Instagram guitarists are lying to you...

In this video we discuss internet guitarists that fake their guitar playing skills and the magic tricks they use to fool their fans!

Instagram: @JacobraCommander
My band: Dark Watch

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[EOHRyan]

Everybody wanna be Guthrie Govan, nobody wanna practice.

[dpanek]

Plot twist...this whole video and audio was recorded at 85% speed and sped up in post to look more impressive too

[kwamealievergreen]

I'm a jazz musician so I'm not sure how I ended up here, but if any of us did these editing tricks I don't think they'd ever, ever live it down. Especially if they lied about it. Great topic and video

[mikecrowmusic]

This needs to be talked about more... Many people feel discouraged after not being able to replicate such 'perfection'

[gstvermilion]

that's why I love when guitarists upload their raw and no processed camera audio recordings, where you can hear the picking and even the pickup switches and stuff.

[demasiq]

the part about "unreachable standards" and "online persona perfectionism" is just true as fuck honestly and applies to all social media in general regardless of genre

[GinoTravisany]

Holy yisus, I’ve been playing for 17 years and never imagined this. I used to hear a lot of complains about ig guitarists, but never thought this was the technique they were referring to. You just opened my eyes lol, I recently made a prog metal video and it was such a pain in the ass to record the guitars without screwing it. I really thought those DI audio videos were real lol

[TheChristianRiv]

THANK YOU for calling this junk out dude!

[weevilsnitz]

It's not just social media, listen to the albums too. The production is so prim and perfect nowadays but go back and listen to your favorite albums from anything earlier than like 2010 (or something, idk, you get what I'm driving at) and you'll really hear how charmingly imperfect they were, and realize how much they still rip regardless.

[maromaro]

This video is the message that needs to be sent and read. For years I was struggling to record a guitar song, because I felt pressured that it must be perfect in every way, edited as tight as possible. Seeing guitar players rise to fame with their impossible to play guitar content (even for them) was very painful for me as a guitar player. Everytime I play a song I take at least 3-5 days to learn it by practicing 6-8h a day. Of course I edit some minor stuff to make it better, but never to the point of playing it slower and stitching it up. Lol, sometimes I even leave minor mistakes just for the sake of it. It's great to hear that I'm not the only one who hears this... thing.
Btw, I always write my songs in a way that's possible to play for me when standing up (yeah, playing when standing and sitting are like two different ways of playing). Been gigging for the last 8 years and the one thing you know is to NOT WRITE IMPOSSIBLE RIFFS, because one day you will have to play them live.

[AydinZahedi]

Great video.
A dead giveaway for me always was not muting the strings they are not playing and every note is crystal clear. One of those Instagram famous guitarists has a video where his fingers are in the air and notes are being played, as soon as I saw that it was enough for me to unfollow him. Needles to mention that he NEVER mutes the bass strings while he is playing on treble strings and it sounds perfect.

[jeremydoody]

It’s always been super obvious that it’s all fake, and I’m soooo tired of people trying to convince me it’s real. You see these guys try to play live at a NAMM booth and it’s a joke 🙄 the whole music scene has just become fake perfect baloney. Be a human musician. It’s way cooler

[donraccoon]

In today's deceitful world, being real already means being a hero. Very relevant video, thank you

[devondeswardt]

I’ve been trying to tell my students this for years. I am going to share this vid with many of them. Thank you for the detailed explanation!

[njojje]

This is a clip that every casual music fan should see, great video👏

[berriedalive]

Thanks for the shoutout. Happy holidays! 🍓🤘

[TimODell]

The video portion of your edit is where I noticed the fake. The blur in the hands gave it away. Great video. I agree with your sentiment.

[cristoroxx]

This is crazy bro! Thanks for showing us what’s up

[michaelraimondi]

Thanks so much for calling this out! I’m so tired of non guitarist friends sending me IG reels of these dudes, and then trying to decide if I should tell them it’s fake and sound like a curmudgeon or just let them believe the lies.

[Sly]

Man... this is the video EVERYONE who starts to play guitar must see... I can't tell how many times I wanted to quit learning how to play the guitar because ALL of the youtube and instagram guitarist are "fake", they are edited the sound and even if you play the same riff perfectly you will sound garbage compared to them. Once I bought presets for my Boss Katana 100/212 MKII and when I complained the seller said "you are using different pickups thats why you sound different" :D Of course my DiMarzio D-Activator pickups in an RG550 sound like a cheap guitar on a toy amp and the "same preset" on his RG550 sound like hell.... Everyone lying on the internet and I hate this... Thank you for your honest video!