Hmmm, Phil and Pete. I used to watch Phil a lot when I was looking for guitars and amps, and occasionally pedals. I am his target audience, or at least was. I'm a new player, and I was looking into cheaper guitars, etc when I started buying things. I've kind of settled on a couple of nice things, rather than a string of cheap things. Phil's an OK player (way better than I am, but not a pro player of course.). It seems like he has some good insight into the industry. He makes his living from Youtube. Caveat Emptor. I watch Pete quite a bit. He just seems like a guy comfortable in his skin. I love his playing, his style and tone are right out of my coming of age to early adulthood years. He is often criticized for making everything sound good. I think this is his experience and talent more than anything. I conjecture, with no evidence whatsoever, that Pete may choose not to review something he thinks stinks, hence the multitude of positive reviews. One can kind of tell when he thinks something is closer to stink than wonderful though. Promoting Suhr? Well, of course! And... Pete makes at least some of his income from YouTube, so Caveat Emptor again.
Seems like this is a touchy subject, so adding that this is just my random opinion, no horse in race or anything.
