Also damn that guitarist is so handsome

Remove all strings to avoid string buzz.

"I did a video on why you have to mic a speaker and I got a lot of great feedback." I see what you did there! BOOM TISH!

Oof good stuff

Dude, when I finish my studio, I'm gonna frame and hang a picture of you above the desk, so bands will know what they're dealing with off the bat

5:05 hidden Glenn in the back

I remember watching a making of video of Metallica recording on of their albums and one of James Hetfields pickups recorded his laugh. So high gain pickups literally do record everything

Glenn- you’ve made a mountain of difference to the music I make at home just in the last week of watching your videos. Kudos, man. You’re doing Dog’s Work!

I absolutely agree with all of this. The 'pick harder' tip was something I realized a couple of years after starting to play guitar. Not only does it create nice distortion by itself, but it also extends your dynamic range. It's just that people tend to think it's going to sound like shit because they can't control it at first. Dynamic pickups that can take the heat makes it even better.

Five Tips for Recording Metal Bass at Home - Learn your parts - Tune your bass after changing the strings - Learn how to tune your bass - Learn how to change the strings - Let your guitar player recording for you

It was a pleasure hanging at NAMM Glenn :) fuck yeah buddy!

That Solar is a beauty 😍

My bass player watched this video and now he's putting tape over all of his strings. He's making little strips so he can tape each string per fret. He say's he's going for that "muted sound". Jesus, Earth God, save me...

Love this video, but now how about some "bass-ic" stuff? .... I'll see myself out

I always record amps with a mic on a speaker. I’d like to add to your list: make sure the strings are relatively new and the guitar is set up recently for the seasonal changes. With a high gain amp try to mitigate any 60 cycle hum from the pickups to the amp either via RF protection methods or grounding issues. Be prepared to record certain riffs as two separate guitars playing almost a call and response version of the riff to get good enough performances on “tape” that otherwise sound fine live with one guitar.

5:03 Glenn pops out of the corner haha xD

Concerning the Countryman DIs, to the best of my knowledge, they have a lifetime warranty. One of the musicians I work with recently sent a 16-year-old DI back to them for repair and they replaced everything inside and sent it back with no charge. You get what you pay for! I'm not sure about Radial but their products are really built like a tank!

Quick tip: Instead of taping up strings, I find that putting one of those foam ear plugs underneath the (unused) string, resting on the neck pick-up works very well. If you're playing a tremolo, you might want to be careful not adding too much strain on the string, tho, cause it might pull the rest out of tune. Yes, the string may still resonate above the plug, but it dampens the sound surprisingly efficient and it allows the use of open strings which a sweat band, scarf or sock around the neck does not. It will not mute everything 100%, but unless you need a completely noiseless recording it is A LOT quicker than taping. Especially if your next recording is an untaped one. Not everyone has dozens of guitars available ;-)

With Great Gain Comes Great Responsibility

Practicing with distortion is very important, it helps in proper muting technique especially while learning sweep picking, awesome lesson Glenn.

Dude, I started recording with amp sims but I'm recording most everything with a real amp these days, the EVH 5150 III (EL34 tubes). And I'm also a huge fan of the Black album. There's so much going on in the mix, and Kirk is doing a lot of really cool and eerie sounding licks.

Hey! Good stuff. About the benefits of DI signal. Recording separate DI track is good safety for editing. Editing DI is a lot easier than the distorted track because transient's in the DI track are more visible and clear. Just pair your DI and distorted track in a edit group and you are good to go!

Regarding the hard picking technique, anyone using older equiptment from back in the day, you HAD to hard pick or else you would lose so much sustain! This is what helped make those early metal guitar players sound so powerful!

Awesome tips like always man. Been following you since 2014 if i remember correctly and your channel has been really good for recording my stuff and also to have a blast and crack some laughs in the process. Keep up the good work and stay the way you are man. Greetings from Chile 🤘🏻

I would like to see a beginners tutorial of how to run a board live for a 4-5 piece band. I know it’s not recording but I would love to see your version of running a live band.

"Pick as hard as you can" *Kiko left the chat*

The guitarist in my band uses tiny hard jazz picks, but the sheer tone and attack he gets out of them is great

Love the guitar tutorials. Would like to see more. Any and all of your recording/mixing/mastering tutorials are a welcome addition to my watch list.

Hey, after watching a few of your videos, I'm genuinely impressed. You officially have a new sub, and thank you for putting out quality content. :) *[high-five]*

I put a cloth around my springs in the back cavity. Thats where i found the over ring came from. Not above the nut.

REALLY digging calm Glen. This may sound strange but your channel has kept me from being homesick sing moving to Vietnam. I've watched your channel grow and evolve but you have NEVER changed your core values and integrity. Thank you Glen.

Excellent video Glenn, love it!

"Why I put foam behind the nut" - Glenn 2019

I'm using a Behringer Ultra DI100 as a direct injection box when recording at home using amp sims. It's very cheap, but it really helped me a lot in getting more "room" for very high output pickups. Great video Glenn🤘

Excellent video Glenn ! Those A/B exemple are great, please keep using that !

Awesome video Glenn, this is really gonna help us do our thing

Great tips, Glenn!! One more tip: use just the headphones for monitoring your playing and the backing track/metronome, not your amp's cab or studio monitors, because their sound can bleed into the record through the guitar pickups, especially the active ones, and make some mess there. Use the shortest cable for connecting the guitar with passive pickups to the amp/processor/audio interface. Using the strings cleaner can help to reduce finger noise during the recording session.

@Rudy - If you need help, just blink, we will send the cops to free you from Glenn's clutches!

New subscriber, daily listener. Use your tips and techniques in the studio every week (especially the “recording heavy guitar vid) Thank you for all that you do Glenn !

This is so helpful, thank you, you are appreciated

So cool to see Rudy on your channel !

Rudy's EP is awesome just so you all know! Also awesome video!

Awesome vid! Very in depth for guitar techniques

Awesome video!! Some really helpful bits here.

Fun fact- Rick Beato loved that clip on tuner

Evangelist's guitarist (Polish doom band) used to work in a music store and inspire terror in the hearts of noobs who were trying different guitars or amps at the store and complained about "not enough gain" or "poor tone". The guy just ripped guitars from the feeble hands of the uninitiated, started picking like a hammer of Thor, with solid thicc tone on any amp and concluded "there's nothing wrong with the tone, noob". Owned.

Great video and info! thanks!

Thanks. I am really learning.

*7 Pro Tips for Mixing With Headphones* I use a pair of Koss Pro4S. I picked them up cheap from an electronics spares wholesaler. They class them as “reference” headphones and sound much better than a lot of the very coloured headphones that are sold in hifi and music stores.They got an “honorable mention” in some online recording magazine article, but were beaten by the Sennheiser HD650 and AKG K701 both of which cost significantly more but the money I saved I reinvested in bass strings !! Just kidding, I put it towards my sE VR2 ribbon mics. I seriously love those things. Anyway 7 tips for recording with headphones. 1: Mix in mono 2: _Calibrate_ your ears with some reference tracks before and refer back to them as you mix. 3: Mix in mono 4: Give yourself twice the number of breaks as you would if you were mixing with speakers. Be careful with the levels too. Not too loud. 5: Mix in mono 6: Play back your mixes on your stereo, in the car, at your mates place I would even take your mix down to a music or hifi store and listen back through their studio monitors against your reference tracks. 7: Mix in mono. In fact I master in mono too. My mastering, I mean I pick a preset in Ozone , fuck around with a bunch of settings I have no idea about, give up and reload the preset again. Did I mention to mix in mono ?? Only at the very end do I pan the instruments and effects. Figured if it sounds good in mono, it will pan to stereo so much better. In fact I have forgotten this step a couple of times and sent stuff off. No one mentioned it to me. Goes to show how much they really listen. Yes it can be done, but it’s a shit load harder. Don’t even waste your time on a pair of Beats or something which aren’t sold as flat response reference headphones. A quick google will narrow your choices to half a dozen specific models. Good luck.

I record on an amp sim just for writing so I don't have to worry about someone bumping the mic before I finish the song

Really good tips. It will sure help ! Thanks !

Great video Glenn, that's some vital guitar tips right there

I love all these "recording at home" tutorials, but can you kick it up a few notches? I mean, what about pro level studios and recording techniques? Big multi-channel consoles, actual outboard gear, real tube amps cranked up! No compromises because of neighbours. There are so many videos on bedroom recording with budget gear I think we're forgetting what they're the alternative to. Show us what the pro's use and how they record. Home recording gear can only get you so far (which is amazing compared to 20 years ago) but some people (bass players excluded) may have bigger aspirations

"A direct box is a sound investment". What you did there, I see. YeEEsss hm-hm-hm.....

Outstanding tips. 🤘🏽

Excellent advice, thank you so much for this bro! 🤘🤜🤛🤘

Could you make a basic tips for recording vocals please? I would appreciate it, sir

Best way to record home guitar: Marshall Code 25 line out. Use a stolen DAW to maximize profits from your epic magnum opus! *Haista vittu, Glenn!*

Thanks for these vids!

Solid advice. I've used a duster cloth in the past to mute strings then I've had nothing else about. Works well in a pinch. Cheers for the video!

When recording leads, I usually tie a bandana around the lower frets to reduce noise. Works well for me.

Hey Glenn, can you try this Zoom G1xon on Metal Mix. Lead, Rythm you name it, im a solid fan to you, Cheers!

Really useful video! Learned a lot from this one. Cheers Glenn 😉

videos like this are really interesting and useful. all these ideas are thing i might not have thought of. im not very heavy handed on the strings and i admit i do often get a lot of unwanted noise from the other strings.

I use really thin 50mm picks and they work better (for me) than many thicker picks. I have a theory that a thicker picks actually make the strings sound more "compressed" while with lighter picks, I am able to control the amount of string compression more fluidly with how hard I strike and palm mute, at least in my own experiments!

how about recording through processors like the helix?

Thanks for these tips, really helpful! Especially the string taping, I had an idea that was similar to mute some strings for clarity for what I'm working on right now but didn't know how to accomplish it.The tape idea is perfect! Thanks again for the vid.

There are some picking techniques to consider, too. The angle of the pick against the strings can really change the amount of 'grit' in your tone. If you've got a medium pick (even a soft one, but not so much), you can hold it with two fingers so that it bends around the curve of the thumb, creating a rigidity through the shape, it'll mean picking angle needs to be adjusted, but you'll have a slightly 'thicker' pick sound.

One tip for recording metal guitar at home : Metal zone pedal > Guitar Jack to mic Jack > Microsoft voice recorder Hahahaha

Despite pretty much all of us utilizing digital means of recording, how about doing a video featuring the reel to reel machine in the back?

Lots more great recording tips, thanks

Thanks for the tips Glen!

Is an audio interface different than a direct box? Is it better one over the other?

Instead of tape, you could use some kind of hairband

Really like these basic videos. Its really inspiring for people who are trying to produce their own materials.

Glenn -- you rock brotha! Thanks for the tips!

But would I ever need a DI box if I already have a solid audio interface with good preamps?

By "sound card", do you mean like an actual sound card, (like PCI-e) which happens to have a 6.3mm (or obviously at least a 3.5mm) jack.. Or do you mean a "proper" external audio interface, like a Focusrite 2i4.. I keep hearing that there's still a "significant" advantage in using a DI-box even if you have (let's say) a 2i4, but the term "sound card" just seems confusing in this context. Since you don't specify what you're actually talking about, and some people still refer to USB audio interfaces as "sound cards".

Great tips love the vids old school metal fan and dude you nail it.

Forreal, that foam SAVES LIVES! The random buzz is more prominent in string-through body styles, like my Schecter Omen-7, and I use the foam on noth the headstock and behijd the bridge to eliminate most all "extra" sounds from vibrations, etc. Thanks for your tips, my man! Been watching and learning from you for years now, and still keeps coming. Thank you very much, brother!

Damn Glenn looking like a snack 👅

Thanks for all tips Glenn.

That Rudy boi can play that guitar! Totally enhances your videos! Love the addition to the team! Hope to see more demos from him!

I come from 2021 and I gotta admit I like this 2019's speaking tone of yours haha shoutting at the camera is fine because you make your point and you wake up all those wannabes with reality, but your calmed speech is so nice. Great channel! I'm not into metal anymore but I learn a ton out of your stuff.

Great tips Glenn!

Spectre, your delivery rules. Appreciate your honest opinions and super pro tips man!!!!!

Its impossible for you to make videos that aren’t incredibly helpful and practical. Damn you are a goldmine of no-BS knowledge. Thank you for existing 😀

Ive had the J48 for years now and I love it!

Lots of gold nuggets. Awesome video :)

Great tips man.

Great video Glenn. More simple stuff would be great! Love the tape trick!

Great advice, this is doing me a huge favor in the long run \m/

This helped so fucken much, unreal how many tiny changes you can make to make your recordings sound on point 🤘

Great tips!

Really enjoyed this one Glen. Thanks alot. Would love to see something about what to look for in choosing an amp sim tone, which cab etc and what it is that your actually listening for.

Hell yeah, thanks for the tips

Great stuff,....... excellent video !!!

Thanks for these tips

Diggin the hard/softpick comp! Thanks

great tips!