5 NEW GUITAR GEAR TRENDS

In this video I discuss 5 new trends that I've noticed in guitars and gear over the past few years. Let me know what you would add to the list in the comments.

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[GerryBlue]

9-42 user for decades now, love them on long scale, standard tuning guitars.

[peterhall]

I'm a 60 year old blues player who uses an offset guitar(fazley outlaw plus), with 9 gauge nickel strings into a desktop digital amp( yeur).Pedals are a mix of analog and digital.

Pretty typical modern player.

Only the music is 1950s.

[TheFirebrandJuggalo]

I've slowly gone from 10-52, to 11, to 10-48, and now to 9-46. I think I'm in my happy place.

[leftundersun]

Currently I'm using an FRFR speaker cabinet, I plug my pedals into an IR loader and I get basically any speaker configuration I wish. It's a good time to be alive.

[perkristoffersson]

Lighter strings are not a new trend, it's the heavy string trend finally coming to an end.

[BrokenStrings]

I recently started using 10-52 and I love that gauge so much now. Gives me everything I need.

[happihockey]

I am not a heavy music player but I really like your channel and the fact that you are not into the crazy bias of things like, all digital sucks, or only this (fill in the blank) will get you "the" sound. Great advice from a real musician who realizes we are in the golden age of gear now, and that all types of gear are just tools to get the music out of us and into the audiences ears with the best sound possible.

[resington]

Last 20 years seeing modelling go from basically toys to legit tourable rig worthy gear. Amazing.
Zoom 505 anyone? Good times. Now.. Even better times.

[luvvit]

One problem with lower gauge strings is that the bottom end strings pitch-drift when you hit them hard - their pitch lowers until the amplitude drops. Higher gauge strings are a lot tighter on pitch. And they feel more "crunch" for rhythm playing. I think I went 9s to 8s to 10s, then fat bottomed 10s, then 10s. Been there ever since.

[mikeimmonen]

Another thing I've noticed has become a bit of a trend, at least with metal players, is playing heavier strings with lower tunings.
I guess people finally figured out that you can go pretty far with string gauges before you actually break anything.
I went from just a 12-60 in C std, to first a 64, then to a 70 and then to an 80. With lower tunings you can go quite heavy and still be comfortable, and you actually need to go quite heavy to keep the thing in tune if you play hard.

[jhutt]

Friedman BE-OD is awesome: It has it's own tonal character (and Friedmans sound I think is the best version of Marshall growl I know), but it perfectly blends with the sound of growling tube amp and your guitar, and you can easily dial it in or out of soundscape. It just expands your tonal palette without taking anything out or masking sound of your gear.

I didn't know such perfect OD/Distortion pedal existed until I bought it.

(Actually I first bought Mooer 012 preamp for my mini pedalboard. Decided to try BE-OD after being impressed of it's sound.)

[BaritoneGoatStudio]

I was running a set of 11-56 Daddario strings in Drop C, and just decided to go to Drop B with them, and I immediately was hooked on thinner is the winner. I now run an 10-52 set for Drop C. The only place where I go a little thicker is a 24.75" scale LP. I still run 10-46 on those single cuts in standard E.

[johndo]

Gonna try some 9 then. Always played 10. 🤟

[pedrogarciarobleto]

I use 11-56 set with a single 59 for the 6th string tuned to Drop C/Standard D with a 24.75 scale guitar. Less than that and the thicker strings vibrates too much with heavier riffs and may go out of tune, it feels better to chug on thicker strings.
For me is not about "sounds better", more about "feels better", I like the 4-6th thick and the 1-3rd lighter for easier bending.

[johnplaystheguitar]

Moving down to 8s is the best decision I ever made. No regrets other than I wish I had done it sooner!!

[hoboringmaster]

I use hybrid slinky’s to keep my finger tips in check

[officialWWM]

I have a Parker Fly, I think they’re cool too!

[pads-zrln]

I play diffent string on differnt guitars, love 11s on my lp, 10s on my strat and 9s on a tele

[MichaelSheaAudio]

I'm just in my "not giving a damn" era. I used 10-46 strings forever but never felt right on them. Went down to 9-42 and it was so much easier to play and I didn't feel like I was being held back. Couldn't care less if they change the sound. I have a guitar with stainless steel frets, got them because they last longer. Does it sound different? I don't think so, but I don't care. Feels and sounds like a guitar to me. I was into pedals for a while but I was still unhappy with the sound I was getting. Recording St. [b]Anger really opened my eyes about simplicity. For that guitar tone, I just cranked the gain and master on the crunch channel of the amp sim and it sounds sick. So I took the drive pedals off of my real pedalboard and did the same on my Peavey Bandit, and it sounds good.

The trend I want to see is people focusing more on utility and less on the little things that may or may not change their "tone". 😅

[teddeeh]

1- ive played 10’s all my playing life and generally as a rule of thumb try to maintain that tension as i tune lower. Ive considered going both ways tbh- heavier and a higher action so that i have to really work and getting that tone and play that i generally get or lighter and playing with a lighter touch.
2- totally agree. The be-od dlx is a mainstay on my boards.
3- have a charvel with them and they are lovely.
4- offsets no biggy either way.
5- mix of digi and analog. I recently got the amplifire and fire-box and and trying to rework my big and small boards for use with them. Allowing me to generally take my tone that im happy with where i go by plugging straight into the power amp. Its taking longer as i really havent had time to sit and tweak and play but hopefully that transition will go through soon.