PRS 305 is simply a 3 single coil direct mount pickups, typical Strat 5 way switch. So, VERY normal "S" type of guitar. I have had a few of them. If you are having REAL issues, who knows....if you are having the TYPICAL Strat thing, then the 2 & 4 positions will be naturally quieter. The ohm reading goes way down in those 2 positions. I'm not sure of your experiences with "S" style guitars, so that is why I bring this up. I simply use a compressor and it makes all positions equal. Cheers.
This is the kind of thing I do on Friday nights. Watch TH-cam videos. My party days are far behind me and love all things guitar related. Thanks for the Q & A, Phil.
To me, a soulless guitar is one that doesn't resonate well. Not necessarily having anything to do with the pickups, but I hate picking up guitars that just feel like solid planks of of dead wood. I want the guitar to vibrate.
Scott Grove debunked this. I like the feel of a resonant guitar, but my best sustaining guitar is my least resonant (a frankenstrat). I have 2 strats, 2 teles, and 2 les Paul's, and 1 les paul is acoustically way louder than any guitar I've played, but is no louder once it's plugged in. I think it's normal to prefer a resonant guitar's feel, but the more resonant it is, the more energy is being dissipated, and therefore detracting from sustain.
@@MadMax_1984 hmm, I see what you mean and I'm kind of at a loss to explain, but it'll tell you what Scott did to illustrate (he has a million guitars btw): he plucks a string on a bunch of guitars and measures the sustain, and the pattern that emerges is #1: bolt on, #2: set neck, and neck-through in last place ( the opposite of what I'd always heard and believed). He then says that pedal-steel guitars have the most sustain and almost zero resonance. I think vibrations transferred from the strings to the body are wasted energy, and that a solid steel les paul, eg, would transfer more of those vibrations back through the guitar to the string thereby boosting sustain. Huh, look at that, I'm not really at a loss!
I can’t say specifically what Gibson’s situation is exactly, but we all have to remember that they did file Chapter 11. All of their decisions and actions may not be entirely their decisions. Chapter 11, allows them to stay in business to try to pay their creditors, but that comes with caveats, such as, they are assigned a US Trustee who helps formulate their business plan to pay their creditors, which a judge then had to approve. The trustee monitors their case very closely. If the trustee thinks they can get money to pay their creditors or even improve their share in the market by eliminating copies through infringement lawsuits, they may not have a choice, but to try. Closing the Memphis factory may not have been their decision. Also, the trustee would also be approving what happened with all of their assets, ie. The destroyed Firebird X’s didn’t get ran over without their appointed trustee signing off on it or even requiring it, for whatever reason? My main point being, every business decision they are making right now, was either part of an approved plan by the Judge or is being closely monitored and approved by their trustee. This could be how all the lawsuits and cease and desist’s etc. are “inherited”, even though they may not have even been served yet, because it may have been part of the original Chapter 11 proceedings to try to recoup revenue or protect aspects of their brand? Remember, the current CEO was hired after the Chapter 11, so the plan was probably in place prior to and probably included a change in leadership, which prompted his hiring.
You can only vary the shape and style of guitars to the limits of making then desirable and comfortable to play. No one wins with lawsuits, the buyers of guitars will decide who wins.
I agree with the Gibson '57 Classic pickups. I have them in my LP Classic T. I'll tell you what, they sound MONSTROUS through a good high gain amp. Just HUGE. And they sound great with low gain, and have great cleans. They just have a big, fat sound. Love 'em.
Hi Phil. New subscriber here. NOT a guitar expert. Just a comment on your "less than $750 guitar" question. I bought a new Epiphone es339 Pro about 3 weeks ago. In general, a great guitar. Love the tone. Fit and finish were really good. Setup was so-so (bridge too high, stop bar too low for my liking). Strings (10's) felt like absolute CRAP! Pickups seem really strong. For $499, I don't see how someone can go wrong (IMO). Like your videos. Cheers.
Love your new amp setup. Great lighting. Your production values just keep getting better. You should do a vid on music room setup/organization. Based on your reviews, I’ve got all this gear and have no idea how to organize it!!
Phil, you have to record DI signal aswell when you do pickup shootouts. Please don’t overlook this, its the only way to compare pickups, it would be a waste if you don’t do it. That would help us studio guys tremendously
Thumbs up on the Gibson classic 57's. I have a set in one of my Les Paul's and I love them. I had to spend some time with height adjustment to get them just right ( balanced in middle position ) but once I got that dialed in the romance started.
@philmcknight you were talking friday about a check list for reviewing guitars and I thought of something to consider adding. From my point of view when I'm looking for a new guitar (reading magazine reviews etc) I always look to see if the guitar is available left handed. I appreciate as a right handed player yourself it's not an issue. Being a leftie I watch/read a review check out specs and find out the guitar isn't made LH. It doesn't matter a lot of the time but if I'm in the market for brand new guitar a review that says available LH I'm probably more inclined to read/watch as it's something I might possibly consider if the guitar was right for me. Thanks for the content and entertainment, Gary
I always felt the same way about PRS, Suhr and other high-end fine-tuned guitars being lifeless. I think it might be about how refined and perfect they are out of the box. Most of the time if you order a new PRS at any price point it is ready to go and probably in tune. They just become more perfect the more you spend. I love PRS, Suhr and many others, they are like the Ferrari of guitars and play like a dream. Now… If you order a new Fender you will need to change the strings and make some/many adjustments. You may even get one with a defect and have to exchange it. Then you need to break it in with how you play and put your DNA into it. You even need to do this with a custom shop to some level. If you’re lucky enough to find a Gibson that is not defective is some way it takes even more work to break it in. I can understand why people want to hold on the good ones and is probably why the Strat is what I prefer. Kidding, I am just use to the longer scale length and playing position of the Strat and the like. Carlos Santana: Hold my beer, picks up a PRS.. Sorry everyone but I put way to much thought into this not to post it and in my defense Santana could put soul into a Glarry. This is just my slightly exaggerated opinion. I am trying not to offend anyone just try to add to the conversion.
57 pickups can sure get muddy. Yes PRS are brittle, harsh, sterile, characterless souding guitars, but they are quality built, beautiful, and have great note definition. If you are a fast shredder they are great for that.
Exactly my impression. I use the word character instead of life or soul. A guitar has or doesn’t have character. I prefer character. It’s just that, a preference. I just never seem to be compelled to play a PRS. Give a nice Tele or ES335 and i can’t stop playing.
I agree, I run my pedal board through my Katana Artist on clean; tweaked to my guitars and preferred tone.. Sounds great and more flexible in a live gig.
They need to get that fixed or all their efforts will be wasted. There have been too many bad reviews saying that concept is great and all is good except for high frets.
On the subject of the nut slots. I was using the press down on 3rd fret but also I was under the impression the slot is adjusted properly if the note you play is accurate while connected with a tuner. {hold down 3rd fret low E and get a well pronounced G} I have been doing that for my guitars and it works but at first I made my share of mistakes and ruined some graph tech nuts. Open chords always sound beautiful now on all 23 guitars.
As somebody who owns both Gibson and PRS, I see theres pros and cons to both. I personally prefer the tone of my Gibson, but everything else about the PRS.
With the Katana MKII review you can do a peddle through the amp and you have an option of using the "AMP in" connection on the back as well and use your own pre or modeler board. Turns the Katana into a frfr style speaker. Katana MKII is very versatile in that way.
I bought a Katana Mk2 as my first guitar amp a few months ago. As a beginner player I was really surprised to find out that a physical pedal seems to have a lot less noise then the Katana internal effects. E.g. I bought a cheap Joyo Vintage Overdrive and it has a lot less noise then the BOSS Blues Driver in the Katana. Also, I don't think you can get compressor in to overdrive with the Katana internal effects. You need a compressor pedal to get it to the beginnging of your effects chain. So, I think using pedals with a Katana can be a lot better then just using the internal effects.
Hi Phil, one thing I would be very interested in when you do your pickup vids is if humbucker pickups can be split and if so, is there a drastic drop in volume. Cheers!
As far as do pickups put should in guitars. Yes, yes they do. So I have 5 high end PRS, I have a PRS mcarty SC 10 top with their P90s. Such a beautiful guitar so much soul. I have a Artist V and this is the most beautiful sounding guitar ever to have been created with the Artist V pickups in clean to mid distortion range. Then I have 3 custom 24,. One is Floyd one is a piezo and one is the bolt on neck version. All 3 of the custom 24 were soulless and lifeless to play. Swapping pickups brought them to life. Same for ibanez. I have a cheaper 7 string. Love it, sorry don't remember model. However I also have a j custom and it arrived soulless and lifeless. Again changed pickups to the new petrucci pickups, rainmaker and Dreamweaver I think they are called. it became my favorite go to guitar. So yes in my opinion new pickups can breathe life into a soulless guitar.
A lifeless guitar has no sustain or presence. And no character. It's a combination of factors. Wood. Frets. Pickups. You can tell when its just one component. A lifeless guitar is several components that just don't work together. I feel like when people say that though, they all mean different things. Because every guitar player has their own "vibe" that they look for. PRS is absolutely not lifeless to me, but i can see how someone who prefers a les paul (i love les pauls) would say they sound that way.
I have 57classic/57+ pickups in my Gibson Les Paul studio. I love these pickups! Great distortion tone, but not too much to put them over the top. It's exactly the sound l hear in my head. Maybe l just got lucky and got a good set in this guitar, or maybe it is just preference, but they are perfect for my ear....Also, l use 9-46 hybrid strings on my Fender Pro Strat, and they give me a much better fell, and l get a 'meatier' sound on the bass and middle tones, but l can bend the heck out of the high strings for blues.
Hi Phil, What makes a fender strat "Feel" better than a strat copy? I know the pickups make it sound better than a cheaper copy, but people say the fender feels better...what do they mean by that?
Do you remember the clean shaven Carlin of the 60s? You will find him on a variety of different sitcoms like That Girl among others. Just thought it would be good trivia for you!
I got rid of my McCarty because it was so dark and it had p90’s. I’m not trying to sound like a dick, however, I have many friends that own PRS and they are very generic they lack mojo
I've tried to download the podcast version of this show and my app / podcastAddict says the file is unreadable. Other than using another app, does anyone have any suggestions on how I might download the mp3 audio of kyg?
I took a cruise last year, the guitarist of the main band ran a HD 500 into a Katana. And I'm like, why?Why not program the Katana with the tones you like?
I was thinking that if you do a comparison of inexpensive hollowbody guitars please include the Hagstrom Viking. I have one that's a few years old and it plays and sounds great!
???? Ikeep missing out on the live q&a. I own a handful of import guitars, but I was wanting to take a step up into a next level guitar. I had my eye on the Eric Johnson artist series, circa mid 2000’s. What is your take on those guitars?
Phil, question for you. How come you have not done a program on the Headrush pedal board? I have used mine for over two years now and it very stable, easy to work with in terms of programming as well as on the fly. And the tones are great! That's my plug. :) You should check it out. I would like hear another person's thoughts on the unit.
I just had an idea for a fun subject/chat idea for you to have during a live show. I thought it would be fun to talk about your favorite guitar color names. I bet the community could come up with some fun ones!
I saw George Carlin in '95. Then again in vegas in march 2000, before I deployed to Bosnia (Army) . His act included "all the lethal items you can take aboard an airplane". I got back discharged 6 mo later. 5 mo after that, 9-11. Went back in to Iraq. Thanks George! :-)
Great show! Hope to hear the new Jim Root EMG pickup. Any chance you have a 7 string that could be used to demo two pickups that are 7 string only? The SD Retribution "Dino" Blackout , and SD CS Jupiter 7 signature rails pickup. P. S. How cool would it be if you got your hands on the SD Zephyr s?!?
"Corporations are people my friend!" Mitt (Mittens) Romney. Guy has a car elevator, so, totally relatable. Anyway, how many of you commenters actually have a Chinese Gibson at home that they can play & comment upon!? I know Philip does. So do I. I have a solid Les Paul Chibson JP #2 purchased 2nd hand for CAD150 with 800 in upgrades which are all Joneseyblues.com. I'm middle class non professional amateur musician. We are all way tired of Gibson fan boys. Kinda like we were tired of Apple fan boys, & look how that turned out! Chill.
@@michaelshepherd1072 I lived about 30 minutes from him for 43 years but never knew him until I moved to Florida, his brother in-law works or worked at the Harley Shop that I frequented for years . Small World ,I don't know Brantley though .
Phillip, I am in the Mesa, AZ area. Desperately looking for somewhere to take my guitars for setups besides guitar center in Tempe. (Not good at all) Any suggestions. I have at least two higher end axes that need setup.
? Hi Phil, I hope I can ask questions after the fact? I have a fender road worn strat with a Seymour Duncan lil 59 in the bridge. I’m looking to change the middle and neck pickups, to get a more authentic strat sound, what would you recommend to go with the lil 59 in the bridge?
Hi Darren, I'm watching this replay to catch up on shows and saw your question. I had an early American Peavey Predator with a Hot Rails in the bridge and replaced the stock middle and neck pickups with Duncan Vintage Rails. It sounded great for everything. The hot bridge and vintage voiced neck/middle blended very evenly, with no noise. The guitar is long gone but I still have the pickups which will go into a new strat build soon. Check them out, they might work for you.
Hey mate iam.late to the party but I run effects through my boss katana artist and it sounds killer . As for gain I run a revvg3 through it and once you play with the eq in the tone studio it is killer .
Gibson is also going after the CS6 model from Kiesel that has been in production since 2006! Just makes me dislike Gibson more and I'll put in a order for a new Kiesel!
I have never been a fan of the Carvin/Kiesel V. I was......looking forward to the release of the Gibson 70's reissue Flying V even though it is $700 more than the stock V I was still willing to shell out the dough. Now not so much. I can say that I will now not ever support the brand. Love my Carvin Contour66 and Kiesel Bolt though and would not hesitate to buy another.
Philip yeah it's funny how you mention George Carlin. My first Kevin my first concert ever was a George Carlin concert in St John's University in New York and a band called flash Cadillac and the Continental kids open for him yeah that had to be the early seventies sometime. Yeah great memories thank you for your video as usual please excuse any typos misspelled words lack of punctuation I'm not a bad type of I'm not even a little bit over my friends say I am I suffer from mr. Magoo syndrome in other words I'm severely legally blind anyway sincerely yours, by the blind
Objects don't have souls. Songs don't either. But we like to say they do, because it feels like we are validating our passion we feel with certain things. If items and songs had a souls of their own, shouldn't there be no argument about which ones do and don't have soul? I feel like people just call PRS soulless and artist they don't like soulless because these things don't inspire them, and rather than just acknowledging that, they feel the need to solidify their taste as 'objectively' better. Like they are more connected to some higher thing than other people. You can love what stirs your soul while simultaneously not shitting on what stirs someone else's soul. It is possible. But that would mean you would have to acknowledge your ego, and who wants to do that right?😂
"Soul" isn't literal. In this case it's a synonym for "character". A Les Paul guitar is not hot, but it can produce "warm" tones. PRS guitars have no character, they have a neutral, boring tone.
@@wrongfuture some people actually use it in a literal sense. Whether you mean it literally or not it's still you making an 'objective' statement about a 'subjective' opinion. I'd argue PRS has plenty of character, and you would have no way of convincing me otherwise, and if you don't feel like PRS has character, then I can't change your mind either. That's my entire point. You take something that you don't find inspiring, and whether you intentionally do it or not you label it as sterile or lacking in character, as if that's a fact rather than an opinion.
For humbucker pickups gotta try 3rd Power MagFrags. I have those in a LP (among other guitars) and there is nothing like them. Have to hear them to believe it. 3rdpower.com/magfrag-pickups/
"PRS/Ibanez has no soul" is usually super duper Fender or Gibson guy who is defensive that his object of personal validation is in question. It's basically them worried that they don't have soul. Classic case of projection.
Gibson is just a bunch of bullies in my opinion, they don't care about guitar players anymore just their ego and their wallets. If you really want to own a Gibson, do the world a favor and just buy it used from someone. Keep the older great Gibsons circulated and don't let them take your hard earned money when they are clearly spending it more on bullying others rather than improving their brand.
Looking good! Thanks for the shout out. Free cease and desist with every shirt order!
PRS 305 is simply a 3 single coil direct mount pickups, typical Strat 5 way switch. So, VERY normal "S" type of guitar. I have had a few of them. If you are having REAL issues, who knows....if you are having the TYPICAL Strat thing, then the 2 & 4 positions will be naturally quieter. The ohm reading goes way down in those 2 positions. I'm not sure of your experiences with "S" style guitars, so that is why I bring this up. I simply use a compressor and it makes all positions equal. Cheers.
This is the kind of thing I do on Friday nights. Watch TH-cam videos. My party days are far behind me and love all things guitar related. Thanks for the Q & A, Phil.
Phill, you're knowledgable, funny, intelligent... and a thoroughly decent bloke. :)
To me, a soulless guitar is one that doesn't resonate well. Not necessarily having anything to do with the pickups, but I hate picking up guitars that just feel like solid planks of of dead wood. I want the guitar to vibrate.
Scott Grove debunked this. I like the feel of a resonant guitar, but my best sustaining guitar is my least resonant (a frankenstrat). I have 2 strats, 2 teles, and 2 les Paul's, and 1 les paul is acoustically way louder than any guitar I've played, but is no louder once it's plugged in. I think it's normal to prefer a resonant guitar's feel, but the more resonant it is, the more energy is being dissipated, and therefore detracting from sustain.
@@davidrees1840 Isn't resonant and sustain the same thing? Resonant is continuation to ring....what are you saying?
@@MadMax_1984 hmm, I see what you mean and I'm kind of at a loss to explain, but it'll tell you what Scott did to illustrate (he has a million guitars btw): he plucks a string on a bunch of guitars and measures the sustain, and the pattern that emerges is #1: bolt on, #2: set neck, and neck-through in last place ( the opposite of what I'd always heard and believed). He then says that pedal-steel guitars have the most sustain and almost zero resonance. I think vibrations transferred from the strings to the body are wasted energy, and that a solid steel les paul, eg, would transfer more of those vibrations back through the guitar to the string thereby boosting sustain. Huh, look at that, I'm not really at a loss!
Just discovered this dude, and he is so likable it's weird. Seems like the coolest dude ever.
He does this live every Friday afternoon.
I can’t say specifically what Gibson’s situation is exactly, but we all have to remember that they did file Chapter 11.
All of their decisions and actions may not be entirely their decisions.
Chapter 11, allows them to stay in business to try to pay their creditors, but that comes with caveats, such as, they are assigned a US Trustee who helps formulate their business plan to pay their creditors, which a judge then had to approve.
The trustee monitors their case very closely.
If the trustee thinks they can get money to pay their creditors or even improve their share in the market by eliminating copies through infringement lawsuits, they may not have a choice, but to try.
Closing the Memphis factory may not have been their decision.
Also, the trustee would also be approving what happened with all of their assets, ie. The destroyed Firebird X’s didn’t get ran over without their appointed trustee signing off on it or even requiring it, for whatever reason?
My main point being, every business decision they are making right now, was either part of an approved plan by the Judge or is being closely monitored and approved by their trustee.
This could be how all the lawsuits and cease and desist’s etc. are “inherited”, even though they may not have even been served yet, because it may have been part of the original Chapter 11 proceedings to try to recoup revenue or protect aspects of their brand?
Remember, the current CEO was hired after the Chapter 11, so the plan was probably in place prior to and probably included a change in leadership, which prompted his hiring.
You can only vary the shape and style of guitars to the limits of
making then desirable and comfortable to play.
No one wins with lawsuits, the buyers of guitars will decide who wins.
Phil, This was one of the best, most balanced, helpful, and informative episodes ever.
I agree with the Gibson '57 Classic pickups. I have them in my LP Classic T. I'll tell you what, they sound MONSTROUS through a good high gain amp. Just HUGE. And they sound great with low gain, and have great cleans. They just have a big, fat sound. Love 'em.
Great PR move from Gibson, they build up good will at Namm then throw all that into fire now with another cease and desist.
Hi Phil. New subscriber here. NOT a guitar expert. Just a comment on your "less than $750 guitar" question. I bought a new Epiphone es339 Pro about 3 weeks ago. In general, a great guitar. Love the tone. Fit and finish were really good. Setup was so-so (bridge too high, stop bar too low for my liking). Strings (10's) felt like absolute CRAP! Pickups seem really strong. For $499, I don't see how someone can go wrong (IMO). Like your videos. Cheers.
Love your new amp setup. Great lighting. Your production values just keep getting better. You should do a vid on music room setup/organization. Based on your reviews, I’ve got all this gear and have no idea how to organize it!!
Phil, you have to record DI signal aswell when you do pickup shootouts. Please don’t overlook this, its the only way to compare pickups, it would be a waste if you don’t do it. That would help us studio guys tremendously
Thumbs up on the Gibson classic 57's. I have a set in one of my Les Paul's and I love them. I had to spend some time with height adjustment to get them just right ( balanced in middle position ) but once I got that dialed in the romance started.
@philmcknight you were talking friday about a check list for reviewing guitars and I thought of something to consider adding. From my point of view when I'm looking for a new guitar (reading magazine reviews etc) I always look to see if the guitar is available left handed. I appreciate as a right handed player yourself it's not an issue. Being a leftie I watch/read a review check out specs and find out the guitar isn't made LH. It doesn't matter a lot of the time but if I'm in the market for brand new guitar a review that says available LH I'm probably more inclined to read/watch as it's something I might possibly consider if the guitar was right for me.
Thanks for the content and entertainment,
Gary
I always felt the same way about PRS, Suhr and other high-end fine-tuned guitars being lifeless. I think it might be about how refined and perfect they are out of the box. Most of the time if you order a new PRS at any price point it is ready to go and probably in tune. They just become more perfect the more you spend. I love PRS, Suhr and many others, they are like the Ferrari of guitars and play like a dream. Now… If you order a new Fender you will need to change the strings and make some/many adjustments. You may even get one with a defect and have to exchange it. Then you need to break it in with how you play and put your DNA into it. You even need to do this with a custom shop to some level. If you’re lucky enough to find a Gibson that is not defective is some way it takes even more work to break it in. I can understand why people want to hold on the good ones and is probably why the Strat is what I prefer. Kidding, I am just use to the longer scale length and playing position of the Strat and the like.
Carlos Santana: Hold my beer, picks up a PRS.. Sorry everyone but I put way to much thought into this not to post it and in my defense Santana could put soul into a Glarry.
This is just my slightly exaggerated opinion. I am trying not to offend anyone just try to add to the conversion.
Hey phil, love your personal stories and experiences. Love the show, thank you for helping us.
57 pickups can sure get muddy. Yes PRS are brittle, harsh, sterile, characterless souding guitars, but they are quality built, beautiful, and have great note definition. If you are a fast shredder they are great for that.
Exactly my impression. I use the word character instead of life or soul. A guitar has or doesn’t have character. I prefer character. It’s just that, a preference. I just never seem to be compelled to play a PRS. Give a nice Tele or ES335 and i can’t stop playing.
I agree, I run my pedal board through my Katana Artist on clean; tweaked to my guitars and preferred tone.. Sounds great and more flexible in a live gig.
New Epiphones seem to have high fret issues from what I've seen.
They need to get that fixed or all their efforts will be wasted. There have been too many bad reviews saying that concept is great and all is good except for high frets.
Hey Phil, I'm having to work tonight so watching this after the fact. Hope you have a great Valentines Day man.
On the subject of the nut slots. I was using the press down on 3rd fret but also I was under the impression the slot is adjusted properly if the note you play is accurate while connected with a tuner. {hold down 3rd fret low E and get a well pronounced G} I have been doing that for my guitars and it works but at first I made my share of mistakes and ruined some graph tech nuts. Open chords always sound beautiful now on all 23 guitars.
As somebody who owns both Gibson and PRS, I see theres pros and cons to both. I personally prefer the tone of my Gibson, but everything else about the PRS.
With the Katana MKII review you can do a peddle through the amp and you have an option of using the "AMP in" connection on the back as well and use your own pre or modeler board. Turns the Katana into a frfr style speaker. Katana MKII is very versatile in that way.
Your boot camp story is hilarious. I saw people experience the same at Great Lakes for naval basic training.
I bought a Katana Mk2 as my first guitar amp a few months ago. As a beginner player I was really surprised to find out that a physical pedal seems to have a lot less noise then the Katana internal effects. E.g. I bought a cheap Joyo Vintage Overdrive and it has a lot less noise then the BOSS Blues Driver in the Katana.
Also, I don't think you can get compressor in to overdrive with the Katana internal effects. You need a compressor pedal to get it to the beginnging of your effects chain.
So, I think using pedals with a Katana can be a lot better then just using the internal effects.
Hi Phil, one thing I would be very interested in when you do your pickup vids is if humbucker pickups can be split and if so, is there a drastic drop in volume. Cheers!
A great semi hollow is the 2016/2017 Epiphone ES PRO. I have one, play it every day.
As far as do pickups put should in guitars. Yes, yes they do. So I have 5 high end PRS, I have a PRS mcarty SC 10 top with their P90s. Such a beautiful guitar so much soul. I have a Artist V and this is the most beautiful sounding guitar ever to have been created with the Artist V pickups in clean to mid distortion range. Then I have 3 custom 24,. One is Floyd one is a piezo and one is the bolt on neck version. All 3 of the custom 24 were soulless and lifeless to play. Swapping pickups brought them to life.
Same for ibanez. I have a cheaper 7 string. Love it, sorry don't remember model. However I also have a j custom and it arrived soulless and lifeless. Again changed pickups to the new petrucci pickups, rainmaker and Dreamweaver I think they are called. it became my favorite go to guitar.
So yes in my opinion new pickups can breathe life into a soulless guitar.
A lifeless guitar has no sustain or presence. And no character. It's a combination of factors. Wood. Frets. Pickups. You can tell when its just one component. A lifeless guitar is several components that just don't work together.
I feel like when people say that though, they all mean different things. Because every guitar player has their own "vibe" that they look for. PRS is absolutely not lifeless to me, but i can see how someone who prefers a les paul (i love les pauls) would say they sound that way.
Wishful thinking Phil...”Humor” and “Gibson” rarely collide in the same sentence. 😂
The chattering teeth story was awesome!
Carry on now!
Diamond life makes a great guitar hanger.
The Deangelico semi hollows are absolutely amazing at the price point and destroy any epiphone/ibanez counter parts
PrimeVibe is a great product to open up the wood. I didn't believe it at first but it works.
I have 57classic/57+ pickups in my Gibson Les Paul studio. I love these pickups! Great distortion tone, but not too much to put them over the top. It's exactly the sound l hear in my head. Maybe l just got lucky and got a good set in this guitar, or maybe it is just preference, but they are perfect for my ear....Also, l use 9-46 hybrid strings on my Fender Pro Strat, and they give me a much better fell, and l get a 'meatier' sound on the bass and middle tones, but l can bend the heck out of the high strings for blues.
I had those 57 in a lp they great pups got burstbuckers now there much hotter
Hey Phil. We find "them" funny. 😆
I got no problem with you head! I think you're a MR. Nice guy!
Hi Phil,
What makes a fender strat "Feel" better than a strat copy? I know the pickups make it sound better than a cheaper copy, but people say the fender feels better...what do they mean by that?
They usually imo are talking about the neck .😎🎸
Do you remember the clean shaven Carlin of the 60s? You will find him on a variety of different sitcoms like That Girl among others. Just thought it would be good trivia for you!
The set is looking cool
I got rid of my McCarty because it was so dark and it had p90’s. I’m not trying to sound like a dick, however, I have many friends that own PRS and they are very generic they lack mojo
Love your shows!👍👍😎
I've tried to download the podcast version of this show and my app / podcastAddict says the file is unreadable. Other than using another app, does anyone have any suggestions on how I might download the mp3 audio of kyg?
I took a cruise last year, the guitarist of the main band ran a HD 500 into a Katana. And I'm like, why?Why not program the Katana with the tones you like?
Please do a comparison between Charvel Promod Dk24 and Ibanez az premium series
I was thinking that if you do a comparison of inexpensive hollowbody guitars please include the Hagstrom Viking. I have one that's a few years old and it plays and sounds great!
???? Ikeep missing out on the live q&a. I own a handful of import guitars, but I was wanting to take a step up into a next level guitar. I had my eye on the Eric Johnson artist series, circa mid 2000’s. What is your take on those guitars?
Hey Phil! Sent you a text through Reachable last Thursday. Haven’t heard back from you yet.
Phil, question for you. How come you have not done a program on the Headrush pedal board? I have used mine for over two years now and it very stable, easy to work with in terms of programming as well as on the fly. And the tones are great! That's my plug. :) You should check it out. I would like hear another person's thoughts on the unit.
I just had an idea for a fun subject/chat idea for you to have during a live show. I thought it would be fun to talk about your favorite guitar color names. I bet the community could come up with some fun ones!
Phil you're an analogy king!
I saw George Carlin in '95. Then again in vegas in march 2000, before I deployed to Bosnia (Army) . His act included "all the lethal items you can take aboard an airplane". I got back discharged 6 mo later. 5 mo after that, 9-11. Went back in to Iraq. Thanks George! :-)
Yeah Phil...hey man happy valentines day guy...
Fret issues... High frets causing buzz and very high action to compensate.
Love the new amp racks really cool man congrats and keep up the good channel these music gear channels on TH-cam are my get away from life lol
PRS is not lifeless but it takes longer to resuscitate! 😎
Great show! Hope to hear the new Jim Root EMG pickup. Any chance you have a 7 string that could be used to demo two pickups that are 7 string only? The SD Retribution "Dino" Blackout , and SD CS Jupiter 7 signature rails pickup.
P. S. How cool would it be if you got your hands on the SD Zephyr s?!?
"Corporations are people my friend!" Mitt (Mittens) Romney. Guy has a car elevator, so, totally relatable. Anyway, how many of you commenters actually have a Chinese Gibson at home that they can play & comment upon!? I know Philip does. So do I. I have a solid Les Paul Chibson JP #2 purchased 2nd hand for CAD150 with 800 in upgrades which are all Joneseyblues.com. I'm middle class non professional amateur musician. We are all way tired of Gibson fan boys. Kinda like we were tired of Apple fan boys, & look how that turned out! Chill.
Jonesy is an awesome guy that makes great stuff ! 😎🎸👍
@@toddflowers8052 Yes, yes he is. So is his pup guy Tom Brantley. Great dudes all around!
@@michaelshepherd1072 I lived about 30 minutes from him for 43 years but never knew him until I moved to Florida, his brother in-law works or worked at the Harley Shop that I frequented for years . Small World ,I don't know Brantley though .
Thanx Phil!!
cant see live chat! have to check back tomorrow. Sometimes it appears after a day or so. Wonder why some KYG live shows have chats and some don't?
Phillip, I am in the Mesa, AZ area. Desperately looking for somewhere to take my guitars for setups besides guitar center in Tempe. (Not good at all) Any suggestions. I have at least two higher end axes that need setup.
? Did You like Sterling from Music Man this year I have 3 and an OLP DOUBLE NECK AND A OLP SILOUHETTE!
?does Gibson still make the 490 and 500 pickups?
I was 12 B10 Fort Leonard Wood Mo. Stationed in Wildflecken ,Germany!
Missed the stream☹️. Just wondering if you had heard anything about the Upcoming Epiphone Prophecy series?
I am confused, how do you hook pedals to a Katana MK2 50. It has no effects loop. The 100 does.
? Hi Phil, I hope I can ask questions after the fact? I have a fender road worn strat with a Seymour Duncan lil 59 in the bridge. I’m looking to change the middle and neck pickups, to get a more authentic strat sound, what would you recommend to go with the lil 59 in the bridge?
Hi Darren, I'm watching this replay to catch up on shows and saw your question. I had an early American Peavey Predator with a Hot Rails in the bridge and replaced the stock middle and neck pickups with Duncan Vintage Rails. It sounded great for everything. The hot bridge and vintage voiced neck/middle blended very evenly, with no noise. The guitar is long gone but I still have the pickups which will go into a new strat build soon. Check them out, they might work for you.
Hi Stan,
Thanks for your reply.
Hey mate iam.late to the party but I run effects through my boss katana artist and it sounds killer . As for gain I run a revvg3 through it and once you play with the eq in the tone studio it is killer .
How come I can never find the question index on here???
What is the cheapest and smallest combo tube amplifier available?
What was your MOS?
Great story about the military - funny
George Carlin was a prophet!
Dude ...nice chibson shirt brother..lol
Gibson is also going after the CS6 model from Kiesel that has been in production since 2006! Just makes me dislike Gibson more and I'll put in a order for a new Kiesel!
Because they waited 14 years to sue the case will be lost... Copyright need to be quickly enforced if not they become lost.
I have never been a fan of the Carvin/Kiesel V. I was......looking forward to the release of the Gibson 70's reissue Flying V even though it is $700 more than the stock V I was still willing to shell out the dough. Now not so much. I can say that I will now not ever support the brand. Love my Carvin Contour66 and Kiesel Bolt though and would not hesitate to buy another.
Nice guy!
Chibson forever!
Phillip, we want an episode with you just unboxing one hundred boxes. We don't care about what's inside, we just love watching you unbox.....
Well if only gibson make a chibson offbrand collection.
my Epi 339 is just fine
jan 2018
PRS and Satriani definitely have no soul. Only technique and tackiness. Just my opinion, but I'm glad others share it.
Philip yeah it's funny how you mention George Carlin. My first Kevin my first concert ever was a George Carlin concert in St John's University in New York and a band called flash Cadillac and the Continental kids open for him yeah that had to be the early seventies sometime. Yeah great memories thank you for your video as usual please excuse any typos misspelled words lack of punctuation I'm not a bad type of I'm not even a little bit over my friends say I am I suffer from mr. Magoo syndrome in other words I'm severely legally blind anyway sincerely yours, by the blind
Objects don't have souls. Songs don't either. But we like to say they do, because it feels like we are validating our passion we feel with certain things. If items and songs had a souls of their own, shouldn't there be no argument about which ones do and don't have soul?
I feel like people just call PRS soulless and artist they don't like soulless because these things don't inspire them, and rather than just acknowledging that, they feel the need to solidify their taste as 'objectively' better. Like they are more connected to some higher thing than other people.
You can love what stirs your soul while simultaneously not shitting on what stirs someone else's soul. It is possible. But that would mean you would have to acknowledge your ego, and who wants to do that right?😂
"Soul" isn't literal. In this case it's a synonym for "character". A Les Paul guitar is not hot, but it can produce "warm" tones. PRS guitars have no character, they have a neutral, boring tone.
@@wrongfuture some people actually use it in a literal sense. Whether you mean it literally or not it's still you making an 'objective' statement about a 'subjective' opinion. I'd argue PRS has plenty of character, and you would have no way of convincing me otherwise, and if you don't feel like PRS has character, then I can't change your mind either. That's my entire point. You take something that you don't find inspiring, and whether you intentionally do it or not you label it as sterile or lacking in character, as if that's a fact rather than an opinion.
Vintage makes an amazing 335 for about $449
Guitar is Bae.... so im good. Lol
Satch....no soul....Really?!
For humbucker pickups gotta try 3rd Power MagFrags. I have those in a LP (among other guitars) and there is nothing like them. Have to hear them to believe it.
3rdpower.com/magfrag-pickups/
"PRS/Ibanez has no soul" is usually super duper Fender or Gibson guy who is defensive that his object of personal validation is in question. It's basically them worried that they don't have soul. Classic case of projection.
Gibson is just a bunch of bullies in my opinion, they don't care about guitar players anymore just their ego and their wallets. If you really want to own a Gibson, do the world a favor and just buy it used from someone. Keep the older great Gibsons circulated and don't let them take your hard earned money when they are clearly spending it more on bullying others rather than improving their brand.
Soul or not, the Chinese people who make these rip-offs are criminal, and the people who buy them are suspects. Just my opinion.
So basically guitars that play well and stay in tune have no soul?
Guitar has no soul? Maybe you need a pedal...
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