I use 3 drive pedals ( with 1 specifically set for the Bridge Pickup ) = Barber Gain Changer SR > Fulltone OCD > Thorpy Fallout Cloud. I can mix and stack to achieve: Santana, Gilmour, SRV, Zeppelin, or Van Halen tones. Pickups Lollar Dirty Blonde's. Amp' 65 Fender Princeton Reverb & Yamaha THR30II.
You’ve made me fall in love all over again with my Tele! It was my main guitar until I got a 335 w/ Filtertrons. Watched this video and a couple of your other videos and I’m so much happier!
My Kemper with Tele: compressor > tremolo > 2 1db boost options > DC 30 25w Ch2 w/ Benson > definition and presence dialed down > delay > reverb (both to taste for song)
Thanks for the tips!! I’m doing what I can with a sparkle drive to Fullton mosfet to ocd ..sometimes tubescreamer definitely looking to invest either tonex or line6
That would be an awesome video idea. Jet makes some killer pedals so I'm sure it would be a close comparison! Especially with their new revelation v2 pedal coming out soon
Hey I just wanted to say thank you for this amazing video! I use a multi-effects processor, but it works the same as well. What earphones are you using? Thanks a lot!
@@SamWittek Those are not as expensive as I thought! Do they sound accurate? Also, would you consider doing like a tutorial on creating a worship sound from scratch? No rush and no push!
@@CornerstoneWorshipTutorials Yeah IEMs can be EXPENSIVE lol. The KZs are a great budget option. And yeah absoutely! I do actually have a short playlist on that here: czcams.com/video/v88mHsMLE7w/video.html&ab_channel=SamWittek It's pretty old though, I've been thinking about making a more succinct updated video on that topic sometime soon!
So everything in this video would apply to a strat too! The strat bridge pickup is gonna sound a little different from the teles, but all of these principles will thicken a strat up too. Hope this helps!
Yeah sure, since I'm also plays at church I think this channel is the right place to check out for proper worship tone 🎸🎶 thanks for your immediate response brother
@@SamWittek by the way, I'm currently using a budget gear (nux mg30 to be specific), my question is can you recommend some external pedals that i can add to enhance my tone.
@SamWittek Does that translate to running it direct to the board as well? I haven't gone direct yet. I'm just getting things prepped to do that at my church soon.
@@kckrye In my experience the hiss from the headphone out isn't correlated to the regular outputs of your iridium which you'll be sending to the FOH board
Nice video. But I have to disagree a bit regarding string gauge. Rick Beato & friends did a great video on string gauge, and the resounding consensus was that 9/42s sounded the best. (Link: czcams.com/video/wGXj_NQONYM/video.html.) However, I do make one small concession in this regard. Even though I use 9/42s for all of my electrics, I replace the 9 with a 10 on my single coils. Also, keep in mind that, because of the effect of the Fletcher Munson curve, what might sound good at room listening/playing level will sound very different at louder live church settings. So a pleasing level of brightness at bedroom volume will sound harsh & brittle at live volumes.
Thanks for the feedback! I too watched this video and I have a couple thoughts. They did use a les paul for that string test, and the consensus that the lighter strings were "better" mainly came down to the fact that they cut better. With my video centered around single coils, I'm more addressing the fact that single coils naturally can cut TOO much and be overly thin, as opposed to something like a les paul which doesn't inherently have that issue as much, and providing some solutions that can help thicken up a single coil. Definitely a bit of an apples to oranges comparison. Appreciate the thoughts though!
The hum hasn't been too bad with this guitar and these pickups. I've had a few instances where the power has been really bad or the stage lights have caused gnarly hum and in those cases I've tried to ride my volume pedal more, switch to the middle pickup in more situations, and make sure I have ground lifts enabled. Hope that helps!
Thanks for the tips!! I’m doing what I can with a sparkle drive to Fullton mosfet to ocd ..sometimes tubescreamer definitely looking to invest either tonex or line6
I use 3 drive pedals ( with 1 specifically set for the Bridge Pickup ) = Barber Gain Changer SR > Fulltone OCD > Thorpy Fallout Cloud. I can mix and stack to achieve: Santana, Gilmour, SRV, Zeppelin, or Van Halen tones. Pickups Lollar Dirty Blonde's. Amp' 65 Fender Princeton Reverb & Yamaha THR30II.
You’ve made me fall in love all over again with my Tele! It was my main guitar until I got a 335 w/ Filtertrons. Watched this video and a couple of your other videos and I’m so much happier!
LOVE to hear that! The tele really is so solid. It can do it all!
@@SamWittek so I actually put some 10-48 Flats on it and it sounds SO GOOD! I love your approach for tone crafting. Appreciate your content!
@@tyleryoungblood2276 Nice!! So glad the videos have been helpful! 🙌🏻
My Kemper with Tele: compressor > tremolo > 2 1db boost options > DC 30 25w Ch2 w/ Benson > definition and presence dialed down > delay > reverb (both to taste for song)
Love the technique walkthrough bro
Thanks man ❤
My boy know’s of the secret pick 👌🏻. It honestly has become a core part of my worship tone and I can’t live without it anymore. Great vid Sam!
Haha yess the secret pick ❤ Same here man, it's totally changed the way I approach picking. Thanks brother! 🙌🏻
Keep in mind, a lot of this can change once you are playing in a band and how many guitarists are playing.
Oh absolutely. Especially with multiple guitarists, you might even want to thin things out more. Really depends on the situation
Thanks for the tips!! I’m doing what I can with a sparkle drive to Fullton mosfet to ocd ..sometimes tubescreamer definitely looking to invest either tonex or line6
"The earth is flat" - me holding my strat.
😂🤚 too funny
Strats are awesome 😂 thin sound but so much variety
I’m curious to see if you could put more jet pedals on your board and still achieve the same sound! Like a Strymon competitor board
That would be an awesome video idea. Jet makes some killer pedals so I'm sure it would be a close comparison! Especially with their new revelation v2 pedal coming out soon
you mean v3 LOL@@SamWittek
@@SamuelStephen idk if they’re calling it v3 but yeah haha basically v2 with a whole new flex of sounds
You're absolutely right@@SundayMorningGuitars They aren't calling it a v3
@@SamuelStephen YES thank you lol
Hey I just wanted to say thank you for this amazing video! I use a multi-effects processor, but it works the same as well. What earphones are you using? Thanks a lot!
Thank you!! I'm using the KZ ZS10 pros for in-ears at the moment. Let me know if you have any other questions!
@@SamWittek Those are not as expensive as I thought! Do they sound accurate? Also, would you consider doing like a tutorial on creating a worship sound from scratch? No rush and no push!
@@CornerstoneWorshipTutorials Yeah IEMs can be EXPENSIVE lol. The KZs are a great budget option. And yeah absoutely! I do actually have a short playlist on that here: czcams.com/video/v88mHsMLE7w/video.html&ab_channel=SamWittek
It's pretty old though, I've been thinking about making a more succinct updated video on that topic sometime soon!
@@SamWittek Oh that's great; I didn't see that playlist. Thank you!!
@@CornerstoneWorshipTutorials Of course brother!
Another great video! Just noticing your guitar strap and I like it. Do you know what kind it is? Thanks again!
Thanks Kyle! Yeah it's actually a Gear Supply Co strap from back in the day!
Hey great video , would I use this same process on my hx stomp ?
Thanks man! Absolutely. You should be able to make similar tweaks with the stomp!
Hi, can you also make this kind of video for the strat style guitars as well. Thanks 🎸🎶
So everything in this video would apply to a strat too! The strat bridge pickup is gonna sound a little different from the teles, but all of these principles will thicken a strat up too. Hope this helps!
@@SamWittek oh i see, anyway, thanks for this approach so that I have a benchmark on where to start my tone for bridge pickups
@@kevinreyes970 For sure! Feel free to hit me with any other questions 💪🏼
Yeah sure, since I'm also plays at church I think this channel is the right place to check out for proper worship tone 🎸🎶 thanks for your immediate response brother
@@SamWittek by the way, I'm currently using a budget gear (nux mg30 to be specific), my question is can you recommend some external pedals that i can add to enhance my tone.
When i have headphones connected to my iridium you can hear such a loud hiss. Ever experience this?
Yeah I've experienced this. It hasn't been TOO bad for me but I've heard that it can be a pretty annoying issue for some others w/ Iridiums
@SamWittek Does that translate to running it direct to the board as well? I haven't gone direct yet. I'm just getting things prepped to do that at my church soon.
@@kckrye In my experience the hiss from the headphone out isn't correlated to the regular outputs of your iridium which you'll be sending to the FOH board
@SamWittek ok. That is what I had heard and was hoping that was the case. Thanks for the feedback.
@@kckrye Sure thing!
Nice video. But I have to disagree a bit regarding string gauge. Rick Beato & friends did a great video on string gauge, and the resounding consensus was that 9/42s sounded the best. (Link: czcams.com/video/wGXj_NQONYM/video.html.) However, I do make one small concession in this regard. Even though I use 9/42s for all of my electrics, I replace the 9 with a 10 on my single coils. Also, keep in mind that, because of the effect of the Fletcher Munson curve, what might sound good at room listening/playing level will sound very different at louder live church settings. So a pleasing level of brightness at bedroom volume will sound harsh & brittle at live volumes.
Thanks for the feedback! I too watched this video and I have a couple thoughts. They did use a les paul for that string test, and the consensus that the lighter strings were "better" mainly came down to the fact that they cut better. With my video centered around single coils, I'm more addressing the fact that single coils naturally can cut TOO much and be overly thin, as opposed to something like a les paul which doesn't inherently have that issue as much, and providing some solutions that can help thicken up a single coil. Definitely a bit of an apples to oranges comparison. Appreciate the thoughts though!
How do you feel with the hum that comes with single coils? Especially in high gain situations?
The hum hasn't been too bad with this guitar and these pickups. I've had a few instances where the power has been really bad or the stage lights have caused gnarly hum and in those cases I've tried to ride my volume pedal more, switch to the middle pickup in more situations, and make sure I have ground lifts enabled. Hope that helps!
Thank you, I was having the same problem. I have been just riding the volume pedal when not playing
Dang your guitar sounds super compressed😢 and your comp is turned off😢😢
Bump 500 k. That's how you get thick.
yup!
Thanks for the tips!! I’m doing what I can with a sparkle drive to Fullton mosfet to ocd ..sometimes tubescreamer definitely looking to invest either tonex or line6