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You are welcome! You aren't doing anything wrong mate, I think gaining huge amount of subscribers is mostly about exposure and people's preference. Your channel has many stuffs that can help people who are intermediate/pre-advanced level players but it doesn't have as much subscribers as it should have despite of having been on YouTube for a long time whereas I have seen a decent/mediocre at best player who doesn't upload tutorial stuffs as much as you do has more than 20K followers, as I have stated earlier it is about exposure and preference of the users.

I don't actively run any YouTube channel but what I've reckoned so far, I would suggest you to upload at least one cover of famous metal/hard rock song/solo in every two-three week/one month (assuming you will be learning it from the beginning but with your skill, it won't be too hard for you to master difficult songs/solos) alongside your licks/lesson videos, in this way your channel hopefully will get some exposure.

Collaboration works with other instrument players/guitarists on YouTube will also help I think, get a bit more exposure and then do some collaboration sessions with famous YouTube guitarists (e.g. Chris Zoupa or 331Erock) which should give you even more exposure.

I think people tend to watch videos that look decent, good looking and professional these days. My last advice would be investing a bit to make your videos look better. So upgrade to a decent camera which can film 1080p video that looks sharp (I heard some cameras that are mainly used for photography can also film decent quality video which aren't damn expensive as some video cameras), make sure there is enough lighting in the room where you will film your videos (perhaps you may want to get entry level softbox/umbrella lighting kit if your room lighting is not bright enough), a bit of video editing skill will be also helpful (you don't have to learn to use Adobe Premiere, software like Movie Studio 13 or if you want to spend more then Sony Vegas Pro should get your job done) and last but not least capture your audio with a decent mic via audio interface instead of using camera's mic.

Edit: Few sentences.

Edit 2: I think I should revise some of the advice I have given you in terms of making your videos look better.

• Previously I have stated that you should get a better camera that will let you make videos that look sharper than your current setup, but the thing is lighting should be your primary priority at this moment because I have noticed that in your videos there is a bit too much of shadow and the video also looks kind of dark, I think you should set up better lighting arrangement for your upcoming videos. Perhaps you should grab [this] (https://www.amazon.com/StudioPRO-Translucent-Umbrella-Continuous-Photography/dp/B00FG5FQ5S/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1469975990&sr=8-2&keywords=umbrella+kit) if you can't have more lights in your room to brighten up your video.
  Even with a camera that can film only 720p video, you will get very good result if your lighting setup is excellent, you can add filters in your video during edit if you want. So you don't have to change your camera for now but if you insist then assuming you will be filming yourself alone, I'd recommend you getting a video camera that has flip out screen, DSLR cameras can get you good results but not all of them come come with a flip out screen. You might want to take a look at Canon VIXIA HF R700.
  
  
• It seems you already have some good video editing skill but I would recommend you to make your video thumbnails modern looking because many of your current ones look bit cheesy.
  
  
• By capturing your audio via audio interface what I meant is, not only capturing your voice with an audio interface card but you should record your guitar track with it too (also capturing your guitar's dry signal with applying effects from great amp simulation program for desktop such as Bias FX or AmpliTube 4 will make your guitar sound even better) if you haven't been using it already.
  
  Please don't mind because of my criticisms, you asked for some advice and I thought I could help with some tips, you are a good guitar player who uploads tutorial videos on YouTube and I want you to be known among users like some other YouTube guitarists such as Ben Eller, Carl Brown or Chris Zoupa who aren't just awesome players themselves but they also help other players out there.

This is all in reference to part 3:

Two minor complaints about the commentary, and I've been guilty of it myself for sure, is that you kept going back to a sort of introduction as far as four minutes into the video. "We just woke up in a strange room" and variations of it were repeated a few times.

There are a few times where it seems like you're not sure what to say, so you basically narrate what you're doing/what the game told you do, but not much else. This can work for more animated people, but you're fairly calm so it's not terribly engaging in those moments. I didn't have any issues keeping with it, but I know several people with shorter attention spans that likely would have left the video around those points.

The full minute of outro was a bit long without anything happening/captivating commentary.

The end card itself, though has clear navigation and certainly doesn't take away from anything. I like it.

Humor is a bit dry, but that's not really a complaint as I happen to like dry humor.

Audio and video quality are really good, though you might want to consider finding a way to soften the overhead light source so it creates less of a focused glare (soft boxes are cheap and easy to make.) I recently purchased this set of lighting from Amazon for a really good price, but it does take a bit of room to set it up. Not much, but a little more than some people have.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FG5FQ5S?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00