Even if Josh uses a huge pedalboard nowadays (which is normal when you have a discography as varied as QOTSA), it's great to hear you prove every time that his sound is primarily amp-based.
i’m a dope loaded late teen, as soon as i started doing bong rips welcome to sky valley just showed up on my record player. kyuss, sleep and fu manchu are the holy trinity for me
It was about time you got this amp and made this video. Literally, it’s the only one on youtube explaining how to get this tone so we can finally understand it. You’re a genius
I used to be in love with this man and band. Also, when I first got into electric guitars people would tell me all sorts of nonsense about how important the guitar is and its wood etc. But I've found that it's actually just the amp and the pickups doing everything. So I'm not at all surprised, but very excited about what you found. Gods I love this sound.
Dude, the amp tone is spot on, but what’s most impressive to me is your fingers move like Josh’s. The guitar moves episode you can really see how he moves his fingers for vibrato and stuff like that. You nailed that. Super duper impressive.
I actually bought a couple old beat up ones recently for a good price, going to have someone fix them up a bit. They sound fantastic! Not just for a kyuss/qotsa tone but I get a bit of a doomy sleep kind of tone on my high output bridge pickup
Sweet! Omg, come on now, you got all the pieces for like a triple rig with this, the Ampeg and the little peavey bandit or what it was. We need to hear it!
The Peavey that Josh used wasn’t anywhere as good as a bandit. Supposedly a much cheaper, smaller watt decade is Josh’s secret weapon. Since then the price of what used be a $40 used amp costs about 10x’s more. I feel bad for someone who buys at the inflated price because not too good an amp. Actually the price that this amp commands is the problem. I mean solid state Peavey amps do not sound radically different, just that wattage differs & size of speaker differs for the most part. Saying comparing apples to apples, I mean Peavey with digital effects built in or a twin speaker model will sound different.
The old Tube Works stuff is great, the amps are damn near indestructible. I’ve got a mid ‘90s TD-752 combo I bought about 20 years ago that’s seen a fair amount of abuse and still works beautifully, other than cleaning the pots and jacks a few times I haven’t had to do a thing to it over the years.
@@JohnBrown-z2u They’re very different amps. The TD-752’s dirt channel is essentially a Tube Driver pedal with a normal solid state power amp, whereas the RT-2100’s is based on the higher-gain Real Tube pedal and has their “MosValve” system that puts a tube (either a 12ax7 or 12au7, I forget) at the power amp’s input stage.
It does have sort of a green Russian vibe to me, so I could see why someone might think Josh used a muff in the Kyuss days. This has something special going on at the front end of the note though, almost like the attack is slightly cleaner or something. I'm sure he has some kind of muff variant now, but in the early days he was super averse to using anything that was already used by so many people.
That’s the key I think. The initial attack is bright and percussive and milliseconds after it gets woolly. That’s what ruins most fuzzes for me. They make you sound like you’re always on your neck pickup or get shrill when you try to brighten them up with the tone knob.
What an awesome video. Nice brief intro that was still informative, and a ton playing with no talking which proved your point over and over again. Time well spent watching this.
I wasn’t doing stoner rock in ‘90-‘96, but I had a TubeWorks 100w 12” combo. I’d traded a hopped up JCM800 50w & $200 when I heard it in a local music store. Just ran home & hit the ATM. I just had a Wah out front & a Digitech Multiplay 20/20 in the loop; I strung a TubeWorks 12” wedge > near my drummer & it was a fucking WALL of tone. Their speakers are the earliest Eminence dishes I’m aware of. What gives it that almost gooey pick attack response, is BK isn’t running the preamp tubes at full plate voltage. And he used mostly the old original Groove Tubes. Just gooey awesomeness. Rock on, dude.
I think that sounded pretty great :). Perhaps due to the circuit with the tube preamp overdrive and otherwise the mosfet distortion in the power amp? I thought I could hear the two different distortion working together. I wonder if I was right.. :) regards, great channel!
I feel the sounds is breaking up a bit too much, even for kyuss. Really noticed it on gardenia. The mids and higher frequencies sound great but just needs a little tightening up for the lower stuff and chords.
Tbh I "heard" that he used the "Goss" JCM900 on BFTRS through an Ampeg 8x10, but that TW does sound correct. Funny, tried them a few times and HATED them! "Tube Fuzz" a la the Model T/Wino. The high output neck pickup is pretty key, too. I used to play a LOT on my RG550's Steve Morse (bridge model) in that position when I owned my 900.
I always used to say also, it's the neck pick-up. This guy, Carlo Von Sexron on RUclips, who I did respect, said there was 'no such evidence for it'. But you can clearly see it in the live shows and hear it when you play. QotSA became mostly bridge. Although with the octave pedal it's neck again I think.
Tubeworks stuff is great. I had a few of these heads when I was try Harding kyuss tone. I also have an ovation GP for sale if you’re interested. I noticed you’re playing an eastwood
Was always curious about what rig allowed all these neck pu sounds to sound both wooly and bright at once! Nice work…I still prefer his Ampeg tones personally.👊🔥
Yeah, the Ampegs are great. I was surprised to learn that he used the Tube Works a lot on the first records though. For instance, the tone on No-One Knows is mostly the Tube Works.
Hi man love your videos! I'm not totally sure about if it's the Kyuss amps, can explain: From what I've found and check during years, From start to Blues for Red Sun (1992) he used a single JCM900. Prior to December 92, he used 2 JCM900 rig. In April 93 (Metallica tour) he also used 2 JCM900 Rig (can also be rent gear) In May 93 it's the first time we can see (via youtube) the Mosvalve amps live with JCM900 He mostly use a JCM900/Mosvalve until 1994/95 In 1995 for the last tour, he switched for 2 Mosvalve rig. It appear on the Green Machine video but apparently the video was filmed maybe in 93. Blues for Red Sun is JCM900 So I think skyvalley and circus leave town are certainly a mix of this 2 amps. Also there is a mix of Marshall 4x12 and Ampeg cab (don't know exactly the model) that wen after to a full ampeg cab rig.
Just bear in mind, lots of artists play different gear live than what they recorded with. Especially in cases where they're using a rare amp to record, you don't want to risk having it break or be stolen on the road, so you use a more common, road-tested amp to play live and you just try to get a similar sound from it. That way if something goes wrong, you can replace your live amp pretty easily.
@@theghosty99 for sure man, I'm à professional guitartech and studio engineer 😉 But I think that Josh was using same rig on studio and live, because he was so on a unique sound and feel in this time.
my first Real amp was a Mos Valve 12" combo. it could get heavy as fk. I let one of my friends borrow it and he wouldn't give it back. I had to sell it to him. He was in an Industrial band. He pulled the amp out and put it in a Rack. played it live. He loved that thing
Indeed a nice kyuss sound. You even look a bit like josh watching you playng😉. But you can reach the sound very close with a lot of amps ... But the playing style of josh is unique and not to copy... like everybody's own style is unique... so I think more important is to create your own style and sound... and not to try to be the best copy!
When i was a teenager a guitar store had one of these and a matching 4x12 for something like $350. I hadn't discovered kyuss yet and was still full on into thrash metal. But as soon as i played I fell in love. And it would be that same summer i got into stoner rock. I didn't have money at the time and later on ended up with a Laney AOR which i have and still love. But i still want one of these so bad
so close! very nice! but in Hurricane i hear different... like difficult studio sound and it`s very interesting about gear the used for this record... sounds low and very massive
Ive had an RT2100 combo since the early 90s but I wasnt in love. I wanted to sell mine but I had to get it fixed and was hoping repair would be cheap but the repair is $250, including the $50 estimate fee. I wasn't sure I would spend it but now I figure, it never hurts to have more tone choices and great OD pedals cost $200 by themselves these days. Long story short: in about a week Ill have a 'like new' Rt2100 in full working order to fool around with. Kinda hoping to see a spike in desirability in the market and Ill be able to sell it for a good profit above my investment.
Actually these do lighter drive tones fairly well too. Knew a very talented guitarist that used to use one of these heads back in the day for jam band stuff.
Welcome to the family of someone who still owns one of these! They sound awful, but in a good way. I've got some great Kyuss tones, by cranking up the stack, keeping the drive below 4, and cutting the mids to compensate for that insane Stack knob. The magic happens when you mic it. Joe Barresi used a single U87 on Sky Valley to mic Josh's V4 cabinet, but the magic happened when the mic stand fell and Josh fell in love with the new "improperly mic'd" sound.
Is that really what Barressi laid down for main guitar sound? I would think the fallen mic would be too far from the speakers to pick up any decent sound
@@nicoguarini28 The guitar tone that I remember never really had a super punchy or clear tone. Dynamic mics that are far from the grill or fairly off axis get this foggy/dark quality without being muddy per se. Couldn't say that's definitely the story, but I'd buy it. The guitar and bass tones, especially on Sky Valley/self-titled, always had this magical blending quality, where it was tough to tell where the guitar ended and bass began. Wouldn't surprise me if an odd mic placement on the guitar contributed to that.
@@nicoguarini28 If you're using a boring old SM57, yeah it won't sound great a foot away. But any engineer will know the tone on that album is a condenser mic, much more sensitive. You would be surprised how much a good condenser can pick up. There's more than one way to mic a guitar amp.
@@XIVDock Neumann U87, which is a condenser mic with adjustable polar patterns, doesn't change the frequency response as much as a dynamic mic would. In the interview, Joe had said the magic quality of that album was that Josh's guitar sound is huge because Scott's bass sound fit under it perfectly. If you listened to the bass isolated, it's not a huge bottom end, like today's modern recordings.
@@LivingroomGearDemos I don’t know if you are joking or not, but there exists a version where the head is actually flipped upside down - and the knobs are on the bottom of the front. I’m being dead serious.
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Just now revisited this video. Yep! I'm still freakin jealous! Haha!
Even if Josh uses a huge pedalboard nowadays (which is normal when you have a discography as varied as QOTSA), it's great to hear you prove every time that his sound is primarily amp-based.
🤟🏻💪🏻
Peavey Decade
@@BorisBidjanSaberi11 lol
Secrets of the sound!
@@BorisBidjanSaberi11 For Bass...
I do not listen to Kyuss that much anymore but this tone has a special place in my heart! Puts me right back in my dope-loaded late teens. Peace!
Same here!! Good times 😎
You almost stopped listening to Kyuss.. i think i have a cream for that, man
i’m a dope loaded late teen, as soon as i started doing bong rips welcome to sky valley just showed up on my record player. kyuss, sleep and fu manchu are the holy trinity for me
Sounds like you should listen to some kyuss
Same...
And he nails it again!
🤟🏻
Dude your dedication to unraveling the Kyuss tone mysteries is unrivaled, cheers!
Thanks!
only person on youtube getting these tones.... fucking love kyuss and mad respect for you delving into this ... do stage 3
This guy went to the trouble of actually getting the amp AND the guitar Josh used, so that should get pretty close.
It was about time you got this amp and made this video. Literally, it’s the only one on youtube explaining how to get this tone so we can finally understand it. You’re a genius
My father gave me his mosvalve rt-2100 combo amp back on 2011. Been cranking it up ever since. They have such a unique sound.
I used to be in love with this man and band.
Also, when I first got into electric guitars people would tell me all sorts of nonsense about how important the guitar is and its wood etc.
But I've found that it's actually just the amp and the pickups doing everything.
So I'm not at all surprised, but very excited about what you found. Gods I love this sound.
Dude, the amp tone is spot on, but what’s most impressive to me is your fingers move like Josh’s. The guitar moves episode you can really see how he moves his fingers for vibrato and stuff like that. You nailed that. Super duper impressive.
Was thinking the exact same thing while watching the video.
Sounds killer. You always nail the Homme tones.
thanks!
Dude this sounds spot on! Such a satisfying chunky tone, one of my favourites of the 90's 🤘
Perfect timing. I’m in Joshua Tree+Palm Springs today and feeling extra queeny.
I actually bought a couple old beat up ones recently for a good price, going to have someone fix them up a bit. They sound fantastic! Not just for a kyuss/qotsa tone but I get a bit of a doomy sleep kind of tone on my high output bridge pickup
Definitely sounds close. Would love to see more experimentation tho. Liked!
more experimentation in a different video coming up ;)
Dude it's EXACTLY IT!
Sweet! Omg, come on now, you got all the pieces for like a triple rig with this, the Ampeg and the little peavey bandit or what it was. We need to hear it!
The Peavey that Josh used wasn’t anywhere as good as a bandit. Supposedly a much cheaper, smaller watt decade is Josh’s secret weapon. Since then the price of what used be a $40 used amp costs about 10x’s more. I feel bad for someone who buys at the inflated price because not too good an amp. Actually the price that this amp commands is the problem. I mean solid state Peavey amps do not sound radically different, just that wattage differs & size of speaker differs for the most part. Saying comparing apples to apples, I mean Peavey with digital effects built in or a twin speaker model will sound different.
Just my favourite tone of all time, so much dirt yet so much groove..
This video is valuable alone for being the only good Tubeworks RT-2100 demo RUclips's ever had.
We need to get you a real Ovation Ultra GP next.
they are fricking hard to come by, though
It really gives you that "cranked tube power amp" sound without actually having a tube power amp
I have the RT-2100 half stack, traded a few cheap pedals for it! My friend just wanted to get rid of it! Love this amp🤘🏻
You caught that very Kyuss sound in this video. 👍🏻
The old Tube Works stuff is great, the amps are damn near indestructible. I’ve got a mid ‘90s TD-752 combo I bought about 20 years ago that’s seen a fair amount of abuse and still works beautifully, other than cleaning the pots and jacks a few times I haven’t had to do a thing to it over the years.
I had one of those. Don't remember it sounding fuzzy, though.
@@JohnBrown-z2u They’re very different amps. The TD-752’s dirt channel is essentially a Tube Driver pedal with a normal solid state power amp, whereas the RT-2100’s is based on the higher-gain Real Tube pedal and has their “MosValve” system that puts a tube (either a 12ax7 or 12au7, I forget) at the power amp’s input stage.
Be cool to hear the tube works and the vt-40 as doubled guitars.
indeed! Any with my Peavey Standard
@@LivingroomGearDemos yes please!
It does have sort of a green Russian vibe to me, so I could see why someone might think Josh used a muff in the Kyuss days. This has something special going on at the front end of the note though, almost like the attack is slightly cleaner or something. I'm sure he has some kind of muff variant now, but in the early days he was super averse to using anything that was already used by so many people.
Russian? I use a Sovtek Mig100 with a Tube Works 9002 rack set up.
Slightly radioactive.
Not like radio sound, I mean actually radioactive.
That’s the key I think. The initial attack is bright and percussive and milliseconds after it gets woolly. That’s what ruins most fuzzes for me. They make you sound like you’re always on your neck pickup or get shrill when you try to brighten them up with the tone knob.
This is insane, it sounds like we're hearing a album guitar track. AMAZING!
its literaly that sound 100% damn i enjoy those riffs and this sound u sick dude
Thee ol’ boozeroony is one of Josh hommes many master pieces and you absolutely rocked it 🤘🏻❤️
This tone is so welcoming and nostalgic 🤤
Amazing tones from that amp, such a balls out fuzz sound. Great playing man, you’ve nailed it
What an awesome video. Nice brief intro that was still informative, and a ton playing with no talking which proved your point over and over again. Time well spent watching this.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks
that was spot on! awesome as always! on a budget you can get the same tone with a hot neck pickup,overdrive,and a bass amp
I have a brunetti pleximan, a -62 strat and a rat. Tone is there too 🤟🤝
Aw man, I love that sound! I'll put on Kyuss on my next commute again.
Im so happy that theres so many Kyuss fans out there, it has a special place in my heart, when I have a a kid, Im naming him Kyuss!
Wow thanks for posting this. I had this amp, bought from a pawn shop in the late 90's. Would love to have it back someday.
I wasn’t doing stoner rock in ‘90-‘96, but I had a TubeWorks 100w 12” combo. I’d traded a hopped up JCM800 50w & $200 when I heard it in a local music store.
Just ran home & hit the ATM.
I just had a Wah out front & a Digitech Multiplay 20/20 in the loop; I strung a TubeWorks 12” wedge > near my drummer & it was a fucking WALL of tone.
Their speakers are the earliest Eminence dishes I’m aware of.
What gives it that almost gooey pick attack response, is BK isn’t running the preamp tubes at full plate voltage.
And he used mostly the old original Groove Tubes.
Just gooey awesomeness.
Rock on, dude.
Would love you to do a video on Josh’s solo tone focusing on the short delay with a lot of repeats sound he had for like clockwork.
I think that sounded pretty great :). Perhaps due to the circuit with the tube preamp overdrive and otherwise the mosfet distortion in the power amp? I thought I could hear the two different distortion working together. I wonder if I was right.. :) regards, great channel!
Thanks for the inspiration sir. Just finding it difficult to continue playing and your a welcome influence
Very nice stack feature. I have the same amp. Walter Becker had one
I imagine he was doing very different things with his lol.
haha
I feel the sounds is breaking up a bit too much, even for kyuss. Really noticed it on gardenia. The mids and higher frequencies sound great but just needs a little tightening up for the lower stuff and chords.
Those half step bends are sooo saucy
Tbh I "heard" that he used the "Goss" JCM900 on BFTRS through an Ampeg 8x10, but that TW does sound correct.
Funny, tried them a few times and HATED them!
"Tube Fuzz" a la the Model T/Wino.
The high output neck pickup is pretty key, too. I used to play a LOT on my RG550's Steve Morse (bridge model) in that position when I owned my 900.
Something I suggest trying, cranking the mids on the tubeworks seems to get me somewhere closer to kyuss
Nailed it mate, if Kyuss lives again they should give you a call
It’s definitely close , I’m starting to like these rugged sounds more and more .
We've gotta stop advertising these older "shitty" amps to the world. They'll be $1000 before you know it. Any Peavey earlier than 1990 for example
their guitars and basses are next, I've been hoarding
I’ve got a few late 70’s peavey combo amps that are my go to for doom
Used to be able to get Crate GX-140Cs for $100. Some shitbird did a video about Cannibal Corpse and now the are 750+ if you can even find them.
Thankfully I already have a shitty amp!
@@insederec they already got to the T-40s man don’t let anyone know (seriously why are these basses $1500 now)
This is such good work. Thank you for the fun.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I always used to say also, it's the neck pick-up. This guy, Carlo Von Sexron on RUclips, who I did respect, said there was 'no such evidence for it'.
But you can clearly see it in the live shows and hear it when you play. QotSA became mostly bridge. Although with the octave pedal it's neck again I think.
Incredible man...wtf. that is THE tone !!
Tubeworks stuff is great. I had a few of these heads when I was try Harding kyuss tone. I also have an ovation GP for sale if you’re interested. I noticed you’re playing an eastwood
cool, can you email at the email address in the description?
That was killer. I haven’t listened to Kyuss in a long time.
Was always curious about what rig allowed all these neck pu sounds to sound both wooly and bright at once! Nice work…I still prefer his Ampeg tones personally.👊🔥
Yeah, the Ampegs are great. I was surprised to learn that he used the Tube Works a lot on the first records though. For instance, the tone on No-One Knows is mostly the Tube Works.
@@LivingroomGearDemos That's really surprising! Just hunted down that Valentine vid ;)
Sounds really good! You even remind me of Josh in his early days
So cool, would never have guessed. Sounds just like I remember it.
Sounds amazing! Back to the 90's fer sure!
Hi man love your videos!
I'm not totally sure about if it's the Kyuss amps, can explain:
From what I've found and check during years,
From start to Blues for Red Sun (1992) he used a single JCM900.
Prior to December 92, he used 2 JCM900 rig.
In April 93 (Metallica tour) he also used 2 JCM900 Rig (can also be rent gear)
In May 93 it's the first time we can see (via youtube) the Mosvalve amps live with JCM900
He mostly use a JCM900/Mosvalve until 1994/95
In 1995 for the last tour, he switched for 2 Mosvalve rig.
It appear on the Green Machine video but apparently the video was filmed maybe in 93.
Blues for Red Sun is JCM900
So I think skyvalley and circus leave town are certainly a mix of this 2 amps. Also there is a mix of Marshall 4x12 and Ampeg cab (don't know exactly the model) that wen after to a full ampeg cab rig.
Just bear in mind, lots of artists play different gear live than what they recorded with. Especially in cases where they're using a rare amp to record, you don't want to risk having it break or be stolen on the road, so you use a more common, road-tested amp to play live and you just try to get a similar sound from it. That way if something goes wrong, you can replace your live amp pretty easily.
@@theghosty99 for sure man, I'm à professional guitartech and studio engineer 😉 But I think that Josh was using same rig on studio and live, because he was so on a unique sound and feel in this time.
Demon cleaner sealed the deal for me. Amazing find on yhat amp head.
What a great tone! I used a Mosvalve power amp with a Marshall 9001 tube preamp back in the day. I should have gotten this!
This guitar tone is therapy.
starts searching reverb and ebay before finishing video ...such a cool tone!
Good luck finding one! Close to impossible 🙈
I kept trying to give this video a thumbs up like 5 different times while watching
MAN THAT GARDENIA TONE
my first Real amp was a Mos Valve 12" combo. it could get heavy as fk. I let one of my friends borrow it and he wouldn't give it back. I had to sell it to him. He was in an Industrial band. He pulled the amp out and put it in a Rack. played it live. He loved that thing
Certainly some transistor clipping going on here - sounds fantastic
Nailed the tone man!
nice playing man, really enjoyed it
that green machine riff is everythinggg
Indeed a nice kyuss sound. You even look a bit like josh watching you playng😉.
But you can reach the sound very close with a lot of amps ... But the playing style of josh is unique and not to copy... like everybody's own style is unique... so I think more important is to create your own style and sound... and not to try to be the best copy!
When i was a teenager a guitar store had one of these and a matching 4x12 for something like $350. I hadn't discovered kyuss yet and was still full on into thrash metal. But as soon as i played I fell in love. And it would be that same summer i got into stoner rock. I didn't have money at the time and later on ended up with a Laney AOR which i have and still love. But i still want one of these so bad
Is there any band that mix trash and stoner?
@@spkoftdvl two that come to mind are Hashteroid and Zig Zags
@@spkoftdvlHashteroid and Zog Zags that come to mind
awesome. it reminds me of my lm305 chip rat but with a more stable low end. mainly it's that similar warm, about to combust sound.
so close! very nice!
but in Hurricane i hear different... like difficult studio sound and it`s very interesting about gear the used for this record... sounds low and very massive
Ive had an RT2100 combo since the early 90s but I wasnt in love. I wanted to sell mine but I had to get it fixed and was hoping repair would be cheap but the repair is $250, including the $50 estimate fee.
I wasn't sure I would spend it but now I figure, it never hurts to have more tone choices and great OD pedals cost $200 by themselves these days.
Long story short: in about a week Ill have a 'like new' Rt2100 in full working order to fool around with.
Kinda hoping to see a spike in desirability in the market and Ill be able to sell it for a good profit above my investment.
Absolutely perfect
HUGE sounds 👌
Great work
Thank you! Cheers!
Suena BESTIAL !!!!!!!
I want to purchase this damn thing but cant find it anywhere online!
Sounds right Nice work.
great work man!!
I really enjoyed this, Thanks - J
Glad you enjoyed it
Man I forgot how awesome that gardenia riff is!!!
Wow sounds amazing bro 🔥
This is sick!
your best video, ever 🙌
Spot on tone
Wow. Absolutely killer!!
Waiting for Josh to hire you man.
I’m waiting for him to sue me
@@LivingroomGearDemos Then you’ll really know you nailed it
Man... yes! It sounds amazing!
I’ll answer your email soon! Thanks for the info once again 💪🏻
Actually these do lighter drive tones fairly well too. Knew a very talented guitarist that used to use one of these heads back in the day for jam band stuff.
Sounds great! What speaker and cab are you using here?
Yes, yes, and YES!
Welcome to the family of someone who still owns one of these! They sound awful, but in a good way. I've got some great Kyuss tones, by cranking up the stack, keeping the drive below 4, and cutting the mids to compensate for that insane Stack knob. The magic happens when you mic it. Joe Barresi used a single U87 on Sky Valley to mic Josh's V4 cabinet, but the magic happened when the mic stand fell and Josh fell in love with the new "improperly mic'd" sound.
Is that really what Barressi laid down for main guitar sound? I would think the fallen mic would be too far from the speakers to pick up any decent sound
@@nicoguarini28 The guitar tone that I remember never really had a super punchy or clear tone. Dynamic mics that are far from the grill or fairly off axis get this foggy/dark quality without being muddy per se. Couldn't say that's definitely the story, but I'd buy it. The guitar and bass tones, especially on Sky Valley/self-titled, always had this magical blending quality, where it was tough to tell where the guitar ended and bass began. Wouldn't surprise me if an odd mic placement on the guitar contributed to that.
@@nicoguarini28 If you're using a boring old SM57, yeah it won't sound great a foot away. But any engineer will know the tone on that album is a condenser mic, much more sensitive. You would be surprised how much a good condenser can pick up. There's more than one way to mic a guitar amp.
@@XIVDock Neumann U87, which is a condenser mic with adjustable polar patterns, doesn't change the frequency response as much as a dynamic mic would. In the interview, Joe had said the magic quality of that album was that Josh's guitar sound is huge because Scott's bass sound fit under it perfectly. If you listened to the bass isolated, it's not a huge bottom end, like today's modern recordings.
AWESOME SOUND!!!!
for those of you who have experience with the tubeworks pedals: can cranking one of those get a similar sound?
some ppl say that the Tube Works Real Tube rack unit might sound close to a KTG-1
interesting!
Man I fucking love kyuss riffs
yass
So dirty, so evil, so badass sounding. Definition of raw power!!!
Got myself a Tubeworks ProValve, can't wait to get my hands on the MosValve for double damage 😈
He didn't use any distortion pedals, what he did do though, is using a Boss EQ with all the FQ's and drive all the way up.
there literally impossible to find in Australia, ive been looking for one for years
yeah, very few upside down version were made
@@LivingroomGearDemos I don’t know if you are joking or not, but there exists a version where the head is actually flipped upside down - and the knobs are on the bottom of the front. I’m being dead serious.
@@Spaghettaboutit I was joking indeed. But you're not? It's hard to find info on the different versions of this amp.
@@LivingroomGearDemos o oh, spagettio!