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Awful Tone to Amazing Tone
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@albikes8484 3 жыл бұрын
SamuraiDad should have his own channel. Id love to see him build stuff.
@lemongibre5971 3 жыл бұрын
That would be amazing, i bet we could learn a lot from him.
@dh4767 3 жыл бұрын
Yes
@wheelspinproductions9214 3 жыл бұрын
What if he sold gear on the merch store that would be cool
@ghoststations4064 3 жыл бұрын
If samuraidad were my dad, things would be different around here.
@udaypoonia2767 3 жыл бұрын
Bro we need more likes on this comment we want samurai dad
@ghost79ish 3 жыл бұрын
The di sound wasn't even that bad, add a little reverb and you've got a usable tone imo.
@OskarFFS 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah I know what you mean adding an amp + cabinet sim just makes it so much better
@dhvalden 3 жыл бұрын
right? I mean sounds different, but "bad sounding" is not something I would use to describe it. Come on, people these days creates real bangers with VST plugins!
@launder0 3 жыл бұрын
Ikr. And it's weird cause i heard that comparison before and it is usually way worst
@JonahNelson7 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah it sounded okay, and the amp with the first little amp was more than acceptable honestly. Way too much emphasis is put on gear in my opinion, though I guess it depends on the tone you're really going for
@OskarFFS 3 жыл бұрын
@@JonahNelson7 imo from experience, I get a great tone from just buying a squier affinity and a scarlett solo DI box. I run my guitar through amplitube 5 free version and add on free effects to the chain. A guitar tone could be pretty much anything you need as long as you have a half decent DI box and some mixing knowledge
@shivering_sky 3 жыл бұрын
There aren't any bad tones. Just tones you haven't found a way to use yet. Loads of bands have discovered their sound by using previously 'bad' sounding gear.
@jacobmillen751 3 жыл бұрын
Very true
@katkong281 Күн бұрын
It's all about the mix, baby
@joycastle. 3 жыл бұрын
If anyone ever doubts that you're Canadian, just show them the first 25 seconds of this video
@FlorianGuitar85 3 жыл бұрын
I don’t understand what’s especially Canadian about that. Respectful behaviour, open to other opinions. This could be about any country in the world.
@joycastle. 3 жыл бұрын
@@FlorianGuitar85 There's this stereotype about Canadians that they're super polite. Could be worse when it comes to stereotypes...
@FlorianGuitar85 3 жыл бұрын
@@joycastle. I‘d assume that’s a stereotype or even rather a fact for most countries. Why wouldn’t anyone not be polite to other people. Imagine there was a country where everyone only minded his business and cared for nothing but himself. Creepy much?
@dreugh424 3 жыл бұрын
@@FlorianGuitar85 Not really. It's a "Canadian thing" to be really nice to others, especially those that you don't know.
@christopherhuggins3212 3 жыл бұрын
@@joycastle. He's not your friend buddy
@imetators 3 жыл бұрын
IMO clean sound was way better than drive.
@andocobo 3 жыл бұрын
I strongly agree
@burntbizkit621 3 жыл бұрын
I agree but I think it’s definitely a taste thing. I like overdrive and distortion but you can easily overdo it with fuzz or running a distortion pedal into another if you’re not careful
@karanupamanyu3897 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah fr
@Grease-Goblin 3 жыл бұрын
I kept hoping for some sort of Bob Ross effect where it sounds like he ruined it, but then does something to make it better afterwards, but it just wasn't great. And hey, I'm a metal fan, so it's not that I don't even like distortion, it's just that this particular tone sounds pretty bad.
@BeefNEggs057 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah that amp didn’t need that much. Little boost would be just right.
@ghost79ish 3 жыл бұрын
I thought the overdrives were pretty muddy, sounded better after eqing but could still use some more upper mids
@dneiter 3 жыл бұрын
Same here. Adding distortion was a step down IMO
@lofiurbex2511 3 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Was a good sound, don't get me wrong, but I couldn't help but feel the need for a more mids as well
@drsmith4582 3 жыл бұрын
That Squire through the DI sounded better to my ears than those muddy ass distortion pedals.
@evilcowboy 3 жыл бұрын
@@drsmith4582 thats actually fair, those pedals were muddy as shit. The final tone I am with all the others, it was muddy and could use more mids and a small tweak to the highs.
@budgetgearguru4211 3 жыл бұрын
This is what I was here to say lol. Seems to me the pedals could’ve used some tweaking. Seems like he needed to push a little less drive. Sounded almost like a fuzz
@kevinogorman7561 3 жыл бұрын
What I’ve found is that once you’ve found the tone you like, inspiration flows more easily. When you’re fighting for a tone, you’re never truly in the groove, since you’re constantly critically analyzing your tone.
@jacobmillen751 3 жыл бұрын
Also certain things just sound better with different tones. Comparing playing w clean tone and a really distorted tone, with the first one, youre more likely to be inspired to do interesting chords/arpeggios/etc. With the second one, im usually inspired to do more solos/melodies and also bends sound much cooler so I incorporate more of those. Even much smaller changes in tone have a similar effect on what you decide to play. Same w piano, too, I compose much differently when I use a synth preset than if I use the normal piano sound.
@frozenlillypad2188 3 жыл бұрын
Agreed, the gear you have influences what you write in a big way.
@andrejserafimovski6442 Жыл бұрын
biblically true as fuck
@SpartanLaserCanon 9 ай бұрын
I have found playing on gear I love makes me want to practice/play more. I would for sure say that beginner musicians should save up money to get gear that they will love so they will be inspired to practice more... well, some people love practicing with cheap lofi gear, but most people don't. Sure there are great options now for beginners when it comes to cheap guitars, but most other guitar gear I like is not cheap for what it is except for Bias FX 2. My favourite guitar necks are the Ibanez Wizard guitar necks like the one on my RG2228. I wish all my guitars had a neck like that ahaha.
@TorutheRedFox 26 күн бұрын
same thing goes for synthesizers
@nahuel6136 3 жыл бұрын
I can make any amazing tone sound awful
@leo_link 3 жыл бұрын
That's a talent!
@rohankshetrimayum1049 3 жыл бұрын
Me too
@Xedian 3 жыл бұрын
Listening to his worst tone and thinking ‘hmm, that sounds like an arctic monkeys solo’
@moogleguitar 3 жыл бұрын
lol true
@TheGreatGadfly 3 жыл бұрын
Which is why he used it.
@duvan-solis 3 жыл бұрын
@@TheGreatGadfly 😐 I like that band... It hurts to read this.
@SixteenJacobsCreams 3 жыл бұрын
@@duvan-solis Nah I love that sortof tone. If you check out some of their really early live stuff (first album) they have a lot of shit with that really dry, straightforward sound. IMO too much reverb/fucking around can make things sound pretty cheesy.
@sombal1999 3 жыл бұрын
The fact that you are wearing yourself as a shirt still makes me laugh, even after having watched it a million times now
@stewiegriffin4 3 жыл бұрын
I feel blessed to be able wear his face on my torso as well See, I specified “torso” so nobody would make a Texas chainsaw massacre joke.. ha!
@AxxLAfriku 3 жыл бұрын
GAGAGAGAGAGA! I will now count to 3 and then I am still the unprettiest KZfaqr of all time. 1...2...3. GAGAGAGAGAGA!!! Thank you for your attention, dear iam
@gabeabraham9285 3 жыл бұрын
@@AxxLAfriku I hate you
@chaotik7853 3 жыл бұрын
@@gabeabraham9285 we all do buddy, we all do
@QuikdethDeviantart 3 жыл бұрын
If he took a pic of him wearing that tshirt and the made a new tshirt with that pic... soon we’d have infinite Samurai Guitarists...
@aggressivejeff4695 3 жыл бұрын
“So that was a world of difference” Me, listening on phone speakers: *nods*
@abrahamferrer5337 3 жыл бұрын
I am that kind of guy that apreciates bad tones, it has something about it that makes it sound closer and more relatable.
@Secretfiles999 3 жыл бұрын
I don’t think it’s bad, I think it’s just messy and fun. And a good place to live from. To be honest, I think his towns sounded worse when he added the pedals.
@fischerlynt5457 3 жыл бұрын
theres some interesting stories about some tones and how they got them. usually using low end equipment. Tyler from MIW has a cool vid if you wanna hear about them.
@fischerlynt5457 3 жыл бұрын
also yeah sometimes I like to push little combo amps to their limit cuz usually whatever artifacts they start accruing sound pretty interesting.
@squamham8426 3 жыл бұрын
I think thats why anybody likes Pantera (Darrells tone sucks but thats the charm, go easy on me)
@f67739 3 жыл бұрын
@@squamham8426 darrell's tone would have rocked if he pulled the mids back in and tamed the high end, the gain is perfect imo
@BiggysMusic 3 жыл бұрын
I was loving the steady improvements but then I wasn't very fond of the sound of those drive pedals. I would love to hear more steady improvement staying on the clean side of things. Like, from bedroom amp to John Mayer.
@webpunk808 3 жыл бұрын
SamG talking about a Squier "It's an entry level sound with an entry level price" Me, a Brazilian " 🥴 I can't even dream about owning a Squier without stealing a bank "
@pedrobernardo350 3 жыл бұрын
sei como é...
@sahbiah 3 жыл бұрын
bah
@gabrielarcanjo482 3 жыл бұрын
We can get around with an old Tagima, no needs for a squier
@aryasenaputra3226 3 жыл бұрын
Scorpion, cort, legacy, and other cheap knockoff guitars that is bang for bucks
@fylipemagic 3 жыл бұрын
todo mundo sabe que tagima com malagoli dá pau em fender
@darklordthomaspie6293 3 жыл бұрын
1. I liked the first tone...not sure why you think it's awful 2. Also sounded good 3. Sounded pretty darn good 4. Good, but I honestly liked 3 just as much, if not more 5. Five sounds great! 6. Ooh, that's a nice distortion pedal! Quite smooth, but then you played some bluesy licks, which added an interesting contrast 7. That sounds cool! It would be quite nice for when I'm in the mood to listen to something reverberated, but I also like it to sound dry oftentimes 8. Sounds good 9. Sounds good EDIT: When you made it into a country rock song, I understood why you said that the other tones were better. They were better for the song, certainly, but I think that in other songs the earlier ones would sound better.
@xdreampcs8554 3 жыл бұрын
Exactly what I was going to say only you did it more eloquently.
@moonboogien8908 3 жыл бұрын
When your strings are twice the age of your kids, but not even half as dirty.
@toniozi666 3 жыл бұрын
i really thought there was gonna be a Tone 10 where he would have added the korg miku
@Crushenator500 3 жыл бұрын
The clean tones sounded the best., all the distorted ones sounded like I was underwater until you equalised it. Tone 5 with the compressor was probably the best.
@Baelthaazar 3 жыл бұрын
I do love the SamuriDad brand amp and reverb tank. That's too cool. It would be something I'd build for my grandkids, if I could do electronics. I'll just stick to setting up their instruments for now.
@pavlokanevskiy8969 3 жыл бұрын
you seem like the coolest grandpa ever
@Ryedor 3 жыл бұрын
Nuttin wrong with that Squier eh ! It sounded fine even with 20 year old strings. I would like to have seen you go through the entire video with the Squier , after changing out the strings. :)
@jonathanrush9760 3 жыл бұрын
I thought he was going to make the squier sound godly
@Ryedor 3 жыл бұрын
@@jonathanrush9760 In his hands , I think it's possible for sure. I was hoping too.
@I-LOG 3 жыл бұрын
Those all sounded like guitars that's for sure
@PSPbrtag 3 жыл бұрын
I'm absolutely not a fan of the distortion. It's sounding really, really muddy and you can actually see that in the EQ at the end with the sharp drop off after 3k hz. Adding the EQ to fix it helped but it should have been fixed earlier in the chain. I love you Samurai but I'd also love if you got a bit better on your mixing chops haha
@Asstronut Жыл бұрын
The tone with that tiny solid state was impressively good, not sure how anyone would consider that bad. It surprised me
@m4ssee 3 жыл бұрын
The DI tone didn't sound too bad, but try a hi-gain amp sim with the cab sim turned off. Now that's horrible!
@bipbipletucha 3 жыл бұрын
Oh lord...
@LuciFernato 3 жыл бұрын
Aahhh, was thinking the exact same thing ahahah
@metalheadblues 3 жыл бұрын
That's metal
@martinfanatic532 3 жыл бұрын
"That awful DI tone" Cory Wong would like to have a word.
@amandabear64 3 жыл бұрын
But he uses an amp sim, what you heard here was JUST the dry signal
@anthonyrios2300 3 жыл бұрын
@@amandabear64 Not all the time. He often goes D.I. with compression, eq, and reverb.
@lithominium9955 3 жыл бұрын
ok but hes the definition of "tone is in the fingers"
@sue_m 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, given the title, i was a bit disappointed in this video. Like another person here in the comments, I thought you were going to show us how to get better tone out of low-end equipment. An idea for the future, maybe - shopping your own collection (or borrowing from others, whatever) what is the best tone you can get from equipment costing $500, $1000, $1500, etc? And it would have to be only things commercially available. I have a Kramer Focus. I dare you to make that sound better. 😸
@OmiP42 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah. Adding in pedals that are relatively affordable after you've upgraded to thousand dollar guitars and amplifiers is kinda pointless. I think SammyG should've added in equipment upgrades in ascending price order, at the very least. If I have a squier and shitty amp, I'm gonna try adding in pedals before I upgrade my guitar and amplifier to a full fat 'murican fender and a tube amp.
@sudaslade1308 3 жыл бұрын
I really like how you even called out that tone is subjective to the listener. Bad tone will sound great for someone, as it can also mean the opposite for someone else. I can attest to it, because the squire with samuraidad amp sounded pretty good to me. I have a squire with SSH pickup arrangement, and my amp is vox velvetronix VT20+ which gives me more creative with my tone since the model is a hybrid between a line 6 and normal tube amplifier. As for the samurai, I love the squire he has, which being his first, was actually way different when he used his dad's homemade amp. This video taught me that tone is what you think is great and I will continue to experiment with my tone.
@keagstercraft7247 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Samurai Guitarist! After saving for a while, I finally bought your Rudiments, and Beyond the Basics course! And your promo code really helped! Not having a teacher so far, Im hoping that thisll really give me that edge that I need to take my playing to the next level!!! Rock on!
@Derek5272 3 жыл бұрын
I was a bit disappointed when you swapped out the Squier. A good way to improve the tone, for sure, but I thought you were going to take it all the way. I'd be curious to hear the Squier with all the same effects that you put on the Fender.
@Simrasil_ 3 жыл бұрын
I like playing super dry sounds because it just feels so direct and what you put in is exactly what you get out. In a mix that might not be what you want though. I gotta say I'm not a big fan of that overdrive/fuzz sound other than that really nice :D
@penttikoivuniemi2146 3 жыл бұрын
I'd say the best sounds (and by "best" I mean felt the most fitting for what you were playing...) were just the amp your dad made without any effects. Even the Squier sounded more than good enough through it.
@brushstroke3733 3 жыл бұрын
Wow, this is one of the coolest guitar videos I've ever seen. It was like a hero origin story, only it was a heroic tone origins story. Love the back to back to back comparisons at the end. Very helpful for learning how to build good tone.
@Sadlander2 3 жыл бұрын
I'm a little disappointed by this video, I guess I was expecting something different. Basically, you're saying that in order to improve your tone, you need to upgrade: solid state amp to a tube amp, Squire to a "real" Fender, add pedals, etc... What if you can't afford a tube amp or a "real" Fender? I think that a more interesting video would have been to take your Squire, take your solid state amp and try to get a decent tone with that, either by turning the knobs on the amp and/or the guitar, by placing the microphone in a different position or by EQ'ing the sound after you've recorded it.... I'm pretty sure that you could get a very similar tone to your final tone with the Squire and the solid state amp if you worked on it.
@yantejeda2039 3 жыл бұрын
coming from experience, you can get a really decent tone by using digital amps on a DAW, and from there it's really easy to mix it for it to sound just perfect
@hans-joachimbierwirth4727 3 жыл бұрын
All his gear can't compete with my Harley Benton TE-52 (150 Euro) and Boss Katana (230 Euro) tonewise. I get basically whatever tone i want without any pedals.
@awhaleandadeer8785 3 жыл бұрын
The 3 Tone with your Dad Amp was the Bomb!!! for me, very good sound and Tone.
@danieljensen2626 3 жыл бұрын
I feel like it's a lot harder to get a good higher gain tone, the clean tone with the squire direct in wasn't even bad if you just added a free reverb and EQ on that. And even then, a squire with a nice high gain amp still sounds great (could probably even use a plugin for that these days, although I think the good ones still cost a fair bit).
@o7k4vokb0ksp5n2 3 жыл бұрын
So glad your channel finally got the subscribers your quality content deserves. It's been waaaay underappreciated for years in a favor of, with all due respect, more bombastic musicians. 800,000+ my friend, well-earned
@SAM_5150 3 жыл бұрын
I legitimately wanna hear the whole song with just the 1st tone 😹
@kehu3226 2 жыл бұрын
This video really showed how much I don't know how a "good tone" sounds like, and how much it doesn't actaully matter.
@chadwickhurlburt6529 3 жыл бұрын
To me, this is a good example of why less can be more. To me, the tone died halfway through the example. To many ingredients can ruin the soup. I like open breathing tones. Which explains why I was turned off as soon as the compressor was turned on. Anyhow, to each their own opinion. I enjoyed the video. Well done.
@stevensrp2music985 3 жыл бұрын
It’s so amazing what a simple graphic eq can do to your tone!
@andrewroams 3 жыл бұрын
Step 1: plug a cheap guitar directly. Okay. Doable. Step 2: take an amp ... Dammit
@hans-joachimbierwirth4727 3 жыл бұрын
More like: Step one: take a guitar. Ok. Sounds good. Step two: Now put strings on it! Wow! Step three: Plug it in: JEEEZ!!!
@WoolyFox 3 жыл бұрын
What about EQ on the amp before going straight to post processing? Shaping the tone on the amp does so much to make a muddy tone into an awesome sounding lead tone before adding pedals.
@teemusid 3 жыл бұрын
".....in advance..." followed by the most stereotypically Canadian disclaimer I've heard.
@spidgeb3292 3 жыл бұрын
Super cool watching each step contributing. Really well done. I imagine this video took quite a bit of time to put together, especially building that last solo.
@aryasenaputra3226 3 жыл бұрын
So let me get this straight. Your dad built you tube amp, head tube amp, and reverb thingy? You have the coolest dad ever
@ricksigurdson2016 3 жыл бұрын
I think I could be satisfied with the tones at any stage.
@shaneharrington3655 3 жыл бұрын
Very curious. Is your bass/low end knob usually at like 8 or 9 on your amp? Woulda been great to hear more about your base tone settings and pickup position as a starting point.
@JoelBass68 3 жыл бұрын
This would have been way more useful if you'd started with 1 guitar and 1 amp, and kept them throughout the video. What's good clean tone and why? Recording, band mix, jazz, rock, metal, etc. Then, how do I stack pedals on it for different targeted uses? Maybe another video.
@Expliy 3 жыл бұрын
Another nice video! Been waiting for this!!!
@rollerdragon 3 жыл бұрын
i really enjoy your output... the breadth of topics you have covered over the years is fantasic!! i got nothing but good vibes here... though i have to ask a gear question... Why is the vintage Sunn Model T such a desirable head?
@matrix12x 7 ай бұрын
Great video. Tones 3 and 4 were really similar to me
@LukeVidler 3 жыл бұрын
Loved this video, can really appreciate it after spending the last 2 years buying gear and wondering why I still don't sound like Satriani, SG demonstrating it in Layers is more helpful than seeing it as a signal 'chain', where you can be missing a link (i.e. another piece of expensive gear) that 'breaks' your tone. It's really about layering to get a combination that is greater than the sum of its parts.
@kevmcmanus1590 2 жыл бұрын
Hey man! Another great vid, but a question. The pic of you at 13, you look exactly the same as now....and I think I'd take that as a complement. But what's going on there?
@metalsapienYT 3 жыл бұрын
Verdict: SamuraiDad is a real hero
@codyg560 3 жыл бұрын
It's awesome seeing the process that you use, I will say that the final product sounds like it's behind a door for me, but respectfully I prefer cleaner tones anyways.
@dylarononguitar8209 11 ай бұрын
By the title, I thought I would see some knob turning on a SAME setup to improve the tone, then I realize I had a wrong expectation. The trick from step 2 to 4, is swapping in a better guitar and amp. When I saw the compression on the clean tone, ok, that's fair, let's get a nice clean tone. Then distortion comes in, I got lost here again. Feels like comparing apple to orange. It's fair that you were aiming for a OD/DS tone, but I wouldn't necessary call the earlier clean tone as just bad. One last thing, good trick at the end use EQ to get rid of some muddyness, however, would it also help if we go back to the padel chain to fine-tune the 'tone' knobs? instead of piling up with more and more links in the chain. Thanks
@NickGranville 3 жыл бұрын
Great video man! I find tone is the least talked about thing and yet one of of both the most important elements to good guitar playing
@smolus0512 3 жыл бұрын
I have a serious question: I noticied that your di signal actually sounded ok while my di signal sounds very muted and muddy. I dont have old strings and my guitar is pretty ok. I used to think that this just what di is supposed to sound like and just added all the brightness with amp sims and plugins. But your di sound made me wonder. Could it be a problem with my audio interface? I have a Behringer U-Phoria UM2. I bought it for about 25$ (Which is still quite alot of money in Poland). Is it possible that a better audio interface could make this much of a difference?
@maxcrathern9640 3 жыл бұрын
I have the same interface, the di is a little muddy but this could be because you have dark sounding pickups, mine definitely do, but you can still get a very usable tone with it if you know what you’re doing on the amp sim and use the right impulse responses
@smolus0512 3 жыл бұрын
@@maxcrathern9640 Yeah for sure, I mean I'm getting good tones (good enough for the kind of music I make) but I just wonder if it could be better. Also I wonder if a better interface would make my cheap mic sound less muddy.
@DanGoodShotHD 3 жыл бұрын
Tone 5 was my jam. I'm not a big dark fuzz kind a guy. The final tone wasn't bad at all. Just not my jam. Now, what would I have to do to get Samuraidad to make me one of those tube amps? That thing sounds so sweet! Perfect for a pedal guy such as myself. Seriously question, any chance you'd have the plans or even a parts list you'd be willing to share?? I'm a diy guy and that is right up my alley.
@paulmitchell5349 3 жыл бұрын
Life is such hell in upper middle class suburbia. A second hand classical with hard tension strings will sound pretty good without an amp. More distortion and more reverb is not always more musical. The acoustics of the room you play in can make a big difference.
@greatkingrat 3 жыл бұрын
This is flat out the best solo I have ever seen you do. I love it.
@robblestrange644 3 жыл бұрын
I think it's worth it to note that the drive and effects didn't really serve the tone all that well until that digital EQ kicked in, which just goes to show exactly why all those effects are needed in conjunction. It was def interesting to hear them progress into each other one by one!
@RiderInRed 9 ай бұрын
This video didn’t serve its purpose well but it served a different purpose pretty darn well! It goes to show that if you know how to play, it’ll ultimately sound miles better no matter what shitty gear you have at hands. DI tone was way better than a beginner guitarist playing through a marshal stack ever would be
@malegria9641 Ай бұрын
One thing I’ve discovered on my own is that DI clean sounds pretty good if you mess around with it a bit, while DI distortion/overdrive is just unfixable
@lw1391 6 ай бұрын
To my ears from that part at the end, the biggest jumps forward were adding drive pedals and the eq. I was shocked at how little difference the guitar upgrade made.
@wildesage4172 3 жыл бұрын
Whoa... I was not expecting it, but to my ears the biggest difference came when you switched to the Fender. That's on the full playthrough at the end, listening without looking at my screen. Wasn't expecting that. Thought the tube amp would be the biggest game-changer. A quick note though, for the beginners: I should mention that you could get a Squier a lot closer to that by upgrading pickups, not necessarily only by upgrading to a $1,000+ guitar. You may be able to get halfway there or even 70 or 80% of the way there with just a decent set of pickups.
@Dan.Solo.Chicago 3 жыл бұрын
If my dad could make homemade amps and effects, I would totally push that as far as I could. Imagine some day someone asks what was that pedal that sounded so good, and you can say my dad made it. It’s a one of one and no one else will ever have one.
@jasonhelms9410 3 жыл бұрын
What goin on with the amp with the brass piping and gages on top? It looks sooo cool, and quite intriguing.....
@LeagueOfGaming1000 3 жыл бұрын
I have a black squier strat meant to look like Kurts vandalism strat, aside from the squier marking on the headstock it’s pretty exact, my pickups are a Duncan design though, a double in the bridge and two singles in the middle and neck respectively. I’ve always thought the tone and sound of the guitar were pretty good though. If not, I guess I don’t really know what good things sound like
@pmlirazan 3 жыл бұрын
The Zellers/Sears laser background. Classic.
@r.fantom 3 жыл бұрын
When I play solo on electric and I have to use multiple strings, when I play one string one note and continue on other string it sounds bad, any advice?
@ericfrate2124 7 ай бұрын
Cool little bit to watch. I kind of feel like all the tones have great value in their own contacts.
@aldrickfondracul9297 3 жыл бұрын
You didn't start with the worst tone possible. You'd have to come to my house to get that.
@TomRubicon5949 7 ай бұрын
Honestly, that "awful" DI sound on the Squier at 2:03 has a wonderful clarity to it! It sounds much more clear than my DI sounds haha
@Identace445 3 жыл бұрын
Yes I watch my KZfaq videos with my phone..but I listen to every video with my badass headphones!!! Cool vid too by the way!
@rishirv2325 3 жыл бұрын
The one with just the compressor was the best
@allenthomas834 Ай бұрын
What model squire was that bullet, affinity classic vibe?
@fredericm9465 3 жыл бұрын
Wouldve liked the video idea more if you try to get the best sound of that squier, or overall cheaper equipment.
@unodeldim3610 3 жыл бұрын
Ok so the one thing I got from this vid is that the cheapest squire tone is as usable as the most expensive Fender tone. I’m curious to see the squire through the same effect chain. Thank you. Great video.
@Garry_Adams_Music 3 жыл бұрын
Hey! Is the "steampunk" amp head a SamuraiDad build also?
@doctorstrainlove6318 2 жыл бұрын
That samuraidad amp looks & sounds beautiful. I love the tweed vibes, & would absolutely purchase one if they were ever made available & had a more in-depth review
@transformationgeneration 3 жыл бұрын
We really needed to hear these w/chords also.
@SpartanLaserCanon 3 жыл бұрын
The final tone reminded me of some warm rock tones, I liked tone 4 the most. Cool video.
@sashabagdasarow497 3 жыл бұрын
Wtf? Video title is "Awful Tone to Amazing Tone" and he just changes the AMP... Cool, mate. Good job! Instead of going the hard way and showing us how to get a nice tone with mediocre amp, he just goes to a decent amp that will give decent tone by itself.
@GuitarWorkshop 3 жыл бұрын
Great video. It seems that cheap guitar + practice amp + delay/reverb/eq from DAW would be the best option in terms of $$$ vs result
@arvincharles 3 жыл бұрын
Man, seems like good tone really is just throwing cash into the equation. Time to go on Reverb!
@nilabhnilim2418 3 жыл бұрын
If Jesse laico from athlean x was a guitarist
@mouthfulacoque3580 3 жыл бұрын
Mixing engineer here. Please don’t (in the long run) boost the highs/presence if you don’t need to. Boosting highs is a good way to create that earbleeding effect for listeners
@morningblade87 3 жыл бұрын
I was really liking the clean tone more but once you played with the backing track that drive tone really popped.
@Nightwalk444 3 жыл бұрын
In 20 years? Mate, my strings turn completely black in 3 months and fret buzz kicks in.
@jambajoby32 3 жыл бұрын
Thumbs up if you’re watching & listening on your phone! 👍🏽
@nine9whitepony526 Жыл бұрын
That's pretty neat. I'll have to try this.
@sagnikbagchi5076 3 жыл бұрын
I'm one of those people who didn't think your amazing tone was amazing. :(
@john564holloway 3 жыл бұрын
Great vid, Steve. Actually, I loved the sound of the Squier. I loved all these tones. Definitely not a fan of digitally modifying sounds. Should be natural right out of the amp...PS Congrats for your dad-well done!
@scottbomberg7904 3 жыл бұрын
That eq was a night and day difference, solid video!
@orsummerton 3 жыл бұрын
Would be really cool with a video showing all the amps and other cool stuff your dad made!
@callumwilliams2172 6 ай бұрын
I think if you can dipping the low mids before the compression would be better. You don't want to listen to the mud so why would you let it affect the sound when you compress it
@purplealice 3 жыл бұрын
The only time I thought the first tone sounded bad was when you put it through the steampunk amp. It sounded a LOT better when you added the bedspring reverbe@ (In all fifty-odd *very odd* years as a radio and music technician, I've always loved the bedspring reverb more than any other "effect")
@rome8180 3 жыл бұрын
I never understood why using presets is a faux pas. I taking mixing very seriously and I use presets all the time. At the very least, they can be a great jumping off point. You can tweak them as needed.
@jps_musics 3 жыл бұрын
The EQ’ing alone did frickin wonders