How to develop your own metal tone!
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An experiment in developing your OWN sound! Try new things, you might like them!
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How to develop your own metal tone:
1. Grab a ten-sided die from a Dungeons and Dragons game.
2. Roll die, whatever number comes up, set knob to that number.
3. Repeat until all knobs are set.
That would be intresting
I tried this out, and my house is now on fire.
*The best way:* Mess with the knobs.
*The way to actually get stuff done:* Try not to just mess with knobs all day.
this guy gets it.
And no scooped mids. I used to do that shit a lot as a kid with ALL THE GAIN....On a Line 6 Spider IV.
@@theders8590 The TRVEST METAL TOAN!!!!!!!!!
@@theders8590 which is weird that the V30 is the "go to" these days, they sound pretty scooped to me. for tight low and mid range attack that'll part thighs and blow your house in; celestion g12t-75s or carvin gs12-75s.
AskAboutMyZombiePlan Well V30s are fuzzy so I think they use that to cut through the mix. That may be the main reason they sound heavy.
Don't forget, you need to cup that SM57 in order to sound good lol
Bar Goldstein that’s good as long as you use the bananadyne mic cupper.
LOL, And don't forget the egg cartons on the wall! Old strings, eating a greasy pork sandwhich before recording and not washing your hands. Gives the strings flavor! Plus no practice because "I gotta feel it!"
Lmfao
Step one: buy a Line 6 spider
Step two: burn it
Step three: lemmy will rise and bless you with crushing tones for your good deeds
Instructions unclear, genitals mutilated.
Instructions unclear
Dead meme
This is metal, the dead will rise...
If 'punk' than the spider actually sort of works, since sounding awful is the goal.
DeepPastry but the spider sounds even too awful for punk
But you still paid for thr Line 6, which gives the company money which they will use to make more Line 6s.
I'm very lazy with tones, what worked for me was just playing around till the tone felt comfortable , my tone is by far NOT the best, it's decent at most lol
But its aight im happy with it
when did you start playing guitar?
HOHHRP at around 12, im like 23
cringe
Rare Rudy post
Eh it doesn’t matter to much. If you’re happy with it that’s what counts. Tom Arya doesn’t know shit about his tone, he just gets it dialled in with his tech and leaves it.
The Sunn sounds insane for the open low notes, less so the mutes. Unique tone and should definitely do a full review.
The Great Southern Trend Kill is SO underrated. Glad to hear it get a mention.
Dude I personally think Dime Pioneered modern guitar tone
But can they withstand the total onslaught of Holiday Death Toll?
Jackson Barber imo I think Machine Head pioneered that with Burn My Eyes, that tone is so monstrous and heavy.
This kind of videos is what I love about this channel!
Thank you Glenn🐸
That blend of paths with a phase shifter on one track and flanger on the other is way cool , its amazing how much better the sum of both tones combined adds so much depth to the tone. Txs Glenn
Great video glenn. Love to see more of this.
You made it look so easy. Cracking effort and some wicked tones. Excellent!
The final tone is HUGE! ty for the video and demostration Glenn
Man, you keep mentioning my favorite albums. It makes me like you more and more. COC's Blind is an album I can't stop loving. The tone is monstrous and so very metal. I have no clue why it doesn't more recognition. I highly recommend it to every metalhead. Also, my old band got to do a tour of Texas with Woods of Ypres a year or so before David passed and he was one of the nicest, most accepting dudes. You did a great job recording them! I knew there was a reason I dug your videos.
Great video Glenn! :D
Outstanding video Glenn!
In my recording class, we were told to always use more than just one type of microphone when recording anything. The one microphone we always use as a starting point for recording is the SM57. I remember the SM57 sounding pretty damn sick when we recorded electric guitar. But I wanted to see what it would sound like if you placed the microphone behind the amp, and it sounded pretty cool. I agree with you on the whole "don't be afraid to experiment with the equipment" statement.
Love this tutorial! Awesome video! The tone from the coffee cab is heavy AF!
Great video Glenn. \m/. All your video's are awesome.
Just picked up an old Krankenstein head and it sounds beastly it actually sounds pretty unique it can sound extremely heavy for metal but its got great clean tones as well
The Krankenstein has the most underrated gain structure ever. I love that amp. The grit on those cascading harmonics can tear heads off.
They are really tight too! I dont even really need my noise gate pedal anymore
Great video Glenn! I'd really love to see this for cab sims and other modern non-traditional gear.
Very cool and informative demo. Thanks for sharing, Glenn. The forensic exam of Ethereal Mirror was spot on.
Cool video! Please do more of this stuff! Almost thought I was watching Circle of Tone there for a second :-)
Great job man!
Awesome video! Thank you!!!!!
Damn this is so informative. Thanks so much Glenn!!!
Thankz Glenn !
Sounds good and meaty! 🤘
Wow that Sunn is so crunchy ! I love it
God damn your drums sound better and better with each video!
Hi Glenn, I've got my Wilkinson Audio Fredman SM57 Clip today. Works like a charm. Easy to place with no phase issues. Thank you for the great hint.
Very informative video and I couldn't agree more with you, Glenn! I didn't know you've got a Beta Lead kicking around. I really like the Sunn stuff, especially the Model T!
Or...
Peavey solid state amp
Boss HM-2
All knobs on the HM-2 dimed
ALL THE GAIN!
Don’t you want to be haired?
Ok Glenn, this was fucking great!
man the Sunn amps are great, nice vid Glenn
Great video with all the practical examples. Many artist may find their precious tone brickwalled in the final master though. Kill brickwalling!
All great tips! Amazing how much the tone can change by blending 2 mics.
Paradise Lost for their most recent album Medusa used a Sunn Model T blended with an old block 5150 and if you listen to a song like "Blood & Chaos" or "From The Gallows" the tone is massive and refreshing to listen to while everyone (musician and gear companies) are saturating the whole djent/prof Metal sound.
Very great and useful video
Thank you for doing what you do Glenn! 7:55 is definitely a good point to make. After I A-B some stuff I find it's better if I come back and listen to it later. It's a lot easier to judge objectively I think
Great video 😎Cheers 🍻
Dude, I really love your Marshal 1960 Vintage, I would love to see more of it (probably my favorite of your cabs I have seen). If I recall, that was displayed in your 'How to Choose a GUITAR CABINET' video.
Hopefully this helps people differentiate from the second rate metal tone I hear in just about every metalcore band since 2014. Great video Glenn :)
Thanks for working hard to bring us such great content!
Also, I'd encourage everybody to mess around with cheapo practice amps. Sometimes they work surprisingly well as cabs, or in combo with other stuff.
I like that riff!
there are extreme sounds like back in the day the swedish metal sound with the boss hm2 ... or think of doom metal ... i think there is much potential ... with the new plasma pedal that has a new way of distorting the tone... also the band Royal Blood is very innovative with their way of sound ... or kyuss when they used bass amps for guitar ... i think i got something new also in my band "Mudgod" but judge it for yourself... Metal can be a lot more interesting when people are more creative with their sounds ... as a sidenote: DAMN that drumsound was amazing!! Well done Glenn
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I wonder how many people have bought a high quality speaker and didn't like it after installing it, your video shows how different the same model speaker can sound in different cabinets very clearly.
Bad ass man.👊
Superb!!!
Yes, do this with amp sims, vst plugins and just for fun Line 6 spider Bogner combo.
Awesome Vid! Thanks so much for posting this. the world needs more of these types of videos. i'm so tired of dealing with people that think there's only one way to do everything.
One thing i found imperative (for myself and sounding different) is to get away from only using dynamic mics, which tend to give a similar sound no matter which you use. i double mic everything, and generally use condenser mics that don't cut out so much of the sound like a dynamic. once you get into condensers you can have fun matching small diaphragms with large diaphragms, as well as changing up capsules in large diaphragms. then of course there's Fredman, Sneap, and just old fashion using different mics. One amp, different cabs and mics is way more versatile than two amps through one cab and one type of mic! this is important for people to understand.
thank you so much for saying that a Mesa cab has a very particular tone, and is one of the most different sounding cabs on the market. they are great, but unique sounding... until everyone is using one! To my surprise, my Crate Blue Voodoo 4x12 is more appropriate for most of my amps than my mesa 4x12. (Tighter Sound at low recording volumes). ALWAYS TEST RECORD YOUR GEAR! (to see what combinations sound best). listening to the amp in the room while you play is NOT the same as recording it, then listening to the recording. seriously - you'll be surprised if you do this every time. 95% of the time, it works every time. ;)
Love Corrosion of Conformity! Masters of that dirty fizzy heaviness! amazing heaviness out of those guys. why is it the southern bands have the best tone?
Yeah, I would love to see this with amp sims or a hybrid, given that's what I use, and probably what most of your viewers use, at least when it comes to home recording
Yes for an amp sim video!
I love the 440 tone on the coffee, tons of depth and that little bit more responsive sounding. I think that'd work great on tracks that are riff/chug heavy :o
A video on how to do it with amp sims would be pretty cool.
Last record with my band we recorded live. I've a customized Sound City PA 200 PLUS amp and a Finnish Monster 4x12 cab with 2 Celestion and 2 Eminence speakers. We put a Stephenson e22s on a celestion and a vintage AKG D12E on an eminence! We also had a room mic, not sure but I think a Coles 4038. I also play a 335 clone thru a custom H90 pickup on the neck. Result is a tone thats both sort of hollow yet present at the same time. Love it!
The other day I played a 2017 MIM Tele Standard into a Wampler Paisley Drive and a Friedman Small Box 50. Hands down the best tone I’ve ever made. Thicc, clear, tight, and heavy as fuck, even at a volume of 1.
I think the best way to find your own tone is to go down the less traveled paths. Search for unknown/lesser known brands of amps, pedals and guitars, take a look at your local music shop. Or also, try to get an unmetal amp to sound metal, that'll be way more interesting than sticking emgs into a tubescreamer into a 5150 into mesa v30s. And along the way, you might actually find yourself liking some tones you wouldn't have thought of.
Personnally, I got my absolute all time favorite tone by plugging a p90 equipped Maybach into a Big Muff PI, and sending all that to the clean channel of a Marshall silver jubilee combo. I know, not the tightest of tones, but it was the most fun I ever had with guitar gear
I've been blending a Traynor YCS90 (tube amp) combo mic'd up with SM57 mid speaker and a Randall RG100SC combo (solid state) with a AT2020 condensor right on a center cone, both blended on a Behringer eurorack12 (thanks for the greatest guitar recording trick vid!!). After a little tweaking, and watching phasing, Ive got a pretty wild tone. I'll post the audio for it soon to listen.
the b roll at 4:50 when Glen was talking about the behringer mixer made it look enormous. Had a good laugh when I realized it was a closeup.
Awesome vid, and I really dig that DTP 440 DM. What I've learned is that the tried and true 5150 style amp with mesa cab and SM57 tone really starts to sound stale if you find yourself working with it all the time. Right now I really dig Celestion Elite 80 speakers and a tubed head loaded with 12AU7s. The masters of tone in my view blend cabs though, most of the time some kind of budget Peavey cab (XXX or JSX) with a rectifier cab and some kind of tweed cab- they get all three of them in phase and tweak to taste with a different track for each one. Sounds massive with a generic Warwick bass guitar track running DI through a SansAmp.
Vote ! I think that was the first song Pepper sang on. That was a great comparison to Vote with a Bullet. Great job all around. Thanks for sharing!
Yes, please make a video on doing this with amp sims.
I dig those Lewitt instrumental mica. I bought two of the MTP 440s and I’ve been doing Fredman mic technique with them against my SM57s. Pretty cool stuff. It’s familiar, but a fun change. Definitely recommend Lewitt stuff.
Those guitars on 6:50 sound huuuge and deeeep!
Thanks Glenn!
"How to develop your own metal tone?"
First: don't watch someone telling you how to do it! Lol.
great idea.
SpectreSoundStudios 😂😂😂 I love you bro!
Don’t know much about amps or whoever program you use but the end result has a very low frequency boom to it, badass
My first album I went all out standard amp sim 5150/dual recto through recto cabs with the sm57. This time around I totally dropped the dual recto, kept the 5150 (swapped tubes) and added a 'vintage' mic, and swapped some speakers. The other is an engl Powerball totally normal with a 57 and a vintage mic blended. They sound awesome on their own and together.
Many people overlook the tones of the Peavey JSX amp, you can get some crushing tones out of that amp and the clean channel is stellar. Also in my opinion the new EVH amps have a mid range bite that I like over the 5150 or 6505. Also recorded at Tracks East with Eric Rachel and he had a Bogner Ubershall ......also sick!
fukin killer vid g, lewwit mic sounded great nice 1
I use the behringer trick. Works great!
Man that second one sounds amazing
Thank you for another informative video!
The best amp I've ever played is the Laney AOR Series II 50. Payed 150€ for it, which made me feel bad to have payed much more for tube amps, hybrids or solid states in the past.
My rig is Fairly simple: Fender YJM strat, Laney AOR 50, Laney 412 cab with Celestion G12H speakers and Audix i5.
I tighten the bottom end with a boost, and use delay and wah occasionally.
One of the best tones i heard are from Dopethrone and Monolord, awesome bands, awesome tones, completely soul crushing heaviness .
Glenn is the man.
I love these videos, and I'd love to be a part of them. I'm not "too" far from Windsor (Burlington area), and would love to do some playing for you.
Before ya'll slap me, heres what i use. Fender Esquire (Yes with single coils) into a 212 Mesa rectifier combo (Open back changes the tone). I Also can get some great metal tones out of a Fender cranked, boosted, and gated. Although this has been said over and over, change your pickups to something more chill. Hotter pickups tend to muddy. Great video you salty Canuk.
Great message here. I do not think enough people experiment with recording (myself included). Just as I think too many people get it in their head that you need the most high end gear to make great recordings. I think the most tiring idea is that Vintage 30s are the be all end all for great speakers. Thanks for addressing that a little.
holy shit that revv cab is amazing
I loved taking my Vox AC30 with some distortion pedals and getting pedal tones then my friends Marshall DSL
Finally somebody said it! Isn't everyone getting tired or bored with Peavey and Mesa Boogie? Just to give an example - I'm using the Blackstar HT-100 with a HTV-412 cab on Celestion Seventy 80 speakers. This amp is a killer and I don't even put a boost in front of it anymore. I play death metal.
Even if they don’t sound as good, I personally like it when bands have their own unique amp setup/tone, (obviously assuming it’s mixed well) identity is found in imperfection
I want to know how Iced Earth got their tone for Dark Saga. Sounds brutal for guitars that are not dropped down to infinity and still precise enough for the intricate riffage.
Those early Iced Earth records are insane. I'd like to know as well.
Thanks for the reply ^_^
Hope everyone takes heed and applies these concepts plus mulls them over carefully so that they have an "eureka moment" where they come up with new ideas to try for their own tonal diversity.
you've got more than enough guitar skill to get by man, you need to keep pushing yourself.
One of the things I like to do is use a particular cab for one guitar, and use a different cab for the other, and hard pan those guitars.
If you’re strictly recording, you can toy around with this using cab sims too. That gives you a nice full sound.
Hey Glenn... You have some awesome vids on getting an amazing Metal guitar tone from amps, mics, plugins, tips/tricks, etc.
Though, I'd love to see a video (if you don't already have one), about what to look for in a great Metal guitar to achieve not only an awesome tone through an amp (or sim) - but in a mix. But, not including pickups (since that can be replaced). Basically everything before the guitar cord or even strings - plenty of vid on those too ;)
Is there a wood type, neck through body, locking tuners, weight, length of neck, tremolo (ex. Floyd Rose), body shape (ex. Destroyer vs Strat,etc) that is a dream combination to get that tone? Is there any model you'd recommend that has all these dream variables that don't cost thousands of dollars? I know there's a lot based on personal taste - but I trust your opinion and want your view on the best combination scenario for recording a killer metal sound - like the one in your opening credits.
Thanks, man!
Love the CoC tone , toss a Mesa on there and you'll nail it \m/ wicked video man!!!
I'm getting really good results from micing a single 1x12 cab open back. One mic on the front and another on reverse. Move around till phase cancels then flip. I find I can achieve a tone that has a lot of clarity with less yuck and muddy low end.
Yes, I want an, "How to do this with amp sims" video (Helix)
Jesus fucking christ, thank you, we really needed this
Getting your own unique guitar tone is definitely a huge task in today's music、much greater than just trying to just "sound good" in my opinion。Guitar tones these days are so similar that it gets boring to listen to some of the new bands out there。
I would definitely go further than amps、cabs、and mics to develop a tone as described in this videoーadding different guitar pedals with different distortion/fuzz/overdrive/etc in your signal chain can really make a world difference on the guitar's timbre【Don't be scared to try weird unknown pedals either】。Reverb in post can also completely shift the atmosphere of your guitar tone、so many tones these days just feel dead in your faceーbut reverb adds so many dimensions especially when automated throughout a mix。So many things can set your tone apart from other metal artists、It all comes down to how much time you're willing to spend。
I apologize for my little rant、great video as always！ \m/ >_< \m/
What's up with your punctuation lmao
Ive been mixing an sm57 with an audix i5 for almost 8 years now. It’s a great combo that really compliments each other
All the gain no mids SLAAAYYYERR
sounds crazy but my favorite tone right now is a big muff into a 1 watt blackstar pushed by a tubescreamer. it'll need a noisegate if you have really hot pickups but it has a really nice texture and responsiveness once you tweak everything just right.
THAT LUNGO CAB SOUNDS AMAZING
Love your videos. Thanks for making them. One of the most difficult things I've faced mixing in the home studio is blending a guitar solo. Have you covered this in any of your past videos?
That revv cabinet sounds killer
Something I love doing with down-tuned heavy guitar is a pretty standard dual tracked left/right, and then throwing a third take going through a cranked pignose right down the middle. With an 8 string I'd definitely want to eq the low-end out so as to not blow the tiny speaker though.
There needs to be more fuzz in metal
can't agree more!
save that for stoner doom
Definitely not sorry man
As a Stoner and Doom metal fan, i totally agree with that. I've always been wondering why all the modern metal guitar players had the same boring sound while Stoner and Doom guitar players had their own sound and the answer is : the FUZZ ! Most modern metal guitar players are using overdrive but overdrives from pedals or amps are pretty blank. Fuzz pedals just take your signal and beat the shit out of it to make it sound awesome, there are as many fuzz pedals as there are sounds ! No need to change the cab or the mics you're using, just put a fucking fuzz before that and voilà. I think most modern metal guitar players are missing that point, or they just don't give a shit i don't know...
Listen to the "medusa" album by Paradise Lost or anything by Pallbearer