# Tony Polecastro: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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As of 2026-10-29, Tony Polecastro has 607,000 subscribers, 77,523,273 total views, and 711 videos. It ranks #125,270 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Tony Polecastro](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/). Each video links to its own stats page. The page lists the rest of the channel's videos to signed-in vidIQ users.

## About this sample

- The latest upload vidIQ has for Tony Polecastro is “How I Wish I Learned Guitar in My First 30 Days (Full Course)”, a long-form video published Oct 24, 2026.
- These are Tony Polecastro’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Aug 29, 2023 and Oct 24, 2026 (42 long-form videos and 6 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 28,313. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “I Tested the Top Three $200 Guitars (ONE stole the show)” (831,212 views, Nov 23, 2024). Least viewed: “Badmoon Rising Guitar Lick #acousticguitar #acousticlessons” (3,603 views, Oct 24, 2024).
- Median length: 21:55 for 42 long-form videos; 0:43 for 6 Shorts.
- In this sample, Tony Polecastro’s consecutive uploads were a median of 7 days apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 215 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Oct 29, 2026, so newer uploads have had less time to collect them. These figures describe only the videos listed here, not the whole channel, and do not show why any video performed as it did. Dates are UTC.

## Recent uploads

| Video | Published (UTC) | Format | Views | Duration | Outlier score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [How I Wish I Learned Guitar in My First 30 Days (Full Course)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/975GeAiyclQ/) | 2026-10-24 | Long-form | 8,998 | 2:18:08 | - |
| [9 Mistakes That Keep Older Guitarists Stuck](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/PC2okPacudA/) | 2026-10-14 | Long-form | 20,084 | 10:55 | - |
| [Memorizing Notes is a Waste of Time](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/hcfBtx6ZYaU/) | 2026-04-29 | Long-form | 32,154 | 13:22 | - |
| [How I Wish I Learned SCALES as a Beginner](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/7vbApS-LV08/) | 2026-04-15 | Long-form | 124,797 | 7:12 | 0.82x |
| [HOW I WISH guitar soloing was explained to me as a beginner](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/ofqQ72DGy_Y/) | 2026-03-07 | Long-form | 270,141 | 5:39 | 2.22x |
| [4 Beginner Mistakes That WRECK Progress](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/L4bitlIn-NU/) | 2026-01-24 | Long-form | 563,388 | 12:01 | 11.84x |
| [The ONLY 10 Rules for Older Beginners](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/poAR4YnIfR4/) | 2026-01-14 | Long-form | 202,359 | 15:51 | 7.31x |
| [10 SIMPLE Songs That Taught Me Guitar](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/A-wL46aSqkc/) | 2025-11-19 | Long-form | 64,133 | 21:59 | 3.21x |
| [The NEW Way to Learn Guitar Over 50](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/oSXmZY0zt1s/) | 2025-11-12 | Long-form | 24,441 | 25:03 | 1.54x |
| [Give me 2 minutes and I'll CRUSH your guitar doubts](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/hlBorE9Q_24/) | 2025-10-13 | Long-form | 10,361 | 2:43 | 1.17x |
| [I Wish Every Beginner Guitarist Over 50 Could Watch This](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/gAALyHbo8Ww/) | 2025-09-29 | Long-form | 10,307 | 5:48 | 1.32x |
| [13 Things Older Guitar Students Get WRONG (backed by science)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/g0b_-xoBFSg/) | 2025-09-20 | Long-form | 284,740 | 15:53 | 15.39x |
| [10 Guitar Store Rules You Should NEVER Break \| Acoustic Tuesday S2E12](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/wY4EjEWU0tc/) | 2025-08-19 | Long-form | 179,628 | 50:56 | 9.7x |
| [The BEST Acoustic Guitar Song Ever Written \| Acoustic Tuesday S2E11](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/bDO9JrexxrI/) | 2025-08-12 | Long-form | 30,915 | 59:51 | 1.85x |
| [Haunting and Beautiful Guitar With THIS Alternate Tuning \| Acoustic Tuesday S2E10](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/4emQsYoe_94/) | 2025-08-05 | Long-form | 15,444 | 41:53 | 2.64x |
| [Budget Acoustic Guitar Battle \| Acoustic Tuesday S2E9](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/oD5Y77gFVJA/) | 2025-07-29 | Long-form | 13,746 | 41:08 | 2.35x |
| [Create Your Own Beautiful Chords \| Acoustic Tuesday S2E8](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/bs8q5uDCmWo/) | 2025-07-22 | Long-form | 10,584 | 44:07 | 1.77x |
| [Guitar Tuning For Beginners \| Acoustic Tuesday S2E7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/UKWWJzAHBhI/) | 2025-07-15 | Long-form | 16,895 | 51:43 | 2.82x |
| [Barre Chords Made Easy (Seriously) \| Acoustic Tuesday S2E6](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/uJz68vKMM04/) | 2025-07-08 | Long-form | 20,189 | 52:41 | 3.13x |
| [Try THIS For Beautiful and Easy Chord Changes \| Acoustic Tuesday S2E5](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/GEWGSHsLPo8/) | 2025-07-01 | Long-form | 22,210 | 48:58 | 3.37x |
| [The Easiest Guitar Experiment Anyone Can Do! \| Acoustic Tuesday S2E4](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/jSiV_O-ORvQ/) | 2025-06-24 | Long-form | 8,665 | 45:59 | 1.24x |
| [Guitar Practice That Doesn't Suck \| Acoustic Tuesday S2E3](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/ojMNpt8v470/) | 2025-06-17 | Long-form | 23,673 | 35:53 | 1.38x |
| [Which Guitar Picking Style is Right For You? \| Acoustic Tuesday S2E2](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/UxoUxbMhlPs/) | 2025-06-10 | Long-form | 16,599 | 33:43 | - |
| [3 EASY Steps to Fingerpicking \| Acoustic Tuesday S2E1](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/aZkN36OOddE/) | 2025-06-03 | Long-form | 30,320 | 36:25 | 1.33x |
| [Is this STILL the most BEAUTIFUL fingerpicking lick after 37 years?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/ABV9Pkm2kDE/) | 2025-04-26 | Long-form | 13,681 | 5:46 | - |
| [11 Newbie Guitar Tips That Unlock REAL Progress](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/DCVzi2O4tfc/) | 2025-04-20 | Long-form | 95,844 | 24:09 | 2.6x |
| [3 CRUCIAL Guitar Skills (from 1 Song)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/0h635FWu2lM/) | 2025-04-11 | Long-form | 10,240 | 9:26 | - |
| [The ONLY 5 guitar skills you need to learn guitar](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/s3mz8H3btRE/) | 2025-04-05 | Long-form | 119,038 | 12:38 | 0.61x |
| [3 RULES for Learning Guitar Late in Life](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/44cWE5vwcdc/) | 2025-03-08 | Long-form | 362,848 | 10:22 | 1.85x |
| [Give me 12 minutes. I'll save you 15 years.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/vIg1GxpxE6E/) | 2025-02-18 | Long-form | 701,386 | 12:10 | 6.83x |
| [Did the Taylor GS Mini just get HUMILIATED?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/qJPnKxCdX3M/) | 2025-02-08 | Long-form | 118,413 | 7:59 | 1.37x |
| [The 3 BEST Rated Guitars Under $200](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/ZLN_C8EnuB4/) | 2024-12-01 | Short | 165,597 | 0:33 | 10.15x |
| [I Tested the Top Three $200 Guitars (ONE stole the show)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/9IjXorbNLDM/) | 2024-11-23 | Long-form | 831,212 | 19:20 | 9.63x |
| [🎸 String Changing Made Simple!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/vQ1V80xa0lY/) | 2024-11-07 | Short | 20,342 | 0:59 | 2.3x |
| [The SPOOKIEST Guitar Chord in the World!!!💀🎃](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/xRFdNIpbdcg/) | 2024-10-31 | Short | 12,480 | 0:11 | 1.41x |
| [The most BEAUTIFUL guitar #guitartutorial #guitar #acousticlessons #acousticguitar](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/i0TYUwpO_bs/) | 2024-10-31 | Short | 6,909 | 0:45 | - |
| [SCIENCE: Coffee makes you better at guitar](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/fkikg2xwX0U/) | 2024-10-30 | Short | 10,065 | 0:50 | 1.14x |
| [The TRUTH about learning guitar over 50](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/Sk4fNod3tx0/) | 2024-10-26 | Long-form | 34,894 | 34:36 | - |
| [Badmoon Rising Guitar Lick #acousticguitar #acousticlessons](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/8FXOesYAy08/) | 2024-10-24 | Short | 3,603 | 0:42 | - |
| [Is this STILL the most BEAUTIFUL descending guitar after 55 years?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/775ViaYnIuA/) | 2024-08-07 | Long-form | 727,196 | 10:59 | 12.54x |
| [Jeff Daniels' message to guitar players](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/lnwcErp4pj0/) | 2024-08-04 | Long-form | 274,277 | 9:21 | 9.61x |
| [Guitar Teacher Reacts: NEW Bob Dylan Movie](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/hdEsHy-FRaY/) | 2024-07-25 | Long-form | 87,197 | 12:56 | 3.51x |
| [Don't Learn Guitar (until you watch this)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/-7E7Fdmj81U/) | 2023-12-23 | Long-form | 30,653 | 10:10 | - |
| [This is the end...or the beginning? ★ Acoustic Tuesday 310](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/nkRcKxKdhQs/) | 2023-09-26 | Long-form | 21,812 | 21:52 | - |
| [6 years of legit guitar wisdom in 20 minutes ★ Acoustic Tuesday 309](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/rKeQBkjrAtM/) | 2023-09-19 | Long-form | 26,306 | 39:07 | 1.83x |
| [How to learn songs on guitar (don't do THIS) ★ Acoustic Tuesday 308](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/NQzo7zC88Dk/) | 2023-09-12 | Long-form | 85,317 | 41:05 | 5.82x |
| [80% of String Changes Skip This Crucial Step ★ Acoustic Tuesday 307](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/WG9cpbSdwXE/) | 2023-09-05 | Long-form | 467,769 | 55:28 | 31.86x |
| [Blues & Ragtime MACHINE! B&G Guitars Caletta Review ★ Acoustic Tuesday 306](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tacguitar/videos/4J9Yai8JXb8/) | 2023-08-29 | Long-form | 10,784 | 38:02 | - |

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