“I thought, ‘I’m going to get this guitar, make a few videos then sell it.’ But I found my place as a guitarist”: Rob Scallon on the eight-string that changed his life – and how it helped him become one of YouTube’s OG guitar stars
Phil Weller
created: Aug. 11, 2025, 10:15 a.m. | updated: Aug. 16, 2025, 11:34 a.m.
He says with a wry smile that it’s taken a game to bag him his first-ever Guitar World interview.
With the music videos it was like, ‘This is my calling!’ More than just being a musician, making music videos was the ultimate goal.
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“There are so many amazing guitar players out there; and until I got an eight-string I was emulating other people.
Originally I thought, 'I’m going to get this eight-string, make a few videos then sell it.'
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