That's why most kids who lose interest, lose interest.

That helped me be a better player once I got a good guitar make a bad be a positive

@@rayfabris2512 lol this. I had a tele that I never set up and when I got a D'angelico after I was like "ooh. this clearly makes a difference" 😂

I never knew what a guitar 'setup' was, and I played a baritone uke that was off by about a quarter inch at the octave fret. I figured this out on my own one day while I was taking my engineering curriculum. It never occurred to me that someone could move the bridge where it needed to be, so I tuned my uke to make second and third position chords approximately correct, and abandoned playing open strings. Worked like a charm for three decades or so.

@@PastelitoPapi lol

He's definitely one of the best guitar related youtubers IMOP, and has been for some time.

@@laughingdaffodils5450 same

We do. Search dylan talks tone on iTunes

Awesome! 🤘

A string tree (or a shorter one if you already have one, but don't go nuts on it) should fix that...the sitar sound is usually caused by a lack of sufficient downward string pressure on the tuning side of the nut. One way to check is to capo the string between the nut and the tuning machine and see if you still have the problem. Another potential solution would be to file the nut slot so that the fret side is higher than the headstock side so that the string only rides the playing edge of the nut.

@@tombworld9012 I fixed it a while ago. The breakover?(or maybe takeoff?) angle on the nut wasn't right. A few mins with a nut file fixed it right up. 👍I figured this out because putting more angle on the string didn't help, so I figured I'd lift the string and try again. Bam! Gone. So I knew then that the string was laying in the slot, touching the entire slot from the front edge to the rear edge. So I sloped the rear of the nut, closest to the tuners and it fixed it. I hope that wasn't confusing lol

@@JC-11111 Not confusing at all! It was my second suggestion to a T. Having the nut slots flat causes some weird vibrations in the string...almost like there are two strings because you're getting vibrations in the string on the other side of the nut where it shouldn't ever vibrate. A sharp enough angle on the nut (breakover? I dunno the technical term) keeps all the vibrations on the fret side where they should be.

@@dp9550 how do you reseat frets?

@@edgyswordsmanmanga4051 heat the glue with a soldering iron and use a hammer?

@@graxjpg how do you make sure that doesnt melt or warp anything?

@@edgyswordsmanmanga4051 the soldering iron won’t melt anything unless you hit binding. The hammer should be a wooden one, and if you reinforce what you’re hammering it won’t be any more intrusive than when they put the frets on in the first place

Look on the manufacturers website and they should tell you (sometimes). If not check the type of guitar you have and match it to the body style, there's tons of sites with measurements. Some of it is also personal preference :). Hope that helps you out.

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Lots of great guitarists use .09s. They're not "baby" strings, they're just lighter which give them a brighter tone and make them easier to bend. They can also be tuned higher without snapping, on the flipside they are not great for downtuning. But they're proper strings just like .017s.

Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck (also used 11's), Eddie Van Halen, Mark Knopfler, Dimebag Darrel (standard tuning guitars), Joe Perry, Angus Young, Randy Rhodes, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani all used 9s regularly. B.B. King and Billy Gibbons used .008s. Don't believe that thicker strings equal "beefier" tone. They dont. Past 10's...the only thing you're doing is muddying up the sound on modern pickups...especially the interplay between the low E and A strings. Get an amp that you can crank and play with a low volume on the guitar itself while playing with a very light touch. You can make 009's sound like the heaviest thing in the world. Hendrix knew this as his lowest E was almost always an unheard of .038...even though occasionally he would set up his high E and B strings with a standard .010. When you hear of people like Stevie Ray Vaughan and Joe Bonamassa using .013's and .011's the most....the thing most people don't understand is that Stevie often tuned down a half-step for live performances and near the end of his career switched to .010's and Joe Bonamassa top wraps a lot of his Les Pauls and tunes down the older guitars a half step. ...and you are still a kid. That is also not a bad thing at all. Enjoy it and thrive in it while you can. Don't take it for granted.

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k14ce2002 one would think, but most new guitars don’t really need it. People want to say that,

DylanTalksTone That is always the wild card. I think that is the area where the least amount attention is paid. Cool video Dylan!

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Very weird comment

3 Card Monty do they think we are too weak lol?

I have seen some videos which show that 9s play better, but personal preference.

Cheap guitars are for beginner player market

What is problem with 9? I put 52 on my low E for old school thrash metal and I dont like it at all compared to my 46 on low E. It is not about the tension, it is about brightness, tightness of the low notes come out better on 46 compared to 52. So beefier string is not always better. P/S. Forgot to mention my neck scale is 25.5".

Take a look at the list of famous great guitarists who use 9's and even 8's. You might be surprised. In learning how to sweep, I learned to really appreciate the 9s.

20,000?

Why not? 🤷‍♂️

Lol.... that’s a bit of a snob thing to say....

@@DylanTalksTone Call it what you want , there is a reason China copies AMERICAN guitars

So guitar companies from other countries aren’t capable of making quality guitars?

Let's see how do you make a cheap Chinese guitar sound good O I know Dylan pickups!!!!