“Stay punchy, yet warm” should become your go-to goodbye phrase. I lol'd so hard my neighbors called 911, they thought I was trapped under something heavy and couldn't get away.
I agree it's a good shirt idea. Separate note though.What kind of people hear their neighbors do anything and think calling the cops is a good idea? That's how that airman just recently died... and it was in the same area as the cop that shot up the cop car when an acorn fell on the car.
After years of amateur guitaring I've finally accepted that there's after you get past the relatively small number of objective requirements for a guitar (stays in tune, intonation is right, frets leveled, electronics actually work, that sort of thing) and the rest is entirely whatever special sauce that makes you want to pick the thing up and play it every chance you get. Some people get that out of a $5k Gibson, but it's important to know that maybe, just maybe, you can get it from a $297 Harley Benton.
I play a $350 Cort bass on streams, and almost every new viewer gives me a compliment for the tone, then asks how the hell did I make it sound so good. My secret sauce is fresh strings and good IRs. It’s that simple. If your instrument is at least half decent, you’re good to go.
Everyone should know that the most important part of shaping your tone is the pickguard. Different materials and thickness can really change up the high and low end of your sound.
@@gilbertspader7974 Especially the color is important, but what is even more important is what the guy who pressed the button to cut it out had for lunch. Makes a huge difference!
I got a comment removed off of Fishman's RUclips page because they were advertising the new "signature" pickup for whats-his-face from Slipknot. I said "I've noticed every active pickup gets the exact same descriptions thrown at them. I also didn't see any reponse graphs to justify the money being spent." Not 30 seconds later I get a notification saying it was removed for "harassment" claims. I'm just tired of companies (and musicians for that matter) thinking they can just say shit and not show anything. Last time I checked, a buisness isn't a church.
lol I saw Phil McKnight’s video on them. People are out of their damn minds if they think they could reliably tell them from emg’s in a blind test- especially with all that heavy distortion
I don't agree with your comment being removed, but they have the right to say whatever they want... and charge whatever they want. It's a free market economy. Show your displeasure by not buying their product.
It's sad because Mick Thomson was such an influence of mine when I was a teenager. He was the reason I picked up the guitar. Hearing him talk about tone wood and how his pick ups were worked on and all those buzz words that is usually used to describe pick ups, is kind of sad. I have his signature Ibanez model with Blackouts and an Epiphone Les Paul and the only difference I perceive is just a higher output from Mick's Ibanez. Anywho, it's such a shame Mick subscribes to that train of thought.
@@redevil200 funny how Hendrix bought off the shelf Strats, Clapton did similar etc etc and today they have expensive signature models for everyone lol
oh there's a thought: get the DIY guitar sets from Thomann and build them.....see what happens! I did that for a bass player because they didn't want to spend money (i know...shocker! ) and it turned out OK
When I was about 13-14, I saw a video on RUclips comparing an expensive guitars on bad amps and cabs, with a cheap $200 dollar guitar with good amps and cabs. That old video showed a while ago the amp is the most important part of a rig. Because no matter how he EQ’d it, the expensive guitar just did nothing to improve the bad amp and cabs tone. I can’t comprehend why anyone would think the guitar or pickups are more important when the amp is the reason you get sound in the first place.
That's why I own a couple nice amps (with nice speakers), and lots of Squier Classic Vibe, Epiphone, and other cheap-o guitars haha. All I care about with an electric guitar is -- does it feel good in my hands? (that's what she said) And does it look nice? I like having guitars with different pickup configurations and bridge/trem styles, as well as having a few strung for alternate tunings. But regardless, I'd rather have 10 guitars in the $250-500 range than 1 guitar in the $2500-5000 range. I own one expensive guitar (American Jazz Bass), and only because I got a killer deal on it haha. I'd rather spend my money on fun stuff like pedals and recording gear than expensive guitars. I'm the same way with my drums -- I have a couple nice kits, but nothing super high-end because it's just not worth it. I can make an $800 drumset sound 99% as good as a $4,000 drumset with new heads and proper tuning for the room and style of music. I'm not trying to chase diminishing returns buying expensive crap that makes no discernable difference in the quality of my playing or sound.
Screw you. Just because "when I was 13-14 years old I saw a youtube video" makes me realize how old I am. Other than that, yea, you're pretty much spot on.
In my early days of playing guitar I tried all kinds of different pedals, cables, pickups, etc trying to improve my crappy sound. Then I saved up and bought my first "real" amp (a 5150 II) and it solved 100% of my tone problems.
You would usually buy more expensive guitars for the reliability (tuning, wood warping, tremolo bridge stability), build quality (even frets, good pots and soldering, level neck for low action) and feel (mostly personal, but has something to do with neck finishing, consistent neck shape and thickness, etc.). Cheap guitars can be really bad at some of those points, even if they are playable after a setup and a lot of them cant shake the "cheap feeling". Quality expensive guitars really do feel expensive and perfectly playable out of the box. And i mean real quality expensive guitars, not Gibson. If you can afford it and especially if it's your working tool, you tend to want the expensive guitar. Same thing if you order the guitar online and can't try it out- cheap ones are lottery, you only get a perfect one if you're lucky. I had a couple of Harley Bentons and they really are hit or miss - you basically roll a dice every time you order one and most (even the good ones) have annoying build errors. Similar thing with below-CV Squiers - i currently have a dud Anniversary Telecaster ordered from Thomann, the neck is borderline tragic (frets are not level, neck angle is off because of the heel joint and the nut cavity is of uneven depth, which i found out while fitting in a Tusq replacement). Had the cheapest Sterling by Musicman bass, had to return the first one because the neck was warped in 3D and the replacement one had warped pickguard and shoddy soldering. Never ever happened with for example PRS SE (had half a dozen of them, all next to perfect), therefor a bigger price tag then the competition. Ibanez guitars also tend to be quality even in low budget territory (if you want a reliable floyd guitar for example, you can't go wrong with even the low budget models in the S series; had three, all great). Price is not all just the name... You end up with less headache, more playing that way. Trust me, i owned over 50 guitars, mostly low to mid budget. I'm writing from experience.
When I was stationed in England in 1984 I saw the Young Ones on TV and it blew my mind !!!!! Bad News when Viv asks OK who’s playing Bass as a Bass player I pissed myself laughing 😆.
Bad News was so much better than Spinal Tap in my opinion. Hilarious but then I'm British and Rik Mayal (RIP) and Ade Edmondson are legends! "Vim is the Andrew Ridgley of heavy metal!!" :) Also, when I quit touring, I sold my Les Paul as I was playing a £90 Fender Squire 51 all the time and became my number 1 guitar!
Gleeenn!!! Piss poor Indonesian here. Been subscribing for years and thanks for all these information you gave. Game changer stuff. Just want to confirm that the "cheap guitars" a lot of guitar players moaned about are made here in the same factory as PRS, Epiphone, Solar, Strandberg, LTD, Ibanez, you name it. Been there myself. Same workers, equipment, QC, etc. So yeah.
I've owned 3 different guitars from 3 different brands all made in indonesia (ibanez premium S, sterling cutlass ct50 HSS, and a schecter i forgot) and all were really good guitars with great fit and finish. Maybe I just got lucky, but that's still a testament to the craftsmanship of the folks making them. May you get the guitar of your dreams someday! 🤘
Having over 12 electric guitars, some over 1.5k euros, the best guitar I have is an Ibanez GIO that I replaced the neck with an Indo RG neck, I like it better than the RG550 purple neon I got at the same time 😂😂 The blue chameleon metallic finish on my GIO is absolutely the best paint job I've ever seen. Also replaced the bridge with an ibby HM copy, and holy shit this guitar rocks HARD!!
I love Warmoth parts, I have built 3 Warmoth guitars, it's a lot of fun to assembly own guitars with own design. It doens't mean they are better than anything else, I am happy with with Warmoth and my Harley Benton but the Warmoths just ticks my personal preference for looks much more and everyone knows guitars are like Barbie dolls for grown men
If Sam Kinison hosted QVC selling import guitars. Today were looking at this beautiful well made guitar... Ahhh ahhh Fluck gibson ahhhhhh...fluck I'm like granny with her check ready Love this channel. I guess things change the same. F u Glenn
Ade Edminson played the guy in charge of the nano fibre project that wasn't happy when what's her name shut down the project when she saw the countdown. Bad News is amazing and I do hope you've seen the Young Ones and Bottom too!
@@alexandermunro8135 Oh hey, no harm done....make typos all day, no biggie . I'm a believer that at least his name should be correct. Hope I didn't seem too "word police". Cheers.✌️
Of course the Japanese are not known for their attention to detail or craftsmanship. Samurai swords, netsuke, ikebana, and not to mention their gardens, tea ceremony, temples, Sony, Honda, Nissan, Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki, you get the point.
That line about guitarists being best at playing with and pleasing small things got me good. I was brushing my teeth at the time and now I have a mess.
SMG viewers comments is what we know. The title doesn't need to change. The format is as simple as the title and that's why it works. You only need the IQ of someone who plays with their instrument to interact.
I'm with you on the confusion over Warmoth. I got sent to them a while back for 'cheap, custom option guitar'. Nearly $2k later (and that's BEFORE shipping was added!!) I'm sat there thinking "HOW THE BALLS IS THIS CHEAP?!?" They don't even offer an Ibanez style AANJ cut. Very much NOT a cheap option!!
Black limba body with a maple laminate top, double humbucker routing, no bridge routing, no battery body, transparent purple finish. Walnut neck with a pair ferro fingerboard, 6100 fret wire, wizard profile, black TUSQ nut. In terms of the woods, that's about $300, I know that because I've currently got limba body blanks, figured redwood tops, two goncalo alves neck blanks and two pairs ferro fingerboards in storage whilst I save up to get it all made into a pair of guitars. All of it cost me about £500 or $630, so roughly $315 per guitar. So given it's all CNC'd, where's the extra $1,700 coming from?!
@@coolhandlucas4148 I don't consider it cheap, and it isn't a guitar, it's a neck and body. International shipping, as best I can find, would add on about $200. Add on import duties and taxes, and it's hit $2,700. I estimate another $800 for hardware, fitting and setup, so $3,500. By comparison, a well respected luthier in my country sell fully custom guitars for the equivalent of $1,800, nearly half the cost. So no, it's not even close to cheap!
Stop shilling cheap guitars? I have the same Harley Benton DC GOTOH and that thing is amazing... it feels, looks, and sounds fantastic... and at the price?!?
I think Glen should host a head cutting contest where we put a few guys that enjoy their HB's against some guys that wouldn't touch anything less than an American Gibson
I appreciate being told about "cheap" guitars. My kids have kind of moved on form guitar, so this isn't quite as relevant for me anymore. I still like seeing what companies are willing to put out for what price point. In regards to pick-ups, I'm going to be starting a Stratocaster rebuild due to the internals being patched together with crimp connectors and bad pots. If I have time, I may be doing a lot of non-scientific tests: Do pots make a difference? Pickups, switches, even the shielding job I'm planning. I'll be spending a LOT of time with a soldering iron, that's for sure.
Yeah, buddy! Cheap guitars, shitty amps, and ugly women! That’s living… It may not make much of a difference on your recording, but quality of life does make a difference. By nice things if you can. Don’t just buy the cheapest shittiest thing I think wow, that’s great!
Gleeeeen! NEVER stop championing cheap guitars. If it wasn't for cheap guitars i would never have gotten to play as a kid, and i would not have a guitar collection today!
Glennnn!! You know the old session guy trick of installing a random, unconnected switch on their guitar or bass? When the producer wants "more sparkle" etc they flick the switch and play the exact same shit. Leland Sklar talks about this a few times in his videos.
I was subsribed years ago, but you started injecting your politics into the videos and I unsubscribed. Once you walk back your political opinions, and state that youll be apolitical from now on, in a video, I'll subscribe again.
Glenn, i would like to see you review firefly guitars. they have ss frets and some cool features for under 200$ at times. so like 250$ CAD? try it (these are Made in China)
“Just because a bunch people agree on something, doesn’t make it correct” This is exactly the argument for the electoral college 😂 so we aren’t all under the leadership of the cities There is your fun fact
A good musician will sound good on anything gear wise. Save money, practice and write good songs. You don't even need an amp anymore just plug into an interface and use amp plugins they are cheap.
Man, cheap guitars can sound fantastic, however not all of them have good necks, how a good guitar neck affects your ability to play is important too, solid intonation and smooth fretwork are crucial in any good guitar.
You might need to place a tag on the screen reminding viewers that this is a metal recording show. Tonal differences between pickups when using high gain in a mix is minimal.
Glenn I have a tiny RUclips channel that consists of me performing my original music . I use real amps and mic’d cabs . When I have finished the mix and mastered it to the best of my ability , it sounds loud big and thick through the monitors but as soon as it’s uploaded to RUclips it tends to loose body and volume. Is this an integrated Lufs problem ? everything I have seen they say render it at -14 Lufs where am I going wrong?
Make your mix as loud as possible without compromising sound quality. -14 is too low you should at least be reaching -9,-10. You should also be using lossless files like a wav.
Keep up the great work man. We all need to hear about good quality cheap guitars as well as the fancy shmancy ones. Being in New Zealand, brands like Gibson and Fender are really expensive and we have limited alternative brands to choose from. Even brands the USA call cheap are expensive here (try about 3 x the price). MORE YELLING!!
@Glenn So, I have searched high and low and can't find a Gotoh model of the HB dbl cut anywhere, not even used. So I reached out to HB, and they said it was a limited run, and they aren't planning another run of those. Would you say the DC-580 would be comparable to the DC-DLX Gotoh? I mean, would you love it as much as you love the DLX Gotoh version? Or, would it be worth buying? I suppose I could always do some upgrades over time. Or should I not bother?
The correct word for tone would be timbre. That's what guitarists are concerned with. When different people play their hands and fingers change the articulation, which can slightly change the timbre but never past the fixed limits of the gear being used. That variable stays constant.
Same. Before finding your channel, I was following Guitar World magazine in a religious way, and after find this channel, I should of been treating as the Bible, it's a good read, but don't take it too literally.
Glenn, if I were you, I wouldn't change the title of the show after over 450 episodes, wouldn't really make sense to me. That said, I've been a subscriber for years and what you have in mind is probably attracting new audience. Stay punchy yet warm my friend
Annoys me how many garbage buys i made because you werent making videos back then lol. 😂😂😂 Including pod but even i realized fast line 6 stuff was junk. But i struggled to understand why everyone said other wise. I loved the idea of buttons magic new sound and save them i still think yes that fantastic. Shame ever amp that can sounds so bad its embarassing. Marshall fx amps suck and so do line 6. Id argue mashall gfx line was good though. Same time i love tube sounds. My argument always been impossible to get the kiss sound without tubes...idk if software has proved wrong. But worth knowing if you have a tip. I just feel even a 1watt tube amp with right cab miced sounds better than digital ive heard. Its bothering to me that those tones feel locked behind a real world pay wall and sound wall. Forever and i was made for lovin you type tones. Has software reached it? I still semi believe the transients and heat makes the sound dif 😆 🤣 😂 idk if thats foolishness or not
Okay, gotta be honest; I think people just have a weird, sick fascination with conspiracy. The guy that commited suicide had whistleblowed on boeing years ago already, there's just... no point to killing them now? The second guy died from a normal ass illness as well, from my understanding, rather than anything else. Also... these aren't the only whistleblowers out of boeing, we just talk about them because of the coincidences of their deaths.
I have some advice. Next time someone comes in the studio crying about not getting the right tone, just tell em, they need to work on their hand tone more ;)
I think I bought the last "Guitar Magazine" when I was 16 and that WAS IN THE YEAR 2000!! No one needs them anymore, thanks to evidence based guys like Glenn... So thanks dude, Best regards from "Bernth Land" Austria
The butthurt of the week guy's profile picture was the UNIbomber, so Glenn clearly missed that the comment was clearly satire LMAO!!! We all fall to trolls sometimes
Just got a Harley Benton SC-1000 Progressive line, swapped out the bridge for a Tune-o-matic and switched the tuners out for locking ones and my god, this is legit the best guitar I have ever played or owned!
I always use a great Homer Simpson quote when describing pickups "Terrifying highs, Dizzying Lows and the Creamy, Creamy middles..."... hahahaha... usually makes my guitarist friends laugh....😂😂😂
I don't believe paying employees more equals better product. I worked as a cook for a few years. I did the job expected....I didn't up my game each raise to create the exact same franchise food.
Spectre Control Room. Cause you sort through feedback. Alternatively, Spectre Ego Compressor, Challenge Fader, or Spectre Spotlight could be good. I think incorporating studio elements in the name and theme could lead to some interesting visual effects and formatting options as well. Love the show!
No way Glenn. Changing the name of "SMG. Viewers Comments" Would be like? Changing "007" to L2K, (License 2 Kill) or something. Or how about, Instead of "Shogun "Brit sailor in old Japan"? Why is it when something becomes loved and excepted as a norm. And a go thing? Some creator thinks it needs changing ? Because they're bored with it. Well how'd that work for; George Lucas and his revamping of the original 3 Star Wars movies? = dog $h!t, Or Riddley Scott's "Directors cut of Blade Runner ? (never heard of it right?) Or better yet his follow up to "Prometheus" That absolute piece of garbage "Alien: Covenant" (Wish you never heard of it right?) .. And the list goes on. The F#(k!n' Point is .. (Excuse the Americanism) .. If It Ain't Broke? Don't Fix It !!
Gibson sucks. GW has sucked since 1984. Metal became the death of Rock. Metal = too dumb to use a synth to cover up bad technique. Cruises are for Boomers, period. FTR: I’m a Boomer, who’s never; bought a Gibson, gotten on a cruise ship, hates Metallica. Stopped reading GW, in 1984.
Quick question for what'shisname - how in the fuck can the pickup change how you play? YOU NEVER TOUCH IT! That's like saying the brand of coolant in your car engines can change the way you drive - i.e., it's complete and utter HORSESHIT.
Speaking of titles: I think I complained about this on another video, but for fuck's sake, Glenn, It's really fucking hard to browse through your older content, when you're looking for something specific. Just now, I was looking for the video, where you first introduced element bass, but scince neither "element", not "bass" were in the title, I had to guess, based on the thumbnail. "Oh, of course, how could I NOT know, that the video I'm looking for is titled 'It's not just Important. It's Everything!' ". Jesus Christ, Glenn, your channel is like an entire library in one big pile of books: Lot's of great information, but a pain in the butthole to SYSTEMATICALLY browse through. I guess your naming scheme is in need of some improvement.
SMG Viewers’ Comments could be Clapbacks For Asshats Uncle Glenn’s Boardside Chat Psychos vs Sycophants (Or Psychos N’ Sycophants) Dr. Glenn’s Diagnosis (I see a character for this one) Chiding Childish Chumps Keyboard Warrior Deathmatch I feel like a couple of those might be a little too adversarial toward your audience. Don’t know what direction you want to take the title. For the record, I never had a problem with SMG Viewers’ Comments. But I get why you’d want to spice it up.
On the subject of cheap guitars, I built a passive PJ bass using nothing but Wish and AliExpress parts for £63GBP and it's become my "Go-To" bass for everything. Slight marks down for a bit of neck dive due to 2 octave "Jackson" neck but a strap with a decent bit of "grip" stops this. It's THE most versatile bass I've ever played.
Pickup magic? Well most people put on new strings after changing pickups. Guess the biggest change in tone are the new strings replacing the old ones that have been on the guitar for a couple of years. But it's the pickup MAGIC UNICORNS AND RIVERS OF WHISKY we hear. Yeah, right.
Funny story....since he recorded this (I assume this was recorded before this news came out) - ANOTHER Boeing whistleblower has died under suspicious circumstances.
Just wondering? Since it's basically all about frequencies, what frequencies are the "warm" ones? Couldn't an EQ just push up those frequencies and make everything warm? Just kidding. Almost. It's a fair question though.
Glennnnnn!!!!!! You need to do a review on Guitar Fetish's stuff. They appear to have Harley Benton-ish quality stuff, and guitar parts and kits to build guitars. Very affordable. Just not sure how good they are.
Hey Glen, how about you take a crack at the made-in-mexico and made-in-Japan Charvels? Calling the latter "affordable" is a stretch at 1799USD according to their web page (although I live in Norway and paid close to 2750 for it), but compared to the USA models they kind of are... I recently acquired an MIJ one and the quality is almost superb. I found ONE barely visible bubble crater (or I think thats what it is) in the clear coat but that's the extent of its flaws (no cracks obviously). I'd love to hear your sentiment on these guitars, that may or may not be a tad too pricey for what you get.
Yeah bro if I blew all my parents' allowance on premium recording studio gear too I wouldn't be able to talk them into adding a Warmoth with only the features I wanted either 😢 Oh & in 3 Body it's Auggie's boss haha wow didn't recognize him then as it's been days since I last worshipped Satan but there was certainly something hauntingly familiar about him. Thanks for pointing that out! And oh your guitar speaker sermon really affected me. When I watched That Cork Sniffing Show today to see & hear Robben Ford's infamous Dumble amp, the first thing I looked for was what speakers were in the cab (two G12 65 Celestions). Sounded GLORIOUS & immediately thought they'd be a fantastic speaker choice for reggae & gypsie jazz guitar rhythm.
"Snappy Answers to Stupid Comments! I'm great at these! Guitar player, tell me the sound is in the tone wood." "The sound is in the tone wood." "I don't think so, STUPID!" "Glenn, do you want new pickups?" "No! I want new speakers, you CLOD!"
hi Jesus Christ ( and any disciples that might come across this post ) - this video popped into my searches as i'm trying to find information about pickups - i've an esp-ltd-5 and i need to turn the active pickup all the way down as it starts buzzing after a while - i've swapped the original strings for 45-65-85-135-160 and tuned to ADGCF - i've lowered a bit the pickups in case they were too close to the strings but can't get rid of the buzz - i'm a total noob, don't know much about anything, so a few pointers would be awesome - loving the channel - keep spreading metal gods' word 🤘
"Snappy Answers to Stupid Comments" sounds good to me, of course I was weened on Al Jaffee and MAD Magazine. And remember Glen “Stay punchy, yet warm”! because "Nobody Cares What You Sound Like Playing With Yourself"!
How the f*** can Gibson charge 13,999 (retail Long-McQuade) for Gibson Custom Shop 1958 Korina Flying V - Black Pickguard? Is this thing going to tuck you into bed at night and tell you what a great shred master you are…? WTF.
Some cheap guitars do have really shitty stock pick-ups. Fortunately, you can get a set of Wilkinson high output ceramic humbuckers for around $40-50. They fucking ROCK! \,,/,(>
I own a couple Gibson's and Fenders but my two main guitars are both cheapy's. My main guitar is a left handed SG copy that is actually a DIY Kit guitar. I bought it pre-built from the company that sold these DIY kits. It was one they assembled themselves for a photo shoot for their site to show what they could look like all assembled and set up. The company was going out of business because they took a hit during the pandemic. Anyway, I scored it for $100.00 and it's fantastic! All Mahogany, Set Neck, Etc. My other main guitar is a lefty Harley Benton PRS copy. It has the coil tap tone knob to turn the Humbuckers into single coils and it sounds and plays great!! I can make that guitar sound like 4 different guitars! I want to get the Harley Benton version of the Les Paul Jr. with the stacked P-90/humbucker. It let's you go from the P-90 to a humbucker using a coil tap knob.
Last week some old dude tried to insult me for playing a strandberg sayinng "Headless = dickless". I answered "Oh? Poor Gibson players... They better not breathe too hard on the headstock"... Oh gods. The amount of HATE and RAGE I sparked...
My Ibanez was roughly 400$ The RGA421FM is awesome! However, I did modify the shit out of it. When I got it, I was blown away. It played great, no real issues to speak of. I was so impressed. I spent $1200 on a Sterling Music Mann that DOESN’T hold a candle to the $400 Ibanez. I put locking tuners, new bridge, knobs, switch, and pickups on it and….. it’s incredible! Learned a ton doing it too. If it wasn’t for Glenn, I wouldn’t know exactly what I’m looking for in a new guitar. Now I do. I PAY ATTENTION GLENN!!!!! 😂 APPRECIATE YOU! 🙏🎸🤘🔥
To be fair, you probably turned that $400 guitar into a $1200 guitar with the mods you made, depending on the quality of the parts you bought. You probably could have just bought a MIJ Ibanez (a brand new RG is $1000) and not have had to do anything to it. You didn't really make a good argument for cheap guitars at all because you ultimately turned it into an expensive guitar. If you told people you have a $400 guitar, it would be misleading.
About the pickup tone thing. I have medium output humbuckers in my Les Paul and high output ceramic humbuckers in my Kiesel 8-string. I’ve made videos of playing both guitars with my phone. Guess what! They really don’t sound that different. One has more gain, but there is no tone shift. Crazy, right? Hmm.
Im very happy with the way i play. Im far better than i ever thought i would be. My pickups and parts are NOT holding me back at all! I LOVE my inexpensive gear! Now, that being said, i want some Dimarzio P 90s, a Vega trem, and some locking Graphtech Ratios on a Strat with a highly flamed top and neck. . . just saying. . .
Want a toan boost? Boil down the water after you boiled your strings until there is only the powder left. Now scrape that up and snort it! You'll be amazed! Trust me, I re-wound the voice coil in a 15" speaker one time so I know about acoustics. /s Tub water? Nah, celebrity finger-bit -lip balm- fret lube is where it's at! (secret comment suggestion: A rebuilt speaker kit test suggestion, but different. Will rewinding with a different guage change shit much for metal? A mod kit for a V30 might be neat. Stiffer foam, thinner spider meshing... shit there's a ton of variables) Cool shit, have a good one.
Hey Glen, love this channel, with the tutorials, and viewers comments! As a guitar player, and engineer, lots hit home! I have been feeling a bit guilty recently about swapping pick ups on my guitar, thankfully this episode validated my choice!! I have over 20 guitars, and am a super fan of cheap ones! 😂 I recently bought “dream” guitar from China, and the Pups were extremely microphonic, and fed back like mad at high gain. I swapped out to some Mojotone Hellbenders and can’t be happier with the result. So I guess blowing $200 on Pups, and less than $200 on a replica guitar… very satisfied, and thankfully, somewhat validated here, thanks!! I am not by any means endorsing replicas here. To each there own. Keep up the great vids!🤘
The only time I blame my guitars are when they don’t keep in tune or keep intonated. I unfortunately only have an RG420DX with a Lo-TRS II that I found used for $150, the only problem I have is tuning stability but I’m trying to save up for a Gotoh to replace it, and the pickups (the infamously called shit INF PUs) are actually my favorite sounding passive I’ve used.
You rock Glenn - FUCK YOU haha... Keep up the great work, the truth hurts sometimes but its just tough love and im all for it - For anyone complaining about Glenn, just face reality - it will save you so much time/money/energy lol... Ive been an musician/engineer/producer for over 20 years and i just sit back and laugh the whole time as glen just constantly smashes truth bombs haha - Its glorious...
Just saw Guitar Max put out a video about a freakin sweet HB "Les Paul" (more of an Eclipse clone really) for $200...yeah it really sucks to buy awesome gear for good prices...said no one ever...smh...
Correction: TWO guys that were about to testify against Boeing are suspiciously dead. Thank you for the great content! Information from your channel has improved my band's productions VASTLY!
"Yeah, @#$% YOU, NEIL." That made my day. Stay insane and screamy, Glenn!
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“Stay punchy, yet warm” should become your go-to goodbye phrase. I lol'd so hard my neighbors called 911, they thought I was trapped under something heavy and couldn't get away.
The name of my new SKA band... Punchy Yet Warm. Thanks 👍 lol
I agree it's a good shirt idea. Separate note though.What kind of people hear their neighbors do anything and think calling the cops is a good idea? That's how that airman just recently died... and it was in the same area as the cop that shot up the cop car when an acorn fell on the car.
Good mindset for dealing with nosey neighbours too
Punchy yet warm is how my underwear felt after I laughed that hard
@@ThatMFShawnzy same😉
After years of amateur guitaring I've finally accepted that there's after you get past the relatively small number of objective requirements for a guitar (stays in tune, intonation is right, frets leveled, electronics actually work, that sort of thing) and the rest is entirely whatever special sauce that makes you want to pick the thing up and play it every chance you get.
Some people get that out of a $5k Gibson, but it's important to know that maybe, just maybe, you can get it from a $297 Harley Benton.
I play a $350 Cort bass on streams, and almost every new viewer gives me a compliment for the tone, then asks how the hell did I make it sound so good. My secret sauce is fresh strings and good IRs. It’s that simple. If your instrument is at least half decent, you’re good to go.
Everyone should know that the most important part of shaping your tone is the pickguard.
Different materials and thickness can really change up the high and low end of your sound.
bruh
Pau Reed Smith is that you????
Also the age and color of the pick guard. There’s something magical about the sound of a 59 Gibson Les Paul cream pick guard !!!!!!
Nut material matters far more. Once you try fossilized ivory you don't go back. Piano lows like you've never heard before.
@@gilbertspader7974 Especially the color is important, but what is even more important is what the guy who pressed the button to cut it out had for lunch. Makes a huge difference!
I got a comment removed off of Fishman's RUclips page because they were advertising the new "signature" pickup for whats-his-face from Slipknot. I said "I've noticed every active pickup gets the exact same descriptions thrown at them. I also didn't see any reponse graphs to justify the money being spent." Not 30 seconds later I get a notification saying it was removed for "harassment" claims. I'm just tired of companies (and musicians for that matter) thinking they can just say shit and not show anything. Last time I checked, a buisness isn't a church.
lol I saw Phil McKnight’s video on them.
People are out of their damn minds if they think they could reliably tell them from emg’s in a blind test- especially with all that heavy distortion
I don't agree with your comment being removed, but they have the right to say whatever they want... and charge whatever they want. It's a free market economy. Show your displeasure by not buying their product.
They don't actually have the right to say whatever they want, there are truth in advertising laws @@castleanthrax1833
It's sad because Mick Thomson was such an influence of mine when I was a teenager. He was the reason I picked up the guitar.
Hearing him talk about tone wood and how his pick ups were worked on and all those buzz words that is usually used to describe pick ups, is kind of sad.
I have his signature Ibanez model with Blackouts and an Epiphone Les Paul and the only difference I perceive is just a higher output from Mick's Ibanez.
Anywho, it's such a shame Mick subscribes to that train of thought.
@@redevil200 funny how Hendrix bought off the shelf Strats, Clapton did similar etc etc and today they have expensive signature models for everyone lol
oh there's a thought: get the DIY guitar sets from Thomann and build them.....see what happens!
I did that for a bass player because they didn't want to spend money (i know...shocker! ) and it turned out OK
When I was about 13-14, I saw a video on RUclips comparing an expensive guitars on bad amps and cabs, with a cheap $200 dollar guitar with good amps and cabs. That old video showed a while ago the amp is the most important part of a rig. Because no matter how he EQ’d it, the expensive guitar just did nothing to improve the bad amp and cabs tone. I can’t comprehend why anyone would think the guitar or pickups are more important when the amp is the reason you get sound in the first place.
That's why I own a couple nice amps (with nice speakers), and lots of Squier Classic Vibe, Epiphone, and other cheap-o guitars haha. All I care about with an electric guitar is -- does it feel good in my hands? (that's what she said) And does it look nice? I like having guitars with different pickup configurations and bridge/trem styles, as well as having a few strung for alternate tunings. But regardless, I'd rather have 10 guitars in the $250-500 range than 1 guitar in the $2500-5000 range. I own one expensive guitar (American Jazz Bass), and only because I got a killer deal on it haha. I'd rather spend my money on fun stuff like pedals and recording gear than expensive guitars. I'm the same way with my drums -- I have a couple nice kits, but nothing super high-end because it's just not worth it. I can make an $800 drumset sound 99% as good as a $4,000 drumset with new heads and proper tuning for the room and style of music. I'm not trying to chase diminishing returns buying expensive crap that makes no discernable difference in the quality of my playing or sound.
Screw you. Just because "when I was 13-14 years old I saw a youtube video" makes me realize how old I am. Other than that, yea, you're pretty much spot on.
In my early days of playing guitar I tried all kinds of different pedals, cables, pickups, etc trying to improve my crappy sound. Then I saved up and bought my first "real" amp (a 5150 II) and it solved 100% of my tone problems.
You would usually buy more expensive guitars for the reliability (tuning, wood warping, tremolo bridge stability), build quality (even frets, good pots and soldering, level neck for low action) and feel (mostly personal, but has something to do with neck finishing, consistent neck shape and thickness, etc.).
Cheap guitars can be really bad at some of those points, even if they are playable after a setup and a lot of them cant shake the "cheap feeling". Quality expensive guitars really do feel expensive and perfectly playable out of the box. And i mean real quality expensive guitars, not Gibson.
If you can afford it and especially if it's your working tool, you tend to want the expensive guitar. Same thing if you order the guitar online and can't try it out- cheap ones are lottery, you only get a perfect one if you're lucky.
I had a couple of Harley Bentons and they really are hit or miss - you basically roll a dice every time you order one and most (even the good ones) have annoying build errors. Similar thing with below-CV Squiers - i currently have a dud Anniversary Telecaster ordered from Thomann, the neck is borderline tragic (frets are not level, neck angle is off because of the heel joint and the nut cavity is of uneven depth, which i found out while fitting in a Tusq replacement). Had the cheapest Sterling by Musicman bass, had to return the first one because the neck was warped in 3D and the replacement one had warped pickguard and shoddy soldering.
Never ever happened with for example PRS SE (had half a dozen of them, all next to perfect), therefor a bigger price tag then the competition. Ibanez guitars also tend to be quality even in low budget territory (if you want a reliable floyd guitar for example, you can't go wrong with even the low budget models in the S series; had three, all great). Price is not all just the name...
You end up with less headache, more playing that way. Trust me, i owned over 50 guitars, mostly low to mid budget. I'm writing from experience.
That's great, but cheap guitars lack the feel and playability of high end fiddles
When I was stationed in England in 1984 I saw the Young Ones on TV and it blew my mind !!!!! Bad News when Viv asks OK who’s playing Bass as a Bass player I pissed myself laughing 😆.
I LOVE The Young Ones! That was may favorite show for years!
"Practice More" !?!?!?!?!? How dare you expect me to do any work !!!!
Bad News was so much better than Spinal Tap in my opinion. Hilarious but then I'm British and Rik Mayal (RIP) and Ade Edmondson are legends! "Vim is the Andrew Ridgley of heavy metal!!" :)
Also, when I quit touring, I sold my Les Paul as I was playing a £90 Fender Squire 51 all the time and became my number 1 guitar!
Greetings from some crazy ex-pat living in Japan!
Just to let you know, Bad News was a major part of my upbringing.
They were hilarious!
I agree, Bad News is so much more fun than Spinal Tap.
And I like Spinal Tap. But I fucking LOVE Bad News!!!
It's way more savage and degenerate fun!
Gleeenn!!! Piss poor Indonesian here. Been subscribing for years and thanks for all these information you gave. Game changer stuff. Just want to confirm that the "cheap guitars" a lot of guitar players moaned about are made here in the same factory as PRS, Epiphone, Solar, Strandberg, LTD, Ibanez, you name it. Been there myself. Same workers, equipment, QC, etc. So yeah.
You guys make all the cool, kick ass guitars, go work at the factory!
I've owned 3 different guitars from 3 different brands all made in indonesia (ibanez premium S, sterling cutlass ct50 HSS, and a schecter i forgot) and all were really good guitars with great fit and finish. Maybe I just got lucky, but that's still a testament to the craftsmanship of the folks making them. May you get the guitar of your dreams someday! 🤘
Having over 12 electric guitars, some over 1.5k euros, the best guitar I have is an Ibanez GIO that I replaced the neck with an Indo RG neck, I like it better than the RG550 purple neon I got at the same time 😂😂
The blue chameleon metallic finish on my GIO is absolutely the best paint job I've ever seen.
Also replaced the bridge with an ibby HM copy, and holy shit this guitar rocks HARD!!
I love Warmoth parts, I have built 3 Warmoth guitars, it's a lot of fun to assembly own guitars with own design.
It doens't mean they are better than anything else, I am happy with with Warmoth and my Harley Benton but the Warmoths just ticks my personal preference for looks much more and everyone knows guitars are like Barbie dolls for grown men
If Sam Kinison hosted QVC selling import guitars.
Today were looking at this beautiful well made guitar... Ahhh ahhh Fluck gibson ahhhhhh...fluck
I'm like granny with her check ready
Love this channel. I guess things change the same.
F u Glenn
Ade Edminson played the guy in charge of the nano fibre project that wasn't happy when what's her name shut down the project when she saw the countdown. Bad News is amazing and I do hope you've seen the Young Ones and Bottom too!
"I do hope you've seen the Young Ones and Bottom too!"
^^^^^^^ This.
Young Ones and Bottom were awesome.
"Edmondson" is Ade's real last name btw.✌️
Excuse me for the typo.
@@alexandermunro8135 Oh hey, no harm done....make typos all day, no biggie . I'm a believer that at least his name should be correct. Hope I didn't seem too "word police".
Cheers.✌️
Oy! His name is Vivian OR Eddie, mind you! 😋
Can't wait for episode 1 of "Screaming into the void with Glenn"
This man is the scotty kilmer of guitars.
Of course the Japanese are not known for their attention to detail or craftsmanship. Samurai swords, netsuke, ikebana, and not to mention their gardens, tea ceremony, temples, Sony, Honda, Nissan, Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki, you get the point.
Anime. Pretty much everything studio Ghibli has ever put out blows away most modern Disney animated films.
That line about guitarists being best at playing with and pleasing small things got me good. I was brushing my teeth at the time and now I have a mess.
Presumably he discovered that because a lot of bands booking his studio don't have any money
Don't brush and play with it at the same time.
SMG viewers comments is what we know. The title doesn't need to change. The format is as simple as the title and that's why it works. You only need the IQ of someone who plays with their instrument to interact.
I'm with you on the confusion over Warmoth. I got sent to them a while back for 'cheap, custom option guitar'.
Nearly $2k later (and that's BEFORE shipping was added!!) I'm sat there thinking "HOW THE BALLS IS THIS CHEAP?!?" They don't even offer an Ibanez style AANJ cut. Very much NOT a cheap option!!
You did something wrong. Or picked expensive oprions.
Bro just added all the options in the list 😂😂
Black limba body with a maple laminate top, double humbucker routing, no bridge routing, no battery body, transparent purple finish. Walnut neck with a pair ferro fingerboard, 6100 fret wire, wizard profile, black TUSQ nut. In terms of the woods, that's about $300, I know that because I've currently got limba body blanks, figured redwood tops, two goncalo alves neck blanks and two pairs ferro fingerboards in storage whilst I save up to get it all made into a pair of guitars. All of it cost me about £500 or $630, so roughly $315 per guitar. So given it's all CNC'd, where's the extra $1,700 coming from?!
2k is absolutely cheap for a CUSTOM GUITAR. Try going to a major brand and getting a custom built guitar for 2k. Not gonna happen.
@@coolhandlucas4148 I don't consider it cheap, and it isn't a guitar, it's a neck and body.
International shipping, as best I can find, would add on about $200. Add on import duties and taxes, and it's hit $2,700. I estimate another $800 for hardware, fitting and setup, so $3,500.
By comparison, a well respected luthier in my country sell fully custom guitars for the equivalent of $1,800, nearly half the cost.
So no, it's not even close to cheap!
Stop shilling cheap guitars? I have the same Harley Benton DC GOTOH and that thing is amazing... it feels, looks, and sounds fantastic... and at the price?!?
I think Glen should host a head cutting contest where we put a few guys that enjoy their HB's against some guys that wouldn't touch anything less than an American Gibson
I bet the HB team will turn out much better at playing guitar than Gibson fanboy snobs.
Jack Butler's gonna like you...
"I understand that you're angry, it's because you're disappointed in yourself because you can't play the guitar properly!"
-Colin Grigson
I appreciate being told about "cheap" guitars. My kids have kind of moved on form guitar, so this isn't quite as relevant for me anymore. I still like seeing what companies are willing to put out for what price point. In regards to pick-ups, I'm going to be starting a Stratocaster rebuild due to the internals being patched together with crimp connectors and bad pots. If I have time, I may be doing a lot of non-scientific tests: Do pots make a difference? Pickups, switches, even the shielding job I'm planning. I'll be spending a LOT of time with a soldering iron, that's for sure.
Yeah, buddy! Cheap guitars, shitty amps, and ugly women! That’s living… It may not make much of a difference on your recording, but quality of life does make a difference. By nice things if you can. Don’t just buy the cheapest shittiest thing I think wow, that’s great!
Gleeeeen! NEVER stop championing cheap guitars. If it wasn't for cheap guitars i would never have gotten to play as a kid, and i would not have a guitar collection today!
Glennnn!! You know the old session guy trick of installing a random, unconnected switch on their guitar or bass? When the producer wants "more sparkle" etc they flick the switch and play the exact same shit. Leland Sklar talks about this a few times in his videos.
I was subsribed years ago, but you started injecting your politics into the videos and I unsubscribed. Once you walk back your political opinions, and state that youll be apolitical from now on, in a video, I'll subscribe again.
Glenn, i would like to see you review firefly guitars. they have ss frets and some cool features for under 200$ at times. so like 250$ CAD? try it (these are Made in China)
“Just because a bunch people agree on something, doesn’t make it correct”
This is exactly the argument for the electoral college 😂 so we aren’t all under the leadership of the cities
There is your fun fact
Can you do a fearless gear review on the jackson js32 v with the floyd rose
A good musician will sound good on anything gear wise. Save money, practice and write good songs. You don't even need an amp anymore just plug into an interface and use amp plugins they are cheap.
Man, cheap guitars can sound fantastic, however not all of them have good necks, how a good guitar neck affects your ability to play is important too, solid intonation and smooth fretwork are crucial in any good guitar.
Do you have to shout! I’m a 53 year old gen Xer stop with the muppet behaviour! Kind of reminds me of Kermit the Frog.
You might need to place a tag on the screen reminding viewers that this is a metal recording show. Tonal differences between pickups when using high gain in a mix is minimal.
i cant believe you are personally holding me and my amazing guitar playing back.
3:18 is the coldest thing I've ever heard Glen say
@@YxYzYx A sinister time? Wouldn't that emply that Canada is no longer sinister?
@@No1karez The snow's speaking maple syrup
@@mrjtfang2 WTF is that supposed to mean? I don't speak Canadian lol
Glenn I have a tiny RUclips channel that consists of me performing my original music . I use real amps and mic’d cabs .
When I have finished the mix and mastered it to the best of my ability , it sounds loud big and thick through the monitors but as soon as it’s uploaded to RUclips it tends to loose body and volume. Is this an integrated Lufs problem ? everything I have seen they say render it at -14 Lufs where am I going wrong?
Make your mix as loud as possible without compromising sound quality.
-14 is too low you should at least be reaching -9,-10. You should also be using lossless files like a wav.
@@Durkhead
Thanks man , I do upload it as a wav file . The next vid I upload I’ll bring it up to -9
I got cheap guitars that will kill your expensive guitars with some upgrades lol
Gleeeeen! Hope you had an awesome motherfucking time and you get home safely. 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
Keep up the great work man. We all need to hear about good quality cheap guitars as well as the fancy shmancy ones. Being in New Zealand, brands like Gibson and Fender are really expensive and we have limited alternative brands to choose from. Even brands the USA call cheap are expensive here (try about 3 x the price). MORE YELLING!!
We are in a golden age of inexpensive guitars.
3:25 ohohwahhahahah holymotherofallthatismetal, thats the best burn ive seen in ages!
@Glenn So, I have searched high and low and can't find a Gotoh model of the HB dbl cut anywhere, not even used. So I reached out to HB, and they said it was a limited run, and they aren't planning another run of those. Would you say the DC-580 would be comparable to the DC-DLX Gotoh? I mean, would you love it as much as you love the DLX Gotoh version? Or, would it be worth buying? I suppose I could always do some upgrades over time. Or should I not bother?
Cheap hardware is very far from Gotoh hardware in terms of quality. I don't think even Glen can deny it. You could actually feel it.
The correct word for tone would be timbre. That's what guitarists are concerned with. When different people play their hands and fingers change the articulation, which can slightly change the timbre but never past the fixed limits of the gear being used. That variable stays constant.
Last time I tried talking about timbre, people thought I was cutting down a tree.
@@mandolinic yeah, it’s indeed that bad. Can confirm.
@mandolinic you were mispronouncing it then
Also people aren't looking for a "good tone." Metallica doesn't change its tone when playing its good songs and its bad songs.
I've watched enough of these bids that my musician friends start to sound like Glenn's mocking chipmunk voice when they talk about gear. 😅
Same. Before finding your channel, I was following Guitar World magazine in a religious way, and after find this channel, I should of been treating as the Bible, it's a good read, but don't take it too literally.
OMG that culture joke. 10/10 fricheks
Glenn, if I were you, I wouldn't change the title of the show after over 450 episodes, wouldn't really make sense to me. That said, I've been a subscriber for years and what you have in mind is probably attracting new audience. Stay punchy yet warm my friend
MY NAME IS VIM FUEGO!
I LET MY GUITAR SPEAK FOR ME!
Is "Fuckhead Friday" too hostile?
Annoys me how many garbage buys i made because you werent making videos back then lol. 😂😂😂
Including pod but even i realized fast line 6 stuff was junk. But i struggled to understand why everyone said other wise.
I loved the idea of buttons magic new sound and save them i still think yes that fantastic. Shame ever amp that can sounds so bad its embarassing.
Marshall fx amps suck and so do line 6. Id argue mashall gfx line was good though.
Same time i love tube sounds.
My argument always been impossible to get the kiss sound without tubes...idk if software has proved wrong. But worth knowing if you have a tip.
I just feel even a 1watt tube amp with right cab miced sounds better than digital ive heard.
Its bothering to me that those tones feel locked behind a real world pay wall and sound wall. Forever and i was made for lovin you type tones. Has software reached it?
I still semi believe the transients and heat makes the sound dif 😆 🤣 😂 idk if thats foolishness or not
Loved your response to the guy from the Dominican Republic. It's the same here in Trinidad
"SMG feedback loop" title foe the series
THE guy who criticized Bowing is dead? Nope.... 2 GUYS NOW :p corporations are evil.
GGLLEENNNN !!!!! For the love of Croms sweaty balls will you do Monday Mix Review please please please ???????
He's traveling currently.
Just to note as you were out of town when you filmed this, TWO whistleblowers from Boeing have ended up dead mysteriously now.
Okay, gotta be honest; I think people just have a weird, sick fascination with conspiracy.
The guy that commited suicide had whistleblowed on boeing years ago already, there's just... no point to killing them now?
The second guy died from a normal ass illness as well, from my understanding, rather than anything else.
Also... these aren't the only whistleblowers out of boeing, we just talk about them because of the coincidences of their deaths.
@@mrjtfang2 fair points yeah
Glenn mate can you do a BC Rich guitar review would really appreciate it
i love my $200 beast, black with silver binding. easiest guitar to do pinch harmonics on.🍻
I have some advice. Next time someone comes in the studio crying about not getting the right tone, just tell em, they need to work on their hand tone more ;)
I think I bought the last "Guitar Magazine" when I was 16 and that WAS IN THE YEAR 2000!! No one needs them anymore, thanks to evidence based guys like Glenn... So thanks dude, Best regards from "Bernth Land" Austria
Can we ass you a question?
ibanez and fender only garage glenn
3:24 . That was brutal!
The butthurt of the week guy's profile picture was the UNIbomber, so Glenn clearly missed that the comment was clearly satire LMAO!!! We all fall to trolls sometimes
Just got a Harley Benton SC-1000 Progressive line, swapped out the bridge for a Tune-o-matic and switched the tuners out for locking ones and my god, this is legit the best guitar I have ever played or owned!
I always use a great Homer Simpson quote when describing pickups "Terrifying highs, Dizzying Lows and the Creamy, Creamy middles..."... hahahaha... usually makes my guitarist friends laugh....😂😂😂
Great editing in this episode. Great pacing and comic timing. Stay punchy, yet warm!
I don't believe paying employees more equals better product. I worked as a cook for a few years. I did the job expected....I didn't up my game each raise to create the exact same franchise food.
Spectre Control Room. Cause you sort through feedback. Alternatively, Spectre Ego Compressor, Challenge Fader, or Spectre Spotlight could be good. I think incorporating studio elements in the name and theme could lead to some interesting visual effects and formatting options as well. Love the show!
WAIT! HOLD UP A FUCKING SECOND!!! Different riffs sounds differently? whhhhaaa? O_o ... Also, kudos to your editor.
No way Glenn. Changing the name of "SMG. Viewers Comments"
Would be like? Changing "007" to L2K, (License 2 Kill) or something.
Or how about, Instead of "Shogun "Brit sailor in old Japan"?
Why is it when something becomes loved and excepted as a norm. And a go thing?
Some creator thinks it needs changing ? Because they're bored with it.
Well how'd that work for; George Lucas and his revamping of the original 3 Star Wars movies? = dog $h!t,
Or Riddley Scott's "Directors cut of Blade Runner ? (never heard of it right?)
Or better yet his follow up to "Prometheus" That absolute piece of garbage "Alien: Covenant" (Wish you never heard of it right?) .. And the list goes on.
The F#(k!n' Point is .. (Excuse the Americanism) ..
If It Ain't Broke? Don't Fix It !!
Gibson sucks.
GW has sucked since 1984.
Metal became the death of Rock.
Metal = too dumb to use a synth to cover up bad technique.
Cruises are for Boomers, period.
FTR: I’m a Boomer, who’s never; bought a Gibson, gotten on a cruise ship, hates Metallica. Stopped reading GW, in 1984.
Quick question for what'shisname - how in the fuck can the pickup change how you play? YOU NEVER TOUCH IT! That's like saying the brand of coolant in your car engines can change the way you drive - i.e., it's complete and utter HORSESHIT.
Speaking of titles:
I think I complained about this on another video,
but for fuck's sake, Glenn,
It's really fucking hard to browse through your older content, when you're looking for something specific.
Just now, I was looking for the video, where you first introduced element bass,
but scince neither "element", not "bass" were in the title, I had to guess, based on the thumbnail.
"Oh, of course, how could I NOT know, that the video I'm looking for is titled 'It's not just Important. It's Everything!' ".
Jesus Christ, Glenn, your channel is like an entire library in one big pile of books:
Lot's of great information, but a pain in the butthole to SYSTEMATICALLY browse through.
I guess your naming scheme is in need of some improvement.
SMG Viewers’ Comments could be
Clapbacks For Asshats
Uncle Glenn’s Boardside Chat
Psychos vs Sycophants
(Or Psychos N’ Sycophants)
Dr. Glenn’s Diagnosis
(I see a character for this one)
Chiding Childish Chumps
Keyboard Warrior Deathmatch
I feel like a couple of those might be a little too adversarial toward your audience. Don’t know what direction you want to take the title. For the record, I never had a problem with SMG Viewers’ Comments. But I get why you’d want to spice it up.
On the subject of cheap guitars, I built a passive PJ bass using nothing but Wish and AliExpress parts for £63GBP and it's become my "Go-To" bass for everything. Slight marks down for a bit of neck dive due to 2 octave "Jackson" neck but a strap with a decent bit of "grip" stops this. It's THE most versatile bass I've ever played.
My pickups hold me back
Are they broken?
What pickups have you got?
That's a strong pickup for holding back a fully grown man.
@@bassyeyI'm trans
Pickup magic? Well most people put on new strings after changing pickups. Guess the biggest change in tone are the new strings replacing the old ones that have been on the guitar for a couple of years. But it's the pickup MAGIC UNICORNS AND RIVERS OF WHISKY we hear. Yeah, right.
Funny story....since he recorded this (I assume this was recorded before this news came out) - ANOTHER Boeing whistleblower has died under suspicious circumstances.
Just wondering? Since it's basically all about frequencies, what frequencies are the "warm" ones? Couldn't an EQ just push up those frequencies and make everything warm? Just kidding. Almost. It's a fair question though.
Glennnnnn!!!!!! You need to do a review on Guitar Fetish's stuff. They appear to have Harley Benton-ish quality stuff, and guitar parts and kits to build guitars. Very affordable. Just not sure how good they are.
They're great. The only thing I haven't purchased are the stompboxes and kit guitars. Everything else has been very good quality for the $$.
Bold stance on Boeing considering you’re flying right now. Good luck, Glenn. 😂😂😂😂
Maybe he booked an airline that flew Airbus? 😉😁
Hey Glen, how about you take a crack at the made-in-mexico and made-in-Japan Charvels? Calling the latter "affordable" is a stretch at 1799USD according to their web page (although I live in Norway and paid close to 2750 for it), but compared to the USA models they kind of are... I recently acquired an MIJ one and the quality is almost superb. I found ONE barely visible bubble crater (or I think thats what it is) in the clear coat but that's the extent of its flaws (no cracks obviously). I'd love to hear your sentiment on these guitars, that may or may not be a tad too pricey for what you get.
Yeah bro if I blew all my parents' allowance on premium recording studio gear too I wouldn't be able to talk them into adding a Warmoth with only the features I wanted either 😢
Oh & in 3 Body it's Auggie's boss haha wow didn't recognize him then as it's been days since I last worshipped Satan but there was certainly something hauntingly familiar about him. Thanks for pointing that out!
And oh your guitar speaker sermon really affected me. When I watched That Cork Sniffing Show today to see & hear Robben Ford's infamous Dumble amp, the first thing I looked for was what speakers were in the cab (two G12 65 Celestions). Sounded GLORIOUS & immediately thought they'd be a fantastic speaker choice for reggae & gypsie jazz guitar rhythm.
"Snappy Answers to Stupid Comments! I'm great at these! Guitar player, tell me the sound is in the tone wood." "The sound is in the tone wood." "I don't think so, STUPID!" "Glenn, do you want new pickups?" "No! I want new speakers, you CLOD!"
hi Jesus Christ ( and any disciples that might come across this post ) - this video popped into my searches as i'm trying to find information about pickups - i've an esp-ltd-5 and i need to turn the active pickup all the way down as it starts buzzing after a while - i've swapped the original strings for 45-65-85-135-160 and tuned to ADGCF - i've lowered a bit the pickups in case they were too close to the strings but can't get rid of the buzz - i'm a total noob, don't know much about anything, so a few pointers would be awesome - loving the channel - keep spreading metal gods' word 🤘
"Snappy Answers to Stupid Comments" sounds good to me, of course I was weened on Al Jaffee and MAD Magazine.
And remember Glen “Stay punchy, yet warm”! because "Nobody Cares What You Sound Like Playing With Yourself"!
How the f*** can Gibson charge 13,999 (retail Long-McQuade) for Gibson Custom Shop 1958 Korina Flying V - Black Pickguard? Is this thing going to tuck you into bed at night and tell you what a great shred master you are…? WTF.
Some cheap guitars do have really shitty stock pick-ups. Fortunately, you can get a set of Wilkinson high output ceramic humbuckers for around $40-50. They fucking ROCK! \,,/,(>
I own a couple Gibson's and Fenders but my two main guitars are both cheapy's. My main guitar is a left handed SG copy that is actually a DIY Kit guitar. I bought it pre-built from the company that sold these DIY kits. It was one they assembled themselves for a photo shoot for their site to show what they could look like all assembled and set up. The company was going out of business because they took a hit during the pandemic. Anyway, I scored it for $100.00 and it's fantastic! All Mahogany, Set Neck, Etc. My other main guitar is a lefty Harley Benton PRS copy. It has the coil tap tone knob to turn the Humbuckers into single coils and it sounds and plays great!! I can make that guitar sound like 4 different guitars! I want to get the Harley Benton version of the Les Paul Jr. with the stacked P-90/humbucker. It let's you go from the P-90 to a humbucker using a coil tap knob.
Last week some old dude tried to insult me for playing a strandberg sayinng "Headless = dickless". I answered "Oh? Poor Gibson players... They better not breathe too hard on the headstock"... Oh gods. The amount of HATE and RAGE I sparked...
My Ibanez was roughly 400$ The RGA421FM is awesome! However, I did modify the shit out of it. When I got it, I was blown away. It played great, no real issues to speak of. I was so impressed. I spent $1200 on a Sterling Music Mann that DOESN’T hold a candle to the $400 Ibanez.
I put locking tuners, new bridge, knobs, switch, and pickups on it and….. it’s incredible! Learned a ton doing it too.
If it wasn’t for Glenn, I wouldn’t know exactly what I’m looking for in a new guitar. Now I do. I PAY ATTENTION GLENN!!!!! 😂
APPRECIATE YOU! 🙏🎸🤘🔥
To be fair, you probably turned that $400 guitar into a $1200 guitar with the mods you made, depending on the quality of the parts you bought. You probably could have just bought a MIJ Ibanez (a brand new RG is $1000) and not have had to do anything to it. You didn't really make a good argument for cheap guitars at all because you ultimately turned it into an expensive guitar. If you told people you have a $400 guitar, it would be misleading.
About the pickup tone thing. I have medium output humbuckers in my Les Paul and high output ceramic humbuckers in my Kiesel 8-string. I’ve made videos of playing both guitars with my phone. Guess what! They really don’t sound that different. One has more gain, but there is no tone shift. Crazy, right? Hmm.
Im very happy with the way i play. Im far better than i ever thought i would be. My pickups and parts are NOT holding me back at all! I LOVE my inexpensive gear!
Now, that being said, i want some Dimarzio P 90s, a Vega trem, and some locking Graphtech Ratios on a Strat with a highly flamed top and neck. . . just saying. . .
Want a toan boost? Boil down the water after you boiled your strings until there is only the powder left. Now scrape that up and snort it! You'll be amazed! Trust me, I re-wound the voice coil in a 15" speaker one time so I know about acoustics. /s
Tub water? Nah, celebrity finger-bit -lip balm- fret lube is where it's at!
(secret comment suggestion: A rebuilt speaker kit test suggestion, but different. Will rewinding with a different guage change shit much for metal? A mod kit for a V30 might be neat. Stiffer foam, thinner spider meshing... shit there's a ton of variables)
Cool shit, have a good one.
Hey Glen, love this channel, with the tutorials, and viewers comments!
As a guitar player, and engineer, lots hit home! I have been feeling a bit guilty recently about swapping pick ups on my guitar, thankfully this episode validated my choice!! I have over 20 guitars, and am a super fan of cheap ones! 😂 I recently bought “dream” guitar from China, and the Pups were extremely microphonic, and fed back like mad at high gain. I swapped out to some Mojotone Hellbenders and can’t be happier with the result. So I guess blowing $200 on Pups, and less than $200 on a replica guitar… very satisfied, and thankfully, somewhat validated here, thanks!!
I am not by any means endorsing replicas here. To each there own.
Keep up the great vids!🤘
The only time I blame my guitars are when they don’t keep in tune or keep intonated. I unfortunately only have an RG420DX with a Lo-TRS II that I found used for $150, the only problem I have is tuning stability but I’m trying to save up for a Gotoh to replace it, and the pickups (the infamously called shit INF PUs) are actually my favorite sounding passive I’ve used.
You rock Glenn - FUCK YOU haha... Keep up the great work, the truth hurts sometimes but its just tough love and im all for it - For anyone complaining about Glenn, just face reality - it will save you so much time/money/energy lol... Ive been an musician/engineer/producer for over 20 years and i just sit back and laugh the whole time as glen just constantly smashes truth bombs haha - Its glorious...
Just saw Guitar Max put out a video about a freakin sweet HB "Les Paul" (more of an Eclipse clone really) for $200...yeah it really sucks to buy awesome gear for good prices...said no one ever...smh...
Correction: TWO guys that were about to testify against Boeing are suspiciously dead. Thank you for the great content! Information from your channel has improved my band's productions VASTLY!