Can you hear the difference between a $200, $2,000, $20,000, and $200,000 guitar? 

You do realize that the most beautiful states are in the midwest right? But yeah... Death valley is great I hear. *yawn*

The guy on the right is the $200 guitar and the guy on the left is the $20,000 guitar. The guy on the right is clunky and tries as best to be funny instead of informational. And you can tell Guy on the left struggles to understand that he's joking sometimes. While the guy on the left paints a great picture with words in order to best convey his thoughts to both an understanding and non-understanding audience, better captivating everyone who watches. Someone who has not played guitar will be able to understand what he means in the price difference the feel and the sound. A+ job in conveying a message that you are passionate about. While the guy on the right says some words and some haha funnies. And tries his best to tear down guitars that are below a $20,000 price point. That's when quality starts for him and "worth it" starts. Just pitiful guy-on-the-right. Clean up your act.

@@8leggedsquirrel521 Guy on the right is more like a $2 thrift store uke. Starting out by insulting the entire midwest at the 4:08 mark... with a statement that is more of a 'harhar I live on coast harhar' than a factual statement (other than ks the midwest has much more curves than florida or cali). But I suppose this is a video about how lame elitism is, and how poor people are priced out of performance instruments.

Was there really a difference in sound quality between the $20K guitar and the $200K guitar? Thanks.

​@@8leggedsquirrel521bravo. Ja imam gitaru Yamaha od 40 eura i daje takav zvuk. Sve je to sranje u tolikoj razliki cijena. Da je od zlata napravljena pa u redu 200 000. Majstori se poznaju, ne bitno koja je cijena.

Beautiful story

What a wonderful story. You do not often hear of connections and giving away a treasure to a sincere musician.

I'm not a musician but my daughter is one. Through her, I've met several excellent musicians. It does not surprise me that a true musical artist might pull off this switcheroo. He probably considers HIMSELF fortunate to have provided a good home for a fine instrument. Life is more than just money. It's heartwarming to know some still get it. Thanks for warming my heart.

Wow. I mean wow!

Wow cool story...everything for a reason

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Ain't that the truth!

Why would you not be a part of it? If you were into guitar, you could have easily researched it, and found out. I knew about tons of guitar stuff before I got on here. This helps a lot, but if you want to know something, you can find out most things, without a computer.

Not influencers, just a guitar shop owner and his buddy. I feel like pretentious people with a cause are more frustrating than influencers

In a world - of magic and magicenes, plastincene porters and lies in the looking glass - one one stands for calling "social media", so-called to terms, to heel, as it were, in strict observance to other owrlds, other scenes, trips, magazines

I think so too. The 2000$ sounded the best.

Cos the $200 one has a ply soundboard.

Exactly, after that initial jump the improvement is nominal and for most non professionals, not cost effective!

I heard a definite leap from $200-$2k, little difference from $2k-$20k, and a massive difference with the $200k from everything else.

The Truss was not adjusted and it had Fret buzz on the $200. That's very unfair for the lil guy going up against all the heavyweights.

I remember watching you help Rob build his guitar. One of my favourite videos on RU-vid! It was cool to see you on camera again!

Definitely need to upload some showcases of these special guitars Marshall!

15:16 just in case this wasn't a joke: Haselfichte means "hazel spruce", because apparently the figuring somewhat resembles that of common hazel. Nothing about bears or claws in the german term lol

Dude, watching the video of you making that guitar was awesome! It gave me such an appreciation for the skill and effort needed!

It is my dream to own one of your guitars, let alone order my own. I am saving 🤟🏼😎

I love u

I love you too@@atpray

you the man

Merci❤.

Merci 😊

Not classical music, but similar sentiment: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kzim1iYhmGA.html

That if you have $2000

More like, "If you have $2,000, buy *this* $2,000 guitar"

U are another one victim of promotion

They should at least increase the price to 3000 dolars so they can give a 1000$ discount

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@@AncientApparatus Agreed. The median guitarist will never play a show beyond their recitals. Most of us just like to do something with our fingers. I am learning to play so I can play one week out of the year at a youth camp. Knowing that I'll have a bunch of kids on it, I'm looking for cheap. Fortunately, electric guitars are a lot cheaper to sound amazing, a lot can be improved with some electronics.

​@@AncientApparatus He was neither snooty or snobby. He said the $200 and $2000 guitars were great for their price point, well built among other things. He is obviously biased toward the $20k guitar but so would you if you spent 100 hours building one by hand.

Hell no, save $200 and save 1800 more. Then 18k more and buy a real guitar.

@@AncientApparatus that $20k sounds amazing. Can’t justify 180k difference to original.

you said audience twice lol

@@Jorge-vw4ub good catch

It's very true, too - only musicians really notice or care what instrument you're playing, who made it, what it might be worth. Everyone else won't, unless you're playing something particularly noteworthy and unusual. If it sounds good and people enjoy it, it makes them move to the music and be moved BY the music, that's what counts. Good players can elevate a cheap instrument. It's a cliché for a reason - tone is in the fingers, and the soul of the player is behind all of it.

@@garydiamond289 Well, of course the music is what counts. The entire point of expensive instruments is to be able to play good music, not just having them so people know you have them.

@@nunliski Yeah that's how it *should* be but some people don't have that attitude and buy expensive gear to show off.

Ya, but it don't play the same.

I would rather a guitar sound good than look good LMAO 😅

@@matthewbuck3305 I would rather own a house than a guitar.

Do you think maybe Marshall picked the best sounding guitar in the shop? That is what I'd have done. I think the video would have been better if it left out the $200 guitar and put in one of the ones Marshall has at $10,000.

I’ve never seen classical music elitism associated with orchestras and art traders with guitars. Private school while likely growing up in Greenwich is easy to spot.

I have a second hand yamaha f310 at 50$

Yes, I thought the $2,000 guitar sounded the best. At least for my ears and I would buy one in a heartbeat.

In life in general a 10% increase of the quality of a product it increases the its price by a double

@@kimofrosty That's not even close to true except at the boundaries of high quality.

@@nunliski lol

Go check out Jim Browning you tube videos. There is a lot of scamming occurring these days.

We should get together, scam a large number of people, make millions so we can drive off to remote places in our Lambos to practice Bach on our art relic guitars, the expense of which would otherwise be wasted on peasants. They don't care! OK, just kidding. I hear it too.

@@el1414

Agree. The audio levels are not even between performances/guitars and some of the reverb sounds like it may have been manipulated between takes.

I think at that point it’s more of a collector piece at that point…the 200k guitar does not seem musically better then 20k. Honestly anything 1k and above would never be discernibly better sounding to 99.99% of the population 😯

@@chrisvig123 Exactly. Point of diminishing returns.

@@chrisvig123 Agreed. I wonder if that .1% can really even tell a difference either, the super high prices on almost anything from instruments to fashion are just name brand and rarity. Reminds me of when large blind tests by renown wine "experts" were done. None could tell the difference between expensive wines and cheap ones, and some of the highest ranked wines in blind tests were sub $40 a bottle. There is some interesting psychology in people convincing themselves something is better simply because it carries a higher price point.

Back in 1988, I learned to play acoustic on a '71 Fender that was gifted to me. After playing electric guitar in my college band, then working too many hours as a software engineer, I switched back to just hobby playing on acoustic in the late 90s. My main guitar was a very mediocre ~$400 Dean acoustic-electric and I was happy using it as my main guitar - even playing it while keeping some band activities going. As the years went on and my salary increased, I bought (and sold/traded) more electric and acoustic guitars (even a 12 string), but I need invested in anything more than a ~$1K guitar. About 6 years ago I decided I was going to buy a really *nice* acoustic - once that sounded beautiful, warm, resonant, full bodied tone, etc - and gave myself a budget of up to $6000. I tried many guitars at the local shops here in Raleigh NC, and ended up with a reasonably priced (used but mint condition) $1700 Martin Dreadnought DC-16RGTE acoustic/electric. Although priced *much* lower than I was willing to pay, it sounded much better (to me) and played cleaner and easier than many of the $4K+ guitars I tried. It''s certainly not a super pricey guitar - but it's a really well rounded sounding Martin with great presence and is now my daily player. I also suspect if I had bought one of those $5K guitars, I might be so protective of it that I'd be inclined to keep it in the case or mounted on the wall and hesitant to pick it up and play it often -- which misses the whole point. So, my 2-cents: buy an acoustic guitar that fits your budget. Don't skimp, but also don't think you *have* to pay more to get a great guitar that will become your daily player. There are plenty acoustic guitars in the $1500 - $2000 range that sound really damned good and can be your go-to guitar for decades.

I like your words, word man

Love be crazy... for sure

I love the analogy

Manikins don't talk back - I'll take the manikin.

Tell me here and now why can't a luthier just make playable guitars? Please. Explain it to me. I am going to solve this riddle one way or another. Thanks.

Give a multi-millionaire guitarist a $200 guitar to play, he'll sound like a million bucks! (Caution: this ONLY works for multi-millionaire guitarists who actually made their multiple millions by playing guitar)

Once in a while, everything comes together just right in a budget instrument. It's rare, but it happens.

What is its model?

I bought my sons guitar from someone who also builds custom guitars, and sold the better factory guitars. We had one for 250 euro that sounds a lot better than the joke guitar they used here.

maybe the consignment shop didn't know it's true value

That's for me - loud and rich - neither of which I am...

Yes a very cheap guitar only 20 000 dollars.

I agree. The $20,000sounded better than the others.. But the better sounds does not justify the extra expense ,depending on your career level.Most people play just for their own pleasure.$2000 should be the the maximum amount for personal use.

I felt like the $200,000 sounded richer and better and truer but it was overdriving the audio components a bit which made it seem excessively loud. I'm not 100% sure, but I feel like if the preamp could have been backed down a bit it would have been fairer to the guitar.

I mean for the price difference ya that's very true

Well like most things in life, it's only that expnsive because of it's history, not the inherent value as a tool.

Good analysis. $200,000 guitars are for people who don’t have to choose between that or a house. Lol. Collectors item as well as a tool.

You get the bragging rights when you have a $200k guitar.

They said it, the 20k guitar sounds as good as the 200k one, but what increases its value is it's uniqueness, the history behind it and the fact that there are none like it still been produced... but, I can still notice a slightly difference that really pushes it even further beyond, very subtle but powerful.

@@kingofchris It is not only about uniqueness, they mentionned the incredible balance. Also, like in various other things in life, it's the extra percentile that costs the most. The 200 one might be 50% good, the 2000 might be 80% good, the 20.000 90% good, and the 200.000 95% good, and if the pragmatic won't see a justification in price, a purist or a certain kind of music lover will.

Your just focusing on the sound. A big part of comparison was the playability. It’s easier to mess up on the cheaper on and the sounds don’t continue to echo.

JR, I agree. I prefer the sound of the $20,000 over the $200,000 guitar. It has all the quality in the sound. The last one is a little harsh sounding. But for a concert, it might be better as the higher frequencies can cut through.

@@dhajicek I also agree with the both of you. The 20k guitar if money was no object over the 200k guitar. Again that's if money was no object and I could Easly afford all of them the 20k would be my prize

Mine too

20k had a bit more high end definition than 2k, 2k was a bit overwhelming in the low mids, but it was a very subtle difference that probably comes down to the room, the mic, the song, the player, etc overall my take away from this vid is there is no reason to spend more than 2k on a guitar

Trust me, you can get 2k sound from a mid range acoustic if you take the time to really choose the right one. I have a couple acoustics that rival 2000 dollar guitars just by checking it. No two pieces of wood are the same

And that is the goal.

Thats what pure mastery make

@@AncientApparatus Agreed. I also think they could have selected a better $200 guitar.

@@Arctic_Falcon and here I m learning with 35 dollar guitar..thanks to my great patents

And they don't need to go far above $200 to make a big improvement ... $500 or $1000 would be pretty improved.

I agree

I agree.There is a vast step up from 2000 to 20.000.But not from the 20.000 to 200.000 Guitar imo.

​@@OverdrivePacing I agree they are close, but if you have high fidelity headphones with an interface, there are overtones that do not get conveyed by the average speaker. In my opinion, the $20k guitar had a clarity that could not come close to being match by the previous guitars, but the $200k had the same clarity, more warmth, and sustain not seen on the $20k guitar. Plus, you could hear the effortlessness and joy in his playing compared to $20,000. Obviously, the $20k sounds astounding as is and I would take it in a heartbeat but you can not make a guitar like the $200k anymore.

@@OverdrivePacing not vast at all

Ditto. If money were no object and I could choose any of these guitars, I’d get the 20K version based on what I hear in my somewhat decent headphones.

Yeah I got to agree and disagree with you at the same time. Because like Brandon said it is a tool. And I would make the comparison of saying using a really good drill would a lousy bit as opposed to a new bit.

that's true

What is the name of the video

@@lonneydmzif I'm not mistaken it's "GUITAR TIP: why you should tune by ear"

How do I learn to tune by ear and hear the difference between all the notes whilst I do not have perfect pitch. In fact, I do not have any musical background at all. But I do want to buy an acoustic guitar and learn to play it once I can afford one. But how? I am confused about where to start after buying a guitar. Will it be a waste of my money? Am I too old to start differentiating the notes? (I'm 19).

@@pixie9901 Even if you don't have perfect pitch and a musical background it doesn't mean that you cannot develop a sharp ear, you can develop what is called a relative pitch, which is the ability to recognize the intervals between notes, thus developing the ability to tune entirely by ear, the way my teacher taught me is: - develop a familiarity with music. Don't just play, sing, try to hum your songs, memorize how different melodies sound, that will make a huge difference in the long term - Tune first by ear, the best you can and only then correct the mistakes with a electrical tuner. With time you will lose the need of it -Memorize one single note to use as the base of the tune, my voice is deep so i memorized the low E but you can do the one that suits you best, just listen it for some time, try to sing it, check with the tuner if it's the right pitch, repeat

I actually think the 20.000 one sounded better than the 200.000 one!

I agree each time the $20,000 was played the notes were so crisp and yet so full…

I agree, the Hauser copy blew me away with every note

$20K sounded fantastic. His father was so talented!

I agree 100%. It seemed definitely the best to me

Agreed the 20k one sounded the best. I feel like you could find a $2k guitar that sounds better than the one he was playing though... there's a whole lot of options at $2k.

Exactly what it ought too. That 200 he makes it sound just as good as the others.

The Cordoba stole the show for me. The others you expect to sound amazing, but the Cordoba was definitely a pleasant surprise and very charming in it's own humble way.

same analogy here. its not the guitar that makes the difference. its the man behind the guitar.

Even a $50 guitar would sound amazing in the hands of someone who can play good.

He surely can play the guitar very beautiful! But you can not really hear the differnce, cause you're listening to it via youtube. If you want to get what they're talking about, you need to be in the same room in front of that guitar.

The 200k one was louder than the 20k. A little warmer too.

I'll stick to the $2000. With $200 000 I'll buy 2 houses in Florida😉👌🇩🇴

100% agree. The $20K almost has it's own personality. Very nice.

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I agree fully. Great presentation

Precisely. If you're not very good, it doesn't matter what the price is. If you're very good, you can make any guitar sound great.

@@iraceruk So in both cases, the price value of the guitar doesn't matter?

@@Jakentosh I'd say so, yes. A professional/great Guitarist playing a $100 piece of sh*t on a stage in front of an audience could make it sound just like a Guitar costing thousands of times as much and nobody would notice any difference. The only time any 'difference' is really heard is when people post such videos and the audience is 'expecting' a difference.

@@iraceruk Ah I see, thanks for the reply!

@@iraceruk there is definitely a difference to the musician.

Thanks!!!

Ur the man!

2000 one sounds best for me

Legend 27

20,000 one is absolutely beautiful.

i preffered the depth on the 20k one myself

Don't bother having it set up though... that money is better allocated elsewhere...🧐........🤣

I agree the $2000 sounded best by far more balanced and full bodied

I think that the highs didnt punch on the housers like they did on the 2k, but it may be just the recording or that the bass the 20, 200, guitars was more powerful and if youd played them more would naturally adjust the balance

I wonder if it was because the $2000 had a cedar top

There's always some embarrassment with those tests from past examples.

If you get a luthier to adjust or "tidy" the $200 guitar, it ain't a $200 guitar anymore.

@@paulwomack5866 I disagree. You can't try to compare a Toyota to a Porsche and give the Toyota a flat tire off the bat. And that is what they did. Thanks.

@@ronj9448 Careful fettling, adjustment and setup is (part of) what you're paying for in a more expensive guitar. Those skilled changes are not free, and cheap guitars don't have them.

@@das250250 Professional musicians do tend to get blind tests right. Here's a video from twoset for example: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-T8q3zrCYMRw.html the blind part starts at about 8.30. All of the instruments they play are really high quality as well, so I'd guess the differences at lower price ranges would be more noticeable

My first reaction also.

I mean was it truly reviewed fairly? the guy is a master luthier and right off the bat the $200 guitar wasn't set up properly. Also there are better $200 guitars out there. In no way will they match the quality of most $2000+ guitars, but it would be closer.

Then he found the sketchiest $2000 guitar he could find, again, many many much better $2000 guitars out there

Brian you nailed it Buddy ,I completely agree 👍

Same.

I love the pronounced mid-range characteristics of the $20K guitar. Not too bright, w/ good bass overtone. 👍

20k was best:)

Brandon was enjoying playing the R.E Bruné more as well you could see it in his face

A lot of the value of the $200k is also just the rarity at this point. Obviously it is extremely well made, but I'm sure a guitar made with he same or even better quality today would not cost this amount without the name and rarity behind it.

I had to brace myself whenever he was about to play it. Even through RU-vid and my headphones the sounds seemed to pierce my ears and go directly into my brain. Just a magical instrument.

Thanks

El testamento de Amelia. Not melancholic song.

tks

legend

@@pabloalifano6237 thank you I’ve been looking for this comment

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spot on.

That 180k it's not only for the technical aspects, it's simply cause it's a limited product. As has been said: "there will be only less of these from now on"

I heard quite a lot of differences to be honest. A lot can be down to age, but there is no way of knowing at the moment. Perhaps when the R.E Brune reaches 90 we may know.

I have a Cordoba! I had to cover its ears at the start of this video. He may not be invited to the same parties as the others but we have had beautiful moments together and I love him!

If you play jazz on a classical guitar like Charlie Byrd then there's more to it than just sound. Charlie Parker sometimes played on cheap alto sax when he had pawned his sax for dope. My Hannika PF cost me 4,000$ CA. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-j8S0dxrUE0c.html

You're absolutely right. Well I think the reason they mention why it's $200,000 isn't because it sounds 18, 000 better, rather more because there is only a few of them left and hence they are more desirable to collectors.

@@OsirisT I think you misunderstood the OP.. he was comparing the 20000 to the 2000 USD, not the 200000 to the 20000.

Who on earth would pay 20k for a guitar unles of course it had been owned and played by one of the Beatles, Stones, Hollies, Searchers, Tremeloes etc.

youtube uses a format that sounds just as good as any high quality mp3. the limiting factor is going to be the playback system. in my lightly treated studio it sounds fine, on my phone, everything sounds bad.

@@Zenthex not rly, mp3s go up to around 320kbps. And youtube is only like 126 at most. huge difference. But still better playback equipment does help too

I think the differeces between the guitars are very audible. Of course, we don't get to hear every nuance as we would in person.

@@vecernicek2 indeed, the difference between a properly braced guitar and an overbuilt one is night and day. Even a all laminate guitar with good bracing could sound amazing. In my opinion, a guitar that had thought throughout the production are the guitars that sound really good. A laminate guitar with proper bracing would sound better than an overbuilt solid wood one. most definitely.

i think the main reason cheaper guitars sound bad are because they overbuild them. i think if they were braced more lightweight they would sound pretty decent.

Cannot trust salesmen. SMH

You’re either crazy or tone deaf. Or both.

I feel often guitars from the 2000$ range can be terrible, if you buy from a big music store with these fake brands like alhambra. The very cheep one can surprise you on the other hand.

I thought it was just me For a beginner point of view, seeing this video must be quite destructive Feelings are subjective and the idea of having something far from optimal might prevent you the joy of it In case of need, remember, rich people aren't necessarily the ones that move you the most when playing

In 2015 I watched a Cuban street musician duo of guitar and congas in Viejo Havanna. I was mouthing out the chords he was playing whilst sitting at a table with a cervesa and a bite, and he noticed and offered his guitar to me. Denied an instrument for the duration, I willingly accepted and started to trot out my decades old cod flamenco efforts and the guitar was barely playable. I just couldn't make it produce lovely sounds the way he did and I was humbled. The "strings" were a bag of shyte and it was an old plywood box that these two presenters would probably only use to put fresh picked strawberries in, yet this Cuban guy made it stand its ground against the bongoes and still sound so sweet and gentle. I felt like an idiot and I resolved that if I was ever lucky enough to get back to Havanna, I would go armed with packets of strings to hand out. The même goes around that "it's all in the fingers and the brain" and after that day I concurred. I own a $14,000 acoustic guitar so I'm well aware of the "benefits" of buying into something worth playing, but I try to remember that in my hands it'll only ever be as good as I myself can make it sound. Those fingers again. For myself and with headphones, the $2,000 example ticked sufficient boxes. If I'd had the opportunity to run over with my fingers, no doubt I'd have a somewhat different subjective response. "Eric Clapton on ukulele" ...

Same here. The $20,000 hit he sweet spot for me. A blind test between the 20 and 200 would probably produce a 50/50 split of likes.

People like yourself is why scammers like these can make a good living.

To my ear the $200.00 guitar was definitely the least sound wise. The $2000.00 was greatly improved. From here on the sound was only incrementally better. To my ear the more expensive guitars had sightly more crispness but not overly so. This however excludes playable factors and craftsmanship.

@@foobarmaximus3506 Really? Try buying some Brazilian Rosewood. Try exporting BR. Try finding someone with a stock of BR. The market dictates what people are prepared to pay. Of course, you don't have to purchase an expensive instrument. But don't call these people 'scammers.'' They aren't forcing anyone at gun point to buy their product.

I felt the same way, I preferred the $20K guitar.

Yeah!

Rocking!

What they didn’t really make clear is the Hauser is only 200k because of its historical value not it’s sound (still an awesome guitar no doubt but possibly past it’s best). 20k will buy you the very best sounding guitar you could hope for so the 200k price point is a bit misleading. I play a 15k Simon Marty and I believe I could not hope for a better sounding guitar.

@@craigalake I think they did a pretty good job of clarifying that much of its value is due to its age. It started life as a high end guitar so, having been taken care of, it remains a high end guitar in addition to its added vintage value. I just prefer the tonal characteristics of the $20k example -- warm and sweet is the tone I like for my own unplugged playing.

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I agree, the Hauser seems great and sounds beautiful but great classical guitars age like people do and it takes a really seasoned guitarist to master such an instrument, someone of Julien Bream class... any other concertist would be happy with a recent high end guitar.

Yeah I was kind of the same, for the actual Hauser it was *all* about that bass clarity. Just lovely.

Bang for the buck. Stevie could do wonders on that cheapo. Wait no srv acoustic.?

Umm. Strings. All hype but some quite good strumming

Play one and you will tell the difference right away, It it almost impossible to make a decent, playable classical guitar at that price point... even in china.

@@carlosoruna7174 You are out of your mind if you think strings are the missing variable.

I've heard a number of guitars that are better than this toy, for around 250 euro.

For those of you who may not know, Tom has made many guitars that would easily 'compete' with the Brune Hauser as judged by either trained or untrained ears.

@@davidlee7680 Really?

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16

Youre absolutely right....wow

@Uncle Gilbert it's funny you use that example. A good chef can make eggs and toast that are way better than whatever you make, and coincidentally it will cost more. And no, they don't all sound the same. The last 2 basically sounded the same, but there was a huge difference from the 200 to the 20k. Anyone who has well trained ears can hear it. It's like the difference between a nice oak desk and a particle board desk. Just because you can't tell the difference between the two doesn't mean the two doesn't mean there isn't one.