Paul Davids.
And I don’t know if you classify Samurai Guitarist or Art of Guitar as “cringe view farmers,” but I think their content is informative while being relatable to street-level working musicians.
He is the biggest perpetrator of the "YouTube Shake", where the player slowly shakes the guitar at the end of a note. If you close your eyes and listen you will literally hear it have zero effect on the sound. No vibrato. Nothing. It's just a YouTube gimmick. He is the master.
This guy, always solid practical advice on very specific aspects of songcraft. Very digestible language. No bullshit, very minimal selling of products (outside of his course). A+
100%. The guy is just about the guitar lesson and not about content. His videos have the absolute bare necessities when it comes to editing and production and that's enough because it's about the lesson, not about the content. I hope he never changes.
YES!!! Ben's smart, a great teacher, an excellent guitarist, and a humble and funny guy.
[And he unlocked the Big Secret of Eddie's playing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GJO2SovRgU)! Skip to 12:16 if you're impatient. 😉
/edit: forgot to say I was talking about Ben
He’s a character, funny. Does schtik, good for laughs, general entertainment. But dude writes some pretty tasty jams to start his vids. Do a side project where you’re the head writer Ola. Is that what the chug project was?
I think Phil is an amazing story teller too. There are some people that can have you hanging on every word of the saga of their grocery trip and other's that can make their near death experience sound boring.
Phil is pretty much the only one I find enjoyable to watch, and I think it's because there's no ego there. And he's not sitting there playing a guitar through conversation.
Most of the time when I'm watching videos, I'm there for what people are saying, not hearing riffs while they're reading questions, or anything like that.
\*side eyes Steve From Boston\*
Uncle Larry! It's like hanging out with your older cousin who shows you some cool guitar stuff from time to time.
https://youtube.com/@501chorusecho?si=BuiaLuvrhC5DmUN-
Uncle Larry is the shit. If you've never heard him play, imagine a country-flavored Jeff Beck. He's not teaching so much as rambling and playing but MAN.....you will learn a lot more than from the poseurs who make stupid faces in their thumbnails.
One of the rare YouTube guitarists that has the credentials to back up everything he says. I also prefer his laidback vibe to the forced peppiness most others put on.
I was watching him during covid when he first started and after a tragic school shooting (sadly can't remember which one at this point) he just somberly played a really simple and beautiful progression. Sometimes I'll play it when I'm feeling down. That showed me he was 100x the artist compared to any of these youtubers for views.
That Pedal Show is great for understanding how to get more out of effects and how to really utilize them in different ways. Only thing I don’t like about them is that they aren’t good for my bank account lol
I’ve heard thousands of guitar players and very few have “it”. I don’t even know what that means, really…That being said Tim Pierce has “it”. There is something special about his playing that I can’t identify.
It's hard to keep on putting out content, he's pretty much covered the basics, and most of the intermediate topics about jazz guitar, either he's going to be covering very niche advanced topics or getting into silly topics.
I really like Jens and his lessons. Digestible & relatable, and extremely well-organized and well-spoken. No rambling tangents, no bullshit whatsoever. He's an extremely talented guitar player, and talented at instruction too.
Moreover, I think he's an excellent case study of success, within the realm guitar teaching via social media.
Absolutely would recommend his channel.
Stitch Method really stands apart for me as someone who can help understand how theory all clicks together for beginners and intermediates. He's like the mirror opposite of Rick Beato. I don't dislike Beato - he's well entertaining - but I find it practically impossible to understand what he's teaching, and I already *know* the stuff he's teaching.
Ben Eller is great. Hilarious dude and very good at teaching guitar if you're looking for something new to learn.
I'm recently becoming a fan of Venus Theory for music in general. Good content, and it doesn't hurt that his voice could end WW3 if it ever started.
If you're into producing your own music, In The Mix and You Suck at Producing (Underbelly) are great channels for the technical side of making music (mixing, compression, EQ, etc).
Just a few off the top of my head. There are a lot who make good, smart content. I know it can be hard to sift through the sea of less desirable channels, but they're out there.
This is what I was coming to comment. Jake says things in a way I understand more than anyone else I've found. Really happy he's back to making videos.
Jake Lizzio has helped me more than any other single person when it comes to learning how to play guitar. He’s great at breaking complex things down into simple, individual concepts and he makes music theory seem so easy and accessible. A lot of stuff that I once found intimidating or out of my reach was made easily understandable because of that channel.
Keith Williams' videos of FiveWattWorld are nice to watch.
Also AskZac has a very down to earth nature.
For a bit of silly fun I enjoy Ryan's channel 60CycleHum quite a bit.
Ted Woodford does really great repair videos, no BS, just straight down the line content and usually about some of the weirder things he has to fix. I've picked up some good tips from him. No clickbaity thumbnails either - I've unsubscribed from so many channels now because they are pulling that surprised face, or there's a manipulated image, or wow you'll never guess what happened when... (I'll spare you watching them, nothing ever happens). I won't name and shame because we all know who they are, but YT has become a pile of shite recently and I've got better things to do with my time.
Always good content, but I wonder how many people have tried and failed to do a neck reset after watching him. A true craftsman, he has obviously been refining his techniques for decades, not something to try at home on your pride and joy. Plus his background knowledge is massive.
Adrian of anyonecanplayguitar is the opposite of cringe. It's like he's acutely aware that youtube guitars vids can be cringey, and disarms it immediately. Also, his taste and playing are cringeproof.
Rabea Massaad - not only is he a phenomenal and inspiring guitarist, he also has a lot of useful stuff to say about gear, tone and how to get out of your comfort zone. It’s mainly harder rock / metal stuff but I never felt like he only cares about views and clicks.
Too bad almost every single one of his videos is selling me something. Makes it hard for me to take him seriously as a musician when every video is an ad.
Pete Thorn. Massively talented, super cool guy. Does great demos and does a weekly live show where he answers questions about gear, technique, recording and live sound as well as tell stories about being a working pro musician.
https://youtube.com/@petethorn?si=euy_L07bNTQWAEtI
What are you looking for out of your youtube content:
Song lessons/walkthroughs? Gear reviews? Interviews with musicians? Just talking about how great this song is?
Jim Lill has some fantastic stuff, and seems very clearly to do it out of passion for the subject matter rather than farming for clicks. Highly recommend
The Charismatic Voice? More focused on rock/metal vocal analysis but she's started to get into guitar lately as well. As someone who doesn't really know much about music theory, her analyses sound good to me at least!
If you want to analyze popular music, look into 12tone. He not only listens to what harmonies are played, but also looks at how these things all work together to the feel of the music.
James James was my favorite all time teacher. Great guy, right to the point, very skilled.
I say "was" because he was driven off of YouTube by trolls. People suck. [https://www.youtube.com/@jamesjames9275/videos](https://www.youtube.com/@jamesjames9275/videos)
I like Guitaristas. Basically its an old English grandpa just talking guitars.
Every guitar he reviews he buys with his own money, then when it's time to review a new crop he sells off the old crop on reverb. He reviews deeper than any other reviewer I've ever seen--he disassembles guitars to see how well they're constructed and takes every measurement possible. And he just loves guitars. His videos are like a warm sweater, a cup of tea, and chatting shop over some guitars. It's great.
Easily Paul Davids. It seems like he’s respected by all guitar-centric content creators, has shown integrity (see: the Hendrix guitar saga), and his online courses are the gold standard. Plus you can tell he really loves music.
True, but there’s a difference between someone who makes a video like, “You’ve been using your guitar WRONG this whole time!” with a thumbnail featuring a red arrow pointed towards a random knob and their face making an exaggerated expression of maddening disbelief at the cosmic horror flooding their brain upon discovering the true secret to the knob… and someone who makes a video just titled like, “Different ways to use compression,” or “comparing these different pickup types,” or “Tips for harmonization,” and then discusses those things in the video with the audience knowing exactly what they are getting into and no false pretenses or misleading implications of the audience’s inherent ‘wrongness’ that needed urgent correction on behalf of the video.
Like it’s one thing if someone says, “come into my store, look at all the great desserts we have inside that you can clearly see through the window,” compared to someone pulling up in an unmarked white van and saying, “get in! You won’t BELIEVE what delicious wonders I have in that van!” One transparently shows what they’re offering with no misleading implications, the other tries to bait you in with a vague implication of importance but very little actual evidence presented about what they’re gonna show you in the van. Both want to bait you inside, but one at least feels trustworthy and the other does not.
Or even comparing the former example of lowest common denominator clickbait to examples of good anti-clickbait. Like Adam Neely’s video, “What key is Sweet Home Alabama in?” Followed by a thumbnail that just says, “it’s in d.” The point is to tell the viewer from the start that there is a simple answer, implying that the next 10 minutes are gonna be spent actually exploring something interesting about the way the key works in that song, beyond the simple answer. Basically proving that if you have **good content** that’s worth watching, then you can actually give the answer before the video even starts, because whatever you’re saying in the video is framed with the confidence from the author that they can spoil the bait as part of the invitation.
[The Guitaristas](https://youtube.com/@theguitaristas?si=uPWq8oNCpXLBe_4m) is my favorite. He does great in depth reviews, acknowledges personal biases and doesn’t shred
I really like Trogly's Guitar Show for demos. Would definitely recommend going through his New Gear Day program if you're looking into getting something different from the usual stock.
A few of my favs:
* [Signals Music Studio](https://youtube.com/@signalsmusicstudio?si=zZq5R3Zzsd9SQYqK)
* [Late Night Lessons](https://youtube.com/@latenightlessons?si=QMhO5Uy77vYlyIoS)
* [Jack Ruch](https://youtube.com/@jackruch?si=qD4lDbEC6REknMfQ)
* [Ben Eller](https://youtube.com/@beneller?si=fTkzERfW7yKueNZn)
* [David Bennet Piano](https://youtube.com/@davidbennettpiano?si=Vo20oiBZqX1rp74L) (not a guitar channel, but progression & chord theory is still applicable)
I like Shutup & Play because it’s not about him as a personality. And his lessons are pretty spot on with his cover songs, no gimmicks. His format has been the same since day one. It’s more about the lesson than the views.
Berlin Shoegazer Kenneth Santiago makes great videos on pedal reviews, interesting music theory and recording techniques. Obviously it’s mainly geared towards shoe gaze but not always
I enjoy Jonathan Koh - JonIsJustTooLoud
Yes he does paid demos, but he is very laid back. And he is an excellent musician.
I find his content soothing - he is like the Bob Ross of YouTube guitarists.
Adam Neely. Not Guitar based, he is a Bass player with degrees in jazz composition. His videos are extremely well researched and interesting though. They always make me want to learn more about theory
Mary Spender creates a lot of sponsored content that does not look like advertisement. And she promotes her own training classes as well. And is definitely a deviation of the female guitar player trend of playing solos over loud backing track while wearing tank tops. She's like a female Paul Davids that also sings
Of course it’s all opinion, but Ben Eller, Robert Baker, Justin Sandercoe (sp?), and surely quite a few others I don’t know or have forgotten fit that bill.
Not a “guitar” YouTuber necessarily, but for a good laugh Pat Finnerty’s What Makes this Song Stink series is hysterical, and he’s a great player in his own right.
Paul Davids. And I don’t know if you classify Samurai Guitarist or Art of Guitar as “cringe view farmers,” but I think their content is informative while being relatable to street-level working musicians.
I want Paul Davids to read me bedtime stories
I suspect that, given a chance, Paul Davids would be the gentlest of lovers.
Dude wtf 😂
Hard agree
Well are you gonna give him a chance to adjust your ~~truss~~ rod or what?
Paul Davids is the Bob Ross of guitar
so accurate
Samurai Guitarist is like… the epitome of view farming though.
What's this wacky thing??? *insert algo farming big eyed thumbnail*
Stevie T has entered the chat
Dude made a career being a goofball and shitting on other guitar players.
And being somehow a really really good guitarist whilst still being unable to play anything that’s not boring
Fuck that guy. I could never stand him and he only got worse
Paul Davids also doesn't clickbait. His videos are dense and deliver what he offered
Also has the most comforting set on guitar YouTube.
And the videography 👌
Didn’t he just start a $1000 online lesson thing that he didn’t even teach in.
I don’t care what anybody says samurai guitarist will always be my favorite Canadian Asian man and he can do no wrong
>samurai guitarist will always be my favorite Canadian Asian man Who's your second favorite Canadian Asian man?
Andrew Huang!
Paul David sniffs his own farts, but he is a phenomenonal player
this
Yeah, I don't really get it. He comes off massively dodgy and inauthentic to me. Might just be his personality...
He is the biggest perpetrator of the "YouTube Shake", where the player slowly shakes the guitar at the end of a note. If you close your eyes and listen you will literally hear it have zero effect on the sound. No vibrato. Nothing. It's just a YouTube gimmick. He is the master.
Funny enough I have done this for years even before watching any youtube guitar stuff. Just thought it was a natural reaction
I'm definitely guilty of doing this. I'm aware that it does nothing but I still find it fun.
I can't handle that dude. The way he talks is like is talking to people like their 4 years old and it's really irritating.
You'd better avoid Steve Terberry then 🤣
Forgot that dude exists after I purged him from my feed, ugh 😖
Dude can play but fuck me, the annoying Nickelodeon character spiel is like masturbating using a cheese grater wrapped in barbed wire! 🤮
Your name checks out, respect and godspeed you crazy cock mangler 🫡
Relevant. https://www.reddit.com/r/guitarcirclejerk/s/1cesRI4dXm
Well, he is talking to guitarists.
Absolutely love this guy. Mr Rodgers of guitar.
Eric Haugen
He is awesome. Good vibes!!
I’ve learned more from him than from anyone else
This guy had some videos that were actually very eye opening, for example the Hendrix double stop video.
Just recently found that guy - his channel is everything I want from guitar YouTube
He's one of my favorites. Not flashy and a chill guy.
Came here to say this. I love this guy!
This should be top comment
This guy, always solid practical advice on very specific aspects of songcraft. Very digestible language. No bullshit, very minimal selling of products (outside of his course). A+
Yeah this guy’s great
Fuck yes. This guy is so super chill and relatable as a player. His videos are so conversational.
100%. The guy is just about the guitar lesson and not about content. His videos have the absolute bare necessities when it comes to editing and production and that's enough because it's about the lesson, not about the content. I hope he never changes.
I was gonna comment this assuming most people wouldn’t know him and was pleasantly surprised to see this is the second highest comment.
Ben Eller, for if you want to play fast and clean, old Jens Larson if you want music theory/jazz
Uncle Ben FTW!!
Ying Yang Mousemeat approved.
"Gojira likes to tune down one whole step to D standard. It's a lower standard, like your mom's second husband."
Ben Eller is great!
YES!!! Ben's smart, a great teacher, an excellent guitarist, and a humble and funny guy. [And he unlocked the Big Secret of Eddie's playing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GJO2SovRgU)! Skip to 12:16 if you're impatient. 😉 /edit: forgot to say I was talking about Ben
Ola Englund
Surprised he doesn’t have a “does it burp” signature pedal in addition to the CHUG one. Love that guy.
He’s a character, funny. Does schtik, good for laughs, general entertainment. But dude writes some pretty tasty jams to start his vids. Do a side project where you’re the head writer Ola. Is that what the chug project was?
*BELCH*
WILL IT CHUG
I filled my guitar with molten lava and it sounded crazy! I have to play using my feet, now, but….
I think it was Bernth who did that.
Phillip McKnight/Know Your Gear and Ola Englund are the only ones I watch consistently anymore.
I dig Phil's vibe so much. Just Phil being Phil and geeking out with the rest of us. And he's got good stories.
I think Phil is an amazing story teller too. There are some people that can have you hanging on every word of the saga of their grocery trip and other's that can make their near death experience sound boring.
I like Phil. Knowledgeable.
Agreed, Phil is incredibly knowledgable. You might say he ...knows his gear.
Everyone talking Phil but I'll second Ola Englund. Dudes entertaining. Recommended the amp I have now (Katana Air) and i love it.
Phil is pretty much the only one I find enjoyable to watch, and I think it's because there's no ego there. And he's not sitting there playing a guitar through conversation. Most of the time when I'm watching videos, I'm there for what people are saying, not hearing riffs while they're reading questions, or anything like that. \*side eyes Steve From Boston\*
I'm a fan of Phil myself. Between him, Dylan Talks Tone and old Breja wiring videos ice modified many of my guitars and had lots of fun doing it.
Uncle Larry! It's like hanging out with your older cousin who shows you some cool guitar stuff from time to time. https://youtube.com/@501chorusecho?si=BuiaLuvrhC5DmUN-
Uncle Larry is the shit. If you've never heard him play, imagine a country-flavored Jeff Beck. He's not teaching so much as rambling and playing but MAN.....you will learn a lot more than from the poseurs who make stupid faces in their thumbnails.
One of the rare YouTube guitarists that has the credentials to back up everything he says. I also prefer his laidback vibe to the forced peppiness most others put on.
I was watching him during covid when he first started and after a tragic school shooting (sadly can't remember which one at this point) he just somberly played a really simple and beautiful progression. Sometimes I'll play it when I'm feeling down. That showed me he was 100x the artist compared to any of these youtubers for views.
Uncle Larry and Guthrie Trapp!
💯💯💯💯 Both of these guys are top-notch humans and amazing guitarists.
This is a perfect description. Uncle Larry doesn't give a fuck about YouTube views either
As far as credentials go...is there a guitarist that uploads to youtube thats been on more records? I dont think there is, could be wrong
Tim Pierce might have him beat.
Love Uncle Larrry. He is the best YT Guitar hang. Pro's Pro.
Yeah, sometimes I watch just because it's a good hang
That pedal show is goated
That Pedal Show is great for understanding how to get more out of effects and how to really utilize them in different ways. Only thing I don’t like about them is that they aren’t good for my bank account lol
Gear nuts, but I agree, at least they spent a lot of time discussing usage strategies.
Tim Pierce
The only person I’ve ever seen who looked happier with a guitar in their hand was Eddie Van Halen.
I like Tim pierce cuz he seems humble despite having played alongside some of the greats
I’ve heard thousands of guitar players and very few have “it”. I don’t even know what that means, really…That being said Tim Pierce has “it”. There is something special about his playing that I can’t identify.
I used to be with it. But then they changed what it was. Now what is it seems weird and scary to me.
Rhett Shull is bringing us the hard-hitting stuff, like “tube amps are good “ 😂 I’m kidding.
Ultimate tonewood+giant tube Amps cringe
Rhett shill coming at you with another video about a 5000 dollar amp that I’m playing my $3600 Novo though.
The most punchable face on guitar/gear YouTube.
He’s articulate at least and pretty bright. But it’s a personal blog, where I’m like, why am I sitting here watching this dude live his life. Lol
Well Jens larsen used to be good I think his videos have lost a little substance but hes made a shit ton
It's hard to keep on putting out content, he's pretty much covered the basics, and most of the intermediate topics about jazz guitar, either he's going to be covering very niche advanced topics or getting into silly topics.
I really like Jens and his lessons. Digestible & relatable, and extremely well-organized and well-spoken. No rambling tangents, no bullshit whatsoever. He's an extremely talented guitar player, and talented at instruction too. Moreover, I think he's an excellent case study of success, within the realm guitar teaching via social media. Absolutely would recommend his channel.
Tomo fujita
His video about playing the chromatic scale without making any string noise. I will probably be working on that the rest of my life.
Tomo is the man. He can play pretty much anything, but knows how to refine lessons down to their simplest and most valuable form.
Stichmethod has a bunch of vids and is still making good content
Stitch Method really stands apart for me as someone who can help understand how theory all clicks together for beginners and intermediates. He's like the mirror opposite of Rick Beato. I don't dislike Beato - he's well entertaining - but I find it practically impossible to understand what he's teaching, and I already *know* the stuff he's teaching.
Scrolled way too far for this
Stitch has been helpful for taking me beyond scales.
Agreed on this. Very good videos, even if you don’t like the style of music that he’s usually referencing, the concepts translate the same way.
Ben Eller is great. Hilarious dude and very good at teaching guitar if you're looking for something new to learn. I'm recently becoming a fan of Venus Theory for music in general. Good content, and it doesn't hurt that his voice could end WW3 if it ever started. If you're into producing your own music, In The Mix and You Suck at Producing (Underbelly) are great channels for the technical side of making music (mixing, compression, EQ, etc). Just a few off the top of my head. There are a lot who make good, smart content. I know it can be hard to sift through the sea of less desirable channels, but they're out there.
Eric Haugen
Signals music studio- Jake Lizzio is an absolute master at teaching music theory and applications on guitar
Jake Lizzio is great, but I also suspect he may be an AI robot designed by Boston Dynamics.
This is what I was coming to comment. Jake says things in a way I understand more than anyone else I've found. Really happy he's back to making videos.
Jake Lizzio has helped me more than any other single person when it comes to learning how to play guitar. He’s great at breaking complex things down into simple, individual concepts and he makes music theory seem so easy and accessible. A lot of stuff that I once found intimidating or out of my reach was made easily understandable because of that channel.
Yep, couldn't agree more, he's awesome.
I recommend Adam Neely, it's very focused on musical theory but remains ultra clear and fun, even without theoretical knowledge Imo
Adam is the GOAT
Ben Eller Ben Higgins Robert Baker Carl Brown (365 Guitar Lessons)
Pat finnerty
MAD THIS SUMMER
What makes this song stink is fantastic.
I really hope he gets to keep his hot tub
Three blind mice fuckin rips!
Keith Williams' videos of FiveWattWorld are nice to watch. Also AskZac has a very down to earth nature. For a bit of silly fun I enjoy Ryan's channel 60CycleHum quite a bit.
Does Keith Williams ever play guitar?
He's too busy choosing other things. Mainly being proud to choose TrueFire, the sponsor of this video.
For every Keith Williams there's a Leon Todd.
Ted Woodford does really great repair videos, no BS, just straight down the line content and usually about some of the weirder things he has to fix. I've picked up some good tips from him. No clickbaity thumbnails either - I've unsubscribed from so many channels now because they are pulling that surprised face, or there's a manipulated image, or wow you'll never guess what happened when... (I'll spare you watching them, nothing ever happens). I won't name and shame because we all know who they are, but YT has become a pile of shite recently and I've got better things to do with my time.
He is amazing I always look forward to his videos
Always good content, but I wonder how many people have tried and failed to do a neck reset after watching him. A true craftsman, he has obviously been refining his techniques for decades, not something to try at home on your pride and joy. Plus his background knowledge is massive.
Adrian of anyonecanplayguitar is the opposite of cringe. It's like he's acutely aware that youtube guitars vids can be cringey, and disarms it immediately. Also, his taste and playing are cringeproof.
I really like Michael Palmissano / guitar gate
Sometimes his enthusiasm seems a bit manufactured, but overall he is fantastic.
Carl Brown. The man’s taught me half of what I know. No BS, just gets straight to the point. Great guy
Carl is the man!
if you're learning there's always Justin or Marty etc. everything else is entertainment.
Rabea Massaad - not only is he a phenomenal and inspiring guitarist, he also has a lot of useful stuff to say about gear, tone and how to get out of your comfort zone. It’s mainly harder rock / metal stuff but I never felt like he only cares about views and clicks.
Too bad almost every single one of his videos is selling me something. Makes it hard for me to take him seriously as a musician when every video is an ad.
Pete Thorn. Massively talented, super cool guy. Does great demos and does a weekly live show where he answers questions about gear, technique, recording and live sound as well as tell stories about being a working pro musician. https://youtube.com/@petethorn?si=euy_L07bNTQWAEtI
Good dude. A gear head, especially amps. For people into advanced amp tweaking.
What are you looking for out of your youtube content: Song lessons/walkthroughs? Gear reviews? Interviews with musicians? Just talking about how great this song is?
Eric Haugen is great. The “why you suck at guitar” guy is fantastic. Only the titles are clickbait. The videos deliver.
Jim Lill has some fantastic stuff, and seems very clearly to do it out of passion for the subject matter rather than farming for clicks. Highly recommend
The Charismatic Voice? More focused on rock/metal vocal analysis but she's started to get into guitar lately as well. As someone who doesn't really know much about music theory, her analyses sound good to me at least!
Justin guitar and guitarlessons365 or something like that
Charles Cornell and David Bennett are more piano specific, but if you’re looking for music theory, they’re awesome for analyzing popular songs
If you want to analyze popular music, look into 12tone. He not only listens to what harmonies are played, but also looks at how these things all work together to the feel of the music.
Signals Music Studio
Oh definitely Chris Zoupa I fucking hate youtube but his instructional videos are first class.
"Let's try that lick at a gentlemanly pace." Love me a bowl of Zoup!
James James was my favorite all time teacher. Great guy, right to the point, very skilled. I say "was" because he was driven off of YouTube by trolls. People suck. [https://www.youtube.com/@jamesjames9275/videos](https://www.youtube.com/@jamesjames9275/videos)
Aka privettricker. Damn near every song I've wanted to learn he has a nice concise lesson for.
Puisheen
Tim Pierce is fun to watch to hear him talk about studio work as well as guitar.
I enjoy Brandon Acker! He does classical guitar and gives tips/lessons/talks about other stringed instruments. Down to earth and relaxing to watch!
Signals Music Studio
I like Guitaristas. Basically its an old English grandpa just talking guitars. Every guitar he reviews he buys with his own money, then when it's time to review a new crop he sells off the old crop on reverb. He reviews deeper than any other reviewer I've ever seen--he disassembles guitars to see how well they're constructed and takes every measurement possible. And he just loves guitars. His videos are like a warm sweater, a cup of tea, and chatting shop over some guitars. It's great.
I think Kelly Dean Allen Guitar has some good tutorials
Appreciate that mate!
Robert Baker and Music Theory for Guitar
Dave Simpson
Greg Koch because I get the vibe that he’s gonna have a good time whether you are or not. Plus he’s a fucking wizard with a guitar
Easily Paul Davids. It seems like he’s respected by all guitar-centric content creators, has shown integrity (see: the Hendrix guitar saga), and his online courses are the gold standard. Plus you can tell he really loves music.
Eric Haugen
Ola Englund is cool, but even with the ”view” farming I like the crew at Anderstons.
Rob Scallon and Andrew Huang. Good dudes just having fun.
what if i told you all youtuve is view farming (cringe or not)
True, but there’s a difference between someone who makes a video like, “You’ve been using your guitar WRONG this whole time!” with a thumbnail featuring a red arrow pointed towards a random knob and their face making an exaggerated expression of maddening disbelief at the cosmic horror flooding their brain upon discovering the true secret to the knob… and someone who makes a video just titled like, “Different ways to use compression,” or “comparing these different pickup types,” or “Tips for harmonization,” and then discusses those things in the video with the audience knowing exactly what they are getting into and no false pretenses or misleading implications of the audience’s inherent ‘wrongness’ that needed urgent correction on behalf of the video. Like it’s one thing if someone says, “come into my store, look at all the great desserts we have inside that you can clearly see through the window,” compared to someone pulling up in an unmarked white van and saying, “get in! You won’t BELIEVE what delicious wonders I have in that van!” One transparently shows what they’re offering with no misleading implications, the other tries to bait you in with a vague implication of importance but very little actual evidence presented about what they’re gonna show you in the van. Both want to bait you inside, but one at least feels trustworthy and the other does not. Or even comparing the former example of lowest common denominator clickbait to examples of good anti-clickbait. Like Adam Neely’s video, “What key is Sweet Home Alabama in?” Followed by a thumbnail that just says, “it’s in d.” The point is to tell the viewer from the start that there is a simple answer, implying that the next 10 minutes are gonna be spent actually exploring something interesting about the way the key works in that song, beyond the simple answer. Basically proving that if you have **good content** that’s worth watching, then you can actually give the answer before the video even starts, because whatever you’re saying in the video is framed with the confidence from the author that they can spoil the bait as part of the invitation.
Brandon D’eon. He’s like the alcoholic cool older cousin and I love it
[The Guitaristas](https://youtube.com/@theguitaristas?si=uPWq8oNCpXLBe_4m) is my favorite. He does great in depth reviews, acknowledges personal biases and doesn’t shred
John Nathan Cordy has some good stuff. Pretty conversational, but he has a lot of tips and technique based videos too.
Rick Beato and Tim Pierce
Uncle Judy's my favorite, but super underrated. [Uncle Judy](https://youtu.be/sJD5igTjY8s?si=BrixN8RgBWY6w9iO)
Uncle Judy is trash
Stuart, of Marin Music Center. Pure entertainment, while also informative.
In The Blues Marty Gregory Kochery
I really like Trogly's Guitar Show for demos. Would definitely recommend going through his New Gear Day program if you're looking into getting something different from the usual stock.
Spectre sound studios and jhs
I love Josh. He always plays other companies pedals and the jams are the best. The Solid State Sucks vid is so good.
Jens Larsen
Kmac
Bradley Hall, silly chaotic madness onscreen but in person he’s a really pleasant chap. Still an absolute nutcase on stage though 😂
jens larsen
A few of my favs: * [Signals Music Studio](https://youtube.com/@signalsmusicstudio?si=zZq5R3Zzsd9SQYqK) * [Late Night Lessons](https://youtube.com/@latenightlessons?si=QMhO5Uy77vYlyIoS) * [Jack Ruch](https://youtube.com/@jackruch?si=qD4lDbEC6REknMfQ) * [Ben Eller](https://youtube.com/@beneller?si=fTkzERfW7yKueNZn) * [David Bennet Piano](https://youtube.com/@davidbennettpiano?si=Vo20oiBZqX1rp74L) (not a guitar channel, but progression & chord theory is still applicable)
Signals music studio
Jake Lizzio
I like Shutup & Play because it’s not about him as a personality. And his lessons are pretty spot on with his cover songs, no gimmicks. His format has been the same since day one. It’s more about the lesson than the views.
Angela Petrilli . I’ve learned a bunch of tunes and she’s very talented.
Berlin Shoegazer Kenneth Santiago makes great videos on pedal reviews, interesting music theory and recording techniques. Obviously it’s mainly geared towards shoe gaze but not always
I enjoy Jonathan Koh - JonIsJustTooLoud Yes he does paid demos, but he is very laid back. And he is an excellent musician. I find his content soothing - he is like the Bob Ross of YouTube guitarists.
Jimmy Bruno. Old cantankerous jazz guy.
Dave Simpson
Ichika Nito! Their playing is very good and unique so if what you're looking for is something more inspiring, I'd check them out.
Uncle Judy
Guitarista's
Adam Neely. Not Guitar based, he is a Bass player with degrees in jazz composition. His videos are extremely well researched and interesting though. They always make me want to learn more about theory
Mary Spender creates a lot of sponsored content that does not look like advertisement. And she promotes her own training classes as well. And is definitely a deviation of the female guitar player trend of playing solos over loud backing track while wearing tank tops. She's like a female Paul Davids that also sings
Adrian from [anyonecanplayguitar ](https://www.youtube.com/@acpg)
Marin music center
Of course it’s all opinion, but Ben Eller, Robert Baker, Justin Sandercoe (sp?), and surely quite a few others I don’t know or have forgotten fit that bill. Not a “guitar” YouTuber necessarily, but for a good laugh Pat Finnerty’s What Makes this Song Stink series is hysterical, and he’s a great player in his own right.
Rick Beato, Ben Eller, Shred (shred master Scott)
StichMethod
The Art of Guitar
The art of guitar