Matt Pike: It's all about the Mid Rabea: No Mids!

"What happens if you leave it on to do its own thing?" A new Sunn O))) album, of course!

SCOOP THE MIDS?!?!? video closed

you need a budget for weed!!!

Playing with t-shirts is not hallowed when you say Matt Pike. Thank you a lot guys! This video is gold

Y'all need a lot more mids for doom. Scooped mids just make everything sound like muddled shit, especially with that much distortion

The Doom genre is just soo much fun to play and listen to. The dirty walls of fuzz vibrating in your chest. The uncontrollable need to bob your head as you slowly lose your self in the void. Great band choice to really show case what Doom is capable of.

Pretty good. Just saw Sleep a few weeks ago. He gets a lot of his sound by pushing the amps. The stage volume was loud and huge. Every amp and cab are used. He also uses vibrato on chords and a lot of hammer ons. His hands are huge in his tone. Check out some rad bands from the U.K. like Electric Wizard and Conan.

I'm grinning from ear-to-ear. More Stoner/Doom please.

now pick up a goddamn bass and do al cisneros

The Crush series actually takes a fuzz quite nicely.

"They're a doom band with alot of fuzz and if you try to put that into a solid state amp, it's not gonna work" *While looking at the Orange Crush Series* Orange Crush 120: "Am I a joke to you!?"

do kyuss guitar and bass

no dragonaut?

"I've put 12 to 56 on this." "Nice." The perfect relationship.

The sound got so huge when Matt turned on the doom stick, that the pedal cam shook at 11:25

some stoner doom! now we need Electric Wizard or Uncle Aid The Black Plot: it sounded fine but the original was less muddy, but it was quite close so 9/10 10,000 years: the bass was more rounded and less pokey and the guitar had more mids in it i think so 8/10 Dopesmoker: this was quite close and it sounded like the original but more open so 10/10 Holy Mountain: not entirely sure about this one but it sounded fine so i'll give it 8/10

12:26 When you see the riff filled land in front of you and your life has a meaning HAHA Rabea's expression is pure gold !

Matt Pike's tone is way less muddy than that. Turn up the midrange and turn down the bass a little, and restring the guitar with a heavier string gauge. Also almost all of the riffs were played wrong. Great effort though, I've been waiting to see a doom metal rig on here for a while.

Fun fact: my old band rehearsed just down the hall from H.o.F. for years; we had to be sure to do different days because they shook the goddamned building. Three dude apocalypse.

I can describe Matt Pike in one syllable: "Riff"

Doom is THE growth area right now. It's the centre of the fightback against digital modelling clone metal - old-fashioned Alnico pickups, analogue pedals, valve amps - and hellacious riffage for days! No way is a 1x12" combo going to cut it as a doom amp in a live or studio scenario, though, that Blackstar is just farting out, no definition or clarity, and precious little low end... the real doom thing to do would be to buy a secondhand 50-watt Marshall head and the cheapest, most battered 4x12" you can find.

11:26 camera wobbles when the Doom Stick comes on lol

Holy shitballs! I was NOT expecting this. My all-time favorite guitarist, criminally underrated and unheralded, getting his own “Sound Like...”. This is cool, man

Great effort and thanks for doing it. Agree with the calls for Electric Wizard! I think a critical factor in Matt Pike's tone is multiple speakers. A small Orange head and a cab with a few speakers might have got it close

One giant black knob on the front IS all you'll ever need

I think my personal favorite piece of information from this video is that Rabea is playing the latest DOOM, and that makes me happy because I love that game and keep recommending it to everyone I talk to.

I love getting this tone on my DSL 1 watt tube combo. absolutely monstrous tone at actually audible levels unlike alot of matt pike concerts hahah

Blessed Black Wings has a WICKED riff, i’m suprised it wasnt played

Seriously tho Sound Like Baroness Uplifting, epic metal/rock played with single coils, p90's, fender amps, and fuzzes COME ON, NOW

This is awesome! I recognized 10,000 Years as soon as the first bass note hit my ears! More, please! 🤘🏼✨🖤

When you were demoing the pedals individually, you kicked on the Doom stick, and the pedal cam shook out of focus for a second. So awesome.

The Dopesmoker remaster is from 2012, but the original was released in 2003, originating in the late 90s with the shortened version, Jerusalem, which was all they could release at that point. Highly recommend listening to the 2003 version over the 2012 remaster. The 2012 one is extra compressed and lacks some of the atmosphere of the original Dopesmoker. Jerusalem has different mixing and mastering completely, as well as parts cut out. Most if not all of the recordings themself are the same as Dopesmoker's though.

More mids, less compressed.

Thank you guys for this! One of my fav's. Love this series.

Having recently discovered Sleep and Matt Pike's mighty and filthy sound, this made me extremely happy. Thanks 👍

Awesome! Please do a Sounds like Dinosaur Jr.!

My favourite episode so far. I think i watched it three times

Omg never expected you guys to do this one. Great job!

I've been wainting for this, well done. BY busting the bank too please!

Sound like the Cocteau twins

Also, 0/10 marks for wearing a shirt, Bea. Matt Pike's lack of shirt at nearly all times totally effects his tone. Your shirt definitely has a negative impact on the tone-skin effect. ;)

Awwwww yeah!!! Been requesting this for years. Cheers guys :D

I can get a good early Pike tone with my 1977 JMP 50 watt and my Orange AD30 in stereo through separate guitar cabinets. And with a Chandler Tube Driver. Good stuff guys. Need more videos like this. It's hard to capture how these heavy rigs sound via microphone because it's something that must be experienced in person. It'll blow your fro around.

"If you're not grimacing on the other side of the screen, there's something wrong." What does it say about me that I'm grinning like a madman?

sounds like electric wizard would be cool

THE ultimate sound like. Matt Pike = ultimate tone. Thank you for that guys, you are the bests !

I've waited so long for this. Thanks guys !!

I fanboysquealed very hard when I saw the title! Came quite close actually, but slightly too muddy for High on Fire, maybe just putting the micro amp after the fuzz, or choosing a fuzz that handles boost a bit better would've come closer. High on Fire has a really in-your-face kind of wall of sound, especially compared to other stoner bands, which go for a more ground-shaking kind of wall of sound, like you did in that video. Though for Sleep, it was spot on, as Sleep goes more for the ground-shaking than for the in-your-face. I think trying to sound both like Sleep AND High on Fire might've been a slight mistake, seeing as Sleep is way thicker, flabbier and muddier than High on Fire, which is kinda like a mix of stoner, early swedeath and early hardcore/thrash/crossover, or at least that's how I view it. Maybe a seperate episode for both would've been a better choice. This said, as a massive fan of stoner metal (and also appreciating doom), I totally salute you going towards those genres, and I would really like seeing you cover bands like Fu Manchu, Truckfighters, Orange Goblin, Clutch or any others in the future.

Sound like Motorhead , by Busting the bank.

Thanks for this guys, very thick-sludgy and yet warm sound!!! :D

I love Rabea's face towards the end there playing some Sleep. It's the standard expression to people who love, or hate sludgey doom.

Electric Wizard: Dopethrone. Please. I need this.

😂😂😂 I’m loving that nobody in the room can hear the massive fuzz because they’ve hammered their ears so much!!! It shows through how loud/huge that sound is! 😂😂😂

Great tones guys, Pike would be proud.

😂 you busted my bank with the guitar alone!

12:24 the face you make when your tone is shaking the entire room

I finally found that stoner metal song I listened to ages ago that was over an hour long and made me feel pretty stoned just from listening to it!!!! :-D (Dopesmoker by the way! ;-) )

Now THIS is what I want! It might be a bit niche, but a sounds like YOB would also be amazing.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH . . . for doing this one guys !

pls do robert fripp king crimson

PLEASEE do a sound like Matt Pike BUY BUSTING THE BANK!!!

Wow. I was do glad to see this on my feed. Great job!

that was the best one yet... smiles all round for me...

Got to check those bands out. Never heard of them. Recently been getting into Doom with palbearer, so worth a punt.

So happy to see this. You should do Kurt ballou of converge/god city studios next. I bet he’s gonna give you trouble, I’m not talking crap either I wouldn’t have suggested him if I didn’t think you could pull it off. As I laid in a hospital bed with ***50+ kidney stones and just one malformed kidney*** and watched you guys crack Adam Jone’s guitar sound, I was blown away and it helped me add his sound into the tool songs I know how to play as I recovered and incorporate The tricks and tips you provided into my own sound without ripping him or you guys off.Especially if you count bands Kurt ballou produced and engineered or provided some small amount of guitar you’ll have a good long episode on your hands. He almost always had an influence on their sound. He produced a couple high on fire albums and he’s the guitarist for converge. They are about as filthy as it gets while still being varied in sound. Some sample tracks for you to try: hell to pay,grim heart/black rose, Jane doe,damages, dark horse, under duress, plagues , sadness comes home, empty on the inside, coral blue, on my shield, precipice/all we love we leave behind, first light/last light(the latter song’s lyrics I have tattooed on my thigh for a light in those dark times), drop out, heartless, you fail me, in her shadow, in her blood, eagles become vultures, hanging moon, they stretch for miles, in harms way, color me blood red, tremor, eve. I know it looks like a discography but it’s just a list highlighting the HUGE tonal landscape Kurt ballou and the rest of converge have crafted. Sorry about the novel but I’m very passionate about converge they saved my life and had my back through the darkest of days I’ve had so far in my life. Also Jacob bannon the frontman that lends his screams/singing voice/spoken word and lyrics to the band, That’s not all he contributes to converge either.the amazing art surrounding the band is painted by him. He’s actually quite a renowned artist. If you look at the converge wiki I’ll bet that you’ll find a album/band you like that have had either Jacob bannon paint the cover/designed tees and art for, or Kurt Ballou cast his musical magick over in one way or Another. Let alone the huge amount of other bands the converge members are ether past members or current members of. I’ll make those songs into a Apple Music playlist you can find later tonight.

What a fantastic gear review !!! Man I could not have enjoyed this video any more. So freaking heavy, and the joy that Rabea gets from playing these -new to him - Sleep riffs is SICK !!! I’m subscribing now ! Will be sending a request in if you guys haven’t already done it - Gotta think of a good kinda non mainstream guitarist or bassist ???

Best sounds like yet. Great tones and riffs.

This was awesome. Could you sound like Red Fang, The Sword or Fu Manchu?

sounds like sunn o))))))

Yes! I’ve been waiting for this one for a while now

Thank you for taking a moment for the bass !

Would love to hear "sound like The Sword" they use a lot of custom peddles wonder how close you could get.

Holy mountain is not off dopesmoker!

yes, been waiting for this for so long! awesome!

You had me at Dopesmoker!! That was face melting M.P.!!!! cheers!

Sound like Extreme? I think Rabea would have fun with that!

Opeth would be tough

Always look forward to watching these vids. Would love to see more outtakes at the end of them. Nearly soiled myself at Matt's response to Rabea Swiftly/Handily double teaming a couple of Beatles. Amazing! Oh and a soundalike for Devildriver would be mighty chunky. Cheers

My second fave after Tool episode! Thank you!

i'd love to see you do conan!

Pretty good sounds but in my opinion the tone was more for Sleep than High On Fire. HoF's sound is more thrashy and articulate. There was too much bass for High on Fire songs If you decide to do busting the bank you should use Orange dual dark terror for High on Fire and OR100 for Sleep. Matt Pike uses these amps live Still good job guys overall! I give it solid 8/10

I played this on my living room tv, rather loudly, and my wife upstairs got up and slammed the bedroom door, so job well done mates! The pike sound is a tough one with his walk of pricey oranges, or soldanos, I kind of remember him not using very many effects outside of an mxr delay and maybe some other mods. Cheers!

My Favorite vid yet!!! NAILED IT \m/,

Loved the video! Can you please do Dinosaur Jr. ?

FINALLY

YESSSSSS! Been waiting for this forever!

i’m not usually crazy about the without busting the bank series (i love the hosts though) but this one is awesome.

Sound like Joy Division

My bloody valentine

Best ever guys, you made my day cheers from Oz.

Finally! Now do Candlemass. :) Love the camera shake after turning on the DOOM Stick.

Pls do the pixies at some point. Good video btw.

rig should have been epiphone les paul standard, orange or15 cheapest 1x12 in the store, mxr distortion + baby oil

Please do a by busting on this one ASAP! By far some of the most epic tones ever!

Matt actually used Blackstar amps for a tour run in 2014. Just a little fact. Great vid.

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if you want to try some really heavy doom do Conan, they tune down to F standard. Listen to their song Thunderhoof its brutal, especially towards the end

Great vid, guys. Sound like The Jam would be pretty cool imo.

I like how it sounds... it's beautiful