The 8 Kinds of Guitar Snobs 

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I call them cork sniffers.

can i get a discount on your course?

"I only use the most expensive amps. All tube amps are garbage"

You should’ve done the Gibson snob, you know, the guy who only buys Gibson’s made in Kalamazoo and doesn’t touch Nashville made ones?

Same. I never played basic riffs and "overplayed" songs due to the fear of being made fun of.

Astolfo please dont be they’ll just see u as a beginner

@@anuvette I on the other hand have made it my mission to learn all the overplayed songs and riffs. I relish on the agony of players who they annoy.

Sorry I forgot to add that it was when I was a beginner. I later changed my mind and learned them because I honestly love some of the songs. Especially seven nations army because it's a very popular football chant

The only time I have an issue with beginners is when they play too loud or think they're amazing. Other than that, everyone starts somewhere so I don't really mind

The theory snob"WHAT? you don't know what are the chords for a C# Lydian with a raised 4th is??? Are you an amateur??" and his mirror reflection the Anti-theory snob "theory just limits your creativity man! Just..feeeeeeeeeelllll"

Though, I mean, if you're gonna play guitar, why not just learn chord naming conventions? It really isn't very hard at all if you know the conventions and they aren't that complicated. But hey each to their own.

Aka Jazz elitists 🙄

@@fahadalghamdi9316 Spot on, I'd say anti theory is by far more prevalent. "Theory will limit my natural creativity..." ...

Don't even get him started on tabs

My favourite is that "Rosewood fingerboard has a deep tone"

@@torzsokszilveszter2444 love the feel of rosewood but if anyone thinks it makes much of a tone difference if any shouldnt be allowed to drive.

@@torzsokszilveszter2444 I like maple fingerboards more just because the look better imo. I wouldn't be able to tell the difference😂

You need to understand that the only good tones come from a thousand year old tree in an endangered species that only exists in a small area in the deepest African jungles. Anything else is useless.

@@toshineon And if you can't hear the difference, man, there's something wrong with you! 😀

Good salesman.

@@snoopyguy21 He was probably upset that he didn't make more off commission, but he was extremely helpful to me.

@@hamshankscps1049 he made the more reliable sale instead of trying to go for the higher commission.

@@snoopyguy21 Yup! Good service like that means you'll go back to that particular salesman time after time......

Dude this is uncanny, same exact thing happened to me but with a strat. I’ve never played a guitar that sounds better than my mim strat.

oh yes! my guitar teacher!

That’s my friend up and down! XD

Sadly, its true! You have NO idea, how many people came into my shop and played Smoke On The Water wrong! (I even had to teach my BOSS, who is the head educator how to play it, as he too, played the riff incorrectly! (70s rock is my specialty!))

“nO OBamA You’RE dOinG iT wROnG”

*you're

You sound as much like a guitar snob as any lmao

​​@chetsenior7253 I mean personally I'm not opposed to it, nor am I a fan, but I prefer Melo-deth or thrash/black metal.

can this snob pick up an acoustic guitar and entertain a group who just wants to sing-along??

Fuckin hate these guys. They're why I never open the comments section on music instagram.

You are a next level Ola, you even started your own guitar factory. That's hard to beat.

Ola is a burp snob. He started his own guitar company just so he could add stomach gas to his brand.

Atleast you know how to turn a garbage into gold. Unlike Tyler 😂😂😂

No worries, help is on the way.

your comment sections are sometimes filled with guitar snobs

Ah yes. The satisfaction with those spoiled types is that ultimately that guitar will sit in the corner gathering dust for 6 - 12months once little jimmy realises expensive guitars dont make you *insert rock god here* and eventually finds its way at a massive loss to someone like me via ebay. Whislt the used fender will be loved and cherished because the kid thats brought it earned it and is less likely to give up at the first sign of adversity.

@@Joelay101 The Fender guy will definitely more likely become a rock god itself. Or a guitar god, at least...

Used Fender Strat is not that bad, actually. Much better than brand new chinese Fender Strat knockoff for $120

Ik how the lawn kid feels but I started building and trading

SG Special 🤢

Haha 69 likes

@Bryan Charles oh yeah. For the record I consider what I said to be a compliment... I have mad respect for both of those dudes. They've def accomplished more than anyone I know. 😎

@Bryan Charles that's a lotta close 2nds lol, but after all it's pretty reasonable for Waits... He's probably one of the more underrated artists in the history of recorded music

I'm a huge A7X fan and I will always say Matt has one of the most dynamic voices I've ever heard

I have never heard a more accurate description of an outfit/vibe! Well done.

U r the first lol

pepsi and vaccines contain soylent green

what are you insinuating sir

@@MusicisWin lots of brothers!

Getting rumdy amdobe vibes here

Ewwwwwwww

That's what I don't like about the PRS community. I own an SE and dont brag, I just say its a great guitar. I would love me a private stock

Anyone that goes on about a Private Stock PRS, are by default themselves, a PoS.

You overheard a guy talking about guitars in Golden Corral? Weird

@@TheWrathsblade or lying.

Lemon Grass SAME HERE

marty music, Paul davids, Sean Daniel, music is win, guitar pilgrim, and samurai guitarist, to name a few

agreed

I am a fellow lefty and I don't shun anyone who uses a unknowned guitar brand

@@ctom0641 same

I can't imagine your struggle. They seriously make barely anything left-handed. At least as far as color and body shape is concerned. Plus shops rarely have more than two or three of them. So you either have to buy online or settle for something that has strings and pickups.

Are you sure, I'm not about myself. :D I was adamant about getting an Ibanez and only Ibanez as my first guitar. Narrowed my choices quite a bit. :D And would be another snob sign choosing an old Japan made one over new Indonesian one...? Kinda the only demand not met would be a different bridge (meant to buy fixed, ended up with a Floyd Rose). Though I know I will consider other brands when I'm hunting for the second one. I feel like my life won't be complete without having a Flying V. :D

@@MuppetVT In compare to right-handed, they really don't. I wanted an Ibanez and it was like 10 guitars to choose from (if we're talking new). Though Solar has even less - they have around 100 options for "normal" people and exactly 3 for lefties - all boring matte black, Superstrat, Flying V and 7-string. Very hard to choose from such a vast collection... :D And I did end up buying online as our local shop (small) had only one lefty (electric, didn't ask about acoustic) and I didn't like that - didn't like the colour, the finish nor the shape :D).

Yes. I never play with more than two effects at a time, and the most common pair I use is distortion and flanger

As a shoegazer i agree and disagree at the same time. Because on one hand yeah people who use a bunch of pedals just to mask that they cant do shit suck especially if they claim they're good. However if a person uses guitar pedals because they like the sound and know what chord voicings to use and when and being able to identify exactly how to get the tone that they are looking for i would say that they are a good guitar player. Additionally i also see the side which just says "why dont you just play a synth" i have been asked this and in response i said quote "guitar has strings feel good" Either way i can agree with you chaps. Sorry if this is long winded i just wamted to share my view.

Emilio ocotl well yea. Like Metallica obviously uses a wah pedal mixed with distortions and they sound awesome live. They also play clean and sound just as great. And you got bands like Pink Floyd that uses effects but still sound VERY good. Then you got the bands that just hammer and use effects and play power chords with DEEP distortion because they suck and can’t play any better. Perfect examples I can think of are bands like linkin park and papa roach and deftones. I always HATED those bands.

No pedal will make you sound like you know what you're doing when you only know 3 power chords. You don't even know wtf you're talking about 🤣

@@J.C... did I just touch a nerve with you?

Or that those tunings are useless. "Just use standard"

"Only depressed suburban kids who shop at hot topic and listen to Slipknot play drop d tuning." -- Snob from the year 2000

Omg yes!

Or the ones who use all "special tunings" and therefore if you don't, you are "old".

Me: *dances in open D*

Would you blame him? It's a nice collection, lol.

@@TheWrathsblade I wouldn't

You must be new here

Like every video? Hehe. Tbh I kinda like it for his other videos because they're like time stamps.

@@freq9939 Do you know his address? If you do contact me on the Dark net.

"It doesn´t have a sustainiac neck pickup with an active EMG split coil neck humbucker, 8 strings evertune bridge with piezo pickup, touch MIDI tone filter controller with stereo output and locking tuners? Man, my grandfather´s grandfather used to play that Jackson King V."

Man I hate those guys. Fanned frets and active pickups suck anyway

@@nehemiahzo_ fanned frets are sick actually since it makes doing some chords a little bit more natural but yeah active pickups aren't my thing

Communalcamp968 Benny checa I’ve never really tried fanned frets, but I’ve heard that they throw off the notes. Is that true?

@@nehemiahzo_ not necessarily, even on a normal guitar the notes are thrown off,if you want a guitar with which you can play notes spot on buy a squiggly fretted one (true temperament guitar),the idea of a fanned fretted guitar is to have equal tension on each string,in order to do that they make the distance between the nut and bridge longer for the thicker strings,so let's say there's a fan fretted guitar,the high E will have the regular scale length,the B will have a longer scale length to even out the tension,the G will have a longer scale length,and so on and so on. Sure maybe on the bends you're gonna get something weird but I doubt it,the only place you're gonna have issues with are the frets above 18, especially on a 24 fretted one,I cannot comprehend how people got used to those frets.

And if not I'll bend it in. Still playing it, 'cause, well, it's a guitar after all.

I live by my own personal motto: “If I can afford it, I’ll play it.”

@@ayjay579 me too

@@ayjay579 Same

that's half the reason I mostly use Floyd Rose and not everyone cuz I use the trem alot and I can't afford evertune

@Jeremiah Sutherland both are great i have a guitar with single coils only and humbuckers only. The sound is different but both sounds are awesome.

Electric organ? Electric piano? 😱

and using computers +interfaces instead of tape machines?

Electric-acoustic guitars?

Lol! You just described a big chunk of the classical guitar community.

Sad elon musk noises

that's my dad, and he's a drummer lol, its like no... that's what this chord sounds like

I KNOW BRO

I own an airplane which I’ll occasionally take to shows. The worst thing I hear is “Oh, buddy, is this your plane? Oh it is? Good, I just straightened out this bit on the back, it was out of line.” Then, after the show, I have to spend a good 30 minutes trying to re-trim my airplane.

Some eight year old kid told me my guitar is out of tune, i felt terrible after that

@@guitar_and_weed lol

Right! lol

I identify as a PRS snob.

One of the best comments.

I’m not a price snob mate

Honestly after about 750 its probably a case of deminishing returns

@@ApertureWarrior That is Exactly right....After 750.00 - 800.00 you start paying for something that is hard to identify tangibly.

@@stricknine8623 After that, you're paying FOR the name! * Cough cough FENDER! * * Cough cough GIBSON!! *

He is officially endorsed by PRS. And if you talk shit about PRS you either never played one or know nothing about guitars.

@@baldbearded9601 Or they are just giving their opinion. People are allowed to have opinions, no matter how unsubstantiated they are. I personally don't like PRS, mainly for the sound. I don't think they sound as good as other guitars on the market. I also don't like the price of a lot of PRS guitars. And, the only PRS' I've been able to play had glossy necks which were sticky and just felt wrong. I don't base my opinion off of those experiences, though, because if I did, my opinion would be based off of two experiences at my local guitar center, which would be very unfair to the brand

@@isaacthecorncob Why do you actually defend this guy? You actually gave your opinion. He just insulted people while making a dumb joke. And at least you have a reason to dislike it. It can't please everyone! But you didn't talk shit about it. If you know guitars, you will have noticed the quality of build of PRS guitars. They are the most consistent in terms of quality. Way ahead of the big brands unless you go "custom shops" kinda stuff. If you tell someone PRS is trash, you instantly showcase your absolute ignorance in terms of guitar quality. I stand by that. And I commented because OP seemed surprised that Tyler prioritises PRS.. well he's an endorsed artist.. duh! Cheers

@@isaacthecorncob why does everyone keep playing the "opinion" card as if people are supposed to be quiet while they give they "opinion?" Commenting on an opinion isn't suppressing the right to an opinion, it is itself an opinion. That's the thing about opinions, they're subjective, therefore opinions can be discussed with other opinions if they don't agree with said opinion, and if I say "opinion" 2 more times, I'd have said "opinion" 12 times in this whole opinionated response.

Bald & Bearded hmmm... sounds like we got a Tyler in the chat

Take your usual Gibson-Les Paul Snob. Is around 50 years old, owns a 6.000 bucks reissue, owns an old Marshal Tube Amp, can‘t play anything besides „Sweet Child o‘ mine“. And that is the exact same guy who talks shit about everything new Gibson is producing, forcing them to produce the same crap over and over again while not buying anything, forcing the company to go bankrupt.

@@flowryan5829 *intro to Sweet Child o Mine, because that same guy can't bend enough because he's afraid to damage the frets

My harley benton strat was great but my harley benton flying v was a lemon, theyre kinda like cars, you never know.

Gimme the most expensive guitar ever made, and I'll show you, how bad it is in my hands

Been really eyeballing Harley benton's telecaster lineup.

I've met the tuning snob before. Spent more time tuning than recording and trying to get ideas down. I'm like "this guy must have amazing hearing cause it sounds fine to me". Ha, ive come to realize that I don't think there is such thing as a perfect tune on a guitar.

I have met them at school. Even though I kicked their ass, they thought that they won because could play stairway to heaven (and horridly)

@@onehellofaboredguitarist4287 No Stairway!

Pick up their acoustic. Play them the intro sequence to "Black Horsemen" by King Diamond. Hand their acoustic back to them with a drool bib.

Or blackbird

LOL,....But a true snob wouldn't allow that to stop them,..they simply get on the net and crank up their snobbery anyway.

GOJU RYU!

@@nuclearsenshi 👊

me, neither can afford the skill, nor has good technique, it's the theory snob

Yeah I am

He said that. About a 62 Jag. That's sad that somebody would belittle it just because its Fender

Snobs are terrible the only time I had someone insulting my Cobain jaguar it’s my main guitar. But he doesn’t play guitar or know anything about it. I wasn’t having it so it did pissed me off. But I like how that jaguar plays and sounds it’s awesome for me. He said that it’s not a real guitar I told him to fuck off.

It's a Jag!!! How could you do that?

Bryan Charles Well dude not every single piece guitar are all that strong. Imagine you need a neck replacement.

Bryan Charles Honestly dude you shouldn’t have such negativity towards any electric guitar unless it’s an absolute lemon. But other than that you’re missing out man

I always have my arms crossed when I stand to see bands or other type of musicians :c

Reminds me of a G3 show. 😂

Another one is guitar players who always remind everyone that they play out

Nice. Of course, that could just be the guy who's girlfriend has a little crush on the singer.

Hey there "rock star" I play and watch shows and I cross my arms when i watch I'm appreciating what I'm seeing possibly pick up a trick or two , hope I didn't upset you "rock star" maybe take it as a compliment

A close relative to the Nationality Snob, the Brand Snob will vilify any off brand company that copies their beloved brand's guitar even in the face of overwhelming evidence that the off brand guitar offers the same, if not better playing experience at a fraction of the cost.

See: the PRS silver sky for an example of those coming out of the wood works

Just do NOT mention any of the brands flaws to the Brand Snob as they will rant for three and a half hours about how the flaws aren't actually flaws from the brand, but rather caused by the owner for "not treating the instrument properly"

1. Jackson USA Custom Shop/ESP Custom Shop 2. Jackson USA Artist/ESP Signature 3. Jackson USA Select/ESP "Series" line/Charvel USA Best products, best customer service, and appreciating rapidly. Gibson was the worst customer service experience that I've ever dealt with. I don't care if Jimmy Page played a Les Paul.

I don’t like the way he portrayed the nationality snob. There are more people who refuse to play any American guitar than people who only play American guitars.

1) unocated strings only 2) string gauge snobs

@@thenoobyXD the uncoated snobs bother me the most cause I cant play uncoated for more than a month (sweaty hands)

I’m kinda like that. I only use Ernie ball 9-42 paradigms, and can feel the difference between paradigms and other string types

Rotosound is the only bass string you should ever use! Lol

Currently have Elixirs on one guitar. Ernie balls on the other because I have sweaty hands and wanted to see the difference. Been about 3-4 weeks. Ernie balls are black. Elixirs look fine. Some people can't stand the feel or tone but idk man I think I'm just gonna keep using Elixirs.

I did a one off show for this amazing teen singer doing a showcase or something and she wanted to do Paramore, Still Into You. A guy came up to me after the set and was saying it sounded good, but he couldn't help but notice I was hitting a wrong chord in the chorus or something. I was like oh? what chord. He said well I saw you were on the 2nd fret , but that chord is E. Something to that effect. I said wellllll...the song is in drop D so I was playing E. Like dude, did it sound wrong or just look wrong? Use your ears. Notice that low D in the bridge how do you think you hit that low note?

Eliju lmao I was playing Johnny b Goode at my grandparents party once cuz they asked if i could play for a while and entertain ppl with a band of old musicians they knew. I don’t play the Johnny b Goode intro or solo note fir note I play the way that I think sounds good but after we were done playing some guy was like u played the intro wrong and I was like oh what part and what r the correct notes and he was just like idk I don’t play guitar...like ok damn (and the way I play it is close enough I can play it over the actual song and get a pretty good match)

This kind makes me the most angry. Like if I wanted to hear it sound exactly the same as the original, I would just listen to the original.

Eliju whats drop d?

Nicolas Samanez it’s where u take the letter d from a scrabble set and you drop it

I love the Martin players who scoff at my Carlo Robelli, until they see it has locking Grover tuners, a bone nut, bone bridge tailpiece, and fretboard so oiled that it looks like kitchen table.

Cutaway guitars are amazing, like bruh I wanna be able to play 3-string barres on fret 16, thanks. As a fingerstyle player, being limited to barre only ip to fret-14 would suck.

The true mark of poor execution. It hurts how terrible it is lol

lmao

Sad but true

It’s Solid State Amos and Active pickups for me... Is there a rehab for Guitar snobs?

I’m number 8

Being an internal snob is fine but being a snob to others is a no no

Yes and no, there is a difference between being a snob and having a preference. It's when you belittle things you don't like because they aren't what you like that it becomes snobby. Example, I really don't like flying V's. I think they look stupid, and I also don't like bolt on necks, and i prefer rosewood fret boards. These just aren't my cup of tea. But if someone were to hand me a flying v with a bolt on neck and a standard maple fretboard my first instinct wouldn't be to beat it across every available surface and burn the remains, I'd still plug it in and try it.

Same :(

That's sorta me. I geek out on tech specs, but I can't play much beyond power chords.

Right now we are living in a golden age of amplifiers. There are so many companies out there making really good boutique amps. I was a Marshall snob until I played a Blackstar. Turns out it was a really decent little amplifier. Perfect for playing at home. So I can be reasoned with. But I will still say this. Nothing beats playing my original 78 Les Paul through a 100 Watt Marshall 1959 stack. The only problem I have with using a Marshall is being able to play with an erection! 🤘😎🎸

That guy sounds fun at parties

Same here.

the "Authenticity Snob", I believe we should call it

I feel personally attacked.

Should've said, "Do you recognize this?" and bashed him with it

@@troysmithfr lol

These are in the videos about players, this is about gear snobs. :)

Pin this comment, this is #9!

jazz is good

"I only play 13's, 12's are for pussies" -Jazz Snob

I go out of my way to argue with people who say that. I feel like I can make that argument about many guitarist, but not Vai.

Ahh yes, the "Everyone is pretentious except me" snob. These guys are real easy to identify, just ask them what pretentious means and they will verbally crap themselves.

Jared Dines has no feel. Roasted.

Aaron Archual it’s a meme Tyler made ages ago

Basically any guitarist who can shred. People also accuse John Petrucci and I am like have you not heard A Change of Seasons, The Spirit Carries On or Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence because how can you listen to those and say he has no feel? I think this all started with Yngvie and then started spreading to other guitarists since then(Not saying Yngvie has no feel, but I feel he is the first high profile guitarist to be seen as having no feel)

Yeah, there are a lot of jerks who don't believe that a guitar from any country other than [Insert country name] could ever be good

A French man speaking fluently English? Come on, man. Don't try to fool us!

Dan Kay a lot of europeans speak multiple languages fluently

@@khimcleod3459 I am European, live right next to France and know VERY WELL how many percent of French people speak English. All the best...

@@dankay7982 Fluently ?? thank you so much haha

And in D Major and not Db Major

Humbuckers rule!

Spooky Skeleton - that they do!

Same dude....same

@@brendanmanning9683 Yes..Also too

I dont remember ı wrote this comment?

I feel you, Leo......recently had some 'friends' and even family complain I play guitar too much, only to later that day go on about having me play Freebird or Stairway. Not the whole song, mind you, just the riffs.

Will you be my friend? I wouldnt shut up too, but I have no one to talk to about it

if he cant do a basic setup himself then what the fuck lmao

Tell him he needs his frets leveled and it'll be a few thousand dollars, then he will leave you alone

I got my tele from one of those guys. First thing I did when I got it was raise the strings of the frets.

I work on power grids, and spent a decade owning only a hollowbody electric and an acoustic, no amp. This comment took me for a ride.

I hear more people who are snobs against electric honestly.

I've actually gotten it the other way around that distortion is a quick one way trip to hell 😂😅🤷‍♀️

Let's not forget Dylan Goes Electric and the acoustic snobbery of the Folkies at the time.

Yeah it pays just to keep it to yourself and not even mention it because people automatically get jealous

They were jelly because they are losers.

I'll take that label. I don't care what it takes. DOES IT SOUND GOOD?!

@@Aaron-zh4kj Tone? Meshuggah.