1:23 clean tone - a foundation, not super clean - push the amp to get some compression, some saturation (without breaking up) 3:36 edge of breakup - clean when playing lightly (some compression and saturation), but go into distortion when 'digging in' - a boost can help add some beef to a clean tone 6:00 lead sound - possibility: clean sound + pedal (different pedals = different flavours), .. sustain, smooth vs articulation (more high end) - can be used for chords (omit the 3rd, power chords!) - too much distortion => compression => buried in the mix -> back off the distortion! 10:05 delay + reverb - predelay lets the reverb get out of the way of the attack - slapback delay, dotted 8th sound (palm muting adds percussion) - play TO the effect (usually simplify) 14:15 modulation - add texture to a simple part - tremelo, especially for rhythm (doesn't necessarily have to sync up with the song's beat) - flanger / phaser / univibe is great for chords - subtle pitch modulation with reverb is awesome no pedalboard shot 😞
@@raucousriley143 The vast majority of tube amps have a Master volume. That controls the overall loudness of the amp. They'll also have a Volume (sometimes per-channel) or a Gain knob. That control is what Rhett's talking about when he says to "turn up the amp." He could have explained that better, but the other guy probably already knows from playing bass. When you increase the gain, but keep the Master Volume low, you can have lower levels of loudness and still saturate the tubes to get that breakup.
Hey thanks for the reply. I think maybe why I don't understand is because I don't have a tube amp. I have a boss katana. I should take his tone course. I've been playing guitar for 20 years but never play electric because I don't like my tone
@@raucousriley143 The Katana's very popular but man I didn't like its tone. If you can afford it, find a small tube amp and try it out. 15 watts get pretty damn loud, and 30 is giggable. If you like Rhett's tone, you'll dig a tube amp.
This is probably one of the most valuable videos I've seen on RUclips! Thanks to both of you for asking the right questions and giving the right answers!
Rhett - thank you!!!! I’ve found myself a little disinterested in a lot of the guitar influencers channels lately. You’ve definitely got me excited again. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU.
I think the part where you talked about what you’d use with GOOD TROUBLE was such a sick concept. If you did a “Rhett’s picks for…” type series for videos that would be pretty sick.
Probably one of the best videos describing the basic for a playing musician. Only wish there was a shot of the pedals used later in the video and how to make the adjustments. Need more videos like this.. great job Rhett!!
I used black panel Fender amps with a tube screamer since 1995 and never touched the volume control on the guitar. Rhett's videos opened my eyes to dynamics and using the amp and guitar volume knob. Bought a 20 watt cathode biased amp with power scaling. Now I set the amp dirty and roll the guitar volume back to clean it up. I can get any sound I want without touching the amp and I no longer own an overdrive pedal of any kind. It's been my setup for 2 years now. I wish I had learned that years ago.
It's actually pretty uncommon to get *all* your tones just from a cranked amp. Most will set it up for rhythm crunchiness on the amp, roll the volume back for cleaner parts, and hit a pedal for lead tones. But hey, whatever works for you is your own jam!
@@sundaynightdrunk Well, I have a reverb pedal and a delay for some slapback. Overdrive pedals? Nope. Don't own one and don't need one. The key is the amp. Could I do what I do with a Twin Reverb? Not in a million years. My amp has a gain control, a master volume, AND power scaling, and it's only about 20 watts.
Thanks alot for this. For me, this is the best way to explain the sounds. Someone actually asking you the questions and you showing how to get the sounds. Feels very much like a one on one lesson.
Really love you explaining one of the main things in terms of electric guitar. That the playing, all the effects and stuff - it's not one-directional thing. It's not just Action. It's InterAction. When you have to let the effects live, let them work, interact with them, instead of just forcefully pushing them to a certain result. And this approach differ from a typical shredder-style sound when you push the hardware to fit your technique. You can't do that with fuzz, for example. You have to let it breathe.
Fun fact, If it wasn't for Rhett there would be no Rick Beato channel. Thank you for your service to humanity and great to see your channel doing so well.
Maybe one of the best intro to effects videos I’ve ever seen. Bookmarked to send to friends getting started with guitar. I had to kind of just figure a lot of this out over the years of playing. This would have saved me a lot of time and money. Also Philip Conrad is such a humble guy! He’s one incredible bass player. Cool to see him humbly coming into this video as guitar is not his main instrument. But man can that guy tear it up on the bass :)
Brilliant format very informative, exactly what RUclips should be all about. Bravo Rhett & Philip. Learnt more from this video than watching 1000 equipment reviews. Excellent idea for an extended series.
As a lifetime acoustic player I found this extremely helpful in approaching electric guitar. A brief masterclass on tones & how to use them. Great questions and understandable answers. Thank you so much!
This is one of the best, albeit brief, guitar videos out there. Core info needed by every guitarist presented in a way that’s easy to understand and apply. Really well done. Thanks for this!
Great, informative video. Although I keep it simple with a cocktail of slight gain, slight delay, and slight reverb about 99% of the time, I have found that by randomly turning on an effect, I immediately start playing something different. I just hit a button and/or turn a knob on my Katana and see what comes out. Boom, inspiration. At least it works for my budget-gear-low-talent self!
Thank you for having Phil on your channel. He caught my eye back in the day when you guys would do band type videos. it always seemed in those videos like he’s a super smart cat and has soul to him. I can really tell that he appreciates your knowledge and the way that you guys vibe together is very simpatico. Keep it up 👍
I don’t even play, big fan of many genres of music…I find Rhett’s channel interesting and entertaining. This one really took on the educational mode that even I understood albeit at a rudimentary level. I’m also a subscriber to Phillips channel. Keep up the good work Rhett and Phillip.👏👍
This is such a well executed explanation. I almost didn't watch, I've been playing with full size pedalboards for almost 20 years now, but I'm so glad I did. This will be the first video I recommend to new players and I gotta admit, I don't think about pre-delay as readily as one of the first tools on a reverb as it was explained in the video. Really helpful tip!
As a beginner, I found this video to be extremely useful and valuable. I was extremely receptive just like Phillip. Thank you for making this video. What i learned today will stay with me forever.
Great video, as someone who learned to play before RUclips I remember so many things I wanted to know how to do but were things you might be embarrassed to ask at the guitar store or somewhere. Great info in here for everyone
If you setup your amp with guitar volume knob around 6 or 7, then you have all three tones on the guitar. Pick light clean (or even back off vol a bit more), dig in for edge of breakup, roll vol up for distortion.
One hack to new players is - usually set up your guitar a bit brighter than you initially might think it’s good. Once the bass and the kick drum come in with the low end, your “too bright” guitar becomes great in the mix.
Thank you Rhett for the entertainment and for sharing your experience and knowledges ! I learn so much these past years at watching your channel. So, massive thank you !
OMMMGGGG!!!! I am a bassist and I am now trying to learn guitar and this is the video I needed!!!!!!!!! Getting a good bass tone is so much different than getting a good guitar tone.
while I like edge of breakup clean tones, don't write off squeaky cleans. Clean tones with no dirt at all is a very useful sound. You may have to use a compressor to get the feel you want, but pristine cleans are gorgeous.
@ It is understandable, since it is a tone that allows you as a player to express yourself by means of intensity, speed, different attacks and volume, gives you a lot of tools. Playing clean has that too but the contrast is a lot less dramatic
This really good, I took all my guitar lessons in the 90’s and never learned how to play to effects like this. I’m good with reverb and tremolo, but this is showing my why can never really connect with any delay pedals, I don’t know how to use them.
Thank you for the explaining, I just bought my first pedal and comes with dozens of effects, which is cool but since i just jumped from acoustic to electric guitar, it can be overwhelming or hard to understand how each effect works
Excellent way to describe some of the infinite ways to shape sound! Guitar is a life long battle of trying to find a way to express the thing that's in your in your head, in the way you hear it....Welcome to your new nemesis Phil.
“A little hair on the notes” is how Leo Fender put it. I like a squeaky clean neck pickup sound with a touch of compression to add some weight along with a simple delay or reverb to create ambience.
Yo I just got a new tv and I've been going through some RUclips vids. I have to say your camera work is some of the best I've seen. Thx for the content.
Discovering pre-delay on a reverb pedal was a game changer for me... EDIT: also, truth about not necessarily wanting to tempo-match your tremolo style effects. It can feel a little to "match'y" if it tempos exactly with the time signature.
I wasn't that happy with guitar reverb, until I started to run the really good modern reverbs into matching stereo amps (VOX ACs here too - love them with delays). A mono spring is nice, but it's more of an effect than a sense of space. But a great stereo reverb into stereo amps, it's like moving from flattened painting to one with perspective. Similar, but to a lesser extent, with delays. Moving it to stereo / ping bong, with the dry sound in the middle, helps seperate too. It's one of those unfortunate cost things with guitar tone, that it's hard to get away from the fact that a really great reverb sound isn't cheap to setup. Wasn't that into phaser flangers until I started using the ones in the delay loop of the Polymoon, set at a lower level, or the send/return of a DOD rubberneck so the phaser or flange is just on the delay trails. I find them a bit too much if they're too heavy. Similar with chorus, I really dig the stereo chorus sounds of CE-2W, TC SCF+, DC-2W into stereo amps. Live, I might not go with stereo amps, but for recording I prefer it.
So personally what I love to do, at least at home, playing out…places get weird, but I like to absolutely crank the amp into saturated distortion, then just use my volume knob to control my gain and volume. Works great! And sounds glorious. So usually unless I’m playing lead, my volume on my guitar lives between 6 and 8. Then when time for lead, just roll the throttle full on. 😊
You are totally right about "sounds out of tune" a chorus pedal works by spliting your guitar signal. So a slightly detuned signal runs along side your original signal giving it that watery tone. Good ear mate.
Id love to see a companion video to this thats about transitioning to playing and writing for guitar as a bassist, cause im in a similar spot as Noah right now. i feel like all my guitar riffs are just basslines but higher, im not very good at writing lines that take the spotlight or carry lots of harmonic information.
Man this is liquid gold!! Thanks a lot for the knowledge shared! Now I have a quick question, if you were to live with only 1 amp for the rest of your life, what would it be? Like the most versatile and do-it-all amp on your opinion of course
Imagine having a Rhett close to you when learning..... would've wasted a LOT less time chasing the tone I was looking for if I was just able to name it haha
This was a great video. Thanks for all the pro tips. Were you using the Volt? Do you like it ? Would you recommend it? Does it have DSP like the UA twin quad x?
One small note from this video that I really appreciate is a little bit of validation in that tremolo usually isn’t dialed in airtight to the tempo. I use it a lot when in situations without a second guitarist, and I always kind of wonder what do I do if I get in a situation where I’m required to get my Flint locked into the tempo. Anyways.. killer vid loved it!
Great vid. Sometimes, it's easier, and cheaper, for a newer picker to use a multi-effects pedal. Regardless of what type of pedal(s), be prepared to spend A LOT of time dialing in your sound. Back when I was using a Line 6 POD XT Live, I could waste entire days dialing in tone and effects. Individual pedals tend to be more user friendly and quicker to dual in that specific tone or effect. Multi-effect pedals are considerably more versatile. The sky is the limit. I have a Headrush that will give me literally ANY and ALL tones and effects. But be prepared to spend some time with it. And now we have IR..... Seems like guitar effects manufacturers are intent on me avoiding my honey-do list...😅
1:23 clean tone - a foundation, not super clean - push the amp to get some compression, some saturation (without breaking up)
3:36 edge of breakup - clean when playing lightly (some compression and saturation), but go into distortion when 'digging in' - a boost can help add some beef to a clean tone
6:00 lead sound - possibility: clean sound + pedal (different pedals = different flavours), .. sustain, smooth vs articulation (more high end) - can be used for chords (omit the 3rd, power chords!) - too much distortion => compression => buried in the mix -> back off the distortion!
10:05 delay + reverb - predelay lets the reverb get out of the way of the attack - slapback delay, dotted 8th sound (palm muting adds percussion) - play TO the effect (usually simplify)
14:15 modulation - add texture to a simple part - tremelo, especially for rhythm (doesn't necessarily have to sync up with the song's beat) - flanger / phaser / univibe is great for chords - subtle pitch modulation with reverb is awesome
no pedalboard shot 😞
How do you not hurt your ears if the only way to get a good clean tone is to turn your volume way up?
@@raucousriley143turn the amp down and turn the guitar up
@@raucousriley143 The vast majority of tube amps have a Master volume. That controls the overall loudness of the amp. They'll also have a Volume (sometimes per-channel) or a Gain knob. That control is what Rhett's talking about when he says to "turn up the amp." He could have explained that better, but the other guy probably already knows from playing bass. When you increase the gain, but keep the Master Volume low, you can have lower levels of loudness and still saturate the tubes to get that breakup.
Hey thanks for the reply. I think maybe why I don't understand is because I don't have a tube amp. I have a boss katana. I should take his tone course. I've been playing guitar for 20 years but never play electric because I don't like my tone
@@raucousriley143 The Katana's very popular but man I didn't like its tone. If you can afford it, find a small tube amp and try it out. 15 watts get pretty damn loud, and 30 is giggable. If you like Rhett's tone, you'll dig a tube amp.
Rhett’s ability to clearly explain all these things show his expertise, helped out a lot 👍🏽
Rhett knows the difference between a framing hammer and a finishing hammer........MIND BLOWN........much respect
Peen ain't for finishing
He built his own studio, so yeah.
but usually that just means they bought the beer@@lanceleslie5165
Everything is a hammer
@@david25876 That's what most dictators believe...😉
Rhett: I wouldn't even say dirt. Just a little bit of warmth. Some saturation.
Phillip: Hmmm. It's like the fuzz on a peach.
Amen mate.
This is probably one of the most valuable videos I've seen on RUclips! Thanks to both of you for asking the right questions and giving the right answers!
Tory Slusher.
Drinking game, watch every Rhett Shull video and take a shot for every use of the phrase "edge of breakup". Dead in like 5 videos lol
I'm gonna do that right now!
Rhett - thank you!!!!
I’ve found myself a little disinterested in a lot of the guitar influencers channels lately.
You’ve definitely got me excited again.
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU.
Videos like this are so helpful. Taking a beginner step by step describing different tones and how they are achieved. Wonderful video Rhett.
This one inspired me greatly, no doubt.
I think the part where you talked about what you’d use with GOOD TROUBLE was such a sick concept. If you did a “Rhett’s picks for…” type series for videos that would be pretty sick.
Yo Rhett ! This was one of your best videos. I loved it that you TOOK THE TIME, to showcase, explain, demonstrate these sounds. It's very helpful.
Probably one of the best videos describing the basic for a playing musician. Only wish there was a shot of the pedals used later in the video and how to make the adjustments.
Need more videos like this.. great job Rhett!!
I used black panel Fender amps with a tube screamer since 1995 and never touched the volume control on the guitar. Rhett's videos opened my eyes to dynamics and using the amp and guitar volume knob. Bought a 20 watt cathode biased amp with power scaling. Now I set the amp dirty and roll the guitar volume back to clean it up. I can get any sound I want without touching the amp and I no longer own an overdrive pedal of any kind. It's been my setup for 2 years now. I wish I had learned that years ago.
It's actually pretty uncommon to get *all* your tones just from a cranked amp. Most will set it up for rhythm crunchiness on the amp, roll the volume back for cleaner parts, and hit a pedal for lead tones. But hey, whatever works for you is your own jam!
@@sundaynightdrunk Well, I have a reverb pedal and a delay for some slapback. Overdrive pedals? Nope. Don't own one and don't need one. The key is the amp. Could I do what I do with a Twin Reverb? Not in a million years. My amp has a gain control, a master volume, AND power scaling, and it's only about 20 watts.
Thanks alot for this. For me, this is the best way to explain the sounds. Someone actually asking you the questions and you showing how to get the sounds. Feels very much like a one on one lesson.
Don't forget the almighty wah wah and octave fuzz. And those volume and tone controls are a guitarists best friends.
Really love you explaining one of the main things in terms of electric guitar.
That the playing, all the effects and stuff - it's not one-directional thing. It's not just Action. It's InterAction. When you have to let the effects live, let them work, interact with them, instead of just forcefully pushing them to a certain result.
And this approach differ from a typical shredder-style sound when you push the hardware to fit your technique. You can't do that with fuzz, for example. You have to let it breathe.
Fun fact, If it wasn't for Rhett there would be no Rick Beato channel. Thank you for your service to humanity and great to see your channel doing so well.
Love this type of video… discussion, with demonstrations .. learned a lot , thank you.
Maybe one of the best intro to effects videos I’ve ever seen. Bookmarked to send to friends getting started with guitar. I had to kind of just figure a lot of this out over the years of playing. This would have saved me a lot of time and money. Also Philip Conrad is such a humble guy! He’s one incredible bass player. Cool to see him humbly coming into this video as guitar is not his main instrument. But man can that guy tear it up on the bass :)
Tory Slusher
Brilliant format very informative, exactly what RUclips should be all about. Bravo Rhett & Philip. Learnt more from this video than watching 1000 equipment reviews. Excellent idea for an extended series.
As a lifetime acoustic player I found this extremely helpful in approaching electric guitar. A brief masterclass on tones & how to use them. Great questions and understandable answers. Thank you so much!
Tory Slusher
I learned a lot from this conversational style. Nice and slow and easy to grasp. Thanks Rhett.
Thank you Rhett! This probably the best format for beginners i've ever seen! Congratulations!
Just getting started with electric - been acoustic til lately - perfect video for explaining what’s what !!!!
This is one of the best, albeit brief, guitar videos out there. Core info needed by every guitarist presented in a way that’s easy to understand and apply. Really well done. Thanks for this!
Just ordered the full Amp course. Looking to learning how to dial my gear in (finally).
Tory Slusher
Great, informative video. Although I keep it simple with a cocktail of slight gain, slight delay, and slight reverb about 99% of the time, I have found that by randomly turning on an effect, I immediately start playing something different. I just hit a button and/or turn a knob on my Katana and see what comes out. Boom, inspiration. At least it works for my budget-gear-low-talent self!
Thank you for having Phil on your channel. He caught my eye back in the day when you guys would do band type videos. it always seemed in those videos like he’s a super smart cat and has soul to him. I can really tell that he appreciates your knowledge and the way that you guys vibe together is very simpatico. Keep it up 👍
These videos with Phil are some of Rhett’s best content. Love hearing them bounce ideas off each other
Helpful video Rhett, thanks for sharing!
Wow! Great teaching job. I’m gonna look into that course. Thank you.
I don’t even play, big fan of many genres of music…I find Rhett’s channel interesting and entertaining. This one really took on the educational mode that even I understood albeit at a rudimentary level. I’m also a subscriber to Phillips channel. Keep up the good work Rhett and Phillip.👏👍
That CS Tele is the one you played in the Telecaster comparison vid?
Rhett is lucky the video wasn't taken down for him wearing an Eagles T-shirt
Incredible video Rhett.
The concept of Playing to the Effect was great advice.
Great info on the "tone tool box" approach Rhett..
Nice vid Rhett, really hit the nail on the head with this one
great video. years ago I went to a prs seminar with some guy named David Grissom...he echoed a lot of this info here.
This is such a well executed explanation. I almost didn't watch, I've been playing with full size pedalboards for almost 20 years now, but I'm so glad I did. This will be the first video I recommend to new players and I gotta admit, I don't think about pre-delay as readily as one of the first tools on a reverb as it was explained in the video. Really helpful tip!
Super useful to learn how, when and why at the same time.
A lot of gold nuggets he just dropped for all the dudes - love it Rhett god bless this channel
As a beginner, I found this video to be extremely useful and valuable. I was extremely receptive just like Phillip. Thank you for making this video. What i learned today will stay with me forever.
this video is exactly what i’ve been seeking, but never found in any lesson i’ve ever taken.
One of my favorite videos you have done.
Rhett, you are really good at explaining all these core concepts.
phil's aesthetic has gotten better and better throughout the years on this channel lol
this is a fantastic vid. very well presented and shown, ive been playing for 20 years and this has taught me new things.
Rhett also shows just how much ground you can cover with a good tele and a good amp
Great video, as someone who learned to play before RUclips I remember so many things I wanted to know how to do but were things you might be embarrassed to ask at the guitar store or somewhere. Great info in here for everyone
Rhett, one of your best explanatory videos ever. Keep them coming...
Rhett is a very good teacher. Patient, clear and positive.
If you setup your amp with guitar volume knob around 6 or 7, then you have all three tones on the guitar. Pick light clean (or even back off vol a bit more), dig in for edge of breakup, roll vol up for distortion.
Great video, Rhett! It's amazing how aligned your thought on tone is with mine. So much of this is what I tell people all the time.
One hack to new players is - usually set up your guitar a bit brighter than you initially might think it’s good. Once the bass and the kick drum come in with the low end, your “too bright” guitar becomes great in the mix.
That’s a great tip!
Thank you Rhett for the entertainment and for sharing your experience and knowledges ! I learn so much these past years at watching your channel. So, massive thank you !
OMMMGGGG!!!! I am a bassist and I am now trying to learn guitar and this is the video I needed!!!!!!!!! Getting a good bass tone is so much different than getting a good guitar tone.
like the fuzz on a peach... very nicely put
while I like edge of breakup clean tones, don't write off squeaky cleans. Clean tones with no dirt at all is a very useful sound. You may have to use a compressor to get the feel you want, but pristine cleans are gorgeous.
Yeah I mean, there is a reason why the Roland JC amp got so popular right? the hospital cleans it provides
Yeah, sometimes I feel guitarists chase that edge of breakup tone a little too fiercely. It’s not always the right choice.
@ It is understandable, since it is a tone that allows you as a player to express yourself by means of intensity, speed, different attacks and volume, gives you a lot of tools.
Playing clean has that too but the contrast is a lot less dramatic
This really good, I took all my guitar lessons in the 90’s and never learned how to play to effects like this. I’m good with reverb and tremolo, but this is showing my why can never really connect with any delay pedals, I don’t know how to use them.
Perfectly timed topic for my needs! Great video!
Thank you for the explaining, I just bought my first pedal and comes with dozens of effects, which is cool but since i just jumped from acoustic to electric guitar, it can be overwhelming or hard to understand how each effect works
I found this super helpful
Thank you!
Great Content
This might be the first time I've heard Rhett play a clean tone that is actually clean.
Excellent way to describe some of the infinite ways to shape sound!
Guitar is a life long battle of trying to find a way to express the thing that's in your in your head, in the way you hear it....Welcome to your new nemesis Phil.
Thx Rhett. I like the dirty channel on my orange so much it seems to live there. You've inspired me to explore my clean channel more.
“A little hair on the notes” is how Leo Fender put it.
I like a squeaky clean neck pickup sound with a touch of compression to add some weight along with a simple delay or reverb to create ambience.
Yo I just got a new tv and I've been going through some RUclips vids. I have to say your camera work is some of the best I've seen. Thx for the content.
Great lesson for someone who's getting ready to take the next step 👍
A good episode as usual. Relaxed, interesting discussions and good tone. What’s not to like? Best way to start a lazy Sunday! 👍
Discovering pre-delay on a reverb pedal was a game changer for me...
EDIT: also, truth about not necessarily wanting to tempo-match your tremolo style effects. It can feel a little to "match'y" if it tempos exactly with the time signature.
this was a great video gentlemen.... hope to watch more
Thanks Rhett, your wisdom is gold….
Love this. Always great for any experienced guitar players to go back to the basics. Thanks 👍
I wasn't that happy with guitar reverb, until I started to run the really good modern reverbs into matching stereo amps (VOX ACs here too - love them with delays). A mono spring is nice, but it's more of an effect than a sense of space. But a great stereo reverb into stereo amps, it's like moving from flattened painting to one with perspective. Similar, but to a lesser extent, with delays. Moving it to stereo / ping bong, with the dry sound in the middle, helps seperate too. It's one of those unfortunate cost things with guitar tone, that it's hard to get away from the fact that a really great reverb sound isn't cheap to setup. Wasn't that into phaser flangers until I started using the ones in the delay loop of the Polymoon, set at a lower level, or the send/return of a DOD rubberneck so the phaser or flange is just on the delay trails. I find them a bit too much if they're too heavy. Similar with chorus, I really dig the stereo chorus sounds of CE-2W, TC SCF+, DC-2W into stereo amps. Live, I might not go with stereo amps, but for recording I prefer it.
This is a great video, tons of very interesting info 👍🔝
I love guitar. What a great instrument. I'm so glad I took it up.
Bro... such a good video. Felt myself wishing it was longer haha.
So personally what I love to do, at least at home, playing out…places get weird, but I like to absolutely crank the amp into saturated distortion, then just use my volume knob to control my gain and volume. Works great! And sounds glorious. So usually unless I’m playing lead, my volume on my guitar lives between 6 and 8. Then when time for lead, just roll the throttle full on. 😊
Great stuff Rhett!
I love this sound at 17:50. Is that just using delay and reverb?
Love experimenting with tones... would love to see more videos about tone!!!!!
Well done Rhett !! Ty
Absolutely enjoyed this video alot. MAYBE we could have a current pedalboard update??
So play with dynamics use your volume control, maybe a boost reverb and done.Amp sounds great, what are you using Rhett?
Thanks a lot, you guys are amazing!
That thumbnail is RANCID.
This video proves very useful and timely as I recently expanded my pedal board and signal chain.
anyone recognize the chorus-type effect at 17:55? i don't usually like effects that sound out of tune, but love that one...
You are totally right about "sounds out of tune" a chorus pedal works by spliting your guitar signal. So a slightly detuned signal runs along side your original signal giving it that watery tone. Good ear mate.
Thank you for this. Straight to the point ❤
Id love to see a companion video to this thats about transitioning to playing and writing for guitar as a bassist, cause im in a similar spot as Noah right now. i feel like all my guitar riffs are just basslines but higher, im not very good at writing lines that take the spotlight or carry lots of harmonic information.
Man this is liquid gold!! Thanks a lot for the knowledge shared! Now I have a quick question, if you were to live with only 1 amp for the rest of your life, what would it be? Like the most versatile and do-it-all amp on your opinion of course
Try a cathode follower preamp amp like Vox, Tweed and Marshall. 3rds blend just fine.
Cool! Like your Tele and amp!
this video is so good, i think you deserves a oscar! 😍😍
Rhett and Philip great job explaining the complexity of guitar tone in 19 minutes. It took me 19 years to learn this stuff! Lol.
Imagine having a Rhett close to you when learning..... would've wasted a LOT less time chasing the tone I was looking for if I was just able to name it haha
This was a great video. Thanks for all the pro tips. Were you using the Volt? Do you like it ? Would you recommend it? Does it have DSP like the UA twin quad x?
One small note from this video that I really appreciate is a little bit of validation in that tremolo usually isn’t dialed in airtight to the tempo. I use it a lot when in situations without a second guitarist, and I always kind of wonder what do I do if I get in a situation where I’m required to get my Flint locked into the tempo. Anyways.. killer vid loved it!
Awesome video, thanks!
Great vid.
Sometimes, it's easier, and cheaper, for a newer picker to use a multi-effects pedal.
Regardless of what type of pedal(s), be prepared to spend A LOT of time dialing in your sound.
Back when I was using a Line 6 POD XT Live, I could waste entire days dialing in tone and effects.
Individual pedals tend to be more user friendly and quicker to dual in that specific tone or effect.
Multi-effect pedals are considerably more versatile. The sky is the limit. I have a Headrush that will give me literally ANY and ALL tones and effects. But be prepared to spend some time with it.
And now we have IR.....
Seems like guitar effects manufacturers are intent on me avoiding my honey-do list...😅
1000% useful ☺️. Masterpiece video 🙏🤘
12:22
This is gold right here
Excellent ans very well explained video.