I absolutely love the recent trend of so many amp brands putting out analog solid state amps that sound great, are powerfully enough to gig with, and are wonderfully affordable without relying on digital modeling. Obviously Peavy had the Bandit for decades, and Quilter has been covering the Fender sounds beautifully (Jack, just get an Aviator Cub already!), but then we had the Orange Super Crush and Crush Pro series, but just this year, Hiwatt, Laney, and Blackstar all rolled out awesome sounding SS amps that are nice and cheap and totally loud enough to gig with. I’ve been a Quilter fan for years but it’s so nice to see analog SS making a comeback and sounding better than ever. Sometimes these budget amps come with cheap speakers but throw $100 to $150 at a good 12” speaker and you have a brilliant sounding amp!
I like the trend of great quality, lower cost guitars and great sounding practice amps. As a teacher, it’s made life so much easier for young students (and their parents) to be able to get a guitar that plays and sounds great for a couple hundred bucks a Spark amp (or something similar) and be set for the first 2 or 3 years of their journey. It can really remove a lot of frustration :)
This is so true. That being said: I sometimes get a feeling that higher quality instruments have gotten more expensive. I bought an American Standard Stratocaster in 2009 for €999, and nowadays, the equivalent is almost double that. Wages haven't doubled in 15 years? Also: the second hand market seems to have inflated prices because of Reverb and stuff...
@@BramClaes yes, that’s true. I bought a Mexican built Player Plus Tele a couple of years ago and it cost $1800 Australian dollars! American guitars are out of the question for me now. You are looking at 4K plus! It’s simply not worth it.
When I started playing in the late 90’s trends in guitar only went as far as wanting to play the guitar or amp of the famous player, who possibly had been dead for 25 years. Expensive guitars with known brands on the headstock were legitimately much better than the stuff you got from a chain store. You really didn’t know the latest thing was released or the guitar you saw in the window was an Old Vintage 3 opposed to the New Vintage 4 with space saving tone pots. Your brand of strings was what the guitar shop nearest you sold, and you had to figure out yourself how to replace a string, fix a loose Jack wire, and what the knobs on your guitar and amplifier actually did. The biggest difference was you would be happy you figured out something that you thought was close to what you thought you heard on the record. Amazon, the internet in general, and specifically TH-cam has allowed us to know everything immediately and we react to information as we see it. Which is really strange for an industry that largely takes its inspiration from what was invented between 1950 to 1964.
I also like the classic/modern functional guitars. The Squier Classic Vibe series really hits the nail on the head. A classic 50s style strat with a 5 way switch. There are a lot of good trends happening right now.
Yip, I like my blonde Squier Classic Vibe 50 enough that I spent as much as it originally cost to get it really competitive with my 60s Vintera. Putting in the prewired Custom '59 pickguard/pickups, Goldo bridge/trem, Gotoh tuners. Great bones, like the weight and wood, love the finish, really nice playing neck. It was quite good stock, now it's proper good. My Squier J Mascis Jazzmaster is killer too, and haven't changed a thing - just a great guitar. It's up there with guitars I paid almost twice as much for.
I used to use 9’s on Strats & 10’s on LP’s, but a while ago I changed to 9.5-44 Ernie Ball Primo’s on everything, which I find suits me. Find the best that suits you, simple. My pet hate is the polarising opinion on the internet when it comes to gear. A lot of it appears to be generational. I see boomers (which I am one) kicking off about digital not being as good as tube. Gen Z kicking off about outdated 60/70 year old technology. Back in the day Bands wouldn’t have had armies of roadies lugging about massive Marshall Stacks if modern amps/modeling & modern PA systems were available. Likewise if they weren’t available now, Gen Z would still be lugging them around too. I agree with you, find the tone you want, make the music you want any way which suits you.
The availability of truly excellent lower priced guitars is a continuing trend that I love. (My Epi LP Special - $500 brand new - is an example.). Great players like Tom Bukovac and Guthrie Trapp - and Jack Fossett - sharing their knowledge on TH-cam is also a trend I love.
Sleeper Gear people often overlook - Small Amp - Harley Benton(EU)/MonoPrice(US) Tube5 is a Laney Super Cub clone and after the speaker breaks in is AMAZING amp for the price. Strings - Ernie Ball Primo - 9.5 - 44 - Trust me it's the perfect blend of sting sizes. Digital Modeling - The ToneX One - The user provided captures are a great way to get really good tone at a great price.
9 user, just got a Tele was was thinking about trying 10s on it. Someone else in the past mentioned 9.5s....I'll take your advice and give em a tryout, thanks.
I like the: "making gear lighter & more portable trend " = no more getting a Hernia or Hurting-your-Back, just to gig. I love what Fender did with their Rumble 40 and 100 (which I own) Bass Amps.
On strings: I totally agree! Strings are a huge part of your tone! Fairly cheap too. Underrated mostly. But, our technique has to learn to match or make use of their various characteristics, features, pros and cons. That makes things highly personal. Like how you like your (bass)guitar to be setup. Way more personal than amps, pedals and even (bass)guitars! Beautiful thing, besides little frustrations and our growing pains as players, 😄.
Trend #1 was unexpected and interesting... I sort of think I understand. I'm probably a bit older (was a teenager in the 90s) so I remember the early days of the Internet, when highly opinionated people like Ed Roman had a lot of influence in guitar forums. I think you're right about people no longer really caring about what others say anymore, in part because there are a lot of other, more sensible voices out there now, and lot of people out there demonstrating that you can get great great sounds out of all sorts of gear. I definitely think it's a good thing. Cheers.
As a hobby player who doesn't want to own many guitars for money/space reasons, I like the trend of manufacturers making guitars as flexible as they can with electronics. Things like coil split getting included on guitars at all price ranges, some SSS guitars getting both parallel and series pickup configurations, Ibanez putting three guitars worth of pickup configurations on AZ and then also porting that to other series. I think this makes more guitars usable for more people, and also simply efficient.
I love the light gauge strings, too, Jack! They offer me the best control over bends and sound the best to me . . .they allow my guitar to sit in the band mix in a way that nicely doesn't get lost with the bass guitar
@@LuisJimenez-pb3ge I can totally appreciate that! My string gauge choice is directly connected to the lead bluesy/psychedelic bends I play, but if I were playing rhythm in a harder genre I would be playing 9's or even 10's
@@willwysowski5319 I did love the way my leads sounded with 9’s but the rhythm suffered. I wonder if I can run 9’s in the high strings and 10’s for the low strings 🤔
I've just watched three of your videos. You've just earnt yourself a subsriber. I enjoy the way you communicate. A great trend that I see right now is people are caring less about the name on the headstock and just getting on with playing. I've noticed plenty of live bands later using squiers etc. Good for them.
I love the trend of companies upping the expected level of quality in guitars offered at lower price points. What we’re seeing coming out Indonesia is amazing. PRS SE line is setting the bar. Plenty of other examples out there
Oh, and another trend I like is some manufacturers actually listening to customers in some cases and bringing back discontinued items that were sorely missed. For example, the reappearance of the Squier J Mascis Jazzmaster & Pelham Blue Epiphone SG with P90s, Diamond pedals e.g. Vibrato. Return of rosewood fingerboards to Fender Player II,
I have a Epi Valve Jr., it's very simple no EQ. I picked up a Supro Delta King 10 5W this year and it isounds great at lower volumes. What are all the solid state and digital options aspiring for? That tube sound and responsiveness. Do what you like.
Yip, that all makes sense. Some trends I like are: 1. Rising interest in stereo, wet/dry & wet/dry/wet amp rigs, especially with more maneagable portable, power-scaling amps like those Marshall Studios, Victory V40, Revv D20 etc... 2. great stereo analogue pedals to go with those amp rigs (e.g. Boss Waza CE-2W & DC-2W, DM-101, Walrus Monumental etc...). 3. Granular/looper/microlooper pedals like Cosmos, Microcosm, Moods, Tensor. 4. Modern powerhouse reverb pedals, like Meris Mercury X 5. Cool bender and trem systems from Duesenberg Les Trem & Benders, Certano.
My main preference for real amps - tube or solid state - is that I get some significant option paralysis with many of the digital offerings out there. Plus, I'm more likely to be using a real amp when playign with other people, so my goal there is primarily to cut through the mix to hear myself, so I set and forget. So with that, I can sit and jam and enjoy myself with friends for a while, but with digital options, I find myself tweaking settings like I'm getting paid by the hour.
So I’m really happy with my 5watts.. but I got a 5 months old son… now my 5watts becomes decoration, is to loud, and made me fell in love with the TonexOne, is fantastic for room/apartment players like I am.
A trend that I like, probably not new to many, but new to me as I recently purchased my first tube amp after four years with a Mustang GTX50, is bridging the digital modeling and tube amp gap with a multi-effects unit (I got an inexpensive Boss ME-90 as a starter kit) with the so-called 4 cable method. That way the amp is not just a pedal platform, but it's character, with your settings, becomes part of the mix, even when using IRs. Just play with blending the levels.
My "go to" amp is my Fender deluxe reverb Tonemaster (home, gigs, shows). Totally agree with extreme opinions on internet lol ;) About trends I like to try then I stick to what I really love
I personally like how good the digital stuff is getting. My main amp is a tube and I love it but I also love my Spark 40. If I’m trying to learn a song with a distinct sound I can’t get from my tube amp and pedals I like being able to download a preset to the Spark that gets me close so I can get to playing
After the Rick Beato video I use 9’s on all my guitars! Ditto re modelling, my Boss Katana Artist mk2 produces some incredible tones, at a weight I can comfortably lug around. I was a bit concerned about the longevity of Boss products, but the price outweighs them!
Not sure if these are trends but I have been enjoying building partscasters with custom wound pickups. I also really dig UAFX amp clone pedals. I find them as inspiring as the real thing.
As long as you’re playing an actual instrument and therefore a real musician it doesn’t matter what strings you use, amp you use, etc. Do what makes u happy.
One trend I'm loving is that classic amp brands are teaming up with amp sim/vst developers to give us brand certified classic amp emulations.. Fender & Orange are on Amplitube & Marshall is on Softube.. So already 3 out of the classic 4 are on there.. Hope Vox gets on it too.. Besides that even newer brands like Mesa Boogie and others are on it..
People become to defensive when they choose to take a strong stance on one side or the other. Depending on the guitar and scale length I use different string gauges. For me certain guitars just feel and sound better with tens but on most of my guitar’s I run 9’s. Bass is my 1st instrument so I use mostly solid state and a hybrid amp. For guitar amps I prefer tube amps so a majority of my amps are all tube. But I honestly use a bit of everything from solid state, digital, hybrid, and tube.
I've been thinking to switch from 11's to 10's but I kinda like the tension but I'm not sure if I should switch. I've been playing 11's for about 15 years and now I'm scared to switch 😅
Don’t be afraid to try new things. It’s only 1 gauge down and it’ll cost you a pack of strings. You’ll either like it or you won’t. I use to put 10’s on all of my guitar’s. Then I got my Ibanez Jem 777. I enjoyed playing it so much that I decided to try 9’s on my other guitars. I was blown away and never looked back. I run 9’s on my 25.5 scale guitars and 10’s on most of 24.75 scale guitars. I just prefer 10’s on shorter scale guitars. You’ll either find 9’s easier and more enjoyable to play or you won’t. My view is why work harder for the same outcome when you don’t have too. 😊
5 watts is too loud for an apartment. I had a tweed champ. Could only turn it to 3 or so or it would be too loud. Traded it off. Have a 1 watt Supro amp and can't even turn that up all the way.
My no. 1 issue with increasing use of digital modelling does not come from what (other) guitarists think, but that sound engineers start to look down on you for bringing an amp at all. No matter how sensible you may be, they're gonna bicker you brought a speaker when there's a 'real PA' controlled by a 'real professional', and explain how it's much easier *for them* to put you in the monitor. That is definitely working. And sounding good. And they will *absolutely* make sure you hear yourself through it. That also you're sharing with someone else, because that's how many monitors they have. Yeah right.......
I don't know if this is a trend but I use a D20 Revv amp with built in cabinet simulation for home recording instead of using a mic or software instrument. It's a tube amp and I can use my actual pedals instead of plugins and I don't have to worry when my air conditioner kicks in.
Of course you can use a big tube amp for clean sounds even at low volumes and get amazing tones out of it. Enough with "oh it's just clean tone, you can use a modeller or a solid state amp for this, you don't need tubes". Well I don't NEED one, I WANT one, it simply sounds warmer and inspires me more. Plus, I'm the one carrying the damn thing, what's everyone's problem?
Blackheart by Crate I got two small amps that I love to use in stereo at home Fame Tube 5 special (similar to the Harley Benton) & a heavily modded Ibanez Valbee As a gigging amp I got a modded Crate Palomino V32, didn’t get much use lately.
I am glad you brought up the notorious Beato string gauge video. .Following this logic would SRV have sounded better on record with the Beato cult's "scientifically" proven God's miracle .009 gauge strings? It sickens me younger impressionable players bought and will only buy .009 gauge strings because of it when they could be experimenting with other gauges. What makes the video flawed from the onset is that there was no consideration for differentiating the tones that are intrinsic to the fretboard scales. By nature a 25.5 scale will have different tonal attributes and response than a 24.75'' inch scale but they didn't consider this factor. The more I delve in, the more flawed their little "experiment" becomes. Sorry, like I said, the sheer mention of that video......I said enough.
For a long long time I was convinced of vintage reissues. I've learned that newer guitars are often superior. It really depends. But many of the upgrades are outstanding. For example, the Fender Ultra Lux is far superior to anything else. Many custom Gibson Les Paul's are superior to a 59 reissue. I've owned and played both and began selling nearly all of my reissues and replacing them with modern manufactured guitars. Well worth it.
I've been putting 9 gauges on all my guitars for years, even my Les Paul. My Gretsch recommends 12's...no way. I'm not putting cables on my guitar lol. It plays fine with 9's.
imho i think every guitar sounds best with a specific gauge digital modelers can go to blazes - they're evil garbage and i'll die on that hill lol you can go with a 100 watt full stack, slap an attenuator in the chain and run it at any volume you want while still cooking the power section. i think the argument of 'that amp is just too loud' is silly when you have this option available - as far as weight, that's a different story and that's what roadies are for 😋 two point trems on a vintage style strat ain't vintage. if it's a reissue, i don't mind some quality of life improvements but some things shouldn't be messed with
I love the trend of cloning the super collectable pedals. Yes warm audio kill this f..... market! A circuit that costs a few dollars in parts even if the design is great can't cost a fortune. Another trend that i hate is guitars artists signature.
Trends should not be given any credence in what is basically a Trade Craft. People can do whatever they want to do, or like whatever they want to like. But having their trend dictate what others *must* do is bad IMO. We're not talking about designer sneakers and handbags here, yet that's how a lot of gear forums read. Dismissing a superlative FX Pedal because it has "a boring paint job". Dismissing all kinds of Delay Pedals because they're not BBD (That's a current trend). Trends injure common sense. Significant design changes, or step-up changes are not "trends" IMO. Example, Headstock truss rod adjustment. They are just practical techology advances born of necessity. Conversely, being "anti-modern" (aka ludditism) *is* a trend. Ultra conservatism, the belief that change is bad, and extreme views that only the "old way" has any value.
I don't know about trends that I like but one of the most annoying current trends is all the whining about lugging an amp. Who are the pencil neck soft belly milk fed lap dogs that look at that as being a big deal? People that never did a hard days work in their life or what?
Fellow artists! Please, :PLEASE, can we stop pumping the trope of "how good cheap guitars are now!!! The Asian lines are just as good if not better than the USA made gear!!" No. NOPE! Your Epi Les Paul does on come close to a Gibon guitar. Your Squire Affinity Strat does not exist in the same dimensions a USA Fernder. We know trasnsformers in budget line amps are CRAP!!! We know at this point how much the Output Transformer contributes to the overall sound, Yes? The notion that an instrument, amp, or any other gear is amazing purely because it is cheap, cheaper, made overseas, or a industry artist demos one, wreaks of Hubris, Hot Pockets, shame, and an overall desire to be defined as an artist by what guitar you play, rather than HOW you play. To oversimplify, absolutely any piece of gear can be contrived by a young artist,, as superior to the "Pedigree" brands, therefore making that artist superior. An honest ear will get you a long, long way...develop it, and stop telling me your Epi Les Paul is better than my Gibson Historic R9 Les Paul. It isn't. It just isn't.
1-5 watt tube amps are just stupid. 15 watt amps are silly. Amps need power to sound good. And everyone just needs to accept that digital modeling is here to stay and will only grow. As guitar players, we're petrified of change, while we're out buying new gear. And now, for my most hated word, transparent. We don't want transparency. If we did, we wouldn't be buying new pedals every other week. Sometimes, we're idiots, which is okay.
Holy shit!! The tiny tube amp craze 😂 i bought a few of those 5w tube amps the black heart, the bugera and a Marshall stack i wish i had kept the Marshall but actually i think that was mosfet but it actually was very awesome! And i love the new 15-20 w amps the prs dgt15 and hndx 20 are unbelievably and things like bluguitar amp1 mercury edition is absolutely beautiful !!the quilter direct amp! Genius
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I absolutely love the recent trend of so many amp brands putting out analog solid state amps that sound great, are powerfully enough to gig with, and are wonderfully affordable without relying on digital modeling. Obviously Peavy had the Bandit for decades, and Quilter has been covering the Fender sounds beautifully (Jack, just get an Aviator Cub already!), but then we had the Orange Super Crush and Crush Pro series, but just this year, Hiwatt, Laney, and Blackstar all rolled out awesome sounding SS amps that are nice and cheap and totally loud enough to gig with. I’ve been a Quilter fan for years but it’s so nice to see analog SS making a comeback and sounding better than ever. Sometimes these budget amps come with cheap speakers but throw $100 to $150 at a good 12” speaker and you have a brilliant sounding amp!
I like the trend of great quality, lower cost guitars and great sounding practice amps. As a teacher, it’s made life so much easier for young students (and their parents) to be able to get a guitar that plays and sounds great for a couple hundred bucks a Spark amp (or something similar) and be set for the first 2 or 3 years of their journey. It can really remove a lot of frustration :)
Agree 100%
This is so true.
That being said: I sometimes get a feeling that higher quality instruments have gotten more expensive. I bought an American Standard Stratocaster in 2009 for €999, and nowadays, the equivalent is almost double that. Wages haven't doubled in 15 years?
Also: the second hand market seems to have inflated prices because of Reverb and stuff...
@@BramClaes yes, that’s true. I bought a Mexican built Player Plus Tele a couple of years ago and it cost $1800 Australian dollars! American guitars are out of the question for me now. You are looking at 4K plus! It’s simply not worth it.
I'm too old to care about trends now. I've found out what guitars and amps do it for me and just conccetrate on writing and playing.
When I started playing in the late 90’s trends in guitar only went as far as wanting to play the guitar or amp of the famous player, who possibly had been dead for 25 years. Expensive guitars with known brands on the headstock were legitimately much better than the stuff you got from a chain store. You really didn’t know the latest thing was released or the guitar you saw in the window was an Old Vintage 3 opposed to the New Vintage 4 with space saving tone pots. Your brand of strings was what the guitar shop nearest you sold, and you had to figure out yourself how to replace a string, fix a loose Jack wire, and what the knobs on your guitar and amplifier actually did. The biggest difference was you would be happy you figured out something that you thought was close to what you thought you heard on the record.
Amazon, the internet in general, and specifically TH-cam has allowed us to know everything immediately and we react to information as we see it. Which is really strange for an industry that largely takes its inspiration from what was invented between 1950 to 1964.
I also like the classic/modern functional guitars. The Squier Classic Vibe series really hits the nail on the head. A classic 50s style strat with a 5 way switch. There are a lot of good trends happening right now.
Yip, I like my blonde Squier Classic Vibe 50 enough that I spent as much as it originally cost to get it really competitive with my 60s Vintera. Putting in the prewired Custom '59 pickguard/pickups, Goldo bridge/trem, Gotoh tuners. Great bones, like the weight and wood, love the finish, really nice playing neck. It was quite good stock, now it's proper good. My Squier J Mascis Jazzmaster is killer too, and haven't changed a thing - just a great guitar. It's up there with guitars I paid almost twice as much for.
Your exactly correct on the Twin comment.
I used to use 9’s on Strats & 10’s on LP’s, but a while ago I changed to 9.5-44 Ernie Ball Primo’s on everything, which I find suits me. Find the best that suits you, simple. My pet hate is the polarising opinion on the internet when it comes to gear. A lot of it appears to be generational. I see boomers (which I am one) kicking off about digital not being as good as tube. Gen Z kicking off about outdated 60/70 year old technology. Back in the day Bands wouldn’t have had armies of roadies lugging about massive Marshall Stacks if modern amps/modeling & modern PA systems were available. Likewise if they weren’t available now, Gen Z would still be lugging them around too. I agree with you, find the tone you want, make the music you want any way which suits you.
I settled on DAddario pure nickel 9’s on all my guitars, including my LP, after seeing the Rick Beato video!
The availability of truly excellent lower priced guitars is a continuing trend that I love. (My Epi LP Special - $500 brand new - is an example.). Great players like Tom Bukovac and Guthrie Trapp - and Jack Fossett - sharing their knowledge on TH-cam is also a trend I love.
Sleeper Gear people often overlook -
Small Amp - Harley Benton(EU)/MonoPrice(US) Tube5 is a Laney Super Cub clone and after the speaker breaks in is AMAZING amp for the price.
Strings - Ernie Ball Primo - 9.5 - 44 - Trust me it's the perfect blend of sting sizes.
Digital Modeling - The ToneX One - The user provided captures are a great way to get really good tone at a great price.
9 user, just got a Tele was was thinking about trying 10s on it. Someone else in the past mentioned 9.5s....I'll take your advice and give em a tryout, thanks.
Hah, btw, recently got the Monorprice Tube15 and still breaking in the speaker :-D
I love the trend of people relying less on technology and more on learning how to play an instrument
/s I presume? In that case, I wholeheartedly agree.
Then again, why are we posting and replying here, instead of playing? Shame on us both!
I’m not sure that’s actually a trend. I’m pretty sure it should be but I’m not sure that it is 😂
I use technology to help me learn how to play the guitar. Songsterr and TH-cam videos are a great addition to my traditional guitar lessons.
@@hotrodjones74 me too. When I want to lean how to play a solo, I love that I can usually find a video where someone will teach me :)
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I like the: "making gear lighter & more portable trend " = no more getting a Hernia or Hurting-your-Back, just to gig. I love what Fender did with their Rumble 40 and 100 (which I own) Bass Amps.
On strings: I totally agree!
Strings are a huge part of your tone! Fairly cheap too. Underrated mostly.
But, our technique has to learn to match or make use of their various characteristics, features, pros and cons.
That makes things highly personal. Like how you like your (bass)guitar to be setup.
Way more personal than amps, pedals and even (bass)guitars!
Beautiful thing, besides little frustrations and our growing pains as players, 😄.
Trend #1 was unexpected and interesting... I sort of think I understand. I'm probably a bit older (was a teenager in the 90s) so I remember the early days of the Internet, when highly opinionated people like Ed Roman had a lot of influence in guitar forums. I think you're right about people no longer really caring about what others say anymore, in part because there are a lot of other, more sensible voices out there now, and lot of people out there demonstrating that you can get great great sounds out of all sorts of gear. I definitely think it's a good thing. Cheers.
Hey you’re not old!!!!!!!!
As a hobby player who doesn't want to own many guitars for money/space reasons, I like the trend of manufacturers making guitars as flexible as they can with electronics. Things like coil split getting included on guitars at all price ranges, some SSS guitars getting both parallel and series pickup configurations, Ibanez putting three guitars worth of pickup configurations on AZ and then also porting that to other series. I think this makes more guitars usable for more people, and also simply efficient.
I love the light gauge strings, too, Jack! They offer me the best control over bends and sound the best to me . . .they allow my guitar to sit in the band mix in a way that nicely doesn't get lost with the bass guitar
and I use 8's! :)
I tried to play light strings but hated them, I play punk rock like a caveman so maybe that’s why 🤷♂️
@@LuisJimenez-pb3ge I can totally appreciate that! My string gauge choice is directly connected to the lead bluesy/psychedelic bends I play, but if I were playing rhythm in a harder genre I would be playing 9's or even 10's
@@willwysowski5319 I did love the way my leads sounded with 9’s but the rhythm suffered. I wonder if I can run 9’s in the high strings and 10’s for the low strings 🤔
@@LuisJimenez-pb3ge That's a very cool idea! You could make a custom hybrid set for yourself!
I've just watched three of your videos. You've just earnt yourself a subsriber. I enjoy the way you communicate. A great trend that I see right now is people are caring less about the name on the headstock and just getting on with playing. I've noticed plenty of live bands later using squiers etc. Good for them.
Awesome, thank you!
I love the trend of companies upping the expected level of quality in guitars offered at lower price points. What we’re seeing coming out Indonesia is amazing. PRS SE line is setting the bar. Plenty of other examples out there
I like the trend of Squier Classic Vibes being played by great guitarists!
It’s what they call hype.. it catches on like wildfires in the hive mind.
You were the chosen one! It was said that you would destroy the guitar gear trends not join them!
YOU UNDERESTIMATE MY POWER
My main amp is a Marshall 1974X. 20 watts, loud enough for gigs but not too loud. I’ll use my Fryette Power Station when needed.
Oh, and another trend I like is some manufacturers actually listening to customers in some cases and bringing back discontinued items that were sorely missed. For example, the reappearance of the Squier J Mascis Jazzmaster & Pelham Blue Epiphone SG with P90s, Diamond pedals e.g. Vibrato. Return of rosewood fingerboards to Fender Player II,
I have a Epi Valve Jr., it's very simple no EQ.
I picked up a Supro Delta King 10 5W this year and it isounds great at lower volumes. What are all the solid state and digital options aspiring for? That tube sound and responsiveness. Do what you like.
Yip, that all makes sense. Some trends I like are: 1. Rising interest in stereo, wet/dry & wet/dry/wet amp rigs, especially with more maneagable portable, power-scaling amps like those Marshall Studios, Victory V40, Revv D20 etc... 2. great stereo analogue pedals to go with those amp rigs (e.g. Boss Waza CE-2W & DC-2W, DM-101, Walrus Monumental etc...). 3. Granular/looper/microlooper pedals like Cosmos, Microcosm, Moods, Tensor. 4. Modern powerhouse reverb pedals, like Meris Mercury X 5. Cool bender and trem systems from Duesenberg Les Trem & Benders, Certano.
Great looking camera!
Hey jack I was wondering if you have any opinions on 80 and 90s peavey amplifiers?
My main preference for real amps - tube or solid state - is that I get some significant option paralysis with many of the digital offerings out there. Plus, I'm more likely to be using a real amp when playign with other people, so my goal there is primarily to cut through the mix to hear myself, so I set and forget. So with that, I can sit and jam and enjoy myself with friends for a while, but with digital options, I find myself tweaking settings like I'm getting paid by the hour.
I’d love to see a trend of more 24 inch scale length guitars being made. They feel entirely different than 25.5 scale
Yes!!! Love my 24in. scale length guitars!
My "Pignose" 5 watt amp. is fantastic. Trend or Not.
Amen!
So I’m really happy with my 5watts.. but I got a 5 months old son… now my 5watts becomes decoration, is to loud, and made me fell in love with the TonexOne, is fantastic for room/apartment players like I am.
Small tube amps are actually quite loud in alot of real life situations
What a fantastic video from my favorite youtuber have a wonderful day Jack also Wednesday is my younger brother birthday ❤😊
A trend that I like, probably not new to many, but new to me as I recently purchased my first tube amp after four years with a Mustang GTX50, is bridging the digital modeling and tube amp gap with a multi-effects unit (I got an inexpensive Boss ME-90 as a starter kit) with the so-called 4 cable method. That way the amp is not just a pedal platform, but it's character, with your settings, becomes part of the mix, even when using IRs. Just play with blending the levels.
My "go to" amp is my Fender deluxe reverb Tonemaster (home, gigs, shows). Totally agree with extreme opinions on internet lol ;) About trends I like to try then I stick to what I really love
I personally like how good the digital stuff is getting. My main amp is a tube and I love it but I also love my Spark 40. If I’m trying to learn a song with a distinct sound I can’t get from my tube amp and pedals I like being able to download a preset to the Spark that gets me close so I can get to playing
After the Rick Beato video I use 9’s on all my guitars! Ditto re modelling, my Boss Katana Artist mk2 produces some incredible tones, at a weight I can comfortably lug around. I was a bit concerned about the longevity of Boss products, but the price outweighs them!
Not sure if these are trends but I have been enjoying building partscasters with custom wound pickups. I also really dig UAFX amp clone pedals. I find them as inspiring as the real thing.
As long as you’re playing an actual instrument and therefore a real musician it doesn’t matter what strings you use, amp you use, etc. Do what makes u happy.
One trend I'm loving is that classic amp brands are teaming up with amp sim/vst developers to give us brand certified classic amp emulations.. Fender & Orange are on Amplitube & Marshall is on Softube.. So already 3 out of the classic 4 are on there.. Hope Vox gets on it too.. Besides that even newer brands like Mesa Boogie and others are on it..
People become to defensive when they choose to take a strong stance on one side or the other. Depending on the guitar and scale length I use different string gauges. For me certain guitars just feel and sound better with tens but on most of my guitar’s I run 9’s. Bass is my 1st instrument so I use mostly solid state and a hybrid amp. For guitar amps I prefer tube amps so a majority of my amps are all tube. But I honestly use a bit of everything from solid state, digital, hybrid, and tube.
I've been thinking to switch from 11's to 10's but I kinda like the tension but I'm not sure if I should switch. I've been playing 11's for about 15 years and now I'm scared to switch 😅
Don’t be afraid to try new things. It’s only 1 gauge down and it’ll cost you a pack of strings. You’ll either like it or you won’t. I use to put 10’s on all of my guitar’s. Then I got my Ibanez Jem 777. I enjoyed playing it so much that I decided to try 9’s on my other guitars. I was blown away and never looked back. I run 9’s on my 25.5 scale guitars and 10’s on most of 24.75 scale guitars. I just prefer 10’s on shorter scale guitars. You’ll either find 9’s easier and more enjoyable to play or you won’t. My view is why work harder for the same outcome when you don’t have too. 😊
Blackstar...British company the make some pretty good amps ! Many affordable for the non professional.
I love modelling for live playing. It makes life so much easier but I still love tube amps 🤷🏻♂️
I’m down to 8.5s. Never going heavier again.
Regarding string gauges, also find 9s best for 25.5" scale and 10s for 24.75" scale...but I stay in standard, open E, and open G
Guitar trend I like: the way TH-cam and other social media seem to be making gear manufacturers more responsive to the needs of the community.
It honestly should make life easier for guitar gear manufactures. Its a direct line to what the players want.
5 watts is too loud for an apartment. I had a tweed champ. Could only turn it to 3 or so or it would be too loud. Traded it off. Have a 1 watt Supro amp and can't even turn that up all the way.
My no. 1 issue with increasing use of digital modelling does not come from what (other) guitarists think, but that sound engineers start to look down on you for bringing an amp at all. No matter how sensible you may be, they're gonna bicker you brought a speaker when there's a 'real PA' controlled by a 'real professional', and explain how it's much easier *for them* to put you in the monitor. That is definitely working. And sounding good. And they will *absolutely* make sure you hear yourself through it. That also you're sharing with someone else, because that's how many monitors they have. Yeah right.......
I don't know if this is a trend but I use a D20 Revv amp with built in cabinet simulation for home recording instead of using a mic or software instrument.
It's a tube amp and I can use my actual pedals instead of plugins and I don't have to worry when my air conditioner kicks in.
Of course you can use a big tube amp for clean sounds even at low volumes and get amazing tones out of it. Enough with "oh it's just clean tone, you can use a modeller or a solid state amp for this, you don't need tubes". Well I don't NEED one, I WANT one, it simply sounds warmer and inspires me more. Plus, I'm the one carrying the damn thing, what's everyone's problem?
Blackheart by Crate
I got two small amps that I love to use in stereo at home
Fame Tube 5 special (similar to the Harley Benton) & a heavily modded Ibanez Valbee
As a gigging amp I got a modded Crate Palomino V32, didn’t get much use lately.
I am glad you brought up the notorious Beato string gauge video. .Following this logic would SRV have sounded better on record with the Beato cult's "scientifically" proven God's miracle .009 gauge strings? It sickens me younger impressionable players bought and will only buy .009 gauge strings because of it when they could be experimenting with other gauges. What makes the video flawed from the onset is that there was no consideration for differentiating the tones that are intrinsic to the fretboard scales. By nature a 25.5 scale will have different tonal attributes and response than a 24.75'' inch scale but they didn't consider this factor. The more I delve in, the more flawed their little "experiment" becomes. Sorry, like I said, the sheer mention of that video......I said enough.
...so you're on the fence about that video, huh?
For a long long time I was convinced of vintage reissues. I've learned that newer guitars are often superior. It really depends. But many of the upgrades are outstanding. For example, the Fender Ultra Lux is far superior to anything else. Many custom Gibson Les Paul's are superior to a 59 reissue. I've owned and played both and began selling nearly all of my reissues and replacing them with modern manufactured guitars. Well worth it.
_The Modern World of Mary Whitehouse._ If it's too loud, you're too granny!
I've been putting 9 gauges on all my guitars for years, even my Les Paul. My Gretsch recommends 12's...no way. I'm not putting cables on my guitar lol. It plays fine with 9's.
I started over 50 years ago with tens still rocking them what I can’t stand is shiting up a perfectly good guitar 😢😢😢😢
imho i think every guitar sounds best with a specific gauge
digital modelers can go to blazes - they're evil garbage and i'll die on that hill lol
you can go with a 100 watt full stack, slap an attenuator in the chain and run it at any volume you want while still cooking the power section. i think the argument of 'that amp is just too loud' is silly when you have this option available - as far as weight, that's a different story and that's what roadies are for 😋
two point trems on a vintage style strat ain't vintage. if it's a reissue, i don't mind some quality of life improvements but some things shouldn't be messed with
I love the trend of cloning the super collectable pedals. Yes warm audio kill this f..... market! A circuit that costs a few dollars in parts even if the design is great can't cost a fortune.
Another trend that i hate is guitars artists signature.
For clarity: "solid state amp" and "digital modeler" are not the same thing. The Roland Jazz Chorus is a solid state amp. The Kemper is a modeler.
Trends should not be given any credence in what is basically a Trade Craft.
People can do whatever they want to do, or like whatever they want to like. But having their trend dictate what others *must* do is bad IMO.
We're not talking about designer sneakers and handbags here, yet that's how a lot of gear forums read.
Dismissing a superlative FX Pedal because it has "a boring paint job".
Dismissing all kinds of Delay Pedals because they're not BBD (That's a current trend).
Trends injure common sense.
Significant design changes, or step-up changes are not "trends" IMO. Example, Headstock truss rod adjustment. They are just practical techology advances born of necessity.
Conversely, being "anti-modern" (aka ludditism) *is* a trend. Ultra conservatism, the belief that change is bad, and extreme views that only the "old way" has any value.
I don't know about trends that I like but one of the most annoying current trends is all the whining about lugging an amp. Who are the pencil neck soft belly milk fed lap dogs that look at that as being a big deal? People that never did a hard days work in their life or what?
Fellow artists! Please, :PLEASE, can we stop pumping the trope of "how good cheap guitars are now!!! The Asian lines are just as good if not better than the USA made gear!!"
No. NOPE! Your Epi Les Paul does on come close to a Gibon guitar. Your Squire Affinity Strat does not exist in the same dimensions a USA Fernder. We know trasnsformers in budget line amps are CRAP!!! We know at this point how much the Output Transformer contributes to the overall sound, Yes?
The notion that an instrument, amp, or any other gear is amazing purely because it is cheap, cheaper, made overseas, or a industry artist demos one, wreaks of Hubris, Hot Pockets, shame, and an overall desire to be defined as an artist by what guitar you play, rather than HOW you play. To oversimplify, absolutely any piece of gear can be contrived by a young artist,, as superior to the "Pedigree" brands, therefore making that artist superior.
An honest ear will get you a long, long way...develop it, and stop telling me your Epi Les Paul is better than my Gibson Historic R9 Les Paul. It isn't. It just isn't.
Only talkin .. u should post this as mp3
It’s a talk video. The series is called “Real Guitar Talk.”
1-5 watt tube amps are just stupid. 15 watt amps are silly. Amps need power to sound good. And everyone just needs to accept that digital modeling is here to stay and will only grow. As guitar players, we're petrified of change, while we're out buying new gear. And now, for my most hated word, transparent. We don't want transparency. If we did, we wouldn't be buying new pedals every other week. Sometimes, we're idiots, which is okay.
Holy shit!! The tiny tube amp craze 😂 i bought a few of those 5w tube amps the black heart, the bugera and a Marshall stack i wish i had kept the Marshall but actually i think that was mosfet but it actually was very awesome! And i love the new 15-20 w amps the prs dgt15 and hndx 20 are unbelievably and things like bluguitar amp1 mercury edition is absolutely beautiful !!the quilter direct amp! Genius