@@rkk578 The issue is that it's cheaper for someone to prompt AI to create art in an artist's style than it is to get the artist to create an original piece. What they get isn't better, it's cheaper and faster.
I was about to say that. I mean, we're not the ones standing in front of loud-as-fuck PA systems without hearing protection on a nightly basis for years, maybe even decades straight.
When I was a teenage guitar player I was obsessed with getting the "Metallica sound" with my little amp and a buddy of mine told me "you'll never get it because they engineer the sound in the studio with a combination of blending amps, speaker cabs and EQ. After that I have been on a quest to find my own sound. Thank you for all the information you give on your channel, Glenn!
If you haven’t already can you do a video on an intro to speakers, an overview of the big names and what they do best, it seems like there’s so many out there and they all sound good
As a scientist, I really appreciate your approach, Glenn! My eyes (ears?) were recently opened when I bought an LTD EC-1000 with Fishman pickups and discovered that, while nice, the guitar didn't sound so much better than my cheap 2003 Epiphone LP Studio Goth. This realization led me down a path of tonal discovery that eventually brought me to your channel. I'm here to stay, so keep up the good work! Now let me make a suggestion: I've enjoyed your blind audio tests, but I was wondering about you doing somewhat the opposite. Here are two options: 1) Record the same Heavy Metal riff with 3-5 different humbuckers, but you EQ the tracks to make them sound EXACTLY THE SAME. Then you can talk about what you did to accomplish that and how long it took you. 2) Record a Heavy Metal riff with a two very different sounding humbuckers, but move the amp mic for one of them to make it sound like the other humbucker. This might be a lot of work, but something tells me you could get it done pretty quickly. As far as I'm concerned, if you can EQ or mic-move several pickups to sound the same, then the reasons for choosing which one you buy will come down to how quiet they are and how much they cost, NOT how "vintage" or "hot" they are, or what famous guitarist uses them. I hope you find these ideas as fun as I do, and I also hope you see them as the valuable learning experiences they could be to further your Tonal BS cause.
I'm not really a metal guy but I like your videos because you seem to be honest and you challenge anyone to prove you wrong. So far no one has, kudos! Thank you for sharing the info on speakers. Everyone should be paying attention.
I think the only good thing Marshall makes that isn’t ridiculously expensive or a piece of junk is the dsl series. I got the 100w head used for $600, they’re new for $800 now, and you can make em sound just like a jcm800 if you get some greenbacks. They get a bad rap cause the matching cabs have cheap 60w rocket 50s that sound horrible.
@@fetusbelt6851 Of course it varies, but yeah, in my public school, we learned the basics of the scientific method in the 4th grade and scientific principles before that.
4th grade for me, and people think I'm weird just because I remember information in science and history class... Maybe it's not the remembering itself that makes them think I'm weird...
I agree about mastering being the one part of the work flow that can be relatively easily automated via AI, since depending on your goal for the track, the various mastering styles/techniques are pretty standardized and relatively a finite number based on your goal for the track ie where you expect it to mostly be played. Mixing is still a finesse and nuanced thing because of the upteen million of options of how you want the individual tracks to sound cohesively throughout the entire track. That will be much tougher to fully automate via AI if ever.
I ended up buying my first Marshall (and last) about a month ago. The DSL40CR. I am pretty happy with it and didn't think it was too overpriced; albeit, I am not an expert. It was cheaper than the Fender Twin Reverb I was thinking about buying. I do use a Head Rush Core through the effects loop.
I’ve recently gone headfirst into home recording since my 20-year old band decided to get together and make a record. We live across the country from each other so having a good home setup is a must and your tips and suggestions have already proven invaluable (we all independently got Scarlett interfaces per your reviews, for example) and have opened my eyes to a lot I never saw as a knuckle-dragging guitarist and not an engineer. Wish I would have gotten into this side years ago. Thanks for the help thus far and I look forward to all your videos in the future. 🤘
15:30 my father and i have a helix and a pod go. In bith of the it’s possible to disable cab-sim/irs. Helix: - don’t put one into the signal-chain Or - use one of the many send ports to split a signal of Pod Go: - turn off the cab-block Or -use the amp-out port wich can be configured to split right before the cab Hope this is useful information and have a great day.
I saw a Rig Rundown on Premier Guitar of Nuno and Pat Badger. Nuno’s tech said the following things. The few pedals that Nuno uses all run on batteries instead of AC Power for better tone. And the phaser pedal is the old MXR Phase 90 with the script logo and no LED because it gets a better tone. Now I will say that the script logo Phase 90 isn’t quite as sharp, isn’t quite as overt of an effect as the new ones. But that is NOT tone. And the batteries thing…I dunno. I have questions. Make it make sense Glen.
I believe Zakk Wylde has something in opinion about batteries being used across his pedalboard (although I doubt that flies with the Pantera touring rig..). Surely the battery thing must be to do with less interference from the the electricity mains of a location?
I've been a musician for more than 3 decades but have had limited studio experiences until 2012 when I got to do an album with a major league industrial rock bands, guitar player. I learned alot in the process. However I discovered Glenn a few months ago and I'm blown away. Not only does Glenn stack up against heavy hitters, but took me further than ever in my quest for recording guitars and achieving over all studio quality. Much respect thank you Glenn! You're doing great work 👏
Ok , I got a cool comment, Your show is hilarious, I thank you from the bottom of my heart 🖤 I've been playing guitar for over 20 years now, and as I transitioned from a live player, mostly to a home studio setup recording electric guitar 🎸 I found the Reaper daw and a big breakthrough! Your videos helped me out tons with my setup and understanding how to record direct with plugins, get better at mixing etc. My video's final mixes improved a lot because of your insights and recommendations. My guitar tone has never sounded better. Keep the awesome genius work dropping knowledge with a comedy twist and content that I find most interesting, useful, and very entertaining. 🤘
Had no idea those mojo tone BV 30s were your favorite speaker, I just ordered two of the 25s and two of the Anthem's to put in this god awful Randall cab the band has been using for a while now, can't wait to hear how it sounds, they should be here today!
Hey Glenn, your new Neve desk is pretty cool, but I noticed it is in a metal enclosure. I realize you’re a metal guy, but I think we could get some more excellent tones from it if you let me build you a tonewood enclosure. We could add some maple cross bracing to give those highs some snap, mahogany side panels to enhance the mids, and a couple of basswood bits to make those lows really crush. That’s how tone works, right? lol You know I’m kidding, of course! But that’s the same thing with electric guitars, an electromagnetic audio device gets its tones from the wood? More tests! We need more blind tests! Keep up the good work. By the way, I could lend you my POD rack if you want to do some tests with that.
GLEEEEEENN!!!! How’s it going man? Would it be possible to maybe talk a bit about floor amp/IR modelers like helix, pod go, boss gx100, tone x pedal, etc…. In the context of playing at home/recording at home? Best ways to record with those, and in terms of playing in the bedroom, is there any value in putting them through an FRFR speaker or better off just running them into the power amp in of your combo, so that your combo becomes a powered speaker, and all amps/effects/ir’s come from the pedal itself. Thanks for your work man!
If you're running it in the power amp of a combo with a normal guitar speaker, then you would want to turn the IRs off on the modeling unit. FRFR is for when you are using IRs, but a regular guitar speaker, you'd want to turn them off because you are already running through a speaker. I personally prefer FRFR because I get the variety of multiple IR options. When you run power amp and speaker, you're basically stuck with whatever speaker you're running through. However, it is personal preference.
Yesss! I haven't watched 30 seconds yet but I had to comment, my profile is all mixes from the SMG package of multi-tracks. Thank you for the inspiration and practice sessions. Seriously, disabled mixer/producer Sean.
Purchased a 1x12 Jet City combo last summer, have been playing around with some different mics and mic positions, and it has quickly become my go-to amp with either a 57 or i5 on the cab. It was dirt cheap and can’t get enough of it, mixes great with the rest of the band for our rhythm tracking. It has the stock Eminence speaker that came in it, and just playing with the mic position as I went helped me discover a sound I like through FOH and in the mix. Used on our upcoming EP 😊
One sound mixer guy basically high pass (but back it down a little once it's too thin) + changing the frequency around the middle made the vocal tone warm. The thing I got from his video: he did it using EQ
I got a chuckle out of the segment where you read the comment from the Scientist guy, and then imediately said musicians aren't smart people. He's a scientist!! got a good laugh outta that.....love the vids
The Valvestate amp in my studio gets a lot of use, it also works great when using it as a second amp in the mix especially when the other amp is a Peavey 5150. I have had many happy clients who never even wanted to try the VS, reamping has changed many clients' minds when the VS was used over the years.
The Valvestate is a great sounding amp! I wonder if there is a difference between the original series (8040, 8080, 8100) and the "Vs" series. I only played in the originals btw
Love your channel! I'm a new subscriber and just love the no BS attitude. FINALLY someone is calling out the forums dweebs for their echo chamber whining. I repair and build guitars, and can't believe some of the things customers come in and talk about. Of course, it's always internet spawned and I just have to be polite. Cheers! (yes, I'm British so can officially use that as a sign off!)
Hey Glenn long time viewer. I did an A/B test the other day between 2 sets of pickups for a power metal track I am working on, and while I agree changing the speaker will make a big difference in sound, I was surprised at just how awful the Dimarzio Fusion Edge picks up sounded compared to the Seymour Duncan Nazguls. Im not saying its the first thing you tweak in your signal chain, or even that its worth the money, but I cant shake the feeling of just how awful those Dimarzio's sounded. Happy to provide samples if necessary.
I will admit i don't know jack about equipment, i have been playing all my life and you've shown me decades of experience in your videos. Thank you and God bless
Your videos are interesting and I enjoy watching them. I do tend to buy pickups and put them in my guitars if I can't get a tone that I like with my Line 6 HX Stomp. My Ibanez J Custom had PAF pro pickups and I had trouble getting enough gain with my Line 6 HX Stomp and couldn't make them sound good no matter what I did. I'm not dismissing your tests but I definitely noticed a difference in my guitar tone when I put the new pickups in, maybe it's just the EQ difference between the Black Winter and PAF pickups. I'm glad you mentioned Angra, I'm online friends with Marcelo from Angra and he's a wonderful human being. I feel like they're criminally underrated as a band and their new CD "Cycles Of Pain" is awesome. Keep giving us good mixing tips and making amusing videos!
Glenn!! Please check out evh Lbx stealth amp vs evh 50w amp please!! I would love to see those frequency response graphics compared to each other in order to check how similar is the actual tone. Perhaps it makes sense to check all of those lunchbox amps vs. The big ones.
If you plan to use old mixing gear, you must remember to have that recapped (and diagnosed for any other problems), because it will work not as designed (compressor, eq etc. values), and may likely introduce unwanted noise.
You MUST have an audio interface with mastering tubes in it ! If you use a microphone be sure it is a mastering microphone and the cable is a mastering cable as well ?
Love the videos, keep’’em coming! So I know this channel mainly focuses on getting good metal sound for recording but even us metal guys like to throw some clean guitar in there every now and then. Have you done any videos on recording good clean guitar or is it something you would do in the future?
The speaker thing is crazy cause in the modeling community we all know to start with irs before tweaking the amp settings. Cab is like 90% of the tone and no one thinks twice until it’s a real amp.
Hi Glenn, Thanks for the great info! I see you're mentioning the new Chinese v30 a lot as better than the 2004-2021 v30(I could definitely hear it in your videos). Did you check if it is true for the British v30 too? I have a cab loaded with Mesa v30 and I wonder if they are worse than the new v30(I can't just compare them). Unfortunately, I'm horrible with opening things so not going to remove the speakers just to see if they have transparent dust cap 😅
I know pickups don't make the hugest difference. But if I like my amp and speakers for the most part. If there's just some little annoying thing I can't get out of there no matter how much I mess with the gain or the EQ. And a big shift like a different speaker change might take it too far. That little difference like going from an active pickup to a passive pick up or a passive to an active might be that slight tweak I needed. And I already had passive and active pickups 25 years ago. Thank you Glenn, I enjoy the videos.
Hey Glenn, I think an awesome idea for a video would be diving into exactly what in a mix determines what kind of amp you want to record with and how you do so. much love.
I have a mackie 8 bus. Bought it for when I save up enough to get a 24 track reel to reel. (Finally got an 8 track this year!! Gonna experiment with it and see if we can get professional results only using 8 tracks.)
I don’t even record or play metal. But find your videos very informative and interesting. Keep preaching the good word that it’s not about the pickups and saving people money.
I’m not very knowledgeable about irs and am curious if one person’s ir for a speaker would sound approximately the same as another’s for the same speaker type? I’d love to see you test this.
Thanks for all the amazing info Glenn. Huge fan of your guitar reviews. Do more! Question; In your opinion, as I am a mediocre guitar player at best, which would be the better bang for the buck, S by Solar or Schecter? Thanks!
Glen!!!!, Thank you so much for mentioning “entry level”recording consoles. I record and mix on an old Soundcraft Ghost with outboard gear and finally get the results I have chased for years. There’s many ways to get there but, a console is what was missing in my work flow. I’m just a guy in my basement so trying to afford a Trident 68 or something equivalent didn’t make sense. Once I dove into the used analog console market, I found that there are many great options out there that sound really good. Different stokes for different folks. I would love to see a video and your approach to the used console options under $2000 usd. Kindest regards,
Glenn, would be cool to see some comparisons between a tube amp that's just been turned on and producing sound and one that is given time to "properly warmed up". I would do that myself but unfortunetely do not have a reamp box to do it properly.
when you said "it took a mix i've been working on from this..." a midroll ad started with really basic hiphop/trap music (it was a soundcloud ad i think) and i wasn't looking at the video so i thought that was your mix and went "okay i didn't expect glenn to need to accept these kinds of mix jobs at this point in his career" lmao
I had radio Disney come through an amp before. I remembered a guitar world interview with gene Simmons. He said get a piece of aluminum foil, and plug your guitar into the jack through the foil. It worked! Haven't had to do this since the 90s with shitty vintage equipment. Hope this helps.🍻
Hey Glenn, I happen to live just north of Detroit. Is it possible we met at Harpos at a Gwar show? I got the flu a couple of weeks ago and it was one of the best things to happen to me. I probably watched 40 of your videos while I was laid up. Tests and observations are a great breath of fresh air and I appreciate your "regular guy" delivery. I have a rack Pod Pro I'm not using, if you care to make the trip across the river, it's yours.
Hey Glenn, your content the last 2 years has realy been invaluable to focus my money and effort on getting the tones I want out of my gear, and developing mixing skills, instead of dumping loads of cash I don't have on things that wouldn't actually help me get where I want. I have an old Zoom 9150 DSP rack unit kicking around and would realy like to put it to use. Got it from my father, who didn't need it anymore and it's been sitting in a corner of my room for half a decade. It's just a preamp, so I'd need an IR loader to take a DI out, or a power amp and cab. Any suggestions on those last two? Haven't found a lot of budget options for a power amp, and I'd be in the market for a 2x12. I play psychedelic/stoner, so I'd go for something not too harsh in the higher frequencies, but well rounded in the lower mids. Any recommendations? Thanks a lot, keep up the amazing work!
I think, and I'm not 100% sure about this, the warm sound of an amp is based on something called total harmonic distortion or THD. I'm not entirely sure how it works but it is an electronic matter that can really alter how the power of an amp is develop and you can hear it more distinctly between transistors and vacuum tubes.
Hey Glenn. I actually have a Marshall Code 25 that I got at a thrift store for 50 bucks or so (unused, amazing what stuff you can find). Actually happy with some features it has such as modelling sound. Now just for the record - not a pro, and cant actually tell if something sound like crap. I do enjoy playing at home and what i hear. And that I did not pay much for it as well :D
Thanks for the videos. Due to your advice to experiment, i picked up an orange super crush 100 to pair with an eminence js1250 and an eminence swamp thing. Super cool combo
Would LOVE to see a review of the Mackie 8 bus consoles. Have a 1604VLZ and have been thinking about upgrading to one of those. Wish there was a new equivalent. Maybe a comparison of the Mackie 8 buses and the Allen & Heath options?
I started playing in the late 80's and gravitated to the scooped mids tone. When I started recording, I completely changed my approach to my amp settings and picking. Since then, my tone has mids, and I get the chunky tone from pick attack, not an EQ. Everyone will eventually come to realize that guitars live in the midrange, unless everyone's intention is to may every record sound like ...And Justice For All, the album where bass is optional.
Hey Glenn speaking of blending amplifiers to get a good tone. For a while now I have been running two stacks because I'm the only guitarist in the band. I run the 5150 on one side and a Marshall DSL on the other side. I run vintage 30s (I know) with the 5150 and t12-75s with the Marshall. Then I run my guitar into an ABY splitter. I am using stereo effects so that I can run through both loops of both amps. In the front end I go straight into the 5150 and use a Revv G4 into the Marshall. Plus I run your metal effects in the front end. A lot of people have commented on how good it sounds. Let me tell you running two full stacks can get pretty fucking loud seriously. But yeah I totally agree that blending two different style amplifiers gives you a crushing tone! BTW The Marshall Code was a dogshit amplifier, I mean you can dial in a good sound or two It might take you a half hour. But those amps were pretty shitty I had one for a minute. Tube amps really do sound quite a bit better but some solid state stuff can do the job. Your channel and testing and information that you have given really made me open my eyes to a lot of things and I have learned a lot as far as getting a good tone. Thanks from the Bay Area the home of Thrash! 🤘🤘🤘👍
Good channel Glenn. A quick question. I am not into metal and wonder whether your point of looking at the speaker first also applies to nonmetal guitar sounds? We are talking about fender valve amps, AC15’s etc. Thoughts?
Ok sure. But there is mastering engineers who do master with out-board gear and not in the box, some offer both. Outboard master verses in the box is night and day. Have somene do that test for you! The last full length we did was mastered by Howie Weinberg on out board gear and sent both out board and in the box masters for us to compare too. There is a difference. We went with the outboard gear option. Oh yeah we didnt have to drive to L.A. where he works. We sent shared wav. Files theough a file sharing system similar to drop box. The files can still be delivered digitally without a time consuming commute. It will.cost you though.
Tubes are funny. I run 6550’s in a FUCHS Viper. I inherited tube testing equipment from my dad so I like to see how well matched tubes are. I ordered a quad of Shu Guang 6650’s. I got the tubes for $38 each which is a good price in today’s world. The tubes were the most closely matched tubes I ever tested. They are very similar to the GE 6550 tubes and seem well built. I have had no problems and the amp has been run hard at times. The cheap tubes were better matched than NOS GE and Russian made Tung Sol.
I have Line 6 Pod xt pro that I bought when I was young and I still have it, using it as a tuner BUT I've tested the line6 pods preamp with marshall and engl poweramps through orange 2x12 and it was quite cool. :D I have no idea how good or bad the sounds are compared to real amps (I didn't do any test and was just fooling around for fun) but the sounds I got out of that old piece were actually pretty interesting. :D
Glenn, I would love to see how freq response graphs are created. Is an industry standard, calibrated mic needed? (due to some mics being darker than others etc so not having flat response over the full range). Is it possible to compare graphs from from 1 manufacturer to the next? IE if Celestion and Jenson tested an Eminence speaker, would all 3 companies get identical graphs? Cheers and FU
Gleeeeeeeen, about cheap gear for us living in south america, a question: Can the UAFX pedals be used as external gear for mixing? I was researching about the MAX compressor pedal, it has a 1176, a La-2a and a Dyna pedal comp and I was wondering how it would perform to use as inserts on Reaper. Can you compare them with the rack unit and the emulation plugins? Greetings from Brazil!
forget the Mackie boards. get the Soundcraft LX7 II. I have 2 Mackie 24x8x2 studio mixers and used them a bunch but now they have issues. So i replaced it with the Soundcraft. It sounds much better. much more responsive EQ. You do not have to move the knob much to get a big result. It has good headroom too. The one thing i loved about the Mackie is the headroom and the mix b section.
As far as your search for older/shitty Line 6 modulation gear here's what I came up with: I just checked the manual for the Line 6 Spider III, (used to have one and found the manual by chance when cleaning up some crap) and as far as I can tell, the amps don't seem to have any cabinet emulation. I was even checking in some old forums and it turns out that the headphone jack (according to internet wisdom) can also work as "line out" so I think you could potentially run a cab through it? Alternatively the speaker is fairly easy to disconnect and drop another one in and the 150W variant of the Spider III actually has 2 speakers Even easier would be to get the Line 6 Spider III head which you can probably find for dirt cheap (quick search here in Portugal and found one for 150 euros/220 canadian dollars) I've also found that the Spider IV has speaker outs/class 2 wiring if you can find those Spiders for cheaper than the III I wouldn't even bother with the Spider original or Spider II to be fair.
Hi Glenn, I got a 2x12 cab that have a grill so dense I can't see the damn speaker even with the flash of the phone. Besides that, I would like to know if by being so dense it could affect the sound perceived by the mic. I thinking of cutting the grill if so as my only purpose with it is to use it for recording. Love your channel, Cheers from Argentina!
Glenn has spent so much time and effort trying to teach something to all these know-it-all guitar players that he hasn't noticed that I haven't changed my bass strings in six months! F-U GLENNNNNNN!!!!
I might have a rare gibson les paul tribute that actually stays in tune, almost impossible to believe I know. I run it thru a vox MV50 and a old randall 212 with jaguar speakers from the 80's. Have you got a opinion on the old jaguar speakers thanks for your time
its crazy how much praise i get for my live one with my katana mk2 head and the matching 212 cab . the spekaers in them are really good surprised me. i want eh harley benton 212 with the v30s.
Pod Pro rack? I bought one a couple of years ago for ~30€£$! I see there are a few videos about this unit popping up! I would part with it for a fashionably adjusted pile of beer tolkens, but I need it to hold the bottom of my rack stable, without it the rack goes all wobbly and might tip over (and damage my NS10ms that I bought for 80quid 25 odd years ago) 😳
I have a question can you put green backs and creame backs in the same cabinet for a blended tone. Would it work in an x pattern or cream backs on the top and green backs on the bottom. Just curious. Great channel.
I use different tone woods for writing different styles of songs. The subtle nuances can mean the difference between where a bridge might go and, where a churros might fit in the song. Keep up the great but misguided work, Glean.
Hi Glenn, I have a few questions regarding sound engineering: Have you worked with musicians with different tastes/preferences in production? (assuming they aren't jerks and are willing to learn) How do you sort out the differences and come up with a way that works? Cheers from Thailand
Hi Glenn, as for the mastering, could you do a comparison from a track you have paid a shitload of money for back in the day to get it mastered, and then master that song, the same mix you brought to the master studio, but now master it with warp? I am curious very much to the result! Thanks!
Sorry to bother you, but I have a Peavey 6505+ 112 Combo, I changed the valves for soviet 6V6 and 12AX7 ones, it came with Ruby 6L6GC and 12AX7. The noise dissapeared and the tone is way better, but I want to also change the Sheffield 12'' speaker for a tone more suitable to 80's hard rock or even hair metal, what speaker would you recomend? I didn't have money to make the swap a few years ago when I changed the valves. I have a Charvel Model 5A with a Dimarzio Super Distortion, a DIY acrilic body with a J95 in the bridge and a Dimarzio Air Norton in the neck position, and also a Steinberger Spirit. They all sound great, I use the Steinberger more than the others, it is a great guitar and it weights mostly nothing compared to the other monsters. But when I plug them to the 6505+ they sound like I am hitting a metal bucket... But when I plug them to my Focusrite Scarllet 2i2 using Guitar Rig 5 they sound really good... I want to improve that amp... hope you can help me. Thank you! Rock on and cheers from Argentina!
@@SpectreSoundStudios thank you, my amp let me select the impedance, and I located a Celestion EVH used cabinet... 800 usd here... I've been meditating a whole half hour about it... :) I may buy it. Thank you a lot! I'll try it first just to taste the sound.
I actually own a marshall valvestate 8040 1x12 combo amp and it puts out one of the best guitar tones ive heard in awhile from an amp. Im growing to really love the older marshall stuff and i got it for like 90 bucks at guitar center cause the tube had come loose so they thought it was broken
On the topic of cool budget gear, have you heard of 12 Gauge Microhpones? They're built into actual shotgun shells and pretty affordable. Seems right up your alley for a review.
I went to change the tubes in my guitar amp because I'd bought the amp used and it was pretty old, and I understood power tubes to have a finite life. I selected JJ tubes, but not for the sound: because JJ tubes are not made in Russia (impossible to get) or China (probably nothing wrong with those, though), and are readily available. I put them into my guitar amp, and guess what?? It sounded like my guitar amp!
question: does the speaker matter as much with Bass as it does with guitar? I always hear the joke that a bass player will drag a nice rig to a session only to be told to go direct into the board. is this really true? I do know that in the room different cabinets sound and feel a little different with bass (like deeper low frequencies with larger drivers, more high end if a horn tweeter is present etc.).
So, I’m really curious about a thing. People tend to be audio, visual or somatic learners (learners by feel). I wonder if some somatic learners mistake tone for what they feel from the guitar, or the amp and they’re just that highly tuned to the feel that they can’t separate it from the tone? In metal, that would be a very strong feeling as you can create a very big kick with just a palm mute.
Someone said “I’m a fan of AI but it’s gone in the wrong direction. I want AI to do the laundry and dishes so I can focus on making music and art.”
Who Al is he your friend? Is his real name Alfred?
@@Yakomoe yeah, that is tricky! His name is Aifred.
If it's easier to programme AI to do your art than to do the laundry, you are probably not an artist.
@@rkk578 The issue is that it's cheaper for someone to prompt AI to create art in an artist's style than it is to get the artist to create an original piece. What they get isn't better, it's cheaper and faster.
@@rkk578 Right. It's clearly that simple and straight forward
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It turns out tone was in the degenerative hearing loss, not the hands
I was about to say that. I mean, we're not the ones standing in front of loud-as-fuck PA systems without hearing protection on a nightly basis for years, maybe even decades straight.
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I've always wondered why my tone is shit. Then I realised that every live show's tone is shit. Then I took a hearing test
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*Sqeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee* WHAT?!?!?!
"I'm a Guitarist playing with myself" shirt/bumper sticker when?
When I was a teenage guitar player I was obsessed with getting the "Metallica sound" with my little amp and a buddy of mine told me "you'll never get it because they engineer the sound in the studio with a combination of blending amps, speaker cabs and EQ.
After that I have been on a quest to find my own sound. Thank you for all the information you give on your channel, Glenn!
Massive respect for the use of the phrase “wanker” and ideal usage too!
Keep it up Glenn
If you haven’t already can you do a video on an intro to speakers, an overview of the big names and what they do best, it seems like there’s so many out there and they all sound good
As a scientist, I really appreciate your approach, Glenn! My eyes (ears?) were recently opened when I bought an LTD EC-1000 with Fishman pickups and discovered that, while nice, the guitar didn't sound so much better than my cheap 2003 Epiphone LP Studio Goth. This realization led me down a path of tonal discovery that eventually brought me to your channel. I'm here to stay, so keep up the good work!
Now let me make a suggestion: I've enjoyed your blind audio tests, but I was wondering about you doing somewhat the opposite. Here are two options:
1) Record the same Heavy Metal riff with 3-5 different humbuckers, but you EQ the tracks to make them sound EXACTLY THE SAME. Then you can talk about what you did to accomplish that and how long it took you.
2) Record a Heavy Metal riff with a two very different sounding humbuckers, but move the amp mic for one of them to make it sound like the other humbucker. This might be a lot of work, but something tells me you could get it done pretty quickly.
As far as I'm concerned, if you can EQ or mic-move several pickups to sound the same, then the reasons for choosing which one you buy will come down to how quiet they are and how much they cost, NOT how "vintage" or "hot" they are, or what famous guitarist uses them.
I hope you find these ideas as fun as I do, and I also hope you see them as the valuable learning experiences they could be to further your Tonal BS cause.
"There's a reason this is called Spectre Sound STUDIOS, and not Spectre Sound Play With Yourself!" Crom's Balls, Glenn, phrasing!
just be happy an image for that was not included
I'm not really a metal guy but I like your videos because you seem to be honest and you challenge anyone to prove you wrong. So far no one has, kudos! Thank you for sharing the info on speakers. Everyone should be paying attention.
"A Fuckton of Nuance." Perfect name for a shitty new Art Rock project. Always fun to tune in my man 10/10 fricheks
In the UK it would be "Shed load" lol.
Good luck getting a show in the Woke west! Biden
I wonder why famous guitarists want you to buy the gear that’s sponso….used on stage
You mean buying a Les Paul wont turn me into Jimmy Page? I hate my life
@@CodyCockyote7046 why do you want to be Jimmy Page, without his renown and cash, you will just end up on a sex offender list.
@@CodyCockyote7046 Jimmy Page playing a Telecaster through a Supro amp has sold a lot of Les Pauls and Marshalls though.
I think the only good thing Marshall makes that isn’t ridiculously expensive or a piece of junk is the dsl series. I got the 100w head used for $600, they’re new for $800 now, and you can make em sound just like a jcm800 if you get some greenbacks. They get a bad rap cause the matching cabs have cheap 60w rocket 50s that sound horrible.
@@thesvtguyinteresting i've always really like the form factor of those amps but people are always like _"vintage marshall or die"_
My musician friends have a saying "confidence pedal", any pedal that doesn't do much but gives you confidance
I have a confidence Pick/Plectrum! It's like a security blanket, but it's difficult to play the guitar with a security blanket!
In the US, we teach the scientific method, often in elementary school, but not everyone pays attention.
yep, 4th grade in a private school, 7th at public
@@fetusbelt6851 Of course it varies, but yeah, in my public school, we learned the basics of the scientific method in the 4th grade and scientific principles before that.
4th grade for me, and people think I'm weird just because I remember information in science and history class... Maybe it's not the remembering itself that makes them think I'm weird...
we learn a very coloring book version of the scientific method in the US. and most people who 'learn' it can't color within the lines.
I agree about mastering being the one part of the work flow that can be relatively easily automated via AI, since depending on your goal for the track, the various mastering styles/techniques are pretty standardized and relatively a finite number based on your goal for the track ie where you expect it to mostly be played. Mixing is still a finesse and nuanced thing because of the upteen million of options of how you want the individual tracks to sound cohesively throughout the entire track. That will be much tougher to fully automate via AI if ever.
I ended up buying my first Marshall (and last) about a month ago. The DSL40CR. I am pretty happy with it and didn't think it was too overpriced; albeit, I am not an expert. It was cheaper than the Fender Twin Reverb I was thinking about buying. I do use a Head Rush Core through the effects loop.
I’ve recently gone headfirst into home recording since my 20-year old band decided to get together and make a record. We live across the country from each other so having a good home setup is a must and your tips and suggestions have already proven invaluable (we all independently got Scarlett interfaces per your reviews, for example) and have opened my eyes to a lot I never saw as a knuckle-dragging guitarist and not an engineer. Wish I would have gotten into this side years ago. Thanks for the help thus far and I look forward to all your videos in the future. 🤘
15:30 my father and i have a helix and a pod go. In bith of the it’s possible to disable cab-sim/irs.
Helix:
- don’t put one into the signal-chain
Or
- use one of the many send ports to split a signal of
Pod Go:
- turn off the cab-block
Or
-use the amp-out port wich can be configured to split right before the cab
Hope this is useful information and have a great day.
He is looking for some older ones with a bad reputation, not the new ones where people already know that they are great
@@flachmann161 ah ok thank you. I didn’t know.
> Were you not paying attention in 7th grade? <
Hey, those notebooks weren't going to cover ~themselves~ with band logos!
Element bass is kicking arse!! I made some of my own presets with it and it just works. Thanks!!
Just ask the tube cork sniffers just how many dB of warmth is added precisely!
Warmth is measued in very different unit. You should have known that. It's 1 feel;)
Of course it's a warm tone. Those tubes are getting hot when the amp is used😄
I saw a Rig Rundown on Premier Guitar of Nuno and Pat Badger. Nuno’s tech said the following things. The few pedals that Nuno uses all run on batteries instead of AC Power for better tone. And the phaser pedal is the old MXR Phase 90 with the script logo and no LED because it gets a better tone. Now I will say that the script logo Phase 90 isn’t quite as sharp, isn’t quite as overt of an effect as the new ones. But that is NOT tone. And the batteries thing…I dunno. I have questions. Make it make sense Glen.
I believe Zakk Wylde has something in opinion about batteries being used across his pedalboard (although I doubt that flies with the Pantera touring rig..). Surely the battery thing must be to do with less interference from the the electricity mains of a location?
@@adamflanaganmusic Ok that may be something. But that’s not tone.
Better tone in this case means probably just less AC noise😂 the LED light is pure BS but I hate it too. It's too strong.
Last year JHS made an April Fools video about battery simulator pedal.
I've been a musician for more than 3 decades but have had limited studio experiences until 2012 when I got to do an album with a major league industrial rock bands, guitar player. I learned alot in the process. However I discovered Glenn a few months ago and I'm blown away. Not only does Glenn stack up against heavy hitters, but took me further than ever in my quest for recording guitars and achieving over all studio quality. Much respect thank you Glenn! You're doing great work 👏
Ok , I got a cool comment, Your show is hilarious, I thank you from the bottom of my heart 🖤 I've been playing guitar for over 20 years now, and as I transitioned from a live player, mostly to a home studio setup recording electric guitar 🎸 I found the Reaper daw and a big breakthrough! Your videos helped me out tons with my setup and understanding how to record direct with plugins, get better at mixing etc. My video's final mixes improved a lot because of your insights and recommendations. My guitar tone has never sounded better. Keep the awesome genius work dropping knowledge with a comedy twist and content that I find most interesting, useful, and very entertaining. 🤘
Had no idea those mojo tone BV 30s were your favorite speaker, I just ordered two of the 25s and two of the Anthem's to put in this god awful Randall cab the band has been using for a while now, can't wait to hear how it sounds, they should be here today!
Hey Glenn, your new Neve desk is pretty cool, but I noticed it is in a metal enclosure. I realize you’re a metal guy, but I think we could get some more excellent tones from it if you let me build you a tonewood enclosure. We could add some maple cross bracing to give those highs some snap, mahogany side panels to enhance the mids, and a couple of basswood bits to make those lows really crush. That’s how tone works, right? lol You know I’m kidding, of course! But that’s the same thing with electric guitars, an electromagnetic audio device gets its tones from the wood? More tests! We need more blind tests! Keep up the good work. By the way, I could lend you my POD rack if you want to do some tests with that.
GLEEEEEENN!!!!
How’s it going man? Would it be possible to maybe talk a bit about floor amp/IR modelers like helix, pod go, boss gx100, tone x pedal, etc…. In the context of playing at home/recording at home? Best ways to record with those, and in terms of playing in the bedroom, is there any value in putting them through an FRFR speaker or better off just running them into the power amp in of your combo, so that your combo becomes a powered speaker, and all amps/effects/ir’s come from the pedal itself. Thanks for your work man!
If you're running it in the power amp of a combo with a normal guitar speaker, then you would want to turn the IRs off on the modeling unit. FRFR is for when you are using IRs, but a regular guitar speaker, you'd want to turn them off because you are already running through a speaker. I personally prefer FRFR because I get the variety of multiple IR options. When you run power amp and speaker, you're basically stuck with whatever speaker you're running through. However, it is personal preference.
Yesss! I haven't watched 30 seconds yet but I had to comment, my profile is all mixes from the SMG package of multi-tracks. Thank you for the inspiration and practice sessions. Seriously, disabled mixer/producer Sean.
Only famous people could afford a hearing aid neuralink in the late 70s to early 80s to tune down their instruments a quarter step
Playing with yourself is fun, but playing with others is so much better 🎸
Lol, got to be careful with the context here. But I agree !
Purchased a 1x12 Jet City combo last summer, have been playing around with some different mics and mic positions, and it has quickly become my go-to amp with either a 57 or i5 on the cab. It was dirt cheap and can’t get enough of it, mixes great with the rest of the band for our rhythm tracking. It has the stock Eminence speaker that came in it, and just playing with the mic position as I went helped me discover a sound I like through FOH and in the mix. Used on our upcoming EP 😊
One sound mixer guy basically high pass (but back it down a little once it's too thin) + changing the frequency around the middle made the vocal tone warm. The thing I got from his video: he did it using EQ
I got a chuckle out of the segment where you read the comment from the Scientist guy, and then imediately said musicians aren't smart people. He's a scientist!! got a good laugh outta that.....love the vids
I'm fully aware I have tin ears. But it makes my life much easier and less expensive.
nothing makes me happier than answering the "humbucker or single coil tone in a mix?" question with a simple "yes"
Thanks Glen for bringing us valuable, straight up entertaining content mang! Appreciate your hours spent.
The Valvestate amp in my studio gets a lot of use, it also works great when using it as a second amp in the mix especially when the other amp is a Peavey 5150. I have had many happy clients who never even wanted to try the VS, reamping has changed many clients' minds when the VS was used over the years.
The Valvestate is a great sounding amp! I wonder if there is a difference between the original series (8040, 8080, 8100) and the "Vs" series. I only played in the originals btw
I cant believe Weird Al is fronting Angra.
The subtle nuances these rockers from the 80s / 90s supposedly hear is probably just tinnitus...
I love that someone used their comment in this episode to reference the underpants gnomes
Love your channel! I'm a new subscriber and just love the no BS attitude. FINALLY someone is calling out the forums dweebs for their echo chamber whining. I repair and build guitars, and can't believe some of the things customers come in and talk about. Of course, it's always internet spawned and I just have to be polite. Cheers! (yes, I'm British so can officially use that as a sign off!)
Hey Glenn long time viewer. I did an A/B test the other day between 2 sets of pickups for a power metal track I am working on, and while I agree changing the speaker will make a big difference in sound, I was surprised at just how awful the Dimarzio Fusion Edge picks up sounded compared to the Seymour Duncan Nazguls. Im not saying its the first thing you tweak in your signal chain, or even that its worth the money, but I cant shake the feeling of just how awful those Dimarzio's sounded. Happy to provide samples if necessary.
I will admit i don't know jack about equipment, i have been playing all my life and you've shown me decades of experience in your videos. Thank you and God bless
Your videos are interesting and I enjoy watching them. I do tend to buy pickups and put them in my guitars if I can't get a tone that I like with my Line 6 HX Stomp. My Ibanez J Custom had PAF pro pickups and I had trouble getting enough gain with my Line 6 HX Stomp and couldn't make them sound good no matter what I did. I'm not dismissing your tests but I definitely noticed a difference in my guitar tone when I put the new pickups in, maybe it's just the EQ difference between the Black Winter and PAF pickups.
I'm glad you mentioned Angra, I'm online friends with Marcelo from Angra and he's a wonderful human being. I feel like they're criminally underrated as a band and their new CD "Cycles Of Pain" is awesome. Keep giving us good mixing tips and making amusing videos!
Glenn!! Please check out evh Lbx stealth amp vs evh 50w amp please!! I would love to see those frequency response graphics compared to each other in order to check how similar is the actual tone. Perhaps it makes sense to check all of those lunchbox amps vs. The big ones.
This is a masterclass in video editing. And boy, what a ton of work to do too.
If you plan to use old mixing gear, you must remember to have that recapped (and diagnosed for any other problems), because it will work not as designed (compressor, eq etc. values), and may likely introduce unwanted noise.
You MUST have an audio interface with mastering tubes in it ! If you use a microphone be sure it is a mastering microphone and the cable is a mastering cable as well ?
Love the videos, keep’’em coming! So I know this channel mainly focuses on getting good metal sound for recording but even us metal guys like to throw some clean guitar in there every now and then. Have you done any videos on recording good clean guitar or is it something you would do in the future?
The speaker thing is crazy cause in the modeling community we all know to start with irs before tweaking the amp settings. Cab is like 90% of the tone and no one thinks twice until it’s a real amp.
Hi Glenn, Thanks for the great info!
I see you're mentioning the new Chinese v30 a lot as better than the 2004-2021 v30(I could definitely hear it in your videos).
Did you check if it is true for the British v30 too? I have a cab loaded with Mesa v30 and I wonder if they are worse than the new v30(I can't just compare them).
Unfortunately, I'm horrible with opening things so not going to remove the speakers just to see if they have transparent dust cap 😅
That Mehdi clip never gets old.
When I die, I want to be buried in my mix.
Lmfao
I know pickups don't make the hugest difference. But if I like my amp and speakers for the most part. If there's just some little annoying thing I can't get out of there no matter how much I mess with the gain or the EQ. And a big shift like a different speaker change might take it too far. That little difference like going from an active pickup to a passive pick up or a passive to an active might be that slight tweak I
needed. And I already had passive and active pickups 25 years ago. Thank you Glenn, I enjoy the videos.
Hey Glenn, I think an awesome idea for a video would be diving into exactly what in a mix determines what kind of amp you want to record with and how you do so. much love.
I have a mackie 8 bus. Bought it for when I save up enough to get a 24 track reel to reel. (Finally got an 8 track this year!! Gonna experiment with it and see if we can get professional results only using 8 tracks.)
I don’t even record or play metal. But find your videos very informative and interesting. Keep preaching the good word that it’s not about the pickups and saving people money.
Just found your channel, you have a sick thing going man keep it up. Subbed 👍
I’m not very knowledgeable about irs and am curious if one person’s ir for a speaker would sound approximately the same as another’s for the same speaker type? I’d love to see you test this.
Thanks for all the amazing info Glenn. Huge fan of your guitar reviews. Do more! Question; In your opinion, as I am a mediocre guitar player at best, which would be the better bang for the buck, S by Solar or Schecter? Thanks!
GLENNN! When are we getting Monday mix reviews back???
Glen!!!!,
Thank you so much for mentioning “entry level”recording consoles. I record and mix on an old Soundcraft Ghost with outboard gear and finally get the results I have chased for years. There’s many ways to get there but, a console is what was missing in my work flow. I’m just a guy in my basement so trying to afford a Trident 68 or something equivalent didn’t make sense. Once I dove into the used analog console market, I found that there are many great options out there that sound really good. Different stokes for different folks. I would love to see a video and your approach to the used console options under $2000 usd.
Kindest regards,
Glenn, would be cool to see some comparisons between a tube amp that's just been turned on and producing sound and one that is given time to "properly warmed up". I would do that myself but unfortunetely do not have a reamp box to do it properly.
when you said "it took a mix i've been working on from this..." a midroll ad started with really basic hiphop/trap music (it was a soundcloud ad i think) and i wasn't looking at the video so i thought that was your mix and went "okay i didn't expect glenn to need to accept these kinds of mix jobs at this point in his career" lmao
Glenn when I plug my amp I hear radio stations playing through the speaker cabinet what can I do to get rid of that
I had radio Disney come through an amp before. I remembered a guitar world interview with gene Simmons. He said get a piece of aluminum foil, and plug your guitar into the jack through the foil. It worked! Haven't had to do this since the 90s with shitty vintage equipment. Hope this helps.🍻
Hey Glenn, I happen to live just north of Detroit. Is it possible we met at Harpos at a Gwar show?
I got the flu a couple of weeks ago and it was one of the best things to happen to me. I probably watched 40 of your videos while I was laid up. Tests and observations are a great breath of fresh air and I appreciate your "regular guy" delivery.
I have a rack Pod Pro I'm not using, if you care to make the trip across the river, it's yours.
Hey Glenn,
your content the last 2 years has realy been invaluable to focus my money and effort on getting the tones I want out of my gear, and developing mixing skills, instead of dumping loads of cash I don't have on things that wouldn't actually help me get where I want.
I have an old Zoom 9150 DSP rack unit kicking around and would realy like to put it to use. Got it from my father, who didn't need it anymore and it's been sitting in a corner of my room for half a decade.
It's just a preamp, so I'd need an IR loader to take a DI out, or a power amp and cab. Any suggestions on those last two? Haven't found a lot of budget options for a power amp, and I'd be in the market for a 2x12. I play psychedelic/stoner, so I'd go for something not too harsh in the higher frequencies, but well rounded in the lower mids. Any recommendations?
Thanks a lot, keep up the amazing work!
I think, and I'm not 100% sure about this, the warm sound of an amp is based on something called total harmonic distortion or THD. I'm not entirely sure how it works but it is an electronic matter that can really alter how the power of an amp is develop and you can hear it more distinctly between transistors and vacuum tubes.
Glenn!!! We all know that changing pickups doesn't do much, but I wanted to know your opinion on changing from passive to active
Adding an active preamp certainly has the potential to change the tone, especially when you turn the knobs.
Yes, it adds more output
@@flachmann161 well the point is to see if it actually changes anything about the sound besides louder = better
Watching Glen helps me deal with unrelated anger with stupid people. Thank you so much.
Snap your finger snap your neck. Badass tone and song. I grew up with a valvestate and a peavey classic 100w head. Great amps.
Hey Glenn. I actually have a Marshall Code 25 that I got at a thrift store for 50 bucks or so (unused, amazing what stuff you can find). Actually happy with some features it has such as modelling sound. Now just for the record - not a pro, and cant actually tell if something sound like crap. I do enjoy playing at home and what i hear. And that I did not pay much for it as well :D
Thanks for the videos. Due to your advice to experiment, i picked up an orange super crush 100 to pair with an eminence js1250 and an eminence swamp thing. Super cool combo
Hey Glenn. I just wanted to mention the line 6 spider V 240hc has a switch in the back for emulation.
Would LOVE to see a review of the Mackie 8 bus consoles. Have a 1604VLZ and have been thinking about upgrading to one of those. Wish there was a new equivalent. Maybe a comparison of the Mackie 8 buses and the Allen & Heath options?
Glen!! Can you do an updated 2024 affordable home studio rig?
I started playing in the late 80's and gravitated to the scooped mids tone. When I started recording, I completely changed my approach to my amp settings and picking. Since then, my tone has mids, and I get the chunky tone from pick attack, not an EQ.
Everyone will eventually come to realize that guitars live in the midrange, unless everyone's intention is to may every record sound like ...And Justice For All, the album where bass is optional.
Hey Glenn speaking of blending amplifiers to get a good tone. For a while now I have been running two stacks because I'm the only guitarist in the band. I run the 5150 on one side and a Marshall DSL on the other side. I run vintage 30s (I know) with the 5150 and t12-75s with the Marshall. Then I run my guitar into an ABY splitter. I am using stereo effects so that I can run through both loops of both amps. In the front end I go straight into the 5150 and use a Revv G4 into the Marshall. Plus I run your metal effects in the front end. A lot of people have commented on how good it sounds. Let me tell you running two full stacks can get pretty fucking loud seriously. But yeah I totally agree that blending two different style amplifiers gives you a crushing tone! BTW The Marshall Code was a dogshit amplifier, I mean you can dial in a good sound or two It might take you a half hour. But those amps were pretty shitty I had one for a minute. Tube amps really do sound quite a bit better but some solid state stuff can do the job. Your channel and testing and information that you have given really made me open my eyes to a lot of things and I have learned a lot as far as getting a good tone. Thanks from the Bay Area the home of Thrash! 🤘🤘🤘👍
Good channel Glenn. A quick question. I am not into metal and wonder whether your point of looking at the speaker first also applies to nonmetal guitar sounds? We are talking about fender valve amps, AC15’s etc. Thoughts?
Ok sure. But there is mastering engineers who do master with out-board gear and not in the box, some offer both. Outboard master verses in the box is night and day. Have somene do that test for you! The last full length we did was mastered by Howie Weinberg on out board gear and sent both out board and in the box masters for us to compare too. There is a difference. We went with the outboard gear option.
Oh yeah we didnt have to drive to L.A. where he works. We sent shared wav. Files theough a file sharing system similar to drop box. The files can still be delivered digitally without a time consuming commute.
It will.cost you though.
Tubes are funny. I run 6550’s in a FUCHS Viper. I inherited tube testing equipment from my dad so I like to see how well matched tubes are. I ordered a quad of Shu Guang 6650’s. I got the tubes for $38 each which is a good price in today’s world. The tubes were the most closely matched tubes I ever tested. They are very similar to the GE 6550 tubes and seem well built. I have had no problems and the amp has been run hard at times. The cheap tubes were better matched than NOS GE and Russian made Tung Sol.
I have Line 6 Pod xt pro that I bought when I was young and I still have it, using it as a tuner BUT I've tested the line6 pods preamp with marshall and engl poweramps through orange 2x12 and it was quite cool. :D I have no idea how good or bad the sounds are compared to real amps (I didn't do any test and was just fooling around for fun) but the sounds I got out of that old piece were actually pretty interesting. :D
Glenn, I would love to see how freq response graphs are created. Is an industry standard, calibrated mic needed? (due to some mics being darker than others etc so not having flat response over the full range). Is it possible to compare graphs from from 1 manufacturer to the next? IE if Celestion and Jenson tested an Eminence speaker, would all 3 companies get identical graphs? Cheers and FU
Gleeeeeeeen, about cheap gear for us living in south america, a question: Can the UAFX pedals be used as external gear for mixing? I was researching about the MAX compressor pedal, it has a 1176, a La-2a and a Dyna pedal comp and I was wondering how it would perform to use as inserts on Reaper. Can you compare them with the rack unit and the emulation plugins? Greetings from Brazil!
forget the Mackie boards. get the Soundcraft LX7 II. I have 2 Mackie 24x8x2 studio mixers and used them a bunch but now they have issues. So i replaced it with the Soundcraft. It sounds much better. much more responsive EQ. You do not have to move the knob much to get a big result. It has good headroom too. The one thing i loved about the Mackie is the headroom and the mix b section.
As far as your search for older/shitty Line 6 modulation gear here's what I came up with:
I just checked the manual for the Line 6 Spider III, (used to have one and found the manual by chance when cleaning up some crap) and as far as I can tell, the amps don't seem to have any cabinet emulation. I was even checking in some old forums and it turns out that the headphone jack (according to internet wisdom) can also work as "line out" so I think you could potentially run a cab through it?
Alternatively the speaker is fairly easy to disconnect and drop another one in and the 150W variant of the Spider III actually has 2 speakers
Even easier would be to get the Line 6 Spider III head which you can probably find for dirt cheap (quick search here in Portugal and found one for 150 euros/220 canadian dollars)
I've also found that the Spider IV has speaker outs/class 2 wiring if you can find those Spiders for cheaper than the III
I wouldn't even bother with the Spider original or Spider II to be fair.
Hi Glenn, I got a 2x12 cab that have a grill so dense I can't see the damn speaker even with the flash of the phone. Besides that, I would like to know if by being so dense it could affect the sound perceived by the mic. I thinking of cutting the grill if so as my only purpose with it is to use it for recording. Love your channel, Cheers from Argentina!
Glenn has spent so much time and effort trying to teach something to all these know-it-all guitar players that he hasn't noticed that I haven't changed my bass strings in six months! F-U GLENNNNNNN!!!!
I might have a rare gibson les paul tribute that actually stays in tune, almost impossible to believe I know. I run it thru a vox MV50 and a old randall 212 with jaguar speakers from the 80's. Have you got a opinion on the old jaguar speakers thanks for your time
its crazy how much praise i get for my live one with my katana mk2 head and the matching 212 cab . the spekaers in them are really good surprised me. i want eh harley benton 212 with the v30s.
Glenn, please test if “breaking in” a speaker makes a significant change in tone. Like strings, does it change the sound for the worse or better?
Pod Pro rack? I bought one a couple of years ago for ~30€£$! I see there are a few videos about this unit popping up! I would part with it for a fashionably adjusted pile of beer tolkens, but I need it to hold the bottom of my rack stable, without it the rack goes all wobbly and might tip over (and damage my NS10ms that I bought for 80quid 25 odd years ago) 😳
I have a question can you put green backs and creame backs in the same cabinet for a blended tone. Would it work in an x pattern or cream backs on the top and green backs on the bottom. Just curious. Great channel.
I use different tone woods for writing different styles of songs. The subtle nuances can mean the difference between where a bridge might go and, where a churros might fit in the song. Keep up the great but misguided work, Glean.
Hi Glenn, I have a few questions regarding sound engineering: Have you worked with musicians with different tastes/preferences in production? (assuming they aren't jerks and are willing to learn) How do you sort out the differences and come up with a way that works?
Cheers from Thailand
Hi Glenn, as for the mastering, could you do a comparison from a track you have paid a shitload of money for back in the day to get it mastered, and then master that song, the same mix you brought to the master studio, but now master it with warp? I am curious very much to the result! Thanks!
Sorry to bother you, but I have a Peavey 6505+ 112 Combo, I changed the valves for soviet 6V6 and 12AX7 ones, it came with Ruby 6L6GC and 12AX7. The noise dissapeared and the tone is way better, but I want to also change the Sheffield 12'' speaker for a tone more suitable to 80's hard rock or even hair metal, what speaker would you recomend? I didn't have money to make the swap a few years ago when I changed the valves. I have a Charvel Model 5A with a Dimarzio Super Distortion, a DIY acrilic body with a J95 in the bridge and a Dimarzio Air Norton in the neck position, and also a Steinberger Spirit. They all sound great, I use the Steinberger more than the others, it is a great guitar and it weights mostly nothing compared to the other monsters. But when I plug them to the 6505+ they sound like I am hitting a metal bucket... But when I plug them to my Focusrite Scarllet 2i2 using Guitar Rig 5 they sound really good... I want to improve that amp... hope you can help me. Thank you! Rock on and cheers from Argentina!
Celestion EVH. Get the same impedance
@@SpectreSoundStudios thank you, my amp let me select the impedance, and I located a Celestion EVH used cabinet... 800 usd here... I've been meditating a whole half hour about it... :) I may buy it. Thank you a lot! I'll try it first just to taste the sound.
I actually own a marshall valvestate 8040 1x12 combo amp and it puts out one of the best guitar tones ive heard in awhile from an amp. Im growing to really love the older marshall stuff and i got it for like 90 bucks at guitar center cause the tube had come loose so they thought it was broken
On the topic of cool budget gear, have you heard of 12 Gauge Microhpones? They're built into actual shotgun shells and pretty affordable. Seems right up your alley for a review.
I went to change the tubes in my guitar amp because I'd bought the amp used and it was pretty old, and I understood power tubes to have a finite life. I selected JJ tubes, but not for the sound: because JJ tubes are not made in Russia (impossible to get) or China (probably nothing wrong with those, though), and are readily available. I put them into my guitar amp, and guess what?? It sounded like my guitar amp!
question: does the speaker matter as much with Bass as it does with guitar? I always hear the joke that a bass player will drag a nice rig to a session only to be told to go direct into the board. is this really true? I do know that in the room different cabinets sound and feel a little different with bass (like deeper low frequencies with larger drivers, more high end if a horn tweeter is present etc.).
So, I’m really curious about a thing. People tend to be audio, visual or somatic learners (learners by feel). I wonder if some somatic learners mistake tone for what they feel from the guitar, or the amp and they’re just that highly tuned to the feel that they can’t separate it from the tone? In metal, that would be a very strong feeling as you can create a very big kick with just a palm mute.