Which Guitar Type Is Right For You?
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I wish I had someone to tell me just to get a guitar that looks cool and feels good to me, when I was first starting out. Instead I had everyone giving me their 2 cents on what they thought was good. Just get an instrument that you can’t walk by without wanting to pick it up. Great advice, Rhett!
For real. I’m of the mindset now that there are no boring guitars, just boring players and naysayers! Lol. All different sonic colors from the same beautiful musical palette.
lol When I started out it wasn't about cool looks and feel. There was no choice, I had to take the only one I could afford.
Yup, first guitar? Buy it for its looks!
That's exactly what I told my son. Same advice I give about motorcycles
TOTALLY!!!
The idea of "bonding" with a guitar is real. I've spent over a decade to find a handful of guitars I love to pick up and play, and done mods on most of them in the process. But I've found that I can bond with all types of guitars, it's about to find the right specimen that can check off the right subjective boxes. Sometimes you don't even realize what those are until you've been through a number of guitars. It's not as simple as looking at specs, it's about inspiration for sure.
Ppl put too much emphasis on this.all guitars are usable and playable,some more than others. But no real "one" guitar, is Gunna be like a wife, "the one" the end all be all. It's all romantic n such to think of srv, or dick dale, or evh who has one real main guitar that became part of their career, but most of it's due to lack of money,it's what they had,and they where comfortable. And they all lived in a different age. There are more guitars than humans at this point.
My number one is a 1987 cheap Kramer Strat copy. I have a 2021 Baretta Special that’s intonated better, has lower action, is obviously significantly newer, but I’ll pick up the 87 more just because it feels like ‘home’.
I built my own Frankenstein Ibanez RG out of parts, I have a special bond with that guitar.
@@NintenDub You are right too of course, not all invest so much emotion into their guitars. I could find many guitars that I like of course, and if money were flowing faster, it might also be much easier. And you can get tired of searching for good/ right ones, especially in this day and age where it's online shopping or the used market. I guess I'm just glad I found some guitars I love. They are all lovable as you say 🙂
I was at my first job out of college (read: a short period of very disposable income) and I was playing every Gibson Les Paul under $3k (back in 99) and I saw this black and gold Studio, grabbed it and started playing and immediately it was perfect. It felt perfect at the neck, the sound was what I wanted, the clean tones were mellower, it was bright under gain. Brought it to the counter and said “I’ll take it.” The guys asked me “Thought you wanted a Gibby?” I looked at the headstock. It was an Epiphone.
Still have it today.
Your last point is really important. If the guitar doesn’t make you feel excited to play it, you won’t play it. I always tell parents looking to buy their kid their first guitar to make sure their kid thinks it looks cool. My parents started me on a crappy department store nylon string acoustic when I was a kid. I didn’t get my first electric (an Epiphone LP Special II) until I had been playing for nearly 4 years. The fact that I stuck it out that long astonishes me, because I hated that damn acoustic 😂
I got a decent basic acoustic as a kid but without any lessons, and the fact that I really wanted an electric guitar (rock teenage phase), I put off learning it for like 1.5 decades. If you don't care for the guitar you won't care enough to learn it.
I agree 100%. The best instrument is the one that inspires you to play. My old teacher would say “10 mins when you want to play is better than an hour when you don’t”. If you have an instrument that inspires you you’re gonna pic it up and play it and, as a by-product, build your skills …..which in turn will inspire you to play even more.
I had a Les Paul copy and then a Studio LP, and then bought a Strat. Played those three for years, bought a "real" Les Paul and thought I was done. Pandemic hit and I wanted a new guitar since I'd be at home. Ordered a cheap Squier Telecaster and it's become my most-played guitar. Amazing what you find out in your 50s after about 40 years of playing.
Same! My ‘95 Tele is my fav of the guitar in my stable which includes a LP std, LP junior, Epi Casino, Reverend with 3 P90s. I appreciate them all but if I had to save one in a fire, it’s the Tele.
@@fju1107 There's a guy called Danish Pete on Andertons Music who says you play them all, but you end up at the Telecaster. I have to agree with him. Such a great design.
You are 100% right about getting a guitar stand. Before that, I was taking my guitar out of the case like once a week. Now I'm playing a few times during the day 😀
I'm a novice guitar player and I'm looking to purchase my first electric. This video was a great help in guiding me in the decision making process! Thanks Rhett!
Rhett - your videos are always informative and well thought out. Even though I'm an experienced player and have played for many years I enjoyed this thoroughly - nice job!
I'd also say you should include offsets as a separate style too. Jazzmaster offset shapes just work for me ergonomically, and I find them more comfortable among the traditional shapes. A Jazzmaster doesn't dig into you like a strat or tele does, and it's not heavy or oversized like a Gibson. It fits just right, and I'd extend that sentiment to other offsets like Teiscos and Eastwood guitars.
Especially with so many replacement pickups and electronics on the market, shape is potentially the deciding factor. I find even a little bit of an offset to a familiar symmetrical body type goes a long way for comfort. (also phellas in the Rhett comments, let's go)
Not a jazzmaster but i bought a mustang as my first "real" guitar and the fell of it is just amazing. I wanted something like a strat but i didnt like the long scale of the guitar and i found a mustang. I mostly play funk music and a lot of people when they see a mustang they think grunge and kurt kobain but pluged into a vox ac 15 it does the job rlly good.
@@vonders3847 Mustangs definitely do funk well; it was David Byrne's guitar of choice when he played guitar in Talking Heads, and that was almost all scratchy funk-style rhythm playing; I don't know the wiring of your mustang, but the out-of-phase option could definitely be useful there. This may be me but I've always found Mustangs sound more "relaxed" than Strats for example.
@@noyd4172 oh nice i didnt know that!
Also iv been having a lot of fun with the out of phase option its rlly unique.
PRS Vela (offset) is the most comfortable electric guitar I’ve ever played.
I've bee playing guitar for about 20 years now (I'm 26 now), and a lot of my friends came to me during the pandemic asking about learning guitar, because I was the resident guitar player. You hit the nail right on the head and sunk it in one hit. I always gave them some advice as to tone/styles, abut always said, "if you can go out and at least hold it and make sure it's comfortable, do that." and it's great to see someone with the platform you have saying the same thing. Cheers, Rhett.
A great idea to summarize the basic knowledge in these fields. Fast and interesting with great audio!
Page played a Telecaster in the early Zeppelin days though :)
Had to check to see if anyone said this yet 😅
And it was awesome
That tele alone sold more les pauls than any other les paul
@Justin de la Cruz there's always one. Also, champagne can only be called champagne if it's from the region😅😅😅
Page Switched to a Les Paul tho. Teles was a production Guitar. Les Paul wasn’t genius
Another great video! I'm including your links on my site for my clients. You have a great way of getting the information across in a very positive manner. Keep up the great work Rhett!!
Love your content, Rhett. Thanks for all the hard work you put into getting us videos every week! :)
Thanks Rhett.
That's a really useful overview. It's often said that we're in a golden age when it comes to guitars - and I think that's true, because high quality instruments are incomparably more affordable than when I began playing back in the '70s. I've taken full advantage of this over the last few years to "fill in some of the blanks", buying styles of guitars which had always interested me, but which I couldn't previously afford to take a gamble on.
Some might criticise that as GAS - but buying a bunch of different guitars has opened up a mass of tone possibilities, and I kept them all. It's also resulted in me finding my "Number 1"; a Tone Fox Elcaster Mk.1 - essentially, a short-run affordable custom-shop quality T-style with P-90s. It's been my go-to for pretty much everything since the day it arrived - and I'm writing as someone who didn't own a T-style for probably 40+ years after starting playing!
Solid video. I think you hit all the key points. Really informative and good for introductory education to reinforcing why we play these things. Cool points on feel and wanting to pick up a guitar and play it. Crucial points esp for younger, newer players.
Love these sorts of videos. Nothing I didn't know in this one but it was presented very well and will be great for new players trying to find a guitar for them. I can't wait to see what else you've got for us like this.
This video was sooo helpful and that speech at the end really adds. Thank you!
Rhett you are awesome. Your funk guitar course piqued my interest so sharply that I had to pause the video to go and buy it. I've been a subscriber for a while and always enjoyed your vids and channel. I'm also blazing my way through Dipped in Tone, its so fun to hang out with you and Zach. Keep up the amazing work, don't let any rude dudes keep you down! Love from Minneapolis, MN❤
I really like how you approach this guitar type thing at the end. I think picking something that really investigates you and makes you curious about it is not only a good longtime choice but also keeps your motivation up. Like you said, you want to play just because you're happy to see that thing. Thanks!
100% agree on buying a guitar you love looking at and having it nearby ready to play.
I’ve been literally going back and forth on my second guitar for like 4 months. This video was perfect. Thanks for the content, brother.
Fantastic cinematography in the new studio, Rhett
Great advice and much of it applies whether a player is new or has been at it for several years. Thanks, Rhett
Very good. It packs a lot into just 12 minutes, and I realize that time was probably why more things aren't in here. But in an ideal world, there are a few other things I'd like to see.
I'd like to see some some reference to the modern guitar types, and how they have changed some of the "fender vs Gibson" dynamic. PRS and "modernizing" the basic Gibson humbucker concept with lighter weight, easier playability, adding a vibrato bar to it. Trying to find the sweet spot between Gibvson and Fender, in some ways, correcting the early flaws in both classic companies' designs that they can't themselves correct because the designs are now iconic. But a lot of people flock to these more modern versions of the classic electric guitar concepts.
Or how 'bout Ibanez (and Jackson and ESP), and the advent of the shredder's "Superstrat". That combo of comfortable Strat inspired body, high output humbucker power with no hum, 25.5" scale length tension and chime, super fast playable neck, very low action, flatter fingerboard radius, and Floyd Rose style vibrato setups with strings anchored at both ends. These are options that many gravitate to, and not just shredders and virtuosos. Some beginners and beginner-intermediates love the very low action because it is so easy to fret notes. They make a lot of people feel more comfortable and, as Rhett says, excited to play.
It would also help to refer to the Gretsch world of humbuckers, the filtertrons. They, like P90's, can sit somewhere in the middle between classic single coils and classic humbuckers. There's no hum, but you can get some real sing out of them, and some real clarity. They can play jazz, blues, rock, country, all kinds of things. Very versatile.
Yes, I realize that this would mean the video would be 20 minutes, not 12. Or there can be a part 2. I think it might be worth it. Just a thought.
Thanks for this video. You described and showed several guitars and pointed out some really important features about them.
In 1980 I decided it was time to buy an electric. Since my hero (page) played an LP, I shopped for a used one for a few months until I found a 77 LPC with a maple top and maple fretboard. $300 and done. I played it as my #1 until 2010. Got a nice xmas bonus from work and decided to treat myself to another electric and I went down to Norm's and played a bunch until I picked up a 2000 Am Std Tele - Swamp ash body, maple fretboard - Plugged it in and played it for about 10 minutes. Took it up to the counter and bought it. I have not touched the LPC since that day. I wish I had known that the guitar that was REALLY the one that was right for me was a tele. Part of that is neck scale as I have giant hands... And, hey, Pagey plays a Tele too :)
Very well said Rhett! And don't forget the same subjectivity applies with acoustic guitars as well. Great video!
Dear god the live room b-roll shots.. absolutely awesome.
Great overview! My first electric was a 1968 Les Paul Custom I bought in 1974 and that was 'it' for several years - still have it. Early 80's I got a Japanese made Roland Strat (it came with their new guitar synth pedal) and I loved it. Still happy to switch from one to the other depending on what I'm recording. I recently bought a Duesenberg Starplayer because I wanted to try a semi-acoustic electric & also a Casino because I wanted to be a Beatle! Enjoying the different vibe these 2 give me. Whatever feels right makes sense to me! 😀
Rhett , I couldn't agree more. The guitar that inspires you to play is the right one. You will find your sound in time.
I appreciate the detailed explanations of the variations and how they affect how the guitar sounds. I don't think there is anyone else giving this much information.
15 years after playing the same telecaster, I must say I'm still deeply in love with it. It's mexican made, it has its faults and is not perfect. Still, it's the guitar I truly want to play, I don't need anything else when I'm playing it. The first time I saw it in the store I fell in love with it and have never stopped since
Thank you so much for the tips! Really helpful!
I rotate my tele, strat, les Paul, Ibanez, and tele squire about every 2 weeks or so. It’s cool how you end up playing a little different with each guitar.
What Ibanez do you have, a superstrat?
Excellent video Rhett!
As you Saif, wished there had been a video like this when in the beginning!
I enjoyed it, and Iam sure many will and benefit too!
Thank You
I have been searching for what type electic guitar I want for over a few months now. Days searching for the awnser, but there is so much to choose from 😅. Thanks for this video! This really helped me narrowing it down to a few left. ❤
I agree to getting a guitar for the way it looks, and it matters more than you can think of. I wanted a Strat, because my first heroes were Clapton and Hendrix, but I especially fell in love in the way Clapton's Blackie looked like; black body, white pickguard and maple fingerboard. My parents did buy me a Squier after a couple of DIY jobbies, and it was.... sunburst, tort and dark fingerboard. Looked classic enough, but I'll be honest, I did not like the look of that guitar; I did put a white pickguard on it eventually, I think I also tried black a'la SRV, but never worked me. Years later, when I wasn't really into playing any more, my friend-drummer made me create a band with him and I needed a guitar that doesn't go out of tune every 2 minutes. Couldn't afford any kind of Fender Strat, so I somehow ended up with an Ibanez RG. BUT it was black, had maple fingerboard, and although pickguard was (still is!) gold, which I thought of replacing until I saw it in person. I have this guitar to this day, I love the way it looks, and unlike the Squier, it did make me play WAAAAY more. It was basically my comeback-to-playing guitar. It's still the best playing guitar I own, and stays in tune for WEEKS!
fantastic advice, rhett!
The "problem" mentioned at 2:20 is actually a strength in the era of lower volume stages! I play live with a Gretsch Black Phoenix for this exact reason - even if I need to attenuate my Princetons, I can still play with the feedback quite a bit, but it's never been too uncontrolled (unlike some of the other hollowbodied guitars I've played).
Rhett, I started 6 months ago and your advice helped guide my starting choice. It was great advice 👍
I would add one more thing for new players: Don’t pay much attention to tone comparison videos. It will be a long time before you can play well enough for it to matter.
Leave the guitar stock, get a good low wattage amp.
Spend your first months and years learning techniques! Players spend years chasing tones! That is a rabbit hole you never come back from!
@@Schmidtty1974 With any of the modeling practice amps these days, be that a THR10, a Spark, Fender Mustang or whatever of that kind, you can get various great tones anyways. I do think that something like that is a good investment since a tone you like makes you wanna play.
@@LuLeBe Very very true, plus -- as I found out the hard way -- when your gear naturally sounds muddy or indistinct, you'll come to a point where you're struggling to tell what parts of your playing you need to improve on.
A Strat, an SG, and a acoustic has worked great for me just as an amature player in a apartment. Great video as always!
This is a very good, informative video for people who have listened to music for 20 years and finally decided they wanted to learn how to play guitar. It's a logical and analytical way to help you get to a guitar that will satisfy you. However, for younger people and the parents of younger people the way to help your child find a guitar that will inspire them to play is very different. Younger people fall in love with a particular musician and they want that musicians guitar. That's perfectly fine because it will inspire them to pick up the guitar and practice. However, there are some guidelines. The first is, and this pertains to almost all string instrument players, you really have to have the instrument in your hands to see if it feels right to you. Particularly the hand that Frets the neck. There are all different sizes and shapes of neck, fretboard width and shape of the back of the neck. Finding the neck that feels good to the Future player is quite important. Second, the younger player is going to want the signature model of the guitar of their musician hero. Even if you can afford to buy your child that expensive $5,000 guitar don't. Their friends will call them a poser and make fun of them. Try to find the make and model of the guitar of their rock and roll hero but a less expensive version. Not the cheapest, The $99 guitar will have flaws that makes their learning experience difficult. So if you can afford something a little better go for that. It will make your learning experience easier and more fun. There are lots of guality guitars in the $500 - $800 range. It may take a few visits to the guitar store before you find the exact guitar that you want. But that's okay because you will have a higher probability of finding a guitar that you will enjoy playing for a while. If you are buying an electric guitar then you'll need to buy a small practice amp. Make sure you get one that offers the headphone option so you can practice whenever you want without disturbing other people in the house. Get a good soft case, called a gig bag, to carry the guitar around in couple of extra sets of strings and some guitar picks. Finally, for almost all guitar players who have ever lived their first guitar will not be their last. Finding a guitar that you will play for 20 years is a process as your knowledge grows and as your musical tastes evolve. So don't be worried after playing a guitar for a couple of years if you start to get the urge for a new one. If you are an acoustic guitar player all of the above is still relevant to your purchase however the one additional guideline is there has to be an agreement between house members as to when practice can and can't happen so the player doesn't get discouraged or the house members get irritated. Good luck I wish great enjoyment to all future guitar, string instrument players.
The best advice you can give is to actually go into a Music shop and try out the different types and styles of guitar. Buying a guitar online is one of the worst things you can do to yourself musically
yeah but also if you go to a shop without knowing what tou want the seller will convince you to buy a random shity pricey guitar
@@federicorenkine4340 If that's what you think alot of music shops try to do you are miles off it mate. Sure there are some pricks out there but it doesn't take much common sense to smell that type of bullshit
Absolutely great vid! Spot on!!
Very informative. Great video. I had been lacking this information in my search for my first electric guitar. What I have gleened is that, just like a pair of pants, you should get the most comfy ... this way you will actually get into it.
GREAT advice. I always wanted to love the Gib/Epi 24.75" scale length and sound, but realized after a long time my body just 'likes' the longer scale length of a Fender-type product. I also fret them cleaner and despite different neck shapes across the 25.5" length they just fit my hands better. I've also realized (over time, because I'm kinda slow) that unless you have a really discriminating ear you can get verrrrry similar tones out of just about anything (or repurpose a guitar's inherent sound it to work for whatever genre of music) - and that makes getting the 'fit' so much more important than anything. You gotta feel good playing to want to play a lot. My go-to? Basic, simple, reliable knockaround T-styles (but all with belly cuts for my gut lol)...
I still can’t decide / single coil strats, teles with humbuckers, SGs/Les Paul’s/ES-335 - I vibe and love them all
Check out the PRS Swamp Ash Special, it looks pretty versatile. It has both a neck and bridge humbucker with a 3-way selector switch, but it also has a single coil in the middle of the humbuckers. You activate it by pulling the tone knob and it gives you 3 additional tones with the selector switch with the neck humbucker split so it gives you a Strat/Tele sound. I believe they're limited edition guitars though so don't think about it too long.
Just found your channel. Love it. Thank you!
Amazing video!
Great video good place to start trying to figure it all out. So many choices. Makes me want to pick up one thats been put away for a while.
This was really helpful. Thank you
Hey Rhett Shull, There are a couple of points you could have mentioned. They are the profile of the back of the neck (that is it's shape) and the radius or (curvature) of the fret board. It has an affect on how your hands feel around the neck. On the first 2 Led Zepplen albums Jimmy Page was actually using the Telecaster he was given by Jeff Beck. He later used a Les Paul model.
Thanks you for all the advices😊
I have rarely regretted buying a guitar or amp, but have often regretted selling them. As far as preconceptions and prejudices go, in 1979 (not the best year for Gibsons) I left my house with a fistfull of strenuously accumulated cash, with the intention of buying the best Les in town. That was, to my mind, the ultimate electric guitar. I had settled on a black Custom, their flagship at the time, but while I was waiting on the sales guy that was ringing up some strings, I made the mistake of picking up a lovely red ... Yamaha. SG-2000 It snuggled into my side as if it were custom-made for me, it out-sustained the Les, was flawlessly made, and was a beautiful piece of furniture, too. NO, NO, NO! I want a Les Paul, not a Japanese guitare, not a Yamaha. I A-B'ed them and tried to find some fault in the Yamaha. There were none, while there was the hint of a gap in the Gibson's binding at the 10th fret, and the finish on the back of the headstock might have been better. The Gibson mystique died for that day. There was only a $6.00 price difference (both obscenely expensive for my working-man's budget). I have never been sorry, or felt that I settled for secondl-best. Unfortunately, my brand-skepticism has done me a bit of a disservice over the years - after 55 years of playing, I just last year bought my first Strat. Buddha's toenails! Why did I wait so long? Moral? Don't let fads or "popular wisdom" or preconceived notions keep you from buying an instrument that could turn out to be absolutely right for you.
Lol'd at Buddha's toenails!
Rhett has forgotten to mention that overtime ones taste can or will change , i have been playing guitar for over 40 years now and used to be an strat / lp player but that has changed the last 5- 10 years , i have become an tele / ES 335 player , so i sold my strat and lp and do not miss them at all . The only constant factor has always been my acoustic guitar .
Thanks for this, i really miss your vlogs.
Very informative, well explained
When i bought my first electric guitar (besides the cheap Epiphone guitar i had in college) I looked up what the guitarists from my three favorite bands used. Doug Martch from built to spill plays a strat, Ira Kaplan from Yo La Tengo plays a strat, Isaac Brock from Modest Mouse plays some weird custom thing i couldn't afford. I went and got a Mexican strat off craigslist, and though I've got a couple more electrics now i still play that strat over 95% of the time.
That's an interesting point, and helpful. Thanks!
Loved this vid man, really nice, ty c:
Words of wisdom! Thank you for doing this video.
I found this video extremely useful. Thanks a lot for the advice 👍🏾
Great video! I'd add one teensy qualifier on the "you can play anything on anything" idea. If you want to play metal and get something in the ballpark of the metal sound you probably have in your head... you should consider a humbucker in the bridge position. Metal can be played on a single coil in the bridge and it can sound great (Wintersun was on a Tokai Telecaster, Loathe uses a baritone Jazzmaster), but it will sound noticeably different.
All that aside, I like that this video emphasizes that this stuff can take some time to figure out. I learned early on that I tended more toward S-type bodies, a 25.5" scale, and a bridge humbucker (see above heh), but then went through a midrange HSS Strat and multiple superstrats from multiple brands, sold all but a 7 string in the process... only to come back to a higher end HSS Strat. It feels more like home than anything else I've owned or tried out.
You know, I would think that a person would gravitate to things that look cool or exciting that their heroes play. You know? Like, my buddy loves playing hard rock and punk and blues stuff. He got an SG. He thinks it’s super cool and inspiring and he loves to play it and it happens to be associated with a lot of the music he likes.
I, on the other hand, like Strat-style guitars, and a lot if that is because I would see my own heroes playing Strats or something similar on a lot of my favorite albums and in my favorite videos of them.
My point being that the music you like will inform the look you think is cool which will lead you to get a guitar that, ultimately, works great for the music you want to make.
Great advice, clearly explained...
When I started I wanted to play like SRV so I wanted a strat but when I went to the store I picked up a les Paul to explore my other choices and fell in love with the feel and sound and never looked back
Picked up the funk lesson! Thanks!
Rhett, you are the P90 of instructional videos. Great job again!
Rhett another great demo.good answers on pick ups.I have a Gibson es 347, 1979 model and love it. Your biggest fan,the best paul,
For the last year or so I've been playing... something that's at least adjacent to industrial metal... on a Gretsch semihollow, and it's the best I've ever felt on an instrument.
Not exactly the guitar I expected to fall in love with, especially in this style, but the warmth of the sound gives it a unique character even through heavy distortion, and it feels good, and I've done exactly like you say -- set it up in my room on a stand so that it's always inviting me. It's not even about how it looks, it's just knowing how good it sounds and feels every time I see it.
Certainly not the picture that comes to mind if you just listen to the stuff I'm recording with it, but it just goes to show, sometimes you need to play around and think outside the box to find what's right for you.
Since it arrived last summer I've barely played any of my other three -- the only other one that's gotten any real use is the seven-string, and that's just 'cause there's some things I want the extra string for :)
Very informative!🙏🙏
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Solid body Strat, HSS. My absolute favorite after 48 years of playing.
Having played/ dabbled in guitar these past 40 years, yeah. Find the one(s) you're excited to play.
When I was heavily into punk rock, it didn't matter, it just needed to make noise and be loud. A few years after that, they needed to have a certain look. Finally, I'm pursuing tone, and have a decent collection. Like tools in a toolbox.
I still have an affinity for pawn shop guitars...
Good vid, and good information.
Thank you for doing what you do 🙏🏻🤍💛
Same here. When I started playing in my early years it was about looks, then feel, now it's more about the tones and being versatile for different genres. I will always love my LP's, but a Tele and several strats wandered into my life and I love them all. But my favorite is an hss that hits all the tones I need. Pawn shops are my number one source btw, but I carefully look them over to make sure I can fix/tweak them the way I need them
I’m more and more becoming a fan of Rhett’s guitar playing style. Really cool player
Well done Rhett perfect video
I have a Srat, a PRS, a Les Paul Studio, and a Les Paul Standard. My favourite is my Strat, and I've always had one since I started playing (45 years ago), because Hendrix had one. Over the past 10 years I got the Les Paul to try different sounds then the PRS. And they are all unique just as you say. But you can get away with one guitar now and have that amp that will sound like any guitar you want. But it's nice seeing 4 lovely guitars on my stand.
Sometimes the guitar "chooses" you...its true❤
Great video and great tips 👏
I think no matter where you are in your guitar journey, having a guitar or guitars that excite you and make you want to play are important. With amps and pedals and modelers, you can get a ton of different sounds out of a guitar so you don't need to worry so much about I want to play floyd so I need a strat. or I want to play Steve Vai so I need an Ibanez, or Jimmy Page, Santana, or whatever. Some of my most fun sessions are doing things like playing Gilmour on an SG or playing Rock Bottom on a Casino. I have bought guitars that I was "supposed to have" for a certain style or that I wanted to flush out my collection. Fortunately, every guitar I have gets me excited to play it and I generally swap guitars every day. Some, like my Cordoba Stage are so out there that I really don't know what to do with them yet, but still enjoy playing it even if I'm limited with what I can make it do.
Rhett! This is a great video! 🤌🏻
After 35 years, it boils down to this : the guitar’s neck. I’ll get to enjoy any guitar if the neck feels right. And I find I don’t sound really different from one guitar to another.
One of each shape, with different pickup types worked for me. ES, T, S, SC, DC. I cycle around them, and never get bored.
The guitars I’ve kept over the years are the ones with I have an emotional connection. The ones I love to play. I have single coils, I’ve hum buckets and p90s. I’ve sold great guitars that I frankly did get along with; not bad guitars, just like someone who isn’t going to be a close friend.
Such a great video! I’ve been playing for 20+ years and I give the same advice to new players - get a guitar you’re excited about! Learn songs you’re excited to play. Sure, scales and theory are important but also tedious. In the beginning just put your hands on the guitar as often as possible! Easiest way to do that is to make it fun and exciting.
RHETT!!! THE NEW QUALITY AND FILM STYLE OF THE VIDEOS IS KICK ASS!!! Keep it up!!
When I first wanted a guitar, in 1994 aged 10, there was no TH-cam. Thankfully, there was also very little to choose from! Black Strat copy. Job done.
Great video!
I bought my first electric. It's Donnor that has a single humbucker and 2 single coil pickups with 5 way switch. Liked the look and price of it is why I got it. I've never seen that but the guy at guitar store told it's great starter guitar due the humbucker and single coil as it can produce wide range of sounds.
Great video Rhett thanks alot. Alot of information in there you shared.
Since you love talking about gear, if you want to do it, it would be cool, I think, on a next video to talk about : if you have perfect technique and that guitar ( not made for the music you will play) and that amp or pedal it will be the closer you could get to the sound. Like if you want to play metal but you only have overdrive pedal (or an amp that doesn't have distortion) and a hollow guitar single coils body for exemple. Or if you want to play blues but you have only a distortion pedal with a flying v guitar for exemple.
Good video Rhett. Much appreciated
Excellent information!
That's great video. Especially its last part.
Excellent advice all around.
I bought my first guitar, a ‘79 strat back in 1983 at 14. Needless to say I had small hands. Looking back, learning on a longer scale length helped me develop more finger strength and stretch. Do you kids with small hands, don’t be afraid is a strat.
For me after I had been playing the electric guitar for a few years I would notice that the guitar sound I liked the most was the Strat mostly through a Marshall. Whenever I listened to Jimi Hendrix, Ritchie Blackmore, Robin Trower, Rory Gallagher and guitarists from Aussie bands such as Ian Moss from Cold Chisel, they all played a strat and most of them through a Marshall. So that's how I decided to get a strat and a marshall which I have now been playing and performing through for many years. The only exception was the sound Eric Clapton got when he was with the Bluesbeakers and Cream when he used Gibsons through a Marshall, no other Gibson player spoke to me. So my advice to a new player would be what sound do you like, then get that sort of set up.
I’ve been on my path to find that one guitar i like and i found it at place i did not expect. I like to play alot of different genres, from blues to sludge. I allways tought single coils are out of question. But once i got fender strat i felt its that guitar for me. It can do everything for me, and with compression and effects it can do quite heavy stuff despite lacking humbuckers. Also strats are so easy to mod and its okay to slap some stickers on it not worrying about covering flamed maple top etc.
I've found, since buying my Firebird, that I love the mini humbucker sound.
Ibanez RGs (I have 4 of them), they looks sick, play smoothly, and sound great.
You get the one that inspires you to play, for me it was a Les Paul, the SG is easier to play but the LP inspires me!
This! 100%. For me, it's my Peavey Exp Signature. Don't get me wrong, I Love my Fender, ESP, Alvarez and my SG, my LP, and especially my Frankenstein Tele that I got for $90 at a pawn shop, but when I pick up my Peavey and play through my B-52 AT112 (also a very affordable sleeper amp), it keeps me wanting to play. For me, versatility is the motivating factor.
great explanation and video!
I feel at home on my old Strat but have and old Mustang that just has something I can’t get from anything else. And then I pick up my Gretsch and that thing just forces me to play different which is always good. It really depends what sound I’m after. I’ll sit and get to know whatever guitar you give me. They all have their own character and having a few to choose from is always a great way to utilise different sounds in your music. My advice would be to just enjoy every guitar you play and see where the feel and tone of the instrument take you naturally 😁