that the tuners on the three different necks were the exact same models. So it's not like he put no thought into it at all.
@@mrcoatsworth429 the test was also done using a loose rhythm pattern which is highly unreliable, as it depends on the feeling of the player at the time. I'd rather hear static open chords to get a full spectrum of the sound
Jesus Christ is not a fictional character. There is as much historical evidence of his life as there is for George Washington or Aristotle. He died for our sins. Yours and mine. And He is the way to eternal life. You may scoff at this or make fun of me for my beliefs, but I really want to see you in heaven. As Penn Jillette even said, if someone has the knowledge of how to achieve eternal life, how much must you hate that person to not share that knowledge? Praying for you, Glenn. BTW, thank you for introducing me to Harley Benton. I love my SC450. And the 2x12 with Celestion Vintage 30s.
jesus was a real person but the idea that many have of him is fictional
Harry potter's school years are related in more detail than any of those characters mentioned...
@@koalatea9960 I'm praying for you, too.
@@theskullkid421 and I'm praying for you, as well.
@@TacMedTV i will pray for you as well my friend
I watched the Rhett Shull one and initially thought I could hear a slight difference between the rosewood and maple. Then I tried closing my eyes for a bit and I couldn't tell shit for the rest of the vid.
Well I could definitely hear a difference when he picked harder. Lmao
Oh I had to restrain myself from writing a fekkin essay on the comments to his video. Used to like him but he defo appears to be becoming a gear snob.
@@Vincegpz500 So now you don't like him? lol
it's the playing. No humans can replicate their playing back to back. I don't care if you're the best guitar player. It's impossible. Why do we do two takes when we double track a guitar? It's for the differences on our playing. You can't do copy-paste the same track, it'll sound bad.
@@Vincegpz500 He became a boring guy!
"It's not right vs left. It's rich people vs the masses. It always has been."
Exactly right. I wish more people understood this point.
actually, it's J..................................... vs.................................
and who exactly are these rich people
@@itsgoldmate8859 ohh I think you nose who it is.... 🤫
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As long as you don’t use the self drive/autopilot on the Tesla pickups.
You kidding? Statistics shows they outplay great guitarists 98% of the time!
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." - George Carlin
(Then apply it to the average musician and it gets REALLY bad 😂)
Scary shit.
Mathematically, that is not strictly correct.
@@mrcoatsworth429 it is a fucking joke. Lighten up francis
@@mrcoatsworth429When the mean, median, and mode are all the same, as with normalized IQ scores, then it is, no?
@@sparella true. Carlin doesn't mention a normalized test, though.
I truly appreciate your honesty. You state the obvious that everyone else runs from.
Well, you're ignorant about one thing. Jesus is not a fictional character. Historians all agree he was a real person. Even Richard Dawkins has admitted Jesus existed. Whether or not you believe he was the son of God, or just another prophet, is on you. You're definitely talking out of your ass on this one, champ.
Hey fuck you glenn, i ordered 2 amaroks and sent them both back (and i got my money back fully). They had fret and neck pickup routing issue (the wood was coming out in chunks near the trussrod and neck pickup).
I never got a good harley benton guitar.
HOW DARE YOU SAY KROM IS A MYTH?!! My God laughs at you from the mountain!
Seriously, I am Christian. And, miracles aside, Glenn, there is a huge amount of evidence that Jesus lived. The Romans were huge record-keepers. The only thing in doubt is his divinity.
What was really wrong with Rhett Schull's video is that he just listened to the sound while playing. He should have made recordings with all 3 necks, had someone re-name the files, and listened back a week later when he didn't know which was which. "People listen with their eyes". Now where have I heard that? ;-)
I used to play clean a lot and while tonewood makes a bigger difference in clean tones than it does under high gain tones (or any clipped gain flr that matter), it doesn't make enough of a difference to affect how a listener will perceive the performance. It's just an argument musicians make to pretend they know more than the next musician.
tone isn’t in the wood it’s in the balls
@@tre107 tone is stored in the balls
Where did you work when you were with Chrysler/FCA, Brampton or Windsor?
Windsor assembly
Why are you so mad at stupid people? They are best source of income for many of us.
I just hit 11 years at Chrysler. I hired in right after FCA took over, and have been here thru the transition to Stellantis. Glen is spot on with his words about it all has worked. The sale of the brand from company to company is 100% so others can make more money. It does not benefit the workers in any way.
'Stellantis'
..
There is no more vivid example of how the management is overpaid.
You might make Glen's "Butthurt Chrysler worker of the week" segment with this comment!
I ordered one of the Benton guitars. When it showed up I was very unhappy with it.. It was no better than firewood. Upon closer inspection I realized that what I was looking at was our actual fire wood delivery. For some reason I confused it with a guitar.
My bad.
I assume you swapped the pickups out?
happens all the time no worries mate lol
If your firewood looks like guitars, I will take a referral. That lumberjack takes pride in his work...
The video on tone woods and PRS on play and trade guitar is still up.
Yes. RUclips has been spamming for me to watch it for the past few days.
Here’s the thing about Harley Benton - it’s a QC lottery and this is unfortunately true for most budget import guitars. I have purchased five of their guitars so far, three of which had to be exchanged at least once to get playable instrument, one had some major cosmetic issues and Thomann have issued a partial refund as the guitar was playable-ish after complete setup. Only one had no major issues other than a messed up grounding. The pickups were always solid for the price. I still think that they are great value; however, I would personally not recommend ordering them outside of Europe as most likely you will have to exchange it due to the QC issues. Some people just get lucky and get good copies. I have also purchased two Jackson’s from their budget JS series and they had even worse QC issues, one of them had to be exchanged and it took Jackson over a month to send a replacement since it was coming from abroad, in other instance they have issued 40% partial refund.
My friend had to exchange four of the same US built Gibson Explorer. Has nothing to do with Harley Benson. The guy he dealt with at Gibson just laughed at him and said people just pay for the name only.......
You're not wrong, but it sounds like you've had much worse luck than most. I just bought two. One of them has a stiff tuning peg and the pickup selector switch is loose and rattles a bit. Still very playable and nothing I can't fix. I figured I'd be upgrading to locking tuners anyway and I'm actually bonding with that guitar more than I even expected. The other... there's nothing functionally wrong with it at all, but "Ocean Flame" stopped being blue and became green at some point, which has me annoyed/disappointed. Is it dumb to be caught up on the color? Yes, it is. Plays well. Sounds good. But I feel like I'm making due with a mistake and it's a pebble in my boot at the moment.
Didn't Thomann open a factory or subsidiary for you US guys to shorten shipping distance, time, and risk of shipping damage
@@Nachtmahr616 They have a US store up on Reverb and that'd be better for returns, but it's a more limited selection and the prices are better through the Thomann site, particularly if you split the shipping costs between multiple guitars.
I am a manager getting ready to retire and Glenn is right. This is how big business works. If you are an employee that doesn't give 110% and stand on your head every single second you are on the clock then you are lazy and a beater. But if you are a CEO that lays off 10,000 employees three days before Christmas in order to facilitate Corporate bonus's that makes you a smart business man. Here is a rule to live by in the corporate world. Work like everyone is out to screw you, because they are.
And even if you do give 110%, you will still be told to do one, as soon as you have an opinion that differs from theirs.
I dig my Harley
But the damn HB actives hiss like a MF
Is there anything I can do ?
Shows is awesome 🤘
For the guy asking to change the eq to make his mic sounds like another he can take a look to Lava by Acustica Audio. It’s a cool plugin for that
I always love it when I ask someone, "How F***ing stupid can you possibly be?".... and they take as a personal challenge... "You want stupid? I'll show you f***ing stupid...Here, hold my beer!" lol
I can only tell people of my experience with Harley Benton in late 2017, specifically with two guitars I'd ordered. That's it. None of it is ever a judgment of every instrument they'd ever made, and most of it has little to do with whatever they're doing now, almost seven years later.
That said, at the time, those two guitars were straight garbage. Poorly-made, poorly-finished, shoddy components, and zero quality. They looked nice from a distance, but once you picked them up (even before playing), you could tell they had major issues. They were nearly unplayable, but when I did play them, they sounded like crap. This was after I'd seen multiple videos about how awesome they were.
I keep hearing how much better they've gotten. I hope they have. I really do.
Even so, you don't need an expensive guitar to sound good or to play well.
You couldn't be more right re: greed in the guitar industry. And Gibson? FUCK. GIBSON...says the guy pictured with a '03 Gibson Les Paul :D
Love your channel. Great, helpful stuff. Careful saying Jesus was a "made up person". Intelligent people don't deny Jesus existed. The Bible is not the only place He was mentioned. Now who he was is the issue at hand. Sorry, but I tell people, if someone denies Jesus existed, get out of the conversation, because your not dealing with an intelligent person, your just dealing with someone who loves to argue. Many intelligent atheists that have devoted their lives to disproving the Bible don't deny Jesus existed. Sorry
I think that it would be an interesting experiment to hand multiple guitar players who are blindfolded different guitars and see if they can determine which is which simply by feel and sound
Anderton's does those videos all the time, and they can almost always tell what's what.
Wrong channel. No one hears "feel" in a mix, so it doesn't matter in the studio.
My Harley Bentons aren't microphonic
Mine isn't and it's fucking awesome
@@wideyxyz2271 got a gotoh strat and a Tele, the bridge pickup in the Tele is fantastic, neck is meh
My Amarok sounds fucking awesome! It's still my favorite guitar.
That's awful. A QC failure if ever I heard one. Return it and get a squealer. After all, that's what you paid those not very much bucks for......
@@Vincegpz500 i paid £150 for the gotoh, the tuners and the bridge is worth about that
You know, I was subscribed to this channel, but after watching this video, I am leaving. I came across it some time back, thought Glen had some good thoughts and tips, but a few comments on this video have just pushed me away. First of all, Jesus Christ is not a fictional character. There are more manuscripts written about Jesus than any other historical person, and it's not even close. You can debate on whether you believe He is the Son of God if you like, but to say that Jesus is a mythical person "like Zeus", is right on par with comments like the "butthurt of the week." Seriously, Glen? You make fun of people's IQs and then you make a comment like that? Wow. I am also sick of the crapping on the USA industry rhetoric. I get it, the people at the top of these companies like Gibson are greedy and don't give it back to the employees. So I am guessing every Canadian company doesn't do the same? That greed is only found in American companies? And then one that sealed it for me was your comment about American "banning books" so children can't think for themselves. I am sure that is in reference to certain states keeping sexual content from children. Glen, no one is "banning books" in America. They are simply keeping them out of public school libraries because most all of us here in America don't want our young children exposed to deviant sexual behavior. It sounds like you think it's perfectly fine to teach young children about topics that most adults find abhorant, and for that final reason, I will never watch another video from you again.
Lighten up, Stuart!
Tell us you're a registered Republican without telling us you're a registered Republican.
5:54 - Jesus was a real person. yes, his "miracles" are fictional but the man was real. his existence was well documented by romans who judged an executed him.
14:19 - ahhhh. those guys mentioning precision and tolerances speaking of basically a carpentry product. modern electric guitar doesn't contain a single part with a "tolerance" other than "it fits"
I'll never own a PRS. I think my next guitar will be an Enya. Inexpensive carbon something or other with a speaker and effects on board.
I want to see Glenn do a review on it. I haven't seen anyone in the metal space review it yet.
I have a prs custom 24, I think it’s a good guitar for the price.
@kaoe145 I am not willing to spend PRS kind of dollars when I can get a comparable guitar for less than half. That unhinged video he posted about tone wood just sealed the deal.
Get a used Yamaha , Epiphone, or Squier and change the pickups. I got a few trash guitars, for well under $100, changed the frets and pickups, shims in the neck pocket, and they sound amazing and feel great.
@rustystove8410 if all you want is a quality guitar, that may be the single best way to get one.
Every guitarsnob: You have to empty your bank account and buy expensive gear to "git guuud".
Eddie Van Halen: Hold my beer and Frankenstrat.
Eddie believed in everything that this guy says is nonsense. He built that guitar from Charvel parts, put in countless hours of work to keep those guitars perfect, modified his pickups, believed in using humbuckers vs single coils, modified his marshal amps, used different tubes, boiled his strings, wax potted his pickups, and built his own recording studio so that he’d have complete control over his sound. Eddie was a genius. This guy is a retired Chrysler employee playing in his basement.
Finally got to try a HB, felt about equal to an Epiphone. At half the price not bad, good modding platform but on their own there’s still lots to be desired.
There's more proof for Jesus than anything else 🤦i disagree with that statement, just do your research on that and you will see 🤷 however you are entitled to your own opinion 😉
"guys its not left verses right,it never has been,itsrich people verses everybody else" ,isnt that the truth....rock on brother!
Yes!!! More stoner-content!! :) Would love a tutorial on how to get a good fuzz-tone without it taking over the entire mix.
Jesus the man was real historically speaking. There are enough accounts to prove that regardless of your faith 5:53
What the Fuck is pink noise???
Unfiltered Glenn is the best Glenn
Jesus was a fictional character? Even dyed in the wool atheists will tell you that he was real and was crucified? Lol.
why is myspace music gone? make myspace great again! fuck fakebook/darpa! 🍻
Harley Benton have indeed had some problems with microphonic pickups. KDH has a video on it with a guitar with their filtertron-style pickups. HB were kinda evasive about the problem and claimed it was just 60-cycle hum but it definitely wasn't. You could hear the guitar rubbing against his hands and shirt through the amp.
Hey Glenn, just wanted to say that you’ve been a huge inspiration for me. Just left my automotive line job to start my own business. Been watching you for the last couple years and hearing you talk about corporate/managerial BS ruining the lives of their workers gave me the reality check I needed. In less than a decade, I’ve had two surgeries related to the job. Thankfully, my *glorious* (heavy sarcasm) country & state have decided that cumulative trauma is not the fault of the employer, so there was no compensation; only short-term disability. Now I have hardware screwed into my spine and a couple nasty scars without even the common courtesy of a reacharound. I’ll never work for someone else again, and you’re partially responsible for that. Of course, now I’m responsible for my success/failure, but having the courage to walk away all started with you telling us about your life. Didn’t make it twenty-seven years, but I think that’s a good thing. While I didn’t start a music business, I still look forward to your videos to help keep my metal spirit alive. Thank you, Glenn. Stay strong on the sea of haters; they’ll drag you under the first chance they get 🤘
Trying not to sound stupid but what is pink noise and what's it used for Glenn?
Are these people being ironic or simply suffering the effects of eating crayons?
Jesus.....
Cool to hear that you like the stoner-metal stuff. That huge fuzz tone is definitely where it's at for me.
Hey Glen wether or not you believe that Jesus was the son of God, he wasn’t a fictional character. His existence was chronicled by non biblical independent sources like the Roman historian Tacitus. He was a Jewish spiritual leader that gained popularity and was executed by Pontius Pilate, the Roman Governor of Judea. That much is proven.
You are incorrect. Tacitus only references Jesus according to what christians reported. Outside of these breif references which in fact reference the Christos and no one named yeshua. All the stories attributed to Jesus were older stories of other people in history predating the story of Jesus by thousands of years starting with the deus pantheon of Sumeria and Akkadia. I regret to inform you that research is incomplete.
@@Theghostdogmadderkayne Tacitus was a roman Senator and would have had access to any official Roman documents of the incident, which had only happened some 100 odd years earlier. He was not someone known for passing on gossip as fact. His overall negative tone regarding Christians should negate the idea that he would just take their word for anything. Nor is Tacitus the only person who wrote about him. I'm sorry but your assertion that Jesus was purely mythological is the one widely considered to be a fringe theory.
@@M_bags6463 never said Jesus was a mythical figure. Just said your research is incomplete. I'm sure Jesus was in fact a real person. Personally I believe he was a traveler who studied with Buddah but that's another discussion all together.
I will however assert that the divinity and miracles he was reported to have performed were attached to his name after the fact.
@@Theghostdogmadderkayne how is my research incomplete? My take is the consensus take on the issue, and you yourself agree with the first assertion I made. 🤔 🤔 🤔
@@M_bags6463 but it's not necessarily facts that you state. You state consensus opinion and say it's fact. The facts are that in the historical record there is zero mention of Jesus specifically. There is only one ancient world historian that references someone called Christos which may or may not be Jesus, which is not in fact his actual name. The consensus opinion doesn't always preclude a fact. Keep in mind the consensus opinion at the time of Jesus was that the earth was flat. My point is that it is not fact Jesus existed it is belief. While I do believe that someone radical in that timeframe was introducing concepts that were way outside the norm during that time I don't believe that it is a fact due to the stories of other historical figures being placed on such a person to elevate their status.
To summarize I believe yeshua was a real person but understand that possiblity might not be true, I believe he was a deep thinking individual that brought new ideas back to his native lands and that caused quite the problem for any established power. I don't believe there's any divinity to this character outside what ever divinity is in each of us. And I concede that the possibility stands that the character of Jesus was purely a manufactured element of control by powerful people to make a population easier to control in order to maintain power and status.
Not right vs left its rich vs poor... never has a truer word been spoken.
Dude totally right about MySpace. It was amazing for music because everyone was on it. The music platforms not so much. Hell I used MySpace to book a 20 band battle of the bands and probably only spent a couple hours messaging bands I thought fit the bill
I actually managed to get a Harley Benton DC Gotoh, it was a B stock, last one.
The problems - had some scratches (not actually a problem), the nut could have been slotted better (fixed in a minute).
I've had it for 7 months now, it's sitting next to a 2005 ESP eclipse, it's amazing just how much they managed to pack into that price.
I had pickups that cost more than than HB, and this HB is a better value for money.
I’ve only played one of their electrics, and my only complaint is there wasn’t enough info as to what the finish was. I thought it was gonna be sand blasted or at very least grain dyed, but it was like a synthetic veneer or hydrodip type fake grain top. Other than that singular cosmetic ‘issue’, it’s a super solid guitar, I just need to break it out more, I’m debating brining it to a blues jam sometime soon. The monophonic comment, while potentially accurate to the product they received, is simply not true for all of their products. The shop I work at often carries one of their acoustics in both the electric and pickupless options, and they’re some of the best budget guitars I’ve played. I also own a u bass from them and it’s pretty fun, tho I will say I prefer the much smaller ones from Kala
being a moron is all some people have Glenn...let them have it...
I'm even worse I'm a sax player first, bass player second, can Glenn go back to insulting bass players that's was hilarious AF
Should be renamed Spectre Guitar reviews.
Glenn, if studio monitors produce a flat sound, which is what the actual band sounds like, should our car speakers have studio monitors too? I wanna hear Metallica sound as close as possible to how they are in the recording studio, Mesa Boogie and all. From Mr. Meza himself.
Studio monitors can add character as well. That’s why major studios have multiple monitors. We actually would use 3 or 4 different monitors with different sound curves to ensure we weren’t going to sound bad on somebodies low end speakers at home.
People need to stop underestimating Glen as a studio engineer and listen to the stuff he actually does. Every mix I’ve heard from him sounded super clear and didn’t sound like Lars Ulrich gave the directions on how to mix audio. If anyone took any advice from him half of the music now might not be so retarded.
Literally every mix of his that I've heard I've thought has sounded great, I completely agree
I really enjoy your channel. I just wish you would avoid mentioning religion and politics. I'm a fellow Canadian who studies political science. I have noticed that doing so has polarizing results.
Yea it made me immediately dislike him.
Damn glenn, I don't always agree when you start talking political stuff. But your 100% right. It's not Right v Left, it's rich vs poor
oh and also billionaires/trillionaires vs all us peasants. 🍻
Harley Benton! Harley Benton! Harley Benton!! Glen, are you a salesmen for them?
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This dude Tim Sway does a great tone wood test. He takes just the raw piece of wood... A pickup on (no tone nob, just raw pickup, raw wood). I admit.. I believed in tone woods... But after this dudes video.. Not so sure man.
He demonstrates the wave form and shows how totally almost useless and small the wave form difference results were. Really great demonstration. I have to admit.. It caught me by surprise.
Most of the woods did in fact sound exactly the same. Interesting. (The differences that I heard were so small that once you hook up an overdrive you'd loose them in the pedal)
(Disclaimer: Grammar snob alert) Glenn - "I'm using less and less and less plugins". Me: "FEWER!" 🤓 Another great episode though. 🙂
Are you sure about that? If I don't use plugins as often as before, doesn't that mean I use them less, not fewer? English is not my first language, but that's what my brain tells me.🤐
@@metalzonemt-2 Yes, though don't worry too much about it as native English speakers frequently get it incorrect too. 🙂 A plugin is a countable noun ("I use 1/2/3/etc plugins on my mix") and therefore should use fewer. For noncountable nouns, e.g. water, you would say ""I drink less water than I used to". Guess who used to teach English grammar at school...😉 English grammar isn't easy or logical at times, but Finnish (grammar and the vocab in general) is impossible!😂
People need a license to have children in my opinion...
There IS something to be said for premium instruments and their craftsmanship and price. Great, if you have the disposable income: MORE POWER TO YOU.
Having said that, you use what works for you. I tell people all the time: a skinny teenager from Pasadena changed the ENTIRE GUITAR PLAYING AND GUITAR BUILDING INDUSTRY with a guitar he made out of spare parts and stuff he cannibalized off other guitars. Jimi Hendrix played off-the-rack Strats and just turned the nut around. These two game-changers weren't playing cork-sniffer gear... they used what worked for them.
If you get your sound out of a Harley Benton or a Firefly - GREAT! Play it loud! If you get your sound out a custom Artist Series PRS - fantastic! It's all about what makes you want to play and if you find a guitar that you can't put down, it doesn't matter what the headstock says.
When comparing the QC of PRS to fender and Gibson, PRS is a hands down winner. They all feel good and I have never seen a bad one. Meanwhile, I walk in to GC and can randomly find issues with an American Gibson.
The cheap guitars now are just so much better than 20-25 years ago! And also, you aren't afraid to take them places. I've played live with some 150-250 dollar guitars and nobody ever said it sounded bad. I even got compliments on tone.
The 'pink noise' people; do they know that ANY noise generator BY DEFINITION is random, and therefor different every time? Using THE EXACT SAME SIGNAL is way superior to noise! How do these people don't understand this?
Imagine listening to "tone" changes by listening to NOISE 😂😂😂
What about just playing the god-damned guitar and stop cork sniffing shit that doesn't mean anything, JUST PRACTICE GETTING BETTER 😂😂😂
@@JohnWiku If you want to calibrate highly sensitive audio equipment, pink noise is the only way to do it. Maybe they read that somewhere, and thought their HEAVY METAL setup classified as "highly sensitive audio equipment" ;)
I don't want one. Give me a epiphone.
Just DO THE BEST YOU CAN WITH WHAT YOU CAN AFFORD.its ABOUT THE LOVE OF MUSIC LOL I've played over 30 years and never owned a guitar or Amp OVER $500 to $700 & that hasn't effected my WILL TO ENJOY PLAYING
LOL GEAR SNOBS CAN THINK WHAT THEY WANT=BUTT WHOS HURT WHEN THEIR GEAR REALLY DONT MATTER.WE ALL HAVE OPINIONS= I MAY NOT PATICULERLY CARE FOR SOME PEOPLES MUSIC OR I LIKE IT NO MATTER what THEIR GEAR ITS IN THE PERSON.
Pss MAYBE SOME PEOPLE REALLY AINT ANY BETTER LOL but hey I've seen MADE GUYS WITH ALL GOOD GEAR & THEY WERENT IMPRESSIVE ITS IN THE PERSON.not every1 is a JIMMI PAIGE OR HENDRIX.BTW HENDRIX STARTED OUT ON CHEAP & I MEAN CHEAP HIS MOMMA DIED HIS DAD WAS POOR BUT HE LOVED IT
With distortion, that is a way to compress the signal almost, you just cut the low and high freq register so those little nuances on the sound, that are present on clean comparatives, just disappear very quick.
God I miss MySpace.
First of Jesus Christ was / is real
It is feasible to get an EQ match and playing it live by just exporting a sweep and turn it into an IR, it's something I've done hundred of times from other records that I often put out there for everyone to get, it's always fun to blend album tones from various albums.
DUDE! More videos like this please. Also, you might tell people "Bless your heart" as well LOL.
Glenn...Glenn...I luve u Glenn. FUG!...
Edit....now that I've just read what I've just posted...I didn't mean literally...nor virtually...it's just what ur talkin about Glenn! So...FUG!...or FYG!
Edit...damn...almost forgot to like.
What can you do when your in the dumps, social stature keeps you down. The rich have everything to survive, the poor have to fight to stay alive
I miss MySpace also
I have found my f****** people
Tried making a MySpace. Won't let you upload pictures for some reason
Melda's match EQ can create an IR file that will make the difference between a reference speaker and the target speaker. Then you can stick it in a zero latency IR loader
Yes, MAutoEqualizer or MAutoDynamicEQ can be used to achieve the same tonal balance. I've had good results by matching the general tonal balance and then recreating one or two most prominent resonances and notches. I think I might have done that in some of the MGuitarArchitect bass presets, actually...
I want a Glen video on the current state of US politics. No filter please 😁
I’m considering doing a second channel.
@@SpectreSoundStudios it’s what the people want! 👏
GLEEENNN!!!
You're always going on about getting the best tone with analog speakers and you've even delved into IRs and VSTs. However, what do you think of products like the Spark from Positive Grid and the like? I don't know about you or anyone else, but the Spark Mini is a HELL of a practice amp and even just to show off to friends and family a new riff or song you've been practicing. Not to sound like a shill for it, but ever since my Fender Frontman 212R has pretty much bit the dust, it's the only thing I've been able to play my guitar on besides Reaper. (Blobnarok is awesome, btw)
In reply to the Harley Benton comment, I bought the cheapest Harley Benton Tele available for £81 and used it on the recording of one of my singles that earned me a Distinction grade in my Songwriting Masters degree (the highest grade) with my tutor calling the song a "6pm at Glastonbury sing along anthem." Granted, that is more about the song than the tone but the cheap Tele is used on the clean guitar, left distorted rhythm, and guitar solo of the finished track for the world to hear. I didn't re-record it after with a "better" guitar, that is the guitar that is used on the track. The right rhythm is a Korean Schecter S-1, so not some super high end guitar, it cost about £600-ish new I believe.
The Tele is also one of my most-played guitars and I own over a dozen including Gibsons
If you liked Steve Miller and that type of music, why do you now only deal with hard core metal ?? Even on your mix reviews you like the MUSICAL bands over the screaming downtuned jokes. Just wondering why death metal is at the top of your list for this show. ....and you make fun out of those that want to hear the clean tone as well as distorted. No diss....just curious.
Hey Glenn lot of your videos are focused on heavy sounds. Appreciate your recommendations for affordable gear. Metal though has clean sections. Can u show how to get jazz chorus sound like James Hetfield without forking over $600-800 for a JC 120?
Dude, I bought a harley benton v sbk, the 2nd run, did a whole crappy vid on it, and, even though I was bias, I let it be known they fixed the buzz, love that damn guitar, did my metal cartoon series on them, dude check em out, they suck, even down vote them hell, but the sound's killer. Crom is real, shut up, lol
My Harley benton goldtop les paul copy..gold sparkle with deep dark red back,,,with p90s...smokes most of my friends guitars... Amazing..
I have 2 Harley Bentons and I'm not a youtuber or famous...and they're both fucking amazing...guess I'm just super lucky...
No lie. Harley Benton has the worst customer service and no one in the states wants to work on them. Don't believe me? Then go ahead and but something from them.
There is in fact a scientific argument to using pink noise, not that i expect many people to know about the reasons why, BUT if you need pink noise to eek out such tiny differences, the differences are far too small to be of any significance to anything at all.
I own two Harley Benton guitars ST62 strat and the 70s Paisley Strat unmodified and play great with a PROPER SETUP 👍
Harley Benton vs. Gibson is the same argument as Snap-On vs. Icon on the tool channels. At the end of the day, both tools can do that job just fine. The person using the tools is going to prefer one over the other though.
I bought a second hand HB solid mahogany acoustic and it is incredible for the money.