GUITAR MYTH-BUSTING | Tonewood vs Pickups

#tonewood #gibsonlespaul #pickups

PLEASE USE GOOD QUALITY HEADPHONES OR MONITORS. You won't hear those sweet details through tablet and phone speakers. :)

I feel like I'm on a mission here. Haha! I'm trying to prove the obvious: each and every component on a guitar matters and influences its amplified tone.

How much of the differences come through, depends on the rig and the gain settings.
Guitar into a good clean / low gain amp: the difference will be huge;
Guitar into a high gain amp: the differences will become smaller;
Guitar into 10 pedals and an amp with crazy filters in the preamp stage: barely any difference anymore.

NOTE to tonewood deniars: no one "tries to sell their expensive crap" to you. If you don't hear a difference, buy the more affordable guitar. That's the obvious and right call then.

Timestamps:
00:00 - intro JAM
00:36 - introduction
01:03 - what kind of guitars are these?
01:57 - I'm actually saying the forbidden word: tonewood :)
02:16 - unplugged sound of the Les Pauls
02:32 - ROUND 1 | unplugged COMPARISON
03:15 - conclusions
03:47 - ROUND 2 | COMPARISON | both guitars with their own pickups
05:31 - conclusions
05:52 - it's time to swap pickups, hardware and electronics :)
06:52 - ROUND 3 | COMPARISON | Andy's guitar original VS new pickups
07:58 - ROUND 4 | COMPARISON | Both guitars played with the same pickups, bridge and electronics
08:45 - Lick 2
09:31 - Lick 3
10:13 - Lick 4
10:49 - Lick 5
11:07 - Lick 6 (bridge pickup)
11:25 - Lick 6 (neck pickup)
11:44 - the PICKUPS I've been using are:
12:00 - did someone say TONEWOOD?? Here's what I think of it
13:49 - do wood species "sound" different?
Gear used in this video:

-Gibson Les Paul Custom Shop '58 reissue https://bit.ly/2FxKvek
-Bogner Ecstasy Red: https://bit.ly/37LtKse
(this is the current version; same sound, smaller housing)
-REVV G2: https://bit.ly/2NbpV9R
-Analogman King of Tone: https://www.buyanalogman.com/
-Coppersound Foxcatcher: https://coppersoundpedals.com/
-REVV Dynamis 7/40 head: https://bit.ly/2IxwoId
-Universal Audio OX BOX https://bit.ly/2IyOeuj
-One Control Agamidae switcher: https://bit.ly/2KCXwZ3
-Ernie Ball cables and strap: https://bit.ly/2Io0dfg
-Cordial CRI series cables: https://bit.ly/2XiVLBR
-Evidence Audio patch cables: https://bit.ly/2Ixylo1
-NUX SOS Looper https://bit.ly/31TMxPx
Other gear I use in my videos:

-Harley Benton Fusion-II Roasted SSP
https://bit.ly/31FVawf
-Fender Telecaster Custom Shop '53 reissue
(a similar custom shop tele: https://bit.ly/2KFVJld)
-Gibson ES-335 Traditional
(here's a specs wise very similar ES-335: https://bit.ly/2pTo92j)
-Barocsi "Frankenstrat" (2000 Fender American Standard body + Warmoth neck)
-Barocsi Exploder - with a Gibson 498T in the bridge and a Gibson 57 Classic in the neck position
-Gibson Les Paul CM 2015 - heavily modified (thin nitro refin; Lollar Dog Ear P90; Emerson electronics)
-Barocsi Troublecaster - Custom built T-style guitar with Gretsch Filtertrons
-REVV G3: https://bit.ly/2FvuANy
-REVV G4: https://bit.ly/2ZhxX39
-Source Audio Nemesis delay: https://bit.ly/2Dft6Gd
-Tate FX Raise the Dead Germanium: https://www.tatefx.co.uk/
-Dunlop Gypsy Fuzz pedal: https://bit.ly/2VKw4K0
-ENGL Fuzzyhead Fuzz: https://bit.ly/2QrjmPU
-J Rockett Archer overdrive: https://bit.ly/2Ges1z8
-Morgan 1x12 cab Twilight: https://bit.ly/2KFihDq

The mic:
Rode NTG3 condenser for speech: https://bit.ly/2MVU2zu

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Kris Barocsi

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