Yeah, along with Otis Rush, Phillip Walker, Magic Sam, Robben Ford and many more. . . if you include Gibson hollow bodies, then add Lowell Fulson, Wayne Bennett, Fenton Robinson, T Bone Walker, etc.
Bea needs a harder attack to be convincing in blues. It’s hard to pull that off while playing a minor blues. That’s ok. You can’t be great at everything.
I feel like Ibanez doesn't get enough love on this channel. They are always pushing the boundaries of their designs, and every single model they release plays like something two or three times the price. They always sound, look, and feel great. And they have so much more variety in their catalog than any other company.
Yeah, agree. I’ve got one of the AF75 hollow bodies and love it. Stays in tune, sounds great acoustic or amped, and is easy playing. I also have a ‘78 Artist, which was good enough for Gibson to sue them. :)
@@Twizzlemenizzle1 but it sounds nothing like Ultimate Blues Rig, their other guitarist never used an Ibanez, it was a Gibson ES335 with P90's into a Fender Vibroking with a Klon Centaur
@@Seanph25 Ibanez S and RG is designed for metal, so the radius is flat and the neck is thin. Good if you play more on solos, but bad if you play chords. Ibanez AZ will be closer to what you ask for.
Blues is all about communicating emotion, which Bea can do all day long. Many can play the notes ... few can impart the emotion. I believe he can be a sensational blues player. "Sounds Like" is my favorite Anderton's series ... you guys are a great team ... keep up the great work
I have a hard time thinking anything Hendrix says is “easy to play” would be genuinely easy to play. Like hearing Dwayne Johnson say something is easy to lift, or Einstein saying a physics concept is easy to understand.
God, I am all about how that Ibanez rig sounds. It's got that thick low end and just the right amount of crunch but it's not missing the jangle on the top end either.
My Ibanez hollow body was the only guitar I owned for 10 years. Played everything from blues to rock/metal to jazz on it, with tunings varying from standard down to drop C. They are pretty versatile guitars.
No joke I gave an as73 that I dropped Duncan's in and threw on some Grover tuners. Nasty guitar. Plays circles better than a buddies actual es335. ALSO don't sleep on squier classic vibe teles. Best cheap guitar I've ever owned. The hype is real.
@Hinterland_Rider I don't know, I think that there's something in having the perspective of people who haven't taken slide guitar that far yet. Ariel's playing is fairly intimidating, it would help to have a "here's what can help to get into it in the first place" rig
@@TheOlesarge i mean you don't even need 24 frets you realistically could use a guitar where the neck pickup is after the 24th fret as well for full access to the 2 octaves while being in the neck pickup like an SG or similar
The Blues Jr. 4 is an amazing amp and doesn't really matter what sort of guitar you plug into it. It will sound great. And here's a little tip for the younger guys: if you want to play the blues, don't start with a strat. It's hard to make it sound good and it's even harder to make it sound at all in a group. You will have to deal with minimal sustain and extra finger work for those legatos to be heard. Go for something with humbuckers instead. You'll know when you're ready for a strat.
i hae a strat and i am younger, i find them easier to play than other guitars and i can use the in between switch to humbucker the middle pickup and the neck/bridge pickup if i really want to be heard, and it's pretty easy to make a strat sound good, and i just use a compressor
What a ridiculous assertion- Strats are easy to make sound good, especially playing blues. And they're widely known for being bright and able to cut through a mix very well- HB on the other hand are much wider spectrum and get lost in the mix, step on the bass player, etc. Either way- the answer is EQ- not changing pickups- add midrange, cut bass- you'll cut through and no longer step on the bass player's groove. You want to sit between the snare and the kick drum/bass line.
Yeah polka dot strat and the occasional tele. He might have played a semi hollow but I never saw it. BB def played a 335 or similar. “Lucille” was I think a 335 or 339.
Please do a Sound like Gary Clark Jr by busting the bank. Love his sound. Got the new Gary Clark Wah coming out too. You guys did such a great job without busting would love to see what you do by busting the bank.
Having two complementary rigs shows that neither is the ultimate. I really enjoyed this one, guys. It also shows that we need more lead from Matt. The contrast between your two playing styles is as good as the contrast between the rigs.
Roger that! Low wattage Fender amp cranked till the tubes (valves) are glowing like a lighthouse, and the volume dialed back on the geetar, is a sound engineer’s dream.
Great to see the MXR Sugar Drive getting some love. This pedal has never left my board since I got it and I love it. Whenever Klon clones are discussed it never gets the attention it deserves. I've also got the Wampler Tumnus and the Sugar Drive is easily as good, if not better.
It’s interesting. I grew up in the 90’s, in Canada. So I grew up with grunge, and boy bands 😂! But every time I pick up my guitar, no matter the guitar, I always default to blues riffs. I started doing that in my early 20’s and I’m truly not sure how it happened. But it’s comforting. I enjoy playing the blues. I don’t write the blues, or maybe I do? I don’t know. Thinking back on some of the solos I wrote for clients. I remember my 7 years in guitar lessons when I was a kid. My guitar teacher really stressed the importance of learning the blues scale. I didn’t use it for years and years. And then I did. There’s something wholesome about it. It’s hard to explain. This comment didn’t make much sense. Great choice of amps by the way! Take care
It's terrific you guys used the '68 Custom Princeton Reverb Reissue. I have the 68 Deluxe Reverb Reissue and I think they kill the 65s hands down, but people seem to want the blackface look of the 65.
I keep hoping, especially for the bands/rigs that need a pedal platform type amp, that at some point you'll throw a Roland Blues Cube into the mix. It would help stretch the budget and is a nice amp, just ask Lee, lol.
I see people wanting Journey covered and it'd be a great opportunity for Roland. Lttle known fact about the leads on Don't Stop Believin'- they were recorded on a Roland.
Stu's setup is pretty small, generally it's a twelve string or six string, a wah, a boss delay, carbon copy, boss tuner, and a torns peaker. Not sure about the other setups. You can also get microtonal replacement strat necks online, just saying
@@samm9397 and? Are you say zz top has some super complex board? Or Jimi Hendrix? Or the Beatles? I'm a little confused to why you're saying it's easy (which admittedly it is)
@@rollingon5566 never said easy my dude. I only just listed what Stu generally uses so you could know what to look at to sound similar to Stu. I am confusion.
@@rollingon5566 lol read into it how ever you want, I can't change that. My use of "small" was to compare to the pedalboards that similar bands might have; usually they will be massive, with a ton of different effects like modulation and other weird shit. King Gizz has an advantage in the amount of people they have which in turn means they can make weird sounds without having to have a diverse pedalboard. If you want to take it as a negative so be it, but all I was doing was listing what effects Stu uses so you could get a better idea on what to make sound wise 😛
but it sounds nothing like Ultimate Blues Rig their rhythm guitarist used a Gibson ES335 with P90's through a Fender 57 Deluxe with a Klon Centaur and T Rex Creamer Reverb
I think Matt meant BB king and not exactly buddy guy for the hollow body guitar. Although buddy played lots of styles hes primarily known for his strat.
I think matt got buddy because he was on a bbc live show in the 60s and he probably caught a re run of that show as in that buddy played a guild hollow body
I love that he went with an Ibanez hollow body. I've been playing an AFS75T for around nine years or so now and it's an amazing guitar. Very underrated guitars, and in some cases they are better than an Epiphone.
These videos are a great advertisement for the Squier Classic Vibe strat, clearly super versatile and I want one (even though I own a USA strat and an LP standard!) Great vid as always
If you're serious about guitar, you should be able to spend 1000-1500 by saving up if that is a lot of money. If you can't save 1500 dollars, then you need to learn how to budget your money
loved both rigs but that classic vibe and that fender amp is just really a nice bluesy sound...And the dude playing it is just a monster guitar player...
Here's some song titles I've given the songs in the video 1: King of the Swing 2: I Need Your Love (Oh So Bad) 3: I hear the blues a callin so what'd you name the songs they played?
I think both those guitars sounds very good and just shows how much better the low/medium priced guitars are today. It's an amazing value for money. You lucky kidz out there :)
exactly! he uses fender stratocasters and has a signature fender strat with polkadots on it so should we get a Sound Like Buddy Guy without busting the bank?
William Allison that’s now. He only got famous after SRV brought him on stage with him. Then Clapton and Jonny Lang used to bring him on stage a lot. Then his career took off. He’s used hollow body guitars in the past. ua-cam.com/video/3hG4NU4pdlk/v-deo.html
however it doesn't sound like Ultimate Blues Rig, their main lead guitarist used a strat which was correct i believe it was a 1963 model, a Fender Twin Reverb so the amp was right, but the pedals was wrong cos it should've been an Ibanez TS808, Wah and a delay, their main lead guitarist never used fuzz the other lead guitarist used a Gibson ES 335, Marshall Blues Breaker and a Boss BD2 so that's that
You dudes are awesome! I bought a DSL 40C Marshall Tube after your “Sound Like Joe Satriani” video. I didn’t know it was that versatile of an amp until I saw how often you pick that amp. Great price and loving mine!
That Ibanez sounded the business. Much preferred its sound to the Squire. I think I'd have tried a Fender Jimmie Vaughn Stratocaster or a Fender Deluxe Roadhouse Stratocaster with the Texas Special pick-ups paired with a Blackstar valve amp with reverb.
@@Rockerrobin Texas Specials are quite sensitive to height adjustments. They can sound meh, but with an hour or so of playing/adjusting/playing/adjusting you can find their sweet spot for your guitar and they'll sound amazing. IMHO, far too many people have their pickups way too close to the strings which 'strangles' the tone. Also, attaching the Texas Special bridge pup to a tone pot does wonders.
All you really need for a bluesy sound is that Ibanez hollowbody (or any vintage styled guitar), the Blues Junior cranked on the volume (perhaps a bit of reverb) and then using the tone/volume knobs for dynamics and clean/drive. It'll work like a charm in pretty much any gigging environment. Pedals in blues? Well, maybe a boost or a delay for me. Maybe.
That was news to me about Buddy Guy playing Gibson Hollow Body guitars , I've always seen him with Fender Strats especially the Polka Dot Strat , I'm gonna search UA-cam now to see Buddy play a Gibson Hollow Body , thanks Matt I did not know that....
I would like to have seen Chappers & The Captain try out these rigs and give their opinion on your guy's choice of gear. I love this channel. I especially enjoy with busting the bank.
Istvan De Jesús yes I have. It’s stayed on my pedal board since I got it and I ABSOLUTELY love it. I don’t know about the morning glory since I haven’t played one but I definitely recommend it over the Tumnus. I use mine as a push after the rest of my gain pedals and it works amazing, I throw it on to kinda clean up a muddy fuzz and almost like gate it. But also use it as my main rhythm tone combined with a already driven amp. If you wanna buy a great pedal for a medium price I definitely recommend it. Works best as a transparent push on a nearly broken up amp
Preferred Rabea’s rig just a bit from the experience of playing blues for 20+ years. I may have gone for a tele but the strat is a great option, and may be a vibe over the fuzz.
Brilliant episode. Went more traditional than the higher gain Cream/SRV/Hendrix. How about sound like Rory Gallagher Or the ultimate rig with USED gear in the store.
I got that Ibanez model just recently with blues in mind. Being one of their few hollow bodies that comes in left handed and having to order it unplayed there was a little concern that it's jazz focused pickups might not translate, but I could not be happier with it. Its low profile frets might not suit all blues players for bends, I went down a string gauge to what I normally have to help there. A Strat and a semi are hard to beat for blues. Interest about what you said about blues being hard. I must say there have been many times where I have tried to learn a blues phrase from tab and thought yep those are the notes but there is a whole lot more going on than can be expressed on a page.
@John K but what about the amplifier? besides, he uses Paul Reed Smith and Fender guitars now and for amps it's a Diezel VH4 and two Paul Reed Smith Archon amps
I'm not a wonderful guitarist, but I've been playing for a long time, so had a few guitars. The Squier Classic Vibe is knockout for the money. My CV tele is amazing for the price. I also have a Vintage JMH strat that sounds wonderful, however it's not been reliable. I had to replace a machine head and now I need to replace the pickup selector switch. My classic vibe has been no trouble at all. I'm not a fan of lacquered necks, but dont find it a hindrance. Unless you are a full time professional musician the CV will be all the guitar you ever need.
Absolutely. Bea seemed convinced that the Strat is the ultimate blues guitar which just confuses me really. Maybe it seems so to someone who only knows Jimmy or Stevie.
@@philclarke7712 but it IS the ultimate blues guitar, i mean i've rarely seen a blues guitarist not use a strat, with the exception for Gary Moore (though he did use a strat on occasion) and Peter Green
@@KeeperOfPoops Jimmy Page, Joe Bonamassa, Duane Allman, Peter Green, Warren Haynes, Walter Trout, Hubert Sumlin, Mike Bloomfield, Billy Gibbons, Derek Trucks, Albert King, BB King....
@@philclarke7712 i'd associate Gibbons and Page more with classic rock, but yes i know Bonamassa used mainly gibson LP's but he did use a rory gallagher signature fender once and i did mention peter green in there y'know
Been watching you guys since episode 1 and you guys are on the money 92% of the time BUT not so sure about this episode. Fuzzes and wahs for blues? You’re killin me smalls!!
I always loved that Rabea had less of a "seller" take on these challenges. "It's about how you feel playing it" is how everyone should approach gear buying.
Stumbled on this while looking at princetons for blues guitar awesome playing by both of you n awesome choices! I totally agree with the classic Vibes range I'm lucky enough to own a 56 lefty avri re issue strat. I stumbled on a classic Vibes Telecaster in a store n ended up driving 3 hours to go back n get it as I couldn't stop thinking about the brilliant tone n how beautiful the neck etc was. Still one of my favourite guitars. N the guitarist outta Genisis uses a Squier Strat to for anyone on a budget thinking of one.
actually that chord sequence was originally from an old Freddie King song called Ain't Nobody's Business What We Do. John Mayer must have borrowed it lol, classic chord sequence for blues.
Jazzmaster and a Vox should get you most of the way there. With my Jazzmaster copy, Laney VC-15 and EHX Ocean’s 11, I can get a decent approximation of their tone.
@@Daniel-ll3qp Yeah, even my Squier J Mascis into the Egnater Tweaker gets pretty close. But my reasoning is that it's so much more fun to me watching these guys going into some "less usual" stuff. It's the whole reason I keep occasionally rewatching the Radiohead and Smiths episodes.
@@Daniel-ll3qp I can totally see what you mean. Still, I enjoy seeing a guy who likes Satriani and Bettencourt so much try so hard to approach with respect a style that doesn't seem like his own. Rabea's freaking great!
@@jacobyarnell715 I mean 'best is subjective' no shade, I love Jimi and SRV, like Riviera paradise is my fave song on earth, but there's like BB King, Chuck Berry, Joe Bonamassa, Buddy Guy, Muddy waters and even some would say Gary Clarke Jr like they all played semi holo style guitars. I think both styles are the foundation for blues, not one more than the other. Strat and semi holo together made the blues.
Matt picks up a HH Semi-hollow. Rabea: "Is that bluesy though?" *Ehem...* BB King would like a word, sir.
Exactly my thoughts.
Alvin Lee wants to talk to him after BB is done.
Then Freddie King would like a go at him too, followed by John Lee Hooker and countless others. Talk about putting your foot in it.
Clapton wants a word...
Yeah, along with Otis Rush, Phillip Walker, Magic Sam, Robben Ford and many more. . . if you include Gibson hollow bodies, then add Lowell Fulson, Wayne Bennett, Fenton Robinson, T Bone Walker, etc.
I want to be a non blues player half as good as Bea. He is phenomenal at any genre, such a dynamic touch.
Matt's no slouch either
Yeess!! They are absolutely fantastic!
If you live close to Anderton's, you could get guitar lessons from him.
he's fantastic. Even if he thinks a fuzz face is a blues pedal :D :D
Bea needs a harder attack to be convincing in blues. It’s hard to pull that off while playing a minor blues. That’s ok. You can’t be great at everything.
I feel like Ibanez doesn't get enough love on this channel. They are always pushing the boundaries of their designs, and every single model they release plays like something two or three times the price. They always sound, look, and feel great. And they have so much more variety in their catalog than any other company.
That ibanez sounds nice on this demo
Yeah, agree. I’ve got one of the AF75 hollow bodies and love it. Stays in tune, sounds great acoustic or amped, and is easy playing. I also have a ‘78 Artist, which was good enough for Gibson to sue them. :)
@@Twizzlemenizzle1 but it sounds nothing like Ultimate Blues Rig, their other guitarist never used an Ibanez, it was a Gibson ES335 with P90's into a Fender Vibroking with a Klon Centaur
Idk why but I always dislike the neck when I pick up an Ibanez
@@Seanph25 Ibanez S and RG is designed for metal, so the radius is flat and the neck is thin. Good if you play more on solos, but bad if you play chords. Ibanez AZ will be closer to what you ask for.
Get an abused acoustic and a woman who left you.
Damn right my friend
Or a woman who abused and left but you still got the beat up guitar that you will never part with ha ha.
Don't forget a cigarette dangling from your mouth
Parker Kenney it’s literally anyone from the 80s and prior. No one smokes anymore.
dude that is hilarious but so eloquently sums it up. Freddie King - Five Long Years but electric instead of acoustic
Blues is all about communicating emotion, which Bea can do all day long. Many can play the notes ... few can impart the emotion. I believe he can be a sensational blues player. "Sounds Like" is my favorite Anderton's series ... you guys are a great team ... keep up the great work
I’m glad Matt has been playing along in these. It’s way better than in the beginning. Killer job guys
"Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel"
- Jimi Hendrix
wise words from a wise man
also you made a slight typo, it's Blues not blue. just saying
@@KeeperOfPoops sorry man, typed it wrong
@@gabrielvelloso9834 nah it's fine, you're all good my G
I have a hard time thinking anything Hendrix says is “easy to play” would be genuinely easy to play. Like hearing Dwayne Johnson say something is easy to lift, or Einstein saying a physics concept is easy to understand.
God, I am all about how that Ibanez rig sounds. It's got that thick low end and just the right amount of crunch but it's not missing the jangle on the top end either.
The affordable Ibanez hollow bodies are amazing. Look into getting one dude
My Ibanez hollow body was the only guitar I owned for 10 years. Played everything from blues to rock/metal to jazz on it, with tunings varying from standard down to drop C. They are pretty versatile guitars.
No joke I gave an as73 that I dropped Duncan's in and threw on some Grover tuners. Nasty guitar. Plays circles better than a buddies actual es335. ALSO don't sleep on squier classic vibe teles. Best cheap guitar I've ever owned. The hype is real.
John Scofield plays the hell out of an Ibanez hollow body!
GuyNamedSean I played one at a local shop and it was top quality. I would not hesitate to get one.
How about an ultimate slide guitar rig???
@Hinterland_Rider I don't know, I think that there's something in having the perspective of people who haven't taken slide guitar that far yet. Ariel's playing is fairly intimidating, it would help to have a "here's what can help to get into it in the first place" rig
that would be awesome! Ultimate Slide Guitar Rig is my favorite band of all time!
Best Slide guitar: You should really go for a guitar with 24 frets, raise the action slightly. Humbuckers are better than single coils.
@@TheOlesarge i mean you don't even need 24 frets you realistically could use a guitar where the neck pickup is after the 24th fret as well for full access to the 2 octaves while being in the neck pickup like an SG or similar
Some of the best blues I’ve heard from a couple of non blues players
The Blues Jr. 4 is an amazing amp and doesn't really matter what sort of guitar you plug into it. It will sound great. And here's a little tip for the younger guys: if you want to play the blues, don't start with a strat. It's hard to make it sound good and it's even harder to make it sound at all in a group. You will have to deal with minimal sustain and extra finger work for those legatos to be heard. Go for something with humbuckers instead. You'll know when you're ready for a strat.
i hae a strat and i am younger, i find them easier to play than other guitars and i can use the in between switch to humbucker the middle pickup and the neck/bridge pickup if i really want to be heard, and it's pretty easy to make a strat sound good, and i just use a compressor
I bought a 40th anni USA strat making $4.25/hr in high school. I couldnt disagree with you more.
What a ridiculous assertion- Strats are easy to make sound good, especially playing blues. And they're widely known for being bright and able to cut through a mix very well- HB on the other hand are much wider spectrum and get lost in the mix, step on the bass player, etc. Either way- the answer is EQ- not changing pickups- add midrange, cut bass- you'll cut through and no longer step on the bass player's groove. You want to sit between the snare and the kick drum/bass line.
Think you guys meant BB King for the hollow-body (not Buddy Guy, who played Strats from what I recall).,
Buddy did play a Starfire for a while...
Doesn’t he use a polka dotted strat?
@@benlogan430 yes, his signature model has polka dots, I believe.
Yeah polka dot strat and the occasional tele. He might have played a semi hollow but I never saw it. BB def played a 335 or similar. “Lucille” was I think a 335 or 339.
@Chris Yates There is a video of Buddy Guy playing a Guild Starfire
1:40 That orange Tele in the back is simply fab!
The Ibanez sounds great! Good call Matt
Justin Cork 👊
Damn the Ibanez is sooo tasty!
@@mathevideos9909 Oh my god, you're dumb. You can't eat it!
@@widowmaker5544 I don't think extremecubing meant it in a literal sense
Please do a Sound like Gary Clark Jr by busting the bank. Love his sound. Got the new Gary Clark Wah coming out too. You guys did such a great job without busting would love to see what you do by busting the bank.
Best blues I've heard from a prog metal player!
Nice work
I would LOVE to see a Sound Like (both by and without busting the bank) for Boston. Also, I LOVED Matt's rig, but mostly cause I'm not a big fuzz fan.
Sound like Toska w/o busting the bank! Would be really interesting
The bank robber?
Good god this is beautiful. That “I’m Gonna Find Another You” Jam was great.
i thought it was "need your love so bad" by gary moore
Varun Singh could be. They sound very similar.
@@varun4116 Or Peter Green.
@@davedagreat69 Or Allman Brothers!
@@andrecarvalhomusic or Freddie King
That first section in the Video Room was really nice sounding. I especially like the sound of Matt's playing/gear.
What would you name the first section they did in the video room?
can you give it a good song title?
@@widowmaker5544 Oh here's a good one... "King of the Swing"
do you like it?
@@sakimiyu4169 I scooby dooby do
Really gld to see Ibanez artcore line, I have the full hollow body and love that guitar.
Having two complementary rigs shows that neither is the ultimate. I really enjoyed this one, guys. It also shows that we need more lead from Matt. The contrast between your two playing styles is as good as the contrast between the rigs.
My vote, as usual, is for SRV By Busting
Blues is a style and not tied to any particular gear. That is the beauty of the blues!
The Princeton is one of the best amps ever made. More hits recorded on it than any other amp.
The Marshall Super Lead Plexi would like a word with you
Roger that! Low wattage Fender amp cranked till the tubes (valves) are glowing like a lighthouse, and the volume dialed back on the geetar, is a sound engineer’s dream.
Great to see the MXR Sugar Drive getting some love. This pedal has never left my board since I got it and I love it. Whenever Klon clones are discussed it never gets the attention it deserves. I've also got the Wampler Tumnus and the Sugar Drive is easily as good, if not better.
How about a sound like Ultimate Rockabilly Rig. It would be great to see thar ;) Nice job on this as always guys.
YES PLEASE! Ultimate Rockabilly Rig is my favorite band of all time!
@William Allison What are you, stupid? It's a genre of music not an actual band!
@@widowmaker5544 YOU DON'T KNOW THAT!
It’s interesting. I grew up in the 90’s, in Canada. So I grew up with grunge, and boy bands 😂! But every time I pick up my guitar, no matter the guitar, I always default to blues riffs. I started doing that in my early 20’s and I’m truly not sure how it happened. But it’s comforting. I enjoy playing the blues. I don’t write the blues, or maybe I do? I don’t know. Thinking back on some of the solos I wrote for clients. I remember my 7 years in guitar lessons when I was a kid. My guitar teacher really stressed the importance of learning the blues scale. I didn’t use it for years and years. And then I did. There’s something wholesome about it. It’s hard to explain. This comment didn’t make much sense. Great choice of amps by the way! Take care
It's terrific you guys used the '68 Custom Princeton Reverb Reissue. I have the 68 Deluxe Reverb Reissue and I think they kill the 65s hands down, but people seem to want the blackface look of the 65.
Some lovely playing here.
I keep hoping, especially for the bands/rigs that need a pedal platform type amp, that at some point you'll throw a Roland Blues Cube into the mix. It would help stretch the budget and is a nice amp, just ask Lee, lol.
I see people wanting Journey covered and it'd be a great opportunity for Roland. Lttle known fact about the leads on Don't Stop Believin'- they were recorded on a Roland.
That classic vibe with those pedals, and amp. Wow!!!!!
it doesn't sound like Ultimate Blues Rig!
Sound like King gizzard and the lizard wizard please!
Also, that combo worked really nicely together greet vid, also props to the editor
Stu's setup is pretty small, generally it's a twelve string or six string, a wah, a boss delay, carbon copy, boss tuner, and a torns peaker. Not sure about the other setups. You can also get microtonal replacement strat necks online, just saying
@@samm9397 and? Are you say zz top has some super complex board? Or Jimi Hendrix? Or the Beatles? I'm a little confused to why you're saying it's easy (which admittedly it is)
@@rollingon5566 never said easy my dude. I only just listed what Stu generally uses so you could know what to look at to sound similar to Stu. I am confusion.
@@samm9397it's the use of pretty small and just saying comes off as a bit condescending
@@rollingon5566 lol read into it how ever you want, I can't change that. My use of "small" was to compare to the pedalboards that similar bands might have; usually they will be massive, with a ton of different effects like modulation and other weird shit. King Gizz has an advantage in the amount of people they have which in turn means they can make weird sounds without having to have a diverse pedalboard. If you want to take it as a negative so be it, but all I was doing was listing what effects Stu uses so you could get a better idea on what to make sound wise 😛
Matt’s rig FTW! Great tone!
but it sounds nothing like Ultimate Blues Rig
their rhythm guitarist used a Gibson ES335 with P90's through a Fender 57 Deluxe with a Klon Centaur and T Rex Creamer Reverb
I think Matt meant BB king and not exactly buddy guy for the hollow body guitar. Although buddy played lots of styles hes primarily known for his strat.
he did use a hollow body back in the day
but yeah he's most known for a cream or polka dot strat
I think matt got buddy because he was on a bbc live show in the 60s and he probably caught a re run of that show as in that buddy played a guild hollow body
I love that he went with an Ibanez hollow body. I've been playing an AFS75T for around nine years or so now and it's an amazing guitar. Very underrated guitars, and in some cases they are better than an Epiphone.
Matt has this real jazzy blues vibe that sounds sweet!
These videos are a great advertisement for the Squier Classic Vibe strat, clearly super versatile and I want one (even though I own a USA strat and an LP standard!) Great vid as always
Oh, Dino Jr pleeasee.
Awesome job again guys! Alwys nice to see a new vid.
J Mascis and Lou Barlow are long overdue!
That harmonic feedback. 🐈 left the room sharpish. Great stuff playing was proper sweet. ✌️.
Maybe sound like ultimate hair metal/hard rock rig? :)
gross
Any humbucker guitar into a Marshall...done. Want a boost? Tube Screamer.
@@dougiemanross more like a Katana boss
YES! Ultimate Hair Metal/Hard Rock Rig is my favorite band!
@Dray YOU'RE GROSS!
That need-your-love-so-bad-style jam was lovely, guys. Gave me goosebumps, 'cause I really didn't expect to hear it.
Loved this video.
Cheers
what would you call that "Need Your Love So Bad" style jam? can you give it a fitting song title?
And don't say "Need Your Love So Bad"
@@KeeperOfPoops Need Your Love So Bad
My favourite Blues player is Jeff Healey next would be Gary Moore, great video 👍🏻
By far my favorite gear review channel
How about a few “A lot cheaper than the Without busting the bank budget”? It’s still a price beyond a lot of people, you know!
If you're serious about guitar, you should be able to spend 1000-1500 by saving up if that is a lot of money. If you can't save 1500 dollars, then you need to learn how to budget your money
@@Guitarplayer219 or I'm 15 with no job yet? Lol
loved both rigs but that classic vibe and that fender amp is just really a nice bluesy sound...And the dude playing it is just a monster guitar player...
Here's some song titles I've given the songs in the video
1: King of the Swing
2: I Need Your Love (Oh So Bad)
3: I hear the blues a callin
so what'd you name the songs they played?
i'm not sure what i'd call them, but they're pretty accurate song titles
The second one was i'm gonna find another you by john mayer
@brunothebassguy no it's not, it may sound like it but it's not! also don't tell john that they stole his song or he'll probably be testy XD
Saki Miyu Well, he stole the chord progression from the Fleetwood Mac version of “Need your Love (So Bad)”. So, he’s on thin ice himself.
I think both those guitars sounds very good and just shows how much better the low/medium priced guitars are today. It's an amazing value for money. You lucky kidz out there :)
3:15 Buddy Guy - Semi Hollow??
exactly! he uses fender stratocasters and has a signature fender strat with polkadots on it
so should we get a Sound Like Buddy Guy without busting the bank?
William Allison Gearwise it should be easy to get close, guitar, amp and wah.
Thought the same.
Joerg Baermann he’s used them in the past. ua-cam.com/video/3hG4NU4pdlk/v-deo.html
William Allison that’s now. He only got famous after SRV brought him on stage with him. Then Clapton and Jonny Lang used to bring him on stage a lot. Then his career took off. He’s used hollow body guitars in the past. ua-cam.com/video/3hG4NU4pdlk/v-deo.html
The Squire and that sugar drive had such a cool hard driven feel to it! Loved the semihallow also but for me the Squire kicked ass!
however it doesn't sound like Ultimate Blues Rig, their main lead guitarist used a strat which was correct i believe it was a 1963 model, a Fender Twin Reverb so the amp was right, but the pedals was wrong cos it should've been an Ibanez TS808, Wah and a delay, their main lead guitarist never used fuzz
the other lead guitarist used a Gibson ES 335, Marshall Blues Breaker and a Boss BD2
so that's that
To Bea : if you can blend those minor and major penta licks just like you do, you're definitely a good blues guitar player ;-)
Be a has a nice blues rig with the strat and Princeton rig.and his playing is awesome!the ibanez sounded great as well.good video
Do Ultimate punk/new wave?
I second that! Ultimate Punk/New Wave is my favorite band of all time :D
You dudes are awesome! I bought a DSL 40C Marshall Tube after your “Sound Like Joe Satriani” video. I didn’t know it was that versatile of an amp until I saw how often you pick that amp. Great price and loving mine!
8:10 that jam sounds like a I'm gonna find another you John Mayer improv.. Really cool :)
It sounded like I need you love so bad by Peter Green.
It also sounds like No longer around by One horse pony (great Irish blues band)
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It sounded like every blues song ever written...
What would you name that jam?
and don't say "I'm Gonna Find Another You" cos that's plagiarism
@William Allison i'm gonna find another you
Much love for the 68 Custom Princeton
That Ibanez sounded the business. Much preferred its sound to the Squire. I think I'd have tried a Fender Jimmie Vaughn Stratocaster or a Fender Deluxe Roadhouse Stratocaster with the Texas Special pick-ups paired with a Blackstar valve amp with reverb.
I have the fender roadhouse deluxe those pickups aren't that great my dad who's a old school blues guy outright hated the pickups.
@@Rockerrobin Texas Specials are quite sensitive to height adjustments. They can sound meh, but with an hour or so of playing/adjusting/playing/adjusting you can find their sweet spot for your guitar and they'll sound amazing. IMHO, far too many people have their pickups way too close to the strings which 'strangles' the tone. Also, attaching the Texas Special bridge pup to a tone pot does wonders.
Definitely not a fan of the Texas Specials.... I have hand wound fat 50s pickups that are phenomenal.
All you really need for a bluesy sound is that Ibanez hollowbody (or any vintage styled guitar), the Blues Junior cranked on the volume (perhaps a bit of reverb) and then using the tone/volume knobs for dynamics and clean/drive. It'll work like a charm in pretty much any gigging environment.
Pedals in blues? Well, maybe a boost or a delay for me. Maybe.
I am a big Eric Clapton fan. Blues power!
I love my Ibanez AR420. Really versatile with two humbuckers that can be full humbucker, split, or parallel plus two volume and two tone.
For matts rig you could of got a blues breaker style pedal and ten you’d of had that Clapton tone... sweet 😁
That was news to me about Buddy Guy playing Gibson Hollow Body guitars , I've always seen him with Fender Strats especially the Polka Dot Strat , I'm gonna search UA-cam now to see Buddy play a Gibson Hollow Body , thanks Matt I did not know that....
there's footage of him using one ua-cam.com/video/3hG4NU4pdlk/v-deo.html
Jason Stone I meant BB King!! Sorry!
@@mattwhornby no worries Matt.....but there is some footage of him using Gibson so your sort of correct....
7:53 instant Mayer. I'm gonna find another you has such beautiful chords😍👌
what would you name that song? can you give it a fitting song title?
and don't say i'm gonna find another you
@@KeeperOfPoops I'm gonna find another you
I would like to have seen Chappers & The Captain try out these rigs and give their opinion on your guy's choice of gear. I love this channel. I especially enjoy with busting the bank.
Sounds like pingu without busting next? Lol
Great video lads as always
One of your best videos.
The MXR Sugar Drive I believe is a Klon type pedal but with more hair.
Istvan De Jesús it is a Klon but has a wider sweep with the tone and gain. Not necessarily more hair but more of a sweep
Jackson Williams
Point taken. Have you used this pedal? Would you recommend it over a Tumnus or a JHS Morning Glory?
Istvan De Jesús yes I have. It’s stayed on my pedal board since I got it and I ABSOLUTELY love it. I don’t know about the morning glory since I haven’t played one but I definitely recommend it over the Tumnus. I use mine as a push after the rest of my gain pedals and it works amazing, I throw it on to kinda clean up a muddy fuzz and almost like gate it. But also use it as my main rhythm tone combined with a already driven amp. If you wanna buy a great pedal for a medium price I definitely recommend it. Works best as a transparent push on a nearly broken up amp
Preferred Rabea’s rig just a bit from the experience of playing blues for 20+ years. I may have gone for a tele but the strat is a great option, and may be a vibe over the fuzz.
Brilliant episode. Went more traditional than the higher gain Cream/SRV/Hendrix.
How about sound like Rory Gallagher
Or the ultimate rig with USED gear in the store.
I'd love to see a used gear episode
I saw a second hand BB King Epi Lucille in this video
Great video, chaps! Greatings from the states
can we talk about how great Matt's phrasing was when he was soloing?
Paul Boisvert Yeah that was fookin’ nasty.
Yeah we need more of Matt soloing.
nah, his phrasing isn't as good as Rabea's
@Jon Coulter no we don't
@Snizzlewiz it sounded nasty and not in a good way
I got that Ibanez model just recently with blues in mind.
Being one of their few hollow bodies that comes in left handed and having to order it unplayed there was a little concern that it's jazz focused pickups might not translate, but I could not be happier with it.
Its low profile frets might not suit all blues players for bends, I went down a string gauge to what I normally have to help there. A Strat and a semi are hard to beat for blues.
Interest about what you said about blues being hard. I must say there have been many times where I have tried to learn a blues phrase from tab and thought yep those are the notes but there is a whole lot more going on than can be expressed on a page.
▪️ _suggestion:_ Sound Like *Neal Schon* of Journey | Without Busting The Bank 👍
SD_Design bath any Les Paul into SL drive with too much reverb and delay
Please do I've been waiting for this one!
@John K You can never have too much reverb and delay!
@William Allison that should be a slogan on a T-shirt!
@John K but what about the amplifier? besides, he uses Paul Reed Smith and Fender guitars now and for amps it's a Diezel VH4 and two Paul Reed Smith Archon amps
I have been waiting for this video foe Eons🔥🔥🔥🔥. Im buying a Epiphone bb king lucille. Can't wait
Sound like Carcass, please! And have The Captain meet Bill Steer, please!
Tuomas Timonen Yes. Good one. He was in the year above me at school, when he was still in Napalm Death and then Carcass. Still have Scum on vinyl..
I'm not a wonderful guitarist, but I've been playing for a long time, so had a few guitars. The Squier Classic Vibe is knockout for the money. My CV tele is amazing for the price. I also have a Vintage JMH strat that sounds wonderful, however it's not been reliable. I had to replace a machine head and now I need to replace the pickup selector switch. My classic vibe has been no trouble at all. I'm not a fan of lacquered necks, but dont find it a hindrance. Unless you are a full time professional musician the CV will be all the guitar you ever need.
I really liked Matt's rig! Also, I really, really liked you lead playing, man!
i didn't like either rig cos they both sound nothing like ultimate blues rig
also his solo sucked
I’ve been thinking about getting a hollow body Epiphone, but now that I’ve seen that Ibanez, I’m intrigued. Looks and sounds good.
Man ya I gotta go with the Ibanez on this one, or a Gretsch style
Absolutely. Bea seemed convinced that the Strat is the ultimate blues guitar which just confuses me really. Maybe it seems so to someone who only knows Jimmy or Stevie.
@@philclarke7712 but it IS the ultimate blues guitar, i mean i've rarely seen a blues guitarist not use a strat, with the exception for Gary Moore (though he did use a strat on occasion) and Peter Green
@@KeeperOfPoops Jimmy Page, Joe Bonamassa, Duane Allman, Peter Green, Warren Haynes, Walter Trout, Hubert Sumlin, Mike Bloomfield, Billy Gibbons, Derek Trucks, Albert King, BB King....
@@philclarke7712 i'd associate Gibbons and Page more with classic rock, but yes i know Bonamassa used mainly gibson LP's but he did use a rory gallagher signature fender once
and i did mention peter green in there y'know
Great choice the Ibanez. I’ve got a 2370 from 1973 and it still sounds bluesy.
nope, it sounded nothing like ultimate blues rig, their guitarist used a Gibson ES345 with a Fender 57 Deluxe, Klon Centaur and T-Rex Creamer Reverb
William Allison , their gitarist? It’s not a band! It’s about getting a bluesy sound
@@jantheunissen2986 i was joking i know it's not a band
Sound like early Genesis (Steve Hackett & Mike Rutherford) without busting the bank.
YES please Steve Hackett!!
Definitely!
Yes!
Yes! Hackett has such a beautiful tone.
Wow Bea has learnt a thing or two about blues from Pete.
Good show sir .
would love a peter green episode, get a LP and flip the polarity and stuff, could be fun!
Been watching you guys since episode 1 and you guys are on the money 92% of the time BUT not so sure about this episode. Fuzzes and wahs for blues? You’re killin me smalls!!
but Ultimate Blues Rig's lead singer does use a wah! defo not a fuzz
Can you do a how to sound like classic metal ( Priest, Maiden,Saxon) without busting the bank.
They've done Maiden
Judas Priest still needs to be done
I'd rather they do Saxon tbh.
OH YES! classic metal is my favorite band of all time :D
I always loved that Rabea had less of a "seller" take on these challenges. "It's about how you feel playing it" is how everyone should approach gear buying.
The ‘I’m gonna find another you’ jam in the middle is sensational
What would you name the "i'm gonna find another you" jam?
and don't say I'm gonna find another you
@@widowmaker5544 i'm gonna find another you
@@KeeperOfPoops you're hilarious, not!
Stumbled on this while looking at princetons for blues guitar awesome playing by both of you n awesome choices! I totally agree with the classic Vibes range I'm lucky enough to own a 56 lefty avri re issue strat. I stumbled on a classic Vibes Telecaster in a store n ended up driving 3 hours to go back n get it as I couldn't stop thinking about the brilliant tone n how beautiful the neck etc was. Still one of my favourite guitars. N the guitarist outta Genisis uses a Squier Strat to for anyone on a budget thinking of one.
Sound like Philip Sayce by Busting the Bank! Come on!
L.B. King
No thanks
Yeah no he has a lot of skills but he leaves no breathing has way too much going on all the time. It’s non stop
What even.
Never heard of her...
@Renato Digitalo and why not? :(
Well as difficult as blues may be, you did a great job the 1st jam reminded me of Trucks when he puts the slide away.
what would you name the 1st jam?
can you give it a good song title?
Sound like Eric Johnson without busting the bank
Pingu - LOL! Rabea your modesty is endearing- I'd be happy to play blues 10% as good as that! Inspirational and great fun as always guys.
I think this vid calls for...
a sounds like video....
.for...
GARY MOORE BY BUSTING THE BANK PLS
that strat jam after Bea introduces the guitar reminded me of Jumping at shadows by its end. And that's a good thing.
Blues player here, it's def difficult because it's more caught than taught! Great picks. Albert King ("Kansas City here I come") played a Flying V lol
Rabea, I aspire to your level of “not” being able to play the blues..😀👍🇦🇺
Sounded like a variation of I’m Gonna Find Another You by John Mayer at 7:54 🙌
Literally came here to say that.
Nah, more like Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac) 'Need your love so bad'.
actually that chord sequence was originally from an old Freddie King song called Ain't Nobody's Business What We Do. John Mayer must have borrowed it lol, classic chord sequence for blues.
Music Playlists didn’t know this. Interesting. So FM took it from FK and then JM took it from FM.
Sound like Television (Tom Verlaine & Richard Lloyd) without busting the bank please
A million times yes!
Jazzmaster and a Vox should get you most of the way there. With my Jazzmaster copy, Laney VC-15 and EHX Ocean’s 11, I can get a decent approximation of their tone.
@@Daniel-ll3qp Yeah, even my Squier J Mascis into the Egnater Tweaker gets pretty close. But my reasoning is that it's so much more fun to me watching these guys going into some "less usual" stuff.
It's the whole reason I keep occasionally rewatching the Radiohead and Smiths episodes.
Adonai Schlup Yeah, I liked the Radiohead one, wasn’t too sure about The Smiths one if I’m being honest.
@@Daniel-ll3qp I can totally see what you mean. Still, I enjoy seeing a guy who likes Satriani and Bettencourt so much try so hard to approach with respect a style that doesn't seem like his own. Rabea's freaking great!
Great video chaps from the states. Keep up the great work!
How can yall say the fender is the iconic blues machine when like 80% of the legends played semi holo what omg
I was just thinking the same thing.
Because the two best (Jimi and Stevie) played a strat...name a better blues player that played anything different?
@@jacobyarnell715 I mean 'best is subjective' no shade, I love Jimi and SRV, like Riviera paradise is my fave song on earth, but there's like BB King, Chuck Berry, Joe Bonamassa, Buddy Guy, Muddy waters and even some would say Gary Clarke Jr like they all played semi holo style guitars. I think both styles are the foundation for blues, not one more than the other. Strat and semi holo together made the blues.
Bea loves that Classic Vibe.