AMAZING Metal Guitars You Can Actually Afford!

VanderMeij Magistra Performance: https://vandermeijguitars.com/pages/m... Thomann Affiliate: https://www.thomann.de/intl/index.htm... Sweetwater Affiliate: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/k0mGvx Get my IRs & Captures: https://sonicdrivestudio.com/ Henry's Music: https://www.henrysmusic.com/?sca_ref=... My personal Thomann recommendations: https://thmn.to/thocf/cv37zixo68 Thanks for watching my interview with Koen from VanderMeij Guitars about his new performance series guitars! Let me know your thoughts in the comments below! Cheers! Gear used in this video: Fractal Audio FM9 MKII Turbo VanderMeij Magistra Performance series guitars Cubase 13 Pro Toontrack Superior Drummer 3 Klotz Cables & DI Box Kreative Devices Laptop IK Multimedia iLoud MTM Precision studio monitors Thanks for watching! Please subscribe along with the bell and follow SDS at:   / sonicdrivestudio     / sonicdrivestudio_official   https://ko-fi.com/sonicdrivestudio Join the Discord Guitar YouTube Collective:   / discord   Join the official SDS Guitar Gear Forum on Facebook:   / sdsguitargearforum   #affordable #metalguitar #vandermeij Timecodes: 00:00 VanDerMeij now makes guitars that you can afford! 00:33 The VanDerMeij guitars origin story 06:42 Koen is a wood nerd 07:31 Let's discuss the tone wood debate 10:45 How important is acoustic resonance? 13:37 How did the performance series come about? 14:51 Let's check out the different models in this line 15:11 The finish and wood grain 16:16 Magistra Baritone sound demo (quick riff) 17:06 About the Magistra body shape and design 18:04 Scale lengths for the multi-scale 7-string 18:54 Hipshot hardware for everything (bridge, tuners etc) 20:11 The wood choices for the body, neck and fretboard 23:01 About the frets and side dots 23:55 About the in house pickups 25:01 Magistra 6-string quick demo riff 25:54 Magistra 7-string multi-scale quick demo riff 26:27 What are the prices? 27:24 Exciting future plans for VanDerMeij Guitars 29:45 Final thoughts and conclusion Disclaimer: this video is not sponsored by VanderMeij but I do get to keep the 6-string baritone for future videos