I agree. As I've stated before, if you take away the back tracks and just leave his solo part, you can hear the melody of the song. I kind of compare it to the Eagles solos. They stand on their own merit. Great guitar player!
Awesome as always. My list is: The guitar you love (whatever that is), the T-Style, the S-Style, and the LP-Style. A good combo. Then an Ibanez S-Series, an ES 339, a PRS, a Strandberg, and literally every other guitar you can get your hands on. 🤪
I would put a PRS S2 satin singlecut standard instead of the les paul. Cheaper, stays in tune better, has more tone options and arguably sounds better. Great vid!
Hi Jonathan! Fellow singaporean guitarist here as well! My main guitar is the Gibson SG classic faded with p90s. Ive tried several SGs from both epiphone and gibson and they didnt cut it somehow. I actually bought a Gibson SG Standard at one point and sold that as it didnt feel right! Personally one of the key things to look out for SG is neck dive, I think quite a number of SGs are guilty of having neck dive. I feel it is a deal breaker for me as the instrument cannot stay balanced while you are sitting down and playing, and may also neck drive on stage with a strap on for more severe cases. I am also a fan of satin/faded finishes compared to nitro/gloss finishes. Somehow I feel the wood resonates alot stronger without that glossy layer. Just my two cents! I have les pauls, teles, superstrats, but i always go back to my SG for 90% of the time! Upper fret access is excellent, nice and light, very comfortable body profile against my body (:
They’re all so unique that it would be a lengthy comment and even video to discuss. I’ve always played Strats from the beginning. Modded with EMG soon after, then built a custom Strat copy to hold those EMGs. No tremolo, no pick guard, it was ahead of its time in 1988. Played that one guitar for over 20 years before buying more. The first acquisition was a Chinese 335 copy of Maple construction, which inspired a Gibson Les Paul buy. My LP inspired me greatly. The meat and potatoes, the chime with new strings, I was SO happy with it that I next bought a 335 Lemonburst with DiMarzio 36th Anniversary DP103 modeled after PAFs. Now that guitar is super charming, an instant favorite. Nothing does the 335 sound better, Mahogany a key ingredient. Then got an Explorer. It’s a baby Les Paul, a rocker. The Ibanez line added a 25th Anniversary Universe from Steve Vai’s Passion and Warfare as collectibles. I preordered at NAMM announcement and this allowed me to buy the serial #1 of 77 worldwide. Signed by Steve, this was a huge deal for me, always plugged in and ready. My first Tremolo. Then came Rickenbacker 12, because that is such an iconic sound from the 60’s, one that I felt should be included in every guitarists collection. The Pete Thorn signature standard in Ocean Turquoise, similar to your HB, was another big commitment, but it arrived in lovely condition, so inviting. It has the lovely Thornbucker pickup, and when split coiled give me that nostalgic 80s Strat from my youth. It has a Wilkinson Tremolo, and the strings slide in the nut, use locking tuners, so a little nut lube makes it stay in tune. My 2nd Trem. ESP with Bare Knuckle is made of Maple neck through, has an edge that makes it shred effortlessly. It screams quite naturally, and outperforms the Gibson’s, the Ibanez, the Suhr, everything, including the EMG loaded guitar. The ESP is for the player who likes Dokken, Ratt, and similar LA hair band early metal. Of course, I’ve never gone back to Fender. I still use their amplifiers, but that unique twang that Stratocaster and Telecaster provide ground me down when I was still a teenager so I decided to steer away from them, never to return! 😜 Jokingly, of course. I get my Strat sounds from Pete Thorn! Boy they are all different. I still have my Nylon string classical that I never play. A nice collection, I’m proud of them and keep them with fresh strings so the imitation is always there. 6 Guitars plug into a Switchblade router, so I don’t unplug them, and can pick them up and go, at any time. I use Eventide Harmonizers to set their intonation, allowing them to play together, and record together. The Harmonizers provide a modern ambience to dry loudspeaker recording. Much like you do, I track separately and post process strange sounds behind them. Then post them here. I like your videos, your playing is exceptional, I’ve told you many times. But congratulations again on your channel growth and thank you time and again for such a humble and welcoming place to hang. Wishing you all the best. -Jim
Wow.. thank you for sharing . Really insightful. When you you use the router to hook up all your guitars do you unplug the EMG equipped guitars? The battery will drain✌️🤓
I have all 3 and yes I too now am looking for an sg. I was asked... If you could only keep one guitar forever which would you keep? I think it might be the Tele. Theres something about it. Its so simple, it never makes you struggle with option paralysis, it can quack like a duck, sing like a bird, snarl like a wolf, and I can play anything from country to ACDC on it. Its clean, and when I give it some dirt theres an unmistakable ring that hovers over the distortion. It was the guitar that made me understand what "plays like butter" meant. I call my Tele Rudy, from the football movie. Its the underdog. It doesnt have all the bells and whistles, but more times than not its the one I call from the bench and it outperforms the rest! But all 3 are great great guitars. You just cant lose with any of them! BTW I also have a Gibson Nighthawk that I gigged with for years. It has aspects of a LP and a strat, and is IMO a criminally underrated guitar!
Your videos are informative, and almost all of them includes your amazing musical pieces. Learned a lot from your channel. Keep up the good work, my friend! Greeting from New York !
Currently working towards getting a nice s-type guitar for my bday in 7 months since I already have a gibson lp. My favorite part is just sitting in a store and trying them all out :D
I have the three featured in this vid as well, also my number one is a tele with Floyd Rose bridge, bridge position trembucker, volume push/pull power boost wiring, toggle tone switch,black shecter contoured tele body, aria pro maple neck, i.e.: partscaster that I dreamed about for several years before I finally had all the elements fall into place. This is the first time I have seen a vid of you. Was immediately drawn in by your phrasing, so ya I subbed... Thumbs UP!!!
Don't forget the PRS. A guitar totally different of the 3 you mentioned. I own a PRS Santana 25th anniversary edition and boy do I get a different animal. The feel is so comfortable and the sound I get I can actually hear it sing with emotion when I play it. The other guitar styles are great too. Feel and sound come out nice, depending on what style ones playing. But the notes that the PRS produce are astounding. I'm even impressed of how I sound when I play it. Yea, that sounded conceited, lol. But it really motivates me to play longer and be more creative. I used to only play Les Paul style guitars. I hated the tinny strat and twangy tele sounds. Now I truly appreciate the individual characteristic tones that each one offers. Different musical styles, different instrument.
Around 4 years ago I had a Squier that I bought a full pick-guard setup for. That guard had 3 SP size humbuckers that were split coil AND phase reversible. 27 coil setups + 27 phase-reverse settings....man, you could go mad setting up a sound with that thing, but I LOVED it! Got ripped off, but some day I WILL have another one......
What I have found out over the years are... - The shapes & looks can inspire as much as how they sound - Tele CAN DJENT!!! 😁 yes, mine even handles drop C nicely
A 58 with Seymour Duncan pickups butterscotch finish all crazed a few knocks but only a few I take as much care as I can but Shen is as tough as no cracking around the neck pocket like the newer ones seem to suffer from. 3 brass saddles through strung no ashtray. I’ve a 70 thin line with ash tray single pups again Texas specials (xfender)nice player more twang/ jangle plays very much the same and Texas specials give it a good rock vibe when you dig in it breaks up through my fender blues deluxe USA original
I currently own 3 electric guitars. My main axe is a PRS McCarty. I also own a Carvin AE 185, a semihollow, acoustic electric w/2 output jacks. One for electric and one for the acoustic pickup. And I own a Dean Shire, semihollow. Researching which Harley Benton I want. There's a few that I'm tossing around. I was inclined to stay away from the really cheaper tele models but you're helping me change my mind.
The 3 electric guitars you should own is the one you love but fights back, the one who doesn't talk back but keep coming back to, and the one feels right for you.
I also own all 3 styles and play each one dependent upon the style of music I'm playing. Harley Benton offers great guitars at an affordable price. I own Fenders and Gibsons, but I find my self grabbing my Harley Bentons just as often. If they are set up correctly they play just as well in my opinion. The major key is learning how to set up your guitar for your needs.
After more than two decades of playing acoustic, I got my first electric about 4 years ago. An LP Black Beauty replica and a Zoom G5 m-fx pedal. Recently got myself my first Strat, a 2014 '54 60th Anni. reissue, and I love it. Only by playing both for some time that I understand the different souls of guitars. I would be looking forward to getting an LP for my next guitar. After I reach my target of being able to actually play it. :-)
Great vid jonathan, i have 3 of each, can’t get myself to like anything else.on a more interesting note, my les pauls are a ‘61,73 & 2017. The ‘61 just sits in the case as it has been played to death & thete is not much of the fingerboard left!
Variety is the spice of life. I am fortunate enough to own those three styles and next I'm saving for a Gibson Les Paul 50's Goldtop with p90's. Different pick up's are just as important than body styles if you want a variety of tones. Great playing as always Jonathon. Your Les Paul sounded great.
Love your playing style Jonathan. Agree with the choice and I have all 3 styles (copies). But my favorite is my Schecter Apocalypse with Sustainiac and a Floyd rose, mmmmmmmm. Love to hear you playing one....
Hi Jonathan, I agree with you, we have better try and test before buying. So that buying on line can disappoint in some occurence. Agree also on the importance of the neck: the feel to it is key for pleasure of playing. About tone differences, you mention a 4th guitar of essence: an ES335 . About SG, I used to hzve a 2013 Standard that I sold because of the slim taper neck too thin for me, I've been lucky to find a used SG Standard 2012 with a C profile neck that I like better. But when you have a Strat, you can avoid a SG ( unless you have the means and the room , haha). Anyway, nice play as usual 😁 and pleasing chat 👍🥂 a next video could be advice on amps nowadays very good and affordable solid state amps, in which a good speaker will make the tone.
Great video. Have you seen Darryl Braun's video he did on the Schechter PT Special tele, that thing looks great I really want one but no shops near me stock it so I'd have to order it online
Of course I agree with your analysis here and I have at least one of each (more Strats my favorite). I would add that each guitarist should also consider adding one semi-hollow body guitar (i.e. 335 or Gretsch style) to complete the array😂
You can get all them sounds from 1 guitar.. Ibanez JEM...yes telle sounds too. Made in japan with dimazio pro,s. It would be the 4th guitar. But could also cover 1 to 3 fender and gibson sounds. All electric guitars are based on either a fender of Gibson scale. Wood and pickups. The Ibanez took it next level and changed the world
I would say my Ibanez RGA FM42 maybe I'm a tad bias there lol, but the one HB I have heard great things is the Harley Benton TE-90FLT VW Deluxe Series with the Filtron style pickups, and it's Made in Indonesia
I said it before, I really wanted The paisley HB Tele, unfortunately they don't do them left handed, I'm gutted. I have a Fender USA Strat and an Epiphone Les Paul with Seymour Duncan pickups and a kit tele I made. The Strat and Les Paul are great guitars. The kit tele I purchased has it's manufacturing flaws unfortunately, but it was fun building it. They all have their own Character. I just bought a used PRS SE Custom 24. That sits between a Strat and a Les Paul, it's a delight to play, very comfortable and has a lovely neck. I changed the pickups to Alnico II, because I like a Blues /Jazz tone, the PRS pickups are great, but not my cup of tea. I just need a nice tele. I may get a Squire Tele Classic Vibe, based on great reviews, HB do something similar, but I'm concerned of the quality? Hmm.... I will buy others eventually, like a Gretch and something that has P90 pick ups, just to add to my collection and keep it interesting. Thanks Jon, you are a really nice chap and I always look forward to any new RUclips vids you provide us. Thank you!!
Great video as usual . AS for me, I started with acoustic guitar. Then I wanted a strat.. .(and of course, when you got one strat you must have another strat for Eb tunning;) then i wantet to try a tele...then came LP..Now I play jazz bass :) (must try P bass though..hm..)
Hi, my first E-guitar was a Tele style it was 1972 i loved it sounds so good but it is broken than i became a Les Paul 1993 it was used but good all the Time i will a Strat and this Year i became one a DIY- Kit i spend a lot of work and it is now really good and this for only 54 € i love it good sound for me i block the trem i play whitout and it makes really fun. LG Detlev
@@JonIsJustTooLoud i am play not with the tremolo it is very bad i must first have a better one this is the only thing it is unplayable but the rest of the guitar is good i have paid only 54€
Good video! I have the same... Les Paul Deluxe, Stratocaster and a Harley Benton Tele. Love them love them. I need to look into repairing mine however..... they don’t sound as good as yours!
Hey Jonathan... your playing is really really really inspiring ! I have a question... I own a fender American pro strat... I have an old Washburn X50 pro (a strat shaped mid range guitar with two Seymor Duncan humbuckers). And I have a fender Mustang 90 with two p90 pickups (actually pretty amazing guitar and super cheap). So I have both a guitar with only single coils and a guitar with two humbuckers (and one with two p90s). I'll probably end up with both a telecaster and a Les Paul eventually... But giving I'm considering buying either a Tele or a Les Paul as my next guitar... which would you suggest getting first (or something else) and why ? And Again... your guitar playing is amazing and inspiring
@@JonIsJustTooLoud I don't have a problem with moving from single coils to humbuckers... I already have a guitar with two humbuckers... and I had others before (but cheap ones)... and I have been playing for some 20 years... I just never had a real American Tele or a real American Les Paul and I'm considering getting one of these... and not sure which to get first :)
Very interesting subject Bro Jon.. aggreed on ur opinion..tele, strat and LesPaul practical choice...for me I prefer Strat,LesPaul and one with FloydRose like kramer, Jackson which similar to that 80s axe... reverse head even better hahaha..👍👍👍😎😎😎
Cool video Jonathan. I am actually looking for a Tele right now, Harley Benton has been out of stock of the TE52 for MONTHS so I think I'll do a Tele out of parts..... It is the only guitar I need for what I do, but i wanted to ask anyone who has experience with Harley Bentons, is there any other Tele style guitar you reccomend? I play live once or twice a month.... looking for a Rolling Stones tone... Bruce Springsteen.... bit of Sheryl Crow... Thanks
@@JonIsJustTooLoud I'm going to have a look online, hopefully they are not too expensive. Suggestion: As content for your channel, I'd like to hear your thoughts on 3 piece bands vs 4 piece bands. My band is currently 3 piece where I'm lead singer and only guitar player, we are weighting the pros and cons of getting another guitar player, considering that our Bass player plays keyboards amazingly well... and the prospect guitar player I'm looking into plays guitar ... keyboards and bass I think it can work great, but I want to know what YOU think. The dynamics of the band.... the social aspect.... the addition of sound possibilities .... the financial aspect (dividing $)... Thank you @Jonathan
Amazing lead work, but great backing track too! did you record that backing track? ok, so if you HAD to choose ONE axe, which would be your desert island pony???
II see. If you had one traditional SSS strat, in your jam session, you would want accompany someone with a Telecaster , Gibson Les Paul or a Gibson SG. Is that true?
@@JonIsJustTooLoud I have allready had an HB ST-20 but I looking for something better. Thomann lists the fusion (s) as strats. The roasted maples fusions a beatiful but not single coil strats :D
@@JonIsJustTooLoud Thanks Jonathan. I don't think I would sell it. Guitars are addicting, LOL! I think I may get the Squier Bullet Tele but still want a Harley Benton sc 450 or 550. 🙂
Great video as always. I really enjoy watching your content :) I have a few random guitar related questions if anyone can help please I have a PRS SE Standard 24 in satin black. I want to upgrade to locking tuners. What are some good options? preferably in the same finish as my guitar if possible. I am looking to get a 'mini' acoustic. What some good but cheap options? Harley Benton DS-10 Mini any good? Thanks
Very informative. Thanks! How about doing your favorite acoustic guitars, and the essential purchases if you have the means. P.S. - and one more question: who’s a better guitarist, you or your brother? :)
Jonathan Koh - Well, I first discovered your channel just a few weeks ago, when I was searching for reviews of the Taylor GS Mini, and I happen to watch your video of your mahogany Taylor GS Mini, and in there you said that you don’t like the Taylor pick up system, and you asked your “brother Jarvis” to install an LR Baggs pickup system for you. I went back to watch that video, and I now realize you didn’t really mean he was your brother, but your BROTHER FRIEND! lol :). P.S- who’s a better guitarist, you or Jarvis? :)
I absolutely agree with you. I have more than those three but if I was forced to whittle down to the absolute minimum, my choices would be my Tele, my Strat and my dual humbucker Les Paulish guitar. I love your playing by the way. I especially enjoy seeing what a really good player can do with an inexpensive guitar like the Harley Benton. I have a friend who is thinking about buying a $3000 LP. (His only electric is an equally expensive Hollow body with terrible action) I say, for that money buy the 3 types of guitars that you mention and play them instead of keeping your investment in a case.
I find a Tele can cover most everything it to me is the Swiss Army knife of the guitar world. Everything after that is for fun ES335 very versatile great rocker and I settle for Tokia Les Paul’s everyday of the week I’ve a Casino from peerless that’s a real keeper “lovely neck”. And a Harley Benton PRS tribute knock off or what the feck you choose to call it, but it is awesome tuners were okay but I put Vanson locking to give me 18 to one ratio and a Groton wraparound bridge for individual intonation and increase sustain. Sub £200 all in and plays better than a PRS USA model my mate has, he admits it’s unbelievable It’s easy to keep adding guitars to the flock but unless for investment is it worth money you can payout just for the names on the headstock. But after all said and done out of 18 guitars my beat up old tele is still the pick of the flock
how about a strat body with a les paul neck. humbucker in neck position (split) a p90 in the middle and a tele bridge. the les paul neck made out of maple (baked maple) i dont like mahagoni splits so easy. neck angle 13.... color mmmm a brown burst? like the new texas tea blackish brown. marrakesh brown fades slightly into black.....mmmmm ebony fretboard with mosaik pin inlays mmmm
@@JonIsJustTooLoud yes but a bit boring maybe a 5 piece neck, the wood in a v shape so you can see a v made of diffrent woods on the headstock. just scored another ibanez :D an SA from 2010 never played for 40 euro :D off to pick up the guitar and then in my workshop planing some nerd guitar ;)
You guys are gonna laugh me off of you tube for what I am about to tell you, but Im dead serious. About a year ago, I went to a man's house to buy some guitar parts he had advertised. When I got there he started trying to sell me a guitar or two. One he pulled out was a beautiful guitar styled after the Les Paul double cutaway, but when I saw First Act on the head stock I instantly lost interest, even though he only wanted $100 for it. He insisted I try it out, so I did, and nearly peed my pants! That guitar had the fichest tone, and easy playability. I whipped out $100 on the spot and took it home. I have a Tele, three Strats, and an ES 135, and Ive hardly touched any of them since I bought that one. Ive been playing 45 years, and I've never seen anything like it, so yea, if the guitar suits you, that's the one to buy.
If in need of a cool SG check out the Pete Townshend called model , not Gibson one, Epiphone one, very rare i think but way much cooler than Gibson one :)
Pass the traditional designs and just buy a modern guitar. I've bought a telecaster (MiM Fender) because of similar video and returned it next day. It was well made, but crap guitar;) You don't need any of those;) Good video - it just my afterthoughts. Thanks for your work.
As always your soloing is pure class!!!
Thank you kindly Mike ✌️🤓
I agree. As I've stated before, if you take away the back tracks and just leave his solo part, you can hear the melody of the song. I kind of compare it to the Eagles solos. They stand on their own merit. Great guitar player!
I second that
The 3 main tone staple guitars. Totally agreed.
Yes Tele, Strat, and Les Paul. I myself would get a Shredder type guitar. Too. Great video my brother. You always bring it. Thanks ❤️🙏💯🎸🎸
You’re welcome!!
Awesome as always. My list is: The guitar you love (whatever that is), the T-Style, the S-Style, and the LP-Style. A good combo.
Then an Ibanez S-Series, an ES 339, a PRS, a Strandberg, and literally every other guitar you can get your hands on. 🤪
Lol✌️🤓
😂😂🤘🏻🎸
Love the whole sound on this. cheers from the UK in lockdown studios.
Thank you Frank!✌❤
Beautiful playing again Jon, so much taste and feel, even the gaps were superb, always a pleasure to watch and listen to
Thank you kindly William ✌️🤓
I would put a PRS S2 satin singlecut standard instead of the les paul. Cheaper, stays in tune better, has more tone options and arguably sounds better. Great vid!
Thanks ✌️🤓
Hi Jonathan! Fellow singaporean guitarist here as well! My main guitar is the Gibson SG classic faded with p90s. Ive tried several SGs from both epiphone and gibson and they didnt cut it somehow. I actually bought a Gibson SG Standard at one point and sold that as it didnt feel right!
Personally one of the key things to look out for SG is neck dive, I think quite a number of SGs are guilty of having neck dive. I feel it is a deal breaker for me as the instrument cannot stay balanced while you are sitting down and playing, and may also neck drive on stage with a strap on for more severe cases.
I am also a fan of satin/faded finishes compared to nitro/gloss finishes. Somehow I feel the wood resonates alot stronger without that glossy layer. Just my two cents!
I have les pauls, teles, superstrats, but i always go back to my SG for 90% of the time! Upper fret access is excellent, nice and light, very comfortable body profile against my body (:
I need a Tele, Strat and a PRS CU24 (not Les Paul😝)
I've always enjoy your guitar play~
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Thank you... Try a good les PAUL.. our night change your mind ✌️🤓
They’re all so unique that it would be a lengthy comment and even video to discuss.
I’ve always played Strats from the beginning. Modded with EMG soon after, then built a custom Strat copy to hold those EMGs. No tremolo, no pick guard, it was ahead of its time in 1988. Played that one guitar for over 20 years before buying more.
The first acquisition was a Chinese 335 copy of Maple construction, which inspired a Gibson Les Paul buy.
My LP inspired me greatly. The meat and potatoes, the chime with new strings, I was SO happy with it that I next bought a 335 Lemonburst with DiMarzio 36th Anniversary DP103 modeled after PAFs. Now that guitar is super charming, an instant favorite. Nothing does the 335 sound better, Mahogany a key ingredient. Then got an Explorer. It’s a baby Les Paul, a rocker.
The Ibanez line added a 25th Anniversary Universe from Steve Vai’s Passion and Warfare as collectibles. I preordered at NAMM announcement and this allowed me to buy the serial #1 of 77 worldwide. Signed by Steve, this was a huge deal for me, always plugged in and ready. My first Tremolo.
Then came Rickenbacker 12, because that is such an iconic sound from the 60’s, one that I felt should be included in every guitarists collection.
The Pete Thorn signature standard in Ocean Turquoise, similar to your HB, was another big commitment, but it arrived in lovely condition, so inviting. It has the lovely Thornbucker pickup, and when split coiled give me that nostalgic 80s Strat from my youth. It has a Wilkinson Tremolo, and the strings slide in the nut, use locking tuners, so a little nut lube makes it stay in tune. My 2nd Trem.
ESP with Bare Knuckle is made of Maple neck through, has an edge that makes it shred effortlessly. It screams quite naturally, and outperforms the Gibson’s, the Ibanez, the Suhr, everything, including the EMG loaded guitar. The ESP is for the player who likes Dokken, Ratt, and similar LA hair band early metal.
Of course, I’ve never gone back to Fender. I still use their amplifiers, but that unique twang that Stratocaster and Telecaster provide ground me down when I was still a teenager so I decided to steer away from them, never to return! 😜 Jokingly, of course. I get my Strat sounds from Pete Thorn!
Boy they are all different. I still have my Nylon string classical that I never play. A nice collection, I’m proud of them and keep them with fresh strings so the imitation is always there. 6 Guitars plug into a Switchblade router, so I don’t unplug them, and can pick them up and go, at any time.
I use Eventide Harmonizers to set their intonation, allowing them to play together, and record together. The Harmonizers provide a modern ambience to dry loudspeaker recording. Much like you do, I track separately and post process strange sounds behind them. Then post them here.
I like your videos, your playing is exceptional, I’ve told you many times. But congratulations again on your channel growth and thank you time and again for such a humble and welcoming place to hang. Wishing you all the best. -Jim
Wow.. thank you for sharing . Really insightful. When you you use the router to hook up all your guitars do you unplug the EMG equipped guitars? The battery will drain✌️🤓
Dude, your playing is absolutely amazing. I wish I could play like that!
Given time and practice, you will be better than me ✌️🤓
@@JonIsJustTooLoud It's impossible to reach your leven Jon. You're a effin god on guitar.
I have all 3 and yes I too now am looking for an sg. I was asked... If you could only keep one guitar forever which would you keep? I think it might be the Tele. Theres something about it. Its so simple, it never makes you struggle with option paralysis, it can quack like a duck, sing like a bird, snarl like a wolf, and I can play anything from country to ACDC on it. Its clean, and when I give it some dirt theres an unmistakable ring that hovers over the distortion. It was the guitar that made me understand what "plays like butter" meant. I call my Tele Rudy, from the football movie. Its the underdog. It doesnt have all the bells and whistles, but more times than not its the one I call from the bench and it outperforms the rest!
But all 3 are great great guitars. You just cant lose with any of them!
BTW I also have a Gibson Nighthawk that I gigged with for years. It has aspects of a LP and a strat, and is IMO a criminally underrated guitar!
Ah the nighthawk!! Yes that’s an interesting guitar! Thanks for sharing✌️🤓
Your playing is so inspiring I love it! You're one of my biggest influences 😂😂😂
Thank you✌️❤️
Your videos are informative, and almost all of them includes your amazing musical pieces. Learned a lot from your channel. Keep up the good work, my friend!
Greeting from New York !
Thank you ✌️🤓
Me too had the different types of guitar,LP,Strat,Ibanez RG and S.U.B Sterling...as usual,ur style of playing are great sir!!!👍😉
Stoner thank you sir ✌️🤓
Currently working towards getting a nice s-type guitar for my bday in 7 months since I already have a gibson lp. My favorite part is just sitting in a store and trying them all out :D
That’s the way to go.. any store that deters customers from trying the guitars are doomed ✌️🤓
I have the three featured in this vid as well, also my number one is a tele with Floyd Rose bridge, bridge position trembucker, volume push/pull power boost wiring, toggle tone switch,black shecter contoured tele body, aria pro maple neck, i.e.: partscaster that I dreamed about for several years before I finally had all the elements fall into place. This is the first time I have seen a vid of you. Was immediately drawn in by your phrasing, so ya I subbed... Thumbs UP!!!
Thanks Greg.. welcome to the channel ✌️🤓
Don't forget the PRS. A guitar totally different of the 3 you mentioned. I own a PRS Santana 25th anniversary edition and boy do I get a different animal. The feel is so comfortable and the sound I get I can actually hear it sing with emotion when I play it. The other guitar styles are great too. Feel and sound come out nice, depending on what style ones playing. But the notes that the PRS produce are astounding. I'm even impressed of how I sound when I play it. Yea, that sounded conceited, lol. But it really motivates me to play longer and be more creative.
I used to only play Les Paul style guitars. I hated the tinny strat and twangy tele sounds. Now I truly appreciate the individual characteristic tones that each one offers. Different musical styles, different instrument.
Yes.. as long as you are hearing what you are playing and loving it. If the PRS serves you well, continue with it✌️🤓
Around 4 years ago I had a Squier that I bought a full pick-guard setup for. That guard had 3 SP size humbuckers that were split coil AND phase reversible. 27 coil setups + 27 phase-reverse settings....man, you could go mad setting up a sound with that thing, but I LOVED it! Got ripped off, but some day I WILL have another one......
Oh wow!! That’s a handful.. sounds pretty cool✌️🤓
What I have found out over the years are...
- The shapes & looks can inspire as much as how they sound
- Tele CAN DJENT!!! 😁 yes, mine even handles drop C nicely
✌️
A 58 with Seymour Duncan pickups butterscotch finish all crazed a few knocks but only a few I take as much care as I can but Shen is as tough as no cracking around the neck pocket like the newer ones seem to suffer from. 3 brass saddles through strung no ashtray.
I’ve a 70 thin line with ash tray single pups again Texas specials (xfender)nice player more twang/ jangle plays very much the same and Texas specials give it a good rock vibe when you dig in it breaks up through my fender blues deluxe USA original
Nice!!!✌️🤓
I currently own 3 electric guitars. My main axe is a PRS McCarty. I also own a Carvin AE 185, a semihollow, acoustic electric w/2 output jacks. One for electric and one for the acoustic pickup. And I own a Dean Shire, semihollow. Researching which Harley Benton I want. There's a few that I'm tossing around. I was inclined to stay away from the really cheaper tele models but you're helping me change my mind.
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The 3 electric guitars you should own is the one you love but fights back, the one who doesn't talk back but keep coming back to, and the one feels right for you.
hahahah ..
I also own all 3 styles and play each one dependent upon the style of music I'm playing. Harley Benton offers great guitars at an affordable price. I own Fenders and Gibsons, but I find my self grabbing my Harley Bentons just as often. If they are set up correctly they play just as well in my opinion. The major key is learning how to set up your guitar for your needs.
Yes you are right.. if you’re into guitars for the long haul, is best to know some setup ✌️🤓
After more than two decades of playing acoustic, I got my first electric about 4 years ago. An LP Black Beauty replica and a Zoom G5 m-fx pedal. Recently got myself my first Strat, a 2014 '54 60th Anni. reissue, and I love it. Only by playing both for some time that I understand the different souls of guitars. I would be looking forward to getting an LP for my next guitar. After I reach my target of being able to actually play it. :-)
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If i have that budget, definitely am buying these amazing guitars!
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Great vid jonathan, i have 3 of each, can’t get myself to like anything else.on a more interesting note, my les pauls are a ‘61,73 & 2017. The ‘61 just sits in the case as it has been played to death & thete is not much of the fingerboard left!
Nice.. hahaha ✌️❤️
Good video, good advice. I'd add,for new players, make sure the guitar feels good too.
Thanks John! 🤓✌
I just got a Les Paul Classic (2020 model) and it's freakin' unbelievable!
Good for you!! Are they expensive?
Jonathan Koh 2k! Not crazy expensive but not cheap either. Thanks for the great video - I need a tele next!
@@Smart-Alex nice!!!
Variety is the spice of life. I am fortunate enough to own those three styles and next I'm saving for a Gibson Les Paul 50's Goldtop with p90's. Different pick up's are just as important than body styles if you want a variety of tones. Great playing as always Jonathon. Your Les Paul sounded great.
Thank you Graeme! Yes switch it around but the three that I mention should cover all genres of music ✌️🤓
Love your playing style Jonathan. Agree with the choice and I have all 3 styles (copies). But my favorite is my Schecter Apocalypse with Sustainiac and a Floyd rose, mmmmmmmm. Love to hear you playing one....
Ooooo I’d love to play on one!!✌️🤓
Jonathan Koh i would send you mine for a review but Dubai to Singapore and back sounds like an expensive currier 😬
HampshireGary Nah.. too troublesome.. thanks for the thoughts though ✌️🤓
Hi Jonathan, I agree with you, we have better try and test before buying. So that buying on line can disappoint in some occurence. Agree also on the importance of the neck: the feel to it is key for pleasure of playing. About tone differences, you mention a 4th guitar of essence: an ES335 . About SG, I used to hzve a 2013 Standard that I sold because of the slim taper neck too thin for me, I've been lucky to find a used SG Standard 2012 with a C profile neck that I like better. But when you have a Strat, you can avoid a SG ( unless you have the means and the room , haha). Anyway, nice play as usual 😁 and pleasing chat 👍🥂 a next video could be advice on amps nowadays very good and affordable solid state amps, in which a good speaker will make the tone.
And a fifth, a sixth etc etc
Thank you brother ✌️🤓
@@The_Macaroon oh yes, a jazz archbox, ES175 and L5. But ES335 can already offer good jazz tones.
Great video. Have you seen Darryl Braun's video he did on the Schechter PT Special tele, that thing looks great I really want one but no shops near me stock it so I'd have to order it online
Did Jon mentioned which string gauge is use on the LP, and maybe which brand. Always enjoying hearing him play
10s… diaddarro
Man the tone from that Les Paul is awesome!! And I don’t own one!!
Thanks.. go get one! ✌️🤓
Of course I agree with your analysis here and I have at least one of each (more Strats my favorite). I would add that each guitarist should also consider adding one semi-hollow body guitar (i.e. 335 or Gretsch style) to complete the array😂
That’s what I did hahaha but like i said in the video, out with a friend ✌️🤓
You can get all them sounds from 1 guitar.. Ibanez JEM...yes telle sounds too. Made in japan with dimazio pro,s. It would be the 4th guitar. But could also cover 1 to 3 fender and gibson sounds. All electric guitars are based on either a fender of Gibson scale. Wood and pickups. The Ibanez took it next level and changed the world
Well clearly you are a fan!!✌🏻❤️
I would say my Ibanez RGA FM42 maybe I'm a tad bias there lol, but the one HB I have heard great things is the Harley Benton TE-90FLT VW Deluxe Series with the Filtron style pickups, and it's Made in Indonesia
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Brian May: i used only one guitar which i crafted myself, and i have a very succesaful career
Lol
www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/in-pictures-brian-mays-other-guitars-384279
I said it before, I really wanted The paisley HB Tele, unfortunately they don't do them left handed, I'm gutted. I have a Fender USA Strat and an Epiphone Les Paul with Seymour Duncan pickups and a kit tele I made. The Strat and Les Paul are great guitars. The kit tele I purchased has it's manufacturing flaws unfortunately, but it was fun building it. They all have their own Character. I just bought a used PRS SE Custom 24. That sits between a Strat and a Les Paul, it's a delight to play, very comfortable and has a lovely neck. I changed the pickups to Alnico II, because I like a Blues /Jazz tone, the PRS pickups are great, but not my cup of tea. I just need a nice tele. I may get a Squire Tele Classic Vibe, based on great reviews, HB do something similar, but I'm concerned of the quality? Hmm.... I will buy others eventually, like a Gretch and something that has P90 pick ups, just to add to my collection and keep it interesting. Thanks Jon, you are a really nice chap and I always look forward to any new RUclips vids you provide us. Thank you!!
Thank you for your kind comments brother.. Have you consider getting a G&L ASAT?? I just love the blues boy✌️🤓
Jonathan Koh I have not, but I will now. Thanks 👍
Great video! I would love to hear your opinion on harley benton DC's, specially the DC 600 with that awesome vintage look and 3 pickups 👌
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Great video as usual . AS for me, I started with acoustic guitar. Then I wanted a strat.. .(and of course, when you got one strat you must have another strat for Eb tunning;) then i wantet to try a tele...then came LP..Now I play jazz bass :) (must try P bass though..hm..)
Gillette Wilkinson hahaha and it goes on and on and on... ✌️🤓
Hi, my first E-guitar was a Tele style it was 1972 i loved it sounds so good but it is broken than i became a Les Paul 1993 it was used but good all the Time i will a Strat and this Year i became one a DIY- Kit i spend a lot of work and it is now really good and this for only 54 € i love it good sound for me i block the trem i play whitout and it makes really fun. LG Detlev
You should try playing with the tremolo ✌️🤓
@@JonIsJustTooLoud i am play not with the tremolo it is very bad i must first have a better one this is the only thing it is unplayable but the rest of the guitar is good i have paid only 54€
Love your playing, the phrasing the feel. Always great. The knobbly knees not so much. 😂😂😂
Lol!!! Oops my knees were showing! ✌️🤓
Good video! I have the same... Les Paul Deluxe, Stratocaster and a Harley Benton Tele. Love them love them. I need to look into repairing mine however..... they don’t sound as good as yours!
What’s wrong with them?
I have a strat, ltd kh-202, some acustics and i want a hollow or semihollow ))
I can only afford Hamburger, Hamburger, Hamburger.... Tnx for the video Mr. Koh
Dico S thanks for making me hungry!😜
Hey Jonathan... your playing is really really really inspiring !
I have a question...
I own a fender American pro strat...
I have an old Washburn X50 pro (a strat shaped mid range guitar with two Seymor Duncan humbuckers).
And I have a fender Mustang 90 with two p90 pickups (actually pretty amazing guitar and super cheap).
So I have both a guitar with only single coils and a guitar with two humbuckers (and one with two p90s).
I'll probably end up with both a telecaster and a Les Paul eventually...
But giving I'm considering buying either a Tele or a Les Paul as my next guitar... which would you suggest getting first (or something else) and why ?
And Again... your guitar playing is amazing and inspiring
Since you have a strat.. try getting a tele with a humbucker for the neck and a normal Tele pickup so that you can transit slowly✌️❤️
@@JonIsJustTooLoud I don't have a problem with moving from single coils to humbuckers... I already have a guitar with two humbuckers... and I had others before (but cheap ones)... and I have been playing for some 20 years... I just never had a real American Tele or a real American Les Paul and I'm considering getting one of these... and not sure which to get first :)
Very interesting subject Bro Jon.. aggreed on ur opinion..tele, strat and LesPaul practical choice...for me I prefer Strat,LesPaul and one with FloydRose like kramer, Jackson which similar to that 80s axe... reverse head even better hahaha..👍👍👍😎😎😎
Yes.. to each his own.. nowadays you can have Floyd Rose on any guitars!! Hahaha✌️🤓
hi jonathan brill vid is the HB heavy
About 3.6kg
Cool video Jonathan.
I am actually looking for a Tele right now, Harley Benton has been out of stock of the TE52 for MONTHS so I think I'll do a Tele out of parts.....
It is the only guitar I need for what I do, but i wanted to ask anyone who has experience with Harley Bentons, is there any other Tele style guitar you reccomend? I play live once or twice a month.... looking for a Rolling Stones tone... Bruce Springsteen.... bit of Sheryl Crow...
Thanks
Try a G&L ASAT .. Tribute or Fullerton.. they are great!!✌️🤓
@@JonIsJustTooLoud I'm going to have a look online, hopefully they are not too expensive.
Suggestion: As content for your channel, I'd like to hear your thoughts on 3 piece bands vs 4 piece bands. My band is currently 3 piece where I'm lead singer and only guitar player, we are weighting the pros and cons of getting another guitar player, considering that our Bass player plays keyboards amazingly well... and the prospect guitar player I'm looking into plays guitar ... keyboards and bass I think it can work great, but I want to know what YOU think.
The dynamics of the band.... the social aspect.... the addition of sound possibilities .... the financial aspect (dividing $)...
Thank you @Jonathan
Amazing lead work, but great backing track too! did you record that backing track? ok, so if you HAD to choose ONE axe, which would be your desert island pony???
easy..The Strat!!😀
II see. If you had one traditional SSS strat, in your jam session, you would want accompany someone with a Telecaster , Gibson Les Paul or a Gibson SG. Is that true?
Not necessarily ✌🏻
what humbucker guitars are for small hands?
My hands are small.
you have to try them yourself
@@JonIsJustTooLoud Ok thank you for the help. I’ll do that when I can. 😎
Excellent video! Can you recommend a priceworth maybe max 500 eur strat style guitar? God bless
Go check out Thomann.com
@@JonIsJustTooLoud which brand?
@@GunnarLoeb Harley benton, Cort, Schecter..take your pick😀
@@JonIsJustTooLoud I have allready had an HB ST-20 but I looking for something better. Thomann lists the fusion (s) as strats. The roasted maples fusions a beatiful but not single coil strats :D
Totally agree
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Very good video. In your opinion, a Squier bullet Tele or Harley Benton Tele? I've been contemplating. I wouldn't be able to afford a Fender.
I have both.. I Guess the squire will have better resale value if you decided to sell it in the future✌️🤓
@@JonIsJustTooLoud Thanks Jonathan. I don't think I would sell it. Guitars are addicting, LOL! I think I may get the Squier Bullet Tele but still want a Harley Benton sc 450 or 550. 🙂
@@ironkiko you check out the G&L ASAT Tribute :)
Great video as always. I really enjoy watching your content :) I have a few random guitar related questions if anyone can help please
I have a PRS SE Standard 24 in satin black. I want to upgrade to locking tuners. What are some good options? preferably in the same finish as my guitar if possible.
I am looking to get a 'mini' acoustic. What some good but cheap options?
Harley Benton DS-10 Mini any good?
Thanks
Well I cant comment on the acoustic question. But PRS did release a set of locking tuners specifically for the SE line. It comes in silver though.
NotABrummie why don’t you try the PRS tuners . They just put some on the website for $99
Slash: bullshit! I am a guitarist my entire life, i owned only gibson les paul and i have a very successful career.
BS indeed!!
www.slashparadise.com/equipment/guitars-slash.php
Very informative. Thanks! How about doing your favorite acoustic guitars, and the essential purchases if you have the means.
P.S. - and one more question: who’s a better guitarist, you or your brother? :)
My brother?? 🤪✌️
Jonathan Koh - oops! Sorry! For some reason I thought your brother was another popular RUclipsr who does guitar reviews.
N M really??? What’s his name?😂
Jonathan Koh - Well, I first discovered your channel just a few weeks ago, when I was searching for reviews of the Taylor GS Mini, and I happen to watch your video of your mahogany Taylor GS Mini, and in there you said that you don’t like the Taylor pick up system, and you asked your “brother Jarvis” to install an LR Baggs pickup system for you. I went back to watch that video, and I now realize you didn’t really mean he was your brother, but your BROTHER FRIEND! lol :). P.S- who’s a better guitarist, you or Jarvis? :)
N M lol!!! Ok he’s the better guitar player😃✌️
I absolutely agree with you. I have more than those three but if I was forced to whittle down to the absolute minimum, my choices would be my Tele, my Strat and my dual humbucker Les Paulish guitar.
I love your playing by the way. I especially enjoy seeing what a really good player can do with an inexpensive guitar like the Harley Benton. I have a friend who is thinking about buying a $3000 LP. (His only electric is an equally expensive Hollow body with terrible action)
I say, for that money buy the 3 types of guitars that you mention and play them instead of keeping your investment in a case.
Thank you Robert.. give that sound advice to your friend ✌️🤓
I find a Tele can cover most everything it to me is the Swiss Army knife of the guitar world.
Everything after that is for fun ES335 very versatile great rocker and I settle for Tokia Les Paul’s everyday of the week I’ve a Casino from peerless that’s a real keeper “lovely neck”. And a Harley Benton PRS tribute knock off or what the feck you choose to call it, but it is awesome tuners were okay but I put Vanson locking to give me 18 to one ratio and a Groton wraparound bridge for individual intonation and increase sustain. Sub £200 all in and plays better than a PRS USA model my mate has, he admits it’s unbelievable
It’s easy to keep adding guitars to the flock but unless for investment is it worth money you can payout just for the names on the headstock. But after all said and done out of 18 guitars my beat up old tele is still the pick of the flock
Thanks for sharing Wayne.. what Tele is your current favorite?✌️
how about a strat body with a les paul neck. humbucker in neck position (split) a p90 in the middle and a tele bridge. the les paul neck made out of maple (baked maple) i dont like mahagoni splits so easy. neck angle 13.... color mmmm a brown burst? like the new texas tea blackish brown. marrakesh brown fades slightly into black.....mmmmm ebony fretboard with mosaik pin inlays mmmm
Hmmmm interesting ✌️🤓
@@JonIsJustTooLoud yes but a bit boring maybe a 5 piece neck, the wood in a v shape so you can see a v made of diffrent woods on the headstock. just scored another ibanez :D an SA from 2010 never played for 40 euro :D off to pick up the guitar and then in my workshop planing some nerd guitar ;)
Unfreundlich hahaha cool
You guys are gonna laugh me off of you tube for what I am about to tell you, but Im dead serious. About a year ago, I went to a man's house to buy some guitar parts he had advertised. When I got there he started trying to sell me a guitar or two. One he pulled out was a beautiful guitar styled after the Les Paul double cutaway, but when I saw First Act on the head stock I instantly lost interest, even though he only wanted $100 for it. He insisted I try it out, so I did, and nearly peed my pants! That guitar had the fichest tone, and easy playability. I whipped out $100 on the spot and took it home. I have a Tele, three Strats, and an ES 135, and Ive hardly touched any of them since I bought that one. Ive been playing 45 years, and I've never seen anything like it, so yea, if the guitar suits you, that's the one to buy.
Great sharing!! You are right.. being comfy with the guitar is the most important thing.✌️🤓
If in need of a cool SG check out the Pete Townshend called model , not Gibson one, Epiphone one, very rare i think but way much cooler than Gibson one :)
ruclips.net/video/iXF0BKz-9qM/видео.html
My fault wrong link, this is the true super lightweight ruclips.net/video/zXcDISdsvqE/видео.html
I think I’ll just settle for a good one from Gibson ✌️🤓
My list
Stratocaster
Les Paul
Telecaster
PRS custom 24
Ibanez RG
Ibanez S
ES335
Jazzmaster
I'll avoid any guitar with a nitrocellulose finish. I hate it.
Pass the traditional designs and just buy a modern guitar. I've bought a telecaster (MiM Fender) because of similar video and returned it next day. It was well made, but crap guitar;) You don't need any of those;)
Good video - it just my afterthoughts. Thanks for your work.
Thanks for your input!✌️🤓
Be kinda hard to ask them now they're both dead lol
Lol... 🤣