"That guy from Poco" was the late, great Rusty Young. An absolute legend and the godfather of rock and roll pedal steel. A multi-talented musician who changed the rules for the pedal steel guitar.
At 1:29 - "Quieter and thinner" - I actually was nodding my head!! My Ibanez has coil tapped Humbuckers and that's exactly how it sounds when it's switched to coil single. Quieter and thinner.
In the acoustic area, you need spruce tops but mahogany, rosewood, cocobolo back and sides etc... different shapes and sizes too... starts to add up... oh, and don't forget you need a resonator too... and even if you primarily use acoustics, you gotta have at least one electric (and a really good one)...
I try to use the 2- or 3-day day rule: What I'm gassing about Monday, may still not be a need by Wednesday or Thursday. Especially if it has launch hype.
A few years back I was looking to change my tone and I stumbled upon Johnathan's videos comparing different picks ranging from the cheapest to the Blue Chip. Hope it helps. ua-cam.com/video/4z7c2ZC01Vg/v-deo.htmlsi=LcuJHCqkT3GXvSzA
Hmmm, at this point, it would'nt look right, if it were modified... plus, his fantastic guitar playing would be altered aswell! 😂😂😂 Everything counts! 😂😂😂😂
Have y'all watched Megan Lovell from Larkin Poe jam on her lap steel guitar? She's really good. A video of Larkin Poe playing with Blackberry Smoke, it's cool seeing Paul Jackson and Benji Shanks grinning ear to ear as Megan plays solo on the lap steel. Souunds as good as most lead guitar players.
"Fly Me Courageous" - Kevin Kinney & Co. aka Drivin 'n Cryin. We used to play that song in one of my bands (along with another Drivin 'n Cryin song - "Build a Fire'). Fun stuff to play. BTW, Kevin is originally from the Milwaukee area (I live in one of the Milwaukee 'burbs). Drivin 'n Cryin supposedly comes from a name of a song he was writing for a punk band he was in when he lived up here. It's too bad that the following album (after the Fly Me Courageous album) Smoke didn't do so well. "Whiskey Soul Woman" (which is off the Smoke album) is a great song.
I'm impulsive, I've been lusting for one, I can afford it, it's discontinued, it's on sale :) I literally just placed an order, not an hour before you posted this video XD
Rusty Young of Poco... saw them 3 times back in the early 70's... he was an innovator of the pedal/lap steel guitar, seek him out, it's worth the ride!
I'm teaching myself Fly Me Courageous right now! It's actually a good song for a beginner like me. Although whenever I get frustrated It gets me Drivin' and Cryin'.
It's like I said yesterday I really need a good Jazzmaster and a couple of top dollar Gretsch guitars. Nothing's changed except I think I should probably buy a couple of more amps as well before I reach 70.
Fly me courageous is the first song I figured out how to play after I finally got all six strings. My parents were sure sick of Ironman with only the a string
The reason a PRS doesn’t sound like a Strat is because the placing of the pickup below the string. And you have no chance of getting a 2, 3, or 4 position Strat tone. Owning pretty much every variety of guitar (I don’t need any more), I would suggest a mid point between a Paul and a Strat is actually a Gretsch Duo Jet, not a PRS.
I have enough guitars really, and each either comes with a different type of pickup or I have installed a different type of pickup in there to give me plenty of options. My problem comes when I browse the web and happen to see something that catches my eye. I know I don't really need it but I just have to have it. Once the object is acquired my mind sets itself on the task of convincing me of the next object I simply must have.
What I need you guys to do is create a list of reasons why your wife or significant other should buy you a guitar! 🙂 Done in a way that I can send her the video and it would inspire her to look for guitars for me. lol
I have one caveat to the whole "Buy another guitar for..." when it comes to playing live show. Sometimes its not feasible to take multiple guitars with you to a venue. Maybe the stage has no space for your band and extra gear. Maybe the set is set up in such a way that switching out guitars would take as long as, in your example, changing the string. Unless you're SRV and have a roadie who comes out and sets you up WHILE you're playing a song!! It could be argued that this mindset would prompt a video "Why you need more amps" because if your one amp blows...thats the show also. Also for Drummers "Why you need more kick drum pedals and more snares. I cannot TELL you the amount of shows I have played that abruptly ended due to these issues. As for the acoustasim not fooling anyone. I will agree 100% if you want to play acoustically around the house or play an acoustic show...get a real one. But to my point above, sometimes you cannot drag multiple guitars to a show. I play an acoustic on all of one song in a long set. Stopping to switch to an acoustic seems kinda silly in that case, so I dial in the AC3 as best I can and go for broke. Amazingly, in a band setting, that sound can come darn close. I can name three guitars off the top of my head that have desperately tried to be the "One guitar to rule them all" in terms of having an instrument that does EVERYTHING for you 1)The Line 6 Variax 2)The Taylor T5(and subsequently the Fender Acoustasonics) and 3)The Music Man John Petruci Majesty. So I wont be shocked if PRS tries to get into this market with some weird hybrid custom 24 Silver Sky with a Piezo in the bridge based off of Pauls favorite acoustic. >:) But I think we all dream of rolling into a live show with that guitar vault filled with every guitar we feel we will need to make us look and sound awesome! But I want one that comes with SRVs Roadie!!
I let someone borrow a guitar once. I did not get that guitar back in the same shape as I loaned it. So no, no more. Samick SG, jack went into the body. Eventually I had it repaired with a jack plate over the damage.
You don't have enough guitars if you don't have a Telecaster!!! That leads to a suggestion for a video of the "5 guitars you must have". It could be all electric or a combo of electric and acoustic. Thx.
Once my family was playing in a church, I was trying to hook up a floor pedal with all the cords in a mess,so I'm down on my knees, they are all ready to go and waiting on me. The preacher looks down at me and says,say one for me while you're down there. Geez I'm already anxious,now I'm heckled by the preacher... Pex 😮😮
Unrelated but a couple weeks ago I was at an open mic and somehow I bumped into the mic stand and knocked my tone knob. Solder joint cracked, output died, the pot fell into the cavity and the knob got lost. It made me really regret not having another guitar with me right then and there.
Speaking of new guitars, I don't have an acoustic one. I should really get one.... or, I've been thinking, supertrat with a floyd rose and learn how to do dive bombs!
My PRS Custom 24 doesn’t come close to achieving strat sounds, even with the split coil options. It’s too warm sounding of a guitar. Love it to death but that’s why I added a silver sky to the roster
Really, I'm good with just one reason. I'm back. Thought about it. Don't even need one, except to give to my wife and I make those up. And yes, she knows.
1: Can't find the sound. Often as not, the amp is at issue, but a new guitar can build on the fallacy. While I don't subscribe to needing a Strat tone, I do have a failing for Strats loaded with lipstick pickups. 2: The guitar in the store wrote a song for you. I've seen a video of Kenny Wayne Shepherd's collection, and... they are uniformly Strats. Seems unlikely there's much of a difference between them. But if one wrote a song the others struggle with (and it happens) best bring that home. 3: Your #1 is in the shop. I had a guitar in the shop for eighteen months. By the time I got it back, they had it longer than I had. Next time there was a neck twist. Fixing those takes half a year. A spare guitar is useful. 4: A rare gem surfaces. I can't stand Telecasters. Too much twang, too harsh, too thin, and I wrestle with the necks. So when this Lawsuit Era copy takes all that away, I buy it before someone else finds it. 5: She's just too dazzling to let go. This falls under the "Bucket List" at times. Some guitar will just sweep you off your feet, and there's nothing for it except to have her.
When PRS follows their own claims and makes the same off the shelf models with all identical hardware but five different wood options available at retail, I'll take them seriously. If you need more guitars, get them from a company that doesn't make wild claims about "tone". Gretsch is best, of course, they don't even seem to know specs for their own stuff, and it's still great!
Having the same exact Fishmans in all your guitars. That's my pet peave of players who'll claim they don't need single coils or even P90's. Just get an HSS and be done with it already.
Drivin N Cryin !!! Played Fly Me Courageous live 29 years ago. That just made me feel old. Definitely a banger
Have you ever seen the blue ridge mountains? The Chattahoochee?
"That guy from Poco" was the late, great Rusty Young. An absolute legend and the godfather of rock and roll pedal steel. A multi-talented musician who changed the rules for the pedal steel guitar.
I think this video is a sign I need a new guitar
Ironically, your comment has made me realize that I, too, need a new guitar.
Woke up and the day of the week ended with theletter Y, so I need a new guitar
I like how balanced you guys are trying to be. I was worried I had too many guitars yesterday. Today, I need 5 more. 😂
At 1:29 - "Quieter and thinner" - I actually was nodding my head!!
My Ibanez has coil tapped Humbuckers and that's exactly how it sounds when it's switched to coil single. Quieter and thinner.
You told us yesterday we have too many! Now we have to get more? AHHHHHHH!
Drivin' n' Cryin' is one of my all-time favorite bands!
Honeysuckle blue is a fn classic
Here are a couple more reasons;
1) it’s daytime
B) it’s nighttime
In the acoustic area, you need spruce tops but mahogany, rosewood, cocobolo back and sides etc... different shapes and sizes too... starts to add up... oh, and don't forget you need a resonator too... and even if you primarily use acoustics, you gotta have at least one electric (and a really good one)...
And a Hollowbody 🙂
And then you’re gonna need a little wood- body reso and a bigger metal-body one.
I try to use the 2- or 3-day day rule: What I'm gassing about Monday, may still not be a need by Wednesday or Thursday. Especially if it has launch hype.
Have you guys ever done a “boutique pick” episode? That would be awesome. I would love to see what’s out there.
A few years back I was looking to change my tone and I stumbled upon Johnathan's videos comparing different picks ranging from the cheapest to the Blue Chip. Hope it helps. ua-cam.com/video/4z7c2ZC01Vg/v-deo.htmlsi=LcuJHCqkT3GXvSzA
Can you imagine being Baxters Mom and trying to comb his hair for a school photo?
I assume he drives to work with his head out the window. It's cool, though.
No....in fact ..I'd love to see his moms hair
Worst hair on any music channel on UA-cam
Hmmm, at this point, it would'nt look right, if it were modified... plus, his fantastic guitar playing would be altered aswell! 😂😂😂
Everything counts! 😂😂😂😂
Especially at this age!
All I need, strat type, tele type, Gibson with humbuckers, semi hollow, acoustic guitar and a travel guitar. Oh yeah, Ukulele for the grandchildren.
Don't forget a 12 string electric n 12 string acoustic
Have y'all watched Megan Lovell from Larkin Poe jam on her lap steel guitar? She's really good. A video of Larkin Poe playing with Blackberry Smoke, it's cool seeing Paul Jackson and Benji Shanks grinning ear to ear as Megan plays solo on the lap steel. Souunds as good as most lead guitar players.
Larkin Poe will be at Merlefest in 2 weeks
"Fly Me Courageous" - Kevin Kinney & Co. aka Drivin 'n Cryin. We used to play that song in one of my bands (along with another Drivin 'n Cryin song - "Build a Fire'). Fun stuff to play. BTW, Kevin is originally from the Milwaukee area (I live in one of the Milwaukee 'burbs). Drivin 'n Cryin supposedly comes from a name of a song he was writing for a punk band he was in when he lived up here.
It's too bad that the following album (after the Fly Me Courageous album) Smoke didn't do so well. "Whiskey Soul Woman" (which is off the Smoke album) is a great song.
I'm impulsive, I've been lusting for one, I can afford it, it's discontinued, it's on sale :) I literally just placed an order, not an hour before you posted this video XD
Just one more...You guys are enablers, thank you!
I enjoy playing Rain Song in standard tuning, too, Baxter! Great video.
Hey Baxter, I noticed you like to reference movies and I found your actor double. John Payne in the Film Noir 1948 movie Larceny. haha
Rusty Young of Poco... saw them 3 times back in the early 70's... he was an innovator of the pedal/lap steel guitar, seek him out, it's worth the ride!
I'm teaching myself Fly Me Courageous right now! It's actually a good song for a beginner like me. Although whenever I get frustrated It gets me Drivin' and Cryin'.
My fave was def the last one. The arpeggiated synth with da pipe!
It's like I said yesterday I really need a good Jazzmaster and a couple of top dollar Gretsch guitars. Nothing's changed except I think I should probably buy a couple of more amps as well before I reach 70.
Fly me courageous is the first song I figured out how to play after I finally got all six strings. My parents were sure sick of Ironman with only the a string
You are making me lust after a pedal steel. I know I want more guitars. Must resist, Must Resist, Sweetwater, Reverb boomarks wish list
Y’all need to hurry up and become a Gibson dealer so I can drive down and buy one from you guys
The reason a PRS doesn’t sound like a Strat is because the placing of the pickup below the string. And you have no chance of getting a 2, 3, or 4 position Strat tone.
Owning pretty much every variety of guitar (I don’t need any more), I would suggest a mid point between a Paul and a Strat is actually a Gretsch Duo Jet, not a PRS.
My favorite pick is the Fender thins
I have enough guitars really, and each either comes with a different type of pickup or I have installed a different type of pickup in there to give me plenty of options.
My problem comes when I browse the web and happen to see something that catches my eye. I know I don't really need it but I just have to have it. Once the object is acquired my mind sets itself on the task of convincing me of the next object I simply must have.
What I need you guys to do is create a list of reasons why your wife or significant other should buy you a guitar! 🙂
Done in a way that I can send her the video and it would inspire her to look for guitars for me. lol
I’ll second that!
My H/S/S Samick can do most of what I want thanks to me throwing a set of EMG SA/SA/81 Pickups in it. I still want a Strat, though.
I have one caveat to the whole "Buy another guitar for..." when it comes to playing live show. Sometimes its not feasible to take multiple guitars with you to a venue. Maybe the stage has no space for your band and extra gear. Maybe the set is set up in such a way that switching out guitars would take as long as, in your example, changing the string. Unless you're SRV and have a roadie who comes out and sets you up WHILE you're playing a song!!
It could be argued that this mindset would prompt a video "Why you need more amps" because if your one amp blows...thats the show also. Also for Drummers "Why you need more kick drum pedals and more snares. I cannot TELL you the amount of shows I have played that abruptly ended due to these issues.
As for the acoustasim not fooling anyone. I will agree 100% if you want to play acoustically around the house or play an acoustic show...get a real one. But to my point above, sometimes you cannot drag multiple guitars to a show. I play an acoustic on all of one song in a long set. Stopping to switch to an acoustic seems kinda silly in that case, so I dial in the AC3 as best I can and go for broke. Amazingly, in a band setting, that sound can come darn close.
I can name three guitars off the top of my head that have desperately tried to be the "One guitar to rule them all" in terms of having an instrument that does EVERYTHING for you 1)The Line 6 Variax 2)The Taylor T5(and subsequently the Fender Acoustasonics) and 3)The Music Man John Petruci Majesty. So I wont be shocked if PRS tries to get into this market with some weird hybrid custom 24 Silver Sky with a Piezo in the bridge based off of Pauls favorite acoustic. >:)
But I think we all dream of rolling into a live show with that guitar vault filled with every guitar we feel we will need to make us look and sound awesome! But I want one that comes with SRVs Roadie!!
I don't have a Gibson Custom shop Les Paul R9 do I do need another guitar. Always could use 1 more.
Drive Me Courageous!! Just heard that song at a bar here in Auckland tonight!!!😄
I let someone borrow a guitar once. I did not get that guitar back in the same shape as I loaned it. So no, no more.
Samick SG, jack went into the body. Eventually I had it repaired with a jack plate over the damage.
You know, my wallet really doesn’t appreciate the topic of this video. 😂
There is this Beautiful Sterling Mariposa, but then again I have cca 25 guitars :D
Life's too short. Go get it
5:35 absolutely, you need two guitars. I've always got one on standby because I've broken my share of strings in the middle of the worship set :D
I bought a cheaper lap steel and put palm benders on it. Had it less than a month and now I'm dying for a pedal steel.
You don't have enough guitars if you don't have a Telecaster!!!
That leads to a suggestion for a video of the "5 guitars you must have". It could be all electric or a combo of electric and acoustic. Thx.
This is already more useful than that ridiculous offering you gave us last time.
"Fly Me Courageous" by Commuting to Work on a Monday Morning.
Once my family was playing in a church, I was trying to hook up a floor pedal with all the cords in a mess,so I'm down on my knees, they are all ready to go and waiting on me. The preacher looks down at me and says,say one for me while you're down there. Geez I'm already anxious,now I'm heckled by the preacher... Pex 😮😮
Unrelated but a couple weeks ago I was at an open mic and somehow I bumped into the mic stand and knocked my tone knob. Solder joint cracked, output died, the pot fell into the cavity and the knob got lost. It made me really regret not having another guitar with me right then and there.
Speaking of new guitars, I don't have an acoustic one. I should really get one.... or, I've been thinking, supertrat with a floyd rose and learn how to do dive bombs!
I’m a PRS fan, I have a McCarty, but it does not do Strat tones
New (another) guitar? I've had this conversation over 50 times. The answer has almost always come back yes.
Thanks Guys!
Hey! I love my Acoustic Simulator.
Told myself the same thing yesterday. Good enough for 1 song per set.
WOAH! I haven’t watched in a while, Baxter you’re lookin’ sharp dude!
I only buy guitars on days that end in y.
The logo in the back reminds me of the old school MTV logo.
Did you include that Players are on sale this month? Cheap thrills.
Hell, I’ve purchased guitars for our anniversary, my wife’s birthday, 4 July and Valentine’s Day. I’ve even purchased one 4 Mother’s Day.😂
So what you’re saying is I need to buy an es335 and a Les Paul? I knew I wasn’t crazy. Thank you oh wise ones.
Got a new bass 3 weeks ago, a new acoustic last week, does that mean a new electric in two weeks?
lol johnathan don’t ever stop with the “rib shot” comments! “Quieter and thinner, just kidding just kidding” lol. We love you too Baxter 💪🏼👍🏻
Driven and Crying is the only way to fly me courageous.
My PRS Custom 24 doesn’t come close to achieving strat sounds, even with the split coil options. It’s too warm sounding of a guitar. Love it to death but that’s why I added a silver sky to the roster
I love my American strat. Now I want a Telecaster.
Ooh, I know the answer to this one. When Fender releases a 70th Anni 54 Strat.
Really, I'm good with just one reason. I'm back. Thought about it. Don't even need one, except to give to my wife and I make those up. And yes, she knows.
I do probably need at least two more guitars, at the bare minimum.
1: Can't find the sound.
Often as not, the amp is at issue, but a new guitar can build on the fallacy. While I don't subscribe to needing a Strat tone, I do have a failing for Strats loaded with lipstick pickups.
2: The guitar in the store wrote a song for you.
I've seen a video of Kenny Wayne Shepherd's collection, and... they are uniformly Strats. Seems unlikely there's much of a difference between them. But if one wrote a song the others struggle with (and it happens) best bring that home.
3: Your #1 is in the shop.
I had a guitar in the shop for eighteen months. By the time I got it back, they had it longer than I had. Next time there was a neck twist. Fixing those takes half a year. A spare guitar is useful.
4: A rare gem surfaces.
I can't stand Telecasters. Too much twang, too harsh, too thin, and I wrestle with the necks. So when this Lawsuit Era copy takes all that away, I buy it before someone else finds it.
5: She's just too dazzling to let go.
This falls under the "Bucket List" at times. Some guitar will just sweep you off your feet, and there's nothing for it except to have her.
New guitar day is the best day!
Oh good, he finally found a comb.
I don't own a PRS, but every time I play one I never use the coil tap,,, yes it's true
just play a strat
I never use coil tap on any guitar. Coil split is a bit better, but I dont use that either.
I love PRS but I disagree. You need a PRS AND a Charvel DK24.😜I like Strats but rarely play them.
I had a dream and it’s time !!!
When PRS follows their own claims and makes the same off the shelf models with all identical hardware but five different wood options available at retail, I'll take them seriously. If you need more guitars, get them from a company that doesn't make wild claims about "tone". Gretsch is best, of course, they don't even seem to know specs for their own stuff, and it's still great!
All you need is....... more guitars
2:34 Drivin’ and Cryin’
Old Man Baxter look is driving the ladies wild!!! And by ladies I mean all the middle age dudes watching this channel..
Well, my dilemma is that I can never get the right sound out of each guitar. so hence I have GAS - gear acquisition syndrome!
Well, the first sign that I need another new guitar is that I woke up again this morning.
Are Dunlop .73 Flow picks manly enough?
I mean, I think about buying new guitars only on days ending in "y".
The best sign that you need another guitar is that the day of week ends in "Y"
It’s an investment, going to pay off big! They’re a sure thing, I tell you, not an addiction like they said in the intervention yesterday.
To much trouble co change strings ?
I think you call that hairdo, finger style.. wake up in the morning run your fingers through it..done...ha😅... Pex
In other words, anything can provide a reason to buy another guitar. Lol
Drivin n Cryin best band EVER!
The truth of this conversation boils down to money. If guitar only cost $100 each an everyone owned 20 of them, no one would blink an eye.
1: It’s pay day
2. Pesky bills want your money? Spend it to keep it safe!
Can I borrow your Jimmy Page 1969 EDS-1275 Collector’s Edition?
Thanks!
My most important reason for buying a new guitar… I can live with my wife being angry. (she doesn’t get that mad.)😅
I am on sign 30
All you need is a PRS. To trade for either one AVII Strat or two Classic Vibe Teles. 😂
I have to many guitars. I can only play one at a time.
Honeysuckle Blue!
Driving and Cryin
🎸 Homey Suckle Blue 🎸
Having the same exact Fishmans in all your guitars. That's my pet peave of players who'll claim they don't need single coils or even P90's. Just get an HSS and be done with it already.
Lust overcomes need every time.
Joni Mitchell did alternate tunings because like many of us she hated F chords.
I'm goin straight to hell Just like my momma said...
Soundgarden 16 tunings. Say no more, squire.