Sounding 80s Is Easy Here's The Trick.
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- Опубліковано 21 лип 2019
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Don’t lie Robert, we know its all in the hair.
But he needs about two cans of hairspray...
@@onlyfromadistance7326 and he needs some bangs
yeah exacly :D
Heavy metal hair whip!
Yeah, he should've 80s out for the video.
What you really need to sound 80's is talent and creativity! The spirit of the 80's was originality and style!
A lot of Great talent, like Guitar re-birth
And shitloads of cocaine
Everybody was trying to innovate and change the game! It was like a competition
And drugs
Nice Charvel .
"I'm not really sure what I'm playing right now..."
It's called Van Halen 👍
Mike Heinz yes
Yes
It's called Gary Moore...
Reverb and delay on a really saturated tone is damn near an out of body experience 😂 I love how it just feels larger than life.
Really love the sound Ratt used to get especially on Lay it Down. Warren just rules on that 80's tone
Fuckin right!
And Round and Round, two legend 80s riffs.
Don’t forget Robbin Crosby, warrens the man , but Robbin had a big part in that band too.
If it wasn't for Jake E Lee getting the Ozzy gig Warren wouldn't of been in Ratt.he was living at Jakes
Robbin is RATT KING
How to sound 80's:
1) Have 5 stacks of Marshall amps
2)Have long blonde curly hair
3)have great catchy/poppy choruses
5)Have a guitar(Jackson or Charvel), that has a badass design between the two pickups
6) use a lot of distortion
7)your guitar must have a floyd rose
8)use a lot of pinch harmonics
9)the drums need to be as loud as an atomic bomb
10)play melodic solos and riffs
5 nope you can also have a start or even sg but you need a humbucker 7 also no but it can help
@michael wilson welp i'm playing glam on yamaha pacyfica :D
@@TheAndostroYeah I forgot about Kramer. I'm playing Danger Danger, Slaughter, Def Leppard, Dokken and many of the hair metal stuff on my Jackson Js11 dinky.
@michael wilson ye awsome guitar want to buy one :D
@michael wilson
Yep,..... ESP and Kramer,..Eddie, Lynch.
Also Jackson and Charvel,..ala Warren Demartini, Jake E Lee.
80s and 70s was such an amazing time to be a guitarist! Awesome work here man, and now time to sound like an 80s rocker!
The thing about 80s hard rock and metal is that it gets rightly dissed for the outfits and lyrics, but a lot of the music is really, really good. And in my opinion has the best guitar players. EVH of course being #1, but many others.
Yes. The ridiculously cheesy, hormone overdrive Lyrics and hairspray did the music a dis-service. T Shirts and Jeans was the way to go and it needed lyrics from above the crotch and less recycled. If it wasn't for the guitar work and the drums I wouldn't have bought half of the music that I did back then. Even though some of the singers were great, the lyrics that they sang were just stupid.
@@AnAmericanGuitarist I'm 54 and grew up in the heyday of hair metal, but you've hit the nail on the head. Even back then it was a little cheesy, but it was fun which is something laudable. We will say the same things about all the nu-metal bands that are so processed/quantized and clones of each other you can barely tell them apart, and we will mock their attitudes of 'tough'.
EVH was never metal. NWOBHM and the bands it influenced were actually heavy.
@@AnAmericanGuitarist You're just no fun lol.
the BEST players all competing against one another it was a wondrous time for music, especially rock and blues!
without reverb and delay is also 80's, but it's thrash metal
Most had still quite a bit reverb on though.
Must cut all mids first.
@@djtripnosys thats so wrong that scooped sound is a stereotype coming from ride the lightning and ajfa tone
@@thrashislife2654 So many used the scoop in the 80s. That's the main difference between SOD and MOD tone. SOD is wicked scooped, MOD is boosted mids.
Not everyone did, but Glam and Thrash used it a lot.
Why else would it be a stereotype? Because one band did it on two albums?
nothing more 80's than Kramer, BCRich pointy guitars, and Charvel.
Old school jacksons
Also ibanez
Pretty much any super strat with vibrant colors, a floyd rose and a pointy headstock
@@thrashislife2654 Jackson is owned by Charvel
Jackson Ibanez ESP
Another add in if you want to dial in an additional 80's tone is a chorus pedal. High depth with a super low rate. We used that one a good bit in those days.
You went from ratt straight to Judas priest when you turned the delay and reverb off.
Dude! Where’s the chorus? That’s an 80’s STAPLE!!! Haha
No kidding, I was thinking the same thing
Agreed
and flanger..
You all forgot about compression
Stereo de-tune ;-)
if you have a whammy bar you don't want to use it all the time.
jeff beck: "hold my beer"
The 80's were the best time period for guitar. Lynch and Reb are out of this world. Please do some more 80's lessons with DeMartini/Vito Bratta/Jake E. Lee/John Sykes material!
Damn, I miss Vitto Bratta! I understand why he left, but it still sucks.
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You might like a channel called "Late Night Lessons".
Yes. DeMartini.
guy was like a metronome his timing was so good.
John Sykes played with Scott Gorham & Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy during their heavy rock time in the early 80's prior to Lynott's death. Great guitar heavy sound. George Lynch was superb with Dokken too. Wish Lynch & Gorham would have played together.
Synth keys, stunt guitar, electric drums, keytar/slap bass, huge high scream vocals, AquaNet, spandex..,
Heat and enjoy, serves 1 stadium.
Some 80s drum sounds were good and many others were horrendous!
Needs more saxophone.
If you want an 80’s sound just use gear from the 70’s.
True!
@@voronOsphere That's more of a half truth. True in terms of amps, but the best 80's sound you can get is from a Bob Bradshaw rig.
@@petesorensenguitar the whole idea behind the Bradshaw switcher is no sound coloration whatsoever
JCM 800 baby!!
Buy some Rockman equipment. Some people used them, of course adding EQ. For you guys that don't know, the Rockman equipment was created by Tom Scholz, the guitar player of Boston.
Of course it sounds massive,it's the 80's. It was a great time to be a teen. Everything was massive at that time. Technology, partying women music.wouldnt trade it for the world.
Ikr. Id go back in time and stay there.
wish I could do it all again too,.... WAIT, I am,.... in my mid life crisis
Love this so much! Quit playing for years and started again..'23 was a bad year as I watched my son pass. After about four months I find this, this morning. Your videos are very inspiring and I touched my guitar. Thank you so much for posting. I love Lynch and a lot of the 80's guitarist. 64 years old now and it's different. Just thank you for doing what you do
Rob,
I grew up seeing you play in metalcore and death metal bands in 2006-2009. It’s so interesting to see your take on 80s influence and how to dial this in.
Also, had no idea you had such an incredible studio and set of gear.
Keep rocking man.
-Travis Porter
Amazing video Robert! You did a great job summing up the 80s sound. Definitely the best time period for the guitar. So many innovations on the instrument came from that time period. Everything from lightning fast alternate picking techniques to crazy legato and tapping as well as the best melodies played on the guitar. I would love to see a video from you on 80s inspired legato licks. That would be awesome 🤘
Definately one of my favorite videos youve put out. 80's for the win!
Charvel Pro-Mod San Dimas with Floyd Rose. Profit.
Chris Naish went with a So Cal myself, but YMMV 👍
Sitting here looking at a 5fx, a 1986 model 6, a charvel bass, sold the skull and snake soloist, and the lightning graphics soloist. Had a rose installed, actually preferred the Kohler, due to the fine tuners horizontal , and you can't beat one out of tune!
The biggest influence on the 80s sound was Eddie Van Halen!
David Black Haha Yngwie Malmsteen man. Once the American boys heard him shred, they chased that sound. Eddie was influential but all the fast/precise stuff is a direct nod to Yngwie.
Lets also not forget, there would be no malmsteen without richie blackmoore.
Randy Rhoads carved his own path. He actually started in 1977.
That's who I thought of when I heard these riffs.
@@Vaultzero yngwie wasn’t a big icon of the 80s sound. He is more of the guitar players guitarist. VH and other bands like Def Leppard were huge parts of that sound
I love that you pointed out the George Lynch raising there. Different tempo and you would have started to play Dream Warriors
Perfect timing for me as I’m possibly joining a great band that has that 80s hard rock sound, and I come from more of a thrash background... this was just what I needed, thanks!
This is absolutely the best overview lesson on sounding 80s that I've ever seen. Thanks!
Loved Reb Beach's style... great player.
I had a Charvel Dinky (blue crackle, HH.) I bought it about 30 years ago. It is still in my parents’ place.
Stemming from this you should do videos on the play styles of different 80s players.. that would be sick
This should be top comment
A fellow bucketbot, very good.
Hello Robert, thank you for this post. I am still learning a lot of this stuff and you really broke it down nicely for me.
I've never seen anyone demonstrate the difference between Rock N' Roll and '80s Rock; but it's a pretty clear difference. It's like one of those things you know you know, but it's hard to define. Great job!
I’ve always loved the guitar tone from Def Leppard’s in the round in your face!
True their rock in the first couple albums was in your face awesome.
@@kennethmabus381 - Def Leppard was heavily influenced by AC/DC in the early days. The tone was too. One of my favorite albums ever is High N Dry. Loved it.
@@paulhb yeah me too! Angus played some heavy blues rock influence. Collins with def leppard had some great sound the same.
@@kennethmabus381 - Interesting. I think Collin is the least AC/DC influenced. Before Collin, Pete Willis was the complimentary guitarist. Collin came in on Pyromania. Everything on the previous records was done by Clark and Willis. Mutt Lange was producing both bands around 1980, so there was some definite overlap in the production and tones.
Phil Collen's trademarks: Heavy gauge strings (13s) and metal picks. And the amazing Gibsons-and-Kahlers rhythm work of Steve Clark (RIP).
Those chords bring back memories of Ratt, and even Queensryche. At the tail end of the 80’s, I remember hearing some of those types of progressions taken to the next level by King’s X on my first listen to Gretchen Goes To Nebraska. Goood times... Great video!
I graduated high school in 1985, so I was there. My rig was a Crate G130C and a Crate 4 X 12 loaded with Celestions. Heavy use of stereo chorus, reverb, and scooped eq pedal. That's what I used. I had two guitars, a B.C. Rich Gunslinger and a Les Paul Standard.
When I worked at GC many years ago, I'd push off George Lynch Screamin' Demon pick ups and got a lot of people coming back ranting and raving about them
Outstanding points here - love it !
especially the thirds chord trick
Really dig your videos man! Thanks for all you do to help people master there guitar techniques.
Wow! Great analysis and tutorial Robert!! Thanks man. Loved the video!
Bro that is actually one of the coolest designs I’ve seen on a guitar
New to your channel here, I've played for about 15 years now and i really love your videos man. You're a great presenter i think, but most of all the content is like super awesome dude, like, totally. Subbed!
super helpful video with those different chord shapes!
Robert, thank you so much for all your time and effort that you put into these videos. It is very much appreciated. I really enjoy your videos!
Robert, you're a huge inspiration for practice and making my own studio... And that Charvel is sick as hell!
Wow nailed it! Definitely takes me back thanks
Like a flashback to my teens. Thank you for this video. My ensembles are always saying I'm stuck in the 80's. Power chords and hair. And it was still cool to be left-handed back then too.
Sounding 80s? That is just my normal sound 🤷♂️
Brett Lieberman Same!
yeah...this butter-Jesus tries to pretend like the all-basic rock sound we build our unique styles on, and base our lives around are like some outrageous museum circus-act?!
yep. me too. still scooping out the tone like mullets are still in fashion.
Rock on 80's shredder here \m/. Best damn guitar era ever!
Thanks man! Got the tabs from your site. Just great!
That was fun to watch, brought back some great days
Very helpful sir! I'll be practicing this my man!
Kind of a trip watching this as I grew up starting guitar playing in the 80’s. A couple defining style differences though from an era where the genre had fewer categories. We had hair metal, power metal, thrash metal, punk, speed metal, and of course - no false metal! 🤘🏻 As someone that naturally writes 80’s metal style (Power Metal, Thrash Metal) the one thing I get is a high gain, percussive tone that has good note separation but chunks pretty hard on palm mutes and make those high chords grab a dissonant low E string note extra for thickening it because we didn’t play 7 strings or much low tuning. Standard tuning on a six string - late 80’s and 90’s the dropped D started coming in more. Delay on the leads and maybe some chorus without a ton of depth and zero modulation for thickening the sound a la Dave Murray, Adrian Smith style. Also a bit more modulation for the KK Downing, Glenn Tipton style. Some thickening of the midrange for Vivian Campbell, or Michael Denner, or scoop it for Hetfield/Hammet. Somewhere amongst all that you’ll find the tone you want. Whammy bar tricks for 80’s refer to KK Downing or Brad Gillis. It’s interesting to watch you play though because I can hear a lot of 80’s influence on your playing and tastes. Leon Todd is kind of the same way with a definite 80’s influence. Great video!
Amazing how much I wanted to sound like this, never really succeeded, though. Other than the power chords, anyway. I guess I'll never get Hendrix, Pink Floyd, the Stones and electric blues out of my system...but thank you for this video. The Eighties were a magical time to play guitar and be in a band! Hell, it was a magical time to be on a music scene, period...
That tone is what I dreamed of circa 1989 for sure! I love the variations on rhythm guitar playing. I had actually kind of forgotten how different rock players had their own unique versions of the style, i.e. George Lynch, Kiss, etc. Jake E. Lee is another one used a different approach to chording. He almost reminds me of a hard rock Johnny Smith (Jazz player, look up "Moonlight in Vermont" with Stan Getz) in that he played melodies that sound similar to typical metal riffs, but I always knew I was missing something with Jake E. Lee. He was a master of interesting chording. Awesome video amigo, and actual great lesson!
Love this video. You are getting better and better. Just got a refret done in Nashville on my 86 Baretta. I have the axe fo sho!!
Awesome vid man. I love integrating a little of that 80s vibe into my own heavier tunes (especially on a 7 string).
You just kinda subtly sneak it in there!
Before I watch the video here is my 'how to sound 80's on guitar':
1. Get a super strat.
2. Get a Peavey 5150 block letter amp
3. add chorus and flanger for the occasional variant.
Robert distortion reverb delay and Chorus. Still the tone to rock today.Cheers James.
Thanks man that was an awesome breakdown! 3rds 5ths sevenths and aeolian mode. Got it!
great lesson just what i wanted i did buy some scale work from you and i getting so much better thanks a ton
Tasteful + Melodic= Vito Bratta.
I joined his guitar courses online and have learned so much more than in person teaching great teacher
This is seriously my favorite video! This to me is your best work Sir! Can you please do a video on how/what you use to achieve this sound regarding the
AX 3?
Dry accurately done sir. Please put out more videos on this !
The Kiss chords were also used by .38 Special quite often. Both make great music.
That 80s metal and thrash crunch is probably my favorite tones to dial in 🤘💀🤘 dig it
Excellent video. I'd say another component of sounding 80s is getting that 'hair metal' guitar tone, where you drop the bass to around a quarter, then boost the mids and highs to around 3 quarters to get that really nasal sounding, biting 80s distortion tone which slams through the mix, in the vein of George Lynch, Vito Bratta, Warren DeMartini etc. In my opinion, the quintessenial 80s sounding amps/premamps were the Soldano SLO 100 or the ADA MP-1 preamp, but you can achieve the 80s 'hair metal' tone with Marshalls if you work the EQ in the way I suggest.
Sounds like 80’s to me! Kickass lesson!
Hey we missed meeting you @ NAMM 🤘🏻🎸😎💥 #BringBackThe80s
Great video ! I am getting ready to partake in an 80s band project , this is extremely helpful . That Charvel is a sexy axe ! Cheers !
bro you kick ass thanks for helping a lefty to understand that i can play too . flipping our music upside down is not easy but u are so easy to follow thank you from ohio .
Enjoy your videos dude. Love the shirt WHOO!
I keep coming back to this video. Best upload Robert Baker has done. WE NEED AN 80s GUITAR COURSE ROBERT!
Great lesson, personality, and great sound.
Perfect timing for me... I’m possibly joining a band that has an 80s hard rock sound and I come from a thrash background...thanks Robert!
Love it! Guitar sound in the 80s is so Rad!
Omg you did it:) I’m from then and been trying since 86to play like that. Good job man
Remember its important to put any reverb or delay effects pedala/rack units in the effects loop of your amp, for additional clarity of the effect. If put in front like most other pedals it's going to sound muddy
watcheed the andertones sound like evh the other day and realized the importance of adding phase,flange,chorus,and delay to pad out the space of the saturated guitar but in very small ammounts really adds the "sparkle" to the glam riffs
That was my guitar I got for my 18th birthday, the Charvel Jackson Lavacrackle, although mine had the reverse headstock. Got it in 1989.
guaaauuuuu that intro was aweeslme..full of good energy
This is fantastic, thanks mate
This is an amazing video. You nailed it!
80's!!!!!! Awesome video as usual, Robert.
That pinched harmonic at 3:58 says it all. Nicely done.
MK
Please post a video or tab on how to play the intro harmony guitar lick. Such an amazing riff!
Love the 80's vids Robert,.... and thank you for sparing us the Spandex pants.
great info, thanks for the lesson...it's because of this video that I subscribed to your channel!
Muy buen video. Podría hacer alguno mostrando todo el equipo, ajustes y configuración del sonido (amplificadores, pedales, unidades de efecto...) para este tono de guitarra de los ochenta. Muchas gracias, saludos desde España 🇪🇦
Very great video, thanks a lot ... and love this sound with my Kramer Baretta ;)
Those chords?
Bark At The Moon
Earlier ---> Scorpions
Earlier ---> Alice Cooper
Great video. Thanks a bunch.
How I used to do it: Marshall jcm 800 50 watt head. pre amp maxed. Boss hm2 pedal with the output maxed and the gain about nine o'clock for solos, heavy riffs. Boss chorus and delay for sauce. Lots of thumping E and A strings underpining simple two finger chords. Not difficult but your timing has to be spot on and tbf the attitude just has to be eighties. So your looking for a full sound at all times unless you are rolling the volume back for the power ballad! You've got to cover the power ballad next, Rob.
Sick riffs man!
Thanks Robert, love your lesson and your video. I’m not a good player but i’m progressing faster with your help. A big thank you. My epiphone V Richie Faulkner sound like Judas Priest now. Big thanks to you 🤘
awesome vid and love the guitar what kinda pickup are you using
The 80s my favorite time for music by far!
Good job man thank you for such great content
For a truly 80's metal sound you gotta have gated reverb! 🤘😬🤘
Thank you very much for the tip with the delay. I also added a chorus to that sound and put it though a high gain orange amp (I'm using Amplitube 5). I tried some phaser too, but it mudded the sound too much. I rather pulled up the gain of my overdrive pedal. Also much thanks for that advise.
Everything sounds great now. Even on the bride pickup of my Fender Strat. :)
I used my Jackson SL3 Made In Japan with a DiMarzio Super Distortion and yeah, it was pretty badass, it helped me, thank you Rob! I’m actually a Thrasher but I still got some Glam inside, great tone by the way. Used a Randall Satan, great amp and I can’t still believe I got that tone out of that amp...