@GrootGuitar that would be a very interesting one. Let me see what I could do. I know Will blended 3 amps together so we’ll see how close I could get haha
The ‘all eq at 0’ is such a cool idea to create tones from the ground up. In the Neural plugs, i’ve been trying that in the Graphic eq section. Great work buddah
Thanks so much! Yeah I find it to be the best representation of what the amp sounds like at base level and then work in small amounts. If everything starts at noon, we’re likely to keep boosting until we reach a desired tone, but a lot of times we don’t even need to hit 5
That’s amazing. You’re the 3rd or 4th person that told me that. Stoked to see what you think of it first hand! I might to some adjustments to mine in the next couple months so stay tuned
I bought the bass vi after your video on it specifically and I'm loving it so far. Thank you for making such great videos too! Been hooked for the past week haha
That’s awesome! I finally monetized on UA-cam so now I have even more of a push to make more videos on different topics. Which tuning do you have the guitar set to now ? Let me know if you want anything specific!
@@BrendonKPadjasek Ahhh that's so sick! I'm using it in double drop D just now but going lower is a possibility. If you do any mods on the guitar or even just go over how you have it set up (string guages etc.) I'd love to see that! Tuning this low can be a pain with string noise so anything set up wise would be cool for me personally
@jackgeddesmedia okay sick I could definitely do something like that. Once I switch out pickups I can do a video on all its quirks and ways to work around it
Sick! Great tutorial as always! Love those tones. Really makes me want to get those amps! BTW, I think you forgot to tag your video at the 2:40 mark. 😅 P.S. that shirt looks really good on you! 😉 ❤❤❤
Haha thank you! I accidentally put it at 2:20 instead of 2:40. It fits well. Also came just in time for this video haha And if you don’t have the Putney plugin I strongly suggest it. Still my favourite
Your recent vid about the Squier inspired me to not buy it but, I went into gojira and turned the whammy pedal on and all the down with my 8 string so its in like triple (?) drop E. Been writing a song like that so these videos have been helpful and inspiring!
That’s sick man. I’m glad to steer you in the right direction either way. Sometimes I go into a video expecting to want to buy the product and then by the end I’m like “eh I’m okay”. So I’m glad I could save you some money haha
I just uploaded my first UA-cam short with the Squier Bass VI. Such a fun guitar for low tunings. Great video, I will try out these tips out with my tone setup going forward!
I’m currently using the Northlane expansion pack on STL Tonehub. It goes pretty well but personally i find almost all the presets still need tweaking when using the bass VI.
I own a few neural dsp amps, and while I'm far from an expert in tone making, I love petrucci for low tuned stuff. It's inherently a little less gainy and I can get the notes to stand out really well. There's just so many amp sims that sound awesome. Not enough cash.
Yeah there are so many. I’m lucky to have been sent some for free but yeah you can make things sound great regardless of what you use. I just prefer Wills every time I A/ B different amps. Raising the volume on any amp will let you lower the gain and have that clarity.
@benstanfill363 it’s hard to tell without looking at the amp. Basically the I raise the volume of the knob that’s nearest or grouped with the eq. Usually there’s one volume there and then a master volume somewhere else in the plug in. They’ll give you slightly different sounds
I could never get the STL demo I tried to sound as good as my neural stuff to my ears. To me the plini archetype is still the king of plugins, so versatile (loathe’s newest full length was actually tracked with it lol, even the rhythm tones) I definitely gotta try STL again at some point
Oh that’s awesome to hear! I’ve been meaning to try the Gojira and Plini one but I haven’t got around to them yet. The others are pretty damn cool though, I guess it depends what guitar and sound you’re going for. I find I can get guitars to sound unlike anything you’d hear through a real amp using neural, which is sick. But when I want authentic amp tones I prefer stl for some reason. That may change though haha
Man, really nice mindset of creating tones. I own the Putney since day one but could never get a tone i really like out of it. I will try your method. Btw: Is the EQ section anything in this tone?
Yeah it’s one of those beasts you have to learn but once you get comfy with it you never leave haha. I use to use amp 4 all the time but with these low tuned guitars I’m loving amp 6. I’m not exactly sure what you meant by that last question?
I just took my first dive into the whole STL thing. Theres a lot to unpack. Unfortunately, at least the Will Putney Amp Suite does not work well with my M2 Pro Macbook Pro. It just crashes....sad! All of the interface elements blink and jitter...but when it runs it sound great! It crashes every 20 seconds roundabout.
Yeah I also have issues using that one some times. It's definitely more of a cpu hog. Have you tried the Otto Audio 11 11? I Find that one works a bit easier on my system. Same with neural dsp but I don't end up liking it as much for what I'm playing nowadays
Hello, im updating on harley benton ja-baritone, its in double drop d, but it needed drilling into tuners to fit 20-90, intonation is perfect. I havent played bass vi but i think that, if you wanna go lower on my harley benton it would need upgrade of bridge at least.
Thanks for the info! That’s exactly why I went with the Squier Bass VI. I believe I mentioned that issue in my initial video so I’m glad to hear confirmation of that issue. Thanks for pointing it out!
Awesome video as always. Just curious, how come you dont have a parent track with L and R tracks beneath? Is there any benefits to have two instances of the amp on the tracks?
I found if I grouped them and set the amp to stereo was getting insane CPU over usage. I Unless you’re referring to the 2 instances I have of them where one of the plugins is off. Per track
@@BrendonKPadjasek I was referring to you putting the plug ins on the two travls. But i missed the part where one is turned off. But i always thought it would benefit my CPU usage to have a parent track with Neural on. I did do the same when i started recording myself about two years ago, on my shitty lenovo. Changed to the Mac 2021 M1 since, and its still a powerhouse in my opinion.
@sebastianviuf oh that’s cool I’ll have to try that out. And it’s better on CPU usage? I never have an issue in my specs but that’s good to know when I have sessions elsewhere
Thanks for watching. If you want to see me recreate a style of tone, let me know here!
Thoughts on recreating a Structures "Divided By" rhythm tone? 👀🦖🙏
@GrootGuitar that would be a very interesting one. Let me see what I could do. I know Will blended 3 amps together so we’ll see how close I could get haha
Bro, if you use baritone or bass vi as a metal riff monster…… fucking mud killer pedal…. It’s amazing
@mitchwilson7470 never heard of it. Who makes it?
The ‘all eq at 0’ is such a cool idea to create tones from the ground up.
In the Neural plugs, i’ve been trying that in the Graphic eq section.
Great work buddah
Thanks so much! Yeah I find it to be the best representation of what the amp sounds like at base level and then work in small amounts. If everything starts at noon, we’re likely to keep boosting until we reach a desired tone, but a lot of times we don’t even need to hit 5
Yeah that’s a nice trick
@@iDoqz Thank you! I feel like I get pretty good, quick results like that
Aaand after a few of your videos, I purchased this guitar! Getting it next week and I can’t wait to play with it using your tips!
That’s amazing. You’re the 3rd or 4th person that told me that. Stoked to see what you think of it first hand! I might to some adjustments to mine in the next couple months so stay tuned
I will definitely keep an eye out for those videos!
These videos have been a tremendous help. I appreciate you so much for all the knowledge.
I’m glad they help! Thanks for checking them out and I’m always glad to share!
BRENDON! What a godsend this content is seriously lol
Thank you for checking it out! That’s sick man I’ve always wanted to try a Grestch. Does it work well for metal?
I bought the bass vi after your video on it specifically and I'm loving it so far. Thank you for making such great videos too! Been hooked for the past week haha
That’s awesome! I finally monetized on UA-cam so now I have even more of a push to make more videos on different topics.
Which tuning do you have the guitar set to now ?
Let me know if you want anything specific!
@@BrendonKPadjasek Ahhh that's so sick! I'm using it in double drop D just now but going lower is a possibility. If you do any mods on the guitar or even just go over how you have it set up (string guages etc.) I'd love to see that! Tuning this low can be a pain with string noise so anything set up wise would be cool for me personally
@jackgeddesmedia okay sick I could definitely do something like that. Once I switch out pickups I can do a video on all its quirks and ways to work around it
Sick! Great tutorial as always! Love those tones. Really makes me want to get those amps! BTW, I think you forgot to tag your video at the 2:40 mark. 😅
P.S. that shirt looks really good on you! 😉
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Haha thank you! I accidentally put it at 2:20 instead of 2:40.
It fits well. Also came just in time for this video haha
And if you don’t have the Putney plugin I strongly suggest it. Still my favourite
Your recent vid about the Squier inspired me to not buy it but, I went into gojira and turned the whammy pedal on and all the down with my 8 string so its in like triple (?) drop E. Been writing a song like that so these videos have been helpful and inspiring!
That’s sick man. I’m glad to steer you in the right direction either way. Sometimes I go into a video expecting to want to buy the product and then by the end I’m like “eh I’m okay”. So I’m glad I could save you some money haha
I just uploaded my first UA-cam short with the Squier Bass VI. Such a fun guitar for low tunings.
Great video, I will try out these tips out with my tone setup going forward!
Hell yeah. It’s way too much fun. I haven’t touched my other metal guitars since getting it.
Which amp sim do you have?
I’m currently using the Northlane expansion pack on STL Tonehub. It goes pretty well but personally i find almost all the presets still need tweaking when using the bass VI.
@SquatyDog oh absolutely. The Bass VI is pretty low output so I’d say definitely throw more gain/ input volume than you’d expect
Thanks! I’ll give that a shot! I have actually swapped out the bridge pickup with a Seymour Duncan hot rails in its place
Oh interesting. How are you finding the new pickup compared to the original?
Phenomenal riff dude! Such a jam
Thanks so much Nicholas! I enjoyed writing and playing it haha
More like this please!
Just finishing up the next edit!
I own a few neural dsp amps, and while I'm far from an expert in tone making, I love petrucci for low tuned stuff. It's inherently a little less gainy and I can get the notes to stand out really well. There's just so many amp sims that sound awesome. Not enough cash.
Yeah there are so many. I’m lucky to have been sent some for free but yeah you can make things sound great regardless of what you use.
I just prefer Wills every time I A/ B different amps.
Raising the volume on any amp will let you lower the gain and have that clarity.
@@BrendonKPadjasek quick question on that, I have gain master and level on the amp. Do I turn down gain and raise level or master? Or does it matter?
@benstanfill363 it’s hard to tell without looking at the amp. Basically the I raise the volume of the knob that’s nearest or grouped with the eq.
Usually there’s one volume there and then a master volume somewhere else in the plug in. They’ll give you slightly different sounds
@@BrendonKPadjasek I'll just have to test it out then. Thanks.
@benstanfill363 let me know what you find!
I could never get the STL demo I tried to sound as good as my neural stuff to my ears. To me the plini archetype is still the king of plugins, so versatile (loathe’s newest full length was actually tracked with it lol, even the rhythm tones)
I definitely gotta try STL again at some point
Oh that’s awesome to hear! I’ve been meaning to try the Gojira and Plini one but I haven’t got around to them yet. The others are pretty damn cool though, I guess it depends what guitar and sound you’re going for. I find I can get guitars to sound unlike anything you’d hear through a real amp using neural, which is sick. But when I want authentic amp tones I prefer stl for some reason. That may change though haha
Giving me minus the herd era ion dissonance. So good !
Easily one of the most inspirational album for the music I write
Thanks so much!
Great ears, sounds crushing on tin-y laptop which is the ultimate test
Thanks Doug! You never know how it’s gonna go on those laptops so I’m glad to hear that. I have a Lenovo laptop and the speakers SUCK lol
Man, really nice mindset of creating tones. I own the Putney since day one but could never get a tone i really like out of it. I will try your method.
Btw: Is the EQ section anything in this tone?
Yeah it’s one of those beasts you have to learn but once you get comfy with it you never leave haha. I use to use amp 4 all the time but with these low tuned guitars I’m loving amp 6.
I’m not exactly sure what you meant by that last question?
@@BrendonKPadjasek Yeah, maybe you are right. Is the EQ section of the Putney Suite doing anything for shaping this tone?
@homeoftheblues8477 it is, I just leave it on stock all the time. It’s got a boost in the high range and a low mid boost as well
I just took my first dive into the whole STL thing. Theres a lot to unpack. Unfortunately, at least the Will Putney Amp Suite does not work well with my M2 Pro Macbook Pro. It just crashes....sad! All of the interface elements blink and jitter...but when it runs it sound great! It crashes every 20 seconds roundabout.
Yeah I also have issues using that one some times. It's definitely more of a cpu hog. Have you tried the Otto Audio 11 11? I Find that one works a bit easier on my system. Same with neural dsp but I don't end up liking it as much for what I'm playing nowadays
I have this guitar, same finish, swapped bridge pickup for a hot rail style. It lacks the clarity but its so mean >=]
Which pickup specifically? I'm interested in swapping it out but I don't wanna make the wrong choice ahaha
@@BrendonKPadjasek wilkinson gauss hot rail. Its a tight fit be warned lol but its not an expensive pickup anyways 🤷♂️
@@luke8026 Oh cool! I Think I'll likely go Bare Knuckle Impulses
Hello, im updating on harley benton ja-baritone, its in double drop d, but it needed drilling into tuners to fit 20-90, intonation is perfect. I havent played bass vi but i think that, if you wanna go lower on my harley benton it would need upgrade of bridge at least.
Thanks for the info! That’s exactly why I went with the Squier Bass VI. I believe I mentioned that issue in my initial video so I’m glad to hear confirmation of that issue. Thanks for pointing it out!
What kind of headphones are you using / recommend ?
Anything open back really. Senheiser make some good one. I have Audeze LCD-1 and I love them
Dang Im about to get a bass vi but I don't have will putneys plugin, I got the gojira one tho
I’ve heard the Gojira one is sick. I’m confident you can get gnarly tones with that as well
Mud killer pedal would cancel so much of the extra work
did you use the putney plugin on the EP? or was that a zakk tone haha
That was Zakk’s tone. Which I believe is also STL? I think lol
@@BrendonKPadjasek yeah probably hahah
@declanwhite I know he has a pack. I’m assuming it’s those or his Kemper profiles. I feel like it was the plugin thought
is it a Heavy Metal Warfare simulation? I'm amazed that it exists and no one is talking about it
What is Heavy Metal Warfare?
super cool boutique amp that has a design similar to the amp 6, but I'm not sure if it's that amp or not@@BrendonKPadjasek
@6oundStudio oh sick! I never heard of it but there’s a good chance. I’ll have to find out from Will if I can an opportunity
I'm a huge TDWP fan, so it's a big deal for me haha@@BrendonKPadjasek
@6oundStudio oh sick, is that what they use?
Does anyone know what amp 6 is modelled after?
I'm just really curious
I’m also super curious. I can’t find any information on it at all
@@BrendonKPadjasek Me either, i was googling for ages after watching the video
Great video by the way!
@chrisshaw1485 thank you so much. If you find out let me know! Super curious. I’m starting to think it doesn’t exist haha
Awesome video as always. Just curious, how come you dont have a parent track with L and R tracks beneath?
Is there any benefits to have two instances of the amp on the tracks?
I found if I grouped them and set the amp to stereo was getting insane CPU over usage. I
Unless you’re referring to the 2 instances I have of them where one of the plugins is off. Per track
@@BrendonKPadjasek I was referring to you putting the plug ins on the two travls. But i missed the part where one is turned off.
But i always thought it would benefit my CPU usage to have a parent track with Neural on.
I did do the same when i started recording myself about two years ago, on my shitty lenovo. Changed to the Mac 2021 M1 since, and its still a powerhouse in my opinion.
@sebastianviuf by parent track, do you mean sending the guitars to an auxiliary/ send/ return track with the plugin on it?
@@BrendonKPadjasek Yes exactly 😄
I have a main track where i send my L and R to. The main track is the only track with amp plug in, processing etc.
@sebastianviuf oh that’s cool I’ll have to try that out. And it’s better on CPU usage? I never have an issue in my specs but that’s good to know when I have sessions elsewhere
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Thanks for checking it out!
for low tuned stuff i kind of copied Buster's tone lol, I have an 808 drive going into my fortin nameless suite with a free bogren digital IR
Buster’s a champ so whatever his chain is for heavy tones is going to be awesome. Which 808 drive do you use?
How do you tone crazy danza style taps?
Hmm I’m assuming I’d do the same thing. The trick to those is having the left side and right side 1 semi tone different