Great vid, as always! Hey, about guitar tones, I like to balance between tube head tone and an additional tone and a pedal to push the first amps stage, which in my case would be SD-1. Would you take to the island just the amp or would you prefer some pedal in front of that? And if yes, why?
Thank you both! I am extremely interested in a studio tour! - I would say, desert island bass rig, since Warren already brought a Marshall I’m set! 😉 (Lemmy) Kick drum mic for versatility, SE V-Kick. Cheers and Beers from 🇨🇦 🍻🍻
This was awesome. Love Warren. I have the Sennheiser e602 and two of the e902. I use the 902 on floor toms and the 602 on the bass drum. I also love the e604s on toms and snare and the e614s for O.H. Vocals I like a SM58 or now I use the Sennheiser e935. Use those on guitar as well. Bass, I run D.I. with the Mammoth plugin! The bass is super nice. An ESP 415 something or other. Yamaha drums. With this setup, I could probably just do some high passing on things, very little eq if any at all and have a great sound.
As for the bass: yeah, I agree that you could go with a pedal nowadays, though the Darkglass Alpha Omega ever so slightly edges out the SansAmp. Otherwise I think a handful of 57s, 414s (or adjacents for both) for pretty much everything and a good kick mic could take you some way
I love the sennheiser e602-II on kick sooooooo much more than the audix d6. I loved the d6 for such a long time, but it's rarely getting use now. I'd be curious to try the e902
Two of my favorite music production people in the same room talking gear. Is it Christmas? The tom mics I'd love to have one day are the Earthworks DM20. I've seen many demo'd here on UToob and they always sound so good.
That recommendation is actually Warren's anyway, but I can't emphasize enough what a great mic the Lewitt Authentica LCT 140 is for acoustic guitars. And it‘s cheap But i am just a homerecording bum
To main voltage and marshall sound. This is as always a multipart aswer: 1. It should not make an difference. Since it doesn't matter if the main trafo tranfers from 110V to 6.3V heating voltage and 200V (or whatever the tubes need) or 230V to the same voltages. 2. But: as some mentioned they sound different at different voltages. Means different if the actual voltage is 230V, 220V, 225V, 240V and so on. And if you bring for instance an Amp from a europaen studio with actual 236V to an american studio with 108V at the mains it can make a difference. But that has nothing to do with 110V versus 230V but slight changes. 3. At 110V there is more current. Twice as much and higher Frequency, factor 1.2. That makes a factor of 1.74. (I / f). This can affect the smoothing of the voltage. But it doubt that 1.74 more ripple makes a difference in sound. It only adds more hum at 120Hz than in europe at 100Hz. Hum can effect the sound perception. Guys from Native Instruments and their B4-organ-plugin wrote this in an article. And a lot of plugins simulating old gear have 50Hz and 60Hz switch to simulate the hum. 4. Theres a video if Angus Youngs live equipment. Best voltage for Marshall 234V or 236V at 60Hz ... ruclips.net/video/j5C7GKGxICg/видео.html
Well in electronic we always need to take two things into account, the two most convenient are the voltage and impedance. I do agree with your n1 point on voltage but a 240V primary transformer will definitely not have the same output impedance as a 120V one (same apply if you just use different winding on the same tranfo as is often the case). That will indeed have an impact on how saggy the power supply is and thus the dynamic character of the amp when played at full volume. I dont see that making much a difference for amps with tube rectifier as then it's the rectifier tube impedance that will vastly dominate anyway. For the point 2/4 you are totally right, that will change the bias of all tube stages so will make the gain/clipping structure vary quiet significantly. I here that it's became a common practice in studio to use variac autotransformer in that regard. High quality power conditioner where part of most big tour rig back in the day where there was still such a thing as tour rigs, they performe the same role but even better as they can perfectly regulate the main power to whatever you want. For the point 3 you only have more curent in the primary, but the magnetic flux being function of curent that mean you should need a core twice as big (which is never the case on any amps). The 240V imput would be much more forgiving in that regards. In a perfect world we would have a perfectly balanced pure sine wave so it should not be an issue, but unfortunately we have to use our amp in our not so perfect world so... In some Marshall i can see core saturation being the offender also as the company is famous for having cheaped out on transformers on JCM900 and later. Would not be the case in a plexi where the the transformers where properly sized. This undersized transformer issue is much more problematic for the output transformer where it result in a lack of bass but that's true whatever the power supply. As for the hum well most of it comes from tube's heater, it's only a problem with "bad" tubes, the things is it seams impossible to buy good ones in that regards these days. That's why Soldano, Friedman and several others have changed their power supply design in later years to use rectified heater curent so that new version perform just as well with the curent production tubes. Anyway that how it should have been done from the start if Leo fender has not been such a cheapass and marshall and later would not have blindly copied him. By the way that how on any blind test i can instantly pickup a real amp from a modeler, the modeler is much quieter on small silences part ;c). All in all i would say just get a Friedman or a Sovtec, don't solve all the problems but mitigates most, they are just better Marshalls.
@@KohleAudioKult Yeah, you need to go to a proper liquor market. I like the mega chain BEVMO!. They stock every beer imaginable. I'm a Delirium Tremens or Duvel guy.
I've had multiple "The Paul" guitars over the years in my used guitar shop. In my area of Canada, nobody wants those things. They sit around for months and sell for absolutely nothing. Damn near sell for Epiphone prices 😂
Gibsons actually seem to have fallen out of favor with the younger players. It's a grandpa guitar. I play 8-string with 27" scale length, and I have no desire to own any Gibson.
@@Producelikeapro Sadly, none in stock at the moment. I agree with you and Kohle though. Great guitars especially when you swap those lackluster tuners.
I don't think I could live without a Floyd Rose. Got them on all my guitars haha! Original of course, none of that "special" or licensed malarkey. Did that once and it never stayed in tune. 😜 Good luck finding a good beer, I'm sure everything tastes like piss when you're from Germany. 🍻😆
Kristian, you and Warren there, shooting the s.. t, two of my favorite RUclipsrs and not one beer? Maybe Warren doesn't drink. Which is fine, than break out of coffee.
@@KohleAudioKult That's terrible. I wish you luck in your quest for good beer in California. Hopefully there are some good craft beers to quench your thirst till you get home.
A little painful to watch but decent insights if you’re able to extract the information. The contrast between personalities is so stark. Light vs dark. Heaven meets hell. Englishman & German guy. Eww...IMO 🤘😆😂🤣👏👏 cheers anyways🍻🍻
Time to tell me YOUR DESERT ISLAND gear! Let me know! 🤘💪
Great times! Excited to do the studio tour with you
I forgot to mention the original Laney Amp that Tony Iommi used on the first Black Sabbath Album! That’s a huge favourite of mine
Hugh Padgham said on Warren's Channel that all he needed was an SM57 and a U87, that seems pretty correct to me
@@darlenesheffield9835 Hugh really knows what he’s talking about!
Great vid, as always! Hey, about guitar tones, I like to balance between tube head tone and an additional tone and a pedal to push the first amps stage, which in my case would be SD-1. Would you take to the island just the amp or would you prefer some pedal in front of that? And if yes, why?
Great times my friend! Thanks for having me! You Rock/Metal!
I finally made it to LA!
SUBSCRIBE and stay tuned for a lot of amazing content in the upcoming weeks! 🤘
Great times!! Los Angeles welcomes you my friend!
Thank you both! I am extremely interested in a studio tour! - I would say, desert island bass rig, since Warren already brought a Marshall I’m set! 😉 (Lemmy) Kick drum mic for versatility, SE V-Kick. Cheers and Beers from 🇨🇦 🍻🍻
Glad you made it! Hope to see more LA videos!
Very enjoyable and insightful! 😁🎸🎶🤘
Love this, please do the studio tour
Yes!! Excited to do it
Dynamic duo return!
Haha thanks
HELLYEAH for studio tour! I could listen to you too every day!
Thanks Henri!!
Of course we want the studio tour!
Fantastic!!
Sorry marvellous! Ha
@@Producelikeapro hahaha
Two of my absolute favorites together! Incredible! Made my whole day, thank you so much!
🤘🤘🤘
🔥🔥🔥
Thanks ever so much!!
Studio Tours and Namm with Warren and Kohle…I think I need to stock up on popcorn and beer supplies for the next weeks😻🤘🏽
Haha thanks very much!!
Haha! We will! 🤘
@@KohleAudioKult are you bringing the popcorn? Ha
Studio tour? Yes please
Coming soon!!
Oh yeah, definitely wanna see this studio!
Thanks ever so much
Can't wait for the studio tour. What are your desert island distortion/fuzz pedals?
That’s for the next episode!
Thanks! Yes, excited for the studio tour!
Love this video so much! It’s so great to see you finally talking to Warren face to face! Super awesome video! 😀👍🔥🔥🔥
Thanks ever so much Alexey! You Rock
This was awesome. Love Warren. I have the Sennheiser e602 and two of the e902. I use the 902 on floor toms and the 602 on the bass drum.
I also love the e604s on toms and snare and the e614s for O.H. Vocals I like a SM58 or now I use the Sennheiser e935. Use those on guitar as well. Bass, I run D.I. with the Mammoth plugin! The bass is super nice. An ESP 415 something or other. Yamaha drums. With this setup, I could probably just do some high passing on things, very little eq if any at all and have a great sound.
Thanks ever so much! Kristian Rocks!!
Looking forward for the Academy. Excellent work
Me too!!
Just met Kristian at NAMM and had lunch with him. Nice guy.
Nice to meet you!
@@KohleAudioKult likewise
Awesome!
As for the bass: yeah, I agree that you could go with a pedal nowadays, though the Darkglass Alpha Omega ever so slightly edges out the SansAmp. Otherwise I think a handful of 57s, 414s (or adjacents for both) for pretty much everything and a good kick mic could take you some way
Thanks ever so much for sharing!
Warren recommends Lewitt lct 550 for overhead. Time to give my LCT-540 a try for OH
Yes! I loved using that mic!
I love the sennheiser e602-II on kick sooooooo much more than the audix d6. I loved the d6 for such a long time, but it's rarely getting use now. I'd be curious to try the e902
Thanks for sharing! I love them both depending on the song! The Sennheiser is amazing value for money!
I use both. I tested them both on bass drum and liked the 602 better. I like the 902s on floor toms.
Cool! Warren is great! Always awesome videos! Great tips and mixes too! Very nice video !!!
Thanks ever so much! Kristian Rocks! B
Two of my favorite music production people in the same room talking gear. Is it Christmas? The tom mics I'd love to have one day are the Earthworks DM20. I've seen many demo'd here on UToob and they always sound so good.
Thanks ever so much! Always great taking with Kristian
You guys are making me miss The Paul. Never should have sold that guitar.
I hear you! It’s a great guitar
Great talk 🤘🏻
Thanks ever so much!
Thanks for the amazing content!
Great times!
Kristian Rocks!
The best desert island ping pong!
Great times!
What about guitar cabinet and speaker(s)?? The most important part of the guitar tone!
That will have to be for the next one!!
You’re right about that one!
You just forgot the pedals...but the studio tour will even this out I think.
At least I mentioned two pedals 🤘🤪
@@KohleAudioKult Ok, right, but...just do the studio tour for whatever reason 😛
I LOVE pedals!!
@@KohleAudioKult indeed
I loooooooove my Austrian Audio OC818! #vocals #singer
It’s a great mic!
Dangledangle - Chuggachugga!
Haha I'm learning so many 'technical' terms!
That recommendation is actually Warren's anyway, but I can't emphasize enough what a great mic the Lewitt Authentica LCT 140 is for acoustic guitars. And it‘s cheap
But i am just a homerecording bum
They make great Mics!! Thanks for the great comment
agree with you, i feel like their list miss a pair of small diaphragme
My desert island gear?
Soldano Slo 100 full stack…
And a boat !
Haha! Not a bad combo! 🤪
Haha a Boat!!
@@Producelikeapro , you prefer a yacht maybe? 😂
Desert island question:
What's your preference in strings and picks?
Good one! But I will play with whatever pick and strings as long as it's the right thickness / gauge.
@@KohleAudioKult coated vs uncoated strings?
@@josuastangl7140 I like coated, however I would imagine for metal it would be better to use Roundwound
To main voltage and marshall sound. This is as always a multipart aswer:
1. It should not make an difference. Since it doesn't matter if the main trafo tranfers from 110V to 6.3V heating voltage and 200V (or whatever the tubes need) or 230V to the same voltages.
2. But: as some mentioned they sound different at different voltages. Means different if the actual voltage is 230V, 220V, 225V, 240V and so on.
And if you bring for instance an Amp from a europaen studio with actual 236V to an american studio with 108V at the mains it can make a difference. But that has nothing to do with 110V versus 230V but slight changes.
3. At 110V there is more current. Twice as much and higher Frequency, factor 1.2. That makes a factor of 1.74. (I / f).
This can affect the smoothing of the voltage. But it doubt that 1.74 more ripple makes a difference in sound. It only adds more hum at 120Hz than in europe at 100Hz.
Hum can effect the sound perception. Guys from Native Instruments and their B4-organ-plugin wrote this in an article. And a lot of plugins simulating old gear have 50Hz and 60Hz switch to simulate the hum.
4. Theres a video if Angus Youngs live equipment. Best voltage for Marshall 234V or 236V at 60Hz ...
ruclips.net/video/j5C7GKGxICg/видео.html
Thanks ever so much for your insight!
Awesome. I was hoping someone would elaborate on that, thanks!
Well in electronic we always need to take two things into account, the two most convenient are the voltage and impedance. I do agree with your n1 point on voltage but a 240V primary transformer will definitely not have the same output impedance as a 120V one (same apply if you just use different winding on the same tranfo as is often the case). That will indeed have an impact on how saggy the power supply is and thus the dynamic character of the amp when played at full volume. I dont see that making much a difference for amps with tube rectifier as then it's the rectifier tube impedance that will vastly dominate anyway.
For the point 2/4 you are totally right, that will change the bias of all tube stages so will make the gain/clipping structure vary quiet significantly. I here that it's became a common practice in studio to use variac autotransformer in that regard. High quality power conditioner where part of most big tour rig back in the day where there was still such a thing as tour rigs, they performe the same role but even better as they can perfectly regulate the main power to whatever you want.
For the point 3 you only have more curent in the primary, but the magnetic flux being function of curent that mean you should need a core twice as big (which is never the case on any amps). The 240V imput would be much more forgiving in that regards. In a perfect world we would have a perfectly balanced pure sine wave so it should not be an issue, but unfortunately we have to use our amp in our not so perfect world so... In some Marshall i can see core saturation being the offender also as the company is famous for having cheaped out on transformers on JCM900 and later. Would not be the case in a plexi where the the transformers where properly sized. This undersized transformer issue is much more problematic for the output transformer where it result in a lack of bass but that's true whatever the power supply.
As for the hum well most of it comes from tube's heater, it's only a problem with "bad" tubes, the things is it seams impossible to buy good ones in that regards these days. That's why Soldano, Friedman and several others have changed their power supply design in later years to use rectified heater curent so that new version perform just as well with the curent production tubes. Anyway that how it should have been done from the start if Leo fender has not been such a cheapass and marshall and later would not have blindly copied him. By the way that how on any blind test i can instantly pickup a real amp from a modeler, the modeler is much quieter on small silences part ;c).
All in all i would say just get a Friedman or a Sovtec, don't solve all the problems but mitigates most, they are just better Marshalls.
Entertaining awesome video…I would love to see the outtakes 😄
It’s actually 98% the real thing. No real edits!
Haha great idea!
@@KohleAudioKult true, I think the outtakes of the day would be great!
Make California more German campaign!
Haha!
Über alles!
@@guitaristssuck8979 That's still exactly their problem
Boyz this was amazing🗡🍍🤮 can we get dessert island plug ins next?
Good idea!
@@KohleAudioKult +1
+ outboard gears
+ interface
When I was last in the US I had to drink German beer 🍺 that was 2012 hopefully there are some good craft brewers in CA now 🤘
But they all seem to make IPAs!
@@KohleAudioKult oh,
no good, too fruity for me🍺😣
@@KohleAudioKult Yeah, you need to go to a proper liquor market. I like the mega chain BEVMO!. They stock every beer imaginable. I'm a Delirium Tremens or Duvel guy.
@@oldnikix we sent the runner there last night to Bevmo!
@@KohleAudioKult My favorite is Celebrator dopplebock from Ayinger. Hard to find in the States.
But what would be your desert island beer? 🍺
I just thought the same thing!
We should have included drinks! 😩
@@KohleAudioKult hah PG Tips Tea!
I have the Lewitt 1040 its great but prefer the Neumann u87 on 12 string guitar. You still using your LCT 1040 or did it have to go back?
I use mine nearly every day! Love it
@@Producelikeapro that’s awesome
@@chickenlickin3820 Yes, we used on the video I'm putting up today!
@@Producelikeapro Thanks Eric and Warren love your videos and songwriting : )
@@chickenlickin3820 thanks! I really appreciate it
lass es krachen dud! 🤟🚀
Just goes to show how subjective ‘tone’ is that one of you picks the 5150 and the other doesn’t really even care for it, lol.
I appreciate Kohle giving love to the German crafted Diezel.
Haha yes! Exactly!
@@oldnikix great to chat with Kristian!! Excited to do the studio tour
That’s the beauty of it, right?
@@KohleAudioKult exactly!
I've had multiple "The Paul" guitars over the years in my used guitar shop. In my area of Canada, nobody wants those things. They sit around for months and sell for absolutely nothing. Damn near sell for Epiphone prices 😂
They're not exactly beautiful, but they're great guitars.
Gibsons actually seem to have fallen out of favor with the younger players. It's a grandpa guitar. I play 8-string with 27" scale length, and I have no desire to own any Gibson.
Can you give me the number of the store? Seriously I would buy as many as I could afford! They are fantastic guitars!!
@@KohleAudioKult marvellous guitars indeed
@@Producelikeapro Sadly, none in stock at the moment. I agree with you and Kohle though. Great guitars especially when you swap those lackluster tuners.
I don't think I could live without a Floyd Rose. Got them on all my guitars haha! Original of course, none of that "special" or licensed malarkey. Did that once and it never stayed in tune. 😜
Good luck finding a good beer, I'm sure everything tastes like piss when you're from Germany. 🍻😆
Haha we’ve stocked up on as much German beer as we could find for him!
@@Producelikeapro Excellent! I was fearing that he might perish! 😜🍻
@@DavePowell666 haha thank God for Bevmo!
Guitar cabs??
I mean, no doubt mesa os, but no mention?
It was spontaneous!
@@KohleAudioKult fair!
Kristian, you and Warren there, shooting the s.. t, two of my favorite RUclipsrs and not one beer? Maybe Warren doesn't drink. Which is fine, than break out of coffee.
Unfortunately I have to take care of the beers alone! 😩
@@KohleAudioKult That's terrible. I wish you luck in your quest for good beer in California. Hopefully there are some good craft beers to quench your thirst till you get home.
@@yanossnicklefritz7064 haha yes, I don’t drink! It’s Tea for me and twice as much beer for Kristian ha
@@KohleAudioKult haha you get to drink twice as much!
@@Producelikeapro All good and well Warren, tea is a fantastic drink too and that means a little more beer for the rest of us. 😊
what model of sE mic for snare and toms?
V7X or V-Beat
@@KohleAudioKult Aha! I forgot to ask that!
Let's try with V7
🤘💀🤘
what a nerds :D
YES!! I take that as a HUGE compliment!
@@Producelikeapro it is meant to be as such
And why is there a microphone on a desert island? need "friday" =)
I rather play without pickups than using fishman ever again! Biggest sh!t that I ever played
A little painful to watch but decent insights if you’re able to extract the information. The contrast between personalities is so stark. Light vs dark. Heaven meets hell. Englishman & German guy. Eww...IMO 🤘😆😂🤣👏👏 cheers anyways🍻🍻
But why is that painful? 😩❤️
@@KohleAudioKult haha the German and the English are cousins!
I kid, I kid just having a lil fun fellas. In fact I’m a huge fan of both your works! Glad to see worlds collide!!🍻🤘😆🤘