Rob Chapman Is a Bully | Mike The Music Snob
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- Rob Chapman is a bully. Below are the relevant links. Come to your own conclusion.
Rob's Response to KDH: • Video
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KDH Initial Audio Audit: • Audio Audit - Rob Chap...
Guitologist Take on KDH: • Rob Chapman Gets BRUTA...
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All of these videos help me to appreciate that I'm no longer 13 years old
Best comment so far...
Shit happens at any age
Lol
Should tell that to the guy in the video. Looks 31, lives 13. XD
Ain't easy being 14
anyone else ever realize that Ola Englund is basically the successful version of Chapman?
-Guitars that are actually cool and endorsed by big bands
-good youtube content
-chill personality
-plays in bands that aren't cringe lmao
The more i think about this, the more accurate it seems to me
Also his hair is a whole lot better
Well, Ola did play in Six Feet Under who are about as cringe as Dorje
The virgin bri’ish “person” vs the chad sweden
Wdym
I mean, KDH called out Glen Fricker, and he actually responded personally asking how he could do better to make more people happy. The fact that Rob handled this situation so poorly should make the case by itself.
And what's funny is Glen plays an asshole on screen, but clearly isn't off. While Rob is the exact opposite.
What did kdh call out Glen about? By the time I heard about it, it had been resolved and kdh had taken the vid down...
@@user-sg6fb4ip5h Not disclosing sponsorships.
its because glenn is a nice guy who plays an asshole on youtube, chapman is an asshole that plays a nice guy
see u at namm!
Yessir!!!
Hi
Lol except not
Comments that aged poorly
Goddamn corona
I hate how guitar channels went from guys in their basement with music content and honest gear reviews to a full on business model where everything sounds like an infomercial. I have personally lost all interest in that kind of content and unsubscribed from most of these channels.
Yeah, that's mostly why I mainly just watch Dave Simpson and Johan Segeborn, guys who let their playing speak for itself.
@@alecboyyes Amen to that. I'm subscribed to both of them and I'm a huge fan. I've learned more about gear and amps from Johan Segeborn than all of Anderton's videos put together.
I'll be able to sleep tonight safely knowing you unsubscribed. Thankyou so much 🤤
I agree. EVERYONE just wants fame and to get their name out there, it's becoming utterly disgusting.
Money corrupts...
Chapman's body language in his video screams "I am lying"
The old “looking up and to the side” body language for lying playbook.
@@mattjns That’s a myth. You and the OP would make garbage detectives lol
@@07foxmulder this
I forgot Rob Chapman existed until I watched this. I think I'll continue down that path.
Matthew Brown lmao
That was one of the best comments I have had the pleasure of reading-bravo my friend!
Bravo.On point.
I don’t know any of these people... 😂
I 100% share your sentiments.
I went to school with Rob.He was a quiet, unassuming lad.
I can see a change in him as he's gone through life.
He worships money
@@ChaseTheHeat i dont think you know him mate
@@ChaseTheHeat Johnny?? What're you doing here? You should do a take on this while downing a few primotaliis 😂
Rob: I don't tell anybody about my charity work
Also Rob: look at all this great charity stuff I do. Aren't I amazing? I'm such a nice guy
I was looking for this comment lol. What a douche.
You’re worried about someone else giving to charities... Jesus get a life
@@gunkanjima3408 and your sifting through comments trying to start an argument 😂 take a walk, kiddo
@@BadAce67 The only kiddos in here are the ones not minding their own fucking business. Go try and build a brand then you can talk, till then take a fucking walk, kiddo...
@@gunkanjima3408 no ones worried about him giving to charities. The original comment was saying that Rob was a hypocrite.
Rob Protec
Rob Attac
But most importantly
He stab everyone in the back
He wack
*bacc
Fack!
S W S 😂
NAMM could be interesting this year
FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!
The one year I don't go too lol.
Looks like Axes At Dawn at NAMM.
All the guitar youtubers bouta be throwing hands
@Justin Last Actually...he posted a vid yesterday...he's already there! Lol
Rob is just the classic case of a guy that was a nerd for most of his life, then got some recognition, popularity and success and then turned into a bully and egomaniac.
They usually do, given the opportunity
Holy shit that’s accurate
I agree. I used to love watching his videos but I can’t watch him now. He got so arrogant and out of touch. Sad.
Spot on. Rob is demonstrating classic narcissism which is fuelled by his online success. I was considering buying a guitar from his brand but I started noticing his ego complex more and more.
@Scott Stapp nah, the band is fine, it's Rob that sucks. Rabea, Dave and Ben are great musicians.
Unrelated to the video's content, but I see you're wearing a hair band on your wrist. Apparently this is quite bad for your circulation and blood vessels in your wrist (in the long term) , so I would advise you against doing that.
I appreciate it 🤘
That’s actually his kink
That is why i suggest hairs band more strechy and made from cloth than those rubbery hair bands.
Yes, especially some of the 80's hair bands are unhealthy.
I agree wholeheartedly. They should be... band. Geddit? :') I'll see myself out.
I've always found Rob highly irritating.
Chris Kline a three-riff wonder with a domineering faux-humble nerd personality. Massive, fragile ego behind the scenes.
I always found him irritating and an egomantic, but i thought fundamentally he was a decent dude, but the riff city stuff makes me think otherwise.
You mean Rob "Chappers" Chapman founder and CEO of incredibly popular and successful brand Chapman guitars?
Lewis yes. He’s clearly a narcissist - they are often very successful people because of how driven they are. But this narcissism and egoism has got himself into a lot of crap here - he pulled in too many strands involving other people and lies. Needlessly.
Ride Yer Camel he’s basically a narcissist - they can be very very personable people. That personality type “works” - it can make you very successful. But they do tend to leave a bit of a wake which is what’s exploded here.
Rob suggesting that Riff City could have paid for the collaborations is like suggesting that NAMM should pay the companies that come to host a booth
Chapman would probably feel he was being generous if he went to watch a Metallica gig and didn’t charge the band for his presence in the audience.
It's like everyone has fun jamming together until you decide to call it a band and play for money and it all turns to shite
@David Beyer I'm with you there. I really love music and creating something new and original, even if I'm not the center peice, but I know better that in the end it takes all who partakes in that creation to bring it to that special thing it is.
@David Beyer money ruins EVERYTHING. SUCCESS ruins everything, and tore apart all our fave bands, from Zep to Beatles to Floyd to ALL OF THEM with few exceptions. (ONCE the money comes in, the band gets LAZY, and each dude thinks they don't need the other guys.)
@@dumpygoodness4086 greenday
Well said Dude
" Take what you can! Give nothing back!"
- Lists his own accomplishments;
- Boasts about his online power;
- Refuses to take/deflects any responsibility for the failed business partnership.
Toxic narcissism at its highest.
I really don't see it as that, let's state the facts as he did. He is accomplished, he does have influence over things online. So how is that toxic? It's facts. If a business fails so what? Shit happens and it's none of our business. Smh
@@halcyonflo0r952 Whether they're facts or not is irrelevant. His behaviour of threatening legal action and removing posts of people who respond to his criticism is toxic, clearly created by his so called online power and success.
@@danny50582 threatening legal action isn't illegal, and removing responses and post that promote a negative image is an NATURAL response to hate or criticism. His jobs are in order: owns a business first and is a public figure and if anyone knows anything about jobs is that if you got a good job you do what you can to keep it. Look at our supreme overlord Trump for example. Or papa John trying to do damage control on his job and such. It's just a normal thing to do for public figures and you can't hate them for playing the cards in there hands man
@@halcyonflo0r952 no need to kiss his ass man. There's a difference to being proud and just straight boasting.
@@Toehan where do you draw the line than?
Not liked him since his Andertons days. The man reeks of narcissistic bs.
Most people do
I enjoyed The Captain in that series,but Chapman began getting on my nerves so I stopped watching, and I watched a lot of their stuff when I started out with the guitar 2 years ago.
I hated andertons, no matter what i searched for they showed up with crappy humor and crappy playing. "Chappers" struck me as an awkward dork with an inferiority complex.
He's a narcissist. That's what I thought too.
Incubus same.
Rob removing the Riff City comment is just weak. I hope more people get to see that post.
What did it say??
@@TheK20sedan Watch the video and you'll find out
@@VoidSixx wow..... you're so smart why didn't I think of that first?
@@TheK20sedan Well you're asking what it said when the comment was clearly displayed on screen for at least a few seconds, and was also read out, so you can't be that smart. Maybe you *should* have thought of that first.
@@VoidSixx first of all I didn't ask you and secondly I'm not gonna take any offense to someone who makes guitar hero videos because they lack actual talent but feel the need to post, accept the truth you sjw
Once again.... as the late, GREAT Frank Zappa once said; "Shut Up & Play Yer Guitar"
Another time FZ said: we're only in it for the money!
Hey Gary! You're one of my favourite drummers and we met once in Deutchland, in a jazz festival. Hope you're doing ok!
@@mangiapetardomangioskij8711 And then he said: 'Shut Up & Play your Guitar Some More'
@Pope Leo X
Gibson would sue someone into third world poverty. That’s kinda how they roll.
Lol FZ spoke his mind on a ton of topics. What a ridiculous way to try to get someone to shut up about a topic on your part anyway.
Waiting for James Charles to give his 2cents on all this
And all the drama channels that react to the beauty gurus and people like ALR or Chantal 😂
I love this drama shit! Haha
Is that not what i just watched LUL
@Jazz Feline Not wrong! I watched a few once, I just got stressed and anxious. Such an especially toxic part of UA-cam.
I’ve heard so many horrendous things regarding Rob Chapman that none of this surprises me. Happy to see his guitars being removed from both U.K. and U.S. outlets. I feel so sorry for my friends who have had to deal with him over the years. At least they kept him away from their endorsements. I hope that the dismissal of his brand is a wake up call for him and that he can find the humility to apologise to those most scathed by his actions. It feels a bit inconsiderate to jump on someone with such a fledgling company but at the same time it’s important to conduct yourself humanely; even in business. Subscribed mate. Keep up the good fight.
Benn Down do you have an article that talks about Chapman being removed from U.K. and US? I’d really like to read about that
@@danefleck5320 It's bullshit... he's heard nothing of the sort.
Frankly, the Andertons videos without Rob are a lot better than those with him
Wait, do you not like the same super fast noodling for 35-50 minutes over and over again? You wouldn't happen to be one of those people that enjoys variety and talent would you? I mean, if you can't see the value in playing the same riff over and over again on various guitars no matter whether the guitar is designed for that kind of playing or not then I don't know what to tell you mate. :) Danish Pete is the fucking man though for real. Much better at demoing than Rob.
Ariel and Pete are both incredibly talented players, and honestly much more tasteful than Rob.
I agree. I also see less tension in the others on screen. I do see that rob has a fair amount of skill but he never took a guitar to its limit, I prefer PMTV with Dagan a lot more.
Joseph L. Lee got lessons not long ago and is also a much better player than rob now.
After almost half a decade of playing, I judge a player via their ability with clean, without effects, playing. Rob fails miserably.
I never expected drama to follow into the guitar community. Seems like every online interest group has problems these days.
Facts let's keep drama to the realm of Keemstar and the Pauls.
Drummers is basically rare to have drama like this
Also I guess drummers have a need for improvement within the community so there’s always comradely close
Sure there’s stupid commenters but that’s common place anyways
Have you ever met a guitarists(I am one too) I’m surprised there isn’t more drama all the time lol.
People are just dicks, no matter what their hobbies are 😧
@@poshdan1988 this is the smartest comment I read so far. Short specific and non catering to anyone.. nice
Wait so i'm not alone in never liking Chapman's content or personality?
Yea this is the club meeting.
I haven't watched a Chapman video in a long time and I'm glad I haven't after watching this video
Nope. You are most certainly not alone
I mean I've only heard of him through Rob Scallon's channel. I didn't really care for him in what I saw there.
He's a smug twat and always has been.
*Marty Schwarz has entered the chat
Marty Schwarz: HHHHEEEEYYY, MART.....
wahahaa I shit my pants.
we love an unproblematic king
@@evelyndoyle4830 the day he gets into drama is the day hell freezes over
F for Neil
Syd Beretta f
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I feel that Rob has been in love with himself from an early age, and has never been unfaithful.
That made my Friday brighter
jacko717 i'm 12 years old and this is so deep
jacko717 hahaha. Thats good.
YES ! good comment.
Chapman is never going to apologize for this. He still hasn't apologized for the dreads and soccer mom headbands he used to sport.
I have an entire response video to Rob’s I have not published. I have an hour and a half long interview with Riff City I cannot publish (no permission). Just one correction I can see... Riff City’s deal with Chapman was never exclusive, although they were the ones who stuck their neck out to carry the line.
Word. That was poor wording on my part. There's a part of me that would like to see what you got. There's another part of me that wants to see an apology and we move on....appreciate the feedback 🤘
Ike over at flipside was supposed to become a distributor as well as a couple others
To be honest i find these kind of videoes really depressing. Not becasue of what they are avout but that the people who make them find it as a pilgrim to digg and make false and missleading information maybe also correct. Of a thing people actually has nothing to do with at all. And people are so stupidly butthurt. I feel sad that this is stuff people use time on. Well. Things have way more then 3 sides. Both ends, middle way, not even anyones, some tricky curvy middleroad between it all. And the side who does not see the light of day
Release the videos please!
I'm really disappointed in Rob, not gonna lie. I used to think he was a great guy.
Same
I always found him annoying.
Tee Hee
I'm the opposite. Don't give a shit about Rob's misconduct or whatever, I just always thought he was insufferable.
Me too.
Being invited to walk in the footsteps of the greatest names in music (Carole King for example) in the ALS challenge, is a major honor, that C obviously thinks he is above.
I never really liked Rob’s videos or his personality in the Andertons videos. But I did buy two of his guitars (of reverb 2013 era) and I really love the guitars. I don’t really enjoy playing the newer Chapmans.
ThatBadGuy
A good guitar is a good guitar
Renato Digitalo but they’re not. They’re a mess. Henning Pauly did a review of a bunch. They were horrible. Video removed.
Sandpaper off his name and you're good to go
@@abcdefghijklmnop7873 try them out for yourself and come to your own conclusion instead of just listening to someone else's opinion and then bashing the company without saying you've even picked one up
@ThatBadGuy That's incredibly illogical.
I hadn’t watched a Rob Chapman video in probably three years, so before all this stuff came to light. I used to look up to him as he seemed to be a guy who worked at a music store, was passionate about guitars and gear, and he was also talented. When it came to potential gear choices, I trusted few other people than Chappers from when I was 18-20. Hearing all this stuff kinda makes me sad, but at the same time I’m questioning those who I’ve looked up to.
Yep just seen this. I’m shocked as I used to really look up to him.
It's an important part of life, realising that your heroes are flawed. And that maybe some of them shouldn't be your heroes anymore...
It's easy to jump on the "That guy's shady" train, but you did a good job documenting this from what I can tell. Everyone says something they regret sometimes, but that's a lot of not kind public and private behavior. If only everyone on the internet just wanted Peace Love and Understanding :)
Can't we all get along.
@@robertwillett4122 ask chapman
@@fadetoblackened4407
Mr. Fade,
I didn't know what was going on, did some research. Yeah, your right. Not cool. Take care.
@@robertwillett4122 much love good sir
@@fadetoblackened4407
Mr.Fade
Do you know why Rob moved to some island. Does it have something to do with all the shit storm surrounding him?
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Rob Chapman is the alt metal David Brent.
Lmfao
It could stand to said even more often, tbh
Comment of the year!
😂😂😂
Very witty
"My heart is so full. I care too much" - Micah Bell, Red Dead 2.
Why is it villains always talk like this? Ooh! I know. Because genuinely decent people have crowds of people willing to vouch for them so they don't even have to bother telling people all the good they do in the world.
Also: Rob has a "fandom"? Christ. So that's where all the Kid Rock and Limp Bizket fans went. I bet they watch him and eat pig blood soup, bragging about how they just had thee best prostate exam. To each his own.
Wow rape accusations is a low low. Damn this hurts Andertons and anyone with Chapman endorsement so much (Rob Scallon etc)
1 year on, how have they been hurt?
@@martinemesguitar they haven't been, but they deserved to be. the whole organization sucks and so does their content.
@@andrewgarcia3136 k.
Glad Rob stopped making guitars with Chapman.
Tf
Some of you are actually crazy saying “forget about this drama and play instead” like there’s no such things as rest or breaks. You think every guitarist plays 24/7? And this information is much needed as it’s never good to look up to guys like Rob. Know the character of who you idolize before you idolize them.
I think that the point is instead of spending your downtime perpetuating petty drama, do something more productive
@signoguns Precisely. I may enjoy some of these guitar channels on UA-cam, but none of the content creators are so special or important to me that I would ever idolize them. If two people I never met have a problem with each other and not me, what do I care? I'm going to practice guitar or read a book.
I stopped watching Rob's videos a couple of years ago. Just thought he was a jerk...
Stopped watching Jared Dines too. Just not funny anym and I'd rather watch real guitar videos anyway...
Check out Rudy Ayoub
@@nishant2279 Oh come on!! That guy is so average, which doesn’t correspond with his arrogant attitude.
Music is Win, samuraiguitarist and AguFish are the only ones I watch anymore
@@billnyethebdsmguy7335 , Darrel Braun is also pretty good...
@@billnyethebdsmguy7335
Rob scallon still makes great stuff
This is a really impressive video! I truly appreciate your very rational and fair assessment.
You didn't just bash Rob, instead you discussed particular points in a civilised manner not making inflammatory statements.
I also like that you prefaced it all by acknowledging that not all of KDHs points should be taken as gospel.
Great job.
I hate what happened to Riff City. I live near one of their locations and I loved going there. It was a great store plus the people who worked there were even better. One of them even let me interview him for a school paper. I loved going to chat with all of the employees along with Joe and just have a fun time. It was the best music store experience I have ever had. Really bummed about the whole thing.
We all are. The only thing we can do is spread the good word of the local music store. Nothing wrong with supporting local music stores in your community. The more you shop there the more they grow. That's just it.
Riff City was a great store. I never liked Chapman guitars but they carried Reverend and they are great axes.
Speaking as a rev artist I 10000% agree
just another drop in the "never trust a white guy who's had dreadlocks" bucket.
😂
🙌🙌🙌
What about Dave Hollingworth? He's lovely, humble and a legend.
I came here to say exactly that, but I see you already have that covered. Carry on sir, you fight the good fight.
Sounds like ur ex boyfriend had dreads
I think the fact that Anderton’s doesn’t even feature Chapman on the channel anymore speaks volumes.
wow I did not expect Chapman to ruin his reputation faster and more thorroughly than Gibson did it vs Dean. that escalated quickly xD
The way Chapman talks, it's as if he's been building up "good deeds" that he can spend on saving his reputation. He needs to stop treating this situation as some kind of figurative transaction as it just makes it worse.
He’s a narcissist - he’s not going to even understand what the issue is.
What happened to this?
ua-cam.com/video/HD3j04u9-6s/v-deo.html
Pocket Management
This is the lamest beef ever 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This is objective, unbiased reporting. I wish more media was just this honest. Great job, Mike.
Why was this video recommended to me? I don't even KNOW half these people!!
I'm in the same boat as you. I don't know or care what they are going on about. and what is the deal with grown men calling other grown men bullies like they are in 3rd grade. Weird.
KDH may have said some antagonistic comments but Rob Chapman just keeps making it worse for himself
Business is business. Never mistake a business relationship for friendship.
What is it with the guitar community and continuously making an effort to capitalize off of other people's misfortune? First it was Agnesi, now it's Chapman. I don't like Chapman, I think the guy is the human embodiment of the word cringe, but you guys all say the same thing and it's always the same 4 or 5 channels that do it.
Watching some Andertons video a couple of weeks ago, my wife simply said of Chappers: “I don’t like that guy”.
She’s a pretty good judge of character.
I used to really enjoy Rob’s videos back in the day when he seemed to really enjoy imparting knowledge and helping people out. There was and still is no doubt he’s got a great ear (blind test vids), but success and perhaps having some money now seems to have changed him.
I owned a Chapman ML1 some years ago and it was a decent enough guitar for Squier and Epiphone sort of money, but the prices have been inflated so much over just a few years that there’s no way I’d but one now.
Well if your wife said it ....must be true.
Sure… let’s all take the word of your wife.
Damn this people really are stupid…
@@hellodumplings8564 sure, ignore everything else I said beyond that statement. And thanks for the stupid comment, you must know me really well.
Shutup Neil, no one cares what your wife thinks.
Ive always found him obnoxious and stuck up, only ever liked his andertons vids
It is reassuring that Andertons have remained very loyal to Rob. Lee Anderton, who strikes me as one of the nicest guys on and off the internet, obviously has a lot of love for Mr Chapman. I can't help but feel he must be quite concerned and saddened by the amount of negativity currently surrounding his friend, and how this might affect the Andertons brand.
It seems Lee and Rob have two very different relationships with UA-cam - one is quite pragmatic in recognising the huge commercial value of a multifaceted guitar-centric multi-channel approach to marketing a successful music gear and Instrument retail brand and exploiting it in a very entertaining and professional way, whilst Rob's vibe is extremely nuanced, much less predictable and with many different agendas simultaneously in play.
I quite like Rob Chapman's UA-cam stuff, particularly his collaborations with Andertons. I just think he needs to reevaluate his personal relationship with the platform and decide exactly where it figures in his life right now, because I see storm clouds on the horizon.
Same here. Always thought he was a shmuck.
Find the Anderton's vids puerile and uninformative.Abandoned them as a serious review source long ago.
Mark Ferguson nob
@@mannymaroupas In fact.
I enjoyed the Anderton videos, they were informative and entertaining. I've checked out a few Chapman guitars at one of our local GCs and was impressed with the fretwork and construction from what I saw (I didn't plug them in or anything). That being said, it's too bad that things devolved into whatever they have. I'm especially sorry to see Riff City go. They offered things that were hard to find elsewhere. I hope they all land in an even better place.
I think Rob has made the same mistake as games companies, trying to be buddy buddy while also being a business, the business will always win, but the business man rarely realizes this or rather rarely realizes the effect it has on the onlooker, because we're not stupid. I stopped watching Rob quite a few years ago and started following Rabea instead, because Rob was way more a business man than a youtuber, it was like a business man who's minimally likable and tries to use that likability to further his business, even if it's not on purpose, that's what it looks like to the audience.
I have nothing against Rob, and i'm not sure he deserves some of the shit he's getting, but he does need a wake up call to understand that he has to choose; either you're a retailer or a youtuber, you can't be both. Especially you can't use your "youtuber" status to act ignorant toward the business side of things, which is his biggest mistake in this particular case with his response video.
I think Rob's main problem is being an absolute tit...
Agreed .. he’s now making a lot of money out of Chapman guitars ... this is feeding his ego but also making him far more aggressive in his defence as he now has something valuable to protect
"either you're a retailer or a youtuber, you can't be both."
-Ola Englund has entered the chat
"I stopped watching Rob quite a few years ago and started following Rabea instead"
Same here. I suppose I have to thank Rob for being my introduction to Rabea, but I stopped following him (Rob) years ago. I love pretty much everything Bea puts out.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Ola is better.
KidsOnALeash OnABoat in every way
Than Chappers? Absolutely, even StevieT, whose mannerisms I can't stand, is better.
Death metal pewdiepie will always be superior! :D
No one can surpass Ola, Swedish people are just better in general
Alex Levesque yeah but Sweden kinda went downhill :/
Im just gonna start rollerblading
Very good and fair breakdown of this entire situation. What bothered me most about the whole Chapman situation was the fact that he tried to censor Joe from Riff City by deleting his comment twice off his video. That to me speaks of his true character. If you weren't ashamed of what you did why would you delete someone's comment??
I wanna see guitarists square it out at this year's NAMM
with epic riff battles HELL YES
The high road is ignoring this nonsense and making music.
Imagine any of the artists who caused us actually ending up as guitar/music-nerds scouring these videos doing soap opera crap like this.
As one philosopher said once in a talk:
"Whenever someone tells something about you, you have to ask yourself: 'is it true?'. Then if it isn't, why am I getting offended or defensive about it? For example, you can clearly see I am bald. If someone comes to me and tells me that, what am I going to say? No? I am bald!"
Rob's response comes out strange, as many people already commented. There's no apology, no accountability. It's also interesting that he names his response video "My Truth" as well. Why would you name a clarification video like that in the first place if your intentions are not to suggest other people are lying about you and you're right? You can also see in Levi's screenshot that Rob also gives a deadline for his comment to be removed in a fairly authoritarian manner. For someone that claims to be this benefactor that donates sums of money he always make sure to mention whenever convenient, there's something weird. When too many people are criticizing you with evidence to back it up, they might be right.
foucault?
because could be prejudicial on purpose. This is offensive. Truth no offends, slander yes.
@@ebjazz93 Truth can be as offensive as anything else, especially if the target is trying to hide it, which is clearly the case here. As I mentioned in another video, it's Rob's word telling you everyone is lying against several people with evidence that backs their accusations, including one article full of pictures from Riff City calling Rob on his lies.
There was something increasingly disgusting about Rob for last few years. As he grew as a businessman, he changed from a genuine and funny bloke to a full-of-shit salesman. I’m kinda glad it’s not just my perception. His latest behavior is just a logical next step.
He sells shitty guitars for PRS price
What do you expect
Vít Němec he was never funny to me and as I said a mediocre guitarist at best. There’s much better out there.
Rob is a natural born politician who got into the music business.
Running into Rob at Namm is going to be quite awkward. Still using your clought to bully a smaller channel is unacceptable so you are right to point this out. Let the reaction videos commence.
@Stumble.Stop.Repeat So, the fact that other people responded to his video is "self-promotion"?
Rob Chapman is a nobody in almost all of my music circles. Online trolling has destroyed comradory!
What I’m taking away from all these videos, and snippets of other people involved, is that as a budding guitarist myself, I really need to accelerate my beard growth...
Your comment made me laugh, thanks dude :)
Never liked rob , something about him is slimy
Jason and the robots the irony in him calling his pedals "snake oil" is absolutely incredible. He is pretty much a modern day snake oil merchant, pretends to be your friend to sell his shitty product and when you found out it's a worthless piece of shit he runs. Piece of shit guy, deserves no sympathy and I'm glad his career is going down the toilet.
Same.
Wise Guy buying into what?
He is the real life David Brent of guitar guys. Incredibly unlikeable
I think robs the kind of guy that if you lent him 200 quid your be having second thoughts afterwards knowing that you might not get it back.
Seriously, Who cares? A bunch of UA-cam Ego’s going after each other.. why? Because they think someone on social media lied? This is stupid.
Bill Rich This.
When people are being threatened outside of UA-cam for things on UA-cam, that's when it matters.
Because they want clicks, and teenagers want drama. Everybody wins.
Only companies putting real money into these things and the hundreds of thousands of subscribers subbed to every party who may be being lied to
Clearly you care if you watched it and commented, oh and whats this? Seems i do too since im replying? Boy the world works in mysterious ways don't it.
I'm not even in the guitar scene and idk why this got recommended to me
ah yes, the magic of youtube recommendations
Dude, it meant so much more than you know when you called it "the guitar scene", lol. Bunch'a middle aged rich kids inventing highschool drama over who has the brightest string tone or whatever the fuck. I used to watch this shit to learn, but more often than not, it's all bitchery and wankery, no real content. Now i watch to waste time and laugh at nerds. UA-cam changes people, man. It's fucked.
You're one of us now. Buy a guitar
I'm in the "guitar scene" right now and I'm strongly considering to sell my guitar and get a bass to join the davie504 slappers army.
Too much useless drama in here.
@@ikhsanhasbi657 If i was a bass, i'd let you slap ( ͡°/// ͜ʖ/// ͡°).
Are you serious about selling your guitar?
It got me curious.
Rob's fanboys in the comments obviously didn't pay attention the whole vid. Rob lied about stuff, people expose the lies, fanboys then complain "you just want more views" ad nauseum.
Narfire bUt He PlAyS iN dOrJe!!!
RIff City Guitar in MN wasn't treated well it sounds like
The fanboys still think the issue is KDH’s video haha
@Mister Problematic dont reach that much dorje are a good band even if Rob isnt a Nice person
Just look at that sheer power emanating from him.
Rob "The Duracell" Chapman.
Its like the Prince Andrew interveiw for guitarists.
Hahahaha
Every day it seems I have a new "Chapman's a Bully" video in my Recommended list. I'm NOT a Chapman fan, but coming in a close second to the Chapman buffoonery are all the channels capitalizing on the drama. 😉
Ha!
chapman da kinda guy who would write his own wikipedia page
Can somebody please tell me why some people think Rob Chapman was actually important? He plays in a second class band and produces (overpriced) second class guitars. So, why should anybody care?
Spot on.
UA-cam content creators and content cops care. This is the kind of content that brings them the most views. KDH doesn't even have as much views as the other guys featuring this drama when it's him that made this "exposure" first.
@@beefhasslehoff definitely. There are way better guitars in this price range.
@@ratatatuff they are all kind of the same actually.. and most come out of the same world music factory.
Can we please keep opinions out of this? There are no second class bands. Only bands you like or dont like. I personaly realy enjoy dorje music. I dont know much about rob as a guy but dragging his bands into this adds absolutely nothing to the discussion and is just unnececary
I actually unsubbed to Chapman about two years ago because he started putting forward a really negative vibe, it'd been years in the process... but yeah, I assume he's an okay dude, but I just don't trust him.
@Gennady Golovkin I mean, he's probably good to his wife and kids and stuff... I doubt he's evil or anything, just self absorbed and willing to take advantage of others to get what he wants.
Wow, High School Drama for High School guitarists . Guys get a life and play music and work on being more positive about your lives.
Piss off
Chapmin always did seem very smug
I watched Rob's response video when he posted it and I got some weird vibes from it. The way he was flailing his arms about the whole time and the constant looking away from the camera during his "name dropping" part really gave me the inclination that he was spitting self righteous bullshit. Big life lesson: If you want to get away with a lie, let your eyes emphasize your talking more so then your hands and arms. That's a lot harder to do with someone face to face, but for him to not be able to do that in front of a camera...Meh, it seemed sketchy at best.
You can also notice him shaking his head "No" when he's lying about something he said he DID do, for example "giving interviews all the time"
Rob is a mediocre, boring guitarist that was a nerd in his youth, and now that he has some fame and popularity, it gives him that self serving recognition he never got, so its gone to his head and has given him a self imposed righteousness.
@@Kat_Haus PUNK ROCK PIZZA ROLLL
That is a good appraisal of Chappers.
You nailed it.!!!!!!!!! Forget the ALS challenge ... What he did to Riff City, and I can come from the wholesale / retail business of a 28 year career is bullshit . . brands do help out their retailers after the product launch with in store clinics, co-op advertising money etc... he comes off "no one's holier than though", and some of us close to Riff City, who were loyal customers of Riff City and it's staff, Rob blatantly lied . Riff City paid for the world tour, tour busses , and his airfare. On the British Standard series.. he said he sold loads of them.. that's not true either. And on his charitable donations soapbox... he pulled a Jeff Bezos , Kardashian comment : "if I do a charity thing , I try to keep it hush ". well yeah Rob.. Don't you think the Chappers Challenge was the problem , since the next time you bring up "charity " people would be all over you like white on rice? And to all the comedians out of work below with the " worrying about youtube drama when you can be practicing ", and anyone attempting to make a living with a camera is a classic narcissist .. " well the weatherman, the new caster, the anchor, the actors guild, Amazon Prime, Netflix, NAT GEO documentaries , Discovery, ... all narcissists ? WRONG. moral of the story.. this isn't about trolling, basement dweller viewers, adults still living in their parents homes, or haters... this was and is about business integrity , deception, spin doctor move , smoke and mirrors, and blatant lies and bullshit , and pompous arrogant ego and being in love with yourself . We drank the koolaid . I bought a Chapman, ( marginal product at best trying out a ML3), and a Victory Amp.. because of Chappers. And spent a fortune with Riff City before Rob even sold to them . But to find the incessant need to post a " My Truth " video... I hope you wiped your mouth with toilet paper , Rob.
Now I can remove a guitar from the list of Dream guitars, not because I have it but becasue I no longer want it...
Chapman’s should never be a dream guitar. Research it, there’s so many quality control problems. Originally they offered decent guitars for cheap. Now they’re in a price bracket where you can find far better guitars.
@@Two_Seat_Pete_FatA55 I have realised that more and more now. It was not number one or not even on top ten, just one I used to want in the collection.
@@EmilOsterberg Yeah, i don’t think they’re terrible guitars though, just you can find better for the price. Also, they don’t retain any value if you ever want to sell it. I’ve seen loads of used ones for sale and nobody seems to want them, even at like 40% of the original price.
@@Two_Seat_Pete_FatA55 I see
Robert Chapman has always been a "wanna-be rock star", but never had the guitar chops, nor the voice, nor the looks (even with cheesy dreadlock "hair extensions").
Then he got into musical instruments manufacturing business, as a designer and a dealer ... the manufacturing side of this business being handled by Asian companies for the major part of the production so far.
The problem with this guy is that he hasn't yet decided to become a "real full time businessman" and fully embrace all the business aspects of that profession ... he's basically an aging baby boy in a candy store, playing with adults.
There's nothing wrong with this musical manufacturing business, and he definitely should forget about "social medias" and the nonsensical half backed rocker career, and should concentrate on hard core business management.
I don't believe that he's a bad dude ... he's just confused, and needs to focus, that's all.
@Human Resources
100% agreed !
And a total lack of sense of responsibility. I mean, when you decide to do business on a medium to large scale, then you need to 1stly pay attention to the people involved in your business with you, and you can't be and react like a little baby boy anymore.
The only reason anyone gives a shit about his shitty guitars is his social media activity.
Man, Jared Dines stumbled on a winning formula here...
What in the little girl soap opera drama crap is this. 🤦🏼♂️
Chapman bashing dude, join in, is fun
Remember the dreads 🤢
Ari I remember the dreads. The song Catalyst. Dude in his 40s trying to forge a new metal career. It’s not my cuppa tea
What dreads?
Don't judge him for the dreads. Judge him for getting rid of the dreads.
@@joelkeane3160 Not defending his actions, but genuine question. Why is there something wrong with having a music video and writing music in your 40's?
E. R. He can write and play all the music he wants. I‘m just suggesting that post 40, it is a bit weird to be trying to establish a new metal, pop prog career. He’s a pretty damn good player. I’d like to see him try out something a bit edgier and more contemporary.
This whole situation is very disappointing. I've been watching Rob's videos for years and honestly I think it would have been better if he hadn't responded at all.
Better for who?
Dude! What kind of guitar is that? The black and white one, on the couch.
@Give back me sausage roll because
Oh yeah! Thanks dick! That really narrows it down.
I have been waiting for the Rop Chapman is a rat backlash for about four years, I knew something was up with how he represented himself, how he is contracted with Andertons, his fiscal relationship with riff city, the "clinic's" in his videos as well as fan interaction in Dorje (which I am admittedly not a fan of). Most of which indicated Rob has some sort of superiority complex. Good video.
Yeah okay Rob "he could have just asked for an interview" because rob is so easy to get ahold of without being outright ignored or shoved off. If anyone besides a company offering Rob money to talk to them or endorse whatever bs product, tries to content him they may aswell not exist.
I own a chapman that I really love. It's an amazing guitar. I happened to get one of the good ones. I know how hit and miss they are after getting involved in the community inadvertently. Since I needed a whammy bar that was somehow forgotten with my brand new purchase, i was trying to figure out what bridge and what kind of bar it used since none of that info was posted for my particular model. I was straight up ignored after several attempts at getting ahold of chapman guitars and then Rob himself through any and all social media accounts and emails. Eventually after weeks of persistence on my part I finally get a response from Rob telling me to get ahold of the Chapman page. Then I told him I had been trying for weeks to get ahold of him and them. He finally ends up telling me theres no way for him to know? The parts are all put on at the factory.... I dont see how that has any effect on him knowing what parts they chose for one of their most expensive and only signature model at that point. Of course I never got any answers I eneed up having to buy a bunch of different whammy bars until I found the long 5mm.
If you just look at your thumbnail it looks like become the knight bullies rob
😂😂😂😂
Robs body language and eye movements in his response video are pretty telling.
He sounds like Prince Andrew talking about Epstein. No one actually talks that way.....
Exactly what I thought. When you look off to the left a lot, you're lying.
I saw the same things..smh.. What a putz...
Exactly what I was thinking, his mannerisms are very telling that he's nothing but a bullshitter.
Telling of what?
ya know, I've been a Rob Chapman fan for years now. But I appreciate your explanations and perspectives compiled into an as unbiased as possible video. keep it up.
Something always rubbed me the wrong way about this guy. He always seemed egoic and even obnoxious when he's trying to be funny. Now I see how deceptive he is. It's all becoming clearer now.
I don't know what's going on because I don't particularly care but he always seemed that way to me.
True, I felt that way too. He thinks he's so much above everyone else
@@matrixmirage2148 Honestly. Narcissistic, would be the word I'd use.
He’s like the guitar Jeremy clarkson
@@thefamilydog6392 Hah, yes.
Ola's line of Solar guitars are where it's at!
Absolutely love my S1.6 Checks every single box on my lifelong list of dream guitar features. I considered building a custom Kiesel to get everything I wanted but just didn't want to spend that kind of money. Then Ola came around and gave it to me for a fraction of the cost. Really nice guitars!
Rob Chapman is by far, a less than average player, with a less than ordinary sound & overpriced average guitars that he flogs...
He is far from an average player the chances you are a bellend are beyond a joke.
@@richardpress9551 Nah... double checked...definitely less than average..!!
@@tankhutruth7245 well if you are better do post a video showing so.
@@richardpress9551 I have no need to 'show i'm better' than Rob.. my credits on recordings & awards already prove the point... Trying to 'big myself up' on you tube as Rob does is not required & you more than likely already listen to my playing without even realising it..!!
@@tankhutruth7245 so give us a video or a link to listen to then?
Well time to go unsub from Chappers. This whole situation is incredibly disappointing.
Man some people just loooove inserting themselves into drama and telling others how to live. How about just let them be themselves and like them or don't.
Jay Tee Yeah, man. Lot of people talking shit about Chapman here, which he probably deserves, but nobody's talking about the ego of a guy making a 22 minute video policing someone else's behaviour and telling them "here's what you need to do". Looks like Chapman isn't the only one who thinks he's above everyone else.
Never played Chapman. Never will, now. I'll stick to my Jackson/Charvel and occasional Ibanez guitars.
Chapman guitars have never interested me. If I were to support any newer guitar company, it would be ola's solar guitars. They look metal as fuck
@@mattisixx1699 As a Solar owner, I can say they're also worth the money, unlike Chapmans
@@kristijankocjancic3236 I just got a strandberg but I'm interested in the solar V's. More of a Randy rhoads body style with a cutaway. Only guitar I've seen like that is Alexi laihos guitar. I ain't paying 4k for an esp though lol
Clearly high gain is life for you 😅