Tasteful, not rushed. Too many players feel like they must be super fast to be great. Nick Johnston has something to say musically. The melody is first , then the phrasing accompanied by flashes of pinpoint accuracy for emphasis. He makes you listen for what is next. A lot to say musically. Outstanding Mr. Johnston. Got this brother playing again!
Came here for a Mark V demo and left being blown away by Nick’s awesome playing 🤯🔥 I’m a hardcore metal guy but damn Nick’s playing and talent is just mind blowing … so talented and he pours his soul into his music … incredible and so inspiring to listen to him playing. A breath of fresh air
THANK YOU, MESA, for posting this video, literally my _very_ first exposure to Nick Johnston-maybe two months ago, and now I'm searching for more. I've since bought the two physical CDs still available... PHEW! SOOO highly recommended! Those CDs are in constant action lately. Nice to find so many NJ-related videos on YT as well. My main question, being so late to the party, is: Where the heck has this guy been, and why have I not heard of him before? I've since discovered that his career goes back several years. Jeez... I subscribe to GP, GW, Guitarist (UK), Premier Gtr... and I don't recall ever seeing even his name, let alone an article. Is it because he's Canadian? (Seriously... Max Webster or Kim Mitchell anyone? Look 'em up!) Definitely, Nick Johnston is one _musician_ deserving of a LOT more recognition! And, by the way, what a great amp that is. I'm already looking into how to manage one sometime soon. Great demo! *EDIT* (to answer myself!): Weird coincidence. I just got the newest issue of Guitar World (Hendrix cover), and guess what I discovered? A 2-page article on Nick Johnston!
It’s weird, I usually don’t care for instrumental music but I love that album. I also don’t care for Strats but that NJ Signature is so nice. Again, fantastic Album Nick.
Pure magic. Honestly, I came here to see how he used the 5-way switch and volume to perform the song. So synced with his instrument it's unbelievable. You Sir are so inspiring.
The Mark sounds great with the singles. My goodness Boogie guys.....that room you created is like the ground zero of tone. The dream team of amp heads.
Mesa amps really bring out the features of the guitar itself. Nick Johnston and Andy Timmons use the guitars volume knob and pickup selector to great effect to say the least. The Mesa amplifiers that they have given demos of not only bring out the guitars usable features, but highlight the amps touch sensitivities and responsiveness that make every note sing and be heard. I have not had the pleasure of owning a Mesa as of yet, but I'm working on it. These amps are made to inspire and create great music. Mesa does it like no other. Keep it going Mesa!
Many thanks fore the kind words, Mark and so glad that you have picked up on the dynamics and touch/volume sensitivity stuff we're trying to showcase here. A few players use this technique and it provides such an amazing palette of tonal variations to express yourself with, we hope it leads to more people experiementing with the style. Especially when the amp is well suited to playing nice with the volume of your guitar, it's a really great way to vary your tone and expression of your music. Thanks for watching and thanks for your interest! Let us know when you get that first Boogie! :)
Wow , I wasn’t expecting this , the playing was absolute gorgeous , beautifully melodic and fluidly offbeat , put me in a trance 😵💫I’ve got to get his album and this amp !
It's because it's just guitar into amp, no effects pedals or anything. Real simple rig. That said, it's a fantastic guitar and amp, being wielded by an incredibly unique guitarist.
I’m glad I listened to this with headphones (recommended). This is an epic composition! Reminds me why I discovered and love epic heavy stuff like this on occasion despite being predominantly acoustic musician. Thanks!
Currently learning this song! awesome performance! Hey Mesa, any idea on where the knobs are on this performance? i wanna try and match it on my five : 35 .
I got a Studio 22 late 80's ...a Subwayrocket mid 90's and this sounds exactly like them both. Plus, it has a little more needed power and more versatility too. This is what i'd be buying if I were in the market today. Their EL84 amps will TRUELY let you sound as good as anything you've ever heard on a major album, regardless of your guitar.
Schecter was one of the first brand to build custom strat, Tom Anderson used to work for Schecter in the early 80's and after Dave Schecter sold the company, Tom continued to build pick up for the new owner in the first years. Mark Knofpler, Steve Lukather and also Dan Huff used Schecter strat for some period.
Ha! This is a great challenge, ZZ. That's a lot of amps so it would be quite the creative song with all the different tones available from the current lineup. Let's see what the marketing team says to this challenge. Thanks for watching! :)
Hi Smitty - good question. The Mark Five: 35 can ALSO be switched down to 10 watts, which, if you compare the two amps side by side in this setting, you MIGHT notice that the MK35 is a little bit stiffer and slightly louder at the same settings. You can also turn the MK35 down a tiny bit on the Master and the amps might sound almost identical. Shorter answer, the amps sound WAY more similar than different and you can probably make them sound exactly the same with slight settings changes. Hope this helps.
Ha! What ends up being OK with the wife is pretty darn important. :D Happy to help and good luck in your search - let us know how it goes and thanks for your interest!
Everybody knows that we are always lacking something. When you've got THE amp you always finally want something more. e.g I owned à mark V but was not convinced of the crunch channel which was super cold in spite of hotter rebias and running lower wattage. The lead channel was also pretty disppointing, it lacked gain. Then I purchased a Mark IV, it sounds really killer... Or more precisely the lead ch. Sounds killer and the clean is really nice..but it lacks à solo function, the crunch is à bit cold, and the global reliability is poor ("A" version with PCB that becomes conductive at some hot spots). I owned also a studio preamp that lacks flexibility and was f***** hard to dial in properly but had great cleans and super tight rythm tones. The triaxis has incredible control possibilities but as usual Mesa exagerates when they say they put mark IV and IIC+ circuits inside. The real mark IV sounds way better (compared with the same Power section) than its mode inside the Triaxis, and the 2C sounds the same but skinnier because mesa used the same circuit with à slightly different EQ to make think it is tighter.
Woww, I love the music so much, and I love Mesa even more. I have Mark 5 90 watt and Dual Rec. Really want to buy JP2C if I have $$ laying around somewhere 🤣 By the way, Mick Johnston’s style like Jeff Beck and Marty Friedman in to one body
Returned mine - far too 'quacky' and harsh for me. Replaced with a Fillmore 50, and loving it. Great video though, excellent player, composition and mix! Maybe if I had his skill...
@@Thomasdgoldentrue, but at low master volume levels there is a difference in the frequencies, so I have to change the EQ settings in order to play at low volumes.
Hi V8 - All signal chain details are in the video's description (as always). :) That said, the cabinet is a Lone Star Open back 1x12 "23" with Celestion 90 speaker and the mics used are a Shure KSM313 and a Shure SM57, Thanks for watching and thanks for your interest ion the details! :D
It appears he never used the EQ sliders? Never saw the light on? And he used channel one quite a bit, what are the settings? Mine doesn’t sound like that
Boogies have a different structure, they are cascading in the knobs, if you don’t understand how they work you wont be able to get a good sound, why so many amateur guitarist get them and then complain - they are phenomenal Amps
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Absolutely one of the best guitarist of our time
Tasteful, not rushed. Too many players feel like they must be super fast to be great. Nick Johnston has something to say musically. The melody is first , then the phrasing accompanied by flashes of pinpoint accuracy for emphasis. He makes you listen for what is next. A lot to say musically. Outstanding Mr. Johnston. Got this brother playing again!
Amazing comment, Mark. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and absolute gold to hear this inspired you to play! Cheers!
holy shit this demo still holding water like a brand new bucket! love everything about this!
Came here for a Mark V demo and left being blown away by Nick’s awesome playing 🤯🔥 I’m a hardcore metal guy but damn Nick’s playing and talent is just mind blowing … so talented and he pours his soul into his music … incredible and so inspiring to listen to him playing. A breath of fresh air
So much emotion in each and every note. Sounds like the music is coming from the heavens. Incredible playing.
THANK YOU, MESA, for posting this video, literally my _very_ first exposure to Nick Johnston-maybe two months ago, and now I'm searching for more. I've since bought the two physical CDs still available... PHEW! SOOO highly recommended! Those CDs are in constant action lately. Nice to find so many NJ-related videos on YT as well.
My main question, being so late to the party, is: Where the heck has this guy been, and why have I not heard of him before? I've since discovered that his career goes back several years. Jeez... I subscribe to GP, GW, Guitarist (UK), Premier Gtr... and I don't recall ever seeing even his name, let alone an article. Is it because he's Canadian? (Seriously... Max Webster or Kim Mitchell anyone? Look 'em up!) Definitely, Nick Johnston is one _musician_ deserving of a LOT more recognition!
And, by the way, what a great amp that is. I'm already looking into how to manage one sometime soon. Great demo!
*EDIT* (to answer myself!): Weird coincidence. I just got the newest issue of Guitar World (Hendrix cover), and guess what I discovered? A 2-page article on Nick Johnston!
It’s weird, I usually don’t care for instrumental music but I love that album. I also don’t care for Strats but that NJ Signature is so nice.
Again, fantastic Album Nick.
Nick Johnston everybody....Damn the man is good. So good.
This song really grows on you, awesome technique and feeling
I love the fact that Nick plays the solo part differently in every video
Fouzy Nadjieb he improvises them
i used to hate it when musicians did that live because i was ignorant lol. but now i love it! Nick is truly remarkable
Pure magic. Honestly, I came here to see how he used the 5-way switch and volume to perform the song. So synced with his instrument it's unbelievable. You Sir are so inspiring.
Wow, tone, feel, melodic, emotion, really really beautiful Nick!!
Remarkably Human is such a great instrumental album! Great melodies and composition throughout.
The Mark sounds great with the singles. My goodness Boogie guys.....that room you created is like the ground zero of tone. The dream team of amp heads.
Many thanks, Rick! Loving the comment here. Much appreciated. :)
Right ? Its much fatter than a Marshall even though its el34
Nick has more feeling in one note than most have in a whole song.
The best strat tone ever!
Nice guitar, nice amp, nice tone, nice composition! I like. ;)
Mesa amps really bring out the features of the guitar itself. Nick Johnston and Andy Timmons use the guitars volume knob and pickup selector to great effect to say the least.
The Mesa amplifiers that they have given demos of not only bring out the guitars usable features, but highlight the amps touch sensitivities and responsiveness that make every note sing and be heard.
I have not had the pleasure of owning a Mesa as of yet, but I'm working on it.
These amps are made to inspire and create great music.
Mesa does it like no other.
Keep it going Mesa!
Many thanks fore the kind words, Mark and so glad that you have picked up on the dynamics and touch/volume sensitivity stuff we're trying to showcase here. A few players use this technique and it provides such an amazing palette of tonal variations to express yourself with, we hope it leads to more people experiementing with the style. Especially when the amp is well suited to playing nice with the volume of your guitar, it's a really great way to vary your tone and expression of your music. Thanks for watching and thanks for your interest! Let us know when you get that first Boogie! :)
I will!
What a GREAT musician 🎵🎸👏
Amazing touch and sensitivity.
Tasty chops.
Oozes feeling.
Well done.
someday i will had one of this wonderfull of guitar amps. best amp ever
he is a magician on guitar!!
This is outstanding perfomance right there! Great guitar, awesome amp and remarkble guitarist))) Bravo!!!
Before I die, I must have that amp.
Me 3!!!
Amazing music, musicianship, and tone
Wow , I wasn’t expecting this , the playing was absolute gorgeous , beautifully melodic and fluidly offbeat , put me in a trance 😵💫I’ve got to get his album and this amp !
Absolutely fantastic Nick. Can’t get enough of your playing
Agreed, Francios. thanks for watching. :)
That tone is so organic and natural sounding. Awesome.
It's because it's just guitar into amp, no effects pedals or anything. Real simple rig. That said, it's a fantastic guitar and amp, being wielded by an incredibly unique guitarist.
Beautiful music. Wonderful
Bertoloooootoooooo, vc por aqui!!!!!
Frederico Ferreira eu mesmo....kkk. puxa som do nick ein.. . Abração
mano, o timbre é bonito demais!!!!
Frederico Ferreira vdd mesmo. E a música eh super moderna com arranjos de ótimo bom gosto.
Thanks for sharing the settings!
Nick Johnston is a Robot who is Remarkably Human.
sounds amazing, very tasty playing and improved on the studio album as well
I’m glad I listened to this with headphones (recommended). This is an epic composition! Reminds me why I discovered and love epic heavy stuff like this on occasion despite being predominantly acoustic musician. Thanks!
Many thanks for kind words, William, and for the recommendation for headphones too! Thank you! :)
One of the best Canadian guitar player
Mike Sydor Alex Lifeson #2
Amazing!! Bravo Nick!!!!!
Nick you are a monster!...playing on a monster amp!!
Wonderful playing and tone ......great touch ......Cheers.
Mesa rules...and Nick? Goodness gracious!
Wonderful! I like the fact that you dont use too much gain. It shows the versatility of this amount! Round owner here.
That part at 5.20 was divine. Thank you for that.
The talent. It's incredible.
This track name could not be more ironic considering this man's skills.
Wow. Amazing playing..
Excellent!!!
From a modified AC30, to this head-cab. His tone really is not in the amp itself. Wow.
não tem ninguem melhor !
AMAZING GUITARIST!!!
All your tricks in one basket… well played man!
Damn, that is a good song.
Currently learning this song! awesome performance!
Hey Mesa, any idea on where the knobs are on this performance? i wanna try and match it on my five : 35 .
Nice! Thanks for watching. :)
Ch. 1 Clean Mode Gain 10 Treble 4 Mid 4.5 Bass 3.5 Presence 5 Master 2.5 25 watts
Ch. 2 MKIIC+ Mode Gain 4.5 Treble 5 Mid 6 Bass 5 Presence 4 Master 4 35 watts
Thanks so much. You are a saint!
Great sound!
Looks like channel 1 in crunch mode, nice tone!
then pumps it into red channel, nice!
Where can I get one of those invisible whammy bars??
At Digitech :)
Magnifique morceau bien mélodique !a quand un duo avec mr Jeff Beck 😊?🎸💥
5:00 - 5:08 soooo good
Outstanding
This guy makes me love Schecter...
No need to talk about Mesa/Boogie: first time I added EQ in pedal chain, I figured why Mesa has it on the amp...
So nice!
I got a Studio 22 late 80's ...a Subwayrocket mid 90's and this sounds exactly like them both. Plus, it has a little more needed power and more versatility too. This is what i'd be buying if I were in the market today. Their EL84 amps will TRUELY let you sound as good as anything you've ever heard on a major album, regardless of your guitar.
Very very nice
Wow, Schecter built like a Suhr! What a times we living in!
It sure pays to be the only custom shop artist.
Keith Merrow is also a custom shop artist.
@@Alphonselle Yeah, I screwed up lol. When the guitar Nick is playing came out he was, though.
Schecter was one of the first brand to build custom strat, Tom Anderson used to work for Schecter in the early 80's and after Dave Schecter sold the company, Tom continued to build pick up for the new owner in the first years. Mark Knofpler, Steve Lukather and also Dan Huff used Schecter strat for some period.
@Mesa/Boogie challange: a 10 min video performing 1 single song and using all the amps in the current catalog
Ha! This is a great challenge, ZZ. That's a lot of amps so it would be quite the creative song with all the different tones available from the current lineup. Let's see what the marketing team says to this challenge. Thanks for watching! :)
Go for the 25 - the 35 could also be fine, but if purely for home/lower volume use, 25 is PLENTY. Hope this helps!
Hi Smitty - good question. The Mark Five: 35 can ALSO be switched down to 10 watts, which, if you compare the two amps side by side in this setting, you MIGHT notice that the MK35 is a little bit stiffer and slightly louder at the same settings. You can also turn the MK35 down a tiny bit on the Master and the amps might sound almost identical. Shorter answer, the amps sound WAY more similar than different and you can probably make them sound exactly the same with slight settings changes. Hope this helps.
MESA/Boogie do not forget the CabClone DI for practicing in total silence.
Ha! What ends up being OK with the wife is pretty darn important. :D Happy to help and good luck in your search - let us know how it goes and thanks for your interest!
Goodness gracious.
Very nice!
Me atrevo a decir el mejor de estos tiempos
"ReMARKably Human"
I see what you did there.
Ahhhhhh, man..... Honestly did not see that! You, sir... are, as always, right on top of things.
Amazing
Jesus that shit was fucking gnarly at about 3:30...
4:55 is my idea of a perfect tone chord
I am a huge Mesa/Boogie fan, but imho, you sound best with the BE-100.
I kinda agree. He still sounds great now, but it felt "warmer" back then, no?
Im agree too :(
Thanks for watching, guys!
Huge Friedman fan here, but Mesa Boogie fan, too.. I think here the note definition is a bit more 'rounded'. People can like it or not.
Work a part time job for a few months and buy your dream amp. It's really easy and you'll have it forever.
Everybody knows that we are always lacking something. When you've got THE amp you always finally want something more. e.g I owned à mark V but was not convinced of the crunch channel which was super cold in spite of hotter rebias and running lower wattage. The lead channel was also pretty disppointing, it lacked gain. Then I purchased a Mark IV, it sounds really killer... Or more precisely the lead ch. Sounds killer and the clean is really nice..but it lacks à solo function, the crunch is à bit cold, and the global reliability is poor ("A" version with PCB that becomes conductive at some hot spots). I owned also a studio preamp that lacks flexibility and was f***** hard to dial in properly but had great cleans and super tight rythm tones. The triaxis has incredible control possibilities but as usual Mesa exagerates when they say they put mark IV and IIC+ circuits inside. The real mark IV sounds way better (compared with the same Power section) than its mode inside the Triaxis, and the 2C sounds the same but skinnier because mesa used the same circuit with à slightly different EQ to make think it is tighter.
Pandemic...
I got this, and just got a fender super twin blackface. It’s true, gear is a never ending dragon chase
To bad it's not that easy, it took me 20 years to get what I got now
Woww, I love the music so much, and I love Mesa even more. I have Mark 5 90 watt and Dual Rec. Really want to buy JP2C if I have $$ laying around somewhere 🤣 By the way, Mick Johnston’s style like Jeff Beck and Marty Friedman in to one body
oh my god what a genius..
the room of millions
This is my dream amp. 🔥
It’s my gigging cab amp combo, super versatile, great tones, highly recommend it
Monster!
I have this amp and I can say it really is as good as it sounds here....:)
Love!😍😍😍😍
just perfect.unike
Look in the dictionary under "Tone Lounge" and there ought to be a picture of this room.
Awesome
4.34...woow..that was sweet and cool.
sounds great!
C est incroyable
Monster! !!
@MESA/boogie would love to hear this with the Theil 1x12. Why did you go with the open back out of interest?
Returned mine - far too 'quacky' and harsh for me. Replaced with a Fillmore 50, and loving it. Great video though, excellent player, composition and mix! Maybe if I had his skill...
What speaker is in that 1x12 cab?
Is the mesa 5-25watt loud enough to play 1 by 1 with classic drums ?
Yes.
It's extremely loud. I have a cabinet on two V12's and it's very loud, I mean even too loud...
@@maciejboiski2428 Too loud....that’s never an issue. Not enough loud sucks.
@@Thomasdgoldentrue, but at low master volume levels there is a difference in the frequencies, so I have to change the EQ settings in order to play at low volumes.
@@maciejboiski2428 sorry about the late reply. I agree.
This player exemplifies, to me, the reason Santana loves Mesa...
Why doesn't my boogie sound like his? Lol.. boogies are amazing.
come on Ronnie！
@MESA/Boogie can u pls confirm if that is a Theil 1x12 widebody cab? And what mics are on it. Thx.
Hi V8 - All signal chain details are in the video's description (as always). :) That said, the cabinet is a Lone Star Open back 1x12 "23" with Celestion 90 speaker and the mics used are a Shure KSM313 and a Shure SM57, Thanks for watching and thanks for your interest ion the details! :D
it looks like a 1x12 Lone Star 23
Correct, Rick! We'll update that in the description and comment here. Thanks! :)
Nick would play the same on line6 digital unit.. He have Mesa sound in fingers lol
It appears he never used the EQ sliders? Never saw the light on? And he used channel one quite a bit, what are the settings? Mine doesn’t sound like that
The settings are in the description.
If you're listening through the cab, it'll sound drastically different from how it sounds mic'd up and recorded.
Robbie Timms genius, helps if I read it, thanks I only watched it never read the description thanks
Mine this good or better. All a matter of preference. ;)
DAT Room! unf.It would be option, i mean, tone paralysis. I will plug into this amp, no better plug in that amp, or maybe this amp. Perhaps that amp.
tone for days! and people on forums complain the mark v 35 is not a good amp
Boogies have a different structure, they are cascading in the knobs, if you don’t understand how they work you wont be able to get a good sound, why so many amateur guitarist get them and then complain - they are phenomenal Amps
Unusual to see an original schecter.
Is he using the 5 band eq? I don’t see any settings in the discription. Will try these settings on my mkV35 and my JP2c
I don't think he is. the EQ LED is off.
@@FedericoMK I agree. I wasn't near my amp when I watched the video. thank you though much appreciated
melayu note
Occasionally sounds like Marty Friedman. Is Nick Inspired by the Magic Man? Just wondering....
irmasil3 who isn't?
We're all inspired by everybody good...