Same here. That said, I like the idea of multiple guitars in one. But I'm curious about the frets. I love the sound of a Firebird, but I hate how crowded the fretboard gets.
Samuraiguitarist: "How can I give myself an excuse to buy all these weird expensive guitars?" Samuraiguitarist: .... Samuraiguitarist: "Welcome to my brand new series!"
Being Swiss myself, i saw this guitar at a music store recently and was immediately turned off by that price tag. Super exciting stuff that the guitar is being showcased by RU-vidrs, though. It's incredible how versatile that thing is.
@@TanisAnnicchiarico because I'm very familiar with the country and what it makes, swiss made products are world famous for their quality, the country seems to have high standards in literally everything
Love the interchangeable pickups. Guitars seem like they should have had this standard by the 80's. The only reason I need a soldering iron anymore is for a guitar.
My bullet point thoughts upon watching this video: - This guitar is truly outrageous! (truuuly truly truly outrageous!) - The future is now. -Your reverse flying V is just a flying A and you know it. - I can't wait to see the other videos in this new series! Good job!
@@danielskrivan6921 Honestly, if they made left-handed versions, I'd probably just sell an organ. I mean, that thing literally replaces the need to have multiple guitars.
I always thought the future of instruments was modularity, being able to swap out essential components to drastically alter your sound at the drop of a hat. Whenever I dream up awesome and fantastical hypothetical build instruments they tend to be like that. Really should cobble something together.
@@xxXthekevXxx Friend of mine has his own build either with magnets or plugs, and fully modulate pickguard so he can switch 2 to 3 knobs, diffrent switch positions or various diffrent loaded pickguards with the same axe. For the studio work it's a monster of a guitar.
There's cheaper ways to accomplish this . I'm thinking up a modkit you could just set pickups into a shell and drop them in. You'd have to do a little soldering to the pickguard array but I'm sure itl work and if the pup shells are made correct you could just drop in any pickup that fits and slap it in not just thier specific brand . I'm still surprised that there aren't more solid bodies with mini amps built in so you can at least selftune and use headphones.
Frick you're a damned fine guitarist... Plus super fun and versatile guitar which everyone who watches you play will want because you're spot on. Git. Much love. M
I bought one a year ago and love playing it. My luthier says it's the most impressively engineered guitar he's ever seen. Sad they went bankrupt a few years ago :/ Love playing it, very unique when I bring it out or when my friend plays it with his band.
I've been a viewer and subscriber for ages, but really watching the second half with your playing has finally sold me, I'm signing up for your lessons!
Sooo do you have to buy special pickups to switch them out with the magnets or is there some kind of magnetic wiring harness that you can put on other pickups as well?
If I am not mistaken, you can request or send Relish pickups, and they will install them for you. Check Darryl Braun's video on it, I believe he mentions that
I was wondering about active pickups as well -- does it support them? I"m not a fan of them, but if you're going to have power on-board anyway.. (for that atrocious selector switch and garbage piezo..ugh).. it'd be silly not to support active pickups
They have 9 sets you can chose from. The most used pick ups. ENTER A NEW SOUND SPECTRUM WITHIN SECONDS Our patented Pickup Swapping System enables you to swap your 59’s with a couple of P90s to enter a whole different sound spectrum within just seconds. Simply pop off the magnetic back veneer and you get access to the tidy interior of your Jane, Mary or Mary One. Without any soldering skills, you can pull out and insert the pickups in a special Relish pickup mounting. Twist the knob on the back to adjust the height and use an allen key for the final tilt adjustment.  SWAP PICKUPS, NOT GUITARS You got a fantastic guitar, you love the neck, the looks, the hardware but you haven’t found the right pickups for it just yet. You want to play that guitar during your blues jams and in that new Metal band you’re about to hit the studio with. We created the Relish Pickup Swapping System in order to transform your guitar into true swiss army axe. PICKUP SWAPPING IN ACTION «ANY PICKUPS?» No, but the right ones. In order to make pickups compatible with our swapping system, we have developed a special mounting system. For now, we offer a fine selection of nine pairs of pickups by Seymour Duncan, Bare Knuckle and our very own custom-wound in-house creations. But if you have a special wish, we can make it happen. Simply reach out. THE GUITAR PICKUP SWAPPING SET OF NINE CONTAINS 1x Relish Buckers: Relish Vintage P.A.F. 3x Seymour Duncan: Seymour Duncan JB & '59, Seymour Duncan Alnico ll HB Pro, Seymour Duncan Jazz 5x Bare Knuckle: Bare Knuckle BC True Grit, Bare Knuckle BC Brute Force, Bare Knuckle BC Old Guard, Bare Knuckle Emerald, Bare Knuckle Nailbomb
you are such a good youtuber: you always have interesting stuff to talk about, you have a unique and recognizable style, you have a sense of humour that is a breath of fresh air, and last but not least you are a phenomenal guitar player! Hope everything goes well for you
These Relishes are some versatile workhorses, i really underestimated how fantastic these models are, if they had a range from 600-1000$ i’d definetly buy one of these. I first saw one of these on Darrell Braun’s channel. You made that guitar sing in so many tones my man! Good video Sam!
This is my second video I’ve watched of you. The first one was the phantom beep. I can feel effort pulsing out of your content. Good job and keep up the great work!
I was road tripping the last few days, and went through Nashville, so of course, went by Gruhen Guitars for the first time. Got to see and play the Relish, and I must say, cool as all hell. My only issues are the neck on the one I played, which which was a thicker C shape, and it's also a little heavy, but, I am spoiled from playing my new-to-me Parker Fly., so grain of salt ². Took the back off and looked at the electronics and everything., but didn't switch out the pickups. Cool, but not for me at the moment.
Sir, as a person with ADHD you got my subscription and like for the Demos, usually I would've skipped them but I hang through it and could listen to your fine music.
A TRULY comprehensive review! Thanks for a versatile demo of not only pickups & switch settings, but SO many genres. What a PRO! Oh - the guitar is great too, but yours is the best demo I've heard.
Nice guitar, nice review, and nice playin’. Been checking your videos for a while and I’m subbing today. Look forward to this series. Ok, I now see this is an older video. Still diggin it.
Talking through the space of the guitar as Samurai guitarhead was perhaps the funniest Gong show reminiscent schtick I've seen you do yet. I have no idea why that made me laugh so damn hard but I can't stop chuckling. 😁😁😁😁😁
That's actually a very usable guitar, not just for the studio either. It didn't seem to have the low end that I prefer on the dirty stuff, but I'm sure if I played with it I could find something that works. Great video, great idea for a series, cheers!
This is a weird place to ask it but I can't think of a better place with more people who could have an opinion. Tl;dr at the end My partner and I have seriously considered moving to Canada (I'm Australian, she's American living in Aus) because we're both in the arts and she misses her family and wants to live closer to them. I was wondering what it's like to try and make a career as an artist in Canada. So far I've heard a lot of positive things but I would like anything that might help influence me. I currently make my entire income from music and I'm wondering how much I'll have to start from scratch. tl;dr might move to Canada, how hard is it to survive as musician?
This alone could be an entire video but I'll try to keep it short. The great thing about Canada is the granting system and the cost of living in some places. There is a system called factor that will fund your musical expenses like touring, album recording etc. You have to apply and get accepted and there are different tiers. Most most provinces also offer something similar on top of it. Depending where you live the cost of living can be quite low especially since we don't pay health insurance. However if you go to Vancouver or Toronto you'll pay ALOT. these also happen to be the bigger music centres. The downside is that there just isn't as much going on in the arts as there is in the us. Nothing here compares to New York Nashville or LA. Not even close. Plus we have winter. Culturally ive found that Australia is pretty close. Hope this might help!
My brothers friend was in a canadian rap group. They won a canadian music award (juno i think) and now the guy lives here in ch making bank in IT. Don't do it.
Always a pleasure to watch your videos quality humour and that little piece of music you played was epic! Love that folky sound with the hendrixy riffs I see what you did there wow!
Idk if I would call this guitar "wierd" so much as amazing next-gen. I want one! Saving up for the next couple of years. This was just a jaw-droppingly amazing guitar
I watched a handful of these videos just because of the information, but this is the first time I've watched just for entertainment. This is the first time the video made me laugh xD You have a very dry British sense of humor, and I love it.
Loved your review - enhanced with your sweet demos - I was kinda sad when you got to demo 9 (the last one) because I was enjoying them so much but you rocked it with the Bonus at the end - Thank You 😊🤗🤗💕
Brilliant and I loved this video. I play bass (amongst other instruments) my bass has a huge range of sounds with the EQ, Blend, and Active/Passive options. Not quite the “pop out a pickup” level or even split pickups like my guitar, but the problem is generally you end up finding a tone / option that you like above all others and just sticking to that.
