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Ben's First Ever Blindfold Challenge! Does he know his Acoustic Guitars?

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Can Ben tell which acoustic is which in his first-ever Blindfold Challenge? From more affordable Sire guitars to Martins and hand-built Atkin acoustics, The Captain puts him through his paces deciding what price bracket these acoustics belong in!
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@andertons 4 года назад

Guitar Paradiso on a Tuesday... what is this? Let us know what you think of Ben's first Blindfold Challenge. He might not be able to see the guitars but he can sure play them!

@vechap 4 года назад

Love Guitar Paradiso... Larrivee, Eastman compared to Gibson, Martin... Blind of course!!!

@jmguitartuitionuk 4 года назад

He surely can! Cutaway electro acoustics up next? Yamaha APX 500 vs...... whatever you can throw at it?

@jackwilsonmusic1026 4 года назад

Andertons Music Co it was great

@paulludwikowski7967 4 года назад

Great episode! Have Ben take 4 guitars from one brand and see if he can place them from least to most expensive.

@louisjwiese5515 4 года назад

Geez, this guy can rock an acoustic guitar.

@andertons 4 года назад

He sure can!

@macmuggo5459 4 года назад

Andertons Music Co I like to believe that that is Ben commenting there

@InAtlasAtLast Год назад

@@macmuggo5459 I think they all do

@funkyhelpermonk 4 года назад

Have Ben guess a full-solid, solid top, and a laminate top?

@andertons 4 года назад

That sounds a great challenge! We might have to test him on those... ;)

@oldgrannywheels 4 года назад

Good idea!

@TheTruth70777 3 года назад

@@andertons has this ever happened?

@xS1L3NTxSnIpErx 4 года назад

Ben should be blindfolded and have him see if he can guess between a Gibson and epiphone version of the same style guitar

@TestarossaMusicista 4 года назад

Have you not played any Epiphone and Gibson back to back? It's a huge difference on everything other than comparing the highest end Epi and the lowest end Gibson.

@endoffate5475 3 года назад

That would be too easy fro him, hes very good.

@nope929 2 года назад

@@endoffate5475 it would be easy for anyone since there's a pretty big difference between the two in terms of feel. In terms of sound the difference is noticeable, but neither is worse.

@InAtlasAtLast Год назад

Yes

@AltCtrlSpud 4 года назад

Pls blindfold challenges WAY more often. They never get old or boring.

@bariraci 4 года назад

It's nice to see more of Ben

@dillonquinton1137 4 года назад

Love the blindfolded challenges. I think people would really love to see Ben and Pete try and guess the different wood construction blindfolded.

@ayeapprove 4 года назад

What a fantastic player, more of him please

@MrTentpegs 4 года назад

Woke up grumpy, there's snow outside, it's going to be just a rotten... oh hey, a new Anderton's vid! The day is lookin' up! Thanks guys!

@DavidNormanMusic 4 года назад

Dammit should have picked up an Alvarez during the black Friday deals

@braveheart4603 4 года назад

There is always the January sales haha.

@jeanerswow 4 года назад

I love that you're doing more blindfold challenges! How about having Ben guess different woods for the tops and sides? Rosewood, Spruce, Cedar, Mahagony etc.

@JonathanCasey711 4 года назад

Hey Andertons! Love the vid. So glad Ben is getting more video time, he is awesome! Please do a Taylor Only Blindfold Challenge! What I mean by this is to get maybe 5-6 acoustics, all the standard Taylor line, and put in 100 series, a 200 series, and so on all the way up to the the 900 series. This way you can test if there is a huge change in quality between the 100 and 900 series. Maybe throw a koa in there to make it tough. I would also recommend do a Martin only, where you hide a Sigma guitar in there, and see if he can spot it. I would also love to see a tone wood test, where its the same brand but the acoustics are all made of different woods, and see if he can figure out what wood is which.

@v1rtualnish 4 года назад

To be fair, Sire and Alvarez make some great guitars. I doubt a $300 Fender Acoustic would have come out quite so fortunate.

@fritsvanzanten3573 4 года назад

The Alvarez elicited the most playing fun, I think.

@jonathanmw4216 4 года назад

Great video. Blindfold challenges are by far my favourite Andertons vids. Please keep them coming.

@yourneighborkevin 4 года назад

Ben is great! Love to see him discuss his preferences for finger-picking: guitar shape, nut width, scale length, etc. Or a blindfold challenge comparing OM’s and OOO’s, all high-end or a range of prices.

@joq702 2 года назад

Such a great test to show everyone. And the blindfolded plying is remarkable. Love these segments!

@kenjude1 4 года назад

Great to see Ben on these shows. Smith and Brewer are fun to see live, well worth seeing.

@RC32Smiths01 4 года назад

I am absolutely advocating for everyone at Andertons has done the blindfold challenge! It's what makes me believe that Andertons is one of the most friendly and immense guitar stores in the world! Awesome work

@lance134679 4 года назад

Sure like Ben's playing. Thanks for the video. These are fun.

@VernonFullerMusic 3 года назад

Great blindfold challenge! I bought a Sire R3 from you a few months ago and I'm really pleased with it.

@Doug5524 4 года назад

Nice one Ben, your very brave doing these challenges street cred and all that very enjoyable was impressed with the Alverez

@wheezyjefferson9136 4 года назад

Paradiso is my favorite, and Young Ben is quickly becoming a favorite picker! And, that's from a life long bluegrass fan!

@stefpenfield5918 4 года назад

Holy crap, Ben got some chops!

@germainsebastien6191 4 года назад

Ben is playing so damn good ! Please more acoustic videos w/ this man ! and with pete also

@rogerledoux4741 4 года назад

I think his first choice was right. The Martin sounded better to my ears then the Alvarez. I love the Martin sound but all of them sounded good. I would have liked to see a D 18 in this just to see how it sounded against the Akins

@Fektthis 4 года назад

His first choice had the Martin as the cheapest guitar up there until Lee had him play them all over again. It seemed he was leading him to try and upscale the Martin from what he initially said.

@rogerledoux4741 4 года назад

@@Fektthis I don't think he lead him there he just did not give any real feedback the first time through. I couldn't play them to see how they felt but sound wise I thought it was Adkins 1 Martin 2 Alvrez 3 and the other one 4. Sound is a very subjective thing so everyone has there own opinion on what sounds good. I have a Washburn comfort series that I love and Washburn is considered junk by a lot of people. I have a Martin D 18 that sounds great but plays like crap no matter who sets it up. So in the end it's what sounds good to you if it's the 299 dollars all the better for you.

@mollers92 3 года назад

@@Fektthis There was definitely some suggestive tone haha

@Fektthis 3 года назад

@@mollers92 lol, yeah... I think Lee was thinking, OMG I'll never be able to sell these over priced hunks of wood if ppl know they're not really better... which in many cases, they're not XD. I'm also sure he wasn't looking forward to apologizing to the Martin Rep they deal with either..

@ulflilja391 4 года назад

More Ben !

@anish_99 4 года назад

challenge 1 : cedar vs spruce vs mohagony 2. Rosewood back vs mahagony back

@yeahuri4724 2 года назад

That Alvarez is the winner. The Martin sounds great but for the price leap, I wouldn’t say it is worth it.

@skanderfekir6400 4 года назад

Ben is freaking awesome! I love this guy!

@rich5354 4 года назад

This just shows that other guitar makers are catching up with the elite manufacturers. Great video guys. Ben plays lights out btw. 👍👊

@Guitars-N-Guns 4 года назад

Not sure what else I'd like to see Ben do...but I really like him as a genuine and talented guy; and love to see his skills in more videos.

@jaskiniamestwa 4 года назад

For sure do more of these! I'd be interested testing different tier guitars within the same company, say Taylor. I have my 114e, I wonder how would it perform against 'older' brothers, since mine sounds excellent.

@StringsOfCrossroads 4 года назад

Jaskinia Męstwa I went to the Taylor event last week held in Birmingham and played every guitar on the wall and I actually preferred the 114ce which I was surprised at. I think from a live perspective playing with a band for me it was the best at standing out in the mix. I suspect because it’s laminate construction and therefore doesn’t have the lower end that the higher end models have. For me if I was playing solo I’d go for the high end models but live use in a band with electric guitars and drums I’d take the 114ce or 214ce. Just my two cents even if money was no object. In addition I wouldnt be stessing that someone would steal my £3000 acoustic if I had the £700 114ce!

@sixxnote 4 года назад

Do a comparison of OM style guitars.

@careyIScarey 3 года назад

Just goes to show what a great product the masterworks really is. I have been blown away by my 66. Getting ready to buy another one I’ve been so happy.

@InAtlasAtLast Год назад

I want this as a series

@1972Georges 4 года назад

Love Ben. What a cool dude. and great player!

@dannydaniels3252 4 года назад

Yes, more Acoustic blindfold challenges!

@shooweri3666 4 года назад

What an incredible guitar player!

@dickati 3 года назад

The Martin was last in the initial test. This says a lot for the Sire.

@tikigodsrule2317 2 года назад

Interesting that the Martin came out as the worst value.

@henriksandberg7440 4 года назад

Yes please. But where are the Yamaha guitars. I can´t see them on the web site anymore.

@Liquormans 10 месяцев назад

I like this guy. Watching from Toronto Canada 🍁

@dxcman1 4 года назад

Personally I like the acoustic vids. Don't get me wrong I like the electric ones too, but the acoustic ones are very nice. These videos prove that alot of low end guitars play very well these days!

@petaks01 4 года назад

Interesting results. New challenge: Different cables from cheapest Chinesium to really expensive boutique

@murfish2003 4 года назад

Spot on. No one ever mentions guitar leads yet ANY guitar will sound crap through a poor cable.

@ryanryan575 2 года назад

That was dope ! Thanks I’m in the process of trying to figure out what Alvarez model I want

@leesloan8216 4 года назад

Did Lee prefer the Martin over the Alvares because it was a Martin?

@j.a.s.1416 4 года назад

Happy Andertons ships to the states now. They have a lot of eagerly awaiting customers....

@billyellow4849 4 года назад

Haha, Lee - Diane Ponzi just ripped up your Christmas card...

@Attilargh 4 года назад

Could you gents do an episode on archtop guitars and how they differ from regular old flat tops?

@deancheese1006 4 года назад

Yes please more ACOUSTIC PARADISO and more BLOND FOLD CHALLENGES

@petermatra 4 года назад

Lee- Ben is great! Keep him playing!

@jimwoodard64 4 года назад

More love for Ben's playing and just enjoying the channel and the new acoustic paradiso. Keep 'em coming!

@jimsanger Год назад

Those Alvarez guitars are amazing value

@edfulginiti8798 4 года назад

I like these. Continue.

@ku812fubar4 4 года назад

Yah put him to the test!!!!! I had to pause this vid to save for later... but I had to giv a thumbs up 👍🏼 first before even watching. Can’t wait. BREAK A LEG!!!!!!🤘👌🏽

@matthewb.1687 Год назад

I have an Alvarez Natural RD8 and I love it! I don’t feel super compelled to buy a Martin now after having seen this. Unless I was a top notch guitar player performing for people, which I do not.

@KarlRyanErikson 4 года назад

Love the acoustic challenges!

@dragan4658 3 года назад

evidently the Sire is a good guitar at a very good price. thanks for sharing.

@MrSlash00r 4 года назад

I dub this segment "Ben-folds Four Challenge"

@752brickie 2 года назад

I have two Alvarez' and two Martins on the wall and I play the Alvarez' the most !!!

@rijosigns 4 года назад

great video ben is a amazing player.i would have picked the alverz guitar blinfolded but hey it sounds great and he played better on it for some reason.hell ya bring ben in for another blind fold test maybe semi hollow body electric guitars

@romanpiano5963 4 года назад

I very like blind challange - Please MORE!

@edfulginiti8798 4 года назад

To be fair... I think 3 guitars ought to be the limit for a blindfold test. 4 is pushing it. I do enjoy these, though. Carry on.

@JonCMoody 4 года назад

If you guys stock Breedlove, you should have Ben play their Oregon all myrtlewood guitars. Best sounding balanced guitar I’ve ever played!

@TheYearsShallRun 4 года назад

The Wonderwall Challenge! Ben must guess the body shape / brand / price of an acoustic guitar solely by listening to Lee or Pete play the intro to the most overplayed acoustic song of all time. Gold dust.

@bensmithguitar 4 года назад

😆

@LiamHardyMusic 4 года назад

Had the pleasure of seeing Smith and Brewer open for 10CC a year ago, both amazing players, check them out!

@nohandle_nochannel 4 года назад

I wish the Sire R7 was thrown into the line up. .

@billyellow4849 4 года назад

Could we have 'Name the tonewoods', please? Tops as well as back/sides.

@russellmedeiros7927 4 года назад

I've been really looking into getting a Parlor style lately. So maybe a blindfold Parlor episode?

@GTurl 4 года назад

The Alvarez sounds amazing!

@johnnyhoward7856 4 года назад

I just bought the Alvarez guitar for $499 free shipping. Thank you for the great video!!!

@johnnyhoward7856 4 года назад

I have a Martin HD-28 and several other expensive guitars.

@johnnyhoward7856 4 года назад

I am very excited to receive my new guitar!! I will post my unboxing here.

@Hrcak1 4 года назад

@@johnnyhoward7856 What is your opinion about Alvarez, I do consider between few options and one is Alvarez, Martin DPCA4 or D-13. Thanks

@michaelluke2264 4 года назад

Atkin was lovely...

@endoffate5475 3 года назад

Hes very good..He ranked them the way they should be ranked.

@SimonMooreChannel 4 года назад

Great video, really enjoyed watching you guys! Probably not fair to Ben to guess the price since he does actually make every guitar sound expensive!

@christopherburnett1745 4 года назад

The main thing that I'm taking away from thisis that I could play for another 20 years and not be as skilled without a blindfold as Ben is with one. But certainly, Alvarez won in terms of value here, I believe.

@kevinlawrence3935 Год назад

Excellent player! The comparisons were very instructive. I think it might be beneficial to not have any assessments in the first pass, then to do a second round with the relative preferences being stated. Thank you!

@guenterbortz5957 4 года назад

I believe, you can give Ben a spade with old rubber strings and he makes it sound great ......

@Malagrass 4 года назад

Great video. And you you made a a great point about brands. Thanks.

@zeppelinboys 4 года назад

Nice video guys!

@72spawndn 4 года назад

Need a Gibson, Epiphone and an Eastman in there

@MarkPritchardGuitar 4 года назад

Welcome to Andertons TV Ben haha

@damianreid2452 3 года назад

Just sat and watched this clip on Christmas Eve 2020. Noticing the date beneath the clip I thought "Oh, what innocent, halcyon times they were, twelve whole entire months ago".

@In_MT 4 года назад

well done

@bigsexyTDI 4 года назад

Would have loved to see an East Coast thrown in there for the ultimate cheapo just to see his reaction to the price

@robertfreeman1941 2 года назад

Thanks Ben. I have always wanted a D28 but my original Takamine 1984 F363D is a beauty although a year or so late to get the lawsuit headstock and bridge. I really enjoyed your playing. They all sounded great and cosmetically I prefer white trim so I would go for the 160 including the deep mellow basses I heard in the clip. Thanks kindly. P.S. The D28 did sound very clear. Loved it!

@stevieboy444 4 года назад

In terms of sonic order of preference I thought he was right. I thought the Alvarez was more "present" than the Martin.

@redbandmedia79 4 года назад

Only one 'slightly' dodgy note played in that whole video! Wow, good work Ben!

@SeanDS89 Год назад

8:02 this bit has "Super Mario World Athletic theme" vibes

@karl-wilhelmschreitz8549 3 года назад

More of this! Ben is great. And acoustic guitars are underratet! sorry for my poor english! He`s the Pete Honore of acoustic guitars.

@trollfiddler 4 года назад

How about reviewing some archtops? They never get a look-in. Also fully hollow body electrics. All price points would be good. Not blindfold, just a review of what is around.

@pocketcheese1 4 года назад

Enjoying these with Ben.. although there needs to be more things shouted at him from behind the camera Pete.

@mdtrx 4 года назад

I need that Alvarez vs Sire R7 shootout

@tikigodsrule2317 2 года назад

Interesting the cheap Sire beat out the Martin. Martin was the worst value

@kevinlawrence3935 Год назад

Also, I’d like to see acoustics assessed for both acoustic as well as amplified performance, as this is an important selection criterion for me.

@MrJayscinema Год назад

That Alvarez steals the show for me. Price vs sound ratio it kicks the martin

@MaDshowonhere 4 года назад

I'd like to see a video like this one, but with smaller guitars

@lorenzomusic95 3 года назад

Would love to see a blind folded test of all Gibsons. G45 J45 J15 Hummingbird maybe?

@lightfoot413 4 года назад

fun challenge to hear what each one sounds like and u r right Captain..take away the name label and use our other senses then it becomes very interesting....thanks

@zykify 4 года назад

I'd like a test/comparison carbon fiber vs wood. Please :) And what about blindfold "hearing" before playing? First, let the blindfolded listen-only and next play. See how opinion differs when there's no physical connection to the instrument. That would also be an interesting comparison to how the instrument sound for the player rather than the audience.

@AlexElectricSound 3 года назад

This is so crazy i payed the Alvarez MD60 EBG in my lokal musik shop today this guitar sounds like an 3000$ no joke and costs 769 euro just insane man just another proof that name on the headstock is an myth.