Cheap guitar blues

The sequel to my video "Riffguy on a $199 guitar & amp package". Since some people commented on the tone of this guitar being poor, I wanted to demonstrate what can be accomplished by proper miking techniques. This guitar & amp are completely stock.

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Music

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• Riffguy
• Ashbury
• Guitar
• Amp
• Cheap
• Shredding
• Blues
• HBC
• Zellers

[TheBluesBeggar]

My guitar right now is a 3/4 harmony student acoustic = value of $20. Stored in a barn, bought at a yard sale.The action is high + couple of frets buzz... I actually superglued the bridge to keep it from prying up...

I think folks get caught up in the "the more fancy/more expensive guitar the better" fever.

When I chose to make no excuses for my playing by blaming the guitar + focus on what it "could" do rather than couldn't was the day it made some nice music, somehow if by magic!

[riffguy]

@TheBluesBeggar A lot of people started out playing on junk because they just didn't have a choice, it was all they could afford. If the music is important enough, you'll use whatever you can get your hands on and learn how to make it sing.

[notuern]

@riffguy

There are loads of brands that are impossible to get to sound decent though.

I work in a music store, and we tried out a brand named "J&D"(Swedish brand.), and it was by far the worst guitars ive ever seen.

The inlays wherent leveled with the fretboard, so the strings actually hit them some times when doing vibratos or bends.

Some frets kept popping out of the fretboard etc.. so i cant agree with you to 100% there, although the hype over brands is just dumb.. its all about "mojo".

[riffguy]

@notuern Back when I worked in a guitar shop, I saw my share of brand new, cheap junk instruments that had twisted necks, horrible fretwork, fretboards with humps, loose frets, etc. Sometimes I'd have to do a complete fret level and dress, just to compensate for the fretboard irregularities. To me, part of learning how to play guitar is to understand how the guitar works and figure out how to make whatever guitar you have, play better.

I agree with you about the brands though.

[gbsnp123]

I watched one of your videos, something called "one hand playing & more" and thought yeah, that's not music. and then saw this on related videos and I loved it. very soulful blues with your own style. I guess you just like many genres and I first watched the wrong video for me.

I wish I could get my stuff coming out that fluently. I used to play spontaneously, but don't know what happened. Now mainly just few licks over and over again and don't feel it. can you give me some advice on this?

[riffguy]

@gbsnp123 When people see one of my shred videos, they assume it's all I can do. The fact that I can play fast, doesn't mean I can't play slow. When I play, I don't think about what musical style it is, I just play according to how I feel.

It sounds like you're just in a rut. Maybe try listening to some different types of music which could open your mind in terms of phrasing. I personally don't listen to shred guitar very much, I listen to a lot of jazz & classical when I'm not playing.

[riffguy]

@thejakeludwig In my opinion, the instrument just makes noise....it's the player that has to shape the noise into tone.

[CoolBreezeClub]

Best guitar I every had came from a pawn shop for a whopping $50.00. Some no name thing that looked like death warmed over, but it played and sounded excellent. Don't get hung up on name brands..if so you really miss out.

[VoVikMakaR]

so what is the miking technique?

[guitarplayer10120]

I Got an Ibanez GIO RG for 5 bucks at a yard sale so Cheap Guitar r always fun.

[DrFrankensteam]

@TheBluesBeggar I wanted to play, could not afford a guitar. I had an old oboe I bought at a garage sale for .50 so I traded it and 25$ for a fender acoustic. Its what I have right now. I went to Guitar Center last night and played a 99$ Fender Strat. Sounded nice. But I dont have 99$ I'm happy with what I have.

[williamthomasmi10]

Haha hes got a fulstack behind him... and he went with the little practice amp and cheapo guitar. Atta boy ;)

[pitbulltrex]

No se si hables español pero con tu video le puedo demostrar a muchos que se preocupan por tener una guitarra carisima por que creen que van a tocar mejor, que es el guitarrista el creativo y la guitarra solo el instrumento de expresion de su virtuosismo.el que tenga yo una gibson no me hara tocar como clapton ni en sueños en fin me da gusto ver todos tus videos saludos y gracias por el tiempo que te tomas en enseñara a tanta gente.

[thatguyyoudontfeel]

I'm getting a really cheap guitar... The only problem I will have with it... only one pickup -_-

[DeeDeeSmart]

riff guy i think you are the second Angus Young.

[peskypesky]

you the man!

[notuern]

@riffguy

Yeah, thats true.. its a bit of needing to completely different skills really:

Adjusting your playing to irregularities on the guitar, and being able to adjust the irregularities of the guitar to your playing.

My first guitar was an Aria Pro II RS Knight Warrior, and my dad showed me how to change the strings, fix string height and intonation before i got to learn how to play. :)

Its an important part in getting to know your instrument really, its a shame so few understand that.