Wow, thank you so much! That means a lot. I discovered Cliff in 2020 (thanks to other people asking if I was inspired by him haha!) and he quickly became a player I look up to a hell of a lot. Massive respect to him and how innovative he was :)
She played so fast and hard, massive respect, when they played that section of ride the lightning, it was an absolute joy, I was totally absorbed by that moment, crushing bass.
@@CiciVonStrangelove the Cliff tone was great, certainly a lot better then what I see many use, they seem to forget distortion AFTER the wah and it ends up sounding more like Geezer Butler or something
Basically what we've discovered is that James Hetfield's tone is an expensive guitar + expensive amp + incredible picking technique. Hard to replicate on a budget.
Nowadays? It is actually pretty easy to replicate. Buy a modelling amp or some multifx pedal thingy, select MESA recto or MESA Mark simulation, scoop the mids, adjust the eq and voilà - you have a metallica-ish guitar tone. Certainly better than this crap they have showed us.
I'm not sure about the distortion for James. Maybe an eq pedal would help but seemed a bit fuzzy to me. I could listen to that bass solo all day. That was awesome. Love these videos with these 2
Eq pedal is 100% needed for these types of amps and most if your looking to get a an approximate tone through a 1x12 vs a huge monster expensive chain. You won't get 100% but EQ Pedal would have go rid of that flub. I use one when I can't get an amp "just right"
I agree, it sounded very muddy when played out of the mix, though in saying that it sounded OK in mix. But yeah less muddy Distortion and qn EQ pedal needed
@@CiciVonStrangelove It was nice hearing Cliff’s lines so clearly for once. However, the guitar tone just didn’t cut it. That was 100% the amp. The moment he chose it I shook my head feeling bad for Dave and the inevitable struggle he was about to have. You can go super cheap on the guitar and pedals but not the amp.
I could watch these 2 for hours. Couple of product geeks giggling at their own awful puns. It’s so endearing and charming and then they absolutely CRUSH the playing. It’s literally perfect.
If you really want to do the Hetfield sound, you need a 5/6 band EQ to scoop the mids. Lambchopper showcased the EQFH (EQ From Hell), which is a absurdly powerful parametric EQ. He was able to get several different tones from Metallica, Megadeth, Pantera, etc.
The scooped mids EQ thing only works on Mesa Mark-series amplifiers, because Mark-series amplifier have inherently tons of mids. If you do that scooped V shape on EQ in almost any other amplifier all you will get is a muddy as sh!t tone. Of course, unless the amplifier itself has tons of mids. I used to think that you need to scoop the mid until I went through a Mark IV, Mark V and the JP2C.
Look up the latest video from Jim Lil about amp tones. It's crazy! Basically all the famous amp sounds are just a mix of EQs and gain stages in different orders and how many there are. He swaps the order around and it results in a Vox, Fender and Marshall sound! So what you're saying makes total sense! Put a powerful EQ in front of the amp and it will be able to bend the sound very efficiently to what you want.
As soon as I saw the fender amp was chosen for James, my expectations were not gonna be high for this. It would probably have been the last amp I would have chosen for this 😂. It did great for the cleans but that’s about it. Well done on the bass stuff.
It's one thing to do this 'on a budget' but there's a difference between 'we're gonna pick some gear and play songs by -----' and ACTUALLY trying to sound like the artist. Using the LTD was a step in the right direction but the Fender was a huge mistake. Even a Line 6 amp would have been more in the ballpark than using a Fender combo and a Behringer distortion pedal.
Sorry but that amp all by itself on the metal channel dialed in can take on most Metallica sounds minus the Justice sound really, as James used two amplifiers, a mark 2 and a Mesa Boogie combined so yeah, tough sound to recreate, but that fender amp is what I use and can take on whatever I throw at it and I've been playing for over 20 years so indeed fender makes great amps.
OMG!................. Cici totally smashed Cliff's solo vibe XXXXXXXX Edited to add; yes & I'm old enough to have seen Cliff twice with Metallica :):):)
yeah Cici you absolutely owned that tone, congrats! As I'm sure Dave already knows, but a guitar with active EMG 81/60s in it would have been the axe Dave needed, along with a parametric EQ to sculpt the tone even more.
I want to be as enthusiastic about anything like Dave is enthusiastic about an arbitrary bit of gear for the tone on one song. wonderful stuff, love these videos
I'm totally addicted to the videos you both make. I love both your personalities. Not only do you sound amazingly like the original artists but the whole search for the instruments, amp and pedals are informative and entertaining. I appreciate the musicianship in every video and how you cover key tracks. Love these spots!!
Cici playing Cliff's solo was just....unbelievable. as a fellow bassist and having Cliff as 1 of my inspirations', you did an incredible job 👏. For Whom the Bell Tolls' is absolutely 1 of my all time favorite songs to play; his bass intro is just pure musical gold
CiCi did a great job at getting Cliff's tone within budget. With getting James' tone, I think I would have prioritized an amp with distortion over the Fender, even if that meant the cleans suffered a bit, cause most people wanting to get James' tone would be after his distorted tone, considering Metallica are a "metal" band... so I would have gotten an amp with a good distortion, and maybe boosted it with a EQ pedal to tighten the gain and add saturation and fine tune frequencies.
I agree with people saying the distorted guitar isn't great, but the clean is incredibly spot on :O The bass tone though is *chef's kiss* I what Dave and Cici do, they just exude passion and they just look happy to play (and they're good as hell)
These need to be far, far longer. I couldn't believe it was over after half an hour. I didn't want it to end! And their price points are ridiculously low. A complete sound for under 800 is just amazing, and within reach for most musicians. Brilliant job on these videos, and Cici never fails to impress with her bass playing.
So easy to forget how much influence Cliffs riffs had on the songs. Just brutal. Cici's solo left me smiling. Its just iconic, and she did a fine job of it :D
A Nux Plexi Crunch pedal will get you close to the tones on the first couple of albums. A Boss Metal Core will get you the tones from Master and Justice. As far as guitars you can't go wrong with an Esp Ltd with EMG pickups. The bass sounded fine.
nah, you totally can substitute the EMGs with pedals. just compress the shit out of the signal untill theres no dynamics left and you got your EMG style tone from any passive. Yes to the marshall-in-a-box, which ever you like to choose. would have done better than the behringer metal zone clone.
Very enjoyable and useful insights into how to replicate Cliff's and James' tones. Excellent job on capturing Cliff's tone and playing style, Cici. Mind you I'd expect nothing less from you 😊😊
Going to this video from the ones done by Matt and Rabea, I initially was thrown by how much weight Rabea had lost, and how it looks like Matt had a very hard couple of years. Of course I realised that it was Dave and Cici instead. Fab video, and who doesn't want to be a rhythm beast like James Hetfield?
That's a mighty bass sound for 717GBP / 850USD. Cici's playing in Ride the Lightning was 10/10 and her use of the wah expression for Anesthesia was basically perfect too. Dave did a great job in this video too but you just can't give your attention to anything else when someone is bringing Cliff's sound back to your ears. Just goes to show you how high his musical IQ was.
I have that same LTD guitar through a line 6 spider 3 and the tones are mighty and fierce. Certainly had no issues with Metallica or Rammstein sounds with either. Wrong guitar amp choice used for the video and certainly don't need any pedals with my amp. I put the crap guitar down to to user and amp choice. Cici nailed the bass choice though. Well done Cici x
I haven’t watched Sound Like since Bea and Matt. That bass tone and playing is 100% cliff. Really really good. No offense to the guitar player but he was right about his rig nailing the clean but not the heavy. That Cliff solo was amazing.
Mad respect to cici for going for a cliff sound as opposed to the other bass players, taking nothing away from either of the other two. They just ARENT cliff
This was great, while it was still lacking Kirk’s parts it still sounded awesome with just James and Cliff. For some other suggestions I’d love to see some new bands like the Stray Cats (Brian Setzer/Lee Rocker - I’m pretty sure Lee uses an upright/double bass but I’m sure an electric bass will the tone rolled down could get close), Blur (Graham Coxon/Alex James), K-On! (Yui Hirasawa/Mio Akiyama - I already asked this once when Matt and Rabea hosted the show but I still think it’d be interesting to see an anime-related Sound Like, especially with a series that has a lot of absolutely killer guitar and bass work like K-On!) and maybe some redos for bands like The Beatles (John Lennon or George Harrison/Paul McCartney - Epiphone Casino would be the best bet for the guitar since John and George both used them towards the end of the group with Lennon’s being his main number one), Smashing Pumpkins (Billy Corgan/D’arcy Wretzky), Pink Floyd (David Gilmour/Roger Waters) and ZZ Top (Billy Gibbons/Dusty Hill (RIP))
Well, to be fair Kirk didn't track rhythm guitars until the (Re)Load albums. So aside from missing the double/quad-tracking wall of guitars, it really isn't too far off.
I’m enjoying watching these two, very refreshing from the usual Looney Tunes! And it’s nice to see a lady in a guitar shop for once doing a review, the sausage fest gets tiresome! Great addition to this channel. I love these two doing this. I will watch this more often, I lost interest in Anderson’s along while ago, but I like this, the girl smiles and is full of life. Great duo, enjoyed this.
Cici absolutely NAILED both Cliff’s tone and bass parts. This might be her biggest success in the series.
Wow, thank you so much! That means a lot. I discovered Cliff in 2020 (thanks to other people asking if I was inspired by him haha!) and he quickly became a player I look up to a hell of a lot. Massive respect to him and how innovative he was :)
She played so fast and hard, massive respect, when they played that section of ride the lightning, it was an absolute joy, I was totally absorbed by that moment, crushing bass.
@@adamdam Wow thank you so much! :)
@@CiciVonStrangelove the Cliff tone was great, certainly a lot better then what I see many use, they seem to forget distortion AFTER the wah and it ends up sounding more like Geezer Butler or something
@@CiciVonStrangelove wow...just wow....girl, you got one hell of a bright future ahead!
I’d LOVE to see James try to recreate his own tone on a $1500 budget
It will sound the same once he starts to grind his teeth
James probably doesn't know there are instruments that cheap.
You mean James's tech, lol.
Loved doing this one, Cliff is a beast :)
great job on Anesthesia
@@derbobbyz Thank you so much!! :)
Cici Bass is a beast :)
You're amazing! 🤘🏻❤️
Fantastic job!!
Basically what we've discovered is that James Hetfield's tone is an expensive guitar + expensive amp + incredible picking technique. Hard to replicate on a budget.
Nah. Just scoop every mid possible and then set gain, treble, and bass to max.
And then you'll sound like every 16 year old bedroom guitarist thinking he sounds like metallica
@@OkayyyIGetIt if only that worked... :)
An amptweaker tight metal jr is your best bet for getting high-gain out of a pedal.. boost it into a tube power section and you're good to go
Nowadays? It is actually pretty easy to replicate. Buy a modelling amp or some multifx pedal thingy, select MESA recto or MESA Mark simulation, scoop the mids, adjust the eq and voilà - you have a metallica-ish guitar tone. Certainly better than this crap they have showed us.
listening to dave try to convince us that his tone is good makes me smile.
I'm not sure about the distortion for James. Maybe an eq pedal would help but seemed a bit fuzzy to me. I could listen to that bass solo all day. That was awesome. Love these videos with these 2
Thank you so much! :)
Eq pedal is 100% needed for these types of amps and most if your looking to get a an approximate tone through a 1x12 vs a huge monster expensive chain. You won't get 100% but EQ Pedal would have go rid of that flub. I use one when I can't get an amp "just right"
I agree, it sounded very muddy when played out of the mix, though in saying that it sounded OK in mix. But yeah less muddy Distortion and qn EQ pedal needed
@@jmabs5096 What is a eq pedal??
@@CiciVonStrangelove It was nice hearing Cliff’s lines so clearly for once. However, the guitar tone just didn’t cut it. That was 100% the amp. The moment he chose it I shook my head feeling bad for Dave and the inevitable struggle he was about to have. You can go super cheap on the guitar and pedals but not the amp.
I could watch these 2 for hours. Couple of product geeks giggling at their own awful puns. It’s so endearing and charming and then they absolutely CRUSH the playing. It’s literally perfect.
Cici absolutely owned this episode can’t get enough of that distorted wah sound!
If you really want to do the Hetfield sound, you need a 5/6 band EQ to scoop the mids. Lambchopper showcased the EQFH (EQ From Hell), which is a absurdly powerful parametric EQ. He was able to get several different tones from Metallica, Megadeth, Pantera, etc.
The scooped mids EQ thing only works on Mesa Mark-series amplifiers, because Mark-series amplifier have inherently tons of mids. If you do that scooped V shape on EQ in almost any other amplifier all you will get is a muddy as sh!t tone. Of course, unless the amplifier itself has tons of mids. I used to think that you need to scoop the mid until I went through a Mark IV, Mark V and the JP2C.
Look up the latest video from Jim Lil about amp tones. It's crazy! Basically all the famous amp sounds are just a mix of EQs and gain stages in different orders and how many there are.
He swaps the order around and it results in a Vox, Fender and Marshall sound!
So what you're saying makes total sense! Put a powerful EQ in front of the amp and it will be able to bend the sound very efficiently to what you want.
I love it when Dave and Cici do these videos 🤘❤
As soon as I saw the fender amp was chosen for James, my expectations were not gonna be high for this. It would probably have been the last amp I would have chosen for this 😂. It did great for the cleans but that’s about it. Well done on the bass stuff.
It's one thing to do this 'on a budget' but there's a difference between 'we're gonna pick some gear and play songs by -----' and ACTUALLY trying to sound like the artist.
Using the LTD was a step in the right direction but the Fender was a huge mistake. Even a Line 6 amp would have been more in the ballpark than using a Fender combo and a Behringer distortion pedal.
@@voss451 Or just use a Boss Katana...
Don't think it did well in the Iron Maiden video either...
Sorry but that amp all by itself on the metal channel dialed in can take on most Metallica sounds minus the Justice sound really, as James used two amplifiers, a mark 2 and a Mesa Boogie combined so yeah, tough sound to recreate, but that fender amp is what I use and can take on whatever I throw at it and I've been playing for over 20 years so indeed fender makes great amps.
I got away from pedals a long time ago for this very reason. None had the same tone and feel as straight from the amp.
Cici's awesome. Everybody loves her!
Really liked how much time you spent in the store talking about the options - great video!
so glad they brought this back
OMG!................. Cici totally smashed Cliff's solo vibe XXXXXXXX
Edited to add; yes & I'm old enough to have seen Cliff twice with Metallica :):):)
Wow, that’s amazing! Thank you so much :)
How was his sound live?
yeah Cici you absolutely owned that tone, congrats! As I'm sure Dave already knows, but a guitar with active EMG 81/60s in it would have been the axe Dave needed, along with a parametric EQ to sculpt the tone even more.
These two just make me smile 🙂
I want to be as enthusiastic about anything like Dave is enthusiastic about an arbitrary bit of gear for the tone on one song. wonderful stuff, love these videos
Cici = insane tone
That Cliff tone was definitely 5/5 YE-AAAAS
They’re presenting has got so much better and fluid over the past few weeks . Well done guys 😊👍🏼
Dave and Cici are such a pleasure to watch. Well done
If Cici is ever unavailable, Dave can do a "And Justice for All" episode solo XD
Wow she really nailed the tones on that bass, i am very impressed :D ... thanks.
What a treat to hear this, since I have the LTD EC256FM in Purpleburst and my main distorsion pedal is the Berringher Ultra medal pedal...
Don't know her name but passionate bass player that is really into it..
The world is just better with these 2 people in it.
Cici slayed it. Dave was awesome as always. Keep it up ;)
I'm totally addicted to the videos you both make. I love both your personalities. Not only do you sound amazingly like the original artists but the whole search for the instruments, amp and pedals are informative and entertaining. I appreciate the musicianship in every video and how you cover key tracks. Love these spots!!
Love this duo of Dave and Cici. They're both fun and have a fluid interaction together
Absolutely love these two they are the best "sounds like" team ... Keep up the great work folks it truly appreciated
It's always such fun to see Cici in her happy place while playing bass
Cici playing Cliff's solo was just....unbelievable. as a fellow bassist and having Cliff as 1 of my inspirations', you did an incredible job 👏. For Whom the Bell Tolls' is absolutely 1 of my all time favorite songs to play; his bass intro is just pure musical gold
Bass should be easy,just turn it down to 0....
Pretty much what they did to newsted..
🤣🤣
only on 1 album though ;)
Yeah, but from the Black Album up to S&M you can hear his bass better
@@andrewpappas9311 Cliff’s bass is really present on Kill ‘Em All as well.
These two are amazing; love watching every video they do.
CiCi did a great job at getting Cliff's tone within budget. With getting James' tone, I think I would have prioritized an amp with distortion over the Fender, even if that meant the cleans suffered a bit, cause most people wanting to get James' tone would be after his distorted tone, considering Metallica are a "metal" band... so I would have gotten an amp with a good distortion, and maybe boosted it with a EQ pedal to tighten the gain and add saturation and fine tune frequencies.
I agree with people saying the distorted guitar isn't great, but the clean is incredibly spot on :O
The bass tone though is *chef's kiss*
I what Dave and Cici do, they just exude passion and they just look happy to play (and they're good as hell)
The guitar clean tones were really nice.
Cici really nailed Cliff's tone and parts.
Fun video!
Cici absolutely crushes on bass. Also I want one of those LTDs now. Great video!
Cliff and Cici are very entertaining and talented. Nice addition to the channel as a duo. I especially like the addition of a bass player.
The Andertons shop is so awesome. They have everything! Wish they were in the states.
That base with the wah was fantastic
Can I just say I love the bass in the mix here
That clean almost simulates active pups
But I would have added SOME mids.
That bass rig is badazz
Added some mids? She had low mids and high mids overly boosted. Way too much mids foe cliff's tone. Adding more would kill what little low end she had
This series rocks! Cici and Dave are just awesome! Thanks guys, always informative and helpful vids and the playing is always great!! :)
Wow the bass was dope
Entertaining as always, good job Dave and Cici.
Keep the videos coming
That Cliff Burton bass tone is absolutely amazing!! Wow!!
Dave and CiCi are a great team!
These need to be far, far longer. I couldn't believe it was over after half an hour. I didn't want it to end! And their price points are ridiculously low. A complete sound for under 800 is just amazing, and within reach for most musicians. Brilliant job on these videos, and Cici never fails to impress with her bass playing.
Awesome. Very Cool. Thankyou.
I love this series, it's just so IMMENSE!
Cici absolutely killed it! Great work! We love you too Dave :)
Have exactly the same guitar. Purple's cool 😎
So easy to forget how much influence Cliffs riffs had on the songs. Just brutal. Cici's solo left me smiling. Its just iconic, and she did a fine job of it :D
Hot damn. Little chick got some chops. Sub earned!🤘
Cici killed it on this video !!!!
Thank you so much!! :)
Take a drink every time Cici says "...and see how we get on." 🤣🤣
A Nux Plexi Crunch pedal will get you close to the tones on the first couple of albums. A Boss Metal Core will get you the tones from Master and Justice. As far as guitars you can't go wrong with an Esp Ltd with EMG pickups. The bass sounded fine.
Another vote for the Nux. They do a mesa style pedal that would also be a good choice.
Ditto on the active EMG pickups. You gotta have'em
nah, you totally can substitute the EMGs with pedals. just compress the shit out of the signal untill theres no dynamics left and you got your EMG style tone from any passive.
Yes to the marshall-in-a-box, which ever you like to choose. would have done better than the behringer metal zone clone.
Very enjoyable and useful insights into how to replicate Cliff's and James' tones.
Excellent job on capturing Cliff's tone and playing style, Cici. Mind you I'd expect nothing less from you 😊😊
Cici is turning into such a good presenter, as well as a great player. A real star.
I was expecting Pete to come in banging a frying pan or saucepan on for whom the bell tolls😅
I didn't realise Metallica's tone was so "expensive" to convincingly achieve.
Ride the lightning!!! Amazing video. Carina is a bass goddess. 😀🎸👏🏻👍🏻🤘🏻⭐
That's a mighty bass sound you got there.
Really appreciated that you did Cliff this time. Sounded great and playing was great, too.
Cici on bass was killing it! 🎸🎸🎸
I really want to see you guys do nirvana, mainly because I want to see cici does krist novoselic’s tone, keep em coming ✌🏻
Loved that well done
More Dave and Cici!!!
This is a great video guys
Fun and lots of information on pedals and guitar and amps
I liked the way you approached the time too
Thanks !👍👍❤️
Going to this video from the ones done by Matt and Rabea, I initially was thrown by how much weight Rabea had lost, and how it looks like Matt had a very hard couple of years. Of course I realised that it was Dave and Cici instead. Fab video, and who doesn't want to be a rhythm beast like James Hetfield?
Lovely stuff as always. Really enjoyed the Anastesia solo and you guys are loosened up proper. Keep em comin'
"An Esther Ranson price". I love you guys!
That's a mighty bass sound for 717GBP / 850USD. Cici's playing in Ride the Lightning was 10/10 and her use of the wah expression for Anesthesia was basically perfect too. Dave did a great job in this video too but you just can't give your attention to anything else when someone is bringing Cliff's sound back to your ears. Just goes to show you how high his musical IQ was.
That bass sound is wicked
With Dave and Cici
Cici absolutely nailed this one!
Absolute GOLD!
I have that same LTD guitar through a line 6 spider 3 and the tones are mighty and fierce. Certainly had no issues with Metallica or Rammstein sounds with either. Wrong guitar amp choice used for the video and certainly don't need any pedals with my amp. I put the crap guitar down to to user and amp choice. Cici nailed the bass choice though. Well done Cici x
Dude the wah bass was perfect!
Bass + Wah = Sick!!
Well done young lady , you done Mr Burton proud 🤘🏼🤘🏼
You guys need to do a Sounds Like for Chevelle!
Cici ... you smashed it on that Bass. Awesome.
I ❤ these sound like videos, more please!
this was very fun to watch, and sounded realy good!
Ive found that a great trick for Cliff's tone is to use both the fuzz and the overdrive, it's kind of hard to get it perfectly with just one
Excellent job and excellent musicians!
Thank you so much :)
@@CiciVonStrangelove I'm so impressed with your bass abilities!
And presenting of course
I haven’t watched Sound Like since Bea and Matt. That bass tone and playing is 100% cliff. Really really good. No offense to the guitar player but he was right about his rig nailing the clean but not the heavy. That Cliff solo was amazing.
CIci is awesome great vid thanks
15:28 thats perfect!
Thanks a lot ;)
Young lady, you're bad ass!
Cici really showing some stellar playing here👏🏻. Fantastic job. That Dave... He's not bad either. 😉
Mad respect to cici for going for a cliff sound as opposed to the other bass players, taking nothing away from either of the other two. They just ARENT cliff
Nobody gives Hetfield credit for playing lead...and he is a beast on the guitar as far as rhythm and lead.
Amazing Bass tone good job Cici
Thank you so much!! :)
This was great, while it was still lacking Kirk’s parts it still sounded awesome with just James and Cliff. For some other suggestions I’d love to see some new bands like the Stray Cats (Brian Setzer/Lee Rocker - I’m pretty sure Lee uses an upright/double bass but I’m sure an electric bass will the tone rolled down could get close), Blur (Graham Coxon/Alex James), K-On! (Yui Hirasawa/Mio Akiyama - I already asked this once when Matt and Rabea hosted the show but I still think it’d be interesting to see an anime-related Sound Like, especially with a series that has a lot of absolutely killer guitar and bass work like K-On!) and maybe some redos for bands like The Beatles (John Lennon or George Harrison/Paul McCartney - Epiphone Casino would be the best bet for the guitar since John and George both used them towards the end of the group with Lennon’s being his main number one), Smashing Pumpkins (Billy Corgan/D’arcy Wretzky), Pink Floyd (David Gilmour/Roger Waters) and ZZ Top (Billy Gibbons/Dusty Hill (RIP))
Well, to be fair Kirk didn't track rhythm guitars until the (Re)Load albums. So aside from missing the double/quad-tracking wall of guitars, it really isn't too far off.
@@plumbummusic2051 Yeah, it still sounded great though
Outstanding.
I’m enjoying watching these two, very refreshing from the usual Looney Tunes! And it’s nice to see a lady in a guitar shop for once doing a review, the sausage fest gets tiresome! Great addition to this channel. I love these two doing this. I will watch this more often, I lost interest in Anderson’s along while ago, but I like this, the girl smiles and is full of life. Great duo, enjoyed this.