5 Favorite Guitars

Today I show you my 5 of my favorite guitars that I own. These all have cool stories attached to them and I am excited to share them with you. Getting to play these days​ in and day out is a real treat and I'm hoping you get a taste of the joy I feel... which may not be possible. In the comments below tell me what you think about Ben Howard's "I Forget Where We Were" album and what your favorite guitar from today was! Expect a part 2 and maybe part 3 later on :-)

Gear in this video:
0:25 Source Audio L.A. Lady
0:25 Source Audio True Spring
1:10 Fender Nashville Telecaster Mexican Made
3:50 Elliott Tonemaster
5:34 Nashguitars T52
7:11 Fano GF6
9:32 Bilt Relevator

Record Time:
Ben Howard - I Forget Where We Were

Josh’s record player is by U-Turn Audio:

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[jhspedals]

Hey everyone! Please check out the full description for info on the gear in this episode, our JHS Show Website, our new Patreon page, and links to gear and the record in Record Time. Thanks for watching!

[dmanorozco]

So when can we talk about the guitar with the effects built in?

[ezernetoguitar]

I love how Josh sees beauty in everything that makes music. Like, everybody going crazy about American Fender’s and the guy just go and talk really good things about the Mexican ones. And this goes for amps, pedals...what a nice guy!

[mypal]

Guitar guy: so how many pickups do you need on your guitar?
JHS: All of them. All. Of. Them.

[DangerAmbrose]

Every guitar is magic in the hands of a good musician.

[MrJeffcondit]

My Mexican Nashville Tele has never failed me. I still play it all the time. Every time I try a new guitar, it never lives up to what I want. That tele never ever fails.

[francoisluong]

Glad you are showing some love to a Mexican Fender. For the life of me, I can't understand why some look down on them

[rome]

The Revelator looks like the 1950s idea of the future. I love it.

[rollereyes]

I bought my first guitar in 1992, a blue MIM strat for about $300 if I recall correctly. I played the heck out of it before life distracted me from music for many years. When I came back to it, many moves, dust and neglect had rendered the electronics a bit dodgy, so other guitars got most of my attention. I recently replaced the pickups and electronics with a Fishman set, and I was amazed to discover how good it really is. It is probably the best playing guitar I own, beating out its much more expensive companions by quite a margin.

[firemarshal]

Whoa whoa whoa, who the heck hates on Mexican teles? I’ll take my Mexican Baja tele all day!

[thenickbw]

Ben Howard is one of my biggest influences and that's a killer album. In dreams is real fun one to play. Small things and end of an affair are also incredible in his use if delay on the acoustic. So great

I'd love to hear some recommendations of other similar singer singerwriters that also have very dynamic acoustic guitar playing like Ben does.

[jordan-qqkj]

Omg I have always wanted to make the jonny greenwood guitar. That is a beast

[sourceaudioeffects]

Josh, you rule! Thanks for plugging into the L.A. Lady and True Spring. Great underrated songwriters? Check out Mark Mulcahy's record, "Mark J. Mulcahy, I Love You."

[BassRacerx]

OMFG I LITERALLY DREAMED ABOUT MAKING SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THE REVELATOR 3 YEARS AGO!!! was not sure about the logistics of the switching thanks for showing me anything is possible!

[gimmickmusic]

Analog Snob: Digital pedals sound awful. They lack any “organic” characteristics.

Source Audio: Hold my DSP.

[JeremyKolassa]

I'm so glad you showed off that Relevator, ever since I first saw you use it it's stuck in my head as the Starship Enterprise of guitars. Love the retro-futuristic 50s styling and color scheme.

Also look forward to your future series on the "Philosophy of Guitar."

[Static.]

Awesome to see Elliott Guitars on here! I live like ten minutes away from the small shop and was super surprised to see you mention them!

[pemusic]

I've owned that same tele in black. Definitely on par with the higher end models!

[mistersallingo]

Great album from Ben Howard! I might now have to go back and re-listen to it. Come to think of it, the song “Conrad” was on the playlist I made for my daughters birth. It’s two years ago next wednesday!! Time flies, and that song takes me right back.
Another great songwriter (and killer guitar player) is Daniel Norgren, especially “The Green Stone”, which also provided a few songs for that playlist ☝️ I would encourage anyone reading this to give that album a try! And if you catch him live... you’re in for a real Swedish treat 🙏

[saucybaka]

That bilt relevator is one of the sexiest guitars I've ever seen