Don’t Believe High Paid YouTube Reviewers 👎

I've actively been avoiding "upper-tier" YouTubers during gear research for about a year by now, cancelled lots of channel subscriptions, etc.

Usually, something appears on my radar and I'll search the web for honest/simple user reviews, e.g. on Reddit, TOP, or just random sites where my search takes me, sometimes even Thomann reviews will do the trick.

If I can't steer clear of crossing into YouTube land, I'll try and look at semi-professional or even crappy video reviews by "real" users, who'll usually fail to make a shit pedal sound nice.

I know what to listen for to confirm if a piece of gear fits my taste. Combined with the above, a simple no-talking smartphone or webcam video with a random mic is definitely sufficient to estimate how it'd sound in my rig.

Clicks and subscriptions = money, for stuff that can also be found for free.

Radical stance, I know, but imho all the hype videos aren't needed.

And yes, I also prefer driving to a brick'n'mortar store to buy gear, even though it's getting more difficult each year. 1 hour and I have it on my board? Much more fun that waiting a week for something to arrive (and then maybe having to go to the post office to pick it up anyway).

#oldmanyellsatcloud
 
YouTube is simply the modern Guitar World / Guitar Player gear magazine replacement. It's great for occupying your brain while on the đźš˝ .
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Some observations:

a) Pete Thorn makes everything sound good so I just tune in for the music, not so much learning about the gear
b) Shawn Tubbs makes almost everything sound EXACTLY the same - so I don't get much from him either
c) John Nathan Cordy makes everything sound the same in his intro tune...but then, you may be actually learn something about the gear when he cuts out all the delay and reverb and just does dry demos
d) Henning is fun - to me, he comes across as someone that can play and someone that can not play at the same time. But his gear videos are enjoyable.
e) Lately I've just been enjoying Andertons
 
banned said:
Some observations:

a) Pete Thorn makes everything sound good so I just tune in for the music, not so much learning about the gear
b) Shawn Tubbs makes almost everything sound EXACTLY the same - so I don't get much from him either
c) John Nathan Cordy makes everything sound the same in his intro tune...but then, you may be actually learn something about the gear when he cuts out all the delay and reverb and just does dry demos
d) Henning is fun - to me, he comes across as someone that can play and someone that can not play at the same time. But his gear videos are enjoyable.
e) Lately I've just been enjoying Andertons
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All those guys amazing players but they all sound like themselves to me no matter what they review.
 
Reviewers can big up any product they like but get basics wrong like it’s not metal and don’t even mention it takes a 9 volt battery .
That’s a pretty poor review IMO .
If I was the company paying I would be really pissed off with Henning for not doing Due Diligence .
 
I've never really had any interest in the "review" part of any videos, ie. the guy's opinion on the piece of gear. Experiences and needs can be so different from player to player and any given situation + gear/guitars. I'm just looking for ballpark sound examples and some visual data about size/dimensions, features, how it operates, etc.
 
I think geartubers really hate being used by the industry as an advertisement puppet but also need the money, a nasty co-dependency.

If they could make the same amount of money without leaving home by doing something else I bet they would drop geartubing like it's hot.
 
banned said:
Some observations:

d) Henning is fun - to me, he comes across as someone that can play and someone that can not play at the same time. But his gear videos are enjoyable.
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For a good year or two I didn’t even know Henning could play and I thought he was just annoying. Then he released the video about Vai and how much of a fan he was, I can’t remember if he played in it or not, but I heard his playing shortly around that time and realized he can seriously play.

Then I caught his 2290P review and that’s when I really started to enjoy him more because he tore TC a new asshole with that pedal, despite TC coming to him for suggestions when they were designing it. They couldn’t have been happy to see that review/demo go up.
 
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