2 Million Views!
Just catching up on some replies today on my YouTube channel, and was surprised to see this on my channel!
Wow! It seems like such a short time has passed since my channel reached the first million, but actually it was a year and a half ago.
In that time, I have indeed continued to play guitar every day – my chain is unbroken! Unfortunately, due to work and band commitments, I haven’t had the necessary free time to produce many new videos and blog posts.
So, maybe it’ll be interesting to take a look at some stats for my existing videos. 2.5 million estimated minutes watched- that’s a completely mind-blowing stat!
Of my 53 videos, the top 5 most viewed videos are:
- Potentiometers- How They Work, Disassembly and Exploration (130,886)
- Guitar Ground: Dealing with ground noise problems (118,301)
- Guitar Tone Capacitors, part 1: Evaluating Material Types (114,661)
- Wiring Up Guitar Electronics 4, Connecting Tone Cap (111,317)
- Epiphone Riviera P93 Review (96,960)
Interesting to see the Epi Riviera Review video on that list. It was my first video on YouTube, and was just a quickie one take low-quality webcam video, with lousy audio. I’d obviously rather see that video fall to the bottom of the list, while my more well-produced videos get more attention. But it is what it is!
As I say at the end of most of my videos- “hope this has been helpful, and thanks for watching.”
Play on,
-John
February 18, 2014 @ 11:29 am
John, it’s not very hard for me to believe. Your knowledge and attention to detail come through in all these videos. Not always common when it comes to guitar info on youtube. May this encourage you to make more when you schedule lightens up.
February 18, 2014 @ 11:42 am
Thanks for the kind words and encouragement Jason!
-John
June 28, 2014 @ 4:16 am
Hi John, I have been surfing hard to find you!!Great teaching videos. At 69 years old my left arm is damaged and can never play my basses. I saw a guy convert a telecaster with an SS Neck. He also kept the neck lipstick for the bass. Sadly he wont even sell me any info on what else I need like other pickups and I like it low!
I have a very old telecaster Clone.
I’m handy with wood but not electronics (I have solder and a soldering iron though!)I cannot find the right info on YouTube to help me buy/ and wire Pots etc!
Could you please advise me. Albert, Malaga, Spain
July 17, 2014 @ 8:06 am
Hi Albert,
Sorry for the delay, I had somehow missed the notification on this message!
If you mean mounting bass strings onto a guitar body and neck- I don’t see clearly how that could be done…
Have you considered just using an octave pedal?
-John
July 20, 2014 @ 4:29 am
Well I have filled the tuning peg holes with doweles abnd will re drill them for bass tuning pegs. Bridge, Nut and pu’s changed all from ebay.
I have not moved the neck and think? pretty much lining up the strings, nut and bridge will show me where the pegs need to go. So back to my original question, thnaks! A, Malaga, Spain.
July 21, 2014 @ 7:12 am
Your question is pickups, pots and caps? Not sure how the neck pickup will sound with bass- give it a try. As for pots and caps, standard would be 250k or 500k audio-taper pots, and .047uF tone cap. I have a series of videos on how to wire the electronics, starting here:
https://www.planetz.com/wire-it-up/
It’s hard to imagine the neck being able to support the tension of the bass strings- but maybe it’ll all be fine. Good luck!
-John