A Digital Freakshow of a Guitar | The World's Weirdest Guitars #5

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  • @ptose
    @ptose 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14740

    "I spent 300 dollars on this and now I sound like a Nintendo Wii menu" hey why did you say this like it's a bad thing?

    • @gustanoid
      @gustanoid 4 ปีที่แล้ว +176

      because you're gay

    • @guilhermehenriqueabreu4094
      @guilhermehenriqueabreu4094 4 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      Stonks

    • @Nephalem-96669
      @Nephalem-96669 4 ปีที่แล้ว +243

      Dont listen to them i would love that too

    • @brisbrg5179
      @brisbrg5179 4 ปีที่แล้ว +180

      I would love to have a guitar that sounds like that

    • @BackSlashJvb125
      @BackSlashJvb125 4 ปีที่แล้ว +150

      yeha man, nintendo wii games has some dope ass music

  • @Allagi22
    @Allagi22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5249

    If you're wondering why this thing exits, you're severely underestimating how much cocaine was done in the 80s.

    • @PlutoniumSlums
      @PlutoniumSlums 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Allagí yes

    • @haydenmadigan8186
      @haydenmadigan8186 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Allagí don’t forget the heroine too

    • @viscountrainbows6452
      @viscountrainbows6452 4 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      "Uncle Diaz, how many drugs existed in the 80s?"
      Yes, cocksucka!

    • @whitefox411-gamer7
      @whitefox411-gamer7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      This, this is the best comment I read in a while.

    • @1ivannthegreat
      @1ivannthegreat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Let’s not forget Snorkeling on top of a DELOREAN as a matter of a fact. lol 😂

  • @michaelday6987
    @michaelday6987 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2814

    "I've got the acoustic guitar setting selected..." - Proceeds to generate the most digital sound I have ever heard in my life.

    • @dominikweber4305
      @dominikweber4305 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Ikr

    • @MegaManXPoweredUp
      @MegaManXPoweredUp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      It's how acoustic sounds in an 8-bit game, I guess.

    • @JuiceboxJrr.
      @JuiceboxJrr. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      It also from the 80s 😂

    • @Z64sports
      @Z64sports 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It sounds like an early 90s computer game tbh

    • @omninuss6847
      @omninuss6847 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      hey, it's trying it's best ok? :(

  • @flux0841
    @flux0841 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1734

    Ichika Nito recently played a song with this thing and it’s actually amazing

    • @houdoyoudo6714
      @houdoyoudo6714 3 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      Yea, it's all back to the user not the tools.

    • @necrothescistt8164
      @necrothescistt8164 3 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      that guy could play with his hoo ha and it would still sound great.

    • @shidootanaka5326
      @shidootanaka5326 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@houdoyoudo6714 Ichikas style is more on the Math metal side which sounds good in this guitar hehehe so guitarist who are used to playing rock or metal wouldnt sound great in this
      soo guitar still have effects on this hehehehe
      sorry for my grammar

    • @bartuomyej
      @bartuomyej 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      he played a one minute snippet and already exhausted 90% of the possibilities of this thing. it's just a guitar-shaped keyboard

    • @shadow__dancer
      @shadow__dancer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      he has two videos, and they're both awesome!

  • @therichesthobo5753
    @therichesthobo5753 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5847

    This could be genuinely useful when writing a retro game soundtrack

    • @jeremy-ws1rb
      @jeremy-ws1rb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +117

      Nahhh too expensive downloading an app is better

    • @LiamPack2189
      @LiamPack2189 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Exactly what I was thinking

    • @Eternity909
      @Eternity909 4 ปีที่แล้ว +161

      I have a DG-20 and I’m currently writing a soundtrack for a friends indie game

    • @risharddaniels1762
      @risharddaniels1762 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Minor7thb9 if it has midi capabilities, it can basically be used with any digital sound that you can find or make on your computer. So the possibilities are literally endless

    • @delicrux
      @delicrux 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      They are if you k ow guitar, and have the midi version. I accidentally got the dg-10 and not the dg-20 with midi.

  • @cristianbrasca
    @cristianbrasca 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2394

    Incredible, I never seen anything like that in my life, a guy with his own face in his t-shirt

    • @protopaes
      @protopaes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      do you know who Morrissey is?

    • @bigbub7117
      @bigbub7117 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      You haven't lived

    • @sabre22b
      @sabre22b 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hilarious. Self deprecating.

    • @AdrianBond
      @AdrianBond 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@protopaes that's not Morrissey. perhaps you might wanna google a photo of him

    • @miguelpanta
      @miguelpanta 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      he should wear the tshirt on the tshirt

  • @AhmetIbrahim
    @AhmetIbrahim 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2183

    Looks like a SEGA console
    Sounds like a SEGA console
    ...It's a SEGA console

    • @xaniiu
      @xaniiu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Ahmet Ibrahim SEGAAAAAAAAAAA!

    • @driverben
      @driverben 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And Nintendo had the power glove...

    • @RanaRandom
      @RanaRandom 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      It's SEGA"s port of Guitar Hero :D

    • @Zeithri
      @Zeithri 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sorry, Sega doesn't sound this nice.

    • @1ivannthegreat
      @1ivannthegreat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And Cue the SONIC THE HEDGEHOG GAME MUSIC.

  • @jamesortiz6312
    @jamesortiz6312 3 ปีที่แล้ว +449

    As a certified synth nut I was writhing with frustration at how you never mentioned the midi capability of this awesome piece of kit. Use the midi out to control any midi controllable sound engine. You know that Roland SH-01a you featured in that one video? Yeah you can use it on that.

    • @SeekerLancer
      @SeekerLancer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yeah but it's not practical. It's a clunky interface when you could just be using a keyboard considering the the guitar shape doesn't actually add anything acoustically. At the end of the day it's the Roland that's great, the guitar is just a wonky guitar shaped interface that doesn't really feel like a guitar to play.

    • @gilbert4394
      @gilbert4394 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@SeekerLancer if someone’s main instrument is guitar then they’re usually going to be much more capable of expressing themselves on a guitar than anything else. I think that’s the use case that makes this a dope midi option. Of course you can translate it on to a keyboard, but this looks more fun lol

    • @Rr0gu3_5uture
      @Rr0gu3_5uture ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@gilbert4394 Exactly, I bought a used DG-20 in the early 90s because I was a decent enough guitarist who became more interested in producing Electronic music, but I sucked at the piano. Apart from the Cmaj/Am scale, basic triads, min7th chords, etc, I had very little experience actually playing the keyboard. For example, at the time, If I'd wanted to record a reasonably complex four-bar fingerstyle chord progression and then harmonize it in fourths, translating those extremely guitar-orientated ideas from my brain into the right keyboard parts, then playing and recording it well enough into Cubase using only the piano roll or Midi keyboard would've taken absolutely ages! the slowness/ lack of immediacy would've put a huge dampener on the situation and my creativity.

    • @greyklopstock7155
      @greyklopstock7155 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think the use case for this kind of thing is to make a synth "strum" if that makes sense. Like, what if you want to double a rhythm guitar part with a synth? There's also the case where certain goofy funk chords might be really wonky to play on a keyboard, especially if you're adding different articulations and trills to them. Not saying this thing is practical, just saying, I can see how this would give you a new color in your box of crayons

  • @DarkThunderism
    @DarkThunderism 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1326

    "What would happen if a cheap keyboard had a child with a guitar?"
    A... keytar? Those exist.

    • @nickameen
      @nickameen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Facts.

    • @Kanae18
      @Kanae18 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      But keytar is actually cool, so keytar = good keyboard + guitar

    • @O2CP
      @O2CP 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Yeah this thing is more like a Guiboard

    • @Speedojesus
      @Speedojesus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      That really isn't a guitar at all though, a keytar's literally just a keyboard but more portable. This is a synth where the input is close to a real guitar to be considered a guitar of sorts. Last time I checked a keytar doesn't have strings.

    • @mocha6w68
      @mocha6w68 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      both are guitar and keyboard children, but different gender

  • @Camelotsmoon
    @Camelotsmoon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1477

    This thing was genuinely made 30 years ahead of its time; it's too bad.

    • @surinaam1186
      @surinaam1186 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Nah this thing will never have it's time, and rightfully so.

    • @mgultra5613
      @mgultra5613 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      50 years!~

    • @wvmountaineer80
      @wvmountaineer80 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed

    • @travisjordan1528
      @travisjordan1528 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I was looking into em for a bit and a guy at work said he knew a guy who owned one, so he brought him to me one day and he basically told me it's not a guitar. You'll be able to play it, but it's not a fuckin guitar. Lol.

    • @chefbutterrrr
      @chefbutterrrr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It was made in exactly the time it should have been made

  • @frankie467
    @frankie467 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1835

    Wondering if the person who chose to name the mode “mandolin” had ever actually heard a mandolin.

    • @Despotic_Waffle
      @Despotic_Waffle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +246

      Based on the design of the whole contraption, Im guessing the designers came from the future and the only remnant of the Mandolin is a neo cyberpunk mandolin which sounds like that.

    • @kuromaru9661
      @kuromaru9661 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      They were trying to emulate a tremolo

    • @truantray
      @truantray 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Perhaps they were referring to the food slicer.

    • @caballomustaine
      @caballomustaine 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Sounds like a nes game

    • @naneek2
      @naneek2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I suspect mandolin was actually an inaccurate translation of a traditional asian string instrument.

  • @MrMjp58
    @MrMjp58 3 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    I've had one of these for 30+ years. It is an interesting device and quite useful for recording backing tracks etc. Considering the era in which it was made, it's fairly miraculous.

    • @chrisliddiard725
      @chrisliddiard725 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yeah it featured a relatively simple rubber membrain for sensing the fret position and sting sensors which might have been taken from a WWII 'mine' trigger. Sensors which though mecanically based, was obviously very effective, as oppose to the pizeo strain sensors favoured now a days. I'd love to see this resurected without the pity sound module as a stright forward midi Bass guitar controller.

  • @Schmidty030
    @Schmidty030 4 ปีที่แล้ว +838

    "I've got the acoustic guitar setting selected"
    *Plays NES music.

  • @ChrisV_313
    @ChrisV_313 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2175

    This thing kills blues purists on sight

    • @wkingston1248
      @wkingston1248 4 ปีที่แล้ว +143

      so worth the 300 dollars i guess

    • @ChrisV_313
      @ChrisV_313 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      @@angelsphere The self fulfulling prophecy, we are all bluesmen deep down

    • @elwolf8536
      @elwolf8536 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I like Nintendo

    • @tylermann8769
      @tylermann8769 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      good

    • @evanbluz946
      @evanbluz946 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I play the blues and I dig it

  • @dmdeal7562
    @dmdeal7562 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1450

    As a musician who also makes his own games, one of these would be incredible with a few takes and some editing, I'd make a soundtrack with it.

    • @latenightthinker4737
      @latenightthinker4737 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      why not just a keyboard?

    • @dmdeal7562
      @dmdeal7562 4 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      @@latenightthinker4737 No reason, just think this would be a lot of fun to work with. I haven't bothered selling any of my games, or even putting them up for download, I mostly just do it because I find it to be an entertaining hobby that may some day become a career, but for now, the entertainment of working on them is all I want.

    • @plumbusplug5131
      @plumbusplug5131 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Dmdeal sub’d for the updates. I do voices, I’d gladly offer you some free work for a project or two. I also share a love for video games so it’d be a lot of fun to help you out.

    • @latenightthinker4737
      @latenightthinker4737 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dmdeal7562 ah that's pretty cool

    • @Discrimination_is_not_a_right
      @Discrimination_is_not_a_right 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I want one. :)

  • @papagenozid
    @papagenozid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +138

    "It's not really practical..." *proceeds to put out a BANGER of a jam*

  • @PauloNideck
    @PauloNideck 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2339

    In our current VAPOR WAVE era and aesthetic this would be pretty cool to play today HAHA! lol

    • @theflev-matic4892
      @theflev-matic4892 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Live vapor wave

    • @Tornadica
      @Tornadica 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Samurai guitarist video game

    • @grug2085
      @grug2085 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA LOLLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @meesalikeu88
      @meesalikeu88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      A E S T H E T I C

    • @NeostormXLMAX
      @NeostormXLMAX 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      This isnt vapor wave at all though.

  • @chrisbrighton8114
    @chrisbrighton8114 4 ปีที่แล้ว +611

    "prevents it from having any real practical value"
    *Outro's with a boss ass 80's masterpiece played on the "toy" *

    • @applesyo
      @applesyo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      That outro makes me want one

    • @PhoenixThunderheart
      @PhoenixThunderheart 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I want a full version of the outro

    • @talesfromthetoiletseat8295
      @talesfromthetoiletseat8295 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Apparently my idea of “practical value” and his idea are vastly different things. I want one and may even need one lol

    • @sooneraviator
      @sooneraviator 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He's over there mad trash talking it all the while axing the shit out of that thing. Is this a reverse psychology ad?

  • @maxobwaller9953
    @maxobwaller9953 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1518

    The mandolin sounds like a new dragonforce song

    • @ZakuHD
      @ZakuHD 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Thought the same as soon as the first note hit 😂

    • @faustoorieta
      @faustoorieta 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Sounds like a retro game IMO, it was awesome to listen to.

    • @fikrisadzili2147
      @fikrisadzili2147 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hahahahahahaha

    • @daemonelectricity
      @daemonelectricity 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It was featured in the Flight of the Conchords.
      th-cam.com/video/JT5AQIlmM0I/w-d-xo.html

    • @taiyo4599
      @taiyo4599 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Name?

  • @lukesbacon
    @lukesbacon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    Casio 100% need to bring another one out that allows you to input midi for recording. With the quality of midi instruments and samples today and the amount of people that play the guitar, it seems like a no-brainer.

    • @kiiturii
      @kiiturii ปีที่แล้ว +9

      from my understanding this does allow you to input midi, he just didn't showcase that

  • @thesuperfluousone2537
    @thesuperfluousone2537 4 ปีที่แล้ว +704

    Its full potential can only be achieved with the use of the power glove.

    • @brianl8983
      @brianl8983 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Super clutch throw back

    • @unusuallyhostilewitness9697
      @unusuallyhostilewitness9697 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      aaaaahahahaHAAAAA👈👌

    • @ekathe85
      @ekathe85 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's bad

    • @InvidiousIgnoramus
      @InvidiousIgnoramus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Now you're playing with power!™

    • @Atlas_Redux
      @Atlas_Redux 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @superHAPPYrocks Not that old. The Power Glove is referenced constantly in games and nerdy media. Even in movies.

  • @sharrer2
    @sharrer2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +949

    Boss: Hey how's the mandolin sound going?
    Worker: Great!
    Boss: Is that what a mandolin sounds like? I've never heard one.
    Worker: Neither have I...
    Boss: Eh send it.

    • @revjimbob
      @revjimbob 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It's basically an arpeggiator

    • @deronwitmer3937
      @deronwitmer3937 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hahahaha! This got me

    • @sahedthebutler8685
      @sahedthebutler8685 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      🤣🤣 drunk mandolin. 🤣

    • @carterdrake6220
      @carterdrake6220 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Is it supposed to be like... tremolo picking or something lol?

    • @mixedstaples8030
      @mixedstaples8030 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This is very late, but it's actually trying to emulate the "mandolin" stop on an organ, which is a tremolo percussion stop

  • @NexxtMeme
    @NexxtMeme 4 ปีที่แล้ว +691

    So THIS is how Nintendo creates their music

    • @1ivannthegreat
      @1ivannthegreat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nexxt Meme Probably since when they didn’t used to had the Proper equipment.

    • @maxnoss
      @maxnoss 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😆 😆 😆

    • @NexxtMeme
      @NexxtMeme 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@1ivannthegreat 😂😂

    • @bimalendudeb3113
      @bimalendudeb3113 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Old is gold

  • @olenfersoi8887
    @olenfersoi8887 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Personally, I think this is great. It's a shame that it has been abandoned rather than being updated to improve the sound wave-forms, deal with the over-sensitive fingerboard and overly basic MIDI interface & so on. Because of the nature of the instrument, it could have been expanded to provide harmonics such that the instrument could duplicate a sitar; increase sustain such that it replicated instruments like a Rickenbacker 6/12-string guitar.
    The instrument sounds could have been actual samples rather than purely digital, the strings could have extended the full length allowing the player to "bend" notes and, though with low tension, they could have been metal allowing the use of an actual capo, and even a slide. With the low tension strings relieving the issues of pressing down high tension wires (causing most beginners to quickly give up) and the fingerboard switches ensuring precise notes, the frets could be replaced with fret markers.
    There are a ton of ideas that could expand this concept: The technology could have been adapted to other instruments like a violin or cello.
    Perhaps, considering that there are now guitars that digitally modify the sound for actual string, someone will revive this instrument at some point. Some concepts are bad to begin with. But, this is one that should have been modified and improved upon rather than abandoned.

  • @willthigpen4889
    @willthigpen4889 4 ปีที่แล้ว +806

    Hey this would kick ass for making retro style game music

    • @maheepsingh3612
      @maheepsingh3612 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Pretty sure my 30ish dollar toy keyboard had the same sounds, including the drum machine and pads

    • @liamnissanS2K
      @liamnissanS2K 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@maheepsingh3612 "But It really makes you FEEL like a guitar" - IGN

    • @michaelsnary9486
      @michaelsnary9486 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      God is love

    • @willthigpen4889
      @willthigpen4889 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@maheepsingh3612 and I cant play keys at all. So I'll pay 300 to sound like a Nintendogs menu thanks

    • @maheepsingh3612
      @maheepsingh3612 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@willthigpen4889 You know what? I respect that.

  • @justarandomyoutubeuser5074
    @justarandomyoutubeuser5074 4 ปีที่แล้ว +251

    Presenting the all new
    *Tesla Cyberguitar*

  • @johnnydeck3497
    @johnnydeck3497 4 ปีที่แล้ว +304

    You can actually do a lot of interesting things with this device he didn't mention.
    One is that it has infinite sustain on some of the sounds-including the jazz organ he used briefly. Also it has a midi out and can be used to trigger any midi keyboard or even a sampler-making the sound base pretty broad and way better than the tones produced by the thing itself. I've gotten lots of use out of mine, even on stage...

    • @leftynope6512
      @leftynope6512 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Honestly surprised he didn't talk about the midi out functions, i've seen these used as controller for analog synths several times.

    • @sacordovaplata
      @sacordovaplata 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It's because technology is the Achilles' Heel of most guitarrist. I play several instruments and performing on guitar is one of the hardest for me, but the easiest to set up. On the opposite side; sound designing for keyboard/synth is very hard and the set up for live vs studio can be very different and convoluted, but the amount of creative control and granularity over my sound is overwhelming!

  • @Maximum_777
    @Maximum_777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +310

    Imagine this, but made today with more modern technology, it could be so damn cool.

    • @chrisliddiard725
      @chrisliddiard725 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      The great thing about this , besides the midi din port, was the fact that it had 'strings' instead of buttons on the 'frets'. I'm told you can replace those black plastic string with conventional nylon B strings, which in my opinon would make it look more funky. Thick fishing line should work too, especially the day-glow kind ;)

    • @Soup-Doup
      @Soup-Doup 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You mean the Jammy Guitar?

    • @Fel1xF7W
      @Fel1xF7W 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Soup-Doup the Jammy G sounds too acoustic for being a "digital" guitar and it looks like you have to plug it into software or a keyboard to get a sound

    • @jadivods
      @jadivods 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You mean a keytar?

    • @Fel1xF7W
      @Fel1xF7W 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jadivods keytar vs synthtar
      difference
      (i'm aware that synth is just the name of the sound produced and not a proper differentiator between keys and strings but thats what i like to call it)

  • @NitromantoHDTR
    @NitromantoHDTR 4 ปีที่แล้ว +423

    Him holding a guitar, while wearing shirt of himself holding a guitar, while wearing a shirt of a guy holding a guitar....shirtception.

    • @Chicagosmisfit
      @Chicagosmisfit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      not to mention that the shirt is wearing in the picture is also of a guy playing guitar

    • @kyleperkins3426
      @kyleperkins3426 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I spent way too much time thinking of this double mirror concept.....ha

  • @everettcussler525
    @everettcussler525 4 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    For those who didn't get it: This was in fact a coveted instrument THIRTY THREE YEARS AGO. Pretty good for the time, and capable of serious business with its midi out port. Mine still works.

    • @rhinotank8725
      @rhinotank8725 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Did they come out with a bass version?

    • @everettcussler525
      @everettcussler525 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Came to see the samurai. I just don't like the bias on some reviews, sometimes shitty old gear is portrayed as classic vintage treasure, sometimes as "plastic freakshow", according to the hype.

    • @everettcussler525
      @everettcussler525 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rhinotank8725 I think they did not dare, at least to my knowledge. But it would be fun to play.

    • @potato9832
      @potato9832 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      The unusual, rare stuff is usually the more collectable stuff when it comes to electronics. It's just unfortunate that what often makes them unusual and rare is them not being very good at their intended function.

  • @ericr154
    @ericr154 4 ปีที่แล้ว +768

    I dont care for the fact that hes not wearing a shirt of himself in his shirt of himself.

    • @Poop-nu1so
      @Poop-nu1so 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      shirtseption

    • @CavemanSynthesizer
      @CavemanSynthesizer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Johnny Hammersticks Well he'd have to do at least two runs of the shirt to achieve this. Maybe he could do a new one every year?

    • @CavemanSynthesizer
      @CavemanSynthesizer 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Johnny Hammersticks Exactly.

    • @surfinairwaves9284
      @surfinairwaves9284 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I felt underwhelmed at first before I read this comment.. I’m thankful for your contribution lol

    • @jovialjack
      @jovialjack 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah highkey could’ve been much better

  • @lilkris3008
    @lilkris3008 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    I think a bass version would be really cool getting a sub bass sound with infinite sustain while being able to play live and not have to learn it on a keyboard

    • @chrisliddiard725
      @chrisliddiard725 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      :0)

    • @hatman4818
      @hatman4818 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I dont have a DG-20, but I do have an old used Yamaha EZ-AG (similar concept), and stock, it has 8 out of its 20 different sounds as bass guitars. So the Casio DG-20 might well be capable of adding bass to it, if it doesnt come with bass as a stock sound already.
      The EZ-AG incidentally is pretty cheap and also comes with a grand piano sound. And from what I've read, you can change the sounds out with a computer.

    • @backacheache
      @backacheache ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I understand it has MIDI so you should be able to do that

  • @lettuceplus1
    @lettuceplus1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +933

    1:46
    6:57
    This comment is just for future reference when my dumb self comes back to watch this video again in 5 months
    edit: genuinely shocked to see how many likes this got. i put these timestamps on a bunch of videos with cool little musical bits in them to come back and listen to later, so seeing one get nearly a thousand likes is pretty wild. it's been 2 years now and i still come back and listen to the timestamps every couple months, so it's nice to see others appreciate it as much as i do :)

  • @collinbryson9449
    @collinbryson9449 3 ปีที่แล้ว +607

    “I spent $300 on this and now I sound like a Nintendo Wii menu.” ...Is that a negative thing??

    • @mallman23
      @mallman23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      First

    • @JAG214
      @JAG214 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      No

    • @admiral_crown6462
      @admiral_crown6462 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No, not really. Funnu quote tough LOL

    • @notheaveragejoe6403
      @notheaveragejoe6403 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      How dare you reference a 1980s instrument to a damn wii. 😤 spit on Nintendo some more why don't you.

    • @casualartist4202
      @casualartist4202 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@notheaveragejoe6403 imagine trying to run a system on youtube to earn royalties for people playing your game, as if you weren’t making enough money already selling them for over $60 per copy and selling overpriced consoles as well. (just shitting on Nintendo like you said to, but they are pretty cool sometimes)

  • @drincmusic2769
    @drincmusic2769 4 ปีที่แล้ว +417

    "these sounds are not professional,"
    all sounds are professional. you just have to know when to use them.

    • @crisbowman
      @crisbowman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Ouch

    • @sooneraviator
      @sooneraviator 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Exactly. No genre of music is bad if its good music

    • @artemjetman
      @artemjetman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Dwight Keller-Williams they just don’t sound good for the purpose they seem to be made, if u put a preset named distorted guitar than make it sound like it. Otherwise don’t name it distorted guitar because that doesn’t sound close enough...

    • @crisbowman
      @crisbowman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@artemjetman It works slightly better as midi, albeit limited midi.

    • @therichesthobo5753
      @therichesthobo5753 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Based

  • @questionbeggar1869
    @questionbeggar1869 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The really cool thing you could do with the DG-20 was flip the switch for solo notes. That setting limited the synth to only producing single notes when triggered. Then strum and chord. You'd get this random storm of rhythmic random notes in key, impossible to duplicate easily with any other instrument. Sorry I sold mine or lost it in the sea of time.

  • @jokerkeyz8805
    @jokerkeyz8805 4 ปีที่แล้ว +553

    It looks like a Cybertruck and a guitar had a child.

    • @bmw328igearhead
      @bmw328igearhead 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Pfffft..... That guitar left for a pack of smokes when the cybertruck baby was born.... never came back. Spent a few years living in a car, then a shelf... now this Asian dude owns him....
      Meanwhile, at night, every cybertruck sheds a tear..... daddy.
      Baaaahhhhh hahahahahahahaha

    • @1rebellium
      @1rebellium 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bmw328igearhead that's deep

    • @ken46120
      @ken46120 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jokerkeyz then it should sound better.

    • @phil8288
      @phil8288 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      They Cyberfucked

    • @vanguarde808
      @vanguarde808 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      but did it past the rock test?

  • @Leopoldo888
    @Leopoldo888 4 ปีที่แล้ว +587

    I used to have one in the late eighties. He forgot to say that it has a MIDI OUT and could be put in mono or poly. I used in a series of gigs, where I played my fender guitar, but in two or three songs I had to play bass or other instruments, using the midi out, and my Roland D-110... when you learned how to play it without glitches, it could be very useful, especially if, as it was my case, it was not your main and only instrument...

    • @Doc903
      @Doc903 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Honestly, with MIDI, this thing could be quite fun.

    • @AshGCG
      @AshGCG 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I'm late to the show but my first question was going to be if it had MIDI capabilities. Curiosity sated. Thank you.

    • @lifesoldier
      @lifesoldier 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      this is probably the dopest thing ever

    • @TheScrewyouth
      @TheScrewyouth 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      How did you managed to play yours without glitches? I currently tried to use it to record in Ableton but it only catched some of the notes played. I read in some thread that it has to do with the "note off" command the guitar is not sending. Would appreciate any tip to make it work :)

    • @VenturaIT
      @VenturaIT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      how much did it cost in 1987?

  • @bibekrajsingh730
    @bibekrajsingh730 4 ปีที่แล้ว +336

    Other digital guiatars: lets me show u the music of future.
    This guitar: ya like jazz

    • @Dolwerflamingo
      @Dolwerflamingo 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is this a Gundam Thunderbolt rEfErEnCe¿

  • @Errorfile404
    @Errorfile404 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    that first chord progression just made me smile, kinda makes me realize life isnt so bad

  • @eukyre
    @eukyre 4 ปีที่แล้ว +633

    "Let's try out the Mandalin"
    *Mega Man 2 Music Intensifes*

    • @matthewforbes4863
      @matthewforbes4863 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lmao

    • @oximofo9
      @oximofo9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Ninja Gaiden all the way bro.

    • @joseumada3961
      @joseumada3961 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @That_One_Guy_In_A_Band
      @That_One_Guy_In_A_Band 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      *mandolin.
      Yes, I had to be that guy.

    • @eukyre
      @eukyre 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@That_One_Guy_In_A_Band you really did it to 'em

  • @pjanoo6973
    @pjanoo6973 4 ปีที่แล้ว +404

    God damn Japan in the 80's sounds like a life worth living.

    • @norpriest521
      @norpriest521 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It's the best decade ever bruh
      The 80s

    • @springmage6321
      @springmage6321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I imagine it was like Blade Runner, but with shorter, smarter people 👽

    • @HaharuRecords
      @HaharuRecords 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      🐲

    • @smalliesmalls9601
      @smalliesmalls9601 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Feetus Deletus Going to Asia makes me feel tall and I’m below 6 feet.

    • @pjanoo6973
      @pjanoo6973 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@smalliesmalls9601 I visited Peru and I'm 6 foot 2 and everyone looked at me like I was a alien. The Quechua people are around 4-5 feet average.

  • @highestqualitypigiron
    @highestqualitypigiron 4 ปีที่แล้ว +214

    I really like that ending peice, it sounds like a comfy SNES hometown in an RPG

    • @xoblivion4118
      @xoblivion4118 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      FFVII

    • @Gazork.ChumbleSpuzz
      @Gazork.ChumbleSpuzz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dunno, it's got a bit more tension than 'hometown' in my opinion - I'd say more intro screen vibe?

    • @jamzam9807
      @jamzam9807 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Omg we have the same pfp

    • @acidreighn
      @acidreighn 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      sounds like ending credit music to streets of rage or something

  • @oliverkarenga2216
    @oliverkarenga2216 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That "someone somewhere on a Sunday morning" was me in Nairobi, from 1989 onward. That JAZZ ORGAN setting best worked for me with my YAMAHA 100watt bass amp. I would use a phase shifter where I felt necessary. The setting I loved best was STRINGS, which I would pass through a flanger, and if an extra amp was available I would use the MIDI OUT into my YAMAHA DX 30's STRINGS setting. By now you must have guessed that I was trying to imitate the HAMMOND B3 sound that I grew up listening to in the 50s and 60s (not to much effect though, in my own opinion) I still own it.

  • @LeglessWonder
    @LeglessWonder 4 ปีที่แล้ว +204

    This totally looks like something that would be sold today and labeled "cyber punk"

    • @j.f.fisher5318
      @j.f.fisher5318 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      seriously, I was thinking someone should just take the body apart and use it to make an actual guitar because it looks so badass retro 80s cyberpunk

  • @zombie_dinosaur96
    @zombie_dinosaur96 4 ปีที่แล้ว +260

    "hey girl this goes out to you" plays Mario w1-1

  • @TheSpartanS196
    @TheSpartanS196 4 ปีที่แล้ว +299

    "I spent 300$ on this and now I sound like a Nintendo Wii Menu"
    Soooo... where's the bad side of that
    This is actually amazing for composing the soundtracks or Indie games, tho. Love it!

    • @TheSuburban15
      @TheSuburban15 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @5:38 - Reminds me of an Apple II fighting game. Double Dragon, maybe?

    • @facundoluischappuis9819
      @facundoluischappuis9819 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It reminds me to shit

    • @JohnM89
      @JohnM89 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      get into a nintendocore band duud XD

    • @nipulkradmsinatagras8293
      @nipulkradmsinatagras8293 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      1:47
      Not complaining.
      Sounds badass to me.

  • @Tantacrul
    @Tantacrul ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I actually have one of these. Bought it from a mad neighbour who lived near me when I was 15 or so.
    Fun fact, I once played a solo gig in Limerick (Ireland) where I used this bad boy to play the Chocobo theme from the Final Fantasy series.

  • @FarrellMcGovern
    @FarrellMcGovern 4 ปีที่แล้ว +352

    Boy, you have missed the *MAIN* reason to own this guitar...and that is the fact that it is a MIDI Controller! If you just want the sounds from this, buy a DG-10, which is just a guitar synth. But the DG-20, has MIDI out, and you can use it to control synths with MIDI in, or plug into your DAW. And back when it came out, most other guitar-like MIDI controllers went for thousands of dollars, while the DG-20 was, I think $599.
    You should do a followup video exploring the MIDI aspect of the DG-20!!

    • @juke2782
      @juke2782 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      this

    • @Josh-ez3mb
      @Josh-ez3mb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Seconded

    • @The_Mister_E
      @The_Mister_E 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I was just about to inquire about the MIDI capabilites of this thing.
      Apparently it's better than MIDI pickups.

    • @anchorbubba
      @anchorbubba 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@The_Mister_E honestly not really surprised, midi pickups have always been dissapointing to me, but this is a real purpose built midi controller

    • @manictiger
      @manictiger 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Oh, that's much more useful. That's why I have my 50 dollar Yamaha keyboard. I can plug it into my PC and have it play through several hundred bucks worth of VSTs via MIDI cable.

  • @CreateAmazment
    @CreateAmazment 4 ปีที่แล้ว +317

    Kid: "I want guitar"
    Mom: "We have guitar at home"
    The guitar at home:

    • @pixelsilzavon77
      @pixelsilzavon77 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Better in some ways tbh, but not a replacement for a real one. This is a mighty need.

    • @manictiger
      @manictiger 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Mom at the guitar shop:
      Fender Strat, Les Paul, Ibanez Roadcore...
      Phased Plasma Guitar in the 40 watt range.

    • @user-ne6nz2lb6w
      @user-ne6nz2lb6w 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Guitar at home is keyboard

  • @samigulbag
    @samigulbag 4 ปีที่แล้ว +361

    Am I the only one who thinks that guitar is the coolest of all?
    Imagine making techno or edm music without computer damn

  • @rbivgq1734
    @rbivgq1734 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I think that it is super awesome that you are wearing a shirt with a picture of yourself on it.

  • @blahblahsen1142
    @blahblahsen1142 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    i especially like how literally none of the effects sound anything like what they're titled.

    • @Gnurklesquimp
      @Gnurklesquimp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's usually how I feel checking out presets on subtractive synth vst's

  • @Chrispy_tV
    @Chrispy_tV 4 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    * *Everyone furiously marking their listings for DG 20s up on Reverb* *

    • @echolessowl
      @echolessowl 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      that was very cash money of you

  • @TheMikemike989
    @TheMikemike989 4 ปีที่แล้ว +429

    the playability is not that great, proceed to make a 8bit JAMMER

    • @Jazzie___
      @Jazzie___ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That could literally be a youtube channel in and of itself

  • @mopishlynx2323
    @mopishlynx2323 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I love how he is constantly negative towards this guitar, despite how many possibilities something like this opens up for people with external synths

  • @K0r0n1s
    @K0r0n1s 4 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    I would say this is an instant retro chiptune soundtrack machine!
    Love to see you try squeeze every bit of potential out of this weird instrument.

  • @tomand203
    @tomand203 4 ปีที่แล้ว +614

    The first one sounds like something you'd hear out of Animal crossing

    • @SKOOBER.
      @SKOOBER. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Sims if they talked in woohoo

    • @theshit2070
      @theshit2070 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I was thinking the old wii music

    • @sandyrat
      @sandyrat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Sounds exactly like a kk slider song

    • @please.stop.coping
      @please.stop.coping 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      looks like someone needs to up their ear training.

    • @randallkolar4891
      @randallkolar4891 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Shit you

  • @bathrobebandit1561
    @bathrobebandit1561 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    I've had my Casio DG20 for about 4 years now. Picked it up for $80 at a pawn shop because i thought I was pretty neat. Played around with it for about a week or two and decided it's a better conversation piece or decoration than an instrument. Haven't been able to let go of it since, it's just got a really radical charisma.

  • @StarQueenEstrella
    @StarQueenEstrella ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It may seem like an impractical gimmick but if you want something more useful but in a similar fashion, there’s the SynthAxe. Among others, jazz guitarist Lee Ritenour used (and is pictured with) a SynthAxe on his album Earth Run

  • @shalpin
    @shalpin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    I had one of these in the 80's and I'm sorry we parted ways. The internal sounds are toy-ish, but it has midi out, so the midi world is your oyster (except if I recall correctly it only did note-on, note-off, no velocity). I would like to try it out again as a compositional tool, hooking it into a DAW as I find it easier to think on a guitar vs a piano. In the 80's that wasn't really practical. I was using Cubase on AtariST and the software was kinda clunky to use, but maybe now with easier and more powerful software, it wouldn't be such a chore to filter out all those inevitable unwanted notes. I think it must have been pretty solidly built as there are still a few around. Considering its low price, I think it deserves some love.

    • @erikerikerikerikerik
      @erikerikerikerikerik 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Stephen Halpin There is actually a product you can buy that attaches your guitar and sends midi over usb based on what it detects. I haven’t used it but from what i’ve seen it works pretty well.

    • @RileyMikles
      @RileyMikles 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Gr-55 is pretty cool! Slap a midi pickup on your guitar and it’s wild all the stuff you can do

  • @blyat1648
    @blyat1648 4 ปีที่แล้ว +253

    It looks like it's trying to avoid radar detection

  • @jimby7080
    @jimby7080 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    fun fact: my schools guitar teacher had one of these and he had no idea how he got it. anyways i love looking at guitars and stuff and one day i found that in the very back of the closet. one thing led to another and he let me take it home as mine. it’s pretty cool actually and with some daw effects you can actually use it in songs

    • @joshlakin2844
      @joshlakin2844 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Jimby I just feel like ‘one thing lead to another’ was poor choice of words especially for something about a teacher 😂😂😂, but cool story lol

    • @Shabbaranz
      @Shabbaranz 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      How does it work used as a midi controller with software instruments/sample libraries?

  • @FBI-sr2eg
    @FBI-sr2eg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That jam at the end was the most synthwave song I’ve ever heard on the most synthwave instrument I’ve ever seen

  • @gdarkzcc7259
    @gdarkzcc7259 3 ปีที่แล้ว +600

    Whos here after ichika nito?

  • @tl2071
    @tl2071 4 ปีที่แล้ว +377

    This is how they recorded KK sliders songs in Animal Crossing.

    • @PlutoniumSlums
      @PlutoniumSlums 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      T L with this exact model??

    • @Luxtful
      @Luxtful 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@PlutoniumSlums no the pinky version of it

    • @Emma_-_7_-_ammE
      @Emma_-_7_-_ammE 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Beat me to it

    • @pryingeyes1551
      @pryingeyes1551 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's exactly what I thought it sounded like.

  • @adrixn_jvr2817
    @adrixn_jvr2817 4 ปีที่แล้ว +180

    The Mandolin setting sounds like it's straight out from Contra..

    • @strawberrycough22
      @strawberrycough22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      And ninja Gaiden

    • @ScrtyGrd
      @ScrtyGrd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      HA! That was exactly my first thought!

  • @DJDEPLORABLE
    @DJDEPLORABLE 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I love how serious you stay during all the jokes lmfao

    • @sethbenson469
      @sethbenson469 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He probably took lessons from Davie504.

  • @PhantomSavage
    @PhantomSavage 4 ปีที่แล้ว +469

    This would pair well with a Sax-a-boom.

    • @jfrfilms6697
      @jfrfilms6697 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      oh my god your channel

    • @repentless4802
      @repentless4802 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Oh yeah jack black

    • @novasnotvibing
      @novasnotvibing 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jfr Films ahahahahahahahhahaha

    • @raidr_actual
      @raidr_actual 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Content is *very* questionable.

    • @novasnotvibing
      @novasnotvibing 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cold Steel Builds all around upsetting

  • @CoadyShay
    @CoadyShay 4 ปีที่แล้ว +261

    I'm pretty sure Pat Metheny has been using that trumpet setting his entire career.

    • @RastaSaiyaman
      @RastaSaiyaman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      On his Roland guitar synth which is quite a different instrument. But yeah, he used that kind of sound as a substitute for Distortion.

    • @GlennJimenez
      @GlennJimenez 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, even if it’s not this it’s definitely close

    • @samfosdick9874
      @samfosdick9874 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dude that's SOOOO wrong...BUT FUNNY AF

    • @CoadyShay
      @CoadyShay 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It was a joke, guys. Calm down.

    • @everettcussler525
      @everettcussler525 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Almost. His guitar is like a roland refrofitted guitar with midi, so he drives a sound module, but from a regular guitar with tuned steel strings.

  • @thebarnyard5633
    @thebarnyard5633 4 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    The 80’s called and they want their samples back.

    • @farquoi
      @farquoi 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It doesn't sound like samples, it's a synthesis afaik

    • @naneek2
      @naneek2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      it's fm synthesis so let me correct this for you ...
      the 80's called and they want their patches back.

  • @Kids_Scissors
    @Kids_Scissors 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "What instrument do you play?"
    "I play the gaming guitar"

  • @notrealquanluong
    @notrealquanluong 4 ปีที่แล้ว +721

    Dude wearing a t shirt of himself wearing a t shirt showing himself

    • @noahnoah2935
      @noahnoah2935 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      It tells you something

    • @PlutoniumSlums
      @PlutoniumSlums 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also playing the guitar and playing the guitar on the shirt

    • @average32potato
      @average32potato 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The video is just frames if him in different t shirts with a dubbed over voice

    • @callmehoncho3366
      @callmehoncho3366 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Noah Noah smart man

    • @viscountrainbows6452
      @viscountrainbows6452 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Now to make a shirt of himself wearing a shirt of himself wearing a shirt of himself wearing a shirt of himself wearing a shirt of himself. All playing different guitars, of course

  • @pips7532
    @pips7532 4 ปีที่แล้ว +751

    Yea I don’t get what he’s saying this thing is wicked

    • @DeadEyeCompilations
      @DeadEyeCompilations 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Ik right

    • @luisb3426
      @luisb3426 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      As wicked as a hell-bound sinner? Cuz if it is, then I sure hope it receives Jesus Christ as its savior 😉

    • @jeromios
      @jeromios 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@luisb3426 What the hell

    • @dudeistpreist5721
      @dudeistpreist5721 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You spend years studying something that is mostly pshysical and all of a sudden it goes digital. It not only messing with how the thing feels but also how it sounds.
      This is layers of fuckery. Like how you could have someone go from a typewriter to a phone.

    • @sisamusudroka3000
      @sisamusudroka3000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@dudeistpreist5721 that's a bad comparison, typewriter to a keyboard or cellphone to a smartphone

  • @Filthwizzard
    @Filthwizzard 4 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    The mandolin setting sounded more like a DragonForce mode

    • @toptop961
      @toptop961 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Stealing comments, I see.

  • @DeanLamb
    @DeanLamb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I played one of these recently, and it was very fun to mess around with. Obviously there are better options now, but still a neat piece of gear.

  • @grenademaster8981
    @grenademaster8981 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    I like how after explaining that there are no acoustics at all, he is still trying to generate vibrato at the end lol

  • @pedroteles2093
    @pedroteles2093 4 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    Even freakier than the instrument is this freaky tshirt.

  • @nothingislogical
    @nothingislogical 4 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    "Here's the mandolin setting..."
    [plays something that sounds like music from Mega Man]

  • @stevenblakeakahashburns
    @stevenblakeakahashburns 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of these is for sale on a local Facebook page, this video has helped me make my decision. Thank you Sammy Samurai

  • @ArrowEnlightenmentLeader
    @ArrowEnlightenmentLeader 4 ปีที่แล้ว +291

    This thing looks like it belongs in a MUSE live show

    • @tonydv9260
      @tonydv9260 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It's bad, but not that bad

    • @sashasmokes721
      @sashasmokes721 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@tonydv9260 shit take

    • @carltontheduke2571
      @carltontheduke2571 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I could see Muse doing something like this at their shows.

    • @ArrowEnlightenmentLeader
      @ArrowEnlightenmentLeader 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@tonydv9260 now that's a miss

    • @tonydv9260
      @tonydv9260 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sashasmokes721 yeah i like that mushroom

  • @blakejones6648
    @blakejones6648 4 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    It's a guitar to make old Game Boy soundtracks

    • @channingcheese2
      @channingcheese2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      For fucks sake, it's not the same thing!
      It's a Casio keyboard! Not a Gameboy!

  • @dario8952
    @dario8952 4 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    That last song reminded me of..:
    "Currently all our colleagues are busy. Please hold." *funky music*

  • @KenMabie
    @KenMabie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    dude its 2022 .. its the cyberpunk future .. this is exactly what i expected the future to sound like .. back when i was a child in the 1980s .. lol

  • @Brainreaver79
    @Brainreaver79 4 ปีที่แล้ว +185

    this "guitar" is kinda funny, but in my opinion it would improve ALOT if the synth inside was updated to modern times... i bet you it sounds way better with a working synth than with a 30-40 year old one

    • @DanTheMann1218
      @DanTheMann1218 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      It doesn't seem like that'd be too hard to accomplish, since it's got MIDI output. Just plug it into your PC, load up a DAW, and get your modern synths up and running.

    • @Brainreaver79
      @Brainreaver79 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Better Than The Beatles! you are right, the synths werent nessecarily bad, but you can bet that the synth in that guitar isnt a roland or korg or yamaha, its something id think is maximum middle class. and upgrading the hardware while updating the software wouldnt hurt. i doubt it will ever be an awesome piece of instrument but at least it could be way better than it acutally is atm.

    • @IamAlterEggo
      @IamAlterEggo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      TH-camr 'Look Mum No Computer' has videos with the DG-20 hooked up to analog synths if you are interested.

    • @Brainreaver79
      @Brainreaver79 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@IamAlterEggo ill check it, thx ;)

    • @SH-gr1bc
      @SH-gr1bc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I agree. With some upgraded hardware and software that would sound amazing. I've seen a modern version somewhere. I dont know if it was a one off or for consumer. It had digital touchpad instead of strings.

  • @anMechSea
    @anMechSea 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    you skipped over the coolest feature that takes it from toy to tool: you can use it as a midi controller

    • @premavasini1561
      @premavasini1561 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Great advantage for people like me that have no patience with keybords xD

  • @kphoenix137
    @kphoenix137 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    This straight up a NES/SNES music machine

  • @emiliomonroy7929
    @emiliomonroy7929 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is so cyberpunk, has great potential, i hope they'll make one today and explore the full potential of this concept to make it actually amazing

  • @singJJBplay
    @singJJBplay 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I recognize those cheap drum machine sounds from the Casio keyboards I had as a kid in the 80's. Bossa Nova FTW.

  • @RC32Smiths01
    @RC32Smiths01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +263

    Imagine Steve Vai with one of these futuristic Axes

    • @greglawrencemusic
      @greglawrencemusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I am imagining a poochy-face to the Nth degree. ;-)

    • @RC32Smiths01
      @RC32Smiths01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@greglawrencemusic haha! xD

  • @rinkokonoe8644
    @rinkokonoe8644 4 ปีที่แล้ว +253

    This is the coolest thing I've ever seen, you probably don't like it because you're too good at normal guitar

    • @altairtodescatto
      @altairtodescatto 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Exactly

    • @surinaam1186
      @surinaam1186 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No, he probably doesn't like it because it sounds like utter shit.

    • @marcelerystick7416
      @marcelerystick7416 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@surinaam1186 it really doesnt

    • @EvaAdorable
      @EvaAdorable 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@surinaam1186 I think it sounds awesome.

    • @strawberrywigz1658
      @strawberrywigz1658 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@surinaam1186 no.

  • @rubenb.8010
    @rubenb.8010 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Bro the 80s called, they want you to release an album ASAP that small example u played was 🔥

  • @lucasduque8289
    @lucasduque8289 4 ปีที่แล้ว +208

    Can't believe he didn't play dog sounds :(

    • @gperrin9050
      @gperrin9050 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      dog sounds?

    • @luisterrazas8141
      @luisterrazas8141 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bob's burgers reference??

    • @lucasduque8289
      @lucasduque8289 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      For the two people that didn't understand the "dog sounds" thing (and the next that may come): it was a joke referencing the fact that Casio keyboard used to come with some weird sounds, like dog barks, sirens, car horns, etc. It was a bit of a joke to play any normal song with one of these effects (at least for me and everyone I ever knew that had one of these). Since this guitar is made by Casio, it must contain the same weird effects.

    • @everettcussler525
      @everettcussler525 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Casio toy keyboards from the 80s were more "serious" and technical instruments. Today's toys are colorful, rounded, and cartoon-like.

    • @stigrabbid589
      @stigrabbid589 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lucasduque8289 The MIDI standard has a relatively large section of silly effects and sounds, including helicopter, gun sounds, and animal sounds. Maybe Casio came up with the original idea?

  • @jetara3082
    @jetara3082 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Imagine hearing the sound it makes in the "Acoustic Guitar" setting for the first time and sayin....."Yes, we should absolutly call this the 'acoustic guitar' setting" ....man, you gotta love the eighties.

  • @seahawks1185
    @seahawks1185 4 ปีที่แล้ว +199

    100% weird, 100% like, Buying right now. Let's gooo

    • @plebeian3671
      @plebeian3671 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      i can't find it online lol. my guess is these are rare.

    • @seahawks1185
      @seahawks1185 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@plebeian3671 Casio DG-20, there are dg-1s too

    • @BigTony-bf5jr
      @BigTony-bf5jr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Eyyy a fellow Seahawks fan!

  • @sizzloh
    @sizzloh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's got MIDI out. That's quite an important thing to fail to mention. Basically it's what ever instrument or multi instrument or sample you want it to be. In effect it's a stringed MIDI controller. In fact, just putting it direct through a guitar amp or distortion and reverb makes the 80s Nintendo sound quite epic. Pretty cool in other words.

  • @PrismoeLive
    @PrismoeLive 4 ปีที่แล้ว +188

    This is what RuneScape’s entire OST was made on. Change my mind.

    • @AlCahomie
      @AlCahomie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      DooshFlute very right. Osrs for life let it live on forever mane

    • @lillodon9157
      @lillodon9157 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      DooshFlute I wanna see someone play sea shanty 2 on this

    • @ivanbenja4
      @ivanbenja4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *_Changes your mind_*

    • @ryanqube9132
      @ryanqube9132 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The devs spent a lot

  • @danz409
    @danz409 4 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    if you ever wanted to play a guitar that sounded like a NES/Genesis this is for YOU!

  • @ZaaZoJo
    @ZaaZoJo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +307

    Looks like Musks cyber truck turned into a guitar.

    • @hyperionorion1733
      @hyperionorion1733 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ZaaZoJo there will be one in every cybertruck.

    • @bmw328igearhead
      @bmw328igearhead 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Or this is a cyber truck baby that didn't grow up....

    • @jayluck8047
      @jayluck8047 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Took me a second to get the reference. I truly thought you misspelled Mask, as in M.A.S.K., the old 80's cartoon. 😂

  • @PaleandPastey
    @PaleandPastey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Makes everything sound like 80's-90's era videogame music!