DON’T TRUST GUITAR YOUTUBERS THAT DO “THIS”… – Long rant on channels buying gear to demo/review
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Originally posted by UCUB6zi9kg1b6m8MfBtW5hkQ at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-LPq5ePGTw
George Carlin had a great bit. I think it was George Carlin anyway. He said that the IQ scale is adjusted so that 100 is the average. Now, if 100 is the average then people who are below average are half of all people. People who comment that kind of thing about whether you can trust a YouTuber or not are not thinking through their own comment. If someone buys something with their own money, then they’re biased towards liking it so buying a product for review is not necessarily any more trustworthy. Since you can never be sure one way or the other then the point is to get an idea of what reviewers are saying and listen to their demo. If you think this is something you want to try you now have a decent idea of what you’re getting. Ultimately the reason someone would watch a review/demo is to get an idea as to whether they’ll like it. So it’s almost irrelevant whether the YouTuber likes it or not. It helps a little but it’s up to each person. I personally have bought products that got bad reviews because I thought the bad points were irrelevant to my use. Midi implementation simply isn’t something I’m concerned about.
I like your 'brand' of honestly such as it is, however, here's some from me: I won't watch any video you make about a guitar that has a tremolo bar,, whether or not you demo it or have it screwed on. I despise such guitars and I know that nearly no player today of any substance uses them to any large extent, while they add expense and problems to every instrument that has them. For the rest of my life I will never try out or play any guitar that has one, or listen to a any guitar player that uses them. While you're clearly an intelligent man, that wall of guitars behind you looks stupid as hell with all of the guitars that have them, when YOU KNOW damn well that nearly none of them function well or add anything of musical value to the instruments they are on.
I don’t trust any youtuber. But, I am definitely more inclined to listen to a youtuber that pays for the product over someone that is being payed or compensated for their video by the company of said product.
Ryan I believed every word you said about not trusting people.
Stay Golden.
The only true way to get an honest review is to have someone who just really hates guitars review the guitars. They should always be really angry too and have a catch phrase.
common sense + loving that t shirt
Nice to see the white Eastwood Sidejack to your right. I have one in baritone rig and love it. Eastwood is an under rated company. I have 3 of their instruments, love them all.
Thank you for taking the time to give us a peek behind the curtain. As a professor who teaches content strategy, information design, etc., these conversations are so valuable to our students.
It’s pretty easy to tell which youtubers are trying to ???????? us. Telling us high dollar Gibsons are ‘good deals’ is always a tell, for me anyway.
Throwing on my cynics hat as recommended, this feels like a preemptive “I’m a good guy” video that comes out before shit hits the fan and a major controversy comes out.
YouTube is QVC
I started watching this shill from YouTube, some dude from San Diego or So Cal area, not a virtuoso or anything, but very enthusiastic about surf music. Anywhoo, years later I have like 15 different reverbs that just get that 'surfy sound'…what's that dudes name again?… I think you know him ???????? ha ha we love you Ryan! ????????♥????
The only thing that really makes me skeptical is when I open youtube one day and there are 4-5 different videos with a guitar youtuber holding up the same pedal in the thumbnail. I mainly enjoy watching boutique or just plain strange gear reviews than whatever new amp sim product one of the big manufactures are putting out.
Gee man. Relax. Youtube is internet and internet is full of shit. Your rant not needed, people are not as dumb as you seem to think. Get off the moral highground and don’t pretend to be a saint and the others are bad. Better play guitar and review stuff with the knowledge you have. Ranting against others is just sad.
Youre so right. People who recive gear for free are MORE trustworty. ????????????????
Im trying to find a pedal to run this rant through?
A lot of YouTubers are a cult of personality. They are clearly selling you something, but people don't see it.
I think somebody who buys all their demo pieces is more likely to end up with more inaccurate reviews of instruments that maybe aren't actually fine at their price point and tier of quality. If you are spending hundreds to thousands of dollars on gear monthly and then have to sell things to keep the ball rolling it can create too much stress for a lot of people to keep their mind open. Consider somebody who buys five tiers of Fender but chooses two of the lower instruments as their favorites in review but if you see their Reverb shop the only one not for sale is the most expensive or second most expensive one. That's how you know their real opinion on the matter.
Epic!
I recently got featured by Glen on Spectre because I said there is quality control variation in cheap guitars. He basically just yelled CNC MACHINES and said I was wrong.
are people willing to do a negative review of something they're going to be selling on ebay next week
Learnt my lesson about YouTuber guitar reviews years ago. I'm not gonna say which one, but it was a specific Epiphone model. Review made it sound so good, glowing review, etc etc etc. I was sold! Then the guitar showed up and was… mediocre. Needed some TLC and I never could get the bridge PUP to sound like the video. Reealized later that many YouTube guitar channels layer so many effects and post production onto the recording that you can make a Firefly sound like the far more expensive Gibson model it was cloned after. I'm far more picky these days. Can't fully trust anyone on the internet… who would thunk it? ????
People might be afraid of being critical or objective and expressing critical thought because the narrative of many YouTube and TikTok videos discourages criticism and critical thinkers are usually referred to as "haters" or "negative" and the people who are loyal to those channels (that's an entirely different subject) attack critical thinkers in the name of the video presenter.