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@gmike109 ай бұрын
Never has an origin story made more sense to me.
@drunkendrink52419 ай бұрын
ong
@eternalsence30339 ай бұрын
i was just about to comment this, right when i saw the pickups with the ductape all his other videos made so much more sense and i could see how it all started haha
@jamesnotjames9 ай бұрын
literallyyyyy
@nostalgia_junkie9 ай бұрын
extremely evocative of spider-man's spider of random chance
@topbreak388 ай бұрын
An ad for the new exorcist movie came on before the video and my knee-jerk reaction to your comment was that you were a fan of the franchise.
@haydenfrobenius98189 ай бұрын
building an electric guitar setup from old scraps. Now that's Rock'n'Roll.
@Balzhag9 ай бұрын
and punk too (:
@MetalKeith6669 ай бұрын
And metal 🤘
@antares49759 ай бұрын
@@MetalKeith666 i think, metal is far too gear oriented. like, you have to have humbuckers and only in brigde position, you have to have a tight boosted hi gain amp, you have to use jumbo frets to shred like dime, etc.. Metal loves Subgenres. If you wanna sound like death metal, your sound has not much room to wiggle. The guitar tone defines Metal and separates it from rock in all its own subgenres.
@MetalKeith6669 ай бұрын
@@antares4975 yes, but i love metal i dont care about these things
@antares49759 ай бұрын
@@MetalKeith666 i love metal too, i'm just saying it is different than this
@tomney44609 ай бұрын
“Anything can be a distortion pedal” *runs to toaster*
@tylerphillips5039 ай бұрын
It can really distort a warm bath
@devoicedmusic9 ай бұрын
A toaster is basically already a distortion pedal for bread. Soft, boring thing goes in, Awesome, crunchy things comes out.
@bluechalk62758 ай бұрын
It's been 3 days. Someone should do a wellness check.
@tomney44608 ай бұрын
@@bluechalk6275 I did it
@abraxasjinx52078 ай бұрын
@@tomney4460how did it sound?
@seasong76559 ай бұрын
This guy straight up builds his own electric guitar at age 12. Respect
@kotbayun22078 ай бұрын
the guy finds anything in trash and it works perfectly fine. that's some LUCK
@YskarAlbumLuna6 ай бұрын
Almost sounds like destiny
@NegativeReferral4 ай бұрын
@@kotbayun2207 And with strings it's not meant to handle.
@Kasikerim2 ай бұрын
Its almost impossible because you have to make a jack input and connect it to pickup with hardware. Idk how he did or if its real but its not that simple bruv
@NegativeReferral2 ай бұрын
@@Kasikerim that's not that difficult, since you can often just put the pick up in the sound hole, and if you do want the input to be on the side, it's pretty simple to drill a hole, get the components in, screw it in, and then put the strings on.
@donkeyrockerstudios9 ай бұрын
i did a similar thing with a Hello Kitty karaoke machine when I was a kid. I had a cheap squier tele and no amp so i plugged the guitar into this hot pink Hello Kitty karaoke machine i bought at goodwill for a few dollars. The cool thing about that machine was that it had a quarter inch input rather than just some built in wired mic. Also, there was an "Echo" knob which sounded amazing.
@FreeCatCheese8 ай бұрын
Yup, we had a karaoke machine as well, that was like a cheapie CD/DVD player, with some discs with lyrics. It had an echo knob as well. I actually recorded some stuff onto a bookshelf system that you could stack up to 4 tracks by bouncing tape to tape, backing down on the input level on each pass. You could go further, but it was reasonably listenable after 4 passes, but more than that it was mush. 😁
@AwkwardHypernerd4138 ай бұрын
Holy shit I’m not the only one lol. I’ve used TWO karaoke machines so far, mainly as a bigger speaker for my orange crush mini. The second karaoke machine has several effects, and I can get a pretty cool chug sound if I pair it with the crush mini
@nyxcal5 ай бұрын
do you still have it? that’d be cool to see again
@JohnnyBravo-zz2nz2 ай бұрын
I HAD THE SAME ONE AND DID THE EXACT SAME THING. AND THAT ECHO SERIOUSLY IS THE DHIT
@JohnnyBravo-zz2nz2 ай бұрын
I had the same things as a kid and did the SAME exact thing lmao. And the echo really was a good reverb/delay substitute
@scowellmusic36329 ай бұрын
as far as I know, this is similar to how the band Neutral Milk Hotel got that guitar sound on their albums, particularly the song Holland 1945 from In The aeroplane Over The Sea. They didn't use any traditional pedals, and instead just recorded an acoustic, overloaded the pre-amps and plugged straight into the mixer - and it sounds amazing. It's a great technique and I think it has such a unique sound, especially when used with an acoustic!
@jeraldjoyce29959 ай бұрын
I think that's a big part of Jeff's tone. A combination of pre amp clipping and tape saturation. When he was performing live, I think he used a Soviet big muff and it got pretty close.
@scowellmusic36329 ай бұрын
yeah, a green russian to be precise. Really unique sound. Think he used some sort of pedal (possibly the green russian big muff) to record avery island but I could be wrong.@@jeraldjoyce2995
@heggy_699 ай бұрын
The rolling stones did a similar thing, but way more subtle lol
@actuallythepie9 ай бұрын
Also the band, The Microphones!
@erikerikerikerikerik9 ай бұрын
on the single version of revolution, the beatles did a similar thing. just with an electric instead
@mikecunningham46829 ай бұрын
Your endless tinkerings never fail to astound me. You've got such a musically creative brain, you're a younger Les Paul. Big love, Mr Hilowitz ❤
@DavidHilowitzMusic9 ай бұрын
Ah, thanks! Glad you’ve been enjoying the videos
@zeandro64038 ай бұрын
hey btw, that song you played in combination with both devices, is it an actual existing song and if yes can you give me the name and if no, can you upload a full version? :D@@DavidHilowitzMusic
@GameyRaccoon5 ай бұрын
@@zeandro6403It's Tropical Storm by Manwomanchild! (Dave's band) It's on his bandcamp and there's a link in the description.
@3_ormorecharacters7 ай бұрын
4:15 that one chord brings back late 2022 flashbacks 💀
@crashscreen82002 ай бұрын
I think it's better to call Saul
@GMByteJavaTMАй бұрын
S'all good, man
@headrippingarmageddonАй бұрын
skibidi lawyer moment
@icey_sickle5 күн бұрын
@@headrippingarmageddon STEP ON A LEGO WILL YOU???!!!👹👹👺👺👹💔💔💔🤬🤬🤬
@CassSheldonMisri7 ай бұрын
Ok that’s cool and all, but can it run doom?
@ing.beaverАй бұрын
underated comment
@prod.bydboi2942Ай бұрын
Your asking all the right questions 😂
@aussierhino8535Ай бұрын
Hah
@LlayneSstaleyАй бұрын
The answer is always yes
@HellMunky26 күн бұрын
it must doom or it must die... then doom.
@dmoore00798 ай бұрын
I had kind of a similar story. When I was 11, I was given a beat up 1960's Teisco electric guitar with no amplifier. I had a couple of random pieces of stereo equipment that I used as an amp, and eventually discovered distortion when I fed the output of one amp into the input of another. It sounded pretty gnarly, but I loved it!
@perkins14394 ай бұрын
We would get quarter inch input cable with RCA jacks plug into the back of a stereo if you use the phono input you can overdrive the circuit and get that tone
@themac63568 ай бұрын
Genuinely thought you were gonna start playing the Better Call Saul theme at 4:15. Nifty tape deck honestly! Always really liked the look of mid 1970s tech.
@saularchlnux8 ай бұрын
the A chord will never be the same again.
@GarrionOne8 ай бұрын
was looking for this comment
@JustAcrylicArts8 ай бұрын
@@GarrionOne same
@fritz68627 ай бұрын
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT
@jwdunn64017 ай бұрын
Same here
@kingmuffin25029 ай бұрын
One thing this video taught me is that you were more musically innovative at the age of 12 then anyone else I know at any age. Well done Sir.
@zombie-process70258 ай бұрын
The record/playback on that 45+ year old tape deck is EXCELLENT. Especially give its age.
@Zactivist9 ай бұрын
:) one thing I love about your videos is not just your excellent musical knowledge... it's your masterful storytelling. Thanks for another great video.
@DavidHilowitzMusic9 ай бұрын
Thanks! So glad you been enjoying them
@kevinboggan9 ай бұрын
This is great, man. I love that the tone took you straight away to something pretty early-Weezer-y. That's where my brain immediately went too!
@vantatv66559 ай бұрын
I totally got old rivers cuomo demos from this! Like something from the alone comps
@pepsy9109 ай бұрын
rivers said himself that he used no pedals in the recording of blue album!
@yyams8 ай бұрын
my brain went straight there too:D
@jasonnicholas43369 ай бұрын
Lovely recollection; I’m envisioning a story 40 years from now where someone describes finding an abandoned Ableton Push in an alleyway as a kid and that’s what started it for them.
@Jesse.Dangerously8 ай бұрын
but it's an acoustic ableton push, and they have to find some way to distort its output
@davemakesnoises2 ай бұрын
i got my first ableton license from a friend i met at a concert, and found a push 2 used at guitar center for half price, sold it back to ableton for 200 more than i paid on a trade in for push 3
@potatobomb139 ай бұрын
That classical electric guitar thing was so cool!
@kaitlyn__L9 ай бұрын
Fun fact, the area under both curves on the distorted waveform is (almost) the same, the height is very different (which is part of what makes the sound interesting) but so is the phase of the zero-point and that kinda cancels out
@zantetsuken-zero9 ай бұрын
4:14 this chord has been ruined forever for me
@Zentabes9 ай бұрын
Same lol, I thought he was gonna play it
@heidenbarrel9 ай бұрын
NOOOO
@hhdhpublic9 ай бұрын
Okay, how much stuff do you find in the trash?
@fredman7279 ай бұрын
If you go around looking for stuff in the trash you make some incredible finds! I have a piece of furniture I use for my gear. My keyboard to be specific
@DavidHilowitzMusic9 ай бұрын
so, so much…tape recorders, stereo systems, instruments. it’s one of the real benefits of living in a city
@KingfisherTalkingPictures9 ай бұрын
Yeah, I’m I’m always looking through garbage, and never find anything so useful.
@fredman7279 ай бұрын
@@KingfisherTalkingPictures same here, it's not always how you want it. :C
@duellingscarguevara8 ай бұрын
Put your request out to the universe, and you'll be surprised what turns up..( but yeah, being in a city helps).
@MayhemJack9 ай бұрын
Dude has been finding stuff in the trash since he was a kid, and made a career out of it! What an inspiration! Another reminder that real artists don't come from money. Art is borne out of need and wanting; it comes from longing. You can make a hell of a lot more with a little or nothing than if you had everything!
@josiahriggins33589 ай бұрын
Everytime I watch one of your videos I am blown away with how aesthetically pleasing, curiousity driven, inspiring, and simple (the best kind of simple) they are. The videos really, at least it seems to me, are a piece of your mind/creativeness that you have tapped into so incredibely well. Thank you for doing what you do and inspiring myslef and others!
@AlexLlama9 ай бұрын
If you have a cassette deck without a mic input you can wire a 3/4" jack to the tape head and get the same result. And if you have a cassette walkman you can do the same, then use the headphone out to go to an amp and you got yourself a distortion pedal 😁
@crtzmo8 ай бұрын
Yeah! Another great video, David. Fantastic synthesis of your memories, interests, and skills. And that song! Thank you.
@thatcipher8 ай бұрын
people like you are such an inspiration I really felt like I was supposed to make music like a formula to get success but people like you showed me there is sooo much freedom to music. Who cares if my music will be listened by 10 people at a peak as long as it was fun and I poured in my soul? Gear like this is so unconventional but sounds damn great. I love it.
@FlameFlickers8 ай бұрын
That was wonderful. Great content, no waffle or timewasting and really well edited and presented. Well done sir!
@thecutmusic19 ай бұрын
this is one of my favorite channels on the entirety of KZfaq! always enjoy your videos David!
@B14k38 ай бұрын
I looks forward to your uploads and you never disappoint. You’ve taught me a lot and I appreciate it!!!!! Keep up the excellent content.
@Nelinka553 ай бұрын
Hey! Your story is imcredible and interesting! I am from Czechia and in/on every video I must have turn on subtitles to understand what anybody says but you are the first person which I understand without turn on subtitles - I enjoyed your video like as if I watched it in my native language. Thank you for made my day!
@hisnameisjoel9 ай бұрын
Not only are you a fantastic musician but you're a fantastic storyteller. Every single video you make has me lost in your world and I love every chance I get to visit!
@markuslakanen61737 ай бұрын
Your videos are so inspiring , educative and fun to watch! Keep up the good work! 👏
@1oolabob8 ай бұрын
The story part of this is very rock and roll. You knew what kind of sound you wanted, then did the experimentation to invent it for yourself. There's something really wonderful about that entire approach to music-making and to life in general. I'm mainly a percussionist. Anything that can resonate is a percussion instrument. Not gonna tell my poor-boy story, but if you know you're a musician at heart and you don't have a lot of money to spend on stuff, you find ways to make your music anyway. Great song too. I love everything about this.
@1oolabob7 ай бұрын
I'm back to watch this again. I got all the how-to the first time I watched...but I like the story.
@SubSkrub8 ай бұрын
This is awesome! Ever since I was a kid I've always loved messing around with abandoned gear and experimenting with how it can be used 😁
@happyjessus9 ай бұрын
It's crazy how good both distortions sound!
@benjyletouffu9 ай бұрын
Another blissful moment with David. Love it ❤
@dr.darkroom8 ай бұрын
This tape deck tone is ridiculous! Nice work man - looking forward to what's next!
@teemotheeey9 ай бұрын
Your rock-oriented videos are always my favorite to watch. I've been holding on getting cheap analog trinkets to complement my in-the-box setup, but I wouldn't have the space and time to take care of them (apartment living obstacle)
@brycefunk9 ай бұрын
As a non musician, I find your videos thoroughly entertaining and very well produced! Cheers!
@OhVicanne8 ай бұрын
The tone from the acoustic with the pickup and the preamp is awesome
@josephbambino56398 ай бұрын
6 lines and 30 seconds @7:30 - @8:00 and now I'm addicted to your music. I feel lucky I was suggested this video
@butthemeatwasbad8 ай бұрын
That combo sounded so good. I would love to have THAT in a pedal.
@getsideways72577 ай бұрын
At least that sounded relatively decent...
@weshard18 ай бұрын
My early guitar journey was very similar. First guitar was an old Eko acoustic that my father found in a skip. I don’t remember what happened to it, but it’s no longer in my possession. My first electric was a Fender Tele that got traded for a step exercises machine, that I originally paid £10 for. I didn’t have an amp, of course, but saw that the old 70s tape deck my parents had, had a mic input, and it gave the exact distortion tone you speak of. At the time, it sounded amazing to my ears.
@cmck177723 күн бұрын
Gosh this was really beautiful... well done!
@tarunkrishnaswamy820725 күн бұрын
This video has nostalgia, passion and talent written all over it. Amazing!
@H_mzaS8 ай бұрын
David you must have been the most resourceful 12 year old kid. I really enjoyed watching this video. Really goes to show that expensive gear isn't everything. Creativity is much more important!
@suprotivnemarny9 ай бұрын
Все що ви робите, пане - це неймовірно. Дякую вам
@OlleoljudАй бұрын
Thanks for the video, it's the second I watched now. Really interesting, with your sound experiments and the lesson's in sounds. And I like the music, also. Thank you!
@MountainHomeJerrel8 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing your journey and passion with us. You are one of the true artists out there. Keep the dream alive, man.
@stevedotwav8 ай бұрын
My first "guitar amp" was also a radio shack stereo amp 😅 when I finally got a proper amp, it was just a head and we built a cab with old car speakers. I think these kinds of experiences are actually really beneficial because you learn a lot along the way, and it creates a lot of extra creative pathways in your brain instead of getting railroaded along the "proper" track
@williamsimanjuntak52638 ай бұрын
as a guitar player, audio lover, and electrical engineering student, this is beyond awesome
@LegionOfWeirdos8 ай бұрын
I did experiments like that all the time as a teen, you brought back some fun memories with this video. My first "four track recorder" was made with two stereo cassette decks and one of those Realistic mixers.
@sakalas222 ай бұрын
This is a quality content. Short. Interesting. Nothing too much. Good story telling. Thank You!
@Hneel658 ай бұрын
I can relate to this. When I was a kid I had just enough money to buy a 2nd hand guitar, but not enough for also an amp. So I ran the guitar through some weird record player preamp into the stereo. It sounded about the same.
@henry_cameron9 ай бұрын
Better Call Saul is at 4:14
@drunkendrink52419 ай бұрын
I thought I was insane
@michaeldmytriw10479 ай бұрын
Subscribed before I even watched the video. I am so inspired!! Thank you!!!!
@CPF_PZ9 ай бұрын
i love your music stuff/experiments
@germtray93719 ай бұрын
fun fact shoegaze artist astrobrite use this exact same method to achieve distortion on his recordings
@Imboredwithmylife9 ай бұрын
Love your vids!
@kryptichands9684 ай бұрын
The bass sounds awesome. Appreciate you sharing your innovations
@brokensleepsound8 ай бұрын
Great story and cool sounds! Reminds me of plugging into a Kenwood all-in-one stereo decades before collecting dozens of distortion and fuzz pedals.
@SasquachPL8 ай бұрын
7:16 I was hoping you would combine them in series (as in, in one signal path to a single track); that could be interesting and way crazier than layering the two tracks as you did. Btw, the tone of your childhood acoustic through the record player preamp was AWESOME! I want that now haha:D bangin lofi punk tone
@thefishermenandthepriestess9 ай бұрын
Awesome video! My experience was similar, my parents gave me a guitar but no amp or pedals. So I would plug it in the mic input of the stereo. For extra distortion I would take the output and plug it back into the other mic input, making the signal run twice through the preamp. Playing with the balance knob would give extra weirdness!
@danielsgrunge8 ай бұрын
That is SO COOL! I have a similar story I don't quite remember what it was but I remember having this radio-like device that I ended up discovering produced a BEAUTIFUL crunchy sound, nostalgic!
@jakobjelinek63349 ай бұрын
Wonderful video! Love the story, the sound and the song :) 👏
@wumbr64679 ай бұрын
My favourite artist of all time, Phil Elverum, always used a tape deck as his distortion to achieve this crazy abrasive tone, you can hear it on the song "The Glow, Pt. 2" really well
@rr-fn5bs8 ай бұрын
I can definitely appreciate the origin story in the struggle thereof. I wish more musically based charities were easier accessible to people who have that need to create. Cool track too.
@Ejo2428 ай бұрын
Love what you do! Great video as always
@trustyaxe5 ай бұрын
This is so cool. A friend of mine showed me how to get distortion from a stereo like this. We were about 16 and just learning to play guitar and were talking about starting a band (we actually did about 2 years later, lol). Neither one of us could afford a distortion pedal or amp at the time, so the stereo speakers and the distortion we got from that provided many hours of fun and practice until we got real amps. That was about 1986 and I was so surprised to find a video on the subject. I always wondered how it made that sound, haha. Thank you so much for making such a great and informative video...also, thanks for bringing back some awesome memories!
@guilhermefarias72959 ай бұрын
This channel is one of the pearls of KZfaq. You combine science, experimentation and emotional stories, aka. The formula of really good stuff!
@SaImonfungus63 ай бұрын
*It's called an Electric acoustic Guitar*
@Coppergear3 ай бұрын
David, I can relate to (almost) every video you make ! Never stop making those...
@christiantorma24408 ай бұрын
Super schönes Video ❤ danke für diese kleine Reise
@pulpero6669 ай бұрын
Todas las grabaciones de bandas de rock en los 60s y 70s en Argentina de hicieron enchufando la guitarra directo a pequeños grabadores de cinta, era la única manera de conseguir distorsión porque no se podía importar amplificadores o pedales de guitarra. Manal, Almendra, Pappo's Blues, Los Gatos ❤
@miguelhinojosa55949 ай бұрын
Interesante! Siempre me pregunté cómo lograban distorsionar en esa época de escasez.
@pulpero6669 ай бұрын
@@miguelhinojosa5594 lo más popular era el grabador valvular Geloso g 257, Creo que para Artaud de Pescado Rabioso se usó un grabador National
@miguelhinojosa55949 ай бұрын
@@pulpero666 buenísimo. Pescado es de mis preferidas de las bandas del flaco. Me vuela la cabeza lo genio que fue haciendo tanto con tan pocos recursos. Saludos desde Cuba 🙌
@agatone72448 ай бұрын
For better distortion testing or anything saturation related, when plugging your distortion-device in to the amp, try plugging into the fx return (if your amp got one). That way you skip the preamp of the amplifier. Edit: this way you can connect anything with a preamp built into, in to the amp. I do it with my acoustic instruments as I don’t have a dedicated amp for them
@jepz116 ай бұрын
Love your inquisite mindset. We all may enjoy the fruit of this musical journey, thanks.
@andrewdemarestandrewdemarest8 ай бұрын
south philly represent!! thats the goodwill that i always go to, it surprisingly has a consistent amount of musical gear floating around. great video!
@Tape_Deck9 ай бұрын
Dude building a guitar AND setup from trash has got to be one of the most punk things i've ever heard of
@Quusikko9 ай бұрын
This sounds great! And I love how the sound is produced. There's always something special to these kinds of approach. I always try to use the tools on my disposal "the wrong way" because it gives different results. In my case it means VST's, but I like to tinker with those. Putting drums through Amp SIms and whatnot. Many times the sound comes out kinda "basement" but I don't care as long as I like it.
@Warden-NiNJeN7 ай бұрын
That's fire honestly, huge respect!! ✨
@merman19749 ай бұрын
What a fascinating video, I loved hearing how you got into guitar - and that tape recorder gave a very cool distortion. Fun how you ended up with an Eels/Weezer style song too.
@j.jester78218 ай бұрын
Can my toaster be a distortion pedal?
@AD-kv9kj9 ай бұрын
This is why expensive effects pedals are actually a scam. They cost nothing to make and are extremely basic circuits with a lot of marketing behind them.
@kaitlyn__L9 ай бұрын
@@return2sender791thank you
@toastedphantom30079 ай бұрын
@@return2sender791 Can confirm. A Fuzz Face shouldn't cost as much as it does but try and make an analog double chorus like a Liquifier and you quickly realize why they cost as much as they do. Also someone had to come up with the circuit in the first place.
@JennyZTVee9 ай бұрын
This is great! Truly inspired now.
@mdk035 ай бұрын
that waveform thing you showed was awesome, would love to see more of that
@garybrady27239 ай бұрын
This is inspirational! Will try it with Dad's old stereo, Mam's old record player and 2 old tape recorders I've kept all these years👍
@abhishekrao60178 ай бұрын
Great stuff made by an incredible person is a treat to watch everytime 👍✌️🙌
@PorkPioneer8 ай бұрын
That distortion from the mic preamp was so good. Idk if it was the editing you did on this video but it sounded very rich and smooth.
@igorfb6189 ай бұрын
amazing song and very warm, soothing video. enjoyed&liked
@bigjen82389 ай бұрын
Love these videos of yours
@brianpomeroyfilms4 ай бұрын
Amazing film under 10 mins. Got so much from that thanks.
@Aidenschommer18 ай бұрын
THANK YOU FOR THIS! I have an old stereo mixing console from goodwill i was hoping to use to record but never really could because of how old it is! But my god it worked so good as a pedal!!
@mrsamo1288 ай бұрын
I just busted out an old tape deck and had an absolute blast because of you! Cheers mate
@TerryHaleMizagorn8 ай бұрын
First time seeing one of your videos. Subscribed! What a great story, and I really appreciate the "science" behind what's going on. I was a huge Realistic fan back in the 70's and 80's and my first full time job was my dream of working at Radio Shack lol, so that hit home even more.
@PartikleVT4 ай бұрын
That tape deck sounds amazing for recording speech as well, gives a nice vintage effect
@Dogsrule7778 ай бұрын
Love the vid. I really dig your signing voice and the tune at the end!
@zylascope8 ай бұрын
Reminds me of my experience getting started. Thanks for sharing! :) Cool song too.
@schulbus139 ай бұрын
I absolutely love your videos and stories!
@fallprecauxionsmusic9 ай бұрын
such a great vid!! keep on gettin' it, mister hilowitz...