Paul Gilbert Tests Ernie Ball Paradigm Strings
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👆 The Captain and Paul gilbert check out the strength of the new Ernie Ball Paradigm strings. blog.andertons...
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2:54 keep clicking this
zotols dumb...
i clicked it 3 times though ;)
What the actual fuck hahaha did he get a stroke or what?
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Thank you sir
AKA The heart attack test
The guy is one of the top guitar players of his time (I'd say more), and still sits there and restrings a guitar like a regular bloke...
Let's see your(ok mine too) guitar divas do THAT!!!!!
Paul Gilbert for President (Jeff Waters for Vice-President!!)
There would be a Sergio Garcia TaylorMade ad right before this video.
Makes both perfect and imperfect sense.
WOW a single pack is £19! I can get 3 packs of Slinky's for that and last about the same duration as the warranty lol
James Kapherr well they last 3x as long so the price is justified
Don't get me wrong, I am not against them per say, was just taken back by the price :) Would love to hear reports back from normal chaps like us on how good they are, and not endorsees.
£19 a set no thanks
Brian Dempsey yeah man. you could get 3 Sets of "regular" Strings which will last you for maybe 3-4 month. (at least for me)
Considering they are guaranteed to last 3 months without breaking, corroding,... that's a fair price really. It's perfect for people who don't need to change their strings ever 4 weeks.
It's ok if it can keep the 1st day tone for 90 days, which in theory it should when you listen to the sales pitch, I don't imagine that is does though, but if it did, 3 to 4 sets a year for your favorite guitar isn't really that bad... Compared to your 4£ run of the mill daddario which lose tone after a couple of weeks. Personally on my favorite guitar I was using elixir, and they really did hold their tone/brightness for longer, easy over 6 weeks, but they are the most fragile strings i've ever used, and I never break strings normally, so stopped buying them. Tried the NYXLs they are meh, expensive for nothing really special... I'll try a set of these ernie ball's for sure.
That's the mid range price for bass strings, so...
D'addario NYXL's all day eveyday.
I've never felt so much anxiety from watching a video
I wonder how D'addario NYXL's would do?
Fun video, but the test itself is a bit useless. Tuning speed (strain rate) and the sharpness of the bends are big factors in breakage. If interested I'll recommend reading on tensile testing of materials :) Ernie Ball has probably made one.
Andertons Exec: We booked the greatest living guitar player to try out some strings!!! Which of his masterpieces should he play for us?
Emotionally Disturbed Producer: Naw, don't let him play anything, just break them.
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Pure blues sounds amazing but they don't slink like the slinkies
I only string my guitars with barbed wire. Best tone, cheap as chips and reminds me that pain is all too real.
I have a trip mine wire rigged across every string. I think I'll try your method as well.
Filthy Pete the Internet Peasant i use suspended bridge cables to get the dj0nt
I rig mine up to the AC mains. I love the smell of burning SG in the morning
Filthy Pete the Internet Peasant The elastic bands are my type.
Gives me a really soft tone
Filthy Pete the Internet Peasant I like to restring my guitar with the lining of pig intestines just like the stuff sausages are incased in, I like the real organic tone it gives
Paul Gilbert even restrings and tunes up with incredible speed!
What kind of Ninja technique is this one?? 6:17
Pauls name is in the list...
he deserves it..... but maroon 5 for guitar strings .....
The guitarist is really good, actually. Everyone else is debatable.
Alexander Eddy what the heck are you talking about? Clapton and Page debatable?
@@bobbyvanvleuten663 dummy
@@bobbyvanvleuten663 Yeah, you missed his point entirely. He meant that the other members of Maroon 5 are debatable as musicians. Not the other guitarists on the list.
Maroon 5 sucks. Paul doesn't.
I was wincing the whole time Paul was trying to break the string.. It's like that feeling you get when deep frying, throw it in and run for cover.
Dustin Platt 😂😂😂
Yes, one must be carefull cause it can be dangerous for the eyes.
@@andrewlevistermma I'm sure Paul would appreciate that reference. XD
@@andrewlevistermma its been 2 more
Just realized PG has hearing aids now. I'm glad to see. Apparently he was near deaf. Don't crank the headphones people, and don't stand in front of Marshall cabinets.
You don't need strings if all your tone is in your fingers.
Hank Hill Who needs a guitar anyway?
Don't forget the tone wood! :)
will it survive the propane test.
Will it blend???
Amateurs. I play directly to the amp, with my fingers on cable tip.
That face you make when you know that if you tune a string a little bit more is gonna pop.
Paul just seems like one of those people that's so not full of himself that you could hang out with him all day and he's just a regular guy. Cool dude.
He’s so chill and humble that I almost forgot that he was Paul effing Gilbert
only paul gilbert would come to andertons in bright red sweat pants
Cargo pants. I think it's his stage gear.
At least it's not a space suit :P
Nice to see that he is also a normal guy with a sense of humour!
He's dressed like a kids TV presenter haha!
Don't forget the black boots.
I had to turn the volume off and just watch - after 30 years of playing guitar, that 'higher...higher...higher..." sound raises my blood pressure.
I need another 8 hours 50 minutes of Paul Gilbert and The Captain video..
i was afraid it was gonna hit me lmao
so these will let me tune my E string to Bb (which I'd never do) instead of A (which I'd never do)
awesome
abnzg I guess it's handy if you have a floyd, but at that price...
*Big bends and vibrato have entered the chat*
Stephen j the tone must be so dead
Even paul knows that the bird is the word
5:35 Hold onto you wives, DANISH PETE CAMEO
7:43 I've discovered Paul's secret technique: Doing vibrato with your head.
6:17 ah the way he untangles the string...
Peter Griffin = Paul Gilbert
B-B-B-Bird Bird Bird, Bird is the word
I'm literally in bed wincing as he's cranking up the pitch.
Paul is mostly deaf so it's not that he can't multi task he probably just didn't hear exactly what Lee asked.
Watching that string go higher than E was worse than skydiving with no parachute
Philip McKnight did a test like this a while ago with all kinds of strings. Most also went to A and NYXLs did A#. So I'd say in that regard those two are even.
Gotcha link to that video ? I was just sharing this video on Facebook group and said I wonder how my fav string the NYXL would compare
Oooh man, you showed the tuner instead of Captain and Paul flinching C'MON
Everytime I see Paul, he just seems like a such a chill down to earth dude. It's nice to see this in our crazy industry. Gotta check out these new strings.
Ugh. This video made me so uncomfortable! 😂😂😂😂😂
3:38 Don't feel bad Lee, Paul probably didn't hear a word you said as he was turned away from you. His hearing really is on its last legs ;
NowakP the next Beethoven
NowakP You mean Paul had not heard? It was my understanding that everyone had heard..
He has said in a few interviews he is losing his hearing. Guess you have seen him playing live with a huge set of red headphones, he is trying to protect the hearing he has left
faisal merican heard what exactly...
True about his hearing, though of late he said he's stopped wearing the isolation headphones. Don't recall his reasoning off-hand.
Interesting that Ernie Balls started breaking so much that I tried other brands and ended up with NYXL. IMO they started making them cheap so they could push a higher string price point.
omg man Paul has some guts. This is every guitarist's nightmare!
We wanna see a blind test between the Paradigm, Optiweb, Nanoweb, etc!
Awesome test, would love to see a guitar string comparison between different brands. I'm a huge supporter of Elixir Polyweb strings, best guitar strings in the world in my opinion! Super durability, they don't get dirty easily and they can handle me doing crazy bends and playing super aggressively. I tried Ernie Ball, D'Addario etc. and they gave out a lot earlier than Elixir strings.
I used elixir .10s on my strat for 8 straight months. at the end of 8th month, high e broke while bent. Elixirs are also very strong
you could test how long they take to corrode soaked in urine. similar to sweat due to the urea.
Bill Stickers I
is it just me or does PG sound kinda like David Letterman?
19 pounds? I'll buy 3 regular sets instead
Coolest fucking guy ever. Between this and the interview vid, I've become a way bigger fan of PG. He's a humble guitar god...how's that for an oxymoron?
I'm with Geldof on this.
i m on it baby
One of the many things Ernie Ball does right, is easy packaging.
You open up the packet and inside are 6 envelopes with a string each, with the string gauge in giant font. You really have to be very drunk to screw that up.
A couple of weeks ago I wanted to restring my guitar with something fancier, so I got one of them d'addario cobalt coated jazz whatsathingies. Except inside the package the strings are bundled in two's, all together. You have to reference the packaging to really know what gauge each string is. And of course there is no standard for the colouring of these, so with bad lighting and a slightly inebriated state I fucked up and swapped the black with the purple beads, and the yellow and gold coloured ones. After figuring it out and attempting to take them off again, try to wrap the now curled wire back on another post, I was fed up, couldn't be bothered with it so I just put some wire cutters on them and placed my ernie ball backup pack. No dicking around and was done in 10 minutes.
I'm not saying that was anyones fault but my own, but I'll be damned if I ever buy another d'addario pack again. Keep it simple you idiots.
Also what are these people doing that they keep breaking their strings? The last time I broke my high-e was in 2009 or so, I only really replace strings when I need to clean my fretboard, which is once every 18 months or so. Just keep your nut and bridge lubed, make sure that there are no sharp edges on frets or tuners and strings will last a very long time.
Ahahahahah I kinda had the same feel 🤣
David Gilmour type bends are particularly risky tho . Ha .
I legit lol'd when Paul said
*the bird is the word*
Pff, been using Elixir for years. They last absolute eternity, and feel 'fresh' for quite a while. Never felt the need to restring in a few weeks time.
You guys not showing a continuous in frame shot of him changing the string defeats the purpose of him doing it live to prove he is really changing it with what he says, given all the camera cuts.
I use Ernie Ball strings, and I break them at 80% of my practices. I just bought the Paradigm (11s). Fingers crossed they hold up.
Paul is the best storytelling guitarrist ever
0:33 disrespected Paul by ignoring his joke
just sitting there watching Paul Gilbert change a string it's like watching God making life... I could just have a stroke and a heart attack there and die happy as fuck.
I've never been this scared of a guitar string breaking 😂😂😂 just bought these love the sound
If you want a guarantee against corrosion and short string life, use a set of Elixir strings. I've had Elixir sets on some of my guitars for years, and they still sound great. They have a special coating that resists corrosion and that annoying "finger squeak" when you slide your fingers around. As a former Ernie Ball user who switched to Elixir, I swear by them.
This is so uncomfortable to watch. I'm wincing despite being in an obviously safe place
IMPOSSIBLE TRY NOT TO CRINGE, I couldn't physically look, had to look at the phone screen from an angle
maroon 5 on the string package? hahahahahahahahahahahahhahag im dying.
man EB's "beta test" was bullshit in the states. signed up day one and i never got my strings. plus if people are just getting them now how is it a beta. what info are you gonna get feedback on and improve the product. companys really have to stop using the word beta if the dont know what it means.
8:26 THEY LIED! PARADIGMS DO BREAK!
LET'S RIOT
LET'S START A RIOT
-puts on "Riot" by Three Days Grace-
William Allison a Quiet Riot.
See what I did there?
No Name sm57
Riot by Dead Kennedys?
£16.99 That's too much.
I've hated Ernie balls ever since I got them on my shitty $300 guitar. I threw those shits out. They're overpriced and you get the same with dunlop heavy core for $3.25 a set. I do however like elixer strings, I think they're definitely worth it. I've had some on a Floyd rose since 2012 December. Until this day they still work lol I won't ever change them unless they break or something. I would rather try nyxl strings. I did like the appeal of elixer packaging because they look like condom boxes lol
You guys seem like brothers! 😂😂
How is the captain so chill around Paul G...?
Tell me that after a a drink or two. Paul couldn't do the best David Letterman impression EVER. CLOSE YOUR EYES AND LISTEN TO HIM TALK FOR A MINUTE.
Paradigm is the Greek word "παράδειγμα" , but dont worry , either way the half words you speak are Greek
his test makes my skin crawl just waiting for the string to pop
One of the best Andertons video ever. It contains 5 seconds of actual playing time but was 10mins of pure entertainment...Ernie Ball make great products. Paul Gilbert is a legend in his own lunchtime, brilliant !!
Bought them, tried them, they didn't hold up. (11 gauge, acoustic 20/80 bronze). Rust and a broken string within the first month of use. The box doesn't mention a 90 day warranty like in the U.S. Expensive failed experiment.
£19 a set? NINETEEN BLOODY QUID A SET!? I thought D'Addario were taking the piss charging £12.50 for a set of NYXLs, but this is just daft.
Is this the same BS marketing strategy Ernie Ball had been doing with guitarists? I stopped using them because they were releasing new string sets where only the wound on the bass strings is different and the plain strings are just regular RPS strings. Custom Gauge Stainless Steel(which is not custom gauge), Cobalt and M-Steel are these sets. You're effectively paying more for different wound strings + 3 regular nickel plated steel strings. Yes, even on the stainless steel set. Also, since they don't come packaged the way, say, D'addario strings do, they usually come with black corrosion spots out of the package and pretty much every single package of Power Slinkies I opened til this day had the plain strings like that. Compare that with D'addario ones, which come in a sealed package and the all the strings are pretty much spotless.
And...reading their marketing material. Yup. Same old again. Only the wound strings and their core is different. The plain strings? Regular RPS strings. Why Ernie Ball keeps lying to their customers?
That's great!.(fingers crossed) Or is it possibly a lie/marketing ploy and they do break but but figure the losses won't outweigh the gains at £18.99 a pop! Only way to find out i suppose is to see if Ernie Ball are still selling these in 10 years time! ( After all if they're unbreakable they can't offer anything more 'unbreakable'!) Interesting...Though It wouldn't surprise me in the current economic climate that some scallywags use the strings for almost 90 days then tune their high E up to Bb, snap the bugger then send them away for another packet??? rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat unless I'm missing some fine print in the clause??
Come on people these strings cost at least 3X your usual set! So = my experience. Thursday - re string. Gig Friday 1st string breaks! Tuesday rehearsal 2nd string breaks! Sunday festival gig 3rd string breaks first song ! Ernie Ball = Ernie Bollocks guarantee yeah right.
I love how PG can't bend to stretch the stings without doing a PG face lol,
Ernie ball paradigm are nickel wound or stainless steel?? 🤔🤔 Please reply i need help.. 🙏 and fo you get Ernie ball 9-46 paradigm stainless steel strings?? Help me!! 😅✌🏻
Ernie ball paradigm or D'addario NYXL? I've never player anything else than D'addario, so I don't know if ernies are any good :c
NYXL are the top ones. Haven't tried Paradigm, but don't care about them either :) Ernieball strings have become some crap years ago.
how long nyxl could last? I like d'addrio regular series but It corrode so fast. So currently I'm using elixir polyweb, not bad, but I miss crispiness from d'addario.
skrubbmeister both are shit, Elixir FTW
But they got owned by Floyds like nothing.
It depends on whether you sweat much or wear out the strings fast. I guess that Elixir is fine for long plays, but NYXL is much better tonewise. Don't think that NYXL last longer that regular DaDDarios. I would suggest having like... 10 set of strings instead of 3 expensive ones. Fresh are all fine mostly. It depends on your budget and preferences.
Jeez, doesn't Paul's wife double-check his outfits before he leaves the house? Was there a sale at the Salvation Army? I kid... I kid... love PG.
Ahhh, that A4. Darnit, would've loved to see that going there and stay there 😁
Lee, did you see what type of Pick Paul was playing? to me it looks like his white Ibanez signature pick, but form what I have read he hadn't been using those in a while and was using Dunlop Tortex picks ....
I started out with Ernie Balls and they're fine for standard tunings and stuff like that. I admit I haven't tried these ones though. But since I play a whole step down and in lower tunings, I've always loved D'Addario(regulars or NYXL) for metal music because they just sound brighter. I want that cut for lower tunings, so I can't remember the last time I played anything other than D'Addario.
where did the strings break at anyway. the bridge? the nut? the machine head? the ball end? usually breaks at the bridge or the ball end becomes unraveled. I have had a `string` of ball-end breaks from an .008. I just re-wrapped the ball-end and was good to go again but that's an area of concern I suppose.
Good thing they didn't perform this test on a Gibson. The headstock would snap before the string!😂😂
so what is this thing is made of? Cobalt 95% or what?... i already tired the M-Steel , yes it's not smooth on the finger tips but i liked that feel ... although i noticed fret wear after just a few days of using it.. but the M-Steel sounds "so Good" ---my tone is so great now.. you have to adjust or tweak the EQs..
hmm, maybe a little over priced... lower the price 25% and lose the cardboard and they will out sell everything.
and lose the garantee...i would'nt do that if i was them...
Paradigm’s literally stay smooth forever! Also, I have yet to bust a string while playing with these. Broken many with slinky
His Rgs looked so much better. I know that is his guitar; I just don't like that over phat neck and ugly bodystyle. He is still a shredsmaster
Good gimmick but it’s not worth it. Twice the price for half the tone. You can get a 3 pack of regular slinky for the same price as 1 pack of paradigm. Not worth it
it wouldn't be a garbage/pennywise sandwich, it would always be a paul gilbert sandwich, because the sandwich is named after the ingredient, not the bread...
they have the great tone but dont last for shit. so if you're endorsed, they're great. if you buy your own strings, D'addario for LIFE!
Gig ready? Who change sets before a concert? NEVER change it right before! But at least 1 week before
i just broke one ive had them on my guitar for about 3 weeks i got into some ugly bends on my high e and BAM outa nowhere.....definitely not UNbreakable by standard means i dont even have a tremolo style bridge.
How has Paul Gilbert managed to persuade prison authorities to kit out his cell as some sort of guitar practice / gigging area ? Get this fucking criminal on hard rations like the rest of the lags in this so called " jail ". Deal with this...G...
I can't be the only one that popped a Xanex during that. My eyes twitch the entire time I tune up the High E string. And I usually tune 1/2 step down. With glasses on.
This is the scariest video you've ever done :D
Najgorsze Ernie Ball Seri
Pekają
Slinky
Paradigm
M- STEEL
RPS
Wytrzymalsze
Cobalt i Titanium
this string is mainly hype tho. they break ONE SEMITONE higher than other strings so they say there te most unbreakable sting around.
I always break Slinkys,1st set bottom E always.