Thank you to Bob Rock for taking the time to come on the show! Bob had some internet connection issues here and there but there is so much amazing information in this interview. Thank you to Pete Thorn for guest co-hosting. We hope you enjoy!
If Dave Friedman is repairing John Sykes' Jose Marshall, I guess there is a way of contacting him and having him as a guest. I hear he is a bit reclusive nowadays, but you can always harass him and threaten him by saying things like"if you don't come to our show I won't give you the amp back" etc. etc.🤣🤣🤣 Just an idea 😉
Exactly - that was a major surprise to me yet the compliment to John Sykes is well deserved. John Sykes is criminally underrated - his own individual and instantly recognisable style, fantastic guitarist both at rhythm and blistering lead but an astonishingly great rock singer. Please return John - we miss you.
Wow this is 3 years ago & I’m just now watching. I love tone talk. This is a excellent show thank you guys I found out the other day Bob was in Payola & did Eyes of a stranger. Bob seems like a cool cat.
FINALLY the St Anger snare has been explained. Steve Thompson explained the lack bass on ...And Justice For All a few years back, and here Bob Rock explained the infamous St Anger snare. Now there can be peace.
actually lars told that years ago in an interview, that they were going for a ‘garage-y feel’. anyway, personally I think st anger sucks, but mainly because the songwriting is shit, sound wise I actually like it, there’s some kind of ‘garage metal’ going on, it just sounds...raw. I dig it.
I watched every minute of this and I want more! BR is my favorite rock producer ever. Sonic Temple guitar sounds are epic. Also, Paul Dean's sound on Turn me Loose always impressed me so much. Now I know it was a Marshall Super Lead, single track, amazing! So many great insights in this video.
Thank you very much and thanks for watching my videos! I have to say that I really liked when Bob was talking about Keith Scott. I watched Keith play in Zingo and Bowser Moon so many times back in the day around Vancouver and he was always the best player on the circuit. His sound was amazing even back then and yes he used a Hiwatt amp.
My oh my - how good was this interview!!! Whoa! Priceless Holy Grail info for us guitarists!!! And Mentioning the Mighty John Sykes as "The greatest guitarist I have ever recorded" - a well deserved honour bestowed upon Thunder Fingers Sykes. THANK YOU Tone-Talk!!!!
Watching “A Year and a half in the life of Metallica” and seeing Bob in the studio made me pursue sound engineering... almost 30 years later, a customer asked me to build him a tweed Bandmaster, and knowing a little about the Clapton/Dumble Bandmaster, I used that as my inspiration. Now I learn it was originally built for Bob, and I feel like a teenager watching that Metallica VHS again... talk about full circle!! Blown away. Great episode!! - JP from Henry Amps
legendary Bobbie Rock should come visit his auntie Martha and cousin Jennifer when he's in Huntington Beach! we've lived here since '91 - miss you and love you, sweetheart!
One of the best shows yet. I have been a huge fan of Bob since 1991 or so. He really is a super cool guy. Some of my favorite footage of him is from all of the in-studio stuff he did with Metallica. There are some funny and great moments in those vids. Thanks for coming on Bob!
Sykes is my #1 favorite.. Nice to hear Bob give him the nod. Such a tasteful and brilliant player and performer and made it look so effortless. He has it all
Thanks to Bob Rock for opening up a bit! And thanks for the questions, especially to Pete. I would love to hear more from Bob about recording and mixing, because his records sound fantastic, and there isn't a lot out there about his techniques. Pensado, Warren Huart........?
16:30 funny :) i have to say that I've listened to a few Bob Rock interviews, and his candid manner of relating really inspires me and energises me every time , makes me want to record more. Can you imagine working with the guy, he comes across as a very a decent human ! Kudos
Bob Rock was so cool with his stories, and Pete Thorn a session player just discovered this guy I went to check his solo albums, this guy is hot guitar player just a nice beautiful discovery. Oh yeah fantastic channel.
When I used to stayed at my uncle's house, I went to Blockbuster LLC to get this 2004 Metallica documentary movie Some Kind Of Monster on DVD for my him. Remember that?
This episode was only bested by the Jake E Lee runaway episode IMHO. :^) Being a Canadian and of a certain age, I had a Hiwatt 100 I ordered from the US in the early 70s and my buddy had a Canadian 50 a few years later. The difference blew me away. Many years later I met and befriended John McIntyre, an amp designer/builder, and he explained the differences to me in great detail. All of which went over my head. But basically they're cascaded channels as you guys noted.
Luke have to say though, despite Bob Rock actually being the 5th member of Metallica, I think he was wrong RE Mesa Mark III, Randy Staub said he used a Mark IIC++ and a Mark IV
Very cool to hear Bob Rock. He's done a lot of great records, and he made some really good sounding 311 songs too. Those songs he did with them plain sound good, some are very heavy, some very Maui. But Bob Rock is a Canadian and Rock icon.
(Liam Neeson voice)-"Whoever thumbs this video down I will find you and I will.......kindly ask you to change it lol. Seriously even if your a hater I would think it would be next to impossible to thumbs down this video. Thanks so much guys im prob gonna rewatch it a dozen times over the next few weeks lol. Cheers Marc Pete and Dave you guys are the best seriously can't thank you enough for this
Also the new format is tremendous Marc 👏 you really are doing great piloting the show buddy I would be shaking so bad I wouldn't even be able to type lol. Cheers
Pps please get Brendan Obrien and I would love to know the signal chain for STP first album core one of my favorite tones of all time. Sounded more like the huge tones of the 80s than mid nineties grunge tone. So badass
Great episode with great stories. I was trying to place his voice because it sounded so familiar. I finally figured it out... Benjamin Linus from TV show Lost. Heh
26:30 Bob got confused about Jason's gear, he later during Load/Reload experimented with P bass and had an old one for that (seen in some studio videos around that time). He went with an '81 Spector NS2 for the vast majority of the Black Album and that sound is unmistakeable.
You guys are my people! There are basses and then there is Spector and as soon as you hear it without knowing ANYTHING about a band or recording you know immediately THAT is a SPECTOR!
Can’t be “unmistakable” if you clowns think it’s a Spector and the dude who made the album just told you it isn’t 🤣 Sounds like you’re trying to justify the purchases you’ve made
@@Justice_Hammer this is 100 percent accurate… it’s like these idiots that think “bob is confused” because he said the black album is a MARK III ON THIS DOCUMENTARY and not a mark IIC*… fucking hillarious
I have two of the Canadian Hiwatt, a DR-103 and a DR-504, made the same week in 1978. The story as I know it is they were imported into Montreal (Erikson Distributors maybe?). I know the name of the guy that was modding them but I don’t want to say the name because my memory is awful and I don’t want to be wrong. They’re the only Hiwatts I’ve ever owned or played so I have no idea what a non Canadian mod Hiwatt sounds like. The 50w breaks up at a reasonable volume but the power of the 100w has actually scared guitarist buddies of mine. I used the 100w for bass for years as it’s impossibly loud for guitar. I finally bought an attenuator for the 100w and using it was the single biggest tone moment in my life, he most dynamic tone I’ve ever experienced, everything was there as the turn of my guitars volume knob, no overdrive pedals needed, it be as if were insulting the amp to put one in front of it, lol. Hiwatts were extremely popular in Vancouver in the late 70’s and 80’s, I got mine for a song waaay back. The guy who filled me in on the import mod is a very famous guitarist whose name I won’t drop. I do think Alex Lifeson must have used them because he went through a Hiwatt phase, and of course the amazing Keith Scott is another famous user. Geeked hard here but as soon as I heard the Hiwatt chat I couldn’t help myself.
I wonder how you could locate that low frequency 'gonk' chug/crunch sound that hetfield loves in a scientific way? That low end sound is super satisfying
A fantastic guest to have on the show is JON SCHAFFER of ICED EARTH!! He has THE guitar tone. Also: Tom and Jim Morris, Terry Date, Neil Kernon, The Mack.
Great episode. Please consider inviting Vinnie Moore. He is one of the great guitarist on par with Steve Vai, Satriani, Andy Timmons, Marty Friedman. Highly regarded musicians that have big memorable albums and guitar songs bigger than many other guitar heroes mentioned.
Really enjoyed this video, I think Dave should release a book like "Burst Believers" by Vic DePra, but all about famous amps, and how they influenced him and other builders.
Thank God Bob Rock has dedicated his life to Audio and not Video.... my goodness! ... I'm so dizzy!. (just kidding. A big fan here) . Great interview guys, despite Bob's camera skills ;)
Thank you guys! It’s awesome show! Bob Rock is a superstar! It was a great release! Maybe you can invite Colin Richardson or Andy Snip? That would be just great! I would really like to know a lot about their work, how they achieve this crazy guitar tone! But why is there so little information about them on the Internet, I would really like to ask them about their methods!
I love the production on the Kingdom Come album. The flack that album got for sounding like Led Zep seems ridiculous now when you compare it to bands like Greta Van Fleet!
Great episode! JPJ was angry at Bob for producing Kingdom Come because they had a similar sound? Let's be honest, Zepp ripped off blues artists like non-other. Straight up plagiarized Elmore James, Leadbelly, Howlin' Wolf, Albert King, Muddy Waters and, especially, Willie Dixon.
Thank you to Bob Rock for taking the time to come on the show! Bob had some internet connection issues here and there but there is so much amazing information in this interview. Thank you to Pete Thorn for guest co-hosting. We hope you enjoy!
Great guest for sure! Hopefully you guys can fix the internet streaming issues for upcoming streams!
Thank you guys
Bob Rocks!!!
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Right on ;)
Just to document the Sykes references for anyone interested:
42:13
44:42-best guitar player Bob has ever recorded
59:39
If Dave Friedman is repairing John Sykes' Jose Marshall, I guess there is a way of contacting him and having him as a guest. I hear he is a bit reclusive nowadays, but you can always harass him and threaten him by saying things like"if you don't come to our show I won't give you the amp back" etc. etc.🤣🤣🤣 Just an idea 😉
The comment about John Sykes being the greatest guitar player he ever worked with blew my mind lol.. I'm a huge Sykes fan.
Exactly - that was a major surprise to me yet the compliment to John Sykes is well deserved. John Sykes is criminally underrated - his own individual and instantly recognisable style, fantastic guitarist both at rhythm and blistering lead but an astonishingly great rock singer. Please return John - we miss you.
Wow this is 3 years ago & I’m just now watching.
I love tone talk.
This is a excellent show thank you guys
I found out the other day Bob was in Payola & did Eyes of a stranger.
Bob seems like a cool cat.
FINALLY the St Anger snare has been explained. Steve Thompson explained the lack bass on ...And Justice For All a few years back, and here Bob Rock explained the infamous St Anger snare. Now there can be peace.
Yup. It was Lars's fault. lol!
Time stamp for that segment..?
F-type 1:19:08
actually lars told that years ago in an interview, that they were going for a ‘garage-y feel’. anyway, personally I think st anger sucks, but mainly because the songwriting is shit, sound wise I actually like it, there’s some kind of ‘garage metal’ going on, it just sounds...raw. I dig it.
“John Sykes is the greatest guitar player I have ever recorded” - Bob Rock
Didn’t he say the same thing about someone else?????
min?
Wow!!! Sykes is in my top 5....what a compliment for Sykes
@@dgs931 an absolute demon!
The mystery guitarist Bob referenced as laying down guide trax for Mötley was Phil 'I'm not on Coke" X......
You can’t get a higher complement than from Bob Rock.
I watched every minute of this and I want more! BR is my favorite rock producer ever. Sonic Temple guitar sounds are epic. Also, Paul Dean's sound on Turn me Loose always impressed me so much. Now I know it was a Marshall Super Lead, single track, amazing! So many great insights in this video.
Shutup & Play - Guitar Tutorials Thanks for watching, we appreciate it! You have a great channel also. Have watched it many times for lessons. Thanks!
Thank you very much and thanks for watching my videos! I have to say that I really liked when Bob was talking about Keith Scott. I watched Keith play in Zingo and Bowser Moon so many times back in the day around Vancouver and he was always the best player on the circuit. His sound was amazing even back then and yes he used a Hiwatt amp.
My oh my - how good was this interview!!! Whoa! Priceless Holy Grail info for us guitarists!!! And Mentioning the Mighty John Sykes as "The greatest guitarist I have ever recorded" - a well deserved honour bestowed upon Thunder Fingers Sykes. THANK YOU Tone-Talk!!!!
Bob makes massive sounding records! I friggin’ love that guy!
Bob… pretty pretty please, record some of my songs.
Watching “A Year and a half in the life of Metallica” and seeing Bob in the studio made me pursue sound engineering... almost 30 years later, a customer asked me to build him a tweed Bandmaster, and knowing a little about the Clapton/Dumble Bandmaster, I used that as my inspiration. Now I learn it was originally built for Bob, and I feel like a teenager watching that Metallica VHS again... talk about full circle!! Blown away. Great episode!!
- JP from Henry Amps
i wore that VHS out back in the day!
both tapes!!
legendary Bobbie Rock should come visit his auntie Martha and cousin Jennifer when he's in Huntington Beach! we've lived here since '91 - miss you and love you, sweetheart!
I never get tired of you all talking about stuff
Thanks!
Hands down best guitar/amp panel talk I've ever heard. Plz do a part 2.
Addition of PT added another flavor to the talk. Just awesome !
Thank you...💚🎸
One of the best shows yet. I have been a huge fan of Bob since 1991 or so. He really is a super cool guy. Some of my favorite footage of him is from all of the in-studio stuff he did with Metallica. There are some funny and great moments in those vids. Thanks for coming on Bob!
Like when Hetfield FARTS on him?🤣
What did you guys like about the clips from Metallica 2004 documentary movie Some Kind Of Monster with Bob Rock in it guys?
"and Bob's your uncle"
Sykes is my #1 favorite.. Nice to hear Bob give him the nod. Such a tasteful and brilliant player and performer and made it look so effortless. He has it all
Bob and that phone, I’ve been laughing the whole time.
Thanks to Bob Rock for opening up a bit! And thanks for the questions, especially to Pete. I would love to hear more from Bob about recording and mixing, because his records sound fantastic, and there isn't a lot out there about his techniques. Pensado, Warren Huart........?
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE hound John Sykes to come on....he needs to be relevant again... FANTASTIC interview. Bob is the Google of the rock world!
Sykes is phenomenal
Bob Rock is the greatest living producer.
I am here watching again a year later because Bob is awesome.
Didn't know Pete was canadian, I heard it right away when he spoke to the fellow canuck, Bob. Cool! :)
Wonderful interview with the best to ever do it. I've watched this multiple times already. Thank you guys so much for this.
Had no idea Bob Rock was in the band behind the song Eyes of a Stranger... Love that song !!
Thanks so much guys and yeah wow Payolla's! Bob you Rock!
I could listen to Bob for days.
16:30 funny :) i have to say that I've listened to a few Bob Rock interviews, and his candid manner of relating really inspires me and energises me every time , makes me want to record more. Can you imagine working with the guy, he comes across as a very a decent human ! Kudos
Great interview - lovely to have Pete on there, too. You three are a good team! :-)
Fantastic job guys. Thank You! ❤️
What a show !! Love the new software too...thanks guys 👍🏻
Totally agree on both counts.
Thank you for all the hard work you guys do to put on the podcast. I appreciate the effort.
Anthony Rodriguez thank you!!
Bob Rock was so cool with his stories, and Pete Thorn a session player just discovered this guy I went to check his solo albums,
this guy is hot guitar player just a nice beautiful discovery. Oh yeah fantastic channel.
When I used to stayed at my uncle's house, I went to Blockbuster LLC to get this 2004 Metallica documentary movie Some Kind Of Monster on DVD for my him. Remember that?
20:51 starts talking black album tone
thanks bro
Thanks
🫡
This was fantastic thank you everyone!
I had a Hiwatt 50w I bought in Thunder Bay, Ontario, and that thing ripped. Now I know why.
This is GOLD
Thank you
Another great show, as always - great guest and co-host!
Of course I'm the crazy person who loved the St Anger snare sound lol! It gave me a Helmet vibe
This episode was only bested by the Jake E Lee runaway episode IMHO. :^) Being a Canadian and of a certain age, I had a Hiwatt 100 I ordered from the US in the early 70s and my buddy had a Canadian 50 a few years later. The difference blew me away. Many years later I met and befriended John McIntyre, an amp designer/builder, and he explained the differences to me in great detail. All of which went over my head. But basically they're cascaded channels as you guys noted.
Oh dang Misha and Tosin!
And Lukather?!
Hell yeah!
This interview is Gold! Thanks for getting Bob on guys! Im a big fan of the show.
I could listen to this stuff all day , so awesome! Thanks for sharing fellas.
Great to have PT on
First note played you can tell it's a Bob Rock Production ....The Best !!!
Thaks for the great show. Please, get John Sykes on here!
Killer show guys. Really enjoyed this one.
SO good!
I love the guitar tone that Bob Rock got outta James.
Luke black album
Luke Yes I agree.
Luke have to say though, despite Bob Rock actually being the 5th member of Metallica, I think he was wrong RE Mesa Mark III, Randy Staub said he used a Mark IIC++ and a Mark IV
Great show!!!!!! So happy you’ll have Luke as guest 🚀🚀 🤟🏻 Thanks guys for all the stories and knowledge!
You bet!
Very cool to hear Bob Rock. He's done a lot of great records, and he made some really good sounding 311 songs too. Those songs he did with them plain sound good, some are very heavy, some very Maui. But Bob Rock is a Canadian and Rock icon.
Wow that's my role model. Thank you sir for this one. I really appreciate it. I wish I could be like you
(Liam Neeson voice)-"Whoever thumbs this video down I will find you and I will.......kindly ask you to change it lol. Seriously even if your a hater I would think it would be next to impossible to thumbs down this video. Thanks so much guys im prob gonna rewatch it a dozen times over the next few weeks lol. Cheers Marc Pete and Dave you guys are the best seriously can't thank you enough for this
Also the new format is tremendous Marc 👏 you really are doing great piloting the show buddy I would be shaking so bad I wouldn't even be able to type lol. Cheers
Pps please get Brendan Obrien and I would love to know the signal chain for STP first album core one of my favorite tones of all time. Sounded more like the huge tones of the 80s than mid nineties grunge tone. So badass
Thanks! lol I really appreciate it
Awesome! Thanks for this 🙏🙂
Greatest Takeaway from Bob Rock - “Break The Rules”
This is awesome! The whole interview but kirk's solo argue in the black album is priceless 1:06:00
Even if one is not a fan of Loverboy, their playing and guitar tone are undeniably great if you like thick, meaty, luscious rock guitar tone.
Great episode with great stories. I was trying to place his voice because it sounded so familiar. I finally figured it out... Benjamin Linus from TV show Lost. Heh
What amazing stories and knowledge!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
1:57:19 part 2 black album tone
26:30 Bob got confused about Jason's gear, he later during Load/Reload experimented with P bass and had an old one for that (seen in some studio videos around that time). He went with an '81 Spector NS2 for the vast majority of the Black Album and that sound is unmistakeable.
You are absolutely correct about that. I thought the same when he said it. You can't mistake that Spector Growl.
You guys are my people!
There are basses and then there is Spector and as soon as you hear it without knowing ANYTHING about a band or recording you know immediately THAT is a SPECTOR!
Can’t be “unmistakable” if you clowns think it’s a Spector and the dude who made the album just told you it isn’t 🤣 Sounds like you’re trying to justify the purchases you’ve made
@@Justice_Hammer this is 100 percent accurate… it’s like these idiots that think “bob is confused” because he said the black album is a MARK III ON THIS DOCUMENTARY and not a mark IIC*… fucking hillarious
Great questions. So good.
So awesome 🤘👌
Such a great interview, thanks!
Fantastic Show..
Thank you .....lots of info
Glad it was helpful!
I have two of the Canadian Hiwatt, a DR-103 and a DR-504, made the same week in 1978. The story as I know it is they were imported into Montreal (Erikson Distributors maybe?). I know the name of the guy that was modding them but I don’t want to say the name because my memory is awful and I don’t want to be wrong. They’re the only Hiwatts I’ve ever owned or played so I have no idea what a non Canadian mod Hiwatt sounds like. The 50w breaks up at a reasonable volume but the power of the 100w has actually scared guitarist buddies of mine. I used the 100w for bass for years as it’s impossibly loud for guitar. I finally bought an attenuator for the 100w and using it was the single biggest tone moment in my life, he most dynamic tone I’ve ever experienced, everything was there as the turn of my guitars volume knob, no overdrive pedals needed, it be as if were insulting the amp to put one in front of it, lol. Hiwatts were extremely popular in Vancouver in the late 70’s and 80’s, I got mine for a song waaay back. The guy who filled me in on the import mod is a very famous guitarist whose name I won’t drop. I do think Alex Lifeson must have used them because he went through a Hiwatt phase, and of course the amazing Keith Scott is another famous user. Geeked hard here but as soon as I heard the Hiwatt chat I couldn’t help myself.
luv his 311 stuff
I wonder how you could locate that low frequency 'gonk' chug/crunch sound that hetfield loves in a scientific way? That low end sound is super satisfying
THIS. IS. AWESOME 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
A fantastic guest to have on the show is JON SCHAFFER of ICED EARTH!! He has THE guitar tone. Also: Tom and Jim Morris, Terry Date, Neil Kernon, The Mack.
Great interview! Didn't know Bob was also a filmographer!
Awesome stream guys!!!! Bob super! Please Colin Richardson next!! ) please please!!! Cheers from Russia!
There he is on the bottom right in this show. There's Bob Rock in the car.
Great episode. Please consider inviting Vinnie Moore. He is one of the great guitarist on par with Steve Vai, Satriani, Andy Timmons, Marty Friedman. Highly regarded musicians that have big memorable albums and guitar songs bigger than many other guitar heroes mentioned.
Great interview
Really enjoyed this video, I think Dave should release a book like "Burst Believers" by Vic DePra, but all about famous amps, and how they influenced him and other builders.
Bob is in his truck, best silent place for a remote meeting I believe :)
Great show fellas 🤘🏻
Thank God Bob Rock has dedicated his life to Audio and not Video.... my goodness! ... I'm so dizzy!. (just kidding. A big fan here) . Great interview guys, despite Bob's camera skills ;)
Bob Rock used to talk to Torben when I was watching that Metallica documentary movie "Some Kind Of Monster"
Speaking of, please have Vernon Reid on the show when you can!
Yes!!! Vernon reid would be a perfect guest
Thank you guys! It’s awesome show! Bob Rock is a superstar! It was a great release! Maybe you can invite Colin Richardson or Andy Snip? That would be just great! I would really like to know a lot about their work, how they achieve this crazy guitar tone! But why is there so little information about them on the Internet, I would really like to ask them about their methods!
Fun to hear Pete “speak Canadian” all of a sudden, heh!?
Wat abowt et?
All of a sudden? Guess this is the 1st video of Pete's that you've seen.
Whata hoszer !😂
1:21:51 “GOINK GOINK” 😂🙏
Canada and Canadian musicians fucking rule! Great interview.
Great show...should get Billy Duffy on too
Excellent show 10/10👍👍👍😀😀
Thank you!
Awesome show you guys!! Thank you!
Now I know why mkIII prices started shooting up
So the Black album was a Mark III and not a Mark IIC+ (and a Jose Marshall for mids/flavs) #mindblown
I just ordered T4416 Celestion V30’s through my local Mesa dealer for my Marshall 4x12 cab. The only way I could get the correct V30s in Australia.
1:19:10 "st anger's famous snare" story 🤣😂🤣😂😂
THANK YOU for that timestamp.
What an absolutely fascinating configuration that’s like a gold mine of info! Can you have these 3 on again?? Fuckin great channel man👌
Jason Newsted is shown tracking with a black Spector bass with gold hardware on the ‘year and a half’ documentary. Or maybe they were scratch tracks
What’s the time stamp for St Anger snare drum discussion?
I love the production on the Kingdom Come album. The flack that album got for sounding like Led Zep seems ridiculous now when you compare it to bands like Greta Van Fleet!
Great episode! JPJ was angry at Bob for producing Kingdom Come because they had a similar sound? Let's be honest, Zepp ripped off blues artists like non-other. Straight up plagiarized Elmore James, Leadbelly, Howlin' Wolf, Albert King, Muddy Waters and, especially, Willie Dixon.
JOHN SKYKES, THE BEST, PERIOD.