Why would anybody quit YouTube???!! 

HI, JP! I'm so glad to hear you still like making these videos, because we sure enjoy watching them. 🙂

I just started guitar about 4 years ago after an accident. I was 72 then. I found your channels about that time. You have been truly an inspiration. I’m still doing it. Got a good teacher. It’s given me a great amount of my life back-that I’m able to do in a wheelchair and do something I love. I’ve got about 120 Gordon Lightfoot sons on my IPad. And about 20 of yours. Thank you Bro. Cormier! I watch something from you almost every night. Stay with us!

JP is a national treasure! We love you man.

Happy Birthday! Many thanks!

J.P., I enjoy your videos. I agree with you 100 percent and am a subscriber who wishes he could play like you. I’m in my ‘70’s , have played for 60 years, worked physically challenging jobs in heavy construction and mechanics for over 50 years from the deserts of Arizona to the Rocky Mountains. But hard? Only physically. I wasn’t rushing into situations like the first responders and service men and women. I never took myself too serious but did quality of work. I subscribe to a number of channels on guitars, guns, camping, and RV’s. Your channel is great. I’ve unsubscribed from those who tell me how tough they have it. Thank you again

Pitou County is proud of you fellas. My wife went to school with Dave. You guys knock em dead.

Thanks for putting out every video JP! Deep respect for your work and playing 🙏🏻

I'm glad you enjoy it so much. Keep it up. I've always taken my hat off to the lutheries who try to keep up with their repairs and builds while moving the camera in and out for details that viewers enjoy while editing it down after their normal day of work all for our enjoyment and knowledge. No matter how I add it up, for them it is a lot of work. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to these people

JP! Last night you guys were amazing in Exeter. I am so honored, grateful and thankful to recieve my winnings right from your hands. Wow! You made my entire year. You are a true legend we are so lucky to have you come down this way to share your talent. Much love! Shelly ❤

So many don’t wanna “ work “ anymore JP. It’s crazy ! I know. Work ethic is so personally rewarding. Hats off to ya brother.

JP you are a cool guy, I love your videos, keep them goin, people love them

Placing deadlines on your uploads adds pressure to your life. I gave up my deadlines and I'm glad I did. Keep rolling JP

Keep on keeping' on, J.P.

Finally someone that aproachers this topic with some sense. Nice.

I’ll keep listening even though I’m not a guitar head. I love you listen to you play and talk too. I agree - RU-vid is one of the marvels of the internet world. Hope someday you cross the country again and I’ll drag my slow butt up to penticton to see you again

Love ya JP! You're down to earth and say it like you mean it. Not to mention that you're an awesome guitar player and singer-songwriter. Anyway, thanks.

I just started my channel for guitar lessons JP. lol so I know I’m late to the game but I have to say I love sharing my knowledge of rock guitar to anyone who could use it. All the best brother. Love your channel!!! Sheldon

JP, You are comfortable being yourself and confident in your craft, and it shows how much you enjoy helping others make good decisions in our guitar purchases. If others are struggling for material or struggling to find joy in what they are doing, well, perhaps it would be in everyone’s best interest for them to move on. It personally brightens my day to hear the way you speak about guitars, and I learn so much…glad you are here!

J.P. says it the way it is!!! No B.S., just honesty from a man who has been there and knows how the system works. You get honesty and that's all there is to that!!!

You’re the MAN JP! Thanks for all your content. I’ve been a novice player for years and you keep me taking a wack at it.

I was in the audience that afternoon and caught your show, it was an awesome experience. Thank You, Dave and J.P.

You can't quick lm 62: l have been playing guitar for a couple of years , I picked it up at 50. I moved and have no friends. You became my new best friend Lol. I really enjoy watching and listening to you I have learned a lot about acoustic guitar from you . And yes I laughed some as well your since of humor is like mine . Thanks you for being honest and funny .frank Romanelli

You got one of the best RU-vid channels related to guitar. Keep up the good work.

Love your content and especially your guitar reviews. Keep up the good work.

I’m grateful you do RU-vid JP. Truth be told I wouldn’t have known who you are, nor have learned about Boucher Guitars! I’m truly grateful for both! Keep on keepin’ on!

Happy belated Birthday JP! 🎉🎂

Just bought a Recording King RO 328-000. Thanks for your help. Love your channal.

Hey JP. Glad you have no plan to quit. I truly enjoy your channel. I always look forward to seeing a new video from you. I appreciate what you do. Your reviews are great as all. Hope you have a great tour and be safe!

Hi JP! Nice call, you've said pretty much the same things Rick Beato said on the same subject ! Both of you are interresting ''old guys'' (you said it ;) ) and you both create content about what you feel like doing and what you like. Therefore you both have awesome videos on here ! Keep it up man, if you ever tour in Quebec I'll be there (or close to me in NB) Peace and love, keep the canadian bluegrass alive !

Thanks for your videos. I appreciate your effort. I really enjoy your music, your reviews, and all of the other videos about guitar. We all resonate with your authenticity. It's really helped me a lot as a new guitarist. Thank You!

We don’t laugh at you. We laugh with you! ❤️

Hey JP. FANTASTIC VIDEO brother! I laughed my arse off through the entire thing. I need to go look for it as soon as I post this comment. I subscribed and started watching you from the start. I don’t have time to watch all your videos but I am never disappointed when I do. Your secret JP, is no secret. You just described it perfectly in this video. I found you because you are an amazing guitar player. But there are hundreds, maybe thousands of amazing players out there. You are special for the sheer joy you exude when you make music. I feel your happiness every time I watch and hear you play. I love you JP. Keep it up.

Exeter! I used to live in nearby Newmarket. That's my old stomping turf man!

Hey, Mr. Cormier. I agree with you completely. It is a lot of fun for me to put up a song and have anybody respond to it. I love RU-vid, and it's really been just a means for me to record a tune that I and my son can play it together. And you have been a massive (no pun intended) inspiration for me. I love your music and everything you do here. Thank you so much-Tim.

You introduce me to so many great guitars! Yamaha Red Label, Alvarez, Boucher and many, many more. Thank you J.P.!

I really like JP but I also love youtube-full stop. It's the most amazing thing at no real cost. I can;t imagine the cost of trying to get to huge numbers of people without youtube.

Well said Buddy.....you are simply a Gem of a Man....Luvs ya

Congrats JP. You've officially joined the algorithm trend chasers on youtube. Mileage may vary. ;) You're in good company....Beato, Schull, Jay Metcalf among others. You of course get an official exemption from my New Year's resolution as elicited in Sean Daniel's latest video comments. Love ya.

I post for my own therapy and use RU-vid as a scratchpad of ideas. Many of us "mini-influencers" have never made a penny off posting anything.

JP the fact you don't take yourself seriously, and also make me laugh like hell a lot of the time is what keeps me viewing your videos. Keep them coming 😎😁 from one arsehole to another 😂

I only started posting videos on RU-vid because I had no outlet for my original songs. It was never meant to be a regular thing for me. I have a “regular” job, and RU-vid is a terrible place, if one wants to speak freely. Censorship is too real here. Peace, J.P. 🐰🎸🎶✌️

Hah, we love ya brother! Stay safe on the tour and hope you and Dave are tearing it up out there! 🍻🎸🐶

J P. we love you TOO man and Ginger and the other fellows. Always enjoy your posts.

Thank you JP. We love ya bud.

Keep at 'er Bud.

Happy birthday kid 😀

Keep on entertaining and enjoying your RU-vid audience. If you get down to Central Florida a bunch of us pickers would love to see your show!😊

You are a font of guitar information. And this knowledge has helped so many of us find our guitars. For me, an “Excellent” 1989 Alvarez-Yairi DY-90 which showed up on Reverb one Saturday afternoon from what looked like an estate sale. Your lessons helped me to know that it was a great guitar worth a bid. Now a close friend. I always think of you when I play it. And I am glad you are going to continue this service for countless others like me.

Thank you JP for what you do. I first started watching your videos when you would review guitars and compare them to Martin guitars, and you would share your experience with the "holy grail" Martin guitars. You might be the best acoustic guitar player I've ever heard. You play with such passion and feelings, and it inspires me. You made a video about the Yairi DYM 60 HD guitar, that just stuck in my brain. I hit you up direct message and you replied to me and we had a really nice chat and you assured me that I would be blown away. On your word I bought one brand new. Got a good deal from a dealer in Texas! A few months later I wanted an OM. I had a Martin OM28 but it wasn't a great one, and it had some problems, including the neck reset but it still wasn't great and even though I loved it, I sold it. You assured me that a Boucher OM would be the best OM I could ever get. I found a dealer in Newfoundland that sold me new one at a really good price. What I want to tell you is your passion and love for Guitar and Music.. it helped me. I have had both of those guitars now for about a year and they are opening up and they are becoming so phenomenal. They started out being phenomenal but now they've morphed into this amazing organism of sound!

I'd love to see you live if you ever make it to the southern US. God bless!

Love all your videos JP, because I get to L&L (learn and laugh). P.S. Many years ago, I filmed an interview with you. My hope… next time you’re in Montreal I could do it again.

We love you JP. As a matter of fact. I bought a new, but slightly shopworn, Martin D28, a 2006 model year. It's absolutely my favorite guitar every. So I must have got one of the 20% of "wicked pissah" ones. I'm originally from the Boston area. Be well. I'm an Arsehole too.

Tell it like it is JP. Have a good tour and see ya soon on ST.

MHO...entitlement and not wanting to put in the effort to get whatever rewards😎 Thanks J.P.👍👍

Syracuse was fantastic, I’ll treasure that forever, I hope to be able to see you again sometime! Keep doing what you do!

Happy early birthday, sir!

Thanks for the great show at Hugh’s Room Thursday. You guys were awesome….’dildos and buckets’ is a new go to expression!

I think this is the equivalent of sports stars or music stars "retiring" then coming back a year later. Not to mention, some of these folks maybe "quitting" but you can be sure they aren't taking down their channels. They will continue to reap the rewards of all those videos and shorts for years to come. Look at RU-vidr Tom Scott. He released a "I'm quitting" video a few weeks ago. He's got over 6 million subscribers! His estimated earnings are between $65k and $1M a year! He gains about 200k subs a month. His videos are very elaborate so I can see why he's taking time off, the amount of time and effort required to make his videos must be amazing. They're not just simple talking head videos. Then there's Matt Pat, The Game Theorists. He's got over 18M subs. He's "retiring" in March. Yet he's got a total of 5 channels. All with millions of subscribers each. He won't be hurting for income. His videos feature heavy animation, so that can take a ton of work too. But once you reach a million subs, why not downshift into making one video a month if the grind is too much? Anyway, I'm sure RU-vid will limp along without these heavy hitters! LOL

♫ Well said !

I think RU-vid can be hard…if you let it be. Some people put pressure on themselves or take on the negative energy from the ever-present naysayers. I’m glad you just give us what you make, perfect or not. That’s what makes it great. Thanks to you and to your wonderful wife for encouraging you to get started.

You don’t just do this for money tho brother, you do this because you love guitar, you love your fans, you appreciate every kind word and your a real true ENTERTAINER. Dying breed. Your passion is evident in your product

Had a nice evening listening to you and Dave last night in Exeter. Great to see you both in person after watching you for years on RU-vid. Going to try to make it to Celtic Colours 2024, see you then!!

You have a great YT channel, JP!

Hi JP, I'm glad you're not quitting! I live in Halifax and I own two high end Takamine's which I feel are exceptional. If you would be interested in reviewing them I would be happy to lend them to you. Enjoy your tour! Neil

Gold job JP!

You and Randy helped me find MY guitar(ibg j45/). In turn it has inspired me to practise and play again. Further, my grandson seems to have caught the bug too! Imagine that thousands of miles away a grandad and grandson have something to unite them because of your video. Pretty trippy❤ from 2 generations

Tell it like it is J P !! You're right on!

I don’t know why anyone would quit YT…but I wish a lot more people would….. .

Thanks you RU-vidr you! 🙂😎😎

Hey, from PEI. I truly think most of those "I'm gonna quit" videos, are taking a page out of KISS / Gene Simmons book! How many "Final Concert" shows did they do, and just kept coming back. I mean, come on FFS. Which actually stems from the fucking furniture store industry! I think Gene was sitting home one night yankin' his doodle dandy, and seen the hundredth "going out of business" sale commercial and thought, "What a brilliant idea!" Those idiots aren't going anywhere... they're just trying to make a new trend. That's my opinion anyway. Have some great shows bud!

You say it as it is JP. Many of the RU-vidrs started simple and made it difficult on themselves with making elaborate videos.

I missed the Exeter show 😢 I didn’t even know and it’s 15 minutes from my house😅 …… Personally I didn’t quit because it was hard to do. Actually I loved doing it, it was a lot of fun doing live streams and talking with people. And I might do it again some day. Foolishly I stopped because of two crappy comments I got. One was from someone, who I considered a hero of mine that I really looked up to, who I thought actually liked me. The other comment was from a jealous groupie of that same person. 😅 I only blame myself for caring too much about what people think of me as a person rather then a half arsed musician.

Thank you

I just do it for fun and it's not my job. I don't do as many gigs as I used to and this is a way I can interact with people, share my music, knowledge and it's just fun. Almost at 500 subscribers. I have more videos then subscribers 😂. If I get fed up with it, it's not because of my RU-vid not getting to a 1000 subs. It's because I found something else more fun to do. Lol...

The "taking themselves too seriously" comment has some weight. Every RU-vidr that I've seen who's put up an "I'm leaving" video puts an incredible amount of work into the production and editing of their videos. Probably because they've been told you must do that to keep subs high...Even if that is true, if at some point it's become more about money than the joy of doing it, scaling back production cost is always an option.... The reason that won't happen is pride. They've worked themselves up to a certain tier and they feel they have to maintain a certain quality or will loose respect or some other horseshit reasons rooted in either insecurity or being disingenuous

Well said!!! and with that leather jacket and that camera angle it took me 4 minutes to realize you werent sittin in the cockpit of WW1 fighter plane...😅!

My issue with RU-vid is the sly censorship and demonetization practices.i started watching after I retired during bad weather and fell in love with the platform. Saw things and people I never would have before. Like seeing and hearing my 1st Boucher guitar, wow! Thank you J.P. For your work and great playing!

I disagree with your assessment, JP. It all depends on what your "shtick" is. I am NOT a RU-vidr but I do dabble in guitars (like you, I'm a huge Boucher fan with my PS-SG-161) and I also dabble in drones and photography. Now, doing what YOU do (i.e. play/talk guitar for an hour) takes pretty much that for you to "produce" - an hour +-. OTOH, a good one-hour drone video tutorial can take days of planning, shooting, location hunting, post-editing, sound matching, and on and on. BIG difference in time and effort. I see why you have no inclination to quit RU-vid. Why would you? Minimal effort, little to no cost, etc, but I can see why many of those RU-vidrs offering time-consuming productions would have enough in no time. To each their own but let's not put everyone in the same bag.

I’m a guitar player and like your channel. I like it so much I bought a Yamaha LL16 lol

J.P. I think a lot of people love you because you are real. I love your guitar reviews, especially the ones that are based on value. Because you just speak truth.

I’m 20 minutes from Cumberland RI!! I had no idea you were playing

However you describe "The Recipe" (?)... You've gotta a winning cupcake ! I think it is simply "Sharing" a common interest and Luvv of guitars and those folk involved in the industry and just plain enjoyment... Very rarely "drop-a-name"... but "The Guitaristas", (UK) mostly Electric guitars, does it for me too... (if you have not already discovered him)... Anyways... Long may you 'Play' and Luvving your RU-vid Presentations !

I heard there was an outbreak of Optic Rectitis going around. Something to do with bitching about the ice cream being cold. I think you know what I mean and I`m happy you plan to stick around. String Theory is about as much fun as a guy can have, sitting down and I don`t plan on missing even one broadcast, till I croak. Best Wishes to you and yours. See ya at the barn.

Dear JP! Please do a Comparison video Frontier (US) vs Grand Reserve!

well said J.P.

I think most of them are getting copy right strikes for instance Rich Beato and I dont think he can be monitised because of his content ,and I do agree with his issues in a way but look at all the exposure he is getting ,at the same time I think it is important to show older artists achievements and Songs because the new Music today seems to be way different in way how its made and arranged there are a few other platforms that gives you a little more freedom like Twitch and Kick but it will still come down to copy right infringements and thats because of old platforms Like Naptster that abused Artist and gave thier music away for nothing

Leave it to JP to keep it real

J.P., I think the pressure may come to some RU-vidrs because they deal in controversial topics and get a lot of hate directed at them. Politics and religion will be bring the haters. BTW, if you quit RU-vid I'd end up buying way fewer guitars. Because of you I bought a few Yamahas, and recently three Alvarez Yairi Honduran Mahogany guitars. I'm going broke.

There are a few RU-vidrs I watch who are very concerned about upping their production values, but with some, I enjoyed their earlier more "raw" videos as much if not more When I watch stuff on RU-vid, I'm not looking for Martin Scorsese, and in the RU-vid context, raw is great. If I follow you on RU-vid (and I follow you on RU-vid), it's because you have interesting content delivered in a way that's honest and entertaining. I'm glad it's easy and fun for you. Keep the videos coming.

lol your a hoot JP!!!!😂😂😂😂

For you, this makes sense. Here's a few differences. You have had a long and fruitful career that is not RU-vid. Many of these people have not. And to get to these huge subscriber counts, many of them have treated RU-vid production as a full time job and in cases like Mat Pat, that involves hiring and managing a team of people and running five channels (ranging from a few million with the largest one getting closer to 20 million). His thing has been a multi-million dollar enterprise on and off RU-vid. It's a different beast altogether. Or in the case of Tom Scott, he had a stable career and now has been working largely alone on much of these things; managing research projects and travelling all over the world having to find new and engaging topics. He has said for a while now that he has been considering retirement or at least limited output. In many cases, these people are not working within the skillset they cultivated before the RU-vid thing. For you, it's doing what you love and you're not as worried about the deeper metrics, putting out content multiple times a week and in different contexts. You have this tremendous musical skill that you cultivated and we come here for that and because we like you. For them, they are interested in what they do, but there is a bit of ego involved where they would rather leave on a high note than turn it into a more casual affair that runs contrary to the brand image they built. Your content is great, but these people don't have a thing like review a guitar in front of a camera and talk candidly in front of an audience. And so when they experience burnout from running these large-scale operations that require hundreds of production hours per video, they don't have something they love to fall back on for the sake of their art. So I would dare say, it's probably good that you don't understand. It shows us even more that you're doing this for the reasons you want to do it for and that's not changing. So yeah, it's not necessarily a lack of work ethic on their part. I am confident that you couldn't do what they do, and that's not a dig at you, but just an acknowledgement that being a "RU-vidr" isn't some uniform operation. And they definitely can't do what you do, even at a smaller scale. It's just a difference in paradigm and motivations.

All feelings are internally valid. No person can tell another person how to feel. Because all feelings are internally valid.

Guitar Head here. I think it would be awesome if Epiphone would make an IBG B-25 Natural. The Gibson B-25 was my first guitar back in 1968, and I didn't know what I had. What do you think?

Hate when a person says "I'm making this for you and support me as to make these videos" You got to make them for yourself and those who like your content will come but if you go out each day to make a video that brings you joy your doing it wrong. Catch your videos from time to time!

I think some take the negative comments personally. Also some have made enough money that they don't care.

I think its like when people say they are quitting Facebook, they want people to beg them to stay, its just attention seeking in my opinion.

Your deep water and they might be shallow water steams relying on seasonal rains to fill their bucket.

It's only hard when they get to so many views that they have to hire employees to keep pace with the algorithm in order to maintain that many views, so they can pay those employees.

You almost have to say friggin well that it's likely mostly click bait...... at least all the ones that I have seen and watched. You know right after watching it that it was just click bait ! Oh .... and I thought that when you were at Rogers you would have dropped off your RKO 11 for me ! 😂😂

Correction . . . guitar player and also top shelf fiddle, mandolin and banjo and a few I am not aware of . . . and don't forget gift of the gab. Cheers, safe travels.