Good & Bad Heavy Metal Guitars - Part 1 of 3
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- Опубліковано 7 гру 2008
- This is the first part of my Good & Bad Heavy Metal Guitars series. After buying, selling and fixing tons of guitars for more than 20 years, I discuss what I consider to be good and bad heavy metal guitars.
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I play and talk about the qualities/flaws of the following good guitars (I use a Line 6 Spider III amp for all my tests):
1. Jackson King V KV2 (made in the USA) with Seymour Duncan pickups and original Floyd Rose tremolo
2. Carvin V220 (made in the USA) with original Floyd Rose & Carvin C22 pickups
3. ESP MII (made in Japan) with original Floyd Rose tremolo and EMG 81 pickups
4. B.C. Rich Wartribe Warlock (made in Korea) with Kahler Hybrid Tremolo and EMG pickups
5. Ibanez Roadstar (made in Japan) with Edge tremolo and Ibanez pickups
6. Charvel Model 4 (made in Japan) with Kahler 2300 tremolo and Jackson pickups
7. ESP Horizon (made in Japan) with Seymour Duncan pickups
I talk about four poorly crafted guitars I briefly owned:
1. Gibson Explorer 84 Reissue (made in the USA) with Tune-o-matic bridge and EMG pickups
2. B.C. Rich Mockingbird ST (made in Korea) with Rockfield pickups and Floyd Rose tremolo
3. Gibson Shred-X Explorer (made in the USA) with Kahler tremolo and EMG pickups
4. Moser SRiT (made in Korea) with licensed Floyd Rose tremolo and generic pickups
Then I discuss the following topics among others:
1. Some standard Dean guitars come with only one brand name pickup (Seymour Duncan bridge) and a licensed Floyd Rose tremolo (not the original). For a lower price, you can get a Schecter Hellraiser with two active EMGs and an original Floyd. For about the same price of a Dean Razorback, you can also get a custom Carvin made in the USA with your own specs such as color, wood, body, frets and much more. Alternately, for just a bit more than some standard Deans, you can get a top-notch Ibanez S2170SE. It comes with the superior ZR tremolo and three DiMarzio pickups.
2. Another drawback I see with these Dimebag Deans (and even my Kerry King B.C. Rich) is the signature model concept. Unless you just record or play at home like me, I don't recommend any signature model as you might be seen as a copycat of someone. I don't mean to say I'm against all signature guitars. I just prefer the ones that look more generic. For example, the LTD JH-600 version without Slayer's eagle inlays looks more generic although it's still Jeff Hanneman's model.
3. The Fender Stratocaster is an excellent guitar for blues, jazz and soft rock but most models are not good for heavy metal. The single-coil pickups don't have enough output for a crunchy metal sound, and the non-locking tremolo system has horrendous tuning stability.
4. Contrary to popular belief, a guitar made in the USA is NOT ALWAYS BETTER than a guitar made in Korea or Japan.
5. Price MAY NOT indicate quality. A few months after buying my ESP, I played the LTD JH-600, and it was BETTER than my ESP. This Korean version of the ESP had a smoother neck, less fret buzz and amazing sound all for less than half the price.
6. Don't buy an average guitar to install expensive pickups later because: (1) It may not be cost-effective; (2) The pickup may not retrofit the cavity; (3) A guitar sound is DEEPLY AFFECTED by the wood and bridge's metal type. You have no guarantee the guitar will sound good. For example, a new set of active EMGs plus professional installation cost almost half the price of, let's say, a new Jackson Dinky with active EMGs and a fixed bridge. Passive pickups cost less and are easier to install. Either way, along with cost, any extra routing or drilling may be irreversible in terms of rematching certain guitar finishes.
7. If you want a tremolo, stick with the original Floyd Rose made by Schaller or Ibanez's ZR and Edge Pro tremolos. These three systems have unbeatable tuning stability. Kahler is also a good option but it goes out of tune with bends.
8. Alder is my favorite wood for heavy metal. It's light in weight and sounds extremely powerful.
I conclude my video series with these recommendations:
. B.C. Rich Deluxe Jr. V with original Floyd Rose and active EMG pickups
. Music Man Axis SuperSport HH with fixed bridge and DiMarzio pickups
. Charvel San Dimas Style 1 2H wih original Floyd Rose and Seymour Duncan pickups
just awesome!!!
YOOOOO
bruuh
Yo Ola you’re here too bro
11 years earlier than me lol
Its such a classic
Ola my brOla!
the intro sounds like a safety vdeo at work
hahahahhaa
And the safety video was made because of something you did the previous day
Yeah the music sucks idk what's up with it
I'm not lying... I didn't expect the riffing to be so good.
Old school whup-ass metal! We need more players like you.
cletusmax77 dang right🤘🏿
Somebody get this man a solo album
For some reason, I really like the presentation of slides between the guitar playing. Makes me feel nostalgic like watching an old informational VHS tape.
This guy listens to a lot of Megadeth
I would say thrash metal in general. He's really good though.
This is why I like metal. The guitars are the best. It's a shame he didn't have the recording equipment to match the guitars. But dang, they even sound great through camera audio.
damn right
02:15 Did you just play a Slayer version of Jingle Bells?
slayer suck
Tyler Evans lol love you too. I am retarded for having an opinion?
Even tho I like slayer....
Logan i was getting ready to say u dont like sayer u need some help slayer is badass
Logan u make me wanna kill a sheep
sorry folks, but slayer really sucks hard ass
i never get bored of that background music
The background music of your powerpoint slides sounds like an infomercial from the 1980s that's trying to sell motivational self help tapes, silence would have been a better option.
Snake Plissken lol true
Too bad volume controls haven't been invented yet.
Snake Plissken 🤨
I love the Deans used by Mustaine and Dimebag
Sadly Dean won't survive another year bcuz they just lost Mustaine and Dimebag relatively recently
@@holdenmcgroin5003 didnt they also lose rusty cooley?
@@jl383m9 i dont know anything about that at the moment. I also kinda take back what I said, cuz their new Vengeance series looks FUCKING epic
The intro is like "chek it out with Steve Brule" 😂😂😂😂
He plays so well, it makes me want to quit.
he was at your level at some point, and he saw the same in someone else probably, and instead of quitting, make it inspire you to become like him.. and anyway, guitar is about the journey not the destination.. it would become boring if you knew everything there is to know :)
He makes me want to practise more
Daaamn I used to watch this video and the rest of the series back when I was a kid. Nostalgia hit me hard on this one.
What ive found is that anything with a tune-o-matic (high bridge) is good for rhythm type stuff not so good for fast leads, but when it comes to accuracy in tremolo, alt and sweep picking hardtails and floyd roses WILL make things 10 times easier.
Your background music should of been you just absolutely *shredding.*
Dude this just got me SO PUMPED that I was doing spin kicks off the couch and I broke my moms lamp. I need to get some crazy glue before my stupid step dad comes home and beats my ass and takes my guitar away again.
HAHAHAHA!!! Can u recommend q great metal guitar for a beginner? Not too pricey?
A*
about $300 - $500
***** about $300 - $500
SethDiamond King
Dude, I totally fixed that lamp. My stupid stepdad never even knew it was broken.
Also, I have an Ibanez. It's pretty sweet.
This is the most comprehensive, well thought out, and seamlessly executed, metal guitar review videos I have ever watched.
And dude, you rip on guitar. Great Work! Thank you. .. I nearly crapped myself when I heard the King V , if evil has a sound, thats it.
Wow dude!! Just wow!!.. I've listened to this for years an still liston to this day an the way you shred that carvin v220 omg.. gives me goosebumps everytime frfr..
HOLY SHIT THIS GUY RIPPS!!!!!!
Gibson, the most hyperhyped guitar brand for I 'd heard...
6:50 - Man, you looked like you were having fun just goin' town on that damn trem!
Some insane riffs and leads going on here, great shreds!
Jesus Christ this dude is fucking amazing!!
your a fucking beast, dude you fucking shred!
You're the best guitar player on youtube in terms of how you set stuff up, IMO. Your playing is tight and you use a tight sound. And you also evaluate guitars based upon the sort of playing and sound that I use. Kudos!
Dude your videos are awesome ! Thanks ! They were very helpful for me !
To be honest wood plays very little in tone for solid body electric guitars. pick ups and volume on a good amp is the majority of tone. Fingers come first
Are you stupid? Wood plays one of the main roles
guitaroidman524 Wood matters but even different pick's effect much more than wood.
guitaroidman524 im not going to say that wood doesnt make a difference in a solid body, but i think pickups, scale length, bridge material, nut material, fret material, pot and tone caps and value if any, string gauge, and even the action can have more effect on tone. i wouldnt call it one of the main roles, but im not going to say id be ok with a plywood body either. i think it makes a huge difference in the feel of the guitar though which is important.
guitaroidman524 Wood has nothing to do with electric guitars. The pickups are magnetic and don't hear the resonation of the tone woods. Sorry, that's scientific fact.
atefromthe Tree nice! lol
Jaysus dude you can play
Omg It's soo good to here a thrashy riff in a video like this! All of the others are breakdowns with accompanying riffs! haha
Incredible playing. I wish you would do some covers. Just awesome.
Kind of disappointing to know that an Explorer 1984 reissue is a bad guitar when you own one 😕 I find it really good in fact ! ...Or maybe it's because I own the Epiphone model, not the Gibson one mentionned in the video. I've always heard that Epiphone was much better than Gibson now 😄
I have to disagree Gibson is better quality then Epiphone, but Gibson are not worth a quarty of the price they go for, you can a much better guitar for a cheaper.
***** Epiphones used to be of much higher quality than Gibsons. Know your facts, dude.
TheYoungFrogMan what was true once upon a time is not necessarily true now. That said, there are some Epis that seem to be better made than their Gibson counterparts. No different than it was with the early 80's Squire Strats vs. the Fenders from that era. The Squires were 'cheaper' alternatives, but in reality had better build quality.
***** I don't know if the Epiphone is necessarily better than the Gibson but you are probably much more tolerant of any issues since you paid so much less for the Epiphone.
Some of the epiphones now are incredible and can beat a Gibson any day
Jackson soloist sl2h is by far the absolute best metal guitar, try it and thank me later!!!
This was very helpful in giving me some direction in choosing a new guitar to buy
Great vid and insane chops!
he is just fucking with his guitars.
BC Rich Mockingbird is a bad guitar? Welp my dream guitar is shit might as well stop playing.
cool. and great powerful cover playing.
So many years later and this guy still rules.
Nice video. But... to late. Now is 2014
Nope, 2018
but your playing thru a fucking line 6
Jacob does guitars I honestly really like line 6 amps. i have a line 6 120w Spider IV combo and its a honestly a really good all around amp for everything. i dont understand the hate line 6 gets.
Generally the sound is thin for the Spider series, it doesn't really have a nice punchy mid range, a deep bottom, and detailed highs. Everything seems too fizzy, not crunchy. Trust me, place them up against something like the Orange Micro Dark and the Joyo Zombie, and the Spiders lack serious punch.
It gets even worse when you compare them to tube amps, as there are comparatively priced tube amps.
Now if you're talking about the Line 6 Helix or Line 6's Helix Native Software, that's another matter as the amp simulation actually sounds great. It's like Line 6 decided to stop fucking around. Overall Line 6 makes decent stuff, but the Spider series just sounds wrong to me.
Great video. I remember seeing the Carvin V220 for the first time in the mid 80's. It was the video for "We Built This City" by Jefferson Starship!!
Excellent playing friend!
One les paul can beat every guitar in this rewiew
Obliviously you know nothing about guitars.
les paul?ahahahhaha
Les paul is by no means bad but you have to be a special kind of stupid to think it is some kind of axe of the Gods that crushes everything it comes across.
Sorry shredder pricks but Les Paul have bigger tone than any of these guitars,And Dimarzio superdistortion are best pickups ever.
Brady Hiles Nah he's kind of right in a way. I mean ever listen to In Flames their guitarist use les pauls and other Gibson products and they have a fat ass heavy tone. They do put emgs in some of them but the biggest thing when it comes to tone is the wood of the guitar. These guitars do sound good but they sound thin, though thicker strings and raising the action on the guitar might help that. Other great guitars for a heavy sound are the Esps from the 80's that are worth like $3000 now, or an Ibanez rg 550 from the same era, mid 80's to early 90's along with the Ibanez 575. They go around 500-700 on ebay. Now if you have thousand of dollars to spend for a heavy sound nothing is better than a caparison or suhr guitars.
Good reviews. And at 9:12 on the screen part to the right, the place where you put the pickups looks like a smiley face =D
The first part you played with the Jackson is omg awesome. So damn amazing.
great job on the vid, very informative
I'm working in music shop, and still, I've found Your video helpfull. Keep up the good job !
Fantastic information as well as your playing guitars
thanks and blessings
mahesh
dude. u r my hero. ur guitar playing is like...uber fantastic
god, how i loved these videos back in 2010
wow...first time seeing this video...absolutely amazing!!
awesome guitars. kickass skills dude!
You play awesome. I'm just starting so I'm using an acoustic one right now. I want the Jackson king v so im going to move up when I get a little better. You play awesome
Your pick work is incredible
Wow he's an amazing player your finger work is great and so is your strum/picking
I've never played the ST but I have a Mockingbird STQ and I love it...
after watching your all three good & bad heavy metal videos and some of your original songs i must ,you know a lot about guitars and you play really really great so I just wonder why aren't you in any internationally renowned metal bands. you absolutely deserve to be in great metal bands. whatsoever... keep making metalheads guitar educated \m/
nice playing dude!
Good idea, it's so helpful when something wanna get a guitar.
I love the intro music when you switch to another guitar review ^^ haha
dude, you have some serious riffs! sick
love the whammy with the ibanez
you are one sick guitarist!!! way to go!
Alright, thanks for clearing that up. Nice video by the way!
Glad to see someone agree with me. I have seen lots of people claim Yngwie is a metal player. Even his wikipedia says he plays metal. I think neo-classical sums up his genre style the best but it does have some metal influences.
sick riffs!!
Bro...you sound awesome even on the "bad" guitars. Keep shredding alive!
@sbtrackrunner yes you could, the only issue is making sure the same amount of change is applied when tuning the trem
Love the Ibanez RG tone
I enjoy these vids so much! How many years playing?
Well played.
Nice to see another player who likes to really dig in. People seem to get this misconception that playing harder doesnt make it sound any heavier. Its simple physics.
great stuff
i think you got a REALLY dodgy mockingbird because the one i tested at a shop was absolutly GORGEOUS!
Love the ESP!!!!!
Everyone's tripping, I love the infomercial esque music. You should make a new one of these!
i have the ESP MII camo.... i feel like such a beast for randomly finding a video and my guitar being in it :)
i'm getting one of these guitars hopefully... and btw your a reallly talented player
Great video
good job with the bc rich dude, sounds amazing. BC FOR LIFE!
I love your ESP Guitar!
Thank you for the nice comment. I posted on my main channel page a metal song I wrote and recorded. If you want to check it out, it's the main video on my channel page. You can also access the link in the Video Responses section of this page.
Man you are a beast. I don't even care about those guitars but your playing is amazing. Congrats
Great video. Statements that actually describe facts rather than platitudes! Willingness to criticize real issues. I am guessing the "fretting out" is related to the radius of the neck; that is something most guitar review neglect to discuss. Great shredding too! It is good to see that you can play much cleaner and faster on some guitars than others! That is something I notice about my own playing as well (although I cannot keep up with you on shredding speed!)
-Fred
That opening music shall forever be engraved in my brain
You've got some mad skills there bro
@rolfeder I play metal on my mexi-strat because it's playability is the incredible. Add a carvin C22B in the bridge and a carvin AP11-2 in the neck and it will hang with any metal guitar.
Hey man, are you still active? Your videos were one of the best back then.
Note that if you changed your strings and that the new strings have a different thickness compared to the old ones, adjusting the springs may not be enough. You may have to add or remove a spring.
right around 2:40 is ridiculous! so amazing!!
@sbtrackrunner yes because when the lock is tightened the string moves a little bit in the nut slot detuning it a little bit
I would!
I use an ESP LTD M-53.
I'm also starting out. This guitar only has 2 control knobs (volume and tone) so you wont get mixed up easily. I got mine at musicians friend so it came with clear toned strings. The pickups are great but the whammy is a tiny bit hard to use (not that much).
ESP makes the most amazing looking guitars. many custom ones they made for guitarists like hizaki and teru from versailles and other metal guitarist are amazing
good playing!
Do you have an updated review of latest best and worst metal guitars for 2017? That would be great!
Omg you r awesome... ty for the head ups for which guitar to buy btw
This guy is awesome. He should review the jim root tele.
Kool stuff awesome guitar players