Category: Guitar GAS

There’s no tone without the guitar, right? Anything and everything to do with guitars.

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Using Charvel And Jackson Guitars For More Than Metal

Ariel and Danish Pete are back with another Guitar Paradiso, and this week they’re looking at using Charvel and Jackson guitars for more than just metal.

The idea for this video came from watching John Mayer playing a Jackson guitar. He’s best known for playing his vintage (and signature) Fender Strats, and his recent collaborations with PRS. A pointy shredder’s beast seems a world apart from those instruments!

This is a topic that resonates personally with me. I can’t speak for modern Charvels and Jacksons, but I do have an 80s Charvel and a 90s Jackson in my collection, and I’ve used both guitars for folksy blues far more than for anything else in the decades since.

Watch the video and see what you think, and then please head over to YouTube to leave a like and a supportive comment.

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Gray Guitars – British Born And Bred

Andertons has started carrying Gray Guitars’ lineup, and they’ve shot an interview video with Thomas Gray to introduce us to the lineup.

These are hand built guitars, made here in Britain, featuring Bare Knuckle pickups. And, unusually, they feature native British timbers, rather than the tone woods we’re used to from the major brands. The end result? An instrument that looks familiar yet not at the same time.

For the full story, watch the video then head over to YouTube to leave a like and a supportive comment.

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PRS SE Line In Limited Stealth Gray

PRS have done a limited run of SE range guitars with quilt tops and a faded satin gray finish. Chappers and The Captain have got their hands on them and boy do they sound good,

These are (almost?) the bottom of PRS’s product line, and that’s reflected in the little things that Chappers point out in the video. But don’t let that put you off.

Listen to the opening jam. That’s one of the best lead tones that Chappers has had on an Andertons video this year. And that’s carried through throughout the entire video.

Watch the video to hear how good they sound, and then head over to YouTube to leave a like and a supportive comment.

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Ernie Ball Music Man Cutlass RS 2018 Demo

Over At Riffs, Beards and Gear, Fluff has posted a short demo of the 2018 model of Music Man’s Cutlass RS.

The guitar features a roasted maple neck, H-S-S pickup configuration with a 5 way selector switch, and stainless steel frets. It’s a nicely-balanced guitar, and looks pretty comfortable to play.

How does it sound? Watch the video to find out, then head over to YouTube to leave a like and a supportive comment.

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Ten Guitar Challenge

Mary Spender has posted a new guitar challenge up on her YouTube channel: record a song using 10 guitars or more.

There’s a long and glorious tradition of YouTube musicians setting musical challenges for each other, most recently the Write and Record a Whole Song In An Hour. Mary’s hoping to start the next challenge with this one! She got the idea from her time at Port City Studios, where she made a video using 10 of the guitars they have up there.

Today’s video isn’t the song itself; it’s a behind-the-scenes look at all the effort that went into putting the song together. A great look into what it takes to be a YouTube music star like Mary is.

Have a watch, and then please head over to YouTube to leave a like and a supportive comment.

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The Ultimate Guide To Vintage Les Paul Tone

Over at The Guitar Magazine, Huw and the team have published a lengthy read on how to get vintage Les Paul tone without selling a kidney to pay for it.

http://www.theguitarmagazine.com/features/vintage-les-paul-tone-guide/

This is a topic that come up all the time on the two main Les Paul forums. The debates are long (and often become unpleasant), and they usually condense into three points:

  1. Most people don’t know what a vintage Les Paul actually sounds like.
  2. Some people insist that they can’t hear a difference, therefore there isn’t a difference.
  3. Some people think the difference isn’t worth the cost.

I’m very much in the first camp. I have no idea what a vintage Les Paul sounds like. I’ve never played one, and if I did get the chance to, I’d need to either play it through my rig or compare it with some of my guitars to have a reference point to help understand what I’d be hearing.

Have a read of the full article, and see what you think.

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Do Thicker Strings Sound Better?

Chris Buck is back with another Friday Fretworks video. This week, he’s looking at how string gauge affects tone,

Have a listen, and then head over to YouTube to leave a like and say which string gauge you preferred the sound of.

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Road Trip to Ernie Ball Music Man Factory

For this week’s Tuesday Talk, Mary Spender has shared her experience of driving up through California to visit the Ernie Ball Music Man factory.

It’s always cool to see how and where guitars are built. Most of us will never get a tour around a factory, so it’s awesome that Mary shared this with us. And California is just such a beautiful part of the world … 🙂

Please head over to YouTube to leave a like and a supportive comment if you enjoyed Mary’s video.

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Squier Contempoary Series Telecaster 2018 Dual Humbucker Demo

Shane’s posted a demo of the new-for-2018 dual humbucker Squire Contempoary Series Telecaster. Check it out.

A Squier with a satin finish neck? That alone is likely to make it a popular choice. Squier necks are known for having thick glossy finishes that can be a little sticky for some players.

It’s hard to say how good this guitar sounds. The clean tones, and the dirt tones with the volume rolled down sound nice and clear. The full fat tones? Not so much. Shane does say that he thinks the guitar does sound clear, so maybe what we’re hearing is the effect of YouTube’s audio munging.

Please head over to YouTube to leave a like and a supportive comment if you enjoyed Shane’s video.

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Andertons Unveils New Fender Signature Models

Andertons are back with a world exclusive! After PRS took a Fender Strat and stuck a PRS headstock on it, Fender are hitting back with new signature models from Slash and Carlos Santana. After all, if PRS can take an iconic guitar and slap a new headstock on it, why can’t Fender slap one of the most iconic headstocks of all time on a PRS guitar too?

This is an April Fools’ joke from Andertons, based on how the guitar community has reacted to the PRS Silver Sky. The two guitars in the video do exist, and are currently being auctioned on eBay for charity. Full links are in the video description on YouTube, so click through if you fancy bidding on either of these instruments!