I grabbed a Rg 550 by accident when I was buying bass trings as the coutner was busy. Little did I know that I woud not byuy the strings but that guitar would follow me home. It made me switch instruments and still those Rg.s still get my attention. Perfect shape for my height and body, well balanced, versatile as they play it all. Over the decade or two, this was my main guitar. And I still own it, though it has its share of wear and tear , still sounding and playing great. It got supplemented by another one, bought cheap as the previous owner tried to put heavy strings on it making the FR rise up like the Empire State. Readjusting and lighter strings it easily holds a note for long time. Over the years I got two more, one is a Rg 570 and a reworked 320 by German luthier with loads of mods. They are alike but not, sounding a little differeatbut able to play it all. Just love them! I never cared for whatever was in fashion in terms of guitar, ergonomics, balance and sound alongwhat I can afford, was on my bucket list.
You couldn't give a Fender Mustang away until Kurt started playing them. Speaking of Kurt. The Jagstang was dunked on for years and now all of the sudden people love them. 🤷
@@spookybaba I like both, but I prefer the greater versatility of the Jaguar. I've been a big Nirvana fan since they were around, but I hate the Jagstang. At it's core, it's just a Mustang with a humbucker (which I own a couple of), but a really fuckin ugly one! The extended butt, and the way the pickguard and control plate don't follow the lines of the body, just really rubs me the wrong way. Kurt was never happy with his, and barely played it. I see it as nothing more than a cash grab from Fender.🤮
They couldn't give them away, which was the reason guys like Cobain started playing them. Only for their very use of them to drive the prices through the roof.
I really liked the one I had. It was a tone machine, felt and played great. I plan to eventually get another one, just waiting on them to be in stock again.
Phil, you are too humble. We all know that a big reason that cheap guitars are cool now is because of RUclips channels like yours and others. As a kid I was sold on the idea that expensive guitars were better guitars, and it wasn’t until I came across your channel that I began to think differently and I bet that I am not the only one that was influenced by you.
I've always tried to pick a guitar that I like, rather than what the current trends and forum bros want me to like. We're all individuals with different tastes and different things speak to different people.
When the first superstrats with the original, no fine tuners, floyds first hit, there are stories out of several Los Angeles guitar shops where guys actually traded in Bursts for these first superstats. I sounds absolutely insane now. But that's how crazy people were for the superstats when they first started to come out in limited quantities at the retail level. 'Factories' weren't equipped or prepared for mass production...as most weren't even 'factories'...just shops...so overshore production soon started. There was a lot of 'manufatured elsewhere...assembled and setup here', going on.
I have to comment again. Number 10 is me. Graduated HS in 1985 and have been looking at shred guitars lately! That is so funny that you would catch that in your video.
I thought Les Pauls and Telecasters were horribly ugly when I first started playing guitar. They grew on me over time and my Telecaster is now one of my favorites!
Literally the same thing happened to me over the years, haha. I called them old man guitars. Now I'm 45, and I have a couple of each. So, really, I guess I was right all along!😂
I loved, and still love, the shape of those ibanez shred guitars. They're beauties. I never got one, and I can't justify having a fourth guitar. My 88 charvel is my shredder, which I've had since new and was my one and only for 30 years until I acquired two absolute beautiful Yamaha SG models from the early 80s.
From what I’ve read several times, the Strat was a flop in 1954 when it was released, it wasn’t until 1957 when Buddy Holly played one on the Ed Sullivan show that it started becoming popular.
Man I frickin HATE a jazzmaster! It’s irrational how much I despise them, I can normally find something good to say about any guitar but those are just…bleh
I’m partial to the 80’s shred guitars specifically Charvel and the Friedman Cali. Not because of the hair metal bands and shredders but primarily because of Allan Holdsworth and Bill Connors. Additionally, I purchased my 80’s Jackson after seeing Beck use one in the “Infatuation” video.
Speaking of lightweight headless travel guitars, I have 2 headless Kiesels and I'm a convert. One is a Gibson-scale Zeus with Beryllium humbuckers (5.5 lbs) and the other is an HD Delos with trem and Johnny Hiland single-coils (6.25 lbs). They're so light and easy to play, and between them they cover pretty much all of my electric guitar needs.
I remember a story about Dave Evans, who brought his new guitar to rehearsal one day and proudly revealed a Gibson reissue ‘76 Explorer to his band mates. . ‘WTF is that?!” U2.
PRS guitars (or the Custom 24) could potentially go on the list too. So many people hate them still but also so many people love them (I always loved them though)
Haha I was thinking the same! I love PRS too, but it's no secret the Gibson and Fender purists despise them, for lacking a true identity/tone (in their opinion, of course).
I am definitely a single cut lover with my favorite being the Gibson Les Paul. I love Telecasters, too, but for some reason the Les Paul seems more elegant and refined and the Tele more utilitarian and simplistic. But in the right hands (not mine, sadly), they can both make incredible sounding music. 🎶
Jackson, Kramer, Charvel, and the many other pointy head guitars that fell into the shred category, always had to have the Floyd, or equivalent. The hotter the pickups, the better. Dark, Bright, Glowing, or otherwise. I miss those days.
I don't hate on any guitar, they are just wood and metal things. I love what they DO! There are many I think ugly or unappealing but that is very personal for every player. Not into jagged pointy guitars personally. Number 1 criteria is how it sounds and plays. Everything else a distant second. Pink, purple or duck tape, don't care. I am not locked into one style of instrument. I have or have owned in the past almost every style of guitar except a pure acoustic jazz box. But there are features I don't ever want, like Floyd Rose bridges or active pickups for example. For what matters, See #1 above.
Cool video Phil. Interesting to know some of those classics were flops! Crazy! Les Paul, Jazz Master, crazy! I do not yet own a 80's hair guitar, but I have been lurking at one or two. I need to pull the trigger on one! BUT WHICH ONE DUDE?! WHICH ONE!?!
I dislike certain headstocks. I also dislike overpriced guitars. Some of the ones you showed are absolute beauties. I love when people say… “do you like it? Does it inspire you to play? Then it’s a good guitar…”
I personally like the Jazzmaster just not dressed in a traditional Fender design, I would purchase one if it had humbuckers and either a TOM or string-through hard tail. I know Jim Root has his Jazzmasters but I always liked offset bodies before he had those.
Hey Phil. Inexp3nsive guitia5s such as Hwrley Benton, FireFly, I've arr so much be55e4 than most Silvertone, Kay, Mem0his etc. It's almost comical. Of course 5hqt is a great thing for the hobby and Industry! As fa4 as hated guitars, how about 2 of my all time favoritea.... Explorer and Flyong V?? Panned by most every one till 5he late 70-s and early 80's. GREAT video as always. Keep up the g9oe work!!
One of the reasons people like relic guitars and why new manufacturers are relicing is because it feels great to play. Also, you don't have to be nervous about bumping it into the floor tom or whatever. What is also funny is that those of us who like relic guitars don't comment on new looking guitars like relic haters do when they see a beat up looking strat or whatever.
I sometimes do find myself thinking maybe I should save all my money and buy a les paul not because i like them but because they are badge of respect but everytime a voice in the back of my head reminds me that it would never be a guitar that gets played because while I love how they look and can play pretty much anything, I prefer the thinner and flatter necks on ibanez and Charvel guitars and that will never change. I'd just be giving in to the marketing lol and buying something a novelty item.
The thing about the sears guitars to me wasnt the label but the high action and painful playability..cheese slicer. My first electric in 1979 was a sears silvertone...I almost quit guitar due to the pain of playing that slicer. Thank goodness I finally was turned on to light gauge strings and continued to play until I could get better quality instruments. high end guitars from those days played so much easier. Fortunately now, even cheaper guitars arent to horrible to play out of the box
In 1966 I worked at a flower farm for thirty days straight to buy my first electric. From Sears the Silvertone 2 pick-up solid body made by Harmony. I beat the crap out of it and wish I still had it.🖖👽😎
For the price of those Keisel guitars, one would think that they would mount the bridge perpendicular to the strings, but this one is off. WOW! I've never spent much time playing a shredder guitar. Ibanez still makes them. I'm curious if one would be comfortable for strumming with such a flat radius. The curved radius does make holding bars easier.
Yeah, I bought a really nice Ibanez in 1995 for $250 that i knew was maybe 6 times as much when it was new - but because it was teal and had a pointy headstock it was totally uncool. But it played amazing and came with dimarzios that sounded awesome and had basically the prs 08 switching system in it and a good floyd rose. But the point I had it for 10 years and I sold it for not a lot because I just didn’t like being seen playing it! The neck was about 10 mm thick. I’ve never had a guitar with a thinner neck, but it just played amazing. It just worked so well. You could do anything you want to it like sometimes I would just push the tram bar all the way down and take the strings into a complete sag and just hold it there for like 30 seconds and then bring it back and to be perfectly in tune.
For a good while, 80s shredders were super cheap, and they played great. Now, lots of those specs are modern again, with stuff like the Ibanez AZ line for a premium. For your last point, I honestly wish I had bought my gear a bit less vintage looking. My guitar wall mostly looks like an advertisement for retro wood finishes.
I kinda dig it (thumbnail). Reminds me of the old (Capital Records) 45's by the Beatles. Could you put that signature Capital swirl into the design with overlays? I love the Channel.
A lot of people don't realize that they have been making and using 7 strings in Russian since the late 1700s. Traditionally, they tuned them to open G.
Oh yes 🙂 many times in my life actually...But I never gave a damn what the other guitar players thought about my guitars, I use them on stage all the time too... And if they still don't like them they can take their opinions and...Well, you can guess... 🙂🙂
I really enjoy videos like this. While I like the sound of 80's shred guitars, I really don't care to have one. I think that the super thin necks and fussy trem systems turn me away.
At least the guitars on the list were popular later on. There are unloved guitars that are still orphans. I got your back Breadwinners, Moderne's, and Swingers.
I like all of them and love some of them. It’s people that are the failures. Shred guitars should have never become cliche. The 80’s was awesome. The only one I question is the relic and even some that are vintage in the hands of a musician are sometimes unappealing. Deep scratches both above and below the strings from strumming? And you never see them strum. That’s tour buss boredom
If a new Hendrix came out LOL ,or a player turned the corner on others,that guitar would be in vogue,ugly,or not,EVH proved that,Regardless its whose fingers influence others,for choice in instrument,second is desirability,or a high price tag for many
Many years ago as a teenager in high school I worked at Toronto’s biggest music store. We were the Fender, Gretsch, Martin, Rickenbacker and Goya dealer. We sat directly across Yonge Street from The Brown Derby and The Hawkes Nest. Customers included Robbie Robertson, David Clayton Thomas, Dominic Troiano, and numerous blues bands from Chicago. Relic was simply not a thing. In fact the closest we came to having a relic guitar was when a thief grabbed the Gretsch Country Gentleman from the display window and ran down Yonge Street before dropping it. Fortunately the back pad saved it and our repair shop cleaned up the scuffs on the headstock. I’m almost 80 and have and had a collection of guitars that are older than the majority of viewers on your channel. I just don’t understand why anyone would purchase a deliberately damaged new guitar. It makes as much sense as ordering a deliberately damaged Lamborghini. Before ordering a Fender Strat that a belt sander has made love to, learn to play one first.
Many guitars come back into popularity because when artists are young, they can only afford "cheaper " guitars that no one else wants, then they become masters of that style guitar. When they hit it big, everybody wants that kind of guitar.
Exactly I never even heard of kiesel guitars until big names started using them especially in the RUclips community....now it seems the PRS silver sky fills that roll everyone I see plays one...
I think it's more the color scheme on some the 80s models that turned people off. That's absolutely an 80s nostalgia thing. But I think their features were actually incredibly popular. Fender now makes Humbucker equipped strats with compound radius fretboards as a standard for example. Thin necks are a "modern" feature. etc etc.
If I want my guitar reliced, I'll play it for a few years and not baby it. Hell, if you ordered it through Amazon, it probably got some relicing during shipping. My Chinese strat did.
I'd never buy an old guitar that's all beat up, let alone a new one. Total poser guitars IMO, makes no sense. As for cheap, love my recently bought Firefly Bad Cat, plays well, sounds great and so cheap that I had no problem taking the whole thing apart. Just added more shielding and ground wires to the pickup cavities, frets are nice, but I'll make them nicer and for a future project I'm thinking about routing an othe cavity in the middle, I have a nice Gibson Les Paul Studio guitar that's some 25+ years old, when I bought it one pickup was bad and Gibson sent me a new one and sent one to the repair shop I had it at too, so I have a nice gold palated humbucker that might just look nice and sound interesting in between the two single coils, who knows? I pretty much bought it as a practice setup and mods guitar, but it also turned into one of my favorites. Maybe I'll just have to get an other more "normal" looking Firefly to do real mods with wood working? Hmmm.... Funny how some models just never took off in the beginning and then some musicians found them (probably cheap and used) and got famous, starting a new fashion trend. Fun video!
Well, while I was expecting 10 "guitars", and not necessarily attributes, it was a great video! (May want to re-title it though to keep the trolls at bay)
Can't wait to see if I lost. Hahah I will be quite fortunate as anyone with this giveaway. The video is awesome as usual. I have never tried one great work here as always. Joined the patreon as it said free???
Oddly, I actually hate all the guitars you said were initially hated! Even including the Les Paul and SG! I don't just hate everything, but those 10 guitar types are not for me! :D Well, some day I might consider a Jazzmaster-style guitar but if so it won't be a Fender.
True about the Les Paul and the SG- but you're leaving out a big part of the story- what music was popular back then, and how that was starting to change. Let's be honest- for the kind of music that was already popular- big band Jazz, Swing, etc.- these guitars kind of suck. They sounded better using the hollow bodies and semi hollows that were already available. But then- here comes rock and roll- and man, both of these bad boys are perfect for that genre- they kind of defined it in fact. So, it makes perfect sense that they were less popular then became more popular- and personally I think that has more to do with the change in musical tastes than it does some famous artist using them. The same can be said for Fender- as the blues became more popular, started having a larger and larger influence on rock- Fender came into their own. Besides, it took ppl a minute to understand that bolt on construction was just as good, maybe better- than a set neck. And Fender gave ppl a more affordable option, which was much needed- Gibson has never been cheap. The same thing can be said for Charvel and Jackson- they became huge when the style of music they excel at, shredding, was also huge- then they fell off when it went out of style- now they're coming back because that music is now considered "classic Rock" and the ppl who were at the right age when it was popular- now want to go back and re-live their youth, buy that Charvel they lusted over but could never afford as a kid. It's all about what music is popular and what generation is at that right age to be buying everything.
funny that grunge killed the 80s guitar but i'm not sure if something took the crown after the 80s guitar fell from grace. seemed like the grunge guitarists mostly liked different guitars from one another, so i'm not sure what was on top during the grunge era
Hating the look of a relic guitar is one thing, but I hate when people spend 10 grand on a custom shop relic guitar. I also really like Blink-182 and Tom Delonge and the Tom Delonge stratocaster, but paying for a marked up guitar that comes with less hardware than a regular strat is dumb. Just doesn't make sense to pay more for less, especially when it's thousands and thousands of dollars
Yeah probably right. I own an old 1978 telecaster custom which I love but everyone has always seemed to dislike even though Keith Richards used one. Guess he wasn’t cool enough to make them popular. A humbucker in the neck of a tele just makes so much sense to me. (Cue the haters)
I'm old fashioned. I don't like reliced guitars or store bought faded jeans with holes. Those flaws need to be earned ;-)
I'm clumsy so my guitars end up reliced rather quickly. That's what I play Flying Vs for. Always bang the wings into something.
@@221b-l3tthe difference is you made them that way rather than buying a brand new one as dinged up.
Totally agree, one has to earn that.
I started learning guitar four years ago at 56. I don't have the time left to relic a guitar 🤣🤣🤣
I didn't want to spend $2000 on a Tom DeLong Strat, so I made one out of a Squire for a fraction of the cost and love it!
And it can be just as good too!
And it’s more ‘yours’ than any Tom DeLong Strat could ever be.
No, I'd still never buy a pre-damaged guitar. That's just nuts.
I grabbed a Rg 550 by accident when I was buying bass trings as the coutner was busy. Little did I know that I woud not byuy the strings but that guitar would follow me home. It made me switch instruments and still those Rg.s still get my attention. Perfect shape for my height and body, well balanced, versatile as they play it all. Over the decade or two, this was my main guitar. And I still own it, though it has its share of wear and tear , still sounding and playing great. It got supplemented by another one, bought cheap as the previous owner tried to put heavy strings on it making the FR rise up like the Empire State. Readjusting and lighter strings it easily holds a note for long time. Over the years I got two more, one is a Rg 570 and a reworked 320 by German luthier with loads of mods. They are alike but not, sounding a little differeatbut able to play it all. Just love them! I never cared for whatever was in fashion in terms of guitar, ergonomics, balance and sound alongwhat I can afford, was on my bucket list.
I do not care what everyone thinks about my guitars.
When they hate, I play! It usually shuts 'em right up. But that's just me.
You couldn't give a Fender Mustang away until Kurt started playing them. Speaking of Kurt. The Jagstang was dunked on for years and now all of the sudden people love them. 🤷
Jaguars are much better
@@spookybaba I like both, but I prefer the greater versatility of the Jaguar. I've been a big Nirvana fan since they were around, but I hate the Jagstang. At it's core, it's just a Mustang with a humbucker (which I own a couple of), but a really fuckin ugly one! The extended butt, and the way the pickguard and control plate don't follow the lines of the body, just really rubs me the wrong way. Kurt was never happy with his, and barely played it. I see it as nothing more than a cash grab from Fender.🤮
They couldn't give them away, which was the reason guys like Cobain started playing them. Only for their very use of them to drive the prices through the roof.
Absolutely, everyone Ive spoken to hates the EVH Wolfgangs, but I freaking love mine. Best guitar Ive played
I really liked the one I had. It was a tone machine, felt and played great. I plan to eventually get another one, just waiting on them to be in stock again.
I’ve liked the ones I’ve played in shops, but not enough to buy one
I love the bright orange Ibanez guitars …I loved the 80s … I hope they get popular again ❤
Phil, you are too humble. We all know that a big reason that cheap guitars are cool now is because of RUclips channels like yours and others. As a kid I was sold on the idea that expensive guitars were better guitars, and it wasn’t until I came across your channel that I began to think differently and I bet that I am not the only one that was influenced by you.
I’m willing to bet that the N4 will be a hated guitar after Nuno leaves the scene. That said, the Jason Becker Numbers models will live on forever.
I've always tried to pick a guitar that I like, rather than what the current trends and forum bros want me to like. We're all individuals with different tastes and different things speak to different people.
When the first superstrats with the original, no fine tuners, floyds first hit, there are stories out of several Los Angeles guitar shops where guys actually traded in Bursts for these first superstats. I sounds absolutely insane now. But that's how crazy people were for the superstats when they first started to come out in limited quantities at the retail level. 'Factories' weren't equipped or prepared for mass production...as most weren't even 'factories'...just shops...so overshore production soon started. There was a lot of 'manufatured elsewhere...assembled and setup here', going on.
I have to comment again. Number 10 is me. Graduated HS in 1985 and have been looking at shred guitars lately! That is so funny that you would catch that in your video.
I thought Les Pauls and Telecasters were horribly ugly when I first started playing guitar. They grew on me over time and my Telecaster is now one of my favorites!
Literally the same thing happened to me over the years, haha. I called them old man guitars. Now I'm 45, and I have a couple of each. So, really, I guess I was right all along!😂
I used to find the tele ugly compared to the les paul when I started playing, but now having played both I'm firmly on team telecaster.
I loved, and still love, the shape of those ibanez shred guitars. They're beauties. I never got one, and I can't justify having a fourth guitar. My 88 charvel is my shredder, which I've had since new and was my one and only for 30 years until I acquired two absolute beautiful Yamaha SG models from the early 80s.
From what I’ve read several times, the Strat was a flop in 1954 when it was released, it wasn’t until 1957 when Buddy Holly played one on the Ed Sullivan show that it started becoming popular.
Man I frickin HATE a jazzmaster! It’s irrational how much I despise them, I can normally find something good to say about any guitar but those are just…bleh
I’m partial to the 80’s shred guitars specifically Charvel and the Friedman Cali. Not because of the hair metal bands and shredders but primarily because of Allan Holdsworth and Bill Connors. Additionally, I purchased my 80’s Jackson after seeing Beck use one in the “Infatuation” video.
Speaking of lightweight headless travel guitars, I have 2 headless Kiesels and I'm a convert. One is a Gibson-scale Zeus with Beryllium humbuckers (5.5 lbs) and the other is an HD Delos with trem and Johnny Hiland single-coils (6.25 lbs). They're so light and easy to play, and between them they cover pretty much all of my electric guitar needs.
Now do a video of 10 guitars that everyone should love!
Great list and point being made here Phil - just wish you'd warned us to put on sunglasses before you brought out the neon orange Ibanez 😂😂😂
Can't wait for that MGK Razorblade guitar to be the new cool thing
I remember a story about Dave Evans, who brought his new guitar to rehearsal one day and proudly revealed a Gibson reissue ‘76 Explorer to his band mates. . ‘WTF is that?!”
U2.
Great video Phil. I can tell that you put a lot of thought into this one.
PRS guitars (or the Custom 24) could potentially go on the list too. So many people hate them still but also so many people love them (I always loved them though)
Haha I was thinking the same! I love PRS too, but it's no secret the Gibson and Fender purists despise them, for lacking a true identity/tone (in their opinion, of course).
I am definitely a single cut lover with my favorite being the Gibson Les Paul. I love Telecasters, too, but for some reason the Les Paul seems more elegant and refined and the Tele more utilitarian and simplistic. But in the right hands (not mine, sadly), they can both make incredible sounding music. 🎶
for the travel guitar, Mark Erlewine Chiquita travel guitar should've made an appearance.
I picked up an rg550 genesis for nostalgia purposes. Turns out it’s a great guitar and really super versatile. Sounds good clean, etc
That was a great video and a cool idea. Thanks!
Jackson, Kramer, Charvel, and the many other pointy head guitars that fell into the shred category, always had to have the Floyd, or equivalent. The hotter the pickups, the better. Dark, Bright, Glowing, or otherwise. I miss those days.
I don't hate on any guitar, they are just wood and metal things. I love what they DO!
There are many I think ugly or unappealing but that is very personal for every player. Not into jagged pointy guitars personally.
Number 1 criteria is how it sounds and plays. Everything else a distant second. Pink, purple or duck tape, don't care.
I am not locked into one style of instrument. I have or have owned in the past almost every style of guitar except a pure acoustic jazz box. But there are features I don't ever want, like Floyd Rose bridges or active pickups for example.
For what matters, See #1 above.
Cool video Phil. Interesting to know some of those classics were flops! Crazy! Les Paul, Jazz Master, crazy! I do not yet own a 80's hair guitar, but I have been lurking at one or two. I need to pull the trigger on one! BUT WHICH ONE DUDE?! WHICH ONE!?!
I dislike certain headstocks. I also dislike overpriced guitars. Some of the ones you showed are absolute beauties. I love when people say… “do you like it? Does it inspire you to play? Then it’s a good guitar…”
I personally like the Jazzmaster just not dressed in a traditional Fender design, I would purchase one if it had humbuckers and either a TOM or string-through hard tail. I know Jim Root has his Jazzmasters but I always liked offset bodies before he had those.
Hey Phil. Inexp3nsive guitia5s such as Hwrley Benton, FireFly, I've arr so much be55e4 than most Silvertone, Kay, Mem0his etc. It's almost comical. Of course 5hqt is a great thing for the hobby and Industry! As fa4 as hated guitars, how about 2 of my all time favoritea.... Explorer and Flyong V?? Panned by most every one till 5he late 70-s and early 80's.
GREAT video as always. Keep up the g9oe work!!
One of the reasons people like relic guitars and why new manufacturers are relicing is because it feels great to play. Also, you don't have to be nervous about bumping it into the floor tom or whatever. What is also funny is that those of us who like relic guitars don't comment on new looking guitars like relic haters do when they see a beat up looking strat or whatever.
I've been happy with cheap guitars except when the pots are noisy, the loose tuners slip and the nut cuts grab the strings. ;-)
Thank you for mentioning Morbid Angel.
I sometimes do find myself thinking maybe I should save all my money and buy a les paul not because i like them but because they are badge of respect but everytime a voice in the back of my head reminds me that it would never be a guitar that gets played because while I love how they look and can play pretty much anything, I prefer the thinner and flatter necks on ibanez and Charvel guitars and that will never change. I'd just be giving in to the marketing lol and buying something a novelty item.
Very enjoyable, Phil! How about number 11…. PRS!
The thing about the sears guitars to me wasnt the label but the high action and painful playability..cheese slicer. My first electric in 1979 was a sears silvertone...I almost quit guitar due to the pain of playing that slicer. Thank goodness I finally was turned on to light gauge strings and continued to play until I could get better quality instruments. high end guitars from those days played so much easier. Fortunately now, even cheaper guitars arent to horrible to play out of the box
I have a Charvel San Dimas with gold hardware, Floyd Rose and a leopard print guitar strap. I’ll never give it up. 😂 🤘
Still trying to find my Sears Strat copy that my buddy borrowed in high school 43 years ago! 😂😂😂
In 1966 I worked at a flower farm for thirty days straight to buy my first electric. From Sears the Silvertone 2 pick-up solid body made by Harmony. I beat the crap out of it and wish I still had it.🖖👽😎
For the price of those Keisel guitars, one would think that they would mount the bridge perpendicular to the strings, but this one is off. WOW!
I've never spent much time playing a shredder guitar. Ibanez still makes them. I'm curious if one would be comfortable for strumming with such a flat radius. The curved radius does make holding bars easier.
Once again, great video PHIL!!!!
Yeah, I bought a really nice Ibanez in 1995 for $250 that i knew was maybe 6 times as much when it was new - but because it was teal and had a pointy headstock it was totally uncool. But it played amazing and came with dimarzios that sounded awesome and had basically the prs 08 switching system in it and a good floyd rose. But the point I had it for 10 years and I sold it for not a lot because I just didn’t like being seen playing it! The neck was about 10 mm thick. I’ve never had a guitar with a thinner neck, but it just played amazing. It just worked so well. You could do anything you want to it like sometimes I would just push the tram bar all the way down and take the strings into a complete sag and just hold it there for like 30 seconds and then bring it back and to be perfectly in tune.
For a good while, 80s shredders were super cheap, and they played great. Now, lots of those specs are modern again, with stuff like the Ibanez AZ line for a premium.
For your last point, I honestly wish I had bought my gear a bit less vintage looking. My guitar wall mostly looks like an advertisement for retro wood finishes.
Yup. And it makes me love it more.
I kinda dig it (thumbnail). Reminds me of the old (Capital Records) 45's by the Beatles. Could you put that signature Capital swirl into the design with overlays? I love the Channel.
A lot of people don't realize that they have been making and using 7 strings in Russian since the late 1700s. Traditionally, they tuned them to open G.
Thank you, Phil I thought the list was great
Oh yes 🙂 many times in my life actually...But I never gave a damn what the other guitar players thought about my guitars, I use them on stage all the time too...
And if they still don't like them they can take their opinions and...Well, you can guess... 🙂🙂
This was great Phil thanks for taking the time to make it
I really enjoy videos like this. While I like the sound of 80's shred guitars, I really don't care to have one. I think that the super thin necks and fussy trem systems turn me away.
Try a RG 550 and you will be blown away!
I love Floyds but hate the tiny necks. Give me a baseball bat please, makes it much easier to play fast for me.
I always loved the Fender J but never had one.
I like lighter guitars but don't like the accompanying neck dive
At least the guitars on the list were popular later on. There are unloved guitars that are still orphans. I got your back Breadwinners, Moderne's, and Swingers.
I like all of them and love some of them. It’s people that are the failures. Shred guitars should have never become cliche. The 80’s was awesome. The only one I question is the relic and even some that are vintage in the hands of a musician are sometimes unappealing. Deep scratches both above and below the strings from strumming? And you never see them strum. That’s tour buss boredom
Hell yes morbid angel. Blessed are the sick man
that was a pretty darn good list phil
If a new Hendrix came out LOL ,or a player turned the corner on others,that guitar would be in vogue,ugly,or not,EVH proved that,Regardless its whose fingers influence others,for choice in instrument,second is desirability,or a high price tag for many
Headless guitars have no soul. They’ll never be more than a novelty.
So... the "soul" is in the headstock? 🙄
Many years ago as a teenager in high school I worked at Toronto’s biggest music store. We were the Fender, Gretsch, Martin, Rickenbacker and Goya dealer. We sat directly across Yonge Street from The Brown Derby and The Hawkes Nest. Customers included Robbie Robertson, David Clayton Thomas, Dominic Troiano, and numerous blues bands from Chicago. Relic was simply not a thing. In fact the closest we came to having a relic guitar was when a thief grabbed the Gretsch Country Gentleman from the display window and ran down Yonge Street before dropping it. Fortunately the back pad saved it and our repair shop cleaned up the scuffs on the headstock. I’m almost 80 and have and had a collection of guitars that are older than the majority of viewers on your channel. I just don’t understand why anyone would purchase a deliberately damaged new guitar. It makes as much sense as ordering a deliberately damaged Lamborghini. Before ordering a Fender Strat that a belt sander has made love to, learn to play one first.
I got an Ibanez Grg121-D-w I have never see a guitar wired with so many different configurations with only 2 Humbuckers
that orangy red with chartruse pick ups is so hideous to my artistic sensibilities!
Exposure therapy.
Things we "hate" today because theyre new and different, will just become normal after we've seen them for a few years.
Not always.
I have a Jackson i put P90s in and it sounds great.
Interesting list, I can appreciate them all, but the headless is my least favorite, to look at anyways.
Many guitars come back into popularity because when artists are young, they can only afford "cheaper " guitars that no one else wants, then they become masters of that style guitar. When they hit it big, everybody wants that kind of guitar.
Exactly I never even heard of kiesel guitars until big names started using them especially in the RUclips community....now it seems the PRS silver sky fills that roll everyone I see plays one...
That Zeus is sick
I think it's more the color scheme on some the 80s models that turned people off. That's absolutely an 80s nostalgia thing. But I think their features were actually incredibly popular. Fender now makes Humbucker equipped strats with compound radius fretboards as a standard for example. Thin necks are a "modern" feature. etc etc.
1976 Gibson marauder i have one I like it
I personally cringe at Relic guitars, I love playing them but just can't get myself to buy one.
If I want my guitar reliced, I'll play it for a few years and not baby it. Hell, if you ordered it through Amazon, it probably got some relicing during shipping. My Chinese strat did.
I'd never buy an old guitar that's all beat up, let alone a new one. Total poser guitars IMO, makes no sense.
As for cheap, love my recently bought Firefly Bad Cat, plays well, sounds great and so cheap that I had no problem taking the whole thing apart. Just added more shielding and ground wires to the pickup cavities, frets are nice, but I'll make them nicer and for a future project I'm thinking about routing an othe cavity in the middle, I have a nice Gibson Les Paul Studio guitar that's some 25+ years old, when I bought it one pickup was bad and Gibson sent me a new one and sent one to the repair shop I had it at too, so I have a nice gold palated humbucker that might just look nice and sound interesting in between the two single coils, who knows? I pretty much bought it as a practice setup and mods guitar, but it also turned into one of my favorites. Maybe I'll just have to get an other more "normal" looking Firefly to do real mods with wood working? Hmmm....
Funny how some models just never took off in the beginning and then some musicians found them (probably cheap and used) and got famous, starting a new fashion trend. Fun video!
Have never bought a boat paddle (headless)
Never liked headless guitars. Didn't like them back in the day, still don't, never will.
Well, while I was expecting 10 "guitars", and not necessarily attributes, it was a great video! (May want to re-title it though to keep the trolls at bay)
I 100% agree but you have to realize cheaper guitars have came a long way in the last few years
The only guitars you showed I really hate is the relic'd guitars. Like buying ripped jeans.
Can't wait to see if I lost. Hahah I will be quite fortunate as anyone with this giveaway.
The video is awesome as usual. I have never tried one great work here as always. Joined the patreon as it said free???
Thanks Phil! But no 'pointy' guitars??
I’m always a fan of 80s guitars
Oddly, I actually hate all the guitars you said were initially hated! Even including the Les Paul and SG! I don't just hate everything, but those 10 guitar types are not for me! :D Well, some day I might consider a Jazzmaster-style guitar but if so it won't be a Fender.
How about the National "USA" shaped" Resophonic guitar? How about 1980's Japanese guitars?
True about the Les Paul and the SG- but you're leaving out a big part of the story- what music was popular back then, and how that was starting to change. Let's be honest- for the kind of music that was already popular- big band Jazz, Swing, etc.- these guitars kind of suck. They sounded better using the hollow bodies and semi hollows that were already available. But then- here comes rock and roll- and man, both of these bad boys are perfect for that genre- they kind of defined it in fact. So, it makes perfect sense that they were less popular then became more popular- and personally I think that has more to do with the change in musical tastes than it does some famous artist using them. The same can be said for Fender- as the blues became more popular, started having a larger and larger influence on rock- Fender came into their own. Besides, it took ppl a minute to understand that bolt on construction was just as good, maybe better- than a set neck. And Fender gave ppl a more affordable option, which was much needed- Gibson has never been cheap. The same thing can be said for Charvel and Jackson- they became huge when the style of music they excel at, shredding, was also huge- then they fell off when it went out of style- now they're coming back because that music is now considered "classic Rock" and the ppl who were at the right age when it was popular- now want to go back and re-live their youth, buy that Charvel they lusted over but could never afford as a kid. It's all about what music is popular and what generation is at that right age to be buying everything.
Musicians with no money have to buy what no one else wants. One of them blows up. All of a sudden, a Fender Mustang with a swapped out bridge is cool.
funny that grunge killed the 80s guitar but i'm not sure if something took the crown after the 80s guitar fell from grace. seemed like the grunge guitarists mostly liked different guitars from one another, so i'm not sure what was on top during the grunge era
I hate these top 10 guitar popularity flip videos. "Kidding"
Let the relic hating begin. (I don’t own one mostly because I’ve never had the chance to play one)
Hating the look of a relic guitar is one thing, but I hate when people spend 10 grand on a custom shop relic guitar. I also really like Blink-182 and Tom Delonge and the Tom Delonge stratocaster, but paying for a marked up guitar that comes with less hardware than a regular strat is dumb. Just doesn't make sense to pay more for less, especially when it's thousands and thousands of dollars
I enjoyed how disgusting that last guitar was.
You can do anything with an RG550
Gibson should make their guitars headless. Seems like they all what to make the conversion.
Every guitar is ugly until someone cool enough plays one then they’re not
And some remain ugly even after someone famous uses them (talking about you, headless guitar)
Yeah probably right. I own an old 1978 telecaster custom which I love but everyone has always seemed to dislike even though Keith Richards used one. Guess he wasn’t cool enough to make them popular. A humbucker in the neck of a tele just makes so much sense to me. (Cue the haters)
Guild Thunderbird was forgotten until dan auerbach found one in a pawn shop…. Then Guild re-issued it
Relic guitar popularity is a testament of how gullible people are. No poser guitars for me.
So I shouldn't mod my $100 Chinese bass in case it takes off in popularity?
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80s shred guitars being hated was a US thing. Elsewhere Ibanez RG etc stayed as popular as ever.
I have an original Fender HM Strat..