John Heussenstamm

John Heussenstamm Video Guitar Reviews


John calls upon his 40+ years of music and guitar experience to review and evaluate various popular guitars. If you would like to see a review of a guitar not mentioned here, please leave a request on the comment section of one of these YouTube videos.


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make, model / additional topics play time date added video
Fender Telecaster

topics: country music; chicken pickin'; maple fretboard; volume swells; Telecaster riffing; Stratocaster; Squier series; antique Telecasters.

(correction: George Harrison's Telecaster was made out of rosewood.)
9:03 07-02-2008
Fernandes Dragonfly

topics: heavy metal; Sustainer pickup; fretboard; 24 frets; neck-through body; whammy bar; dive bombs; graphite nut.

5:45 07-03-2008
Gibson ES-335 reissue

topics: jazz music; dot neck reissue; Nashville Tune-o-matic bridge; Alnico humbucking pickups; tone controls; laminated maple body; binding; mahogany neck; semi-acoustic; Grover machineheads; pitch angle; Corian® nut; input jack.

(correction: the machine heads are rounded Grovers, not tulip-shaped.)
9:21 07-01-2008
Gibson ES-175

topics: plywood top; scale length; mahogany vs maple neck; humbucking pickups, 60 cycle hum; Pat Martino fast jazz runs; archtop guitar; Nashville Tune-o-matic bridge; binding.

7:26 07-03-2008


Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are John's only, and he is not responsible for any purchasing decisions the viewer of these videos may make as a result of these comparisions. As of the date of these reviews, John does not have any direct commercial relationship with any of the companies whose products he is evaluating.




Upcoming guitar reviews

Guild Stuart X-700
Gibson Les Paul
Epiphone Les Paul


Please leave any requests for other equipment reviews in the comments section of one of the above videos hosted by YouTube.