Playing a GTRS Guitar! - Is This The Future of Electric Guitar?
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I know a lot of you guys requested this one! Enjoy 😁🎸
Thanks, wanted an unbiased review and know you will provide it SDG
I have some similar inventions 🙉🙈🙊🎸
Sounds nice
How much does it cost
Thanks for doing this one! I was looking forward to it. What kind of pots and switch are on the inside?
this is the first onboard effects set up i've seen that makes sense in design and function. i'm impressed and I was ready to bail on this video at first glance of the thumbnail
Except for the black knob, which looks super out of place.
I like the black knob. It looks futuristic 😊
Besides the cool effect built in, this guitar looks the business! The neck is awesome which is important to a guitars appearance. Thanks Darrell!
Stylistically, I would prefer an effects knob marched to the others. Most people would probably be able to remember which was the effects knob without making it so imposing.
Agreed - White would have been a much better option. The black just looks out of place on this guitar. It's not aesthetically pleasing.
Agreed. Also, why not make the FX colours more different, e.g. red, yellow, green instead of shades of blue?
@@marmadukewinterbotham2599 Good point.
Agreed 101%
I might get one, see if I can replace the knob with any other regular white knob, or paint the whole thing in white myself. lol
@@おいしいパスター The construction is quite different from a regular knob, so no, you can't just switch it out.
Love you DBG, but man you should have shown the app and all the cool stuff inside it! You can setup a looper that is synced with the drum machine, tune your guitar, learn new chords, and model each pickup to sound like other guitars. I have my neck model as a LP and it’s so cool. I have a lot of guitars and this one is hands down the most fun and I play the most because of the built in looper and drum machine that hooks right up to my headphones!
My favorite RUclipsr, Darrel Graun Buitar.
But will it work without a battery installed? I Bet not. Try it and let me know. I am really interested. In the past this was the case with this type of electronics.
@@sgtmac62 You will need the battery for the modeling and effects, etc. To play it as a standard guitar you dont need the battery charged.
I have seen this on Amazon for a while. It is great to see you review it just to see what it is all about and if it is worth the money. The color is great.
New take on an old idea. Electra guitars had a guitar back in the 70's that had effects cartridges in it which you could switch out, and you had some switches and knobs to control them.
@Jim Gore IIRC those guitars were made by Japans' Matsumoku Uncle Mat)...very high quality craftmanship.
You never fail us. Always something wierd, wacky, wonderful, crazy, cool and/or just dang awesome.
Light blue, dark blue, purple 😢😢……. I really wish manufacturers would remember there are a lot of color blind people out there.
yeah they all look the same to me
Oh, look, another cheap guitar with built-in effects! Who remembers the Cort Effector and the Hondo guitars that had built-in effects? In other words...useless trash that only a kid likes...and not for long because the electronics tend to break. And mark my words, fully half of them will get damaged when the battery is left in after it's dead, causing corrosion damage that renders the electronics useless.
Amen brother. Get a real Strat. Get a real pedalboard. Get a real amp. And get off my lawn.
Informative.
I can't see myself messing with a phone app to change effects. I'm old school.i want them where they belong, at my feet. A stomp box has got to be way more reliable than this. To each their own but no thanks on a modeling guitar so to speak
I integrated my DS1 distortion box over 35 years ago also made the first practice headphone amplifier for my guitar well over 40 years ago. ( many years before the Walkman was invented). As an avid guitar player, builder, and singer I realized you can’t bend down on stage to adjust your distortion pedal. Having it in the guitar was an incredible feature. I started making guitars at the age of 16. Built over 20 guitars and repaired many for my friends and family. I think this guitar you review is fantastic. It’s very innovative. And in ways that I believe are the most useful for a giging musician. Thank you for doing these reviews! You take a lot of the guesswork out of trying to buy that one guitar that will inspire you to play and be creative. I think you should also do a video on going to a guitar shop and how to find that perfect guitar. There are more things you can cover also like intonation, neck shapes, radiuses, and how the guitars are balanced with a strap.
This really cool. Seen many attempts of this over the years. This one is on point.
I got to thinking about what I believe was the first being Peavey, back in the 70s, having a guitar with plug-in hardware modules for different effects.
All that tech but the volume knob is still in the way.
I would remove the tone and put the volume there...who needs a tone control? It's just a tone sucker
Did you have issues with the string tree? I saw another review where they had to replace it as it was way too low resulting in the guitar having huge tuning issues. New tree sorted the problems.
After a few months of use as an intermediate player, I must say that it has other VERY usefull practice tools including practice on headphones, intergrated tuner, drum machine, looper and bluetooth input for backing tracks!
My man is fire with the gear and Guitars 😍
He normally is this has been out a while though
This is a cool concept but for the tech side it isn't as much of a gadget as the next gen will be. Nice price point sub $700 with the exception of what would someone do 10 years from now when you either can't replace the module or they are $200 on Reverb when the input jack goes bad??
My problem with guitar brands adding tech like this into a guitar is that they don’t guarantee people will be able to upgrade the hardware once it becomes outdated and unsupported (or can’t be updated by firmware updates anymore). If I heard GTRS would guarantee that they would eventually be selling upgradable hardware module kits (preferably plug and play modules for people without technical knowledge of soldering and upgrading electronics) to replace the v1 super switch for a v2, v3, etc., I’d be more on board (pun intended) with the idea of buying a guitar that had embedded effects. While the guitar would always have the analog playability, I’d rather spend the extra money on a better quality guitar, use an iRig/app setup, and/or buy modeling amp. Personally, I prefer the concept of the Jamstik Studio guitar (which is an ALP Leaf 100 with Zivix’s electronics) that has wireless midi and analog modes, and it literally can have modeled effects via apps/amps (or it’s headphone jack), recording features, and so many more possibilities for $799 MSRP (often less when they have sales). You should review the JamStik Studio, actually, if you want to review a guitar with serious tech that’s very multi faceted (though it also will have issues with the same inability to upgrade the hardware issue at some point). It’s really a well made with an AMAZING neck and has amazing reviews by owners of the guitar.
Funny, you sound like you got paid by the competition. And you got bot spammed to top it off...hahaha!!
@@einarabelc5 do you not know how to read and/or lack comprehension skills? You think I’m getting paid to write comments?! 😂😂😂😂 Let me break it down for you in lament’s terms because you’re clearly lacking in the 🧠🤓📚👨🏻🏫 department:
You’re saying I’ve been paid by the competition, and that guitar wasn’t even the main subject of my comment.
1) I made an intelligent, thoughtful comment about the big problem with embedding tech within instruments like the one Darrell reviewed being that companies provide no way to upgrade the hardware in the future. That tech eventually becomes obsolete and makes the instrument an essential and/or total brick several years down the line.
2) I mentioned Jamstik Studio as an example of a better way to spend one’s money if a person is going to buy a guitar with hardware inside being that it offers many more useful modeling, recording, MIDI, and other features (with all software included free) for $799 or less with sale prices.
3) I also suggested this guitar because it still can function as an analog guitar, so the guitar will still play as a high quality sounding strat like any other guitar even when the hardware eventually becomes obsolete when they create a Jamstik 2, 3, etc. or if they eventually go out of business. Many other guitars with embedded tech don’t have a separate analog capability, so those “instruments” would land in the trash just like phones, computers, and other devices when they become obsolete.
4) I suggested that Darrell review the JamStik Studio because he’s always looking for interesting, small brands that have unique features and high quality. JamStik Studio is an extremely well-reviewed guitar if you look on their own website, Amazon, Sweetwater, Reverb, and other shops. Go to the Jamstik website and read about the guitar. Read the reviews. Watch the demos on RUclips. Is it not worthy of being shared with Darrell’s audience? I think he would absolutely love this polyphonic MIDI/analog guitar, the only one of its kind in the world, and I’m certain the audience would love it too.
5) I’ve never been paid by a company to push their merchandise, review their products, etc. I wouldn’t even know how to do that, lol. But I would not accept payment for doing so even if it were offered to me.
6) You’ve never recommended guitars and gear to people? There are probably very few people who would say no because we all do it - even those of us with a single guitar will happily tell people about it if we love and enjoy it.
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I mean yeah, that'd be great, but that's just the nature of products like these and just not feasible.
Lol yikes what a horrible take. Guitar is under $700
Yeah, thats the issue I thought of. Bit like the fender mustang (yes, I know that is an amp), but they just stopped letting people share settings. No reason aside from money. I still use my fender mustang floor, killer set up. But cannot share my settings, or get others. IA great shame.
this reminds me of the TV's with a built in VCR. I like my components separate: guitar, pedalboard, amp or direct interface, etc.
I think there are situations where this would be convenient, and it looks, sounds good, just not my personal style.
cool video though!
I play in a duo at a swanky resort every Saturday. For that it is perfect. I just go wireless directly into the house PA and my 4 presets on the footswitch are all the same amp setting, but with a different effect for each (reverb, delay, tremolo).
@@RobCmusic that makes a lot of sense. I am sure there are a lot of use cases and less gear to carry/setup is one of them. 😊
I feel like this is a better idea than the spark because it doesn't limit the fullness and volume with a small amp you could put this through your big rig and gig with it
Nice , great work as always! Please do a full review of the Jackson Monarkh SC JS22 for your affordable guitars segments.
So when you're on a stage playing a gig and you want to turn an effect on and off you have to literally take your strumming hand stop playing the guitar and hit the button and fart around to find the effect you want on one knob while missing a beat of your guitar playing that makes a lot of sense to me!!! Foot pedals still rule. Effects are lot easier to control with your separate pedals on or off we with your feet
Great review, thanks Darrell!
However I would have liked to see it being taken apart, seeing the wiring/electronics under the pickguard. Just curious.
Have a good one!
Would be cool if you measured the nut width and thickness on first and twelth fret in your reviews. Almost no one does it.
Holy crap, I hope so much someone will make this smart switch thingy to diy into your own guitar! My Vrede (cheapo guitar I'm upgrading on a budget) wants one!
I love my S801. I use it all the time - a great investment for me. Even with the FX off, used as a traditional guitar it's great. I love how it feels to play.
I'd love to see the inside of it, where they put the relays, what computer is inside it, how it captures the signal etc.
this is a cool guitar. always enjoy your videos Darrell. It would help with my decision if I had a better idea of how high the quality felt. compared and stuff. I guess that would be another video lol. thanks again Darrell keep it up
I was hoping you would review this. Have you ever reviewed a Variax James Taylor? That actually appeals to me more (it can do different tunings)
That would be a good travel guitar just grab your headphones and you're good to go love the channel by the way
I'm definitely caught between two stools here... as a practice instrument, being able to plug headphones straight in is a big plus! For gigging, though, most players will already have set-up of pedals that offer much more flexibility on the fly. Recording could be interesting - downloading patches to suit - but then it's competing against the myriad of FX available for DAWs. It's almost like the proverbial answer to a problem that doesn't exist.
Exactly, i dont really see any situation where this could be useful
AND(!) don`t forget the pleasure of GAS 😂
I think this is great. Only wish there was a floyd rose variant…
"Super Knob" was my nickname in high school.
Go figure.
That's surely a cool idea might come in handy
Mooer should consider selling just the tech that can be installed on any guitar.. I understand that the biggest drawback is that switching presets there is an audible delay... But otherwise great for the home players
Mooer is already providing its pedal simulator
Great demo or a very unique guitar. Sounds really good and, of course, your tasteful playing.
I thought it will be mindblowing. But it isnt still need time developing to sync with pedals
How come I don't see the one u have with the Blonde light colored roasted maple neck? Also what is the actual weight because their description on Amazon says product weight 16.8 lbs and I know that can't be right? Also Love your channel and all its content! By far the best place for a guitarist t9 get valuable information on hot new and popular guitars with the best and most honest commentary and complete analysis of every product that you review! One Million thanks Darrell! Mark "Sonny" Mauriello from Long Island NY!!!
Puts me in mind of my VG Strat which has never been my go to guitar. It to has batteries. I am not a fan of having to charge or replace batteries in the Guitar.
Thanks for all the Great Content. Even though this one is not for me I enjoyed the Demo.
Can anything be done to block the 'Telegram@' spammer who posts a reply on every post??? I click on report and they disappear from my screen but I'm not sure if that helps or not.
One thing though. Seen this idea before. What killed it was the fact that the BATTERY had to be usable regardless. If the battery died, the guitar would not work electronically. Is this still the case? Bet it is.
You can use the guitar just like regular guitars. The pickups work independently from the modeling parts.
All it needs is a C.B. radio. :-)
Thanks Canada for DBG and Freedom loving Truckers!
Castreau needs to go!
If this isn't one of the coolest demo's I've ever seen, then I don't know what is. "I got to get me one of those.
It's just not for me...
They are fun to mess with, but will never replace my guitars.
Darrell - You need to show us the app and try it out too. This is crucial in a product like this.
The Amazon link only has the GTRS with a rosewood fingerboard. The roasted maple model is nowhere to be seen.
What makes this different/better than the Line 6 Shuriken Variax SR250 & SR270 guitars w/ 60 onboard effects?
@Telegram+１ ❹０❼-➄➀９-０➀３１ Go play in traffic, asshat.
The variax guitars have different tunings and guitar models available, but no onboard effects such as drive. I've got a jtb59, and standard. I think shurikens are the same concept.
Oh wow... I wish this would be the next standard on s style guitars in the year 2022 simple awesome...
Cool vid man, I’d like to see this tech on entry level guitars.
It would be pretty cool if they've got a sustainer patch in the app.
wow, this is really cool! I was REALLY impressed when I saw these babies retail for only $800 lol
I enjoyed this a lot. Nice to know companies are thinking outside the box.
Just too risky. Guitars are risky enough without chaining them to a particular set of built in effects that you or may not like in the future.
That was a nice moody sounding Strat. Sold out across the web too
If only they had made that knob in the same white tone as the traditional knobs. Also the plate with the output and usb doesn’t look great in black
Have you seen those guitars everywhere. Not really my type of thing but looks cool
That's pretty sweet! Nice looking guitar too. I'd like to try one of those out. A lot of guitar players are so stuck on traditional equipment it'll be interesting to see if this tech flops or becomes a new thing. Cool idea IMO. Love the roasted maple neck with the spoke wheel to adjust the truss rod too.
Dude you kill it in your videos!!! I love every single one I’ve viewed. You have not let me down yet!!
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If - a big "If" - you don't use too many effects, this is really cool. Having 2 or 3 onboard means not having to haul a pedalboard around, risking damage, etc. If you like lots of effects, I can see this being ignored. I'm in the first camp, so I'd be interested if I played professionally.
Spark amp would be great with that guitar , I'm impressed I've had really expensive guitars , but that guitar is beautiful and sounds great ,,,,,, I'm very picky 51 years I've been playing , if Darrel Braun says it's good I trust him , he's honest and he's the only one on RUclips I truly trust , that's why I subscribed , the other guys show guitars but I can't honestly feel what they say ,,,,,, Darrell Braun your awesome Thank you
You can overwrite the colors with your own patches, each one containing multiple effects. It actually benefits both kinds of guitarists.
Let’s say you a few effects that you like but wish they had a blend knob - it’d be pretty good for that (as long as the GTRS effect sounded good)
Interesting concept but not practical for anything other that recording or practice.
It's cute how every few years a new company thinks they're going to be the one to convince guitarists to accept built-in effects. This is an interesting variation on that idea and would be OK for bedroom jamming, but it would still be pretty worthless in a live performance situation.
I guess the best use case of the GTRS is if perform live in a bar or cafe, where you need to set up quickly and carrying even a combo amp or pedalboard would be too much of a hassle.
Think it's not the future of guitars. Line 6 tried it years ago, with the Variax, but no great deals!
I love how you bring out smaller guitars.
Definitely geared towards the home player and traveling hobbyist, but the best solution I've seen in a while. Mooer makes some great gear these days and that makes a $649 purchase an easier decision. If it was Firefly or other garbage I wouldn't go near it.
Firefly is garbage? First I've heard of that!
Interesting guitar. A little expensive for just a practice guitar. Why does everyone use really long whammy bars? I prefer the short arms.
I believe it’s called leverage… if you have a light spring set up I’m sure a short arm doesn’t matter. Or if you just dive bomb but don’t use “small” dips or bar vibrato.
Sounds awesome!
Please excuse a dumb question: If you can load a bunch of different tones/effects into the guitar does the knob have a bunch of other colors to represent each? Sounds a bit confusing, but I'm probably missing something here....
Brilliant idea great guitar
I just can’t get on board with these built in effect features on guitars. I’m too much of a tight wad to buy a guitar that has built in features that will eventually be obsolete and no longer supported.
Thinking seriously about getting this. It would be perfect for my 14 yr old daughter who just started playing a year ago. That is my story and I'm sticking to it!
That is an amazing guitar and great playing Darrell 😎
the FUTURE of guitars? like those automatic tune Gibsons? na its just another gimmick
Hahahaha...nice... I have to agree...but it does look like a pretty well made guitar!!!!
Great idea ...\o/ rechargeable battery \o/...no tigerfloptripplecloudgrainvestwithmatchingsocks and sounds superb..
I’ll get one if they make a Les Paul style body model.
i have one cream white with wireless pedal, imo the tuners are bad, changed it to Gotoh locking and its doing good. apart from that, my fret end is very sharp, took some time to smoothen it.
Interesting, but I'm not sure why I'd bother when I can have a floor or rack unit that I can plug my various guitars and basses into with more flexibility and have the feel, playability of the instruments I like. Not saying I wouldn't like the GTRS in my hands, but I might not. Plus I use guitars, baritones, Bass VI types and basses.
Thanks for the video anyway.
Finally... Danelectro did this many years ago. The effects were ok, dano style. Had problems with push on-push off buttons. Was cheaply done for the price point. However, it did free me from stinking pedals after a few decades of stuff on the floor.
Hopefully this will ignite some others to do the same.
Maybe we'll see loaded pickguards with this stuff as upgrades. That would get my attention.
Thanks Darrel!
Only 659? Not too bad. Love these videos!
What is it about headstocks? They just seem so tough to get right, at least very few do, and it’s not immediately obvious what sets them apart.
This guitar sounds quite good, I think. And for the offered build quality and features, it seems reasonably priced (500 € in Europe). But I think that the black knob looks like "I built a partscaster and I installed the leftovers from previous builds".
I think, they should change the style to a (let's call it) "black theme".
The effects knob probably must be black to ensure a good contrast.
I don't think the effects knob needs to contrast with the others. Anyone can remember which of the three it is. A knob in the same style and color would look much better.
@@charleshuguley9903... All knobs in black would be okay. I meant that the contrast between knob and the channel color would decrease if the knob was white like the others.
If it wasn’t for Darrell bringing all this cool, different gear, all I would be seeing is Harley Benton reviews all day long...jeez!!!!
I had a Zoom 9002 in High School 30 years ago that allowed me to play with headphones and wore it on the guitar strap itself, and it had push buttons connected to it that allowed me to switch patches. This is the next generation of that, and beyond. What would be really cool is if they Sold a unit that fits into a regular strat and you could use your own guitar!
I honestly think I could build that
The Prime P1 is effectively (pardon the pun) the effects unit part in a little box that looks like an old iPod. I have one velcroed to the back of my bass, so I can select four effects just by pushing a button on the back of the bass (I could select more if I were to get the footswitch he mentioned). Very handy for gigs in small pubs where there's very little room for any effects pedals on the floor.
Actually like the Fender Mustang modeling, which you plug in and create about 12 sounds. Also with headphones.
Bro why did you copy the loudwire intro ?
The advantage to using a multieffects pedal (or laptop/tablet) is that if you break a string, you don't need the same exact guitar as a backup.
Very good point. Not a dependable choice for live performances, in my opinion.
Yes, but i think this is intended for beginners, you buy the guitar, its afordable, effects are inlcuded, you can go directly into a audio-interface or into a cheap clean-amp.
And i think that for its a great choice.
@@RBdeBell Kinda cool. I have a Danelectro Danoblaster and it has 4 on board effects. Basic controls though but there's a niche for everything
Mooer makes amazing stuff
What's up bro I've been looking for a cheap guitar and I came across the stagg brand they have models that appear to be very good without exceeding $200 like the ses 60 stratocaster model with roasted maple neck, hss configuration and the humbucker can be made simple or the vint ses 55 stratocaster model with sss configuration, maple neck and appears to be very pro (for the price). Please, if you can do a review of this guitar, it would be great to know your opinion and how you would compare it with other guitars in this price range, because they made me think. Sorry for the google translate lol
Ever since apple introduced GarageBand all those years ago I’ve wondered why no guitar maker included a usb output or Bluetooth. Looks like this guitar is doing that. I wonder if it would work with garage band or other amp sim apps. I don’t play professionally and don’t have the luxury of loud amps to play with. A guitar, my phone and some decent headphones is the perfect set up for me.
I actually have a strat from 2012 that has usb out specifically for garage band, but I got it used so it never worked for me... still cool
I've got an even better gadget for you then! Take a guitar, a 40 bucks USB audio interface & use garage brand for even better effects? Amazing eh? 🤭
I think the USB is to recharge the battery.
@@TexanUSMC8089 lolzzzzzz
There are electric-acoustics with usb output that you can directly connect to iphone. I believe fishman has such an EQ. Cort Earth Mini F Adirondack had such a feature and I believe it isnt the only one in the acoustic realm.
I don’t need to go spending $650 on a 3rd strat right now but wow I want this
Twelve percent of the male population are color blind (1 out of 12). Ooops! :D The Fender Mustang Micro Amp has the same issue. I use that in a similar fashion to Darrell, but his playing is a million times better. It's great. I love these types of minimalist solutions!
All the models at your link have rosewood fingerboards. Unlike the one you reviewed.
How long does the battery last ?,and how long to charge it ?,and can you power it from the charger ? so you can play with charger plugged in. You may have answered these questions at the start i,m not sure,kids distracted me for 2 minutes.Thankyou for the awesome vid,that guitar sounds cool,With/without effects and all of them sounded great,what/how you were playing prolly helped too. Best wishes to you,from,Auckland,New Zealand 🎸🥇👑⭐🎼🎵🎶👍❤💯✅🙂🙂🙂😉😉😉
It would be awesome if they sold the control box separately so you could put it in your own guitar, especially a kit type guitar! The basswood body is kind of a bummer IMO.
Why ?
Ken Parker uses basswood.
Basswood is light but easily dented. It's a lot softer wood.
Guthrie uses basswood
Mike Rutherford plays a Squire Bullet. 😉
Curious... Anybody know if GTRS (or any other company) offer a mod-kit that you can buy to modify a Strat into something like this guitar?
Kenny Lee Lewis (Steve Miller Band) plays a Strat style guitar with a covered humbucker in the bridge position but it's a Don Grosh which is a brand most people have never heard of.
nice review
Really interesting guitar. Very innovative. Thanks Darrell
That switch couldn't look any more out of place on that guitar
Nice for practicing while traveling