All Them Witches at Abbey Road Studios

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  • Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
  • Earlier this year we caught up with Hiwatt Artist, Ben McLeod of All Them Witches at Abbey Road Studios to talk us through the Hiwatt rig he used on their incredible new album "Nothing As The Ideal".
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 64

  • @bradswanson8515
    @bradswanson8515 4 роки тому +161

    Greatest band on the planet at the moment.

    • @Latsson2
      @Latsson2 4 роки тому +13

      Has been the last 5 years 😄

    • @mixermanbear.4002
      @mixermanbear.4002 4 роки тому +4

      Word!!!

    • @tcw8287
      @tcw8287 4 роки тому +5

      Couldn't agree more

    • @dorianford6227
      @dorianford6227 3 роки тому +2

      Still doesn’t have the credit they deserve

    • @ThePurza
      @ThePurza 3 роки тому +5

      I Don't quite understand why they aren't as big as qotsa. Similar appeal and quality. Nothing as the Ideal is a fucking dope album

  • @frakjahor
    @frakjahor 3 роки тому +35

    This guy is possibly the most influential guitar player of the new decade. I keep seeing the same old lame shredding (not even Zappa kind of shredding) copy cats for almost since the beginning of 2000’s. This guy is no show off. He gets in there when the song needs it. He knows sometimes silence for a second is the best way out of a god damn dead end looking solo.
    Thank you brother. Keep it real.

    • @CarloCalcaterra92
      @CarloCalcaterra92 3 роки тому +2

      Yeah, I thought the same after listening to the band for a while

    • @stevec6427
      @stevec6427 2 роки тому +7

      Too many modern guitarists know too many tricks but have no idea how to make a great song. All Them Witches just make great tune after great tune. I love how the bass takes the lead in some songs as well.

    • @westingband
      @westingband Рік тому

      Here he is again: ua-cam.com/video/Da68oC1pOZU/v-deo.html

    • @AspiringSpaceWizard
      @AspiringSpaceWizard Рік тому +2

      Less is more. Crazy shredding ,while impressive , is not near as good as more purposeful and “simpler” catchy playing you can feeeel.

  • @JS-nf1sn
    @JS-nf1sn 4 роки тому +27

    Ben is the tone master (ha ha, get it...). No really, clean or dirty tones he always has the tone dialed in. Great endorsement for Hiwatt. Awesome band. Love all their albums. Ben is an amazing guitar player.

  • @SamLibman
    @SamLibman 4 роки тому +19

    The new album kicks ass! And the tones are MAGNIFICENT!

  • @matthewt.5313
    @matthewt.5313 4 роки тому +18

    All Them Witches, TOOL and Sabbath tones? Hell Yeah! That amp just got a top spot on my future purchase list.

  • @CathodeULT
    @CathodeULT 2 роки тому +11

    I'm just glad to see a major album being recorded with actual amps. Thank God!

  • @grilo31
    @grilo31 3 роки тому +3

    The guitar sound in this album is amazing. You guys are the greatest band around. Thanx!

  • @Kyle-zp1fq
    @Kyle-zp1fq 4 роки тому +4

    Ben has such an awesome sound on this new album

  • @andywakelin1380
    @andywakelin1380 4 роки тому +3

    The new album is awesome! My favourite atw album (for now)

  • @RUfromthe40s
    @RUfromthe40s Місяць тому

    i´m old as all young people i know say , but this is and was always a type of sound i heard since very young a nice blues rock with personal identity and modern sounding and the influencies of the band menbers do make that litle touch who make them unique

  • @realgoodmind
    @realgoodmind Рік тому +2

    Yes! How have I not seen this stuff. Hiwatt has been hiding all these vids

  • @MikeBaars83
    @MikeBaars83 4 роки тому +3

    That new album is highly recommended.

  • @luciodellaporta7201
    @luciodellaporta7201 4 роки тому +5

    Great set up! 2 Hiwatt heads is not fare!!!

  • @churchmoms6662
    @churchmoms6662 4 роки тому +6

    Ben!

  • @romananthonymusic
    @romananthonymusic 2 роки тому

    Bless these guys!

  • @richardsteffens6159
    @richardsteffens6159 4 роки тому +44

    If you aren't listening to this band you're probably making terrible life decisions.

    • @siriplaydopethrone8973
      @siriplaydopethrone8973 3 роки тому +1

      Facts :D

    • @cthulhujankinx5652
      @cthulhujankinx5652 3 роки тому

      Nah I pepper them in with ok life decisions

    • @josephfemoyer7218
      @josephfemoyer7218 2 роки тому

      “If you aren’t listening to this band your probably doing yourself a favor”.i hav never heard of “All them bitches”.never heard on any radio station,no hot singles,not on any tv,cable show so WHERES the talent? To each his own

  • @RocketinExile
    @RocketinExile 2 роки тому +1

    great band

  • @deadbabyjokes5319
    @deadbabyjokes5319 3 роки тому +1

    didnt listen to alot of band but this one im addicted! thx to kexp wouldnt have found them

  • @grahamman80
    @grahamman80 4 роки тому +2

    It'd be great if you could now just walk us through those tones one at a time. Thanks Ben.

  • @BladeDoomer86
    @BladeDoomer86 2 роки тому +2

    Dunno how i just saw this... Yeah, the latest album is one of the best in 20 yrs...

  • @eharmicar
    @eharmicar Місяць тому

    Pete Townshend/Hiwatt-Long Live Rock!!!

  • @sillysausage4549
    @sillysausage4549 8 місяців тому +1

    Loved the playing at 3 minutes.... which is clearly a rip off of part of a Classical piece (Vaughan-Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis), which was itself based on a late medieval piece.

  • @markusfinkler9625
    @markusfinkler9625 4 місяці тому

    Early Page Amp would be somthing to absolutely to play. Wonder if I could handle the cleanes.❤❤❤

  • @josephfemoyer7218
    @josephfemoyer7218 2 роки тому +2

    What was that all about?

  • @santiagobondoni
    @santiagobondoni 3 роки тому +1

    Ben all day long baby

  • @iwillnevergetone5
    @iwillnevergetone5 4 роки тому +2

    at @1:24 shouldn't factors like an amp being too loud NOT be a problem when you're working in a studio like Abbey Road? haha you'd think they'd have the best sound-proof rooms in the world at this level. oh well

    • @spudvader
      @spudvader 4 роки тому +1

      Well no because if you put sound proofing in the room then you change the room dynamics

    • @iwillnevergetone5
      @iwillnevergetone5 4 роки тому

      @@spudvader fair enough. i'm just saying- to get told "that's too loud" in such a legendary recording place would bum me out

    • @spudvader
      @spudvader 4 роки тому +1

      @@iwillnevergetone5 Totally agree. I've also heard some of the magic of Abbey Road is the mics they use, an engineer use to make up his own mics or mix different mics together. Think it was on Abbey Road sessions with The Black Keys??

    • @anthonychilds8193
      @anthonychilds8193 3 роки тому

      Yeah... but these go to 11.

  • @geraldcalifornia5923
    @geraldcalifornia5923 3 роки тому

    Does the Hiwatt d103 its louder thana a twin reverb? Any ons knows or try both amps?

    • @oldmanofcotati
      @oldmanofcotati 3 роки тому +1

      Depends on the speakers regarding "loudness"/SPL. RMS is about the same.

  • @sleepingarrow2198
    @sleepingarrow2198 3 роки тому

    what kind of fane speakers were in the cab?

  • @tomasvanecek8626
    @tomasvanecek8626 2 роки тому

    There is no Hiwatt anymore. The REAL deal is early 70s DR103s with genuine Partridges.
    Luckily I´ve sourced two.. and one more, still a good replica from 2007.. with trannies "designed by Partridge",
    with lookalike sticker on them, deceiving.. lol.. (I forgot the name of that UK company that faked them..)
    This guy here could play what he plays on any amp.. maybe even better into a modeller
    I´m not saying he cant play.. he can.

    • @Steven-re3tx
      @Steven-re3tx 3 місяці тому

      I wouldn't trade anything,.. original dumble excluded,.. for my 83 Hiwatt Custom 50 DR 504 OL.
      Sounds perfect before pedals.
      But with quality pedals,..ie,.. Strymon, Walrus Audio, JHS, Empress,...
      It will change your life.
      ENJOY.

    • @tomasvanecek8626
      @tomasvanecek8626 2 місяці тому

      @@Steven-re3tx Ok, ok.. but Hiwatts in 80s were nothing like the old stuff

    • @Steven-re3tx
      @Steven-re3tx 2 місяці тому

      @@tomasvanecek8626
      Only difference I know of is Drake transformers,...like the vintage Marshalls use. A DR is a one of a kind.
      You should perhaps do a bit more homework.

    • @Steven-re3tx
      @Steven-re3tx 2 місяці тому

      I play a vintage original Hiwatt every day,..
      with recent service.
      Both channels.
      Tone is everything.

    • @Steven-re3tx
      @Steven-re3tx 2 місяці тому

      @@tomasvanecek8626
      Fun fact,..
      Hiwatt ended in 84 after Mr. Reeves death.
      That's when the DR 504 OL came out with more gain to compete with Marshall.
      I own a piece of history,...
      and history sounds beautiful.

  • @jestle
    @jestle 4 роки тому +5

    0:57
    what just happened

    • @TheChadPad
      @TheChadPad 4 роки тому +2

      It's a funny prank to just stick your face right next to someone behind their back to mess with them

    • @suddenlyawetrat2587
      @suddenlyawetrat2587 3 роки тому +3

      Homie moment

    • @wade7662
      @wade7662 3 роки тому +2

      Parks being a madman like usual