It's such a beautiful looking guitar, man. I had the chance to play your first Epiphone LP 7string signature, and it has been my favorite 7 string that I've played so far. Unfortunately I Just can't afford to have more guitars lined up in my room. This will definately be my next guitar though. Love the work you guys put into your music and shows. Lots of love from Sydney, Australia.
Lee: is it a Danny Devito signature model? Rob: It's a John Mayer Silver Sky, with a slightly dead D-string. The man who built this particular guitar is of Dutch/Irish heritage, and he had eaten a sausage egg McMuffin with no cheese for breakfast the morning before he started building this.
Lee: It's a Gretch of some sort. Rob: This is a Gibson explorer, with Dimarzio PAF Pro buckers, and the 209th wind in the bridge pickup was slightly too tight.
JeffTheSmurf seeing as he has a 50/50 chance of guessing the color of an SG, that wouldn’t be terribly impressive. Now guessing the color of a Les Paul by licking it would be impressive.
you should introduce this as feature at Andertons store. Blindfold shopping. Have special room, have customers pay small fee for the service and bring them 10 guitars in their budget to blindfold test them. And customer without prejudice leaves with best instrument he felt and heard. :D
Rob: Without even being handed the guitar, I can tell by the smell and its aura that it's a classic 62 Fender Japanese reissue from March 1998, modded with a Gibson Les Paul neck, EMG 81 bridge pick up, Seymour Duncan prototype triple coil pick up at the neck, painted in a sunburst sky blue with ivory scratch plate made from the tusk of a Mastadon. Me: Is it a trumpet?
IKR I could've named more people who had signature strats at the time Eric Clapton Yngwie J Malmsteen Stevie Ray Vaughan Ritchie Blackmore Buddy Guy Jimmie Vaughan Jim Root
have an idea for a blindfold challenge: bea, jos, pete, (others?) learn a variety of riffs across all different genres and rob and lee have to guess who was playing. rob will still probably get everything right though
Guitarists shop with their eyes most of the time so its interesting when you sit down and close your eyes while and play some guitars that people hand you.
Uh...no they seem like cool guys that would be fun to hang out with and learn from. What are you some kind of pervert with a fake username you're hiding behind? I think you need stronger meds for your depression. These you are taking now aren't working.
Watching Rob play blindfolded whilst trying to work out the guitar is just so entertaining. These challenge videos are just so addictive to watch. More please! And hats off to Rob's amazing ears.
Kemper vs HeadRush vs Helix vs Mooer GE200 vs Boss GT-1000 vs 1 tube amp blind test, please. With Seymour Duncan PowerStage 170 as the amp for the amp sims.
"I'm saying from the amount of tones that we got out of it, that it's a....a John Petrucci model". Oh really...it wouldn't be because you cheated and rubbed your arm all over the guitar and felt that knob on the front of it, that only exists on that particular model Cappers? LOL
Do a blindfold on strings.... heavy vs light and another on brands AND another one types flatwound against something! Thanks. I do love the blind fold shows.
If you are doing a blindfold challenge with the viewers you should probably do a UA-cam live video so people can comment (and you can read it) in real-time.
ryan dirks Thanks Ryan, I'm quite aware that the videos have a lot of editing and that they shoot them in batches, live shows although longer have the interactive bonus, so there's that. I know that they would have to save a date for it, but hey, why not explore some different formats?
With out wanting to head into ''we're not worthy'' realms, I've loved this video. Thank you so much for doing this. I've loved the stuff you guys collaborate on for a long time and hope to see further content fro. The two of you combined. Thanks again guys.
This challenge definitely would have kicked my ass haha. Can't imagine having to pick a guess out of every sig guitar out there. Some of these are so similar to other sig models, for sure.
Haha,... great of you to mention Philip Sayce! He is from right here in my neck of the woods in southern, Ontario, Canada. I have seen him live in some small clubs in Toronto and Barrie. This guy live is mind blowing and takes me back to the 70's when running about to see all the great guitarists of that era. Keep the high level of entertainment and tutorial videos coming.
any chance we can get a Pete and/or Rabea and/or Joss involved for one of these blindfold challenges just for fun and to mix things up? you could even do a team challenge, Rob + Cap vs Rabea + Joss/Pete etc :P
I legit commented this like yesterday and as it turns out, they made it already, my god it's as if Chappers could smell the guitars I was thinking about and predicted the video
I think a super cool blindfold comparison would be to take a whole bunch of Stratocasters and other s types and see if they can pick out the Silver Sky from them. Everything from Squiers to custom shops and beyond maybe to make it tricky. Rob was able to tell a PRS neck pretty quick so maybe Lee and good ol' Danish Pete can do the challenge? I think that would be really cool!
James Russo what's wild is that Holcomb has like the flattest fretboard on the planet lol so if he's not familiar with the guitar I'm a little surprised he so quickly thought it felt like a PRS. Slightly longer scale length I believe and different neck profile than my PRS S2. I love the Holcomb though, killer value.
@Nathaniel Low really? I never saw that, I only knew he had the EET FUK Explorer, the Baritone Grynch, the Vulture, the Truckster, the Iron Cross, and also he has a Gibson V
@@sakimiyu4169 among the hundreds of guitars he has and had, the V was a japanese copy with a Gibson truss rod cover, than he had a Jackson meant to be a signature before ESPs, a couple of Gibson Explorers, than the infamous ESP MX250 (eet fuk, 1st official signature) and other white and black ones. After those he had Les Paul shaped ESP sig, two Flying V ESPs, the thread plate Explorers and the deer skull one and a couple of Ken Lawrence Explorers. And this goes on till the latest ones, with the Grynch in the middle: ESP Trucksters, the Iron Crosses (after the Gibson one) the Snakebytes and the Vultures.
@Francesco Barbaro cool, I've seen a few of his guitars in a rig tour featuring the guitar technicians and I have seen the baritone Grynch in a live performance of St Anger
I was waiting for the Silversky without The Captain and Chappers holding the headstock! Hahaha that was fun! And the reaction on the Holcomb, "Oh! Beefy!" Hahaha! From a blues player is just hilarious, really fun to watch!
Holyyyyy crap, this is the first time in a while that waking up in the middle of the night on the west coast of the US has actually paid off! Thanks for keeping me up even longer, gents!
Rob: I can hear the Seymour Duncan’s in what feels like a PRS
Lee: it has strings so it could be either a bass, a guitar or a violin
but lee could tell the Jimi fretboard was shiny..
In fairness, Rob never touches the fretboard if he can help it.
'This was a good idea for a video before it started...'
@@GrumpyTy34er ooof! xD
omg lmao xD
Thanks for jamming on my axe!!
It's such a beautiful looking guitar, man. I had the chance to play your first Epiphone LP 7string signature, and it has been my favorite 7 string that I've played so far. Unfortunately I Just can't afford to have more guitars lined up in my room. This will definately be my next guitar though. Love the work you guys put into your music and shows. Lots of love from Sydney, Australia.
As soon as i saw your guitar I just knew it was going to be a good video
Please do a captain meets next time youre in the uk
I thought it was a buckethead guitar.
i was shouting your name even before they start playing it :D
Chappers: "This string is dead, this string is half dead" it's one of these guitars.
Chappers the guitar detective.
That was some Sherlock Holmes fuckery.
Thought that was a dead giveaway
Well, it DID sound flubby and muddy
Elementary, my dear captain!
Lee: is it a Danny Devito signature model?
Rob: It's a John Mayer Silver Sky, with a slightly dead D-string. The man who built this particular guitar is of Dutch/Irish heritage, and he had eaten a sausage egg McMuffin with no cheese for breakfast the morning before he started building this.
Lee: It's a Gretch of some sort.
Rob: This is a Gibson explorer, with Dimarzio PAF Pro buckers, and the 209th wind in the bridge pickup was slightly too tight.
Zachary Lee this is too accurate
This may very well be my favourite UA-cam comment ever.
Rob: *touches neck* It's a 2019 Gibson SG Standard in -
*sucks top horn*
Heritage Cherry
JeffTheSmurf seeing as he has a 50/50 chance of guessing the color of an SG, that wouldn’t be terribly impressive. Now guessing the color of a Les Paul by licking it would be impressive.
Rob: That’s definitely a humbucker, listen to it
Humbucker: I am a humbuckeeerr
😂😂
I'm still laughing, that was great
Josh Gurr hahaahahha haahahhaah
Oh man, I missed that. Where was it??
el_lars around 7:08
Even though it’s a hot-rail
you should introduce this as feature at Andertons store. Blindfold shopping. Have special room, have customers pay small fee for the service and bring them 10 guitars in their budget to blindfold test them. And customer without prejudice leaves with best instrument he felt and heard. :D
That's a very interesting concept. I like it! Blindfold shopping!!!!
Alex Janmo i do that too, you just have to like the looks of your guitar
I must admit the PRS John Mayer sounded fantastic.
Luka S Simply Brilliant
That’s pretty much how I chose between the guitars I liked the best when I bought mine
Captains smirk when he says it’s the John Petrucci model. He’s like yeah I cheated I felt the upper horn and piezo switch with my arm
My daughter loves Rabea, she calls him Frobro Baggins
:D
ikr Bea's so adorable
17:07 After guitars of 1700, 3000 and 4000 quid comes the 500 one. "This sounds the best so far."
Frits van Zanten the irony
Rob: Without even being handed the guitar, I can tell by the smell and its aura that it's a classic 62 Fender Japanese reissue from March 1998, modded with a Gibson Les Paul neck, EMG 81 bridge pick up, Seymour Duncan prototype triple coil pick up at the neck, painted in a sunburst sky blue with ivory scratch plate made from the tusk of a Mastadon.
Me: Is it a trumpet?
"Who else plays a Strat?"
This is going to take awhile, lol.
IKR
I could've named more people who had signature strats at the time
Eric Clapton
Yngwie J Malmsteen
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Ritchie Blackmore
Buddy Guy
Jimmie Vaughan
Jim Root
@@sakimiyu4169 jim root's doesnt have single coils tho
@boyman I know but it's still technically a Stratocaster DUH
@@sakimiyu4169 Jim root play strat? I thought he only play jackson, tele and jazzmaster.
@Scuff Mick Thomson used Jackson
and yes Jim does have a signature strat, watch Psychosocial at BBC Maida Vale Studios. he used one there
Rob: "its thick init"
Behind Camera: "...like a coke can"
Smirk.
How the hell does Rob spot things like the bottom two strings being dead?!? It’s like if Sherlock played guitar.
Joe Pearson good ear
when you play dead strings you know it.
I suppose it's his lateral thinking that amazes me the most.
well all those youtube guitarist's that have been trying to call out rob for years, he obvs does know a thing or two
Joe Pearson... if you CAN'T tell that two strings are dead, maybe you should consider a different career...? And without looking.
have an idea for a blindfold challenge:
bea, jos, pete, (others?) learn a variety of riffs across all different genres and rob and lee have to guess who was playing. rob will still probably get everything right though
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Lee acts like we couldn't see him touch the switch on the John Petrucci
dGG ya and forearm on the horn .. it’s pretty distinctive
I was searching for this comment
XD
Rob: "I wasn't touching the pickup." As his fingers are .01 millimeter from the neck pickup lol.
Damn Rob turned into Sherlock when he said about the E and A being dead meant it was a Jackson or schecter 😂😂😂
31:30 Rob has summoned the demons of hell with one sentence
rofl
It's a STRAT!!!
They edited that wonderfully. XD
i'll be damned
Rory is a comedy genius.
I laughed so hard at that bit!
I like how Rabea coughs when he changes the pickup so that they can’t count how many clicks it makes
Blues player likes the signature guitar of a djent player the most
I laughed when he said "It's the best sounding one so far."
"Top 10 betrayals caught on camera"
Guitarists shop with their eyes most of the time so its interesting when you sit down and close your eyes while and play some guitars that people hand you.
I’m like that, I’m def not a metal player but love metal guitars!
Pedro Costa agree make the video
I wish this place was in the U.S.A. so I could visit easily and buy some gear + I seriously would like to hang out with these dudes!
Uh...no they seem like cool guys that would be fun to hang out with and learn from. What are you some kind of pervert with a fake username you're hiding behind? I think you need stronger meds for your depression. These you are taking now aren't working.
Brian Stewart yes sir. I'm sorry for my transcretions. Do you think you can forgive me ?
If I thought you were being genuine instead of fake I would..
Brian Stewart I'm genuine. You can know I'm telling the truth because I said so.
Sounds like something I read on the internet..
Well Captain, you cheeky wee lad. Anyone else notice when he was "copping a feel with his forearm", that he felt the piezo switch on the Petrucci Sig?
Rob enters 2000 IQ mode with that Jackson
This is why I love Andertons.
"Whos the guy from Periphery?"... So close lol
Guys can you do this with rabea and joss and they have to guess signature modern metal guitarists guitars
For whatever reason, I freaking lost it when they put that siren over Rob saying "It's a strat." 😂
The Mark Holcomb being tuned to standard is melting my brain more than it should be.
"I swear on my child's life"
The child: O.O
Watching Rob play blindfolded whilst trying to work out the guitar is just so entertaining. These challenge videos are just so addictive to watch. More please! And hats off to Rob's amazing ears.
Is it even an official Video if Lee doesn't bust out that "More than a feeling" riff? :P
Never in my life have I seen someone as lost as when lee was handed the seven string🤣
It hurt my heart when they called it obscure lol. Like, that's my favorite band and frontman's sig 😂
"I had to tongue it to make sure I can find the hole "
Rob Chapman
Lee plays only funk #49 or More than a feeling
Yep
This was way too funny for me
I love how into the Misha Mansoor djent machine Lee was
Lee won't stop playing the opening lick to more than a feeling and won't finish the riff
I'll be happy to participate in the next video. Just send me one of each guitar. You should probably send me an amp as well.
Brett Rader it’ll come back to the shop right ;)
Eventually, but it may take a while. :)
underrated comment
Kemper vs HeadRush vs Helix vs Mooer GE200 vs Boss GT-1000 vs 1 tube amp blind test, please.
With Seymour Duncan PowerStage 170 as the amp for the amp sims.
JiTiAr35 best comment video idea I’ve heard yet. All modelers, one tube amp.
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Up!!!
69 likes also great idea lol
Blindfolded Rig Challenge. Signature amp, guitar and stuff and guess whose rig it is! :D
"It's very you, Lee" He says about the Djentest guitar in the bunch.
For the last one you should have given them each their own signature Chapmans! (or Chapmen...?)
Your "blindfold" vids are the best. They're unique and , at times , very revealing.
Really love the editing on these videos lately, funny stuff
Definitely agree about Philip Sayce having huis own signature guitar!
I love your videos! If I've had a bad day, I just watch some of these vids and I'm cracking up in no time. Thanks guys.
Love the scene when lee felt the piezo switch with his arm and acted all wierd for the next few minutes.....hahaha
"I'm saying from the amount of tones that we got out of it, that it's a....a John Petrucci model".
Oh really...it wouldn't be because you cheated and rubbed your arm all over the guitar and felt that knob on the front of it, that only exists on that particular model Cappers? LOL
Do a blindfold on strings.... heavy vs light and another on brands AND another one types flatwound against something! Thanks. I do love the blind fold shows.
If you are doing a blindfold challenge with the viewers you should probably do a UA-cam live video so people can comment (and you can read it) in real-time.
Mario Chiu that would be a great idea, I second this
4am in the states. I'd still watch video.
Ehh these are heavily edited for time sake and they shoot multiple videos in one day then post them on a schedule
ryan dirks Thanks Ryan, I'm quite aware that the videos have a lot of editing and that they shoot them in batches, live shows although longer have the interactive bonus, so there's that.
I know that they would have to save a date for it, but hey, why not explore some different formats?
Sometimes it sounds like Lee is gonna start playing “Tonight I’m Gonna Rock Tonight You Tonight” by Spinal Tap.
Rob never fails to absolutely amaze me at his guitar skills
I agree! Captain plays basic chords and Rob blindfolded goes crazy!
Rob knows his stuff. That’s a tough challenge and Rob has a great ear 👂
wow that majesty sounded really good. and whatever amp and effects were being used. i loved that tone. might need me one :O
Is lee playing the intro to more than a feeling by Boston?
He's running through a D chord which is pretty much the same thing :p
With out wanting to head into ''we're not worthy'' realms, I've loved this video. Thank you so much for doing this. I've loved the stuff you guys collaborate on for a long time and hope to see further content fro. The two of you combined. Thanks again guys.
My god, I don’t know if a single guitar was in tune.
This challenge definitely would have kicked my ass haha. Can't imagine having to pick a guess out of every sig guitar out there. Some of these are so similar to other sig models, for sure.
I've been out of the loop, Rob is turning into a Wizard. Look at that beard
That Holcomb Sig is so beautiful, I see that guitar in my local Guitar center up on the top shelf and I just stand and stare
Andertons, can't believe you haven't picked up on the fact that Matt Heafy commented on your video, and you haven't publicly acknowledged it?!
Whoah that Kotzen Tele sounds insanely smooth, lovely tone. The Majesty sounded like arse after it.
It's a Bolton, Michael Bolton signature.
Haha,... great of you to mention Philip Sayce! He is from right here in my neck of the woods in southern, Ontario, Canada. I have seen him live in some small clubs in Toronto and Barrie. This guy live is mind blowing and takes me back to the 70's when running about to see all the great guitarists of that era. Keep the high level of entertainment and tutorial videos coming.
REST IN PEACE. Had me crying.
Chris Bradshaw haha Yeah, he did the hand gesture of a surfer and the undertaker's motto! Bizarre 😂
Captain allways plays the same "more than a feeling" style intro riff. Every single video, every single guitar.
The diminished chord every time rob guesses something right gets me every time lol
any chance we can get a Pete and/or Rabea and/or Joss involved for one of these blindfold challenges just for fun and to mix things up? you could even do a team challenge, Rob + Cap vs Rabea + Joss/Pete etc :P
Cring0r Oooooooo! I like the team idea!
"Got your chopper out under a bridge.." LOL Lee!
Brian Stewart I don’t get it
You know, that might actually be funnier! :)
We have a winner! :)
I legit commented this like yesterday and as it turns out, they made it already, my god it's as if Chappers could smell the guitars I was thinking about and predicted the video
Happy birthday Rob!
Robb you are f!@#$%^ amazing what you do in these blind tests. I would love for you to end the tone wood debate because I trust your ear.
Nice you need to do this again with orther signature Guitars!! David Gilmour, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, SRV O.O
SemperFidelis , I agree, seriously, those are exactly the sort of guitars I expected given the captains love for Eric Clapton for instance
So only strats you mean?
@Sjef S Page played a Telecaster and does have a signature telecaster
@@KeeperOfPoops yeah thats litterally the only one in that list. Oke to make it more acurate only fenders then
I was surprised there was no Clapton strat tbh
I think a super cool blindfold comparison would be to take a whole bunch of Stratocasters and other s types and see if they can pick out the Silver Sky from them. Everything from Squiers to custom shops and beyond maybe to make it tricky. Rob was able to tell a PRS neck pretty quick so maybe Lee and good ol' Danish Pete can do the challenge? I think that would be really cool!
9:30 one day, Lee will finish the intro riff to More Than a Feeling
Love these challenges and great video editing!
19:36
That was some magical fuckery of deductive observation. Brilliant.
You guys should definitely do more of these!!!
Lee cheated on the JP model, he felt the extra long horn with his forearm, and the switch.
You guys should do more stuff with Rabea!!
What about signature Basses? Give some love to the low end
I love these videos so much! First time I have seen them both pretty much stumped. Seems they try the normal guitars more than the signature stuff.
do some kind of bass guitar blindfold challenge🎵
The things rob picks up on in tone is honestly crazy. He’s honestly a guitar god.
Damn Rob KNOWS his PRS feels
James Russo what's wild is that Holcomb has like the flattest fretboard on the planet lol so if he's not familiar with the guitar I'm a little surprised he so quickly thought it felt like a PRS. Slightly longer scale length I believe and different neck profile than my PRS S2. I love the Holcomb though, killer value.
Rob really knows his stuff regarding guitars. I might need to take him with me one time when I get a new guitar LOL
John 5 is playing Teles
Jim root too
there was also the Danny Gatton signature, Jim from Jimmy Eat World had one and also did Chris from the Foo Fighters
Saki Miyu and Joe Duplantier from Gojira
@@Ratmatia Yeah, but that's with Charvel.
i like it that you read the comments and actually do some of these challenge suggestions
Rob about a 7 string: it's a James Hetfield signature.
Am I missing something...?
St. Anger period I guess. Had some baritones then too.
Yup, there was a video where James Hetfield was seen using a 7-string tuned to Drop C
@Nathaniel Low really? I never saw that, I only knew he had the EET FUK Explorer, the Baritone Grynch, the Vulture, the Truckster, the Iron Cross, and also he has a Gibson V
@@sakimiyu4169 among the hundreds of guitars he has and had, the V was a japanese copy with a Gibson truss rod cover, than he had a Jackson meant to be a signature before ESPs, a couple of Gibson Explorers, than the infamous ESP MX250 (eet fuk, 1st official signature) and other white and black ones. After those he had Les Paul shaped ESP sig, two Flying V ESPs, the thread plate Explorers and the deer skull one and a couple of Ken Lawrence Explorers. And this goes on till the latest ones, with the Grynch in the middle: ESP Trucksters, the Iron Crosses (after the Gibson one) the Snakebytes and the Vultures.
@Francesco Barbaro cool, I've seen a few of his guitars in a rig tour featuring the guitar technicians and I have seen the baritone Grynch in a live performance of St Anger
I am tuning in next week for the blindfold Andertons stocktake challenge
Would be Nice to hear the captain play something other than the usual g, d, chords
So excited. Haven’t even watched it yet!!
a test of guitar knowledge more than sound i would imagine :P
I was waiting for the Silversky without The Captain and Chappers holding the headstock! Hahaha that was fun! And the reaction on the Holcomb, "Oh! Beefy!" Hahaha! From a blues player is just hilarious, really fun to watch!
Don't think they should be allowed to cop a feel, it makes it too easy for Rob.
Ronnie Nose If this man can feel that a string is half dead I believe he might has well be made to wear gloves tbh
the editing on this kills me. well done hahaha
Holcomb pickups? The Alfa Romeos 😂
These videos are super fun - keep it up!
Got to hand it to Chappers, the guy knows his onions
Holyyyyy crap, this is the first time in a while that waking up in the middle of the night on the west coast of the US has actually paid off! Thanks for keeping me up even longer, gents!
“I have to tongue it so I can find the hole and then drink.”
-Rob Chapman
Silver Sky numbers wearing off is a real thing!
Glad yall documented it!