My Problem With Signature Guitar Gear

#kurtcobain #jimihendrix
Technique is far more important than gear. However, corporate guitar is still producing mass amounts of signature gear every year. Is it worth it? Can you dig it.
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Guitars of the video:
Jimi Hendrix Edition Fender Stratocaster
2019 American Fender Jaguar
2018 Fender Stratocaster (black)
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timestamps:
0:00-0:15 Sell your soul
0:15-1:18 Signature guitar
1:18-2:22 Technique matters
2:22-4:11 Castles
4:11-5:55 Use your noggin
5:55-7:48 Play like a legend
7:48-10:12 Sloppy is good

[hiroprotagonitis]

This is the youngest boomer on the platform

[samrodger]

love the step by steps explanations of riffs,
never change, much appreciated

[PocinTheTech]

The first thing I have to tell every new musician is: "If you can't play like the person you admire, owning the gear won't make you sound like him. And if you can play like him, you will realise, that you don't need his gear."

[viniciuseduardobomfim]

I know I'm not alone in thinking that if a "Signature Instrument" simply looks cool, that's enough reason for me to consider buying it.

I know I'll never play like Slash, nor would I ever try to copy him, but between his "Victoria" Gold Top Les Paul and the regular 50's Gold Top Standard, I'd take his model any day of the week, the dark back and lack of pickguard just makes it prettier imo.

I also never imagined myself lusting over an Ibanez, but Tim Henson's new signature model in Metallic Mauve really caught my eye, that guitar is GORGEOUS. I'm not even a Polyphia fan, as amazing as it is, their style of playing doesn't do anything for me. Yet, if I had the disposable income, I'd buy it just to play Wonderwall and some boomer bends 😂

[Joemcncheese]

Something about the Kurt Cobain jag is that it is probably worst option of Kurt Jaguar to buy if you want a replica of his actual guitar. The colour is wrong, the pickup positions are wrong, the neck is wrong, pretty much everything about it is wrong and yet Fender have the ambition to call it a replica of his guitar

[iamsirenhead]

I know he had the best intentions of providing accurate information for the Kurt cobain portion of the video, but it’s simply not there.

Just the same as how Mikey is obsessed with Jimi, Kurt was my guitar hero, so let me bring some information to the table. Kurt was a perfectionist dispite what others may think. He tried to be the best player as best as he could when it came to songwriting, but in the live setting he was as sloppy as ever, but not to the extent Mikey shows,

if you listen to the bleach record Kurt is 101% playing a proper G open chord.

If you’ve watched as many live shows as I have and studied his playing as much as I did you can tell that he definite wasn’t a technical player but he definitely had his own style going on.

[Benesherickslonglostdad]

Jack white uses 100-300 dollar pedals and has a sear silver tone amp from the 60s the only thing I can afford is the tele and a 100 dollar fender frontman20g

[robban]

I like your shorts but this is the best video I’ve seen from you. Keep making em!

[jk-]

More musicians need to admit they don't know why they like a guitar. Most time it isn't tangible but people think they need to justify their gear purchases. Sometimes we just like something. You can get better guitars for less.

[trev]

There's nothing lazy about "About a Girl." An open E minor chord only involves two fingers, no matter who is playing. When you yelled "wrong" you were playing E major.

[NlRVANALiveOnAir]

what do you think about the Stevie ray Vaughan signature guitar? number 1 or lenny strat

[THE-CRT]

That is in fact, not how he played about a girl, the g chord was just the 3rd fret on the low and high E strings, everything else open aside from the a string which would get muted by his middle finger playing the root g on the low e.

[WhoDaFoksThatGuy]

I’ve got a funny story. When I was trying to chase Dave Murray’s tone, I didn’t get it with a Dirty Marshall and MXR Dist+, I got it from a MXR Distortion+ and a Tube Screamer fed into a clean Marshall and Fender Deluxe. I also got that tone with an HSH configuration despite him using HSS and his leads being in the neck position.

[waltjames]

"Power chords" are roots and 5ths. Playing a root, a 5th and then another root on an "extra string" is still a "power chord." If you play an E chord with the 3rd string muted, that's a "power chord, " and that one is 5 strings. If you play a G chord with the 5th string muted and a D on the second string (getting rid of the 3rds/B's), that is also a 5-string "power chord." The only qualifier for "power chord" is that it's all roots and perfect 5ths. It's not just that simple 2-string shape on the fretboard. 2 adjacent strings at the same fret also qualifies as a "power chord, " it's just inverted. The "Smoke on the Water" riff is "power chords, " but with the roots on top and the 5ths on the bottom.

[benjieljohnnguyen]

3:39 thats one saucy riff you got there

[jeshX]

personally as a huge kurt cobain fan, i didn't get his signature jag. instead i opted for a cheaper squier that i preferred the finish of and am planning on modding in a humbucker on the bridge (it came with two single coils)

[sunlightInky]

the ai upscaled videos look so soulless

[wirrwarr]

I bought the Kurt Cobain Jaguar mostly because I read only good things about it and very good reviews on Thomann for example, everyone gave it full points. Also it seem to be one of the best Jaguars with the better Gibson Bridge for example and the very Nice Pick Ups. So it's a good Mix between a Fender and a Gibson and you also have the Benefit that its a Kurt Cobain Guitar, when you like him or his Music.

Idk why, but I mostly like a binding on the Neck a lot, and that Guitar have it as well, and it can also be pretty versatile since it have a good amount of options.

[aptfx]

@mikeypiscopo I'm generally agreeing with much of your points in the video, but with one: There actually is one real reason for some of thus signature guitars: If you're a lefty guitarist and in search for a Jaguar or Mustang style guitar suitable for stuff like Nirvana, there are nearly no easy options besides of the official signature ones. Of course one could "just" build one by yourself... but even try getting ANY Jaguar or Mustang body and parts to start with for lefties. It's possible of course but far less easy than doing the same with right handed models. In the end you would pay a lot anyway so just getting it off the shelf as a start is not a bad thing a all.

[sluggmeister]

Hey Mikey you're a real one. much love ❤🤘