The Ultimate Blindfold Challenge | 2022 Edition!

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  • @Lamz..
    @Lamz.. Рік тому +131

    Lee was spot on at the end, this was more of a guitar recognition than it was a price estimation. Since Pete works there he knows most of the axes, and their prices thoroughly. Still a great episode though!

    • @Raspyist
      @Raspyist Рік тому +8

      As soon as this video started I though if they allow him to do anything other than just play the guitar, so just touching the back of the neck, it is a wasted exercise.

  • @williamtannerbrowne4135
    @williamtannerbrowne4135 Рік тому +207

    Danish Pete deserves some award for all the odd guitar related skills he has

    • @ScottDreyfus
      @ScottDreyfus Рік тому +6

      @William Tanner Browne he was awarded with a healthy sized gentleman’s sausage at birth! He’s getting on just fine 😂

    • @TheRycooder
      @TheRycooder Рік тому +3

      @@ScottDreyfus Bwahahahaha

    • @aspegiic
      @aspegiic Рік тому +3

      Okay… from that perspective I withdraw my previous comment and have learned a new way of enjoying the video. Thank you!

    • @koffiefilter
      @koffiefilter Рік тому

      Yeah he started with calling out the Squire and the the Gretch knowledge. Really good job!

  • @nishanthreghunath8845
    @nishanthreghunath8845 Рік тому +28

    25:50 Pete's skill on recognising the guitar. Outrageous

    • @mattprovost9878
      @mattprovost9878 Рік тому +11

      The way he felt the knobs, and selector switch, on the Silver Sky and chuckled as he began to play "slow dancing in a burning room"... 🤣🤣 impeccable lol

    • @mrblank-zh1xy
      @mrblank-zh1xy Рік тому +1

      He's just ridiculously good, it's just absurd and unfair.

  • @ashwilliams11
    @ashwilliams11 Рік тому +21

    Lee was spot on at the end. Pete’s knowledge of guitars meant it was a guess the guitar rather than the price.
    Maybe could try just playing no touching anything or for a real test, lee plays and Pete had to guess purely on sound.

  • @niclastname
    @niclastname Рік тому +15

    Maybe this is too nitpicky, but I kinda don't like when they're allowed to feel everything. It always changes the dynamic a lot. It goes from "how do you feel about the quality of the sound and feel of this?" to "Oh okay this feels like a fender headstock, and it's a tele body with humbuckers, and this kind of bridge. That means it's probably X model which costs about Y amount". It make it feel more like gaming the system into trying to figure out what you're holding rather than ranking how the quality compares to the price, or "how do these guitars compare each other in sound and quality?". I hope that ramble makes sense haha.

    • @blogsfred3187
      @blogsfred3187 8 місяців тому

      You have to remember that the cost difference is not tone, but feel. Ie more expensive guitars have different smoother playing feel, vs tone, which is mostly pickup and electronics.

  • @davedavem
    @davedavem Рік тому +68

    Yes! I'm needing 58 minutes of Captain Lee and Danish Pete!

  • @JoyBausch
    @JoyBausch Рік тому +144

    Perfect entertainment on Xmas-Eve afternoon. And it's especially entertaining to listen to these blindfold challenges as a blind guitarist. Well done, Pete! 👨🏼‍🦯

    • @riklionheart23
      @riklionheart23 Рік тому +5

      I work with two blind fella’s and yes, its about the touch.

    • @rodrigozamo
      @rodrigozamo Рік тому +10

      In all honesty, would be awesome if they could have an actual blind guitar player on the show. I'm curious to know what a blind guitar player might make of a test like this one and that would truly give an unbiased opinion on what feels and sounds best to you guys.

  • @fallenstard
    @fallenstard Рік тому +8

    Pete: Thinks it's a D'Angelico. Touches headstock. "Oh that's a Squier Affinity." Goes to show a cheaper line can sound and play as good as something many times more expensive.

  • @mikeanthony5684
    @mikeanthony5684 Рік тому +7

    Cool video , more like finding aesthetic clues to determine price rather than plug-in play by
    ear/feel . I can see in The captain eyes he’s like “DONT TOUCH EVERYTHING LOL

  • @zynosgd9982
    @zynosgd9982 11 місяців тому +2

    The amount of almost perfect guesses Pete has gotten is a testament to both the consistency of construction in most of these brands as well as the sheer ungodly amounts of guitar knowledge this man has!

  • @FunMan125
    @FunMan125 Рік тому +10

    Pete guessing the model/type and just generally describing the guitars was an extremely fun bonus.

  • @Reffitt2
    @Reffitt2 Рік тому +4

    I absolutely love these videos! I can't believe how high up the Eastcoast "ranked" in Pete's "hands on" opinion! You guys are getting so close to that massive million sub mark, and in my humble opinion, you guys deserve it more than most! Love the content guys!

  • @GrantJackson70USD
    @GrantJackson70USD Рік тому +2

    This unintentionally became an East Coast commercial. Nothing wrong with that. Well done

  • @JosePineda-jn8jk
    @JosePineda-jn8jk Рік тому +9

    Before even watching him touch a guitar, I am confident in Pete. His blindfolded guitar guesses are always spot on. He opens his third musical ear and just knows!

  • @annac3514
    @annac3514 2 місяці тому

    The jumper test...nice. I love how differently Pete and Rob conduct their blind "observations."

  • @CanadaRocks4U
    @CanadaRocks4U Рік тому +3

    The Captain should play them and Pete decide what's what!

  • @disco4535
    @disco4535 Рік тому +11

    He can't really guess based on the feel and sound of playing only, because he has so much experience with them, so he knows the little nuances in how their constructed. Still the blindfold challenges are why I started watching years ago, and are still some of my favorite

  • @casperes0912
    @casperes0912 Рік тому +13

    I'm Danish. At 34:20 roughly, Pete spoke Danish, and I just continued for a bit then went "Wait, what?" realising the language change after like two more sentences back to English, haha. Fun moment - would almost think he'd "lose it" a bit after so long in the UK

    • @rear5118
      @rear5118 Рік тому +2

      What did he say? My mothertongue is German and it sounded similar to what "the next..." would sound like in German, and then a word I couldn't figure out, but given the context it was the Danish word for "guitar" maybe?

    • @dinom1384
      @dinom1384 Рік тому +2

      It meant "the second to last" (guitar was inferred here). Velbekomme

  • @Krullmatic
    @Krullmatic Рік тому +5

    Pete amazes me with his knowledge! Plus, his playing is phenomenal!

  • @picksalot1
    @picksalot1 Рік тому +6

    Pete's guitar detective skills and knowledge of different makes and models is truly impressive. 🤓 I commend you both for being totally honest about how difficult it is to conduct such a blind test and all the pitfalls.
    Perhaps a blind test of just listening to sound examples for which guitar "sounds the most expensive and/or best" would get us closer to what really matters. I think the player should be a good, secret guest guitarist. That was a fun video, and test. Thanks, and Happy Holidays to everyone!
    Special congrats to East Coast Guitars for making such a good, affordable guitar, and to Andertons for having to the good sense to put it in your Christmas Bundles! You're helping budding guitarists get off to a great start. 👋👍🤟

    • @casperes0912
      @casperes0912 Рік тому +2

      Well, the sound is far from the most important thing in a lot of guitars, and in a lot of cases a cheaper model will sound very similar to a more expensive one, but the more expensive one will feel nicer to play; Especially in the lower mid-range

    • @jimx1696
      @jimx1696 Рік тому +1

      @casperes0912 was about to say. It's not about the sound at all. It's just different types of EQ variations. Most important is feel which is defined by level of craftsmanship and materials used. And that will also drive usability over time, ie tuning stability, neck stability, trem stability.

  • @leemeyer7629
    @leemeyer7629 Рік тому +138

    2023 edition RULE 1: No touching of anything other than neck/strings. RULE 2: No touching of anything other than neck/strings.

    • @TheBrandonLewis
      @TheBrandonLewis Рік тому +14

      Rule number 3: see rules 1 and 2?

    • @leemeyer7629
      @leemeyer7629 Рік тому +7

      @@TheBrandonLewis Rule 4: See rule 3

    • @Watermelon_Man
      @Watermelon_Man Рік тому +12

      @@leemeyer7629 RULE 5: If you’re thinking of touching anything besides the neck and strings, don’t.

    • @leemeyer7629
      @leemeyer7629 Рік тому +1

      @Emoralis I'll allow it

    • @kjmdrumz3
      @kjmdrumz3 Рік тому +4

      Rule 6: If you’re thinking of breaking Rule 5, you better not!

  • @ImNotOld_ImVintage
    @ImNotOld_ImVintage Рік тому +5

    Stellar job DP. Clearly you love your job to know so many of the guitars by features and feel.
    The next blindfold challenge should be a "first impression" video. When you get a new guitar that Pete has never played, let him play it blindfolded and see if he can figure out who makes it, where it belongs in their line of guitars and guess a price.

  • @ericwright1985
    @ericwright1985 Рік тому

    I love how Lee repeatedly says No reverse headstock but has a Silversky in the mix with its reverse headstock lol. I love watching these videos

  • @Full_Deflection
    @Full_Deflection Рік тому +2

    Every time I hear a Sire, I’m always impressed. Need to add one to the lineup soon.

  • @JJames666male
    @JJames666male Рік тому +2

    I wasn't looking at the screen and whatn Lee said "Just a moment, I'm tuning this guitar" I imagined Pete saying "Well, it must be a Les Paul". And it was

  • @derekwoods8199
    @derekwoods8199 Рік тому +2

    “Happy Christmas, chaps”, from the USA :). Have a wonderful holiday and thanks for the content on this Christmas Eve evening!

  • @eriko1736
    @eriko1736 Рік тому +4

    Man I used to love the blindfold challenges. Love this

  • @BounceBoomBounce
    @BounceBoomBounce Рік тому +2

    I think the only way to get Mr. Danish Pete would be a few guitars that are brand new releases or maybe taping over the switches and knobs. Hard to fool someone who has played, or owned, almost every guitar that has been available lol. Great video.

  • @richgleadall3884
    @richgleadall3884 Рік тому +3

    best show to watch xmas eve here in canada well done pete!!!!!!!

  • @yuppysoul
    @yuppysoul Рік тому

    Good to see some more Blindfold challenges. Always entertaining.
    It's so much better when the person who is blindolded has to go straight into playing blindfold. When they have played them before or even seen them it takes a lot away.

  • @MattSwain1
    @MattSwain1 Рік тому +8

    Forget your Xmas movies, this is what I want to watch on Xmas eve 😊 Merry Christmas Captain, Pete and everyone at Andertons

  • @goodknight37
    @goodknight37 Рік тому +2

    That Sire sounds fantastic

  • @davidharding200
    @davidharding200 Рік тому +1

    So close…yet so far. Just a little behind Pete in Swift Blue. The Yamaha Revstar. Great guitar.

  • @SeanDS1989
    @SeanDS1989 Рік тому +2

    Awesome! this is the perfect Christmas present! thanks :)

  • @stoneysdead689
    @stoneysdead689 Рік тому +4

    It's so odd to see a Harmony guitar that costs over a grand- when I was a kid that was the budget brand. My first guitar was a Harmony Les Paul knock off- I paid 75 bucks for it, and then 30 bucks for an amplifier that was literally just a speaker with a volume knob on it. If you turned it up all the way, the speaker would distort- not really distortion as we think of it but- sort of. I played Bad to the Bone on it until my mother was finally like "Get in the car." and she took me back to the shop to get a Peavey Rage 80. The guy who owned it had explained to her that with this amp, I could turn it down and still get the sound I wanted- and she was sold.

  • @valendis
    @valendis Рік тому +1

    I absolutely adore these blindfold, everytime there's an eye opener thing about guitars

  • @andrews2772
    @andrews2772 Рік тому +2

    This popped as my number one suggestion to listen to as I got in the car to grab my son drumsticks from our local music store for his stocking. Happy Holidays to our friends across the pond, keep up the great work!

  • @patchevansbrokencountry2583
    @patchevansbrokencountry2583 Рік тому +1

    I listened to suss the sound differences. PRS did it for me. But the sire really seemed to inspire Pete the most and is the one I could afford.

  • @nazmoking3171
    @nazmoking3171 Рік тому

    Pete did exceptionally well - very impressed!!

  • @sagittated
    @sagittated Рік тому +1

    Great kicks on Pete.

  • @doyleeee
    @doyleeee Рік тому +2

    omg, Somehow I've been watching a lot of Chapper and Captain's blindfold videos lately, how timely! Yay!

  • @davidcarlson8571
    @davidcarlson8571 Рік тому

    Despite LOVING these types of videos, perhaps having a bass player or acoustic player for the "which feels expensive" videos. Just a suggestion of course. I'll watch and love either way!

  • @FransvandenBergeMuziekschuur
    @FransvandenBergeMuziekschuur Рік тому +1

    Merry christmas.
    Pete, I learn everytime. You are so knowledgeable.
    Thank you Lee for making this show what it is today.

  • @jamesfurz7406
    @jamesfurz7406 Рік тому +1

    The discussion at 47mins: This is the same as an F1 driver saying they prefer a 1980s Manual shift Ferarri with a painfully heavy clutch, over a 2022 automatic with twice the power!

  • @Rich_G22
    @Rich_G22 Рік тому

    The neck on the Nick Johnson is amazing. My favorite guitar to play

  • @mukundvermaa
    @mukundvermaa Рік тому +1

    Funny as soon as he picks PRS and plays slow dancing

  • @ClintCurtis
    @ClintCurtis Рік тому +3

    Andertons always makes my day better!

  • @meleinmusica
    @meleinmusica Рік тому +1

    Thumb down because blindfold tests have to focus on sound first, then feeling. It's not about guessing the brand after touching the headstock or whatever.

  • @Msteve-nt5bx
    @Msteve-nt5bx Рік тому +1

    Lol so funny, there's always some attempt to get a hint - either feeling up the headstock or sniffing the nitro!

  • @somebodyelseuk
    @somebodyelseuk Рік тому

    Easy. Smash them on the floor and judge the cost by Lee's reaction - laughter = cheap, crying = getting expensive, a kick in the nuts = most expensive 🤣
    Seriously though, the Gretsch. all you have to do is run a finger along the top of the pickups - a screw in between the poles/no adjustment screws on the ring is a Proline, no screw, narrow, two adjustments screws on the ring, and the border between the chrome and blacktop is an Electro, wider pickups etc is a Streamliner.
    Other brands with different ranges have similar clues to which is which.

  • @cirisirpula152
    @cirisirpula152 Рік тому +6

    Super entertaining content! I think if you want to make it more about the price, you would need to choose like ibanez, jackson, fender/squier, ltd. Something where there are similar guitars across multiple price points. Having silver sky and harmony are fun to watch, but it is just too easy for Pete to know the price since he knows which brand it is.

  • @chrisggoodwin777
    @chrisggoodwin777 Рік тому +1

    "Faint Smell of Nitro" - the upcoming EP from the UK's own Captain Lee and the Ander-tones 😂

  • @notarealperson87
    @notarealperson87 Рік тому +1

    Merry Christmas, Andertons! i always enjoy the traditional long-and-fun Christmas video

  • @stevieraveon
    @stevieraveon Рік тому +1

    Excellent Job, gentlemen! The blindfolded playing is astounding always.

  • @druidavey
    @druidavey Рік тому +1

    How brilliant. Super entertaining and that Mr Pete knows his onions doesn't he?

  • @jameslewis2635
    @jameslewis2635 Рік тому +6

    As someone who used to work in retail, I find it comforting that even though Lee is trying to play with Pete's imagination, Pete's product knowledge is too strong.

  • @eljefeguapobarbon
    @eljefeguapobarbon Рік тому +1

    Well done! Such fun on a morning blindfold challenge. Pete is too good at this.

  • @jacobbaxter123
    @jacobbaxter123 Рік тому +1

    Pete judging the guitars by literally everything except for the sound / playing feel

  • @matt6288joyce
    @matt6288joyce Рік тому +1

    This is exactly what is needed on Christmas Eve! Thank you

  • @davroshalfbeard8368
    @davroshalfbeard8368 Рік тому +1

    Yes Lee a good video to sit down and relax after a frantic day of running about and cooking 🤘

  • @TractorMonkeywithJL
    @TractorMonkeywithJL Рік тому +1

    Best videos of any music store channel! The Pete comment was funny. If I lived in the UK I would most definitely visit your store.

  • @TheTruth70777
    @TheTruth70777 Рік тому +1

    This is just experience and brilliance . Real nice Pete. Merry Christmas

  • @adrianp.barbieri7514
    @adrianp.barbieri7514 Рік тому

    boy when you get it right!!! So entertaining!!

  • @glorious.warrior
    @glorious.warrior Рік тому +1

    that was good, I watched the whole way through. good job mates!

  • @StevenAMckayAuthor
    @StevenAMckayAuthor Рік тому +2

    Pointless when Pete can just feel the headstock and instantly knows its an Epiphone.

  • @GRBAquatics
    @GRBAquatics Рік тому +1

    Very Cool, Thankyou. Found this very interesting, Informative and Entertaining. Nice Work Pete Amazing how he picked most of the guitars spot on. Merry Christmas All. Cheers

  • @TexanUSMC8089
    @TexanUSMC8089 Рік тому

    He got all but two in the right order, and one of them he almost guessed right. The big spoiler was the Eastcoast S type. 119 ? wow. Great video.

  • @BrentAdams
    @BrentAdams Рік тому +2

    Great video....and yes, it makes it very difficult when Danish Pete is already familiar with the guitars and where they sit in comparison to each other...price wise. Merry Christmas!

  • @Patrick.B223
    @Patrick.B223 Рік тому +1

    Top work Pete!

  • @bob-bobalinski
    @bob-bobalinski Рік тому +1

    Pete: the GOAT of guitar guessing

  • @gearViewmirror
    @gearViewmirror Рік тому +1

    Come on Lee, got to give him credit for trying to find out which model it is!👌🎸🤘

  • @richardcstockley
    @richardcstockley Рік тому +1

    Everyone loves an Andertons blindfold challenge!

  • @jennymckenzie5304
    @jennymckenzie5304 Рік тому

    Love these blindfold challenges. Pete's a guitar wizard! I do wonder if budget guitars are SO good these days that the give-away bells and whistles are all you're really paying for?

  • @simontoth9101
    @simontoth9101 Рік тому +3

    Just a heads up, the description says the silver sky is an SE, but it's not. Merry Xmas fellas!

  • @joibjalla
    @joibjalla Рік тому +1

    Nice Christmas gift! I expect Pete to everything correct every time he has that blindfold on.

  • @baldbearded9601
    @baldbearded9601 Рік тому +3

    "How many are there?"
    Straight out of Harry Potter.. it's uncanny

  • @winstonschwarz1636
    @winstonschwarz1636 Рік тому +1

    A welcome distraction from the horrors of a consumerist zombie nightmare. Many thanks guys and despite my exasperation I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

  • @thebigeasy8609
    @thebigeasy8609 Рік тому +1

    Christmas Gold! Thank you Anderton's for ALL your fantastic content and laughs for 2022 it was much needed for these weird times. Thank you once again and Happy Holiday's from from my house to all of yours.

  • @freddiebaileymusic
    @freddiebaileymusic Рік тому +3

    Let’s gooooo! Merry Christmas guys❤️

  • @michaelirons5662
    @michaelirons5662 Рік тому +2

    well done Pete epic effort.

  • @jltrem
    @jltrem Рік тому +2

    I want the hot sauce/brussels sprouts challenge!!

  • @paulthebeardedonedowning6820
    @paulthebeardedonedowning6820 Рік тому +3

    great this it is astonishing the depths of the mans knowledge from feel alone you'd think with amount of guitar fettling he does it'd all be forgotten next do sound only but stick with style like tele or LP's or something anyway great vid for xmas eve viewing in-between the family stuff thanks so much and Merry Christmas everybody

  • @mrc2662
    @mrc2662 Рік тому

    This was a fantastic video, hugely entertaining. Bravo chaps.

  • @fundude365
    @fundude365 Рік тому +1

    Quick warning to anyone rushing out to buy the EastCoast at that price for someone who wants to learn:
    Always get a new guitar set up at a local music store.
    1. The guitar will feel so much better in the hands.
    2. It keeps your friendly local shop owner in business.

  • @drumguy1384
    @drumguy1384 Рік тому

    I think it was quite telling that he got the whole upper half spot-on, but the lower half were a bit of a mess. It shows one of two things (or perhaps both). 1) Guitars below a certain price point are all quite similar and even a 100 quid starter can feel/sound as good as something closer to 500 with a good setup and a fresh set of strings. Whereas, there is a much more nuanced difference in quality as you get higher on the price scale. or 2) Danish Pete just doesn't play cheap guitars and isn't quite as good a judge of them as he is of the higher-end stuff.

  • @bryantwalley
    @bryantwalley Рік тому +2

    44:30 - Pete got the Andertons inventory in his head.

  • @pieve5516
    @pieve5516 Рік тому

    The blindfold challenges are the most fun. Love them! Happy New Year.

  • @witchdoktor69
    @witchdoktor69 Рік тому +1

    I like it when the guests were not allowed to touch the head stock. That can be a give away to what the guitar is. The whole point is just by tone

  • @JGAbstract
    @JGAbstract Рік тому +1

    Feel like you gotta redo it without feeling the body shape or headstock.
    Just purely the value impression from the feeling/finish/quality of the neck, how it feels playing, the quality of the knobs, and the sound.

  • @michaelharrisson1683
    @michaelharrisson1683 Рік тому +1

    "it's a floating Trem which means it's not a fender" every new gen I've ever bought came with a floating Trem setup 😂... You guys should do floating Trem 2 point vs vintage style blindfold challenge

  • @davidkay3443
    @davidkay3443 Рік тому +1

    Just want to wish you all at Andertons a very merry Xmas. I ordered Billie joe Armstrong junior on 22nd late at night. Was told 29th for delivery and then DPD informed me would be 24th and got it in time for Xmas. Cheers guy’s much appreciated 😊

  • @Dave062YT
    @Dave062YT Рік тому

    Should've kept the usual no headstock rule ,too big a giveaway imo but the way Pete got the Nick Johnston from the neck alone was unreal.Incredible scenes .!

  • @MattRandallProductions
    @MattRandallProductions Рік тому

    Pete doing the classic Capt. Lee licks at 5:20 hahahaha legend.

  • @mvalentino5650
    @mvalentino5650 Рік тому +1

    Man that Sire sounds killer

  • @wildeasage
    @wildeasage Рік тому

    No Pete! The point is not to be right! The point, as a viewer, is "how premium do each of these guitars feel?"!
    I know, Pete doesn't wanna upset any retail partners,FYI, you risk upsetting the audience for not doing the thing the title says you were gonna do! With peace and love. I'm always happy to watch you guys, I'm just grimacing at you from behind my tablet, just fyi.. 😠😅

  • @scottguitarsuk23
    @scottguitarsuk23 Рік тому +1

    Brilliant video guys!
    Entertaining and informative as always!
    Merry Christmas! 🌲🎅

  • @lukechandler4094
    @lukechandler4094 Рік тому +1

    Lee was getting cranky lol chill Lee. Pete is too smart for this. Feel is how you determine the brand to help you guess the price. Same way I could guess a squiers price. Get Chappers on this challenge if you want a goof lol

  • @TheShaneGuy
    @TheShaneGuy Рік тому

    Great video. Watched every second of it and really enjoyed it. I was shocked he put the cheap one so high coz it obvious it was a beginners electric.

  • @MrJingles021
    @MrJingles021 Рік тому +2

    I like Lee's shoes. I'd buy those.

  • @84homey
    @84homey Рік тому +1

    The more I watch this sort of thing the more I think that tone comes from the amp and the player. Get a "reasonable" guitar chosen more for how it feels and plays than how it sounds, and then buy the best amp you can afford is my opinion. You can always swap out the pickups or upgrade the bridge, etc, in the future if you need to. Merry Christmas to one and all!