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Sound Like B.B. King | Without Busting the Bank
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👆 Sound Like B.B. King - Without Busting The Bank
Watch Rabea and Matt attempt to sound like your favourite artists on a budget using the most accurate but affordable gear they can find from Andertons Music Co.
In this episode they attempt to sound like the legendary King of the blues that is B.B. King
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@DanielWilliams152 8 жыл бұрын
Can you go back to shooting when you pick up and choose the guitar and amp and pedals? I really liked seeing you choose the stuff and the debates and choices you make
@DanielWilliams152 8 жыл бұрын
When you go around the store looking?
@tomfricker1 8 жыл бұрын
+Daniel Williams 100% agreed... that was half the fun of these videos...
@voodoolab814 8 жыл бұрын
+Daniel Williams Yeah I agree. These new videos leaves alot to be desired really..
@PilotPorkchop 8 жыл бұрын
Definitely👍🏻
@BluesBroken 7 жыл бұрын
agreed Dan
@jedancovek3859 7 жыл бұрын
there is no bb king tone without his vibrato, he wasn't a technical guitar player but his vibrato is one of the most soulful things i heard in my life
@trojan1111 8 жыл бұрын
I saw BB live three times in my life. Your tone is real close. He had more gain than you think and rolled off the volume...great video. Good choice of player. I think your tone would work great for Wes Montgomery as well. Nice job.
@RabeaMassaad 8 жыл бұрын
Thanks man, we had great fun doing this one!
@GearBoxTy 8 жыл бұрын
+Troy Losse Yea, it always seemed to me that B.B. was playing through a loud Twin and worked the volume controls on Lucille.
@bulzah 8 жыл бұрын
Playing guitar slow is million time harder then playing it fast.
@RabeaMassaad 8 жыл бұрын
Truth
@Trotskers 8 жыл бұрын
+Stefan Bulatovic That's because it's harder to feel than it is to learn.
@jordanbrazinski8260 8 жыл бұрын
+Stefan Bulatovic It takes a skilled musician to know when not to play.
@PJyrstinkangas 8 жыл бұрын
+Stefan Bulatovic Playing stuff you're NOT USED TO PLAYING is harder than playing WHAT YOU ARE USED TO. That's all that needs to be said about this. Ever. Good job getting a lot of thumbs up though, grandpa.
@chrisdee5032 8 жыл бұрын
+TFIFH So, if I was used to playing the entire Van Halen back catalogue but only just started learning Sex Pistols songs, the Sex Pistols stuff would be harder? Thanks for clearing that up now!
@mog398 8 жыл бұрын
Should've done "Sound like Chuck Berry" in honor of today.
@jimmygubbins 3 жыл бұрын
I dont think anything could sound like him, he too special
@pspbsb 8 жыл бұрын
You guys sounded especially respectful this time.
@araag.4257 7 жыл бұрын
Because it's a sacred monster that has just passed away at that time.
@pspbsb 7 жыл бұрын
I know, that's why I pointed it out.
@P3696 8 жыл бұрын
i personally liked seeing you guys run through the shop deciding what gear to use but i also liked the amount you guys talk about it in this version. cheers for a great video
@Jonh22778 8 жыл бұрын
I would immensely enjoy an episode of how to sound like B.B. King BY breaking the bank. I think it would be incredibly enjoyable and entertaining to watch and hear the sound of a more high end and possibly different rig
@alexmurphy5289 4 жыл бұрын
BB is a legend yet still underrated. I'm so lucky to have seen him live twice... What an incredible dude
@oisinmcphillips2090 8 жыл бұрын
sound like Van Halen and or Steel Panther?
@BlakeMullens 8 жыл бұрын
+Oisin McPhillips +1
@KimmyJongUn 8 жыл бұрын
+Oisin McPhillips Good luck sounding like steel panther while spending over £300
@oisinmcphillips2090 8 жыл бұрын
+Kim Jong Un yes, my glorious master.
@dcxcaliberz 8 жыл бұрын
I LOVE SATCHELS SOUND!
@oisinmcphillips2090 8 жыл бұрын
mhmeister the correct phrase is 'satchel's tone is bitchin'
@TheRuobi 8 жыл бұрын
Sound Like Jimmy Page. It's a must, really....
@kiranevetts7868 8 жыл бұрын
Yeah but its impossible, its the single hardest one to do! They deleted the previous video!
@TheRuobi 8 жыл бұрын
+Kiran Evetts yeah...well...you need to make the tubes work hard to get that page kinda distortion...it's a hard sound to get, but man, it's amazing
@orlock20 8 жыл бұрын
+Robert Budila It's pretty hard unless you go for a particular song at a particular live gig. He was always experimenting with gear, including studio gear, and tuning.
@kiranevetts7868 8 жыл бұрын
+Robert Budila Ive only seen one person on youtube get even close! Everyone uses too much distortion
@paolopasquale 8 жыл бұрын
+Robert Budila Nice distorting amp, put it on just a nice break up, so not to high gain, then add a good tone bender (this is 'the secret'), you know sound quite a bit like Jimmy
@jameserickson1330 5 жыл бұрын
It seems like a lot of the critics below are expecting a "Become BB King" video as opposed to what it is, which is "Sound like BB King" Relax keyboard warriors and enjoy two guys helping people afford to sound like players they love!
@DrDooDah 8 жыл бұрын
I would love to see a Sound Like George Harrison, particularly his post-Beatles slide tone.
@floydharper4653 7 жыл бұрын
Matthew Tildesley fucking right, look at his tones on all things must pass, fucking great album
@MrJaapdeboer 8 жыл бұрын
I really really like Bea as a guitarist, but this video show once more that it is nearly impossible to sound like B.B. King. his tone is just unmatched, it's all in his fingers and his soul
@RabeaMassaad 8 жыл бұрын
Truth
@SoFloCichlids 7 жыл бұрын
While no one could come near his tone, one more way they could have done it was put in a lighter set of strings. Really helps with the vibrato !
@jeremiahmcguire1463 4 жыл бұрын
@@StopTheRot I mean you can get his amp for like 500 american. He used lab series amps for decades before he died.
@JJGhostHunters 8 жыл бұрын
R.I.P BB...You are missed!
@SteveReynoldsGuitarist 8 жыл бұрын
so good to see Rabea playing like this. love it
@killjoy4119 8 жыл бұрын
The woman named Lucille started the brawl is how he puts it in the song Lucille. Literally the first video that comes up if you type bb King
@sundaynightdrunk 7 жыл бұрын
BB King was known for playing exceptionally light strings, as low as 7's. He told Billy Gibbons he was "working too hard" when he saw him with huge strings during the SRV "heavier strings are better" era, so Gibbons got Dunlop to start pulling 7's and still plays them.
@WilliamKnifeMan3202 4 жыл бұрын
This video completely answers everything I wanted to know about the Sheraton! I want a 335 guitar with that epic 335 tone, and I was thinking of saving hard and getting a Gibson reissue, but if I can get that tone out of an epiphone I’d rather get that! THANK YOU!
@neilmiddleton2146 3 жыл бұрын
I own a Sheraton identical to this. I love it. Heath Fogg, lead guitarist from Alabama Shakes plays one, as does Leon Bridges. Such a great, vintage, dark tone. The trick with them, as Rabea points out, is rolling the tone off and using the neck or middle settings. Emily Wolfe does the same. I've had mine set up with flat wounds.
@TroyNaumu808 Жыл бұрын
BB King was born in Berclair, Mississippi and NOT Memphis, Tennesee. He primary guitars are a Fender Esquire, Gibson ES-5 and a Gibson ES-355. His liked the Fender Twin Reverb Tweed. But he also used a Lab Series L5 2×12" combo a lot. It had built-in compression and parametric equalization. His strings were Gibson 10-54. He used D'Andrea medium picks.
@NotSosigRamsey 8 жыл бұрын
They should bring back that they go into the store looking for the gear
@mikebabb2155 Жыл бұрын
To be accurate BB King was born and raised in the Itta Bena area of Mississippi in 1925 and started playing guitar at the age of six in 1931. Then at about the age of 17 in 1942 he hitchhiked to Memphis to pursue a career in playing the blues. So while he started recording the blues in Memphis Tennessee he is from and got his start in the great state of Mississippi.
@MrSalsa227 8 жыл бұрын
Does anyone else miss the part of the video where they look through the store for the gear because that was really entertaining and one of my favorite parts of these videos. PLEASE BRING IT BACK
@davva360 8 жыл бұрын
I like this series. One of the things I take from it is that a quality amp makes more of a difference than an expensive guitar. Amazing how good some of the cheaper guitars sound through quality amps.
@raphael_vierlinger 8 жыл бұрын
It's so much fun to watch such an incredibly skilled player struggling to tame his skills in order to stay more BB-esque :) Anyway, great video and a worthy tribute to the King! ;)
@RabeaMassaad 8 жыл бұрын
Thanks man! It's honestly so hard hahah
@RackhirTheRed 8 жыл бұрын
Awesome playing here and a great sound. Keep up the good work guy's I'm loving these.
@Packman921 8 жыл бұрын
I guess have already told you, but i would really appretiate if you could show footage from the store! Always loved that!
@sinjon 7 жыл бұрын
Nice playing as always but to me this isn't even close. It likes the top end highs that BB had
@KeeperOfPoops 5 жыл бұрын
no it isn't! it's really close
@pabloparamo4482 3 жыл бұрын
I adore B.B. King, thanks for posting this video. A greeting from Spain.
@potholedcactus 8 жыл бұрын
I think you did the King proud with your playing Rabea
@bengalvin9932 8 жыл бұрын
i liked it better when they showed rabea and matt going round the shop looking for the stuff first but i still love the sounds like vid's alot.
@zacschulze5839 8 жыл бұрын
Playing was killer in this, nailed that tone, great video
@Daren67 8 жыл бұрын
Bea showing as much focus as when he's shredding.... Goes to show how BB King had something special
@dcp10200 8 жыл бұрын
BB King from what I can remember also played Gibson Lab Series solid state amps, he really has more of a jazz guitar tone just with more bite and again it really comes down to the way he played as well but great job on the tones!
@angelojester 8 жыл бұрын
I've set his gear up myself. And it was a 212 Gibson lab series!!!!
@Dogheadj 4 жыл бұрын
@@angelojester: Yes, I purchased one of his Lab Series amps from his estate (an L5, 2x12 combo, to be precise). These were only made from the late '70's to the early '80's. They were made by a collaboration between Gibson and Moog, and are solid state. They weren't cheap (about $2500.00 in todays $). B once said that they were so hard to find, he'd buy one everytime he saw one. The settings on my amp are exactly as Mr. King left them.
@goldwold 8 жыл бұрын
Andertons putting out another great series.
@OddoRocket 8 жыл бұрын
Bea and Matt should do a sounds like Mastodon
@rebootver 8 жыл бұрын
Beautiful playing. Sounds like Johnny Winter would be cool.
@matzer8846 8 жыл бұрын
+rebootver + 1 for Johnny
@ronaldlopez2562 8 жыл бұрын
Another +1
@dergrammarfuhrer1901 8 жыл бұрын
That sheraton would be perfect if it weren't for the headstock you could paddle a boat with
@madgeniusmusic 8 жыл бұрын
Best vid yet, but please bring back the shopping stuff, they were the best bits.
@TheDunateen77 8 жыл бұрын
bb king always played a solid state lab series amp
@hammondsphoto 8 жыл бұрын
The Sherry is one guitar that really benefits from mods - a Tonepros bridge really opens it up and gets a big step closer to a 'real' 335.
@TheStruggleUK. 8 жыл бұрын
This video has given me a great deal of encouragement, I now understand that a complete absence of charisma doesn't necessarily hold you back. Thanks guys.
@realhumphreyappleby 3 жыл бұрын
Rofl
@stevesmith3990 8 жыл бұрын
What about 'Sound like Alex Lifeson'?
@jugipesonen 8 жыл бұрын
I miss the part where you ramble around the shop looking for the gear.
@sussezqt.1439 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Love that tone.
@nicholascampesato9763 8 жыл бұрын
I want to see a "Sounds like Rabea... Without busting the bank"
@tylerrollo3201 8 жыл бұрын
oh my gosh I didn't know there was a B.B King one of these. YES
@Solowingpixe 8 жыл бұрын
Loved the tips on the sheraton . Ive got a sunburst one myself . Not the best guitar I own but definetly the most loved . BB king is a big ask . Hail .
@anejo333 7 жыл бұрын
Sound Like Robin Trower - Without Busting the Bank.....Such an under appreciated Tone
@CJ_YT. 7 жыл бұрын
Dude your guitar kicks ass ( if the one in the picture is yours lmao )
@anejo333 7 жыл бұрын
heythereFuckyou it's my #1 thanks
@abishekawanninayake8227 8 жыл бұрын
I recommend you guys should do the cheapest sound and the artist's exact gear sounds.GOOD LUCK!
@Jeepjones85 6 жыл бұрын
You guys are really the only ones who have done a sounds like of BB King. I can’t believe there was never a gear tour of BB’s set up
@andenahlino 8 жыл бұрын
As everyone says, the best part is when you walk around the store and picking the stuff! Plz bring it back!
@pesiku 8 жыл бұрын
I miss the part were you went to Andertons and pick the stuff from the store, like in the first videos of sounds like..
@mattcampbellmusicco.8532 8 жыл бұрын
Rewatching this video for probably the 300th time. And for me, even as a BB King purist, I love this video, even with pedals :P
@markward9350 7 жыл бұрын
Another awesome video - i loved the Gilmour one.
@JohnKelly2 4 жыл бұрын
I thought I had watched all of Sound Like, but I missed this one. You should try BB again!
@samclarke653 8 жыл бұрын
The fire started over the two men fighting.
@chrisdavison7569 8 жыл бұрын
Surely we need a sound like Karnivool!!!! Plus I miss the part in the shop seeing you choose. Please bring it back. P,.
@YeatzeeGuitar 8 жыл бұрын
Miss the shopping section of these video's, keep us involved in the process :)
@I.M.Guitar-Nerd Жыл бұрын
Huh, I have watched a LOT of Andertons videos and I think this is the first Princeton that I've ever seen.
@ToriRocksAmos 8 жыл бұрын
Please make a "sound like Jimi Hendrix without busting the bank" :(
@robbiebarousse9063 8 жыл бұрын
that's not to difficult. just get any fender strat and your set
@sethguitar5395 8 жыл бұрын
+Dimebag Darrell no. You are not set with just a "strat". You can give Eric Clapton a "strat " and he still won't sound like hendrix
@robbiebarousse9063 8 жыл бұрын
+Fishtankguy 15 well obviously because Hendrix tone is in his fingers. his strat was just a standard fender nothing to it
@sethguitar5395 8 жыл бұрын
+Dimebag Darrell yeah true
@williamjay2386 8 жыл бұрын
But he did string his guitar backwards
@WanderingSierraBard 4 жыл бұрын
I actually picked the Sheraton 2 in part because of your video- currently saving up for a Princeton...and eventually another electric-probably a tele of some kind. Thanks for the video.
@iwiggs6870 8 жыл бұрын
BB Actually played a Lab Series L5 which is kinda like a Marshall. I think the BIG secret is that the Lab Series L5 had an on-board compressor. Playing real soft and gentle gets a thousand percent easier when you're running a compressor. Even when BB was running through fenders, I'd put money on it that there was a compressor SOMEWHERE in the chain.
@bismarcknewman3600 8 жыл бұрын
I like the parts where your in andertons and your picking this stuff out. Great job, keep it up
@Samwellisation 8 жыл бұрын
The fire thing is crazy, apparently they used to make massive ones in the middle of an area and people would just dance around it. Great choice on the Sheraton as well, I love mine!
@andrewwistance4468 8 жыл бұрын
Bloody love these videos! Though I did like it when you guys went shopping for the rig....
@steventadlock8153 8 жыл бұрын
Top marks guys. One thing though, BB King was born in Berclair, MS - just west of Itta Bena.
@philcross5861 3 жыл бұрын
BB King was never well known for playing valve amps. He was well known for playing solid state amps.
@chriscunningham6510 5 жыл бұрын
I saw B.B. King live at a blues festival back in 99. He was amazing, nuff said.
@josh78c 8 жыл бұрын
Loved this, how about a sound like Joe Bonamassa or Joanne Shaw Taylor
@simonsmith9363 8 жыл бұрын
Tricky to get all his little licks and vibrato, you tried, I'll give you that, it was a brave attempt!
@do00 3 жыл бұрын
Dammit, that backing track just makes everything sound like Santana. And now you can't unhear it. You're welcome. PS - Great video, cheers lads.
@DanielMaloneJr 8 жыл бұрын
I like how every guitarist has the same look on their face when someone is playing guitar and they aren't it's like I want to play so bad rn
@Chrismayo1981 8 жыл бұрын
Nice shoot guys! Just so ya know BB actually played solid state amps, namely the Lab Series. Hard to believe huh?
@meleinmusica 8 жыл бұрын
As someone else pointed out B.B.King played Gibson Lab L5 amp, full transistor amps. You can pay a lot less with a good, trasparent and clean transistor amp cheaper than a Fender Pricenton, definetely.
@MrBrownstonee 8 жыл бұрын
This is one of the most accurate sounding ones yet, imo. Great playing bea!
@MichaelHattem 7 жыл бұрын
I have a Sheraton (with natural finish) and this is a good approximation of his late-1960s/1970s tone (e.g., "The Thrill Is Gone"). If you listen to his records from earlier in the 1950s, though, he had a very dirty, raunchy sound, which he got from using a hollow body with dimed small-wattage octal tube or tweed-style amps. In the early-to-mid-1960s, he got his Live at The Regal-type tone with the semi-hollow 345 through a Super Reverb, which was much more trebly and biting than the tone aimed for here from the 1970s when he used a solid-state Lab Series L5 amp. (P.S. - I enjoy your playing, Rabea.)
@cgavin1 4 жыл бұрын
BB used a solid state amp .. no pedals .. and his signature tone is out of phase! Also I know Landon is another economic reality, but even 4 years ago, a Princeton was a pretty freakin' expensive amplifier. You could play BB on literally anything! The man's tone was super clean and dry. It was all in his masterful vibrato and phrasing.
@travisguide4516 6 жыл бұрын
I love the Sheraton the casino the es 335 nothing compares to these things they are the guitars everyone remembers
@Lvkkie 8 жыл бұрын
Here's a challenge, sound like Steve Vai. Because Jem's are pretty damn expensive..
@Lvkkie 8 жыл бұрын
+Jacob Jexmark That would actually be a great choice :D. The Junior's are really cheap, but they pretty much do the job. That means lots of money could be spent on amps and pedals.
@Zaiyetz 8 жыл бұрын
+Lvkkie get an RG with a Floyd?
@ReverseThisCurse46 8 жыл бұрын
+Lvkkie Jem Jr. is cheap
@JTSEAL1FLY 8 жыл бұрын
+TheCollisionofworlds That would be a great choice but the question is does Adertons carry that amp.
@KeeperOfPoops 7 жыл бұрын
no they don't
@stephendyke6382 5 жыл бұрын
B B was famous for playing solid state amps. All in all great tones guys.
@MrFungu5 8 жыл бұрын
Is it just me that liked it more when you guys walked around the store deciding what to buy?
@davidwantsahug 8 жыл бұрын
The story I heard was that BB ran back into the burning building to save a girl who's name was Lucille. But I'm not sure about that
@martinsvensson276 5 жыл бұрын
Such a good player he is!!
@zac_m 8 жыл бұрын
Gimme Derek Trucks!
@elliotnott6281 7 жыл бұрын
Zac Miller YES
@KeeperOfPoops 7 жыл бұрын
and Susan Tedeschi
@pistolgoo 8 жыл бұрын
Uploaded on my birthday! Thanks 👍
@chrismonk8446 5 жыл бұрын
Sounded great. Also that rig would be well suited for John Lee Hooker aswell
@tjazzmuzik 8 жыл бұрын
I really really appreciate you guys for doing this video and paying respects to the king of blues! Rabea you did an awesome job with the BB King licks. I know how hard it is to play BB
@tedseb7726 Жыл бұрын
Playing what bb plays isn’t difficult. How he plays it however is on another planet entirely.
@lueggge 8 жыл бұрын
you really nailed the tone and playing style of bb, rabea. props!
@paulboomer4794 8 жыл бұрын
Matt's playing was effortless!
@Koga_fan_013 8 жыл бұрын
AHAHAHAH, made my day
@mattwhornby 8 жыл бұрын
Thanks man ;-)
@motorv8N 8 жыл бұрын
Great series guys. Love listening to you talk tone. "It's what you don't play...."
@wadestewart901 7 жыл бұрын
Living here in memphis, I love BB
@Keanu.smith. 3 жыл бұрын
We waiting for the By busting the bank for this one man guys...
@AdrianoChialastri 8 жыл бұрын
Awesome! I'm suggesting a Sound like Billy Gibbons.
@claudeblondin8411 8 жыл бұрын
BB King used Gibson LAB series for years also,a solid state amp
@kingstumble 8 жыл бұрын
Alnico Classics are different pups to the Probuckers. They changed the pups on the Sorrento from Alnico Classics to Probuckers and called it the Sorrento Pro
@tacratt6091 8 жыл бұрын
BB used the Vibro-Verb and Vibro-King amps mainly, I thought I read somewhere that Gibson made his guitars mainly solid body. He was such a great player and a true blues man! I love the Plimsoul!
@richfiryn 8 жыл бұрын
Rabea, it would be very cool to hear you play that Sheraton how you personally would prefer to play it.
@bradcarroll3719 8 жыл бұрын
Best 'Sounds Like' videos you guys have done yet! One difference Lucille has, is that it only has the one F hole on the top(bass) bout. I read an interview in which B.B. King said why he liked it like that, but I forgot why.