Honest and down to earth opinions on guitar gear and tutorials. ru-vid.com/show-UCMiGEipIiKNrD2CntM7CF9Q I'm Andrzej Marczewski and I've been playing guitar for about 30 years. I've learned a lot along the way, both what to do and what not to do.
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This video highlights an interesting thing. There is a subset of guitar/gear based RU-vidrs who have pretty much made it their content creator identity to deliver click-bait hyperbole about how anything beyond entry level or the lower end of the mid-tier level gear is some horrible scam and that anyone who buys anything past an arbitrary price point must be stupid and easily tricked by marketing. Sadly, this has pretty much poisoned any potential conversation. If you say you like your $1000+ guitar or your tube amp, you must be some kind of "cork sniffing blues lawyer" because "every real guitarist knows that tone is in the fingers and you can sound amazing through everything!" That kind of hyperbole entirely misses the point but it certainly does generate clicks and audience engagement. What you talk about in this video is the reality of the matter. A tube amp is going to feel and even sound different from a digital modeler and a solid state amplifier. It isn't about what sounds "better" but more about why each of them are different and what they each provide to the player. There are amazing solid state amplifiers and there are fantastic digital modeling solutions. Heck. I use a mix of tube amps and software based amp/effects modeling in my overall setup and both bring some really compelling things to the table. There is simply no reason to get ideologically tied to one type or another. Likewise. There is no reason to get ideologically tied to one particular price point or quality tier of music gear. Doing so is just dumb. Each price category exists for a reason and each have their upsides and downsides. There should be no shame in honestly evaluating and acknowledging those differences. One last thing. In the video, you often speak about how "the audience can't tell the difference". You offer it almost as if you are apologizing for expanding your viewpoint. A sort of disclaimer so that you don't get harassed in the comments or something. Here is my question. Does it matter if they know the difference or not? They are the audience. They are there to have a good time, drink, and dance. Some of them might notice if they are somewhat aware of guitar equipment but for the most part, they are just going to listen to whatever you play. Here is the thing. At the end of the gig, you have to go home with the gear. You have to practice with it alone. You have to bring it to rehearsal. You have to plug it into your recording rig to lay down tracks. You have to live with this stuff so why put the audience (who doesn't care either way) above your own preferences and needs? You have to enjoy playing through your stuff. You are the one that wants to be inspired by the sounds it makes. If you know that the audience doesn't really care, why factor them into your gear decision process? Why offer their tastes and knowledge as a disclaimer when stating how your feelings and opinions have evolved as you have gained more experience?
Interestingly I was doing a podcast with Hello Sailor the other week and he has a philosophy. If you like it, it makes you play better. Be it look of a cool pedal, sound of a great amp etc. if you play better, the audience hears that. So gear you love makes the audience happier. You're right though, I do sound apologetic because I'm so used to people going "you're so dumb, no one knows the difference"
I own both amps. Where the Bassbreaker 30r shines over a Katana or DI solutions is chords. With single note stuff the difference is less obvious, but strum a chord and digital is always going to sound digital
@@yaguitar true. I use my Katana way more, even for gigs. I hate having to wait for the tubes to cool down for like 15 minutes before I move my amp. Carrying around a 20kg amplifier is not my favourite thing either, but I can sacrifice my back for TONE 😂
Had one. Loved the tones and gain I got from it. The noise at higher gain level, which in my opinion is where it shined, was the issue. Hoping one day Boss finds a solution without sacrificing the gain and tone. Maybe a built in noise gate feature would tame it. Thank you for the video review.
The GX100 is a sleeper. I run mine with a Wampler Pantheon dual drive pedal in front and the Eventide H90 at the end of my signal chain. My rig sound phenomenon. Question: do you lose your presets if you update the software?
would love to see a comparison between the same IR loaded with the old loader and then with the new loader, to compare the new translation code. hoping it resolves the "wet blanket" problem with the old IR loader
@@Folkgrunge I had 8 at the time, needed to see one that wasn't getting as much use. I have guitars in play more (custom built mayburys, fender teles etc)
Great points and exactly the things that we as pedal designers need to at least be aware of even if they still keep their same layouts and such (it’s almost like we were just discussing this earlier…😅) can’t wait to what we come up with next Monday with Sailor Joe on the podcast! Brilliant work mate!👍🤙🖖
Here's a little advice. Don't just solo the whole time. That's not what people want to see. And this is just good advice. We want to see see very little talking and playing metal rock blues country cover every basis. Don't just sit there and solo. It is so boring and you're going to lose people. That's what we want to see. Use distortion cool effects. Let us see what it can do for everything. Do some punk rock, do some grunge do some soft ambience stuff. That's how you get big. And the big guy screw up when they talk to me much. Nobody wants to hear that s***. So if you want to grow your channel and interest more people that are guitar players, switch it up. Cover every basis. Don't talk much. Give a very very quick rundowns of the pros and cons and then get to playing. Talk for a fourth of the video. Play for a 3/4. I'm telling you you will get all of the other people who just put up with the boring guitar videos of people talking and soloing. I'm not being mean. You're your absolutely awesome player, but if you do this I promise you you're going to boost your subscribers.
I get what you mean. But in this video I go from blues, to rock and roll, to punk pop, to metal through the course of the video. Chords, riffs, solos etc on each pickup with 3 different gain setups etc. I tried to cover as much ground as possible. Thanks for watching though and noted.
For a cheap guitar it had some versatility. The neck pickup really surprised me. Donated his one to my daughters school in the end as it wasn't getting used much.
5:07 , Your "clean tone" sounds alright to me. A "clean" tone is not really clean. It is what is perceived that matters. To me, a good "clean tone" is dancing right on the edge of breakup (tube amps or tube modelling). A "real" clean as some put it is kinda sterile and lifeless. A "real" clean tone is what you would have from an acoustic or acoustic electric (in an amp that is dedicated and has FR speakers). Electrics are meant to be a bit lively. I'll take your "clean tone" all day long. Sounds great, bud.
picked up a JS400 in surf green, reliced 2 years ago as a gift to myself for my birthday. It has been my main guitar and the one I reach for 9 out of 10 times. It has the by far the best neck I have ever played. So comfortable and fast. Jets are not just better than Squires. They punch way above their level. I have 2 fenders, a Mexican 70’s reissue and an American standard. The Jet is undeniably easier and more fun to play for me to the point I haven’t picked up my fenders, other than my beloved tele, in many months. These are proper, amazing guitars that have ridiculsly high value for money. For the money i really think they are unmatched.
I took a punt on this with some spare change in my pocket. But it has blown my mind on bass. It kicked the DOD Carcosa off my board and while I'm keeping it, I prefer the SF300.
Im want to learn electric guitar and curently try to buy equipment and find nux have many good option like mighty lite,mightyplug ,mg300 and all have similar app and features i didnt know what i need to chose a a starter kit
The models built in are great, once you have a play about on the Tonex cloud you can get some really nice tones. It's a great bit of kit and so conveniently small
I purchased one of these. Not happy with it. The only effect I use on Bass is chorus and compression. I also prefer the clean tone of GK heads. I cannot get a GOOD clean tone out of this unit. It allways sounds like it has some effects on it, even in the "clean" setting.
Hope they'll make a 2+ mm Precision Mini. No idea why everyone is afraid of thick picks. Premium price picks should always have more options, especially since they are just nylon but at ultem prices
Just a bit of fact- checking. Pine for the fretboard? Pine is a Softwood so very doubtful it would serve as a fretboard material.. Thomann state it's a wood called Amaranth which is probably more accurate since that is actually a hardwood known as Purpleheart. However rest of your video was accurate and enjoyable and gives good account of the guitar.
Hi It was a material called Blackwood Tek. It's Torrified pine (heat treated in various ways). This is likely to have changed by now as they have used all sorts over the years.
I started the encore song an entire tone above where it should be the once and the look of panic in the singers eyes was visible 😂😂😂 these things are part of the fun of a live show, it's never perfect but always entertaining 👍
