Here come the Excuses.
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- Опубліковано 16 лис 2023
- I just did a round of blind tests between some very expensive guitars by Fender, Gibson, PRS, and a dirt cheap Harley Benton. The reveal was two days ago, and some people are rather upset. Buckle your seatbelts, this one's going to be BUMPY! Get YOUR music online and out to the world: Go to www.distrokid.com/vip/spectre to get 7% off your first year!
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I'm Glenn Fricker, engineer here at Spectre Sound Studios. I love making records, and after doing it for sixteen years, I want to pass on what I've learned. On my channel you can find tutorials on how to record guitar, bass, real drums and vocals. There's reviews and demos of tube amps, amp sims, drums, mics, preamps, outboard gear, Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar, and plugin effects.
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I'm in the other group, been subbed for a while now. 👍
🤔...well you think bass players are idiots and pickups really don't matter significantly.....so....'sorry boss'. No can do.
I've been subbed since this was SMG with the pew pew logo 😂 I've watched all your guitar and pickup shootout videos, and you always do a great job giving us a good example of what the guitar sounds like recorded, but what about your opinions on what various guitar players might experience while actually playing? Between myself and a few buddies, we have around a dozen guitars, and when we jam, I find that in the room, guitars seem to sound unique and distinct, but when recorded, that nuance disappears!! What gives!? What is your opinion on this phenomenon? Are my 38 year old ears just fooling me? Are my eyes fooling me? Thanks, Glen, from Victoria BC 🇨🇦
Got another one here 😁
Now. Since so much doesnt affect tone, how about sustain? Is that to just an idea us guitarist have? I have a theory that more dense wood improves sustain
I'll sub IF YOU STOP SCREAMING!
I only use the best solder for my pots. Makes all the difference.
Silver solder only. Because….tone.
@@TheAxe4Everagreed. I do tend to like gemstones like sapphires in it for peak tonal increase.
I use silver solder to stop werewolves from jacking with my gear!
@@PooNinjaindeed. A happy bonus.
What soldering Iron did you use?
Im a 67 year old non-metal guitar player. And I love your show. I learn a lot from you. Thank you deeply appreciated
I absolutely love how when someone comes in legitimately asking a question, Glenn breaks it down for them and explains it to them, but when someone comes in guns blazing like "You're an idiot, I'm smart. Explain the reason for your idiocy." Glenn puts them in their place. Matching the energy of the comment makes him more trustworthy in my opinion.
Actually, most of what he does is choose the most irrational people and the ones who happen to be wrong in order to buttress his own position and make HIMSELF look smart.
@@ReinhartSchneider Think we found someone who couldn't guess the guitars correctly.
As a guitar player of 30 plus years, trust me when I say Glen is a treasure. I got lied to about tone most of my time playing guitar growing up. I went down the rabbit hole of, tubes, guitars, pedals, pickups, and amps. Thousands of dollars latter, you find only disappointment. Keep up the great work Glen!
And to the young know it all's, listen and learn. Or lose all your money. Your choice.
I grew up in the time when DiMarzio replacement pickups were the big thing (mid 70s and upwards). Nearly no guitar was accepted as decent that hadn't undergo a DiMarzio swap. In these days that really did make a difference in some cases when the original pickups had weak output signal levels. But you could have also achieved an improvement by adding a gain stage to your pedal chain. Nowadays the playing field is much more leveled - even my "unswapped" cheap Sire or Ibanez guitars with the original pickups could rival the big brands.
My guitar teacher was like you, he has thousand upon thousands in gear, and i have less than 500 bucks in total, guess who can dial a better tone?
"I got lied to" - those were your choices, made with your ears. Accept the responsibility if you chose unwisely. I doubt anyone was telling you that the gear matters more than your playing ability. If they did, it was mighty dumb of you to believe it.
Glen is a guy on the internet that knows a good deal about what he does know. He's not a savior for guitarists. He's a UA-cam Carny. If you take what he says as gospel, you're just falling into the opposite side of the same trap. Trust yourself ahead of anyone that has an agenda - good or bad.
@@kelvinklauck "Better" tone? The one with the better ear. Who can dial in the tone YOU prefer? I'm guessing it's you. As it should be.
Pro tip: There is no universal "better" tone. It's a signature. Different people prefer different sounds in different circumstances.
Try the Marshall code 50 it has every effect you want AND...AND...you get every Marshall head and cab ever made.
Hey Glenn. I used to be a guitar snob but finally saw the error of my ways when I played my first Harley Benton guitar. I've collected over 20 of them and regularly gig with them on stage. I even sold my gibson les paul custom. The only reason I've changed pickups is because of feedback issues. Just give me a Guitar that plays well, doesn't feedback, and stays in tune!
Exactly! Bad pickups will feed back. That's about all there is to it.
@@SpectreSoundStudiosand, with some wax you can make the feedback go away. Specially with metal covered pickups, if any metal surface is loose, it's gonna be very microphonic. Some wax (even candle wax) will make it disappear.
Absolutely agreed. I got myself the Harley Benton Fusion-T HH HT this year and I love it. It's crazy how well made it is, and that for 300 Euros. Mind, I did get the left handed version, which brings me to another great thing about Harley Benton: They don't shy away from putting out lots of left handed guitar models.
You know what's also an absolute fucking monster? Glen, who doesn't disappoint over the years \m/
Thanks, Waldoo!
Glen is not perfect, but he is by far the best.
@@SpectreSoundStudios Why you delete my comment,Glenn?
@@SpectreSoundStudiosyou'll be the goat , if you do comparison with bass stuff ;)
Thanks for shouting out Jim Lill!! The two of you are doing really good work helping people put money where it counts!
Would be fun to see the worst tubes, strings, pickups, versus the best, all in one shootout. Especially since none of them seem to make a difference on their own.
These last few episodes have really made me feel better about my approach to buying guitars. I never plug them in at the store. If it FEELS good to play, that's all that matters to me. I can get the tones I'm looking for by taking the time to dial them in.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who does that.
Worst mistake I ever made - playing a drinking game where I drink a shot every time Glenn says ‘that’s for sure!’. Got so plastered I thought I could tell the difference between those four guitars and that the pick-up fairies had blessed me with golden ears…
Don’t trust the pick fairy’s their sponsored by EMG.
It's only dangerous when you get so drunk you can smell the pick ups
Hey Glenn, old man here who's only been playing guitar for 4 years. I have no plans to record my music, and yet I never miss your show. You've saved me a ton of money already. Thanks much.
You should give recording a shot! It's a lot more fun than you'd think, never say never! :)
The fun thing with the whole HSS strat vs LP's thing is that the whole point with putting humbuckers in strats in the first place was to make them sound like Les Pauls. So of course they will sound similar.
I think the problem with the PRS is that when you let it sit too close to the Harley Benton, the HB wood leeched some of the tone out of the PRS wood... 😏
The secret is to have Paul Reed himself clapping some pieces of wood in front of the mic
@@joseislanio8910PRS toan comes from PRS' himself. His spunk stained hands by touching his "wood" and touching guitar wood thereafter, surely adds to the toan, something you can't possibly recreate with a copy gueetar😂😂
It’s so refreshing to hear someone talk about the importance of speakers. If I could spend all the money on amps I’ve spent and spend it on speaks now, I’d do it in a heartbeat!
I’m pretty happy I found your channel. Most UA-camrs try to get you to buy expensive guitars and gear. There’s only a select few like you that I’ve found who really tell it like it is and make the effort to prove it and reinforce it.
Okay, so I would like to make one distinction.
Gain is output voltage divided by input voltage. So if your guitar puts out a signal with a peak of 2 volts and your amplifier puts out a signal to the speaker at 30 volts, that is 30/2 so a gain of 15.
Headroom is how much gain you can add before the signal starts clipping (in a digital amp) or rounding (like a tube amp naturally does)
The preamp section in guitar amps is designed to distort, whereas the preamp section on mixing consoles is designed to get many decibels of gain without distortion.
(This is all very simplified as I am trying to write a comment, not a book on audio electrical engineering)
Man guitar Pickups sound so similar, cant figure out why nobody did a test like this before. Where Pickups do make a difference though are basses were one bass can sound wildly different from another. Continue doing great Glenn.
Depends on the pickups. Go from a low wind Lollar Imperial to an EMG 81 and tell me they sound similar lol. I will agree with you that alot of really popular metal guitar pickups don't offer as much difference as people pretend in forums, there's definitely a big difference between alot of pickups. I play in a metal band and use mostly Les Pauls. The difference between their burstbucker and 498T pickup are very noticeably different.
@@WalkerbjjHow can you be sure it's not the electronics?
@@Walkerbjjbut now you’re comparing a vintage-style passive pickup to a high output active pickup, which of course there will be a perceivable difference, mostly in volume since the EMG has a hotter signal. If you run them through a Fender amp, the EMG will break up more easily with less volume than the Lollar, but if you’re running them through, say, an SLO-100 or a Mesa Dual Rectifier, both hi-gain amps, your volume and gain knobs might be able to close the gap a little more.
Blind tests are the stuff of nightmares for sound equipment manufacturers.
@@devDarkest my drummer works at a Music Store and has a studio in the back. We’ve done lots of pickup swaps and sound checks in various guitars of mine. I think when it comes to recording, cabs have made the biggest difference for me. Then heads. Then pickups. But there’s a big difference between some pickups and little to none I’ve noticed with many others.
Thanks Glenn. This channel inspired me to dream big and make my own cabinets a few years back. I have since started trying to make guitars. It's been quite a ride and I have messed up more than not, but this is just a part of the journey. Thanks for the wealth of knowledge Dude. My next build is gonna be a blue sg type
Bro please make an anti-gibson: SG with 25.5 inch scale, 24 fret bolt on neck with a reverse inline headstock. Gibson collectors will die on sight, probably turn into a goop on the floor just thinking about it.
Challenge Accepted @@rahulmenon4357
Can't wait for next week's Glenn-umentatry on speakers ! You're essay form videos are some of my favourites !
Thanks for making your videos! Even though I'm not a metal guy I still learn a ton from your videos and get a laugh as a bonus. It's been a few years watching you now and I'm still learning new things every week. Keep doing what you're doing!
The pickup comparison videos totally changed my perception of guitar value. Even IF the microphone *somehow* was the key difference and colored the sound (or something), that would merely show that the microphone is more important than the pickup - not that the pickup matters in some way.
🎯🎯 Bullseye!
The order that I’ve ascertained from these videos is speaker>mic placement>mic>the hodgepodge of everything else.
One guitar I was surprised by when I got it was this $270 Jackson Rhoads V with this nice natural wood finish. Works great for when I’m in a Black Sabbath/ Ozzy Obourne mood, and I def think it’s worth checking out.
(I’ll be the first to admit that it manages to get dinged and dented very easily, but that just might be from how much I’ve been using it)
Gold hardware? My brother has one and its decent. It just needs some good tuners.
No,it’s from not paying attention and banging it on shit,improper use lmao
@@tommilitello198 it's a natural oiled finish with very little to protect it.
I've been blown away with the entertaining and candidly honest information. Really wonderful format. Plus an amazing SMG logo! Keep kicking ass! SUBSCRIBED
Love the videos you've been putting out. Even as a bassist lol. Its been helpful to watch your videos as I get into producing stuff and just to learn things in general. Have a great one!
If you aren’t making excuses are you even a musician?
Best question ever! May I use that?
Of course. I am glad to contribute something useful
I’m reminded of the Jake Blue’s monologue of excuses to Carrie Fisher 😂 true musician
I’ve been waiting for SO LONG for that speaker video . I’m definitely excited for that one
absolutely love your videos! thanks for your no BS approach!
Musicians have to be creative and inventive to create new music.
They translate this talent to facts too.
Oooh PLEASE do cheap vs expensive pickups tests. That'd be awesome.
Agreed!
As always, great video and great points made.
Nickel and Steel strings sound slightly different in cleans (but you can always EQ that difference), although that choice is more about comfort and durability than tone, nickel strings are softer on the fingers, will wear down the frets slower but they tarnish, steel strings won't tarnish but are harder on the fingers and will wear down the frets faster.
been a subscriber for like 7 years but i just hit the notification bell can't wait for the upcoming vids dude your doing gods work out here.
Great video's Glenn. Love the myth-busting!!
Glenn is the best! Thank you so much for everything you are doing, mythbuster sensei :D
Thanks Glenn!! Rock on friend
subscribed.love your honesty.i picked up the westcreeks and harley bentons after watching you.Solid guitars and i have a few.
Glennn !!!!!! You hit the nail every time!
Always enjoy your videos Glenn!
I know it isn't really your genre, but could you do a similar test for singlecoil guitars? The difference between a Jazzmaster, Tele, Jaguar, Strat etc? It's also important to strum some chords in there imo.
Firefly started selling in Canada on Amazon again. Best thing is if it’s not what you want you get Amazon returns. Return process isn’t as easy for buying directly from them.
Hey Glen! I've been using a Crate 4 12 cab loaded with celestion G12 50s since the early 90s and It makes any amp sound great. Just goes to show that you don't need to use vintage 30s to get great sound, but it definately is the speaker that makes the sound. Keep up the useful content!
Glenn your right it’s the speaker!!!! I got a mono price stage right 1x12 with a v30 I haven’t had this much fun playing guitar in a long time. Thank you for all the good info you share.
I should have watched longer hive mind lol
V30s have a sound and it is a useful one but you can also get most of the benefits of a V30 through other means as well. A lot of speakers provide a similar response. You can use different microphones on other speakers to get many of the benefits of the V30 while maintaining what makes those other speakers good.
haven't watched in a few years - channel is still awesome, can confirm
Can NOt WAIT to see the Aeroguitar review!!
Another fun Glenn video THAT'S FOR SURE
Glen! i wanna say thank you for the IR's you made last year for xmas! i got back to playing guitar and using amp sims (amplitube 5) and the cabs sounded like shit. downloaded your IR's and WTF!!!!??? so good! thanks man!
I bought the HB 412 V30 GB after watching your video. Couldn’t be happier. Thanks Glenn!
Thanks to your testing, when looking for a guitar, the physical features are #1. Knob position, scale length, kneck profile, bridge type, locking tuners, etc. Couldn't care less about pickups or "tonewood". Thanks a ton.
Damn Glenn, I’ve learned so much by watching your channel and my tone has never been better. I won’t say that my rig is cheap (it wasn’t) but I can say thanks to you I haven’t wasted a penny!
thanks a lot, glen. after these videos, my takeaway is: the most important thing about the guitar is playability, tuning stability, etc.
pickups of a variety(in this case humbuckers) don't really sound distinct from another at high gain settings. also, different types of strings will change how the string interacts with the same pickup, creating some tonal differences. tube amplification will round out the waveform peaks and especially flatten frequencies between 2 and 4khz, thus additionally coloring tone. pickup differences at high gain are so minimal it's almost impossible to tell which is which. pickup differences at clean settings are clearer to hear, but still almost impossible to pinpoint to a certain guitar or type of pickup. all these differences can be negated by using an eq. this is true for when going through the same testbench set of amp/cab/(mic). the most distinct tonal shift will occur when changing the loudspeaker in your cab, as the sound is ultimately created here and governed by the loudspeakers properties. whereas changing pickups amounts to maybe as much as dialing in your eq a little different.
HEY GLENN!!! I just wanted to say that your videos has changed my perspective on sound and tone. I was that guy who thought that pickups and amp heads was the solution to tone until I started to watch your videos. No wonder when I swapped out the sheffield speaker with a V30 in my 6505+ combo amp, I noticed a massive tone shift. The other thing is when you do these blind sound tests with expensive and cheap guitars, I seriously couldn't tell the difference on which guitar was being played. When I took a mental note of which ones I thought was it, I was totally wrong lol. Fucking love your videos and keep doing what you're doing!! Love you dude!!
As much as I love vintage 30's for metal. I've grown quite a liking to creambacks. Can't wait for a shoot-out style video based around speakers!! Keep up the awesome work, Glenn!
Nice episode. Greetings from Montreal!
Glen! I know its pricey but after more then 15 speakers i mostly use alnico cream for metal,i know its not so well known but if you can i will love to see you use it...for me the high frequency "eq" of this speaker is less harsh and its translates to more "musical" sounding 😊
what people don’t understand is gain clips off any subtle sympathetic harmonics, which is where the “tone” is once you get to a square wave a square wave is the square wave is a square wave. It’s just that simple.
Can’t wait to hear the greenback HB cab results and your opinion.
I've always used my ears and not my eyes. As s producer myself, I started my audio engineering path by studying how to use my ears. I am so thankful for your shootout videos. You're finding the truth, and that's the most important thing. Keep it up man!
Thanks for a great video as always. Be safe and skilful. Pinge
The only thing I really care on a guitar (if the build quality is ok) is the neck shape, that's the most important thing on the instrument, it makes it a dream for you to play it or a f... nightmare. Neck shape, radius, scale length, that's like 90% of my check list.
Thank you Glenn for never steering us wrong!
Great video as always.
the only thing i look for in a pickup is the output level because in a metal context i really have to dig into the strings to get a good chug whereas a higher output pickup is easier to really get the palm mute noises i need with more ease. your pickup tests also do me a favour in eliminating option paralysis because i spent so much time trying to choose pickups according to the tone differences that were proposed, but nowadays if i need a pickup i look at anything that's high enough output, looks cool and isnt super expensive.
So I have been a big fan of yours for a very long time I'm talking years and I appreciate everything that you do for us people that don't know you're giving us the knowledge that you are giving us but I can honestly say I have been doing a lot of guitar rebuilding and cabinet rebuilding and just a whole bunch of stuff like. I am a drummer but I love guitars and I can't seem to stop buying them I think I'm up to 14 or more but I just redid a crate cabinet with crate speakers that were the cheapest ones I could find and I heard a lot of people nasty about them and wanted to know what they could replace, now when I got those three out of four we're so bent that the voice calls and the one that did not have a messed up voice call ended up being a little messed up somewhere else but that was easy to fix, me being me I was able to rebend everything back to where there was no voice call issue and I put them in this cabinet and you would not believe the way live, as far as making them up I do not really have the capability of doing that at this moment I do have Mike's and I do have a lot of stuff I just don't have the room but I digressI think there's a lot to learn out there and thank you Glenn for taking your time to help us with this, I don't know about anyone else but I am so appreciated of everything you do for this metal community and for everyone in general.
Like I stated in the shootout video, pure coincidence that I picked one guitar correctly. Your channel has been instrumental (no pun intended) in helping me define my sound. Thanks for sharing.🤘🏻
The Main tenant I have used most of my life is to spend just enough to get a well made product. Buy something cheaply made and it breaks, Spend to much and you are buying details that you really don't need.
Spend money wisely is always good advice.
Really enjoying you proving what I have always suspected.
Hi Glen thanks for all the awesome content. Id love to see a video where you test single coil guitars and see if the pick-ups still don't matter much.
Or p90s too.
I use the Mojo Tone Greenbacks in my cab and I love them, cool to hear HB is doing a GreenBack cab
Glen….. I just love your character and channel. Fukin rock dude. 🤘 Good shit
Gotta love the bloopers at the end haha, Great video Glenn, cheers!! the message is simple.... you don't need to waste money guys! come on! that was supposed to be a good thing!
Just yesterday I went to see a friend I hadn't seen in a while. He's making electric guitars, some good, some not that good, all of them experimental. But the one that surprised me the most was a guitar he cobbled together from a cheap stratocaster ripoff (so cheap that it actually is made from 2x4s or something) with a Chinese made neck that he ordered from Amazon or something like that. The whole guitar was around $80 and he treats it like shit because he can. When he told me about it my inner snob guitarist made me think it would sound like shit. Then I plugged it in.
My gosh, it's amazing, not a bad sound at fucking all, great playability, smooth all the way, no noise whatsoever. Made me open my eyes again and really realize that my prejudices are just so damn wrong.
I was reminded once again that the tone is really not in the wood, shape or even the fingers.
Keep on the good work, Glenn!!
PS: I can show you some of his guitars, really DIYs, but kind of amazing to tell you the truth
Glenn i love youre videos man, you have proved a lot of points i have thought to myself about gear through the years, thank you so much for basically mythbusting pickups, and everything else that drives your "tone" lol people always thought i was crazy because i had the pretty similar theories, especially with the pickups. Found your channel a couple months ago and you have helped me A LOT.
any chance you could do a video on the Peavey Valveking 100 head? maybe in a shootout with some other high gain amps? i feel like its somewhat of a sleeper for the price, would like to get your honest review on it, thanks man!
That’s why if I’m swapping pickups for that in the room sound, they’re going to be from Wilkinson or any other budget brand that’s also known for quality.
I really love Stringjoy strings on my PJ bass. I also put them on my guitar. Great stuff! Small company out of Nashville.
Great stuff Glen ❤
I liked the dive into explaining how an amplifier colors and distorts the tone and how an ideal "straight cable amplifier" doesn't exist. One thing about amps that most people don't understand is that they don't actually amplify! Really, they don't. What they do is make a louder copy of the incoming signal. This is why power supply filtering is so important. The copy is "sculpted" from the power available in the power supply, so if it is noisy, the copy will be noisy too. If the supply temporarily runs out of power then the copy will be more imperfect than usual, resulting in clipping and sag.
Just subscribed, been watching for a minute so figured I'd help you get the count up.
That’s very much appreciated. Welcome aboard!
hey Glenn i think your playing is awesome i like the Rhoads v that you have love your gear
Great content as usual man.
I'm not a metal fan but I've subscribed for the honesty and interesting topics. Keep it up.
When I go to guitar center I noticed that sometimes cheaper guitars “sound darker” than more expensive, same amp and settings, just testing playability. I think people mistake that “darker” sound with thinking it sounds better, when in reality the more “high” sound is clear and the this what you should look for. I also think that is why people selected the Harley Benton
I loved your blind test. I would agree with you that you can very rarely hear any difference, and even if you can it doesn't mean the more expensive one is actually better. However (absolute truth) I got them all right. Subscribed.
Nice video - and I love the debunking of the popular myths. Also, not long ago I was trying to decide between my PRS SE Custom and Gibson LP for a solo so I recorded them into my DAW and upon playback I was horrified to hear how similar they sounded! I realized then that so much of what I "thought" was different is actually nearly identical to a guitar player (myself) and surely identical to a non-guitar player in the context of a mix!
Please do the string deep dive! I went through a phase trying a ton of strings. My guess is you’ll find that brand doesn’t matter but string material (steels vs nickels vs chromes) makes kind of a tone difference but a big feel difference. Also I discovered that I like 8s. Cheers Glenn!
With the strings test, maybe comparing the amount of noise made when sliding your left hand across muted strings would be worthwhile? I'd be interest to see if different materials would effect that.
GLEEEEEN! You should check out the D'Addario Cromes flatwound strings for the shootout. I've got a set on one of my guitars that's tuned to almost baritone and it sounds great, very different to roundwounds (to my ears at least)
I've suspected for years that the tonal shift people claim to hear when upgrading electronics in their guitar is due more to the fact that lower quality pots are typically replaced in a guitar when pickups are swapped. All electrical components will have a tolerance rating that could vary significantly. For example it is common for pots to have a tolerance of ±20%. That could mean a 500k pot actually being anywhere between 400k-600k. A 200k potential variance will cause a drastic difference even between individual guitars of the exact same model with the same spec pots on the tone circuit since it is just a crude low-pass filter. Here's an idea for a video; do a side by side demo of multiple units of the exact same model guitar. You could also use a single guitar and swap the tone pot out multiple times while graphing the output from the guitar to show the differences in frequency response and how it correlates to the tolerance variations.
I've heard of people walking into a guitar store to try all the TS-9s in the store and walk out with one if they found one with the tone they we after..
Well you fooled me Glenn that Two Rock sounded like a solid state Randall on the clean channel😂
I would like to see an affordable (sub $100 or $200) mic shootout for guitar and then others shootouts of the same for vocals and another for bass. I'm talking direct shootout on the same cab, same instrument, same eq settings so we can hear the difference.
I think you're on to something with the inquiry into guitar strings. I bought an old Fernandes Monterey from a pawn shop. The strings on it were rushed. When I put a fresh set on it, the improvement in sound and feel made it seem like a completely different guitar. I can't wait to see how much of that was perception was real or imagined.
I couldn't tell which guitar was which in the shootouts, but I just hoped the Harley Benton was the best one sounding one lol. Love your channel I always look forward to watching, especially every Friday for these comment episodes. Much love from South Florida 🤘🤘
Hey Glenn. Great guitar shoot out and you are totally right about guitar speakers and cabs. But in my experience the guitar sound quality in a recording is the least important thing. Vocal and drum quality are most important. Next would be bass guitar sound. I would love to see more videos about that stuff. Keep up the great work!
Pleased to hear you are thinking about comparing Rotosound strings, as they (yellows) are. My favourite. Not based on sound but a combination of feel, price and … red white and blue ball ends!
Ok, I lost it at the "oh, oh-oh ooooh" blip. rofl kudos on that edit.
A bass player who would blow your mind introduced me to Monell’s. Its one of my all time favorites. He plays with some guy with 2 first names, who had cancer but has gotten better and is touring some again. He would have been a cowboy.
13:13 "fwequency shifts" i'm always good for a chuckle when it comes the words that bring out the Canadian accent, but this had me busting up laughing. Lol love ya Glenn!
Flatwound and roundwound strings are hugely different! Especially on bass. Be sure to try the string test on bass!
I’m so hyped for the video about non V30 metal speakers 🤘🏽
Some cool tone come from guys who play through smaller Fender and Matchless and control their tone with onboard volume and tone controls taking it from clean and clear to dark and distorted without touching a pedal or a switch - Russel Broom was a master when he toured with Jann Arden in early 2000s
Man sorry, but I just hella love your vid’s and as I currently started out home recording you gave me a steep learning curve during the last months .. so once again: what do you think of stack compression and overdriving with pedals in clean channels before miking the amp instead of using the drive channels of an amp?