AWESOME CHEAP TELECASTER (PART II) WITH TONERIDER ALNICO II BLUES TRT3 SET "Matt Robinson"
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
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This video has been a long time coming. I've been wanting to do a demo of my tele with the new toneriders in since I installed them and It's also been a dream of mine to record some guitar in a big reverberant room to get that big organic sound with no digital effects. so I decided to kill two birds with one stone.The natural reverb from the empty gymnasium was mixed in with the dry signal from the cab mic. This is similar to how they did it before digital reverb came out.
All music written specifically for this video to show the dynamics of this pickup set. Massive improvement over the stock set.
Also, apologies for the weird warping of the footage. Something went wrong with the video edit.
Signal chain :
"Harley Benton TE30" telecaster copy
"Tonerider" "Alnico Blues TRT3" pickups
"MXR Dynacomp" (used only on the clean country parts)
"Blackstar Stage HT100" Head
"Marshall MG412 Cab"
"Celestion G12M Greenbacks"
"Sm57" 2 inch from cone
"T.Bone RB500" ribbon mic 20ft away
Roughly 50/50 mix of the two mics with no predelay on the room mic.
My Gear -
"Harley Benton l400"
'Harley Benton L500'
"Tonerider alnico ii classic"
"Tonerider alnico iv neck"
"Tonerider Rocksong"
"Tonerider Rebel 90"
"EMG 85"
"DIGITECH RP1000"
"Epiphone Les Paul"
"Dimarzio Evolution Pickups"
"Fender Highway One Strat"
"Dimarzio Evo 2" bridge and "Dimarzio Chopper" neck
Fender "72 Thinline" Telecaster Reissue
Prs Tremonti SE
"Jet city hdm100"
"Blackstar artisan 30"
"Line 6 Pod"
Marshall Jcm2000 "Dsl 100"
"Fractal Audio" "Axe Fx"
Engl E840 power amp
"Art Sla" power amp
Soldano Avenger
Marshall 1960B
Blackstar HT5
Blackstar "Stage 100"
"Boss DS1" Distortion
"Boss SD1" Overdrive
"Boss DD3" Delay
"CAE MC404" Wah
MXR EVH "Phase 90"
MXR ZW44 Bezerker Overdrive
"Tc Electronics Flashback" Delay
Xotic "Ep Booster"
Influences
'Steve Vai'
'Joe Satriani'
'Slash'
'Brian May'
'Joe Walsh'
'Gary Moore'
'Joe Bonamassa'
'David Gilmour'
'Andy Timmons'
'Guthrie Govan'
'Steve Lukather'
'Jimi Hendrix'
'Stevie Ray Vaughn'
'Eddie Van Halen'
"Peter Green"
"Paul kossoff"
"Jeff Porcaro"
"James Jamerson"
Superb demo mate. I'm rebuilding a tele soon and have tonerider hot classics ready, these sound killer!
Sounds great, man. Love Toneriders ❤ Superb high gain tone, I didn'r expect that from Alnico 2.
Absolute top tone. Wish had a 100w blackstar or marshall though and an empty room
I got AC2 in my V and I'm in love. My Tele is wonderful but it's been eyeing the Epiphone jealously and the Gibson isn't talking to anyone. Who would have thought cheap pickups will end up costing me so much.
Freaking awesome Tone way better then i could belive. Grate demo did get most form of music coverd. Best regards/Bjorn
I came here to check out the pick-up and glad I did. They sound like i need to sound lol. By the way, I need a room like yours too. Thanks mate. Nice work
@@maxwellbowden9961 ha ha thanks, it was a local gymnasium that I managed to borrow for an hour.
Holy shit !!! That tone was sick Dude !
Nice Tele . Great player . Super cool , very natural video . I dig this , its raw and true . Great stuff .
Tone Driver SS cheers man
Very nice playing sir thanks.
Hard to beat a Gibby Classic 57 in the neck of a tele cuz it nails that "Stones tele vibe" But the Tonerider alnico II HB is one of the best neck pups for a tele if you want sweet blues tones IMO! The bridge? In a tele ya just gotta have a jangle beast, like a filtertron, TV Jones, GFS 180, or GF'Tron or Retrotron pup to mix with it!
Man, you are an old soul! Love it...excellent playing and tone! I liked that "cheap Les Paul" video you did but IMHO your best tone is with a Tele...just so nasty but sweet too.
Greg Reynolds I am indeed ha ha. I think I was born in the wrong generation. Yeah I think telecasters are underrated, they are way more than just country machines.
Wow that's some awesome playing, and the Toneriders sound great! I bought one of Wilkinsons Vintage brand V52BB. Supposed to be a "modern interpretation" of the original Tele. It is a very nice guitar, but the pups were crap. I live in Germany, and Tonerider is just across the channel from me, so thought I would give them a try. Duncans and Bare knuckles were just too over the top expensive. The original pups the neck was flat and muddy, and frankly pretty weak. The bridge was incredibly bright and brittle as heck!! I really hated it. Loved the way the guitar was built. Great platform for modding, but those pups had to freaking go!!! I like country blues rock and classic rock from mid 70's through mid 80's so i bought the TRT2 classic set. Wow!! What a freaking difference!! It is my favorite guitar to noodle around on , and crank up when the wife goes out. They really are the best thing going out there right now. I have Toneriders in everything except my Gibson Midtown and the Gibson SG. But everything else has tone riders in it. My Epiphone LP Special 2 just arrived. Plays very nice, but it's getting a set of P90's in it right now. I'm just listening to UA-cam on autoplay when your video popped up. I had never heard of you before, but dude you're awesome! New Sub to your channel. Keep up the great playing!!!
Bigfoot in Germany Hey thanks man, I just gave tonerider a try cause they were cheap and I liked the specs but now I'm a total convert and all my guitars have them in all positions ha ha. More people need to try them!
Thanks for watching and appreciate the sub man
@@mattrobinson also give iron gear a try. miracle workers
Sounds great yep👍🏽
I know it is normal this days to change pick ups and why not.
So everybodys is making a special guitar which is great.
But to me the kick is to play with what i have.I only change things if they really don't work.I think that all of the harley benton guitars sound great with de pus inside.I play for over 38 years by now and i had a lot of expensive guitars from F to G,but i must say that some of those Harley Benton and Squier guitars are better than those expensive ones very strange strange but true🤔
I got a HB SC 450 and a custom sc 1000 that sound better then the standard Gibson that i had years ago.Anyway just my ears,everybody has a special sound in his ears.Great video and playin🎸🎵👌
Very true my friend, the Harley Benton’s are perfectly fine sock, but with a pickup change you can tailor the sound to what you want from the guitar too
@@mattrobinson Yeah.But i can get what i want out of a HB or Sq .without changin pus in combi with Black Star lucky me.Anyway another mans coffee is another man tee...
Have nice weekend buddy🎸🎵😎✌
Just got this guitar. It’s got some great bones to it. A great piece of wood and some decent hardware and electronics, save for the tuners. The tuner on the low E string broke right off in 2 minutes. Easy fix though. I may have to get these pickups. Really nice sounding.
Cool
Waiting for something new matt. 🤘🏼🥂🍺
Marco Andersson got a new strat video in the pipe line, so hopefully very soon my friend
Finally🤘👍 Love your sound and playing.
Marco Andersson thanks my friend
Hi Matt ! I'm going to buy one set for my FENDER JV Modified '60s Custom Telecaster rosewood fingerboard , wich set will be ok for blues and rock music (no country) ? Alnico Blues II or Hot Classics ? Thanks
I love the alnico blues personally but haven’t tried the hot classics
Awesome playing and tone! I'm considering these pickups or GFS for my cheap Squier Bullet tele. I have good experience with GFS but also have Tonerider P bass pickup that sounds great and a set of their P90's that I haven't installed yet.
This is good. I just got one of these HB TE-30's as a project guitar, and didn't take long to figure out the pickups needed to be upgraded. I was pleasantly surprised, though, at the level of quality in the guitar itself. Looking at the ToneRider Hot Classic set.
Kass and John Bolles hi, yeah they are a much better guitar than the price suggests. A decent set of pickups and they will stand up to the big name guitars at a tiny fraction of the cost. Congrats man
Change the tuners also. They are cheap asian 10:1 ratio tuners. Get a cheap set of 14:1 or 15:1 tuners from Amazon. They won't run over $20 and it makes all the difference in the world for tuning accuracy and stability. With that said, the HB platform is really a great deal. With a few mods and tweaks here and there, you have something that will outrun the heck out of Fender for 1/2 the price!
Pretty dang awesome Matt.
Superb Mr.Robinson !
Adrian Kurt thanks man
Sounds great, 👍did you change the volume and tone controls, when you fitted the Tonerider pickups?
Cheers, no I left the stock wiring and pots in as they worked fine for my needs
@@mattrobinson Thanks for your info, I will go ahead and order my Toneriders. 👍
Killer 😎
This would have sounded great with any pickup! Tastefully playing man!
So sorry to bother you on another video of yours so quick, I promise last question. lol
You mentioned using 500k pots on your other Strat video, what Pots are you using on this set up? 250k or 500k? Thanks again, really appreciate your time and assistance.
Cool....some really nice playing man....👍
Your playing style, finger style reminds me of Tony Iommi. Was he ever an influence? You have masterful playing and great technician of sound.
Bob Busby thanks man, yeah I’m influenced by everyone. Tony iommi,s a top player
matt robinson what are the size of the frets and does the neck have no finish?
I might get the candy apple one🍎🍎🍎
Thanks a lot!!!
Serge Passy you're welcome, cheers
Watchtower was crazy good…do you change out the volume & tone as well…
Cheers mate, no i left the tone and vol stock
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Great job! Perfect tone. :)
Andre P0WLY cheers man : )
Nice watchtower improv.
Hi men, I love your sound, congratulations!!!
I have a telecaster hb t52, and I thinking to change the pickups Wilkinson for a tonerider pickup.
Do you think that I could get a better sound? Thank you, and sorry so much for my fucking english.
Juan Manuel Avila Maroto Hi, thanks Juan. I think the wilkinson and rosswell's that come stock are ok pickups but tonerider are superior quality. I have a Harley Benton strat with wilkinsons and don't like them too much, I'm changing them for toneriders. Go for it man, you won't be disappointed
matt robinson thanks, I'll listen to you
I'm a bit late to the party but debating changing bareknuckle piledrivers for this set, purely because my playing has changed over time
Was it a big different when you change pickups? I know you have change to toneriders on the most of your guitars and i think about doing that to and ofcourse want to hear more from you and your fantastic sound:)
Marco Andersson Hi Marco, thanks for the compliment. It was a very noticeable difference when I put the toneriders in, especially the neck pickup as the original was quite muddy. It just sounds more like a telecaster now. There is also more dynamics so it's more touch sensitive with overdrive. That's the deal breaker for me. It's gone from a good guitar to a brilliant guitar : )
matt robinson thats the answer i need, and once more, love your playing.
Have you compared the tr hot classic against this set?
No sorry, only tried this set in a telecaster
How is Chet Atkins not on your "influences" list? Lol
cool. "she's so heavy " Beatles riff would have sounded cool with all the distortion ,.
do you like these better than the hot classic?
Never tried the hot classics, I think they are a more modern flavour. I’d be interested to see how they sound though
@@mattrobinson I was set to buy it until I saw your video.
Sounds great, how does it play?
Ade Ingate hey, thanks. It plays really well. Could do with some minor fret work but totally playable.
matt robinson cool, so worth a punt then?
Ade Ingate oh 100%. It's less than the price of an average pickup
matt robinson Haha, I know right.
Is that a Harley Benton?
Vernon Robinson Yeah it's the TE30
I got one of these guitars and put a p90 in the neck and better pickup in the bridge. Sounds very awesome ☺
0:17 Song?
Juan Alfonso hi, it's part of song I wrote. Thanks for watching
+matt robinson Thanks, just asked because I liked it
Is this guitar light
Yeah
I'd like to see what you could do without all those effects. Just guitar, and amp. It would be a lot easier to compare. I mean, anyone can polish a turd with enough effects right? :)
Billy The Kid no effects in this video. Just amp and guitar and some natural reverb from the room
No overdrive?! Sounds Awefully distorted for clean stock p/u's quite a lot of reverb lol TURN DOWN! lol Marty Mcfly! Lol
Billy The Kid ha ha yeah, it's the amps natural overdrive and the reverb was from the huge empty gymnasium. I put a microphone at the back of the room to pick up the natural reverb and blended it in with the amps microphone. It was kind of an experiment to get an old school tone