Ultimate Midwest Emo Guitar Tone Tutorial

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  • Опубликовано: 6 июл 2024
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    Hello, Steve here. In this tongue n cheek ‪@DovydasMusic‬ style tutorial video I look at a few things you can do to get a good midwest emo style guitar tone.
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Комментарии • 350

  • @LetsTalkAboutMathRock
    @LetsTalkAboutMathRock  3 месяца назад +1

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  • @matt55800
    @matt55800 4 года назад +1226

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

    • @plsno420
      @plsno420 4 года назад +19

      Same

    • @sharkwang1542
      @sharkwang1542 3 года назад +4

      Jimaroc damn

    • @allashuwa_
      @allashuwa_ 3 года назад +17

      He's not drunk, drunk is him

    • @klfaregonnarocku
      @klfaregonnarocku 2 года назад +6

      He is a meerkat

    • @THE-CRT
      @THE-CRT 6 месяцев назад +2

      I think English just isn’t his first language

  • @Avalanze1
    @Avalanze1 2 года назад +79

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

  • @samueljett7807
    @samueljett7807 4 года назад +1158

    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!!

    • @tantotopps
      @tantotopps 4 года назад +8

      All three are accurate to me

    • @fv8399
      @fv8399 4 года назад +27

      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

  • @Comonad
    @Comonad 4 года назад +580

    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 +36

      😂

    • @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 +357

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

  • @striker1992
    @striker1992 4 года назад +150

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

  • @nehemiahzo_
    @nehemiahzo_ 4 года назад +21

    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.

  • @iralsmith
    @iralsmith 4 года назад +167

    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.

  • @starssalvageman
    @starssalvageman 4 года назад +15

    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.

  • @lezath9916
    @lezath9916 4 года назад +34

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

  • @TheZooropaBaby
    @TheZooropaBaby 4 года назад +53

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

  • @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 +9

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

  • @JustinHawkes
    @JustinHawkes 2 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 2 года назад

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

  • @two_string78
    @two_string78 3 года назад +1

    Thank you for the video. Learned a lot!

  • @neverknowsbest1717
    @neverknowsbest1717 4 года назад +92

    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!!! 😂

  • @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

  • @kunoichirecords
    @kunoichirecords 4 года назад +1

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

  • @elblouses128
    @elblouses128 4 года назад +3

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

  • @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

  • @jbasti227
    @jbasti227 3 года назад +15

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

  • @SocialAutism
    @SocialAutism 4 года назад +62

    I wonder how Dovydas would react to thus here parody.

  • @khoiplaysguitar
    @khoiplaysguitar 4 года назад +275

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

  • @dustyandsneezing
    @dustyandsneezing 4 года назад +1

    Awesome video, thank you!

  • @Faulheit
    @Faulheit 4 года назад +24

    never meant just had to be played here

  • @AwesomeWholesome
    @AwesomeWholesome 4 года назад

    Thanks Steve, I got my copy!

  • @marcospintor1333
    @marcospintor1333 4 года назад +1

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

  • @eudaimon13
    @eudaimon13 2 года назад

    Beautiful.
    thanks.

  • @mooricomics9240
    @mooricomics9240 4 года назад +2

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

  • @taufiqulhakim6582
    @taufiqulhakim6582 4 года назад +1

    Fucking love you man, please dont die

  • @WhiteCranK
    @WhiteCranK 3 года назад

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

  • @MidwestEmoVibes
    @MidwestEmoVibes 4 года назад

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

  • @Lkease
    @Lkease 4 года назад +5

    "Hey one person who watches my videos"
    Instant like

  • @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 +12

      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 2 года назад

      @@Oceaneaterband What you recommend?

  • @NullFX
    @NullFX 3 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.

  • @shadowthedragonemperor6997
    @shadowthedragonemperor6997 4 года назад +1

    Awesome!

  • @duude9128
    @duude9128 4 года назад +18

    oh no he's been quarantined for too long

  • @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 9 месяцев назад

      Lake Placid Blue is one of my favorite guitar finishes

  • @complete_disintegration
    @complete_disintegration 3 года назад +1

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

  • @wesleyayres7017
    @wesleyayres7017 4 года назад +1

    Really enjoyed this, really funny and very useful :)

  • @Up_the_Pugs
    @Up_the_Pugs Год назад

    This is great.

  • @johnmorrison5502
    @johnmorrison5502 4 года назад +5

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

  • @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

  • @atrasstoumay
    @atrasstoumay 4 года назад +1

    Thank you ever so much

  • @YoctoYotta
    @YoctoYotta Год 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.

  • @Selumiana
    @Selumiana 3 года назад

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

  • @beastmonsterthing3
    @beastmonsterthing3 3 года назад

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

  • @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?

  • @UnitedFeodor
    @UnitedFeodor 4 года назад

    Great vid

  • @elsflora
    @elsflora 3 года назад +1

    ur so good at playing

  • @NodoKaii
    @NodoKaii 3 года назад

    Love you dude

  • @tim4k435
    @tim4k435 3 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!

  • @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

  • @adjustthesails6810
    @adjustthesails6810 3 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

  • @ellicensapo6846
    @ellicensapo6846 2 года назад

    The fender toastmaster my fav guitar

  • @Nemo_Ayanami
    @Nemo_Ayanami 4 года назад +49

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

  • @cameronneal4
    @cameronneal4 4 года назад +1

    The first sentence earned you a like.

  • @nadienada2723
    @nadienada2723 4 года назад

    Exelente amigo saludos desde peru en cuarentena gracias.

  • @Howard2k3k
    @Howard2k3k 4 года назад +4

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

  • @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

  • @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*

  • @erroldtumaque3430
    @erroldtumaque3430 Год назад +1

    damn your guitar signal is so clean

  • @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! 👍

  • @7a38fe
    @7a38fe 4 года назад

    how do you feel about amp simulation in ableton? Any you would recommend to someone without access to pedals?

  • @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?

  • @kagrawc
    @kagrawc 3 года назад

    Just wondering what kind of pickup will suit for the typical midwest emo tone?

  • @noesunyoutuber7680
    @noesunyoutuber7680 4 года назад +1

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

  • @williamallard9049
    @williamallard9049 5 месяцев назад

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

  • @yasso2031
    @yasso2031 3 года назад +1

    PLEASEEEEE MORE MIDWEST EMO TUTORIALS IM TRYING TO RELEASE AN EP

  • @NourMohamed-xe8zw
    @NourMohamed-xe8zw 4 года назад

    If you were using a strat what pickup would be best?

  • @miguelgarzon7729
    @miguelgarzon7729 4 года назад

    What is the second riff that you play? I love it...

  • @whatskraken3886
    @whatskraken3886 2 года назад

    the dovydas reference is amazing

  • @krystianorzechowski7425
    @krystianorzechowski7425 3 года назад

    Oi, mate, are you using reverb after the Iridium and go directly into audio interface from the reverb pedal?

  • @bobchichinske390
    @bobchichinske390 9 месяцев назад

    Best description ever lol

  • @mephistaii1469
    @mephistaii1469 Год назад

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

  • @zerodollarbird
    @zerodollarbird 4 года назад +1

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

  • @jonathan175x
    @jonathan175x 4 года назад

    Hey, how do you get 0 latency guitar playing through Ableton? Thanks

  • @first_mistake_forever_more
    @first_mistake_forever_more Год 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 Год назад

      Song is Never meant by American Football : )

  • @nitecrwlrz
    @nitecrwlrz 4 года назад

    oh how beautiful this telecaster is :')

  • @bobbyjayjohnson3460
    @bobbyjayjohnson3460 Месяц назад

    What’s the music in the background in the beginning of the video?

  • @jeffreyalexanderofficial
    @jeffreyalexanderofficial 2 года назад

    I use bias fx 2 I’m just not sure which presets I should use

  • @MarcelVLafonde
    @MarcelVLafonde 3 года назад

    Would this work if I had a fender blues jr. instead?

  • @vhego
    @vhego 2 года назад

    What if I have a 70s strat? :( Is it still good? Mind that mid pickup switch selection is my fav on it because it's so sparkly

  • @matthaw
    @matthaw 2 года назад +1

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

  • @joshbittner
    @joshbittner 4 года назад

    Still gonna play on the neck pickup :P and also the bridge pickup with some gain gets nice and raunchy. Man I need to play my Tele more, lol

  • @Rawkabilly57
    @Rawkabilly57 4 года назад

    What was the second pedal in your chain?

  • @IPlayTheFHorn
    @IPlayTheFHorn 4 года назад

    What happened to the EQD Arrows on the board?

  • @teewan777
    @teewan777 4 месяца назад +2

    "chip is optional"😆

  • @dotastrategy8422
    @dotastrategy8422 3 года назад

    How about the scale? What scale you most play? Plsss

  • @fatmatrow
    @fatmatrow 4 года назад

    Whats the giant pedal on the bottom row

  • @psychogenical1419
    @psychogenical1419 Год назад

    I dont understand do i need to retune after i get the capo on? On facgce?

  • @FakeRejectSanity
    @FakeRejectSanity 6 месяцев назад +2

    my favorite tuning is ファック tuning

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

    god i love you steve

  • @gbsoffiati
    @gbsoffiati Год назад

    this is so funny why is this so funny
    and informative

  • @mettytv4176
    @mettytv4176 4 года назад

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

  • @BecketSolis
    @BecketSolis 4 года назад

    vibin

  • @StudioKaleidoscope1
    @StudioKaleidoscope1 4 года назад

    what's the song that's in the background towards the end?

  • @davidkekstroll5836
    @davidkekstroll5836 4 года назад

    Jazzmaster for the win!

  • @ccandrew111
    @ccandrew111 4 года назад

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

  • @aaronwalakay
    @aaronwalakay 3 года назад

    What pedal is the one on the bottom??