Ultimate Midwest Emo Guitar Tone Tutorial

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  • Опубликовано: 12 дек 2024

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  • @LetsTalkAboutMathRock
    @LetsTalkAboutMathRock  8 месяцев назад +3

    Start learning Math Rock today with my Math Rock Essentials eBook: A Guitarist's Guide To Learning Math Rock 👉bit.ly/4eV2Elp

  • @samueljett7807
    @samueljett7807 4 года назад +1203

    Step 1: live in midwest
    Step 2: be an emo
    Step3 : play guitar

    • @Louieisalittlesleepy
      @Louieisalittlesleepy 4 года назад +14

      XD i read that last step as BE guitar!!

    • @kamithegod00
      @kamithegod00 4 года назад +8

      All three are accurate to me

    • @fv8399
      @fv8399 4 года назад +28

      1. I live in New York
      2. Not an emo
      3. Play guitar poorly
      0.5/3=tone not acquired

    • @marvinschnorr8671
      @marvinschnorr8671 4 года назад +5

      I life in the middle West in germany is that okay XD

    • @cadentannery4626
      @cadentannery4626 4 года назад +11

      1: lives in midwest
      2. Emo but just music taste
      3. Shit at guitar

  • @matt55800
    @matt55800 4 года назад +1271

    I don’t know if you’re drunk, but I love this. It’s adorable

    • @plsno420
      @plsno420 4 года назад +20

      Same

    • @sharkwang1542
      @sharkwang1542 3 года назад +4

      Jimaroc damn

    • @klfaregonnarocku
      @klfaregonnarocku 3 года назад +6

      He is a meerkat

    • @THE-CRT
      @THE-CRT 11 месяцев назад +2

      I think English just isn’t his first language

    • @quietri0t
      @quietri0t 9 месяцев назад

      ⁠sounds very British in his other videos though 😅 (for me as a German)

  • @Avalanze1
    @Avalanze1 3 года назад +94

    “now play a major 9 chord, makes you feel good right?”
    yes it does steve, yes it does

  • @Comonad
    @Comonad 4 года назад +588

    You know when the quarantine is over, shall we just not tell Steve. I want to see how weird this gets.

    • @LetsTalkAboutMathRock
      @LetsTalkAboutMathRock  4 года назад +37

      😂

    • @ivanivanov9618
      @ivanivanov9618 3 года назад +2

      ​@@LetsTalkAboutMathRock what album standing behind you? On 0:09? I actually mean album with cover which the girl with the flowers on face. What band it is? ​)))

    • @mileage03
      @mileage03 3 года назад +1

      @@ivanivanov9618 Yvette Young - Acoustics 2 EP

  • @joaquincarcamo8137
    @joaquincarcamo8137 4 года назад +381

    the pickups in the middle position because MIDwest hahaha :( please laugh

  • @striker1992
    @striker1992 4 года назад +157

    Even though there’s a modest twenty of us it’s beautiful you still make these thank you

  • @nehemiahzo_
    @nehemiahzo_ 4 года назад +30

    If you don’t have a Telecaster, use the bridge pickup on a strat, tone all the way up. Turn that treble all the way up. Clean tone. Make it a tiny bit crunchy.

  • @starssalvageman
    @starssalvageman 4 года назад +16

    I grew up in Chicago, Mike Kinsella from Capn' Jazz was married to an english teacher at my high school, and I would go see Make Believe play local clubs. Before I moved away I always though midwestern emo was only big in the midwest, or at least it was a small sub genre. Seeing someone across the world so steeped in it is fascinating and super cool.

  • @JustinHawkes
    @JustinHawkes 3 года назад +8

    This video went online the day Covid felt real and SXSW cancelled. Thanks for making this, it's inspiring in a way. I learned a lot in 4 minutes

    • @hjdeheer
      @hjdeheer 3 года назад

      Hahah yoo Flite u here as well love your songs bro!

  • @iralsmith
    @iralsmith 4 года назад +169

    I ain't a guitar snob so I really enjoyed this kind of memey-slashey-shitepostey content. Make more of this and you'll be as big as Kmac or Davie or StevieT in no time.

  • @elblouses128
    @elblouses128 4 года назад +4

    I can confirm. From the Midwest and have always played in the middle with my tele that has a large chip in the bodywork.

  • @khoiplaysguitar
    @khoiplaysguitar 4 года назад +276

    Steve are you okay? Blink twice if you're being held hostage

  • @john.352
    @john.352 4 года назад +18

    I'd love a tutorial on the Totorro crunchy tone - gives me chills everytime I listen to Home Alone & Come to Mexico

    • @BarrySPeas
      @BarrySPeas 4 года назад

      And how many hundreds of amps & miles of signal processing are used to make those bass tones.

    • @TLKJS
      @TLKJS 2 года назад +1

      Those albums are legendary, definitely a crunchier tone, sounds like it's out of an Orange cab or something from them

  • @TheZooropaBaby
    @TheZooropaBaby 4 года назад +56

    I think if you're last name is Kinsella, you're automatically good to go

  • @burieddagger8064
    @burieddagger8064 4 года назад +2

    Also I've been using a mustang for this style of music, sometimes my friend's tele but mostly my stang. Has good tone for it honestly

  • @cameronneal4
    @cameronneal4 4 года назад +1

    The first sentence earned you a like.

  • @OnlyJustSH
    @OnlyJustSH 4 года назад +6

    Thank you so much for this video. I was actually wondering if you’d make a video centered around your pedal use, and here it is! It’s much appreciated!

    • @LetsTalkAboutMathRock
      @LetsTalkAboutMathRock  4 года назад

      Awesome stuff. I tend to change it up quite often so don't be surprised if it's totally different in a month. haha

  • @neverknowsbest1717
    @neverknowsbest1717 4 года назад +95

    Hey man... theres at least 4 of us my guy

    • @LetsTalkAboutMathRock
      @LetsTalkAboutMathRock  4 года назад +16

      Haha, it's what Dovydas ( a RUclipsr) frequently says at the beginning of his videos. 👍

    • @pequals34
      @pequals34 4 года назад

      Dozens!!! 😂

  • @jbasti227
    @jbasti227 3 года назад +15

    Man you make playing like this look so easy, really inspires me to practice more

  • @finmusic8559
    @finmusic8559 4 года назад +93

    Instructions not clear I purchased A whangcaster

    • @LetsTalkAboutMathRock
      @LetsTalkAboutMathRock  4 года назад +10

      Wow...

    • @marlin2131
      @marlin2131 4 года назад +10

      Wangcaster - Justin Wang’s Signature guitar
      Wongcaster - Trevor Wong Signature Tele

  • @two_string78
    @two_string78 3 года назад +1

    Thank you for the video. Learned a lot!

  • @lezath9916
    @lezath9916 4 года назад +34

    Looks like you've been drinking again.. And I love it!

  • @Deathphone
    @Deathphone 4 года назад +114

    I’ve learned that apparently you need a lot of money to play Midwest emo

    • @Oceaneaterband
      @Oceaneaterband 3 года назад +2

      Not really just depends on what gear you choose to get

    • @skyleranderson1984
      @skyleranderson1984 3 года назад +1

      Not at all, he just has nice stuff, you can get a nice tone like that relatively cheaply too

    • @nate7817
      @nate7817 3 года назад +13

      tfw just use a free pc amp sim

    • @Oceaneaterband
      @Oceaneaterband 3 года назад +1

      @@nate7817 there’s a lot of great plugins and amps sims that sound awesome

    • @alphanumeric1529
      @alphanumeric1529 3 года назад

      @@Oceaneaterband What you recommend?

  • @elsflora
    @elsflora 3 года назад +1

    ur so good at playing

  • @YoctoYotta
    @YoctoYotta 2 года назад +1

    A very recent (like, today) reddit comment on a post about math rock pedal setups pointed me to your videos and I'm really enjoying them. I love your pedal chain explanations and demos. I've been playing casually for like 30 years and am still intimidated by all the options, so breakdowns like yours specific to a genre I like to play are super helpful. That said, at 1:26 here, the capo position equally spaced between the frets is triggering me in a bad way =). This video is a few years old so maybe you're already hip to this, but you'll get way better tune stability--and imo better tone--if the capo is behind the fret by roughly only 1/8" (3-4mm) or so. Carry on.

  • @SocialAutism
    @SocialAutism 4 года назад +64

    I wonder how Dovydas would react to thus here parody.

  • @kunoichirecords
    @kunoichirecords 4 года назад +1

    this came out on my b-day, perfect present!

  • @duude9128
    @duude9128 4 года назад +18

    oh no he's been quarantined for too long

  • @taufiqulhakim6582
    @taufiqulhakim6582 4 года назад +1

    Fucking love you man, please dont die

  • @marcospintor1333
    @marcospintor1333 4 года назад +1

    Yus! Finally! A tutorial from the tone king himself!

  • @tim4k435
    @tim4k435 4 года назад +5

    It would be cool if someday you did more tone tutorials, but like focusing on amp setting n more technical stuff like that , so us non Tele users can get some help too!

  • @johnmorrison5502
    @johnmorrison5502 4 года назад +6

    Not the bridge this is where the twangs live. Haha that was great as someone that loves that twang for rockabilly

  • @complete_disintegration
    @complete_disintegration 4 года назад +1

    Thanks to you I love telecasters as much as my life. Thank you man, luv you so much.

  • @whatskraken3886
    @whatskraken3886 3 года назад

    the dovydas reference is amazing

  • @tonyhinojosa666
    @tonyhinojosa666 2 года назад +2

    0:54 bro we can't say that anymore

  • @Lkease
    @Lkease 4 года назад +5

    "Hey one person who watches my videos"
    Instant like

  • @dustyandsneezing
    @dustyandsneezing 4 года назад +1

    Awesome video, thank you!

  • @Faulheit
    @Faulheit 4 года назад +25

    never meant just had to be played here

  • @erroldtumaque3430
    @erroldtumaque3430 Год назад +1

    damn your guitar signal is so clean

  • @AwesomeWholesome
    @AwesomeWholesome 4 года назад

    Thanks Steve, I got my copy!

  • @official.adjustthesails
    @official.adjustthesails 4 года назад +3

    I know I’m gonna sound dumb here but any advice on garage band plug ins for similar sound. Super broke and trying to expand from acoustic front bottoms style to more math

  • @mooricomics9240
    @mooricomics9240 4 года назад +2

    This video is everything I needed, in both entertainment and useful content 🙏🏼😂

  • @robi481
    @robi481 4 года назад +40

    This video is a mess and I love it.
    Also how beautiful is that Telecaster? 😮

    • @shady_potato205
      @shady_potato205 Год назад

      Lake Placid Blue is one of my favorite guitar finishes

  • @zerodollarbird
    @zerodollarbird 4 года назад +1

    The Stratocaster autocorrecting to Toastmaster is hilarious considering the Strat should also be in a fire.

  • @matthaw
    @matthaw 2 года назад +1

    This was ultimate tutorial, I leave comment below. Telecaster is very beautiful, make life better.

  • @user-ys1mb9ho2m
    @user-ys1mb9ho2m 3 года назад +2

    I'm going to defintly get a Tele when I'm old enough to get a job for now I'm using a offbrand jazzmaster haha

  • @NullFX
    @NullFX 4 года назад +1

    I love that tele so much! I have the same model. I bought it to use it as my first Tele mod platform and after giving it a little bit of set up work I decided that I would keep it stock lol. Maybe I'll use a Harley Benton T model as a mod platform.

  • @Nemo_Ayanami
    @Nemo_Ayanami 4 года назад +50

    You okay man?
    Not losing your mind in lock-down are ya?

  • @ivanivanov9618
    @ivanivanov9618 3 года назад +1

    Does anybody know what album standing behind Steve? On 0:09? I actually mean album with cover which the girl with the flowers on face. What band it is? ​

  • @ghoulannabanana
    @ghoulannabanana 4 года назад +1

    On the contrary, it seems that there's almost 6k of us! Also, that mint green pickguard on the tele is *beautiful*

  • @Howard2k3k
    @Howard2k3k 4 года назад +4

    I sense a severe case of cabin sickness. God Bless, Steve

  • @drpibisback7680
    @drpibisback7680 4 года назад +1

    I was convinced this was an old video I'd stumbled upon until I checked the date.

  • @shadowthedragonemperor6997
    @shadowthedragonemperor6997 4 года назад +1

    Awesome!

  • @NodoKaii
    @NodoKaii 4 года назад

    Love you dude

  • @WhiteCranK
    @WhiteCranK 4 года назад

    You do very good tutorials with a nice attitude!
    New sub here

  • @atrasstoumay
    @atrasstoumay 4 года назад +1

    Thank you ever so much

  • @eudaimon13
    @eudaimon13 2 года назад

    Beautiful.
    thanks.

  • @Lung911
    @Lung911 4 года назад +1

    Just curious what song is at 1:01

    • @MrSus-qz9hg
      @MrSus-qz9hg 4 года назад +1

      never meant by american football

  • @bobchichinske390
    @bobchichinske390 Год назад

    Best description ever lol

  • @first_mistake_forever_more
    @first_mistake_forever_more 2 года назад +2

    Hey, that riff u made at 1:37 is amazing. Is there a full version of it somewhere? Pls I need it cuz it gave me an eargasm ngl

    • @Wilmafra
      @Wilmafra 2 года назад

      Song is Never meant by American Football : )

  • @freebyrdwins
    @freebyrdwins 4 года назад +3

    Hi Steve, first of all, thank your for such an amazing book. Also, I'd like to know if you ever uploaded a tutorial for Never Meant main riff, I'm such a noob in this part of the guitar universe and would like to learn it. Thank you so much.

    • @LetsTalkAboutMathRock
      @LetsTalkAboutMathRock  4 года назад +3

      Hello. I covered the intro riff a few times. I think in my 7 beginner math rock riffs video is probably your best shot 👍

    • @freebyrdwins
      @freebyrdwins 4 года назад

      @@LetsTalkAboutMathRock thanks! 👍

  • @spanner4778
    @spanner4778 4 года назад +4

    Bloody hell, Steve's gone mental.

    • @MishkaMutt
      @MishkaMutt 4 года назад

      I think he’s drunk

  • @greyonyt
    @greyonyt 4 года назад +2

    xD Nice vid Steve, hey do you usually use many different tunings on your tele? Won´t you have intonation and tuning problems by doing so?

  • @wesleyayres7017
    @wesleyayres7017 4 года назад +1

    Really enjoyed this, really funny and very useful :)

  • @signalfreud
    @signalfreud 2 года назад

    Shout out to the Bloc Party

  • @yasso2031
    @yasso2031 3 года назад +1

    PLEASEEEEE MORE MIDWEST EMO TUTORIALS IM TRYING TO RELEASE AN EP

  • @raliiaa
    @raliiaa 3 года назад

    1:37 what song is this 🙏

  • @mettytv4176
    @mettytv4176 4 года назад

    What´s the background-song starting at 3:26 ?

  • @Up_the_Pugs
    @Up_the_Pugs 2 года назад

    This is great.

  • @spicevam
    @spicevam 4 года назад +6

    do you actually tune D, G and B a whole step up when playing in DAEAC#E?

    • @micadee
      @micadee 4 года назад +7

      spicevam I generally do, but I have seen some people online instead use a capo on the second fret and downtune to CGDGBD if they're worried about that stress on the strings

    • @laketownmusic
      @laketownmusic 4 года назад +1

      You could, cuz electric strings are able to withstand more tension. I have a Gretsch Streamliner and I did it just fine

    • @rentedshortbus
      @rentedshortbus 4 года назад

      I dealt with this when learning this tuning months ago.
      It basically comes down to what kind of strings you're using as well as your bridge setup. I was using .10s but like you I noticed the tension was high and my floating bridge was *really* floating.
      If you have a stratocater like me (or a floating bridge) youll want to add extra springs to the trem claw. DAEAC#e is probably the highest tension tuning I've ever used.

    • @burieddagger8064
      @burieddagger8064 4 года назад

      I've learned that trying this on a twelve string will result in a broken high g string every time

    • @marshsticks992
      @marshsticks992 4 года назад

      Thicker strings are more resilient, using 11- 52 DAEAC#E is fine! I also do a variant of DADGAD as EBEABE- tuning 5th, 4th and 3rd up a step instead of the 6th, 2nd and 1st a step down. This is on Jazzmasters, so there's a lot of string length behind the bridge adding to the tension too. On a Tele with a set of 11s you're good to go a step in either direction on any string without risk of snapping or excessive flappiness. :)

  • @beastmonsterthing3
    @beastmonsterthing3 4 года назад

    i would love a video on amp settings and such for this tone

  • @Selumiana
    @Selumiana 3 года назад

    Hey Man! Love your vids! Any recs on great amp sims for getting that tone?

  • @zerronyx1362
    @zerronyx1362 4 года назад +5

    did steve's math rock tone tutorial get taken down? I can't find it anymore

    • @LetsTalkAboutMathRock
      @LetsTalkAboutMathRock  4 года назад +4

      making a new one as the original is really outdated 👍 will be out soonish

  • @masonlower2166
    @masonlower2166 3 года назад +1

    What was the first song you played it’s all to familiar but I can’t put a name on it

    • @masonlower2166
      @masonlower2166 3 года назад

      It’s never meant by American football. I found it

  • @ellicensapo6846
    @ellicensapo6846 2 года назад

    The fender toastmaster my fav guitar

  • @teewan777
    @teewan777 9 месяцев назад +2

    "chip is optional"😆

  • @MidwestEmoVibes
    @MidwestEmoVibes 4 года назад

    Please make more videos like this you are hilarious!!!

  • @twsg_noise
    @twsg_noise 3 года назад +1

    which pickups were in that blue tele, texas specials?

    • @LetsTalkAboutMathRock
      @LetsTalkAboutMathRock  3 года назад +1

      they used to be something like that. i changed them to pure vintage 64 pickups. Not pricey and they sound so good!

  • @Hollowdae
    @Hollowdae 2 года назад

    1:39, I did not know that outerwilds soundtrack was midwest emo, lol.

  • @Marco-xk8rn
    @Marco-xk8rn 4 года назад +1

    god i love you steve

  • @notnice7217
    @notnice7217 4 года назад +3

    I cant find the VOX pedal name.Anybody know it?

    • @bradfreed1942
      @bradfreed1942 4 года назад +2

      Vox cooltron over the top boost

    • @LetsTalkAboutMathRock
      @LetsTalkAboutMathRock  4 года назад

      They be ancient so you may struggle to find one ☹

    • @bradfreed1942
      @bradfreed1942 4 года назад

      @@LetsTalkAboutMathRockdid you replace your arrows with it? quite a few for sale on reverb.com that arent too expensive. I want to check one out, but they're huge

  • @FujiBou
    @FujiBou 4 года назад +3

    This is
    R O U N D

  • @williamallard9049
    @williamallard9049 11 месяцев назад

    hey man what are your knob settings on the iridium and vox pedals?

  • @davidkekstroll5836
    @davidkekstroll5836 4 года назад

    Jazzmaster for the win!

  • @xmartinxbigxnerdx
    @xmartinxbigxnerdx 4 года назад +1

    Hi steve, good video! Thats a telecaster Special edition? Greetings from $hile, south America.

  • @Andrlz_
    @Andrlz_ 13 дней назад +1

    Instructions unclear I bought a Warlock now I'm playing American football with max gain distortion

  • @floorsnacks9462
    @floorsnacks9462 2 года назад

    howdy steve! i was wondering if you could make a video or provide a link to some discount versions of your pedal setup? ty

  • @UnitedFeodor
    @UnitedFeodor 4 года назад

    Great vid

  • @ccandrew111
    @ccandrew111 4 года назад

    Personally like tuning to drop C#, that way I can get chugs into the mix

  • @adamtumminaroproductions1526
    @adamtumminaroproductions1526 4 года назад +1

    Hey Steve, what interface are you using? Have you ever had latency issues with it?

    • @LetsTalkAboutMathRock
      @LetsTalkAboutMathRock  4 года назад +1

      I'm using a behringer UMC 404 something-another. I haven't had any latency issues, but it's important to keep in mind that the PC's processing power is part of that. Make sure to use ASIO drivers in any DAW you record to, and to use direct monitoring for no latency monitoring. 👍

    • @adamtumminaroproductions1526
      @adamtumminaroproductions1526 4 года назад

      @@LetsTalkAboutMathRock thanks!

  • @christhornhill1
    @christhornhill1 4 года назад +1

    My dude or commenter friends!! I just got the tele (with a chip oddly enough) but can only afford one pedal right now, what would you recommend?

  • @justkaizen1392
    @justkaizen1392 4 года назад

    I thought you were about to play sleepy dogs song at 1:37

  • @nadienada2723
    @nadienada2723 4 года назад

    Exelente amigo saludos desde peru en cuarentena gracias.

  • @oooBUBU7ooo
    @oooBUBU7ooo 3 года назад +1

    I need more stoned and slightly too long tutorials in my life

  • @burieddagger8064
    @burieddagger8064 4 года назад

    No compressor?

    • @abey5403
      @abey5403 4 года назад

      the booster helps

  • @gbsoffiati
    @gbsoffiati 2 года назад

    this is so funny why is this so funny
    and informative

  • @nitecrwlrz
    @nitecrwlrz 4 года назад

    oh how beautiful this telecaster is :')

  • @mephistaii1469
    @mephistaii1469 Год назад

    Hi. Can I ask you? What specific model of fender telecaster do you use? Thank you.

  • @panache2521
    @panache2521 2 года назад +1

    Can you do it with humbuckers

    • @LetsTalkAboutMathRock
      @LetsTalkAboutMathRock  2 года назад

      For sure. You would just need to adjust for the more output from the pickups etc.