This video was made before I started studying history at University and uses poor methodology. Much of it heavily references Wikipedia. This video is not a reliable source of historical information. Yes the solo at the end is a tad cringe-worthy, but I'll keep it in for your enjoyment.

Thanks so much bro I just credited you for my 5,000-word essay on the entire history of the guitar 👍 You really helped with the last century of development and trends.

Why aren't you famous This is the perfect video It explains guitars properly It's not too long Many models which we we know are explained Nice artist examples And Cool riffs on the side Only one thing You left out Brian May But I thoroughly enjoyed it Keep it up nice work dude

The intro is way cooler when showing all the legendary guitarist of the years i love it, it's awesome!!

I'm tremendously impressed by the very logical analysis and overall quality of this video. You're a master!

Amazing video! Made 20 minutes feel like 5.

The humbucker is two single coil pickups usually wired in series with opposite magnetic poles one the top. The humbucker was originally made by Rickenbacker about 10 years before Ray Butts patent application for his pickups. For reason's known only to Rickenbacker they didn't bother to apply for a patent.

this is most underrated video i have EVER seen on youtube, like IT'S SO GOOD!!1!!1

Amazing timeline man. You really covered everything without going way too overboard on detail like I have seen other people do.

RIP Eddie Van Halen

The strat didn’t have a 5 way switch until later on. People would jam match sticks in the 3 way to get the 4th position without the switch flicking to the middle or neck position. I’ve actually done this on a 54 model

Hell yeah, nice outro! Great video. Keep it up.

Oh my god. Why aren't you famous? This video is really good!

Great documentary! There were a couple of people left out. One being Paul Bigsby who built the Merle Travis solid body in 1948. The other being O.W. Appleton who in 1941 built a solid body electric guitar that resembles what today is a Les Paul. Gibson rejected it when they were presented with it as they did with Les Paul the year prior. These were all before the Broadcaster surfaced.

I have to say that this was a fantastic production. Thank you.

This video is just pure magic

Amazing video, thanks for sharing! I played it on my TV as I was cleaning and changing the strings an old electric guitar a friend gave to my dad, I'll start my classes next week.

Dude what an amazing video this is! I honestly got a bit teary eyed, especially when you talked about the monumental impact of the Strat (without which modern Metal wouldn't have existed), EVH (R.I.P) and when you kept mentioning Synyster Gates and his signature Superstrat among the greats of Steve Vai and Joe Satriani.

Very high quality, You should do more of this

That was better put together then BBC's doc on guitar. Well done.

4:25 the full metal jacket clip was perfectly placed!!! hahaha

Gibson actually had to convince Les to go with them because he had been playing Epiphone for so long, and the very first Les Pauls were actually epiphone but just had Gibson on the headstock

Great info. Thanks for the effort. Being a rabid Van Halen fan, I just want to pedantically point out that as the narrator said "gave the birth of the Frankenstrat" the video showed Edward playing his Kramer Pacer "5150" guitar. Now technically it can be said that the Kramer 5150 was the pinnacle of Edward's "Strat experimentation" because he used it from 1983-1988... much longer than he used the legendary Frankenstrat... which was retired from his regular rotation during the 1984 World Tour when the Kramer 5150 and 1984 guitars became his main guitars. The Frankenstrat can be likened to a prototype/laboratory for Edward searching for tone. He swapped out and played many guitars during the first 6 albums. Most people think of the Frankenstrat as being Edward's primary guitar, but he played many others both live and in the studio. It was only after Edward got the Kramer Pacer 5150 that he settled on a single "primary" guitar for live performances. Edward only retired the Kramer 5150 after he signed on with Ernie Ball and played a custom Axis... then Peavy (Wolfgang)... then created EVH Gear (Wolfgang).

Fun fact the Frying Pan was actually the very 1st Electric Guitar made entirely out of Metal. Interestingly the very 1st Electric Guitar was indeed a Slide Guitar and you slide the slide up and down the strings while strumming them. It makes a very bluesy sound so it's great for the blues.

What a great docu! 🤘🤘🤘

Thanks for the breakdown, and the final solo was awesome!

Sorry, I couldn't ear you speak cause of all the masterpieces playing in the background.

That outro .... I could feel it! Nice history lesson.

Great doc my friend, I have learned a ton. Thank you for your efforts

very cool documentary Mr. Chapstick

Your ending solo is beautiful 😍

This is such a great doco, it's got demos, a good mix of the grandpa bands and the ones I listen to like Animals as Leaders and Dream Theatre, not biased towards either which is good, not goofy and not boring, nice middle ground Yeah I have a lot of things to say about this doco, all of them good

I enjoyed this video and learned a lot. Before watching this video, I thought Strat already exist when Tele was created. And I think most people just like me don't know that the first Telecaster has a snakehead style headstock.

Do you know a guitar was once a lute, a very old instrument from the 1400 to 1600 around that time, then classical guitar was invented for renaissance music and classical guitar for classical and folk music? Then acoustic guitar came for pop songs and more then electrical guitars for Rock, the guitar had a very vintage history of what it was before,

@15:10 Dave Murray, someone has good taste .... Bravo !

Nice video dude, very informative and some nice playing in there too! I enjoyed this :)

4:18 had me laughing so hard at lunch! Thank you.

Great video

this is the first video of yours I have seen...I don't know who you are... but I'm subscribing..

Great video! Loved it and learned alot

Pretty epic video, I managed to watch the entire thing!

amazing video

I don't know one end of a guitar from the other, but this was very good.

Hey there, I am writing a paper on the history of the guitar and was wondering what sources you may have used? Either way, I really liked the video, good job!

How many watched this again because you were listening to all the songs being played and wound up singing along, not paying attention to the narrator??? Lol

Might add that the Gretsch broadcaster was a series of drums.

Omg your Stratocaster looks just like mine!

So awesome

Great video man!!

The video is really good.

Great vid no mention of bigsby tho and them kick ass early 6 In a line head stocks

exceptional my dude

Well done!

Great video, love it!

To me they have to look right AND sound right too. There are those which have as much appeal to me as a romance with a porcupine. Then there are those which not only sound awesome but look darn sexy to boot. The 1965 Ventures Mosrite model fits that bill perfectly.

really god documentry for me as a noob!

This video is amazing!!!!

God bless Eddie Van Halen. May he Rest In Peace.

At 2:55 you introduce Adolf Rickenbacher, but I think it may be a picture of Paul Tutmarc, who produced the first electric bass with the instrument behind him

This was a very well done video

Can you do history of the electric bass

this isn’t a correction or anything, but considering that semi hollows aren’t good for high gain, i think it’s weird that tom delonge can get away with using overdriven, high gain pickups in an es 333

I like the one with strings

Very nice video man.

you did a great job. thanks

Very informative thanks so much :)

Thanks man very informative.

The Fender Telecaster can also can play jazz mainly on the neck pickup.

Great work.

i know nothing about guitars and am just watching for a music technology class, can someone tell me what song is playing at 10:39?

sickest intro ever

Please keep posting!

Great job.

I totally missed what was said about Adolph Rickenbacker

Bit of fun trivia: Les Paul's real name is Lester Polfus.

Epic

The picture at 2:54 does not belong to Adolf Rickenbacher. It is the picture of Paul Tutmarc, the first to come up with an electric bass guitar (pictured there, years before Leo Fender), not sure about the guitar side though. You may want to check Paul Bigsby and the guitar he built for Merle Travis.

"Nowadays, Eddie owns his own guitar company..." That didn't age well :( In all seriousness though, great documentary. Really helped with my school essay.

I like your music taste :))

money for nothing is pure asmr

Syn Gates is the best guitar on the market. Gibson is like buying a high end Camaro but the Syn Gates is like buying the Zack Snyder Justice League Batmobile.

This is an excellent vid! Shared on my Twitter p.s. it is extremely accurate 🤘

I’m shocked that this video is still up, The Eagles love to copy right strike. Fantastic video though

And one day the world will discover the full potentials of the instrument.

God tier documentary

Nice wordage. 👍 Yes the solo at the end is a tad cringe-worthy.

Seems you missed Paul Bigsby in the History and development of the Guitar?

Great video!! But for the life of me I cannot remember the name of the song in the intro and its bugging me. Someone please remind me! 😂😬

In 1936, when the Gibson S-150 was released, $150 is equivalent to $2,782 in 2020. Puts a different perspective on the amount they sell for today. You can't really compare $150 to $3695 directly.

Why is everyone so mad about feedback, I CHASE HIGH SUSTAIN HIGH FEEDBACK, FEEDBACK IS THE DRONE KING!

CHECK ME IF WRONG////BUT Relish didnt invent the interchangable pick-up.. That goes to Zvedizh GOYA 1950s with its > "Mother Of Toilet Seat" fret board design.

No double-guitar?

i cant find anything about Paul Barth, help

Knew you had to be an A7X fan because I've never heard anyone really talk about Synyster Gates as a major player in the guitar world

🎸 I rest my case

Wow cool but wat is that last guitar at the start

I don’t understand why this video isn’t more known

Freddie who co-designed the strat? You mean Freddie Tavares?

Wow

wasnt the introduction of the semi hollow guitars after the les paul? because as far as I know the 335 was an attempt to sell a modern guitar to jazzers