The Most Advanced Guitar That Nobody Knows About! 

Apparently it also requires a Swiss bank account to purchase one.

I like how he talks of the Swiss people and their ability to craft as if they were another race, such as Elves or Dwarves lol

Wow. Seems to sound far better than anything I ever heard. Super clean and clear! Very distinct change of sound with different pickups and pickup settings! Wonderful.

This is amazing, i made something similar a couple years ago. I made 3 strats with quick interchangeable pickguards with different pickup setups, my setup was with velcro on the the back, you pull the pickguard out from the back and just put in one with a different setup. But mine was the entire pick guard and you couldn't change individual pickups and the output was attached to each pickguard so you couldnt keep playing like you did here. Truly amazing design!

To be honest, I'm absolutely amazed at how regressive the guitar industry is. The kind of quality-of-life features that this instrument offers are stupidly simple, and couldn't possibly cost much more to manufacture. I realize that most guitarists don't want built-in digital effects like the Firebird X, but there are some basic adjustments like the magnet back cover and the easy-to-change pickup system that would make life easier for minimal cost. My complaining aside, that was a very nice guitar. I'm digging the unique singlecut design, too!

It's great... But in my country it cost as much as 2003 Audi S6 quattro

I've stumbled across your videos on different occasions, and I've enjoyed every one! Thanks for your work.

Darrell, this is a fantastic video! I want to personally thank you for showcasing this guitar. Had I not seen this video, I may have never learned of this fantastic instrument. I was born in '52, and I got my very first guitar in 1965. Since then I have owned and played well over 100 guitars of different makes and models. But never in my life have I seen a guitar as innovative and exciting as the Relish. This even surpasses the great Travis Bean guitars of the '70s and '80s. Those had thru-body aluminum necks, and are, in my opinion, the best playing guitars I ever owned. The paradigm has shifted! When it comes to guitars, I finally feel like I'm living in the 21st century. The brands that I grew up loving...Fender, Gibson, Gretsch, and Rickenbacker have become stale and somewhat boring. They seem to be stuck in yesteryear, making the same old tired reissues over and over. Just how many more variants of Les Pauls, Strats, and Teles does the world need? I think we have enough of those already. That is why it is so encouraging to see a new company like Relish Guitars produce an instrument that is so revolutionary. It's a breath of fresh air! I feel lucky to have lived long enough to see this happen in my lifetime. Recently, I have been seriously contemplating buying another Gretsch Custom Shop guitar. I love Gretsch guitars! Especially the works of art that come from their custom shop. But, after seeing this and other videos on Relish Guitars, I have made up my mind to definitely purchase a Relish. I just have to decide whether I want the Jane or the Mary. I apologize for the long rant, but I wanted you know just how much this video changed the way I think about guitars. Sincerest gratitude, my friend!!!

*edits my guitar wishlist* yep. Most versatile for sure.

They had a stand in 2018 in Musikmesse, Germany. They are really great and the concept is cool. Of course it would bust my bank, but I like them.

Meanwhile, Gibson call themselves innovators for putting robotuners on 60 year old guitars.

Maybe they should get an Italian guy to design the body.

Amazing, you put things next level! Even here from Europe, never heard of this sweet guitar! :-)

This Guitar is sick!!! I kept rewinding the video to just before the case was open,and the pickups in the compartment...man,this thing is cool.

Your videos where you play the Relish Guitar are what lead me to buy one for myself. So thank you for educating me on the different types of guitars available other than Fender, Gibson, etc

Beautiful guitars and beautiful playing. Great video and very informative ♡

I had a Relish guitar but traded it for a Horseradish one..

Nice new concept of guitar making. But man....I still love the Tele that you build sir. The one hanging on the wall, that Double Bound Sunburst Tele 😍🤘

I'm from Argentina and a guitar teacher of mine go to live to Switzerland, now he work in Relish! I'm really proud!

Nice touch with the quick pick-up change whilst playing, very slick. Wicked

Not my thing at all but I love that some manufacturers are pushing design and functionality boundaries. Great vid

So cool to see a company push the boundary of what an electric guitar can be! Guitar Link: imp.i114863.net/ezraX

Amazing guitar... thanks for showing it Darrell!

Hello Darrell, I wanted to write and and give you my thank you. Like many others, I have enjoyed and watched many guitar-themed RU-vid channels - many of them very very good with fantastic content and highly deserved of huge followings. You most definitely fall into that category of these remarkable appealing youtubers. But you offer something very unique, beautiful, uplifting, inspiring, and atmosphere-changing which is this: your personality, your spirit, your countenance, and your expression. Maybe there’s a temptation to discount this gift to others and yourself so let me elaborate. It’s been beautiful to watch videos created by you and your colleagues in this guitar world and learn something new and be exposed to really really nice people. You shine in clarity of communication, expert knowledge, and personable (as well as professional) presentation. Just seeing your smiling face makes me feel better and then listening to your explanations and demonstrations is a joy. Undoubtedly you have made the same impression on your many subscribers and viewers. Whether this chapter of your life continues or a new chapter begins thank you for your personality and changing the atmosphere where you work. Thank you. And thank you God for giving you strength for going out and coming in, keeping His hand upon you and expanding your borders!

Mind blown. That is innovation, style and smart. I want a walnut Jane.

Love the stock pickups,very interesting design,great video!

Wow, great video! Part of my family is from Luzerne. Beautiful place. You are right - that region takes mechanical devices very seriously. The guitar seems very innovative. I realize the looks of the guitar are not for everyone, but I like it! Sounds great

Why am I watching this ,I can't even play a single instrument

wow this is so cool! :O this should also be the only guitar to compare pickups against each other

OMG, I just checked the price and I'm going to try to forget ever hearing about this guitar.

Relish should be giving you some kind of commission. This video made me want a Mary One when you first uploaded it and as of yesterday I finally have one on the way and due to arrive tomorrow morning.

I just fell in love with these guitars. pure genius.

Darrell, you are becoming a kind of mad guitar scientist, and I love it! Thanks for finding this amazing axe for us buddy!

Very interesting guitar. I like the overall look of it, also the concept. Definitely a conversation piece at a gig. I would hope for more sustain out of an instrument that expensive though.

Great idea about switching pickups. I was so much time in the studio putting 5 or six different pickups on my Himylayan Mustang squire copy.

That would be ok for demonstrating different pickups in shop.

both pickups together in the middle position sound awesome

Checking out one of the coolest and most versatile guitars on the planet! No weird gimmicks, just great ideas and flawless execution!

Wow, bloody awesome!!!! Thanks for the review.

Is one awesome design! Can see ways I could adapt to that :) good info and production

Man, I'm pissed but also in awe. For years, I have drawn up plans for a simple setup system like this. Removable back that has access to everything and just popping off things and replacing them, a toggle switch between the electric pickups and a piezo; all of it. Kinda pisses me off somebody else actually did it before me. At the same time, it's cool to see my dream guitar that I've always wanted to create has been now created. Glad to see the idea I've been drawing up for the past five years is not only well within the realm of possibility, but also exists in the real world. Then again, maybe I'm not the only one with this idea, oh well.

OMG Darrell!! This guitar is so awesome!!

Some excellent and wide range of sounds this makes, thanks.👍🇬🇧

Great invention Darrel. Rock!

About three days ago i said to myself " hot swap pickup " turn on youtube this morning and bang right there.

Peavey essentially did this in the late 70’s with the Peavey T-60 and you simply ‘change pickups’ by dialing in the knobs and the neck is designed to be interchangeable with a Stratocaster Neck.

Very good review. You do a very pleasant and very interesting overview. Thank You so much Darrell.....Regards...Jeff

That really is good evolution in design (as opposed to stuff like digital tuners)I also like coil tapping which is often practical...and one thing I wanted to do was: I have 2 favorite pedals...I thought...in this case on a Tele...to drill out space and internally mount the pedal electronics into the guitar. It'd make it heavier...but give me such easy access to things I constantly use...I think Pat Metheney has a guitar like that...at least i saw him use something with a zillion toggles on it....

Me : **offers my kidney** Guys at relish : "that's cute"

And it sounds BEAUTIFUL!

I noticed right as you took it out of the case that it also seems very light.... every gigging musician appreciates that

this is the kind of thing I would expect to see at NAMM as a future prototype concept, like they do with concept cars: budget goes out the window and they let their freak R&D people flex their muscles and innovate. Then distill the concept into a practical commercial version. I think a pickup swap system is an awesome idea. even a more simple universal mount clip thing and a connector inside the electro-compartment would be ok and still 5 minutes fast. I must admit I would love to see some little magnet backplate things because those screws are EZ2 lose heh.

Dude I'd love to have one of those guitars. Sweet design. Yeah the Swiss really do pay attention to extreme details. Nice

It’s about time someone came up with a more modern , usable and quick to set up guitar. Yes old school is good but this design is awesome. Thanks for sharing 👍🏽🏁🎸

I looked up the price of a couple of models from Relish Guitars. The 'Mary' (the model shown in this vid.) list at 2599.00 USD, the 'Blue Jane Flamed' model, $5999.00 and the 'Platinum Edition' a whopping $13600.00. What makes the Platinum model significantly more expensive, is that platinum is 'sprinkled' throughout the finish. While increasing the aesthetics (and price), it probably has little to no effects on the sound characteristics. Aluminum, a soft metal, is a curious choice for the sub-frame because of it poor resonance properties. However, it could be alloyed with other metals, that could have more desirable characteristics, I suppose. One of the reasons that aluminum is not used in tuning forks, for instance (musical, anyway) - is that aluminum produces an abundance in overtones and the pure parent tone is subdued. Not necessarily a bad thing - as overtones in guitar tone woods vary and are subjective...although it may impact the attack and style of play. (more overtones lends itself to softer styles generally...as in classical or finger-picking and less overtones generally with more aggressive attack styles.) In resonance tests of various tubing materials, aluminum fell in between copper and PVC pipe...none of these materials known for out-standing acoustic properties. (Although Ovation Guitars use of a manufactured, resin-impregnated silicone fiber, its developers tagged as 'Lyrachord', has been in use since the 60s.) Relish may be a decent guitar, but I am a bit old-school - and if I am going to spend that kind of money on a guitar, I would rather have a 59 re-issue Gibson Les Paul or a 54, 60, 62 re-issue Strat. To me, there is just something about real wood in the construction of musical instruments, that is traditional and more appealing. Guitars don't need a lot of bells and whistles...they just need to sound good and play well. Still, others may like the innovations and if so - have at it.

YOUR VIDEOS ARE ALWAYS NICE AND INTERESTING. THANKS.

Can I get one with a built in Talent Simulator?

I was in the Seattle airport and a young musician was playing one........ sounded great...

3000+ euros... I'll wait for the Chinese version for like 300$.

badass guitar man.Thanks for sharing.beautiful !!!

After 35 years of playing pedal steel, which in addition to a metal frame, also has metal "tuning rods" for the pedal changes; I wouldn't want to play outdoor concerts with this guitar. I believe tuning issues on hot July or cold October days would be unbelievable. For a studio player it has many great features.

I remember these guitars coming out like 5 years or so ago and being advertised as “the Rolex of guitars” and they seemed awesome. Didn’t hear another word about them after. Glad you’re bringing attention to them

Well... that guitar just sounds great in every mode! Amazing.

2:19 ilove that laugh id replay it dozens of times to be true 🤣

I've always wanted to change pickups during a chord! ha, no I've never had that thought. What a machine!

The best compliment you can give this guitar is that Leo Fender would have loved it. Clever design, well engineered and pretty too.

You could buy 5 used $700 ESP's all with superior tonal features. Neck though, string through body fixed bridge, tone wood such as mahogany or maple. And then say you understand you only need or 1 or 3 pickup choices you can sell the rest for exactly what you paid. Also you can even have some or all with active pickups.

I seen this in guitarist magazine and sounds interesting, certainly innovative

Wow blending with the piezo sounds beautiful

Its like someone finally invented the semi automatic pistol... and all we've been using are single action revolvers all this time since the 1950's '_'

Pretty shape. LOVE the easy pickup change.

Captain Picard has one of this in his Vintage Collection. At his last Earth-Hollydays he bought it in Marseille at Belloq Antiquitées

When he pulled those pickups out, it just blew my mind 😲, like whatttttttttttt, I was yes expecting from the time he opened the box and showed the pickups that it would be changeable pickups, but that is quick and impressive, just when I wasn't thinking on it, booom 😲

Simple practical ideas made possible. Great video....

I have a SWITCH Futur composte with the full Roland midi and they are so rare now; one of the few guitars to consistently get 10/10.

Finely jeweled Swiss movement, aluminum body to last thousands of years, and magnets on the back cover to erase your credit cards and play hell on your phone, when you bend over trying to get the bridge pickup that fell out on a solo. These Swiss think of everything...

"What can you expect from a Swiss made guitar?" It keeps time beautifully?

Remember when most phones have removable backs? That's all I imagine If you accidentally drop it and everything falls out lol

Loved the piezo sound. I want one!! :)

Thanks for specifying whether this is a hollow body or a solid body for the non-visual people

interesting and beautiful design. Thanks Darrell

This is like a guitar Q would have designed for James Bond, push the wrong button and somebody is gonna get hurt bad.The headstock has an Epiphone thing going on there. Really a 21st. century instrument.

I had that pick up switching idea 35 years ago.. but not through the back of the guitar! Smart!

Very Kool, I think I`ll get one. My favorite Guitar is my custom made DTM. Cheers Mate...

Very innovative! Love the idea, not partial to the body shape myself but hey, even guitars have to evolve (GASP) My only real issue is that the wiring looked a bit on the shoddy side. They should have taken a clue from good PC builders and sleeved and routed all cables in a clean, unobtrusive way.

Leo Fender would have enjoyed to see that innovative guitar design if he was still alive.

They really went all out with the magnets. But isn't there any magnetic field interference with the pickups? Considering so many strong magnets are so close to the pickups, you'd think they would interfere with the signal input.

the distortion with the neck pickup is almost identical to synester gates tone

Friggin crazy guitar...I remember way back thinking...wouldn't it be great to have pickups switchable and loadable into the guitar on the fly...I would love to see this technology implemented full on! Great video!

Huh, I did not know about that guitar.. Thanks for posting!! :)

Well, its possible to select any or all pickups in a DSP sw. The hw mic is dead, except for piezo trigger mic, the magic will happen in sw. A mic is changed with a flip of a switch..

I like the idea more than I do the guitar itself. Noting some of the flaws others have made observations to, I wonder if anyone has offered a plug-n-play approach to just the pickups for existing guitars. Anyone’s thoughts or insights on the pros and cons of this idea?

the features the guitar offers are fantastic and super cool. personally, i'd like to see one that looks more like a traditional strat or tele. not that i could ever afford something like this but its still pretty cool.

That neck/piezo pickup sounds so good

insanely brilliant. I want this.

I am not easily impress almost as good as the four letter word.......wow! Crazy tech! When they put in modeling modules the change out to give other brand guitars or amps then genius move!

Thanks...Greetings from Switzerland 🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭 We loove guitars

Both pickups tone reminded me of a Pearl Jam B side, Strangest Tribe.

Oh man, I forgot about this guitar... Thanks for the reminder 😊

Well done video and excellent playing. Certainly an interesting concept and looks very well built. However when considering the cost, it might be better to simply purchase 3 or 4 high end instruments to cover the same territory. I'm sure this is great in a studio environment, but I'd be a little concerned about the rigors of touring as well.