Just for Rex_Rocker, more Agufish guy!

[Inflames626]

$200 vs. $3200 Les Paul:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ledcTq2PAdE

Can you hear the difference?

Well they have totally different pickups for one, so yes. The first guitar sounds like it has lower output, darker pickups.

I hear the increased upper mid bite in the $3200 guitar as a more metallic tone caused by the immense bags of change you'd have to drop to pay for this guitar.

How to get Gibson to lower their prices? Insist on paying for their guitars with pennies.

Just leave this thing on loop, Rex_Rocker, and you have Agufish guy 24/7!

The more I loop it, this also reminds me of the old, old school Seymour Duncan pickup sample clips you used to get on tape and CD in the early Internet days.

At the time, I only used EMGs, so I was overwhelmed by all the choices SD gave me circa 1996 or so.

I can still hear that bluesy little test lick now: durnt, durnt, durnuhl durnuhl durn durn, DURNT, DURNT, DURNNN!

Mincer, if someone at the SD offices can find that, I think it would be hilarious to post somewhere. It would immediately trigger GAS in all of us.

 

[Rex_Rocker]

Like... yeah, whoever can't hear a difference is deaf, LOL.

Does it sound "better"? No. Does it sound like something I'd like better? Yes.

And yeah, fuck that guy.

 

[Inflames626]

Like... yeah, whoever can't hear a difference is deaf, LOL.

Does it sound "better"? No. Does it sound like something I'd like better? Yes.

And yeah, **** that guy.

There is a difference. Not a $3000 difference. $300 at best.

To be fair to him, he didn't even talk this time, and only gave you what you needed to know.

 

[Rex_Rocker]

There is a difference. Not a $3000 difference. $300 at best.

To be fair to him, he didn't even talk this time, and only gave you what you needed to know.

For sure.

It doesn't really sound "better", TBH. It just sounds brighter, louder, and more aggressive. I like that better. I think most people would find that to be "better". But it's not really "better".

 

[Aceman]

To be fair to him, he didn't even talk this time, and only gave you what you needed to know.

And that's the problem. He gave you which was which.

If he swapped the video/sound, people would be going "Yeah - that cheap one is kinda harsh. The Gibson is warm and smooth!"

If it isn't a blind listening test it isn't worth $#!t.​

 

[marcello252]

blind testing about guitars is a bit useless, no, not a bit, is totally useless, guitars are not keyboards, they vibrate and you feel it with your fingers, hands, body.
I am quite sure nobody would hear any differences strictly soundwise hearing my least expensive squier and my custom shop, but, jeez, when I play the CS it's all easier and inspiring, and not because of the cost, it's the global feeling, resonance, vibrations, ok, look and even smell, it's something different, my body knows it, that's what people can hear, my different approach, the different way I play.

 

[El Dunco]

Agufish is inspiring. It’s motivating me to make guitar videos that put his to shame. If I criticised him for everything he can reasonably be criticised for, his blind followers would default to “lEtS sEe yOu dO bEtTer” so I’ll skip straight to doing exactly that.

I have the tech, my partner has the editing and production chops. I’m down!

 

[Inflames626]

I feel like among young people (<18 but especially early teens) influencers are taken at face value just because someone has likes/followers/access to expensive stuff/good video production quality.

They're not realizing modern YouTube is an algorithm driven, formulaic content production factory, much of whose content is older than they are (whereas I was in university before YT was even a thing and look on those blurry old videos with a bit of pride because they were more honest).

YT is becoming a regular network with a set of "stars" (influencers) and "shows" (channels) and even "seasons" (videos on whatever is trending, often in collaboration with other influencer guest stars).

The only difference from regular network TV is it is on demand and not scheduled. TikTok oriented short form stuff is usually garbage because it's aimed for yuks, shock appeal, likes, and trending on the algorithm.

 

[Rex_Rocker]

I think for me, the thing that bothers me the most about that guy is his constant "this is Metal as fuck" statements.

I'm aware it was way stupid on my part, but I remember the time when I was listening to Mayhem and Burzum and thinking "yeah, that isn't TRVE METAL" on everything, LOL.

I've long moved past that, but at the same time, that guy takes it to the opposite end of the spectrum. Like "yeah, Mark Tremonti is so brutal" and "Black Stone Cherry are so heavy!". Like, dude, there are bands past what's on the home page when you launch Spotify, LOL.

 

[Inflames626]

I think for me, the thing that bothers me the most about that guy is his constant "this is Metal as ****" statements.

I'm aware it was way stupid on my part, but I remember the time when I was listening to Mayhem and Burzum and thinking "yeah, that isn't TRVE METAL" on everything, LOL.

I've long moved past that, but at the same time, that guy takes it to the opposite end of the spectrum. Like "yeah, Mark Tremonti is so brutal" and "Black Stone Cherry are so heavy!". Like, dude, there are bands past what's on the home page when you launch Spotify, LOL.

That's what I find when Gen Z to be somewhat annoying. They are so, so, so...green. About nearly everything. Because they've been insulated and coddled by computers, the Internet, and mobile tech all their lives.

But they can program a smartphone app, optimize a search engine algorithm, and influence.

 

[Rex_Rocker]

That's what I find when Gen Z to be somewhat annoying. They are so, so, so...green. About nearly everything. Because they've been insulated and coddled by computers, the Internet, and mobile tech all their lives.

But they can program a smartphone app, optimize a search engine algorithm, and influence.

Nah, I'm pretty sure it's just him. Plus I also think he looks younger than he actually is. He has a son or daughter. He's just the stereotypical YouTube dumbass trying to make some money off what he considers Metal guitar.

 

[Inflames626]

Nah, I'm pretty sure it's just him. Plus I also think he looks younger than he actually is. He has a son or daughter. He's just the stereotypical YouTube dumbass trying to make some money off what he considers Metal guitar.

So on one hand you have the naive guy who says popular bands are heavy (probably because mainstream bands whose mentions going to get viewers), while on the other you have the elitist guy who is down on anything that isn't niche and kvlt?

I can stand Agufish way longer than his brother Steve Terreberry.

 

[Rex_Rocker]

Two sides of the coin.

I don't know who Steve Terreberry is.

I like Ola for the most part. At least, I like the bands he's been in, LOL.

 

[Inflames626]

Steve was asked to play bass in Dragonforce but couldn't because of anxiety. Also, some people feel he inappropriately targets his channel to children and then panders non-suitable services.

https://www.youtube.com/@SteveTerreberry

Ola's about a year younger than me. For the most part I like him because he's a lot like the guys I went to music school with. But some of his tastes--like Pantera--I find really cliched and pedestrian. I feel like he's not into enough obscure stuff to be as good/well known/knowledgeable as he is.

Also, while he's not a bad guitarist and has certainly improved over the years, I'm kind of unimpressed with his chops, especially from his earlier videos. I feel the same about Keith Merrow.

 

[Seashore]

Ah man, he misspelled "aficionado" while calling himself an aficionado in his own bio. Red flag.

 

[El Dunco]

Stevie T is a pretty good player and has some funny content. It’s just a shame he won’t get out there and acclimate to stagefright and let such a big opportunity pass him buy. Most musicians have to confront and overcome it eventually. I got lucky being a theater kid and having to do major dance productions including solo dance performances at a festival theater so I was completely used to crowds day one of our first gig. The other band members didn’t though and they did just fine as well and we were all teenagers back then. You just rehears until you can’t get it wrong.

Not to mention bass isn’t way up front the way guitar is in DF so as long as he could just play the right notes on time, he’d have been fine. Most of the attention would be on Herman and Sam.​​​​​​ Are we talking regular anxiety or serious, clinically debilitating GAD? Otherwise I don’t understand why he wouldn’t take such a big opportunity and give it his best shot anyway.

 

[Phantasmagoria]

Like, dude, there are bands past what's on the home page when you launch Spotify, LOL.

This is why I dont't launch Spotify :lmao:

 

[Inflames626]

Ah man, he misspelled "aficionado" while calling himself an aficionado in his own bio. Red flag.

Evidently not an aficionado of aficionado.

 

[Seashore]

Evidently not an aficionado of aficionado.

Certainly not what I'd call an aficionado's aficionado!

 

[Wound_Up]

Stevie T is a pretty good player and has some funny content. It’s just a shame he won’t get out there and acclimate to stagefright and let such a big opportunity pass him buy. Most musicians have to confront and overcome it eventually. I got lucky being a theater kid and having to do major dance productions including solo dance performances at a festival theater so I was completely used to crowds day one of our first gig. The other band members didn’t though and they did just fine as well and we were all teenagers back then. You just rehears until you can’t get it wrong.

Not to mention bass isn’t way up front the way guitar is in DF so as long as he could just play the right notes on time, he’d have been fine. Most of the attention would be on Herman and Sam.​​​​​​ Are we talking regular anxiety or serious, clinically debilitating GAD? Otherwise I don’t understand why he wouldn’t take such a big opportunity and give it his best shot anyway.

Acclimate to stage fright? Lol.

​​​​​​You know why Buckethead has worn a bucket and a mask for 30+ years? He's got crippling anxiety and stage fright. Putting on the mask and Bucket allows him to do things that he would otherwise NEVER do. Like play for 190k people in Rio with GnR. Or play for 300 people in some random club by himself with his backing tracks.

https://youtu.be/QGL3UQuHzYQ?si=rNeznCtQCaT-qxCZ

It's been 30+ years and he never "acclimated to stage fright" and he's been on stages across the world for decades. It's easier said than done. Let's just say that.