Highlighted Questions 31:53 Why I Only Do One Pedal review A Month 23:16 My thoughts On Harley Benton Guitars Question Index 0:00 Intro 0:34 New Channel Format 1:27 Do you have a favorite wind for Wiggins hum buckers? 1:57 Does blocking a strat tremolo with wood increase sustain? 3:23 Any information on the PRS MT15 amp? 4:33 Any chance on a PRS JM Silver Sky Lefty guitar? 5:16 GIBSON Is Being Sued For Not Paying For Robo Tuners th-cam.com/video/wCFhjT7GQY0/w-d-xo.html 10:14 Why would my amp sound clean when distorted? 11:32 The Dimarzio Super Distortion is as Iconic as the Tube Screamer 12:50 Why are some pick ups mounted at a angle? 14:20 Thoughts on acoustic Simulator pedals (give me your thoughts) 15:59 Thoughts on Dragon Fire pick ups? 17:40 Will I do a Universal Audio Ox review? 18:44 500K or 250K for HSS Strat? 20:35 Shawbucker and Thornbucker pick ups 22:49 Shawman Blues Video th-cam.com/video/Lopnc4U6q6M/w-d-xo.html 23:16 My thoughts On Harley Benton Guitars 27:43 Why did I pick the Fender Princeton 68 over the 65? 29:38 What Guitar Preamp pedals do I recommend? 31:32 have you tried PettyJohn pedals? 31:53 Why I Only Do One Pedal review A Month 33:31 Can a pedal be used as a preamp? 35:54 Am I still using the Fender Pedals? 37:16 Where is Ralph? 37:49 Thoughts on Hagstrum guitars? 39:33 Will I review the Marshall Origin amps? 41:00 Gibson Is still a great guitar and a great buy 45:54 Piezo System issues 48:14 My favorite looper pedal 49:47 Why I think I can not go to NAMM anymore 51:20 Thoughts on the Mesa Boogie Express 52:47 What I can do with the money I save from not going to NAMM 53:51 Thoughts on You Tubers who left You Tube. 55:13 What do I consider low action? 55:50 The best Output jack 56:56 Best value used acoustics? 58:07 Can you fix a twisted neck? 58:42 Tube vs Solid State shot out? 59:34 Thoughts on lower priced and lighter Gibsons 1:04:00 What do I feel is the best tuner pedal? 1:05:09 Sharpen My Axe update 1:09:26 Is it worth paying $120 for a Plek? 1:10:00 Gibson, Fender, and Jeep. lol 1:11:43 Good Preamp pedal for Blues rock tones? 1:14:48 Thoughts on ESP LTD guitars 1:15:32 Do you feel gold tipped guitar cables matter? 1:18:45 New schedule on the channel 1:19:23 Way you guys are the best!!!!! teespring.com/stores/know-your-gear-2018 1:20:20 Pod casts 1:20:50 Thank you
Phillip McKnight, I'm interested in the HB 35 Plus Vintage Burst with their Thomann gigbag and was wondering if you would be willing to get one and do a couple of mods I want and I'd pay you for it. I'm interested in DaVinci tuners: www.allparts.com/TK-0972-010-Schaller-da-Vinci-3x3-Chrome-Keys_p_3759.html and also a thornbucker with nickel cover in probably the neck or bridge depending where you think it would sound better. I know it's not what you had in mind but I'd be willing to cover the costs. Please let me know. Thanks
Every guitar player should buy new Gibson, that is in their price, forget the lower rung instruments. Be happy with one great guitar, at a time than a dozen so-so guitars. I’ve done this and have been happier than G.A.S.ing and watching TH-cam videos.
Suggestion for the Harley Benton thing: there's a new refresh of the lineup coming, which is a bit more upscale than previous HB guitars. Those would be a good choice since you'd probably be one of the first channels to show them off. The most interesting ones are probably the TE-7 and the Fusion HH or HSH. And if you were to add a mainstay from the "old" line to that, my suggestion would be the TE-90FLT. The PRS clones are done to death on TH-cam, so I'd avoid those.
Thank you Phil for being such a friendly, approachable, entertaining and so deeply knowledgeable source of guitar and gear. I look forward to these videos.
I just decided to stop being a hanger-on and bought some tee-shirts and a mug in support for your channel. I've got GAS and recently bought the Boss RC-1 on your recommendation. I've also bought three Eastwood guitars-they're re-makes of earlier brand guitars with updated features-and committed to an on-line guitar course to increase my skills. Guys like you and R.J. Ronquillo are an inspiration for those like me-retired and 75+-to do something positive and fun with our time. Thanks!
The only thing that matters about Harley Benton is this: Are their Fender copies better than equivalent Squiers and are the LP copies better than Epiphones? If they’re better, people should buy them. If they’re not, people should stop giving them lip service. The main complaints I read are 1) they’re heavy, 2) frets aren’t smooth, 3) poor QC. The weight thing is fine. Squier and Epi do a good enough job that bad QC or frets just can’t compete. Your channel is awesome. Thank you for the great vids!
Thank you for your very own continued insight, motivation in addition to knowledge to backup my quest to progressively more consciously responsive and in addition spiritually connected.
I second recording king. I have a Johnson Acoustic which was the company name before the change in 08. Superb quality and finish for the money. The new recording Kings continue on with that quality.
Dragonfire pickups Vintage Buckers absolutely rule! Before them I used a dimarzio 36th anniversary paf style and i think the dragonfire was a little better. I threw them into a stock ltd ec256 and compared to the stock pickups, they were a massive improvement. More clarity, more highs.
I personally use the Ethos Clean 2 direct into a mixer which you can use into a recording interface as well. It also has an onboard speaker Sim. The Kingsley preamps are great but there’s a 9 month waiting list.
I restored my 1991 Ibanez RBM-1 Voyager last year and put Dimarzio pickups in it. An F-spaced Gravity Storm in the bridge, Satch Track in the neck, and a Fast Track 1 in the middle position. HSS configuration. The Gravity Storm is wired to a 3-way toggle in series/split/parallel and the whole thing is just a monster. The guitar was in rough shape when I received it about 13 years ago. It was originally Cherry Red but when I got it, the body was stripped down to the raw mahogany with "SEX PISTOLS" spelled out on the face of the body with electrical tape. I ended up sending the body to Marty Bell out in California for a professional re-finish. Went solid jet black. I left the neck completely original because I didn't want to ruin 27 years of mojo. It still has the original Gotoh tuning keys on it and they still work great. Where I'm getting at is that Dimarzio's are great pickups and the Gravity Storm is a lower output humbucker that can still be brutal for intense metal. :)
Another good Pre-Amp Pedal is a BBE Acoustimax Sonic Maximizer,,,,, also works great as a EQ for an electric guitar amp at the end of the effects loop chain,,,,,,Great Mid sweep with the added "Sonic Stomp" effect,,,, :)
I would be very very interested in testing Harely Benton guitars by You Philip! Especially Les Paul's ones! I'm from POLAND and love Yours "Sharpen My Axe" series! Maybe some sharpening of Harley Benton guitar?
My idea for the Harley Benton reviews: 1. The modding project: Any of their ash body Telly style guitars. The te-30, for instance, costs roughly the same as the HB DIY guitar kit 2. The "exception": I'm a strat/LP/ (you name it) kind of guy, but for either aesthethics or sound I'd like to try this HB. In my case, it would probably be the JA-60, one of their cheapest guitars with P90s and an offset body. But there're lot of different options for different people: hollowbodies, that SG with 3 humbuckers, the Prince telly copy, 7/8 strings...you name it 3. Top of the line: The PRS style guitars seems to be their "top dog"
dragonfire pick-ups are great. I put a vintage alnico v in the bridge and a pearly gates style alnico II in the neck of an off brand les paul and it smokes! $50 for the set, great buy
My brother bought me a Harley Benton for my birthday. Happy Birthday to me! It is rather annoying that they are all copies. How much trouble would ti be to have something unusual!! Still, I like my Telly copy and will have fun modding the hell out of it. The comment that you're review would be valued as honest and unbiased is very true. It would be interesting to hear what you think of them. Thanks for your posts: gold dust!
Sonic Research has a product called the Turbo Tuner and it is awesome! I also currently own a Polytune 2 and have owned many Boss tuners and a Peterson too. But the Turbo Tuner is hands down my favorite.
I got the '14 SGJ in the brown that isn't chocolate. I look at that thing everyday. Those bevels are thicker than on some standards. Unless you're going for the 61 reissue, you can also throw a half pickguard on there.
Phil, the deal with the Harley Benton guitars are that the cost savings are largely made in the level/absence of Quality Control at the factories. Thomann “claim” that they inspect 100% of throughput at their base in Germany but that has many people doubting that. So the gamble is whether or not you get a good one when you open the box. To be fair to Thomann they make it easy enough to return a dog if you get one so your only loss can be the nuisance factor if you need to RMA. Of course that nuisance involves a longer wait for those in the Americas than for us in Europe but that' all it is really. I ordered 5 HBs in 2017 and I'm living happily with 4 of them. HB35+ (339 style), SC-450 P90 GT (LP style), CD-Custom Cherry (SG style), SC-450Plus (LP style) One had to go back cos there was no way to fettle out the problems (plural) that it had. Turns out that that particular model, TE-70 Black Paisley, and the factory that produced it had a lot of issues for people back in Spring 2017; which it appears have now been rectified. I was going to choose a different Tele model from the HB range when a sweet deal on a Vintage V2 tele appeared so I grabbed that one instead My first HB was the HB35Plus which was fine 'out of the box' but the action was only OK. To get it down to US factory equivalent height with no buzzes required a fret stoning, which I did and quite enjoyed the learning process involved. Now she plays as sweet as one could ask for and has received compliments from pro guitarists. I'm a bass player by trade btw, my guitaring isn't up to the same standard as my bass playing... Yet (positive thinking Koz, positive thinking). The other three have been sweet with very little attention needed. It's not uncommon to have a few rough fret ends to have to deal with. The cheapest one of the lot, my SC-450 P90 GT, required no special attention beyond arriving with 9s on it when I expected 10s. Thomann sent 10s. She had smooth frets and a low action. Just to suit myself I lowered the P90s and raised their pole pieces to get a bit of a more vibrant tone. Once you get above the bottom rung of the Harley Bentons you find a lot are fitted with Wilkinson hardware and some have Grover tuners. The bottom line for me is that for less than $800 I got 4 nice guitars which I use regularly alongside my Fender, Ibanez and Yamaha guitars.
Hey Phil. Love your content. Keep it up. I have a suggestion for a pedal review. The xvive golden brownie pedal. Marshall in a box pedal and only 60 dollars USA. I think people would like it.
On the recording and preamp subject. I have recently started using free plugins for my entire sound. It's far superior sonically to using pedals into an interface. Ignite do free sims which are amazing for metal and rock. Mercurial have an amazing free section on their site too.
Phil - a lighter guitar doesn't mean that the guitar is more dried out, it just means that the wood is lower density. Gibson wouldn't build guitars with wood that was more than 10 or 12% moisture, and probably not more than 8. The moisture is a very small percentage of the weight. However, common medium hardwoods have a huge variation in weight, as do softwoods. Some older pine is more dense than typical cherry, and some cherry is more dense than typical oak (not often, but old growth). Woodworkers will generally see the more dense wood as better quality, not sure what Gibson thinks (they may be using their tighter grained wood on more expensive guitars). In the grand scheme, it doesn't make any difference in a guitar other than the weight of the guitar itself, and perhaps an electric guitar will feel resonant if it's lighter, but I doubt you could hear the difference. There is a HUGE difference in indian rosewood in old growth versus plantation growth. Old growth is tightly ringed and very dense, and plantation grown (which is probably 99.9% of what we see in fingerboards) is not particularly dense in relative terms. Still much more dense than honduran mahogany or other formerly popular guitar woods, but not of the same quality. I think the average guitar buyer is pretty uneducated about woods in general, and they're often misled intentionally by makers.
Hey. This is totally unrelated but if you could do reviews for the schecter banshee extreme and the schecter sun valley super shredder I'd be really interested in your opinion. I'm in the market for a new guitar and these two guitars have caught my attention and really peaked my interest.
Hey Phil, sorry I missed the live show, I will try to catch you soon! I am a drummer, and beginning to learn guitar at 50. I really enjoy your videos; they are very informative, and I'm learning a lot!!! You must have a super cool wife to let you work on this channel so much and to collect so much cool gear! LOL (seriously) Is she super cool (does she have a sister?), and how do you balance family time with your time working on the channel? Thanks, --Mark
Thinking about the Harley Benton review idea... It would be interesting to see you do a Sharpen My Axe makeover on one with the idea of taking it to the point where you would be "happy" with the guitar. How much work you have to do to it, and how much you have to pay(!!), would give us a good indication of how good the initial product is, and would we be better off digging into our wallet to get something slightly more expensive.
I'd love to see you review some Harley Bentons. Have a look at Cory Mura's four videos on Thomann's new prototypes (apologies if you have seen them), they will be in the 299-399 Euro range; some have got ebony fingerboards and stainless steel frets, an will be called the 'Fusion Pro' range. I think they're considering doing some baked maple necks too with better electronics, hardware and possibly proper maple caps, not simple veneers. He says that Thomann want all of us to give feedback on what we like and don't like about them and come up with suggestions for ways we think they could be improved). Cory also chats to the guy in charge of the Bentons, which is interesting (he's says that Thomann have be surprised at the level of interest in this brand and want to see how they can develop it). Love your channel. Cheers, Ronnie.
Hey Phil How about a semi hollow Tele Harley Benton. I’m not looking for one and I could be wrong but I don’t think you have a bunch of Tele’s. What I am really interested in is if a Harley Benton is a solidly built guitar that would be a great base for a project guitar. Some of their Veneers look great. I would really like to see you do a “Sharpen my Axe” on maybe a PRS style Harley Benton. Would it be killer guitar with Graphtech Bridge, Nut and locking keys? Swap the input jack and pots with some aftermarket Alnico PUP’s? Maybe a chance to also review some of the lower priced Alnico pickups like Iron Gear or Guitar Fetish? For me, that would be a fun project. Food for thought.
Love the videos,and would be interested in seeing your review of Harley Benton as it's a name I'm seeing pop up alot lately. Your method of reviews are interesting and informative.
The Tyler sharpen my axe was one i specifically didn't watch because of its lack of interest to me. I don't know how others feel but to me that didn't generate interest, it did the opposite. I'd much rather see guitars that need work. Love the concept and hope you keep it going just with more guitars that require work rather than a few little upgrades and changes to already perfectly functioning guitars. Just my two cents.
Hey Phil. If you really want a Harley Benton, in June/July they are launching a new series with stainless steel frets, locking tuners for 300-400 bucks, made in indonesia!
Hi Philip, I’m watching your channel for quiet a while now but you are missing something. Serious those guitars are far better value for money then the Squier guitar’s (and I have a few). Just try a tele or a Fusion II model, you will be surprised! Thankx for all your expertise and fair reviews! Theo
Harley Benton is actually producing some new stuff right now, talking of guitars that nobody (i believe) has ever seen yet ( for exemple they got a 8 string single cut Fanfret coming). They got a couple of really nice guitars, like a guitarbass VI (a fender copy but pretty interesting anyway)
Hi Phil, This thing where new products come out and the myopia of the producers, if I were the person producing guitar stuff I would first send guys like you the product to try and review; I reckon this would serve such a better service for sales.: a) the audience i want use your channel, b) the honesty tests would find buyers quicker for my product. So, why don't they - they're missing a trick i think. Good channel
Hey Phil! On your Princeton have you tried to reverse your reverb tank? Some people say it helps. I have a 68 deluxe, and while I love the amp, I’m not a fan of the reverb either. Thank god for reverb pedals! Howdy from Texas.
Hey Phil great show I work night shift and you help with passing the hours and as a beginner guitarist I have learned a lot so just wanted to say thanks for all that you do, also I just got a Merida acoustic steel string and it is a great guitar do you know anything about this company,if not you should check them out.
Agufish and MANY other youtubers often fail to mention if the product they're reviewing is provided by the manufacturer of if they paid for it with their money. Or if it is a paid review altogether. Sorry but I don't trust ANY of this guys who aren't crystal clear about this matter.
100% agree except you don't have to be sorry for that. Honesty is the #1 thing, when I watch a video I have to know if it is an indipendent review or a kind of a paid commercial...
David RF . Agufish, buys all the guitars he reviews ? Highly unlikely, just my take. Actually I’m having a hard time with many you tubers . I need to work all day, just to pay the rent on my apartment and feed the family. I don’t have a glorious mini mansion Or fancy living room, filled to the gills with expensive gear . That wasn’t aimed at any one in particular. Ha ha
I agree with the general statement but unless something has changed Agufish has said he has an arrangement where he buys guitars from a local store and returns them for credit after the review.
agufish is INCREDIBLY transparent about the fact that he has a sponsorship with Sam Ash for a lot of his gear, where they send the guitar out, he reviews it, and sends it back. He's also incredibly unbiased and will slam a product if its bad (there was a gibson review or two where he was NOT happy at all, and his favourite guitar is a vintage les paul). Honestly cannot reccomend the dude enough, his demos are playing in a mix and isolated, he includes his DI files like Fluff does, and again he has nothing to gain from his reviews that he doesnt tell you about in the video (he has a sam ash affiliate link)
James Parkin mentioning these things somewhere, in some video, every once in a while, is pretty far from "INCREDIBLY transparent", as you say. If you are transparent your big interest is to clearly specify where and how you get the gear you are reviewing in EVERY video review, and not in the description or in other places where 1/10 of the audience see that. You have to do it IN the video, by saying it or writing it on screen. That is transparent. I don't ever recall Agufish doing that, at least in the dozen of his videos I've watched. But I took Agufish only as example because Phil mentions him in the video. My issue is with every youtuber who is not "INCREDIBLY transparent". I follow many youtubers and only Phil is 100% like that.
Hey philip a HB vs SG vs Agile review would be awesome especially concerning how they come setup , specifically the most complained about problem is fret setup . I know thats a lot of cash but if you could get them donated that would be great/
Regarding Gibson Quality: they are trying to sell your a guitar at yesterday’s specs. That’s like getting a reproduction 59’ Corvette and asking for it to be spec’d like a modern car. Maybe that’s what Gibson’s Pro series should be. Like the ultimate resto mod and leave the Traditional Series alone for those who want a classic. And a great Preamp is the Strymon Riverside Drive
I own a Gibson LP traditional, and a Gibson LP les plus.. I just got my harley benton sc550, and I like it more than my gibsons. I really do. I like the way it plays and sounds, I have not changed anything on it. I tuned that bitch after it's trip to America one time, and that thing is still in tune..lol Crazy. I don't care what anyone says, This SC550 is kicking my Gibsons ass.
Hey man, I have a question for you. I'm new at Luthier-ing, and I'm trying to build my first guitar. Going with a modernized strat, using a lot of pieces that you've recommended on your channel, actually. Anyway, my question is this: I'm buying a pre-built neck that already has a finish, but I'd like to use a darker finish on the fretboard than the one StewMac uses on their necks. Would it be possible to sand that down and refinish, or would that require refretting? You know what would be cool? If you went on stewmac, bought the pieces, and built a guitar. Maybe do it over a couple of episodes.
1mm action on the low E at the 12th! I thought i had my guitar set up low at 1.5 on the low E and 1 on the high E. I can't get any lower without unacceptable buzz, even after doing my own fret level. Maybe a professional could do it better, or maybe my picking style is too heavy. Probably the latter.
Have a riff-off. Who ever sends u the best riff based 16 bar piece of music wins the guitar. Have 1,2&3 place winners for respectively priced pieces of gear ie. amp,guitar (or vise versa depending on price) or pedal.Have the viewers who didn’t send an entry in vote on winner. Play the tracks anonymously.
acoustic simulator pedals won't sound right if you are pushing it thru a guitar amp....use an A/B switch and send thru an acoustic guitar amp or straight to a main.....you need a different speaker array to get the sound
Gibson claims that they play call the Guitar now I don't know how true that is but I don't know why they would say that if they didn't and that's at the deal with that for a while
Fender should start low then make an increasing number of hardtail Stratocasters each year until they stop selling out to figure out the right number of hardtails to make.
Like I say about Harley Benton, Agile, J&s guitars, we don't need to buy a guitar that starts with an "F", and ends with"ender"! They keep their money (cost) low, because they can't get the "F" & "G" guitars!
Just saw that Gibson finally filed for bankruptcy....sad....but maybe something good will happen once the dust settles...guess we will have to wait and see.
Hey I just wanted to throw out I would gladly purchase and ship some Harley Benton's to you to review, maybe we could do a sharpen on one if thooman won't give them to you.
Hi I think I'd let us share this before I am to Gibson's I love them they work perfectly to sit and finish on them beautiful and sound great and in 2018 when the new Gibson came out I looked at Sweetwater I always wanted a Firebird and they were advertising Cyberchase 1350 dollars I'm sorry they were advertising the guitar with an amazing case so $1,350 and since I was out of state there was no tax the guitar weighs 7 lb 13 Oz which is not heavy for a Firebird but it is beautiful there is nothing wrong with this guitar I guess I can say I'm lucky or I guess I could also say people that get the bad ones p and by the way so I once heard you make a comment about Firebirds saying that you really are not in to plenty guitar but if you look closely at a Firebird there are no sharp angles and no point it all on that guitar you won't find one pointy part of that guitar LOL anyway as you can tell I love Gibson and I love my Gibson and I love your show I look forward to Friday's for you and live Q&A keep them coming
handmade is an interesting term. There aren't any guitars that are hand made that I'm aware of. I guess something that isn't CNC and then sanded these days counts as hand made, when a lot of those hand made guitars aren't even as hand made as jigs and duplicarver. I've tried twice so far to make a good clean guitar entirely hand made, all the way down to excluding power tools, and I can't make anything that looks like a good factory made guitar when you really look at the detail level (even the little things like the cleanliness of the binding channels). An extremely accomplished luthier confirmed that. "Dangelico guitars were made by hand. You can tell when you look at them, everything's not as perfect as a factory guitar".
oh.. well it was a great idea for sure. But there really are like a thousand YT'ers doing videos on these for sure.. They do have a few that I'd be interested in. They have a "falcon" style that looks interesting and for the price.. and a couple w/ P-90's I'm interested in. I do like that these aren't just the "Chibsons" Good to see more people get off that and head towards the HB's etc instead. And honestly, HB's cost less than most Chibsons (etc) I've seen lately. But, I will not criticize anyone buying either of those, cause a guitar in someones hands are better than not. As long as kids are playing and continuing to keep music going I'm good no matter what they play.. For me, I'm done putting big money into big brands.. I'm more about just playing at the house anymore. I'm 45 and it's all about just the hobby of working on and playing..So HB's are the way for me to go..:) Love your channel by the way. Lots of great info..
Would TH-cam increase your monetization (sp?) for the Sharpen my Axe Vids if you split them in two? Since individual videos are more important than video length, you might increase your metrics. 80-90% of viewers who watch vid 1 would watch vid 2 if they were released at the same time. I could be wrong, not having my own channel so I am not privy to the Sorcery that is the revenue stream of TH-cam. ;)
Highlighted Questions
31:53 Why I Only Do One Pedal review A Month
23:16 My thoughts On Harley Benton Guitars
Question Index
0:00 Intro
0:34 New Channel Format
1:27 Do you have a favorite wind for Wiggins hum buckers?
1:57 Does blocking a strat tremolo with wood increase sustain?
3:23 Any information on the PRS MT15 amp?
4:33 Any chance on a PRS JM Silver Sky Lefty guitar?
5:16 GIBSON Is Being Sued For Not Paying For Robo Tuners
th-cam.com/video/wCFhjT7GQY0/w-d-xo.html
10:14 Why would my amp sound clean when distorted?
11:32 The Dimarzio Super Distortion is as Iconic as the Tube Screamer
12:50 Why are some pick ups mounted at a angle?
14:20 Thoughts on acoustic Simulator pedals (give me your thoughts)
15:59 Thoughts on Dragon Fire pick ups?
17:40 Will I do a Universal Audio Ox review?
18:44 500K or 250K for HSS Strat?
20:35 Shawbucker and Thornbucker pick ups
22:49 Shawman Blues Video
th-cam.com/video/Lopnc4U6q6M/w-d-xo.html
23:16 My thoughts On Harley Benton Guitars
27:43 Why did I pick the Fender Princeton 68 over the 65?
29:38 What Guitar Preamp pedals do I recommend?
31:32 have you tried PettyJohn pedals?
31:53 Why I Only Do One Pedal review A Month
33:31 Can a pedal be used as a preamp?
35:54 Am I still using the Fender Pedals?
37:16 Where is Ralph?
37:49 Thoughts on Hagstrum guitars?
39:33 Will I review the Marshall Origin amps?
41:00 Gibson Is still a great guitar and a great buy
45:54 Piezo System issues
48:14 My favorite looper pedal
49:47 Why I think I can not go to NAMM anymore
51:20 Thoughts on the Mesa Boogie Express
52:47 What I can do with the money I save from not going to NAMM
53:51 Thoughts on You Tubers who left You Tube.
55:13 What do I consider low action?
55:50 The best Output jack
56:56 Best value used acoustics?
58:07 Can you fix a twisted neck?
58:42 Tube vs Solid State shot out?
59:34 Thoughts on lower priced and lighter Gibsons
1:04:00 What do I feel is the best tuner pedal?
1:05:09 Sharpen My Axe update
1:09:26 Is it worth paying $120 for a Plek?
1:10:00 Gibson, Fender, and Jeep. lol
1:11:43 Good Preamp pedal for Blues rock tones?
1:14:48 Thoughts on ESP LTD guitars
1:15:32 Do you feel gold tipped guitar cables matter?
1:18:45 New schedule on the channel
1:19:23 Way you guys are the best!!!!!
teespring.com/stores/know-your-gear-2018
1:20:20 Pod casts
1:20:50 Thank you
Phillip McKnight, I'm interested in the HB 35 Plus Vintage Burst with their Thomann gigbag and was wondering if you would be willing to get one and do a couple of mods I want and I'd pay you for it. I'm interested in DaVinci tuners: www.allparts.com/TK-0972-010-Schaller-da-Vinci-3x3-Chrome-Keys_p_3759.html and also a thornbucker with nickel cover in probably the neck or bridge depending where you think it would sound better. I know it's not what you had in mind but I'd be willing to cover the costs. Please let me know. Thanks
Phillip McKnight hi phil. Have you done a demo on a surf guitar? Jag or jazzmaster style? Would be awesome to know your opinion on them
Every guitar player should buy new Gibson, that is in their price, forget the lower rung instruments. Be happy with one great guitar, at a time than a dozen so-so guitars. I’ve done this and have been happier than G.A.S.ing and watching TH-cam videos.
Suggestion for the Harley Benton thing: there's a new refresh of the lineup coming, which is a bit more upscale than previous HB guitars.
Those would be a good choice since you'd probably be one of the first channels to show them off. The most interesting ones are probably the TE-7 and the Fusion HH or HSH. And if you were to add a mainstay from the "old" line to that, my suggestion would be the TE-90FLT. The PRS clones are done to death on TH-cam, so I'd avoid those.
My Harley Benton classic explorer shape has a dead feet in the 12th fret low e string
Thank you Phil for being such a friendly, approachable, entertaining and so deeply knowledgeable source of guitar and gear. I look forward to these videos.
There's something magical about SG's. Great to hear you're gonna get one!
Enjoying the show as always. Not able to attend live but always view them afterward.
Very impressed by you selling products sent to you, and donating to charity. Great bloke!
Love the lights on the pedal shelf.
I just decided to stop being a hanger-on and bought some tee-shirts and a mug in support for your channel. I've got GAS and recently bought the Boss RC-1 on your recommendation. I've also bought three Eastwood guitars-they're re-makes of earlier brand guitars with updated features-and committed to an on-line guitar course to increase my skills. Guys like you and R.J. Ronquillo are an inspiration for those like me-retired and 75+-to do something positive and fun with our time. Thanks!
I always learn something from these Q&As. I wasn’t able to catch the live stream this time but enjoyed it this morning.
The Mooer acoustic pedal is the most authentic sounding acoustic simulator I have found, Phil!
The only thing that matters about Harley Benton is this: Are their Fender copies better than equivalent Squiers and are the LP copies better than Epiphones? If they’re better, people should buy them. If they’re not, people should stop giving them lip service. The main complaints I read are 1) they’re heavy, 2) frets aren’t smooth, 3) poor QC. The weight thing is fine. Squier and Epi do a good enough job that bad QC or frets just can’t compete. Your channel is awesome. Thank you for the great vids!
Thank you for your very own continued insight, motivation in addition to knowledge to backup my quest to progressively more consciously responsive and in addition spiritually connected.
I bought a ton of graphtech stuff because of sharpen my axe/ your recommendation. hope they back some of the upcoming videos.
I second recording king. I have a Johnson Acoustic which was the company name before the change in 08. Superb quality and finish for the money. The new recording Kings continue on with that quality.
Dragonfire pickups Vintage Buckers absolutely rule! Before them I used a dimarzio 36th anniversary paf style and i think the dragonfire was a little better. I threw them into a stock ltd ec256 and compared to the stock pickups, they were a massive improvement. More clarity, more highs.
Zack Ramsey That's interesting to hear,I'll check them out for my Epi Les Paul.
I would definitely recommend that if you plan on keeping the guitar.
they will be great in your epi, either the vintage buckers or the gates buckers
Another great live show as always! Thanks for sharing your honesty and knowledge with us!
I personally use the Ethos Clean 2 direct into a mixer which you can use into a recording interface as well. It also has an onboard speaker Sim. The Kingsley preamps are great but there’s a 9 month waiting list.
I restored my 1991 Ibanez RBM-1 Voyager last year and put Dimarzio pickups in it. An F-spaced Gravity Storm in the bridge, Satch Track in the neck, and a Fast Track 1 in the middle position. HSS configuration. The Gravity Storm is wired to a 3-way toggle in series/split/parallel and the whole thing is just a monster. The guitar was in rough shape when I received it about 13 years ago. It was originally Cherry Red but when I got it, the body was stripped down to the raw mahogany with "SEX PISTOLS" spelled out on the face of the body with electrical tape. I ended up sending the body to Marty Bell out in California for a professional re-finish. Went solid jet black. I left the neck completely original because I didn't want to ruin 27 years of mojo. It still has the original Gotoh tuning keys on it and they still work great.
Where I'm getting at is that Dimarzio's are great pickups and the Gravity Storm is a lower output humbucker that can still be brutal for intense metal. :)
PS I still love your comparison between Cheap Squiers and MIM and MIA Strats!! Just Great!! Potmetal bridges etc!!
You rock!!
Thanks, Phil. Always informative and enjoyable.
Another good Pre-Amp Pedal is a BBE Acoustimax Sonic Maximizer,,,,, also works great as a EQ for an electric guitar amp at the end of the effects loop chain,,,,,,Great Mid sweep with the added "Sonic Stomp" effect,,,, :)
Scott Grove will be missed. A little rough for some people, but soo much good information.
I think he'll be back. He'll have no sounding board otherwise.
Plenty of guys have his level of information and much more with a fraction of the attitude and ego.
I would be very very interested in testing Harely Benton guitars by You Philip! Especially Les Paul's ones! I'm from POLAND and love Yours "Sharpen My Axe" series! Maybe some sharpening of Harley Benton guitar?
My idea for the Harley Benton reviews:
1. The modding project: Any of their ash body Telly style guitars. The te-30, for instance, costs roughly the same as the HB DIY guitar kit
2. The "exception": I'm a strat/LP/ (you name it) kind of guy, but for either aesthethics or sound I'd like to try this HB. In my case, it would probably be the JA-60, one of their cheapest guitars with P90s and an offset body. But there're lot of different options for different people: hollowbodies, that SG with 3 humbuckers, the Prince telly copy, 7/8 strings...you name it
3. Top of the line: The PRS style guitars seems to be their "top dog"
dragonfire pick-ups are great. I put a vintage alnico v in the bridge and a pearly gates style alnico II in the neck of an off brand les paul and it smokes! $50 for the set, great buy
My brother bought me a Harley Benton for my birthday. Happy Birthday to me!
It is rather annoying that they are all copies. How much trouble would ti be to have something unusual!! Still, I like my Telly copy and will have fun modding the hell out of it.
The comment that you're review would be valued as honest and unbiased is very true. It would be interesting to hear what you think of them.
Thanks for your posts: gold dust!
Sonic Research has a product called the Turbo Tuner and it is awesome! I also currently own a Polytune 2 and have owned many Boss tuners and a Peterson too. But the Turbo Tuner is hands down my favorite.
I got the '14 SGJ in the brown that isn't chocolate. I look at that thing everyday. Those bevels are thicker than on some standards. Unless you're going for the 61 reissue, you can also throw a half pickguard on there.
Phil, the deal with the Harley Benton guitars are that the cost savings are largely made in the level/absence of Quality Control at the factories.
Thomann “claim” that they inspect 100% of throughput at their base in Germany but that has many people doubting that. So the gamble is whether or not you get a good one when you open the box.
To be fair to Thomann they make it easy enough to return a dog if you get one so your only loss can be the nuisance factor if you need to RMA.
Of course that nuisance involves a longer wait for those in the Americas than for us in Europe but that' all it is really.
I ordered 5 HBs in 2017 and I'm living happily with 4 of them. HB35+ (339 style), SC-450 P90 GT (LP style), CD-Custom Cherry (SG style), SC-450Plus (LP style)
One had to go back cos there was no way to fettle out the problems (plural) that it had. Turns out that that particular model, TE-70 Black Paisley, and the factory that produced it had a lot of issues for people back in Spring 2017; which it appears have now been rectified.
I was going to choose a different Tele model from the HB range when a sweet deal on a Vintage V2 tele appeared so I grabbed that one instead
My first HB was the HB35Plus which was fine 'out of the box' but the action was only OK. To get it down to US factory equivalent height with no buzzes required a fret stoning, which I did and quite enjoyed the learning process involved. Now she plays as sweet as one could ask for and has received compliments from pro guitarists.
I'm a bass player by trade btw, my guitaring isn't up to the same standard as my bass playing... Yet (positive thinking Koz, positive thinking).
The other three have been sweet with very little attention needed. It's not uncommon to have a few rough fret ends to have to deal with.
The cheapest one of the lot, my SC-450 P90 GT, required no special attention beyond arriving with 9s on it when I expected 10s. Thomann sent 10s. She had smooth frets and a low action. Just to suit myself I lowered the P90s and raised their pole pieces to get a bit of a more vibrant tone.
Once you get above the bottom rung of the Harley Bentons you find a lot are fitted with Wilkinson hardware and some have Grover tuners.
The bottom line for me is that for less than $800 I got 4 nice guitars which I use regularly alongside my Fender, Ibanez and Yamaha guitars.
1:02:04 Exactly...I'm in this damn tone journey for life.
At about 33 mins in: "Say No To Pedals!"-Phillip McKnight 😆
We want more Ralph!!!!
Hey Phil. Love your content. Keep it up. I have a suggestion for a pedal review. The xvive golden brownie pedal. Marshall in a box pedal and only 60 dollars USA. I think people would like it.
On the recording and preamp subject. I have recently started using free plugins for my entire sound. It's far superior sonically to using pedals into an interface. Ignite do free sims which are amazing for metal and rock. Mercurial have an amazing free section on their site too.
Thanks for making these videos!
Phil - a lighter guitar doesn't mean that the guitar is more dried out, it just means that the wood is lower density. Gibson wouldn't build guitars with wood that was more than 10 or 12% moisture, and probably not more than 8. The moisture is a very small percentage of the weight. However, common medium hardwoods have a huge variation in weight, as do softwoods. Some older pine is more dense than typical cherry, and some cherry is more dense than typical oak (not often, but old growth). Woodworkers will generally see the more dense wood as better quality, not sure what Gibson thinks (they may be using their tighter grained wood on more expensive guitars).
In the grand scheme, it doesn't make any difference in a guitar other than the weight of the guitar itself, and perhaps an electric guitar will feel resonant if it's lighter, but I doubt you could hear the difference.
There is a HUGE difference in indian rosewood in old growth versus plantation growth. Old growth is tightly ringed and very dense, and plantation grown (which is probably 99.9% of what we see in fingerboards) is not particularly dense in relative terms. Still much more dense than honduran mahogany or other formerly popular guitar woods, but not of the same quality.
I think the average guitar buyer is pretty uneducated about woods in general, and they're often misled intentionally by makers.
Hey. This is totally unrelated but if you could do reviews for the schecter banshee extreme and the schecter sun valley super shredder I'd be really interested in your opinion. I'm in the market for a new guitar and these two guitars have caught my attention and really peaked my interest.
Hey Phil, sorry I missed the live show, I will try to catch you soon! I am a drummer, and beginning to learn guitar at 50. I really enjoy your videos; they are very informative, and I'm learning a lot!!! You must have a super cool wife to let you work on this channel so much and to collect so much cool gear! LOL (seriously) Is she super cool (does she have a sister?), and how do you balance family time with your time working on the channel? Thanks, --Mark
Thinking about the Harley Benton review idea... It would be interesting to see you do a Sharpen My Axe makeover on one with the idea of taking it to the point where you would be "happy" with the guitar.
How much work you have to do to it, and how much you have to pay(!!), would give us a good indication of how good the initial product is, and would we be better off digging into our wallet to get something slightly more expensive.
Some of the GFS and Dragonfire pickups are both made by Artec so you nailed that one!
I'd love to see you review some Harley Bentons. Have a look at Cory Mura's four videos on Thomann's new prototypes (apologies if you have seen them), they will be in the 299-399 Euro range; some have got ebony fingerboards and stainless steel frets, an will be called the 'Fusion Pro' range. I think they're considering doing some baked maple necks too with better electronics, hardware and possibly proper maple caps, not simple veneers. He says that Thomann want all of us to give feedback on what we like and don't like about them and come up with suggestions for ways we think they could be improved). Cory also chats to the guy in charge of the Bentons, which is interesting (he's says that Thomann have be surprised at the level of interest in this brand and want to see how they can develop it). Love your channel. Cheers, Ronnie.
Hey Phil
How about a semi hollow Tele Harley Benton. I’m not looking for one and I could be wrong but I don’t think you have a bunch of Tele’s.
What I am really interested in is if a Harley Benton is a solidly built guitar that would be a great base for a project guitar. Some of their Veneers look great. I would really like to see you do a “Sharpen my Axe” on maybe a PRS style Harley Benton.
Would it be killer guitar with Graphtech Bridge, Nut and locking keys? Swap the input jack and pots with some aftermarket Alnico PUP’s?
Maybe a chance to also review some of the lower priced Alnico pickups like Iron Gear or Guitar Fetish?
For me, that would be a fun project.
Food for thought.
Another excellent video. Thanks man!
Love the videos,and would be interested in seeing your review of Harley Benton as it's a name I'm seeing pop up alot lately. Your method of reviews are interesting and informative.
A good preamp pedal is the BB from Xotic Effects
The Tyler sharpen my axe was one i specifically didn't watch because of its lack of interest to me. I don't know how others feel but to me that didn't generate interest, it did the opposite. I'd much rather see guitars that need work. Love the concept and hope you keep it going just with more guitars that require work rather than a few little upgrades and changes to already perfectly functioning guitars. Just my two cents.
Just fyi to date that video took the most amount of work and parts of any other Sharpen video. But I get your point.
Thanks for the reply Phil, and keep up the great work! I love your videos, just thought I'd throw my opinion out there.
For Harley Benton. try a SC 550, CST 24 and maybe a tele? or fanfret?
Hi from New York!
Hey Phil. If you really want a Harley Benton, in June/July they are launching a new series with stainless steel frets, locking tuners for 300-400 bucks, made in indonesia!
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The Guy Nexdoor Just Jumped on a BroomStick with Nails the sound Was Ohh Ahh and he loved it
Harley Benton SC-550 is the best single cut LP copy. A great one to try
So better than an Epiphone 1960 Tribute Plus? Sorry, no.
Hi Philip, I’m watching your channel for quiet a while now but you are missing something. Serious those guitars are far better value for money then the Squier guitar’s (and I have a few). Just try a tele or a Fusion II model, you will be surprised!
Thankx for all your expertise and fair reviews!
Theo
Harley Benton is actually producing some new stuff right now, talking of guitars that nobody (i believe) has ever seen yet ( for exemple they got a 8 string single cut Fanfret coming). They got a couple of really nice guitars, like a guitarbass VI (a fender copy but pretty interesting anyway)
Hi Phil, This thing where new products come out and the myopia of the producers, if I were the person producing guitar stuff I would first send guys like you the product to try and review; I reckon this would serve such a better service for sales.: a) the audience i want use your channel, b) the honesty tests would find buyers quicker for my product. So, why don't they - they're missing a trick i think. Good channel
I would do the 12 string Harley Benton to see how it stacks up vs their regular models and something simple like their Jazzmaster type model.
Thanks Phil. You da man!
I would look at the Harley Benton jazz guitars, I can’t for the life of me remember the name of them but they’re really quite hot on the market now
HB ST-82 would be great to have a review on
Hey Phil! On your Princeton have you tried to reverse your reverb tank? Some people say it helps. I have a 68 deluxe, and while I love the amp, I’m not a fan of the reverb either. Thank god for reverb pedals! Howdy from Texas.
Hey Phil great show I work night shift and you help with passing the hours and as a beginner guitarist I have learned a lot so just wanted to say thanks for all that you do, also I just got a Merida acoustic steel string and it is a great guitar do you know anything about this company,if not you should check them out.
Agufish and MANY other youtubers often fail to mention if the product they're reviewing is provided by the manufacturer of if they paid for it with their money. Or if it is a paid review altogether. Sorry but I don't trust ANY of this guys who aren't crystal clear about this matter.
100% agree except you don't have to be sorry for that. Honesty is the #1 thing, when I watch a video I have to know if it is an indipendent review or a kind of a paid commercial...
David RF . Agufish, buys all the guitars he reviews ? Highly unlikely, just my take. Actually I’m having a hard time with many you tubers . I need to work all day, just to pay the rent on my apartment and feed the family. I don’t have a glorious mini mansion Or fancy living room, filled to the gills with expensive gear . That wasn’t aimed at any one in particular. Ha ha
I agree with the general statement but unless something has changed Agufish has said he has an arrangement where he buys guitars from a local store and returns them for credit after the review.
agufish is INCREDIBLY transparent about the fact that he has a sponsorship with Sam Ash for a lot of his gear, where they send the guitar out, he reviews it, and sends it back. He's also incredibly unbiased and will slam a product if its bad (there was a gibson review or two where he was NOT happy at all, and his favourite guitar is a vintage les paul). Honestly cannot reccomend the dude enough, his demos are playing in a mix and isolated, he includes his DI files like Fluff does, and again he has nothing to gain from his reviews that he doesnt tell you about in the video (he has a sam ash affiliate link)
James Parkin mentioning these things somewhere, in some video, every once in a while, is pretty far from "INCREDIBLY transparent", as you say. If you are transparent your big interest is to clearly specify where and how you get the gear you are reviewing in EVERY video review, and not in the description or in other places where 1/10 of the audience see that. You have to do it IN the video, by saying it or writing it on screen. That is transparent. I don't ever recall Agufish doing that, at least in the dozen of his videos I've watched. But I took Agufish only as example because Phil mentions him in the video. My issue is with every youtuber who is not "INCREDIBLY transparent". I follow many youtubers and only Phil is 100% like that.
what do you think about obsidian wire harnesses?
Hey philip a HB vs SG vs Agile review would be awesome especially concerning how they come setup , specifically the most complained about problem is fret setup . I know thats a lot of cash but if you could get them donated that would be great/
Hey Phil love your channel, just curious why you don't have your guitar shop anymore. Do you still work in the industry?
for harley benton, please do the new fusion pro if possible. preferably the HSH that looks similar to guthrie govans charvel! tia
Thank you
Regarding Gibson Quality: they are trying to sell your a guitar at yesterday’s specs. That’s like getting a reproduction 59’ Corvette and asking for it to be spec’d like a modern car. Maybe that’s what Gibson’s Pro series should be. Like the ultimate resto mod and leave the Traditional Series alone for those who want a classic. And a great Preamp is the Strymon Riverside Drive
I own a Gibson LP traditional, and a Gibson LP les plus.. I just got my harley benton sc550, and I like it more than my gibsons. I really do. I like the way it plays and sounds, I have not changed anything on it. I tuned that bitch after it's trip to America one time, and that thing is still in tune..lol Crazy. I don't care what anyone says, This SC550 is kicking my Gibsons ass.
could you sharpen some of those HB's?
I can never make the live chat... have to work until 5:00 Pacific.
I've seen too many Harley Benton guitars on eBay. My thought was "why are people getting rid of them if it's a good brand"?
Hey man, I have a question for you.
I'm new at Luthier-ing, and I'm trying to build my first guitar. Going with a modernized strat, using a lot of pieces that you've recommended on your channel, actually. Anyway, my question is this:
I'm buying a pre-built neck that already has a finish, but I'd like to use a darker finish on the fretboard than the one StewMac uses on their necks. Would it be possible to sand that down and refinish, or would that require refretting?
You know what would be cool? If you went on stewmac, bought the pieces, and built a guitar. Maybe do it over a couple of episodes.
42:40 "it's not bad quality" LOL, sure... Phil you are too nice sometimes man.
1mm action on the low E at the 12th! I thought i had my guitar set up low at 1.5 on the low E and 1 on the high E. I can't get any lower without unacceptable buzz, even after doing my own fret level. Maybe a professional could do it better, or maybe my picking style is too heavy. Probably the latter.
Hey Phil! I'm curious if you have tried any of the 2013-14 Gibson LPJ's? I think those guitars are fantastic for not a lot of money!
My high school I teach band, Guitar, and drums in could use some donated guitars
Always worth a try!!!
Yes review some Harley Benton guitars
Have a riff-off. Who ever sends u the best riff based 16 bar piece of music wins the guitar. Have 1,2&3 place winners for respectively priced pieces of gear ie. amp,guitar (or vise versa depending on price) or pedal.Have the viewers who didn’t send an entry in vote on winner. Play the tracks anonymously.
acoustic simulator pedals won't sound right if you are pushing it thru a guitar amp....use an A/B switch and send thru an acoustic guitar amp or straight to a main.....you need a different speaker array to get the sound
I skipped the last two winter NAMM shows...
RNA MUSIC I can top you both I've skipped everyone of them!
If I were to give you my guitar to sharpen how much would it cost?
I’m always taking guitar donations 😂😂
Gibson claims that they play call the Guitar now I don't know how true that is but I don't know why they would say that if they didn't and that's at the deal with that for a while
Marshall MA50C .what say you? $500 Canadian Dollars.... yay or nay ?
Fender should start low then make an increasing number of hardtail Stratocasters each year until they stop selling out to figure out the right number of hardtails to make.
Hey anyone know if Phil has reviewed slick guitars from guitar fetish.com? Thank you very much
That didn't print the way I said it note The Fetish hyperlink
Around the 28:40 mark you say that having two amps is a waste of money. Are you okay? Lol
Like I say about Harley Benton, Agile, J&s guitars, we don't need to buy a guitar that starts with an "F", and ends with"ender"! They keep their money (cost) low, because they can't get the "F" & "G" guitars!
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Just saw that Gibson finally filed for bankruptcy....sad....but maybe something good will happen once the dust settles...guess we will have to wait and see.
Hey I just wanted to throw out I would gladly purchase and ship some Harley Benton's to you to review, maybe we could do a sharpen on one if thooman won't give them to you.
Hi I think I'd let us share this before I am to Gibson's I love them they work perfectly to sit and finish on them beautiful and sound great and in 2018 when the new Gibson came out I looked at Sweetwater I always wanted a Firebird and they were advertising Cyberchase 1350 dollars I'm sorry they were advertising the guitar with an amazing case so $1,350 and since I was out of state there was no tax the guitar weighs 7 lb 13 Oz which is not heavy for a Firebird but it is beautiful there is nothing wrong with this guitar I guess I can say I'm lucky or I guess I could also say people that get the bad ones p and by the way so I once heard you make a comment about Firebirds saying that you really are not in to plenty guitar but if you look closely at a Firebird there are no sharp angles and no point it all on that guitar you won't find one pointy part of that guitar LOL anyway as you can tell I love Gibson and I love my Gibson and I love your show I look forward to Friday's for you and live Q&A keep them coming
WAZOO 😂😂😂 Weren't they a band?
If you want a light guitar that sounds Amazing.... Parker Fly
Definitely an Eastman, you will then have a handmade guitar with the best quality woods.
handmade is an interesting term. There aren't any guitars that are hand made that I'm aware of. I guess something that isn't CNC and then sanded these days counts as hand made, when a lot of those hand made guitars aren't even as hand made as jigs and duplicarver.
I've tried twice so far to make a good clean guitar entirely hand made, all the way down to excluding power tools, and I can't make anything that looks like a good factory made guitar when you really look at the detail level (even the little things like the cleanliness of the binding channels).
An extremely accomplished luthier confirmed that. "Dangelico guitars were made by hand. You can tell when you look at them, everything's not as perfect as a factory guitar".
I will so take a Harley Benton!
any updates on the whole Harley Benton review/ giveaway?
I do not think it is going to happen. They have like a thousand You Tubers doing videos so they do not need me. But, maybe I can find something else.
oh.. well it was a great idea for sure. But there really are like a thousand YT'ers doing videos on these for sure.. They do have a few that I'd be interested in. They have a "falcon" style that looks interesting and for the price.. and a couple w/ P-90's I'm interested in. I do like that these aren't just the "Chibsons" Good to see more people get off that and head towards the HB's etc instead. And honestly, HB's cost less than most Chibsons (etc) I've seen lately. But, I will not criticize anyone buying either of those, cause a guitar in someones hands are better than not. As long as kids are playing and continuing to keep music going I'm good no matter what they play.. For me, I'm done putting big money into big brands.. I'm more about just playing at the house anymore. I'm 45 and it's all about just the hobby of working on and playing..So HB's are the way for me to go..:) Love your channel by the way. Lots of great info..
Lol at trying to pronounce Lawrence Petros like he’s never heard of him.
Would TH-cam increase your monetization (sp?) for the Sharpen my Axe Vids if you split them in two? Since individual videos are more important than video length, you might increase your metrics. 80-90% of viewers who watch vid 1 would watch vid 2 if they were released at the same time.
I could be wrong, not having my own channel so I am not privy to the Sorcery that is the revenue stream of TH-cam. ;)
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