In a world, full of click bait titles claiming to reveal a so called "secret", one man rises up and makes a video with actually useful information that not everybody already knew... and not only that, he does it in under 10 minutes!!
@TheBoomtown4
4 жыл бұрын
Georg Figél seriously!
@zool84
3 жыл бұрын
Literally known from here
@PanamaJack666
3 жыл бұрын
Under 5 minutes!
3 жыл бұрын
@@PanamaJack666 it's because everyone makes their videos 10 minutes long, usually fully of filler
@TreeShark
Жыл бұрын
10/10
@patrickcarroll1754
5 жыл бұрын
Is anyone else always excited to get another video from this man? Classy cleans is a huge goal of mine. Never thought to look towards a fuzz. Thanks Pete!
@jjemsnd7
5 жыл бұрын
Me either
@craigusselman546
Жыл бұрын
I lucked out with my Mim 50s Fender Strat it just has the quacks there its my favorite guitar .
@ken1davies2
5 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Awesome! Awesome!. I have been searching for that kind of tone for a very long time. Off to buy a fuzz pedal! Thank you X 1 Million.
@stevejackson2986
5 жыл бұрын
And then it won't sound the same because you don't have his rig. When you back off the volume knob on most stock guitars, you lose a lot of the tone. The cheaper the guitar, at least with the pickups and electronics, the more it happens. There is a little cap or something you can add to the wiring that will fix it to where you keep the same tone, or sound, at all volumes. Costs like 2 bucks for the part, but of course you'll get charged $70,00 in labor if you have a shop install it. I imagine Thorn has the wiring that remedies the tone drop, whether stock or modded later. Unless you have that wiring, or something higher end, and even with high end guitars it's not guaranteed to have the most ideal wiring, you'll probably have tone drop when you back off the volume. Then there's the pickups. Chances are Thorn doesn't have stock pickups in that Strat, unless they are high end, or it's old and has vintage Fender pickups. Either way, it's not what you have. Then there's the amp, Thorn's "old" Marshall may be stock, but it's just as likely to have been modded. Either way, it's not what you have. And you'll have to get the exact fuzz he has. They all sound different, regardless of their build quality. Then there is the sound of this video. You won't have his mic, if he's using one, and beyond that you won't have whatever processing he uses to make a KZitem video sound good. Whatever it is, however slight it may be, it can and probably does affect the sound of Thorn's guitar (which I think sounds amazing here). This is not a knock on Thorn, and you may well get the same results. All I'm saying is, with all the variables involved don't be disappointed when you bring home a germanium fuzz, even the one Thorn is using, and you don't get the same magical results (and I do have to say, when he rolled off the volume that first time, the effect it had was magical). I will end with one slight, tongue in cheek dig at Thorn. Don't be flattered he hearted your video. He's probably hoping you buy the pedal he used, so he can get his kickback for promoting it. This isn't really a knock, promoting gear is part of his livelihood, and if this isn't the case for that pedal, I do apologize ; - ).
@ken1davies2
5 жыл бұрын
@@stevejackson2986 - Of course, it won't sound identical, but does the concept work? Yes, it does. and very well. I picked up a used mini germanium fuzz. Standard Dunlop. I have an ENGL Ritchie Blackmore signature head going into a Mesa 4 X 12. I have a Squier strat with a David Gilmour EMG set and a PRS Torero with EMGs. I have to roll back further with those as the active pickups are hotter, but that glassy tone is there. On my Jackson, SG, and Standard Strat rolling back midway on the volume and it's there. Same effect running through amp models on my HX stomp as well. The fuzz pedal cost me $80 CDN. I absolutely love Pete's tones in his demo videos and the tones on his last album make me drool with envy, that said, I have my own amps and guitars which I am also absolutely in love with. You don't need to have what they have to get what you love. In fact, if you played through Pete's exact rig I doubt you would sound anything like him. (me included).
@devindunlop9199
4 жыл бұрын
@kenneth Davies- agreed 100%. I’ve done this with a Dunlop Hendrix fuzz face, a stock mim Strat and an ac30c2, same great glassy tone. The playing just wasn’t as good LOL. Thanks for the vid Pete, keep on keeping on man. Cheers
@Bluesbreaker-uf8ti
4 жыл бұрын
@@stevejackson2986 You make some very good points. I got the Way Huge Havalina Germanium fuzz and don't really love the sound when I roll down the volume, I was thinking about putting a treble bleed in anyway, maybe I'll try that this week and see if I like it any better.
@realreally5927
4 жыл бұрын
A good carpenter never blames his tools.
@DarrellBraunGuitar
5 жыл бұрын
Pete is the man! 🇨🇦🤘
@josemiguelschorr7183
3 жыл бұрын
He is isn’t he
@happyartie
2 жыл бұрын
I'm actually a big fan of your love and enthusiasm of electric guitars! 👑
@buska100
5 жыл бұрын
Wow...Who woulda thunk it. a Germanium Fuzz is the key to awesome glassy clean Strat tones. Thanks Heaps Pete
@clgmafnas
5 жыл бұрын
Great job! Hendrix used to say in interviews that he prefers his clean sound with the fuzz ON and volume down, rather than fuzz off and a straight clean amp tone. 🤙🏼
@paulbangash4317
5 жыл бұрын
Christopher Mafnas yep , and germanium is the one for that
@blackinkcashguitars908
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Pete... I nearly bought new pickups and started disliking my VoxAC15c1...my mim stock Strat sounded muddy...but after I bought the big muff Germanium Pi4 I had the glassyness Strat tone I always wanted. My volume knob is now my clean channel overdrive/distortion/fuzz channel all in one ,at the disposal of my pinky finger. Thanks again Pete... would love to see more Pro-tips from you. Great video. You rock! I almost went down that tone Rabbit hole looking to change my amp or guitar or pickups...as my normal Tubezone pedal only amplified the muddy pickups, even the amp to when directly plugging into it/them
@adamf.4823
3 жыл бұрын
I just received this pedal from Greece today. Every sound is amazing but especially the clean sound he describes here which is absolutely incredible! This video saved me years of frustration and probably thousands of dollars. THANKS PETE!
@g3ultra
5 жыл бұрын
That's amazing, Pete! Who would've thought it? Thanks!
@meenzergunsenum3229
4 жыл бұрын
3:11 So that's the magic of a sophisticated player and musician sharing secrets with the commons right there and what it can do for your tone.
@bassfishingwiththeantichri2921
4 жыл бұрын
This is the tone I've been looking for. It would make for an interesting pedal shootout for best clean.
@DANWRIGHTITIS
5 жыл бұрын
Volume Knob!! Most forgotten tonal device on the guitar =) =)
@jdaa79
5 жыл бұрын
Man! Sounds just like very early live Gilmour-era Floyd. Like on Ummagumma. Such a great clean tone! Love it
@attiliodagresti9487
2 ай бұрын
Super awesome ! thanks for this video ! Pete rocks !
@raul21md
5 жыл бұрын
Dang, I would have never thought how much a pedal can make a difference on a tone with the volume rolled down. This opened a ton of new tone doors for me thanks Pete 👏🏼
@mikeschmidt3324
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Pete. That is exactly what I have been fighting with my first strat. Been a humbucker guy forever. Just picked up a strat recently.
@pellevastano
5 жыл бұрын
That's it. My next pedal is going to be a Germanium Fuzz. Thanks Pete!
@donaldryder5534
5 жыл бұрын
What a simple and clear demonstration, I never knew this- thanks!
@dominiquemiletti6685
4 ай бұрын
Well explained, in a few words, good demonstration. Bravo!
@abnzg
5 жыл бұрын
Never in a million years would I have thought of trying this. Pete Thorn, delivering the GOODS.
@mattastic247
2 жыл бұрын
How did I miss this video when it came out two years ago?? Holy cow this is exactly the information I needed.
@philippe_durel
5 жыл бұрын
That reminds me of a little trick during a recording session where the engineer put the signal from the piezzo of the acoustic guitar through a TS808, adding just the tiniest bit of nearly inaudible dirt to it, and a lot of girth while the sound of the acoustic guitar was a mix of the piezzo and a microphone in from of the sound hole. The resulting mix was beautiful.
@hazor777
5 жыл бұрын
Def. a "secret", cause I never would have considered a fuzz for that tone - many thanks!
@marcoossidiana5596
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you, finally some video really telling something useful for a strat sound other than "buy expensive components"
@jimmygreen5872
5 жыл бұрын
I love doing that with my fuzzes! To me a fuzz is almost a instrument all in itself! Definitely my favorite effect! I too have the constellation & love it!
@ebeep
4 жыл бұрын
So helpful and after decades of searching while not being at all interested in fuzz, totally news to me! Thanks Pete!
@MWHOME
2 жыл бұрын
Great explanation and demo. Initially we would think doing this is counterintuitive. Rolling down volume on Strat normally reduces some of the highs, but the Fuzz brings it back up. BUT in a different focus of high frequencies as you clearly show. Thanks!
@lucifer-ic9th
Ай бұрын
This is exactly what I needed. Thank you so much Pete, you're awesome and such an inspiring player !
@M81_WOODLAND
3 жыл бұрын
Pete: I bought a Dunlop germanium fuzz because of the info you put out here. Man, it's been a revelation! Thanks so much for all you do. I've picked up a lot from you over the years. Keep on doing what your're doing!
@kevinklotz9398
5 жыл бұрын
This just blew my mind. I built a germanium fuzzface clone in a DOD fuzz enclosure a while ago. I've never used it like that. I can't wait to give it a shot. Thanks, Pete!
@mitchakesmusic6844
5 жыл бұрын
You hit the nail on the head Pete. Many people waste too much time losing some great amps and gear out of pure frustration of not getting that enhanced "glassy" highs that come from a good Germanium Fuzz Face. I think the NKT275's will get more in the ball park for that clean tone thing you are showing off than the OC45's. Valvo OC45's are more like what's in the Dallas Rangemaster and the roll off is very similar to one. I think the NKT's have a different gain structure when they are paired right. However, for recording... hot damn this is well worth having one pedal on a travel board that can do it all, and analog! Thanks for showing something really cool that can change player's lives. Getting a proper NKT Fuzz Face in the last few years really blew the door wide open for me and my playing, and I'm happy to see someone who really understands the journey of guitar playing share what was a very long road for me to be tonally satisfied. I can attest I was one of those unhappy, unsatisfied guitarists chasing that enhanced clean tone. Hopefully others will get inspired from their playing in a much more timely manner than I was (10 years of a long hard tone search) That's why you get paid the big bucks. Cheers mate.
@Synic42
5 жыл бұрын
Consider my mind blown! Thanks for that information and congratulations on your US citizenship
@sed2142
5 жыл бұрын
WORD!!! And oh... with a touch of compression 💥😍
@dapperdanman1956
5 жыл бұрын
Awesome tone trick Pete thorn
@luisangelEXALTA
4 жыл бұрын
So many cool tips I've learned from you Pete, you are KZitem's best kept secret for the working class guitarist
@robertogrady2798
5 жыл бұрын
Awesome info... Years and Years of unsuccessful pickup changes explained. You rock Pete 🤘
@redcloudshaman2509
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Pete! 2023, and I just ordered a Germanium Fuzz to do this and more!
@chrisdiceart
5 жыл бұрын
Pete - That clean made me think of SRV's "clean" right off! I wonder if he used the same trick!? :D . Thanks for the video! Great content! :)
@josephfelice601
5 жыл бұрын
The clean tone on SRV's "Tin Pan Alley" is the greatest Strat clean I have ever heard.
@mybiggrin
3 жыл бұрын
AND THERE IT IS
@gregneilson1569
5 жыл бұрын
Sounds great! I think I even saw Jimi smiling in the background . . .
@haveagreatday8248
5 жыл бұрын
My friends love em but I'd LOVE em if only they Loved Hendrix.
@kevinpaige5746
2 жыл бұрын
Wow! Very cool. Thanks! I would have never have known this!
@fviannaval
Жыл бұрын
This kind of changed my life. Thanks, Pete.
@donald-parker
5 жыл бұрын
Never would have thought of that. Cool
@jezzbass1826
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Pete!
@gib412
2 жыл бұрын
Now that's cool! Thanks Pete.
@riffs246
10 ай бұрын
Happy to find you man. You are an amazing player full of useful information.
@RokDAWG1
5 жыл бұрын
This is actually exactly what I do with my Seymour Duncan La Super Rica Fuzz pedal! I then use my Seymour Duncan Pickup Booster to kick the signal level up to be even with the distorted sound and people never understand how I do it. All glassy gorgeous-ness!
@jasonfrey805
5 жыл бұрын
I have the La Super Rica Fuzz, and it's one of the most amazing fuzz pedals anyone could own.
@RokDAWG1
5 жыл бұрын
@@jasonfrey805 It's definitely underrated.
@RokDAWG1
5 жыл бұрын
@ I don't know.
@jasonfrey805
5 жыл бұрын
@ Yes it uses silicon. I'll have to try the "glassy tone" volume knob trick with it, as all silicon fuzz pedals can of course sound different. Some can be "warmer" like germanium, based on everything about the design/circuit and what makes up the pedal. Since Arthur Gonzales says he can do it with the pedal, I have no reason not to believe him.
@jasonfrey805
5 жыл бұрын
@@RokDAWG1 I don't have the SD Pickup Booster, but have other boost pedals. Btw, you really need to try the Foxpedal Defector Fuzz silicon pedal - it sounds incredible, has a lot of controls, and even an extra clean boost footswitch - all in compact form! The clean boost can also be used in your chain independently, when the fuzz is bypassed!
@tone-talk
5 жыл бұрын
Awesome and with Jimmy over your shoulder looking on.
@lisan1010
3 жыл бұрын
So generous with your knowledge thanks
@steveincollins
5 жыл бұрын
I have my first germanium fuzz pedal coming on the mail tomorrow....good timing. Now I am even more excited!
@blaine393
5 жыл бұрын
Can’t say I’ve ever been searching for it... but now that I know it exists I must use it. Thanks Pete.
@Slovy_
5 жыл бұрын
I use a germanium mini Hendrix fuzz to do that. It gives the strat a more dynamic sound or something really cool. Especially when I’m playing at home at lower volumes it just feels like you’re playing an amp at a louder volume or something with the harmonics
@50Something
5 жыл бұрын
I noticed this with my Hartman Germanium fuzz but totally forgot about it! Tks!
@noahr4951
5 жыл бұрын
Trying this tonight. Thanks Pete
@saltydog4787
3 жыл бұрын
I'll be trying that ... many thanks!
@josemelrose5465
5 ай бұрын
Thanks Pete! Great tip
@rdmkeytohwy
5 жыл бұрын
This does help....a lot. I have been searching for a fuzz pedal, now the search is on full throttle. Thanks Pete!
@wrekkingcru
4 жыл бұрын
In a world...where men are men and tasty tone is on tap 24x7, Pete Thorn keeps the "gnarly" goodness alive. Shine on you Crazy Diamond...
@allthefail7274
4 жыл бұрын
Awesome brother, thanking you!
@meisterjubjub7606
4 жыл бұрын
Great video, Pete! I recommend the Pedal Pawn Fuzz. Amazing recreation of the Texas Square Face. Gets amazing Hendrix / SRV tones. The Pedal Pawn Texan Twang is also a great recreation of the Texas Ranger
@Johnny1.0
5 жыл бұрын
I can't tell if it takes away or adds something to the overall sound but the result is I guess 3 dimensional for lack of a better word. I personally love it. Thank you Pete!
@salyer28
5 жыл бұрын
Damn it. Now I have to start searching for a great germanium fuzz. Thanks Pete. Love your videos.
@cesarcirera
5 жыл бұрын
Awesome Pete!!! Thanks for sharing so useful tips!!!
@pwman
5 жыл бұрын
Cool cool cool cool. And the difference when you pop in and out the fuzz makes it really clear the sonic difference. Great video!!
@scot-combs
5 жыл бұрын
great idea! Thanks!
@bipbipletucha
5 жыл бұрын
Very useful! Subscribed
@powerpopaholic876
3 жыл бұрын
Only a million times better than plugins. Plugins sounds solid. Pete sounds alive.
@linesix9266
5 жыл бұрын
...who doesn't love some all out gnarly goodness coming out of a stratocaster? Thanks again Pete. Trying this out now !
@treborikki
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this, will surely try it out.
@justinchurch7675
4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful Strat
@thamashu
5 жыл бұрын
Ohh, yess! Cool!
@Terryomalleyonline
5 жыл бұрын
Awesome suggestion........I'm gonna try it right now. 👍👍👍
@KingGrio
2 жыл бұрын
You are the only man on KZitem who can claim to reveal an actual secret.
@garywalker8067
5 жыл бұрын
sounds awesome Pete.
@LostPlectrum
3 жыл бұрын
Very educative! Thanks Pete
@stuartmoxham5889
4 жыл бұрын
That was awesome Pete. That was the Hendrix clean. Nice one thanks for sharing.
@javierf55
6 ай бұрын
Perfect result for I was looking for. As you said, I was looking to replacing my fat 50's pickups and another nonsense options, I just tried with my Dunlop Hendrix Fuzz and I've got what I was looking for. Thanks man, great video.
@normanperkel139
3 жыл бұрын
Woah.. I never would have thought a fuzz would enhance the clean tone that much. Thanks!
@MesaGuitarGuy
5 жыл бұрын
so I'm not really a "fuzz guy". There have been so many Fuzz pedal demo's on YT lately. They don't do anything for me. Now, THIS fuzz used the way you do Pete, has a great sound and the only Fuzz pedal I've heard that I like. Well done!
@victorrodrigues8239
5 жыл бұрын
I´ve learned a lot from great guitarrists like you to explore all the nuances from the pedals. I´m only using a mxr badass dist (borrowed from a friend) and more and more I love how its sounds! Sometimes getting clean tones with low distortion and vol swaps like you show in the video, sometimes punching a good amp like a treble boost. Thanks for inspiring us!
@rabbirelax
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thanks!
@Tone2town
5 жыл бұрын
Germanium pedals have been used for a very long time in those settings. Thanks Pete from highlighting it. Sometimes people need to hear it for someone particular. Thanks Pete 👍🏻😎
@ryanhalliwell6671
5 жыл бұрын
So dope how did i miss this
@francisgori5631
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Pete! I learned this trick from the boys on “That Pedal Show”, and it’s amazing! People don’t believe me when I tell them, but I plug in my Analogman Sunface, turn down the volume... and voila! Instant glassy cleans that sound incredible!
@PeteThorn
5 жыл бұрын
Yes that's a great one! The Sun Face
@petermueller5082
5 жыл бұрын
@@PeteThorn just to make this totally clear to me: Does the strat in the video have a Treble Bleed circuit installed or not? If so, would that be "detrimental" to the effect, i.e. with the treble bleed mod would there be to much glassy highs? ;-) Thanks
@TexasJackdaw
5 жыл бұрын
I was today years old when I learned this crazy awesome tip. I’ve never been a fan of fuzz pedals, but now my mind is *blown*. Thank you Pete!
@TheloniusJ
2 жыл бұрын
Brilliance.
@PlectrumShorts
5 жыл бұрын
Wow. Truly magic! Shopping for a germanium fuzz now.
@SeanKerns
5 жыл бұрын
This is a great tip, Pete. Thanks! Love the pedal cradle, too.
@idhindsight
5 жыл бұрын
Really great, Pete!
@moimeme7839
3 жыл бұрын
Sounds awesome on the bridge pickup too if you roll the tone knob
@madjack4691
5 жыл бұрын
Yes !! Pete you are magic !!
@JamesMcCutcheon
5 жыл бұрын
Great pedal and demo. Thanks a heap. I have an old Germanium fuzz pedal somewhere in this heap of gear.
@eggshellalien
5 жыл бұрын
Ingenious! Thanks!
@otaviofenderstrat4220
5 жыл бұрын
Hi from Brazil...i love Strats.
@PeteThorn
5 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@younken24films
2 жыл бұрын
Wow! THat was really cool. THanks Pete!
@AllenGarberGuitarFun
5 жыл бұрын
I feel like a silicon fuzz would do the same thing...I have used a Dunlop reissue silicon Fuzzface that I bought in 1987 and it gets the same effect. At the time I was trying to cop Hendrix's Monterey tones and rolling off the Volume to around 7-8 as he did (and as you do here Pete) worked. Great clip as usual Pete...there is definitely some magic going on with this rolled down Volume knob/Fuzz combo!
@McMorgan1312
2 жыл бұрын
Excellent, concise. No BS and I can't wait to get home and move my fuzz up in signal the chain.
@400_billion_suns
4 жыл бұрын
You're a real treasure, Pete. Thanks for generously sharing all your knowledge with us!
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