Colin Olsen Interesting view. I've personally never bought a guitar thinking that I'd sell it one day. I guess some people do and then their worried how much money they'll get out of it?
That squier classic vibe, if my memory serves me right, has been judged as an expensive guitar on almost every single one of this kind of video! Shows how good their value is.
I own that guitar, exactly the same colour bought from Andersons ex display so I always wondered if there’s a chance it’s the same one from the video. Everyone who plays it says it sounds amazing, and I completely agree. I played about 10 guitars and that one was the best sounding and feeling.
Bought a gold Classic Vibe 50s for my little sister who probably strummed on it ONCE before deciding "no, I dont want to learn guitar" and sitting on it forever instead of giving it to me. Which...whatever, thats her right, but damn. What a waste.
I'd like to see a blindfolded rig-choosing. Give both the Cpt and the Chappers a selection of maybe 3 guitars, 3 amps and 3 pedals (of the same type) and have them choose their favourite combination without seeing what they pick. Might be a bit too convoluted, but something along those lines would be cool to see (pun intended).
I've got to say: Rob has amazing hearing! Throughout all of these 'blindfold' videos, he has impressed me with a very discerning ear. Incredible, really.
Those G&L models destroyed everything else that was played tonewise. I never knew they were so rich sounding. Oh and I have to give it to Rob, he also destroyed this challenge. Well done Chappers.
Well, Jaguars pickups are very similar to a Strat's (except for 1M pots, that makes them sound treblier), but the neck is shorter (24") ... So it's not an entirely unfitting description. :)
@@wiggledixbubsy98 I personally dislike it, even more than other Fenders (by that I mean Fender guitars, I like Fender bases and especially amps), but to each his own.
@@kardRatzinger What's wrong with other Fenders though? I get the Jag has a weird bridge/trem and complicated controls with a very glassy sound. Those are justifiable reasons to avoid it, but people hate on Jazzmasters and Mustangs, too, and I just think "why"?
@@wiggledixbubsy98 I don't like the looks of them, I don't like the the bolt-on necks, the weak, noisy pickups, and most of all, I don't like how they sound. And I don't just mean the offset Fenders, I dislike strats and teles as well.
Those z-coils are really their own kind of thing, neither single coil nor humbucker, its the reason why in the bass world nothing sounds quite like a precision bass
Gotta love it! Both G&ls were loved for their tone. G&L guitars are killer. Rob is amazing! The castrated Strat! Good job! And the Comanche is my favorite. Z-Coils are so snotty!
Except there were 3 G&L's in the contest. S-500, Comanche, and ASAT Special. Have owned quite a few G&L's over the years. Still own an F-100. Love 'em!
I have that Pelham Blue 2018 LP Classic. Incredible sounding. You do have to adjust the pickups a little differently, but you can get some ridiculously sweet tones. Also it's very heavy and basically a solid piece of wood.
Steven Malinoski p90s are amazingly great sounding pickups,I have a p90 loaded Les Paul, but you can’t beat a pair of Seymour Duncan humbuckers on a les Paul
I just bought a Gibson Les Paul BFG with P90's and after spending a few days with it, I'm amazed! These pickups can do it all. My humbucker guitars all sound like mud next to it.
I was astounded when he guessed the Les Paul coil tapped. I never would've even thought of that as a possibility, let alone be able to perfectly identify it.
The editor, Rory (I hope...) is, once again, the star of these challenges - even more so than Rob's amazing bat-like ears. His sense of humour, and fun, with the images presented to him by Tweedle-Dum and Tweedle-Dee elevate the videos to such a degree, I wonder if people are watching because of him, or because of the Glimmer Twins, front and centre. Fantastic job!
I closed my eyes and agreed with Chap on all of them. I have 2 guitars with hum buckers 1 with P90's and one with fender style singles. Most of the time I can barely tell a difference between the hum buckers and the P90's other than the 90's are brighter
I'd love to see an Epiphone Casino review. It's a normally glossed over gem of the Epiphone range that this channel has rarely come into contact with. Maybe an affordable hollow body video with jazz boxes and whatnot. Other than that, great video gents. A G&L ASAT Special is definitely on my list now.
Thanks for the video. I always dismissed G&L as also ran but my opinion changed quite drastically after watching this video. I was impressed with all three of the models shown. They all made the excellent CV seem a bit plain sound uninspiring in comparison. I was surprised to say the least.
In every blindfold video where there's a Squier classic vibe, Rob always thought they're expensive. Awesome. Just says how the classic vibe telecaster and stratocaster are both amazing that could stand toe to toe with the other expensive guitars.
Please do a two-part blindfold challenge! Part 1: Grab one guitar, one amp, and a bunch of similar pedals. Go through and rank your favorite pedals of the lot. Part 2: Do the exact same thing... 3 days or a week later. Same guitar. Same amp. Same pedals. See how similar or different your rankings are. The Point: How much are our "favorites" dependant on the day vs. the actual sound.
Blindfold El Capitan and have him guess which presenter is playing. Have them try to throw him off. Is that Rabea playing blues? Or Pete imitating Chapman's extremely talented rendition of "widdly-diddly squeel"?
Great fun video as always. Simply stunned by the quality and wit of the editing. It really is a signature part of these shows and elevates them something really special. Like the BBC mantra. Educate, Inform and Entertain. Wicked.
For the record, on the Comanche, the toggle switch changes the selector as follows: Positions 1 and 5: Neck and bridge Positions 2 and 4: All 3 pickups Position 3: middle pickup.
I was listening, rather than watching this (doing stuff on another tab). I spotted the G&L every time. They have a distinctive richness which is complex and really interesting.
Actually Rob got the ASAT right (surprise!) as well: he called high-powered single coils OR P90s. I am in awe how good Rob is at those blindfold challenges. Keep them coming, I highly enjoy these videos :D
I would love to see a blindfold shootout with small 1x12 tube amp. Blackface Fender, Vox AC15, PRS Sonzera, Boogie, ect. Lots of players are looking for good small combo amps around 15 to 30ish watts. Everyone is doing modeling videos. But us tube guys are looking for that full sounding tube amp that can be pushed to get that warm tube breakup. Huge fan of the show. I'm over here in Lafayette, Louisiana, and I share tons of your videos with my musician friends. You guys are too funny. Love it! Keep up the great work. Your the only show that has great humor , at the same time, giving great insight on new gear. By the way Lee, your playing has gotten so much better over the years. Nice job. Nice vibrato.
The pickups on a jaguar aren't that different from a strat, aside from the little "teeth" on the side that do absolutely nothing, the majority of the sound change comes from the 1M potentiometers instead of 250k on a strat, which allows a lot more high-frequency to pass through. And if you keep the same volume out of the amp, adding high-range is about the same as removing mid and low-end, which makes the "castrated strat" comment quite apt. Also, if you really want to get a good phat sound out of a stock jaguar, put it in rhythm circuit (horn switch in "up" position), roll down the treble (nearest to bridge) to about 1/3rd and put a bit of overdrive on it.
@@gvtshorts2024 The slant adds treble to the bridge pickup of a strat, since the poles for the thinner strings are closer to the bridge (or further away from the neck, where the strings vibrate the largest amplitude), they sound brighter. So if you were to slant the bridge pickup of a jag, it would sound even brighter than it already is, which would probably get you on some WWF watchlist for destroying the ability of nearby bats to echolocate. But the change you would get from un-slanting the strat pickup pales in comparison to installing 1000k pots in a strat, as that would be a true castratocaster.
I build and modify tube amplifiers. Generally there are a very small db of frequencies 'removed' when you add more of any equalizing option that is a passive eq circuit. All you can do is cut frequencies, either high pass or low pass, based on the values you have chosen with your pots/resistors and caps in the tone circuit. You can download a very small program called Tone Stack Calculator that will allow you to play with these values and the circuits while giving you a spectrum read out of the frequencies.
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Captain's singing voice is actually good! ((: We all waited for the tapped Gibson and of course he nailed it; what a guitar man!
I have a 1991 G&L ASAT Commemorative edition. and it's refreshing to hear someone who impartially loves their sound above the Fenders. After all they would have been Fenders if Leo had remained with Fender. Many guitarists judge a guitar by what's written on the headstock they don't really listen to the tone. He picked the Les Paul with P-90s which has confirmed a belief that I have had for decades which is that Les Pauls have a distinctive tone irrespective of what pickups they may have. I have an Historic 1956 Les Paul as well
The beauty of the "Zed" coil design is that it provides a similar warmth as a P-90, cancels hum like a humbucker, but still maintains the articulation of a single coil that to a degree is otherwise lost. I agree with Rob that a humbucker in the bridge position with the Z-coil in the neck would be a stellar combination. I would also be interested in how an overwound set of these with a tap would perform. I feel that next to a set of custom voices P-90 these are by far some of the best sounding non-active single coils on the market. I have played the American and off shore Comanche back to back and there is a noticeable difference in the way that the coils react to volume and tonal adjustments. So if someone were to be in the market of modding their guitar with a set of these IMO they would do better to spend the money for the American G&L pickups. As always an impeccable performance Rob.
I converted over to the G&L Strat in 1996 while looking to buy a a Fender Strat. I remember playing about 12 or so Fenders and while taking a break to decide which one to purchase I noticed a lone Strat style guitar sitting on a floor stand. I walked over to it and read the G&L Legacy label and thought,... who the hell is G&L. I asked the sales person for some information and when he said it was Leo Fender & George Fullerton who designed them I just had to give it a spin. I sat down, plugged in and played,... 15 minutes later I asked him to ring it in at the registrar. In my opinion Leo had improved the sound over his Fender design along with a much better tremolo system with the Dual Fulcrum pivot point bridge. They still sound like the Fender Strats but much more refined and rich. Doesn't surprise me at all that Chapper's ears leaned towards the G&L sonic qualities. For More Great Info.: www.guitarsbyleo.com
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What made it funnier is that Rob waved an extended middle finger (totally without malice) at the pedal board multiple times, and they didn't get blurred.
The American Original 60s jag linked to above (presumably what Lee actually played) does not have special 'hot' pickups as on your whiteboard. Nor does it have Pure Vintage 65 pickups as your website says. It has AV62 pickups. Yet again Andertons displays how much they know about offsets. ;)
My thoughts exactly - living in my bubble I always think everyone is into offsets and understands them, then I stumble across these videos and I realize that yes, most of the guitar playing population still gravitates around Strats and Teles and Les Pauls...
enjoy your guys content! me and my kiddo love watching you guys! and thanks to all the hardworking crew members who make it possible all you guys rock!
I’ve watched a number of Anderton videos. Chappers has an excellent ear, especially when he is listening to an instrument that is not heavily overdriven. This explains why he is such a good player.
I would love to see more videos on pick ups. Hot Rails, Lace Sensors, PAF's, all the different Seymour Duncan single coils and humbuckers, the stock pick ups that you get with the guitar, why you should consider customizing, and what you'd actually be getting.
@@Sam-me5pl while having a p-rail in the p90 position, they basically work like any other p90 and hum just like any other - as does the rail when selected at its own. you have to activate both the rail and the p90 to have the cancellation.
@@hippiekarl7 wow good for you man, but does that relate in any way shape or form to anything that I wrote about a specific question about the seymour duncan p-rail pickup?
I know. Bugera Amps vs the Amps they're meant to sound like. Everyone is shitty toward the Bugera brand so it'd be interesting to see how the Bugera's V series sounds compared to Fender Amps, or how Bugera's G and T series compare to Marshalls, Vox, Mesa, etc. Although I do think that to make it fair they need to run through the same cab. A nice Emminence Swamp Thang type speaker for the Vs and the Fenders and a good ol Green Back for the more gainey fellas. This might require two seperate videos. Captain can do the V vs Fender Chappers can do the gainey ones.
I know Bugera amps arent gonna sound quite as great as a Mesa Boogey but then again you never know. If you have a similar circuit and similar tubes you should get a similar sound.
@@NeverWolf fluff actually did the comparison between the Trirec and a regular Triple Rec...and the Bugera won. Just remember not to buy a non-infinium one. Also, get yourself some quality tubes.
Squire guitars are a lottery. I have played atrocious strats' and recently a £120 Tele' which sounded and played better than any Tele' costing up to £1000.
Very impressive seeing how well Rob can determine the pickups! Quite enjoyable to watch, thanks guys! Agreed with so many people below that the G&L's all sounded great!
Great showing for G&L. Makes me miss my G&L Legacy that I sold about 10 years ago. Oh well. Would have liked to have seen a Reverend thrown into the mix. Good show, gents!
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guitar pickups wound by different people and blindfolded rob has to guess their pin numbers
They are in the wrong business trying to fog guitars, they should be trying to hone Rob's mad senses and becoming a travelling freak show act.
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G&L are criminally underrated. Never thought about purchasing one but every time I hear them they sound amazing.
Their resale value is horrible compared to a fender.
Just like Godin guitars are too both.hidden gems
Colin Olsen Interesting view. I've personally never bought a guitar thinking that I'd sell it one day. I guess some people do and then their worried how much money they'll get out of it?
Do it. They're incredible.
@@TheProgGuy
What do you base that on? Your ignorance?
That squier classic vibe, if my memory serves me right, has been judged as an expensive guitar on almost every single one of this kind of video! Shows how good their value is.
I have a Squier Classic Vibe 72 Thinline. Maybe I can set a guitar up better now, but it plays better than my original/stolen 72 Thinline!
They're great guitars.
They leave a little bit to be desired in all aspects of the guitar. Regardless... still fantastic.
I own that guitar, exactly the same colour bought from Andersons ex display so I always wondered if there’s a chance it’s the same one from the video. Everyone who plays it says it sounds amazing, and I completely agree. I played about 10 guitars and that one was the best sounding and feeling.
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Bought a gold Classic Vibe 50s for my little sister who probably strummed on it ONCE before deciding "no, I dont want to learn guitar" and sitting on it forever instead of giving it to me. Which...whatever, thats her right, but damn. What a waste.
I'd like to see a blindfolded rig-choosing. Give both the Cpt and the Chappers a selection of maybe 3 guitars, 3 amps and 3 pedals (of the same type) and have them choose their favourite combination without seeing what they pick. Might be a bit too convoluted, but something along those lines would be cool to see (pun intended).
Thats actually really interesting like wich would you choose for the rest of your life blindfolded
Interesting! And the sets should cover 3 different price ranges.
Yes please!
It's a good idea. If you are ever in Outer Mongolia I will buy you a slice of yak cheese.
I really like this as well.
I've got to say: Rob has amazing hearing! Throughout all of these 'blindfold' videos, he has impressed me with a very discerning ear. Incredible, really.
Pretty much nailed it! 💪
He nails it 95% of the time. I've watched loads of these and he rarely gets it wrong.
@@SgtSteel1 Almost as though someone TOLD him....
@@jonvelde5730 I can be jaded and cynical at times too, but there’s no reason to believe that’s the case
@@jonvelde5730 but on the Head or pedal he get only 1 or 2 right
Those G&L models destroyed everything else that was played tonewise. I never knew they were so rich sounding.
Oh and I have to give it to Rob, he also destroyed this challenge. Well done Chappers.
2 years later: I love it when Rob interprets a Squier Classic Vibe as being a really expensive Strat.
Ironically might be the best video ad for G&L guitars of all time. Having them just murder the Fenders side by side is impressive!
Fender position 4 and 2 still better i think, more quacky
All three G&L guitars stole the show for me, and are now firmly on my radar.
I've come to realize I spend nearly as much time watching vids about guitars as actually playing them.
duh
i've never even touched a guitar my whole life
Join the crowd 😂
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Me too, just because I can't bring a guitar to work
Castrated strat is the best description I've ever heard.
The castratocaster.
@@MeatisMagic256 yes please
Well, Jaguars pickups are very similar to a Strat's (except for 1M pots, that makes them sound treblier), but the neck is shorter (24") ... So it's not an entirely unfitting description. :)
castrato?
I have a strastrated cat at home. It's a handful.
That's the new model name for the Jaguar, then? Castratocaster?
Fender Stratodisaster.
@@kardRatzinger why does everyone shit on the jag? It's great.
@@wiggledixbubsy98 I personally dislike it, even more than other Fenders (by that I mean Fender guitars, I like Fender bases and especially amps), but to each his own.
@@kardRatzinger What's wrong with other Fenders though? I get the Jag has a weird bridge/trem and complicated controls with a very glassy sound. Those are justifiable reasons to avoid it, but people hate on Jazzmasters and Mustangs, too, and I just think "why"?
@@wiggledixbubsy98 I don't like the looks of them, I don't like the the bolt-on necks, the weak, noisy pickups, and most of all, I don't like how they sound. And I don't just mean the offset Fenders, I dislike strats and teles as well.
21:40 "Well you could sell it to me for more money, then it would be expensive"
**Fender would like to know your location**
@Edgy McEdgelord both but Lee is holding a Squier so
Michael Coholich they havent
Now do this for humbuckers vs mini humbuckers vs hot rails
that would be a really nice one, sad i didn't think of it myself :o
That G&L Comanche, amazing sound!
Yea it looks a bit ridiculous but my word I love the sound
Best sound out of the bunch
Those z-coils are really their own kind of thing, neither single coil nor humbucker, its the reason why in the bass world nothing sounds quite like a precision bass
A Comanche has been my #1 for years now. Amazingly flexible.
@@timgrzecki6539 My favourite too
Should've tossed In a Danelectro with lipsticks just for fun
Yeah, or a really old guitar with bar magnet types.
@@SgtSteel1 p90 uses bar magnets.
Gotta love it! Both G&ls were loved for their tone. G&L guitars are killer. Rob is amazing! The castrated Strat! Good job! And the Comanche is my favorite. Z-Coils are so snotty!
Except there were 3 G&L's in the contest. S-500, Comanche, and ASAT Special. Have owned quite a few G&L's over the years. Still own an F-100. Love 'em!
Legends say that Chapman can hear grass growing from a mile away.
I learned two things from this, P90 LPs are the best, and I really want a G&L now!
I have that Pelham Blue 2018 LP Classic. Incredible sounding. You do have to adjust the pickups a little differently, but you can get some ridiculously sweet tones. Also it's very heavy and basically a solid piece of wood.
Steven Malinoski p90s are amazingly great sounding pickups,I have a p90 loaded Les Paul, but you can’t beat a pair of Seymour Duncan humbuckers on a les Paul
I've been wanting a G&L ASAT special Tribute Irish Ale for some time. Completely underrated guitars for sure.
I used to crap on p90s because of how they look but dang have I changed my mind after this
I just bought a Gibson Les Paul BFG with P90's and after spending a few days with it, I'm amazed! These pickups can do it all. My humbucker guitars all sound like mud next to it.
And now a word from our sponsor... G&L. We all watched this and came away thinking G&L are outstanding. Job done.
that ASAT sounded amazeballs, also the comanche sounded great clean when Lee played it.. I'm discovering I really like the tone of G&L guitars
G&L are going to be loving this video - Chappers liked every one of their guitars that were involved in this challenge.
I was astounded when he guessed the Les Paul coil tapped. I never would've even thought of that as a possibility, let alone be able to perfectly identify it.
I'd ask for silence, hi gain and gate removed to determine which was which. :)
The G&L Tele sounded lovely!
The G&L sounds killer! (the first one)
The editor, Rory (I hope...) is, once again, the star of these challenges - even more so than Rob's amazing bat-like ears. His sense of humour, and fun, with the images presented to him by Tweedle-Dum and Tweedle-Dee elevate the videos to such a degree, I wonder if people are watching because of him, or because of the Glimmer Twins, front and centre. Fantastic job!
Wow
I'm really impressed by Rob Chapman, he really nailed that challenge, I wasn't expecting that. That was a great video, really enjoyed it.
1. Well done Rob. 2. G&L - wow! Don't tell the wife there's another guitar I've got to try!
I closed my eyes and agreed with Chap on all of them. I have 2 guitars with hum buckers 1 with P90's and one with fender style singles. Most of the time I can barely tell a difference between the hum buckers and the P90's other than the 90's are brighter
14:01- I believe the term you're looking for is: Castrato-caster
I'd love to see an Epiphone Casino review. It's a normally glossed over gem of the Epiphone range that this channel has rarely come into contact with. Maybe an affordable hollow body video with jazz boxes and whatnot. Other than that, great video gents. A G&L ASAT Special is definitely on my list now.
Thanks for the video. I always dismissed G&L as also ran but my opinion changed quite drastically after watching this video. I was impressed with all three of the models shown. They all made the excellent CV seem a bit plain sound uninspiring in comparison. I was surprised to say the least.
I'm loving this as I own a G&L usa ASAT special.
In every blindfold video where there's a Squier classic vibe, Rob always thought they're expensive. Awesome. Just says how the classic vibe telecaster and stratocaster are both amazing that could stand toe to toe with the other expensive guitars.
Please do a two-part blindfold challenge!
Part 1: Grab one guitar, one amp, and a bunch of similar pedals. Go through and rank your favorite pedals of the lot.
Part 2: Do the exact same thing... 3 days or a week later. Same guitar. Same amp. Same pedals. See how similar or different your rankings are.
The Point: How much are our "favorites" dependant on the day vs. the actual sound.
Blindfold El Capitan and have him guess which presenter is playing. Have them try to throw him off. Is that Rabea playing blues? Or Pete imitating Chapman's extremely talented rendition of "widdly-diddly squeel"?
DO IT
Lee isn't allowed to smell them, though.
Blindfold Chappers and have him do it too :P
69th like on your comment lol
Very nice. Those G&L pickups are attention getters IMO, that sound is amazingly warm and smooth.
Lee's playing is getting better and better. Lots of licks and things I haven't heard from him in this. Well done.
Damn, that G & L S500 sounds amazing
The USA G and L ASAT guitar is my favorite single coil guitar I own. More than a telecaster. Very under rated guitars.
That ASAT is a chuffin bargain
The toggle on the Comanche is a 7-way switch. It adds the options of bridge+neck and all 3 pickups.
Great fun video as always. Simply stunned by the quality and wit of the editing. It really is a signature part of these shows and elevates them something really special. Like the BBC mantra. Educate, Inform and Entertain. Wicked.
This video made a great case for the ASAT Special. Jangly but more going on than just that.
Blindfolded guitar cable test please! Does a $100+ cable make a difference?
This needs to happen! Let the captain and chappers both guess the cables. And don't forget the coily cable!
Yes it makes A direct difference in how much money you have left over to buy strings and picks.
Probably couldn't tell a 3€ cable from 100€ one XD
Well if its a test of how much abuse the cables can take, then I'm all ears.
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Rob has such a discerning ear, six years ago he heard i need a G&L Tribute in my life!
Man, I really dig the sound of that Comanche!
Me too! I had no idea they exist. I wouldn't know what to play on it, it isn't my style, but I love the sound.
For the record, on the Comanche, the toggle switch changes the selector as follows:
Positions 1 and 5: Neck and bridge
Positions 2 and 4: All 3 pickups
Position 3: middle pickup.
The editing was fantastic!
Crazy, how Spot on the Chappers was. Hats off to him.
Methinks the G&L's kicked bottom! Fantastic ears Rob, and G&L are fantastic guitars!
I was listening, rather than watching this (doing stuff on another tab). I spotted the G&L every time. They have a distinctive richness which is complex and really interesting.
My favorite sounds were at the end when Rob was playing metal on the G&L
I like it when Lee plays a lot. so bluesy and relaxing and not too busy!
Actually Rob got the ASAT right (surprise!) as well: he called high-powered single coils OR P90s. I am in awe how good Rob is at those blindfold challenges. Keep them coming, I highly enjoy these videos :D
Even though I'm a Bass Player I love watching these Rob Blind Fold Tests! Rob Knows his STUFF!
I would love to see a blindfold shootout with small 1x12 tube amp. Blackface Fender, Vox AC15, PRS Sonzera, Boogie, ect. Lots of players are looking for good small combo amps around 15 to 30ish watts. Everyone is doing modeling videos. But us tube guys are looking for that full sounding tube amp that can be pushed to get that warm tube breakup. Huge fan of the show. I'm over here in Lafayette, Louisiana, and I share tons of your videos with my musician friends. You guys are too funny. Love it! Keep up the great work. Your the only show that has great humor , at the same time, giving great insight on new gear. By the way Lee, your playing has gotten so much better over the years. Nice job. Nice vibrato.
The G&L's are incredible on all the ones played in this video. Truely outshined all the others.
The pickups on a jaguar aren't that different from a strat, aside from the little "teeth" on the side that do absolutely nothing, the majority of the sound change comes from the 1M potentiometers instead of 250k on a strat, which allows a lot more high-frequency to pass through.
And if you keep the same volume out of the amp, adding high-range is about the same as removing mid and low-end, which makes the "castrated strat" comment quite apt.
Also, if you really want to get a good phat sound out of a stock jaguar, put it in rhythm circuit (horn switch in "up" position), roll down the treble (nearest to bridge) to about 1/3rd and put a bit of overdrive on it.
bami2 Wouldn't the slant of the strat pickup make a difference too?
@@gvtshorts2024 very little I'd say
did Lee have the strangle switch engaged or disengaged?
@@gvtshorts2024 The slant adds treble to the bridge pickup of a strat, since the poles for the thinner strings are closer to the bridge (or further away from the neck, where the strings vibrate the largest amplitude), they sound brighter.
So if you were to slant the bridge pickup of a jag, it would sound even brighter than it already is, which would probably get you on some WWF watchlist for destroying the ability of nearby bats to echolocate.
But the change you would get from un-slanting the strat pickup pales in comparison to installing 1000k pots in a strat, as that would be a true castratocaster.
I build and modify tube amplifiers. Generally there are a very small db of frequencies 'removed' when you add more of any equalizing option that is a passive eq circuit.
All you can do is cut frequencies, either high pass or low pass, based on the values you have chosen with your pots/resistors and caps in the tone circuit.
You can download a very small program called Tone Stack Calculator that will allow you to play with these values and the circuits while giving you a spectrum read out of the frequencies.
Captain's singing voice is actually good! ((:
We all waited for the tapped Gibson and of course he nailed it; what a guitar man!
Chappers has to guess who from the shop/crew's dong it is by them slapping it against the cheapest washburn , distorted and clean
I'd watch this.
Huh?
Was that even a sentence?
Makes absolutely no sense.
@@IPushHard You even english bruh
Legendary.
@@IPushHard I had to read it twice to get it..... The sentence could have been structured better.
I have a 1991 G&L ASAT Commemorative edition. and it's refreshing to hear someone who impartially loves their sound above the Fenders. After all they would have been Fenders if Leo had remained with Fender. Many guitarists judge a guitar by what's written on the headstock they don't really listen to the tone. He picked the Les Paul with P-90s which has confirmed a belief that I have had for decades which is that Les Pauls have a distinctive tone irrespective of what pickups they may have. I have an Historic 1956 Les Paul as well
"put it on high gain....and dont play anything" i lost it hahahaha!
The beauty of the "Zed" coil design is that it provides a similar warmth as a P-90, cancels hum like a humbucker, but still maintains the articulation of a single coil that to a degree is otherwise lost. I agree with Rob that a humbucker in the bridge position with the Z-coil in the neck would be a stellar combination. I would also be interested in how an overwound set of these with a tap would perform. I feel that next to a set of custom voices P-90 these are by far some of the best sounding non-active single coils on the market. I have played the American and off shore Comanche back to back and there is a noticeable difference in the way that the coils react to volume and tonal adjustments. So if someone were to be in the market of modding their guitar with a set of these IMO they would do better to spend the money for the American G&L pickups. As always an impeccable performance Rob.
What I learned from these challenges:
Squier CV guitar: "Sounds expensive"
G&L: "Best sounding so far"
I converted over to the G&L Strat in 1996 while looking to buy a a Fender Strat. I remember playing about 12 or so Fenders and while taking a break to decide which one to purchase I noticed a lone Strat style guitar sitting on a floor stand. I walked over to it and read the G&L Legacy label and thought,... who the hell is G&L. I asked the sales person for some information and when he said it was Leo Fender & George Fullerton who designed them I just had to give it a spin. I sat down, plugged in and played,... 15 minutes later I asked him to ring it in at the registrar. In my opinion Leo had improved the sound over his Fender design along with a much better tremolo system with the Dual Fulcrum pivot point bridge. They still sound like the Fender Strats but much more refined and rich. Doesn't surprise me at all that Chapper's ears leaned towards the G&L sonic qualities.
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Well thanks to the blurring of Capt's hand when writing on the board, I now have Tea on my keyboard... Thanks 😅😂
I dont get it. Some cultural thing?
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What made it funnier is that Rob waved an extended middle finger (totally without malice) at the pedal board multiple times, and they didn't get blurred.
You guys are so blessed! Like in heaven, friends , pedals, amps and guitars in a god old Andertons!
The American Original 60s jag linked to above (presumably what Lee actually played) does not have special 'hot' pickups as on your whiteboard. Nor does it have Pure Vintage 65 pickups as your website says. It has AV62 pickups. Yet again Andertons displays how much they know about offsets. ;)
Tim W uncultured swines
Does anyone care about offsets? ;)
@@tomholton235 Yes.
My thoughts exactly - living in my bubble I always think everyone is into offsets and understands them, then I stumble across these videos and I realize that yes, most of the guitar playing population still gravitates around Strats and Teles and Les Pauls...
@@jaymaster77 Sadly. I played offsets in my local guitar store and I want to throw my strat away. The Jazzmaster sounded best
enjoy your guys content! me and my kiddo love watching you guys! and thanks to all the hardworking crew members who make it possible all you guys rock!
Blindfold Challenge : Can you identify the green guitar?!
THIS... 7:41
Billy Corgan thinks he can
revistinha1 yes it sounds greeeennnn
Yes, it's that green coloured one!
@@thebreakfastmenu He probably could, honestly.
This vid convinced me to buy that exact ASAT. Advertising works!
GREAT editing at 14:20. I watched that three times! Hilarious.
At 3.34 he adjusts the switch. That is the unmistakable sound of a strat switch - biggest give away.
Blindfolded playing different Ibanez RGs to see if you can feel the difference between a standard, premium, prestige and J Custom.
11:12 the Cap throws that Clapton lick from Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking in. Ver' nice🙂.
I’ve watched a number of Anderton videos. Chappers has an excellent ear, especially when he is listening to an instrument that is not heavily overdriven. This explains why he is such a good player.
I would love to see more videos on pick ups. Hot Rails, Lace Sensors, PAF's, all the different Seymour Duncan single coils and humbuckers, the stock pick ups that you get with the guitar, why you should consider customizing, and what you'd actually be getting.
The ASAT Special sounded amazing! Perhaps need a T style Chapman with those fat P90ish single coils?
That comanche might be my favorite sounding strat-type guitar of all time. Thing's freaking awesome!
p90s are probably the best sounding pickups. If they didn't hum I'm sure they'd be in way more guitars
what about the p rail humbuckers with the p90s in them? would the humbuckers get rid of that? I'm new to this part of guitar
@@Sam-me5pl while having a p-rail in the p90 position, they basically work like any other p90 and hum just like any other - as does the rail when selected at its own. you have to activate both the rail and the p90 to have the cancellation.
@@ithemba My P-90 Epi Blueshawk has a 'dummy-coil' between the pickups.....they do ~not~ hum.
@@hippiekarl7 wow good for you man, but does that relate in any way shape or form to anything that I wrote about a specific question about the seymour duncan p-rail pickup?
Cough*Comanche*cough
The first setting on the Comanche was neck and bridge, Lee had the mini switch up.
So, if you get half of them wrong, are you getting a P45?
For the benefit of our foreign friends, a P45 is the official tax form you get when you are fired or leave a job in the UK.
So it all makes sense. He gets fired because he got the half wrong although he should know the script.
Actually one of the best comments I've seen in ages
ROFL
Peel P45 from top gear :D
i’ve watched this a few times, over the years..
it’s a great video.
and G&Ls really kick ass!!
thanks , once again guys
cheers from Portugal
AKA "Capt Lee plays a G Chord followed by bluesy, jazzy runs."
That new Les Paul is really growing on me. Looks amazing.
I know.
Bugera Amps vs the Amps they're meant to sound like.
Everyone is shitty toward the Bugera brand so it'd be interesting to see how the Bugera's V series sounds compared to Fender Amps, or how Bugera's G and T series compare to Marshalls, Vox, Mesa, etc.
Although I do think that to make it fair they need to run through the same cab. A nice Emminence Swamp Thang type speaker for the Vs and the Fenders and a good ol Green Back for the more gainey fellas.
This might require two seperate videos.
Captain can do the V vs Fender
Chappers can do the gainey ones.
I know Bugera amps arent gonna sound quite as great as a Mesa Boogey but then again you never know.
If you have a similar circuit and similar tubes you should get a similar sound.
@@NeverWolf fluff actually did the comparison between the Trirec and a regular Triple Rec...and the Bugera won.
Just remember not to buy a non-infinium one. Also, get yourself some quality tubes.
Everyone who can't tell the difference in tone should be linked to this. Fantastic. It's that last 10% we go crazy over.
Once again, dumbfounded by the complexity, and the detail, that Rob hears with.
Next do vintage vs new blindfolded, no touchie.
YES! A SINGLE P90 IN AN ALL MAHOGANY 1961-62 LES PAUL JR. DBL CUTAWAY GUITAR IS PERFECTION!
As in one of those les Paul SG things?
Chappers said that the jaguar sounded like the bass had been shelved, well yeah, the bass strangle switch is on, lol
Love that Asat special
the first squier sounds great to me ! does anyone share the same opinion ?
I thought it was pretty good too
Squire guitars are a lottery. I have played atrocious strats' and recently a £120 Tele' which sounded and played better than any Tele' costing up to £1000.
I liked it better than the gl, just sounded more strat like also loved the neck p90, wasn't the jag designed as a surf guitar
Very impressive seeing how well Rob can determine the pickups! Quite enjoyable to watch, thanks guys! Agreed with so many people below that the G&L's all sounded great!
"Do you have a tuning pedal?"
I love you guys.
Great showing for G&L. Makes me miss my G&L Legacy that I sold about 10 years ago. Oh well. Would have liked to have seen a Reverend thrown into the mix. Good show, gents!
Proving that P90's are the best sounding, most versatile pickups one can buy. Put a pair in a Les Paul and look out. (Oh wait, that's my guitar!)
Turned me on to G&L. I have the Comanche they played and it hasn't disappointed. I might get the ASAT too.
“The old jaguar and jazzmaster fans are a devilish bunch” LMAO!
I love the z coil pups on the GnL. Leo invented those in the late 70s.