Dunlop makes a lot of different pics, some of them are brighter and some of them are darker. I don't think any pic is dull, but I would choose a brighter pick on dull strings. Generally I like darker pics especially with fresh strings. Not really a better or worse thing.

Thanks!

Rock on!

At first I was using an HX stomp for dual amps in 4 cable with the HX effects, then I started using a UA dream pedal in the FX Loop of the HX effects, there are a bunch of videos on my channel on both of those setups... for the past few months I've been using a Kemper toaster as an all-in-one but I'm using my HX effects as a midi controller for it because I'm not ready to buy that Kemper remote ( Kemper videos forthcoming)

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Thanks!... I think Guitar Center keeps an acoustic amp in there, I'll try to plug it in next time. Great idea!

Yes, maple neck, I remember that now, thought that was strange on an acoustic (not bad)

@@BillySoundFarm definitely different but I kind of like it. Feels like an electric neck

Same D16 special in both videos, it was marked d16e mistakenly on the Guitar Center label and I didn't realize it in the first video (this one you commented on was the first). If I had actually checked the depth against another Martin D model I would have realized something was up... so technically I haven't played a D16 but I'm sure the shallower body makes a big difference. The D16 special is basically like an HD 28 with a satin finish and no herringbone, and lower grade tonewood.

@@BillySoundFarm my point is, you played a 16 special in both videos, but in the first video, you said it wasn’t as good as a D28. Then you flipped your opinion in the second video a few months later. So which is it? Genuinely curious, no criticism.

@@Cousin_Gregg well, in the video where I said a D28 was better, I was just going on my memory of a D28 and my warm fuzzy feelings. But in the video that I thought I would take the D16 special, I literally had played a D28 10 minutes before that... so I think my comments in the second video are more reliable with regards to any comparison

@@BillySoundFarm many thanks 🫡 love the channel and all the best to you!

@@Cousin_Gregg thanks!

So, is it something wrong with it?

@@damiannoremberg7760 absolutely not, Nothing wrong with it. It's just not exactly what I would be looking for, though it's great. It is exactly what you pay for. It is a 900 guitar. It will sound, feel, play like a $900 guitar... There are $350 guitars that play like $900 guitars, and there are $3,500 guitars that play like $900 guitars, But this is a $900 guitar that plays like a $900 guitar. fair and square.

Yes that's just as I suspected, now I must seek out this street master one...

Cool, let me know how you like it!

Yeah I'm coming to the conclusion more and more that certain guitars like certain strings

@@BillySoundFarmyeah it’s an interesting thing. Based on your video I would not use Elixirs. When I got this guitar ($3500 koa) I was like ‘no way I’m using coated strings on it.’ I tried a bunch, and when I finally put Elixirs on it I knew from the first strum. I think koa and mahogany tops naturally damps out high frequencies so there’s less of a noticeable difference between coated and un coated, and the elixirs have a nice strong midrange that compliments the wood. A guy I jam with has a nice solid mahogany guitar with Elixirs which is what opened my eyes to them, they work on that guitar too. I don’t use coated on my electrics. Anyway I like your video style. Thanks again and keep rocking!

@@JoeEngineersThings thanks for the encouragement!

You wouldn't like me when I'm angry...

Thanks!

Thanks, so glad it was helpful! Let me know what you think of it!

Just fyi, I found out after the fact that Guitar Center mislabeled the tag. It wasn't a regular 16, it was a 16 special. I did a follow-up explaining the difference here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aM2hqquq3JuRfY0.htmlsi=bxAUcDfuX-xAhpS4 ... Did you buy a 16 special or a regular 16?

if anything that means you aren't getting the sound quality you're looking for...

Seems risky, how do you know the "new" one will be the same as the one you played and loved?

@@BillySoundFarm just as risky as getting it from the store. I don't know how beat up it's really gotten inside the store. Once the honeymoon phase is over you really see the defects.

Thanks! I had a feeling it was more glue than anything else lol. It didn't sound as good as wood but definitely didn't sound bad. And it's probably indestructible. I think it has a place.

Thanks so much, that means a lot to me! I haven't tried overdrive pedals in front of the dream but I definitely will try it now. I didn't even think about it lol.

@@BillySoundFarm I still don't have nor have tried the Dream 65 and am currently on the fence between it and the Tonex pedal. That is why I was wondering how it takes pedals in front! Your video does make the Dream 65 sound amazing specially when you describe how to just plug in to it, sit on a couch and just be inspired to play! My fear with the Tonex pedal is the amount of presets you can have and I don't want to be buried in menus and presets! But the Tonex pedal seem cool like having several presets of specific amps I like. For example, I can have three drive levels (clean, mid, crunch) for amps like: Supro, Hiwatt, Vox ac30, several Marshalls and several Fenders. But then I would need a midi controller for all these. The advantage here is that I might not need any additional gain pedal in front! With the Dream 65 I liked how you came to the three sounds (presets) that you found as they sounded great! Special the SRV mod. I will start checking your older videos because I haven't seen anyone explain how this pedal works so well as you did. Often people just demo pedals for a day or two and make a video quickly. Yours happened after months of use so you got to really know its intricacies. Thanks again!

@@jonathantarbay1431 I haven't tried a tonex, But I've been using a camper for six or seven months now... I'm planning a batch of videos kind of like what I did for the dream 65 and I'm really taking my time and thinking through all the angles... But I say that just to say that I think capture technology is really good. I haven't compared a deluxe reverb Kemper profile with my dream 65 yet, but the Kemper is indistinguishable from the amp its profiling as far as I can tell so far. The tonex is probably not quite as good as a Kemper, but that guy Sooze on tone junkies says he thinks "capture tech beats modeling every time", And that seemed really arrogant to me until I actually lived with the kemper for a while. The only thing is I have it in my head that it's lame to run other people's capture profiles, so owning the Kemper has made me want to own more amps to profile them because I'm not just going to buy other people's third party profiles. With the tonex You would need more equipment to make your own profiles, it's truly just a player of the capture profiles. ... You can absolutely run the dream65 and have gain staging without a pedal in front. You can use the mobile app to configure it so that the left hand button toggles between a preset and manual mode, And then you can configure the right button to toggle the boost on and off... So that's four tones right there, your preset, your preset with the boost, the manual settings that you have the knobs on, and the manual setting with the boost... For instance, one idea I had for running it would be the left button toggling between a clean scooped preset and clean mids pushed manual settings, And then for each I can use the boost button on the right. ... ... You should just buy both. You deserve it. One of each.

Ahh... I can't wait to tell future generations what 0% interest financing was...

Thanks! I did a follow up sound demo afterwards, it's here if you're interested kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l5t0gLmAz8y1gYU.html

But what about the music?

I think I agree that the D18 is better overall quality, But I feel like they're very different things. I want to like Eastman, I just can't get my head around it. Every argument people make that they want to get an Eastman over a Martin or a Gibson, that argument can be made even stronger to get something a third of the price at the Eastman or less and just as good. I like really affordable guitars, or I like really high-end guitars, I really struggle with something that's trying to split the difference.

Yes. To each his own. For what it’s worth, I have a Martin d28 a Taylor 314ce and an Eastman OM. 95% of time I pick up The Eastman is what I play. It’s an om though.

I have a Greg Bennett by samick ASDR That's really great, that would be along the same lines as the Cort or guild stuff you were talking about. I talked about it in a video I released last week, let me know if you think a complete demo and review would be helpful. This is the video where I was talking about it kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kLCagM2mtazWgXk.htmlsi=9a_aGeCa-YgqvwsW

😂 If you play copywritten material to yourself than the chip in your brain will rat you out and you'll have to pay royalties

When there's nothing left except Amazon, people will say it's Amazon's fault, like it's some kind of conspiracy. And in reality, it will be our fault.

They can't offer discretionary discounts on used gear as a matter of policy. I used to think this was a big mistake, but then I realized that all the stuff I thought they were never going to sell at whatever price I thought was outrageous... Eventually it sold. They don't have anything to gain by turning it over quickly and cutting their margins because it's used so they can't replace it immediately like with new gear. ... Also, I've returned stuff that was used that I had shipped in and they refunded the tax and shipping and there was no restocking fee I got 100% of my money back.

@@BillySoundFarm well no hating or anything like that but I prefer Sweetwater their customers service is 100% legit they email or call on the spot if there is any trouble whit wetever I buy even for a set of strings and I like the small pouch whit candys

@@jcalzada74 I like Sweetwater, and I'm in sales so I respect the investment they make in their phone salespeople. For little things like strings and stuff they're my second choice if Guitar Center doesn't have it in stock locally. For anything big enough that I might want to return it, I would order it from Guitar Center because I hate paying return shipping if I have to return to Sweetwater. It's smart of them to charge you for return shipping though, it disincentivizes petty returns. But if I'm spending a few hundred dollars on something or more, I want to be able to get all of my money back If something is wrong, or even if I just change my mind... If sweetwater ran local shops they probably could do it better than Guitar Center does. But they don't. And that means something to me, Sweetwater doesn't love me enough to have a counter in my town where I can walk in my return and set it down. Guitar Center does.

Awesome story!

lol yeah maybe, but it's possible the scratch and dents got gobbled up before you got there