A $50,000 Van Halen guitar gets Marty Music talking

Nine uploads also take Marty Schwartz inside Martin's factory and back to Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Green River."

Channel: Marty Music Story of October 16, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

They Said This $50,000 Guitar Makes You Play Like Van Halen

What would you buy instead of one very expensive replica guitar? Marty Music's viewers have suggestions, including an entire band's equipment and a van to carry it in.

"They Said This $50,000 Guitar Makes You Play Like Van Halen" was the most-watched of Marty's nine new uploads, drawing about 288,000 views. The comments turn the price into a conversation about Eddie Van Halen's homemade-guitar spirit, with players comparing less expensive routes to a similar sound. One viewer singles out Marty's "Panama" riff, bringing the discussion back to the person holding the instrument.

The acoustic side of the week had a more personal connection. In "I Got to Build a Martin D-28: Here's How It Went," Tim Teel guides Marty through the Nazareth, Pennsylvania, factory, from raw lumber to a finished guitar. Marty gets involved along the way, with rosewood matching, side bending and neck fitting among the stages. His description explains why the visit mattered: his dad had a Martin before Marty ever played, and that M36 remains his most sentimental instrument.

There was something to take back to your own guitar, too. Two "Green River" lessons unpack CCR's blues-rock vocabulary, including the tension between an open G note and the G-sharp in an E chord. The full breakdown was a song choice voted for by his community.

The channel collected roughly 2.6 million views over seven days while its subscriber count held steady. Daily viewing is running well above its usual pace. "They Say Tone Is in the Fingers… Not Anymore" is currently drawing the most daily views, followed by the live studio cover of Led Zeppelin's "Going to California," with Olivia Rubini and Eric Galetti joining Marty for a change from explaining music to making it.

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The videos drawing views on Marty Music right now

They Say Tone Is in the Fingers… Not Anymore215,808 views · 2026-10-11 I Got to Build a Martin D-28: Here’s How It Went101,472 views · 2026-10-10 The E Minor Pentatonic Swamp Groove CCR Made Famous29,665 views · 2026-10-13 How to Play “Green River” by Creedence Clearwater Revival • Full Brea…23,751 views · 2026-10-13 My Favorite Acoustic Is a Martin — So I Went to See How It's Made20,354 views · 2026-10-10 We Covered Led Zeppelin "Going to California" • Live in the Studio13,115 views

The numbers

Here's how Marty Music's uploads and audience shaped up over the week.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

Oasis

12,699,407

Slipknot

12,302,475

Marty Music

2,629,797

DAGames

2,250,913

DragonForce

2,021,300

Ninja Sex Party

771,610

subscribers

4,970,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

1,091,374,823

views per day

551,004

typical day: 332,802

first-day views of each video posted this week

They Said This $50,000 Guitar Makes You…

81,002

They Say Tone Is in the Fingers… Not An…

79,696

I Got to Build a Martin D-28: Here’s Ho…

30,777

The E Minor Pentatonic Swamp Groove CCR…

19,295

How to Play “Green River” by Creedence …

17,156

My Favorite Acoustic Is a Martin — So I…

12,602

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Slipknot

9,730,000

Marty Music

4,970,000

Bring Me The Horizon

4,960,000

Oasis

4,670,000

DAGames

2,390,000

DragonForce

1,620,000

Falling In Reverse

1,410,000

Ninja Sex Party

1,380,000

Queens Of The Stone Age

973,000

As of October 16, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.