I completely respect the passion of your craft. It comes out in everything you share with us. Keep keeping it real. It something that is rare these days and from my perspective, it is much appreciated
I own a double humbucker version of that guitar since 4 years. Sure it was expensive, but it definitely make stop looking for « an other guitar to add at my collection ». It’s comfy, versatile and reliable. With my St-Vincent I’ve truly understand the meaning of a guitar instrument : a tool made to express yourself. The only con I see, is the lightness of the knobs while turning them, and the cheap look of the button (shape is great, but the plastic used is not what I would expect on a 3000€+ guitar) Great review as usual ✌🏻
I'm convinced Annie was inpisred by thee plastic dress Klaus Nomi wore on SNL with David Bowie. It's really a 50s retro future design, like something from The Jetsons cartoon. Pretty cool.
It looks like a dress. It is the shape of a woman. I have the earlier one and I love it. Great neck, great heel. Mine has three mini hums and a five way switch. Locking tuners. Smooth trem. Annie Clark designed a beauty!
I also have the original version and it is a great guitar. It is comfortable sitting or standing. The neck is nice. The pickups sound good. The bridge works well. It is light. It has great sustain.
Specifically, the plastic dress Klaus Nomi wore on SNL with David Bowie. It's really a 50s retro future design, like something from The Jetsons cartoon. Pretty cool.
Music man has been my absolute favorite brand for the better part of the last 12ish years. I got my first JP in college and since then I've just constantly gravitated towards them. These days I only have 2 in my collection (3 if you count a sterling), but they easily have the best build quality and aesthetics of any guitars I've ever tried. Playability, fit and finish, specs, sound etc.... all top notch. Great video and love your passion for praising gear that really speaks to you even when you aren't asked to do so!
@@stonewallmedia4314 Sterling is a very good alternative. I, like many, get concerned about quality when going with the budget versions of most brands but Sterling has generally been one of the more consistent ones. I think most brands do a great job on their budget gear these days but Sterling does still feel a cut above the rest (although to be fair their "budget" stuff is more like most brands mid-level gear from a pricing standpoint). I have a Sterling JP157D and it feels as good as pretty much any other 7 I've tried aside from the actual EBMM stuff. I'd honestly pick a Sterling over most other gear in the same price range.
It is such a cool guitar. It sounds incredible. It looks really cool. And I was thinking "yeah this guitar sounds cool, I wanna get one." And then I saw that it goes for $3000 brand new. Yeah I don't think I'll be getting one anytime soon.
I like position 2. It sounds like position 2 on guitars with hum canceling stacked single coil design pickups, which are actually humbuckers that lean towards a single coil sound but are darker and fatter sounding. These pickups do something similar.
this is a dream guitar of mine, living in australia these are SOOOO hard to come by, these goldie versions are epic, i do NOT like gold guitars but the gold version of this is fantastic. brilliant video
Special request. I would LOVE to see a series of revisits of gear & from the early days of the channel. Especially the Enzo dry mode. No one has ever went in depth with the dry mode & you made me really appreciate its capabilities with those whale sounds.
The gold is an AMAZING finish if it’s that same champagne one. I played a Goldie in that champagne gold at NAMM (the video of my performance is on the Ernie ball RU-vid channel) and I was SMITTEN with that color
Maybe the inspiration comes from the Gibson firebird VII. Similar body shape, mini hum-buckers, reverse headstock, straight string pull. Just different scale length and is neck through and of course the music man is modern.
Have to say the aesthetics of the original are IMO more interesting; that original pick guard had a much more distinctive point of view. Regardless I think the StV is a big accomplishment in design and destined to become a modern classic.
I like both, but I honestly prefer this half guard. Then again, I also prefer the smaller pickguard on the SG’s instead of the batwing and the Cabronita over the normal Tele guard. Though the original had this orange limited edition with leopard print pickguard, that’d look wrong with just the half.
annie clark a.k.a st. vincent does not only know how to craft beautiful music, sing like an angel and! play guitar very well! she also knows how to design a guitar, a complete original. annie is fantastic. im glad I discovered her (via youtube) and even had a chance to see her live at least once (masseduction tour) - great video man.
These are frankly fantastic guitars designed by one of the consummate artists of our generation. Annie is as cool, creative and unique as everything she makes.
At that price it has to be everything I ever wanted, and the ergonomics of jumbo frets are just too good to ever stop using. Medium frets is an automatic pass. Looks and sounds great though, thanks for the video.
I haven't actually played anything from the Sterling line; I have my MM St. Vincent and the Kaizens (6 and 7 strings) and they're some of the highest quality guitars Ive played.
parece ser bem confortavel mesmo o problema é o dinheiro mesmo para comprar uma eu assisti só por curiosidade bem feito o video por sinal faltou só o HIGH GAIN ! UM ABRAÇO DO BRASIL
My main guitar is a Fender Meteora and i feel the St. Vincent MM and the PRS Vela might be the closest thing. Guitars in the jazzmaster/offsett realm, super light and pretty small. Meteora looks like a Jazzmaster but feels like a strat in the body.
@@gusgrimm7533 go for it. The Player Plus Meteoras with tremolos that i've played are a bit heavier than my Alternate Reality Meteora from 2018 with adjustomatic but i'm pretty sure the pickups and the neck are a bit better (the fireball pickups sound great and the rolled edge necks is super confortable). The 2018 meteora is the best SG fender has ever made. The Player Plus Meteoras i think suffered a bit from the Covid MIM Fender issues in QC but if you find one that's good, is a phenomenal guitar with a super confortable shape.
My meaty paws can’t reach the high frets without a proper cutaway, I owned a Sterling & sold it only because of that, it was otherwise an incredible instrument.
I love my St. Vincent. The only thing keeping it from being the perfect guitar (for me specifically of course) is I wish there was a version with a jazzmaster style trem. I'm never fully gotten along with Strat-style trems on guitars but I will say the one on my SV is the best one i've ever played. I know it doesnt make a lot of sense for them to do one especially with the body shape/carved top, but it would be extremely cool if they ever did!
I do agree that I’ll always prefer my mastery / descendant trem systems to the MM but I like the MM more than bigsby or any other trem options in my stable.
@@markjohnstonofficial i totally agree, someone suggested i try a bigsby a while back on a tele of mine and i gave it a shot, just wasnt for me either. Its a cheap guitar so i plan to one day do a rout and put a mastery on it for a budget version of the tele/JM hybrid. And honestly if MM ever started selling their trems (unless they already do and i'm unaware) to install on other instruments i would be more than happy to install one on a strat or something with an equivalent string spacing
Sounds killer! Will have to test one out in person for sure. Wish EBMM would open up a semi custom catalogue, would love to have this shape in one of their sparkle finishes!
Mark! Please try out the Konstante by Twilight Pulse Audio please! It’s essentially a modded Greer Lightspeed, with an echoplex boost built in to it, I have a feeling you would love it!
I’ve loved it since I first saw it. Unfortunately it isn’t available for leftys. It is a cropped version of the explorer with a better headstock which has long had a reputation for being comfortable.
It sounds very nice. The pickups must be fairly low inductance to have that much high end with 250k pots, and AlNiCo bars don't roll off the highs. For that money, I might prefer a brighter sounding FB. Indian RW damps the airy highs. It's better to have them when you want, than not and want them. Ziracote would be cool. Not as bright and Ebony, and looks awesome. Pau Ferro is also brighter, but people don't seem to like the looks of it.
Oh, the other two colors come with an Ebony FB. That might be nice, considering Brass saddles roll off some high-end. Yeah, it's a smart design with a simple useful pickup setup.
my biggest complaint about this guitar is that they refuse to make it in lefty. I mean, the headstock is already in the right direction, the Jobs halfway done already!
great video, certainly not an accomplished musician as you, but I guess I'm a purist as far as design. Still wouldn't throw it away if someone gave it to me, but not crazy about the design
The small Music Man headstocks are a major design flaw and ruin their guitars for me. I agree the St Vincent body is a beautiful thing. The proportions of the headstock are way off. You both do sound great!
It’s a bit like the classic VS 70’s oversize fender headstock; everyone’s got their preference but neither party gets to be “right” but man do I love the reverse MM headstock
@@markjohnstonofficial I know that story well. In the 80s my crowd all looked down on the big head Fenders. Then I bought a cool '75 hard tail, lightweight burst with a rosewood board. Not for sale!
Positions 2 and 4 are NOT out of phase. They have never been, not on a strat or this guitar. So stop saying that. They are just normal bridge and middle pickup or neck and middle pickup together in parallel, like they have alwasy been on normal strats, and they sound exactly like that. Out of phase is a totally different thing that by all definitions is not this.
The sounds are reminiscent of my Mustang which DOES do the out of phase thing so I made an incorrect assumption about the configuration here. You seem like you're handling this mistake well.
@@markjohnstonofficial You are doing a gear demo/review and you are listing specs. Your ONLY job here is to get those specs right and nor ASSUME anything. It says on their website that those positions are just normal parallel connections like they have always been. And normal parallel connections and out of phase sounds sound complete different or the very least it is very very obvious if they are out of phase or not. So should it be with you Mustang if it indeed does out of phase sounds because then it should sound nothing like this guitars 2 and 4 positions.
@@markjohnstonofficial I'm sorry, I might sound angrier than I really am. It's just that is a big pet peeve of mine, when so many people call these classic 2 and 4 positions on a strat "out of phase" when they have never been and this has been common knowledge for decades. And it's the easiest thing to check. So I don't get why people don't seem to get it right and there are MANY people who therefore think that that sound is the out of phase sound when it isn't.
@@ZhaggysfactionHis only job is to make the video he wants to make, as it's not a paid advertisement. Corrections are probably welcomed but coming at it like this is not doing anyone any favors.
I’ve put together a few post hardcore / metalcore tracks using this guitar over on my instagram / the music man account. It’s not gonna be full shred / death metal tones but it’ll get into proper high gain surprisingly well.
Horribly unbalanced, thin, scratchy tones, you could equally well play piezo pickups only. Equally horrible look too for me. Any average Telecaster sounds better to me.
@@markjohnstonofficial LOL That's also how Payola Works LOL .. You're Cool Boss. It was just a silly comment from someone who doesn't matter (me) anyway.. Peace Out Bro. It's all in fun Smile more.
I’m assuming you might not watch my channel outside of this; like I said in the video they didn’t ask me to make anything like this and they had no idea I made this until it went live. But beyond that this is a guitar I have used as my main go to for a year now amongst roughly two dozen instruments I’ve got in my studio. The notion that I’m making this for any other reason than “I had some down time and I wanted to rant about a guitar I think is wildly underrated” is to basically call me a liar.
