WHO SAW THIS COMING? I DIDN'T !!!

WHO SAW THIS COMING? I DIDN'T !!! - Aeroband

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After the rather negative review and some internet drama, here's a company that wants to improve the way they do things. Can they pull this around? I don't know. BUT they agreed to still pay me for my video and asked me to have a call to learn more about the points I made.
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@aintnonya299 9 ай бұрын

If companies want a good review, then they need a good product.

@PretendingToBeAmerican69 9 ай бұрын

Aeroband developed the bestest product they could make. Of all the products in the world, this 🎸 is definitely one of them! Well done Aeroband! ♥️🐄🐮 💜

@lurklingX 9 ай бұрын

if a company puts something out there and then gets butthurt or more, over valid constructive criticism, maybe they should blame the product and not the people. and MAYBE, just MAYBE, they should send out a few guitars for testing and just have it on a non-visible basis (actual youtube vid) so they can iron out the kinks. that way future vids would be more of an advertisement, while aslo getting more detailed feedback.

@ANDI3niable 9 ай бұрын

Too right, mate

@brymills 9 ай бұрын

Stop it with this common sense!

@Darkslide2AR-FE 9 ай бұрын

1000%, let the product speak for itself.

@modestoney1577 9 ай бұрын

I love the KZfaq guitar community! Thanks to you guys - well done!

@haaspaas2 9 ай бұрын

Using bots to troll comments is not an 'oopsie' that can be attributed to inexperience. It shows the malicious and deceptive mentality of their marketing department and by extension their management. Their backpedaling does not compensate for that. Them paying you shouldnt either. I dont think it matters they now decide being open to feedback is better for optics, because they already revealed what kind of company they are running.

@DrKevGuitar 9 ай бұрын

I'm an "other guitar teacher", 15 years experience, pro musician and guitar tech 20+ years. Every video I have seen about this product seem to be absolutely correct: it's (in this form) a poor product and massively overpriced for the beginner market. In its current form I would never recommend it to anyone. Claiming it's made of wood and overdubbing actual guitars over their own videos is fraudulent in my opinion. And bots spamming channel comments?? YIKES! I commend your approach to this Henning though I'm not sure I could ever give them the benefit of the doubt that you do.

@bdhale34 9 ай бұрын

When you can pick up an Ibanez that plays decently and easily with an amp for not much over half the price, you have a product price segment problem bigger than any hype would cover.

@Bob-of-Zoid 9 ай бұрын

Well, the sound can be real samples because it's obviously a MIDI controller or similar, and probably not all too good of one.

@KekmanForTheRestOfTheWorld 9 ай бұрын

he gave them the benefit of doubt after they paid him and hired him as consultant.

@Peter-cm8vi 9 ай бұрын

In some countries marketing it as a "guitar" could be considered fraudulent.

@kazikokaziko4903 9 ай бұрын

i expensive yes overprice no i thimk.when u add ton of usefull or bad thimk goes in price so u can build so epnsive but still so bad as well that mot mean overpriced oh still can be but this not look so cheap orduct but so oıverprce like all those knifes at net used promosional fake by some chefs and youtuners like sell 30-50 dolar knives to 200-250 dolar . i seen at past some averahe guitar were sell expnsive duer they use some fancy think like woods fancy binding but build quality wasnt good çmaybe im wrong but for my pow that 2 diffrent think expsniver but useless is diffrent then overpriced .gold case bad movment watch will be expsniver and useless then good quality stenless still japaon autowatch some movment becouse of gold but bad watch still will be expsniver then actual good watch .or selling fake rolex to like real its scuming .all is diffrent things is this scuming is this usless but expsnive added way so many features electronic bump the price nonsense and losing value even as count as kid toys or they scuming by lying super cheap orcut and selling overprice pay infuciers and others and scuming people .diffrent think even bigest comapnies lot of other field fail at some concpets pructs they did lot of mistake some even goes bankrupt becouse of it or came of edge of ir.but need to point our right way

@Sean_Plays_Guitar 9 ай бұрын

You are such a cool dude, Henning. What a wonderful way to tackle this obstacle. Very positive. Very logical. Very diplomatic. Proud to be a subscriber to your channel.

@mazklassa9338 9 ай бұрын

When it comes to Engineering, leave it to the Germans 🇩🇪

@em7dim9 8 ай бұрын

@@creamwobbly Example?

@PXR5-PXR5 8 ай бұрын

Indeed, Henning is very polite, but get the message gets through. ...if he only could learn how to shave..without making bacon of his face 😂

@THESESSIONROOM 9 ай бұрын

I saw Andy's video and knew it was about this company 😂! Very bad look on them that's for sure. That would have been an epic video if they had sent it to Glenn though!😂 It does give me hope though how they are being humans about it and trying to work with you!💯

@xenon23601 6 ай бұрын

I thought the same

@andyje 9 ай бұрын

My own experience with 'a certain brand' on my tiny ass channel was some dude contacted me about having this product on my channel, now my first three questions were; Why me? Why the hell such a small channel? (60 subs), Is this legit? I contacted the company directly, they never replied. I contacted this contact, no reply (four months ago). Company does exist. but I've kept my mouth shut far as the name is concerned because this may have been a scam. Yes my channel sucks but I have 60 subs that are great people.

@last808 9 ай бұрын

Most professional assessment while still being very honest.

@johnpierson8398 9 ай бұрын

This is why I really respect this channel. You provide knowledgable information and honest opinions. You set a standard for guitar influencers. And I love animals at the end!

@erikrummel6277 9 ай бұрын

Good points Henning, very level-headed and concise summary of the issues in this situation. And your honesty of having received money for consulting with them shows your good character.

@k.f9320 9 ай бұрын

Bad reviews are a good thing and help companies see where they can improve. I am glad they are seeing the value of your video and listening. From a marketing standpoint bots are never good they mess up the algorithm and decrease any actual growth. It is hard to bounce back once applying them.

@smithjeff3002 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for this, Henning: you were right in the first video, and right again in this, plus you teach people through this video how to be honest yet diplomatic with a company that asked you to review their product.

@tolvajakos 9 ай бұрын

this has actually become quite interesting. and congratulations to you man, you have a spine.

@darlinguniverse56 8 ай бұрын

Man this is so wholesome, loving the objectivity and willingness to come together. Kudos to both, you and Aeroband! Now just imagine if every such situation would get approached in this way, how awesome would that be??

@jasonbone5121 9 ай бұрын

4:04 So true. I've seen Henning do videos of products he said he was not getting paid to do, but he felt the product was so good that he had to share it. I own a wonderful Charvel due to one of those videos. Thanks for your honesty Henning, we appreciate it, and have to come to expect it.

@Dimebonical 9 ай бұрын

i'm glad things are looking up! it's rare for companies to truly listen to negative feedback

@kesamek8537 9 ай бұрын

Actually damage control is very normal, exploiting 'soft touch' individuals to offset corporate risk is tried and true. They don't need to get any more 'feedback' that they already got for free from many channels already. Wise up.

@ANDI3niable 9 ай бұрын

They could improve the fretting notes to registered lowered velocity vs. full pressed notes on their nylon strings for beginners to properly mute the strings when appropriate. Properly muting was not something I learned for the first 2 years when I started playing guitar and I hated myself for it(Self-taught coz I'm too broke for lessons). Their marketing team/person might've used bots without the knowledge of their other team or anyone else in their company. In any case, I really dig how you handled this, I truly appreciate your transparency.

@vasotoe 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for the update Henning. This company has a long way to go...IF they really want to improve their product, only time will tell

@erikrummel6277 9 ай бұрын

Exactly…… as the saying goes, the proof will be in the pudding.

@bladebunny91 9 ай бұрын

Great follow up! I appreciate your candor and balance. Not everything has to be black or white and you do a great job managing the nuisance without needing to make anyone into villains. I’m sure they have people that put their hearts into this product and maybe - as you said - they just didn’t really understand the community / customer base well enough….and got some bad advice along the way. I’m just a newb but I think we should generally applaud legitimate innovation that moves the community, and learners, forward.

@MarbsMusic 9 ай бұрын

LOL they offered one to Glenn! :) Your review was what I know your subs expected, a great honest review. It's very nice to hear that they want to improve their product, that says a lot and not the impression I think most got from the emails that were sent out.

@Darkslide2AR-FE 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for saying that if a product is bad that it should be said it's bad. There are way too many influencers that say something is good when it's truly not. It's not cool for false reports only to waste a person's time and money with their experience with said product.

@BIBSTERSrepairshop 9 ай бұрын

Really like that you guys are telling us how you really feel and not just here is what the company told us to say.

@jameshawkins4514 9 ай бұрын

I would ask (once the tracking issues are addressed) that they allow alternate tunings to be used. Click a setting/turn a knob and be in open C, for instance. Fwiw it looks like it could help with muscle memory but it won't really help with picking but it could maybe help develop your picking accuracy? Dunno since I've not handled the product. As for price, you could get a squire, practice amp, and a joyo pedal or two for the price of this product. Trust me when I say that's by far the bestest way to start off

@Derbixrace 9 ай бұрын

this company is scum, they threatened reviewers with lawsuits.

@kesamek8537 9 ай бұрын

and possibly it seems astroturfed comments sections with human/bot 'fake positive messages' spam ... classy! not like some kind of mafia money laundering front group at all

@jimshomestudio4669 9 ай бұрын

Our music teacher started explaining the Do Re Me nursery rhyme to us. We counted them, 7. From there we learned harmony, so a bit of mathematics came in and I was hooked. There was some logic to the structure. After that a person can analyze any piece of music, or scale, to detect various optional selections, seems this could go on for a lifetime. A pastime. The various instruments have a little skill required to interact with them, and I can see lessons focusing on this. But the structure is where I usually start. It’s more of a universal language. [edit] I wish you the best HP. Sorry to hear how this has gone. Kinda kills the joy for music.

@adeptgopnik 9 ай бұрын

The not looking in the mirror before filming is something I would do for sure. I appreciate self deprecating humor so the little note at the end made me crack up. Also, you're right, Glenn would've torn this company a new arse. Cheers.

@jbf16falcon 8 ай бұрын

Nice to see you take the time to address the issues from all directions.

@martinclayton7260 9 ай бұрын

I'd guessed what Andy's video was about! I had to sit through the pain of playing guitar, there's no short cuts, you just have to build up the hard skin on your fingers!

@TheNino37 9 ай бұрын

"With great power comes great...coffee." well played, my friend! Too funny!

@BrickNewton 9 ай бұрын

When you said they approached Glenn Fricker I laughed so hard. I still want to see Glenn review it!!!!!

@yburyman9130 9 ай бұрын

If I wasn't lying on the floor I would have falling out my chair. The episode of FGR would be one of the books.

@wkdpsin 9 ай бұрын

Ditto, soon as Glen came up, i started to really laugh, it would've been beyond epic.

@baldyhead 9 ай бұрын

I knew this video was coming and I'm glad you have done it.

@RedErin 9 ай бұрын

Hey, props to Aeroband for finding me a bunch of wonderful guitar channels to join! You had me at debacle and your thoughtfulness about their employees, and I’d subbed before you even said doodoo 😂 They really missed a lot of opportunity with this ‘instrument’, the marketing and communication is far worse than the product. Honestly I’d actually like something like that, for none of the reasons they are selling it on and not for that price. Maybe they should just sell the stickers separately and leave it at that.

@martinkasper197 9 ай бұрын

Dudu 🚗🐞macht das schon....

@user-cw2zf6bj8x 9 ай бұрын

It'd be really cool if this guitar had LEDs on the fretboard which could show you the places you should grab your fingers to play notes and chords and when you press them correctly , LEDs for next chord appear and so on. Itd be really helpfull to learn new songs

@philosopher2king 9 ай бұрын

I’ve been in bed for three days with a sports injury and I’m weirdly invested in this story! Super classy of you to do this follow-up video. Sounds like Aereoguitar should market itself as a useful toy instead of a good guitar. Buyer beware but also, seller beware. The product launch should have unfolded in stages and their marketing team seems to have been told what to say, which resulted in over-promising quality and capacity. They should re-launch with these lessons in mind. Aereoguitar is innovative as hell, but it is a useful toy for kids and beginners, not a guitar for players.

@Wargasm54 9 ай бұрын

Strangely invested in this story because you’re probably on Percocet 😂

@philosopher2king 9 ай бұрын

😆

@retromacman620 9 ай бұрын

Well the points that you're making are extremely helpful, and it sounds like they want to improve. If they reduce the price dramatically, improved the tracks, maybe partner with someone for lessons. With the improvements you're suggesting it could be along the lines of a LAVA acoustic sort of deal.

@nedim_guitar 9 ай бұрын

Well done! This is actually beneficial to the company.

@Whiteyy191 9 ай бұрын

I think it has potential as a travel instrument and for midi recording but they have a ways to go yet.

@-Thunder 9 ай бұрын

If it had really good tracking and velocity then it could be useful to guitarists that want to lay down MIDI synth, strings etc. I'm not sure if there are any really good devices for a reasonable price that can do that. To get a full MIDI guitar rig going costs a chunk of change currently.

@behemothokun 9 ай бұрын

If tracking works really well (maybe just Software issues and the Hardware is possibly already capable of it), then it could be a reasonable investment, not for the beginner market, but for advanced users. I would totally use something like that for MIDI tracking if it works well and the price is at least reasonable.

@simonbelmont0993 9 ай бұрын

This was extremely professional of you, dude. I respect you _more_ for going that extra mile and trying to offer thoughtful criticism instead of just making a 'lol let's trash this product' video. A product like that has potential, it just needs refinement, and with your input I think that company will be in a far better frame of marketing than they would have otherwise.

@Ravenh4wk 9 ай бұрын

Never apologize for being truthful, Henning. You are saving people a lot of money if they had spent on these inferior products! It's channels like yours and The Guitar Geek that are really appreciated by the guitar community, because you will truthfully review products for us, whether you are getting a fee for the review from the company who made it or not. It's nice to see that the company has realized that even though on the whole, your reviews were negative - perhaps there is a lot of truth in yours and Andy's reviews and that they are interested to work alongside you to make the product better. Keep up the good work!

@joe12d 8 ай бұрын

So happy to see this video! With improvements being discussed, hopefully this instrument can become a decent travel guitar!!!

@robpaige4122 9 ай бұрын

I am amazed they want advice, and that you took the time to make this video. Hopefully something comes of this.

@pho-kingsoup8126 9 ай бұрын

With modern manufacturing tolerances the ability to build the exact same guitar in Germany or on a deserted island (with power supply) has become mundane. Giving us quality at value unimaginable a couple decades ago. I don't know why any one would want to start with a not-guitar. To each there own but the market for this is probably very small. Kudos for calling it like you saw it and kudos to Aeroband for not sticking their heads in the sand.

@CaptainSeamus 8 ай бұрын

Glad they are willing to listen to experts. As a technical instructor - this seems to suffer from some of the same issues we have with industrial training equipment - you can go simple, and be usable for 30 minutes early on - or you can get complex, which ends up being the actual equipment, and working on them instead/addition to. Another issue is the pricing thing - that is also a thing on a training tool, they are stupid expensive as a general rule. Thanks for the follow up video.

@anthonyrye4755 9 ай бұрын

You guys are way to nice. What they are wanting is cheap endorsements to their product. They don't want to pay the price tag it would take for someone in the music industry to endorse their product. The legal threats they made under the guise of misinformation meaning anything they don't like and not what is true. If they wanted to make a great product they wouldn't try to conceal the product with legal threats rather they would reach out and ask for opinions how to improve the product. People are tired of being treated like cattle/ cash cows and the trends shows it. Unity, Target, Anheuser-Busch, and Blizzard to name a few.,

@sansocie 9 ай бұрын

I really hope they listen to you. As a respected teacher and player, your views can guide this company into making great educational products. Best wishes on the new version.

@lurklingX 9 ай бұрын

just real quick, straight up, that is a beautiful space, that room. how often do we get wide open floors AND guitar stuff on the walls. it's all so clean and zen. LOVE it. (irrelevant to the vid but i felt props needed given. :) )

@MadSteex 8 ай бұрын

I really appreciated both the 2 videos you made about this product, cause you explained everything from your point of view and from a point of view of non guitarist. And I've learned something more about this product boh good and bad things.

@weschilton 9 ай бұрын

What this company did in trying to promote their product (fake advertisements, threatening letters to youtubers, chatbots spamming comments) says a LOT more about these people than what they have done in their attempts to do damage control. This is a product that no one needs and answers no questions being asked. And the company is clearly focused on profit, and to a certain extent to be honest, fraud. I'd bail on them, period.

@xiwiwix 9 ай бұрын

You, good Sir, your virtue is impeccable, and why I've been sub'd for as long as I have. Thank you.

@xiwiwix 9 ай бұрын

and of course animals at the end

@udertyrat 9 ай бұрын

Haven’t seen the review yet. Very classy follow up on your end. Now to watch the review.

@willpotere6665 9 ай бұрын

Dude, you got Fricked at the end! Great response though... I have been watching this train wreck unfold and glad to see they are at least trying to reach out and work to fix things. We shall see!

@allendean9807 9 ай бұрын

On another note, you are ROCKING some amazing sweaters!!

@pxdave7488 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the Update Henning. - Since you have their ear, and they mentioned bending... obviously with the silicon string arrangement, I just don't know how it would work, and as a beginner tool, it just isn't necessary. However, if they want to get this thing to the experienced crowd as a midi controller, it would be great if it had a tremelo bar, which worked like a pitch wheel on a midi keyboard. Also, it could have a switch to change it to expression wheel mode. That could be cool... it would gain my interest. As it stands now, I would not spend the money they are asking, but if they optimize it for midi use with my DAW... hmmm could be cool.

@pxdave7488 9 ай бұрын

By the way Henning, may I add, thanks also for your honest review, in spite of the offer of money,. I am glad to hear the company is paying you anyway. You deserve it!

@RobertFisher1969 9 ай бұрын

I’ve really enjoyed my Mad Katz Rock Band Pro controller as a MIDI controller. Especially for creating sheet music in Guitar Pro. If it can be better than that at a reasonable price, I’d be interested.

@fuglbird 8 ай бұрын

I have played keyboards for many years. 10 years ago I started recording at home. I needed some guitar and bass backing and didn't find any realistic sounding digital plugins. First I bought an electric guitar, a cheap digital effect pod and started rehearsing an hour a day. To me tabbing, bending and muting was important. Very soon I got very good results and bought a bass too. To be honest I spend a lot of time just playing with the guitar and bass. It has been a fun experience. I think the best way to learn playing the guitar is to play a guitar.

@Mr3DBob 9 ай бұрын

Maybe they should market it as a guitar-like MIDI controller; that's what I assumed, upon first glance.

@kehindea 9 ай бұрын

That’s what I thought and I’d be interested in it were it addressed as such.

@behemothokun 9 ай бұрын

They May need to work on some of the tracking issues (if they are lucky it's on the Software side) and then this thing could be cool for that Application. If the tracking is solid, then the price for an advanced User base might even be reasonable.

@markstanbrook5578 9 ай бұрын

The price puts you in striking range of the Godin SR range which are superb guitars in their own rights with the best midi implementation in any guitar or guitar-like controller. Some,plastic non-guitar like this isn't worth $150 let alone $500+.

@FabioLovaglio 9 ай бұрын

And let's not forget the threats of legal actions to theguitargeek in case he would put out a negative review, I'm afraid we're really getting past the point of giving the benefit of the doubt.

@kesamek8537 9 ай бұрын

There isn't any doubt.

@Kevinjames0976 9 ай бұрын

Man, I love your stance on the guitar community and really speaking in Behalf to us the consumers. Thanks for sticking to your guns on this.

@Skoden_lures 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for doing this vid. I have much respect for you and more for that non instrument. Not enough to buy one though.

@andon5150 9 ай бұрын

Well Henning, this is nice of you to engage with them again providing quality feedback and your knowledge. Now, telling you as one of your long-term subscribers… just forget about these people. Their current product simply doesn’t belong to real music gear channels. Move on, and the soonest possible because now several channels are talking about this, which is unnecessary and some viewers will indeed say things like “it’s just about the clicks”, and you and other good/hardworking musician-KZfaqrs don’t need to waste time and energy with that crap. Cheers friend.

@jasper221176 9 ай бұрын

I love the clean look of the guitar, and the idea having a speaker in the guitar. Build a real guitar with the same looks and with speaker,headphone jack,line out, amp (simulator)and sounds like distortion-echo (simulation)build in. So it is always ready to play on vacation, the streets and on stage.

@paulmyfinger 9 ай бұрын

Henning i havent seen you forba while. I have to say. You still crack me up. Didnt do do diligence😂

@martinoptilon9915 7 ай бұрын

"Stumbled" into your channel by accident but very much liked your way of giving informed criticism in a positive way. You've earned yourself a new subscriber. Have a great evening! :-)

@kevztunz 9 ай бұрын

I am impressed! They are doing exactly what they should be; put out a prototype, get feedback, and be open to improving the product. My opinion: They are selling this to the wrong people. It looks like it would make a decent midi controller and travel guitar. If they knocked the price down to $350 (about the price of a MIDI controller), I'd consider it.

@kevztunz 9 ай бұрын

Also, a library of onboard tones would be really cool.

@wolfchan4389 9 ай бұрын

I have one - I got in on the super early bird kickstarter and worked with the demo model - it is actually a great MIDI controller but in it's current FW has some connectivity bugs to work out but once it is connected the latency is better than any of the other guitar MIDI controllers I have used. a lot of the people that are weirded out I think don't know the history of a lot of the guitar MIDI controllers out there I have used the yourock, jamstik, jammy and a couple of others - this is really more like an evolution of the yourock guitar. luckily on the kickstarter I got it - something around $250 - so in that range it was totally worth it for a MIDI guitar considering most things are in the $500-600 range

@franklinslamo 9 ай бұрын

Very good, thanks for bringing the other side of the story.

@giannisalaorni 8 ай бұрын

I agree with your considerations from start to finish and you are honored by your extreme honesty and rectitude....I was about to buy the 2plus pocket drums to use them with logic but I think I'll review my choice

@newmexicosaint 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for this follow up video.

@sdkee 9 ай бұрын

I bend on my acoustic. Also pressure vibrato and side-to-side vibrato. Not doing big bends as my fingers can only take so much...

@TheRockAlmighty 9 ай бұрын

I always watch you for reviews because of your HONESTY ! That Chinese toy guitar has promise but at present it is only an expensive toy. If it was say £70 it would be OK for a child to hold their first guitar like object and see if it interests them, and move on from there.

@monitorlizard9971 9 ай бұрын

My uncle had one of these because he wanted to learn guitar in his 50s. Not sure if it was the same company but it was the same concept. I was already an experienced young shredder when I picked it up and I thought it was a lot of fun tbh. Couldn't play a whole lot on it but it was still super fun to mess around on. im not a bot.

@TarnishedViking. 9 ай бұрын

Everyone loves to hear the truth, unless it's about them!🤨 Good video, young man! 🤘

@Gaslight.Guitar 9 ай бұрын

Im offering you 60€ for yours. Need a great Christmas present for my toddler.

@PaperbagmanOfficial 9 ай бұрын

A great honest video! 🔥

@K707OR30 9 ай бұрын

Good video. I have some hope for this company given that they’re wanting to consult with you on how to make their product better. I think “their heart is in the right place” with wanting to make learning guitar easier. On that front they’re 100% correct, learning guitar is hard and can be frustrating especially when you first pick it up. There is probably a way to lessen the learning curve, I just don’t know that this piece of hardware is the answer. In my opinion, reworking the app or creating a new piece of hardware that can interface with an actual guitar that can analyze what’s happening and can tell you what you’re doing wrong (IE accidentally muting strings and how you’re doing it while playing cowboy chords) would be much more valuable than having a piece of hardware that sort of but not really teaches you to play. Also if they could rework the “game mode” to analyze songs and show people how to play their favorite songs, they’d have a goldmine. However it would need to actually be accurate, otherwise it’s no better than all the shitty incorrect tablature you can find all over the internet.

@FabiansTinyWorkshop 9 ай бұрын

Das zeigt ja, dass sie eigentlich schon vorhaben ein gutes Produkt auf den Markt zu bringen👍 Mich würde mal interessieren, ob die Personen, die in der Firma an der Entwicklung beteiligt sind überhaupt selber Gitarre spielen? Wäre zumindest von Vorteil ;-) Wer weiß, vielleicht könnte man ja auch was aushandeln, damit es in Zukunft ein professionell produzierten, für das Produkt zugeschnittenen Online Gitarren Kurs gibt, um den absoluten Anfängern die Basics (Wie halte ich ne Gitarre, ect..) beizubringen. Z.B. auf KZfaq von einem netten Hessen mit Erfahrungen als Gitarrenlehrer?!😉

@TheMerc1950 9 ай бұрын

Color me surprised, did not see that coming after watching Andy's video yesterday.

@INDAmedia 9 ай бұрын

Kudos to them for wanting to sort it out. And yet for that price you get a nice real guitar.

@MrBluexmas 9 ай бұрын

I was waiting for this video….😅

@Rayfooproductions 9 ай бұрын

This video related to this one? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a7-mecyD1bnSdKs.html

@danwilhite 9 ай бұрын

That's great they open to discussion on how to make this product better...hope they succeed! Also it would have been quite entertaining to see Glen's review! I'm wondering if it would have involved explosives, a bulldozer or monster truck.

@raslolayton2152 9 ай бұрын

a most illuminating video, and I very much agree it's hats off to the company for wanting to improve their product.

@ralphhathaway-coley5460 9 ай бұрын

Could you ask them if they will remove the threat of legal action against Andy, and apologise to him!

@donsantiago1 9 ай бұрын

Did you control synths with it? I thought that product was made to control VST and the like. I guess it would have better tracking than most competition.

@RoodyH 9 ай бұрын

Well played and well said! Good luck with those meetings and I hope they take things on-board. But.. can we please get Glenn to make a review video, just becaise it'll be effing hilarious! Peace! \m/ >.< \m/

@lukasvandewiel860 9 ай бұрын

It is always great to have your expertise appreciated and used to make the (guitar)world a nicer place! ☺

@rolfjanssen 9 ай бұрын

saw your first video on this junk,just came from andys channel ...keep rockin...name junk by its name

@michaellong5807 9 ай бұрын

Please tell us when or if you plan on doing a beginner course would love to see that

@zakblackhawk204 9 ай бұрын

To quote that guy from Jurassic Park, they were so excited about that they could, that they didn't think about whether they should...

@jmbzrx1200 9 ай бұрын

Best video you’ve done that wasn’t a review. Though I’m sure I’m not the only one regretting that we didn’t get to see Glenn with one….

@James_Gilchrist 3 ай бұрын

Great review. The lack of speaker pole mount is a bigger deal to me for its apparent use case / target market. Lack of expandability (out to second speaker or second PA) is also high on my hopes list for version 2. I wish KompAudio all the best. Love your reviews. 👍

@rokku87 9 ай бұрын

Can't wait to pick one of these up for 100 bucks on the used market as a midi controller.

@Left2See 9 ай бұрын

This reaction is really cool. Maybe they are now working on an improved second version and/or updating the current one. Especially the sounds are a real issue. We have so many VSTis that take up minimal space, are CPU-friendly, and sound good to very good - so why MIDI? Anyway, they have shown genuine interest and acted reasonably. I hope that this is rewarded by remembering the company positively and simply avoiding the product.

@the_panos 9 ай бұрын

The vsts need you to have a real guitar with vibrating strings and pickups to begin with.

@stephenkeen6044 9 ай бұрын

I think it's a technically interesting product. A few of the issues can be fixed in software (capo function mutes notes behind it, use only furthest pressed note for tapping, etc). Some may need a hardware tweak or both hardware and software (muting based on touching strings rather than "bar" on bridge cover). Ultimately, it's difficult to really see the market for it and where they should be trying to position it. Individual RGB LED's under each note would make it better for learning (colour code for each finger for example, better than just the side lights), but it's just too expensive for that purpose alone... 🤷‍♂ It feels like something an engineer came up with and ran with without any thought to whether it actually solves an existing problem or fits any existing market niche. Just being a cool idea that does something in a new way appeals to engineers.

@NicholasColdingDK 9 ай бұрын

I never going to buy that sh*t! Sounds like a dangerous company..

@zachisebi 9 ай бұрын

I love that it didn't occur to their marketing department that the guitar community could have integrity. Please for the love of God send one to Glenn!

@sansocie 9 ай бұрын

I think Glenn would have a stroke or pop a vocal chord.

@zachisebi 9 ай бұрын

@@sansocie I can hear him screaming in my head right now.

@mattwaters6987 8 ай бұрын

Another great review of the "Toy guitar"! Thanks for your honesty sir.😊

@guiarnoldi 9 ай бұрын

Hats off, Henning. Super respect for you. That being said, you may not be in the business of ruining companies and making people jobless, but a bought "opinion" is a direct hit on the consumer - who is the less protected party in the manufacturer, influencer/reviewer and retailer scene. Yes, more than the worker of any company that may go jobless. You may say it's one person mistake and not a company, but when you add bought reviews with legal threats, the lying spec sheet, the overdubbing, the bot spam and probably a ton of worst stuff behind the curtains, you're over one person or one team. Again, a lot of respect for your position in the case, but I really hope they fade into nothingness as an example to future scammers. The guitar community already has enough dogmas with fenders, gibsons, mesa boogies and marshalls; we don't need new companies to perpetuate bad practices. If a company does all that with a kickstarter program investment, can you imagine what could they do with e.g., the Gibson shares of US market (1.5bi - 34% of the 4.4bi of guitar sales in US 2022)? With their practices that are clearly and willingly damaging for their consumers plus plenty fuel (money), you can imagine the fire later. They got their chance and they f'd up. Now they get the heat and then just fade.

@edwardjons8684 9 ай бұрын

This is a very generous video. I agree, it shows some degree of humility to come back to you for feedback, however they are going to have to work very hard to undo the (correct) perception that the company had a profound deficit of integrity and honesty from the outset. Fortunately for them, the only people who are going to know anything about this debacle are the existing guitar community - which is precisely the community who dont need a beginner product anyway. If they fix it and target their youtube ads appropriately they could yet get some success. Lots of ifs…

@zplapplap 9 ай бұрын

They went to market before the prototype was ready. This can be turned into something with a redesign. There are possibly three core products here if they have the money and time to invest in reinvention .