Yes! When someone interrupts me and I dont get a chance to pause it, I can always get back to where I was without having to skip through an entire episode.
From Leo: "If you like it, like it, DON'T apologize" Almost a Zen statement. It should be painted on the door of every guitar shop in the country. I have lived that for 35 years, but was almost 30 when I figured it out.
Thank you for your thoughts and comments on the Gibson Les Paul. I'm 65 and bought a Les Paul tribute satin iced tea 6 months ago and I enjoy the tones every time I pick it up and plug it into any of my tube amps. Yes, there is history and legacy to Les Paul guitars but I always think of the genius of who Les Paul really was and what he created in his lifetime. Rock On and play those Allman Brothers licks! Thanks for another great RUclips video Phil!
Exactly! So many guitarists get hung up on complaining about Vernon's solo in cult of personality ignoring the 3 records full of amazing riffs and solos crossing multiple styles and genres. Not to mention Corey, Doug, Muzz, and Will all being crazy talented too!!!
Phil was inspired by the Behringer pedal; board idea .... mine has 8 Behringer pedals on a ghostfire board and i am more than happy with it ... thanks for the idea ....
I start by looking at the time stamps, to watch only themes that interest me, and I end up watching almost the complete thing, because I get into it and forget about the time stamps.
Ref Gibson - while trading and buying guitars in a certain guitar store the store told me ‘Gibson & Fender are the two brands I can move’. The demand hasn’t gone away and they hold their value pretty good too
@@lostreb Rick Beato did a video like that with Rhett Schull and... I wanna say Dave? I think it was the guy who's their guitar tech. It was a super interesting experiment to listen to.
@@lostreb That's right, it was 8s they were using as a control for the treble frequencies on a gain channel. Or something like that... I should probably go rewatch that at some point too. But first, I now need to find that video on 7s (which, thanks for mentioning). I started my guitar playing on acoustic as a kid, and playing 14s and 13s for almost half a decade before figuring out that I could get more out of 12s , I'm only now starting to play electric and about to put 10s on my Les Paul... 9s felt insanely light when I first used a set, whereas since I've been playing amplified using 11s tuned a half step down I've been getting used to less tension. 8s here we come!
I keep missing these and I wanna ask him a question! Dang! Anyways great series i love the timestamps too it eliminates the weariness I get from long running times!
I sold my mini dirty Shirley for a mark v 25 and I'm happy with the change. Maybe I didn't have the right cab, but the low end was so flubby sounding on that amp. Played it for years though and had a lot of fun with it.
It's interesting because I have a much easier time remember numbers than names. Great episode, and I enjoyed the reveal for why you were a just a little bit brighter today. Like the difference between rosewood & maple fretboards, it was subtle, but noticeable. Happy new guitar day.
Hey Phil! Thanks again for the mention. I hope you are still enjoying your Angel pickups. The main reason I try to keep Octave Doctor pickups affordable is because I believe other boutique pickup manufacturers are overcharging their customers. As a guitarist from a working class background I understand only too well that most guitarists have to consider value for money when purchasing gear.
I talk to my guy at Sweetwater and ask for his best price on an item I’m interested in and he always gets me about 10 percent off. He gave me a discount on a Gretsch falcon, a prs 594, and a Marshall amp. Always willing to help me out so I will always check with him.
@@frieswijk I've been playing professionally for 30 years. Just got my first Gibson, an SG. 1969. Most amazing guitar I've ever played. I'm stuck on it now.
Holy crap he used my comment for the headline question! I'm on a trip right now, I got back to my hotel from playing that SG at a pawn shop and saw the show was live and figured I'd ask an opinion/get some good old fashioned enabling HAHA. it does have two dents running horizontal on the back of the neck near the joint, I'm hoping to go back tomorrow and talk him down a bit since $800 seems on the high end for the condition when they've sold on Reverb from $600-$900 in better condition. This is a lefty though, I don't know if that makes it rarer or if Gibson just charged more outright for a southpaw model.
@@benallmark9671 I did and it's great! It sounds amazing through my Fortin and Omega heads but it cleans up nice too. I still don't know how to feel about the price, $800 is more than most I saw sold online for the 70s Tribute SG without robotune, but those were all right handed, I couldn't find any sold of my lefty, so idk. It's my first made in USA and I don't plan to resell anyway
@@neonlights_12 I don’t know exactly where you are m in the states somewhere I’m guessing but I’m in Canada and a right hand player. Let me say this , I think it’s a great deal , all the ones I could find were well over a grand here so I went with a new Epiphone SG custom. I hope it satisfies. What are your headphones worth ? Looking around for a new quality pair at a good price of course. Right now I’m just using bottom of the line AKG studios.
@@benallmark9671 Yes, Eastern US. Honestly yeah, the pricing could just be biased that way because there are so few of this model and color people are selling, there's not a large enough pool of sales to get a good feel for the price. For sound I have a pair of Kali LP-6 6 inch studio monitors that are amazing, and Sennheiser HD600s for headphones
Phil....Love your podcasts! You are sooooo down to earth, and you've taught me more in the last month than the music biz has taught me in 50 years. As a musician native of California, I say you should feel free to speak the "truth" about our crazy rules and quirky laws. We are currently circling the drain.....The people running our state are clueless. However....you gotta keep rockin' and enlightening the young folks.
Your right about strings I have carlpol tunnel problems went from 10s to 8s on strats an ibanez and it solved it over night also shorten scale lenght on acoustic got a humming bird 10s to 50s strings and I can play that just fine. I use 10s on my jaguar 24 inch and 9s on my es 335 24.7 inch and i play 4 hrs a day every day no issues as before i used all ernie ball 10s. but since i experimented with strings and scale lenght its kept me playing guitar and i play for me not a band it helps my mental health so sounds hyperbolic and maybe is but string changes improved if not saved my life so dont give up on ya guitar play with ya gauges peace and love brothers an sisters
1:30, I did the opposite. I have a 2019 American Professional Strat and wanted the MIM roasted 70's neck, so I did that swap. Made money by selling the old neck and I definitely prefer this one. Also, Phil, can you check out/review/comment on IYV guitars?
@@lostreb yep, absolutely! One of the things I love about Strats is how modular they are. It's relatively easy to try different things and find the right mix that feels and sounds best to the player.
Thank you Phil for these wonderful and insightful and not least comfy and welcoming neardy programs! I learn a lot by listening to your show. Deeply appreciate what you do! :) I got my first Fender strat (a mexican Classic 70's in natural, thanks to the influence of Blackmore Cal Jam '74) back in '99 and I loved it from the first second and still do. However, I did also accidentally hit the volume knob all the time while playing. I guess I was used to the "super" strats I had before it. I really wanted to play strat so I decided to put real effort in and change my playing style. Turns out, my over all playing technique benefitted hugely from the change. I've gotten less sloppy and more controlled. So, what I'm saying is; fine go ahead and change the guitar it's really everybody's choice but changing yourself can be a great alternative! I certainly never looked back and thought "goosh, why did I go through all the trouble changing the way I played?" Cheers from Sweden
I'm suspicious of ads that state "I have too many of (whatever model) and this one has to go." In my mind I'm thinking "What's wrong with this one?" I suppose that he could like them all equally as far as play-ability goes, but doesn't like the color or something trivial. It would be good if they mentioned that.
Check out the Heritage Custom Core H-150 guitars. I just picked one up and it's sound, quality and playability for a Les Paul style guitar is outstanding!!
2 years ago one of my students was hosting a going away party. His jam buddy showed up with a core McCarty single cut. I was blown away and I thought this is the perfect guitar for private lessons. 2 years later I bought the S2 McCarty 594 and I get the same vibe and playability, Its a great instrument and so glad I bought it.
If you want to save yourself a small fortune in sandpaper costs get yourself an abrasive cleaning stick from Woodcraft, Rockler or even Harbor Freight, they all feel the same to me. You can clean out the paper when it starts to load up and its like new over and over again. My paper last at least 10 times as long if I use it often enough. More for the higher grits, once it gets a gloss look to the product being removed its most like too late. The stick will last forever, you'll probably loose it before you use it up.
Gibson, Friedman, PRS USA, and Fender USA are worth investing in any other is just a waste of your money. My favorite solid state amp is a Randall RG100ES and a few Laney solid states as well.
Phil-your good gentle nature shines thru in the way you present and carry yourself. But even kind and gentle souls are likely to have some button, no matter how small or difficult to reach, once pushed engages a detonation that can be quite shocking (like an iceberg or volcano-you just can’t see what really lies beneath the surface. With that in mind I offer the following advice about jokes and pranks. The best received jokes are often those one tells about oneself (the man who can make fun of himself to the enjoyment of others can fill a room with laughter-ala Rodney Dangerfield.) Next would be jokes about no particular individual-provided they do not involve sensitive racial or ethnic stereotypes that may be for some, overtly offensive. If you are however a member of same ethnic or racial group it may go over well because there again you are practicing self depredation (Richard Pryor and later Carlos Mencia were very good at this.) Most risky is the joke about or prank pulled on someone else. This always carries the risk of actually humiliating and hurting the target or perhaps worse-enraging them to the point of violence. Thus such jokes or pranks carry significantly more risk-it can be a thin line between good natured fun and bullying. So before contemplating a prank on or telling a joke making fun of someone else-one should always stop and consider the person involved-do you know them well enough to know how well they can laugh at themselves? Will it be received as bullying or a hostile act? Will it permanently damage the relationship you have with that person? Do you know what their current mental state is like-even an ordinarily good natured person who likes a good joke and can usually laugh at themselves, may be under some extreme personal distress and snap because of it. Pulling a prank on or telling a public joke ridiculing a stranger or someone you barely know carries the biggest risk and should warrant caution-at least if you are the kind of person who does not wish to hurt others feelings without cause or don’t want to incite someone to revenge or even to violence towards you for what you thought was going to be a harmless joke or prank.
Phil, thanks for what you do. I don’t get to listen to the live broadcast so I listen to the podcasts as I drive back and forth to work. During this broadcast you said you were working on a video to demo Behringer pedals. Has that been posted or did I miss it?
I checked the Fender web site. In 9 months the player necks went from $249 to $399. The Pro 2 necks are $649. I wonder if there is really a need to increase prices by 60 percent in 9 months for a player neck.
??????? Hey Phil how do you know what pickups to put together HSS if the main pickup you want Dimarzio Super Distortion doesn't come in a set ? I'm trying to recreate the pickups in a 1988 BC Rich ST3 USA
Springs lose some tension over time, talking years here, when they are on the guitar but not so much if set aside in storage as they are not under any pressure then.
The Orange Crush 120 is a great amp but there's no way I would pay what ppl ask for them- 400 bucks? For a solid-state amp? Forget it- I can buy a great tube amp for considerably less.
Hey Phil, I've been watching the channel for a while. Am really digging the content. I'm about to start a manufacturing company building electric guitars. Got some time to jam on it and give some critique in the distant future?
Hey Phil congratulations you bought a Gibson today but you never tell us all you didn't tell us what Gibson you bought I mean how could you go there and tell us about to get some today and not elaborate on what it was don't you know it's like trying is it it's like holding a favorite guitar out in front of you and pulling it away when you go to grab it it's just a big tease come on stop teasing us what was it? Maybe next week you'll say I doubt it cuz you'll never see my comment but it is what it is sincerely yours, above the blind bedroom guitars yeah Phil you got a blind guy that's never missed one of your since your first one I've never missed any of your q&a slow your gear really make it to the actual live show but I always look forward to it and I always watch it the day it comes out as a replay as a recast whatever you want to call it and it was thanks to you I got it interested in guitars again and bought my first guitar in over 3 decades I want to get some special which I call my special special cuz it's a 2005 not that that makes it a special special but it has a high gloss wine red finish on it when they sent me the guitar I bought some Guitar Center it look like it was you know put in some kind of a bag with 30 years worth of dirt on it but when I clean that guitar up it was like brand new $550 delivered to my house and I know I can get more for that now even though it's the gifts and special that finish on it is so beautiful and that's a blonde guy telling you this LOL sincerely yours again, Bob the blind bedroom guitarist
Back decades and decades ago I had a company that manufactured Lisa's calluses collars and harnesses for dogs and I used an industrial sewing machine well the bobbins you would get pretty wounds got to be very expensive so I made my own winder really what it was it's just a motor attached to a spindle or you might call it a axle that the bottom went on and then there was a little thumb that sat on top in the middle of the the bobbin so as the as the thread rounds onto the bobbin it would push this little thumb up and when it was full it would push the thumb completely up it with pop up and then the spindle with disengage from the bobbin if that makes any sense cost like 15 bucks in parts not even the most expensive part was the motor didn't have the machine anything I don't know what you call it I guess a spindle and then you you know get get the wire onto the bobbin which is similar to a bobbin that you would use for a pickup and then start it and then just let it go and ask again is the friend as the thread got more and more on to the bobbin it would push the little thumb the side in between the two walls of the bobbin until it reached you can set it for however much thread you wanted on the bobbin and it would just keep it go up and up and up and then at one point it would just pop it up and it would disengage the axle or the spindle and the bottom was full that's a lot easier than using a drill that's that I can tell you I'm not good at describing something like this but maybe someone will get the idea and they can make their own winding machine
?Hey Phil! Love the show. Like most of us, I drive my wife nuts with all the guitar shows. She does however, enjoy your show. She'll ask me," where's the bald guy?"😂😂😂
Hey Phil I know? I should have made a question mark for us but I don't think you go through the comments and answer questions later but I'll ask anyway do you own any Firebirds Gibson Firebirds just curious it's always the left out little brother well actually the left out big brother it's like as long as a 747 my favorite guitar love it took me decades before I could afford one yeah just curious? If anyone knows if Phil Owens one and then they know for sure I'm just interested that's all I'm saying sincerely us, Bob the blind bedroom guitarist
?Phil my prs ce semi hollow neck is moving how can I make it more stable using humidifier ? Wont stay in tune had to recut nuts as well sad I have two same issues
Best guitars to invest in the: 50's = Gibson original late 50's 60-70's = Fender every strat player's dream 80's = Ibanez they stayed on top of the heap of hair metal, thrash and neoclassical 90's = PRS starts to challenge Gibson and Fender as THE session guitar 00's = Ibanez and PRS dominate Grunge and Numetal 10's = After market mods start to grow with the guitar market tons. Signature gear for everything. PRS and Epiphone sign large artists to Korean made guitar deals at affordable prices. Retro guitars make a comeback with after market mods as the interest. 20's = Strandberg guitars become a huge hit from Cort Tek in Indonesia and challenge the boutique market with unprecedented ergonomics and construction quality at world class level but costing half of a Gibson Standard Les Paul. Making them available to people other than dentists (PRS)
#Arthritis Player# If you have other guitars see how the one with a thicker neck feels. For some reason with me the less movement to close my hand on the fretboard the less aching I get. I used to like thinner neck profiles but since my arthritis has enhanced having a little more beef to it is comfy. Not a baseball bat but you know.
@@lostreb They've been telling me no as well...I think I may be asking for discounts on things that are in high demand. That might be the problem. I'm just sayin'...
Couldn’t agree more on the Reverb pet peeves. I am maybe overly descriptive in my listings, usually two paragraphs long on a used guitar. The last thing I want as a seller is a disappointed buyer because I was too lazy to be accurate. Recently sold a Squier Esquire on there (parted out) and explained that I missed having a neck pickup.
@@benallmark9671 I can’t compare to the contemporary I’ve never played one, but I like traditional style guitars typically. The Esquire is decent but I the pickup isn’t great. Best Squier neck I’ve played though! With a few mods it will kill. But it was also VERY heavy! Every Classic Vibe Tele I’ve played has been a boat anchor
I'll play anything that's fun, but I only ever really want Gibson, acoustic or electric. They sound and feel the way I think of a guitar as. I live coubtry so I bought a G&L tele-asat. But I really just like playing my 335 and everything else feels and sounds like a toy to me.
?? I noticed that on the back of my Mach 1 katana 100 the KTN 100 when I plug my guitar in it wasn't working and I went to feel if the plug was plugged in the back and I noticed it was loose I jiggled it I pushed it back in and started working but the actual socket in the in the back of the amp is very loose in there and I'm wondering does it even pay to look into getting it replaced is it even possible to replace it these things I may just like you know use them and throw them away so I'm wondering if I should even go down that road actually probably would just make sense to call my local store that I bought it from and ask them but I figured I'd throw it out here anyway so if anyone has an opinion please let me know thank you everybody sincerely yours, Bob the blind bedroom guitarist
Sorry, but due to some delays I wasn’t able to make the stream. I still have a question for you though. I have recently been interested in acquiring an old Gibson designer guitar, (e.g a Doublecut, Double Neck, Flying V or Explorer.) and I was wondering what era should I go for, and what model should I go for?
I owned a 3300 R7 2003, but did not like the fat neck and the guitar was muddy in the mix, got only 2500 back, so lost about 800, not much profit here 😂❤🤷
When you talk about winding pickups artists in a single person making the pickup that makes sense because the technique that person will use how much how how much tension he puts on a string when he's holding it the angle he does it those are going to be tangible real differences from somebody else doing it but when you talk in my opinion in my view when you talk about electronics when you are putting you know using a circuit board let's say and you add a resistor and your transistor or whatever those things are tested they within a tolerance and it doesn't matter who puts those together as long as they are put together correctly it's going to be the same thing no matter who does it that's why with a chef it's different you know because that person he puts a pinch in it's not going to be the same pinch of someone else puts in but when it comes to when I think a two analogies I think the electronics and the wine the pick up wine thing making a handmade pick up and making a handmade amplifier are two different things completely because it doesn't matter whether the guy soldering a circuit soldering a transistor to a resistor to a resistant to a cat whatever it doesn't matter what angle he saw that it doesn't matter what soldering gun he uses as long as the connections are all clean and they're done right doesn't matter who does that in my opinion it's going to be the same result but when it comes to things like pick up wine then yeah then it does make a huge difference what's his name I think it's Dave's world of fun he's occasionally throws this saying out there what's the difference between art and crafts and he says an artist is an artist and crafts is shitty on so that's a whole other story for another ball game and I think my point is valid that's why I don't I don't believe that the handwired amps give you any more value at all and any kind of difference although I did find out that when fender or other companies do a handwired version of a specific amp some of the components are different and there's the difference it's not in the wire it's not it's not in whose side is what or you know as long as it in an electrical device as long as everything is done correctly and then the proper order it's going to be the same minus the tolerance says that a specific part has if anyone disagrees with me will feel free to reply and comment but you're going to be wrong LOL just kidding sincerely yours, Bob the blind bedroom guitarist PS that's why even if I had the money I wouldn't buy a handwired anything
Since the recycling thing came up on a guitar ascentric channel I'll go with it at least in the states a lot of the things that are recyclable that you throw into your bins that they tell you to recycle don't end up being recycled the way you think they are they are generally not reprocessed in the United States they are sent out of the country companies by these things and they don't necessarily recycle it so it's a whole big gimmick to make things look like they're trying to be green when in reality you just don't know and they end up in countries like China and other places that don't have the recycling laws that we do it's a whole mixed up thing that's all I'm going to say about it cuz it's a guitar channel but don't let your eyes everything you see and read is not what it appears to be
Phil hollow body guitars electric you got me wondering now when I was told was that my grech electromatic hollow body I think you were just talking about the Japanese ones which are more expensive they were five-ply I'm pretty sure my 5422t is five fly all Maple and then I was under the assumption that like a Gibson es 335 is a three-ply maple poplar and Maple one of us is wrong most likely considering you're like in the biz and I've been doing it longer than I have although you're younger than me and that you would be right but if anyone picks up on this I'm just curious five-ply all Maple 5422t gretch hollow body or sweet fly Maple poplar maple 3:35 Gibson who's right LOL probably you everyone stay you know stay safe and have fun with your guitars and etc sincerely yours, above the blind bedroom guitars
I had a bass on Reverb FOR MONTHS, and it didn't sell either. My only idea is the $100 shipping cost. Of course, the shipping estimation tool said $150 for USPS shipping. That means if I ask for $100 shipping, part of the shipping is coming out of my own pocket. If you think that $100 is STILL too much to pay, I don't know what to tell you. The only pricing information I have to go on is the shipping estimation tool. Edit: I have another theory, based on my Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace sales. The trend is the used market ONLY wants starter-level guitars, and starter-level prices. The cheaper the guitar, the faster you will sell it. BUT, the hard ceiling is $500. Even at that price, be prepared for a bunch of $100 offers. Now, let's say you list a guitar at $1000. Yes, the brand-new price was $1500+, so the $1000 price is a fair price. Even still, the simple fact that the guitar is $1000 means you will never sell it. The simple fact of the matter is VERY FEW even HAVE that kind of money, much less that kind of throwaway money to throw at a guitar. Basically, ANYTHING more than $500, and you will NEVER be able to sell it. Ever.
Hey sorry but I'm throwing these comments out there fast and hard when you say about Gibson holding its value in 2017 I bought my firebird and I can get more than I paid for it now easily by several hundred dollars got a really great deal from Sweetwater amazing deal but yeah I can probably get 400 easy more than I pay for it 2017 yep Gibson's only thing is it costs money to get in but it stays there that is the money sincerely yours, Bob the blind bedroom guitars
Old Gibsons maybe. I dont think guitars are a good investment because pop culture used to be rock so lots of people have nostalgia towards it. If its about buying a Gibson and looking for An excuse to buy one my advice if it makes you happy DO IT if its about money dont buy guitars buy old gaming consoles.
But then you might end up with broken parts on those old consoles sooner than later, thats why I dont get the whole retro gaming market. Theres def a shelvelife on plastics from 30 years before.
@@maxmustardman298 that's true but same goes for guitars if you dont store it properly the sun changes the finish moisture could become a problem when its damaged but in a dark place with controlled humidity it should be fine.
Laugh at me if you will, Fender fm212r I bought new around 1997 .and have done nothing broke into the back of my truck not app of the knobs off of it I've done nothing but make money with it to this dayg
The people that bought fireflys last year put them on eBay and marked them up to 200% profit and they sold. 100-200% profit margin within a year. Are Fireflys the best investment ? Lol.
@@benallmark9671 right now I’m at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. Seems like i was in Germany when I got the Xavier bass. It was in that time frame. But I was surprised how much better it was than a high end squire. Brass saddles alder body. All good materials. And sounds just as good as any fender to my ears. Something had the shipping jacked up and I would pay that again. the guitar the shipping was lower. You may be looking at 80 bucks for shipping. It’s worth it. Seems like I read someone from Canada said he was pleased got what he paid for.
I’d just like to say thanks to Phil for the time stamps. I know it takes time, but man it’s really great. Thank you.
Hear hear!
Yeah it's a huge help
Yes! When someone interrupts me and I dont get a chance to pause it, I can always get back to where I was without having to skip through an entire episode.
The live show is slowly turning into a three-hour podcast, and I couldn't be happier 😎
Yo, it's Mr telecaster
I watch the show in 3 chunks. I don't want to miss anything. The info Phil passes on is great,so like and subscribe!
Thank you for the compliment and support.
From Leo: "If you like it, like it, DON'T apologize" Almost a Zen statement. It should be painted on the door of every guitar shop in the country. I have lived that for 35 years, but was almost 30 when I figured it out.
True sage-like advice
Thank you for your thoughts and comments on the Gibson Les Paul. I'm 65 and bought a Les Paul tribute satin iced tea 6 months ago and I enjoy the tones every time I pick it up and plug it into any of my tube amps. Yes, there is history and legacy to Les Paul guitars but I always think of the genius of who Les Paul really was and what he created in his lifetime. Rock On and play those Allman Brothers licks! Thanks for another great RUclips video Phil!
Hey Phil, you get extra credit from me for being a Living Colour fan!
Exactly! So many guitarists get hung up on complaining about Vernon's solo in cult of personality ignoring the 3 records full of amazing riffs and solos crossing multiple styles and genres. Not to mention Corey, Doug, Muzz, and Will all being crazy talented too!!!
Phil was inspired by the Behringer pedal; board idea .... mine has 8 Behringer pedals on a ghostfire board and i am more than happy with it ... thanks for the idea ....
I start by looking at the time stamps, to watch only themes that interest me, and I end up watching almost the complete thing, because I get into it and forget about the time stamps.
Ref Gibson - while trading and buying guitars in a certain guitar store the store told me ‘Gibson & Fender are the two brands I can move’. The demand hasn’t gone away and they hold their value pretty good too
I love my .08-.38 extra slinky's. Arthritis specials.
@@lostreb Rick Beato did a video like that with Rhett Schull and... I wanna say Dave? I think it was the guy who's their guitar tech. It was a super interesting experiment to listen to.
@@lostreb That's right, it was 8s they were using as a control for the treble frequencies on a gain channel. Or something like that... I should probably go rewatch that at some point too.
But first, I now need to find that video on 7s (which, thanks for mentioning). I started my guitar playing on acoustic as a kid, and playing 14s and 13s for almost half a decade before figuring out that I could get more out of 12s , I'm only now starting to play electric and about to put 10s on my Les Paul... 9s felt insanely light when I first used a set, whereas since I've been playing amplified using 11s tuned a half step down I've been getting used to less tension. 8s here we come!
Lol , that’s pretty funny. Thing is , I think I’m headed right to them.
Always a fun show but, I’m usually in bed when it starts as I’m in England but love catching up in the morning
I keep missing these and I wanna ask him a question! Dang! Anyways great series i love the timestamps too it eliminates the weariness I get from long running times!
Fender Stratocaster, there is no substitute.
I sold my mini dirty Shirley for a mark v 25 and I'm happy with the change. Maybe I didn't have the right cab, but the low end was so flubby sounding on that amp. Played it for years though and had a lot of fun with it.
It's interesting because I have a much easier time remember numbers than names. Great episode, and I enjoyed the reveal for why you were a just a little bit brighter today. Like the difference between rosewood & maple fretboards, it was subtle, but noticeable. Happy new guitar day.
You need intro music with your “know your gear” logo, that way I know my volume is already turned up. Just saying. Love the channel.
Hey Phil! Thanks again for the mention. I hope you are still enjoying your Angel pickups. The main reason I try to keep Octave Doctor pickups affordable is because I believe other boutique pickup manufacturers are overcharging their customers. As a guitarist from a working class background I understand only too well that most guitarists have to consider value for money when purchasing gear.
Great Show! Thanks for creating this Community.
I talk to my guy at Sweetwater and ask for his best price on an item I’m interested in and he always gets me about 10 percent off. He gave me a discount on a Gretsch falcon, a prs 594, and a Marshall amp. Always willing to help me out so I will always check with him.
I love your videos Phil. I look forward to them every week. I'm such a gear and bass nerd 🤓
Gibsons are basically a collector's item at this point, I don't know why you'd actually want to make music on one.
That makes no sense.
@@frieswijk I've been playing professionally for 30 years. Just got my first Gibson, an SG. 1969. Most amazing guitar I've ever played. I'm stuck on it now.
@@frieswijk I think James here must be about 16 years old.
Gosh darn boomers and their gibson fanboyism 😂😂
Enjoy your inferior design, back pain, and embarassment of a company
Holy crap he used my comment for the headline question! I'm on a trip right now, I got back to my hotel from playing that SG at a pawn shop and saw the show was live and figured I'd ask an opinion/get some good old fashioned enabling HAHA. it does have two dents running horizontal on the back of the neck near the joint, I'm hoping to go back tomorrow and talk him down a bit since $800 seems on the high end for the condition when they've sold on Reverb from $600-$900 in better condition. This is a lefty though, I don't know if that makes it rarer or if Gibson just charged more outright for a southpaw model.
Congrats
Did you get it ?
@@benallmark9671 I did and it's great! It sounds amazing through my Fortin and Omega heads but it cleans up nice too. I still don't know how to feel about the price, $800 is more than most I saw sold online for the 70s Tribute SG without robotune, but those were all right handed, I couldn't find any sold of my lefty, so idk. It's my first made in USA and I don't plan to resell anyway
@@neonlights_12 I don’t know exactly where you are m in the states somewhere I’m guessing but I’m in Canada and a right hand player. Let me say this , I think it’s a great deal , all the ones I could find were well over a grand here so I went with a new Epiphone SG custom. I hope it satisfies. What are your headphones worth ? Looking around for a new quality pair at a good price of course. Right now I’m just using bottom of the line AKG studios.
@@benallmark9671 Yes, Eastern US. Honestly yeah, the pricing could just be biased that way because there are so few of this model and color people are selling, there's not a large enough pool of sales to get a good feel for the price. For sound I have a pair of Kali LP-6 6 inch studio monitors that are amazing, and Sennheiser HD600s for headphones
Thanks for mentioning reverb descriptions. It does get tiring running across that.
Phil....Love your podcasts! You are sooooo down to earth, and you've taught me more in the last month than the music biz has taught me in 50 years. As a musician native of California, I say you should feel free to speak the "truth" about our crazy rules and quirky laws. We are currently circling the drain.....The people running our state are clueless.
However....you gotta keep rockin' and enlightening the young folks.
Your right about strings I have carlpol tunnel problems went from 10s to 8s on strats an ibanez and it solved it over night also shorten scale lenght on acoustic got a humming bird 10s to 50s strings and I can play that just fine. I use 10s on my jaguar 24 inch and 9s on my es 335 24.7 inch and i play 4 hrs a day every day no issues as before i used all ernie ball 10s. but since i experimented with strings and scale lenght its kept me playing guitar and i play for me not a band it helps my mental health so sounds hyperbolic and maybe is but string changes improved if not saved my life so dont give up on ya guitar play with ya gauges peace and love brothers an sisters
Appreciate the great podcasys Phil!
1:30, I did the opposite. I have a 2019 American Professional Strat and wanted the MIM roasted 70's neck, so I did that swap. Made money by selling the old neck and I definitely prefer this one.
Also, Phil, can you check out/review/comment on IYV guitars?
@@lostreb yep, absolutely! One of the things I love about Strats is how modular they are. It's relatively easy to try different things and find the right mix that feels and sounds best to the player.
Thank you Phil for these wonderful and insightful and not least comfy and welcoming neardy programs! I learn a lot by listening to your show. Deeply appreciate what you do! :)
I got my first Fender strat (a mexican Classic 70's in natural, thanks to the influence of Blackmore Cal Jam '74) back in '99 and I loved it from the first second and still do. However, I did also accidentally hit the volume knob all the time while playing. I guess I was used to the "super" strats I had before it. I really wanted to play strat so I decided to put real effort in and change my playing style. Turns out, my over all playing technique benefitted hugely from the change. I've gotten less sloppy and more controlled. So, what I'm saying is; fine go ahead and change the guitar it's really everybody's choice but changing yourself can be a great alternative! I certainly never looked back and thought "goosh, why did I go through all the trouble changing the way I played?" Cheers from Sweden
Thanks Phil great epp I also going back to 9s because of hand wrist.
I've had good luck asking for discounts on used gear at GC, if they say no, then I ask for a pack of new strings and they always have said sure.
I'm suspicious of ads that state "I have too many of (whatever model) and this one has to go." In my mind I'm thinking "What's wrong with this one?" I suppose that he could like them all equally as far as play-ability goes, but doesn't like the color or something trivial. It would be good if they mentioned that.
Thanks Phil!
Check out the Heritage Custom Core H-150 guitars. I just picked one up and it's sound, quality and playability for a Les Paul style guitar is outstanding!!
2 years ago one of my students was hosting a going away party. His jam buddy showed up with a core McCarty single cut. I was blown away and I thought this is the perfect guitar for private lessons. 2 years later I bought the S2 McCarty 594 and I get the same vibe and playability, Its a great instrument and so glad I bought it.
What do they cost my friend ?
@@benallmark9671 they are around $1700 to $1750.
@@77pearcearrow thanks for the reply.
@@benallmark9671 glad I could help they are great guitars!
I bought a Mexican roasted Maple neck with the perfect radius for me and I love it and just a side note a CNC machine does not know where it's at
If you want to save yourself a small fortune in sandpaper costs get yourself an abrasive cleaning stick from Woodcraft, Rockler or even Harbor Freight, they all feel the same to me. You can clean out the paper when it starts to load up and its like new over and over again. My paper last at least 10 times as long if I use it often enough. More for the higher grits, once it gets a gloss look to the product being removed its most like too late. The stick will last forever, you'll probably loose it before you use it up.
Cali is slowly killing itself 🤘🤘
cant wait for that Behringer pedal video
Gibson, Friedman, PRS USA, and Fender USA are worth investing in any other is just a waste of your money. My favorite solid state amp is a Randall RG100ES and a few Laney solid states as well.
Phil-your good gentle nature shines thru in the way you present and carry yourself. But even kind and gentle souls are likely to have some button, no matter how small or difficult to reach, once pushed engages a detonation that can be quite shocking (like an iceberg or volcano-you just can’t see what really lies beneath the surface.
With that in mind I offer the following advice about jokes and pranks. The best received jokes are often those one tells about oneself (the man who can make fun of himself to the enjoyment of others can fill a room with laughter-ala Rodney Dangerfield.) Next would be jokes about no particular individual-provided they do not involve sensitive racial or ethnic stereotypes that may be for some, overtly offensive. If you are however a member of same ethnic or racial group it may go over well because there again you are practicing self depredation (Richard Pryor and later Carlos Mencia were very good at this.) Most risky is the joke about or prank pulled on someone else. This always carries the risk of actually humiliating and hurting the target or perhaps worse-enraging them to the point of violence. Thus such jokes or pranks carry significantly more risk-it can be a thin line between good natured fun and bullying. So before contemplating a prank on or telling a joke making fun of someone else-one should always stop and consider the person involved-do you know them well enough to know how well they can laugh at themselves? Will it be received as bullying or a hostile act? Will it permanently damage the relationship you have with that person? Do you know what their current mental state is like-even an ordinarily good natured person who likes a good joke and can usually laugh at themselves, may be under some extreme personal distress and snap because of it. Pulling a prank on or telling a public joke ridiculing a stranger or someone you barely know carries the biggest risk and should warrant caution-at least if you are the kind of person who does not wish to hurt others feelings without cause or don’t want to incite someone to revenge or even to violence towards you for what you thought was going to be a harmless joke or prank.
Phil, thanks for what you do. I don’t get to listen to the live broadcast so I listen to the podcasts as I drive back and forth to work. During this broadcast you said you were working on a video to demo Behringer pedals. Has that been posted or did I miss it?
??? Phil you just created the market for vintage springs. What year and manufacturer will become the PAF of springs.
I had a Holcomb and sold it bc I loved the sound but couldn’t vibe with the 20” radius and very tall frets.
I checked the Fender web site. In 9 months the player necks went from $249 to $399. The Pro 2 necks are $649. I wonder if there is really a need to increase prices by 60 percent in 9 months for a player neck.
??????? Hey Phil how do you know what pickups to put together HSS if the main pickup you want Dimarzio Super Distortion doesn't come in a set ? I'm trying to recreate the pickups in a 1988 BC Rich ST3 USA
Springs lose some tension over time, talking years here,
when they are on the guitar but not so much if set aside in storage as they are not under any pressure then.
The Orange Crush 120 is a great amp but there's no way I would pay what ppl ask for them- 400 bucks? For a solid-state amp? Forget it- I can buy a great tube amp for considerably less.
Hey Phil, I've been watching the channel for a while. Am really digging the content. I'm about to start a manufacturing company building electric guitars. Got some time to jam on it and give some critique in the distant future?
Yes
?? I have a chance to purchase a Brian Moore MC/1, thoughts about it Phil?
Hey Phil congratulations you bought a Gibson today but you never tell us all you didn't tell us what Gibson you bought I mean how could you go there and tell us about to get some today and not elaborate on what it was don't you know it's like trying is it it's like holding a favorite guitar out in front of you and pulling it away when you go to grab it it's just a big tease come on stop teasing us what was it? Maybe next week you'll say I doubt it cuz you'll never see my comment but it is what it is sincerely yours, above the blind bedroom guitars yeah Phil you got a blind guy that's never missed one of your since your first one I've never missed any of your q&a slow your gear really make it to the actual live show but I always look forward to it and I always watch it the day it comes out as a replay as a recast whatever you want to call it and it was thanks to you I got it interested in guitars again and bought my first guitar in over 3 decades I want to get some special which I call my special special cuz it's a 2005 not that that makes it a special special but it has a high gloss wine red finish on it when they sent me the guitar I bought some Guitar Center it look like it was you know put in some kind of a bag with 30 years worth of dirt on it but when I clean that guitar up it was like brand new $550 delivered to my house and I know I can get more for that now even though it's the gifts and special that finish on it is so beautiful and that's a blonde guy telling you this LOL sincerely yours again, Bob the blind bedroom guitarist
Back decades and decades ago I had a company that manufactured Lisa's calluses collars and harnesses for dogs and I used an industrial sewing machine well the bobbins you would get pretty wounds got to be very expensive so I made my own winder really what it was it's just a motor attached to a spindle or you might call it a axle that the bottom went on and then there was a little thumb that sat on top in the middle of the the bobbin so as the as the thread rounds onto the bobbin it would push this little thumb up and when it was full it would push the thumb completely up it with pop up and then the spindle with disengage from the bobbin if that makes any sense cost like 15 bucks in parts not even the most expensive part was the motor didn't have the machine anything I don't know what you call it I guess a spindle and then you you know get get the wire onto the bobbin which is similar to a bobbin that you would use for a pickup and then start it and then just let it go and ask again is the friend as the thread got more and more on to the bobbin it would push the little thumb the side in between the two walls of the bobbin until it reached you can set it for however much thread you wanted on the bobbin and it would just keep it go up and up and up and then at one point it would just pop it up and it would disengage the axle or the spindle and the bottom was full that's a lot easier than using a drill that's that I can tell you I'm not good at describing something like this but maybe someone will get the idea and they can make their own winding machine
slim taper vs asymmetrical , compound radius thease are the things that keep up us at night ... could be worse things
?Hey Phil! Love the show. Like most of us, I drive my wife nuts with all the guitar shows. She does however, enjoy your show. She'll ask me," where's the bald guy?"😂😂😂
The link for the pickup maker you like??
Hey Phil I know? I should have made a question mark for us but I don't think you go through the comments and answer questions later but I'll ask anyway do you own any Firebirds Gibson Firebirds just curious it's always the left out little brother well actually the left out big brother it's like as long as a 747 my favorite guitar love it took me decades before I could afford one yeah just curious? If anyone knows if Phil Owens one and then they know for sure I'm just interested that's all I'm saying sincerely us, Bob the blind bedroom guitarist
?Phil my prs ce semi hollow neck is moving how can I make it more stable using humidifier ? Wont stay in tune had to recut nuts as well sad I have two same issues
Best guitars to invest in the:
50's = Gibson original late 50's
60-70's = Fender every strat player's dream
80's = Ibanez they stayed on top of the heap of hair metal, thrash and neoclassical
90's = PRS starts to challenge Gibson and Fender as THE session guitar
00's = Ibanez and PRS dominate Grunge and Numetal
10's = After market mods start to grow with the guitar market tons. Signature gear for everything. PRS and Epiphone sign large artists to Korean made guitar deals at affordable prices. Retro guitars make a comeback with after market mods as the interest.
20's = Strandberg guitars become a huge hit from Cort Tek in Indonesia and challenge the boutique market with unprecedented ergonomics and construction quality at world class level but costing half of a Gibson Standard Les Paul. Making them available to people other than dentists (PRS)
Is there a place where you have posted a mailing address where a package can be sent to you? Love the program. Peace
#Arthritis Player# If you have other guitars see how the one with a thicker neck feels. For some reason with me the less movement to close my hand on the fretboard the less aching I get. I used to like thinner neck profiles but since my arthritis has enhanced having a little more beef to it is comfy. Not a baseball bat but you know.
Q. Are Gibsons The Best Guitars To Invest In?
A. Yes, just as long as their headstocks have been professionally mended.
Sweetwater will deal with you. 👍🏻
@@lostreb They've been telling me no as well...I think I may be asking for discounts on things that are in high demand. That might be the problem. I'm just sayin'...
Your wife must be a very understanding woman... congrats!! Mine wasn’t so she isn’t anymore:)
Couldn’t agree more on the Reverb pet peeves. I am maybe overly descriptive in my listings, usually two paragraphs long on a used guitar. The last thing I want as a seller is a disappointed buyer because I was too lazy to be accurate. Recently sold a Squier Esquire on there (parted out) and explained that I missed having a neck pickup.
How did you like it. Which are a better guitar , the contemporary or the esquire ?
@@benallmark9671 I can’t compare to the contemporary I’ve never played one, but I like traditional style guitars typically. The Esquire is decent but I the pickup isn’t great. Best Squier neck I’ve played though! With a few mods it will kill. But it was also VERY heavy! Every Classic Vibe Tele I’ve played has been a boat anchor
Answer : YES.
I'll play anything that's fun, but I only ever really want Gibson, acoustic or electric. They sound and feel the way I think of a guitar as. I live coubtry so I bought a G&L tele-asat. But I really just like playing my 335 and everything else feels and sounds like a toy to me.
And they smell wrong.
?? I noticed that on the back of my Mach 1 katana 100 the KTN 100 when I plug my guitar in it wasn't working and I went to feel if the plug was plugged in the back and I noticed it was loose I jiggled it I pushed it back in and started working but the actual socket in the in the back of the amp is very loose in there and I'm wondering does it even pay to look into getting it replaced is it even possible to replace it these things I may just like you know use them and throw them away so I'm wondering if I should even go down that road actually probably would just make sense to call my local store that I bought it from and ask them but I figured I'd throw it out here anyway so if anyone has an opinion please let me know thank you everybody sincerely yours, Bob the blind bedroom guitarist
Man this is INSANE to listen to in 2024. Guitars are now cheap and available and Sam Ash is gone.
So Phil... are you going to tell us what Gibson guitar you bought today? Or is it going to remain a mystery?
Sorry, but due to some delays I wasn’t able to make the stream. I still have a question for you though. I have recently been interested in acquiring an old Gibson designer guitar, (e.g a Doublecut, Double Neck, Flying V or Explorer.) and I was wondering what era should I go for, and what model should I go for?
That like saying I want to get a cool old Ford.... should I get a model T, a mustang, or a sedan?
@@chadbouterse8617 yeah
I owned a 3300 R7 2003, but did not like the fat neck and the guitar was muddy in the mix, got only 2500 back, so lost about 800, not much profit here 😂❤🤷
When you talk about winding pickups artists in a single person making the pickup that makes sense because the technique that person will use how much how how much tension he puts on a string when he's holding it the angle he does it those are going to be tangible real differences from somebody else doing it but when you talk in my opinion in my view when you talk about electronics when you are putting you know using a circuit board let's say and you add a resistor and your transistor or whatever those things are tested they within a tolerance and it doesn't matter who puts those together as long as they are put together correctly it's going to be the same thing no matter who does it that's why with a chef it's different you know because that person he puts a pinch in it's not going to be the same pinch of someone else puts in but when it comes to when I think a two analogies I think the electronics and the wine the pick up wine thing making a handmade pick up and making a handmade amplifier are two different things completely because it doesn't matter whether the guy soldering a circuit soldering a transistor to a resistor to a resistant to a cat whatever it doesn't matter what angle he saw that it doesn't matter what soldering gun he uses as long as the connections are all clean and they're done right doesn't matter who does that in my opinion it's going to be the same result but when it comes to things like pick up wine then yeah then it does make a huge difference what's his name I think it's Dave's world of fun he's occasionally throws this saying out there what's the difference between art and crafts and he says an artist is an artist and crafts is shitty on so that's a whole other story for another ball game and I think my point is valid that's why I don't I don't believe that the handwired amps give you any more value at all and any kind of difference although I did find out that when fender or other companies do a handwired version of a specific amp some of the components are different and there's the difference it's not in the wire it's not it's not in whose side is what or you know as long as it in an electrical device as long as everything is done correctly and then the proper order it's going to be the same minus the tolerance says that a specific part has if anyone disagrees with me will feel free to reply and comment but you're going to be wrong LOL just kidding sincerely yours, Bob the blind bedroom guitarist PS that's why even if I had the money I wouldn't buy a handwired anything
If you are interested in SS amps check out Dave Simpson UK guitarist on RUclips. He gets great tones.
Is it dumb to keep 2015 Les Paul juniors?
a comment for the metrics
I hate it when a Reverb or eBay listing says condition is “used”. No shit.
- Hi, Sam HASAGOOOE'!
- (yeah, that's Phil McKnight)
Since the recycling thing came up on a guitar ascentric channel I'll go with it at least in the states a lot of the things that are recyclable that you throw into your bins that they tell you to recycle don't end up being recycled the way you think they are they are generally not reprocessed in the United States they are sent out of the country companies by these things and they don't necessarily recycle it so it's a whole big gimmick to make things look like they're trying to be green when in reality you just don't know and they end up in countries like China and other places that don't have the recycling laws that we do it's a whole mixed up thing that's all I'm going to say about it cuz it's a guitar channel but don't let your eyes everything you see and read is not what it appears to be
The Behringer advice was priceless 'Don't do it'
Phil hollow body guitars electric you got me wondering now when I was told was that my grech electromatic hollow body I think you were just talking about the Japanese ones which are more expensive they were five-ply I'm pretty sure my 5422t is five fly all Maple and then I was under the assumption that like a Gibson es 335 is a three-ply maple poplar and Maple one of us is wrong most likely considering you're like in the biz and I've been doing it longer than I have although you're younger than me and that you would be right but if anyone picks up on this I'm just curious five-ply all Maple 5422t gretch hollow body or sweet fly Maple poplar maple 3:35 Gibson who's right LOL probably you everyone stay you know stay safe and have fun with your guitars and etc sincerely yours, above the blind bedroom guitars
"Are Gibsons The Best Guitars To Invest In?" Five years ago the answer would be "Yes". Five years from now the answer will be the same.
I wouldn’t put my money on Gibson.
WHO SENT YOU
Gibson guitars are in fact the best to invest
I had a bass on Reverb FOR MONTHS, and it didn't sell either. My only idea is the $100 shipping cost. Of course, the shipping estimation tool said $150 for USPS shipping. That means if I ask for $100 shipping, part of the shipping is coming out of my own pocket. If you think that $100 is STILL too much to pay, I don't know what to tell you. The only pricing information I have to go on is the shipping estimation tool.
Edit: I have another theory, based on my Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace sales. The trend is the used market ONLY wants starter-level guitars, and starter-level prices. The cheaper the guitar, the faster you will sell it. BUT, the hard ceiling is $500. Even at that price, be prepared for a bunch of $100 offers. Now, let's say you list a guitar at $1000. Yes, the brand-new price was $1500+, so the $1000 price is a fair price. Even still, the simple fact that the guitar is $1000 means you will never sell it. The simple fact of the matter is VERY FEW even HAVE that kind of money, much less that kind of throwaway money to throw at a guitar. Basically, ANYTHING more than $500, and you will NEVER be able to sell it. Ever.
Big 3? PRS? Don't you mean Gretsch? Gibsom, Fender and Gretsch have always beeen the big 3. Pauls relatively new to the industry.
Hey sorry but I'm throwing these comments out there fast and hard when you say about Gibson holding its value in 2017 I bought my firebird and I can get more than I paid for it now easily by several hundred dollars got a really great deal from Sweetwater amazing deal but yeah I can probably get 400 easy more than I pay for it 2017 yep Gibson's only thing is it costs money to get in but it stays there that is the money sincerely yours, Bob the blind bedroom guitars
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Old Gibsons maybe. I dont think guitars are a good investment because pop culture used to be rock so lots of people have nostalgia towards it. If its about buying a Gibson and looking for An excuse to buy one my advice if it makes you happy DO IT if its about money dont buy guitars buy old gaming consoles.
But then you might end up with broken parts on those old consoles sooner than later, thats why I dont get the whole retro gaming market. Theres def a shelvelife on plastics from 30 years before.
@@maxmustardman298 that's true but same goes for guitars if you dont store it properly the sun changes the finish moisture could become a problem when its damaged but in a dark place with controlled humidity it should be fine.
Laugh at me if you will, Fender fm212r I bought new around 1997 .and have done nothing broke into the back of my truck not app of the knobs off of it I've done nothing but make money with it to this dayg
Radius: 12 to 17 inch is perfeckt..Less than 12 inch is baseballbat
crap
Short answer, No, just my opinion.
The people that bought fireflys last year put them on eBay and marked them up to 200% profit and they sold. 100-200% profit margin within a year. Are Fireflys the best investment ? Lol.
Not bad and I agree. I was looking for one myself after a video on one. Never did get it because of the markup. Probably for the best.
@@benallmark9671 yea the only cheap guitar I’ve been happy with are the A stock xaviers from guitar fettish. They’re such a pleasant surprise
@@rokinrandy which country are you in ? I’m in Canada
@@benallmark9671 right now I’m at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. Seems like i was in Germany when I got the Xavier bass. It was in that time frame. But I was surprised how much better it was than a high end squire. Brass saddles alder body. All good materials. And sounds just as good as any fender to my ears. Something had the shipping jacked up and I would pay that again. the guitar the shipping was lower. You may be looking at 80 bucks for shipping. It’s worth it. Seems like I read someone from Canada said he was pleased got what he paid for.
No.
Gibson is the biggest scam in the guitar world. Gibson doesn't even make a guitar that holds a candle to the 2020 Epiphone Prophecy LP. 🤷🏼♂️