Finally. A weekly RU-vid show that's proper length, timewise. Personally, I don't want to be hunting for something else to watch every ten minutes. I look forward to Friday mornings and your show. Keep it up. Us older guitar players are here. Peace ✌️
I love waking up to these videos every Friday morning (East Coast, U.S.). Thanks for what you're doing Colin, it's greatly anticipated and appreciated.
I come here for the ambience, I love how you discover the guitar with us and also you seem to be such a great lad, from the moment I discovered the channel I said to myself "God I wish this guy owned my local guitar shop". For the guitar playing, it's not stellar but at least that's closer to what it will sound in our hands 😂
Happy to hear that you're sticking to long form content. I think it's great that you listen to your audience and by doing so you'll attract the right audience to your content. Quality over quantity I say. Cheers and good morning from Texas!
I think before sending a guitar back it is a good idea to write down the serial number to make sure that you don't get the same one back from the retailer.
But if its repaired, would that matter? I wouldn't want the FlyingV back with a repaired headstock but the wiring issues on the 339&335 are easy fixes (with the caveat that getting wiring looms in and out of semi-hollows & hollows is a bit of a pain in the a**)
@@wadesummers4102 I think they are supposed to replace it if it arrives faulty and you alert them within 7 days or whatever their policy is! It's different if you've had it for a couple of months and played it then a wire comes loose!
Shame. When the new "Inspired by Gibson" range was originally introduced, the quality was really good. Ditto for the Epiphone re-releases like the Crestwood Custom. Then the prices went up & the QC went down.
just as so many others have evidently written, hope you won't change a thing. i'm 70 and have just started trying electric guitar and have enjoyed your style and have learned an enormous amount about guitars and gear, setting up a guitar, etc. particularly liked the cherry es 335 5 part episodes. will never try to change pots, switches myself. very valuable since i tend to try to do projects myself. please keep up the great format and highly informative and entertaining vids. thanks
Great video! I love your guitar reviews and the added amp stuff. I really like your conversational style and honest opinions. It is like going in to a local guitar shop and chatting with the owner
I usually don't watch long videos, and might fast forward or cut to the end, but you're videos are always great start to finish. Keep em coming just the way they are, and long may then continue.
I like your channel the way it is. Your personality, ability as a guitar reviewer, the music you create, and the editing are perfect. Keep up the good work.
Congratulations on your honesty - there are some guitar shows that more like the Shopping Channel at times... but you tell it like it is. I think you and the es339 have hit it off if your play out jam is anything to go by! Keep it up - you are like a fresh breath of seaside air!
Love the idea of different segments in tv show style format that was a great episode. Only show on RU-vid I watch every week without fail, keep up the great work Colin
Just wanted to say, I love the channel. Been subscribed pretty damn close to the start. The coronet video was the first I had seen. Makes my Friday, I watch before I go to work in a big box store here in the states. Makes my night fly by, thanks for all the great content Collin, glad your fighting the system. Take care, see yea next week.
Colin, we want waffling with bollocks for as long as you can dish it out 😂! Don't worry about time limits, take a look at Dan and Mick's "That Pedal Show"... I eagerly look forward to everything you put out like I look forward to coffee and some breakfast! ☕🍳🥞🥐🎸📺
Yup, really enjoyed that. A whole hour (almost) and that E-H amp just looks so cool. I'd certainly enjoy a regular 'amp segment' where you show us one of your amps, new or old.
Colin you've become part of my weekend routine! Saturday morning I make a cup of coffee, join my dog on the couch, and put you on the TV with the surround sound on. This is my peaceful weekend moment before the wife wakes up. Thank you for your work! There is an issue to report however, I have been subscribed for some time and have alerts on, yet I have to go searching for your channel each time. It doesn't pop up in my feed, and I get no notifications.
Cheers man, thanks for the support it's appreciated! 😎👍... I think unfortunately the youtube notifications is unreliable and hit and miss to say the least 🤷♂️ But I will be here every Friday regardless!
The old school term "red light fever" is what you're experiencing by having trouble with a chord or playing while on camera. It happens to the best of us. We love The Guitaristas regardless of red light fever.
That's very disappointing to see GG letting another defective out the door. Maybe that's why their return procedure is so on point, because they aren't inspecting the product properly, just taking boxes out of a warehouse and shipping them. I have to say my confidence in GG has taken a hit.
There is always debate on Sweetwater's 55 point inspection and how in depth it truly is, but it would have caught these wiring issues for sure. It still amazes me that retailers ship stuff out without at least giving the instruments a once over...
It's not only GG though, got one of the Andertons limited edition lemonburst Epi 1959 LPs; one of the solder tabs on the output socket was bent in so that it actually shorted the ring to the tip when plugged in. A Slash Appetite LP, think it was GAK not 100% sure, one of the pots is busted. Epi aren't inspecting properly and many retailers aren't inspecting at all. We all love a bargain (also I generally hate going into shops) but £50-100 off the purchase price stops becoming worth it when you're saddled with the hassle of doing returns (especially as the replacement might be no better) or DIY repairs. For Epi at least it's gonna be in-store purchases for me, unless I can find a UK online seller with a comparable inspection to SW.
Just a thought... Have the longer format for those of us that enjoy it, but then splice a short version (not RU-vid Short), of maybe 5 minutes of all of the highlights (specs, sound, fit and finish). Then, using the site metrics you would be able to tell which garners more views thereby getting a real world sample of your viewing audience. The bonus would be that the shorter formats may garner new viewers with nary an attention span! You won't have to record anything more, just whittle down what you already have. Of course, I could be completely wrong!!! 🤪 However, know that I really appreciate this channel, Colin! I appreciate YOU man!! God bless you!!
Thank you for everything that you do for this Channel Colin. I watch every week because I too have a guitar buying problem, and I get to see someone else enjoy this addiction. The format has been great, and I am always looking forward to the new Friday video. Wish you the best!
Keep doing what you're doing Colin, it's all good! Not sure whether you'd be interested in doing this but I'd be interested in seeing a video about your background, how and when you got into guitar, what made you start the channel and maybe some more info on the rest of your guitar collection, that kind of thing - not sure if you've already covered that in other videos?
Cheers man, there is a little studio tour and backstory film over on the TV Channel... but yes this new format gives me the idea I could do something else in the future here 😎👍
I must admit Colin, that when you said that you were changing the format my heart sank. I think we all come to watch every week because you do you very well. No need to change mate!
Many of us with G.A.S. appreciate your new approach to doing doable repairs and mods so we can get around the learning curve easier with our guitars. Thanks again Colin for your wonderful videos.
I genuinely love the look of that blue 339. I’m not a fan of larger glitter flakes in paint, but just enough to look metallic is nice. Good video. Keep it up.
To be fair, i've had problems with the toggle switch with my gibson sg special as well as a few of my epiphones, and its always the bridge pickup thats dead. So at least the "Inspired by Gibson" part is true 😂
@@joehahn8817 Someone just offered one of those 59 outfits to me for 400 sheckles but I just couldn't like the 'satin' finish - I tried. I so wish they'd do it in full gloss and not reliced so I could have one.
Colin, it's wonderful and only getting better. My apologies as I didn't understand the YT algorithm regarding clicking and watching premieres the day of release. My favorite day is early Saturday morning, as the family is asleep and I make my coffee and sit down to watch your latest and spend time with you. I'll try to watch as early as possible moving forward. My favorite thing over on the TV channel is your "Steal my riffs" segments. This old Geezer needs all the help I can get! - Murphy
I think of your channel as the Test Match Special of guitar videos. Nice and long, something you can dip in and out of. You watch to feel like you hang out with the presenters and the vibe. No need to change, you are onto a winning formula. 🏏👍
I could not understand what you were trying to achieve last week , but it's great you u-turned! You are definitely going in the right direction. Onwards and upwards!!
My brother I'm here for the long content and mad respect for staying true to yourself and your subscribers..we are here to get "stuck in"with ya and waffle about a bit... LMAO 😂..love what you do and your honesty and genuine love for what you do is as refreshing as your honesty 🤘😁🎸🎶
I am a guitar nerd Colin, thats why I come here, for waffle and all stuff guitar and gear. Your playing quite inspires me too! You play some great backing and riffs, often have to grab a guitar and play along or replicate the backing! Cheers for a great channel.
I watch because it's honest content and seeing reactions and thought processes, I am a younger guy at 22 but have grown up around older musicians/luthiers/small shop owners and I watch your content because your generation has a very straight shooting way of talking about things and you remind me of those people I know, ultimately the whole point is for entertainment (and also advice) I'd rather see an honest review of a guitar I might like but ends up being a pile of shit rather than to be the consumer to said product and have smoke blown up my arse and be told how great something is just for it to turn up and seeing that it would have made a better quality table than a guitar. The one concern I have is the amount of SHITE you have received from guitarguitar, would you not think that having 3 guitars documented on video by you about the guitars having flaws or turning up broken that they would make a bit more effort in their own check overs not just epiphone (gibson)? Apart from that keep up the long form content, good long form content is a dying art for sure so keep up the quality vids and don't change a thing!
Ohhh, I wish I would have sounded even half as intelligent as you when I was 22. Unfortunately, I don't even remember being 22 I was so fucked up all the time...😕 Rock and Roll can be a dangerous game. People(management) will smile in your face and shake yer hand while they're trying to cut out your kidney with the other hand. Keep close to them "tribal elders", it sounds like they're a good influence!!!
@@joehahn8817 I also was brought up with older parents so that explains a little bit more haha, my Dad was a musician for many years too, he didn't teach me to play as he wanted me to not be influenced by him but in terms of the industry he did teach me a lot. Younger guys should definetley take note from older musicians as they have been there done that and got a Tshirt haha.
I like the long, sometimes rambling conversational style of format. You could do a 5 to 10 minute weekly insert of vey budget Guitar reviews ( sub maybe £250) that late coming beginners like me should consider as a decent beginner/intermediate thing to buy and hold on to . Something we won't grow out of too soon - if ever, or you can justify ( mostly to the other half) for having a different type of guitar. Or a series of short, how to set up or modify your guitar type segue of 5 to 10 mins.
I love seeing your videos show up every Friday morning at 6am Texas time. You've been my breakfast partner every week since I discovered your channel. Brother Colin, keep doing what you're doing and we old farts will be here for you! Cheers!
Thank you very much for sharing your plans. All i can tell you is I've a short attention span and always watch your shows start to finish.That Eastman is a beast!
edit PS. thank you for staying true to yourself, and continuing on with your delightful pause laden waffles. One thing that helped me with recording was going a bit mad for a few months, re. every time I played, it'd be into a mixer, with one output going to my headphones, and the other to a recorder. Even just practicing cross picking, and things like that, recorded absolutely everything. Granted, that didn't stop me from making little flubs now when I record, but it did help me tremendously when it came to relaxing, and "getting into the zone" when recording. That is, it just stopped me from worrying about it, cause listening back to my recordings made me realize it is just all what it is, magic blended with stubbed toes, and a soft transition between.
Brilliant, at last a RU-vid channel which I want watch all of every friday without fail and it just got better not shitter like so many things in theses weird times we find our selves in. ❤
I feel your pain. I ordered one of the 335 Pro's from AMS and the pickup on the neck did not work at all. I decided to keep it and have a set of Seymour Duncan pickups installed in it and it works fine now. Then I ordered a duplicate of the same guitar thinking I'd keep one stock. Lo and behold the pickups in the second one did not work either. I have a set of Gibson 57 classic humbuckers I am going to have put into it. Guess the quality control on the 335 models is somewhat lacking. It's a shame because I love the necks on these guitars. The one I replaced the pickups in, I actually like better than my Gibson 335. I actually did not need either of the guitars since I own 364 guitars already but, you know how that story goes. Good luck with your Epi!
Love your channel! Been binge watching it over the past couple of weeks. Really cool, can’t believe I’ve only just come across it. Keep up the good work!
i love the length of your shows i find it really informative down to earth funny there is to many youtube videos that are over the top so i for one will tune in to watching your vids nice one mate keep up the excellent work
Thanks! Personally I like the longer videos, I think you made the right decision. I like the old EH amps, the reissue sounds very close to the original.
Thank you for not changing! Your channel would be even better with much longer content and giving us all an amazing place to be. Thank you Colin!!🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
You finally got it Col. We love gear, but we love you too man. Love what you're planning. I might be alone in this, but I'd like interviews ordinary working musicians and guitar shop owners and their stories. First interview... You mate. A friend or you just rambling. How did you get here, bands you've been in, how you got into music? 2 to 3 parter, hour each. Plenty of waffle and stories.
The fix on the 335 should be an easy fix. Rotate pot rapidly to loosen the pot, clean with dioxit, tighten nut. Worst case replace the pot with the tubes you used on your red 335 upgrade. On another note, keep up your great content, your following will always be here for you. Cheers mate from the old man across the pond in Memphis!
Sound like a fantastic plan. Like your ideas for expanding the channel, Maybe add a bit of a clue in the Video description. I really enjoyed the Repair video, so maybe you could get some old knackered guitars and restore them a bit as a short segment in the video and have it running for a few weeks?
I was hoping for another video of you rewiring a semi hollow 😝. Kidding aside, good that you are sticking to your normal format, like I said last week, it makes us feel like we are in the shop with you.
Love the long videos! Might be worth considering clipping something from the show each week to drop as a short to help drive some more traffic to the channel, for not much work. Just a thought.
Love your videos! I recently purchased an Epiphone '59 Les Paul limited edition. Bridge volume worked but turned very stiff. Looked in the cavity and saw the problem. The cover on the back of the pot wasn't fully seated. The cover was about half off from the pot. Forty years a tech, I pried the other tabs open, properly seated the cover and folded the tabs back over. I've done it before with old radios. Just like new, but still, should have never left the factory. I wound up putting vintage taper Gibson pots and Sprague Vitamin Q caps from a '50s military radio, anyway. '50s wiring.
Those "Limited Edition" LPs were great when they came out almost FOUR YEARS AGO!!! Apparently the word "limited" means something different in China...😕😕😕
Colin. I love listening to your justifications for further purchases. Most of us watching have used every trick in the book with our better half. love it! I just picked up a Custom Shop SG Special, 1963 Reissue. I of course, blamed your love for SG's and general influential channel content for said purchase. Apart from the great content you produce, for all our sakes, don't pack this in as we'll have no one left to blame! Great stuff as ever mate. Thanks again.
Actually I am middle aged and have no attention span ! But that's why I like long videos... I stick them on and dip in and out as my attention reignites and then fizzles out repeatedly. Keep it up!
That is really outrageous. Gibson has long been off my radar for years simply for the bad QC. I've decided to spend my $ with Gretsch, Squire and Fender. I've never had a guitar show up not working. With Squire of course I've had to finish off the fret work but never received junk. 😊
Yes you're awesome! Love you're videos, and yeah....the rambling on and waffling is part of the charm of the show. And i indeed said "show". I watch you because of the experience. Both in the sense of entertainment, and in the sense that it feels like there's a little bit of knowlegde and wisdom you can share if i listen. You're a person who loves and has lived a life surrounded by music. We are birds of a feather. You have a way of making us feel like we're hanging out at the guitar lot with our cool British godfather who we never knew we had, but have known for as long as we can remember lol 😅 Just shootin' the shit and fiddling around with what we love. Guitars. There is a lot of short form content that i enjoy, but there is plenty enough of it. Please keep doing what you're doing, and i hope more and more will find your channel and enjoy it as much as we do. Cheers
I know I comment every week like a weird stalker, but, I honestly cant tell you how much I love this channel. I look forward to a video every week and as others have commented, I love that its a decent long episode. Thanks for the great content, but you’re also costing me a fortune in guitars 😂😂 🙏☘️☘️☘️
No. I don’t come here for 10 minute vids. I come here so I can watch something that is real, informative, entertaining, and fun that doesn’t have shit 10 minute commercial breaks. Stay you!
I like the pop in concept reminds me of “this old house” in the states or a car show. Anyway, sounds like that Epi connects with you even if it’s not mutual. Great outro.
So glad your not going to change to much.....this is best guitar show on the net bud💯🎸I would watch an hour long show every week and look forward to it 👍👍👍👍
Oh I am so on board for extending the videos by popping in little tid bits like amps or other guitars that came in or whatever. Big fan of the waffle. It's like having a pint with a friend and going off on some tangent. The problem I have is I've watched all your videos and have to decide witch ones to re-watch. It's in my opinion the best channel I've seen on you tube. Thanks ill see you next week
I'm quite happy with my Sheraton 2 Pro, can't see ever getting another Semi-Hollowbody. I'd enjoy seeing you review the PRS SE 594 (& versus the Epi '59 Limited Edition). Thanks for your show, it's great!
Yeah screw YT & ALL big corporations! Just do your thing, that's what I & I think most of us enjoy about YOU & your channel. I mean, it's like when record studios would say make the song 3 minutes to those that were playing tunes for the entire experience, i.e., Zappa, Pink Floyd, Zep., etc. If WE, your followers wanted that WE wouldn't be here supporting & watching you! I say bullocks to those in the glASS tower! Keep it going mate! I dig hearing you talk, pausing, gathering your thoughts & then proceeding on with it. Best to you! Cheers from the USA!
I come here every Friday morning since I am in NH USA and I think how cool would it be to sit in a pub and have a few pints with Collin. Just waffle on about guitars and then maybe jam together for the patrons.
I think a "music magazine" format is a great idea. A guitar unboxing/specs/sounds segment if you have one, and then other bits with various guitar or amp related content. That leaves a wide open area to stuff with whatever you like. New gear releases, email or split video interviews or, even polls. I have one Epi that is perfect after I got it home, cleaned the hell out of it, changed the strings and set the action. Enough for me haha. If I ever need work done on my semi-hollows, I'm going to do it myself. The tools one needs are available or could likely be cobbled from coat hanger wire or 1/8" Plexi.
