ENTOMBED: The TONE SECRET you did NOT know about their guitars! Not HM2.
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I used:
COT-100 amp
Katana Organic pickup in LP Electra copy
Boss HM-2 pedal everything on 10 apart from gain 6
Audio Technica mic ATM41 (ATM...lol)
Celestion g12H75
ATM41 mic
They used:
Gibson Flying V
Gibson Les Paul
Peavey Bandit
Boss HM2
ATM41 mic
Bass:
Fender bassman
ampeg 8x10 cab
RAT distortion
Rest In Peace LG Petrov. Voice of a generation, and a bloody lovely guy, who never gave up.
Fkn gutted.
@@CIRCLEOFTONE Me too brother. I was in contact with him right up untill the end.
I'll never forget that time I snuck backstage at the Pound in SF and drank all their beer and listened to them speaking Swedish for like an hour before he asked "who the fuck is this guy?"
@@shredward666 You drank all their beer? And they let you escape with your life?
I used to work at a metal record store in the 90's. We promoted Entombed and got to hang with the on the Wolverine Blues tour. LG was the best. Just a down to earth dude that like to hand. LG you will be missed.
Nice to see you dig into the bass tone - it's such a huge part of their overall sound
Yep. It’s so overlooked.
I've been recording in Sunlight several times (yep used the peavey for some over dubs of feedback) and that guitar tone you get there is something else. It is not just not about the gear, the mike, it is also about the relaxed situation and the discussions about Music, politics, way of living that appear in the result. Sunlight....
I'd really like to see one on Bathory or Venom!
Here is my Bathory vid: ruclips.net/video/JHguRnSuAWo/видео.html
Here is my Venom:
ruclips.net/video/0HEFB9rlqcY/видео.html
BATHORY!!! YES!
Bring on Venom! Newcastle's finest metal band!
it's a big ask to try and nail Bathory tones. bugger all documentation of those first 4 album sessions.
@@CIRCLEOFTONE one year later... 😒
Great video, but the real hidden secret to their tone on LHP was the blend of a maxed Boss DS1. The HM2 panned left and right and the DS1 down the middle.
They kept that formula later and live Uffe used HM2 and Alx DS1
RIP LG Petrov. I was VERY surprised how good Entombed AD were, given that it was only him from the classic lineup. In my opinion, he was the only singer that could replace Max in Sepultura in 1997. Classic band and classic singer!
Good shout
Funny you should say that LG could replace Max. I have never thought about that really, but both of them is on my list of favorite metal vocalists. I like that they have more like harsh and agressive singing compared to like Deathcore vocals, it's more raw and sound less controlled than what it probably is.
Others on my list is Phil Anselmo from Pantera (and 9000 other bands...), and Corey Taylor from Slipknot. They also have that agressive and just very harsh style of singing, that style is my favorite! 🤘
I like the comment about LG "There's something wrong with that man. He's a beast". Totally agree. Have seen him live a few times and his voice is just massive. He's quite a small guy in stature, but just has a massive voice. The best thing is you can understand the lyrics he's singing too, which is unusual for such a heavy band. I love that man's voice
Yes! Good point on the lyrics.
Goosebumps when you played that slow Left Hand Path riff
mescaliiiiine Yep. Classic and later Entombed has to be covered.
It's the main theme from the movie PHANTASM, Entombed covered it themselves.
Hands down the best video you have made yet. not quite sure how i missed this one but WOW... amazing!
Man, your vocal is awesome!
I'm really fascinated by your performance.
You should definitely try smoking the crap on your microphone, for science
Lol.
The HM2 strikes again! Great video, cheers!
And it’s always a low blow with the HM-2. Cheers!
Huge tone! Can't wait to hear your pickups, the way you describe them, seems like they would be the perfect upgrade for my baritone
Eddie Höek Lots Of vids to come! PERFECT for a baritone because they capture every nuance of the low end with articulation.
All I know is that Entombed's cover of "Under the Sun" is the heaviest song I've ever heard. Unreal.
Great job. That Sunlight tone is still my all-time favorite tone.
Yeah their covers are huge. I love that they ploughed their own furrow guitar sound wise.
This is awesome man. Most of your videos and references to bands totally correspond with my history (80s thrash/death metal). I just heard Suicidal Tendencies - You Can't Bring Me Down, and didnt remember how friggin thick and heavy their guitars were on that recording. Similar to Pestilence with a more focused bottom. That would be cool if you looked into that sound in a future video. Thanks for the videos and work man.
Hey Owen, as always, loving these videos. Here’s an interesting (maybe a tad too underground?) suggestion for you. Mortician! Never have I heard a bass or guitar replicated with their ‘tone’ would love to find out more about what they use for sure.
1st I heard them was Clandestine era. Ridiculous guitar sound. Love their stuff!
Yep. I was blown away.
Entombed's cover of Night of the Vampire by Roky Erickson is one of my fave covers ever. Entombed really knew how to grind 4ths for extra heaviness.
It is epic.
My old band from High school I used a peavey special 130 and the HM-2. It worked. For some reason the HM-2 pairs pretty nice with the old Peavey solid state amps. Great video by the way.
Yep. I love it when funky gear unlocks greatness.
Awesome as usual :)
People have it easy nowadays with the internet at their fingertips to get info like this. I remember being so frustrated at not being able to get anywhere remotely close to this tone when i was a teen, that i felt like giving up playing guitar.
Mooferoo I hope people watch my vids more. I’m so sick of SM57, Vintage 30 in a Mesa recto cab or Kemper/VST variant of a boosted 5150/recto.
Entombed really appealed to me as someone coming from punk/hardcore like as in bad brains hardcore not less shreddy metal bands. And their speed and intensity on left hand path sold death metal for me.
I love how you dig deep in every video and how much dedication you put into ur channel. You deserve more subs. Keep up the good work man. 👌🤘
Zach Park Thanks Zach. That means a lot!
After watching, i immediately bought one of these mics ( NOS condition!) For 20 bucks plus 8.95 shipping. I leave these tips on cheap but awesome gear. Your vid on home audio speakers is awesome too. Do more things like this, please. Share the secrets. Thanks
*love
Awesome. I will be doing a series on $20 mics soon.
@@CIRCLEOFTONE sweet, I look forward to it.
I could put words here as to just how Entombed made an impact on me but I see others here have done a much better job at that. I will say thoh that bands like Entombed and type o negative are one of a kind and we all feel the absence when they are gone.
Nothing is more metal than being Team Edward. 🤘
Team mustache ride? Get all Judas Priest up in this bitch.
First time I heard Clandestine I couldn't even fathom something could be so heavy lol. It was actually comical how heavy it was
Great video, Entomeds sounds is epic and you did some serious detective work here... 🤘👍
Thanks man! It sounded massive in my studio pre RUclips compression.
It’s a shame we can’t hear the versions of these in pre RUclips compression form
👍👍👀 you really had fun with this one. Keep it up! Great tone I watched it twice so far...
David Flint Cheers Dave! Love your enthusiasm.
Dude! Great job on the vocals, man! Wasn't expecting that! First time I heard Entombed was on Beavis and Butthead and I thought... "No way! Wolverine is my favorite X-Man"! Lol. Yeah, they're nasty with the hm-2 thing going on and some kind of swampy groove thing happening. Killer band way to overlooked for sure. Great job as always, thanks for helping me re-live the childhood Wonder of discovering amazing heavy fucking metaaaal!!!
Ooh, I would lovw to hear the Crowbar tone from the 1993 self-titled. I know it's a Charvel San Dimas into a Randall through a metalzone, but I know there would be more to it than that...
I saw Crowbar live recently. I get it now. Great info. I need s Randall in my life.
Great video man. I love your approach to tone and the dry sense of humour. I also like how you talk about the playing behind the sound. Hell yeah LG bellowed like no one else. Nicke hit those drums like they owed him money. Alex and Uffe just so locked in riffwise. It was that intensity that really brought the HM-2 vibe to another level, more than the other Swedish DM bands I've heard.
They actually didn't use a Peavey bandit but a Studio Pro 40, I am the current owner of the original amp that they used.
+Elias Schamer I got the info from the producer himself.
I love watching you play some heavy riffage man, always brings a smile to my metal bass playing face.
Hehe. Cheers.
Would be cool to see you and maybe Glenn Fricker doing something together at NAMM
That is on the cards :-)
looks like you have a problem with your hm2, not all the knobs are on 10
Pop the knobs off put back on 180° counterclockwise 😂
Great vid ..i get a good Entombed (my fav band) tone with a Behringer HM300 and a Peavey 6505 on the green channel with a touch of gain from the amp too (being a dirty amp it cant be avoided lol) EMG 81-85's on my Randy Rhoads PRXMG
tuned down to C ...sounds heavy as balls!! lol ..will get one of them mics and see how that works, cheers for the tips!
...PRONG? I think my dad would cry if you could recreate the tone from snap your fingers.
Johnny Threshold challenge accepted.
And not just the guitar but that lava-like bass.
I would cry too, haha. Best guitar tone ever, as far as I'm concerned.
I remember listening to that song when it first came out on KNAC in Los Angeles, so brutal.
Valve State Marshall! Incredible tone on The Cleaning. 25 years ago already!
Really good! Greetings from Sweden. Do Swedish Candlemass, doom metal as it`s best!
I’ll have to cover them one day!
I used to have a Peavey Envoy 110 from the early 90's. It just recently died on me. I do have the HM-2 pedal, so I'm part of the way there. Thanks for the video! Take care, Sam.
Cool. Perhaps invest in a future circle of Tone amp :-)
Great Video, was hoping this was going to be Stranger Aeons off the Stranger Aeons EP, that tone is madness.
Sooo good.
Another great vid! Heavy, heavy, heavy. Entombed go well with the Bota Box Cab Sav I'm drinking right now. Thanks brother, keep up the great work!
Thanks man! On my studio speakers in 24 bit with no RUclips compression and tone sucking...it sounded like...hell.
This channel is so underrated!!! Freaking love this channel! And have gotten every tone because of you! Thank you for helping me out in my times of need hahahaa
7:48 Best wishes to LG Petrov battling cancer right now.
According to the liner notes on Left Hand Path it was the HM2 pedal in addition to another overdrive pedal (not sure what one..maybe Super Overdrive) and they used Ibanez X series guitars which you can see on the Left Hand Path music video.
Thanks. I got the info from Tomas Skogsberg the dude who recorded it. The other pedal may have been solos or other style distortions on the album. It would be interesting to find out what that was. Music vids don't necessarily mean they used that in the studio though. I've made that mistake before haha.
Would be nice to have some exploration on Possessed too.
PLEASE! Samael "ceremony of opposites" tone!
Thank you for this excellent video, and bravo for the riffs, entombed and the best band of all time !!
Thanks man. Glad you like it.
How am I just now finding this video? Owen does it again!
Thanks man.
that tone omg
It’s bananas. Thanks for watching.
Boss Heavy Metal HM-2 distortion pedal, a Boss DS-1, Peavey bandit 30 watt amp every thing open loud.
@@Invading-Specious They didn't use a Bandit, for Left Hand Path they used a Studio Pro 40W, they started using Bandit from Clandestine onwards. Plus Bandit isn't a 30W combo lmao, the weakest Bandit that I know of from the top of my head was the 65W Solo 65 series or something.
That killer tone - great stuff! I know you've done an Obituary vid already, but I've often wondered how they got that really scuzzy, buzzsaw tone on side A of Slowly We Rot. It's so intense and it always surprised me that more bands didn't try and recreate that tone with the same enthusiasm demonstrated for the Sunlight sound. Any suggestions welcome. Keep up the great work!!!
I’m not sure but I know what you mean. Crazy good tone.
A thought just come to mine is it possible to play so hard and heavy that you actually bridge the gap between time and space!
Jack Byrd the Hm-2 pedal is the portal.
And Entombed is the key to the Riff(t)!!!
+CIRCLE OF TONE. God love you and we're on the same plane brother. I was worried it was just me!
:-)
Time and space are already intrinsically linked so much so that they're referred together as Timespace by the scientific community.
16 Year old me would've been very upset about the bad review on the Bandit. The Bandit was theeeee cheap awesome amp in the 90s. Every music rehearsal space had one with dirty knobs. I kinda want one again. lol
Dude Bandits kick ass, indesctructable, versatile, well made all around, sound great, an amazing pedal platform, take boosts well, just amazing. That goes for all the solid state stuff from Peavey they made in 70s, 80s and 90s. It's honestly good that people shit on 'em, keeps them cheap on the market, which is a good for the few that know how great those things are.
Slaughter - Strappado! That sound is a real killer! Another fantastic vid btw, thanks! :)
Good shout! Killer old school tone.
Cool dude, love your enthusiam.
Peavey Bandit is an great amp! tipp: change the speaker
What type to still get that style of tone
Cheeto dust on the mic is to dampen the upper bass to prevent it from getting boomy/woofy.
Haha. I can only hope it's cheeto dust.
Brilliant! Great tone, great editing and thanks for the details, you always discover and reveal secrets!
I'll try to inform other youtubers about your pickup request for reviews.
About the band to cover suggestion: maybe nothing special but I like very much Paradise Lost's tone :)
Dude...paradise lost are amazing. I’ll do as I die.
And thanks for spreading the word!
CIRCLE OF TONE. Yes I basically drool over their entire discography, i've seen them live in around '94 and they have a place in my heart, but Icon is my favorite album and maybe Remembrance and True Belief my favorite tracks, and Christendom :)
Great great band.
One recommendation I would make is to have some quiet instrumental music going on during the talking parts to ask the electronic noise and fill in the gaps.
I’ve tried that. I think it’s slightly...game show cheesy. But it’s a good idea.
And I get what you mean. I'm a younger dude and I am certainly accustomed to most of the content I watch having something to fill in the dead air, and that's just my preference and it may not be yours. It can be a good way to show off some of your own music though.
The guitar in the centre of the mix was supposedly a ds1. I've seen Alex Hellid play entombed gigs with just a ds1 and mxr micro amp as drives on his board and sound the same.
Yep i heard that may be in the mix x for the later stuff. Good Info. I need a DS1 for the next band I’m doing.
Great Job.Love the tone.You do a great Job disecting these tones !
Welcome back Joe! Cheers!
just pressed play, already know i´ll love this!!
Hell Yeah! Thanks man.
My Bandit 112 red stripe is a very underrated metal machine. It’s not hard to dial in a great tone for thrash metal. I never use the clean channel. I put a tube screamer in front to tighten up the palm mutes. I have a Seymour Duncan SH-10 in the bridge as well. Which is a treble heavy pickup.
You can get a fairly warm tone for a solid state if you want. Also the secret is back off the gain. You need less than you think. And yes, it sits well in a mix.
A Peavey bandit is the Five Finger Deathpunch Of Metal. Everyone tells me they are great, but they are shite.
CIRCLE OF TONE. Your comment made me laugh. FFDP are bloody terrible. You’re very witty. I like that. Keep up the good work. Just subbed.
Thanks man. I can’t resist being a twat when it comes to some gear.
CIRCLE OF TONE. All good man. Without passion, what we do would be pointless.
I only had $180 AUD to buy an amp, so I got my peavey on eBay. Gotta make do with what I got for now. Upgrade coming soon hopefully. What’s your opinion on the 6505 MH?
Mine is a Silver Stripe. I'm curious, how much gain do you use? I'm always between 5 and 6, with a TS in front.
Entombed's opus to me was 'To Ride, Shoot Straight And Speak The Truth'. First album I heard, bashed it, and everything else ended up being lesser to me. If you're looking for the tone from that album, and you have Amplitube, try this:
HM2 with all dials maxed.
Slash Gate - Dial at 1 O'Clock, Switch to FULL
Amplitube Compressor Pedal - both dials around 12 O'Clock
Mesa Dual Rectifier - Clean Channel
Presence / Master / Gain at 12 O'Clock
Bass - 1 O'Clock
Mid - 9 O'Clock
Treble - 2 O'Clock
I haven't even started on tweaking the cabinet and mics.. and it's really close. Lots of room to dial in if you can hear differences and want to go further into tweaking. So fucking heavy. The Slash Gate really controls that fucking HM-2.. it's a great pedal.
+Mitch Entombed are one of those bands where my fav album keeps changing.
My favorite riff from Left Hand Path, man...
What a magnificent riff.
it is glorious
Have your subscriptions improved since the new year? I like every video you make even if i'm not a fan of the band incase that helps since you do an amazing job everytime
DeanRazor nah my subs have stagnated. I’m still going up but I jumped 10k in a few weeks then that stopped to 10-20 a day :-(
I think the dark bands I’ve been covering has dinged me due to the algorithm. I got a bump from Glenn Frickers shout-out but that stopped after a few hours. It’s tough going. If it stays at this pace, I’ll have to cancel the channel by Summer.
RUclips are trying to neuter content. Family friendly blandness.
I know your heart and passion lies with extreme and old school metal, but maybe if you took a look at more contemporary metal/hard rock bands I think you could reach a wider audience. The "Sound like [Band X]" on Andertons get a ton of views, and you are basically the deep and detailed version of that. Maybe you can also work with modern manufacturers and push their gear. There's no shame in commercialization if it keeps you afloat and supports you.
For example, your COT100 amp sounds awesome, but that's custom made right? You could get in touch with an amp manufacturer (let's say Victory) and use their gear instead. Besides getting a free amp-head, you could work a small deal for £X for each video you name drop the gear in. More importantly, when people search for that gear, your videos will pop up, leading to more organic traffic.
Another: You insist on being 100% authentic to the gear they use as much of the time, but you *COULD* compare modern digital offerings to "the real deal". Ola Englund and Spectre Sound Studios does something like this some times.
I think once you release the tonewood videos, you should see an increase in views/subs. I think that hits a wider audience than extreme metal. Also, more stuff like that Robert Johnson video. that was awesome.
Also, should talk to the tone king. He's a nice guy that loves distortion.
Finally! I fucking adore Entombed. Left hand path and Wolverine Blues are among my favourite albums and I can finally nail the tone. Fantastic! Also what do you think of mastodon, I think they use marshalls so you might be able to hit the mark.
Mastodon is a good shout. I love their drummer. One day I’ll tackle it.
Great video again dude.Entombed always had that one special sound that blew me everytime.And it is what it is.To get a dirty, nasty and brutal metal sound, some dirty and nasty gear will help alot.Heavy greetings!
I'd love to see you try to get the tone on Obsolete from Fear Factory. I've been trying for a while but Im missing something on it :c. Probably my favorite metal guitar tone ever. Dirty AF :D
Osoch good shout.
Impossible, Dino's heads and amps were so modified from a hardware standpoint you'd never get it exact imho.
@@403Gypsyking, and also we can't have the tone from Dino's arms.
More contemporally yet they have become a absolute classic and one of the most influencial bands of the last decade: Watain. Please do something about the Sound of Watain!
Ohh. Good shout.
Man, you make the best vids to watch before going to sleep, I barely stay awake till the end!
Just kidding, they may be long, but really interesting. We're from the same generation and musical background so thanks a lot for the quality content.
My story times are tangenttastic.
Dude you sound great!
Thanks man!
I think the trick to the Peavey Bandit is to run it as a clean platform and then run distrotrion pedals through it, even better if you stack 2 overdrive together like a RAT with a TS style pedal (set both at lower gains as the grit of the 2 together add up in the end). Maybe it doesn't sound good with the HM2? Or maybe try boosting the HM2 with something else before it. Great video btw!
Thanks man. Appreciate you watching. I tend to tease bandit owners. I can't help myself. By the time you purchased enough pedals to get it to sound good ypu could have bought a tube combo.
Hahaha, you are probably right about that mate :) I just recently managed to get the best tone ever for recording for almost no money: joyo american sound pedal. There goes my amp :) (ok, probably not the best for recording metal, maybe if you scoop the mids)
Glorious Sunlight Studio sound. Delicious, excellent reproduction!
obscenitron Thanks man. Tomas was the architect of insanity.
Beware the influence of the pedal!!! lol Another great vid!! Nailed it again man!!
I burn sage and cleanse the room each time.
I'd love to see you get Eric Johnson's tone. If only do heavy then Grave (Into The Grave era) Not new bunk please. Rather hear you do Eric's tone though
Good shout.
Talking about Peavey bandit it cut through a JCM2000 stack in our rehearsal room and was very audible
They are snarky bitches.
Way late to see the party here, but this was great! Thank you for making this. 🤘
Really liked that you took photos of settings this time! Keep it up, Owen! P.S. can we hope for a video about the NWOBHM legends Tank?
I’ll be doing NWOBHM genre one day. I’ll try and cover them too.
Way to go maestro! Love your work.
Thanks again!
Always great videos. I listen with very solid headphones. The stuff is cool man. Every video
I love Entombed but for me, the best Swedish Death Metal guitar tone was undeniably on the album Into The Grave by Grave. They neither used the HM-2 nor a Marshall amp.
They used a method that was generally used by some Death/Doom bands. They cranked up a channel jumped Fender Bassman head (all knobs at ten) plugged into a full stack of Marshall 4x12" cabs loaded with Greenbacks to make the amp go into a natural preamp and power amp overdrive, and push the speakers into break-up. Then they dirty boosted it further with a Boss DS-1.
It was indeed a freakishly loud way of achieving the buzzsaw guitar tone, but as an advantage, their buzzsaw guitar tone was way sludgier, thicker, and heavier than other Swedish Death Metal bands. It'll be pretty crazy to recreate the Into The Grave set-up nowadays though because it'll be impractically loud.
By the way, this is how a cranked up channel jumped Fender Bassman head sounds through Greenbacks without any pedals before it. When dirty boosted further by Boss DS-1 it produces the guitar tone heard on the Into The Grave album.
ruclips.net/video/iiJ7yZzkM0Q/видео.html
The real swedish tone was created by nirvana 2002 though and emulated by everyone else
Great tone, here's an idea...could you make a video where you explain how you track, mix and master your tracks?
Torment Yt yep. It’s easy though. Zero mixing/plugins/vst eq etc on guitars/bass. left right for guitars and bass down the middle. I make sure I get it right at the mic so I don’t have to mix. So if something lacks a frequency instead of looking for a VST parametric eq I reach for a mic that can hear that freq or move mics until I get it. I don’t even use a mastering plugin. EDIT: I do use a tape simulator VST now and then for the bands who went to tape. Nothing special though, it was the one that comes with Sonar platinum.
Drums are ezdrummer 2 with about 7 additional kits that I mix n match.
On vocals I used isotope nectar and breverb plus devillok.
Entombed playing sounds wild and out of control but goddamn is it tight as fuck
Yep it's a contradiction and was totally original for the time.
I just picked up one of these bad boys for the very same purpose. How did you remove the grill/ball? Mine only seems to unscrew half way down, and just wanted to check the condition of it etc. Thanks.
I didn't remove it. I think it's freewheeling. I just cleaned it as good as I could.
@@CIRCLEOFTONE Ah, seems to work okay, but definitely doesn't come apart like the Shure sm58 does. Was also gonna give it a go with the grill removed, but there goes that idea haha.
Came here because of the "Do not listen to youtubers" video, and i found a great channel!
Welcome to the circle!
Nothing wrong with a Peavey Bandit, sir. Got a 65 Solo Series, good pedal platform for a solid state amp.
It is adequate depending on style. For mine it’s nails on a chalkboard.
Got some mad tOCK vibes from that, your voice is very distinguishable/unique. Love it
Yes! We have found the tOCK fan! Haha.
hello guy, always interesting your vids, good job. i've red a few years ago that "left hand path" was recorded with a peavey studio pro, an hm2 and a sd1 (2 tracks with hm2 and 1 with sd1). you can try to buy a bandit but not sure it will change anything.i've tried since many years the HM2 on several amps (tubes and not) and on each time, the HM2 sound taking overall each amp, no matter amp you choose, the HM2 is there.
I got the Bandit etc info from the producer himself. Later on they may have used other pedals etc.
I was lucky to get an hm2 back in about '88 as my first and only pedal, had no idea how it compared with other pedals but it was named heavy metal so that was all I needed to know to choose it. Always played it with bass and gain maxxed and treble around 2/3 to 3/4 into a marshall with bass and treble maxxed and mid at zero. It was as close to the Bolt Thrower sound as I could get with what I had (no idea what my guitar was though, black with 'Celebrity' on the headstock). Not changed the settings on the HM2 in 30 years :D
entombed used like 5watt practice amps to record left hand path from what internet lore claims, of course in conjunction with the hm2
Great vid! Could you by any chance do "The Hellacopters" tone? It's Nicke's other band
Your channel is the best my man.
What do you think of Morning Star? To me that is one of the best sounding metal albums ever.
Nice Job man sounded brutal and raw! What is the brand of that LP white/black burst guitar?That thing looks sick
It’s a prototype for testing wood etc. it’s more for tonewood demos. I have matching bodies with different wood species. It’s a bolt on. I’ll be bringing out a proper guitar with different headstock/body shape but still a general LP style with that color. That will be a set neck.
In a month or so I’ll be posting the first of 4 tonewood videos and you will hear that guitar with 3 different bodies.
Awesome video...that tone is monstrous!
Thanks man.
Wow that was heavy. You'd never think of some equipment working that way.
Thanks man! It’s the heaviest thing I’ve done. That mic is awesome. The COT-100 amp helps too. Plus vampire fingers.
Great video, as always. I really enjoy this series. If I may utter a request, though... Would love to see a vid like this on Rammstein. Their guitar tone is unreal, especially on the older stuff and I don't know how they did it. Been trying to nail that tone for years, with moderate success at best. I believe, the secret is mostly - but not only - EQ and compression. Can't get it right, though.
A video on this would make me so happy, but any pointer would be welcome. Anyone know anything? Some secret trick or equipment that they used? Thanks.
Just a thought for future vids: I'm interested to know what tonal difference the ohm rating of a cab makes to the sound. I have a JCM900, OR120 and a Carlsbro valve head all of which are capable of 4, 8 or 16 ohm cabs... but what gives the best tone. I have always used 16 ohm cabs as someone once told me that was best for a highly driven guitar sound... but I'm sure you could make a great video explaining it all!
By JCM800 do you mean a 2203? Does the COT-100 have the same amount of gain
It’s not dead on. It’s a different circuit but voiced similar with the same level of gain. It’s a base for boosts. It’s hand-wired point to-point with solid copper core wiring and a pure to jack to preserve freqs. Plus it has a depth knob and a loop unlike a 2203. So put a TS9, RAT, distortion pedal etc to slam the front end and it’s like being kicked in the chest BUT has sweet tonality. Loads of character.
Sounds intriguing. Where will they be manufactured?
China. I want to price it like good Randall’s etc. If all goes well I have a USA guy who’s top notch that I will work with for USA models. The guys in China doing the work are top tier and are a standard in the industry.
Good. I see no reason to pay for western labour when the parts are mostly MIC anyway. If the price is right I'm very interested. You'll be competing with 2nd hand Marshalls.
not a guitar player but in all my years of listening to punk & metal, i have never heard guitars that sound like they did on ONE WAY SYSTEM'S - WRITING ON THE WALL album, think it was recorded by a very young colin richardson. a how did they do it on that album would be amazing...
Colin is the man. You should ask them. Ypu may be surprised.