In Utero defined my guitar tone for my whole life. I have always wanted to find a 1982 Fender Twin Reverb and rebuild it like Kurt’s. I already have his pedals like the SanAmp Classic which is that records drive tone. The PolyChorus is key too. The 1982 Twin is rare. I have never seen one on Reverb or EBay. Seen and 80 and 81 but never an 82. 1982 was the last year of Ultraliner production. I have been working on dialing in my Kemper to do all the In Utero effects. PolyChorus is the challenge.
My favorite Foo Fighters tone (and album in general) is There is Nothing Left to Lose from 1999. The Gibson Explorer tone through the Vox AC30 inspired my own rig, that's primarily what I play in my own band. This is a really cool video, love all of the Foos records.
One of my all time favorite albums. Really digging this series of vids. I crafted a Grohl tone in Biasfx using a boogie and AC30, and I literally can't quit using it. Bravo Fluff. Keep these vids coming. Good stuff.
Frickin' nailed it, man. I love the Foo Fighters and I really enjoy their self-titled album. It was great watching you go over Dave's rig and trying to replicate the tone of said rig. I give this video a 5 out of 5 beards ;)
@@Jamesfoofighter loads and loads of compression were used on everything especially on guitars. Those two songs that weren't mixed by Tom Lord-Alge (The Party Song, and Wendy Clear) do not possess the same kind of compression. It'd be interesting if there was an album's worth of Jerry Finn mixes on that record.
Sounds spot on. Never knew he was using Marshalls for that album. More often hear him associated with Dual Recs and AC30. Glad I got to learn something today
That tone... was DOPE! Would love to see an episode where you capture The Color and The Shape tone. I think we all want to hear you try and create the tones in Everlong.
That was really cool. Love the attention to detail. But what really gets me every time is the tone of the guitar in your video intro tune. That tone is absolutely wicked. Do tell.
Matt and Rabea ought to have you as a special guest on Sounds Like. That would make for a fun collab vid. Right? My suggestion for you next tonal recreation is Offspring's Smash! Either Dexter or Noodles.
@@theripper8441 exactly. I highly recommend watching Warren Huart's episode with the engineer that worked on that album. Interesting stuff right there. The drums sound big despite having little to no compression used.
Really loving this series! The only thing I think is missing from the guitar sound of the original album is the guitars on the album seemed to be bussed and the bus track is out of phase probably due to a delay or something along the lines of that. If you skipped that part, I get it, it's not exactly pleasing sounding but it is kind of uniquely that album's sound. Great work! can't wait for more
Love the tone! You did a great job recreating it. My favorite middle school record! Do Hum or Evergreen Terrace next, good tones! Stay beardy my friend.
Nicely done, I'd say you did it justice. I keep seeing requests for Jerry Cantrell's sound, personally I really liked his sound from Dirt and I believe he used a Bogner Fish for that. I like his tone so much I bought an 86' JCM800 and had Brian at BFG amps mod it with his Snorkler (Jerry Cantrell) mod years ago and it sounds amazing and is still one of my favorite amps to play.
One of my favourite records of all time! I bought it also when it was released and i still listen to it very often and i still love to play the songs myself. The overall sound/vibe of that record is incredible! So raw! I read/heard the guitars were a modded Plexi on that record though..
Awesome video! Thanks for giving the in depth look at the plugins! I wonder though if the applications would be different if you are mixing to a tracked acoustic kit? Would you be able to push the guitars out in the mix further since the drums would be larger?
Thank you so much for making this video. I have always been strangely fascinated by the guitar tones on this record and I’m glad someone went through it. Big Me rules!
If it's not obvious I'm a huge Foo fanatic, well I am. Awesome video!!! You should do a video comparing the sound of the first record to the newer ones. Big difference.
What would be interesting to see would be a a comparison in how we capture extended range guitars now verses 20 years ago. I would do kinda of an old to new Korn comparison. I have a little 25W Marshall Valvestate and an Ibanez RG7321 w/DiMarzio Blaze P/U (same they used back then) and its 99% there. Odd considering they used MESA right?
Is this album considered to have a good guitar tone? I always thought it was a bit muddy and washed out, possibly to differentiate from Kurt's fuzzy but clear tone, or just out of inexperience on daves part.
Nice, still the best Foo Fighters record! I recorded a play along of this on my channel with my phone earlier this year and just used a standard RAT (which I love) and had a Boss Super Overdrive boosting into it to give it some extra dirt. I thought it sounded pretty close. Only used the clean channel on a Roland Cube.
Some suggestions for future tones - The Wall (Pink Floyd) - Ride the Lightning (Metallica) - Blood Sugar Sex Magik (Red Hot Chili Peppers) - Killing Is My Business... And Business is Good (Megadeth) - Ok Computer (Radiohead) - 10,000 Days (Tool) - A Night At the Opera (Queen) - Era Vulgarus (Queens of the Stone Age) - Who’s Next? (The Who) - Destroyer (KISS)
Great job Fluff, definitely got really close! Might be just me, but I think it might have been a little closer without the distressor. I'll have to go listen to the album again to double check though
I was able to recreate it pretty accurately a few years ago, but I only got it when I was recording several feet away from the speaker! I don't know why that is but doing that seemed to match the tone near perfectly. IDK if that's what Dave actually did but it sure sounds like it.
Sweet, now this is for there first album, but I heard they also mainly use AC 30's in the modern context. Would you mind doing more of the Foo's later albums? Mainly interested in Wasting Light and Color and The Shape tones. Also, whatever was used on All My Life would be amazing as well.
Is it weird that I'd love to own a Japanese Les Paul from one of the many brands that used to make them,or still do, but I don't want a Gibson LP at all ?
You know why Gibson sued? Because the copycats were actually just as good as the Gibsons but at a much cheaper price, to if you can get a Burny, Tokai, Maya, etc LP, it will be AWESOME
Hey man check out a store called tyms guitars, they do loads of early Japanese copies and also the real thing, based in brissy Australia but I’m sure you could sort out shipping if needed:)))) good luck!!!
Please do a video on Kurt’s In Utero guitar tone!
YES !!!
In Utero defined my guitar tone for my whole life. I have always wanted to find a 1982 Fender Twin Reverb and rebuild it like Kurt’s. I already have his pedals like the SanAmp Classic which is that records drive tone. The PolyChorus is key too. The 1982 Twin is rare. I have never seen one on Reverb or EBay. Seen and 80 and 81 but never an 82. 1982 was the last year of Ultraliner production. I have been working on dialing in my Kemper to do all the In Utero effects. PolyChorus is the challenge.
VOUCH!!!
Do it!
tech 21 sans amp, boss sd-1, mesa boogie .22 pre or a twin reverb played with a seymour duncan jb and you'll get damn close
Try to recreate Jerry Cantrell’s facelift era tone from We Die Young next!
Jc Moore Now we’re talking!
YES!!! Please do this!!
pleaseeee
That tone KICKS FUCKING ASS! 🔥
WOH YEH
Do the guitar tone from Facelift or Dirt!
Fuck yeah!
Check out circle of tone for a video on the dirt album
Please
Dirt for me, also the third album.
Yes, Dirt. Amazing album from start to finish.
Nailed it. As soon as you hit that opening chord, I went right back to the 90's.
1:11 yeah Fluff ...I'll stick around ;)
damn, you beat me to it
:o
That song was supposed to be about Courtney Love right?
Bryan Lettow yes
My favorite Foo Fighters tone (and album in general) is There is Nothing Left to Lose from 1999. The Gibson Explorer tone through the Vox AC30 inspired my own rig, that's primarily what I play in my own band. This is a really cool video, love all of the Foos records.
One of my all time favorite albums. Really digging this series of vids. I crafted a Grohl tone in Biasfx using a boogie and AC30, and I literally can't quit using it.
Bravo Fluff. Keep these vids coming. Good stuff.
"kissing the distresser", great name for a band
Really dig these videos Fluff, love the nerdy gear history and how you recreate tones from their respective eras. Keep it up dude!
Frickin' nailed it, man. I love the Foo Fighters and I really enjoy their self-titled album. It was great watching you go over Dave's rig and trying to replicate the tone of said rig. I give this video a 5 out of 5 beards ;)
You should try to recreate the Meteora guitar tone.
My suggestion is "Enema of the State" tone by Blink-182.
Cheers from Italy
Interesting tones that Tom got out of his JCM 900/Triple Rectifier setup.
this.
Some of the best clean and distorted tones. A lot of post production eq I'd think
@@Jamesfoofighter loads and loads of compression were used on everything especially on guitars. Those two songs that weren't mixed by Tom Lord-Alge (The Party Song, and Wendy Clear) do not possess the same kind of compression. It'd be interesting if there was an album's worth of Jerry Finn mixes on that record.
Ottima idea
Sounds spot on. Never knew he was using Marshalls for that album. More often hear him associated with Dual Recs and AC30. Glad I got to learn something today
This is what I thought too, dual rec and AC30 on the first album. I also thought it was done in a friends studio? Don’t trust my memory though!
Hybrid theory?
That tone... was DOPE! Would love to see an episode where you capture The Color and The Shape tone. I think we all want to hear you try and create the tones in Everlong.
Foo Fighters Self-Titled is literally my favorite album, this is a great video well done
谢谢！
Do a “punk in drublic” tone
The tone isn’t that spectacular... just unique.
....those “chugs” on “The quass”...
Yes.
Love that record, especially "The Brews".
Gotta love the Mesa mk 3 and 4 sounds.
That was really cool. Love the attention to detail. But what really gets me every time is the tone of the guitar in your video intro tune. That tone is absolutely wicked. Do tell.
One of my favorite albums ever... great job, the guitar tone is spot on...
Matt and Rabea ought to have you as a special guest on Sounds Like. That would make for a fun collab vid. Right? My suggestion for you next tonal recreation is Offspring's Smash! Either Dexter or Noodles.
Awesome video. I think the drum tone and style really define the album
This was pretty cool. You should do Mark Tremonti's tone
Hell yeah. Alot of people may not like Creed but there's no denying the quality of Marks tone.
Bryan Keith 99% of the problem with creed is scott stapp. Mark is decent
@@Ottophil I can agree with that. Its a shame but, it is what it is.
Especially his solo stuff 🤩
My song recommendation would be Song for the Dead from Queens of the Stone Age. Btw cool video 😉
Man the riffs of today are so different than the riffs from the 90's. What a great jam and good work on the video!
Killer stuff!
I suggest Failures "Smoking Umbrellas" from Fantastic Planet.
Hell yeah
If I was a touring/recording musician, I would pay you just to hang around and give me tones. You've got that genius ear.
finally someone gives this record the love it deserves!
Love the Foos but I’m still on the fence as to whether I love Dave’s guitar tone. This is a great look at it though!
I personally prefer his tone from The Colour and the Shape above everything else.
@@kurdtjohn You have great taste!
@@GearGasms haha, thanks man
@@kurdtjohn The Colour and the Shape album was just an overall great sounding album and very well mixed. Probably their best album!
@@theripper8441 exactly. I highly recommend watching Warren Huart's episode with the engineer that worked on that album. Interesting stuff right there. The drums sound big despite having little to no compression used.
Really loving this series! The only thing I think is missing from the guitar sound of the original album is the guitars on the album seemed to be bussed and the bus track is out of phase probably due to a delay or something along the lines of that. If you skipped that part, I get it, it's not exactly pleasing sounding but it is kind of uniquely that album's sound. Great work! can't wait for more
Sounds great man, love the flannel! Rock on !!!
Something from Nirvana’s In Utero?
I’m sure there’s a bunch of info out there but the mixing segments awesome.
really good job on this one! thanks for your hard work and expertise
Sounds sick! I would combine that mic with a ribbon to really nail the sound. Great video
I want this for like every band. Great series! Master of puppets, dookie, blizzard of oz, super unknown
Nice job, Alone & Easy Target is my favorite track off that album!! 🤘🏻💀🤘🏻
Love the tone! You did a great job recreating it. My favorite middle school record! Do Hum or Evergreen Terrace next, good tones! Stay beardy my friend.
Awesome! Good job! AIC's Facelift tones next?
The Burny is beautiful though !!! I'd like to see you compare it to your 2019 Standard gold top :)
This sounds exactly like the first foo fighters record. Great video. You should do a Green Day tone video
Nicely done, I'd say you did it justice. I keep seeing requests for Jerry Cantrell's sound, personally I really liked his sound from Dirt and I believe he used a Bogner Fish for that.
I like his tone so much I bought an 86' JCM800 and had Brian at BFG amps mod it with his Snorkler (Jerry Cantrell) mod years ago and it sounds amazing and is still one of my favorite amps to play.
You should do one for the guitar tone on Deaths album Leprosy
recreate the "colormeinkindness" guitar tone from "Basement"
It's something in between Nirvana and Foo Fighters. I believe Alex and Ronan used Hiwatt amps and a JCM800, with a classic Big Muff.
Never ever ever clicked a link so fast! Nailed it I'd say. How about Metalica Black album (or is that too easy??)
Could you do Eric Clapton's tone on "While my guitar gently weeps", please?
One of my favourite records of all time! I bought it also when it was released and i still listen to it very often and i still love to play the songs myself. The overall sound/vibe of that record is incredible! So raw! I read/heard the guitars were a modded Plexi on that record though..
So awesome. Oddly been in a foo fighters kick this week, then I came across this!
I love this series. Using what I have I could get this using an 84 Destroyer, ehx Glove and Blackstar Artist 15.
Good series. Fun stuff. Keep doing them. Thanks!
Would love to see you try to recreate Tom Delonge's guitar tone from EOTS or TOYPAJ
Absolutely LOVE the first Foos record. Just Dave and a studio. Raw as fuck and full of energy. Great effort recreating the tone.
Do more of these man, lovin this kind of content!!
This was great. You did such a good job recreating the sound.
Fluff,recreate all FF albums tones!
Would love to see an episode where you recreate the guitar tone from Entombed's Wolverine Blues.
WOW! That tone is amazing!! Good job Fluff!!
Awesome video! Thanks for giving the in depth look at the plugins! I wonder though if the applications would be different if you are mixing to a tracked acoustic kit? Would you be able to push the guitars out in the mix further since the drums would be larger?
PERFECT to my ears! Awesome job! Cheers!
This is my absolute favorite record of all time!!! Thank you so much!!!
Recreating the " Lagwagon" tone.
Thank you so much for making this video. I have always been strangely fascinated by the guitar tones on this record and I’m glad someone went through it. Big Me rules!
Thanks for this video. The tone from this album still is one of my favorites.
Do the tones from Mastodon's Leviathan record or Adam Jones' guitar tone from TOOL's 10,000 Days record next please! Love the videos!
These are great videos, I always want you to show the amp settings though
Without A/Bing everything from memory it sounds like you nailed it. This was my favorite track from this album!
John Christ's tone from Danzig self/titled album
If it's not obvious I'm a huge Foo fanatic, well I am. Awesome video!!! You should do a video comparing the sound of the first record to the newer ones. Big difference.
What would be interesting to see would be a a comparison in how we capture extended range guitars now verses 20 years ago. I would do kinda of an old to new Korn comparison. I have a little 25W Marshall Valvestate and an Ibanez RG7321 w/DiMarzio Blaze P/U (same they used back then) and its 99% there. Odd considering they used MESA right?
That’s pretty damn close my friend. Killer tone
Everclear. Sparkle and Fade. Do you still have Art’s cab? Can’t remember from past videos.
Please do Everclear’s album Sparkle and fade, particularly queen of the air.
This. So much this! Recently saw Art in London doing songs from the album acoustic and we, the fans, did the rest!
Jonathan Cooper wow, I love it!
Heroin girl , santa monica
I think the only other person who played on the recording is Greg Dulli (Afghan Whigs). If I’m not mistaken he played a little guitar on X-Static
Harold Roberts I was looking to see if anyone else pointed that out. Dulli is the man.
Mutts studio is so sick reminds me i need to go over there soon .. thanks for this video
Fluff, you recreated that guitar tone precisely!
Is this album considered to have a good guitar tone?
I always thought it was a bit muddy and washed out, possibly to differentiate from Kurt's fuzzy but clear tone, or just out of inexperience on daves part.
I really enjoy this series. Please do more!
Do a Soundgarden tone. Maybe Badmotorfinger or Superunknown.
Great video, I'd be interested to know what program you used for drums, and how you processed them...they sound really good to me. Thanks
Love this series! Next you could try Weezer’s blue album, Enema Of The State, or maybe New Junk Aesthetic by Every Time I Die.
Blue is so crunchy you can dip the tone in salsa
Joey Alvestad exactly! And underrated
This sounds so much better than the original. I wish The Foos would release a remastered version of the first few albums
Please do a Pearl Jam Ten tone video
Pls do a video on recreating Jerry Cantrell's guitar tone on Facelift or Dirt next
Nice, still the best Foo Fighters record! I recorded a play along of this on my channel with my phone earlier this year and just used a standard RAT (which I love) and had a Boss Super Overdrive boosting into it to give it some extra dirt. I thought it sounded pretty close. Only used the clean channel on a Roland Cube.
Can you make this in a Helix patch? Thanks! You’re channel is so rad!
I know you're not an extended range kinda guy, Fluff but the tone from White Pony especially Change would be killer. Up keep with the awesome work!
Thats such a sweet guitar. love the way artic white gibson lp customs age.
Some suggestions for future tones
- The Wall (Pink Floyd)
- Ride the Lightning (Metallica)
- Blood Sugar Sex Magik (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- Killing Is My Business... And Business is Good (Megadeth)
- Ok Computer (Radiohead)
- 10,000 Days (Tool)
- A Night At the Opera (Queen)
- Era Vulgarus (Queens of the Stone Age)
- Who’s Next? (The Who)
- Destroyer (KISS)
Great job Fluff, definitely got really close! Might be just me, but I think it might have been a little closer without the distressor. I'll have to go listen to the album again to double check though
YES. THANK YOU FLUFF. YOU DESERVE ALL THE BEARDS.
I never realized how fuckin good this album was until I watched the live at Brixon show. What an album.
Dude yes! Awesome video!
Dude you killed this
Wow...good job!!...I miss the 90s!!
I love that you start out with THE best song on the album!
I was able to recreate it pretty accurately a few years ago, but I only got it when I was recording several feet away from the speaker! I don't know why that is but doing that seemed to match the tone near perfectly. IDK if that's what Dave actually did but it sure sounds like it.
White Stripes self titled album tone would be awesome
Nailed it and some more. You kinda brought the 1990s forward. Sounds modern.
Sweet, now this is for there first album, but I heard they also mainly use AC 30's in the modern context. Would you mind doing more of the Foo's later albums? Mainly interested in Wasting Light and Color and The Shape tones. Also, whatever was used on All My Life would be amazing as well.
Is it weird that I'd love to own a Japanese Les Paul from one of the many brands that used to make them,or still do, but I don't want a Gibson LP at all ?
A Japanese copy might actually be a better built guitar nowadays imo. Seems like the new Gibson guitars are kind of hit or miss.
You know why Gibson sued? Because the copycats were actually just as good as the Gibsons but at a much cheaper price, to if you can get a Burny, Tokai, Maya, etc LP, it will be AWESOME
Hey man check out a store called tyms guitars, they do loads of early Japanese copies and also the real thing, based in brissy Australia but I’m sure you could sort out shipping if needed:)))) good luck!!!
"It's better because guys on the internet say so, but I've never seen one!"
Such a fantastic insight man ! what about the cabs you used here ? how did you record that amp (cabs+mics) ?