Guitar Dealers ADMIT the Market is COMPLETELY FLOODED with Gibson and Fender!

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  • čas přidán 20. 06. 2024
  • On this day of the Dallas International Guitar Festival, a dealer says "they've loaded us up" with new Gibson and Fender guitars. Claims there are too many on the market and prices are crashing. Plus, we'll check out possibly the first ever 7-string guitar ever made, and see a super rare MicroFrets guitar and Rickenbacker M-30 Ek-O-Sound Tube Amplifier.
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    0:00 Intro, Martins, Mustangs, Jaguars
    4:15 Gibson Pricing Crazy, Gretsch Amp Collector
    8:01 Maxitone Bass, Gibson & Fender have FLOODED the market
    13:35 1980s Shredder Guitars, Guthrie Govan, Parker
    15:44 Small Vintage Amps, David Gilmour Strat for $9500
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    24:05 Hagstrom, Kapa Teardrop, Les Paul Artisan, '52 Paul, 1776 Mustang
    28:01 Oddball Basses, Pixie Rhythm Guitar
    32:08 Rickenbacker ek-o sound M-30, Gene Parsons B-Bender
    35:22 Go Pedalboards www.gopedalboards.com
    38:09 Rare Microfrets Guitar
    41:38 Ellis Guitars Solderless Pickup System www.ellisguitars.us/
    43:52 Fender Vibrolux Reverb, Teisco Professional Amp
    45:52 1967 Gretsch George Van Eps 7-String Prototype, White Penguin, Butchered Epiphone
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Komentáře • 827

  • @jaypeterson7637
    @jaypeterson7637 Před 12 dny +9

    I think your Microfrets question is called a 'Baader-Meinhof'.

    • @TheGuitologist
      @TheGuitologist  Před 12 dny +10

      I would agree, except that phenomenon is explained as stemming from selective attention and confirmation bias. My experience is that it reeks of a more spiritual singularity, not unlike the feeling one gets when one experiences deja vu. Almost like God is winking from just behind the veil of an illusory world. The odds of encountering my very first Microfrets guitar in my entire 35 year guitar career and then hearing about them from a friend mere days later is a coincidence that's hard to put a statistical figure on.

    • @johnsmith-bk4ps
      @johnsmith-bk4ps Před 12 dny +2

      I used to pass them up at yard sales, thought they were pretty ugly, seemed expensive too usually a couple hundred bucks, this was early eighties i was finding different colored fender amps a hundred bucks a pop. One time 3 in a week a brown princeton a deluxe and a super.. all brown

    • @MrDavidschloss
      @MrDavidschloss Před 12 dny +3

      @@TheGuitologist Synchronicity or morphic resonance

    • @smokinvalves
      @smokinvalves Před 11 dny

      ​@TheGuitologist Boom

    • @sethdad9992
      @sethdad9992 Před 11 dny +1

      @@TheGuitologist Its called Synchronicity great chan

  • @deltawhiskey1398
    @deltawhiskey1398 Před 13 dny +183

    I'm still waiting for the "prices to crash"....I won't pay $1200 for a guitar that was $850 two years ago...and I won't pay $1000 for the used model with dings and scratches.

    • @VilleKuitunen6
      @VilleKuitunen6 Před 13 dny +12

      Yeah, me neither, and the market is absolutely FULL of this stuff...

    • @TheGuitologist
      @TheGuitologist  Před 13 dny +54

      Prices probably are not going back to where they were before they printed all that money. You might find the occasional deal, and prices generally will have to come down to earth, but this is going to put a lot of builders out of business. People just don't have the disposable cash on hand.

    • @hugh-johnfleming289
      @hugh-johnfleming289 Před 12 dny +35

      I was looking for an Epiphone Junior just for open G stuff. Just banging chords. Everyone thinks they have gold when it's aluminum.
      Let's GO Brandon...

    • @lenonel3286
      @lenonel3286 Před 12 dny +4

      amen brother

    • @michaeljarvis5489
      @michaeljarvis5489 Před 12 dny +18

      ​@@hugh-johnfleming289 go round the bowl and down the hole -- FJB!

  • @funkster007
    @funkster007 Před 12 dny +49

    How in the hell are people selling any gear at those prices these days? I doubt there are many "vintage" enthusiasts even alive anymore for that matter.

    • @craigshewchuk9018
      @craigshewchuk9018 Před 12 dny +5

      That's how I am grabbing all this vintage gear for massive discounts off the prices shown here locally from older guys who want to get rid of it for whatever they got it for back then and want it to get used

    • @johnsmith-bk4ps
      @johnsmith-bk4ps Před 12 dny +3

      China is aquiring a taste for vintage guitars, its gonna get crazy, even more so than when the japanese were buying them up. Snag an old strat or tele or maybe a les paul while you still can

    • @shaft9000
      @shaft9000 Před 12 dny +12

      They ~aren't~ selling at those prices. Those are the _asking_ prices (what's written on the tag), and they just peaked about a month ago... for WAY too many used guitars.
      Nobody wants most of them at even half the asking price, because most of them were never desireable even 'back in the day'. _They're just OLD GUITARS._ So in their case "Vintage' means fuck-all except to draw casuals who don't know what they want. And they sure wont want to pay $3000+ for an old guitar they've never heard of.
      Only the most special/unique guitars will hold or rise for the foreseeable future.

    • @shawn_ten_toes
      @shawn_ten_toes Před 11 dny +15

      When the boomers are gone, this stuff will lose a ton of its value. Just look at model trains, sports cards, art trends, etc. It all comes and goes in cycles with what's popular and who has the money.

    • @sharplessguy
      @sharplessguy Před 11 dny +4

      @shaft9000 I agree. Whenever I see an ad asking for insane amounts and calling the item "super rare" it's usually because they couldn't give away the item when they originally made it. Just because it's old that doesn't mean that it's valuable.

  • @PurposefulPorpoise
    @PurposefulPorpoise Před 12 dny +61

    Nicotine Yellow needs to be an official color

    • @misterknightowlandco
      @misterknightowlandco Před 12 dny +5

      It is. We call it antique or vintage white 😂 I love the color.

    • @shaft9000
      @shaft9000 Před 12 dny +1

      it looks more like banana pudding. a bit too pasty and opaque for a nicotine stain.

    • @davidcollin1436
      @davidcollin1436 Před 12 dny

      Joe's lung

    • @trapperjohn8481
      @trapperjohn8481 Před 12 dny +1

      I should build a smoker that uses straight tobacco instead of wood chips to get that beautiful nicotine stained look everyone loves but with much less cancer

    • @bobbyarthur-yf3yf
      @bobbyarthur-yf3yf Před 12 dny

      @@shaft9000the binding on my 94 is more nicotine stain than banana pudding unless caramel was fired on the top

  • @Skoora
    @Skoora Před 12 dny +23

    Gotta love a guitar show or store where what you have isn't worth shit but somehow all of their stuff is curated magic...lol

  • @cataclysmicconverter
    @cataclysmicconverter Před 11 dny +7

    If all the guitar factories in the world shut down today, there would be enough guitars to last the market for at least 10 years. As in not having problems finding ANY make/model one would want.

  • @captainhowdy3104
    @captainhowdy3104 Před 12 dny +37

    it seems like too many investors or flippers buying gibs, not actual guitar players.

    • @j_freed
      @j_freed Před 8 dny

      As a guitar player I sure do wish I was trading ‘Bursts and such 40 years ago.
      I’d be happy enjoying those suckers and keeping the best playing and looking ones. Some were dogs of course.

  • @tacoconch7678
    @tacoconch7678 Před 11 dny +11

    When you're finding, "reasonable" deals on Reverb, you know the market's tanked. 😅

  • @GrantSeinerOutdoors
    @GrantSeinerOutdoors Před 13 dny +36

    Fender and gibson dropped the ball too many times. Repeating the same models, same colors, no changes for 100 years. Limited edition now means thousands of runs.

    • @robmcd
      @robmcd Před 12 dny +5

      There are so many colours they just won’t produce.

    • @jimijam1963
      @jimijam1963 Před 10 dny +1

      Then when they add different models, colors or variations, the same people bitch about that. If you don't want a Gibson, then you don't want a Gibson.

  • @georgecaplan11
    @georgecaplan11 Před 12 dny +17

    Once you have a good LP, Strat and Tele - Do you need any more? Gibson and Fender have flooded the market and there’s no reason to pay the full retail price.

    • @RPSchonherr
      @RPSchonherr Před 12 dny +3

      Need an SG ;)

    • @TheGuitologist
      @TheGuitologist  Před 12 dny +7

      @@RPSchonherr I find an SG can do the same job as an LP, or vice versa.

    • @MrJones-xw8mn
      @MrJones-xw8mn Před 12 dny +1

      That is how I have finally settled out my collection. I have a great strat, tele, and Revstar. Really don't need anything else with modeling amps, pedals, and plug-ins that are available. I would love a LP standard but just can't justify the cost.

    • @davidcollin1436
      @davidcollin1436 Před 12 dny +3

      After 60 year I learned to make a better solid body than Fender. Will never buy another.

  • @RishPanjeetJr
    @RishPanjeetJr Před 12 dny +12

    ABSOLUTELY. And that’s one of the reasons I can’t stop assembling offset partscasters!!!

  • @AchillesWrath1
    @AchillesWrath1 Před 12 dny +14

    Didn't look like anyone was buying anything but i haven't seen the whole video yet.

    • @robbrumbarger4051
      @robbrumbarger4051 Před 10 dny +6

      Funny you say that , was at guitar show in Pittsburgh recently. In 2 hours I saw nobody purchasing anything.

  • @StevenSimpson-it5mv
    @StevenSimpson-it5mv Před 12 dny +62

    I've been saying for a long time the guitar industry makes no sense. There is no way there are as many buyers of new guitars as there are new guitars made every day. Then, factor in all new guitars are competing against every used guitar ever made. (How many guitars are ever truly lost or thrown away?)
    Imagine being fender and having to reinvent the strat every couple of years without really deviating too much. Then, consider all of the parts guitars made and the "I'm a Luthier now" journey almost every guitar player goes through. Individual collections can only get so big and there are fewer new players every year. Somethings going to give sooner or later, and Boomergeddon will probably flood (every) market.

    • @Lookup2Wakeup
      @Lookup2Wakeup Před 12 dny +12

      I've wondered how guitar manufacturers can keep producing more & more guitars. Where do they all go?

    • @TheGuitologist
      @TheGuitologist  Před 12 dny +15

      @@Lookup2Wakeup When cash has reached the level of monopoly money and the government is handing it out like candy cigarettes, it has to go somewhere. So it goes into things.

    • @baabaabaa-yp2jh
      @baabaabaa-yp2jh Před 12 dny +5

      Boomergeddon!!
      Hahahaha luv it!

    • @johnsmith-bk4ps
      @johnsmith-bk4ps Před 12 dny +4

      Except the boomers have a lot of awesome vintage stuff.. be nice to see a bunch of that stuff surface!

    • @shaft9000
      @shaft9000 Před 12 dny +4

      Oversupply is a fundamental dynamic and makes for a buyer's market. If it didn't, prices would always go in one direction _only_ - and that would suck for everyone.
      It makes total sense right now. _They built more than the market can bear, so now their short-term Incentives cannot exceed constraints(debts)._
      Even if a builder or seller is currently debt-free they will need enough sales to offset operating at a loss AFTER downsizing, just to compensate enough to stay in business amidst high inflation.
      Prices have to come down for the foreseeable future, and some consolidation and merger/buyouts are going to hurt some folks and (potentially) help some others.

  • @silvestrslusis3007
    @silvestrslusis3007 Před 11 dny +9

    Sadly the prices there are ridiculous.

  • @JackTheRabbitMusic
    @JackTheRabbitMusic Před 12 dny +16

    After your last video, I decided that this time I was gonna play a little game, and count how many people under the age of 40 were at the show. 😂

    • @fgoindarkg
      @fgoindarkg Před 9 dny +8

      I bet you still got enough fingers left for cowboy chords.

    • @JackTheRabbitMusic
      @JackTheRabbitMusic Před 8 dny

      @@fgoindarkg 😂

    • @victornice858
      @victornice858 Před 7 dny

      It actually add ain't funny. It's a black pill dig..sigh

    • @j_freed
      @j_freed Před 7 dny

      Same demographic who can't buy a house, unfortunately.
      If younger professional people have a house partly paid off, they feel richer and spend more.

    • @mikelundquist4596
      @mikelundquist4596 Před 20 hodinami

      7

  • @GovmntLacky
    @GovmntLacky Před 12 dny +44

    So this isn’t so much of a “guitar expo” as it is a “collector’s expo” Based on the guitars and pricing it looks like it’s specifically catered to collectors.

    • @TheGuitologist
      @TheGuitologist  Před 12 dny +11

      Correct. It's a vintage guitar show.

    • @johnsmith-bk4ps
      @johnsmith-bk4ps Před 12 dny +2

      A lot of top pros pay those high prices and play them

    • @SuperOhdannyboy
      @SuperOhdannyboy Před 11 dny +6

      Exactly. I like the look on the woman’s face, probably the wife of the guy with the Gretch amp. I'm guessing she is thinking we need another old amp like a hole in the head.

    • @cautiousoptimist1926
      @cautiousoptimist1926 Před 11 dny +5

      Collectors Expo? Old guys selling overpriced old gear. Hard pass. I remember some of those oddball guitars from 30 years ago. Nobody wanted them then either.

    • @Fin-gj2th
      @Fin-gj2th Před 10 dny +2

      ​@@cautiousoptimist1926 yeah, i had no idea, but some people play guitar as a hobby, but are serious collectors. I know a guy that has like 15 guitars, all vintage. He does play, but he isn't a serious musician ,never been a in band, just an old dude with money and likes to plunk the strings for fun. Lol

  • @SapperRJMorgan
    @SapperRJMorgan Před 12 dny +7

    I will never own a new Gibson or Fender based upon all the amazing boutique guitars you could get for the same price.

    • @TheGuitologist
      @TheGuitologist  Před 12 dny +4

      Agreed. I prefer something with heart and soul and someone's artistry.

  • @RPSchonherr
    @RPSchonherr Před 12 dny +17

    The guitar market is like the car market. few people want an American made one when the foreign competition is just as good and much cheaper. CZcams content creators have shown that the cheaper guitars play and sound just as good as Gibson and Fender. Less expensive wood works just as well and is lighter. Chinese and other Asian quality control has improved because most everything is made with robotics so they get consistant quality every time.

    • @arvetemecha
      @arvetemecha Před 8 dny +1

      the old opposition "good american jobs" vs "cheap chinese forced labor" used to be a point. But nowadays, I'd rather spend my money at a local luthier than buy a 4/5/6k$ mass produced guitar.

  • @randallclemons8638
    @randallclemons8638 Před 12 dny +43

    That guy at the GO pedal board booth. He is a good guy. I was in the Kentucky flood a couple years ago. Lost everything. Family drowned. I posted a pic of the damage in a music group and he contacted me and gave me one of those. Then all kind of people messaged wanting to send pedals and stuff. But, I didn't take anything else. I didn't have anywhere to put it at the time and i was dealing with the loss of my aunt. And I didn't want to seem or feel like I was taking advantage. I debated on accepting his gift at first but he was adamant. He just said he wanted to send me something. I gave him my address and he sent me one of those boards with things to go with it and two pedals. From that one act, I'm still working til today, but I finished rebuilding about all of my guitars and most of my pedals, I fixed. Actually saved one of my amps. The crate. Say what you want about crate, they are built like tanks. The fender and the Roland fell apart. Used to have a marshall, two fender amps actually from the 60s and and old Gibson amp when I was young. Lost them in a different flood. But the last flood was more like an act of God it was so bad. Anyway. That guy, is a good guy. And his stuff is good. God bless him. Simple acts of kindness. And I'm not jumping on you or trolling, just some advice, don't get political. It's not smart in your biz. In the words of Colonel sanders when someone once asked him to run as their vice, are you f'n nuts? I'm trying to run a business here. Why would I want to piss off half of my customers. I'm just as mad as you are. Most people are. I think we all tend to blame different reasons. Looking for simple answers to complex problems. I'm not going to get into my views. Just wanted to say I'm a fan and that dude is a really good guy. Just please for the love of God, no politics. Everywhere I go I have to deal with it. Please don't take this away from me too. Hahahahaha later

    • @TheGuitologist
      @TheGuitologist  Před 12 dny +14

      Pinned. God bless your family. From one Kentucky boy to another, I hope you're in a better place now. That said, I'll talk politics whenever the situation demands it.

    • @gao1258
      @gao1258 Před 12 dny +5

      fellow Kentuckian here Randall sorry for your losses and so happy that you are back on your feet after such devastation, God is indeed good! I will keep an eye out for the GO pedal booth watching Brad's video.Brad has a good heart but he is opinionated, most of my close friends are too haha....

    • @moelarrycurly708
      @moelarrycurly708 Před 11 dny

      If you don't deal politics it will deal with you, We're past the point of letting things slide.
      This election will determine the fate of our country and the world in my opinion.
      Election fraud got us here.

    • @MaTTheWish
      @MaTTheWish Před 8 dny +1

      You can ask an old guy what is his favorite ice cream flavor and he'll start talking politics.
      Can't stop it. LOL

  • @bigmikeyz0071
    @bigmikeyz0071 Před 13 dny +12

    Mark Farner of Grand Funk Rail Road played a Micro Frets guitar early on. It was painted green with lightning bolts on it. It was in the rock’n roll hall of fame for a while. Eddie of Rex Lab is one rad dude.

    • @hugh-johnfleming289
      @hugh-johnfleming289 Před 12 dny +1

      What was that weird ass mirror finish Italian Guitar he played live? I do not recall...

    • @rbarker1706
      @rbarker1706 Před 12 dny +2

      @@hugh-johnfleming289 Veleno brand. They had a jewel inlaid in the head stock, I believe.

    • @SixStrRzr
      @SixStrRzr Před 12 dny +3

      Farner's guitar on first 4 albums was a Messenger. He switched to a 61 white LP Custom (SG shape) for E Pluribus Funk. He toured the Phoenix record with a Microfrets.

  • @unabonger777
    @unabonger777 Před 10 dny +3

    looks like the sellers outnumber the buyers. wait, what buyers? it's a ghost town in there.

    • @TheGuitologist
      @TheGuitologist  Před 10 dny

      This was daytime on a Friday. People still at work.

  • @JohnViguerie
    @JohnViguerie Před 13 dny +14

    Obvious oversupply in every tier

  • @CarlBWood
    @CarlBWood Před 8 dny +3

    12:45 Your discussion with this dealer reveals that you are well in tune with economics and politics, sir. No, we certainly can't print our way out - never should have started. Read you loud and clear. subscribed.

  • @JRingo-vp5wp
    @JRingo-vp5wp Před 10 dny

    Man, this is so cool. Thanks for the tour. Very much enjoyed and your guidance was well done, amigo!

  • @ukguitaryogi2888
    @ukguitaryogi2888 Před 13 dny +23

    i think the used market will fall in value as people need to sell for cost of living , then later they will appreciate for sure way higher with inflation

    • @maidenthe80sla
      @maidenthe80sla Před 12 dny +4

      I am seeing the inventory of used guitars, along with amps, increase quite a bit at the Guitar Centers I look at online and believe it is all due to the sour economy continuing on with no let up.

    • @ukguitaryogi2888
      @ukguitaryogi2888 Před 12 dny

      I think in 2016 in UK i purchased a wine red LP studio in UK . for £375 or so including shipping. they quite alot more here now but this is a reference.

    • @johnsmith-bk4ps
      @johnsmith-bk4ps Před 12 dny +2

      Yes our country has gone down the tubes economically in the last 3 years

    • @PrisonerD
      @PrisonerD Před 12 dny

      ​@@maidenthe80sla I went to my local pawn shop the other day, and they were absolutely overflowing with stock. 12 months ago they had very little and it was all junk, now there's a lot of good stuff there - people are obviously struggling and having to offload gear.

    • @qua7771
      @qua7771 Před 12 dny +2

      The guitar market has been cyclical like every other market. I'm wondering if the incoming generation will be buying guitars as the boomer generation leaves the marketplace. That would certainly effect demand. Boomers leaving might flood the market with vintage gear.

  • @jjzap2935
    @jjzap2935 Před 11 dny +2

    Thanks for taking us to the show with ya Brad!!

  • @gsbguitarsgsb679
    @gsbguitarsgsb679 Před 11 dny +2

    It seems to me greed has a hold on a lot of folks especially in the vintage guitar marketplace it’s down right ridiculous and frustrating. I could definitely get off into the weeds about the way of this country right now. I’m a veteran and it infuriates me to no end…

  • @user-gc8wf4tm1b
    @user-gc8wf4tm1b Před 10 dny +3

    It’s not the economy that makes guitars high priced, it’s greedy resellers and manufacturers.

  • @michaelthomas9991
    @michaelthomas9991 Před 12 dny +2

    This is an outstanding video! I live near Dallas, but the show prices are far out of my reach. Thank you for posting this video, and I look forward to the related vids that you mentioned!

  • @LifeProducersofNewJerseyLLC

    The guitar markets is like the downhill skiing market. In skiing, you have to be introduced to snow skiing. Usually your family will be into it or you school will have ski trips. Over the years, the ski market has died. Few ski stores are open, many mountains have closed due to lack of business. When I go to the ski shows it has become smaller and smaller over the years. Just like this show, people sit around and look at one another. With guitars, only the country music market is active, the rock market is dead, mostly recycled classic rock is played in most markets. so is the dance music market where you see people dancing on stage, not playing instruments mostly. Kids don't listen to music like they did in the 1970's and 1980's. No record stores now.

  • @floydlay9189
    @floydlay9189 Před 12 dny +1

    Awesome video Brad,,Thanks mate!

  • @Attercop47
    @Attercop47 Před 12 dny

    Thanks for the Guitologist Documentary , I got to enjoy the scenery and I didn't have to think too much , Job well Done !

  • @alexkennedy7671
    @alexkennedy7671 Před 13 dny +4

    I'm overwhelmed by the sheer variety of wares on the go here - it's mindblowing Brad

    • @TheGuitologist
      @TheGuitologist  Před 12 dny +6

      That's why I prefer shows like this to stuff like NAMM.

  • @boomerbendingblueslawyer
    @boomerbendingblueslawyer Před 11 dny +4

    Whoa that Red Ibanez Roadstar at 1:17 was my first playable electric guitar back in High School 🤟

  • @trapperjohn8481
    @trapperjohn8481 Před 12 dny +2

    Really enjoying these last couple of videos. Keep up the good work Brad

  • @gold3nmonk3y63
    @gold3nmonk3y63 Před 12 dny +4

    My buddy's mother in-law owned a 1956 D-28, he passed away 8 years ago, and she passed away a few years prior, so I wouldn't be able to find out, but that looks just like her guitar, makes me wonder. They lived on/near lookout mountain down in Georgia. I played it a few times, sounded beautiful.

  • @benallmark9671
    @benallmark9671 Před 12 dny

    Thanks Brad. Awesome stuff !

  • @Mambojambo157
    @Mambojambo157 Před 13 dny +11

    The lost art of cigarette packaging

    • @HarrietHare
      @HarrietHare Před 12 dny +1

      Marlboro, Gitanes, Camel, Dunhill - Indeed a lost art😢

  • @soapboxearth2
    @soapboxearth2 Před 12 dny +2

    Used to buy and sell guitars up until 10 years ago. My buddy was always shocked that I could guess the asking price of any guitar he would quiz me with.
    Now I'm the one that's shocked when I see the asking prices..

  • @davidflamee
    @davidflamee Před 12 dny

    Can't wait to see what you bring home. Got one two ideas but i'll keep those under my hat. All very exciting.

  • @collinwhitley3543
    @collinwhitley3543 Před 11 dny +3

    The "two-tone" Jaguar you mentioned at 54:23 is a normal sunburst example with a "Parker body guard" attached to the back. This was an accessory sold by Fender that protected the back of the guitar from buckle rash. Ironically what it achieved instead was usually marring the finish on the sides of the guitar since the foam badly interacted with the lacquer finish.

  • @UKDrew
    @UKDrew Před 12 dny

    Awesome as Always what a really cool series of vids So much info thankyou.

  • @bobsanders8030
    @bobsanders8030 Před 12 dny +5

    MicroFret guitars were made in Frederick Maryland. Eddie Van Halen collected them.

  • @BlueberryStinkFinger62
    @BlueberryStinkFinger62 Před 12 dny +9

    Gibson downfall first was the lawsuit failures then the final blow to Gibson came in 2019/2020 that when JC Curliegh Restored Epiphone back to a premium brand.

    • @qua7771
      @qua7771 Před 12 dny

      What lawsuit? Gibson commissioned Japanese factories to build Orville's, and Epiphone's.

    • @auntjenifer7774
      @auntjenifer7774 Před 12 dny

      Gibson sued Dean. ​@@qua7771

    • @Myfingersstinklikefish
      @Myfingersstinklikefish Před 12 dny +5

      ​@@auntjenifer7774it was more than just Dean and Dean only had to pay $400 also Gibson was caught in lies after lie about there so called inventions buddy

    • @rocknrollresignation93
      @rocknrollresignation93 Před 9 dny +2

      Epiphone is not a premium brand...What are you smoking?

    • @BlueberryStinkFinger62
      @BlueberryStinkFinger62 Před 9 dny

      @@rocknrollresignation93 go be stupid somewhere else little man and leave this to the big boys you stuck your foot in your mouth and you Shure did oh and no one wants Gibson anymore it's all epiphone now 😁

  • @embreesmith7613
    @embreesmith7613 Před 12 dny +1

    Thanks Bradley. 🙂

  • @LostPlanet2024
    @LostPlanet2024 Před 12 dny +2

    OMG! I worked for Bruces father at Musician's Headquarters in Balch Springs in the 80's! I think that red 1960 ES-335 Custom might be his dads old guitar. It sounds amazing.

  • @nevillegoddard4966
    @nevillegoddard4966 Před 12 dny +1

    Cool vid Brad! I hope you ended up bringing home that old Fender pro you wanted! If you did, that should make a cool video!

  • @timmcdonald9877
    @timmcdonald9877 Před 12 dny +1

    I’m sick of this sh*t too!!! Great video Brad, I live here in the DFW area. If you’re coming back for the show in the fall I’ll look you up.

  • @baabaabaa-yp2jh
    @baabaabaa-yp2jh Před 12 dny +2

    Cheers Brad, wish we got shows like this in Australia.
    Anything 'vintage' is stupid prices, anything new the shops are asking too much.

    • @TheGuitologist
      @TheGuitologist  Před 12 dny +1

      Just the shipping to get anything TO Australia is almost prohibitive.

    • @baabaabaa-yp2jh
      @baabaabaa-yp2jh Před 12 dny

      @@TheGuitologist I understand if it's coming from the US, it's a fair hike...
      But Asian made (?).. it's next door...
      All inflation's done is shut down the family owned shops, now the chain stores have a monopoly mate.
      And they act accordingly.

  • @Ca_milo_G
    @Ca_milo_G Před 11 dny +2

    The Brazilian seven-string guitar emerged in Rio de Janeiro at the beginning of the twentieth-century; photographic evidence and recordings confirm that it was included in choro ensembles as early as the 1910s.

  • @EmbelekoBand
    @EmbelekoBand Před 12 dny +1

    Interesting, I had forgotten you’re a Strap dude. I remember the video of your collection. It’s amazing how you spotted one from your collection and when it was made. I wouldn’t know the difference between an original or a copy. That’s so cool 👍🤘

  • @aminahmed2220
    @aminahmed2220 Před 12 dny +1

    Absolutely fantastic have a wonderful day ❤😊

  • @bradulberg1982
    @bradulberg1982 Před 9 dny +1

    I’m ordering a Tunerette!! I dig it too !!! Thx for the heads up Bradley !!

  • @jackmundo4043
    @jackmundo4043 Před 11 dny

    Good job. Enjoyed it. Thanks.

  • @electrolinks
    @electrolinks Před 12 dny +2

    Green Screen Brad is next level

  • @TheChristafershawn
    @TheChristafershawn Před 12 dny +3

    Serendipity 40:00. Many are saying Synchronicity but that would mean all event are happening simultaneously opposed to an unfolding of events leading to a related moment.

  • @BrankoPichler
    @BrankoPichler Před 12 dny +5

    Same Custom Shop or Murphy Lab, all are mass production

  • @harrisondvargo72
    @harrisondvargo72 Před 4 dny +1

    Brad, I come for the guitars and the commentary, and I end up getting common sense economic advice at the same time! I love it! Thanks so much and be well!

    • @TheGuitologist
      @TheGuitologist  Před 3 dny

      Thanks for watching. Sometimes it feels like I'm casting pearls before swine.

  • @ZPDSurvival
    @ZPDSurvival Před 12 dny +3

    Micro Fret Manifestation. Wild.

  • @williamtm1965
    @williamtm1965 Před 12 dny +2

    there was really nice Hamer Chaparral with boomerang inlays at 13:27 for $1400 - that's actually great price for a US made guitar!

  • @jameshudson7053
    @jameshudson7053 Před 12 dny +1

    Beautiful guitars at this show 🤤🤤🤤 Good times thanks man 😃

  • @jleavesl
    @jleavesl Před 12 dny +1

    Man, you got me in the background at 0:46.

  • @papotorres9064
    @papotorres9064 Před 12 dny

    Great video Brad , love it , Alfred NYC /PR

  • @johnsotelo6515
    @johnsotelo6515 Před 11 dny +1

    Hey Brad. It's John sotelo. Lead guy from the band Frostwood. The Artisan Les Paul your step dad had is the one I played at the Popcorn festival. I remember him having that for awhile. I was fortunate enough to play a whole show on that masterpiece. Awesome instrument. Really dig the channel .

    • @TheGuitologist
      @TheGuitologist  Před 11 dny

      Good to see you, John! Hope you're doing ok. Yeah, that guitar of Joe Jack's was an inspiring instrument for sure! Greg Burnette let me borrow his Gibson Explorer for a while back when I was in school too. I wanted one really bad after that.

    • @johnsotelo6515
      @johnsotelo6515 Před 11 dny

      I've had a cpl explorers. My Epi explorers was actually as good of a instrument as the Gibby. Unfortunately my tummy demanded more belly cut so.....

  • @jamesmayfield6683
    @jamesmayfield6683 Před 11 dny +2

    That Strap at 45:00 was also used by Noddy Holder of Slade!

  • @MonstroMacabro
    @MonstroMacabro Před 10 dny +1

    Enjoying this series of videos, really curious what you dumped, uh, I mean traded, that Les Paul for.

  • @RPSchonherr
    @RPSchonherr Před 12 dny +7

    Hmm I guess they need to lower the price. They won't though. What they'll do is just destroy guitars and write them off as a loss.

    • @BruceLee-bf5ks
      @BruceLee-bf5ks Před 11 dny +2

      nobody is gonna do that. You are crazy.

    • @danielschear556
      @danielschear556 Před 10 dny

      💸🤣

    • @cameronfarrell9076
      @cameronfarrell9076 Před 8 dny

      ​@@BruceLee-bf5ks They have done that, they do do that, and they will do that. Did you ever see the footage of the destroyed firebird X's? I rest my case

  • @brightfalls6788
    @brightfalls6788 Před 12 dny +6

    In my opinion, the biggest problem with the current guitar market is all the light brown, grey and red fretboards. Companies have seemingly all started using the worst pieces possible for their boards. I’ve never seen it this bad. It’s like a conspiracy. Not a dark board to be seen across the entire internet for months now. All those Gibson Mod Collection guitars totally RUINED with bad fretboards. A guitar with a light fretboard is worth $0 in my book. lol

    • @saltpeter7429
      @saltpeter7429 Před 12 dny +1

      Yes indeed. I have noticed this as well. I just picked up an 02 SG, and the fretboard os noticeably nicer than anything I have seen in a while.

    • @TheGuitologist
      @TheGuitologist  Před 12 dny +3

      Personally, I like real maple, rosewood, or ebony for my FBs.

  • @dfwlistener7593
    @dfwlistener7593 Před 12 dny +1

    You're cool guy Brad. Hope to meet you in person someday. You should move to north Texas. Saw you with my nephew Bruce Lee in earlier video. We're a family of old gear heads. Love your channel man. Thank you for the content. Always something to look forward to.....cheers buddy!

  • @bobsanders8030
    @bobsanders8030 Před 12 dny +3

    The KAPA was made by Veneman Music in Bethesda MD. The letters are the first initial of Mr Venenens kids names. My first guitar in 1970. Around $60.00

    • @TheGuitologist
      @TheGuitologist  Před 12 dny

      He used some Japanese sourced parts. Looks like the knobs and perhaps pickup bobbins are Japanese.

    • @chrisva4268
      @chrisva4268 Před 10 dny

      @@TheGuitologist He was Dutch and primarily sourced parts from Europe, including whole necks, they made their own jazzmaster style vibrato though. By the time of the teardrop I wouldn't be surprised if parts were sourced from Japan.

  • @cubistone
    @cubistone Před 12 dny +17

    Inflation is a killa but for very few individuals. Who would buy 2-3k guitars when a grocery cart 1/8 full cost them 200 bucks? It could be worse though when Germans were informed a loaf of bread would cost a bushell load of Deutsch marks prior to wwii. That was when they had enough.

    • @TheGuitologist
      @TheGuitologist  Před 12 dny +9

      Yessiree. If these little commies studied the 1920s Weimar Republic, or 2000s Zimbabwe, or France c.1790s, they wouldn't be braindead commies. They'd be Austrian economists.

    • @johnsmith-bk4ps
      @johnsmith-bk4ps Před 12 dny +3

      Americans are fed up, just hold on, here in a few months we will get back on track

    • @R1GAMBLER
      @R1GAMBLER Před 12 dny +4

      When you understand what was done to Weimar Germany, you will understand what is being done to Weimar America. 110.

    • @RIPROCK54
      @RIPROCK54 Před 11 dny

      @@TheGuitologist Guitar Nazis huh? You guys in this thread are fucked up. Vote for Drumph again, the tax breaks he gives only to the rich will keep them in custom shop gear, won't help you. "Rock n' Roll Republican" is always an oxymoron, with emphasis on the MORON.

    • @fj5144
      @fj5144 Před 10 dny

      @@johnsmith-bk4ps LOL By that time will be a convicted felon even more than his current 34 convictions. Prison or coronary McDonald's diet is going to get the want to be king! Then we must wait until the other out of touch old man dies then finally when both are done we can move forward!

  • @Tscaperock
    @Tscaperock Před 11 dny +2

    Are these guys dreaming? The prices for this equipment is on the moon!

  • @dddd717
    @dddd717 Před 12 dny +1

    Hey I came across two fender d130 15” speakers at an estate sale…one is in good condition and the other has a big rip…the cones are paper thin and was wondering if it’s better to repair the cones or replace it with a more stiffer cone?
    Ty

    • @TheGuitologist
      @TheGuitologist  Před 12 dny +1

      If the rip isn't too huge, use hot glue to repair it. I have videos showing how to do it. If too big, recone with original cone type.

  • @alexbaker6257
    @alexbaker6257 Před 12 dny +1

    3:51 That Jaguar's Lake Placid Blue man, beautiful thing 😍

  • @svtbass
    @svtbass Před 10 dny +1

    I played bass at that Guitar show with Jarod James Nichols and George Lynch... I didnt have a chance to really go inside to check out the goodies. Thank you for the show

    • @TheGuitologist
      @TheGuitologist  Před 10 dny +1

      How'd the gig go? I didn't get to stay to see your set. We had to leave out Sunday morning.

    • @svtbass
      @svtbass Před 10 dny

      @@TheGuitologist It was really hot outside.. Bothe sets went well though.. Although the George Lynch set different. He sent us the material we were to play.. We did a brief soundcheck which didn't end and turned into a 80 minute non stop JAM.. That was fun to just play without a setlist and go. He had his friend Larry Mitchel on guitar sit in too.. It was great

  • @phil36135
    @phil36135 Před 12 dny

    Thanks Brad, I enjoyed it so much I wish I were there. The Tesco bass reminded me of my first guitar a Tesco I purchase from my aunt in 1972 for $15.00 + a cheap solid state amp. And put a cherry on top by letting me take it home and make payments, which I did by mowing yards.Wish I still had it for sentimental reasons. Thanks again

  • @hobonickel840
    @hobonickel840 Před 12 dny +1

    Thanks for great window .. I'm kinda curious now about the Gretsch Amps now. Do you have any content or overviews about them? Why they might be special?

    • @johnsmith-bk4ps
      @johnsmith-bk4ps Před 12 dny +1

      They arent, you can find supros that sound just as good. Just get an older fender deluxe

    • @hobonickel840
      @hobonickel840 Před 12 dny

      @@johnsmith-bk4ps aight thanks ... trying to wrap my mind around why someone would have 70 Gretsch Amps lol and Brad wanting to know the price of that one... I do like the Supros prob top pick for me if I can get motivated and sell my DC2

  • @iceWaterProductions1
    @iceWaterProductions1 Před 6 dny

    What shop was that guy from around the 13 minute mark that had the red Hamer with boomerang inlays? Update I went back and tired to zoom in on their sign. It said Audio …. From what I could tell maybe Audio Center?… I’m really looking for a Hamer with ebony fretboard and those inlays.

  • @Gary-xm6gc
    @Gary-xm6gc Před 10 dny

    Love that Peavey Setting behind that stained Olympic white stratacaster You were talking to the guy about.

  • @steven-jn3vu
    @steven-jn3vu Před 10 dny +1

    Great show

  • @ElektroHaus
    @ElektroHaus Před 10 dny

    Would love to see a 2024 Dallas Guitar show compilation video of just the dealers and patrons taking about the current state of the guitar resale market…thanks!

  • @07blackdog
    @07blackdog Před 12 dny

    I can't believe the price on that Hagstrom! There was a red one at Stutzman's Guitar Center in Rochester, NY. That was in the '70's.

  • @timlaine6268
    @timlaine6268 Před 7 dny +1

    So many guitars out there, but prices are high...supply is way up..demand is down..disposable income is down...the solution is easy and until it happens. We already had a recession, but the numbers were fudged.....it doesn't look good.

  • @superlead1002
    @superlead1002 Před 12 dny

    When I was watching your previous video working on the Les Paul deal I was talking to the screen, "no, no, no, don't do it!" 😂. Especially coming from you I really didn't see that one coming!

    • @TheNohcim
      @TheNohcim Před 10 dny

      Agreed unfortunately. The '76 strat was worth way more physically and mentally if that even makes sense. Was surprised he made that move but eager to see what he did with the Paul

  • @foreigncorrespondent5140
    @foreigncorrespondent5140 Před 12 dny +8

    Welcome to the 18 euro Hamburger.

  • @markhackett3689
    @markhackett3689 Před 12 dny +1

    What time and day was this? Doesn't appear to be a lot of people there in attendance.

  • @ZPDSurvival
    @ZPDSurvival Před 12 dny +1

    Very cool. Watched the whole Video.

  • @bw9980
    @bw9980 Před 12 dny +2

    @TheGuitologist are you familiar with Burriss Amps at all? I don't believe Bob is making them anymore, but for a time he had a very cool shop in Lexington and made some killer handwired classic inspired amps. Curious if you've ever come across or dissected one. Would be curious to hear your thoughts on the circuitry and wiring and just overall design.

    • @TheGuitologist
      @TheGuitologist  Před 12 dny +1

      I am familiar. They were good amps. Kentucky made.

    • @jochemjonker3362
      @jochemjonker3362 Před 12 dny

      I still own 2 Burriss Royal Bluesman's,great design and sounding amps,all hand and hardwired made amps,only point is the minimal speed of the tremelo (still too high).Here in the Netherlands, one is offered in a shop for €750(I also owned that one),but most players don't know them,so prefer to buy an amp like a Fender Princeton Reverb RI new,for €400-500 more(which they sell off within a year,with much loss).
      But what happened to Greg Burriss,he's nowhere to find,like disappearing into thin air.

  • @malungtvnews
    @malungtvnews Před 9 dny +1

    I lust after the 3 pickup Guild Jet 90 in yellow ❤

  • @MusicisLife-1980
    @MusicisLife-1980 Před 12 dny +2

    I had a 76 just like that one back in the late 90’s. Great Strat and wish I still had it. I bought it for 700 bucks from a friend of mine. He ended up buying it back from me a couple years later.

    • @milesaltman3503
      @milesaltman3503 Před 12 dny

      @MusicisLife-1980 Andy?? If so I still have that one. Best Strat I’ve ever played and so thankful to have been able to repurchase it. That woulda been a lifetime of regrets

  • @TheJeffcurran
    @TheJeffcurran Před 12 dny +1

    The Hofner Galaxy was cool. That was my first guitar in 1972. Mine had the wallpaper finish on it.

    • @TheGuitologist
      @TheGuitologist  Před 12 dny +2

      I love how cool those guitars look. In a market flooded with Gibson and Fender, they really stand out.

  • @davidcollin1436
    @davidcollin1436 Před 12 dny +3

    As a kid in the early sixties, sitting around for hours playing the new Fenders, I realized early on that some of those assembly line guitars were complete dogs with as much resonance as a wet cardboard box. I loved the look of Jaguars but they sucked as did some strats. $325-375 was a half month's pay for my dad. A few years later I got my first used SG special, white w/ vibrola for $250. 100 hours of minimum wage pay but worth it. My 58 Gretsch 6121 was beat to hell but $125, still have it 40 years later.

  • @grd1966
    @grd1966 Před 12 dny +4

    How could the market not be flooded. Gibson and Fender have been making hundreds of thousands of the same guitars since the Mid 50's. Nowadays there are probably 100's of guitar mnfg's So despite how many guitars many nut jobs own the market is clearly over flooded.

  • @JRingo-vp5wp
    @JRingo-vp5wp Před 10 dny +1

    I'm buying one of those tuners right now.

  • @TheNohcim
    @TheNohcim Před 12 dny +1

    Brad, that "two tone" look on that Jag is a very rare Fender - supplied "body protector " that leo would sell with the guitars to prevent scratching the finish

    • @TheGuitologist
      @TheGuitologist  Před 12 dny +1

      Didn’t know that. Never seen one that I recall.

    • @TheNohcim
      @TheNohcim Před 10 dny

      There's a real famous 57 or so gold strat played by a well known country player.. I just got to see it in person at an exhibit, had the same cream colored body protector. Definitely wacky concept considering Leo's poor modern day amalgamation of his company is now upcharging for scratches so people can feel proud about the fake story on their guitars 😂

  • @sauce_aux
    @sauce_aux Před 10 dny

    The GO Pedalboard product line looks very appealing!

  • @barbaraanneneale3674
    @barbaraanneneale3674 Před 13 dny +1

    How much were the Dan Armstrong guitars and baseball end basis?

  • @brianloy7856
    @brianloy7856 Před 12 dny +4

    The Gretsch 7 string looks to be a George Van Epps model prototype

  • @xray606
    @xray606 Před 12 dny +2

    I just about puked when I saw the price on that Paul Artisan. When I was a kid around 81-82 I saw one of those hanging in a pawn shop in Aurora IL. For some reason they just wanted a few hundred. I flew home and begged to borrow the money from my mom. No go. Still stings.

    • @TheGuitologist
      @TheGuitologist  Před 12 dny +1

      I seriously coveted that guitar as a teen. I remember hoping my uncle would just forget it was there at my house.

  • @karmicselling4252
    @karmicselling4252 Před 11 dny

    In the whole video, I spied two Rickenbacker guitars. One looked like a Fireglo 370/6 and the other was a Jetglo 620/6 or 660/6. What gives? Would have thought RICs would be very desirable in a place like that.