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@@guillermodeipola2454 LOVE my '89 Korean Squier II! Amazing maple necks on these! But the bridge had almost COMPLETELY crumbled out! Replaced it with a Fender PW-29, threw a set of those Belcat Alnicos in it and it's one of my FAVORITES...
I have a $200 2019 Chinese (CY-serial) Squier and it plays better than $1000 guitars I've had from Japan and Korea. I plan on swapping out the pickups at some point, but I don't think I will ever get rid of it.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I detest how "cheap" has seemingly nearly entirely supplanted "inexpensive." Is the reason because people cannot be bothered to pronounce four syllables as opposed to one? What is to be said of something that is low in both cost and quality?
spot on. plus the fact that when people do things for a long time they get better at them, meaning when the indonesian factories started making guitars people thought they were shit, years later those workers now have more skill and produce better products, plus lets face it, a CNC machine is a CNC machine no matter what country its used in
@@KenithCopeland Yes. The guitar I bought here in 2011 , for around USD120 at that when my income was around USD150 a month, was "produced" by one of the off-production official materials used by "luthier" around the Cort factory, and with proper setup, it plays just like the $550 Ibanez RG350 model. I also couldn't wrap my head for the fact that the guitar shipped with EdgeZero ZPS2 which was also a new hardware at that time. Just crazy. Nowadays you can get a strat model from these luthiers who own a CNC machine for around USD80. But after playing those cheap guitars, one can appreciate the price difference in the setup , hardware and all other fine details that makes a Fender Strat. Or Ibanez RG.
@@spanneng yeah, to a point i think you can appreciate the time taken in some high priced guitars, i love my prs guitars, but i also love my onyx 335. a lot of it is just brand snobbery, you get a prs se pauls guitar that has nearly all the bells and whistles of a core model but some will turn their nose up at it because "its not USA made". oh well
Eddie Van Halen built his frankenstrat from a $50 factory second body and a $75 neck. It's now one of the most valuable guitars in the world. If you love it and it sounds good. It is good!
@@Aron-ru5zk in 79 that's about what I paid for a used univox bass and amp, money made from a paper route, I wouldn't pay 600 for that now, or wouldn't let my kids pay more than 200 for something like that.
As a long-time guitar teacher, often students will say, "You can only play good because you have a great guitar." I will then bring my cheapest guitar to lessons. They are then totally deflated.
When someone's learning any musical instrument, it's better if it's able to stay in tune and have accurate intonation. If it has the right action and isn't a struggle to play, that helps too. Action also affects intonation. Better to help the student by going over the setup of his or her guitar than showing off your skills on an inexpensive guitar.
Same, since I listen to so many different types of music I like to have a guitar or two for each style/tuning, because the worst thing is wanting to play a certain style of music but you don’t have a guitar that can make the right noises. Also it feels cooler to have a 5 guitar stand full.
@@MrKankuamo buy another guitar dude. You’ll get more sounds out of a different guitar than you would with a couple more pedals and it’ll inspire you to play different.
My Fender Jazz Deluxe was cheap when I first purchased it, but now, it's been modified, but I still treat it like I paid $4,000 for it. If you love your guitar, (no matter how much it cost), treat like it's a Million dollars
Even as a garage band hack, I’ve learned to take my less expensive guitars (already had a lot of wear) to certain venues when I know it is going to have the potential to get knocked about or stolen. Although, I enjoy playing my nicer custom shop guitars more. Chris, if you love the way the blue strat plays and sounds, I think spraying (especially if you are doing it yourself) it white is a great idea. I love Olympic white strats. If you are paying someone else to spray it (same applies to refret), I’d sell it and buy a white strat.
I try to tell people what you are talking about, not just about instruments, but all things in life. Nice to see a young man with an audience delivering this message. Because I am just one old man to be ignored.
It baffles me why anyone would give this video a thumbs down. Especially 155. Such a genuine young man and the subject matter is just great. You really don’t need an expensive guitar to have fun and enjoy playing and Chris’s reasons are very justified. Thank you for making and sharing your video’s 👍🤘🤙🏻👌🏼
I have a PRS Custom 22 USA (1997) which is the most expensive guitar I own. It plays like butter and is worth every penny. At the other end of the spectrum, I own a Vintage VS6 that I bought off a bloke for £100, and I love it. The cost should never be the determining factor; it's whether or not you enjoy playing the guitar, and whether or not it inspires you to make music with it.
What God-given talent you have! And so young. You are so lucky. No amount of practice could let most of us play like you. You could make any guitar sizzle with beautiful sound.
it's always amazing how often we hear, that nobody gave us any advice on the important questions in life....when we needed it....it's later put down as "experience"... but you have whats most important of all....talent.....and you've got your head firm on your shoulders.....very sensible...and a exceptional guitarplayer.....;-D
I'm reminded of talking with a really good pool player who always used a "house" cue - even though he had a really nice one I'd seen him use a few times... Not that he wouldn't select from a few they had for straightness, but his answer was they had different weights/feel and it kept his skill up to have to deal with the differences. In guitar terms maybe it's easy to make a great guitar sound good, it's more challenging to pick up any old guitar and make it sing?
Exactly how I feel. Plus you can actually sell it one day for something instead of a measly 50-100 bucks. Also higher end guitars tend to last the test of time better. Sorry cheap guitar lovers but it's true. Your pot metal and weak common woods are not as good as stainless steel or select wood. Just saying. This is how it goes in the guitar shops... Top guitar master builder type guitar makers get first dibs on choosing quality parts to work with. Then the custom shop people. Then the middle of the road people. Then the filthy poor's guitars lololol. They may be cheap which is great! And you can get em to rock which is also great! But they aint collector material and not as hardy. Simple as that. Trust me... I own a made in indonesia bass and I'm currently upgrading the pick up because it's farty and sounds like shit. It cuts in and out like crazy. And the knobs go from doing nothing to MASSIVE changes from me basically just tapping the knobs slightly. It's a pos guitar... Mean while my master built SS gretsch corvette 2011 1 of 7 ever made.......... That guitar is just heaven lol.
Thank you.These comments read as if there is something wrong with buying/playing/wanting an expensive guitar.You can get really descent guitars these days for not a lot of money,but if a person prefers something that cost more then that should be ok too.
True. I grew up (as a left- handed player) playing a number of cheaper Strats and Strat copies. Now that I can afford it, I have finally gotten around to purchasing the bona-fide Fender American-made Strat that I have always wanted but never bothered to acquire before.
Youre such an awesome player man! i realize this is an older video but as a 39 yr old dude whos just starting out your tone is amazing!!!! love and respect from Canada
I own a gibson custom, a cs strat, and 3 quiet expensive Music Man guitars and a few other "premium" guitars, but the fire-saver non replaceable-guitar is my first guitar, a now 30 year old Epiphone Les Paul custom (heavily modified and refretted) who survived several movings, water in the house, angry kids and ex-girl-friends etc. It's like a brother :-)
That is great. Modified guitars can do a lot and it comes also down to what a guitar means to you, what you have lived through with it. I also modified my first guitar, refinished the top, refretted it and put a p90 and a humbucker in. Although it is not as nice as my strat or my baritone, it means a lot to me and i will keep it
A guitar is a tool. The tool is only as good as the person using it. I prefer guitars with character and feel that inspire me rather than guitars which hold the prestige of a name or price tag. But that's just me.
Not totally true but okay... Some tools really fucking suck shit lol. You should hear the dog shit farty cutting in and out pick ups on my bass lololol. Working on getting that fixed...
Yeah that's my choice reasons too. My bog standard squire strat basic version, not even a tremelo, plays I.kid you not like a 600 pound strat a Clapton to be exact
@@user-lx3dn9bt9e That's very true. My first guitar, that I still have is a very cheap strat (from a brand called Memphis). I had to put additional springs to get it to stay in tune. Additionally, I made a fret job, replaced the electronics and tuners. In fact, it was the guitar in which I started leaning stuff about guitar repair
I think the year was 2013. I was at the Musikmesse in Frankfurt and Eric Johnson was invited by Fender to promote some of their models. At one point in his live demos, he grabbed a Chinese Squire which was plugged into a Fender Mustang miked to the PA. And... yeap, it sounded exactly like Eric Johnson. He talked to the audience, "hey guys, I'm playing a Squire into Mustang". I guess a lot of true-bypass-new-old-stock-caps-vintage-tonewood-aficionados die a little bit that day.
@@isaacmckenzie7184 didn't find the exact one, maybe it was on his Instagram, but check this one out. He's playing thru a digital amp, not even a modern one. Video from 12 yrs ago haha ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FCF267KHEPg.html
Well said Chris. Another thing with the whole band load ins and outs is that sometimes it only takes someone to ‘help you out’ with gear and something (like a guitar) gets put up against a wall outside in the dark and not seen and everyone’s leaves the gig, gets home to unload and the guitar isn’t there. Heard that happened to a friend. Devastating! Thanks for these videos and for your top playing. Always enjoy them 🤙
I had a boutique effects pedal "disappear" from the stage between soundcheck and performance. It was an $800 US pedal and, as you said, in a foreign country. I completely understand the premise of your video. Great job, Chris!
I own a gibson custom, a cs strat, and 3 quiet expensive Music Man guitars and a few other "premium" guitars, but the fire-saver non replaceable-guitar is my first guitar, a now almost 30 year old Epiphone Les Paul custom (heavily modified and refretted) who survived several movings, water in the house, angry kids , cats and ex-girl-friends etc. It's like a brother :-)
True unless you're super into guitars and deeper forms of music but yes... That should satisfy most guitar players. Especially with a lil bit of modding.
@@soyborne.bornmadeandundone1342 You realize he was referring to himself, right. Why project your opinion on someone explaining their taste, douchey to say the least.
Very true comments dude. I first got into blues and bluesy style tunes I guess when I had an old abandoned acoustic which I saved and restrung and loved/played for quite awhile until I realised I was mostly playing electric blues licks haha. So then my first electric guitar was and still gets played and loved is a 2003 56 Epiphone Les Paul gold top reissue which I got for $600 in immaculate condition second hand. I now also have a brand new MIM Player Series Strat. I've been lucky enough to also upgrade it with Jeff Beck noiseless pickups. Even with all this iam sure there are thousands of players that sound so much better then me on a no brand dirty banger guitar with bent necks and dirty out of tune strings. You are inspirational Chris,thankyou.
Im particular about gibsons but when it comes to fender I actually prefer cheaper ones. Gotta Mex Tele that's my favorite ive ever played dead stock. And the squire strats that are slightly smaller are also some of my favorite guitars. They dont sound great distorted but I mainly pick up a strat to play clean to slightly overdriven sounds anyway. Also they end up being the ones you grab the most cause you're not worried about always having them in the cases. There's always one leaning in a corner around here.
I'm just finishing up a refinish to a Matte Chalk white Epiphone Junior. Bolt on with a moved screw carved access and Bellycut. Stinger and plain neck. But yeah I spent a lot of time on the frets and the bridge had ultimately leaned and lifted the laminate top layer. Superglue and drilling in toothpicks and a full refinish. But I love it and it does the thing now.
I’m stilling playing my ‘91 MIM Strat I bought brand new in high school. I actually but it in early ‘92. I’ve swapped out the original pickguard with better (yet cheap Alnico 5) pickups, and better wiring/switch (passive treble bass controls). It sounds and plays great. Also had a Squier Affinity Strat, a Squier Vintage Modified Tele, and a Tradition Strat copy. Also have a tele build a friend is doing with budget body/neck. I’d love a good USA strat someday, but I’ve played for nearly 30 years on “cheap” guitars.
I had a ‘98 MIM that I traded for a Squier Vintage Modified Tele, the one with the standard bridge pickup and a Jazzmaster neck. It was great, but I sold it.
This echoes my experience as a bike courier. You start with a nice bike, until it gets stolen. Then you end up hacking about on something that cost 40 quid from a flea market. Pretty much every courier I know has done this. Plus, there's a big difference between cheap and inexpensive.
Every cyclist I know has an expensive bike, that they never ride, because they know it'd get nicked the minute they take their eyes off it. The one they actually ride is assembled from bits deliberately selected to look as shit as possible.
@@lordvermintide4441 A lot of people ride expensive bikes (go out early any Sunday morning and you'll see them) What they don't do is leave them locked up in public.
I own a Squier classic Vibe Strat that I absolutely love. The neck is impeccable. I've played millions of times on my brother's fender stratocasters and he even admits that my classic vibe plays as well or better $400 can't go wrong
Was talking to Gordon Giltrap last night in the interval of a local gig he did, and he had exactly the same view. One of his guitar’s was a stock 200 quid acoustic which sounded glorious and was a real work horse albeit not a piece of furniture.
@@dchavez1528 Yeah I'm certain the people who work in the Mexican factory are as competent as the people who work in the US. The reason to buy one over the other in my opinion is which specs you want.
i was considering buying my first 'real' strat, but instead modded my old 130,- strat with new pickups and some hardware, and now it plays and sounds like a dream
I traded a $300 revolver for a 90s mim Strat about 10yrs ago. It's ok but I have been playing a Dean more lately. I also keep a SX with a Fender Champion amp next to my recliner. I have a 180wt Behringer at church that I play the Strat through. But I can't crank it up on Sundays. At 68 I'm easily pleased.
@@robertfullchim923 I'm still tempted to by another Strat but no more than I play it would be kinda dumb. I also deal with arthritis. But realistically, how much longer am I gonna play? Not enough to spend any more money.
A Gibson is more comfortable to play on higher frets than my epiphone because of the bolt on neck. But is that comfort worth a $3000 price difference? To me, no. The sound is so close, the money is better spent on a good amp and pedals and you still got enough left for a big bag of weed
I agree to a point. If you get the Epi with the bolt on neck, then slap some good pups with magnetized pole pieces and a tad lower output so you can get more dynamics and it'll be more harmonically rich, then use the rest on a kick ass amp. But, if you're buying the top of the line Epi, then just get over the flashy bits and buy a used studio Gibson because the nitro feels much better in the hands than poly and a guitar should sound and feel good instead of look good. It's music, not the cover of GQ.
sunnohh I had my sg beside me when I wrote that. The bolt on area sticks out more putting a corner right in the middle of my palm at the 17th fret. I read my comment. I thought sg when I wrote it but somehow never typed it. Must of been that bag of weed made me forget. Good times
I love my Squier. The stock pickups were good, but I just switched them out for fender Tex Mex pickups. A bit higher output Alnico V magnets. They're only 100 or so dollars for the set and they sound fantastic! I'd be hesitant to mod an expensive guitar, but a relatively inexpensive one is a great jumping off point for building your own unique sound from the ground up.
I bought a black Japanese HSS Strat with Floyd Rose (very Maidenesque) around 2013 from a bloke in Llanelli, then sent it off to Spectrum Finishes who resprayed it in "mystic blue". Absolutely stunning. Sadly the guy whose company it was died a couple of years ago but it's such a beautiful colour. Respray for the win! 🎸😊
I had a very cheap guitar when I just started playing. And I used to blame that guitar for sounding like crap. Then a friend of mine picked it up and it sounded awesome. I then realized the tone was not in the guitar but in the fingers.
I exclusively play Fender american special Tele's. They're cheaper. They're more accurate to the original "Old school" telecasters. And the texas special pickups are rad! I've got expensive guitars. They unfortunately don't go on tour with me. My epiphone nighthawk's do, not my gibson nighthawk's. So I get it. I just bought a 50's classic mexican strat, that plays SO much better than my 2000 dollar american standard. I paid 500 dollars for it, lightly used. That's going to be my new road guitar. That, my epiphone hawk, and my tele special. Great video! Take care!
The Silver Series Japanese Squiers (like yours) are fantastic guitars, they used to be quite cheap, but seem to be fetching up to £500 nowadays as they are getting scarcer.
i play a sub 400 quid gretsch for the simple reason i love it. i love how it feels and i like how it sounds, that's the only reason. though it is also reassuring knowing that if it gets stolen it's not a complete tragedy.
I own a gibson custom, a cs strat, and 3 quiet expensive Music Man guitars and a few other "premium" guitars, but the fire-saver non replaceable-guitar is my first guitar, a now almost 30 year old Epiphone Les Paul custom (heavily modified and refretted) who survived several movings, water in the house, angry kids, cats and ex-girl-friends etc. It's like a brother :-)
I have a LTD EC-256 and added Seymour Duncan hot rodded pickups with a new nut, upgraded pots & electrics and I love it.......also just recently acquired an east coast strat type (due to some of the good reviews from Andertons) for £150 as a donor guitar for learning to do my own tech work to it and I'm pretty impressed by it to be honest :)
Reason 3: "cheaper guitars" (sub custom shop,) are much easier to fix than single Luthier constructions like CS guitars with hand constructed everything and more appointments. It goes back to the original intentions behind the Fender design: if something is broken, buy that part and replace it.
I'd have a small hidden video camera in the room focused on my gear, if it's someone in house who's stolen it you've got um! In fact because its such a big problem these days I'm surprised clubs, pubs, & event venues don't have a dedicated monitoring system themselves, its cheap as chips to do it these days.
I do the same. 3 squire strats, an LTD LP, and an angel just gave me a 1970's Lawsuit SG. All of them play great and i do all the setups. A setup, new nut, maybe new pickup(s), strings, and a good cleaning makes my inexpensive guitars just what i want.
Wisdom. You make a lot of sense. I once played a gig where someone at the bar was heard saying ' I wouldn't even rehearse with that gear'. Says more about him than the band
I used to have the S-500, wonderful guitar and amazing quality. I am a more tele person, that's why I don't have it anymore. Every cent you pay for a G&L is totaly worth it. Sorry if I made any mistakes, English is not my mother language.
i have an indonesian g&l , i replaced the neck with a musicraft, a good neck is a good guitar, a great neck is a great guitar the body electrics is the easy part
I was never able to afford anything expensive. Friends had expensive gear, and I found the common denominators in guitars that were expensive, guitars that were cheap, and why they felt different. It took one [cheap] guitar that I loved enough to entrust it to a VERY skilled luthier, invest a little money, and find the playability improved to a degree that those friends and their expensive guitars were at a loss as to what made my cheap guitar, feel so good. From that day forward, expensive gear OWES me that playability. If it doesn't feel/sound as good as something that cost me $800 soup-to-nuts, it's not worth it to me.
Yeah, but that's also because a lot of people know jack shit about setting up their guitar properly, do fret levelling if needed and adjust the bridge action to something you like (it doesn't have to be lowered if you don't like that). Sometimes changing to different type of strings will greatly improve the playability too. On one of my guitars I had super thin electric guitar strings and it would literally play like a toy, go out of tune and do weird stuff. I changed to a more decent brand of strings and all that went away. Details in your setup matter. Well unless you play nothing but huge gain and overdrive and you wouldn't hear the difference anyway lol.
I have a refinished vintage strat I put together with 72 body and neck and a mix of 72/73 pickups. Maple neck. I love that axe its my baby... but I feel paranoid taking it out of the house. Even in the house you just never know when you're not home. Recently I got a Squire thinline telecaster and have been really enjoying it. I keep it in the trunk of my car with a vox mini 3 amp I love the feeling of freedom of not worrying about. Unfortunately my last car was a hatchback no trunk and it was broken into last summer they stole a Squire frankenstrat that I really enjoyed it was really light weight two tone gold sunburst with Tex mex pickups I miss that thing sometimes it was fun
Hi Chris, I'm from Paraguay (a little country in the center of south America) I'm a fan of your tone, your songs and your style. You're an inspiration to me 🎸💥
Had this with my PRS , felt uncomfortable living on stage to have a meal , drink , get changed and socialising at the bar. Trouble is my old S G is now an expensive guitar to lose !
I have one very nice guitar (acoustic). It sits in the case because my kids are dangerous to anything not made of brick. So I decided to make some electric guitars. They look fine, play great, and I don't freak out when they are sitting on the couch. The result is a play a lot more. It makes all the difference. Comfort is important, however comfort is defined.
When I worked at GC, you could play 10 so-so USA LPs or Strats and then that one used Squire in the corner would just be SOOOOO good and cheap enough to upgrade and still be affordable. Guitars are hit and miss, even "the good ones"
This is so accurate there are son many shit guitars and good guitars no matter the price range, its pure luck and taking the time to test each one.if the guitar rongs really good without being connected and it is comfortable it can be upgraded. If the wood is dead, not even expensive pickups will fix it.
One of the best guitarists I've ever heard played a squire with some upgraded pups. Anyone that gets caught up on thinking gear makes up for chops should look up Brian Mays story on how he made his guitar out of furniture and motorbike parts. Story has it he did fine with that guitar,
You're totally right about leaving gear. I left my gibson sg and a luthier made acoustic at a venue while we got food in another pub. 6 grand left back stage. I was very stupid when I look back. I play a Chinese affinity tele and Japan squier e series strat which are great guitars.
I found my first bass in the trash it was a rogue 100 which is an inexpensive instrument. I took it brought a cheap amp had it set up and is still learning how to play. Its a challenge that I needed, its not so easy like Homer Simpson sayed it takes discipline to learn, that was 4yrs ago. I've since purchased better equipment a fender mustang, I still have the rogue it will never be trash again this cheap bass was a God given blessing to me.
The imperfections of cheap guitars usually will guide you into creative solutions to overcome their deficiencies and develope your own style. I have a very nice high end Fender and it's perfect, but when I have writers block I grab one of the cheap flea market guitars and it usually "guides" me into new ideas. Even a broken string can sometimes help me as I play "around" the handicap of missing a string. Try it, it's fun!
Pre-covid when we were still allowed to do such things, my gigging lineup was a US core line PRS and a Yamaha Pacifica I bought used for £120. After a setup and sorting the electronics out, I'm honestly hard pressed to say which is the 'better' guitar. I'd be totally happy taking either to a session. If it feels good, is well set up and has good electronics, it's good enough for anything.
Right there with ya... Even though I have broken my rule a few times and got guitars around the 2-3 grand area but hey... I'm a collector who plans to sell these bitches one day for top dollar and that's looking pretty good right now with covid lol. I suckered a black falcon players edish from some poor kid for only 2200 in early 2020. Guitar right now is basically 3 grand or more. WHOOP!
@@soyborne.bornmadeandundone1342If I would get such instruments they would have to be all players for me. But I may be better off putting it towards amps first.
Squire classic vibes strats from before 2010ish (due to the rosewood fretboard availability) are incredible. Their pickups sound like real vintage strats, and I haven't played a better strat in my music career. Highly recommend.
One man's junk is another man's treasure i only have a few new pieces of gear but only after being unable to get them used. A great person at guitar center turned me on to used gear his advice still rings true. If your not sure it's going to work for you or go anywhere keep it cheap or used so your not out a ton of cash .
Highway one’s rock, 🤘 I picked up an practically unplayed one a few years back still with the stickers on it for 380€ I sold the neck and pickups and put the money towards a second had set of bare knuckle pickups and a all parts neck and now I have my perfect forever Strat and after the past few years of gigging it’s even starting to look like a roadworn one due to thin nitro finish....!
@@johanndaart7326 Realistically the only way you usually break a headstock is if you lean the guitar up against something and it falls over. In actual use, they don't just magically break. They have to get whacked from the backside usually. If you are *careful* you're not going break a headstock. The way people break headstocks on LPs is very specifically that they are NOT careful and whack them on something or knock them over.
Lol I took a old pos made in japan aria 2 tele thinline. IT SUCKED. Got a decent warmoth neck on there. Changed the pick ups to the ones you have. And FINALLY it's a good guitar. After 20 years of me and the gang letting it collect dust lol.
I still have a cheap Cort that I got for free as a backup guitar.. Absolutely solid guitar for my needs and actually one of the most comfy guitars to play I've tried.
I have a Squier Affinity tele that I used to prefer to my Fender just for the feel. I was given a beautiful G&L that I play mostly now, but I still keep that Squier around, and I'm thinking about sticking some nicer pickups in it and giving it a tuneup, and then it'll be ready to get back on the stage!
Although they can be hit or miss depending on the year and individual guitars, American Standard Fenders can be amazing guitars that can easily compete with custom shop ones. It’s just important to try a few before settling on one. My 2015 American Standard Strat and Tele are both absolutely fantastic.
I also bought a squire, even though I own an original Ibanez jem blue floral print. My latest project is a jem Junior. I paid $440 for a store return. I changed all the electronics and turned it into a Stratocaster that actually stays in tune! Fender vintage 57-62 pups, and the most ingenious and diabolical mods possible! I have five normal position, five out of phase and five in series. 🎸🎭🥁🕊🏴☠️😎💜🌎
I’m an older guitarist struggling to improve. I went down the guitar acquisition phase but recently reassessed. In a recent visit to a large guitar store, I picked up a Yamaha FS-TA. I was blown away. I loved the sound and it was the easiest guitar I’ve ever played. It only cost $600. I’ve since sold my fancier guitars and now only own the Yamaha FS-TA, Yamaha CG-TA, Taylor GS Mini Koa, Fender Highway One Strat, and a tele that my guitar teacher built for me. Simple is better! Expensive guitars don’t make you a better guitarist. I’m all set!
Does a hobby musician really need a professional quality instrument? I would say no. Most people who don't play instruments can't even tell the difference anyway so your friends and family won't care you're playing a Cort g-100 and not a 1964 Feder Strat.
@@chriscampbell9191 The skill level arguement does hold water. A person who practices a lot should consider saving up for a mid range/upper mid range instrument. If you don't make money playing the high end instruments are just a waste. It's a dead end investment that could be put elsewhere.
I can recommend the following utube video titled 'Everybody Ought to Know Who Jesus is (solo jazz guitar)' by Walter Rodrigues Jr . The Squire Tele sounds so classy !
While touring in Australia, my favourite old Tele fell off the guitar stand while I was in the green room. A roadie came and got me and I picked my Tele up off the floor and a big chunk of the fretboard had been bashed in. The Tele didn’t even go out of tune. It couldn’t be repaired, but I played it for another 15 years, but it went from my number 1 to number 3. I love Teles. 👍
About 7 years ago I swapped a PRS SE Custom 24 for a ‘92 Mexican Strat ( with Fender-Lace Sensor pickups to boot!). The only way that Strat will leave my collection is from my cold dead hands… I’m also a fan of Squiers. Their necks usually fit my hands perfectly. Change out the pickups and it’s usually a winner!
Made in America aint got shit on made in Japan. Im not a weeb, but culturally the Japanese just take more pride in their work. There's a reason 90% of new technologies are Japanese.
I look made in Japan but I'm really made in America so I just take more credit from the work of others. But I guess I take pride in that? I think I can use that..."Culturally the Japanese just take more pride in their work" at my performance appraisal meeting coming up.
Hey Chris thanks for reminding players that they don't need expensive guitars at all, I mean after all, they don't play themselves. A good decent tube amp and a pedal or two, that's where the musicianship shows how little really needs to be spent. Thanks mate!
