BETTER THAN a Gibson SG?  

I don't know if it's the single most important feature but that's certainly a use case. Great guitar! 🤘

Oh yeah I hear you. My back and shoulders are messed up so I often have to play sitting down

I do clean and dirty for all guitar demos. Even acoustic (because it's funny) 🤣

I agree, too much distortion doesn't do the instrument right. To me, under distortion, every guitar sounds the same, it's just a sound porredge and it nerves my ears.

Nice! Let me know how you like the Sensei! Also, thank you 🙂

Oui ce sont de superbes et super guitares, j'en possède une sendei ra purple burst depuis plus de 5 ans et je ne regrette pas. Révérend est une marque qui n'a pas la reconnaissance qu'elle mérite, la fabrication est digne de très bonnes guitares américaines.

@@gernotboesser6901 they're great

They are beautiful and railhammers are so nice

Thanks for sharing! I haven't played an S100 and it's been some time since touching an LP special. But anyway, Reverends are nice so if you ever come across one give it a play 🙂

oh hell yeah, you're going to love it 🤘 If I didn't need to get rid of guitars to fund more reviews I'd have kept this one forever haha

Hehe thanks! Chuck is one of the greats

Thanks! Probably no Charvels unless they send me one.

Well I did say the SG is my favorite! 🤣

@@ArtOfShredYT well in true youtube comment fashion, I got offended and didn't make it that far! U suck! I did actually make it that far and rather enjoyed the whole vidya as per usual. 😂

Haha, I hear ya

you didn't just heard me brother You FELT the Belmont how many crazy shits express the way i do anyway ?? 🦊

Nice! Yeah the Sensei pickups are great

Nice, I love SGs

Oh hell yeah!

Yeah I'd been wanting to pick one up used locally for a while but they're few and far between like that. Great company though. Their RU-vid channel is sweet as well

Reverend,Godin, and Sire guitars I hear good things about but have never held, Harley Benton as well

I want to review Godin, Sire (again, after my failed review) and Harley Benton. Have never touched a Harley Benton yet, but I have heard good things. Even though HB are "cheap" (not really after accounting for shipping cost) their resale value is not good so I'm holding off on reviewing one until I can find one used locally or they send me one.

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I hear ya, but being made in Korea vs US doesn't make them inherently worse. And they haven't been made in the US for many years.

@@ArtOfShredYT i have no doubt the quality is comparable. Thats not the point. Sad to hear.

Great question. I've actually never played a Roundhouse and it has quite a few differences from this Sensei, but I'm pretty confident you could get the tones you're looking for with either one. Another thing you might think about is getting one of the higher end Epiphone Les Pauls which are also nice. (I've only played them at the store and I haven't done a full review of one yet, but I like them!)

@@ArtOfShredYT Thanks so much for the info! I Funny you mention that, I was just looking at the Epiphone collection. I will go try one at the store for sure!

@@Brungemunchi Nice, yeah, try one of the regular Standard Les Pauls and then if they have them go up from there and try the more expensive ones. They're all pretty nice!

Ok

Yeah! Look cool and sound cool 😎

They absolutely sound awesome!! The horns look better on this guitar as well I am trying really hard to like the look of an sg

Is Planes your dog?

@@TheRealDealBobbySteele haha!

Hehe thanks for watching until the end!

@@gernotboesser6901 ok

@@ArtOfShredYT I am 75 now, maybe if I were 20 I would like it...

Symbolic by Death

Ha, I used to live near the trains and the planes, but moved just far enough away from the trains where you can only hear them when you're outside. Thanks so much for your detailed comment. Some of my commentary in this video was just to upset the diehard Gibson folks who leave comments on other brands (or cheap guitars) like "just buy a Gibson and be done with it." I love Gibson & SGs but not everybody can afford the brand name premium. And not everybody even wants a big brand name. Anyway, this Reverend is great (although I'm trying to sell it so I can buy and review a Tony Iommi Epiphone SG Special). They're obviously different guitars even though they have some similarities. The necks feel very similarly to me, but I know the shape is different. As for which to choose, you're definitely right it comes down to personal preference.

@@ArtOfShredYT I've been thinking about buying some of these budget guitars to compare with the guitars I have in my collection, but I don't know as it would pay off in the long run on my channel. You must lose some $$ in the transition between guitars, because there's just no real resale in the budget lines, so unless you have an extreme discount, breaking even might take some time. Now with the tax being levied on Reverb and Facebook, the sales are even less lucrative. My "day job" pays too much for me to dodge any of it legally. Every extra penny bites me in the rear at the end of the year. I know what you mean about die-hard fans. The dyed-in-the-wool Gibson/Fender/PRS/etc... fans are tough nuts. That's coming from a guy who has six Gibsons and four of them are Les Paul models. That doesn't count my Taylor, Fender, and Rickenbacker. In my whole collection, I have two overseas models: a PRS SE Silver Sky (Indonesia) and a Fender Aerodyne bass (Japan). That didn't happen overnight, that's for sure, but unlike most RU-vid wannabes, I don't have twenty-five budget guitars, I'm just a wannabe with a smaller collection of higher end models. What's funny is that a lot of these folks who collect IYV, Firefly, etc... wind up spending the same amount of money I would on a Gibson. There are people who are just as hard core against owning the big brands as there are those who own them, perhaps more. My attitude? Play what you love and inspires you to play. That's the best guitar, regardless of price tag. Don't put someone down for buying more expensive, less expensive, or a different brand. I get the feeling you have a similar philosophy. I did a series of four Les Paul guitar videos a long time ago, before I had an interface and better recording. I did a 1999 wine red Custom vs a 2016 gold top Tribute vs a 2001 PRS Singlecut (pre-lawsuit) vs an Epiphone Les Paul Custom. Spoiler - The Epiphone did not sound great. I asked my son who was living with me at the time what he thought in the room, and his conclusion was the same as mine, the Epiphone was not nearly as clear and the notes did not ring as articulately as the others. That said, if I was a bedroom player just jamming in my room, the Epiphone would sound just fine. And that's really what it comes down to. What works for the use case of the individual. All that said, I could never say with a straight face, "I would keep this Firefly over my Gibson ES 335" anymore than someone would say, "I would keep this Hyundai over my BMW." They both get you to work on time, have seats, burn fuel, and have all the amenities; but at the end of the day, no one is going to go, "Wow, nice Hyundai." LOL Even the guitarists are going to say, "Nice ES 335 mate." So I would have to dump all of these inexpensive guitars. I've only got so much wall space in my 11' x 11' studio! Shoot, even now, I'm working on hanging the 330/12 Rickenbacker and Gibson '61 Standard SG, which all costs money. Storage isn't free, guitars aren't free... I wonder how these channels do it. Some of my biggest viewed videos (I am also co-host of "The Practical Guitarist Podcast") are of guitars, amps, or little tips and tricks. I've currently got close to 350k views on a cover my band did of "Freebird". You never know what's going to be the catalyst for your channel. Honestly I'm jealous of these guys who just turn on the camera and start rolling. I've got studio lighting, microphone rigging, software interfaces, video ideas, scripts, video/audio editing, retakes, re-shoots... You get the idea. Then some freaking video my son took while we played Freebird takes off? Jeesh. Anyway, I'll be watching. I'm an avid watcher of videos. Remember reading the backs of cereal boxes? I read everything as a kid. Now I put that same time and effort into these videos. Sorry about the rambling response, it's after 1 AM here, and I just realized I'm supposed to be tired. LOL Rock on!!

@@jimwoodard64 It's definitely not profitable reviewing gear as a small channel. I've spent well over $10k on guitars and gear so far (and ultimately over $6k expenses after reselling gear). Almost every time I sell a guitar I lose money (I made exactly $17.13 on the FFLPS, but that's an anomaly) but it does help to fund other guitar reviews. I'm just taking a big chance that eventually things will work out. My goal, which I'm pretty transparent about, is to eventually get sent gear to review (so far I got the Indio Boardwalk which I posted the unboxing of, but review still incoming) so it doesn't cost me money to review gear and ultimately I want to be able to pay for gear with the money the channel makes so I can stop accepting free gear. Being independent and unbiased is most important to me. As for the Reverb tax thing. That's overblown. If you sell $1k worth of gear on Reverb and get a 1099-K tax form from them, but that gear cost you $1,200 ... well, I'm not a tax professional so that's where my advice ends. But the whole thing is overblown.

Haha ok

Perfect 🤣