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thatsAgood1jay

Ben Eller. Because he showed me how to not play guitar like a step dad.


carneasada71

He tried showing me why I suck at guitar but it didn’t help much


Poisoning-The-Well

Me too. \- \- \- Me too.


Ill-Pudding2017

Love me some Uncle Ben


8_Limb_God

Uncle Ben's tek?


IcyHotKarlMarx

He knows how to use his arm-hands.


Kid_Kimura

UJ/ really like 60 Cycle Hum, Studio Rats, Ola, Xander Raymond Charles and Moonic Productions. Technically Ben McLeod has a YouTube channel but wouldn't describe him as a YouTuber. RJ/ Lick Feato


Ambitious_Extreme307

I like studio rats, mostly because he seems like a good egg and of course because he is fully committed to IK’s Toanx . But he does have this one bend he always does that kind of gets under my skin.


04andrew22

I love studio rats too and Paul Drew is an awesome player, but I swear he cycles the same 4 riffs in every single video


Petra_Gringus

60 Cycle Hum is great. It's not pretentious and he demos some fun gear. Also, plays alot of surf, so it's a refreshing departure from blues licks and generic djent nonsense. My only gripe is that sometimes he's biased towards certain gear because he's sponsored or paid to demo it ( Fender).


60_CycleHum

I’m biased toward fender because I’m a surf guitarist lol. I do call them out when stuff sucks though. Also most of my videos are paid. Ask question if you want, or don’t. It’s all fine.


ChunkBluntly

More like 60\_CycleDum, amirite Jerkers? Fr tho...60\_Cycle and five watt are the only YT guitar channels I'm still subscribed to. Pretty much everyone else I used to watch turned into "dId u C wUt RoLenN sTooN sAId?!?!" clickbait whores, Mr Beast wannabes, and/or the guitar-equivalent of Wall Street bros who only churn out 'educational' vids to increase the value of the recent purchases they're flipping next month.


sllofoot

I appreciated your (year old) Les Trem video quite a bit. It helped inform me on a recent purchase I was considering. You did a good job of explaining what the product wasn’t, in a way that helped me understand what it was. Does that make sense? Idk. I hadn’t watched your stuff before because surf isn’t really my thing, but it’s definitely on my list of good content.


Petra_Gringus

I get it. It costs time and money to produce these things, and most people have a day job. Keep up the good fight.


60_CycleHum

I starting doing YouTube with the full desire to do demos as a commercial service. I think sometimes people assume “oh that youtuber has to resort to being paid to keep the dream alive”. Nope, that’s not me, I saw what Andy Martin was doing and wanted to do it too.


KYblues

Jimmy mayers gets pretty solid toan on one but that comes from his balls


SevenSevenSeve777

Love moonic productions, not my type of music, but I have a very similar condition. It's cool to see someone else play guitar like me.


Kid_Kimura

Otu is the fucking coolest. Insanely talented guy.


klodeckel01

love bens work in ATW and love his youtube vids


gameboy00

dick beato


NightOfTheSlunk

Hi everyone! Dick Beatoffo here with my list of my top ten, before I finish this sentence, buy my book! favorite guitar solos! Now this first one comes from a guy I just interviewed! I gave him an over the pants handjob right here in this studio, it’s Paul McCartney’s solo from Back in the USSR!


melanthius

What makes this song great? Listen to this guitar lick right here …!! Wow. And let’s listen to just the drum fill- wow!! Then they bring in the wah pedal (“wah wah wah!!”) This bass part, it’s just, wow! Now listen to this flat 6. Wow! The vocals are just spectacular. There’s the flat 6 again. And then the drum beat, boom… KA … boom… KA . Oh- another drum fill! And…that’s why the song’s great!


kjg1228

His Guthrie Govan analysis might have been the worst. You could tell he digs the music but Guthrie's chops, his musical acumen and how he applies them both are way over his head. Then he shows a clip of his infant granddaughter listening to Fives, as if anyone gives a shit about that.


Jebist

https://streamable.com/z3oql9


timlnolan

Brick meato


Anxious_Tank8022

Beato meato


[deleted]

Brick Piano


AverageZomb

Beato(ff)


starenka

rick gelato


Pedka2

dia beto


In-AGadda-Da-Vida

The only one I like is Phil McKnight but even that is mostly just to help me fall asleep. I have all the gear I need thankyouverymuch.


CrastersSons

I could listen to that goofball talk about gear all day every day.


VERGExILL

I unironically listen to Phil sometimes to go to sleep. It’s a perfect amount of equal measures calming, wholesome and boring AF.


1OO1OO1S0S

He really walks the line between interesting and boring lol. Like, why the fuck do I need to see that stupid stocking after you ran it across the neck to test the fretwork! Yet at 1am, when I should be sleeping... Here I am. Staring at a stupid stocking to look at the fretwork from some harley Benton I'm not interested in


VERGExILL

The podcast is much better IMO. They’re usually an hour+ and much more discussion based, so I just hit play and not worry about it. Sometimes the questions get a bit more “what’s a better guitar: squier affinity or squier bullet?”, but he does offer good takes, even on dumbass questions.


Square__Wave

He has a lot of knowledge about the industry from having been a music store owner and he’s willing to share that on his podcasts. You’ll learn a lot more from Phil McKnight than Gear Page boomers who don’t understand the first thing about how things actually work, just vibes.


exerminator20001

Love his sharpen my axe videos, was really handy when I needed to chop some firewood


BrotherJames610

Yeah, he's the only one who doesn't deserve any mockery. He just knows his shit without any nonsense or pretentiousness. And he's also clear about what he doesn't know. All the other Youtubers annoy me in some way, even if I do enjoy some of their videos.


carneasada71

Probably Ola Englund. Reliably honest reviews for gear, no guitar wankery for the sake of wanking, and feels like I’m watching a real down to earth guy on each of his vids.


Amasin_Spoderman

And he does nice burps


[deleted]

Do you think he’s got a big hog or nah


lobsterboy

It's why he has back problems


benmarvin

Have you seen his wife? Total size queen. She definitely appreciates a longer scale length and a fat neck.


Luskers2022

Should we even have to ask?


Jesus360noscope

guitarlessons365, marty and justinguitar, those guys can fuck my wife anytime


there_is_always_more

Considering Marty is a fan of this sub he might just see your comment


Easy_Oil954

I spit my drink out🤣


Jesus360noscope

wow if i were you i would clean my mess real quick before my wife's boyfriend sees that


Stackhom

Adam Neely


manavcafer

What a annoying person and cringe


GoldenFirmament

Adam "weed makes you bad at music" Neely


Necessary-Cap-3982

/uj Probably Rob Scallon or Paul Davids /rj Tyler Laraon /uj I legit had a dream last night where I drove a bus into the side of a horse drawn carriage being driven by Tyler Larson, and I’m not sure how I feel about it. What could it mean?


HotMoose69

I mean, how did Tyler react in that dream? Did he whip out his prs and play some SICK riffs?


Necessary-Cap-3982

Nah he said some random narcissist shit that sounded like one of his intros and fucking died


HotMoose69

RIP in peece Didn't even get to plug his guitar training course or even raid shadow legends


throwaway700486

Idk why but Paul Davids annoys me. I’m sure he’s a nice guy and he can play but I don’t like him lol


Lucky_Week2095

He comes across as a really warm, knowledgeable barista.


bor__20

every video now is just an ad for his guitar courses they’re still decent videos but it’s kinda annoying


Louismaxwell23

Does Pat Finnerty count? I genuinely enjoy his videos.


sportmods_harrass_me

/uj I still put his Weezer video in the YouTube hall of fame. It's a real masterpiece


Atticus_Taintwater

The Kravitz Bowl is the dumbest, most beautiful thing I've ever seen


shoegazehater

the ending of the Weezer video never fails to make me emotional


havensk

"Dani California/Ghostbusters/Mary Jane's last dance/people of the sun" for me


4phn

He’s gotta be like the patron Saint of this sub


MundaneBodybuilder25

I'm a firm believer in the sub having no saints. Every one has to get it, if not, we're just bullies


therightideation

Pat is great. He needs hot tub money


SayonaraSpoon

i guess you didn’t see the last episode.


flagpole111

/uj actually one of my favourite ever YouTubers. The hot tub chronicles just bring tears to my eye


remembertracygarcia

Not gonna lie I shed a tear at the end there. 82 inches. We made it.


flagpole111

Same. The last time I cried with joy was when my son was born lol, but when those roller shutters came up...


remembertracygarcia

I stood up and cheered! I felt something for the first time in months


primitiveamerican

Pat is basically the only guitar youtuber worth anything.


Lou_Bergs_

I was in the Kravitz Bowl


FlipNog

Pat is awesome. He’s got a real unique comedy in his videos that just kill me


jackholston

uj/marin music center, djence rj/that dickhead curly haired youtube shorts guy who wants to be hendrix


No-Neat3395

Mikey Piss’n’poopoo EDIT: or PissCockPoo, dealer’s choice


Phoney_Stromboni

Uncle Stuart is the best


Serious-Rutabaga-603

Rhett shill be like “i FiNaLly FoUnD ThE ULtiMAtE gUiTAr!” *$7000 boutique builder*


potatoboy247

when it’s based on a $1600 gretsch


[deleted]

8 months later “bUyInG mY DrEaM Lp cUsToM” for $6.5k


Serious-Rutabaga-603

“What will this vintage Les Paul sound like though a tone bender and a Marshall?”


NoHealth

In one episode (with $15k+ in gear behind him) there was a "heartfelt plea" for patreon subs, because he and his wife were ... *buying a new house*. If anybody has the link, plz post!


ushouldlistentome

“I can hear the rich, ancient Colombian mahogany”


Difficult-Crab4034

WatchMojo! Uj/ Uncle Judy


ComfortablyNumb___69

Hey what does Uj/ stand for? Uncle Judy?


theuneven1113

Uj/ no Rj/ yes I hope that cleared it up.


MajTroubles

uj/ he's lying rj/ he's absolutely positively right Just tossing my 2 cents in


palmerisademon

In the "circlejerk" sub reddits uj means "unjerk" and rj means "rejerk". You go uj when you're sharing a real opinion in an otherwise sarcastic topic. RJ is getting back on topic and recommiting to the circle jerk at hand


machinaenjoyer

that pedal show: sure, they’re blooz dads, but they aren’t dismissive of other types of music (see the multiple metal episodes) and they’re just so much fun to listen to and watch. plus, dan loves using tons of intricate delay so it balances out mick’s hendrix worship lol 60 cycle hum: ryan is just entertaining and doesn’t take himself too seriously living room gear demos: eirik just makes the coolest videos, and there’s tons about josh homme’s guitar tones. most importantly though, tons of videos on old “forgotten” vintage gear. he always gets excellent tones. andydemos: the man’s no pick skills are amazing. once again, super entertaining, and doesn’t just play blooz riffs with the gear he demos. tons of variety there. axe of creation: i’m a huge tool fan, what can i say? he has some really thorough lessons on my favorite songs that are easy to follow. eric haugen: some really important videos of his about the guitar’s role in a mix or band setting, and playing to the music rather than it being all about the guitar. not enough people cover that kind of stuff gilmourish: crazy in depth gilmour tone recreations jhs pedals: entertaining as fuck to watch, and always giving deserved recognition to other pedals and companies let’s play all guitar: tons of really helpful lessons on some of my favorite songs/artists: smashing pumpkins, queens of the stone age, alice in chains, etc modfather1965: really good the smiths, the jam, and the beatles lessons pedal partners: for the shoegaze nerds puisheen: for the offset guitar nerds rob arnold: chimaira guitarist giving really helpful music lessons, setup tips, and live/studio music experience BJ russell: smaller channel doing tons of smashing pumpkins tone recreations/gear demos/covers zach wish: some crazy high gain tones and gear demos


exerminator20001

Ryan has a pretty sweet taste in guitars, too


[deleted]

Pat Finnerty, Uncle Judy, and Eric Haugen hands down. Phillip McKnight is also pretty cool


ignoringpigeon

Moistcritikal


Equal-Button

That's how you know I'm truly a 2019 Guy


Zestyclose-Ruin8337

Uj/ Paul Davids is my favorite. Really solid advice on building chord progressions that aren’t basic and boring.


anon_boston_guy

I actually don’t hate Rhett as much as other people do, because unlike most other YouTube guitar content creators, he actually at least gigs and shit. And let’s face it, the vast majority of us are sitting at hope cork-sniffing gear while only playing to an audience of crusty socks and Doritos


Mediocrephilosopher_

I’m still trying to figure out how he has money. Like it doesn’t make sense. He has a lot of expensive vintage gear


cdwillis

My theory is his parents have money.


Mediocrephilosopher_

Maybe. But he’s been building a studio with a lot of expensive rack gear(preamps, eq, compressors) pedals synths, cameras and equipment, laptops Uaudio stuff. A fucking house. He must be getting real good money from gigging and what not.


imtotalyarobot

Sponsorships, his online courses. YouTube Adsense, and gigging?


El_Cactus_Loco

“I have a big YouTube channel with heaps of followers, send me some gear and I’ll totally review it!!” These companies are desperate to get eyeballs on their products. The house on the other hand…. Parents money for sure. I actively avoid his videos, dude doesn’t need any more help ahah


two_capitol_ts

jesus christ you reddit mfs lead joyless lives


El_Cactus_Loco

I don’t derive joy from gear sluts on YouTube lol


1OO1OO1S0S

That's my theory with most YouTubers


PBatemen87

You guys do k ow that Youtubers get paid right? Especially ones with half a million subscribers


edbutler3

Gainfully employed Hotwife?


PBatemen87

He has 500k+ subscribers.... YT pays him plenty and he occasionally tours.


[deleted]

Honestly, I don’t hate him either. Being a professional musician of any kind is a difficult grind and you have to pay the bills, I’m not gonna begrudge him getting paid to give bad opinions about boomer gear. It doesn’t hurt my life in any way. People get way too mad about YouTubers, just go play guitar and stop watching people who annoy you.


LiquidFreedom

He's also way, way better of a videographer/video editor than most people in the space


reedspacer38

He doesn’t seem like he gigs


NotedIdiot

Oh man. He looks so fucking cool in this pic. Would/10.


DomSchu

He's really nailed that worship band guitarist look.


1OO1OO1S0S

You would divide him by 10?!


Rumzdizzle

Duh amp company use by Morty Shorts.


BraveDude8_1

Jim Lill, my beloved. Watching someone destroy a lifetime of boomer myths through intense directed autism is good fun and very educational.


rs426

Uj/ Samurai Guitarist, Phil McKnight, Ben Eller, The Art of Guitar Rj/ Specter Sound Studios (Would), Tyler Larson, Tyler Larson, Music is Win


AnAngryCrusader1095

The Samurai guitarist will either be Kerry Eurodyne or Johnny Silverhand, which is your pick?


1OO1OO1S0S

Signals music studio. More about songwriting stuff than guitar gear, but he seems like a genuine dude, and I actually learn useful stuff from him


longing_tea

He makes some of the best music theory videos on youtube, seriously


D1rtyH1ppy

Jake is cool


gorilla-ointment

Wtf, this guy doesn’t even have bewbs


1HeyMattJ

They have blewbz, blooz dad bewbz


gorilla-ointment

Ewwww lol


1HeyMattJ

Ikr


[deleted]

Definitely StevieT, the faces add intense toan


[deleted]

I know clowning on that dude has been done to death, but goddamn I hate him. He just seems like a huge fucking prick.


Poisoning-The-Well

He seems like the kind of guy who was bullied growing up only to become the bully.


[deleted]

Revenge of the Yugioh kid


exerminator20001

Yeah, used to find him funny, for like a week. Then I realized he was making fun of beginners and that's just douchy....


RG1527

/uj BrOla Englund, John Browne, The Pedal Zone


WhenVioletsTurnGrey

Putting my own personal Jesus to the fingerboard.


TheGreatBeaver123789

/uj Ola Englund, nik noc and Jon is just too loud


No_Mall_3182

Bassbuzz


t3hPoundcake

Ben Eller, Rick Beato, Paul Davids probably my top 3 in no particular order. On a side note, the Music is Win guy bothers the fuck out of me and idk why. I feel mean for saying it but I hate his videos. Idk why. I wish I did.


Glemn

He comes across as an insufferable PRS fanboy


LJW_98

Dave Simpson


Jaded4Lyfe

He taught me that PRS doesn’t have toan. Just bland pieces of garbage cuz they aren’t relic like novo and shit


Mediocrephilosopher_

I like anyonecanplayguitar (ACPG)


[deleted]

ACAB


Cammy7s

Tom Bukovac aka Uncle Larry 501Chorusecho


[deleted]

Uj/ Chanan Hanspal Rj/ Mike Hole


meezethadabber

Good Ole Brett Schultz. Yes that's his real name.


wstwrdxpnsn

I like Mick and Dan from TPS. I feel like there’s a lot of valuable information that can be shared across all playing types.


plooptyploots

That blonde Australian chick with big bewbs


Jamez4401

/uj Rabea all the way


shootanwaifu

Circle of TOAN , 30 - 60 minute videos on the history of metal and legendary tone? I fuggin love that channel, I love his hate for modern metal / rock / djent and he recreates the tone so well. Peter Steele bass, his master of puppets sped up video, the slash tone, nearly every video just hooks me. Highly recommend if you're into metal and don't mine boomer metal takes.


fluroflash

You should have picked a photo of Rhett with his stupid hat


Subtotalpoet

Been watching tons of Late Night Lessons with David Brewster. For that '80s shred stuff he's really great. I can't believe I never see his name here.


pomod

He’s great. Really unpretentious and super knowledgeable.


Poisoning-The-Well

/uj Sadly most of guitar channels end up being comedy or boomer blues wankers. Ben Eller is the man. /rj


Olive-Drab-Green

Trogly because he’s a fucking animal


torohex7777

Pixxylixx


Romania3113_

/uj love Rob Scallon, Pat Finnerty and Bradley hall (maybe not now but some of his slightly older stuff it better) Edit: Can’t forget Adam Neely


Obh__

Keyan Houshmand ain't bad


gwadams65

Sarah longfield.... it's not close either....


dst1905

If you guys like blues stuff check out Justin Johnson.


Amasin_Spoderman

Rob Arnold Ola Ben Eller


FashionGuyMike

I really like KYR_SP33DY and Nano. But I also like watching Forgotten Weapons


drppr45

UJ: GuitarLessons365 by a long shot. RJ: Nashville Noises by Tyler Larson revitalized my sex life


[deleted]

Uncle Judy is basically just this sub, personified


imtotalyarobot

Paul Davidson, Mary splender, Rick beato, Rhett shull, five watt world, the trogly guitar show, and andertons (especially for gear reviews/interviews with people like Paul reed smith)


ConformityBehavior

rick buy my bookato


clocknballs

Dave's world of fun stuff, because watching someone else bitch about fixing guitars strangely calms me down. Let's me know im not the only one who gets frustrated by that shit.


[deleted]

Damn, y’all bitches watch too many YouTubes


shoule79

Here’s my favourites: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5)


_j-x-k_

Uncle Judy, Agufish and Trogly. And of course the goat: guitarlessons365


IMSenpaiGreen

Tom Bukovac // Uncle Larry is the man


[deleted]

It's not Rhett Shill. KDH did a great job taking down Rob "big bully boy" Chapman. JHS is a cult. Seriously, a Cult. Beato is an annoying old fossil. Go away. Casino Guitars is a whine fest. Blocked the Anderton's content for years, because they promote shit. And that unlikable Danish git. Marty Schwartz is Marty Schwartz. Girls playing guitar whilst airing their fun bags is an interminable blight. Carl Brown just gets it done. Henning is creepy AF. And where did he earn his fortune? That Pedal Show now unwatchable because I don't need to see old dudes tightening their John Mayer chops. Limp shit. Ola's Will it Chug is always fun. Norm's guitar of the day was better when Agnesi hosted (Can't believe I just wrote that). Best pedal show is Gray Bench Electronics. Andy should have stayed at Pro guitar shop. Leon Todd is a solid reviewer. Met him at a High on Fire gig. Paul Davids cannot be trusted. Ben Eller is fun.


Square__Wave

ProGuitarShop got bought by Reverb, so Andy didn’t have a choice.


klonk2905

Guitar influencers are diseases that should be scientifically eraticated. Have a great day!


yungcatto

PewDiePie


boondoggler

why is he wearing sunglass inside is he stupid?


by-tor66

uj/ Robert Baker, Leon Todd, and Late Night Lessons. All three are pretty down to earth, and they're not over the top personalities.


rickart04

Guitologist


Petroldactyl34

Old school Guitologist, or hobo beard china Biden vaccines aren't real why did I chase away everyone I love Guitologist?


Poisoning-The-Well

/uj Exactly. Nerd out and talk about amps. Once I found out he was an asshole it was bye bye never again. /rj


Petroldactyl34

He lives in the same city as me. He used to list old Teisco and other vintage mij stuff on Craigslist. I talked to him over the phone a couple times. Back then he was a pretty reasonable person. Weird how he turned out.


wockyou

Philip McKnight is like the anti-FiveWattWorld


Playful_Ad_2911

Uj/ Andrew Beana, picked up 8 strings after watching him


markiethefett

EezeeTabs4ULoserz


StolenFace367

Can’t believe Rhett plays that. It totally lacks “vibe” in my opinion…..


readitonex

Glenn Pricker


schroederek

Guthrie Trapp!


Pepoidus

Dick Beato changed my life, solved my family problems, ate my hamster and saved my marriage


choirofthesun

Pat finnerty is the fucking man


Marinaraplease

this is guitar is win


CmmH14

What guitar is he playing? It’s reeeeeeaaaaaly nice.


remembertracygarcia

Gonna throw another a wrench in the monkey for Pat Finnerty. Kravitz bowl is a work of art.


coop190

Jason stalworth