as someone who never tried listening to/ recording garage rock before finding your channel, thank you for the mad inspiration and never stop making sick music
I would love to tell you all about my organ. Saxoooophone though...I may have to get one first and then spend about a year practicing so give ya boi some time.
Just started watching your channel. I have a garage band, well we play in a studio that use to be a recording studio. But we record in my 4/track, 16 or 24 track machine. Just to listen to later. Gotta say. I’ll continue watching your channel.
You give me a certain kind of energy for my work in the studio. Regardles which genre I´m workin on. Your structured way of doing things gives me pleasure. Thank you!
Watching your videos over the past year and listening to your music has totally inspired me to record some of my songs for a garage rock style ep! It's also really fun working out of the box, even with crappy equipment and tape recorders! Much love for the work you're doing, keep it up dude!
You might already know this but you gotta flip the polarity on your DI bass, and sometimes you even have to delay it a tiny bit as well to get it to really sit well with the amp bass. It also helps to have each bass track doing a different job.. Like, one is the super clean low end bass, and one is the more saturated harmonic trebly bass. And then blending the two you can kind of find a nice gainy distorted sound without making the low end all flubby and muddy with all that overdrive. Especially if you are doing fuzz bass.
Thanks for the tips. I wish my board had a phase polarity switch. Right now I have no way to do this unfortunately. I could run it through my delay FX but that can be a pain in the arse.
@@Mario_DiSanto Some DI boxes have a polarity switch built in, most of the stand alone pres I own do as well. A good DI box is a pretty handy thing to have though! (although they are not generally very reasonably priced)
Whatever the subject, I always come out of your videos with something to try out and to experiment. Great video clip at the beggining! Love that Gretsch sound :-) Thanks Bro, I wish you all the best!
Mario! You’ve got some great stuff, dude. I’m digging the songs as well as the videos themselves. Some of it is of course confirmation bias 😂but it’s great to hear somebody else say it. Thanks for these.
But more importantly you need to watch the Teddy Boys video from Southend 1972 . Some of those boys later appeared in the film version of Tommy. The English seaside of the era had a vibe and a strong Rock n Roll connection
It is interesting because both guitars force me to write differently due to their minor tonal differences. Something I did not expect is that the Gretsch sounds MEAN with some fuzz on it.
@@Mario_DiSantoGretches are great with distortion in general. I got mine recently, and genuinely, it's a good grunge guitar. Mine has a p90 in the neck and it's fantastic for cleans, and the filtertron is great for both. I think it needs better tuning machines though.
I hated the DI sound for my whole life too, until I realised it mostly needed only 2 things : good amount of compression, and maybe more importantly : saturation. That's what the amp/speaker/recording chain add, and definitely what lacks with today's perfect cheap gear. Thinking Pink Floyd or Neil Young's bass tones were pure DI made me really want to try hard to make it sound good, and finally there's not much to it ! Even the Beatles used the di along with the amp at some point. With that say I agree : it's way easier to get a good tone micing the amp rather than using a DI. Everyone always says that micing an amp is hard but my (really tiny) experience tells me the opposite. One mic against the cloth, around cap edge, and another one 5 to 10 feets away and you're good, just gotta check the phase.
Add a pick (or play with your thumb)! Electric bass playing wasn't set in stone technique wise in the 60s. People (especially teenagers) had no formal training playing those instruments, also the instrument itself was fairly new at the time.
There is something about the thud of finger picked bass that I prefer over using a pick. The only time I will use one is when the tempo is super high and my little inexperienced fingeys can't keep up.
Mario, usually if you're using an DI bass track and a mic'd track together you have to phase align them. Basically what happens is it takes slightly longer for a mic'd signal to get to a recorder than a DI track does. Something else is if your amp is in a corner like you have it, you're probably also going to get quite a bit of bass build up coming out of there, so sometimes you can use the room to your advantage if you have a rather thin sounding amp that you need beefed up. Then I know I've mentioned this to you before, but you also can get some really interesting sounds if you run a bass through a guitar amp while simultaneously running a bass amp. Keep up the good work.
I used to move my amps, drums, etc. into the middle of my room to get the best EQ and room sound. I gave up on that very quickly even though it did get me a better sound. Sometimes the best way to record something is to save time setting up and use that energy to focus on a great take. Well maybe...that's at least how I justify not moving my stuff out of the corners haha.
Lol. Everything I have is basically on wheels if I can have it that way purely for that reason. Then you can move things around, but you're not spending tons of time or energy moving things and getting to recording much faster. @@Mario_DiSanto
Flatwounds I always disliked since I started playing bass in 1981 . Think I like garage rock guitar or at least the idea of it more . Did a gig playing some Hendrix stuff the other , impossible to sound like him but I did get a feeling that I could get a bit of that vibe he had on those pre London recording sessions
I got used to roundwounds , and when I found out in 1984 that Jaco pastorius used Rotosound string the swing bass set like I was using because we couldn’t get anything else in England I was thrilled! Now I use the rotobass nickel set
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Here are my garage tracks recorded in the 90s using a 4 track recorder. I generally played the bass through an old cassette deck that had a built in limiter to approximate a poor man's compressor. FWIW.
@Mario_DiSanto If you're having trouble with a DI'd bass blended with a mic on the cab, I'd look at phase issues. The mic'd sound might be perfect on it's own, but unless it's distance from the speaker is sympathetic to the Di version, combining them is going to be problematic at best.
This is true. You can dial in the phase sometimes with a digital delay set to 100% wet and a few milliseconds. You also need to cut the bass from about 160-250hz on the mic'd bass, and roll off the high end on the DI in the crossover frequency.
Remember seeing a gig once , first band was Wilco Johnson with Norman Watt Roy on bass ! Sick . Second band was The Pirates with Mick Green on guitar. You would have loved it
If you’re tracking your bass with a DI along side your bass amp, try saturate the DI track, get a clean as possible amp track, then high pass the DI track somewhere between 200 and 300 hz, then blend the two. Letting the amp track take the lows and the DI emphasise the attack. Something you could try if you can’t get the DI to sound good, obviously, all taste at the end of the day.
The reason why they used foam under the bidge was to shorten decay so that the bass would not use too much energy in the mix. Keep in mind that bass was mostly recorded DI at that time, not by micing an amp. So a bass amp is useless Mario. You'd better get a good solid state DI box (e.g. the ACME audio) or tube DI (e.g. the A-designs REDDI). If you wonder why @Motown they were using 2 drummers, well, that was (a) to heard on top of the brass anr (b) to match the definition of the bass and the ryhtm guitars that werer tracked direct.
I have heard some conflicting information about DI bass in the 60s. My research tells me that the higher end studies were likely DI, while the lower budget ones (mostly ones I am talking about when I say "garage rock" were probably bass amps. Of course every situation will be different.
Them vocals sound XXX. Not sure how aware of and/or intentional that "color" is but I personally would use it sparingly, if at all. That said 1960s rock IS actually a genre where porno moaning does indeed have a couch to lay on, just... maybe an inch or two less! 😂 😆 You're a very lovable dude keep at it I reckon you can go far as you like. Especially talking about things like the energy and attitude of writing. Go climb a mountain, box a kangaroo and smooch your crush, then plug in, hit record and turn your brain off. What flows through you might be rock n' roll! Always be sure to take anything in with a grain of salt and apply your own filters and sensibilities. Try leaving your brain on if it suits you or the music better. I could go all day as I woke up on the right side of bed today but ill end my diatribe now to illustrate my last 2 cents that as far as ending a video and in every scenario, I think respecting peoples time is as important as it gets. Im sure you could google a pamphlet or read some literotica that'll teach great interesting ways to climax.. but you inherently respected the audiences time and ended the video when it was time to start working on the next one. Cheers to... baby making music! 🍺👩❤️💋👨🫃👶🧃
Had some great footage of a gig I did last Saturday but yesterday I managed to wipe the Sid card clean ha ha ….. now scrambling to get people to send stuff from their phones ect . I was gutted but I will keep positive
I just bought my first bass after renting and borrowing some Squier PJs, I went with a Sire P5R, along with a Zoom B1 Four for headphone practice. Has any of you managed to get a garage sound with that pedal? Love the music but don't have the budget nor the space to get the actual equipment used in this video
"Don't have the budget"! Boooooi did you even watch the vidya! It's all about using what you got. Don't worry about equipment. Some killer tunes have been recorded with next to nothing. It's all about the songwriting and emotion. If you got the Zoom B1, use that puppy and have fun with it. It'll sound garage.
Idk about garage but use the fliptop with the svt cab sim and make sure the ultra hi is turned on, if you set it to be a little overdriven (ultra hi adds some gain) it sounds great. You can get that carol Kaye thing from it. That amp sim is also great for guitar too. I haven't played a p bass in a while but try playing right above the pickups using a pick too
@@Mario_DiSanto Guilty as Charged as the late, great Dewey Cox would sing. I only watched the guitar and drums vids from a distance, planning to delve into the bass side of things when I have the time :D Your studio equipment intimidates me a bit and I don't have braces so idk if I'll make it
Hypothesis for why you don't like your DI sound: It's the bass itself, bro. Your bass is shaky on it's own, so the amp helps soften the edges and warms it up. I have a Brownsville New York (identical to the epiphone version?) violin bass with flat wounds and I believe mini humbuckers and it sounds great direct in. I also have a dan electro dano 63 bass with round wounds when I want a slankier sound and that also sounds beautiful direct in, but I prefer it amped
I like running hollow body basses DI for picking up the acoustic properties and subtleties, especially the violin bass with its deeper body, flat wounds and wooden bridge.
Are you delaying your bass DI to match with the Amp/microphone? The phase and tonality is going to be pretty bad if the DI and Amp signal's transients aren't hitting at the same time.
I have not been delaying it. I could see why this is a problem but something tells me they weren't delaying shizzz in the tape era days when they were mixing the two. Maybe I gotta play with the mic positioning more.
@@Mario_DiSanto They definitely did delay the DI instruments if they were used in combination with a real amp. There are several pieces of hardware that will delay the DI for you by however milliseconds you want. I've got an actual hardware device in each of my studios just for that purpose, and one is definitely vintage.
Wilco played incredible telecaster with Dr Feelgood a rhythm and blues band from a place called Canvey Island in England not that far from London. Canvey is near Southend a place a bit like Coney Island because it has rides and candy floss and some crazy people. In about 1974 I remember sitting eating fish and chips outside while Teddy Boys started throwing chairs around ect . I was about 7 with my mum ha ha . Maybe a year later I fantasised about becoming Tommy or a pinball wizard type kid and got some good pinball scores .
you cant imagine how long ive been waiting for a bass version
Bass player? 🤭
as someone who never tried listening to/ recording garage rock before finding your channel, thank you for the mad inspiration and never stop making sick music
One of my favorite series to watch. I hope in the future you make videos for organs and keyboards as well as other instruments such as the saxophone.
fuck yeah
I would love to tell you all about my organ. Saxoooophone though...I may have to get one first and then spend about a year practicing so give ya boi some time.
The seeeeeeeds❤️ recognized it as soon as i heard that funky guitar bend
Such a recognizable opener!
As a bassist I've been waiting for this since the first garage rock video.
Just started watching your channel. I have a garage band, well we play in a studio that use to be a recording studio. But we record in my 4/track, 16 or 24 track machine. Just to listen to later.
Gotta say. I’ll continue watching your channel.
You got access to all those tape machines??? I am jellllly!
If you're not using a curly cable are you even playing garage rock?!!??!
Another great one, Mario!
I have an Epiphone Thunerbird and a Fender Rumble 100. The vintage button on the Rumble really gives the perfect tone.
What does the vintage button do?
@@Mario_DiSanto it changes the voicing to a Motown vibe.
You give me a certain kind of energy for my work in the studio. Regardles which genre I´m workin on. Your structured way of doing things gives me pleasure.
Thank you!
That's what I love to hear from you guys, thanks for watching.
I got flatwounds for my bass inspired by this video and man do I wish I made the switch sooner.
So glad to hear it man
Watching your videos over the past year and listening to your music has totally inspired me to record some of my songs for a garage rock style ep! It's also really fun working out of the box, even with crappy equipment and tape recorders! Much love for the work you're doing, keep it up dude!
Thanks so much Christopher glad I could be a bit of an inspiration for ya in the studio. Rock on boi
You might already know this but you gotta flip the polarity on your DI bass, and sometimes you even have to delay it a tiny bit as well to get it to really sit well with the amp bass. It also helps to have each bass track doing a different job.. Like, one is the super clean low end bass, and one is the more saturated harmonic trebly bass. And then blending the two you can kind of find a nice gainy distorted sound without making the low end all flubby and muddy with all that overdrive. Especially if you are doing fuzz bass.
Thanks for the tips. I wish my board had a phase polarity switch. Right now I have no way to do this unfortunately. I could run it through my delay FX but that can be a pain in the arse.
@@Mario_DiSanto Some DI boxes have a polarity switch built in, most of the stand alone pres I own do as well. A good DI box is a pretty handy thing to have though! (although they are not generally very reasonably priced)
Whatever the subject, I always come out of your videos with something to try out and to experiment. Great video clip at the beggining! Love that Gretsch sound :-) Thanks Bro, I wish you all the best!
I've been loving the Gretsch! Great hearing from you brother. Cheers
YOUR VIDEOS ARE SUPER INSPIRING...............WE ALL LOVE IT IN OUR BAND
Glad to hear it friends, thanks for watching.
Mario! You’ve got some great stuff, dude. I’m digging the songs as well as the videos themselves. Some of it is of course confirmation bias 😂but it’s great to hear somebody else say it.
Thanks for these.
You're welcome. It is also nice to have people affirm my opinions.
dude your garage rock stuff is so neat love all the little things u do to get even closer to that sound!
But more importantly you need to watch the Teddy Boys video from Southend 1972 . Some of those boys later appeared in the film version of Tommy. The English seaside of the era had a vibe and a strong Rock n Roll connection
I watched it last weekend when you recommended me to. Cool stuff man! Seemed like a damn cool scene
As much as I like your Telecaster tones, I'm really looking forward to hear what you do with that Gretsch in the future.
It is interesting because both guitars force me to write differently due to their minor tonal differences. Something I did not expect is that the Gretsch sounds MEAN with some fuzz on it.
@@Mario_DiSantoGretches are great with distortion in general. I got mine recently, and genuinely, it's a good grunge guitar. Mine has a p90 in the neck and it's fantastic for cleans, and the filtertron is great for both. I think it needs better tuning machines though.
You channeled Sky Saxon's vocals dead on, the howls and all! Nice!
Mannnn I need the full version of this cover, sounds amazing
I hated the DI sound for my whole life too, until I realised it mostly needed only 2 things : good amount of compression, and maybe more importantly : saturation. That's what the amp/speaker/recording chain add, and definitely what lacks with today's perfect cheap gear. Thinking Pink Floyd or Neil Young's bass tones were pure DI made me really want to try hard to make it sound good, and finally there's not much to it ! Even the Beatles used the di along with the amp at some point.
With that say I agree : it's way easier to get a good tone micing the amp rather than using a DI. Everyone always says that micing an amp is hard but my (really tiny) experience tells me the opposite. One mic against the cloth, around cap edge, and another one 5 to 10 feets away and you're good, just gotta check the phase.
Thanks for sharing
Diggin' the seeds cover. Nice vid bro
This made me very happy
Heck yeah, this may be my favourite series from you! Will tune in soon.
You are a natural talent.
Thank you Stephen
Add a pick (or play with your thumb)! Electric bass playing wasn't set in stone technique wise in the 60s. People (especially teenagers) had no formal training playing those instruments, also the instrument itself was fairly new at the time.
There is something about the thud of finger picked bass that I prefer over using a pick. The only time I will use one is when the tempo is super high and my little inexperienced fingeys can't keep up.
@@Mario_DiSanto Rock on!
My go to garage rock walking bass workout is WooHoo by the 5,6,7,8's
Nice Seeds cover
These are fucking incredible. I CANNOT WAIT for the drum video of this series. Ur drums sound amazing
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Very well done.
Thanks for doing this!
Sure thing!
Mario, usually if you're using an DI bass track and a mic'd track together you have to phase align them. Basically what happens is it takes slightly longer for a mic'd signal to get to a recorder than a DI track does.
Something else is if your amp is in a corner like you have it, you're probably also going to get quite a bit of bass build up coming out of there, so sometimes you can use the room to your advantage if you have a rather thin sounding amp that you need beefed up.
Then I know I've mentioned this to you before, but you also can get some really interesting sounds if you run a bass through a guitar amp while simultaneously running a bass amp.
Keep up the good work.
I used to move my amps, drums, etc. into the middle of my room to get the best EQ and room sound. I gave up on that very quickly even though it did get me a better sound. Sometimes the best way to record something is to save time setting up and use that energy to focus on a great take. Well maybe...that's at least how I justify not moving my stuff out of the corners haha.
Lol. Everything I have is basically on wheels if I can have it that way purely for that reason. Then you can move things around, but you're not spending tons of time or energy moving things and getting to recording much faster. @@Mario_DiSanto
Cheers for the vid mate!!
i am used to be forgotten - as a bassplayer. surprising bout being mentioned... ;-)
I have never once forgotten about you baby don't worry.
Good stuff. Keep going. Reminds me of the New York Dolls.
Loved that you did this cover at the begining of the video and awesome video like always man please keep doing this bible of the garage rock thing
Great video in this awesome series Mario, love it!
Flatwounds I always disliked since I started playing bass in 1981 . Think I like garage rock guitar or at least the idea of it more . Did a gig playing some Hendrix stuff the other , impossible to sound like him but I did get a feeling that I could get a bit of that vibe he had on those pre London recording sessions
I love the feeling of a flat wound. Roundwounds irk my fingers.
I got used to roundwounds , and when I found out in 1984 that Jaco pastorius used Rotosound string the swing bass set like I was using because we couldn’t get anything else in England I was thrilled! Now I use the rotobass nickel set
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Edit: Just realized I wrote the tab for It's Here wrong...oops.
Here are my garage tracks recorded in the 90s using a 4 track recorder. I generally played the bass through an old cassette deck that had a built in limiter to approximate a poor man's compressor. FWIW.
Forgot to comment last night when I watched it, but wonderful video as always, Mario! Commenting to help boost your stuff in the algorithm!
Hey Billy thanks for watching as always my friend. Cheers
@Mario_DiSanto If you're having trouble with a DI'd bass blended with a mic on the cab, I'd look at phase issues. The mic'd sound might be perfect on it's own, but unless it's distance from the speaker is sympathetic to the Di version, combining them is going to be problematic at best.
This is true. You can dial in the phase sometimes with a digital delay set to 100% wet and a few milliseconds. You also need to cut the bass from about 160-250hz on the mic'd bass, and roll off the high end on the DI in the crossover frequency.
I was wondering if you would end up doing a bass episode. Very happy to see you have.
Remember seeing a gig once , first band was Wilco Johnson with Norman Watt Roy on bass ! Sick . Second band was The Pirates with Mick Green on guitar. You would have loved it
Wilko was bloody amazing. My uncle was the spit of him, too. Think thats why I liked him.
a full cover of the cant seem to make you mine would be amazing
If you’re tracking your bass with a DI along side your bass amp, try saturate the DI track, get a clean as possible amp track, then high pass the DI track somewhere between 200 and 300 hz, then blend the two. Letting the amp track take the lows and the DI emphasise the attack. Something you could try if you can’t get the DI to sound good, obviously, all taste at the end of the day.
Definitely going to fool around with DI bass in the future after hearing so many things in these comments. Thanks
2:39 thanks for telling me who to get for a bass player in my band!
The reason why they used foam under the bidge was to shorten decay so that the bass would not use too much energy in the mix. Keep in mind that bass was mostly recorded DI at that time, not by micing an amp. So a bass amp is useless Mario. You'd better get a good solid state DI box (e.g. the ACME audio) or tube DI (e.g. the A-designs REDDI).
If you wonder why @Motown they were using 2 drummers, well, that was (a) to heard on top of the brass anr (b) to match the definition of the bass and the ryhtm guitars that werer tracked direct.
I have heard some conflicting information about DI bass in the 60s. My research tells me that the higher end studies were likely DI, while the lower budget ones (mostly ones I am talking about when I say "garage rock" were probably bass amps. Of course every situation will be different.
Sidechaining and multiband compression really help the bass get that control you need. IIRC the 160 lets you sidechain to anything like a kick drum.
This is awesome. Thank you!
You bet man
Still such a unique and awesome channel!
Thanks for watching!
Your music sounds Jack White-ish
I like to think Jack White's music sounds Mario-ish.
17:54 The almighty Joe Morello!
Love that's willing to stay...
For the Bass controls, I am sure a bit of electrical Cleaner will fix those issues! 🤞
HELL YEAH
Bass tone reminds me of Wipers and Obits and I love it
Can we call him Dr. DiSanto at this point?
Well, I am an MD.
Great news , a bass episode. Really think that song deserves to be in a movie . A Big Lebowski type thing
Lol you tell me all my songs deserve to be in a movie!
how to record electric organ or some keys, please!
Them vocals sound XXX. Not sure how aware of and/or intentional that "color" is but I personally would use it sparingly, if at all. That said 1960s rock IS actually a genre where porno moaning does indeed have a couch to lay on, just... maybe an inch or two less! 😂 😆
You're a very lovable dude keep at it I reckon you can go far as you like. Especially talking about things like the energy and attitude of writing. Go climb a mountain, box a kangaroo and smooch your crush, then plug in, hit record and turn your brain off. What flows through you might be rock n' roll!
Always be sure to take anything in with a grain of salt and apply your own filters and sensibilities. Try leaving your brain on if it suits you or the music better.
I could go all day as I woke up on the right side of bed today but ill end my diatribe now to illustrate my last 2 cents that as far as ending a video and in every scenario, I think respecting peoples time is as important as it gets. Im sure you could google a pamphlet or read some literotica that'll teach great interesting ways to climax.. but you inherently respected the audiences time and ended the video when it was time to start working on the next one. Cheers to... baby making music! 🍺👩❤️💋👨🫃👶🧃
Had some great footage of a gig I did last Saturday but yesterday I managed to wipe the Sid card clean ha ha ….. now scrambling to get people to send stuff from their phones ect . I was gutted but I will keep positive
Always happy to see a new video from ya bro.
Thanks man, cheers!
Sooo good Bro , that intro song. Great job, lol 😂 that bass player description.
What's funny is I just bought a bass yesterday...
I was waiting for you to drop this video, you're welcome.
@@Mario_DiSanto Haha
Nice bass tone. It must sound wicked a bit overdriven
I track bass with a hundred watt Fender Evil Twin. It kills.
Nice! How high do you crank that thing for bass?
Just type in Teddy Boys Southend 1972 . You will get a view of those days , a bit mad seeing this . A different world
Awesome !
Thanks!
killer
I just bought my first bass after renting and borrowing some Squier PJs, I went with a Sire P5R, along with a Zoom B1 Four for headphone practice. Has any of you managed to get a garage sound with that pedal? Love the music but don't have the budget nor the space to get the actual equipment used in this video
"Don't have the budget"! Boooooi did you even watch the vidya! It's all about using what you got. Don't worry about equipment. Some killer tunes have been recorded with next to nothing. It's all about the songwriting and emotion. If you got the Zoom B1, use that puppy and have fun with it. It'll sound garage.
Idk about garage but use the fliptop with the svt cab sim and make sure the ultra hi is turned on, if you set it to be a little overdriven (ultra hi adds some gain) it sounds great. You can get that carol Kaye thing from it. That amp sim is also great for guitar too. I haven't played a p bass in a while but try playing right above the pickups using a pick too
@@Mario_DiSanto Guilty as Charged as the late, great Dewey Cox would sing. I only watched the guitar and drums vids from a distance, planning to delve into the bass side of things when I have the time :D Your studio equipment intimidates me a bit and I don't have braces so idk if I'll make it
The preamps on your Shure mixer will be great at distorting the DI
Hypothesis for why you don't like your DI sound:
It's the bass itself, bro.
Your bass is shaky on it's own, so the amp helps soften the edges and warms it up.
I have a Brownsville New York (identical to the epiphone version?) violin bass with flat wounds and I believe mini humbuckers and it sounds great direct in.
I also have a dan electro dano 63 bass with round wounds when I want a slankier sound and that also sounds beautiful direct in, but I prefer it amped
This is a good point. I have a new big boy bass now. I may have to give that bass a try in the ol' DI hole.
@@Mario_DiSanto Cool. Can't wait to hear the results
I like running hollow body basses DI for picking up the acoustic properties and subtleties, especially the violin bass with its deeper body, flat wounds and wooden bridge.
Yeah buddy!
garage rock keys lets gooo
OMGGGG GIVE ME A MINUTE, DAMN DENISZ
@@Mario_DiSanto can't wait for garage rock modular synthesis tutorials
the tie is too wide 😀 - but the recording sounds authentic😎
I know! It's hard to find thin ties nowadays.
@@Mario_DiSanto try „rusty zipper“
@Mario You need to hit the vintage clothing stores, skinny ties are certainly out there to be found.
I never use compression on anything
Should be a film made with you in it .But did Carlos Santana ever get back to us ?
That sonsabitch has been ignoring my calls lately! Been going straight to voicemail.
Mario, thoughts on the Oblivians?
I listened to one of their live performances before. I liked what I heard. Don't know much about their discography.
Hi Whats the brand of your Flatwounds bass strings? Thanks
Hmmmm...honestly don't remember. I think Daddario
hey mario, great vid, what reverb do you use on vocals???
Good ol' Fostex 3180. All of this hiss on my recordings comes from the unit lol. Definitely a noisy beast.
Sounds great!
What's that song in the introduction?
@@AngryShredder2004 can't seem to make you mine
Are you delaying your bass DI to match with the Amp/microphone? The phase and tonality is going to be pretty bad if the DI and Amp signal's transients aren't hitting at the same time.
I have not been delaying it. I could see why this is a problem but something tells me they weren't delaying shizzz in the tape era days when they were mixing the two. Maybe I gotta play with the mic positioning more.
@@Mario_DiSanto They definitely did delay the DI instruments if they were used in combination with a real amp. There are several pieces of hardware that will delay the DI for you by however milliseconds you want. I've got an actual hardware device in each of my studios just for that purpose, and one is definitely vintage.
A man’s gotta know his limitations, or his equipment’s limitations 😢
first
Do you know who Wilco Johnson is ?
Very little
Wilco played incredible telecaster with Dr Feelgood a rhythm and blues band from a place called Canvey Island in England not that far from London. Canvey is near Southend a place a bit like Coney Island because it has rides and candy floss and some crazy people. In about 1974 I remember sitting eating fish and chips outside while Teddy Boys started throwing chairs around ect . I was about 7 with my mum ha ha . Maybe a year later I fantasised about becoming Tommy or a pinball wizard type kid and got some good pinball scores .
Milk and Alcohol a cool single from 1978 ? I bought that as a new thing on brown vinyl 45 . The alternative was a milk white 45 ! By Dr Feelgood
Bad breath? Braces? Never get ladies? C’mon now. I do appreciate ya tho.
It's okay this is a safe space, you no longer have to be ashamed. Bass players unite!
@@Mario_DiSanto ❤️🤣
your explanation for walking bass could be improved... :-D :-D :-D :-D but thanks despited it :-D :-D
Ehhhh close enough lol
close enough! thats right! :-)@@Mario_DiSanto
Distort, them compress the heck out of your bass.
I feel personally offended….i don’t have braces.
Lol we can fix that.
literally sounds like a q song
I don't know what that means
Smoke cigarettes be broken heart and do only that /:
That works too
Another awesome video Mr DiSanto really fun and informative!
Glad to hear it!