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  • Funny!

  • There really is no best brand of guitar. what really matters is whether or not you feel comforatable playing it. personaly I like gibson and fender

  • Thats like asking which is the best fruit in the world!!

  • the hell is PRS? PRS beats the crap out of BC Rich, Yamaha (which sucks) and everything else but fender!

  • gibsonnnnn!!!!!!

  • JACKSON RULES

  • cool playing but its pretty hard to do a comparison on tone and sound when your using completely different amp distortions like that high gain metal

  • Schecter guitars are the best.

  • A guitar is a very personal instrument and every guitarist is different. Each has their own person needs, tastes, feel and an individual view of the perfect tone!. There is no correct answer to this question use the guitar that you feel suits you best! and just ROCK OUT!!! and enjoy yourself isn't that what the guitar is all about?

  • I like and own fender and a back rich

  • Gibson or ESP :)

  • also that dean sounds like a fuckin' kazoo.

  • you ain't nobody in rock & roll if you ain't got a Gibson or a Fender.

  • jackson is the best coz it METAAAL

  • BTW @ flaggism : I just bought and stratcaster (waiting for shipment) and planned on modding it up,like you described. What are EMGS! Newb to guitar playing!

  • Liked sound of Jackson.

  • a great guitar player can see the bright side of a guitar ... every good brand like gibson , fender , prs , ibanez have great instrument and different style of guitar !!! I love them all ^^

  • How do you define "best"? Least expensive? Most versatile? Most attractive? Most features? Simplest design? Lightest? Strongest? Loudest?

    Guitars are different. If you want a Fender Strat sound and feel, then a Gibson Les Paul won't do. If you want a Gibson Les Paul sound and feel, then a Fender Strat won't do. That's why most pro's own a variety of guitars.

  • My opinion is that fender guitars are the best first of all they have a pure guitar sound they are better quality and they look great

  • SCHECTER!

    

  • @cshields818 lol.

  • Ive had almost everyone there is and it comes down to buying a $70 squire strat and replaced the neck,pickups and wiring,,,now it sounds the way i like...Dont just go with the flow,build your own,,,you will be very glad you did...Also dont forget the EMGS!!!!

  • Guitars are like women, they have their own personality. That's why I have more than one, and a few guitars too.

  • Yamaha makes the best value in expense to sense.....Ibanez make some good guitars as well for reasonable cost as does Dean.Fender Jazzmaster and Jag models are their coolest designs followed by the Tele but they are not cheap price wise.Consider scale length also when buying a guitar.Fender is typically the longest at 25.5" and Gibson shortest at 24.75".Rickenbackers and Mosrites are 25".There really is no best only a matter of taste and feel.

  • You should look into Michael Kelley guitars. It's not yet a super popular brand yet, so I've heard, but it's supposed to become pretty well known.

  • Ibanez

  • YAMAHA SG tha best)

  • It's all narrowed down to Jackson and Bc Rich

  • The black one's are the best. They're the fastest!

  • I have in my opinion the best guitar ever, a Jackson King V with Seymour Ducan Dimebucker and Jazz pickups :D

  • Mosrite.

  • musicman

  • @roma063093 true. or prs private stocks. i'd sell my mother for a private stock.

  • ibanez hands down

  • YOU FORGOT PAUL REED SMITH OR PRS!!!

  • The best isn't represented here...

    At least I didn't see it in the video...

    PRS is a world class instrument with more balls than the Timkin bearing factory...

  • My opinion is simple .... EVERYONE has their own opinion and take on what is BEST ...

    BUT .. those in the know will tell you that NONE are "THE BEST" ... each and every guitar has its own feel, tone, vibe and appeal.

    I have three "BEST" guitars right now

    - My Gibson Les Paul (USA)

    - My Fender Strat (USA)

    - My Schecter C1 Classic (Korean)

    Each has its own characteristics I LOVE. And what I can get out of one, I can't always get out of another. Strat is Not a LP, LP is not a strat, etc,etc

  • EEEWWW @DEAN

  • that was just your life

  • @darkgladiator27. Duh?????????????

  • I always get totally hacked off when I see questions like this; and the other favourite: who is the best guitarist? THERE IS NO SUCH THING!!! When will you people get it into your heads that what is the "best" is purely personal taste, nothing more, nothing less. Some like Fender; some like Gibson; some like Ibanez etc etc etc. Some like Hendrix; some like Page; some like Gilmour etc etc etc!!! Get real - does it really matter to anybody? You like what you like and that's it, end of!!!!!!!

  • the probably most expensive guitar (electric) is Gibson Les Paul.

  • the two most versitile guitar brands are gibson or fender

  • There is no best, only what each individual believes to be the best for his or her own good. might as well ask who is the best guitar player.

  • Each company sort of caters to a different style of music/playing style. You don't show up at a jazz bar with a dean razorback...

    Each company also has different models for different levels of playing (squire bullet vs. SRV stratocaster... So there's really no concrete answer to the question.

  • i love jimmys licks

    i love the outterspace sattelite,cosmo and astronauts stuff

    but man i will ever buy one of those stratocastors guitars

    tell me why

    why a strat

  • fender is the best, then gibson, then gretsch (which you forgot)

  • the fender stratocaster!!

  • If your fingers are trained...you ll enjoy every brand....or else...you ll keep searching for a guitar to solve your problems.That doesnt happen.

  • Les Paul

  • Currently, I'm starting a love affair with a blood red BC Rich Mockingbird ST that my son is giving me for a Christmas/48th b-day present...in the 35 years I've been playing, I've owned Gibsons, Epiphones, Ibanez, Hamers, Fenders, Deans, Hondo IIs, several generic knockoffs, and the only two that have stood the test of time are my mid 80s Hamer Vector V and my '79 Epiphone Genesis Standard...although I'm *really* loving the BC! My verdict: it's a 3 way tie between BC Rich, Hamer and my Epiphone!

  • strat strat strat strat strat strat strat wait...... yup strat.

  • Parker, without a doubt. I'd like other guitars too, for fun, but nothing that plays so smooth as my Fly Mojo Flame and it has such a beautiful tone for rock, big fat warm heavy stuff, jazz, twangy tele sounds, and "thin" funk. One of my friends (with quite a bit of cash) wet out and bought a £3k Fly Mojo less than a week of first trying mine as he liked it so much!

  • ESP all the way!!!!!

  • Fender, Paul Reed Smith, Gibson, maybe also Charvel but i cant decide which one i like most :D

  • Fender Strat O's Are My Favorite, But i love em all

  • gibson forever

  • Schecter Guitars :P

  • fender strat is the best all round guitar by a long way ..end of.

  • rickenbacker and fender all the way

  • Just comment "Fender" and move on

  • Thank you for the demonstration! I was getting a B.C. Rich Warlock, so I wanted a demonstration of B.C. Rich quality because I know Kerry King of Slayer and Chris Poland (formerly) of Megadeth used B.C. Rich guitars.

  • billie joe armstrong of green day (one of my all time favorite band) has a gibson an fender me personally i like my ibanez

  • @acoop777 my point is just because i like a band doesent mean i want every thing they have i have my own likes :)

  • @acoop777 I like ibanez because its cheap plays pretty well and is good for beginners personally for a average player and above Fender is the best choice.

  • It's the brands that you probably never heard of that are the best guitars. There are independent luthiers that build custom guitars that make any of these look like childs' toys.

  • Page does or did play a Fender Telecaster In Stairway to Heaven Page Plays a Fender 12

    Fender was going to make The Les at one time.

  • burns or guild , but if i had to pick between the 2 most overrated ones then it would be fender.

  • gibson

  • Anyone who knew anything about guitars would point out the difference in scale length, ie. Gibsons have a shorter scale length than Fenders, and are therefore a bit kinder to those with short fingers. This also applies to copies of Gibsons and Fenders. Also, guitars with humbucker type pickups can be made more versatile by using a coil tap. Personally, I don't like the feel or scale length of Fenders as I'm more used to Gibson's slightly shorter scale.

  • @CrankCase08 Ditto. Plus there's the Nut Width and Neck Radius differences between the Fender and Gibson to consider too. For me the Fender's narrower nut & smaller radius fit my hands better. btw, If you like the Gibson short 24.75" scale look at the new Fender Jag Blacktop HH. They went old school (60's Student Models) and has a 24" scale but has the typical Fender nut & neck dimensions. With the 2 Humbuckers its almost like the Strat and LP mated [I love my new Jaguar]

  • @Condor512 I've had a look at that Jaguar Blacktop. It makes me wonder what is going on in the heads of idiots that design some guitars because they keep putting pickup selector switches in places that makes them vulnerable to being hit. I have an extravagant style when playing chords and I'd be hitting that switch all the time. Plus the body is unnecessarily large, so adding extra weight. I'll stick to the well designed and more practical Les Paul - at least he knew what he was doing.

  • @CrankCase08 It's funny but I like the Jag for the reasons you don't. For me the Jag is a perfect fit. I like the location of the selector switch and the 'large body' isn't that heavy. Maybe the same as a Strat, or close to it. And it's style is that of the old student models. But all of this is why guitars are great - there's a brand, model & style that 'fits' everyone. If there was only one type of guitar that would be boring. And really suck ;-) Rock on!

  • what about gretch

  • I play a Brian May Red Special...

  • Gibson guitars are the best of the best!!! No doubt!!

  • @22Mrcrispin Dude...leave

  • Fender guitars. Number One.

  • Hey... What about David Gilmour? Eh? Fender chap he too was.

  • ESP and Ibanez Rules!!

  • fender, every night I have wet dreams about Charlize Theron holding a fender mustang

  • my opinion is fender! especially strat

  • Not many jazz guitars there!!!

  • From a design standpoint, Gibson is the worst guitar ever made! By design I mean things like glued in neck, no volute and pickup placement. Fender fails at many of these design features as well. The best guitars have 24 frets, pickups placed between the string vibration nodes, a volute on the neck, don't need string tree's, have a bolt on neck, and string through bridges. Very few commercial guitars have all these features. Some PRS models are very close. Independent luthier's make the best.

  • It's due to opinion...fuck..

  • fender is now considered a walmart guitar.....not suprized since the thing is a total piece of shit now. everybody has one. they are extremely over rated. fuck fender and squier.

  • why the fuck is yamaha up there? who would consider that a good guitar brand??? thats a brand that makes lawn mowers

  • SCHECTER

  • Love Fenders and Gibsons

  • fender is irreplaceable. Any other guitar has a sound that can be copied

  • yamaha

  • what about Rickenbackers???

  • hahahah what a stupid video... every brand is good for other music, probably you want play blues and jazz with dean and jacksno, and probably you want play thrash and death metal with fender

  • wow lookin at ESP's I'm thinkin they are a Gibson Wanna be X(

  • From this vid, yamaha sounds great. but i am way to ibanez.

  • DEFANITLY GIBSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • I think it's really outrageous to put a vulgar and overrated guitarist like Slash in every ranking you can see on internet. Stop with this offensive mixture without regards for Page, Blackmore, Clapton, Gilmour, SRV.....

  • Thank you for not including Heritage, Carvin, Schecter and Hamer.

  • Well, if you look at the artists named in the top comments, all the gibson users had that heavier, edgier sense to them with the more flying finger types. While all the Fender users had a more expressed, relaxed style. So, guitar brand really comes from emotions and your genre of interest. I personally prefer Fender. Especially Telecasters!

  • G&L!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    -

  • Fender Stratocaster ftw ^^

  • yamaha ftw

  • i like gibson guitars better but they have fucked up prices so i like the fender HSH, and Hss guitars the most

  • the ibanez at 7:00 ist the best multistyle guitar u can get fpr 300 bucks, they serve all styles, none perfect though, but still best deal in that price range und u play different styles.

  • prs for shure :

    they have sound for any kind of music , they have really good body shape to have a good playability (custom 24 = 24 fret =santana model ,etc ) , really good quality and finishes (not overvalued)

    I use gibson , but their guitars are way overvalued .

  • @losdepis I own 5 Prs guitars and appreciate their ergonomics and esthetics but for me nothing can replace a great Les Pual like my VOS 58 one....well except perhaps my Nik Huber Orca (an instrument made by a German luthier) which has exceptional tone, balance and looks (superior to PRS in my opinion)...check them out!

  • @losdepis prs is ugly as fuck, gay ass rainbow gay colours and homosexual birds on the fretboard, the shapes are terribly ugly and bland, round and shit, and they're overpriced as fuck

  • i personally like the feel o ibanez and dean guitars

  • but then again, depends on the music the guitar is made for... my answer is ibanez/esp for heavy, and fender/gibson for softer songs

  • a tie, fender or ibanez, depends on the music

  • Schecter should be on the top 10

  • 1) fender no doubt

    2) jackson they have a sexy sound

    3) ibanez smooth neck

    4) dean crispy sounding acoustics

    5) b.c rich, heavy shiz

    6) gibson eh still dont like em

    7) esp, i havent played em

  • 1 --> Gibson

    2 --> Fender

    3 --> ESP

    4--> Dean

    5 --> Ibanez

    All the other brands are f#ckin' copies of these brands so eat my BIC ;) :P

  • 1) B.C Rich 2) Jackson 3) Gibson 4) Ibanez 5) Dean 6) Esp 7) Fender 8) Yamaha

    Thats if you ask me :)

  • now i wouldn't count out the yamahas cause some of them are very beautifully built guitars

    if i had to say:

    1) Gibson

    2) Fender

    3) Paul Reed Smith (if it was there)

    3) Esp

    4) Yamaha

    5) BC rich

    6) Dean

    7) Ibanez

  • JACKSON ALL THE WAY!!!!!! :)

  • G&L... 

  • gibson. then jackson . then caprison

  • of course not yamaha

  • just came here to dislike the video 'cos the title is so st00pid...

    give me a 59 LP and give a cheap squier to joe bonamassa ....i'll let you guess who would sound better ^^

  • There is no best brand. It is like asking "what tree is the best ?"

    The best guitar is the guitar that fits YOU the best. So, a hand custom made by a luthier (especially for you) should be the best choice.

  • you cant compare guitars, cause they are made for different kind of music so its not fair to compare them

  • The recordings are kind of pointless...its pretty much 25% guitar and 75% amp when it comes to sound

  • the song you putted on gibson was sucks!

  • There is no 'best'. Obviously there are bad brands and good ones. But when it comes to decent brands it's personal preference and what works for you.

  • It's all about feel not about stupid sticker -.-

  • Kramer FTW

  • 1ST:jackson 2ND:Bc Rich 3rd:dean

  • fender guitars are the best for me

  • Jimmy Page, Angus Young, Slash, Keith Richards, B.B King, Billy Gibbons, Zak Wylde they are the Gibson thing

    Jimmy Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Kurt Cobain, Eric Johnson, Jeff Beck, Mark Knopfler they were the Fender thing so all i want to say is choose the ones you want, dont try to choose for the others

    And I personally like Gibson better

  • @R3yK1d keith richards plays a fender telecaster

  • @R3yK1d Gibson all the way. Also you forgot Dave Grohl being under the Gibson thing :)

  • @iantwelf Dave Grohl sometimes i see him with an Explorer or a custom Les Paul, i just forgot, but in the comment i said Eric Clapton in the Fender team but he plays on a 58 Les Paul Sunburst a lot too, so i think that wasn't a good example

  • @R3yK1d B.B also played a tele, Hendrix also played an SG, Johnson also played an sg, Beck also played a les paul, Richards also played strats/teles

  • @7or6 yap but BB usually shows up with the "Lucille", Hendrix with a strato, johnson too and whatev

  • @R3yK1d keith richards uses mostly fenders ...and of course the les paul..anyway

  • @R3yK1d I'd say that if you have one Gibson and one Fender (probably a Les Paul and a Stratocaster) then you have a complete guitar collection in terms of being able to get all the iconic historical sounds of the last 30 years of rock...but you are absolutely right no one should try to choose for others..for some one it could be just an Yabanez shredder type guitar or something else.

  • 1. Fender 2. Gibson 3. Ibanez 4. ESP 5. BC Rich 6 Dean Guitars 7. Yamaha,

    if you ask me :)

  • can't compare if you play different things on them

  • Ibanez is ny FAR my favorite

  • What about Charvel guitars?

  • yamaha

  • gibson les paul

  • PAUL REED SMITH!! The highest quality, best sounding, best sustain, guitars money can buy.

  • this really made gibson look bad ... sgs and les pauls dont usually sound like that unless their modded ... but anyway i prefer gibson and fender ... each just does things the other cant but they both sound great ... get both and youve got every sound your ever going to need ... unless you prefer shred ... for that you just cant beat an ibanez JS or gem

  • gee to be honest the best sounding guitar I heard there was the Fender which had a classic clear sound all the other ones sounded reputisuos same bull shit metal sound, I know a gibson les paul dont sound like that.

  • nobody likes hofners?

  • Warrior is the best. This is not arguable. Your preferences of whats best is merely your subjective opinion.

    We can talk quality (or lack there of) of all brands lately, except for EBMM and Peavey Custom Shop.

  • Ibanez is the best!! gibson is good.. fender is nice for bending, jackson is for metal, but yamaha is not my type

  • i made the right choice with the bc rich. my warlock is perfect

  • If money is not taken into account then the best (most consistently fantastic guitars) i would have to say would be Paul Reed Smith, although like i said, the're pricey

  • Fender Tele Custom, best guitar I ever bought. Strats are great, Teles do the job, Jazzmasters and Jaguars do great whammy work, Mustangs are a tad small for me but others like them. I'd go for a Tele Custom and then if that wouldn't work, I'd take it to any guitar by Gibson. Metal guitar brands make shit guitars with shitty thin necks that are the least versatile instruments known to man, fucking hate active pickups.

  • Dean is pure shit... Gibson and Fender Kick ass

  • YOU ARE ALL IDIOTS!What are you doing??? You compare the BRANDS??There is no point of comparing the guitar brands...A good guitar doesn't depent on it's Brand,it depends on:

    1st:The price

    2nd:The style-shape

    I wanna say that for example.There are clearly Gibsons that are better than Yamahas.But the oppositis existedd too really.This depends on its prise not on it's Brand.So people stop criticise the Brands,criticise the guitars!

  • i was just thinking, the last guitar"jackson" is amazing but not so expensive looking.......hehehehe i prefer ibanez or fender....

  • BC Rich - shit low end, awesome high end

    Ibanez - early cheap stuff better than new expensive stuff

    Dean - shit since dean left and formed DBZ (much better...)

    ESP - hands down the best, even the LTD range beats Gibson etc.

    Yamaha - mostly starter guitars, high end basses are awesome!

    Fender - overpriced badly put together shit

    Gibson - overpriced, shit, horrible craftmanship, horrible quality control, sound no diff from epi...

    Jackson - great

  • no Epiphone????

  • GIBSON

  • i LOVE FENDER...

  • gibson or fender the other guitars is bull shit

  • B.c riches are shit but when it comes to versatility my experiences with dean are about the equivalent of B.C. rich they seem to be a higher quality metal guitar, but when it comes to metal, best bang for your buck in my opinion is schecter, Ibanez is mainly metal until you get into the $1000 + price range. I have no experience with ESP, Yamaha Isn't great but they would never put out a bad instrument, Fender is good for just about anything but truly shines whe it comes to blues same with Gibson

  • Tom Anderson Guitarworks. Nothing else comes close.

    Jackson, Carvin, Dean and Ibanez=Best guitars for every style.

  • My comment about CARVIN guitars was not an endorsement as much as it was a comparison. I've recently seen guitars from both Gibson and Fender for upwards of $5000.. C'mon I mean seriously! I've played and owned both of these manufactor's guitars. Nothing special to me. I suggest before you go out and spend X amount on a particular brand try many brands and find YOUR sound. That's how I found CARVIN. I am not knocking Fender or Gibson,I'm just saying,that I would't pay some of their prices!!!

  • I remember many years ago when I was very young I was listening some some older gentlemen discuss the best cars on the market. The best comment that came out that conversation was that the best car for "you" was the one that you could afford. In today's guitar market most of the 'high end' guitar are so overpriced that its pathetic. With the way pricing of guitars are today,my 'quality for your money' award goes to CARVIN hands down!!! Not a company on the market can match them period!!!!.

  • the JEM is the coolest and nicest guitar ever made and schecters are also great guitars; they should be on ur list

  • Schecter and Jackson all the way! The only problem with Schecter is the neck is a bit fat :)

  • Yamahas Clean Sound is very good, but the best is IBANEZ

  • Man plz tell me where did you find this song 6:15

  • BC Rich - us models are very good, and they have one of the finest custom shops (the guitars with the R logo), the one i tried had the best neck ever. Ibanez - great, im in love with the late 80's RGs. Dean - never tried one, ESP-awesome, even some ltds are awesome, Yamaha - underrated, by far best value for money, Fender - perfect. Gibson - some models have quality issues, but generally very good, especially tone-wise, jackson-cheaper models are pretty bad. My favourite you ask? PRS :D

  • Gibson Epiphone Gretsch Fender Yamaha(SG200 only) alot of classics NO: ibanez (terrble) Kramer(ugly) Deab(ugly looking,terrible sound) Jackson(100% CRAP)
  • Gibson, Gibson & Gibson. Just spend the money and get the best. They all copy Gibson & Fender. I don't like copies.

  • My list:

    1. Kramer - Great quality instruments

    2. Charvel - Prob best necks in the world

    3. Ibanez - versatile, as said