The Best Guitar for Each Genre (Is NOT What You Think)

[MusicisWin]

ukuleles are actually perfect for doom metal

[bdelaney]

A person who owns one guitar, plays every genre on it.

[TrevorDaniel]

amps & player = genre
the guitar doesn’t matter

[roy.mclean]

Jimmy Page played a Tele on the first LZ album and Les Paul was a jazz guitarist.

[X_mano]

I have mastered every genre with my air Guitar.

[Kriegter]

I honestly don't care I just want the guitar to look cool

[Pockywocky]

Yes a different guitar can sound differently for other genres but I think it’s all about how the player uses the tones of the guitar and what style they use to bring out the tone more

[livestrong]

I learnt the entire Metallica discography on an acoustic.

[youssefmostafa]

Imagine you're in a Country show and the guitarist comes out with a Flying V Guitar lmao

[Chris-lzfs]

I'm definitely not a guitar nerd but it's something I realised years ago that it's more about how I pick or strum the guitar, the settings on the amp and what way I held my pick. I never even knew that humbuckers were better for metal until this video! Like the saying goes, it's not about your equipment, it's about about how you use it...

[greggramig]

I had been pondering this exact same idea and thought it would be a great video to blind test multiple genre's on the same instrument and see who can tell what. I will soon find out for myself how possible this is! Just ordered an HB 35 Plus which from all appearances appears to be a capable and very flexible instrument. BTW, didn't buy it for Jazz but rather it's incredible flexibility. Another fun fact, this is only the second guitar I have ever bought and owned.

[talmadgeskillman]

I think the whole “different guitars for different genres” thing was a lot more important back in the early days of electric guitar when the tone was basically dependent on the guitar and maybe an adjustment or two on the amp. Now with all these crazy pedals and midi inputs and computers, it’s way easier to get any sound you want out of any guitar you have.

[drumsonfire]

“What is the last guitar anyone would recommend for country?”

BC Rich Warlock

[greablood]

Thank you for saying this! As an artist, this is exactly like “what brush should I use?” The answer is always “whichever”

[BlyndCyclopz]

I have two guitars a cheap electric tanglewood, probably 15+ years old that a good friend kindly lent me to get started. And I now have a pretty darn expensive D'angelico Deluxe 175 Ltd edt... I still always play the old tanglewood more than the D'angelico for some reason 🤷

[gregorwalton]

Country: Tele
Blues: Tele
Jazz: Tele
Metal: Tele
Me: 13 guitars, 1 Tele

[stevenotis]

“What is the last guitar anyone would recommend for country?”

Me: Abasi 8 string?

[SGM-RobertAndres]

Agree! I played for a band that covered jazz standards, classic rock and pop as well as indie songs. I have a 335, Strat and Tele. Depending on mood or which one has fresh strings was the one I took to a gig. All are great for any genre. Dial in tone and the fingers do the rest.

[natrixxvision]

Johnny Hiland’s first signature guitar was with PRS and had humbuckers. Joe Pass went through a Fender period. Bill Frisell and Mike Stern play jazz on Telecasters. Wes Montgomery recorded Body and Soul playing a Fender Bass VI.

[StanslaMichael]

The only guitar that played every single genre perfectly, that everyone owned, the Broom.