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I'm going to show you some of the oddest and strangest guitars made, also hoping to bring you awesome budget friendly guitars. I'm a player so budget thinking and good gear aren't always easy to find. hopefully we can shed some light on some good ways to get quality used gear or new gear that is worth you hard earned cash. video quality will get better as I do this more. sorry for the not so great editing right now.
Cheapest 2-12 Guitar amp, Any Good?
I bought the cheapest 2-12 guitar amp I could find brand new! Is it good? lets find out!
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Guild D25M? What is the M for and how does it sound?
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I have a 1977 Guild D25M and decided to dive into what made the D25 and the M end up on it. Come down a short path with me to why some sound big and boomy and why some sound articulate and more refined in the D25 series.
Roadie 3 Worth the Money?
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I've had a Roadie 3 automatic tuner for a year now. Lets talk about if it was worth the $130 spent.
The New Washburn (1903 mandolin)
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I was honored to fix up a small sentimental mandolin for a friend. I thought it right to show how it turned out and how neat this little guy really was. enjoy the new washburn mandolin sound and look at a 120 year old instrument.
The Cheapest Tube Combo on Amazon! Is It Good?
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I bought the cheapest tube combo (valve) combo on amazon to see if it was good. Come along on this journey with me and see if you need a $170.00 Stage right 5 watt tube combo. Thank you everyone for watching please shoot me a comment or a like if you enjoyed the video or found it useful. Also subscribe for more videos of awesome gear that is cheap whether it be used or new. At 1000 subscribers ...
Jackson Guitar History short and sweet.
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Jackson Guitar History short and sweet.
The Coolest Guitar of all time, The BC Rich Mockingbird.
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The Coolest Guitar of all time, The BC Rich Mockingbird.
Pablo - The Hang Overs. this is a song created completely off the cuff late at night. Please share!
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Pablo - The Hang Overs. this is a song created completely off the cuff late at night. Please share!
Nektar Impact LX midi controller series Setup with protools and demo
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Nektar Impact LX midi controller series Setup with protools and demo
Roland JC77 Review, The best Roland JC?
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Roland JC77 Review, The best Roland JC?
Jackson's Killer Minion V. The small shred monster
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Jackson's Killer Minion V. The small shred monster
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JC-77 is complete MAGIC! I had one for many years and totally regret selling it.
I too have a '77, my girlfriend's grandfather bought it new and played it regularly until he passed and now i've played it daily for the past 3 years. There's a richness in tone that comes out of this guitar that i haven't found in many other acoustics. Whenever i visit a friend and play a little on theirs, I'm always left a bit unsatisfied. Fell in love with this guild immediately the first time i played it.
I am the same way when I play other people's acoustics too. I had a Taylor 814ce deluxe for awhile and kept this over that. It just didn't have the warmth and sound like the guild. I'm glad to see another one around it truly is a guitar that makes me smile and want to play.
I have a 1967 F30 Sunburst, mahogany back and sides and 1992 D4 NT, spruce top, mahogany sides, arch mahogany laminate back. Love them both. Am looking at a 1977 D25 cherry but it's kind of worn and is going for $600, It does have a pickup added. I think they want extra for the case too. I don't know if the neck is in good shape either. If I can talk them down, maybe I'll be able to get it. Yours sounds great!
I love mine. It's the acoustic I always pick up and play. It sounds great and plays so well that I can't see playing a different one. mine has a repaired crack around the soundhole and does not hurt it at all. also its been heavily played and has the wear to show it, again doesn't affect it at all possibly made it better because it has that played in feel.
I have a D25M with fitted pickups. Sounds full and rich. The pickups are small white dots on either side of the pegs. It's a 1977 model, number 161080
I'd love to see how that pickup system works. that sounds awesome without ruining the look of the guitar. I haven't put one in mine because I can't bring myself to drill a hole in it.
How do you feel about it having chorus only, do you wish it had vibrato?
@@RobertNolan I actually don't. I don't use much vibrato, I tend to do that with my fingers. I will plug a delay pedal into it here and there and it suits my needs very well.
@@garrettsguitarden I've been considering this or the JC-40, but the JC-40 is all digital. Not bad I think, just prefer analog.
I actually want a jc40 pretty bad. An amazing little amp. It sounds amazing and still has that jc sound it's just newer and probably a little more reliable to be honest. Then again I have been using my Randall rg100 half stack for the past couple months and I love that old thing. It's a crushing amount of power in a dead reliable build.
@@garrettsguitarden got the Jazz Chorus, wow I've got no regrets at all about this one.
That is awesome! I've always been super happy with mine. I'm glad you enjoy it. I would've felt bad if you didn't since sound is pretty subjective to people. How's the volume on that one? Get pretty loud?
Hi Garrett your giving out misinformation, My Guild collection are all the arched back and consists of a 1979 D25 spruce top /mahogany , a 1974 G37BLD spruce top /maple, And a 1973 D25Cherry all mahogany, The main thing you're leaving out is that your 77 has a fat neck and is heavier than the 73 and 74. Furthermore the transition from the All mahogany braced back to the all Mahogany arched back was not early 1973 but was actually in October of 1973. That guitar was only produced for the last 90 days of 1973 that's the model I have. The heavier fat neck D25M spruce/mahogany started 1/1/1974
My D25m does not have a fat neck. Its actually pretty slim compared to most. And from all I've read guild actually did the transition to the arched back early '73 in all documents I've found and read. I'd like to know what you mean by fat neck. The heel? Or the actual neck? I did a ton of research before making the video on the d25m. If I got it wrong that is my fault.
Nice video. I have a D25M from the early 80s, that I bought two years ago. Sounds very similar to what I'm hearing out of of yours. It has the LR Baggs Anthem SL installed, which does a really nice job for live performance.
I would really like to install one on mine, I just don't want to drill a hole in the old thing. I usually use a Seymour Duncan woody and it picks the natural sound up pretty well. I play it most of the time in small groups or by myself. It's an absolutely fantastic guitar.
Wow. It looks like it controls a LOT. Are you still using this keyboard and are happy with it?
@@KordTaylor I do still have this one and another one. I have been pretty happy with it. I changed because I wanted one with weighted keys but keep this around because it works so well
Great video! Thank you. ❤
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for checking it out and leaving me a comment
i got one coming in the red color i have had Glarry guitars before the are good to make into a very good guitar if you know how to do it i have a Gearit telecaster just like the Glarry that i put p90s in and it turned out pretty good too love messing with these guitars
They can be made into a beautiful playing guitar I've done it with a couple now. This one absolutely could not without major modification. It was unplayable out of the box. The nut was not cut right and the neck had a decent twist on the high side. I would've kept it and modded it if it wasn't so bad right from the start. I actually have a glarry lp I modded to hell and back with locking tuners, upgraded hardware and SD blackout active pickups. It actually had a full sustainer kit in it for fun at one time.
Newbie here. Actually just got a lx61+ free. Trying to set it up. Did the whole first process. Now stuck at the pro tools. Downloaded everything on avid and nothing works. All the pro tools downloads are expensive. Any way to play this thing without spending money? I’m not a musician, just wanted to play around with this
Protools has a free version that lets you use up to 8 tracks of recording on the website. I mainly use Reaper for a DAW anymore because it's super cheap and works amazing.
I wonder how different the JC-40 is from this amp. I played the 77 today and it sounded incredible! The distortion didn't work very well. It cut out after some time playing it. The condition wasn't so great and the store wanted $675. I could get the JC-40 brand new for about that price.
As far as I know the jc40 is the same amp just scaled down with 2-10s and a stereo 40 watt amp. So it should sound really close. I say go try one out I'm sure you'll like it!
I had a JC-77. It is a clean tone amp but just a little sterile for me. Dont get me wrong you dont have to worry about tubes..... I sold it and got a Fender vibrolux reverb which i modified removing the circuit board and wiring it with a eyelet board. I was shooting for warmth. A lot of famous bands used them in the 80s and 90s. Keep it. I sometimes wonder I should of kept mine. If you can locate Roland output chips buy them in case of failure...... thanks.....
It's definitely a keeper for me. I haven't had many issues with it. I do want to perform the anti hiss mod to it but a little nervous about messing with its tone. Lately I've been using my Randall rg100 half stack a lot and the JC has been sitting under its cover though.
Turned my nose up at them for many years as they were not valve amps, 1980's crappy cheap amps. I played a JC-40 at a local guitar store as it was what they had in the practice room. I never left the shop with the guitar that day, but left with a JC-40. I sold my Fender 65 Twin. The JC-40 covers all my needs. What an amp.
I love the JC series it has the most headroom of any amp I've ever owned. And honestly between valve and solid state it really doesn't make a difference to me anymore as long as it has a pleasing sound to my ears. I have been on a 5 watt valve amp kick lately and really even at 5 watts they are insanely loud for a room amp. The JC I can still control the volume. You have the amp I'd like to own the 40 is the next JC I'd like to buy
Thanks for a great vid!! Have you done a shoot-out between your 77 and a 40?
I have I just haven't wanted to cash out 700 new or around 4-500 used to get a jc40. Honestly I feel they would be pretty close other than the 40 has vibrato built in which would be a cool effect to have sometimes
I had that exact NJ series Mockingbird. Really miss it
My good friend has this one now, he loves it. It was a great guitar. Played excellent and looked just killer
great video, on a newer computer i7 can get all but the transpose play stop etc won't work.
The only thing I could think of is that you have to choose what mode it's in from the keyboard itself so that certain buttons work. It usually isn't in mixer mod. I think it's usually in pad mode. Also try turning the impact off then back on before you are in protools
My auto tune guitar's the same. Just get snarky.
I use my daddario 360 all the time and have a couple snarks. It was just kinda crazy to me that it has all these 5 star reviews that it works so well and it doesn't
I got me a d25 sb 1984! The guy I bought from added a fishman pick up. I didn't mind, but it sounds beautiful. I love using a pick to make her really shine. I bought a 1970 2520 case and fits like a glove.
That is awesome man! I really love mine and all of its character. It has one of the best sounds for what I play that I couldn't imagine replacing it. I hope you get a lot of years of enjoyment out of that good ole guild.
It’s an awesome guitar. I really enjoy my black one! Great video!!!
Thank you! It is an awesome little player. Acoustic wise I've been playing the little gretsch gin rickey and what an amazing little thing it is too
Dad had a Kustom 250 plush (70's)
The old tuck and roll one? Those are awesome amps, big heavy and tons of tone. The blue sparkle one is on the amps I want to aquire someday.
Right on bro - Good find!
It's such a good player
Next steps?
If you check my other shorts I have a video of it finished
Awesome channel name!
Thanks I thought it would be fitting
Sorry, I am going in hard to learn to play this thing, I'm just turning 74!!!!! ROCK ON!!!!!!
I JUST bought one of the e for $80 with a Trainer Guitar Mate15
Indeed. The coolest guitar. I have 4 mockingbirds, two STs ( with better pickups) and two special X's ( also with better pickups) . They like Les Paul on steroids. And either you love that shape or not. To me, its my favorite shape.
I have found them a fantastic guitar to have something different around to play. They are like a Les Paul on steroids and the headstock doesn't behead itself which is always a plus.
Great guitar and great history , enjoy your family and your guitar 😀👍👍
Thanks, I'm actually going to redo this video this year. Zulu the artwork creator sent me all the sketches and some more info on how he came up with the design of it.
thanks man
No problem!
I remember seeing those Flat 4 boost pedals in Sweetwater catalogs back in the day, and always wanted to try one. Do you use it regularly?
The flat 4 is fantastic. real nice old style boost that just pushes any sound over the top without being too much. I've had a few of the vox pedals over the years and most of them have been really good. easy way to change the tone slightly is to change the tube in it real quick.
Nice video. Thanks. Have you done the less hiss noise mod?
I haven't yet. I did read up on it and it looks like it cuts a little bit of volume which is fine on this amp it's plenty loud. I should try it
I have one of these. I've had it from new. It's a keeper and sill immaculate.
I'm going to give the secret to get the jc distortion: get the guitar volume top in 10 max, then turn the amp volume in the less necessary, now get the distortion amp pot in your like, then your going to get a blues over drive or a one to play alternative or hard rock or punky level of it.
The JC has been one of my favorite amps of all time. I play a lot of country style bend licks and the amount of clean headroom is amazing on it, or I use a touch of gain to give that spicy dirty country blues sound. It is honestly one of the greatest amps ever built.
I have a 77. I use manual chorus at 9 o'clock. Use the distortion midway adds more bass. Play blues jams. Have distortion pedals works just great
I love my JC-77. Been a fan since the early '90s. It's my daily driver.
Got a flashy green one for my 6years old boy who loves DragonForce and BeastInBlack...i hope we'll not fight for it😅
This is a great little amp, thanks for the review.
You're welcome! It really is a great little amp.
@@garrettsguitarden Me and my grandpa modified mine we swapped out the tubes for 1950s 12AU7 tubes and we swapped the speaker out for a Jensen vintage style 8 in we redid the inside as well to where it's completely hand-wired like how they had tube amps back in the 40s and 50s my amp now sounds like a 1940s Sears Silvertone 1300 I now get those exact same early Johnny Cash Sun records tones I also use flatwound strings I've also played 1940 Sears silvertone 1300 I know what they sound like in my amplifier sounds the exact same now like I said Oh yeah and we changed the grill cloth to a Tanish brown color like a Sears Silvertone 1300 had we even added the music note on the grill cloth and painted the chassis brown and painted the amp a Tanish brown color Howdy from North Carolina My guitar style is more like Luther Perkins I've been playing guitar since I was 7 I'm turning 21 next month
@southernpride2003 that is awesome! Is there anyway you could send me over the schematic for that? I'd love to try this for myself. I grew up playing old silvertone stuff
@@garrettsguitarden Only used was a Fender pro jr schematic grandpa has a degree in electronics and so he used what he knew about hand wiring things and used those skills along with seeing the schematics that's how we were able to do it I'm only 21 my grandpa also does woodworking as well if you notice the guitar in my profile picture that's my homemade guitar I've had that since I was 11 years old when me him built it
NO one talks about the YAMAHA VR6000. witch totally dominates any JC amp.plus its a stereo chorus.where is the love?
A slammer owner since 2003. Fitted with a bkp nailbomb pickup in 2006. And its still rocking. Need some fretwork done though.
I made metal videos with my Hamer Slammer. Also on Athathoth01.
thanks. lx88+ is playing stopping now. what about the lx mini?
@@garrettsguitarden receive from needs to be set to MIDIIN2. the pdf when registering helps perfect,the pdf writs how to set the mini in pro tools mode. only thing they got wrong was receive from midiin2.
just needed to hit Enter when setting the number to when setting to 003
@@nutsosix7930 That's Awesome you got it working!
I used a JC77 through the 80s and 90s. It's just the right size of all the JCs. I sold it a few years ago and picked up the JC90 wanting to play with pedals thru the effects send / stereo return. I've got a Tweed Deluxe that I've been playing for a few years but I think it's time to pull the JC90 back out! Cheers.
I did find the 77 to be right about the perfect size. I haven't played through it in a little bit due to me having a fender cybertwin I really enjoy and have been having a a lot of fun with.
I dont know where my previous comment ended up? I am brand new to every bit of this. I just got an lx25 and lx61 on ebay. I need to know everything I need to buy. Can you help me? Whats your email? Thanks!
Hide is the artist I think of first when I see a mockingbird. Awesome design.
They are a great design, a lot of people really love them and I see why when playing them. They sustain for days and have a really comfy feel. My buddy actually has this one now and it's his main guitar.
Today I saw a Seagull for the first time when I was looking into the history of BC Rich. Those things look awesome, but they look like they could split a forearm open lol
Lol check out the beast it pokes everywhere you don't want and isn't comfortable at all on a strap or sitting down.
I thought you were Joey Cape for a second.
I can't use the keyboard at all, I went through the whole process, I have Pro Tools version 21.07, I downloaded all the correct programs, I did the step by step, and Pro Tools doesn't recognize my LX49+, I've tried to redo the same process several times and nothing helps, could you give any advice?
That is odd. Could you possibly send me a pic of your protools setup in the menu for the impact
I would love any kind of ableton setup process
Let me download Ableton and see if I can figure it out. If I can I'll make a video about the setup with it
Nice review! Thanks
Thank you for watching! I really appreciate it. They are great little Amps