Steinberger guitars and the steinberger transposing tremolo should be on this list. The ability to bend entire chords in tune and change tunings from 1 and 1/2 step up to 2 and 1/2 steps down was mind blowing. Its also the only floating bridge that you could do flutters with and then still treat like a hardtail bridge (doing unison/double stop bends, drop D, break a string and be in tune). Unfortunately they are very rare and expensive.
You can get Steinberger type bridges on eBay for about $60 these days. I have two in kits (Steinberger Spirit and M series clone kits), one on a custom build, and one earmarked for a future custom build.
@@normbarrows I've seen many of them. These are, generally speaking, clones of the steinberger R-Trem or S-Trem. Neither of those, or any of those clones on ebay, are anywhere near being in the ballpark of what the transtrem can do. There are no clones of the transtrem that exist, and the last ones ever made would have been in the late 90s (not counting the type 3 from gibson). A single transtrem bridge can sell for over $1000. I've even seen one list for $3000.
Your choice of guitars were quite traditional construction wise. You should try out Strandberg Boden 8 string true temperament for example! It’s headless, endure neck, true temperament fret, multi-scale, baritone, Strandberg bridge, Fishman Fluence pickup equipped guitar…. 😄 there is some innovation for you!
Hi Darrell, Fantastic video as always. Thank you really enjoy it. Few pieces I would recommend which are flying under the radar and most are hard to get anymore. But are fantastic. 1) Moog E1 M - The only guitar you can dial the sustain (increase or reduce) and play chords with infinite sustain without effects 2) Gibson Frebird X - Endless possibilities in guitar effects and tones in a guitar. 3) Line 6 Variax - any guitar and pickup from acoustic to electric in 1 and not bursting the bank 4) Ridgewing Guitar - ultimate travel guitar. Amazing piece of art. 5) Uli Jon Roth - Sky Guitar - unique piece for soloing 6) Vo-96 - Paul Vo invention for acoustic guitar 7) Parker Adrian Belew - another universe of tones If you get hold of any of above will be fantastic to see a review from you. I really enjoy your channel. Thank you and have a fantastic holidays
That ormsby guitar just kills me! Its soooo beautiful. It was my vote in the contest, and i still cant believe the Jackson got all the votes. BOOORRIINNNG!,
Merry Christmas Darrell, I was super happy to find your channel, some time ago… you produce great contact, you are very thorough, you’re an excellent guitar player, and very fair in your reviews… you are such a positive dude and a great representative of Canada :-).
I played a fender synth guitar for a while, 'till I got a fishman tripleplay. I love changing tunings, and now I play a USA line 6 JTV89. Changes tunings and guitars on the fly. Go from les paul, to acoustic, to metal body, to fender strat with the turn of a knob.
Glaring omission are the Teuffel Guitars (Thanks to R Smart down below as I struggled to remember the name) but I think those guitars can out innovate just about anything!
I have an Ibanez Montage. It’s an acoustic guitar with on board, tuning, reverb, chorus, EQ, AND overdrive! A five way switch moves you from acoustic to blended to overdriven. The sound hole resembles an exclamation point on an angle. The neck pickup is more like that of an electric. The hardware is good. Not only did Ibanez quickly discontinue the model, it’s not easy to find a picture of one.
Bond guitars were extreme already 30+ years ago. Washburn Ec29, ec36 and I believe the acoustics were ec60 and ec80 and of course the stephens guitars that came before. Then there where those many stringed guitars that Pat Matheny played. And old school harp guitars.
Dude - Basslab and Gittler! They make just about every other manufacturer look like they're still in the Victorian era. While I'm at it, Fred Carlson and Claudio Pagelli absolutely rule when it comes to making guitars from wood.
It's a wonderful time to be a guitar player... so much innovation in instrument design, function and features... and then there is all the electronic innovations that increase your pallet of sounds at affordable prices. One can only wonder what the future will hold for us.
Hi Darren .been watching u all yr ,on your shows I've just received the spark peach and the Larry Carlton super strat in black flame top Your reviews now using your advice and far from disappointed both are fantastic . Thank you and a merry Christmas to all
Steinberger, Parker, and Strandberg are three I think you might have overlooked. Some of the innovations you featured originated elswhere. The single most innovative thing I saw featured was Relish, which I had not previously looked at closely, but will be now. ^_^ The Evertune is a marvel, but I think the Sophia bridges might merit some comment as well. Nice video, thank you for sharing.
Hi Darrell, I recently did a service on a Cole Clark little lady acoustic. When I work on acoustics I like to put a mirror inside the guitar to look at what’s under the hood (soundboard) I was surprised how different and innovative the soundboard and bracing are on this guitar. This particular guitar had a redwood top and Aus Blackwood back and sides and sounded very punchy for a small bodied guitar. The bracing is not an x brace but a double v brace that runs the whole length of the guitar so one v starts at the tail block and runs out into the smaller bout and the opposite v starts each side of the neck block and runs down to the larger bout and the vees intersect each other below the sound hole. The other interesting design is the soundboard is 6 mm thick but has been cnc carved away btween all the braces and the top to side connection has a cnc cut recess design that means no kerfling is needed to attach the top to the sides. Apparently the neck is integral with the sound board. This all means less labour requirements to build up a guitar. Quite amazing and innovative. 👍👍👍
As some others have mentioned, please review a Strandberg guitar, particularly a model with the True Temperament frets. Lots of innovation with a purpose.
The 304 Guitar stainless steel fretboard seems like the way to go. Ovation used to make a less expensive model called "Matrix" that had an aluminum fret board. But I think they had to top coat the frets with a harder metal. It seems to me that a metal fretboard can be precisely made on a machine eliminating many steps and variations.
Truly innovative guitars and that bridge. I have really enjoyed following you this year and look forward to doing so next year. Have yourself a Merry Christmas.
Since you include both acoustic and electric guitars, how about a hybrid. Not sure if you have heard of the Ibanez Montage? It is a semi-hollow hybrid guitar with a build-in chorus and reverb. It produces acoustic, electric, distortion and hybrid acoustic/electric/distortion sounds as well. They are not in production any longer, but if you can get your hands on one of them a demo would be nice. Thanks
Happy Christmas Darrell to you and your family thank you for showing me a lot of strange things and thank you for teaching me a lot of things love the channel can't wait to see what you have planned for the new year
I rather like the Virtual Jeff Pro. More specifically, I like the faux tremolo arm attachment as an interface instead of an expression pedal. I'd like to see general purpose versions with more pedals taking advantage of the optional wireless connection.
Maybe not as unique as the one's you showed, but I would include the Fender Classic Player Triple Telecaster. It's a limited edition, Custom Shop designed Tele with three Nocaster pickups and a five-way switcher. It's a Strat and Tele built into one. But since it's discontinued, it didn't make your list.
@@truckercowboyed2638 -- No, it's called the Fender Classic Player Triple Telecaster. All black, three angled Nocaster pickups, vintage tuners and ashtray bridge with three brass saddles.
For innovative guitars have you come across Emerald guitars from Ireland, I'd love to see a review on their electric capability, they are stunning carbon designs blended with beautiful wood tops, I am tempted but they are pretty expensive.
What about midi capable guitars? I know they’re not the same type of physical innovations but they allow players to basically play/control any instrument. Just thought those would be worth a mention along with all of these other truly unique instruments.
When you pulled out the carbon fiber guitar I was hoping to see the Emerald, which in addition to being made from carbon fiber also has a few very neat and ergonomic features. Other people here have mentioned Strandberg and I fully support that. I also fully support the True Temperament system, which - to me - is the best solution to the never ending intonation problem for basically any guitar. When I first obtained a True Temperament neck after some 30 years of playing, it felt like coming home. And there's just no turning back!
You could have covered 2 of those specialties in one guitar. I've got a couple of custom carbon fiber Emeralds on order, one of them is an X20 acoustic with the HyVibe smart guitar system.
3:19 - "Proprietary way to do tilt-back on a solid piece of Maple, which is pretty much unheard of." ??? Kiesel does this all the time, as do other builders. Unless I'm missing something.
Am I missing something here? Making an angled headstock neck with one piece of wood is widely known how to do. Maple or otherwise. Does relish do it differently somehow?
Hey Darrell, wanted to say thanks for all the reviews you do on guitars. I bought a Firefly Classic FFLPS , not sure if you have seen it in Transparent Black, looks pretty awesome on line, just waiting for Guitar Garden to ship it. I have checked on RUclips and can not find a review in the Firefly FFLX have you seen it or reviewed it and or reviewed it? Maybe I missed it. Not sure if you know, on their website they have your review of the FFLPS , that's pretty cool kind of an honor.. Larry
Oops Mr. B... Those three are all you need; well almost... A good D-18, d-28, or D-35 would round out the three to four. Just my opinion. Love to hear you play. Merry Christmas! Rock on! 🤘 (Touch pad selectors... LOL Complete El Toro Poo Poo but ya gotta have something to do new videos about. I usually delete my whole comment but not this time for some reason...)
Hey Darrell on the subject of an older video, what would you personally pick between the nick Johnston schecter and the Pacifica 612 with Seymour Duncan’s?
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Thanks for including us in your Top 10! Merry Christmas everyone, from 304 Guitars!
Can I have one of your guitars for Christmas? Or is that rude to ask of you all?
Bootlegger spades are great travel axes!!!
When I think of innovation, I always go back to Steinberger. This was in the early 80s and it blew all the minds. It was almost indestructible.
Merry Christmas everyone!!
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Merry Christmas to you too!
Merry Christmas and thank you so much . Keep safe .
Merry Christmas, Darrell!
Steinberger guitars and the steinberger transposing tremolo should be on this list. The ability to bend entire chords in tune and change tunings from 1 and 1/2 step up to 2 and 1/2 steps down was mind blowing. Its also the only floating bridge that you could do flutters with and then still treat like a hardtail bridge (doing unison/double stop bends, drop D, break a string and be in tune). Unfortunately they are very rare and expensive.
Ol' Ned's a stone genius.
You can get Steinberger type bridges on eBay for about $60 these days. I have two in kits (Steinberger Spirit and M series clone kits), one on a custom build, and one earmarked for a future custom build.
@@normbarrows I've seen many of them. These are, generally speaking, clones of the steinberger R-Trem or S-Trem. Neither of those, or any of those clones on ebay, are anywhere near being in the ballpark of what the transtrem can do. There are no clones of the transtrem that exist, and the last ones ever made would have been in the late 90s (not counting the type 3 from gibson). A single transtrem bridge can sell for over $1000. I've even seen one list for $3000.
Parker fly, headless guitars and maybe the variax system would be on my list.. but those guitars look amazing too!
I love the designs and build of Teuffel Guitars. His guitars are absolute stunners!
Your choice of guitars were quite traditional construction wise. You should try out Strandberg Boden 8 string true temperament for example! It’s headless, endure neck, true temperament fret, multi-scale, baritone, Strandberg bridge, Fishman Fluence pickup equipped guitar…. 😄 there is some innovation for you!
There are so many fantastic companies that produce fantastic guitars... It is an endless journey and so much to discover...
Hi Darrell,
Fantastic video as always. Thank you really enjoy it.
Few pieces I would recommend which are flying under the radar and most are hard to get anymore. But are fantastic.
1) Moog E1 M - The only guitar you can dial the sustain (increase or reduce) and play chords with infinite sustain without effects
2) Gibson Frebird X - Endless possibilities in guitar effects and tones in a guitar.
3) Line 6 Variax - any guitar and pickup from acoustic to electric in 1 and not bursting the bank
4) Ridgewing Guitar - ultimate travel guitar. Amazing piece of art.
5) Uli Jon Roth - Sky Guitar - unique piece for soloing
6) Vo-96 - Paul Vo invention for acoustic guitar
7) Parker Adrian Belew - another universe of tones
If you get hold of any of above will be fantastic to see a review from you. I really enjoy your channel. Thank you and have a fantastic holidays
Be careful. This is a scamster. You haven't won anything.
I am more impressed by your enthusiasm than any of those guitars. Thanks for letting me see them
That ormsby guitar just kills me! Its soooo beautiful. It was my vote in the contest, and i still cant believe the Jackson got all the votes. BOOORRIINNNG!,
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Merry Christmas Darrell, I was super happy to find your channel, some time ago… you produce great contact, you are very thorough, you’re an excellent guitar player, and very fair in your reviews… you are such a positive dude and a great representative of Canada :-).
I just sat, and hugged my screen, and cried.... it was all so good!!!
1:46 some interesting string spacing... especially between A and D
I was thinking the same thing… the A sting must not be on the bridge correctly
I noticed that too, looks horrible.
You have to set the string spacing every time you "unfold" the guitar.
I played a fender synth guitar for a while, 'till I got a fishman tripleplay. I love changing tunings, and now I play a USA line 6 JTV89. Changes tunings and guitars on the fly. Go from les paul, to acoustic, to metal body, to fender strat with the turn of a knob.
Fishman fluence pickups are probably one of the most innovative pickup designs in a while.
while their manufacturing method is innovative, they are currently only using it to reproduce traditional sounding pickups - hardly innovative.
I've been in love with that Wreck guitar since I first saw it 😍🎸 One day...
Glaring omission are the Teuffel Guitars (Thanks to R Smart down below as I struggled to remember the name) but I think those guitars can out innovate just about anything!
Just wanted to thank you for all your great videos. Really like the content , thanks for making guitar world a lot bigger .
I have always loved that Ormsby, specially being an Aussie just a beautiful guitar, even down to the shark inlays it’s done so well.
I have an Ibanez Montage. It’s an acoustic guitar with on board, tuning, reverb, chorus, EQ, AND overdrive! A five way switch moves you from acoustic to blended to overdriven. The sound hole resembles an exclamation point on an angle. The neck pickup is more like that of an electric. The hardware is good. Not only did Ibanez quickly discontinue the model, it’s not easy to find a picture of one.
Merry Christmas Darrell! I wish you and your family the best!
Enjoyed your video on innovative guitars. Looking foeward to what 2022 brings to the table.
MERRY CHRISTMAS to you and yours Darrell!!!
Bond guitars were extreme already 30+ years ago. Washburn Ec29, ec36 and I believe the acoustics were ec60 and ec80 and of course the stephens guitars that came before. Then there where those many stringed guitars that Pat Matheny played. And old school harp guitars.
Dude - Basslab and Gittler! They make just about every other manufacturer look like they're still in the Victorian era. While I'm at it, Fred Carlson and Claudio Pagelli absolutely rule when it comes to making guitars from wood.
ThNk you and Merry Christmas DARRELL🎄🎁⭐️🙏
Mind blowing stuff. Merry Christmas Darrell, thanks for enlightening us in 2021. Look forward to watching more next year.
It's a wonderful time to be a guitar player... so much innovation in instrument design, function and features... and then there is all the electronic innovations that increase your pallet of sounds at affordable prices. One can only wonder what the future will hold for us.
Hi Darren .been watching u all yr ,on your shows I've just received the spark peach and the Larry Carlton super strat in black flame top
Your reviews now using your advice and far from disappointed both are fantastic . Thank you and a merry Christmas to all
It would be nice to see an explorer guitar some time. Many great players have used one. Thank you for your videos!
Thank you Darrell,
great video 👍
Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones 🎅☃️🥳😄
You Rock 👍
1:17 That A-string saddle placement looks, er... "innovative" 😀
Steinberger, Parker, and Strandberg are three I think you might have overlooked. Some of the innovations you featured originated elswhere. The single most innovative thing I saw featured was Relish, which I had not previously looked at closely, but will be now. ^_^
The Evertune is a marvel, but I think the Sophia bridges might merit some comment as well. Nice video, thank you for sharing.
Your videos are perfect, thanks there, looking forward to next positive input!
Hi Darrell,
I recently did a service on a Cole Clark little lady acoustic.
When I work on acoustics I like to put a mirror inside the guitar to look at what’s under the hood (soundboard) I was surprised how different and innovative the soundboard and bracing are on this guitar. This particular guitar had a redwood top and Aus Blackwood back and sides and sounded very punchy for a small bodied guitar. The bracing is not an x brace but a double v brace that runs the whole length of the guitar so one v starts at the tail block and runs out into the smaller bout and the opposite v starts each side of the neck block and runs down to the larger bout and the vees intersect each other below the sound hole. The other interesting design is the soundboard is 6 mm thick but has been cnc carved away btween all the braces and the top to side connection has a cnc cut recess design that means no kerfling is needed to attach the top to the sides. Apparently the neck is integral with the sound board. This all means less labour requirements to build up a guitar. Quite amazing and innovative. 👍👍👍
Thanks for a great year - Merry Christmas!
Thank you Darrel...good job.
My vote for most fun, engaging gizmo-cast of the Season!
Cheers front Detroit
Klein did some interesting ergonomic body shapes for both electric and acoustic guitars.
Good stuff, Darrell. Happy Holidays!
As some others have mentioned, please review a Strandberg guitar, particularly a model with the True Temperament frets. Lots of innovation with a purpose.
The Ornsby is a 29 fret design first done by ola england when he was with Washburn
To be honest, I've never understood the vintage craze in the guitar community. I play the most innovative instruments I can afford
You show off some incredible instruments man. Best wishes in the new year.
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The 304 Guitar stainless steel fretboard seems like the way to go.
Ovation used to make a less expensive model called "Matrix" that had an aluminum fret board. But I think they had to top coat the frets with a harder metal.
It seems to me that a metal fretboard can be precisely made on a machine eliminating many steps and variations.
The Ray Ross bass bridge is up there as well.
Truly innovative guitars and that bridge. I have really enjoyed following you this year and look forward to doing so next year. Have yourself a Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas Darrell!!!!!
Another week I’m holding off deciding between a player or a sire T7. Come with it, with a tear down please!
Appreciate your videos. Rock on🤘
Line 6 Variax was and still is quite innovative in my opinion. Changing the tuning or even the instrument with a simple know twist is pretty fantastic
the log should have been the #1 in this video lol
Was expecting to see Line6 variax
Merry Christmas Darrell
Since you include both acoustic and electric guitars, how about a hybrid. Not sure if you have heard of the Ibanez Montage? It is a semi-hollow hybrid guitar with a build-in chorus and reverb. It produces acoustic, electric, distortion and hybrid acoustic/electric/distortion sounds as well. They are not in production any longer, but if you can get your hands on one of them a demo would be nice. Thanks
Happy Christmas Darrell to you and your family thank you for showing me a lot of strange things and thank you for teaching me a lot of things love the channel can't wait to see what you have planned for the new year
I’m most definitely gonna have to figure out a way to show you my customs to see what you think 🔥
The Freeway 10-ways Strat switch is pretty clever too for a piece of hardware!
Great video thank you Darrell! I didn't expect you to give me an early Christmas gift thank you!
Thanks for sharing and God’s blessings for you all and Merry Christmas
Great stuff, an innovative guitar that belongs right up there is the Lava M3
Thank you Daryl. I gonna stay with my mustang :-)
I don't think you've ever covered the Line 6 (Yamaha) James Tyler Variax, or the new Mooer Audio GTRS S800.
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Funfact the Framus Stormbender (Devin Townsend signature) comes with an ever tune
merry Christmas and a happy new year to you. love your video, as usual. could you take a look at the ElectroPhonic guitar, sometime?
I rather like the Virtual Jeff Pro. More specifically, I like the faux tremolo arm attachment as an interface instead of an expression pedal. I'd like to see general purpose versions with more pedals taking advantage of the optional wireless connection.
Merry Christmas to you from a fellow guitare player totally cool guitare awesome.🎄
My first thoughts were the Parker Fly and the original Stienberger guitars.
Maybe not as unique as the one's you showed, but I would include the Fender Classic Player Triple Telecaster. It's a limited edition, Custom Shop designed Tele with three Nocaster pickups and a five-way switcher. It's a Strat and Tele built into one. But since it's discontinued, it didn't make your list.
It's actually called the Nashville Tele.....
@@truckercowboyed2638 -- No, it's called the Fender Classic Player Triple Telecaster. All black, three angled Nocaster pickups, vintage tuners and ashtray bridge with three brass saddles.
For innovative guitars have you come across Emerald guitars from Ireland, I'd love to see a review on their electric capability, they are stunning carbon designs blended with beautiful wood tops, I am tempted but they are pretty expensive.
What happened to the Sire T7 review?
It's coming after Christmas along with the L7 🎸🤘
@@DarrellBraunGuitar Great stuff
You should check out EGC’s they’re phenomenal
Another cool innovative guitar is the rob O’Reilly guitar it’s a midi guitar but it’s also a normal guitar and the Heal joint is super cool
Excellent video. Merry Christmas Darrell. Stay safe Brother
What about midi capable guitars? I know they’re not the same type of physical innovations but they allow players to basically play/control any instrument. Just thought those would be worth a mention along with all of these other truly unique instruments.
Interesting list...sound samples would be good
When you pulled out the carbon fiber guitar I was hoping to see the Emerald, which in addition to being made from carbon fiber also has a few very neat and ergonomic features. Other people here have mentioned Strandberg and I fully support that. I also fully support the True Temperament system, which - to me - is the best solution to the never ending intonation problem for basically any guitar. When I first obtained a True Temperament neck after some 30 years of playing, it felt like coming home. And there's just no turning back!
I have a couple of Emeralds on order (should be delivered sometime in Feb) - a Virtuo & an X20 with the HyVibe.
I have a couple of Emeralds on order (should be delivered sometime in Feb) - a Virtuo & an X20 with the HyVibe.
You could have covered 2 of those specialties in one guitar.
I've got a couple of custom carbon fiber Emeralds on order, one of them is an X20 acoustic with the HyVibe smart guitar system.
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You may check out Jack White's axe in It Mt Get Loud...
I would love to hear your opinion on the new Lava Me 3. A carbon fibre body with some great features.
I can't believe you didn't highlight the Line 6 Variax! Most innovative guitar ever!
He only says things if you give him money, obviously. He's a hack.
You should put the names of the guitars in the manufacturer is underneath the guitar when you unveil each one. Was that a Jyrock, girok, djiroaq?
there was the Gibson Dusk Tiger robot guitar and the Musicman Game changer.Guess nothing came out of those ideas, right?
Darrell, I would like you to rate the Aerodyne Fender Stratocaster made in Japan. The HSS Stratocaster Blue model is suggested.
3:19 - "Proprietary way to do tilt-back on a solid piece of Maple, which is pretty much unheard of." ??? Kiesel does this all the time, as do other builders. Unless I'm missing something.
Some cool ideas & guitars I would like to try out, but most are out of my price range
Still is cool to see people trying different things
Morning Darryl. Could you perhaps do a review of the Cort Z-42?? Thanks
How did a Variax guitar not make this list?
What about rest of Sire guitars? I am waiting for L7. Thanks.
Great videos always love to watch. But why does the travel guitar have the E/A on a different spacing than the rest.
Am I missing something here? Making an angled headstock neck with one piece of wood is widely known how to do. Maple or otherwise. Does relish do it differently somehow?
I miss the guitars on the wall behind you
Hey Darrell, wanted to say thanks for all the reviews you do on guitars. I bought a Firefly Classic FFLPS , not sure if you have seen it in Transparent Black, looks pretty awesome on line, just waiting for Guitar Garden to ship it. I have checked on RUclips and can not find a review in the Firefly FFLX have you seen it or reviewed it and or reviewed it? Maybe I missed it. Not sure if you know, on their website they have your review of the FFLPS , that's pretty cool kind of an honor..
Larry
No wonder we are all addicted to gear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How is the Variax not on this list?
Whawwwww...futursitic Guitars..👍🎸🤟🤟
Do you know cosmo from verso instrument? they have pickups that are movable
Cool stuff, thanks.
Oops Mr. B... Those three are all you need; well almost... A good D-18, d-28, or D-35 would round out the three to four. Just my opinion. Love to hear you play. Merry Christmas! Rock on! 🤘 (Touch pad selectors... LOL Complete El Toro Poo Poo but ya gotta have something to do new videos about. I usually delete my whole comment but not this time for some reason...)
Hey Darrell on the subject of an older video, what would you personally pick between the nick Johnston schecter and the Pacifica 612 with Seymour Duncan’s?