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I don’t follow anything with regularity, but I tend to dig:
- TPS
- Mark Johnston
- Pedal Zone
- Chris Buck
- Pete Thorn (especially non gear content like “how do be a good bandmate”, etc)
- Paul Davids
- Shawn Tubbs
- Andy Martin
- Brett Kingman
- RJ Ronquillo
 
That matamp he uses fucking RIPS. I dont think they have had a matamp on the show before. Honestly, I was more excited about the Matamp than the guy. He has a kickass pedalboard and toan but I only heard of biffy clyro from TPS and I gave them a shot but not my cup tea. But Matamp is definitely my cup of tea. dudes beater squire is pretty rad too.
 
A lot of those demo guys are decent players but the demos are fairly useless. Kingman never turns the gain down for more than two seconds and Ronquillo (killer player!) makes too much face for me. I really struggle watching guitar face.

I'm surprised at the level of Beato dislike. I don't mind his videos - sometimes they get boring but sometimes they're pretty cool. I'm not really into the same kinda music but you can learn from any genre.

Phil X is unwatchable for me! What is he on?? Maybe he should give some of it to the TPS guys - I think they need it.

Right now I'm enjoying an Italian guy who climbs Dolomites and takes pictures of the mountains. I forget his name but his images are amazing.
 
HamishR said:
A lot of those demo guys are decent players but the demos are fairly useless. Kingman never turns the gain down for more than two seconds and Ronquillo (killer player!) makes too much face for me. I really struggle watching guitar face.

I'm surprised at the level of Beato dislike. I don't mind his videos - sometimes they get boring but sometimes they're pretty cool. I'm not really into the same kinda music but you can learn from any genre.

Phil X is unwatchable for me! What is he on?? Maybe he should give some of it to the TPS guys - I think they need it.

Right now I'm enjoying an Italian guy who climbs Dolomites and takes pictures of the mountains. I forget his name but his images are amazing.
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Yeah I also can’t watch RJ :)
 
I am kind of surprised that no one has mentioned Polyphonic yet. He does video essays about different artists and albums.

He did a series on Led Zepplin a year or so back that I thought was really interesting.
 
HamishR said:
Ronquillo (killer player!) makes too much face for me. I really struggle watching guitar face.
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That reminds of the Seinfeld episode where Jerry is talking about not wanting to go see a concert because the musician would get all emotional and awkward on stage. "Velvet Fog" I think it was called. Im butchering the reference but there wasnt a clip on youtube so i had to paraphrase haha
 
I don't know that I've ever really paid attention to RJ's face as he plays. I'm too busy following his hands on the fretboard.

Hamish the way you feel about Phil X is how I feel about J Leonard J. I can't stand the energy.
 
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True-Jazz was and IS about fire, brimstone and balls — taking chances, trying new things, experimenting, pushing music to the edge 'til it f'ng breaks.
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that is why, to me, Hard Bop and Fusion are among the most interesting subsets of jazz. I love all sorts of jazz, but the most compelling are Eric Dolphy, Mahavishnu/McLaughlin, Soft Machine, Sun Ra, Roland Kirk, etc.
 
drgonzo1969 said:
That reminds of the Seinfeld episode where Jerry is talking about not wanting to go see a concert because the musician would get all emotional and awkward on stage. "Velvet Fog" I think it was called. Im butchering the reference but there wasnt a clip on youtube so i had to paraphrase haha
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Mel Torme was the velvet fog iirc but I don't think that's the episode he's in the one where Kramer can't speak right
 
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Someone said jazz was doing fine until white people got hold of it - I feel the same way about the blues.

I didn't mind Rhett Schull when he started but now it's like he feels he has "joined the club" of smug YT guitar nerds. He needs to learn more about what he is discussing before pontificating.

I used to listen to YT demos of pedals but realise that they never sound like what I might be able to buy. So I've pretty much given up!

Someone mentioned Forgotten Weapons. I am fascinated by hand guns and have owned a few in my time but am freaked out by a lot of gun videos! Forgotten Weapons is a non-hysterical, dry view of the history and I really like his style. Probably the only gun video guy I can stomach. I'm quite conflicted about guns - where I live owning a handgun is actually quite rare and we definitely don't/can't use them for "self-protection". And we don't need to. I don't want to live somewhere where guns are everywhere. But I do enjoy pistol shooting and classic firearms. Forgotten Weapons is the sort of coverage I enjoy.

These days my go-to is Psionic Audio. As an amp builder I have learnt a lot from him and my amps are better and quieter for it.
 
HamishR said:
Someone said jazz was doing fine until white people got hold of it - I feel the same way about the blues.

I didn't mind Rhett Schull when he started but now it's like he feels he has "joined the club" of smug YT guitar nerds. He needs to learn more about what he is discussing before pontificating.

I used to listen to YT demos of pedals but realise that they never sound like what I might be able to buy. So I've pretty much given up!

Someone mentioned Forgotten Weapons. I am fascinated by hand guns and have owned a few in my time but am freaked out by a lot of gun videos! Forgotten Weapons is a non-hysterical, dry view of the history and I really like his style. Probably the only gun video guy I can stomach. I'm quite conflicted about guns - where I live owning a handgun is actually quite rare and we definitely don't/can't use them for "self-protection". And we don't need to. I don't want to live somewhere where guns are everywhere. But I do enjoy pistol shooting and classic firearms. Forgotten Weapons is the sort of coverage I enjoy.

These days my go-to is Psionic Audio. As an amp builder I have learnt a lot from him and my amps are better and quieter for it.
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Without getting into the gun debate (we all have our opinions, and nothing anyone here can say will sway them), I have to say Forgotten Weapons is kind of a cool channel. More of a history type channel than firearms type. Lots of memes were made with Ian the host… internet calls him “Gun Jesus”.

I feel the same way about a lot of YouTube guitar channels. A lot of pretentious hacks who are more interested in influencing than educating. Pedal demos are nearly useless and are set up to speak more about the amp they are playing than the pedal. And we won’t even discuss the compression they use!
 
HamishR said:
Someone said jazz was doing fine until white people got hold of it - I feel the same way about the blues.

I didn't mind Rhett Schull when he started but now it's like he feels he has "joined the club" of smug YT guitar nerds. He needs to learn more about what he is discussing before pontificating.

I used to listen to YT demos of pedals but realise that they never sound like what I might be able to buy. So I've pretty much given up!

Someone mentioned Forgotten Weapons. I am fascinated by hand guns and have owned a few in my time but am freaked out by a lot of gun videos! Forgotten Weapons is a non-hysterical, dry view of the history and I really like his style. Probably the only gun video guy I can stomach. I'm quite conflicted about guns - where I live owning a handgun is actually quite rare and we definitely don't/can't use them for "self-protection". And we don't need to. I don't want to live somewhere where guns are everywhere. But I do enjoy pistol shooting and classic firearms. Forgotten Weapons is the sort of coverage I enjoy.

These days my go-to is Psionic Audio. As an amp builder I have learnt a lot from him and my amps are better and quieter for it.
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I also subscribe to Psionic Audio but boy is the man wordy.
What I learned from him is that vintage amps and tubes are better, I can't afford them and now I hate everything :)
 
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