I think the idea of paying respect to musicians who passed on each month is good but instead of a moment of silence I think it would be kind of cool to talk about one of your favorite songs or musical pieces that they created.
This is sad - after listening to your discussion on the number of guitars I decided to count mine. I honestly thought I had about 10. I have 17. I’m not sure where the extra 7 came from. I must’ve been lax on my one in, one out policy.
I was in Japan recently and was told guitarists at clubs don’t own amps due to limited home living space, they only own tiny practice amps at home and when they gig, they always use the house amps provided on stage by the clubs
I live in Manhattan and this is true for me. But I use a boss katana 100 Watt head, and it turns into a practice amp at home, so I don’t need big combo amps or half stacks. But yeah if I had the real estate I would own them.
I've watched so many Japanese RU-vidrs that will play their electric guitars unplugged or on such low volume that the acoustic sound is still audible. Drives me crazy. I live in Japan too and I'm dying for a tube amp again.
I live in Japan, and use an amp of my own. It's not about space; it's about your neighbors hearing you playing. People are very aware of noises at home in Japan. We can hear every loud argument, no one plays their television too loud, and so on. The Walkman was invented in Japan for this purpose. Me however, I asked my neighbors if my guitar is too loud; one simply said, "Beatles. Please play Beatles." and another gave me a massive amount of chocolate.
Speaker builder here ! Humidity will affect the speaker with rust . But the tuning of the box is based on the density of the air and the compression inside the enclosure. Then, the sound waves will act differently in the denser air .(distance of the sound wave )
@@patricklemire9278 You might mean that SS is not digital. But just like modeling amps, solid state amps had to have a tone shaped or modeled from detailed analysis of other amps.
I plugged my noisiest guitar into my friend's katana air and there was ABSOLUTELY NO HUM, the guitar i plugged in was my Fender Aerodyne with Fender pure vintage 57/62 pickups, I was blown away with how clean and full it sounded
I live in an apartment and I put my main amp on an amp stand and my speaker cabinets on small dolly’s-- the rubber wheels isolate the bass frequencies from being transmitted thru the floor. Harbor Freight sells the dolly’s in two sizes, plus it makes the rig easy to move around.
hi! I was wondering. What is a "dolly"? Is it an actual name for something and in that case what is that something? Or is it some sort of slang for something else? My native language is not english, please be kind with my ignorance. 🙂
a dolly is a tall thin cart with rubber wheels used to move things. if you google dolly or hand truck you will find one. but basically putting an amp on anything with rubber, inflatable wheels will help reduce bass frequency transfer.@@michaelkarlsson5966
Generally speaking: it won't be collectible until enough of them are in landfills and then some random person will play one and make something really cool and everyone will want the remaining operable stock. See: Peavey Bandit, Ibanez TS10.
unfortunatley they also made about 50 gazillion of them, they arent worth fixing when they break and the tech is already dated. no way they would approach Bandit status.
I have a 100 watt Katana head, and it's fine for local gigs. I keep it on the clean channel, boost it a bit, then run pedals. Sometimes I prefer leaving my good amps at home. It is what it is...
From Leo: The microprocessor based amps will not be restored once they die. The processors are iffy to find, they are tricky to change, and the company guards it's proprietary software like it was a bank vault. The modern circuit boards are very cheap quality and fall apart. I have fixed many solid state amps,, the old Peaveys, Fenders, and some others you have a chance of getting them going with straight forward troubleshooting, but microprocessor gear is just not worth the time and effort. Even the Fender repair centers will not repair the new microprocessor amps past warranty. 10 years ago you never had any problem with the quality of replacement parts. The last time I needed a pair of N-channel MOSFETS for a Bugera, I had to go through two bags of 5 to get two good ones. The high voltage Capacitors for tube amps are not as good either, and mechanical board mounted mechanical switches are junk. Remember the problem you had with your supersonic?
I have the Katana 50 MkI and 50 MkII, connected ABY via Radial Big Shot. When I bought both of them, a couple of years apart, I did not expect they would have any future value. For me, they are bang for the buck right now. They sound great, they take pedals well, they are easy to use, they are portable, and they are well-enough built for my uses. It wouldn’t occur to me to hope to get something out of them 20 years from now. I’m getting everything I want out of them right now! If anything, in 20 years, so long as they are still working, I will still have them. And probably MkIII and MkIV and MkV lol...
Truth. I like mine. I also have orange 20, the fen champ 20, and a stage right 20 (knock off blues jr). A suitcase full of afordadapedals. There's nothing wrong with this stuff. This is the true golden Era of quality sound gear at low pricing. I have an Amazon brand distortion pedal that blatantly has the same circuit as a zw guv'na.....it was $20. I have a zoom g1 multi fx that I proudly play live with ....$99. I like solid state amps, consistent sound. The fender champ is awesome and is amazingly accurate to the fender modeling. Bc.....it's made by fender. Super simple to dial in. Line out to 2x12. A little weak in the metal department.but I just put a dist pedal in front of it. There's no fx loop but dist doesn't go through the loop anyway and the rest of fx are built in. Hell, you could play live with today's ibanez gr series and nobody would know. We're super lucky in the guitar world.....but not as lucky as the piano world. $99 keyboard is a recording monster
MKII and going from 50 to 100 fixed my only complaints about MKI. I'm probably inclined to skip a generation UNLESS they go bluetooth I/O so I can use wireless guitar AND headphones. Everyone complains no tuner. I get it but it doesn't bother me bc the tuner they incorporate likely won't be what I use. Maybe if the amp incorporated a screen for a strobe type interface. Whoa, did I just design the perfect Katana? lol
How many guitars is too many? Only a few years ago I hit 10, and was so impressed with myself. When it became 30, I thought I'd realized a childhood dream. When it hit 50, I started to be embarrassed. A few days ago I bought number 70, and I'm done feeling any shame. The only barometer for when to quit is physical space along with affordability. The answer will vary for all of us.
The Sweetwater story is hilarious! You mentioned a 32" TV. I bought one in 2001 or so, and carried it into my house with ease by myself. I was 40 or 41. I had to get rid of it 2 years ago, and at age 60, could not risk picking it up by myself. I push it off the stand onto the floor and wrangled it onto a cart to get it to the curb.
I had a Katana 50W combo for about 3 months, but returned it. It worked incredibly well, but I just found it too sterile sounding Now I have a really cheap Fender Frontman (with a bunch of nice pedals in front of it) for writing and practicing, and a Fender 18/30W Bassbreaker for recording or shows. It's dead simple, sounds great (to me), and can be heard in space. Loud!
Before the pandemic I lived in an apartment in NYC and had a Friedman Dirty Shirley Mini that I played at home and gigged for years. I was able to get a useable tone late night even with a kid sleeping in another room without a problem. I would recommend the Little Sister or another 20 Watt Friedman - Their master volume is really impressive. In fact, now I’m in a house and have a 40-watt Friedman and am able to lower it for late night play with kids two rooms away without a problem (and one is a fairly light sleeper).
I'm a drummer since 1968, and in 55 years of playing drums there's one thing I'm absolutely sure of, there's no such thing as too many guitars. 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
I will say that the Roland JC series seem like they hold value OK for solid state. And they seem pretty bullet proof. Obviously, the JC-120 weighs a lot, though.
@@petertiffany8096Unfortunately, I haven't yet watched the whole video, and I couldn't find the reference to Crate amps when looking through the transcript 😋🙂 Nevertheless, based on my recollection of Crate from the past (1990s) they would definitely be analog amps.
'Will Boss Katanas be in landfills or collectable in the future?' I'm going to go with neither. They aren't Vintage 60's JTM's nor $60 ali-express knock-offs. I can see them quietly and reliably chugging along as a solid means of amplifying for the common player, as they were designed to do. I've got 40 year old Boss pedals that are still rock solid. I like their track record in that regard. YMMV.
Another note for the Z coil pickups deep dive, would be a cool chance to talk about Leo and his pursuit in guitar design. If anyone could do it justice it’d be you! Happy Birthday!!
I built a “Parts-Telecaster”, & I went with urethane & used TransTint Dies. Went with “Vintage Honey Amber faded to Brandywine/Mission Brown”. Beautiful!
I had the largest "picture tube" TV made by Sony. Still worked fine. No takers. Off to the dump. It was from 1998, when we adopted our first child. It was our "stay at home with the kids" TV. Amazing what becomes obsolete in a mere 25 years.
That's the 59 Les Paul of TVs! That would be worth several thousand dollars now! Seriously - People who obsess over retro video games will pay insane money for a larger 1990s Sony Trinitron TV like that. My condolences
Absolutely right about the televisions..boss just put all new tvs in the restaurant and bar area at work and the old ones are literally 3 year old Vizio and he tried for weeks to give them away and nobody wanted them..i took the biggest ine home just so he felt better 😊
Phil, happy birthday brother! I also will turn 49 this coming Friday, August 4th, Born 8/4/1974. Keep up the great work! Love your videos and podcasts! Congratulations on the success!!
@1:03…I have the Yamaha THR10X and I love it…plenty loud enough for a bedroom or apartment…and it sounds incredible…pick one up used, you won’t be disappointed 👍
Most of the time during the week I don’t have time to play until later at night after everyone else is in bed. I use my headrush pedalboard through studio monitors. I’ve also used an HX stomp through monitors as well. Great low volume tones.
I have a Boss Katana MK1. I was about to trade it in recently, but it still sounds so damn good to me. The Line 6 Spider, however, always sounded like shit, even when I first played it. Some digital amps sound great, and others not so much. That doesn't change over time.
I do have a Crate 3x10 Vintage Club Tube amp with PC board no less and it sounds INCREDIBLE. As much as Crate is dodgy it sounds as good as my Mesa DC10. I know it sounds crazy, but it really sounds insane. So not all Crates are garbage for sure.
My friends say I have the most ridiculous apartment setup. I use the AFD100 running through an attenuator into a 2x12. I have the built in attenuator around 40% and the other attenuator around 20%. But hey it works with no complaints lol
For 12-string electrics - I got a Halo Custom Guitar's 12 string Clarus model. Love it! Seymour Duncan pick-ups; locking tuners; and a 10-way pick-up selector (dual rail Strat-type). Easy to play and sounds great.
In my experience, collectables are usually always the top end, or the exclusive items which become sort after, later on down the line. The likes of the katana will never be land fill trash, they're too good for that.
unfortunatly its not worth the cost to fix a katana when it breaks. it is also using what is already becoming a dated tech. they aslo made about fifty million of them as well so there is no initial scarcity. there is absolutely no reason a katana would ever be collectible.
I have been pretty happy using my Catalyst 100 on the 0.5watt mode in my apartment. If I'm really concerned about noise and don't want to use headphones I put in on a kitchen chair so it's more or less at ear height while sitting so it sounds slightly louder and is off the floor, you could tilt it but then the open back is pointing at the floor. A couple things I do to make sure I'm not too loud is use my TV as a known acceptable volume to compare too, and use a looper (make sure its unity gain) so I can go to another room or into the hallway and see how far the sound is carrying.
Minute 103: indeed I learned when living in apartment in Chandler, had 2 large cabinets with NOS EVF 150 watt speakers. I exercised the speakers covered in sound blankets, speaker facing down with low frequency music playing all day while at work.......after 2 days got in some trouble from complaints........I rarely use these even in my home today! I use low watt amps and lower watt rated celestion alnico speakers......
I was sales manager for one of the original 10 vintage guitar stores in the 1970s. My former employer told me several years ago the average vintage dealer from that period has over 1000 guitars in their collection. On the G&L topic, we were one of the first ten G&L franchises (10 is the magic number). My employer returned one of the guitars they sold us for them to fix the way a nut had been slotted. George, yes the G called me up and screamed at me for 29 1/2 minutes. It was not the conversation I had hoped to have with George Fullerton. All in a days work in a music store.
My favorite locking tuners are Tone Ninja, 19:1 ratio, multiple tuner button options, you can even buy many brands of buttons from them to change your tuner button aesthetic. They're cheaper than Hipshot, and IMO better, but do not use an "UMP" plate system and use a diagonal screwhole pattern.
i have had great luck with tone ninja as well! certainly at least on par with hip shot ata agreat price, and as you say, easily installed. just make sure to get what you need.
I’m not into sports, religion, politics or the military, but I think a moment of silence for those we’ve lost is incredibly respectful and a great way to show their impact
Hahaha, Phil, you're right when you said have anybody tried to give away a TV screen lately, well I was giving a plasma 50 inch away, it ended up on the refuse tip, it was only missing the remote.
12-string electric - you can't go wrong with the Reverend Airwave 12. I'm a Byrds/Seekers fan, and paired with my Fender Tonemaster Deluxe Reverb provides all the jangle of the 60s. Impeccable quality!
Nothing wrong with a katana and pedals for an apartment, i use a VOX AC4 as a pedal platform in my apartment, run gain on 2 vol on 3 and turn gain pedals down to around 3/4 on output/volume.
One of the reasons I bought the Fender GTX was because it doesn't require the app to access all its features, meaning you don't need the app in the future to use it if it's discontinued. Figured that was good future proofing.
"I got drunk once... And I found out how fast Sweetwater could ship." Oh my lord, I nearly collapsed on the floor laughing at that. Awesome story. Hope your buddy enjoys his new tele. 😂
I'm almost 6 yrs older than my wife but for the first several decades we'd occasionally hear the question (2nd hand) "Why did she marry a guy so much younger". That must have stung both her and I in opposite ways but we chose not to dwell on it. Now that we both have grey hair the question has turned into "Are you going to the seniors luncheon? I continue to hang with people who share my interests - regardless of age (from single digits to late 80's).
I spent a great deal of time with a Katana--trying to coax ANY kind of "keepable" sound with just a guitar plugged into the front end (isn't that what they were DESIGNED to work with?)--and came up with maybe a SETTING or TWO that were CLOSE to OK. On the other hand, my "Loop Pedalboard" (featuring a Boss ME-50) into my (Stereo Input) Roland JC-40 is just STELLAR! AND, the JC's Chorus and Reverb are SO good...I use THEM instead of the quite decent ME's!
Landfills. They're a good deal for people starting out or on a budget but there will always be enough people out there who can tell a "real" amp from a modeller that I do not believe modellers will ever fully take over. Their market presence is solely due to being such an economical choice. No one will ever collect them they way they do vintage tube amps or even some good vintage transistor amps.
My wife went to Nashville for Thanksgiving to see family like every year & 1 year she got back & I had a New Beard Resonator (Dobro), that became the “Douglas Model”. I spent $4k, she was not happy!
I still own a Boss MG-10. It's not in a landfill. But it also isn't collectible, and eventually it probably will end up processed/recycled/in a landfill.
I've got at least 5 guitars and a few amps I ordered after too much wine. But I love them all! And Sweetwater does ship fast, never had time to have any buyers remorse!
When I first got a Marshall CODE amp , I was underwhelmed.But after updates and the App too, it really is a great buy.I look forward to Marshall's next generation of modeling. And I also have three Marshall tube amps too.
In regards to the magic unicorn guitar thing, I am exactly the opposite. I am not interested in complicated stuff. Less is more. I like simplicity. I like minimalism. I like stuff that does what I need it to do. For example, I refuse to buy anything with Fishman pickups, because Fishman pickups have 4-5-6 voices, EACH. All I want is ONE voice. I am in two gigging bands, and my main guitar for both bands is a Fender Jazzmaster. The pickup selector is always on middle. No exceptions. I am the same way with my pedalboard. I like individual pedals, because I can bring what I actually NEED, and I can switch out individual pedals if something happens.
Hipshot locking tuners are my favorite upgrade from a cost/benefit perspective, but you have to be cautious if your guitar has a weird headstock. It's very rare, but on my Ibanez Paul Gilbert Fireman, the universal mounting plates did not fit. The Ratio Tuners have individual mounting plates and worked fine (but they're so expensive).
Phil great episode! Don’t ever bleep your swears out…just cuss like a sailor and do the beep after, it’s more fun that way, integrity and the occasional swear is always better than censoring yourself. Keep up the great content!
I bought a $600 Gibson Faded SG Special once and didn't tell the wife. She usually didn't care about my purchases as long as I didn't put us in the poor house. I played a gig shortly after when she saw it, she was pissed. She went out the next day and bought a new car. I wasn't mad that she did that. If I knew she was going to buy a new car, I would have bought a 4 or 5 grand guitar!
I have never noticed a difference putting pigtail extensions on a pickup. If you use the correct gauge of wire there should be no measurable difference period
