A $99 Guitar Is All You Need

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10 ай бұрын

You've heard it on TV, films, video games, and in music: this $99 guitar proves it's all about the idea! Thanks to @TomStrahle for the hang!
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@TomStrahle 10 ай бұрын

This was a great morning. So much fun. And just so you all know Paul is very same guy you see in his videos, a very genuine and nice guy. He's a great player too!

@PaulDavids 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Tom! It was an inspiring day for me, thanks for sharing your passion with us!

@trocla 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Paul for the video. And thank you Tom, it's a pleasure to listen to both of you, people talking about something they are really passionate about.

@DonnieX6 10 ай бұрын

Loved it, Tom, and great insights!! :)

@ODAALx 10 ай бұрын

make more videos with paul! was really cool.

@Marik0 10 ай бұрын

Such a great video. Thank you both!

@R87_W 10 ай бұрын

This dude's enthusiasm and charisma is leaking through the screen... You can see it in his eyes, he can't wait to tell you everything. Great video

@perihelion7798 10 ай бұрын

The power of the music is NOT in the equipment, but in the talent and spirit of the artist.

@wilhelmtheconquerer6214 10 ай бұрын

Indeed. Any guitar can be great as long as it stays in tune and have a proper setup

@millmoormichael6630 10 ай бұрын

Indeed, that said I’m found the guitar that just inspires endlessly, that was 65 strat.

@perihelion7798 10 ай бұрын

@@millmoormichael6630 I'm a Tele guy, but you can't go wrong with a 65' Start. Nope.

@rustinpeace770 10 ай бұрын

@@perihelion7798Well you completely missed the point of the video. It is in the equipment. He chose that particular guitar because it has a specific sound.

@perihelion7798 10 ай бұрын

@@rustinpeace770 As if the 'sound', which is completely subjective, cannot be duplicated with different equipment. That's pretty silly, but in line with all of the gear elitists out there. Yep.

@simbasimba2029 10 ай бұрын

That guy has some serious groove. You can see why he's in demand. Thanks for doing this interview, Paul. Like you say, very inspiring!

@zeronyne 9 ай бұрын

Look at this WORKING musicians set up. No RGB, no crazy 10k guitars, just a home office that gets USED every day. I probably have 4x the money invested in my studio and have put out less than 1% of this guy’s catalog. So smart.

@lukehunnable 5 ай бұрын

What's RGB?

@ty3559 3 ай бұрын

@@lukehunnableRGB = Red Green and Blue. Referring to fancy colorful lights in this context.

@stratogabo 10 ай бұрын

Being a budget player, I played a Squier Bullet Strat for a decade. I got a lot of great sounds out of it and I recorded a lot of music that I loved with it. I always felt kind of bad for not being able to afford better instruments. This is an incredible, very reassuring watch. Long live cheap Squiers!

@Lalairu 10 ай бұрын

I have a CV tele. I wouldnt change it for anything❤

@MasteringSilence 10 ай бұрын

@@Lalairuthose are top of the line Squier, I play an Affinity Tele

@Lalairu 10 ай бұрын

@@MasteringSilence yeah I know, still a lot of guitar for the money. Affinities are great too!

@pgroove163 9 ай бұрын

@@Lalairumy friend backed up a whole lot of vocalists and played with several top local bands playing a couple of squiers. including an affinity...tweek here tweek there and he played it through a fender twin...I dig em'

@Lalairu 9 ай бұрын

@@pgroove163 thats an amazin combo 😁

@michaelyolch79 10 ай бұрын

This is a VERY important story for people to see. Use what you have…and you do NOT need the most expensive gear to create greatness! VERY INSPIRING EPISODE! 😃🎸👍🏻

@thomasdequincey5811 10 ай бұрын

Is it? He didn't JUST have a $99 guitar. All the other stuff costs money too. Or do you think all the thousands of dollars of amps, pedals and recording equipment comes free?

@riko_p_music 10 ай бұрын

@@thomasdequincey5811Well to be fair using an amp SIM would not cost thousands of dollars

@ernestokrapf 10 ай бұрын

@@thomasdequincey5811 you can get amp sims for free my dude

@azizi6023 10 ай бұрын

@@thomasdequincey5811you're completely right. I spent thousands of dollars on bias fx alone and I'm a liar.

@mattrogers1946 10 ай бұрын

Just a real expensive computer and some pricey plug-ins...🙄

@beaumas 10 ай бұрын

Wow this guy is out of this world creative. It's cool to see big pop artists using actual instruments and artist and not just full digital.

@chrisdrake447 10 ай бұрын

Got such a buzz from this video. The sheer enthusiasm, that riff, the tunings, and especially the use of ultra cheap guitars. Being able to leave a bunch of instruments in several alternative tunings seemed like an unnecessary luxury... it certainly doesn’t look that way so much now. Cheers, Paul and Tom!

@TomStrahle 10 ай бұрын

Cheers Chris!

@Musicsports 10 ай бұрын

Don't look in the left corner. There is the definition of expensive in the Two Rock sitting there.

@dk2428 10 ай бұрын

Great stuff, Paul! This might just be the most important video for so many (young) guitarists to watch. Very, very inspiring!

@PaulDavids 10 ай бұрын

💯

@TomStrahle 10 ай бұрын

This makes me so happy.

@manu-singh 10 ай бұрын

@@TomStrahleyou're a legend man, just got to know about you today

@sieni221 10 ай бұрын

But 99 dollar strat is horrible for beginners because its not as playable

@manu-singh 10 ай бұрын

@@sieni221 yes my cheap ibanez has better neck but tone is not as clean as a cheap fender strat

@simpson6700 8 ай бұрын

funny that he mentions 5 year old strings. 5 years ago i kept the strings on my guitar when i stopped playing, i loosened them, so they don't mess up the neck bend, two days ago i tuned them again and they are still in tune today.

@simonatkinson6389 9 ай бұрын

Music Theory, modern acoustic technology, a love for music and a mad scientist attitude to stringing guitars in a bizarre ways makes this guy so cool!

@evangrimm2376 10 ай бұрын

“Beato talks about it all the time!” Man, I love how many of these professionals watch each other on KZfaq.

@coastalgenetics6512 10 ай бұрын

I was lucky enough to have a short conversation w/ Jack Pearson about this subject. He plays a Squier Strat at times, I believe he said that Squier is one of his go to guitars. Jack is an incredible musician and has shared the stage w/ so many rock and blues legends. The man can literally play anything he wants and he still plays a “cheap” guitar.

@RC32Smiths01 10 ай бұрын

A Squier Strat for $99 was the first electric guitar I ever got. Still have it all these years later, and it still sounds like a charm. Such a great guitar for the price, and I frankly wouldn't have wanted it any other way.

@josephgoforth9722 10 ай бұрын

i got a squier tele from the late 90s...and like his strat, missing that volume knob lol

@roman-co1hg 10 ай бұрын

For some reason I like my squire strat sound better than fender American, paid 1200$ for that thing some 10 years ago.

@Gene_Cali 10 ай бұрын

I love my $99. HSS FSR Bullet Squire. Dang thing takes a beaten and stays in tune. We are in the Golden age for quality affordable guitars.

@TomStrahle 10 ай бұрын

@@josephgoforth9722I actually took it off. I kept turning it down when palm muting. Problem solved.

@runeteardown7261 6 ай бұрын

that's amazing. no mods or anything? i bought a japan st copy called a selder. it sounded great when my friend modded it with alnico pickups. i'm still relearning guitar after not playing for 10 years, and i love this thing.

@rodnyg7952 9 ай бұрын

lots of truth here. To play good music all anyone needs is a decently built and comfortably set up instrument. Whatever that instrument initially cost, or whoever made it, is irrelevant. There's a big gap between the things we want, and the ones we actually need

@adiohead 10 ай бұрын

My favourite guitar I own is a Squier Affinity Strat that I modded. The neck is magical!

@michaelclarke8426 10 ай бұрын

Same here, the necks are glorious!!

@adiohead 10 ай бұрын

@@michaelclarke8426 Not all of them though, you have to find a good one.

@davekoser3938 3 ай бұрын

I have a Squier Affinity tele that I can’t stop playing. The neck on that is also spectacular. I don’t know how they can sell them so cheap…

@kueller917 10 ай бұрын

Still have the cheap Squier that was my first guitar, now still my main guitar. I've gigged with it. Though it's not all stock anymore the upgrades aren't the fanciest either, and most are unrelated to tone. Also thank you for not making this a glorified advertisement for some specific cheap guitar. This man is very inspiring and creative.

@edgecrush3r 9 ай бұрын

My fav quote that will stick with me till end of times😀"The most important part of the signal path, are the neuron signal paths, where you come up with a good idea. A bad idea with the best signal path and the best instruments is still going to sound like a bad idea." 👍

@TheShadowCrafter 8 ай бұрын

My main baby is in fact a mini Squier Strat I’ve been playing since I was 12 and I’m never gonna get rid of it. Any cheap guitar can sound great It’s mostly on the artist.

@chris-py3bu 10 ай бұрын

This guy is super inspiring, especially as a guitarist who's only been playing for 8 months and wanted to start trying to write things on my own. This gave me a bunch of ideas, thank you guys for sharing this!

@philwildcroft1764 10 ай бұрын

Mike Rutherford of Genesis bought a couple of Squier Bullets when he found himself in South Africa about to be locked down and without a guitar. He ended up playing a lot of the 2021 Genesis farewell tour on Squiers although his tech did upgrade some of the hardware to make them a bit more tour worthy.

@LxftRxght 10 ай бұрын

Still have my £100 Squier Strat and 10W app combo (a good 16 years ago). Only ever adjusted the neck and scooped some frets and stuck higher gauge strings on there... It was and still is a great guitar amongst the many I have now.

@musicramblingsbyeben 10 ай бұрын

We could clearly see Tom's enthusiasm in his eyes, very insightful and loves so much what he does. Very lovely riffs, by the way. Hats off to both Paul and Tom for this video. 👍👍👍👍

@DarylT64 10 ай бұрын

What a good interview. This was as others have said a very inspiring video. Absolutely loved it. Thanks Paul . Thanks to Tom for sharing. Would love to see a longer interview with him. 🎸

@meadish 10 ай бұрын

Your content is always quality Paul, but this must be the most inspiring vid you've had yet. Love Tom's creativity!

@MichaelEMJAYARE 10 ай бұрын

This guy is so damn happy. I love it. Confident and cheery. His attitude is contagious enough, but being a guitar player I of course think, “well shit, I need his studio now…”

@RoadToFame05 10 ай бұрын

It’s truly incredible what you can do with even the cheapest of guitars. People often forget that it’s not about the guitar it’s about the player, great quality and tone is just an added bonus. Love your videos Paul, you inspire me every day to become a better guitarist and a better KZfaqr. Keep spreading your love for music so that it can be passed down from generation to generation “Keeping Music Alive.”

@vege4920 10 ай бұрын

Did not sound that great without the effects. Reminds me of the clip of Jack White nailing a wire to a board, then plugging it to an amp and making shredding sounds with it. Then he says "You don't even need to buy a guitar kids" or something, but to get that sound they would need to guy his 5000 amp or something like that. If an instrument does not sound good without added effects and amps, I think that instrument is a hindrance. If a guitar does not sound good clean, it does not sound good at all, what ever the good in the sound is is brought by the effects and whatnot.

@arunkarthikma3121 10 ай бұрын

@@vege4920 Bruh you are comparing a guitar with and without reverb. The actual tone is great. "If a guitar does not sound good clean, it does not sound good at all" How did you discover this law, great one? Plus, you can get all of these effects for free on your computer. Compression and a Fender Twin. I can get a similar glass tone out of my $100 Yamaha Pacifica, using Guitar Rig Free.

@cdorcey1735 10 ай бұрын

Not every cheap guitar will have the structure to sound that good. The adjustable bridge is crucial to good intonation, and the time spent working on intonation is well spent. If you don't hear the harmonics ringing on the low strings while you're tweaking the high ones, it's just not going to sound good. Remember, Tom rejected a bunch of guitars before he found the one worth keeping.

@jayrobb9 10 ай бұрын

My all-time favourite guitar is a 1999 Squier Affinity Strat that is very harmonically rich. It used to bother me until others pointed out how rare it is to find a gutar with so much sympathetic ringing and that feels like the whole thing vibrates in your hands when you play it.

@patrickthomas8890 10 ай бұрын

Love this. I’ve always thought there’s so little difference between different guitars. Just need decent pickups and good intonation. I don’t hear much difference between $100 guitars and $5100 guitars

@nathanaeljames3059 9 ай бұрын

It’s an interesting thing. When you start off, you dream of getting that expensive custom guitar and you’re like this will make me much better. When you own the custom over time you start to appreciate the nuances of cheaper instruments and then you realize how much it’s about the player and any good player can make a cheap guitar sound good.

@landmanjan 8 ай бұрын

Great to see you two together. Tom is on youtube weekly, love to see the live lessons, even during Covid on a daily basis, learned so much during that time. Great to see you both

@cwize 10 ай бұрын

What a great guy! So joyful, humble and cool. Who wouldn’t want to sit down for some songwriting or scoring with Tom.

@RJ_Groot 10 ай бұрын

what a great guy! This was very inspiring, the most important gear is the neuron path in the brain. That's important information for those of us that can get overwhelmed with the tone and gear chasing. Hit records on cheap guitars has been a formula for so many great works.

@jondouglasrichey9667 10 ай бұрын

This is just so inspiring, would’ve never thought about guitar the way Tom does. Thanks for the awesome video Paul and Tom!!!

@ryan_454 10 ай бұрын

Great video-- really enjoyed that. You two have an infectious love and joy for what you are doing.

@WOLFGANGPANDER 10 ай бұрын

Love this guy's enthusiasm! He's playing and having fun with his job!

@copperhead573 10 ай бұрын

Tom did a great video for older players getting started that I really took to heart. So great to see the two of you together. Making friends and making music is simply a win win. Well done and so tasty.

@charlie-obrien 10 ай бұрын

You were right Paul, it was very generous of Tom to share his great idea with everyone. I can honestly say that I have thought about a string variation using octaves like he did, but I never went through with it. And that all E string sound was just fantastic. This is a great video and thanks to Tom and yourself, the music world just got a little brighter.

@OPTIONALWATCH 5 ай бұрын

I'm glad this guy confirmed what I've said many years ago about guitars. This is why I don't go past the $1200 threshhold. I feel guitars around this price have the quality and tone I'm looking for. I also have a Fender Squier since 1997. I played it in my recording and also toured with it. I got to play my Fender Squier in front of 12,000 people as one of the opening acts back in those days on a hot summer day in Chicago. It was truly my workhorse.

@JohnAVid 10 ай бұрын

Love his approach to the instrument: Different tunings and string combinations etc. We don't often see non-rock star musicians featured and his approach to making music is very inspiring. Would love to see more of how he approaches composing on the guitar for movies and video games. One great key takeaway is that the idea is stronger then your gear. Thanks for bringing us along Paul!

@nixternal 10 ай бұрын

I absolutely love Tom. Such a good dude, great teacher, you name it. His live streams are awesome. This was awesome!!!

@ROKZLEON 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for taking us along on your guitar journeys!!! Good times!!!

@mikeymumblesreal 10 ай бұрын

A breath of fresh inspirational air. Thank you Paul, your enthusiasm is infectious.

@MarlonEilert 9 ай бұрын

Wow! This man is a genuine great human being and musician!! Overflowing with enthusiasm, charisma and knowledge

@KevinMerinoCreations 10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for sharing this video! It is very inspirational even to an old campfire player such as myself! 👏👏👏

@jessec8562 10 ай бұрын

This was cool. My best friend normally picks up cheap guitars, modifies them and makes them sound incredible.

@wesboundmusic 10 ай бұрын

This may have been the most inspiring video I've watched in.... years, like in forever. What a nice and smart guy, not only do I love his riffs, but at least as much how he thinks and talks. Great stuff, thank you!

@elbass0 10 ай бұрын

His creativity and energy is amazing. Great video.

@samseitz9937 10 ай бұрын

Wow this is so important to show that all guitars no matter the price have a legitimate place in music. Budget guitars aren’t just for beginners or djent bros to mod beyond recognition

@shanenelson3818 9 ай бұрын

This is one of the best videos on music I've ever seen. This is so creative, I'm glad you were able to make this video. this inspires me to stop looking at the price only.

@SGDCLOUD 10 ай бұрын

Best video from anyone on guitars full stop. Every existing and budding guitarist must watch this. Fantastic!

@colonelangus3826 10 ай бұрын

All most Squiers need is a good set of strings and a decent set up. Some can really benefit from new tuners or nut (most of the time the nut is just fine). Sometimes pickups depending on genre but this applies to all guitars, not just cheap ones. Great to learn how to “work” on guitars with little to no risk too.

@Zack-bl2gg 10 ай бұрын

The biggest problem is the necks feel really bad on a lot of them, a lot of extra fret and rough necks

@Zack-bl2gg 10 ай бұрын

@@xcx8646 Check out some $100-150 ones, a lot of the time they'll have frets sticking out the scratch your hands. If you can do a fret job they're fine, I just like it when I don't need to do the. Plus the finish on a lot of them isn't very good.

@dnah2k 10 ай бұрын

Paul - Thank you for introducing us to great people/musicians!

@iampracticingpiano 10 ай бұрын

This video was delightful! And inspiring! Thank you for sharing--more, please?

@lavryk 10 ай бұрын

It was a genuine pleasure to watch. Conveys a very strong message - just take what you have and create.

@jamjar1977 10 ай бұрын

My friend has the same guitar and I was surprised and amazed at how good it sounds and how great the neck feels on it for what it costs. I use an ibanez as my go to and the sounds are so different between the 2 that I'm getting the squire for that reason. Gonna stick my set of ernie ball colbalts on it and go to work! Awesome video!! Just confirms what I thought!

@lynxg4641 10 ай бұрын

Now that's a guy who's doing something he absolutely loves, you can see how much he's enjoying sharing his thought pattern/ideas for it with others who understand what he's talking about, with the side benefit of getting paid for his passion.

@live2shredguy 10 ай бұрын

I really needed more about tunings, Paul, thank you for this awesome content

@Jyairgt 10 ай бұрын

Gotta love his attitude, This guy's awesome! Thank you so much for sharing this

@hotrodjones74 10 ай бұрын

As an Epiphone and Squier player this makes my heart swell with joy. I like to do some basic mods to my guitars, but yeah it's all in the head, soul and the hands. The only comment I have about these guitars is that a little fret work and set up is often required otherwise they'll do the work.

@morganghetti 10 ай бұрын

Buy you a few tools and watch some KZfaq videos on fret work. It's not remotely as difficult as people think.

@brockmann4815 10 ай бұрын

Every new Paul Davids video makes my day.

@sirkomic8474 10 ай бұрын

I’m still playing with a Squier Strat to this day, and is sounds amazing! Thanks for bringing light to this, Paul!

@ZeEduardo95 5 ай бұрын

Jack Pearson, an amazing guitar player that played for the Allman Brothers and Greg Allman, is notorious for playing Squier Bullets. He is a very underrated musician and worth checking for those of you who like blues. However, he is one of those savant types that can play just about anything.

@schrubbel 10 ай бұрын

Is it possible, that these two guys are the most genuine individuals in the guitar world?! It's so awesome to see Tom nerd about his different guitars and tunings and ideas. This is a really nice video - please work together again sometime

@cosmicbutthairs 10 ай бұрын

They need to make a Tom Strahle Squier Signature and sell it for $99. What an inspiration

@TomStrahle 10 ай бұрын

Right? Haha.

@madislandguy 8 ай бұрын

They already do, they just call it a used tuxedo Affinity Strat.

@paulhancock7670 9 ай бұрын

Now that video just made my whole month never mind my day. Proper musicians both of you, thanks !

@enterauh2070 9 ай бұрын

This is the content I love -- artists showing how they find their inspiration and sounds

@stillkingcam 10 ай бұрын

I can't remember the last time I saw a dude this stoaked to show off and play his guitars. What a gem!! 🤘🏻

@someoneshappyness 10 ай бұрын

I love this guy and the way he thinks-- i love this rlly he just has super cheap guitars and makes us see guitars differently bc of that - the way he thinks abt it is so inspiring- aah can u do more stuff with him? Haha i love u 2 talking abt guitars tunings and all this stuff is so interesting and how cute excited he gets to eyplain it i rlly want more of this ahahaha thanks for this video/ interview! Thank u💜💜 P.s i just love how hes just doing his thing being himself like that its beautiful to see cuz thats what were all here for just be and be happy while here and id that means to be what ppl call „ childish „ damn why not- ppl call me childish when i geek around abt stuff- if we all just let each other be and enjoy the moments rather then ciritizing then sich beautiful moments can be everyday and we can all work towards being more free rather then working slaves without hearts I love yall snd thanks for reading tis lil thingy i wrote

@NoMeWithoutYou1 10 ай бұрын

What a delightful man. I like his zest and joy in exploring and discovering new sounds. Very nice.

@jadekennedy3619 7 ай бұрын

I watched this with a smile on my face. Very fun video. So cool to get a small window into that world. Thanks Paul!

@rasmussgaard2596 9 ай бұрын

Great stuff, great vibes! I wish this episode was 2 hours long :)

@petertrast 10 ай бұрын

My Squier Strat is featured in several songs on my first album. I run it through my Fender Twin with NOTHING but built in gain for distortion and add effects in Ableton if needed, but barely any. I bought it for $50 off a neighbor. 20 minutes of setup and the intonation is dead on and it plays amazing. I let some of my guitar friends play it without looking at it and they were shocked after playing that it was a Squier 🤣🤣

@TomStrahle 10 ай бұрын

Love this.

@petertrast 10 ай бұрын

@@TomStrahle its an interesting phenomenon, the search for and acquisition of "gear". When I was a mechanic, I bought a $300 set of tools from Sears to be a helicopter mechanic. I was able to do the same job, usually better, than most of my peers who owned $10,000 SnapOn rollaway toolboxes full of overpriced tools. For years I played in clubs to raving fans playing an ancient electric acoustic "Applause" (cheap ovation) because I brought entertainment in the form of enthusiasm and theatrics which I needed to make up for my lack of a great voice 🤣 Ideas, talent, and many other things matter more than tools in many ways. Great video.

@64offsuiter 10 ай бұрын

When presented with a guitar, we all see a guitar. This guy sees different ways of making sounds. Really like this.

@DaviMello 10 ай бұрын

What a fun video and honest producer! Love it, Paul!

@jennekke 10 ай бұрын

You definitely didn’t have to stop with weird tunings. This is awesome to see someone push the limits of normal on guitar.

@donlaught 10 ай бұрын

My very first electric guitar is the red Fender Squier from China! It has a rosewood neck. It's an awesome guitar! Anyway, this channel, 'Paul Davids,' is really inspiring. I love your editing skills and, of course, your content and guitar playing skills. 🙌🙌 PssT: My channel was inspired by yours! 😍

@SalaiPome 9 ай бұрын

Paul, thank you for putting in the effort to create this amazing video.

@Westie_NZ 10 ай бұрын

Brilliant video! Totally agree with Tom Strahle. What a great guy, and sooooo talented...... Amazing how you talented guys make everything sound so achievable. LOVE IT!

@user-vr3ex1fj7c 4 ай бұрын

This guys is just brilliant. Such a cool dude

@TomStrahle 4 ай бұрын

Thanks mom.

@justpassingby3175 10 ай бұрын

Man's got chops!

@Fendy_NL 10 ай бұрын

I love how the pleasure of talking about this and doing it as well shines through Tom's whole being. Very inspirational as well to go off the beaten path (6 E strings, who comes up with that haha). Great video!

@crazed1x 10 ай бұрын

Awesome video.. cool change of pace! Wouldn’t mind seeing more like this .

@youreallygotmenow4855 10 ай бұрын

Yet another proof that the player's the most important part of the equation when it comes to making something that sounds good out of an instrument. Tom IS a great player, both flatpicking and fingerpicking, so it's really no wonder he can make that $99 Squier Strat (I'm assuming it's a Bullet) sound that great. I also love his enthusiasm and his very evident passion for his work too. Thank you for this very cool video, Paul! Great work as always!

@mattrogers1946 10 ай бұрын

Having a fancy computer and a ton of expensive software doesn't count of course... 🙄

@blackstormer95 10 ай бұрын

@@mattrogers1946the software shown in the video ain’t that expensive bro, reverb is $50 and guitar rig is $100

@Vivi_9 10 ай бұрын

@@mattrogers1946 that stuff is for recording professionally, to create great music you literally only need a laptop and cheap guitar

@vege4920 10 ай бұрын

@@blackstormer95 They did a bunch of editing to make it sound good on the album. Even if someone could make something similar with 200 dollars, would you like everything you play to sound like its coming from underwater in a well because all the effects you put on top of the playing. That guitar did not sound good clean, and not being able to play clean is a huge determent to anyone. Without a clean sound, you will not learn to tune, or do any kind of ear training.

@youreallygotmenow4855 10 ай бұрын

@@mattrogers1946 Sure, having that stuff definitely helps, but it's not as important as you might think. Try giving the same rig to a not particularly good guitar player and you'll see the results. Ultimately, the playing is what *really* matters.

@senseiruss 10 ай бұрын

THIS. IS.AWESOME! Thanks for posting it. Because of this cool vid, I no longer have SIC (Squier Inferiority Complex)!

@TomStrahle 10 ай бұрын

Haha.

@simonharris8417 10 ай бұрын

Mind Blown!! Excellent video, massive inspiration, cheers Paul!! ❤️

@andre_toyonaga_ 10 ай бұрын

Man, it’s really amazing and inspiring watching you guys, you can see Tom breaking a lot of mith in the guitar world, im hunting and saving my ass to get a PRS and here you watch Tom creating and playing beautifully on a 99 squier. Amazing. Thank you Paul.

@JohannesLabusch 10 ай бұрын

I so admire the 0.1% of KZfaq videos that don't try to convince you spending a shit ton of money makes you a better musician. Let's all admit to our one almost-trash guitar that we love dearly. Mine's a VOX ssc-33 that I bought for a hundred bucks. It's spankier than any Tele I've ever tried.

@alanale 10 ай бұрын

Yeah, Im so tired of the marketing loop on youtube. This was so cool.

@IAmTheWorstArtist 10 ай бұрын

I have a Mitchell acoustic that I got for my 16th birthday over 20 years ago. I have spent thousands of dollars on guitars since then, but I still prefer that shitty Mitchell sometimes.

@JohannesLabusch 10 ай бұрын

@@IAmTheWorstArtist Shitty can be pretty!

@TheFloridaBikeVlogger 10 ай бұрын

and a good setup

@PaulDavids 10 ай бұрын

I think this is the most important. It shouldn't hold you back.

@guillaumegayot807 10 ай бұрын

It was so informative and laid back. Thank you, Paul and Tom, for the great discussion. Bieber is not my cup of tea musically, but it was inspiring to hear how he came up with the ideas.

@adamk1466 10 ай бұрын

Great content once again. Love the enthusiasm!

@MrBikboi 4 ай бұрын

I mean you could say this for any tool/object in most hobbies, obviously there's huge diminishing returns on more expensive stuff. I find if baffling how this is a novel concept to people, if you have money people like to buy nice things. Who gives a shit if they want a custom shop Gibson/ESP whatever that they're going to cherish.

@emanmoba 10 ай бұрын

Hopefully this won't start a new trend and make cheap guitars insanely expensive!

@peaelare 10 ай бұрын

This is so rad to see @TomStrahle on your channel! So much love and appreciation for that guy. He was a huge influence when I first started out and a good friend to me.

@andrewmeads93 10 ай бұрын

This guy is a genius.!!! Excellent creativity from very simple equipment and simple chord progressions.

@bioinfor 9 ай бұрын

Ah, the classic E-E-E-E-E-E tuning

@TomStrahle 9 ай бұрын

Hehe.

@kevinnsevinn799 9 ай бұрын

😂

@AaronNGBnTech 10 ай бұрын

Too Bad there aren't $99 squiers anymore

@TomStrahle 10 ай бұрын

It was a used one. At the time I got it I believe new ones were $179.

@rebeccaabraham8652 10 ай бұрын

Glad to see someone else loves 9’s….. and I still use my 1978 Sakai strat for everything; it was dirt cheap at the time (impoverished student) and I get beautiful tones for blues, jazz and folk music out of it - don’t need a fancy twig with a Fender logo! The music is in yourself - not the fancy expensive toys, although they can be useful and fun to play with!

@TuckRob 10 ай бұрын

I was on a path to find the right kind of modern strat type guitar (flat radius, big frets) to help overcome some injury limitations and then someone gave me a Harley Benton SG copy. The guitar was so cheap it didn't have a plastic back plate for the electronics. That was hardboard painted black. The neck was so completely different yet fun to play - such a surprise. I put very heavy gauge strings on, downtuned to C but not for metal. A slightly overdriven sound and playing with the inbetween setting (both pick ups selected) and it sounds like nothing else. Works for all kinds of stuff and a great and cheap alternative to a having a specific baritone guitar. Tuning might not be perfectly stable but I love it.