Subject Index 00:00 Intro and Thank you 01:30 Diamond coated fret files or the classic style files for stainless frets? 02:19 We hit 400,000 subs. Huge thank you! 06:50 Will this holiday sales be good this year? 09:30 Best way to dust your guitars? Detail Brushes amzn.to/3TMpKSf 14:30 What is a vintage guitar? 17:20 Why I think vintage guitars are a scam 30:10 First Winner of show us your KYG 33:50 Should you mic your Tone Master amp 45:10 cutting nut slots on 11 gauge strings 49:50 Bad dad joke 50:00 Guitar Of The Week www.kieselguitars.com/series/guitar/phillip-mcknight-delos-edition 1:04:00 I hope custom USA guitars last forever, but I do not think it will 1:06:57 Issues with Fender S1 switch? 1:19:50 A Spanner Wrench?? www.kieselguitars.com/series/guitar/phillip-mcknight-delos-edition 1:13:00 Change the switch 1:20:30 2nd KYG winner 1:23:30 G&L vs Fender Custom Shop vs Kiesel? 1:36:48 Fixing a guitar cable??? 1:43:30 You Need A Master, Master Luthier To Adjust Your Guitar 1:55:00 I will add GOTW to audio podcast 1:57:00 Thank you
@me-bf1re ......I rank over half of "vintage guitar" dealers as being right up their with politicians, used car, salesmen, and public defenders. There are good ones, of course, but I am very suspicious about these young dudes with long hair trying to sell a CBS era Strat, (formerly considered junk), for $5,000.
Just an amateur here. I went into a well-known vintage guitar store in Nashville years ago. Aside from the ambivalent customer service, mostly came away wondering why anyone would pay high prices for beat to hell guitars. But there ya go.
For sure! I've been building up my arsenal of "Performance Guitars"--having just picked up an MIC "Parker Nitefly Concept" in Grey/Purple Liquid Metal Burst. Gonna use it for any of the tunes I do which involve the color Purple in any way: "Purple Haze", "Purple Rain", "South California Purples" or anything noteworthy by the band "Deep Purple". Gotta work the "Bling Factor" with modern audiences!
That “vintage guitars are such a scam” was such a great breath of logical, rational fresh air. The classic car analogy is almost perfect, and makes the point, unimpeachably. More than just nuggets of wisdom, in this crazy world, and crazy guitar world, you offer nuggets of COMMON SENSE in a real world and guitar world clearly in deficit in both cases. Thank you so much.
I love this channel! 8 years of great content since I've started watching. You've built an amazing community Phil! Thank you for all you do and congratulations on 400k!!!
From Leo: After years of trying brushes, I bought a brush from the barber supply store that they knock the fine hairs off your neck. The big soft floppy strands get in everywhere, no scratching. I have used this one for 10 years.
Dave Gilmour black strat sold for 3.3 million. An off the wall stock strat that was hacked up, drilled, painted and frankensteined. If I did that I couldn’t give it away,
...yet! (I might also include selected '90s models, as well) But, as long as we have all the units we want by the time the "cork-sniffers" converge, that'll be fine!! 😏
Love your comments on what constitutes a "Vintage Guitar"! 🤘😆 By definition, "Vintage" applies to any given year a WINE was produced. Period. Therefore, ANY other application of the term to ANY other field involves the taking of some kind of "unauthorized license". That said, I feel that nearly ANYONE'S opinion as to what constitutes a "Vintage Guitar" is as correct as ANYONE ELSE'S! You're likely a SCAMMER if you have a problem with this! 😂
That's not true though. The word "vintage" applies to more than wine, that's just one use of the word. Generally something has to be between 20-100 years old to be considered "vintage". "True vintage" is 50-100 years old, these are usually the items that are referred to as vintage, as most people don't use the term "true vintage". "Antique" is used on items that are at least 100 years old. People just throw around these terms all the time but they do have specific meanings.
"Of a certain vintage" is the unabbreviated version, really. That applies to wine as much as it does to all kinds of artifacts. With guitars, there are certain years that have a great reputation and of a certain vintage. I agree that it's pretty much a scam, and that all the guitars from any given year aren't what they're cracked up to be, but it's not a word only specific to wine
The word vintage has nothing to do with age. A guitar made yesterday is a 2024 vintage guitar. That is all the word definition says. Must be the most often misused word of all time. There are words that have an age relationship. Classic and heritage I think are two examples. Vintage means it could have been built any time, not a specific minimum time ago.
In Minneapolis, we have the famous Willie's American Guitars. Clapton's been there, they found Joe Walsh's vintage Les Paul, they gift guitars backstage to the superstars in town. Real cake eater stuff, tho I've purchased two cheap guitars there. Now, they carry nothing cheap except for dumping trade-ins, like a 50's Supro solid body for $500. I damn near scored that one. Willie (fake name) says he'd rather sell one $10,000 guitar then ten $1,000 guitars and that was years ago. They do repairs but only on USA made guitars because foreign-made guitars are cheap and icky and not worth the trouble. You need an appointment to come in a try a guitar. They listen to you play and judge you. The parking lot is full of high dollar vehicles. You get the picture. Willie (fake name) demos guitars frequently and plays horrible apparently on purpose, putting more actual effort in as the price goes up. Really jarring stuff usually and not musical in the least. Then he just looks at you like wasn't that great, you should buy this and at $2999 you'd be dumb not too. Fortunately his guitar knowledge is top notch and I've learned tons of history back to the 30's, otherwise I wouldn't watch. He talks about investment value and appreciation like you're buying stock. So today, he featured a 1956 black Les Paul Custom, $245 in 1954, single owner, 100% original, clean, no damage at all, with the original case, "the finest speculum of it's kind across the globe" or something like that. A real Closet Queen He scored at an estate sale. He features it prominently, plays well, talks about the incredible Seth Lover staple pickup (I need one), and amazingly, it's been in the shop a while. Even though, as he states, only two percent of viewers would be able to swing it, it's been in the shop a while but no one has taken it off his hands. He speaks of the investment value. Won't mention the price, old sales trick, and sends you to his website. He wants $55,000😮. Lots of luck dude. Doesn't allow comments on any videos either. Holy shit. Some rich snob's gonna take this away from real players and hang it on a wall and check Vintage Guitars magazine for current value, like it's a stock or bond. Btw, Willie (fake name) is on the board of Vintage Guitars and therefore influencers pricing. He could be selling classic cars, oil by the barrel, or miracle cure-alls. It's all about the Benjamins. A great gig. He moved his shop a while back because a School Of Rock opened next door and too many youngsters came in without money. A scam? Yes. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gERrIUTEkeA.htmlfeature=shared
As a zoomer I think of Vintage as something relatovet, Isee Vintage as mostly 80s and older but it can be pushed up to the 90s depending on the brand and what the guitar is relative to the brand. A 1990 Strat or Les Paul is not vintage, but a 1990 PRS, Japanese Ibanez or neck through BC Rich is vintage. And I think in later years to some degree quality also comes into play, won't consider a beginner guitar from the 80s vintage. I think people misjudge the term because it's weird to use it to describe something that's not that much older than you or something you're older than, it's gonna be weird for me to call 2000s guitars vintage in a few years but times are changing
In the UK: Classic car, older than 15 years. Vintage car: pre 1930. Eg London to Brighton vintage car run... Vintage guitar; over 40, an excuse to charge more ! They charge more for a scratched guitar now so why not ! They are seen as investments like paintings, there is a market so the prices are crazy.
1500 or so Gibson Les Pauls were made between 1958-60. Of the originals a fair number were duds that were altered by owners, a fair number were broken or destroyed over time, but....... 2000 are still around! Go figure that one out. They apparently grow in number! There's a lot of madness in the vintage market
The whole vintage thing got going in the 70’s when Fender’s and Gibson’s quality control went to crap. Players wanted guitars made in the 60’s and 50’s because the build quality was better?
A month ago I bought an Epiphone limba V and I compared it with a 10.000 dollar Gibson Korina V. No way there is something about the hardware or wood that can justify the price difference.
“I like the way old things look, but I like the way new things work”. Sums up the vintage thing for me. They’re neat but impractical to a large extent. Unless you’re friends with a very skilled luthier who’s generous with his time.
I think there’s a difference between a regular vintage guitar and something like the Sweet Home Alabama strat. That guitar is a legit piece of history and pop culture. It’s way cool.
Some years ago a collector friend showed me a very expensive 50s Strat. I played it. At the time, I was playing a 1980s Japanese Strat. Mine was the better guitar.
People spend all kinds of money on all kinds of weird things, eps anything "old"; Cars. Books. Vinyl records. Paintings for sure. For some people, CEOs, etc, thousands of $$$ is just pocket change.
I'm from the Netherlands. As far as I know, we don't have yard sales like you guys have. We do have something called a "rommelmarkt". Basically a collective yard sale at one spot. Cheers, Phil :) I always enjoy your channel.
'Vintage' is a concept that resonates with collectors, people interested in history, and the flippers. It is often driven by nostalgia and greed. It's the same in any hobby. After a few decades even mass produced items start to become rare and when a generation starts to want the things from its youth, that really drives the vintage/collectable market. And during times when we see a lot of inflation from bubble inflation, that is when prices for 'vintage' go through the roof. Sadly, online marketplaces have almost killed garage sale prices and now we only ever see really inflated vintage/collectible prices. I would say that Phil is a guitar player... not a collector or flipper (even though he's owned a helluva lot of guitars).
I have some working man expensive guitars but my most valuable to me is a mid 60's Silvertone lll electric, I rescued from a bar owner about to nail it to the wall for decoration. Its the exact guitar my Granny bought me from the Sears catalog for $69. So value really is in yer head.
A master luthier is someone who can really luth. You can't describe yourself as one unless you're really, really good at luthing. Seriously, I'd describe someone like John D'Angelico as a master luthier; someone who could make a semi acoustic carved top guitar from scratch, selecting the woods required, etc. Someone who hand crafts solid bodied guitars from body blanks could be described as a luthier, but if you're doing repairs and adjustments you are, as you say, a guitar tech.
Nice jam for the Guitar of the Week! Yeah I always liked the humbuker version of the Super Distortion. I'm a little more fond of the Duncan Distortion these days though.
From the Britanica dictionary: "2-vintage- used to describe something that is not new but that is valued because of its good condition, attractive design, etc. a collection of vintage cars vintage clothing shops"
I've never bought a guitar more than 10 years old. But I do think you gotta look at vintage guitars in a completely different way than most of us look at guitars. First, you gotta have a ton of money to even think about buying a vintage Gibson or Fender, but its hard to fault these people for buying them. I really don't think there's a downside for these people buying those guitars. You get a really cool that you can use everyday and is full of history, you get to actually play it and enjoy it, but then you can sell it at a profit. Maybe theres better ways to invest money, I have no idea, but there's no other way thats going to be anywhere near as much fun.
the car anology also applies to guitars gibson used heat their finish products in 50 gallon drums so actually in gibsons case they cant make a new guitar exactly like vintage guitar because of fire codes
Congrats on 400K - that's a big deal! I would say an 80's guitar is certainly vintage. If we were living in the 80's a guitar from the 40's would have been considered vintage for sure!
Big fan but I think your stance on vintage guitars is flawed. Yes you can recreate the guitars but they were using old wood at that point. I don’t think the wood of today is nearly as good (look at old house construction compared to new) so while yes you can make it I think the core material is a bit different. If that makes sense.
Imagine that "Master Luthier" decided to become a doctor instead. That actually happened, and his name was David Deutsch. There's podcasts and a TV series about it on Peacock.
Where I live, the humidity varies from season to season (sometimes week to week). I routinely perform truss rod adjustments. If I had to get a luthier to do this, I'd be living on the street. It's not rocket science.
I love clones and copies of all kinds of things. Manufacturing technology is pretty awesome these days. We can buy things that are so close to the real thing in so many sectors that you almost have to be crazy to be getting the real deal for a lot of stuff.
Lego is another item that you can buy and enjoy and sell if you want to and get most of your money back. In some cases even got more back than what you paid for it.
That's crazy I left a comment yesterday on your new G&L review that I was looking to buy a CLF Research Doheny for a while now. I played it, it's a dream, love the term, love the look, everything! I wanted to have it so bad… but they're all crazy heavy !!!! So I went back home alone.
Good point on the vintage stuff, Phil. I play a few vintage Fender P’s from the 60’s and 70’s. I got them in the early 90’s for reasonable money. But, every time I really want to enjoy playing bass, I pick my 2021 MIM Player series Precision! I got some Kloppmann pickups to swap for the crappy standard pickup. But, they’re still just lying here somewhere, because the standard pickup actually works great. 😄
Most, not all the time it can by a dual action truss rod, so clockwise you will feel it tighten and counter clockwise you will feel it tighten. But right in the middle it will feel a little loose and not do anything. Another reason could be it’s broken.
How can a vintage guitar not be useful? It's still a guitar isn't it? I own several vintage guitars, and they are not only "useful", but they are the best guitars I've ever played. I'm not saying all vintage guitars are great, they aren't.
The vintage amp thing is a scam too. I paid $50 in 1980 for my 1971 Silverface champ. It's a beginner amp any way you slice it. Now people are asking as much as $1000 for them. Unlike Marshall, who had few US dealers in that era,, the nearest to me being 200 miles away.fender amps? They literally made millions of them. Vintage fender guitars? They made literally millions of them. Some if them, like Jazz masters, Jaguars, etc were considered absolute junk in their day. For 20 years of my life they were worthless. But now they want $5000 for one from the 60's. A scam, preceded by a pump and dump
Thanks for detailed answer to my dust question. I never thought of brushes as a solution but now it seems obvious. I'll definitely be buying those brushes.
Sure, they can still build the same style of vintage guitars. But, they can’t build a vintage guitar. Especially with acoustics, things such as Brazilian Rosewood is illegal to harvest. Also the woods used today are from younger wood and that affects how a guitar plays. Wood density matters. Not an argument, just a fact. I miss being able to buy 1960’s guitars back in the early ‘80s for a decent price.
I like Bonamassa, but people like him have a vested interest in keeping up the "mystique and myth" narrative alive. They make too much bread from it. Probably more than from his ticket and music sales. 99.9 percent of the players, let alone listeners, could tell the difference between a '62 Strat and and an MIM Strat. Ditto for Bursts and EPI LP Standards... because there is very little difference-- except for the hype. Rob Chapman and Eric Johnson are exceptions that prove the rule.
Vintage guitars are 100% a waste of money. They've all been modified, they're all sus. It's more the stigma around them. Get a brand new american made model and Do NOT modify it. I've done so many mods and over the years regretted them all. Vintage Sucks, esp if you play out regularly. They're silly, all that money sitting in a case somewhere all modified and what not. So buying them is sketchy too. Keep to the brand new stuff whoo hooo they are so consistent and beautiful. I've played super vintage strats next to new ones and honestly the only difference is that the old ones are shorting out and have grungy pots
Are the plastics used today different from those used in the 50s and 60s? I'm sure you can get stuff that *looks* and *feels* the same, but I think you'd have a hard time getting some of the *exact* components that were used in the 50s and 60s. You're not going to get real tortoise shell, for example. Heck, even some of the wood is going to be different because either we don't have access to some of it, or the stuff we get today isn't as old as what we had access to then.
As these vintage Collectors age, They should begin to consider selling off their collections to help the next generation with various issues, I think the vintage market will end when we boomers are gone....something to consider.
Re vintage guitars. People who have low dough are compelled to think smart with it. Conversely, stupid money requires no thinking. It channels funds thru the ego alone, which is located in the liver, not the brain.
I am nowhere near being able to afford an expensive vintage guitar and you do need a lot of money to be able to buy something like that. But I don't get the argument that it's a dumb decision. When you can buy something, use it as long as you want then sell it for a profit, it's hard to argue that's a bad decision. People spend a lot more on a lot less. I know I'd rather put some money into guitars that I can play and enjoy everyday versus putting it all in a bank where I don't have anything except some numbers on a piece of paper.
Phil, I’ve got the same low output neutrik problem as your other viewer and I found out the problem: there is a known issue with this part, possibly related to Neutrik’s use of a reed switch instead of a higher quality component. It is recommended to use the Amphenol part instead (TM1RBJ-AU). If you already have failing Neutrik part it sounds like they’re taking care of you.
Phil.... honey..... your take on "vintage guitars"....it's wrong....like COLOSSALLY wrong. you really think they are only owned by "collectors"? that's weird because in my world i see them being used and cherished on a daily basis by some of the best musicians on planet earth....why? because they do indeed perform much much better than new guitars in the hands of people that actually know how to play them. if you could some day sit your ass down, open your mind, and play a proper 50's Les Paul that was set up correctly next to your R9...without a camera around....you would quickly delete this video because it's absolute nonsense. your pal Tom Bukovac
@@501chorusecho the wood is for sure stable by now. But having owned and played thousands of guitars since the mid 70's, they made junk in the 50's and 60's too. One 1960 Les Paul might be wildly different than the next. But when they got iT right, they got it right in a way that is rarely seen today
I wish I could laugh react to your post and move on. Why is the only defense of super vintage expensive instruments the "you have to try one" defense? He just said he tried several, and still feels the way he does. Then the goal post moves to "it wasn't properly set-up or it was a dud". Look if your guitar is super valuable because everyone wants it or it's rare... Congratulations! That should be enough for you. If you think it's sonically unique, well that is something that can be tested (and has been tested) and replicated. Guitars aren't spiritual or supernatural, not in their construction at least.
If anyone else reading this wants to have a really big laugh. Just replace all references to vintage guitars with crypto. The playbook is exactly the same.
