THIS. This is by far the biggest secret to good guitar tone. I had to say it, but the guitar tone itself is basically secondary to the bass tone, in what will be perceived as the guitar tone by the listener.
Amazing video, not overcomplicated like some of the tutorials do and after watching quite a lot of videos about mixing and understanding what you are actually doing it kinda shapes the knowledge. Hope you continue to make easy to understand mixing videos
I’ve personally never struggled, but i believe the best way is to record into a project with very few active plugins, and reduce the buffer sample size to as low as possible will reduce the latency
4:13 : almost, actually the whining is electrical noise coming from your monitor, if you played further or rotate 90°, the whining would go away. Normal ambient noise should be like a filtered white noise, of course it would still be there because of the gain, like you mentioned it yourself, but if you want cleaner signal, you should be playing further away from your monitor.
That’s interesting about proximity! I do have a bit of electrical whining in the mic audio for the video just due to the way I have my mic and guitar inputs set up for OBS capturing it all. Appreciate the advice man!
No worries, thanks for watching man! I always double track all guitars. Then in sections where we want it to be heavier, I will either quad track, or use the octaver trick in the video 😃
@@itsjonnyturner AHH the other guitarist in my band has alpha/omega and they're hot af, that explains it. On the input meters on the axefx are you tickling red only on hard chugs or is it hitting red pretty consistently?
@@JacobraRecords Only really on palm muted chugs yeah, otherwise I'm pretty much in the amber safe zone. Everyone's playing is slightly different though, I like to think I have a gentle chug with attitude 😂
No such thing as a silly question here dude! No we are tracking left and then right separately. 2 separate takes. The different intonations in your guitar playing means that when you have 2 different takes panned left and right, it creates a really nice stereo effect. If you put the same take left and right, you would create some phase issues. Hope this helped!
Wow, no offense, but when I think heavy, I don't necessarily mean downtuned an octave lower and dialing in distortion to taste. Opeth, Porcupine Tree, Tool, Soen are great examples of how metal can sound heavy and dynamic without the need to go low.
I agree those bands are great examples. I think it's about using your ear and creating what sounds best to you. These techniques are just tools in your toolbelt to be able to achieve different sounds.
I think a lot of modern metal is using unique sounds like pick scrapes, pinch harmonics and crazy pick movements to get new and interesting noises out of the guitar, i look forward to seeing what sort of sounds we get in the future
Also if you use a $100 harley benton guitsr you will loose the low-string clarity needed for these heavy tones. Those pickups cant handle it, even if its an 8-string. Invest in good pickups, at the very least.
Step 1: Get a brutal bass tone first :D
Seriously, this is something a lot of guitarists need to learn when mixing.
100%! Super important step
yes, when i started with all of this i thougth all the bass came from the guitar and i always made everything sound like shit
THIS. This is by far the biggest secret to good guitar tone. I had to say it, but the guitar tone itself is basically secondary to the bass tone, in what will be perceived as the guitar tone by the listener.
I instantly subscribed to this guy when i heard his tone lol
Appreciate it man!
Man, your channel is pure gold!
Thanks so much man! Let me know if there's anything you think I should cover 🤘
Sounds great dude!
Thanks man!
thanks man, really good stuff!
Thanks dude, appreciate it
Amazing video, not overcomplicated like some of the tutorials do and after watching quite a lot of videos about mixing and understanding what you are actually doing it kinda shapes the knowledge.
Hope you continue to make easy to understand mixing videos
Thanks a lot dude! Glad you could take something away from the video
Saying "five one five zero" vs. "fifty one fifty" is beyond insane 😂 its EVH!!!
😂😂😂 i realise now that this is probably sacrilege
tone is great! thick and brutally cuts but not too brash. also, that riff is amazing. well done, happy to sub!
Thanks for saying that! Im super happy with it, can’t wait to finish the album and release it😁
Your tone is sick dude! Subscribed!
Thanks so much dude! Appreciate you
@@itsjonnyturner you're welcome!
Cool video and good info - subscribed
Thanks dude!
Surprisingly, not a bad tone. Zero low-end, but this sounds just right for the music you make. The music is also nice, surprisingly.
Thank you! Appreciate you watching the video
such and underrated channel bro 🔥🔥🔥
Thanks man, glad you enjoyed the video!
How do you handle latency while tracking? Whenever I go to record I struggle to keep in time due to the delayed signal
I’ve personally never struggled, but i believe the best way is to record into a project with very few active plugins, and reduce the buffer sample size to as low as possible will reduce the latency
Awesome!
Thanks!
Good Job. Big like 👍. Subcribed 💻
Thanks man!
jcm800 boss sd-1 emg 81 master race :) Good tone man, sounds great.
Thanks dude!
~"As much as I love a bazillion knobs, I like to keep things pretty straight......forward." 🙃
😂
@@itsjonnyturner Couldn't help myself. 😁 Btw, great video dude.
4:13 : almost, actually the whining is electrical noise coming from your monitor, if you played further or rotate 90°, the whining would go away.
Normal ambient noise should be like a filtered white noise, of course it would still be there because of the gain, like you mentioned it yourself, but if you want cleaner signal, you should be playing further away from your monitor.
That’s interesting about proximity! I do have a bit of electrical whining in the mic audio for the video just due to the way I have my mic and guitar inputs set up for OBS capturing it all. Appreciate the advice man!
Thanks for the insights - so you dont double Track all your guitars? Only in passages wen its should be super heavy?
No worries, thanks for watching man! I always double track all guitars. Then in sections where we want it to be heavier, I will either quad track, or use the octaver trick in the video 😃
@@itsjonnyturner thanks for the fast reply - im gonna check on the Octaver Trick - sounded great!
1.25 input gain is crazy! what pickups are pushing your signal that hot?!
I believe these are alpha/omega seymour duncans in my PRS. Honestly the drive pedal before the amp does a lot for the gain🤘
@@itsjonnyturner AHH the other guitarist in my band has alpha/omega and they're hot af, that explains it. On the input meters on the axefx are you tickling red only on hard chugs or is it hitting red pretty consistently?
@@JacobraRecords Only really on palm muted chugs yeah, otherwise I'm pretty much in the amber safe zone. Everyone's playing is slightly different though, I like to think I have a gentle chug with attitude 😂
Step 0:
Get a kick-ass sounding guitar. The Holcomb SVN just sounds killer.
Haha very true, i’m loving this guitar🙌
It’s good but it’s not quite Red Metal on a line 6 spider jam amp 😂
Don’t be giving away trade secrets to the heaviest guitar tone known to man now tom😂
Silly question but are you tracking left and right simultaneously?
No such thing as a silly question here dude! No we are tracking left and then right separately. 2 separate takes. The different intonations in your guitar playing means that when you have 2 different takes panned left and right, it creates a really nice stereo effect. If you put the same take left and right, you would create some phase issues. Hope this helped!
Sounds awesome. But get some sun, bro 🙃
Thanks! 😂😂😂 painfully true
The video idea is great but you did a crucial mistake by not dialing in the tones while the other instruments are playing. Not good, unfortunately
True! Appreciate the advice dude
Wow, no offense, but when I think heavy, I don't necessarily mean downtuned an octave lower and dialing in distortion to taste. Opeth, Porcupine Tree, Tool, Soen are great examples of how metal can sound heavy and dynamic without the need to go low.
I agree those bands are great examples. I think it's about using your ear and creating what sounds best to you. These techniques are just tools in your toolbelt to be able to achieve different sounds.
Not unique though. Still cool but EVH had a unique sound. I have no solution here btw- this still sounds badass. What will be the new sound?
I think a lot of modern metal is using unique sounds like pick scrapes, pinch harmonics and crazy pick movements to get new and interesting noises out of the guitar, i look forward to seeing what sort of sounds we get in the future
@@itsjonnyturner that’s true. I first heard John Petrucci do that on “the Mirror”.
zero dynamics yeah nah
Tone is fine, but you do talk a lot of shite here
Haha I'm trying my best to not talk shite! Every day's a school day, hoping I can learn more from putting some stuff out there
@@itsjonnyturner great response. Felt a bit grumpy there. I hope I'll come back soon and be more constructive haha
keep at it mate!
@@nenntmichbond Appreciate you bro
Also if you use a $100 harley benton guitsr you will loose the low-string clarity needed for these heavy tones. Those pickups cant handle it, even if its an 8-string. Invest in good pickups, at the very least.
@@samme0311 Or use the Forte22 Plugin 🤣
Underating channel!
We need a « how to build a MASSIVE SICK bass tone! » 😄
hahah! i might just make a video about that