This was such a helpful video! Completely changed my tone so thank you.
@MikeBradleyofficial
7 жыл бұрын
So glad to be able to help buddy!
@justinvallange
7 жыл бұрын
Gain level tip: Start low and go up. You'll hear when you reach what is just enough, but if you were going down from high gain, you'd stop earlier than you probably should.
@starguitar6432
7 жыл бұрын
Great video and a great message. I believe a great overdriven tone is accomplished by multiple gain stages like you describe. Not only does this sound great, but it also changes how the guitar feels under your fingers.
@jakestewartmusic
6 жыл бұрын
Good point! I love to crank low-wattage non-master volume amps for my tone. I find that if the amp is on 10, I can get clean on the lowest range of my guitar's volume, crunch around the middle, and lead tone (with a bit of extra volume and treble) as I crank the control to 10. You can a nice spectrum from clean to dirty instead of incremental jumps in gain/volume. Obviously using the power amp distortion, you can get a lot of sensitivity to your picking dynamics so you have room to ease up or dig in! That does mean that it's very revealing, so it tends to make you a better player over time because there's no room to hide. I also find that the volume of the drummer determines the amount of distortion that I need - if the drummer is loud enough that I can play on 10, then I likely need that tone. If the drummer is quieter and I can only get the amp to halfway up, chances are I would have sounded out of place with any more gain than that.
@martinthompson2425
Жыл бұрын
Great principle! It’s really important)and a little challenging…at least for me) to get that balance right between amp gain, pedal gain and just volume. But when it’s right, it’s like magic! You’re on top of the world! The temptation to turn up the gain is hard to resist. But experimentation is key to learning what sounds amazing vs something that sounds like mush. Thanks for the vid!
@OneThird1533
7 жыл бұрын
Just getting into pedals and these types of videos help immensely
@chumleyshaver7942
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you, some excellent tips about pulling back on Gain in a band situation. Sounds great in the practice studio, but yeah I'll have to roll the Drive and Gain down from 10 on my Boogie at our next gig.
@davidlambert6985
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mike. I have been leaning that way and hearing you on this subject confirms. Thanks, and keep on rockin' brother!
@timmer92211
7 жыл бұрын
I agree with you. Been guilty of too much gain too. Here's what I'm trying these days-any given gig, set the gain on the amp at halfway up. Try to get any more needed from what's in front of the pre-amp, i.e. pedals. I've got a clean boost in front of my distortion pedals and a clean boost after. Sometimes you want to hit the pedal harder, sometimes you want the pedal to get a little help into the pre-amp. It's definitely helping! Thank you for this video!
@gib412
6 жыл бұрын
Very true. I learned a long time ago that in a band situation, you usually don't need near as much gain as you think you do than when you're just sitting around jamming by yourself; especially with humbuckers. When playing with my band I usually have my amp set for a predominantly clean tone with a LP, but where the tubes are just starting to add a little compression to the tone, and it covers quite a bit of ground. It lets the natural "snarl" of the LP do it's "thang"
@rowdyhoo
7 жыл бұрын
Great point: "When playing alone, lots of gain can sound great, but when used in a band context, it can start to sound a bit messy." Take that to heart youn'uns!
@chriswhite3168
7 жыл бұрын
Really good vid mate. Couldn't agree more with you on this. It was a lesson I learned very quickly when playing in a band. Especially if you have two guitarists. I've always loved a straight forward rock n roll tone. Keep up the good work mate!
@Ndlanding
7 жыл бұрын
Makes a lot of sense, mate! Me, when I gigged loads, I never used ANY distortion or fuzz pedals, just the Marshall. Now I like me old Tube Screamer, but not way up! And that's mainly because I switched from a Les Paul to a Tele. So thanks for the vid. Guitarists, listen to this man! (Or to both of him!)
@darwinsaye
4 жыл бұрын
What I do is, turn the preamp and gain controls on the amp and the volume and gain on pedals, to the point where you hear the tone *just start* to thicken up in the low mids. Then for more gain I just stack one of these medium gains into another, or maybe even stack three overdrives to get a squashy fuzz sound just like you're getting with your Fuzzface here. Another handy trick I just figured out is, if I want a cranked Tweed Deluxe type of drive, I boost the bass before the drive, and some treble after the drive. This flubs out the lows but keeps the highs clear like a Tweed. If I want a more Plexi kind of drive, I boost the lows *after* the drive to keep them clear and punchy.
@ryanhuston9646
7 жыл бұрын
I was ironically just looking into doing this, helpful video. Thanks Mike!
@MrArchie800
7 жыл бұрын
Yep, when I first started recording everything was turned up to eleven, which sounded great in your bedroom, but when recorded sounded thin, woolly and undefined. I soon started to turn everything back to the point that it didn’t really even sound ‘heavy’, but when layered up the sound was immense. In fact a few people asked how I got such a great heavy guitar sound. Same principle applies to other things in recording - less is more etc.
@charlieboyd2453
3 жыл бұрын
Does this apply live
@diegopalominoss
3 жыл бұрын
@@charlieboyd2453 yeah, volume is a powerful thing
@grahamlloyd8479
6 жыл бұрын
Great playing thanks. I've just started to tone things down and appreciate the lower gains. Cheers
@dongpedroyi
6 жыл бұрын
You are absolutely right when it comes to playing in a band vs. alone. What sounds cool on its own sounds like crap with a band and vice-versa. The guitar must fill the gaps in the frequency spectrum in order to stand out. When it comes to gain, nowadays I split the signal from the instrument to feed either two separate amps or two separate effect chains blended back into one channel, applying high gain setting over the low and low mid range whilst using a mild overdrive for the high mid and treble - sounds much more natural whilst keeping the sustain, feedback and attack that we all crave.
@whatwouldhousedo5136
7 жыл бұрын
Good vid and I agree about using lower gain however I can't agree about Van Halen. His toe was very saturated- he had his amps biased extremely hot and used a dummy load into a separate power amp- essentially his 100-watt Marshall head was totally dimed and acted as a pre-amp.
@ukguitarnoodle
5 жыл бұрын
I took my OD pedal OFF my board. only amp gain available! for a Jam night I use my TS9 as a clean boost into a MILDLY overdriven amp.
@gkol69
7 жыл бұрын
When I was in high school I was listening to Judas Priest, Metallica, Iron Maiden etc. and when I bought an Ibanez Classic Metal pedal and cranked it up at home I was amazed! Then I went to jam with some friends (drums, bass and another guitar player) and when the time came for me to solo all that amazing tone that had at home didn't just gone, my whole sound gone, like I stopped playing! I was not heard at all! I was in a shock, how was that possible? And when I turned my pedal off I had this nice round clean tone that cut like knife through the rest of the band! The second shock was that when I cranked the treble in my amp full and almost all the bass I was less defined, like I lowered my volume, but when I turned the mids up, whoa! You should have mention this, a little mid bump is better than more drive... Anyway, very nice and informative video, explained well and simple!
@MikeBradleyofficial
7 жыл бұрын
Yes Mids are so important, i've discussed it quite a bit in previous videos and yes I should of said it again in this one :)
@gkol69
7 жыл бұрын
Sorry about the remark about the mids, I haven't seen your other videos...
@ijamsum
7 жыл бұрын
Go to 7-8 on mids brings out the highs in the higer midrange area and harsh treble only seems that way to you as the highs drop off quickly the further you are away from the speakers. Bass will not drop off, it should sound tight but firm and treble up some what so folks can hear it ! Treble do not travel far and die quickly remember that's why your sound can be lost ,its also very directional but not bass !
@gib412
6 жыл бұрын
Yes, where people think they need to run up the treble control; they actually need to increase the mid control instead.
@leftymadrid
7 жыл бұрын
Yes, normally younger FOLKS, and beginners tend to use way more, but as one gets more and more experience, you tend to want to hear all the notes in chords, especially when playing in a band lol, and when doing leads, like you said, you have to be on the money, and play really well because every single mistake can be noticed. It forces you to play better and better as time passes your riffs come together more professionally. Video was a great example. Nice guitar that Paul, which by the way received the monty's as I saw in other video :-)
@moreorlesslikeso
7 жыл бұрын
It's exactly like you say and I've finally come to the very same conclusion not so very long ago. For quite some time I used to have the gain set to about 8 or 9 and I used the master volume to dial in the overall volume (usually around 5 for rehearsals with the band) on my little 15W Fender BJ III. Enough overdrive/distortion for Blues and generally loud enough - but: effectively sort of "mushy" and strangely "unorganic" to the touch, mostly due to the lack of dynamics... As of now I set the master volume on 10 (of 12) and the gain to (only) between 2 and 3 (of 12) and I'm stacking 2 overdrives, each with relatively low gain settings but instead enhanced volume, before the amp and the effect is just amazing! Tone is great and punchy and the sensitivity and the dynamics are back. I leave one overdrive (a Movall Firefly) on all the time and back off on the guitar's volume knob for clearer tones. The second overdrive (a first generation Danelectro Cool Cat) is needed only for additional bite but it surely can deliver when needed (reacts also very well to rolling back the guitar's volume). And yes: I'm aware that this is actually quite a budget setup (OK: I changed the BJ's stock speaker as well...) but I'm thoroughly impressed by the results and in my opinion the overall sound and the amount of immediate control I have on it now has so far been superior to other tubeamp/effects combinations I've had the opportunity to experience in context and which would have double or even thrice the figures on the bill... That said, I might add: obviously, with 15 Watts you cannot seriously make the mark when you need really clear sounds at really high volume (like say in country or funk), but especially within a Blues context you can make a hell of - finally good sounding - noise with this economic (and portable) setup.
@megamania501
7 жыл бұрын
LOL what you described is exactly how I was using my Orange OR15 until 3 days ago. I've had this rig for two years now and I always ran an overdrive pedal in front of it. I would stack that overdrive with the gain set at about 9 (so not too much preamp gain) and I would use the master for volume. I'd never turn it past 11 or 12 because I never needed it that loud, but it did sound "mushy" and "unorganic" just like you said.I was thinking about giving up on this OR15 and trying something else because I just couldn't get a good sound out of it, to my ears anyway. In a last attempt I had epiphany when I thought about the old amps that didn't have a master. Basically the power amp section was turned up all the way and the "gain" was the volume on those amps. So I cranked the master all the way up, turned the gain all the way down, then started playing as I creeped the gain up slowly.Wow!! I got tones out of this thing I never thought it was capable of!! The dynamics are amazing and the notes are much more full despite having less gain. Its like playing a whole different amp, one that I like the tone on. I do run an multi-effects Line 6 M13 in the effects loop for delay and reverb. To get cleans at higher volume, I put one EQ in front of the preamp and I drop all the settings. This way the preamp, although breaking up with some gain normally, is now getting a much weaker signal so the notes don't break up. However, it is quieter coming from the "send" of the effects loop of the amp back to the M13. This is where I put another EQ in, and I put all the settings higher to bring back the volume of the notes as it goes into the "return" power amp section of the amp. The result is a clean tone, but at a normal volume. I can switch from a crunchy tone to a clean tone and I won't have a drop in volume. There is a little break up if I hit the strings hard because the power tubes are really cooking, but if I play with a softer touch and to really clean it up, turn the volume knob on the guitar down, its nice and clean. This OR15 isn't going anywhere just yet :)
@moreorlesslikeso
7 жыл бұрын
Well, sometimes it can really pay to change some habits or to question seemingly established "truths", doesn't it? I'm glad to hear this thing obviously hasn't been just some trick played on my ears... Your idea to actually lower(!) the gain for some cleaner tones with an correspondingly set EQ put before the amp is quite interesting, too - I'd never thought of that...!
@dylanpaterson7612
7 жыл бұрын
Couldn't agree more! All I use is a clean but just a touch of crackle but only with humbuckers, with single coils is pretty much clean. A boost to drive the valves a bit more, Boss Blues Driver for a bit more sizzle and a compressor if I want a thicker more sustained tone!
@ronnieparfait
6 жыл бұрын
Show us how to use the Polytune.
@EdgarBeja
7 жыл бұрын
Great video! I love to stack the Soul Food with the Ibanez TS mini for soloing :) Peace
@ryank9910
5 жыл бұрын
Great video.. Can you show how to make a Eric Clapton Cream tone with your les paul? Also his women tone made famous from his fool guitar
@joseph-ow1hf
4 жыл бұрын
Spot on. As a former FoH sound engineer who hates loud stage volume in small venues, but loves the sound of cranked amps, I think the best money a player can spend is on a load box, like a Torpedo, or OX, etc. I have long thought that part of the tone of EVH and Angus was the power tube distortion. My Peavey Classic 30 sounds glorious if I crank the post (peavey's master) and get those little EL-84"s juiced. But man, it is loud. Can get sorta close at lower volume hitting front end w/ my ODR-1. (a cheap but fantastic pedal, used by lots of studio players) But not same as have amp dimed, which is the harmonically rich creamy goodness of classic rock.
@megasauce6468
7 жыл бұрын
You're absolutely right. I used to dial in a loud heavy metal tone and think "Yes! It sounds just like Jimmy Paige!"
@idamartinenygaard-pedersen6543
7 жыл бұрын
Aaaah, I like your t-shirt! Jimmy Page is my Idol and biggest inspiration🤘🏼 Currently saving money for my own electric guitar so I can rock my favourite zepp song, heartbreaker! Love your channel!
@tkingstevens
7 жыл бұрын
That's what I always tell the bands I am working with live or in the studio. When you turned up the gain on the SD-1 it showed the one thing I can't stress enough. Too much gain messes with your attack in a way that you get totally lost in the mix. All the "chunck" that the cool kids talk of these days (and wish to have) comes from using less gain in the first place. And for god's sake, always use fresh strings ;) gain can't compensate for dull strings! Very nice vid anyway :)
@Holdeenio
7 жыл бұрын
Great illustration of a hot topic Mike.
@u2acrobata
4 жыл бұрын
i've been watching your vids for a long long time ... but this week i bought my 1st Gibson Les Paul .... and so i'm back here to your 2017 ... to learn (again) with your so helpful tips ... so this was really really .... helpful ... i was strugling a bit to set things for the les paul ... me a strat guy ... i was almost felling like cheating on my Strat messing with the amp / pedals .... now i got it .... thanks .... you "saved" my weekend ... eheheh Thanks to make this esasier .... in a second everything started to make sense .... lol ;) Greetings from Portugal Rui
@salmanriazsyed
4 жыл бұрын
Hey this was very helpful. Thanks a lot man.
@pp-yc8qm
7 жыл бұрын
Hey man, I just wanted to say thank you! I tried to learn a john mayer song and I always thought I just didn't mute the strings well enough. Turns out I was using way too much gain the entire time. Keep up the amazing work, best wishes from Germany :)
@MikeBradleyofficial
7 жыл бұрын
Glad to help buddy!
@Cobra21245
7 жыл бұрын
I would say if you want to practice your string muting, then you probably would be better off using lots of distortion or gain. This is for practice purposes it doesn't matter how bad the tone sounds. If you've got loads of distortion going, it really will highlight any weaknesses in your string muting. Now I know people are going to pull my argument apart, by saying you need to practice clean, that is usually for technique purposes like practicing a fast lick beyond your capability, yes it's better to practice it clean, get it right and up to speed, then use distortion. But I personally think for string muting practicing with distortion is a good idea.
@repetitivemotion
6 жыл бұрын
I was at band practice last night. I am a new player. I just bought a Marshall DSL40CR. I was switching between classic gain and overdrive 2. I played the verse and chorus in classic gain and when I went to solo I switched to OD and my guitar went silent! I thought that my footswitch broke. I turned up to hear but I still could barely hear me. When the song was over and I played the OD channel my guitar was louder than anybody. Too loud. People were complaining how loud it was, yet on OD we couldn’t even hear it when everybody was playing. Weird, but this is exactly what you are talking about.
@donrutter6765
7 жыл бұрын
I learned something new about the brown sound yesterday. VH1 was gain from the preamp tubes and low volume on the power tubes which isnt the brown sound. VH2 album was the brown sound, less gain on the preamp tubes but more gain on the master volume pushing the power tubes harder. Also the variac pushing the amp with 90 volts instead of 110v wall current.
@RoachDoggJr2112
7 жыл бұрын
Lol, I play Sleep-style Doom Metal. My distortion sounds like TV static and bees. I love it! The surprising thing is that the notes are usually really well defined when I'm playing them. Great vid.
@Shiznitt_
2 жыл бұрын
Was mesmerized by that gorgeous tight flame top on the Les Paul the whole time
@MattGillam
7 жыл бұрын
Hello from Dorking Mike, not so far. Been playing a few months now and your vids make me want to pick up my guitar. Which is annoying as I have to go to work now. Keep it up, you'll be huge.
@MikeBradleyofficial
7 жыл бұрын
Aw my Nan is in Dorking :) thank you for the kind words.
@EnriqueNuesch
7 жыл бұрын
SRV used this trick sometimes. High volume, low gain in his TS, just let the amp tubes and guitar volume knob do the rest.
@goldcoins9311
7 жыл бұрын
I put my gain on 3 and master on 10 and the amp volume low. I still get an overdriven sound. The guitar sounds clearer and less handling/string noise than you would when you turn everything up to 11.
@toneshop
7 жыл бұрын
So true. I wish more guitarists understood this concept. "Bedroom" tone does not transfer to live playing well at all.
@TheHeavyJetsBand
7 жыл бұрын
Great playing in the intro 😍
@davedynamite77
6 жыл бұрын
you are 100 % correct, I have to admit that the super overdrive I don't like..I have owned the legendary boss Overdrive OD-1...I used a Plexi with 2 OD-1 first one gain at 0, tone and level at 50% the 2nd I had the gain at 9 o'clock tone and level at 50%....the extra gain was used just for my leads......
@petersage5157
6 жыл бұрын
With the master on your pedals so high, you're still slamming the amp with a hot signal and getting massive preamp distortion. Even a clean boost would get you distortion in the same neighborhood (or on the same city block) as the Boss.
@trillrifaxegrindor4411
7 жыл бұрын
damn son,you just tore my head off with awesomeness in the first 5 seconds
@bishlap
6 жыл бұрын
That shirt, That Guitar - all I needed to stay and watch.
@AvnerRosenstein-ULTRA-LXV
3 жыл бұрын
I have a Marshall DSL40CR and I play Randy Rhoads type stuff. I actually keep the gain at 11 o clock on the green channel. This guy is right in saying that you really don't need that much gain...it's true. Less gain brings out articulation. I use an Ibanez Tube screamer and I turn both volume and drive all the way up and the tone at 12 o clock. Seems to work really well. I have the channel volume and Master volume both at around 2 o clock. That's probably the real secret to excellent breakup with distortion....pushing the volumes of each tube section.
@jammyfacefook
7 жыл бұрын
Great Vid Mike!
@MemoUlloah
7 жыл бұрын
So true, the problem with gain and overdrive when playing on a band is that the more overdriven the more compressed and heavy the sound, and it looses its organic feel and hence it looses its legibility. Then it becomes to a certain point very "flat", which makes it easily lost in the war of frequencies smashing among each others, specially those of drum cymbals and crashes. If you listen to many musicians for example Keith Scott, the guitar player for Bryan Adams, he even uses mostly boosts, guitar amps are barely overdriven and still it delivers a great rock and roll sound. Of course the point here is not using overdrive or not using distortions. The point here is use only the amount enough to make your guitar audible, legible and still present and rich in color and texture in a band context.
@megamania501
7 жыл бұрын
Well, if you are going to bring up Bryan Adams, then I'm going to bring up Pat Benatar. I remember when she hit the scene, and she was labeled "hard rock". But her guitarist/husband really doesn't put much bite on his tone, either - but it comes across harder than it is. I'm as guilty as the next guy as far as using too much dirt (then wondering why my tone sucks ass). I back off these days. I still suck at playing but at least my tone is no longer "ice pick to ears"!
@mikethehitmanpowell
7 жыл бұрын
think ill try that cheers from texas brother
@9418matthew
7 жыл бұрын
Great advice Mike. Another great video. Any advice for neck pickup on a Les Paul? Only I find I seem to wind up playing exclusively out of the treble pickup in a band setting?
@MikeBradleyofficial
7 жыл бұрын
Sounds like you have your amp EQ for your bridge, change things about with your neck pickup on.
@jayseb
4 ай бұрын
Over the years - The more I listen to stems - the more I've noticed most great guitarists use low gain settings in general - Angus, Eric, Slash, Stevie, Jimmy's just to name a few...
@MikeBradleyofficial
4 ай бұрын
Absolutely, the more gain you use compresses your sound. Less gain shows your mistakes more, but sounds so much better, especially in a band mix
@lueyteledeluxe7457
5 жыл бұрын
You've got the most classic good taste in guitars/gear. Just admiring your les paul (but it's true of all your guitars n gear I've seen) Might be that's the best looking lp I've seen... Ticks every box.. What do you call that burst? (I like your thoughts on gain)
@MikeBradleyofficial
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Luke. The guitar has faded a bit, I've had it from new since 2003. I've always called Sunburst as it was before all these names when I got it. I guess now maybe honey burst?
@lueyteledeluxe7457
5 жыл бұрын
@@MikeBradleyofficial Thanks for replying mate! 👍 Yes I have seen previous videos where you have told the story of you working and saving for that beast.. (That's her name, Beast, right ?) So you have to relic the hard way to get that burst, eh? Haha. Call it the Hard-earned burst! (although, since my LP tribute is honey burst with zero character wear... I like to think of yours as honey burst too 😀 ...maybe one day if I can play half as well as you, my honeyburst will become "Hard-earned burst")
@PerroDelCielo
7 жыл бұрын
nothing beats a good handwire valve amp cranked almost all the way up straight in to your guitar, and use your guitar volume!
@DavidLarew
7 жыл бұрын
I like my old sd1 too... thx! ps do you mix od's... I have an old Ibanez Metal Screamer that I mix with my sd1 and get some interesting gain fields...
@austinfitch2430
7 жыл бұрын
Zeppelin shirt with a Les Paul..Jimmy would be proud
@definandstuff8926
7 жыл бұрын
Austin Fitch And a '59-looking LP at that.
@ryanstitt4814
6 жыл бұрын
Where do you get these exclusive pieces of gear? Can't find Cornford, Hamstead, or the Duane 69 for purchase online :p
@dr.jpdixon6299
7 жыл бұрын
I learned by my own that a good overdrive tone is about setting the gain/distortion/fuzz pretty low and with the volume high. Otherwise the distortion sounds muffed and boring
@dread3888
7 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I think Angus used a Plexi, which is fairly low gain compared to most modern amps and he even then didn't dial much gain in. This is a video the beginning guitarists dialing their first tones need.
@parkerbilbro3651
7 жыл бұрын
He used a JTM50 on the crunch channel, with gain set low.
@dread3888
7 жыл бұрын
Oh, shows what I know lol.
@parkerbilbro3651
7 жыл бұрын
No, you're right. A JTM50 is a form of plexi.
@dread3888
7 жыл бұрын
Parker Bilbro Oh okay.
@matsandersson8857
7 жыл бұрын
Angus has for some time often used a JTM 45 for solos in the studio. There is no crunch channel on a JTM 45. It has a treble boosted and a normal channel. You get the distortion by turning it up LOUD. A JTM 45 or the 50W and 100W non Master Volume Marshalls works like you had the Master Volume on 10 and set the volume with the Preamp/Gain control. Live nowdays he uses Plexi Reissues modded with a master volume. In the 70's he used Master Volume (2 input) Marshalls for a while.
@BISCUITANDBASS
6 жыл бұрын
Good Stuff Mr B 👍
@u2acrobata
4 жыл бұрын
btw whats that strap your using??? .... it loks pretty cool ....
@allentaylor3325
6 жыл бұрын
Tune that B/G string dawg!
@fedgeno
4 жыл бұрын
Fun to watch
@carranen
6 жыл бұрын
totally agree !!!
@5urg3x
7 жыл бұрын
Kind of off topic but why do you not have a switch tip on the pup selector?
@barryrawlinson
7 жыл бұрын
there's also away of playing with a lot gain and still sound clear. If you know how to control it. Haven't you heard Satriani ,Vai Santana sustains forever its the technique and control they use when using a lot of gain.
@ManoBDraycko
7 жыл бұрын
Barry Rawlinson yep even for the metal heads
@MikeBradleyofficial
7 жыл бұрын
Absolutely, and that's a lesson in itself, and of course with them there guitar is basically the lead singer so it needs to be at the forefront. If you are competing with a singer things can get messy unless controlled properly.
@sexyrotekatze
7 жыл бұрын
so true what you tell about using the master volume - so many people crank up their preamp volume and do sound just kind of boring... a simple tube amp, an overdrive pedal for boosting your tone and you're good to go! And use you're volume knob on your guitar - damn it!
@IGarrettI
7 жыл бұрын
I've heard angus uses clean channel, turned up to overdrive. Hey Mike, any tips on fluidity with fast runs? It's probably just endless repetition, isn't it
@MikeBradleyofficial
7 жыл бұрын
Pretty much buddy!
@travisklaassen9918
7 жыл бұрын
yeah man, Angus cranks the shit out of his amps. In some of their recordings you can hear the sizzle of warm tube amps.
@donrutter6765
7 жыл бұрын
IGarrettI It doesnt matter what you hear, these guys ALL have custom modifications done to their amps, subtle changes in resistors, capacitors etc. makes a HUGE difference in tone. I can tweak a fender anp to sound like a Marshall with simple capacitor/resistor changes, so you never know what somebody REALLY has going in in their amp. Start reading how to modify amps and you will be amazed. Keep in mind, capacitors on the power source can store energy and kill you with the Amp unplugged. Rock on.
@spiderfan1974
7 жыл бұрын
IGarrettI According to the rig rundown I saw here on KZitem bass 3, mid 3, treble 3, gain 4 ish (between 3 and 4), master volume LOUD.
@spiderfan1974
7 жыл бұрын
IGarrettI He uses old Marshalls, mostly 50 watt plexis.
@LastDollie
6 жыл бұрын
4:02 I think there's something going on with your camera or mic's auto gain control Or maybe it's switching sound streams?
@kieranoconnor333
7 жыл бұрын
For a guitarist like Gary Moore, who played them super fast hammer on and pull off pentatonic licks, would that all be in his finger strength as opposed to the gain he had from his amp & pedals? Would he be able to achieve his fast licks like in his performances of Still Got The Blues, Oh Pretty Woman and such, as well as he does just on a clean setting? I'd love to be able to achieve that fast hammer on stuff, it's so cool.
@parkerbilbro3651
7 жыл бұрын
Gary Moore was a big fan of the TS808 pedal... he used it liberally.
@matsandersson8857
7 жыл бұрын
He used a Ts9 and a Ts10 also.
@kieranoconnor333
7 жыл бұрын
Yeah I've seen that! A pedal on my mind to hopefully get one day :)
@barryrawlinson
7 жыл бұрын
its only in your fingers to control and feel the gain when using lots of it. You still need lots of gain to make it sing more if you know what your doing. Gary Moore is using a lot of gain in the solo of Still got the blues, It can work the other way where you are using a lot of gain but your making sound like your not. You can If you know when to lift of the note or Taylor it technique and feel.
@matsandersson8857
7 жыл бұрын
In the 70's Gary seldom used any boost pedal with his Les Paul. It was just the Marshall loud. He sometimes used other amps also. Whth his Strat he often used an Overdrive or Distortion pedal like the Colorsound Overdriver, Boss DS-1 and the Ibanez Tubescreamer. When Gary used the Soldano amps and the Marshall DSL amps he used the crunch channel not the OD channel and then the Distortion or Overdrive pedal for the distortion. In later years he used different OD and Distortion pedals. But i think his main one was the Tubescreamer. Still Got The Blues is recorded with a Marshall JTM 45 and a Marshall Guv'nor pedal.
@MK-tj5bf
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Useful info!!!
@Noodlebowlconchile
7 жыл бұрын
When you use boost and overdrive, can you use one configuration for rhythm (as you mentioned), and another for lead? How do you decide on order, gain structure, and bite wrt the band mix?
@MikeBradleyofficial
7 жыл бұрын
You can buddy, regarding the order its best to experiment, Off the top of my head I think if you put the boost first then overdrive, when you engage the boost it will just boost the volume, doing it the other way it will add more gain and less of a volume boost.
@jackrussellbruce7565
7 жыл бұрын
Nigel Lawrence if you want the boost to change the sound/gain of your guitar, put it BEFORE the overdrive. If you want your boost to change the volume of your guitar, put it AFTER the overdrive.
@SweetSpotGuitar
7 жыл бұрын
If you have your amp just on the edge of breaking up, you can use a boost (or Klone/Tube Screamer set up for clean boost) as an overdrive. Because your amp is close to maxing out its +/- signal swing, it won't get a whole lot louder when you boost it this way (in nerdspeak: the RMS level difference between a sine wave and a square wave with the same peak level is only 3dB, which is an audible difference, but not by much). So OD => Boost => Almost Dirty Amp is a very useful setup. YMMV!
@Noodlebowlconchile
7 жыл бұрын
Cheers! Useful feedback...
@htfshadow2014
7 жыл бұрын
Dude your guitar faces are best
@officialWWM
6 жыл бұрын
You're the coolest player on the tube!
@MikeBradleyofficial
6 жыл бұрын
Awww you charmer :)
@georgejaimes7297
6 жыл бұрын
Holy Crap! My new favorite guitar player. Didn't realize it until 14:44 into it, but yeah. I dig that thing you do on the string between the nut and the tuner. I call that Vintage Flash. Thanks for the tip and the demonstration.
@MikeBradleyofficial
6 жыл бұрын
Aww thanks George, means a lot hearing that.
@georgejaimes7297
6 жыл бұрын
Keep up the good work. You've got a new subscriber.
@williama-d6
7 жыл бұрын
I am a beginner guitarist I just bought a black star Id core 10 amp why can I only hear the volume of the amp when I turn up the gain?
@domearnshaw990
7 жыл бұрын
yo mike can you do a video on muting and unwanted string noise?
@08Godstrength
4 жыл бұрын
Man did your SD1 producing annoying hiss?? When gain crank about 12oclock
@sergiostrumming3852
7 жыл бұрын
Hi, what is the weight of that guitar? Thank you.
@rebeldetail6134
4 жыл бұрын
I agree took me years to figure it out
@jhnlk
6 жыл бұрын
Is your pedal order: polytune2, fuzz face, sd-1, duane 69, neunaber wet, neunaber immerse?
@MikeBradleyofficial
6 жыл бұрын
Bingo! :)
@jhnlk
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks mate - sounds great!
@aronhallam6449
7 жыл бұрын
but some thrash guys are way too compressed on the solos too, thise boss od1 pedals sound awful to me
@MrDMF567
2 жыл бұрын
God, that Lester is gorgeous!
@Davo2233
7 жыл бұрын
Question for anyone who knows. I'm early into tube amps. I have been cranking my bassbreaker 15 to 10 and using my volume knob to control volume are there any pros to this or just cons? This is without pedals. I'm just pushing my amp to distortion which I love. But when I turn master down and guitar wide open, I am not able to get the same result thanks. I'm more or less self teaching using various methods due to low quality and quantity of guitar teachers near me n Alabama. I can normally surf and find my answer but I thought I'd ask and save time for practice
@rockrollresale2668
7 жыл бұрын
David Ball Hello I use small cranked amps the same way. All volume and EQ knobs dimed. For clean my guitar is on 1 or 2. Crunch around 5. Leads or high gain about 8.5. Anything above that I have to adjust the amp back a bit. I do this with cheap amps and get alot of compliments on my tone. It's nice not to think about amp settings and just the guitar knobs. Works with small amps. My Boogie volume stays on 3. Good luck. Your on to something that took me years to figure out. Also you can use larger tube amps set to the max needed volume with your favorite distortion pedal on and use the guitars volume the same way. Just played a gig that had blues, country, rock, gospel and metalish tunes in the set. Used a Peavy Delta blues amp and a Big muff turned on for every song. Just adjusted my guitar to get all the tones. If your guitar is wired right there's little volume change. Just clean to crazy.
@definandstuff8926
7 жыл бұрын
I'm feeling your socks helped with those amazing tones.
@zigzagbigbag
6 жыл бұрын
Gain is a huge crutch for bad players. I remember relying on it so much for years. Once I put in my 10,000 hours I was able to walk away from high gain and start to really play with tones. Just a heads up... it's all in the pick hand.
@vubear
6 жыл бұрын
And yet Malmsteen, Vai, Satch et al use monstrous levels of gain & cut through just fine.
@dwainphillips
4 жыл бұрын
Sure in the studio they play all kinds of game's when it's mastered and mixed to make sure it comes across with a distinct sound. But live I guarantee you their set up is very different.
@aylbdrmadison1051
7 жыл бұрын
Everyone can benefit from this, especially metal players because there's generally less space available in metal, sonically and rhythmically. It's all about working as a team when you play with others no matter the genre. Someone can be technically awesome playing solo, but sound absolutely horrible in a band.
@vhego
7 жыл бұрын
What guitar strap is it?
@nerothos
7 жыл бұрын
Actually if you play in a Thrash Metal band you should definitely NOT ignore this. Especially when it comes to faster and technical stuff it is incredibly important to keep your tone as clean and punchy as possible, otherwise all the rhythms turn to mush and the entire band suffers.
@HaikalHanafiah
7 жыл бұрын
+1 for the shirt!
@jefferylord3068
7 жыл бұрын
you seem like a cool dude
@MikeBradleyofficial
7 жыл бұрын
Aww cheers Jeffery!
@thoras1297
7 жыл бұрын
Carcass - Heartwork and Hypocrisy - Abducted Record proves that much gain doesn´t sound bad at all :)
@WhiteStripe333
7 жыл бұрын
How much more gain can this have? The answer is none. None more gain.
@wesleychef
7 жыл бұрын
Eddie Van Halen had all the knobs turned up all the way but good video
@niptodstan
7 жыл бұрын
Guitar was out of tune
@MS-hj3ox
7 жыл бұрын
It's a Gibson, I knew it'd be out of tune before I heard him play :P
@seamanjive
7 жыл бұрын
TylerLarsonThe ShredGod and when you do get it in tune if will be out 20 seconds later
@seamanjive
7 жыл бұрын
Disciplined Forex Trader its the acute angles behind the nut to the posts. A better cut nut helps as does lubrication in the slots. And good stringing technique.
@ax_el_alvarez
7 жыл бұрын
I just fitted my LP Studio with a Black Tusq XL, helps a lot with tuning stability and bending. Nice cheap upgrade to perform on a LP :)
@ItzhakWoolf
7 жыл бұрын
Everybody pretends they can hear it.
@Redpepper917
6 жыл бұрын
Van Halen albums 1 to 4, everything on 10. Volume controlled by the variac
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