I bought one of these SG Power Players in Ice Blue for my 13 year old son, who is small, with small hands. We’ve had it for almost a month. And it’s actually really nice. I own plenty of guitars and have been playing for 25+ years. It’s fun to play, and doesn’t feel cheap, at all. I find myself picking it up quite frequently to jam on it. I did notice some SLIGHT tuning issues w/10s on it. But nothing that would make me NOT recommend this guitar. When I say slight, I mean slight. The stock strings are lacking, so we’ll swap those out, maybe for 11s? But, again, I would easily recommend this guitar, and not just for kids.
Seems like it would be a fun mini guitar, though it seems like the neck dive issue on the standard size SG would be accentuated, and this is coming from a guy who’s favorite guitar is an SG with neck dive
I think this could be a great "travel guitar" even for grownups. Sometimes I find myself in the corner of the sofa with my daughter's 3/4 acoustic and it feels very comfy :) I think Epiphone should release a Junior version of it with a single P90 (and hey, I'm first in line to get one, ok?)
This video came just in time, I was just going to buy the FENDER CUSTOM SHOP LIMITED EDITION MASTERBUILT BRENT MASON TELECASTER IN PRIMER GREY HEAVY RELIC that you guys have in stock as my first guitar. Looks like I can save a few pennies now ;)
Ironically, my kids are old enough to not be interested in their 3/4 scale guitars anymore (which weren’t very good compared to what you can get today), but I’ve been enjoying finally getting a 24” scale guitar and am seriously considering trying our a 3/4.
They look cool. Whenever I have grandchildren I'm sure they'll be getting one. Kind of wish they had mini humbuckers in them so they look more proportionate.
I bought my son a Jackson Dinky Minion when he was 4.. When he was 6, despite hating the looks he preferred to play my old Epiphone S400. By that Christmas, Santa had desided to get him a full size guitar he actually liked the look of. I think it just depends on the kid. With respect to the Epiphones, I'm happy to see them in the game.. but even at 8yo, my kid cares about the color more than any other aspect of the guitar... so the limited color pallet is probably going to hurt them.
in response to what the captain was saying about learning right handed, for some of us it’s not a choice I tried to learn to play the guitar right hand but I have no dexterity in my left hand I struggled to form a simple G chord and there was no way I could even play one single scale but as soon as I flip the guitar upside down and restrung it left-handed I was able to learn all my chords scales and basics in less than a year my right hand has all the dexterity I could never do what I want to do and become the guitarist I want to be if I force myself to learn right handed sometimes it’s not choice I went with the way it was most comfortable and excepted the fact that I would have a long journey ahead of me in finding the kinds of guitars I would like to play, besides there are many guitar rock legends throughout history they have been left-handed and have made a huge impact Jimi Hendrix Tony Iommi and even Kurt Cobain just to name a few and I’m happy to be in that small elite group of left-handed players who did not force himself to play the “right way”
I've bought the les paul version as I'm 61 years old and now suffer with arthritis in my hands. It's ideal as it's a lot easier to play for me. Also it's an amazing size as a travel guitar. So it's not just for kids 😁👍shame you didn't play through a full size amp.
I'm an adult with small hands, I like the Sterling by Musicman Cutlass, 24 inch scale, HS, tremolo and very good quality, an excellent guitar to learn and play on. But it's more expensive and maybe a bit too heavy for a small child.
I got my 4 year old a Rogue Rocketeer RR50 7/8 Scale which is 23.25”. I opted for that over a 3/4 because of tuning stability and intonation. The rogue plays very similar to a mustang and after a proper setup and a cheap Amazon PAF style pickup this thing rips.
My first guitar was also an Epiphone, it was the cheapest model ! Iearned Backbird too, but I was already playing bass so I was already familiar with the instrument (kind of).
I brought an Epiphone SL les paul from you for £69 for laugh just to see how cheap you can go. It's so good I have even giged with it. It plays great. I have around 40 guitars and have been playing for 55 years and the quality of cheap guitars has never been better. I wish they were around when I started. I brought a Japanese SG copy in the 60's for £50. It had no name and in today's money it would cost £580!
I agree I'm left handed started playing on the 90s and was recommended at guitar shop to play right handed so glad I did also you all already have the strength in your left hand for the chords 😊
My first guitar was a used black squire that my brother gave me when I was about 8 yrs old, and even then I don't remember thinking it was too big... Honestly, I think this guitar would be better as a travel size instrument. A kid that really wants to learn guitar can learn on a full sized electric. If they want an acoustic on the other hand, then it would probably be good to get a smaller one or a uke or something
Well captain I must say your guitar playing has come a long ways in the past two years I don't know who's teaching you but you're loosening up a lot more sounds so much better cheers
I'm a lefty and the very first thing my guitar teacher did on my very first guitar lesson was to turn my guitar right side around and say, "If you learn to play with the guitar turned the proper way you'll have far fewer problems in the future." This was great advice. I started at 13 with a Spanish guitar with nylon strings and an action that was at least half an inch off the fretboard. The teacher taught classical guitar and yes, the very first song was "Greensleaves"; the second (which I taught myself) was the Beatles "Here Comes the Sun". However that combination of bad guitar and outdated teacher (even in 1969) put me off and I didn't pick the instrument up again until I got an S-style electric guitar and a 3 Watt amp from Woolies for my 16th birthday and it was another year later before I put together a band with some mates.
Fender and Gibson had short-scale guitars and basses back in the '60s. I seem to recall that Bill Wyman had a short-scale Fender Mustang bass because of his small hands.
Im left handed and i learned right handed and it wasnt a huge problem. The only issues i've personally encountered were mostly the dexterity of my fingers and picking hand, but that can be fixed with a lot of practice
As a left handed person (who actively trained to become competently ambidextrous), I started playing right handed guitar naturally, and found that my left handedness helped me a lot with fretboard dexterity.
"Smoke on the water" was the first thing I learned to fumble through on bass. LOL I can't remember what the first song I learned on guitar was...maybe "Tom Dooley"?...gosh...yeah, I think it was LOL. No 3/4 scale guitars when I was a kid..go big or go home was the deal LOL.
Thank you for mentioning the the tuning issues. When I started watching I presumed there would be major tuning issues. Would this be good for a kid? Would the squire mustang be better? Just a thought.
@@kevinbabineaux3014 I understand that. But, as a starter guitar for a child and maybe parents that are not musicians it'll be a bit of a hassle and unnecessary expense. I think these guitars are aimed at children with non musician parents. Maybe team up with string manufacturers to develop a string or a simple locking nut. I may be wrong on all this though. If I purchased one it would be to hang on the wall as a bit of 'art'
this is pretty exciting. my kid has had the Squier and it was garbage. the jackson is awesome, but the V doesn't work well sitting down. so now he's on the Ibanez.
I 'm 72 years old and have several severe injuries that prevent me from using a strap. That in turn has prevented me from using almost all of my guitars. Then I discovered the 3/4 size. I ended up purchasing 5 off them and they are all good. play well and made well, just they are smaller-only 3/4 size. Anyway, soon after doing that I began playing sitting down without a strap. I preferred that method the most. So, now I have 5 new 3/4 size electric guitars just collecting dust and taking up guitar stand space. Don't get me wrong as they are fine, it's just I have other guitars that I really really like and prefer them over the 3/4 size.
You brought up an interesting point I discussed with a friend the other night. Why not a 3/4 size body with a full scale length neck? I feel like that'd be the Best of both worlds to learn on. I'd love to hear you discuss this.
If Matchbox made electric guitars.....BUT I love the sound.....sort of reminds me of an Epi Willshire? serious grit involved there. An ultra lightweight ( swamp ash) SG in development perhaps?
if you’re able to,sometimes it’s not a choice i have no dexterity in my left hand and could never even play simple cowboy chords but when i flipped my guitar over and restrung it left handed i was was able to play chords scales and progressed very fast something i couldn’t do if i forced myself to play the “right” way
I know this will sound weird but the first song I ever learned was Heartbreaker by led zeppelin and it was because I was a huge zeppelin fan at age 14 and I thought Jimmy Page was the coolest person alive. An I bought a guitar player magazine that had a long article about page with a center fold page poster and other cool pictures of page. It also contained the tablature for Heartbreaker and I wanted to start learning the guitar and at the time by father had a very nice yamaha acoustic that he never played and he said he was going to start teaching me some basic chords and simple 3 chords songs but he ran his own business and there was just never time so i got tired of waiting and when I got the magazine with the hearrbreaker tab in it I grabbed my father's acoustic got him to tune it for me and I said I will take it from here and I sat down and studied the tablature legend so I could understand how to read it am proceeded to learn Heartbreaker and I learned one section at a time and would practice 1 section over and over untill I have it down to a competent level and after a week of non stop practice I could play Heartbreaker from start to finish not perfectly but competently especially for someone who stared playing just week . It was a real headscratcher for older kids and adults when I would pickup their guitarists and play Heartbreaker from start to finish but without the solos And play it reasonably well and then inform them that Heartbreaker was the only one I knew . Peopel drew quite incredulous about it they were all like really ?that is the only song you know ? And we're even more bewildered that heartbreaker was the first song i decide to teach my self but when I explained the story it made much more sense now in the grand scheme of things in terms of the riffs and rythym parts Heartbreaker is not that difficult of a song but for someone who is a bigginer who does not even know basic chords and has nobody teaching them Heartbreaker is quite difficult. I am glad I learned that song first because nailing it down to a competent level as a beginner was great motivation because it told me I was capable of learning the guitar and had some natural musical ability so I never experienced the feeling of wanting to give up or feeling like it was never going to get or that I had no ability to learn . Sadly though after such as promising start I never reached the levels of playing that I wokel have Ilked but I play competent and can play well enough to please and entertain myself to the Pont where I can say I am not guitar God or shred king but I am not horrible either
Recently bought an esp ltd les paul style guitar, does it matter if I occasionally hit the neck pickup with my pick, can I cause any damage with the occasional hit im a bit paranoid about it?
Paul Gilbert does some wild stuff on a ibanez 3/4 guitar, small guitars unlock a lot of thing you can't do on a full size! Unless your paul Gilbert with size 15 hands 😂
The sg Gibson is the best guitar I've ever had the pleasure to own. Very smooth,easy to play. I guess the Epiphone isn't very far off from the gibby. Change the pickup s
re the size of a full size one, guitar that is, i was born with a disability and so im a short arse wheelchair user and discovered that full size guitars are a tad too big for me, so im looking at 3/4 travel size guitars, i'm not ever going to go on stage with a band, i mean i dont even know if the stage at wembley is accessible, or record anything with it, its just for me to do my thing with in the comfort of my own home so no real need for a full size one....guitar that is. ive been looking at just getting something like a hofner shorty deluxe guitar but discovered a few options other than that, i might end up with quite a collection.
In my opinion, you should use more your room mics, because that's more similar to what we hear as players. And it will give us a better reference for buying.
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They look cool and sound cool! But, the bad cartoons for marketing are like a grown ups idea of what kids would think is cool. Kids want to be like the grown ups so marketing for kids is the same as for adults.
i know nothing about how scale length work,all different scale length, fender 25.5",gibson 24.75", i think PRS in between right..? and fender jaguar slightly shorter, less inch different, but all working fine about tuning instability, so there is some kind of formula or math or rule about the length between bridge to nuts ?? or is about the string tension than the scale length , this guitar what if put the warp around bridge further back..? in theory is make it better in term of tuning instability..??
Just about any scale length will work fine with the right set of strings. (At very short or very long lengths you’re going to have a hard time getting standard tuning, of course.) Moving the bridge, however, requires moving the frets too. The 12th fret needs to be halfway between the bridge & the nut and the other frets placed accordingly. If you setup everything correctly with the right strings (and in the worst case replace the bridge, nut, & tuners) there’s no reason a 3/4 scale guitar can’t have tuning stability.
Well, I started on an ES-335. But only because I'm a bass player for a decade before. But yeah, these guitars including mine have tuning problems. I can setup my guitar so no problem, but beginners probably can't do that.
Beginners (and even more advanced players) play with their eyes. The best guitar is whatever shape gives them the urge to pick up and play. A Tele wont inspire them if their hero plays a strat/V/LP/whatever. There isn't one universal answer.
@@PaulCooksStuff 100% agree on whatever inspires you, although I wouldn't recommend any floating trem for a beginner, I personally would hated a tele as a first guitar, I got a body through hard tail Ltd with active pickups (Metallica inspired me) and I was hooked
Just think they are a bit pricey when compared to other beginner or small guitar options. If Epiphone had chucked in a cube amp, cable & tuner, then a great kit. Bit like buying a toy for Christmas for your kids & not having the battaries to go in it. Many a ruined Christmas Day with that error.
Don't agree with trying to get Yr left handed kid to play upside dwn the choice of leftys available is far better nowadays then 20 yrs ago, not easy still I agree but alot easier than it was
Being a lefty is the most frustrating thing about guitar. You go into a store with 500 guitars on the wall and only 2 lefties. You have no idea. I even have to buy a left handed whammy bar!!
It is a shame that you only played these through literally the shittiest amps your store sells separately. These guitars sound GREAT through real amps.
Definately, my daughter (7 at the time) saw her older brother with a 3/4 leftie strat, wanted a go, and plinked away on my old Jackson JS30 Kelly which is… chunky. 3/4 isn’t bad until 11/12, then full size one, if not bypassing the first option. In that aspect Harley Benton is hard to beat for price and leftie options for kids.
@@angrycumbrian395 i might be biased as a lefty who plays a right handed guitar, but i agree with Lee and advocate for getting lefty kiddos on righthanded instruments at the start. It just gives them a whole lot more options down the road if they continue with it, and we have too adapt too a right handed world anyway. Plus it puts your more dexterious hand on the neck, which i honestly think might be a net advantage for most beginning guitar players.
I learn guitar on my dad’s strat and that guitar’s neck suck so bad, and so much noise. It probably cause it was old, from the 60 or something, This looks better i dont get why my dad like outdated guitar so much let alone paying so much for old guitars.
Being a big Gibson fan I'm pretty disapointed in these sets. Compared to what you can get from Squire or the East Coast starter packs you guys put together where is the value here? These seem WAY over priced for what you get. They need to take 100 off the price on these for them to make ANY kind of sense. And I don't want to hear any nonsense about QUALITY. If a starter guitar looks good and is easy to play and set up well it has all the quality needed for a first guitar.
I bought one of these SG Power Players in Ice Blue for my 13 year old son, who is small, with small hands. We’ve had it for almost a month. And it’s actually really nice. I own plenty of guitars and have been playing for 25+ years. It’s fun to play, and doesn’t feel cheap, at all. I find myself picking it up quite frequently to jam on it. I did notice some SLIGHT tuning issues w/10s on it. But nothing that would make me NOT recommend this guitar. When I say slight, I mean slight. The stock strings are lacking, so we’ll swap those out, maybe for 11s? But, again, I would easily recommend this guitar, and not just for kids.
Seems like it would be a fun mini guitar, though it seems like the neck dive issue on the standard size SG would be accentuated, and this is coming from a guy who’s favorite guitar is an SG with neck dive
I think this could be a great "travel guitar" even for grownups. Sometimes I find myself in the corner of the sofa with my daughter's 3/4 acoustic and it feels very comfy :)
I think Epiphone should release a Junior version of it with a single P90 (and hey, I'm first in line to get one, ok?)
This video came just in time, I was just going to buy the FENDER CUSTOM SHOP LIMITED EDITION MASTERBUILT BRENT MASON TELECASTER IN PRIMER GREY HEAVY RELIC that you guys have in stock as my first guitar. Looks like I can save a few pennies now ;)
Lol
Basically the same thing, right?
@@Smitty_Werbenjagermanjenson wood, strings, and some magnets.
The sg is a great guitar
My first guitar was an Epiphone SG Pro in alpine white! 5 years later, some new pick ups and pots, and I still love it.
Ironically, my kids are old enough to not be interested in their 3/4 scale guitars anymore (which weren’t very good compared to what you can get today), but I’ve been enjoying finally getting a 24” scale guitar and am seriously considering trying our a 3/4.
true, I’ve played 25,5” scale guitar my whole life and now I’m loving my 24” duo -sonic. And for my GF Im geting a 22,75” cort mini.
They look cool. Whenever I have grandchildren I'm sure they'll be getting one. Kind of wish they had mini humbuckers in them so they look more proportionate.
I bought my son a Jackson Dinky Minion when he was 4.. When he was 6, despite hating the looks he preferred to play my old Epiphone S400. By that Christmas, Santa had desided to get him a full size guitar he actually liked the look of. I think it just depends on the kid. With respect to the Epiphones, I'm happy to see them in the game.. but even at 8yo, my kid cares about the color more than any other aspect of the guitar... so the limited color pallet is probably going to hurt them.
in response to what the captain was saying about learning right handed, for some of us it’s not a choice I tried to learn to play the guitar right hand but I have no dexterity in my left hand I struggled to form a simple G chord and there was no way I could even play one single scale but as soon as I flip the guitar upside down and restrung it left-handed I was able to learn all my chords scales and basics in less than a year my right hand has all the dexterity I could never do what I want to do and become the guitarist I want to be if I force myself to learn right handed sometimes it’s not choice I went with the way it was most comfortable and excepted the fact that I would have a long journey ahead of me in finding the kinds of guitars I would like to play, besides there are many guitar rock legends throughout history they have been left-handed and have made a huge impact Jimi Hendrix Tony Iommi and even Kurt Cobain just to name a few and I’m happy to be in that small elite group of left-handed players who did not force himself to play the “right way”
I've bought the les paul version as I'm 61 years old and now suffer with arthritis in my hands. It's ideal as it's a lot easier to play for me. Also it's an amazing size as a travel guitar. So it's not just for kids 😁👍shame you didn't play through a full size amp.
I'm an adult with small hands, I like the Sterling by Musicman Cutlass, 24 inch scale, HS, tremolo and very good quality, an excellent guitar to learn and play on. But it's more expensive and maybe a bit too heavy for a small child.
I got my 4 year old a Rogue Rocketeer RR50 7/8 Scale which is 23.25”. I opted for that over a 3/4 because of tuning stability and intonation. The rogue plays very similar to a mustang and after a proper setup and a cheap Amazon PAF style pickup this thing rips.
My first guitar was also an Epiphone, it was the cheapest model ! Iearned Backbird too, but I was already playing bass so I was already familiar with the instrument (kind of).
Buy one as an adult just to feel like Greg Koch with a normal sized telecaster!
Hahaha!
They’re “fun-sized” . I love them
I brought an Epiphone SL les paul from you for £69 for laugh just to see how cheap you can go. It's so good I have even giged with it. It plays great. I have around 40 guitars and have been playing for 55 years and the quality of cheap guitars has never been better. I wish they were around when I started. I brought a Japanese SG copy in the 60's for £50. It had no name and in today's money it would cost £580!
I agree I'm left handed started playing on the 90s and was recommended at guitar shop to play right handed so glad I did also you all already have the strength in your left hand for the chords 😊
My first guitar was a used black squire that my brother gave me when I was about 8 yrs old, and even then I don't remember thinking it was too big... Honestly, I think this guitar would be better as a travel size instrument. A kid that really wants to learn guitar can learn on a full sized electric. If they want an acoustic on the other hand, then it would probably be good to get a smaller one or a uke or something
Epiphone is such a good first guitar. Not too expensive and very good quality for the price.
I remember back in the day Epiphone had the Peewee and Veewee which were small Les Paul and flying V guitars.
What strings would you recommend for this guitar?
Well captain I must say your guitar playing has come a long ways in the past two years I don't know who's teaching you but you're loosening up a lot more sounds so much better cheers
I'm a lefty and the very first thing my guitar teacher did on my very first guitar lesson was to turn my guitar right side around and say, "If you learn to play with the guitar turned the proper way you'll have far fewer problems in the future." This was great advice.
I started at 13 with a Spanish guitar with nylon strings and an action that was at least half an inch off the fretboard. The teacher taught classical guitar and yes, the very first song was "Greensleaves"; the second (which I taught myself) was the Beatles "Here Comes the Sun". However that combination of bad guitar and outdated teacher (even in 1969) put me off and I didn't pick the instrument up again until I got an S-style electric guitar and a 3 Watt amp from Woolies for my 16th birthday and it was another year later before I put together a band with some mates.
Was really enjoying Pete's lead guitar on house of the rising sun lol. Wanted to hear more!
Fender and Gibson had short-scale guitars and basses back in the '60s. I seem to recall that Bill Wyman had a short-scale Fender Mustang bass because of his small hands.
I love Pete and the Captain videos! I wish those guitars had been about when I was a pre-teen guitar strangler.
I actually did the original artwork for these! Crazy to see that they used it and for you guys to be talking about it 🤯.
Im left handed and i learned right handed and it wasnt a huge problem. The only issues i've personally encountered were mostly the dexterity of my fingers and picking hand, but that can be fixed with a lot of practice
Exactly what I needed since I am going to buy my 40th guitar
As a left handed person (who actively trained to become competently ambidextrous), I started playing right handed guitar naturally, and found that my left handedness helped me a lot with fretboard dexterity.
"Smoke on the water" was the first thing I learned to fumble through on bass. LOL I can't remember what the first song I learned on guitar was...maybe "Tom Dooley"?...gosh...yeah, I think it was LOL. No 3/4 scale guitars when I was a kid..go big or go home was the deal LOL.
Thank you for mentioning the the tuning issues. When I started watching I presumed there would be major tuning issues. Would this be good for a kid? Would the squire mustang be better? Just a thought.
The tuning issues would be the simplest thing to change . Literally
@@kevinbabineaux3014 I understand that. But, as a starter guitar for a child and maybe parents that are not musicians it'll be a bit of a hassle and unnecessary expense. I think these guitars are aimed at children with non musician parents. Maybe team up with string manufacturers to develop a string or a simple locking nut. I may be wrong on all this though. If I purchased one it would be to hang on the wall as a bit of 'art'
this is pretty exciting. my kid has had the Squier and it was garbage. the jackson is awesome, but the V doesn't work well sitting down. so now he's on the Ibanez.
I 'm 72 years old and have several severe injuries that prevent me from using a strap. That in turn has prevented me from using almost all of my guitars. Then I discovered the 3/4 size. I ended up purchasing 5 off them and they are all good. play well and made well, just they are smaller-only 3/4 size. Anyway, soon after doing that I began playing sitting down without a strap. I preferred that method the most. So, now I have 5 new 3/4 size electric guitars just collecting dust and taking up guitar stand space. Don't get me wrong as they are fine, it's just I have other guitars that I really really like and prefer them over the 3/4 size.
Why did you buy 5?
Why didn't you buy 6?
You brought up an interesting point I discussed with a friend the other night. Why not a 3/4 size body with a full scale length neck? I feel like that'd be the Best of both worlds to learn on. I'd love to hear you discuss this.
All things considered, they sound good and are great for kids
If Matchbox made electric guitars.....BUT I love the sound.....sort of reminds me of an Epi Willshire? serious grit involved there. An ultra lightweight ( swamp ash) SG in development perhaps?
Is the Yamaha Pacifica
Yes to lefty people playing right handed! Your teacher will recommend that too and it worked for Gary Moore, Mark Knopfler, Duane Allman....
if you’re able to,sometimes it’s not a choice i have no dexterity in my left hand and could never even play simple cowboy chords but when i flipped my guitar over and restrung it left handed i was was able to play chords scales and progressed very fast something i couldn’t do if i forced myself to play the “right” way
I know this will sound weird but the first song I ever learned was Heartbreaker by led zeppelin and it was because I was a huge zeppelin fan at age 14 and I thought Jimmy Page was the coolest person alive. An I bought a guitar player magazine that had a long article about page with a center fold page poster and other cool pictures of page. It also contained the tablature for Heartbreaker and I wanted to start learning the guitar and at the time by father had a very nice yamaha acoustic that he never played and he said he was going to start teaching me some basic chords and simple 3 chords songs but he ran his own business and there was just never time so i got tired of waiting and when I got the magazine with the hearrbreaker tab in it I grabbed my father's acoustic got him to tune it for me and I said I will take it from here and I sat down and studied the tablature legend so I could understand how to read it am proceeded to learn Heartbreaker and I learned one section at a time and would practice 1 section over and over untill I have it down to a competent level and after a week of non stop practice I could play Heartbreaker from start to finish not perfectly but competently especially for someone who stared playing just week . It was a real headscratcher for older kids and adults when I would pickup their guitarists and play Heartbreaker from start to finish but without the solos
And play it reasonably well and then inform them that Heartbreaker was the only one I knew . Peopel drew quite incredulous about it they were all like really ?that is the only song you know ? And we're even more bewildered that heartbreaker was the first song i decide to teach my self but when I explained the story it made much more sense now in the grand scheme of things in terms of the riffs and rythym parts Heartbreaker is not that difficult of a song but for someone who is a bigginer who does not even know basic chords and has nobody teaching them Heartbreaker is quite difficult. I am glad I learned that song first because nailing it down to a competent level as a beginner was great motivation because it told me I was capable of learning the guitar and had some natural musical ability so I never experienced the feeling of wanting to give up or feeling like it was never going to get or that I had no ability to learn . Sadly though after such as promising start I never reached the levels of playing that I wokel have Ilked but I play competent and can play well enough to please and entertain myself to the Pont where I can say I am not guitar God or shred king but I am not horrible either
Colours remind of those 2018~ Billie Joe Armstrong signature juniors
Recently bought an esp ltd les paul style guitar, does it matter if I occasionally hit the neck pickup with my pick, can I cause any damage with the occasional hit im a bit paranoid about it?
Paul Gilbert does some wild stuff on a ibanez 3/4 guitar, small guitars unlock a lot of thing you can't do on a full size! Unless your paul Gilbert with size 15 hands 😂
These are great if you have arthritis, so they are for your second childhood as well as the first...
Maybe your review should discuss the materials and fit and finish of these guitars???
The sg Gibson is the best guitar I've ever had the pleasure to own. Very smooth,easy to play. I guess the Epiphone isn't very far off from the gibby. Change the pickup s
I would love to hear these through a katana 50 or a catalyst
re the size of a full size one, guitar that is, i was born with a disability and so im a short arse wheelchair user and discovered that full size guitars are a tad too big for me, so im looking at 3/4 travel size guitars, i'm not ever going to go on stage with a band, i mean i dont even know if the stage at wembley is accessible, or record anything with it, its just for me to do my thing with in the comfort of my own home so no real need for a full size one....guitar that is. ive been looking at just getting something like a hofner shorty deluxe guitar but discovered a few options other than that, i might end up with quite a collection.
In my opinion, you should use more your room mics, because that's more similar to what we hear as players. And it will give us a better reference for buying.
My first guitar was a 1973 Strat I purchased in 1976 with money I earned mowing lawn’s my second guitar was a 1972 Les Paul 🍻
The captain rockin out the intro! 👍
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Douche chills.
Sweet captain of mine.
My first guitar was a epiphone les Paul custom.
Mine was Apache, at least that's the tune i remember being able to play along verbatim with the Shadows record.
They look cool and sound cool! But, the bad cartoons for marketing are like a grown ups idea of what kids would think is cool. Kids want to be like the grown ups so marketing for kids is the same as for adults.
Right??? It was like "Soooo close.... but nope, still don't get it" :-)
5:09 "I see that red Les Paul there, and I'm growing a top hat as soon as I see it" 😂
Those could be good travel guitar to through in your RV with a tiny practice amp instead of an acoustic.
Anything in the stores today is better than the Squier Strat I started on that didn't even have the ground wire soildered
I guess they should bring also the Les Paul junior in this size.
i know nothing about how scale length work,all different scale length, fender 25.5",gibson 24.75", i think PRS in between right..? and fender jaguar slightly shorter, less inch different, but all working fine about tuning instability, so there is some kind of formula or math or rule about the length between bridge to nuts ?? or is about the string tension than the scale length , this guitar what if put the warp around bridge further back..? in theory is make it better in term of tuning instability..??
Just about any scale length will work fine with the right set of strings. (At very short or very long lengths you’re going to have a hard time getting standard tuning, of course.) Moving the bridge, however, requires moving the frets too. The 12th fret needs to be halfway between the bridge & the nut and the other frets placed accordingly. If you setup everything correctly with the right strings (and in the worst case replace the bridge, nut, & tuners) there’s no reason a 3/4 scale guitar can’t have tuning stability.
They should release one of these little guys in some bursts or a gold top. Think a lot of us may grab one for a couch guitar
The best guitar to start on is a TELECASTER. It's simple to operate, and it stays in tune; tuning is a major problem for a lot of beginners.
Well, I started on an ES-335. But only because I'm a bass player for a decade before. But yeah, these guitars including mine have tuning problems. I can setup my guitar so no problem, but beginners probably can't do that.
Beginners (and even more advanced players) play with their eyes. The best guitar is whatever shape gives them the urge to pick up and play. A Tele wont inspire them if their hero plays a strat/V/LP/whatever. There isn't one universal answer.
@@PaulCooksStuff 100% agree on whatever inspires you, although I wouldn't recommend any floating trem for a beginner, I personally would hated a tele as a first guitar, I got a body through hard tail Ltd with active pickups (Metallica inspired me) and I was hooked
Very good beginner axe
I have enjoyed playing a miniature acoustic
My first song was My Darling Clementine..... way back in the Jurassic era....
Bullet Mustang or Ibanez miKro for the win.
Just think they are a bit pricey when compared to other beginner or small guitar options. If Epiphone had chucked in a cube amp, cable & tuner, then a great kit. Bit like buying a toy for Christmas for your kids & not having the battaries to go in it. Many a ruined Christmas Day with that error.
I always wonder when you'll guys will showcase CORT guitars they are phenomenal...but never seen here....
Also Lenovo Thinkpads and DVDs.
When did Leonardo Di Caprio start reviewing guitars? The guy has so many talents.
Pete's BJ Impression had me laughing for well over 12 seconds. Nice one Pete.
Pfewww!!! I was confused. I thought you guys got bigger. Maybe Cici can rock this size also. Basses look huge on her in general.
My kids have seen Nandi Bushell play full sized guitars, that's what they want! Well, one would prefer her drums, but we don't talk about him 🤣
Looking at these, I am so happy that when we brought my son to Andertons they recommended a bullet Mustang.
However I am having a whale of a time watching Lee and Pete pretend they are 12
You should have brought Bear to work for the video for a third opinion!
4:19 Lee's daughter is already 9? I remember watching this channel when he just had a newborn daughter
Time flies right!?!
House of rising sun was probably third. First was clean riff of “One”, second was “Fade to Black” (very badly).
You should have popped them into a proper amp just to show what they can sound like
Don't agree with trying to get Yr left handed kid to play upside dwn the choice of leftys available is far better nowadays then 20 yrs ago, not easy still I agree but alot easier than it was
Mad Scientist sounds like Back To The Future... Marty Played guitar there and Doc Brown was The Scientist. I don´t know....
"Who can sing like Brian Johnson?" I can. See my name? One-man full-studio channel. Worth a look!
I think I would opt for a Yamaha over Squire or Epiphone.
I want to get one just to mod it.
Pete casually plays Blackbird.
FML
Being a lefty is the most frustrating thing about guitar. You go into a store with 500 guitars on the wall and only 2 lefties. You have no idea. I even have to buy a left handed whammy bar!!
should have used decent amps, the amps make the guitars sound shirty
Right, because someone who buys a cheap epiphone starter guitar will probably be playing through a $1000 tube amp.
POWER PLAYER EXPLORER PLEASE!
Why dont they make oversized guitars.. 😅
So now the guitar store owners are playing the forbidden songs.
Lee, do you ever age?
Christmas is coming...🤔
Time to shift some boxes...
It is a shame that you only played these through literally the shittiest amps your store sells separately. These guitars sound GREAT through real amps.
They are starting much younger these days
The giants players
ukulele is not a transition instrument.. a 5 year old can play a guitar.
Definately, my daughter (7 at the time) saw her older brother with a 3/4 leftie strat, wanted a go, and plinked away on my old Jackson JS30 Kelly which is… chunky. 3/4 isn’t bad until 11/12, then full size one, if not bypassing the first option. In that aspect Harley Benton is hard to beat for price and leftie options for kids.
@@angrycumbrian395 i might be biased as a lefty who plays a right handed guitar, but i agree with Lee and advocate for getting lefty kiddos on righthanded instruments at the start. It just gives them a whole lot more options down the road if they continue with it, and we have too adapt too a right handed world anyway. Plus it puts your more dexterious hand on the neck, which i honestly think might be a net advantage for most beginning guitar players.
I dont think many 7 year olds want to be Angus. They have grandfathers younger than him. lol
My 5 year old would disagree with you.
@@latinokid33 that's cool. But it is an extremely small sample size
250 pounds is the price i pay for my picks annually !
You could have plugged in to a toaster and got a better sound.
I learn guitar on my dad’s strat and that guitar’s neck suck so bad, and so much noise. It probably cause it was old, from the 60 or something, This looks better i dont get why my dad like outdated guitar so much let alone paying so much for old guitars.
Your dad's old outdated Strat could possibly be worth a fortune lol. Those old guitars are on every iconic album we've heard the last 60 years.
There goes the copyright
They finally found a guitar and amp that Pete cant make sound good.
😅
Being a big Gibson fan I'm pretty disapointed in these sets. Compared to what you can get from Squire or the East Coast starter packs you guys put together where is the value here? These seem WAY over priced for what you get. They need to take 100 off the price on these for them to make ANY kind of sense. And I don't want to hear any nonsense about QUALITY. If a starter guitar looks good and is easy to play and set up well it has all the quality needed for a first guitar.