So cool man ! I’ve been wondering what is your solo boost solution in your Marshall I’m struggling to find one great solo boost for lead tones with my crunchy amp (tube screamer, eq, clean boost, transparent overdrive… ) ?
@@arthurarnould1370 thanks! I've been searching for a good solution for my plexis quite a while. What works best for me is a Colorboost style pedal. I have a Tru-Fi Colordriver and an Idiotbox Power Drive, both are great, I have a video about the Colordriver on my channel. That proved to be not just a great solo boost for live, but a secret tone shaping weapon in the studio.
@@StevenAnthonyGuitar okay thanks man ! I’ve been struggling to find a great boost for my Marshall lead is so hard to get to I want to add some gain and eq my sound to cut through the band in live gig (this could be a good subject for a latter video). Love your videos !
@@arthurarnould1370 in the Tru-Fi Colordriver-video I do exactly that while comparing it to a TC Spark Booster, as that is what I had been using before that for a long time. That will work too, but no nearly as good as the Colordriver, so I'd advice to skip that.
Your intro kinda sounds like you're saying they have quality control issues? LOL! As a player who has owned SGs for 54 years now, I actually think its a design issue. My '65 SG Special has always been pretty rock solid. But my '68 SG Jr. has always been a problem child. I think Gibson guitars in general are like that - some are really good, but most are sorta just okay. If you find a good one that you like, keep it! Because the next five you get hands on will probably turn out to be disappointments.
@@anthonypanneton923 well, the first one I got had warped neck and the second one had the trussrod bending at the wrong place. This one is perfect, but the first two were the only times I've had an issue like that with a Gibson.
@@StevenAnthonyGuitar In the 1990s I almost bought a used ES-335. Totally different animal than a SG, but I'd always wanted one. It played well, but I just could never get a good tone like I wanted out of it. And as far as I knew it was all original. Gibson has been very erratic over the years. My two SGs ('65 and '68) look very similar, but they couldn't be more different in how they play and respond.
@@anthonypanneton923 but that's also great about Gibsons in my opinion. Each one is unique. Different weight, feel, sound. Something for everyone. And it feels extra special when you find a good one. That's not to say these guitars should have QC issues these days, but in my experience Gibson is doing a good job since their new management.
@@StevenAnthonyGuitar I think you are being WAY too kind. Especially considering their prices. I haven't been shopping or trying out new guitars in a long time, so I really don't know what they're putting out now. I don't buy new guitars from major brands. But some of Gibson's recent marketing and product development moves leave me scratching my head and wondering what they're thinking. Example: they recently advertised a "Yard-Burst" LP as a tribute to Jeff Beck. Jeff Beck played Strats for most of his career, and when he was in The Yardbirds he mostly played a Tele. Even Page and Clapton played Teles when they were in The Yardbirds. It was a marketing thing that just made no sense at all, aside from them trying to sell a few more LPs using Jeff Beck's name.
@@anthonypanneton923 I'm just sharing my experience. I've played Fenders for a long time and only got my first two Gibsons in 2018. But to me their guitars, as well as their Epiphones have been really good since the new management came in a year after I was bitten by the Gibson bug. Since then, I've been mainly playing Gibsons. Marketing is a different story and rather subjective. I like the classic stuff, so that they're pairing up with the metal guys from the 80s lately doesn't blow up my skirt, their collab with Jason Isbell is way more interesting to me. I thought the Jeff Beck Les Paul was cool, although the Oxblood one would've been cooler. But I can understand how this could be viewed differently.
@@MrMoneyHelper no I don't worry about that. They were all checked by the same luthier and the first to had issues that were due to a mistake or error in construction/production. Besides that, the first two were new, this third one was used and already had some mileage on it, so issues would have surfaced. It's a great guitar and a great model of guitar, I was just unlucky to have caught one with a neck issue two times in a row. Only two times I had a serious issue with a Gibson I might add, before a whole QC argument starts 😉
@STEVEN ANTHONY, not sure IF you remember but a while back you did a Gibson Custom Shop R9 video on a CS Les paul you just got and i was talking to you about how i finally got one and loved it. anyway a few days back was able to trade that one and cash for a 2023 Murphy Lab heavy aged R9 in Golden poppy burst. Steven these are insane! It is on a whole other level than the standard R9's. The aging was done very classy and looks very authentic like the guitar was on tour for years and the neck is incredible. If you can, play one or two of these ML's and see what you think?
@@Murphy_R9 I would love to try a Murphy Lab and I hope to do that sometime soon, but I recently sold a few guitars to get something similar... though not by Gibson 🤫
@@StevenAnthonyGuitar I really hope you are able to get one soon👍IMHO the Murphy's are very close to a old original. The only part Gibson still does not have nailed is the P.A.F's and the pots. The un potted Custombuckers are really good and so are the latest pots Gibson is using in these but the originals are still king.
Nice playing and beautiful tone.
@@RezaKhan2024 thanks!
Ah ha ! Nice 🤟🍻
So cool man ! I’ve been wondering what is your solo boost solution in your Marshall I’m struggling to find one great solo boost for lead tones with my crunchy amp (tube screamer, eq, clean boost, transparent overdrive… ) ?
@@arthurarnould1370 thanks! I've been searching for a good solution for my plexis quite a while. What works best for me is a Colorboost style pedal. I have a Tru-Fi Colordriver and an Idiotbox Power Drive, both are great, I have a video about the Colordriver on my channel. That proved to be not just a great solo boost for live, but a secret tone shaping weapon in the studio.
@@StevenAnthonyGuitar okay thanks man ! I’ve been struggling to find a great boost for my Marshall lead is so hard to get to I want to add some gain and eq my sound to cut through the band in live gig (this could be a good subject for a latter video). Love your videos !
@@StevenAnthonyGuitarand what do you think of the spark booster by Tc for this purpose like a clean boost / eq with a gain control type of thing ?
@@arthurarnould1370 in the Tru-Fi Colordriver-video I do exactly that while comparing it to a TC Spark Booster, as that is what I had been using before that for a long time. That will work too, but no nearly as good as the Colordriver, so I'd advice to skip that.
Your intro kinda sounds like you're saying they have quality control issues? LOL! As a player who has owned SGs for 54 years now, I actually think its a design issue. My '65 SG Special has always been pretty rock solid. But my '68 SG Jr. has always been a problem child. I think Gibson guitars in general are like that - some are really good, but most are sorta just okay. If you find a good one that you like, keep it! Because the next five you get hands on will probably turn out to be disappointments.
@@anthonypanneton923 well, the first one I got had warped neck and the second one had the trussrod bending at the wrong place. This one is perfect, but the first two were the only times I've had an issue like that with a Gibson.
@@StevenAnthonyGuitar In the 1990s I almost bought a used ES-335. Totally different animal than a SG, but I'd always wanted one. It played well, but I just could never get a good tone like I wanted out of it. And as far as I knew it was all original. Gibson has been very erratic over the years. My two SGs ('65 and '68) look very similar, but they couldn't be more different in how they play and respond.
@@anthonypanneton923 but that's also great about Gibsons in my opinion. Each one is unique. Different weight, feel, sound. Something for everyone. And it feels extra special when you find a good one. That's not to say these guitars should have QC issues these days, but in my experience Gibson is doing a good job since their new management.
@@StevenAnthonyGuitar I think you are being WAY too kind. Especially considering their prices. I haven't been shopping or trying out new guitars in a long time, so I really don't know what they're putting out now. I don't buy new guitars from major brands. But some of Gibson's recent marketing and product development moves leave me scratching my head and wondering what they're thinking. Example: they recently advertised a "Yard-Burst" LP as a tribute to Jeff Beck. Jeff Beck played Strats for most of his career, and when he was in The Yardbirds he mostly played a Tele. Even Page and Clapton played Teles when they were in The Yardbirds. It was a marketing thing that just made no sense at all, aside from them trying to sell a few more LPs using Jeff Beck's name.
@@anthonypanneton923 I'm just sharing my experience. I've played Fenders for a long time and only got my first two Gibsons in 2018. But to me their guitars, as well as their Epiphones have been really good since the new management came in a year after I was bitten by the Gibson bug. Since then, I've been mainly playing Gibsons.
Marketing is a different story and rather subjective. I like the classic stuff, so that they're pairing up with the metal guys from the 80s lately doesn't blow up my skirt, their collab with Jason Isbell is way more interesting to me. I thought the Jeff Beck Les Paul was cool, although the Oxblood one would've been cooler. But I can understand how this could be viewed differently.
If so many of them weren't right, do you believe that your guitar will eventually have neck problems?
@@MrMoneyHelper no I don't worry about that. They were all checked by the same luthier and the first to had issues that were due to a mistake or error in construction/production. Besides that, the first two were new, this third one was used and already had some mileage on it, so issues would have surfaced. It's a great guitar and a great model of guitar, I was just unlucky to have caught one with a neck issue two times in a row. Only two times I had a serious issue with a Gibson I might add, before a whole QC argument starts 😉
@STEVEN ANTHONY, not sure IF you remember but a while back you did a Gibson Custom Shop R9 video on a CS Les paul you
just got and i was talking to you about how i finally got one and loved it. anyway a few days back was able to trade that one
and cash for a 2023 Murphy Lab heavy aged R9 in Golden poppy burst. Steven these are insane! It is on a whole other
level than the standard R9's. The aging was done very classy and looks very authentic like the guitar was on tour for years and the neck is incredible. If you can, play one or two of these ML's and see what you think?
@@Murphy_R9 I would love to try a Murphy Lab and I hope to do that sometime soon, but I recently sold a few guitars to get something similar... though not by Gibson 🤫
@@StevenAnthonyGuitar I really hope you are able to get one soon👍IMHO the Murphy's are very close to a old original. The only part Gibson still does not have nailed is the P.A.F's and the pots. The un potted Custombuckers are really good and so are the latest pots Gibson is using in these but the originals are still king.