How this week was made

What we went through. The paper was written from 64 videos from 25 channels, 20 hours 59 minutes in all. Every one was transcribed.

What made the paper. 31 of them are cited in the paper. It also cites 1 video from outside these. It has 71 quotes. Every quote was checked against the transcript of the video it comes from, and its footnote links to that video.

What the editor (still just me) did. Our system wrote a first draft of 3,526 words. I read all of it, checked every quote against its video, and thoroughly edited it. I cut 83 of its 130 lines, rewrote 15, moved 1 and added 14 of my own. I also found and credited 5 pictures and placed 8 on the cover and pages. The paper as it stands is 1,877 words. An edition generally takes me about half a day.

Every video

The ones marked are cited in the paper.

60 Cycle Hum

• Which direction should you tune? 50 min In the paper
• This Guild Starfire Deluxe is BLUETIFUL! 25 min In the paper
• Neurig is coming 59 min

Andertons Music Co

• Original 1961 Gibson ES-330 vs Custom Shop vs Standard: Can You Hear the Difference? 22 min
• Turn Your Spark Amp Into A Full Rig With Positive Grid Spark CAB 2! 7 min
• A Modern Metal Monster! Epiphone Prophecy Electric Guitars 28 min In the paper
• Do Guitars Need Carbon Fibre Bodies, Built-In Speakers & Touchpad Tremolos?! Enya Inspire Range 29 min
• Polyend Loop - A Looper, Drum Machine & Sequencer In One! 43 min In the paper

Bernth

• Are These Kids BETTER at Guitar Than Me?! 21 min
• The Most Beautiful Guitar and Bass Duet We've Ever Played (LIVE) 3 min

Bradley Hall

• The New POLYPHIA Album Is The FUTURE Of Guitar Music (And I F*cking Hate It) 11 min In the paper
• This Bloody DIPSTICK Is In Trouble 7 min In the paper

Charles Berthoud

• What A Real LIVE Bass Solo ACTUALLY Sounds Like 3 min In the paper

Danny Sapko

• The most insane FAKE musician I've ever seen. 13 min In the paper
• The most insane FAKE musician I've ever seen had my video taken down 13 min In the paper
• Midi Vanilli went LIVE to prove he's not a fraud 10 min In the paper

Davie504

• This Video Will Get 10+ Copyright Claims. I Don't Care. 10 min In the paper
• The Danny Sapko Situation Is Really Sad. 9 min In the paper

John Nathan Cordy

• The WORST POSSIBLE OUTCOME of the Fender Disaster - Nobody Wins 16 min In the paper
• This is the ONLY PEDAL I Need 23 min In the paper
• Does it MATTER Where Your FENDER STRAT Was Made? American Vintage 2008 Strat 16 min
• EVERY Guitarist NEEDS To This At Least ONCE 23 min
• You NEED This Legato Lick Signature THROUGH THE GEARS Lesson 14 min
• No OTHER Digital Modeler Can Do This - SUPERPOWERFUL Darkglass Anagram NAM 23 min In the paper
• The Digital Modeling Singularity is HERE - EVERYTHING AND NOTHING CHANGES 16 min In the paper
• FALSE ALARM - Fender Say There's NO LAYOFFS - Business As Usual 14 min In the paper
• I Gigged the Fender Tone Master Princeton - I AM SURPRISED 24 min
• I'm an IDIOT - D'addario Made The BEST Gig Bag Ever 12 min
• I NEVER Thought a Marshall JCM800 Would Work For Me - This Synergy Module is IMPRESSIVE 18 min In the paper
• I NEVER Planned to Buy a Fender John Mayer Strat - Is It Any Good? 20 min In the paper
• My Nacho DERANGEMENT Syndrome Has BEEN CURED 19 min

Mike Cole

• Why Professionals Buy $600 Guitars 15 min

Mimisounds

• I Waited YEARS to Try this Guitar 6 min
• This Acoustic Guitar is STUNNING 5 min

Music is Win

• None of This Guitar Playing is FAKE... 15 min

Ola Englund

• SWOLA308 - NIGHTWISH & FLOOR JANSEN SPLIT? PRS GOES METAL? RANDY BLYTHE VS TROLLS, STEVE VAI BOOK 24 min In the paper
• DANNY SAPKO IS IN TROUBLE... 3 min In the paper
• I GOT MY HANDS ON A $9,000 IBANEZ... 12 min In the paper

Phillip McKnight

• They Brought Back A Dead Guitar Brand 18 min

Rhett Shull

• I Finally Get Why These Guitars Cost So Much 23 min
• Pro Guitarists Play Way Less Than You Think 16 min

Rick Beato

• Steel Beans: How The F*ck Does He Do This? 40 min In the paper

Riffs, Beards & Gear

• I Tried Zoom's New NEURIG Modeler... 15 min In the paper
• Joe Bonamassa Made a DIGITAL Amp?! 10 min
• Could This Be The Future of Tube Amps? 10 min In the paper

Rob Chapman

• Gibson Got This Les Paul Right! 6 min In the paper

Sean Daniel

• The Music Theory Behind Frank Sinatra's Biggest Hit 21 min
• I Was So Wrong About Chet Atkins 22 min

Sonic Drive Studio

• Nobody has ever done what I'm about to do... (70+ Guitar Amp Comparison) 15 min
• These Friedman amps break new ground! (VX30 & PX20) 20 min

SpectreSoundStudios

• The Vintage Gear Scam is OVER! 22 min In the paper

Stevie T

• Stevie T - Heart Is Breaking (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) 2 min

The Guitologist

• The Top 100 MOST VIEWED Guitar Youtubers: A Comparative Analysis 24 min

The Trogly's Guitar Show

• He Retired From the Gibson Custom Shop and Got THIS! 15 min
• The Rumors Were True! 23 min
• Did We Really Have to Go... t h e r e ? 13 min In the paper
• Now With Twice the Coils! | 2026 Gibson SG Jr Walnut Humbucker Review + Demo 18 min
• They Only Made 30! 28 min
• This One Breaks ALL the Rules! 32 min
• I Promise You've Never Seen One Like This 🎃 18 min

TheGuitarGeek

• I Thought These Were Jazz Guitars (I Was Wrong) 7 min
• Don't Buy a Premium Modeler Until You See This (It's €68) 35 min In the paper

Tone Nerds

• PRS Tekton Is Here, Neko Puts NAM in Your Pocket & Waters vs. Hetfield | Tone Nerds Live 57 min In the paper
• Fender Layoffs, New Guitars, & What's Next | Tone Nerds Live 70 min In the paper