I was watching several videos of yours last night..loved the new one..1st song your produced..the sounds you got were all awesome..the drums and bass were great...thanks for your videos

G'day Rick! Love your channel! Learning so much, more then I ever did completing my music dipolma! 🤙🏻

You need to get a bo diddley in the studio id like to see you monkey around with one

I think that Sparkle Jet looks like sex with strings. Sooo classic.

Rick, why is Keith Hypes?

I hear you. MAKING these videos doesn’t make it easier for me either.

Frank Bama hahahahaha right! It makes me think. Yup!! I want one of those aswell. Keith explains in one video. The difference between want and need. Do I need a duo jet? No, I have plenty of guitars. Do I want a duo jet? Yes, yes I do!😁

@@timothycormier3494 I think Jeff Beck would argue with you...if you want Duo Jet tone...then you NEED a Duo Jet. Lol...just go buy one.

Totally

Lol I hear you. I already have a 59 and a hollowbody . I am now wanting a 62 firebird

@Van peter His signature model is a 335

@Van peter refer to the black hole sun video as well as the Guitar world Run down of gear used

Van peter watch out black hole sun video. It was a very popular music video back then on MTV, and showed him using a gold finish Gretsch

@Van peter Gretsch was always part of his rig. He used a ton of alt tunings and relied on a silverjet for a lot of his sounds. Kim Thayil (lead) played Guild S100s, which were basically SGs. That's probably the tone you're thinking of. But the last two Soundgarden albums as well as Cornell's first solo project have tons of Gretsch on them.

I know his signature 335 had Lollar Filtertron pickups. So there must have been Gretsch love back there sometime.

Thanks Twan!

To the most high! Lol

Seriously I've decided to cut back on youtube and when I think about the few channels I would watch Dave's was the first I thought of. It's our PBS equivalent in the gear world.

Dave?

@@fivewattworld Keith my bad dude! Don't know where Dave came from lmao

Dave's not here!

I agree - for anyone wanting to step up from their first budget guitar to a stage capable budget to mid ($400), the Asian made Gretsch Electromatics are a serious contender against brands such as Epiphone. These guitars borrow heavily from the parent models (a great start), are very well made and finished, historic features such as the gnarled G pot nobs, strap locks, binding - really for the money they are sensational and since they tend to be written off as country or rockabilly guitars they can be very cheap used. My son's first solid body electric was a Gretsch ProJet Electromatic (similar to a duo jet in shape and approach) with T.V.Jones designed Blacktop Filtertrons - had a well finished fret board, solid tuners and a synthetic bone nut well cut - no issues with tuning. In person it was a thing of beauty with the walnut stained back. I'm not sure how much the vaulting affects tone, but for a teenager, it also made the guitar easier to carry for an hour or two. We've since sold it on... to buy a Gibson Les Paul. To be very honest we wish we could have kept the Gretsch but you can only have so many guitars and the LP is a beast with a Marshal valve amp and where my son is right now (British 60's inspired blues / rock). This video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mLqmlrNyzr2mmKM.html we created to help promote the sale indicates the clarity of the Filtertons which can be quite single coil like although they have their own 'ring'. From 2.0 mins he kicks some overdrive in on a the valve Marshall and right at the end he rolls the tone pot off (neck pickup only) and remarkably gets Clapton's woman tone - no TS8 or other pedals - just the ProJet and a Marshall. The Pro-jet sustains easily and this can be brought out by a decent amp. I'm told that there isn't much difference in tone between these guitars and the (much) more expensive U.S. made Gretsch models like the Duojet so really, like I said, a whole lot of guitar and history for not a lot of bucks. I'm sure the quality and finish of the U.S. guitars warrants the extra cost, not knocking them at all, rather focussing on the gift of the Gretsch budget lines.

Thanks Leo and Barb. I always enjoy your additions.

I've read that Chris used a double cutaway Gretsch Silver Jet, a single cutaway Gretsch Duo Jet and a Fender Jazzmaster on Superunknown.

RIP MALCOLM YOUNG..🤘♥️🎸🎶🙏🌻

Yeah! You can watch videos of Chris in the Superunknown tour playing Gretsch, the Black Hole Sun video, and all that era, Duo Jets and Jazzmasters he use on the record too.

That would probably need to be a multi-part Ken Burns production.

Iconic X 2! The most aesthetically pleasing guitar shape ever invented/made.

"This week on five watt world..." But I am curious about the history.

@@fivewattworld when virus is done, call your pa friend 🤘🏻 head to Nazareth and go check the factory out.

That’s idea!

Right? No constant jump cuts, no goofy animations, no gimmicks period. Just the story of the guitar. It’s so refreshing to see KZfaq videos without the KZfaq “style” that plagues so much “content”. I couldn’t agree more.

Thanks Prog!

And the cuts are there, I just bury them in images/story (or such is the hope).

@@fivewattworld Cuts are just fine, Keith. Jump cuts are jarring and almost painful to watch. They break the flow of the imagery, and really bring the viewer out of the experience. You don't do that. You know what you're doing. Keep it up, and thanks for the awesome videos!

I’m starting to fall in love with them. Must be the age. Once you get close to 40... Starting with a cheap Jim Dandy though.

No Luke , that was the Astro Jet , check it out , they're freaky but a very cool guitar ! Nice you have a 60's Corvette 👌

I agree. I've never been able to get attached to a LP but would try one of these if I found one at the right weight, or maybe add filtertrons to an ES-390, hmmmm.....

Great list. We think alike...

@@fivewattworld Would love to see one on D'Angelico's history. Great videos, really enjoy your content. Please keep making such interesting and educational videos. Thanks!

yeah, would love the hofner bass, and definitely the fender jaguar or mustang

Hell yeah, danelectrp

I tried to make it the "solid body" history and will do the "hollow body" history another time.

Great video. My grandad had the 55 red oriental jet firebird w the original case and leather strap. He played it so much it hs fingernail indents in the frets

Zoom is a painfully overlooked Gretsch icon.

A+ for bringing up Billy

I had him in the first edit but I had to do some serious cutting.

five watt world I love your histories and what’s an added five minutes in a five watt world? Keep up the great work. Like Cankersaurus states, he’s just painfully overlooked.

Amen! Saw him (X) play back in '83 (?)....as a fan and player of the original alternative/punk Billy was a big influence.

Chris Cheney ain’t just for Aussies, mind! I’ll happily stir up a hornets’ nest and say that Chris’ diversity and technical ability as a player, not to mention his skills as songwriter and singer, tops him out even over Setzer. Bang, I said it...

He probably won't.

"One Gibson Amplifier for each family and will receive an extra for every amp under 5 watts they have"

A prs in every office with a tweed fyd amp for reinforcement 🤘🏻😆🤘🏻

@@Knightmare-gz9ls "And the previous owners of Gibson and their CEOs will be the ones to pay for it not the employees, and adding that a Fender Stratocaster for those who create the greatest KZfaq videos"

@@bassplayer8815 as a owner of a mint 04 strat I donate mine to local school to keep music alive 🤘🏻

Sorry to hear about your sister.

Thanks Zac. Coming from you that is meaningful.

Yeah, that's a great quote huh Tyler? But Leo proved that's all you need.

Patience my friend. It's coming...

I'd like to see a Rickanbacker bass guitar in your segments, Sir.

A young Roger Waters played a Rickanbacker bass guitar.

Chris Squire from the group Yes.

Great story. Love the mud wasp detail!

Well Kendall, it takes me about two weeks to make one of these bad boys. So it has to do w that really.

Which makes me Sad because I wish people were more individualistic when playing worship!

Makes me sad to waste such beatiful guitars on such soulless music

@@aarronwootton you know what?! Some, if not most, worship music is terrible. You’re right in that sense, but there are plenty of songs that are full of incredible depth and hope. It takes looking past the terrible commercial Christian music to see that. I hate that about the industry, but I love it when I find rich worship music that wasn’t made to please 50 year old white couples who live in a picket fence neighborhood.

I remember seeing a TV interview with him recounting the story. Made me chuckle because when he was talking about getting beaten to the Strat , he simply said " The other guy got up early " 😁

Haa Amazing to think how much that 20 pound IOU signed by George would be worth today! I bet the guy eventually threw it away not realising it could have been his retirement nest egg on that scrap of 'worthless' paper!!

V and explorer package as they are sisters pretty much.

Joe Bonamassa's fault lol

Ted McCartys fault, :)

@@fivewattworld not like it was a bad thing lol. Then we also got the prs McCarty pieces too. This McCarty guy has some amazing mess ups 🤘🏻

It would...if I owned any of them. :)

Yep, I should have watched the whole thing before commenting...

No worries

Oh yeah..oh yeah. At the age of 9, I could never understand why George played that old man Country Gentleman on the Sullivan show when Paul and John had such cool looking guitars. When I saw the DJ in Pop magazines, I wondered why he didn't play that one.

I agree. The Duo Jet is such a better looking guitar than the Country Gentleman.

Why didnt he play it longer?

Yes! I have the 6128t-57, it's great! Don't buy the GH model, it's not worth the money for the wreck of mods on it.

@@todd7416ify Huh, I must be in the minority that thinks the country gentleman looked better, love the deep red color and overall look of it, just looks more “beatle-ey” to me

Yes, it's time to make a few "essentialist" videos now I think. But maybe "The Beano Album: A Short History" What do you think?

@@fivewattworld idk, i may be a bad judge of that. The real reason I listen to Derek and The Dominoes is Dwayne and Bobby Whitlock. But thats me heh

Scrolled just to find this comment. Feel the pain. 😆

now that could be aninteresting "essential" tpoic....the contrast of style between Dwayne and Eric on that amazing record. I have a wonderful 3 disc set of it with alt takes and jams that is pretty interesting. Booklet and stuff. The story behind that album is profound on its own

That would be a great one. The debate about Champs alone is very five watt world.

Thanks Mason

Heard that on the ergonomics bro, I still love my Tenn Rose and I'll hang on to it forever but once I replaced my Duo Jet with a Strandberg it was like physically rediscovering the guitar for the first time...Ola really got it right.

I believe it's in the Electromatic line, made in Korea. Sound right?

@@fivewattworld actually i have no Idea ot should be yeah but theres only one for Sale and a couple Reviews... And one Video Review in Spanish but i dont know if its a Limited Run or something they seem not common though

Interesting but I don't think so . I say this because very early Rickenbacker guitars (like the "frying pan") have a nameplate reading Rickenbacher . People were seemingly anglocising their names ...

@christopher weise Adolph Rickenbacher hailed from Switzerland and was related to the WW1 pilot , Eddie Rickenbacker.

The Red Barron, really?! That’s a great bit of trivia.

@KC They did both have cool planes though ! 😉

@@fivewattworld Uh..as KC said 😉

After Cliff Gallup.

Ha! That's the spirit. George might have said the same.

You’re the first to comment. :)