Just one thing to add re: truss rod adjustment. Always ALWAYS loosen it first. Just in case it is already as tight as it will go, you don’t want to strip or worse, snap your truss rod. 🤘🏿
Piece of advice: When you're setting up the amp's EQ, and when you adjust pedals, or any piece of gear, make sure you're in the middle position of your guitar, for a couple of reasons: one, it's the middle ground of your pickups (in other words, both pickups are active, or for a Strat the middle pickup is active), and two, if you do a lot of pickup switching, you want to have a sound where all the pickup settings sit well with the amp and the gear. Also, tone at 9 (for those with audio taper pots), so it's not shrilly but it has some clarity. If it sounds good in the middle position, more likely it will sound good in any position.
Hey now! Two of my favorite guys! Thank you both for everything you have helped me with. Grateful to both of you. And I'm thrilled that you know each other and well, seem to be great friends. Awesome!
Your tip for setting up an amp for the guitar and the room you are in was very helpful. I have never heard it explained that way before. RJ's jazzy licks while you were doing that were really tasteful and impressive. You guys are both cool!
can we get more collaborations like this?! two great guitarCZcamsrs in one spot! would love to see a dual demo for a product - different players can make them sound different and show a more varied and full expanse of what the gear can really do. CZcams dreams!
Great tips, and great to see R.J. on here. I have seen a couple of luthiers say that you should look at the neck from the playing position in order to assess the degree of straightness / curvature. Apparently this is because gravity will skew the true state of the neck if you turn the guitar so the neck is facing upwards, like R.J. does at 2.16 here.
I love that amp eq trick, it works great...If you really want to geek out... try playing with the duncan amp tools tone stack calculator. It gave me a better understanding of some common circuits.
It's basically how I was taught to use mixers and effects as well so it makes sense that amp setting technique would work well in pretty much any environment
So awesome you guys are together in vids. BUT i disagree with "buy cheap cables that you'll just resolder". A lot of cheap cables break in the middle of the cable and then they're useless. Getting great 1/4 Jacks and solid cableware by the foot is how you get great cables for cheap money. I learned a lot from the rest of the video though! Great stuff Rhett and RJ...you guys are legends.
One thing that wasn’t mentioned in the setting up amp EQ was the news to dovetail with the bass player. Does he love the low low? Then, dial YOUR bass down. Does he love that treble? Dial YOUR bass up Midrange is our home habitat as guitar players and since our instrument is so flexible sonically it behooves us to work with our band mates:)
The distance from the nut to the 12th fret should be equal distance from the 12th fret to the point the strings go over the bridge, contact point. Its really that simple.
Not so sure about that...I've heard that that is the formula to determine a guitar's basic scale length. But as regards setting up a guitar, I think there is also something called compensation and it is also a factor. I think it has to do with how, as we move up the neck, we have to stretch the strings exponentially more in order to press them down against the frets. Also, it seems, more compensation is required for the thicker strings than for the thinner ones. I'm not an expert, but I suspect there must be a need to compensate for some sharpening, more so the thicker the string, as we fret notes up the neck. Otherwise, why do we slant the bridge, for example, on an acoustic guitar? Why not make all of the strings exactly the same length?
Go with a Soldering Station, not just an Iron. You can adjust the level of heat depending on the size of wire/eyelet needing soldered and a Soldering Station will hold that heat level better.
i was lucky enough to jam with Albert Collins as a a teenager a couple of times and I also set up his rig which was just a telecaster straight into a blackface fender twin with every knob turned on ten, no kidding
Over unders. Yes. "Please don't help" is something I tell people who don't get this. Multicores are unforgiving. Letting beginners know where and how to adjust truss rods is a dangerous thing. Guitar techs are a safer idea. Getting a new guitar looked at by a trustworthy luthier can sort out heaps of issues. Dressing frets and adjusting truss rods and saddles and intonation is a real skill and best left with people who do this full time. The magic spot in a warned up valve amp is such a sweet place to sit it can make my skin shiver. Flick the pick to the cute guy in the third row, The click your fingers flick gets better distance...Thanks for an entertaining commentary.
Hi Rhett, related to the EQ dialing, could you please do a video about setting your tones for at-home playing vs on stage? I tend to do shows where there are too many bands to allow a sound check and end up taking a few songs before I finally get the tones I heard in my head during rehearsing with my band at home.
Tip/FYI: If you “lengthen” the string, when you are adjusting the intonation, you will cause/make a kink in the string, that will not allow the string to ring the same as when it has no kink/true. And, when you put a new string on, you’ll have to re-adjust your intonation. But, it should be fine, then. Because, you’ll, more than likely, be “shortening” the string. And, any kink will be on the non-ringing side of string (“behind” the bridge).
I use the Timber Tones copper Jazz 3 knock offs. They're a good couple of millimetres thick, and if I threw one at someone it would most certainly ruin their evening.
Both of you guys are super, would love to sit and swill bottomless coffee and chat guitar talk with yall in any Nashville greasy spoon ( they have quinoa dishes now RJ haha)....fun good video thanks !
Whatsa matta, RJ - Can't find an amp that goes up to 11? Good stuff, guys, you should start a band. By the way, I had to watch this with one eye after being hit with a pick (.88mm).
The way you tuned the amp is the same way that you mix audio. It's easier to hear small changes up rather than down. I never thought to use that on an amp eq. Thanks
Rhett, you seem like the kind of person I'd love to jam with, just to see where you'd go over some of the chord changes I've never heard someone solo over. Just thoughts to ponder.. Great videos regardless!
I tell people about the amp thing all the time especially with fenders. Another thing I say is guitars don’t have to be on 10 all the time. 10 is the highest you can go and only can go backwards from there. It’s like starting to climb at the top of a mountain. Just because you have 10 levels of volume doesn’t mean you have to use them all at once, save 10 for when it counts.
Play guitar as a hobby and solder all day repairing autopilot systems on old aircraft... yeah I work on tube amplifiers used in autopilots. I have been using Hakko soldering irons for years. Used Weller for 15 years then we replaced all 50 at the shop with Hakko, including their power solder suckers. Never been happier with an iron. Hakko is the shit now.
On a more serious mode, for quick check of neck relief, I put the bass or guitar in playing position, left hand in first fret, pinky in the fret over the neck joint. Index fretting 12th fret. And then just judge how much the string must go down before fretted
Haha, this was awesome! I love the Black Sabbath t-shirt and the useful tips. I'll be honest, I'd never given much thought to the pick throwing technique. I wonder if that is what has held me back all these years from critically acclaimed success?
you cats are hilarious, and the rest was great info... thanks for the recc on soldering irons, i've been looking into buying one, and you just never know... but now i do, so, i've got that going for me... which is nice... you f'ers have fun! thanks for the show!
you guys are a scream... but you did help me with a problem I've had for a long time with one of my power chords, except it's 50 meters long and five wire, so I can't quite throw it out... luckily none of my fans clammer for picks, 'cause I fantasized about growing up to be Captain America until I was in High School and practiced throwing metal disks a lot. I try not to throw picks, I toss them. One story I heard ( ;) ) about Rick Nielsen is that he accidentally decaptitated a Japanese fan [it's a joke son, so don't quote me.] thanks for the vid
I'm impressed you two kept a straight face for that long.
I've been to a Mark Knopfler concert and he didn't flick the pick. Maybe he doesn't know the right technique?
He doesn’t use picks. He would be literally be throwing his fingernails.
Safety 3rd.
If safety is 3rd what's first?
I don't know, but it's not safety!
Just one thing to add re: truss rod adjustment. Always ALWAYS loosen it first. Just in case it is already as tight as it will go, you don’t want to strip or worse, snap your truss rod. 🤘🏿
Piece of advice: When you're setting up the amp's EQ, and when you adjust pedals, or any piece of gear, make sure you're in the middle position of your guitar, for a couple of reasons: one, it's the middle ground of your pickups (in other words, both pickups are active, or for a Strat the middle pickup is active), and two, if you do a lot of pickup switching, you want to have a sound where all the pickup settings sit well with the amp and the gear. Also, tone at 9 (for those with audio taper pots), so it's not shrilly but it has some clarity. If it sounds good in the middle position, more likely it will sound good in any position.
WHAT IS THIS, A CROSSOVER EPISODE?
the way i learned to intonate was with alliteration - if the note is too SHarp then the string is too SHort
steevkelly And if it's FLat it's too FLong
I use something similar - FFF (fret, flat, forward)
If it’s SHarp, the string is too SHort. And if the Fretted note is Flat, move the saddle Forward. Simple and easy way to remember.
I have to confess that when I watched 1:36 for the first time, I forgot that reversing a video clip was a thing 🤦♂️
Hahaha nah man we nailed that on the first try
Hey now! Two of my favorite guys! Thank you both for everything you have helped me with. Grateful to both of you. And I'm thrilled that you know each other and well, seem to be great friends. Awesome!
Yeah , tried flicking the pick at my audience, but my kids weren't impressed... At least they didn't cry, so that's a bit of a victory.
Brandoch Garage careful if they are small they might eat it 😂
Your tip for setting up an amp for the guitar and the room you are in was very helpful. I have never heard it explained that way before. RJ's jazzy licks while you were doing that were really tasteful and impressive. You guys are both cool!
Electricians have tried to explain the wrap technique to me. Your explanation made sense ! Thank You
We are learning how to flick a pick...thats important!? ALRIGHT!
sarcasm bro , sarcasm
@@satyarsh665 Unless you're Yngwie.
Well, if nobody wants one of your picks, then... no.
8:53 This has to be the most stupid conversation I've ever heard... but I love it.
can we get more collaborations like this?!
two great guitarCZcamsrs in one spot!
would love to see a dual demo for a product - different players can make them sound different and show a more varied and full expanse of what the gear can really do.
CZcams dreams!
Great tips, and great to see R.J. on here. I have seen a couple of luthiers say that you should look at the neck from the playing position in order to assess the degree of straightness / curvature. Apparently this is because gravity will skew the true state of the neck if you turn the guitar so the neck is facing upwards, like R.J. does at 2.16 here.
I love that amp eq trick, it works great...If you really want to geek out... try playing with the duncan amp tools tone stack calculator. It gave me a better understanding of some common circuits.
You just blew me away with the pick throwing
Those '68 Custom Silverface series amps from Fender are some of the nicest they put out in years.
I will appreciate some tips on making faces while playing a solo.
Two of my favorite guitarists!
It's basically how I was taught to use mixers and effects as well so it makes sense that amp setting technique would work well in pretty much any environment
So awesome you guys are together in vids. BUT i disagree with "buy cheap cables that you'll just resolder". A lot of cheap cables break in the middle of the cable and then they're useless. Getting great 1/4 Jacks and solid cableware by the foot is how you get great cables for cheap money.
I learned a lot from the rest of the video though! Great stuff Rhett and RJ...you guys are legends.
One thing that wasn’t mentioned in the setting up amp EQ was the news to dovetail with the bass player. Does he love the low low? Then, dial YOUR bass down. Does he love that treble? Dial YOUR bass up Midrange is our home habitat as guitar players and since our instrument is so flexible sonically it behooves us to work with our band mates:)
You’re not gonna believe this... as luck would have it, I have an entire drawer of of those 70s quarters. Killer tone, will entertain serious offers!
I'll give you a dollar for 4 of them.
Yngwie throws the pick, and then kicks it in the crowd! Sweet!
Thanks for the pick "unfurling" technique.
The distance from the nut to the 12th fret should be equal distance from the 12th fret to the point the strings go over the bridge, contact point. Its really that simple.
Not so sure about that...I've heard that that is the formula to determine a guitar's basic scale length. But as regards setting up a guitar, I think there is also something called compensation and it is also a factor.
I think it has to do with how, as we move up the neck, we have to stretch the strings exponentially more in order to press them down against the frets. Also, it seems, more compensation is required for the thicker strings than for the thinner ones.
I'm not an expert, but I suspect there must be a need to compensate for some sharpening, more so the thicker the string, as we fret notes up the neck. Otherwise, why do we slant the bridge, for example, on an acoustic guitar? Why not make all of the strings exactly the same length?
Go with a Soldering Station, not just an Iron. You can adjust the level of heat depending on the size of wire/eyelet needing soldered and a Soldering Station will hold that heat level better.
RJ Rocks
Cruz Tools for tip #2 is essential for any guitar player!
Enjoyed it.
Thanks guys. I hope you two can get together again in the future.
Don't forget to unhook the snares to get a clean eq setting.
i was lucky enough to jam with Albert Collins as a a teenager a couple of times and I also set up his rig which was just a telecaster straight into a blackface fender twin with every knob turned on ten, no kidding
All with a straight face too. Love it.
We need to see you 2 jamming!
Over unders. Yes. "Please don't help" is something I tell people who don't get this. Multicores are unforgiving. Letting beginners know where and how to adjust truss rods is a dangerous thing. Guitar techs are a safer idea. Getting a new guitar looked at by a trustworthy luthier can sort out heaps of issues. Dressing frets and adjusting truss rods and saddles and intonation is a real skill and best left with people who do this full time. The magic spot in a warned up valve amp is such a sweet place to sit it can make my skin shiver. Flick the pick to the cute guy in the third row, The click your fingers flick gets better distance...Thanks for an entertaining commentary.
RJ is so fucking cool.
Hi Rhett, related to the EQ dialing, could you please do a video about setting your tones for at-home playing vs on stage? I tend to do shows where there are too many bands to allow a sound check and end up taking a few songs before I finally get the tones I heard in my head during rehearsing with my band at home.
Learned proper cable wrap technique in college. I'd heard the degrees where worthless, but at least you learned something useful.
Tip/FYI:
If you “lengthen” the string, when you are adjusting the intonation, you will cause/make a kink in the string, that will not allow the string to ring the same as when it has no kink/true. And, when you put a new string on, you’ll have to re-adjust your intonation. But, it should be fine, then. Because, you’ll, more than likely, be “shortening” the string. And, any kink will be on the non-ringing side of string (“behind” the bridge).
1:36 lmfao nice shot dude
The pick flicking is the best tip in the video by far :)
I can see a series coming for this alone.
Love this collab between you dudes. The Matt EQ system is the best. It also works on pedals
The pick flick. You guys are nuts. I love it👍👍👍
I use the Timber Tones copper Jazz 3 knock offs. They're a good couple of millimetres thick, and if I threw one at someone it would most certainly ruin their evening.
Threw that chord right into the input of the amp 🤯😱😆
Editing is so cool
Both of you guys are super, would love to sit and swill bottomless coffee and chat guitar talk with yall in any Nashville greasy spoon ( they have quinoa dishes now RJ haha)....fun good video thanks !
It’s about time for this collab!
OMG. I have been doing #5 all wrong for years. I am going to work on that. Thank you and I always enjoy your videos.
that ending made me rethink the rest of the video
Pick flick was priceless!
Whatsa matta, RJ - Can't find an amp that goes up to 11? Good stuff, guys, you should start a band. By the way, I had to watch this with one eye after being hit with a pick (.88mm).
You gotta watch out for those .88’s
RJ Ronquillo, ohhh yeahh!
9:05 “there’s a special technique on how to flick picks to the crowd” Watch Me Flickka the Wrist Hoo!!
I never thought about using a coin as a pick. Luckily I happened to have a 1974 quarter laying around. Neat
The way you tuned the amp is the same way that you mix audio. It's easier to hear small changes up rather than down. I never thought to use that on an amp eq. Thanks
Rhett, you seem like the kind of person I'd love to jam with, just to see where you'd go over some of the chord changes I've never heard someone solo over. Just thoughts to ponder.. Great videos regardless!
RJ is awesome. Love his vids
#5 changed my life. Thanks so much.
the end of this is so silly Rhett....love it!
1:37 that's me connecting cables every single gig hahaha
I tell people about the amp thing all the time especially with fenders. Another thing I say is guitars don’t have to be on 10 all the time. 10 is the highest you can go and only can go backwards from there. It’s like starting to climb at the top of a mountain. Just because you have 10 levels of volume doesn’t mean you have to use them all at once, save 10 for when it counts.
Can you make a video on tips for stage presence?
power stance
the whole time
Show up on time!
The "MARTY METHOD" has now replaced "DIMED" in my lexicon. Cool to see you guys together in one video. More of that.
Play guitar as a hobby and solder all day repairing autopilot systems on old aircraft... yeah I work on tube amplifiers used in autopilots. I have been using Hakko soldering irons for years. Used Weller for 15 years then we replaced all 50 at the shop with Hakko, including their power solder suckers. Never been happier with an iron. Hakko is the shit now.
Ok
Hey RJ and Rhett RJ is a good friend in Nashville.....
Great guy and great channel. 👍👍
“I play with a quarter...might switch to a nickel” 🤦♂️🔥
Wears Black Sabbath and plays jazz on a Goldtop, you gotta love RJ! 😁🤘🏼
With the pick flicking they really went the Satchel-route of tips and tricks xD
I remember when I had a guitar given to me as a little kid, I didn't have anything to pick with, so I just used a plastic bread clip
ASA bassist I can only flick the finger ...but I do get some beer bottles in return !!
On a more serious mode, for quick check of neck relief, I put the bass or guitar in playing position, left hand in first fret, pinky in the fret over the neck joint. Index fretting 12th fret. And then just judge how much the string must go down before fretted
My two favorites !!! Love this !
Haha, this was awesome! I love the Black Sabbath t-shirt and the useful tips. I'll be honest, I'd never given much thought to the pick throwing technique. I wonder if that is what has held me back all these years from critically acclaimed success?
Pro Rockstar Tips,lol,what a great vid....... do this often!
This should be renamed to How to Flick! Thanks guys. You rock.
You two are something else hahaha.. very nice.
RJ!!!!! Cool!!! Nice video guys!!
you guys are my two favorite youtubers I was excited to see this video!
“Yeah, safety always third with this kind of stuff”....fuck this is great.
-Aaron
RJ - thank you for not just playing clean blues licks and playing something that isn't just 'LOOK AT ME!'
you cats are hilarious, and the rest was great info... thanks for the recc on soldering irons, i've been looking into buying one, and you just never know... but now i do, so, i've got that going for me... which is nice... you f'ers have fun! thanks for the show!
Fun stuff y’all. Yeah Hermitage from Percy Priest
gotta get those vintage quarters.....
I was just telling someone i started playing guitar because of Back to the Future! I owe so much to Michael J Fox and Chuck Berry
Excellent tips!
A way how to wrap the cable ... great trick, thanks ... tangled cables are a thing of the past :)
I play with pre 1964 quarters grinded to a pick shape and point because they're made out of solid silver.
Might be only 90% silver for those quarters.
Loved this
Good advice
@1:36 DUDE PERFECTTTTTTT! lol
you guys are a scream... but you did help me with a problem I've had for a long time with one of my power chords, except it's 50 meters long and five wire, so I can't quite throw it out... luckily none of my fans clammer for picks, 'cause I fantasized about growing up to be Captain America until I was in High School and practiced throwing metal disks a lot. I try not to throw picks, I toss them. One story I heard ( ;) ) about Rick Nielsen is that he accidentally decaptitated a Japanese fan [it's a joke son, so don't quote me.] thanks for the vid
I flicked my pick into the audience... my dog just ended up eating it.
amazing
Pick Flick is a class at Berklee
RJ Radio Shack still exist in Michigan
Great video again! Quick question..,when you’re dialing in your amp tone do you have your guitar controls wide open or backed off a little?
@RJ Ronquillo The MUE (Music Engineer) wrap!!!
That's the one!
What did you guys smoke between steps 4 and 5?
Skills to pay the bills here !