THE HYPE AROUND BOUTIQUE
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- In recent years, boutique guitars have become increasingly popular among guitar enthusiasts and collectors. These instruments are handcrafted by skilled luthiers who use only the finest materials and techniques to produce guitars that are unique in both sound and appearance.
The hype around boutique guitars has been fueled by a number of factors. First and foremost, the sound and playability of these instruments is often superior to mass-produced guitars. The attention to detail and craftsmanship that goes into each guitar ensures that it is a true work of art, and that the player will get a unique sound that can't be found anywhere else.
In addition, boutique guitars are often limited edition or one-of-a-kind creations, making them highly sought after by collectors. Many boutique guitar makers also offer customization options, allowing players to create their own unique instrument tailored to their specific needs and preferences.
The hype around boutique guitars has also been fueled by endorsements from high-profile musicians, who have recognized the quality and uniqueness of these instruments. From blues to metal, boutique guitars are finding their way into the hands of players across all genres.
So if you're a guitar enthusiast or collector looking for a truly unique instrument, a boutique guitar may be just what you need. With their superior craftsmanship and attention to detail, these instruments are sure to impress even the most discerning players.
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I’m a firm believer that sometimes the chase is more fun than the capture.
Absolutely.
“The chase is always better than the catch.” My dad used to say this about women and it’s applied more to music than anything 😅
Spot on.
Spock said this after he “killed” Captain Kirk 🤪🤣🖖
I agree 100%!
The grey stripes in Jonathan's beard are awesome, and his beard is glorious.
My boutique Tophat amp has been my most satisfying purchase in my career, sometimes it’s worth it
Got a great deal on an older, Tophat Club Royale 1x12, about a year ago. I’ll NEVER sell this amp!
I love good, small batch custom-made guitars. I have two Lucky Dogs (Anthony Sims) and two Berly's (Kim Abdallah). Both play extremely well, sound amazing (lots of mojo) and are unique. There is something cool about working directly with a builder to design a guitar that fits you.
What's your address?
There's this boutique guitar company here in the Netherlands called Kauffmann guitars and their Cozy model is something I've lusted after ever since they came out a year and a half ago. I finally got one 2 months ago and there's honestly no looking back.
I played one at the Guitar Summit last year in Mannheim Germany and absolutely loved it!
My wife loves to go to boutiques and shop. I'll have to ask her to bring me home a guitar next time
I prefer my mind Shaken , not stirred 007, One Good things is live on 40 acres we run as tree farm so I can play as loud as I want to those 25,000 seedlings and inspire their growth and not one person complains, Out here in the Country
I get so much comfort and reassurance when you guys talk about boutique builders being totally crazy people, and that's what makes me wanna do business with you guys, knowing that you'll accept me for being a crazy person, but also help shield people from my lunacy so we can sell some instruments.
You guys are such nice dudes.
Hey.. Id really love to see you two guys jamming together! Baxter... Sorry I never sent you the guitar man I lost my job for a couple of months. Back now.
Thanks for helping the community guys.
I've only ever had one guitar that I've picked up and it's instantly felt like I've already owned it for 20+ years - my Tone Fox Elcaster (and, not surprisingly, it's my "Number 1"). All the rest I've had to "fight" a bit to make them mine - and the fight's often part of the fun, because they all offer something new and you learn a lot by adapting to them.
I have a vox teardrop bass like that, it's like reconnecting with an old friend every time I get around to taking it out, and it feels good to catch up, whereas with others I have a conscious feeling that I'm readjusting in a technical way
I appreciate Suhr and Friedman for the quality, passion, and excellent customer service. Gibson and Fender could not care less about the customer post-purchase.
I know a luthier/shred master (I do not use the word *LUTHIER* lightly) that builds custom spec'd superstrats for customers. He first started building nylon string acoustics... He charges roughly the same as Kiesel but can offer superb fret scalloping and nitrocellulose finishes. Probably could charge a lot more but I think he does really for the love of shred guitar!
Benson makes good stuff.
When I get to a point where I can play one at volume, I'll likely pick one up.
Built right here in the PNW 😉
Support local when and where you can 🤘
@@drsrsv8884- Portland, Oregon
I like boutique stuff. But totally agree on the originals being the best example of those sounds. I’m a fender amp guy at heart. I have several vintage ones. I got a Benson once and was like meh. The new bartel amps are as boutique as you can get but was just not as straight forward as my fenders and I had to let the one I had go. Like the example you gave of germino there are some guys that are very good at making some “fender” or “Marshall” stuff. Metropolous makes a great Marshall. I found magic amps (mike moody) and have several of those and they are fantastic for the things they are modeled after. Some boutique amps are great. Some aren’t. They are all expensive. And the original fenders and Marshall’s are usually pretty awesome. I really wanted a real Princeton rather than a boutique clone and got the fender 64 hand wired one and it’s the best Princeton I have ever heard.
Relish Guitars is my favorite boutique builder due to their beautifully made guitars and their delicious garnish that's always a hit with any occasion.
What do you guys think of Traynor tube amps? They have made a really good impression on me?
Problem comes when...
My Dad had a '63 AC30 from new until the mid '90s, so I grew up around one. The new ones are just look-a-likes. It says a lot that the guy who the AC30 was invented for has been playing Matchless since the '90s.
Good insight and inside information is great 👍
I have a Hahn tele, and it's the best playing and sounding guitar I've ever played. Chihoe was an awesome guy to deal with
I have my dream guitar a Gretsch 6120 now I need a Fender bassman
This couldn’t be more timeous!!
Love it. Thanks for the chat. Just getting into this electric world and there’s so much gear talk fueling temptation and it’s hard to not rush out and buy things before I know what I really am needing.
Take Drs Rsv's advice. Learn how to play and understand music first. (if you don't already)
A lot of what you hear on recordings was done with basic gear but......with extraordinary players.
I have invested over six figures into my guitars, amps and pedals. I play one guitar, one amp with about three or four primary pedals to tweak my sound. And.....it's all standard gear.
Good luck!
Thanks all. I guess it's like, your gear just needs to be good enough to not suck, so that playing it is fun rather than miserable, so that you want to play more, which is what will get you better.
For me, I was feeling like I've been playing the same twenty songs for ten years. I finally had the time, money, and motivation to do something about it.
The first order of business for me was getting my first "big boy" amp - my starter cheapo one sucked so bad I never played it and just stuck with the acoustic. So I was swimming in the gear review ocean for a couple months and finally settled on one. I had to give myself "permission" to buy it because it was expensive and seemed "too good for me" -- but boy, does it sound great! Yet, at the end of all that it was stll the same twenty songs, just louder lol.
So now I'm on to step two, trying to tie together all the little bits of knowledge I've accumulated over the years, making the connections. What's really paid the most dividends has been forcing myself to learn and practice triads / inversions up and down the fretboard. Before that I had the major scale over here, chord shapes over there, tabbed score over there - now they are starting to link together. Anyway, it's been really cool. And now I've set up my first lesson.
Great to finally feel some progress! Thanks again for the advice and encouragement.
I found my highway one tele in a pawn shop. I’ve modded so much on that guitar but I love it. It’s my ride or die
Been thinking about a Fender Princeton 65 for my first tube amp
My to favorites right now are a Novo that I paid 3k for and a Fender JV modified gold top tele that was 1200. Both sound and play great. I pick the novo up twice as much.
Novo make some killer guitars. Love mine.
It isn't always all about hype... sometimes it can be.... but man... I own some great boutique guitars.... 2005 Fano JM6, 2010 Creston Electric Offset, 2015 Novo Serus S, 2020 Walsh Barra, 2023 Walsh Archegos Semi-Hollow, 2021 Abernethy Sonic Empress.... bought by selling and trading up over the years... I also have a great G&L Asat Classic Bluesboy which I love.... just get out there and find great stuff....
All the shops you love and trust. 😆🤣😅😂😜🤪😛 yeah right.
My friend Jon at First Coast Amplification makes a killer Princeton. And they’re affordable.
if i had a dollar for every time Baxter sings his praises for echo park and two rock, i could buy an echo park and two rock
I sold my D28 reamangined for a Blueridge BR280. The new Martin's that are not custom shops have necks that are a bit thin in the cowboy chord area for me. Speaking of boutique saving up for a Huss and Dalton TDR.
I own tons of gear, both bargain and boutique. Today is the golden age for getting the best bang for the buck.
I am not a better player using my boutique gear Vs my budget gear. Its all about the operator.
I had one of those Behringer Vampire amp heads.. i feel your pain.
if you want that marshall tone.. get a Friedman. $1800 for a chinese PCB 20 watt marshall or $1500 or a handwired friedman.. the choice should be obvious
Baxter's pleasure trail.....I threw up in my mouth a little bit :) Keep shining boys....
Lol the comedy was on the mark tonight, boys.
Perfect timing! Tried out a Divided By 13 amp this weekend that could be much easier to lug for gigs than a 78 JMP/1936 cab or 93 AC-30! Said Divided amp has Vox/Marshall tones and easier on the back lol. However, do ya keep the classics at home or simplify and minimize the squad? So many questions to ponder🤔🤔🤔
My novo arrives Thursday so I will let you know if boutiques is the way!
To me it's more about vintage vs modern and handwired vs PCB. If you're looking for a vintage amp but can't afford one, then this is where a boutique amp comes into play.
Like anything guitar related, you just need to know what your buying. Spend time with the gear before you buy it. Make sure it will do what you want it to do. If you don’t know what you want then you are going to buy something that probably isn’t right.
For me, boutique is an opportunity for differentiating products compared to the big production players. May be style, attention to details, opportunity to customize etc.
Love Suhr and TA. Yea they’re expensive, but you can rely that you’ll get a great instrument tempered to your preferences.
Exactly. Also, if you really think about the cost of an instrument over time and you are the type of player who does not swap out gear after a short period of ownership, the ratio of grins per dollar spent goes up dramatically. When I think about how many hours of enjoyment that I get from a piece of gear compared to the cost, it works out to pennies spent for the pleasure derived from owning and playing a special guitar, amp, effect...
I like stuff that it's hard to get a bad sound out of! LOL
something ive been thinking about a lot is what even is handmade anymore. I'm someone that works with 0 power tools and does everything by hand, I'm not making guitars but seeing someone run something through a machine with their hands and then calling it handmade is weird to me.
So are the new Tim Shaw pickups just hype and that's why they're not being talked about much? Or is it something else. Seems exciting to me since single coils don't get as much reworking as humbuckers do
I got caught up in the Magnatone Boutique hype but they are actually built well and sound killer and are different. Own 2 now but im wanting a Stereo Twilighter because yes. Kinda blows they're not point to point wired anymore but regardless. Killer amps. I don't have a want for Boutique guitars. Perhaps I am weird. I'm confused as to what constitutes Boutique nowadays.
I really respect that you fellows don’t drink the koolaid with every new release of the same thing with a different shade of lipstick built with lower quality and cheaper parts. Personally I have not picked up a Fender or Gibson built in the last couple of years where I felt the quality was worth half the price tag. I am not sponsored by anyone and like it that way. As for fan frets, it’s ok not to like them. I am not a great guitar player, but for my hands and the state of my wrists, my .strandbergs are incredibly comfortable for long sessions.
Hondo guitars and Crate amps take boutique to the next level.
The crate vintage club amps were pretty good, as were the mij hondo pro guitars and basses...most were beginner crap though
When it comes to boutique it's really hard to beat one of originals Tom Anderson Guitars. No hype and all tone.
Why does Baxter mention Spark amps but never mentions the Fender Mustang GTXs?
kind of on topic but off topic, with the computer industry/gamer there are a lot of hype train youtubers get you chasing the dragon for the latest pc tech or whatever, but in the end, none of it really has any resell value, tech changes every two years so it's continuous. At least with guitar stuff, most stuff you buy keeps somewhat of a "value" for resell on the market. The hype train is real though.
A suggestion for a video discussion idea: How would a wife (spouse, significant other, whatever) go about selling your gear if you were to die? Sorry if that is too morbid, but I think many of us don't really think of someone in our life getting value out of our gear after we are gone if they don't have any interest or knowledge or musical background.
One of the nice things about the new Reverb feature where you can list your gear is that they could use it to look up comparable trending value. Or they could use an estate service maybe.
Make a detailed list of all your gear, what you think it's worth, what's collectable, etc. and put it with your important papers. Back in the day, I had an Inland Marine policy on all my recording studio gear that required a detailed list and photos because the total value fa exceeded what our homeowner's policy would cover. Just knowing what you have and what it's worth would be a great start for someone trying to sell it after you're gone.
What works for one person, may not work for a different individual; best to try out said gear before purchasing
try a Kiesel custom
No confusion. Dowina is my next guitar, hands down.
Some of this :Botique gear" I can think of a few amp makers off the top of my head is simply fad and now not worth 50% of what it was selling for. I am trying to sell a Mesa Boogie 5/50 amp head for abot 1000.00-in mint condition. Some guy wanted me to trade foe a single channel no footswitch botique amp -if luck going for 500.00 -I forgot the name. Naturally I said no. Some of this stuff you can not give away. Dr.Z is my best guess for going on the bottom of the resale value.
3RD Power? Kitchen Sink? Hold up to time?
Amazing the things you two will come up with for RUclips cash.
Just opped up in my mind...does Rolex have an amp?
Maybe in the future; only time will tell.
K-Line guitars would be perfect for your store......
anyone else only able to this in 360P?
I hate being sold on something
What amp do you get when you want your acoustic guitar to sound like it does unplugged? Definitely a voice/tone difference when you're singing/playing solo acoustic.
I don't think that it's the amp as much as the pickup, or the device in the guitar to the amp.
Try an AER amplifier. Can be hard to find, but can make even a piezo sound decent.
I've been making Shorts lately of my AC30 just cranked as loud as it will go with a Les Paul, Strat, Tele, and 335. I know everybody thinks they need the "latest and greatest" but to me the sound of a classic tube amp being pushed to the max can never be topped. I have a lot of pedals for fun but honestly you can get just as much amazing tone from just an a classic amp cranked. I guess I just love classic stuff because I could never see myself owning anything other than like a Gibson or Fender because I'm probably just too much of a boomer. LOL!
I hear you! or rather, I used to before I lost most of my hearing. I have a '58 Princeton - 5 watts with 8" speaker. that thing sounds great cranked up. but I'm at the point where even that is too loud for me anymore.
I love fender tube amps. They’re the epitome of “if it’s not broke, don’t fix it”.
@@anthonypanneton923 Yeah it's definitely true that old school tone has its consequences. I'm honestly amazed Brian May can hear. He uses NINE AC30's! CRANKED!!!
@@smelltheglove2038 Your username is awesome. Lol!
@@SimpleManGuitars1973 you should have seen what it was originally, it wasn’t a glove, I’ll tell you that.
There are guitar players and musicians. I want a guitar that plays music not guitar. If that makes sense?
All of the American Fender guitars are so overly machine processed that they feel inorganic. I think the draw to vintage guitars is that they feel organic and not covered in one inch of poly.
A “boutique” electric guitar seems like a scam.
The difference in building an acoustic vs. an electric guitar is vast, and I will gladly pay up for a handmade, “boutique”, acoustic guitar.
I’m not sayin’ electric guitars are EASY to build from scratch, but relative to building a world-class acoustic guitar, there’s no comparison.
I can purchase a new, “boutique”, acoustic guitar for less than a new Suhr, Novo, Standard Gibson, Fender Custom Shop, etc...
“Boutique” electric guitars make absolutely zero sense to me. That’s my point.
I would never spend more than $1500.00 for an electric guitar.
Peace. 🐰💙🇺🇸🗽🎸🎶🤝✌️
So a builder works to put out the absolute best guitar he can make and you don’t like because it’s TO perfect? Flawless is “bad”? When I buy my high end basses (Sadowsky NYC) I EXPECT them to be flawless.
Would y’all consider the Heriatge company a boutique company?… I would based on the lower production numbers… crazy attention to detail and quality…. Custom quality guitars they produce… But I’m not sure if they meet the bill for “boutique”. Just wondering
i dont know anybody with a boutique . get over it . weird . great. . just a status thing . cheers
Because they are no longer guitars at that point. Give it to grandma to put in her sunroom.
Today, "handcrafted" or "handmade" seems to mean somebody used their hands to put the wood in the CNC machine.
there are still those that do it by hand, and using pin routers, saws, and planers etc.
Agreed. I've played a handful of boutique guitars that are no more special than the "normal" ones. They were quite disappointing, actually, given their reputation. Same with amps. And pedals. I think some of the draw is that they're just "cool", which is totally valid.
What is the gear page?
Really positive community of experts that never argue and have great open discussions and agreements.
@@joshuajkoplin that’s my experience.
@Joshua J Koplin I was hoping to get an actual website address so I could have a look myself.
@@richbriggs6053 just type in “gear page” in your web address bar.
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If ya ain’t first, your last 😂 hello fellow Gear Addict ‼️
Nobody cares dude
Boutique gear is rarer, and the average guy working in the shop is a fair bit more skilled than your average guitar factory worker. They also have real skills, but not like a person working in a boutique shop. In some cases, the people in the very top boutique shop are all masters. That is the draw for me.
Having said all of that, in the end if you have playable equipment then the real difference is the musician himself / herself. A top musician can make almost anything sound good.
A boutique shop ,sounds like a woman's store to me. I don't perceive this as a custom shop. Lol. 🎸
😂 Explained here 😂: ruclips.net/video/1-rUOrKviOM/видео.html
I will never understand people buying relic guitars. Wow, you’re so cool because your guitar looks like you found it in the garbage 😂
guitars for wankers. I have two that actually were found in a dumpster. my old drummer found them, and dragged them out and gave them to me because he knew I would love it! they were banged up and partially stipped. I rebuilt them after completely removing their finish and remaining hardware and giving them each a simple 2 coats of shellac. I still have those guitars. they're beautiful!
Baxter, time for a makeover. Your bed head is not in style for old guys, and it doesn’t match your knowledgeable delivery.
what do you guys think of Mule resonators?