Steve's project might have failed, but I can tell you from first-hand experience Gibson's NFT's are the real deal. Just last week my Gibson NFT cracked right at the headstock. I'm still looking for a virtual luthier to do a proper repair.

i wouldnt even pay 2600 usd to get that exact guitar and i am a vai fan. im so happy when ppl ignore money grabbing fake nonsense like this. it almost restores my faith in humanity

This was easy to predict. It's taken nearly 30 years for guitarists to begrudgingly accept digital modelling and that actually works. A incorporeal magic token had no chance.

I've known about nfts for a year now. You are the first person to give an actual practical use for this technology

I miss when companies/people actually produced real things. Now everything is reduced to some sort of a scam.

I'm a big fan of Steve. NFTs are just a money grab. Can't believe he even offered this. Something tells me his team did this because he is not a money grabber.

The JEM you showed is the Premium line. Ibanez somewhat recently discontinued the Japan JEM and they now sell for around $2500-3000

I never understood the point of an NFT. It’s just a picture of something really

Great video! I'm amused to see how much the tide has turned against NFT's. Sony recently released "digital collectables" associated with Playstation games and went to great lengths to explain that they are not NFT's, you can't trade them, and they don't use blockchain technology.

One Vai project that never came to fruition was the whole "Real Illusions" story; that album is Part 1 and there were supposed to be multiple albums. If you partook in the EVO Experience on that tour, Steve gathered all of the participants in front of a camera and had everyone say a single word. At the show I attended, Columbus OH, the word was, 'We.' The idea was to compile all of the words said by all of the EVO Experience attendees throughout the tour and that would be a verse or something to a song that was to be the finale of the whole Real Illusions story. That never came to be as that was back in '05. Cool idea, shame it never materialized...yet at least.

This screams to me that most of the guitar-oriented world has little to no understanding of what NFTs are lol. They want to seem relevant and hip so they take a chance on a new business idea, not having the knowledge to do a proper risk analysis. I was a little disappointed when I saw Vai do the NFT thing, though I never thought it was malicious. Just a boomer move...

“because it banged in thumbnails”. Amazingly you’ve cracked the code.

As a 3d artist friends have asked me why I haven't created NFT's, to which I usually respond with "because I'm not a conman". NFT does have actual legitimate use, but to buy and sell jpgs? Nah, that's a giant waste.

I'm so glad this channel exists to call out shitty practices

Steve is one of my favorites, I would get the PIA and never a NFT

I LOVE your channel. Ever since the Rob Chapman video I keep coming back. Great content and much thanks from across the pond!

One of my mates explained NFTs to me a year ago and how people were making money from them (I'd literally not heard of them previously). It confirmed for me that some people will buy anything. Except guitar nfts it would seem.

Man, I love how you take shots at people. It's refreshing to see a channel that isn't afraid to throw shade at musicians that people generally respect. People are too nice in this day and age. We need more hate in this world. Keep up the great work!

As a Vai fanboy, I think this was done by his team to get in on every new trend for the hydra guitar rather than steve having a huge passion for fucking jpegs. This was most likely done by his media team, the only reason I knew about this was because of one insta story i saw so they didnt put a lot of effort into the marketing either.

What's up KDH! Loved the breakdown of Steve Vai's NFT "Project". Keep up the good work. 🤘🤘

I checked, still subbed but I did turn notifications on. I hope you get everything you ask the universe for mr. KDH

Love your videos. I'm glad you are able to be cohesive. Fair and full of wit. Thanks!

you did get more views than Steve Vai's NFT listing in ten minutes

I think everyone was saving up for those sweet Gamestop NFTs.

Wow me and Steve Vai have at least 1 thing in common, nobody buys my shit either. I must be a great guitar player!!

I'll be glad when this NFT bullshit is over. I only own one NFT. It is the I OWN AMC NFT. I collected it the same day I sold all my shares lol. Btw love your channel KDH! Found you a couple months ago and binged all your content!

The "legitimate uses" have no extra utility beyond a secure encrypted password in the first place though, it's quite literally just designed for market speculation (read: ponzi schemes) and drawing orders of magnitude more electricity. The only reason you'd want your password (or other like, "identifying code") to be stored on a blockchain instead of some centralized server is when you don't trust the provider of said server... which presumably you do if you're buying a guitar from them. And on the blockchain you're instead trusting every single little finger in the pie to not straight up steal or delete your stuff as it gets passed along

Hearing people referencing Trogly always makes me giggle. Hahahah ❤️

Always look forward to your insightful offerings... Cheers.

Still waiting to complete my box set…🙁

This video made me giggle, thank you.

Now Vai is getting the KDH treatment… no one is safe! 😂

There's absolutely no way Steve knew what he was signing on the NFT things. He's such a lovable goof that if he knew what nft actually are being used for, he wouldn't sign.

oddly fascinating bit of music... can't say i'll listen to it twice, though

NFT's will end up being nothing more than a punchline.

Having NFTs as a guarantee of authenticity is a great idea. Good one.

Trogly has some knowledge pertaining to Norlin era Les Pauls. He's pretty knowledgable in general when it comes to Gibson's but the bulk of his knowledge is on Les Pauls from the 70's through to present day. Their are folk who are far more knowledgable but Austin knows his stuff. It's just a shame he's become less humble as times gone by. It's great to see someone do well but this guy won't answer questions in his comments on youtube but will if you pay him via his website. It's a shame these chips develop as time goes by and channels grow.

Great video bro 🤣Greetings from NZ 😎🤘🎸

that was the best nft explanation for nornies on yt

Steve Vai looks like he sells crystals, incense and tarot cards. Not NFTs

I had to look up what an NFT was. Never heard of it before this video.

KDH was right, sitting at 17 minutes since posting and there is 580 views on the video already.

I guess the guitar community still have some sense to understand that NFT's were created for people who don't know what to do with the extra money they have. For us, that extra $$ is obviously going to guitars🎸

Great observation and insight! New sub 🤟

Great video, but the technology behind NFTs doesn't have uses. Do a KZfaq search for "The Trouble with NFTs." An immutable ledger that requires you to burn the equivalent of 10 gas stations to add an entry has a catastrophic design flaw.

Jordan Rudess was shilling them too. Haven't heard anything from him on that front for about 6 months now

I think there's a lot of applications of digital signatures and storing data on a blockchain for the music industry. You can QR code parts and make it easy to verify their authenticities and trace their origin. Using a merkle tree, you can effectively print verifiable genuineness labels on an entire production lot of guitar strings for a fraction of a cent. But yeah, selling a receipt for nothing for thousands of dollars is kinda dumb.

Don't come down on Steve this was most likely in Steve's contract with Ibanez as a part of the release of the Hydra. I've met Steve several times he doesn't come across as someone trying to rip his fans off, he probably doesn't care about the NFT either.

Your delivery is very succinct. Your dry humor on this one is outrageous. And your attention to detail ... you should have been a lawyer. It's not too late, why not? You could make a video on it. :-)

Just wanted to touch on that Fender video, it looks almost exactly like the graphics in Decentraland, which is a metaverse token where you can buy and sell digital land. So maybe Fender used that to build the “stratoverse” or whatever it’s called. Just speculating though. I don’t see a future for NFTs in music as the concept isn’t clear for a lot of people.

Hey KDH , is it true that all modern Gibsons have a RFID tag under the fretboard? I heard it's for internal use and it's somewhere under the 1st to the 3rd fret of the guitars. 😃Cheers

Me: I don't know what an NFT is. Someone else: Really? I'm surprised no one's ever explained them to you. Me: Actually, they've been explained to me many times.

Still Subscribed love your content :)

I'm a huge Steve Vai fan, but the world of NFTs is one that I refuse to get involved with. I'm kind of surprised and let down that Steve Vai got involved in the NFT game. I mean I can get behind Gibson including NFTs with their guitars and used in legitimate ways that are not a money grab, but it would be even better if Gibson employees could tell the differences between their own guitars and a cheap Chinese knock off, which speaks wonders towards their actual quality control issue.

I’m still Subbed. Thanks for checking in though.

steve is one person I'd give a buy on something like this until or unless it's a pattern. Knowing what he does and how he operates, it's not even unlikely that he'd be using NFTs to get funding to promote artists that don't get enough exposure. Other possibility is people who make comments "you know, you should do an NFT - I'd bid on it". That - not related to NFTs only, but requesting anything, is usually followed by disappearance. Just like people who say "you put a group buy together for this, I'm in dude. Count me in on 3 of them" A couple of months later: "yeah, I changed my mind, can you give me my deposit back?"

You should definitely make a video about stratosphere

A true damien cornickleson move

I already have a Slash Snakepit guitar. It's not bad.

2:47 Yeah about that, he wasn't the expert at that time, that he is now.

I wonder how much of the proceeds from the Vaibrant guitars (Which are like the old ESP pickguard guitars that look like a floating strat pickguard and a neck but with his JEM style fluro paintjobs) I know he wouldnt allow use of the name for nothing..

I have an immense urge to buy a Silver Sky now.

Oh, shit remember when NFTs were a thing? It's been a while ain't it?

I love the idea of an NFT style digital receipt. It should really be a no-brainer 👍

I want to go back in time before nfts and crypto were a thing. This shit and crypto bros are so annoying.

Guarantee one small section of Steve's rack equipment cost 20x the desired amount for the NFT

Here's a weird one, the band GWAR has NFTs. In fact, they're on their 3rd set...

It's like auctioning off exclusive downloadable content for one person to have with immutable proof on the chosen chain. I guess at some point it might become useful for artists but it seems like selling futures for value of artists. Digital assets in this NFT form seem to be more about boosting scarcity value and less about providing income stream for less well heeled artists.

He should have at least included the real Hydra guitar with the NFT. Joe Bonamassa included one of his bursts if you bought his NFT.

my fav player was Stevie Ray Vai

Vai, Gibson etc. are late on the initial NFT craze, as it's already over. It's alright if artists and companies experiment with NFTs a bit, to figure out decent use cases for this new technology. It'll take a few years for NFTs and what to do with them to mature. The Stratoverse seems quite cool. Everything has to start somewhere. It appears to simply be a map for some VR platform.

I checked. I'm subscribed still. ♥️ It's a solution to a problem that mostly doesn't exist or no one cares about. 😂

To be fair, Horizon Worlds is pretty popular on VR platforms like Meta (Oculus) and the graphics are janky because it’s VR in what is basically a cell phone chip… so not Fenders fault really for how it looks…

Thanks for clearing what an NFT is. Here I thought he was auctioning off the actual guitar!

I got a Gibson les Paul and when someone stamped the serial number on, the last couple of letters are only just visible. The last one is only visible at certain angles. Took ages to find a guitar with the top I wanted. Now if it had nft instead as a verification, with photos ect, that could be something a little more easily identifiable as no 2 tops are the same.

The crappy thing about NFTs is that they have so much potential. Bands issuing their own tickets via NFTs, on a public blockchain -- no scalping, no bots, no transfers. Ticketmaster would be out of business, if not for their exclusivity deals with venues :(

Hey, most places "view counts" know your device you used and only counts as one upon multiple viewing on the same device.

You nailed this man. NFTs are essentially just a receipt. The NFT should be free with every guitar (or product) bought.

Fender just discovered second life 😂

Nasty looking gtr.

KDH dude I 100% with you

It's hard to manufacture a new collectibles market for adults. There are a lot of practical applications for NFTs, like you said. Sticking to those will actually attract interest, although the name "NFT" may be ruined.

I seriously doubt Vai knows what an NFT is - his marketing team probably put him up to it. Just a trendy way to get some attention for nothing. You make a great point about how NFTs could be used as certificates of authenticity for limited runs. Hadn’t thought about that. Great content as usual!

Linda Manzer built it prior to that: The Picasso. Made for Pat Metheny.

8:13 FENDER: We need to hire a 3D animator! Councellor: I know a guy who animated stuff for a bowling hall

"it cant be faked" famous last words

NFT is a digital signature that cannot be replicated on the blockchain, considering this, there can be actual real world use cases. Like IDs, concert tickets, degree certificate and many more like that. But its a "new thing" in the market so there will be a lot of money grabing and hype around it. Eventually when the hype dies, it will have a lot more use cases.

I don't think anyone told Vai that Sugizo did this already and actually, you know, uses his triple neck out of practicality, otherwise he'd sometimes need three guitars and a violin in the same song.

I don't really know who they are trying to reach with this. Any guitar player looking to spend $2700 will spend it on actual gear, rather than a video of gear. Any non-guitar player doesn't give a crap about guitar NFTs.

Great video 😌😌😌

Personally, I think they could've done with the money for the tour they were going on. Definitely his team.

"is this what happens to a company when John Mayer stops playing your guitars?" Ouch that got to burn...

It's a case of a celerity not knowing their fan base. Vai's fan base is almost entirely guitar players, mostly from the 80's, who spend all of their disposable income on guitar gear. I'd be surprised if any of his fans own any NFT's

Good call on the subscription thing. It had unsubbed me from your channel.

Someone explained this to him in a convincing way and he went "ah well that's kinda cool let's do it" with good intentions and he's now realizing it was a bad idea. I don't see Steve doing this with I'll intentions. Who really knows tho. Lot of my heros have shown their true colors last few years.

I personally don't even care about meaningful NFT utility. At best the benefits are marginal.

Strato was a roman assistant for Marcus Brutus, when Brutus ordered Strato to stab him with his own sword, because suicide was seen as dishonourable, so imagine Stratos' fear ? (stratosphere)

Make stuff people want and do it better than they are expecting.

How much money did fender put into this “stratoverse” idea?

I cannot believe that a guitar / music channel explained NFT's better than most tech channels. Great job on that. I am sure that one day you will have a million or more subscribers, I have watched your videos for 1 to 2 years, and you're seriously my favorite guitar channel. 1 obvious thing you could improve on is the video quality, nowadays imo 1440p is the standard, but still, I will rather watch very good content with low quality video, than bad content in 4k. Keep up the good work!