How Pros Get Great Guitar Tone

Поделиться
HTML-код
  • Опубликовано: 8 апр 2024
  • In this clip, Tim Pierce takes us behind the scenes of his studio to explain how he achieves great guitar tone.
    💫 The Beato Ultimate Bundle - $99 FOR ALL OF My Courses: ⇢ rickbeato.com/
    📘- The Beato Book Interactive - $99.00 value
    🎸 - Beato Beginner Guitar - $159.00 value
    👂- The Beato Ear Training Program - $99.00 value
    🎸- The Quick Lessons Pro Guitar Course - $79.00 value
    … all for just $99.00
    Get it here: rickbeato.com/
  • ВидеоклипыВидеоклипы

Комментарии • 222

  • @rubicon-oh9km
    @rubicon-oh9km Месяц назад +157

    Watching Tim sitting in the cockpit of his amplifier spaceship always brings a smile to my face.

    • @Andrew_M_Ward
      @Andrew_M_Ward Месяц назад +1

      Agreed, with a Matchless head and a Hiwatt head awaiting application ...

    • @LanguidAndBittersweet
      @LanguidAndBittersweet Месяц назад +1

      ❤ Love your description! 😊

    • @Noganrhy
      @Noganrhy Месяц назад +2

      I was just thinking he looks like the pilot of a star ship 🤣🤣🤣

    • @tedboughter-dornfeld5281
      @tedboughter-dornfeld5281 Месяц назад +1

      🙏

    • @Dilla4life
      @Dilla4life Месяц назад +2

      I would sleep in there

  • @dosprompt5418
    @dosprompt5418 Месяц назад +48

    I've been blessed with ears that cant tell the difference between this rig and my $100 practice amp.

  • @MattSmith-ky9do
    @MattSmith-ky9do Месяц назад +34

    I was Tim's tech for session work for a few years. His portable rig was a microcosm of his home set-up. I learned a lot from the work he did with Rob Cavallo. He often ran through a single Bogner 1x12 with a V-30 and a hot plate. He always knows what sound the artist and/or producer he works with is looking for. That's how he got classified as "in demand".

    • @AndiPicker
      @AndiPicker Месяц назад +2

      Funny isn't it how Hot Plates today are considered to be pretty much unusable junk, but back in the day they got onto a lot of very fine sounding recordings.

  • @aaronsmith2611
    @aaronsmith2611 Месяц назад +84

    I would really like a see a "How Pros Get Great Tone" where they actually show them dialing it in. What is the signal path? What are the tone settings? etc. We never really saw how he got the tone.

    • @allancrow134
      @allancrow134 Месяц назад +14

      If it sounds good it sounds good, if it doesn't, it doesn't. It doesn't really matter how you derive your tone.... digital, analogue, clean pedal platform, gained up, roll on roll off, there are a near-infinite number of ways to dial it in. You have to work with what you've got, there is no secret formula.

    • @diogom612
      @diogom612 Месяц назад +12

      @@allancrow134 And yet, I bet you can still learn a great deal by seeing the pros run through how they get their's. It doesn't have to be a formula.

    • @justinguitarcia
      @justinguitarcia Месяц назад +7

      Its about the philosophical approach, not the settings… if you think its the settings you missed the point. Its about a high headroom amp with dynamics and blending speakers AND microphones with cascading gain staging at the preamp. Tim is looking at every part of his signal chain to get the tone so by the time its printed its record ready

    • @seansmodernlife9823
      @seansmodernlife9823 Месяц назад +8

      totally agree, I'd love some more methodology and thinking. Like "I start at 666, then try to adjust the bass by listening for this" or just some basic 'here is what I'm listening for' advice and 'here's how I'll adjust the settings to get there'

    • @BigTyronie
      @BigTyronie Месяц назад +4

      Have them build a sound from scratch so you can see how they prioritize their tone.

  • @Brykk
    @Brykk Месяц назад +19

    Tim pierce is absolutely one of my heroes and an inspiration for me. So many people love his music and dont even know who he is. He is a legend for sure and belongs in the music hall of fame.

  • @CrowdedTrousers
    @CrowdedTrousers Месяц назад +18

    Tim + Rick: an awesome conjunction of the best music wisdom YT has to offer, distilled and concentrated into one room. I love it. Tim always makes it sing.

    • @keithwhatley5094
      @keithwhatley5094 Месяц назад

      Their courses are top-notch too. I mean, I've been playing a long time and I still get a ton out of both. Obviously one's more theory and one's more technique, but you won't go wrong with them for the price.

  • @sundaynightdrunk
    @sundaynightdrunk Месяц назад +5

    Tim is like a compendium of institutional knowledge about everything guitar. The amount of actionable advice I've watched from Tim is incredible, from how to play to what to use to the attitude to bring. Just a treasure.

  • @nu385
    @nu385 Месяц назад +22

    So all I have to do is get a vintage Plexi and some outboard Neve gear. Helpful! Do you have Paul Reed Smith's number? And the winning lottery numbers?

    • @bigrig4385
      @bigrig4385 Месяц назад +4

      Anybody can get great tone if they play long enough.

    • @cmet8280
      @cmet8280 Месяц назад

      ​@@bigrig4385true, after sixty years I'm able to get good tone straight into my Katana fifty mk2.

    • @mattmckeon1688
      @mattmckeon1688 Месяц назад +1

      And a friend who can make you custom products. 😉

  • @RecordProducerRob
    @RecordProducerRob Месяц назад

    Always a great conversation between these two. Thank you guys.

  • @icurt06
    @icurt06 Месяц назад +1

    Great video! I always enjoy Tim's stories on his channel

  • @ksjohnson8197
    @ksjohnson8197 Месяц назад +1

    Great video. I played through a PODGO and now a Fractal FM3. I enjoy watching videos like this and then seeing how close i can get to the tones i like.

  • @danielserrano343
    @danielserrano343 Месяц назад

    I can't get enough of watching (and listening) to Tim talking and playing.

  • @Mattened
    @Mattened Месяц назад

    I always immediately watch Tim Pierce collab videos when I see 'em. Great stuff!

  • @cliveshalice8490
    @cliveshalice8490 Месяц назад

    Could listen to you guys all day! Always fascinating and a huge wealth of information for the masses...

  • @niguel4438
    @niguel4438 Месяц назад

    Fabulous. Tim, Tom, Rick. Beat that!

  • @thrutheveil74
    @thrutheveil74 Месяц назад +7

    Tone is in the hands. For most rock, blues, country or pop music all you need is a single channel tube amp with reverb and an overdrive pedal. If you can’t make that sound good you need to keep practicing.

    • @KCOR3_Official
      @KCOR3_Official Месяц назад +2

      Run a Les Paul through a Marshall (tube), Boss SD1 OD and some discreet delay and reverb and you have it. I think too many people are overthinking it. Don't hide behind effects, practice!

    • @TangoNevada
      @TangoNevada Месяц назад

      Agreed ^^, simple is better for 90% of what you need. The rest is for fun and experimentation. I just like a 15-20 watt Tube amp, Spring Reverb, Delay in the loop and the OD pedal of your choice, with a Wah if you need one. Done.

    • @JimmyGallowayGuitar
      @JimmyGallowayGuitar Месяц назад

      If someone can't play a gig with a guitar, Deluxe Reverb [and to be generous a boost].... they got work to do at home.

  • @TEZZA4164
    @TEZZA4164 Месяц назад

    Thx Rick love you n Tim chatin. Educational always

  • @prakashkrishnan9646
    @prakashkrishnan9646 Месяц назад

    Rick Beato + Tim Pierce = BLISS!

  • @stephenreese9841
    @stephenreese9841 Месяц назад

    I want to thank you both.... you two are my top two RUclips guitar channels, but Rhett and Robert are very close, alone with Mary.... thank you for all you do...

  • @in2livinit
    @in2livinit Месяц назад

    LOVE IT TIM !!!!! 🎸🎶

  • @joshuagibson2520
    @joshuagibson2520 Месяц назад

    Its amazing how much nuance you can actually hear on a modern cellphone. I could 100% hear the differences Tim was sharing. Ofc I would rather pop some headphones in and get the lows too, but I digress.

  • @Marcsnowguitar
    @Marcsnowguitar Месяц назад +1

    Greeeeeat video. Cheers from Brazil

  • @ed4564
    @ed4564 Месяц назад +1

    Just subscribed. Great content.

  • @kvmalley
    @kvmalley Месяц назад

    Bravo from a drummer that can entirely appreciate all that! Love me some killer guitar sounds!

  • @myvalium1
    @myvalium1 Месяц назад

    Amazing!! Having said that, Tim could play through an old school transistor radio and sound great.

  • @geoffreycarter3981
    @geoffreycarter3981 Месяц назад +2

    Lol 2 min in, all you need is a 1967 Marshall PA head that belong to PRS and Eric Johnson, a Marshall 4x12 with a mixture of rare cones, individually micced with rare and priceless mics. All sent through a million dollar interface starship control room and into Protools. Man I can’t even afford protools lol

  • @franshallar
    @franshallar Месяц назад

    I have a 10 watt Marshall practice amp, and the sound is great. and for my bass guitar I have a Vox Pathfinder bass 10. For my bass I have a great amplifier, but for guitar I prefer a Marchall.
    a super amplifier where there really is none better.
    Excellent video.

  • @rebeccaabraham8652
    @rebeccaabraham8652 Месяц назад

    Very nice setup! The only thing I’d want to add in there is an old 30W or 50W Orange box - I’ve loved those sounds for almost 50 years!

  • @iloveaviation-burgerclub-a8145
    @iloveaviation-burgerclub-a8145 Месяц назад

    Inspired by you, Rick, Thommy and lots of others I went back into my guitar play which honestly was ideogolically a refuse of effets. NoFX ain't a band name. So, expering the instrument again I got some cheap but nice pedalls experimenting with tone. Oh boy. I got 3 guitars, one accoustic and finding tones for each of it is just a mad project on the new built pedal board containing a compressor, a boost, eq, rev, del and some overdrives and a tuner. Man this is endless. ❤

  • @deanofrankenstein6391
    @deanofrankenstein6391 Месяц назад

    Another great informative and entertaining video from Rick B. If you're not subscribed to both of his channels, you're missing out on some of the best music related content on youtube.

  • @johnstitt2615
    @johnstitt2615 Месяц назад +2

    Ask Tim when launch time is and when we can join him in his wonderful amp and gear space ship. ✌️🎸

  • @DRChevalier
    @DRChevalier Месяц назад

    I love that cockpit Would love to make one myself

  • @alhogg1
    @alhogg1 Месяц назад +1

    Rick that's cool. I just bought a Helix modeling pedal. That is why. I can't afford all that gear but I can get SO CLOSE with one pedal. That would be something I'd like to hear you discuss. We've agreed digital is ok for recording (mostly). I see so many pros using modeling pedals. As a live sound guy I LOVE them as it makes my job so much easier. What do you think of them?

  • @Word77787
    @Word77787 Месяц назад

    Awesome 💯

  • @petersmulders8413
    @petersmulders8413 Месяц назад +1

    What is your thought on the Blackheart amps?
    I have a Handsome Devil 15 stack and I really love it.
    It makes a great pedal platform even without it having an effects loop.
    Love,
    Peter

  • @dannyc6166
    @dannyc6166 Месяц назад

    I remember owning 3 amps at 1 time. Mesa dual rec, small Marshall 20 watt & an old ampeg amp I used for my Korg DDD5 drum machine. Now I model everything cause I’m the best guitar player in my bedroom!!!!!

  • @KoffyGG
    @KoffyGG Месяц назад

    Gotta do one of these but for bass!

  • @lostinpa-dadenduro7555
    @lostinpa-dadenduro7555 Месяц назад

    Tim is a super legit tone master.

  • @rogeriomac1
    @rogeriomac1 Месяц назад

    Very nice my friend !

  • @GJSolo
    @GJSolo Месяц назад

    Get a $20k signal chain. Got it! 🤣
    Kidding of course. I love your content, and naturally anything with Tim is gold!!

  • @eddiejr540
    @eddiejr540 Месяц назад +5

    I wouldn’t even know how to turn the light on in Tim’s room😫

  • @davidsummerville351
    @davidsummerville351 Месяц назад +3

    Tim in his cockpit, always fun. Coolest guitar studio to pop into and check stuff out.

  • @None-lh5mx
    @None-lh5mx Месяц назад

    Did Tim buy that from Ryan Fowler's in Towson, MD recently? They had that PRS/EJ amp for sale for $13k.

  • @TheLookingGlassAU
    @TheLookingGlassAU Месяц назад +3

    Hearing people talk about tone is like hearing people talk about wine to me. Sometimes you just gotta shut up and enjoy it.

  • @DaveJablonski
    @DaveJablonski Месяц назад

    Is it the pickups of that guitar that you can hear every note or the amp. ?

  • @boblavenderandtheexploding7712
    @boblavenderandtheexploding7712 Месяц назад +1

    Beato 2 is the Beato 1 , of Beato 2s !!! ❤

  • @MoreMeRecording
    @MoreMeRecording Месяц назад +2

    Tim is a GAS!

  • @1siriuswolf
    @1siriuswolf Месяц назад

    I'm just a mere vocalist, but God that guitar and his rig sounds magical

  • @allancrow134
    @allancrow134 Месяц назад

    "I like to be the last guy to find the thing" I can certainly relate to that. :)

  • @Joe-mz6dc
    @Joe-mz6dc Месяц назад

    Nice!

  • @toddclarke1580
    @toddclarke1580 Месяц назад

    I would be curious to know if Tim was to choose a small 4 pedal fly rig, with a Ir for foh. what would he choose.

  • @zeevshaff
    @zeevshaff Месяц назад +1

    Omg i thought i was on tims channel… when you showed up rick i got such a fright

  • @jeffroach3722
    @jeffroach3722 Месяц назад

    Very cool

  • @acecatman
    @acecatman Месяц назад

    This just came out while I was watching the Who has the most recognizable guitar sound? video from a while back, that's a pretty good segue there.

  • @jimbicknell7253
    @jimbicknell7253 Месяц назад

    Hey Rick, have you ever had Kenny Wayne Shepherd on for an interview?? I'm fascinated by how Why We Cry and Pearl Jam's Yellow Ledbetter sound so much alike in the opening and closings!

  • @jeremythornton433
    @jeremythornton433 Месяц назад

    Thia ia great but i'd love to see how you would do this with amp sims in the box for us bedroom producers.

  • @denverrandy7143
    @denverrandy7143 Месяц назад

    Tim's so cool

  • @brentharmonmusicproduction
    @brentharmonmusicproduction Месяц назад

    If memory serves me correctly, didn't Paul Kossoff used a Marshall PA head with Free?

  • @seancostello7608
    @seancostello7608 Месяц назад

    I’d love to know what monitors he hears all that through.

  • @ErnieDouglas
    @ErnieDouglas Месяц назад

    All the late 60's Marshall Plexis are the peak of rock guitar tone. The PA system Plexis heads made with 4 channels for mixing vocals/bass/guitar/accordian are maybe even better than the 100W plexi that Hendrix made famous. All these amps can go from clean country to hard rock distortion with out any pedal, just by using the guitar volume knob.
    All the vintage Marshall plexi vary from 50-100-200Watts of tiube power. The 100W+ ones are arguably the loudest guitar amplifiers ever made. Hendrix, Page, early Kiss, Free/Bad Company played these live. The sheer amount of volume and air pushed these can attain with a full stack of 2 4X12 speaker cabinets will literally make your pants legs move 10ft away. Just one of these full stacks played at full in an arena concert setting does not need to be mic'd for the floor audience a first outside deck to here it while the rest of the band is coming thru the main PA system. In fact, that is how Hendrix and those guys used them.

  • @harmonic3350
    @harmonic3350 Месяц назад

    The next best thing to hanging out with two legends...

  • @jimshomestudio4669
    @jimshomestudio4669 Месяц назад

    Perhaps sitting this close to your gear with a guitar should be mentioned. There’s a good chance of getting a lot of hum. When you turn sideways it can be heard, facing certain directions reduces the noise. There always seems to be an ideal spot in the room where the noise is almost eliminated, distanced from whichever piece of equipment is causing it. The more gain cranked, the more line noise, and single coil pickups themselves can really highlight it. But I’m sure Rick has experience, especially considering Chris Green’s use of single coils and gain. Noise gates can reduce some of this, EQ filters, but compression can bring it back, especially during sustaining phrases. This is a good reason to track separately so it can still be worked with during mixing. It depends when and where in the song or mix. Another important aspect is feedback, having the guitar near the playback speaker and the level of the speaker. I think being loud is good for the ‘tone’ because it feels much more live, and the guitar behaves similar to the garage days. Another unspoken factor is mic preamps can be pushed into distortion themselves, with input gain. So if you have low gain amp sounds, they can sound more on edge just using the mic pre’s distortion, at times. I see quite a few mic preamps always in Tim’s setup, so he has numerous mics downstairs. I think these are great for adding bottom end as well, providing they’re not causing a phase issue. Anything that helps with the in-room, cabinet sound.

  • @guitarplayer5932
    @guitarplayer5932 Месяц назад +2

    the secret to tims sound, 100k dollars in amps, pedals, effects, 1073 mic pres, compressors , noise gates, expensive ribbon and condensor mics, limiters, eqs, and ability…thats all lol

  • @BellsCuriosityShop
    @BellsCuriosityShop Месяц назад

    Didnt he use a Sound City 50R prior to the Hiwatt?

  • @lauskop5995
    @lauskop5995 Месяц назад +2

    This guitar/amp setup immediatly wants to start "What's Next To The Moon".
    w.w.w. as good as it gets

  • @weevilsnitz
    @weevilsnitz Месяц назад +2

    Honest recommendation to name the channel Rick Beatwo.

  • @matthewmckinney9348
    @matthewmckinney9348 Месяц назад

    I was literally just thinking to myself, "self, this is a recent video upload and I see some of Tim's amps behind him, I'm going to comment and ask just what that dual set of inputs Marshall he has in the background of his videos is", and lo and behold, it's literally answered in the first few seconds lol

  • @PistolsPlayground
    @PistolsPlayground Месяц назад +1

    I love how Tim nerds out, and Rick encourages him. 🤣🤣🤣

  • @davidsimpson3275
    @davidsimpson3275 Месяц назад

    Which Brand /is the Goldtop guitar , ???
    It's Cool

    • @yellownoiseclub
      @yellownoiseclub Месяц назад +1

      Heritage guitars custom build I think he's made a video about it on Tim's channel

  • @jonathanstrand2474
    @jonathanstrand2474 Месяц назад

    64 Bassman has a tube rectifier I believe, after that Leo went to SS rectifier

  • @MAKEITSTOP777
    @MAKEITSTOP777 Месяц назад

    Nice

  • @JeanOJesus
    @JeanOJesus Месяц назад

    The delay thing was a game changer for me

  • @leslieperry3001
    @leslieperry3001 Месяц назад +1

    Rick needs to get Tom Bukovac in for an interview . One of the best session players in Nashville.

    • @Seastone84
      @Seastone84 Месяц назад +1

      Best in the world I would say. And Tom never asks to smash the like button or subscribe on his channel. Gotta love Uncle Larry

  • @JS45678
    @JS45678 Месяц назад +1

    Tone is more important than skills!

  • @TarshishedCactus
    @TarshishedCactus Месяц назад

    J Mascis uses the same amp!

  • @michaeltaylors2456
    @michaeltaylors2456 Месяц назад

    I see a couple of UA Pedals too

  • @christianboddum8783
    @christianboddum8783 Месяц назад

    I had one of those PA heads. I couldn't make it sound good, but I think it needed work.

  • @comajoebuck999
    @comajoebuck999 Месяц назад

    Beloved gear nerds ❤️❤️❤️

  • @TheHopefulSilence
    @TheHopefulSilence Месяц назад

    Uncle Tim in the Rockpit

  • @darbymckilkannoncaid3279
    @darbymckilkannoncaid3279 Месяц назад

    i have no idea what he's talking about, but it sounds great

  • @MrUmandMrEr
    @MrUmandMrEr Месяц назад +4

    Tim, have you tried the Boss Katana? It's a close second...

  • @splashesin8
    @splashesin8 Месяц назад

    😊❤

  • @tod3273
    @tod3273 Месяц назад

    Nice!
    Where’s the rest of it?
    😂🎉

  • @RennerGutierre
    @RennerGutierre Месяц назад +2

    That's not how the pros get the ultimate tone. That's how the super nerd gear addicted pros get it! 😂😂😂 Amazing. Wish I had an island of happiness like that ❤

  • @PabloMars99
    @PabloMars99 26 дней назад +1

    I need a video explaining how he gets in/ out of that cockpit 😂

  • @piktormusic2538
    @piktormusic2538 Месяц назад

    Wait for other guys to do the work and find the cool things….😂 That is how I put together all the components of my gigging organ rig.
    Great sounds Tim.

  • @user-uo9cy2ep2h
    @user-uo9cy2ep2h Месяц назад +3

    Piles of money

  • @dinosaursr
    @dinosaursr Месяц назад

    It’s taken me years to get in the habit of using the guitar volume knob to change my tone.

  • @sydmichel
    @sydmichel Месяц назад +1

    problem is, through my tiny, tinny PC monitor speakers (yeah I know I could use headphones) it all sounds the same. So I will need to take your word for it.

  • @Spasmatic
    @Spasmatic 21 день назад

    Tim is a professional guitarist. All of this are tools of his trade. Just like a top mechanic they've got the right tool for everything they may encounter within their imagination...it's not supposed to be for everyone...

  • @gordonmills2748
    @gordonmills2748 Месяц назад +20

    I mean, yeah it sounds great, but not everyone has the means to buy a vintage Marshall or two and pair it up with vintage cabs and a rare mic. How about a video on getting a good sound on a budget?

    • @kodykindhart5644
      @kodykindhart5644 Месяц назад +4

      Get a helix and get to work 🤣

    • @johnd886
      @johnd886 Месяц назад +3

      Tone is mainly in the fingers, pretty much irrespective of gear?

    • @zenlandzipline
      @zenlandzipline Месяц назад +3

      There are literally hundreds of thousands, if not millions of videos about how to get great guitar sound on a budget. Should anybody who happens to have the means to buy expensive gear not make any videos about it?
      I cant afford a Ferrari that goes 200 mph, but I still enjoy watching videos of them racing around.

    • @dannyriffs
      @dannyriffs Месяц назад +3

      Okay but why would a video titled “how the pros get their tone” by a be budget tone tutorial for broke boys? Wouldn’t would it.

    • @AnthonyWilliams-ot1yk
      @AnthonyWilliams-ot1yk Месяц назад

      Right? What are we millionaires?

  • @christopherbonilla1906
    @christopherbonilla1906 Месяц назад

    tim pierce looks like my guitarist friend named choy 😁

  • @Mike_D_5150
    @Mike_D_5150 Месяц назад

    What glasses do you wear?
    Ray Bans?

  • @MatthewSmith-fy5hk
    @MatthewSmith-fy5hk Месяц назад

    Louder is better. I listened to Zoom Club by Budgie in the truck today and it just doesnt sound good quiet. Loud, it rocks. It moves you to emotion.

  • @JimmyGallowayGuitar
    @JimmyGallowayGuitar Месяц назад

    Plot twist. It's in his hands the whole time. Doesn't matter what the gear is. His hands, intention behind the playing, touch... he could play through almost anything and sound really consistent. The gear is about 10% of the equation

  • @randyrich2039
    @randyrich2039 Месяц назад

    The Amp Fort.

  • @Jenisonc
    @Jenisonc Месяц назад

    Tim is the David Attenborough of music.

  • @robertfsullivan1756
    @robertfsullivan1756 Месяц назад

    Peace Love Cool

  • @chraffis
    @chraffis Месяц назад +1

    Mid-Range Fist. 👊

  • @klepetar
    @klepetar Месяц назад +1

    very nice..but unfortunately, most of us can't access or afford amps like these..