Want Amazing Tone? - Here's What You Need to Know!
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- čas přidán 1. 08. 2024
- One (EQ) knob to rule them all! Here is a simple tip that can take your Clean, Overdrive, Metal, and Lead tones from good to great!
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So tone is in the fingers....the ones that tweak the knobs...😎🎸
If YOU sound bad... Then you will also sound bad....Even at at Mesa Boogie...!! 😉👍
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It's important to dial in with whatcha got my man
🤭 yes
Anyone else find that a great tone makes your playing better? Nailing a good tone is inspiring.
@@robertdimartino5794 Well obviously that too...
The better you sound the more inspired you are to play. The more inspired you are, the better you will play.
I always remember someone said “if the tone is right, you’re going to want to keep playing” and that’s everything right there!
The distortion in my left hand sucks...........pretty sure it’s the equipment lol
Ah. Lucky I've got tone pinky.
Fold up a little piece of paper and wedge it in beside the power button, works every time.
Systems Planet I’m in the same boat. You’d think with all the resources online you’d be able to learn a lot, but I just get lost in it all and go in circles
@@joseph_lacy I mean just look up songs and play them, easiest way to improve.
as someone who just fiddles with the knobs at random, this was a really helpful video :D
Ha, I used to do that as well (until I watched this video actually). Beginning with taking a long look at the controls, then ever so sliighty randomly change one of them, make a "hmm"-sound and then just going completely haywire and fiddle with them incessantly. Stand back and inspect my work, and then perhaps tweak one of them randomly once again. Then I was ready to play!
@@demoleramera Homie, too real.
@@demoleramera i just did that 20 minutes ago 🤣🤟🏻
Turning knobs does work, but more for synths, and less for guitars. How you turn knobs is different for guitars you need a zen touch meaning how you use your hands on your guitar has to be translated to how you turn the knobs which means if you go deeper....if you play a certain genre you have to bear that in mind then make small increments.
A looper pedal helps, too. Play a few chords and licks, let it loop, set your knobs as you like.
The looper is my bestie when finding a tone I enjoy but also having so much tone variety doesn't help me focus I just keep thinking I can do better 😂
Paused this video at the start, got my guitar and amp out and was ready to go... then I realized my amp only has low and high. lol
If the mids are fixed on your amp, you could try moving the highs and lows lower to accentuate the mids more, or boost the lows and high to scoop the mids and adjust the volume to compensate for whatever volume gain/loss comes with that
My amp is just a phone with tonebridge installed on it, with a y-splitter cable whose headphone output is connected to a Bluetooth speaker lol
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Then your master is literally your mid knob, you have to cut treble and bass and increase master to get boosted mids
@@moki2093 lol. You could probably sell everything except the phone and use the money for a used Katana 50. 🤷♂️
Tip 1: Use your “Mid” knob!
*looks at Vox AC* ☹️
David Reynolds if u cut both bass and treble its effectively like boosting the mids
Matt Allen Yeah. I know. Takes a bit of getting used to. Just an “in” joke for Vox users 😉
David Reynolds hilarious
Matt Allen 😑
Yesssss!!! That sick intro is back!!!!!!
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I love it
Finally
I’ve been playing with the same set up for 20 plus years and i always thought it sounded pretty good. These simple tweaks made a HUGE positive difference! WAY better tone in every range. I’m pretty psyched. Thanks, man!
Thanks so much! I was often frustrated with my guitar and amp but your suggestions and associated explanations have made a world of difference for me.
Super helpful info, Darrell. Thanks for walking us through it.
Tone is what we all strive for! It's honestly the #1 incentive for me to keep playing!
This is a simple technique I use to help me dial in the tones I'm looking for!
While each amp (virtual or otherwise) will have their own sonic characteristics, give this a try and see if you can get some killer tones!
Enjoy :)
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Darrell. I really get your point, and definitely can hear the different on cutting out the mids for clean tone and cranking up the mids for lead tones. However, let’s say while playing live performance, it song requires some clean and lead tones, due to the live performance it will be difficult to be doing those changes in the amp. What are your recommendations and thoughts in regards these circumstances? Please, it will be very helpful to get your advice on this. Thank you
Hi!
I used pedals for each tone I needed before I got this amp.
The GM40 saves all my settings, so each channel has its own EQ and gain saved; I am spoiled :)
Lol 😂 you are spoiled! I like that: I need to do that as well. Thank you so much for your respond. I really really appreciate it. Let me take a look at the GM40. Honestly I really care about the tone and sound quality during my performance. Even though I am not a great guitarist I do get a lot of compliments in regards my performance but honestly it is mostly for how it sounds the guitar. Although, I still not fully happy with my sound and I really appreciate this video because it gave me a better understanding. Thank you so much and I will look into the GM40
Darrell please stick with this old intro. It's so unique and catchy.
@@gharodc614 If your amp has a footswitch to channel-switch, and a per-channel EQ, that's the easiest way to do it with an amp. Otherwise, using drive pedals that have on-board EQ is probably the way to go (e.g. LPD eighty7, Keeley D&M Drive, J. Rockett Rockaway Archer, and similar).
Darrell, you consistently provide the most interesting and informative videos of any guitar sites that I visit. Thanks for all you do. You have cost me a small fortune in new gear and guitars, and now I'm eyeing that Hughes/Kettner so watching you is like the old BOAT acronym; Break Out Another Thousand (or two, or Three)!
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This video was so helpful for me. I tried this today and was instantly getting better tones from my helix. I would normally just use the factory reccomended settings most of the time, but your simple rules improved my tones on clean, crunch, high gain and lead
Thanks!
Once again thank you so much Darrell for doing this video it is big help for me, for so many years of saving money and playing for local gigs, it's my first time to buy a brand new guitar and i think your videos helped me a lot, thank you and more power.
The sound of you tapping that pick, then sliding on the wood of your desk, right on the beat of the intro, always gives me the feels 🤤
Darrel: Use the mid knob!
Me looking at my amp which has only bass and treble: ?
Maybe a Haunting Mids pedal from JHS would help?
Haha, Like all the Fender Reverb amps smaller than a twin! Was just thinking the same thing. Those are already mid-scooped. I just use an EQ or an overdrive that boosts when it's necessary.
Aren Sedrakyan You can probably boost or cut the bass and treble to get a similar effect, since the kids can't be altered.
Do you have a 10w? 10w, cheap ones, they tend not to have mids.
@@nehemiahzo_ I use 2 very cheap ones 5W, true they only have tone but some sound better. But the sound is perfect for amp sims and pedals like blue cat axiom. They also run of my power brick 500mA and 300mA so I can fit it all in my laptop bag including guitar interface.
Thanks! You've given me a better understanding of the tone controls on my amp and the effect they have on my sound. Dig
Thanks for this video! Im chasing 80's lead tone and I got here. You help me a lot in your simple explanation
Can't wait to try these out later, thanks Darrell!
That's some really useful information Darrell. I can't wait to try that out!
Cheers Darrell! Great piece of practical advice, explained simply and clearly. Have a great day.
Yup the mid control. In his jazz band I played a lab l5 amp. That band and amp taught me where the guitar sits and what people hear. Mid and treble...leave room for the piano bass and drums.
Thanks you! A lot of the lead playing I've enjoyed listening to has similar tone to what you suggested. Very much appreciate it as I wondered how. 🙂
That was really interesting and informative, Darrell. I hardly ever use overdrive, and am not much interested in metal, but tweaking the midrange seems a really effective way to change my tone. Thanks!
Im so happy your are now using the HK GM40 deluxe, great amp!
I've been working on my own signature sound so this was very useful. I run a Hughes and Kettner Tubemeister 18 with a 2x12 cab and pedals. Mostly I'm scooping the mids heavily but it was interesting to see your other settings as well
This is sooo helpful, exactly what I needed as a newbie. Thanks!
Great tips, thanks Darrel! I feel more comfortable with the settings of my amp & pedals now!
Wasn’t looking for a video like this but i sure as hell needed it,thanks Darrell
This definitely is helping me, I've tried everything from this video and saved it in my watch later stuff. Definitely will use this method a lot more.
Really cool video. Thanks for the new impression!
Awesome! We need more tone tutorials like this :D
Another great video! Thanks once again Darrell. Love your channel!
you have no idea how helpful this video is...too good. thank you.
Great video. Im a beginner who got lost how to use those knobs. This video helps me a lot. Thanks.
I agree with everything you’ve pointed out. Regardless of skill level I believe one thing about good tone is that it’s inspiring. It inspires you to play. Play more often. And ultimately get better as a player. Thanks for another great video.
Hi Darryl, I bought a Hughes and Kettner Grandmeister 18 amp with a 12 inch single speaker many months ago. I absolutely hated it and could not get any of my guitars to work on it. It nearly ended up on ebay. But with your lesson here I followed it to the letter with one of my Stratocaster's and man WOW is all i can say. This amp is incredible. I had no idea how to set it up and now I get all the tones I want easily, clean, driven the lot, and it will now be my goto amp of choice and without any pedals. Thank you for sorting me out and enabling me to hear the sounds available. That MID is an incredible dial and really can make or break the sound. I have watched a lot of your videos, and love them all but this one for me was gold. Thanks
I have owned this amp for more than a year. Fantastic, more than I expected. Feature rich. Good to consider that if you save a profile of a tone to the amp, the amp remembers the positions of all the tuning knobs, so if you alter any setting of any tuning knob, the amp will indicate the original setting when you return the tuning knob to the original position. So the position of the tuning knob are relative to the profile, not the position of the tuning knob, say at 12 o'clock. This amp gets muddy if too much Gain is used.
Thank you darell, this is really helpful for me who just started playing guitar recently and don't know how to dial a good tone
This was great! Very helpful! Thanks Darrell!
Great video thanks Darrell. I forget sometimes how it's about the sound cutting through a mix, not just about turning knobs higher !
Thank you for this,i tried it and it worked great.Helped me get the sound i was imagining in my head.
always fantastic teacher
Excellent demo especially for adjusting the mids. Since guitar pickups, volume & EQ settings play such a big role, please consider in future video. Thanks
really great tutorial Darrell
Dude your new intro is awesome I love it
You really do show a lot of stuff. Thanks
Always great info. , with a great positive attitude.....Thank you !
MID BUTTON TIP ONE OF THE MOST HELPFUL TIPS I EVER GOT. THANKS!
Great simple advice that is helpful for novices like myself, thank you.
Fabulous video - thank you!
This was helpful
Thanks Darrell, another great video.
Dude you're rad that one song you played with the delay awesome thanks for the tips you got the best videos out there
Totally agree with what you’re saying in the beginning. I can’t figure out how to get a good tone on my Pod HD Pro X and it’s definitely taking a toll on my motivation, which is why I need to make some new cool tones.
This helped me out of working to get in the place where I want my tone to be. I just go with what you said in another video that the amp is where the tone is at. Thanks!
incredible helpful thanks Darrell
Thank you for this video!!! As a beginner, we have so many obstacles to overcome just learning the I instrument. It gets frustrating when you are finally getting all the notes right but the tone is terrible.
I finally got a decent amp for Christmas and this helps, thanks.
Great vid Darrell, thanks for the tips!
A picture in picture of your control panel on the screen while you play in these types of videos would be helpful for those who are more visual learners. Love the channel!
Good, basic Tone Tips...
And the playing?
Always a highlight.
thanks for the video have the same amp and sort of figured it out last night but this video just made everything way more clearer because there are somethings I wasn't just sure of.
Ya know I’ve been watchin you for so looong and you put out the best guitar content on CZcams!!!
Love this tutorial.
It is very helpful
I always look for his videos. Him mentioning "growing up listening to Gilmour" made clear the connection! Thank you Mr. Braun!
Thanks.... that does help me understand better on how to get the tones I want.
Great video Darrell!!! Awesome information!!
Nice and informative video. I like it, just like the other vids!
Keep up the great work👍🏻
Best instruction ever, made simple to understand, and nicely demonstrated. Thank you! I have been struggling to understand these basics with the paradox of combinations (gear, electronics, amps, software, etc.). It seems to come down to good amps, since your other videos demonstrate "cheap" gear can be made to sound good (through good gear). And honestly, the way you play, you could nake a broomstick sound good :)
Very helpful. Thank you.
Excellent advice
Very helpful video!
Spot on DB! There may also be sweet spot guitar vol and tone settings for each pickup. Depending on your amp's tone circuits, there can be a lot or a little interaction with the guitar vol and tone setting. It can be worth the time to find those sweet spots!
Excellent reminder thank you
Great ideas, Darrell. Thanks!
Dude I love your sounds
Awesome! I've always struggled with tones. I'm on Pod HD Pro, so I have too many amp options and I still don't really know what amps are most useful for what styles. I never know what I really want and what I'm hearing, I can't put words to it. So this is very helpful, I will definitely try your basic settings ans experiment with them. Big thanks!
Luv ya, man! It's always a good day when one of your new vids show up on my list.
And I hope you are having a fantastic day!
The new rig is awesome and I mentioned it before but there is a difference between the 'Ol Blue and this new H&K setup.
Have the best weekend possible everyone!
Great video Darrell, gonna try it on my amplifier
SO happy to see/hear the “Pick Slide Intro” again! Don’t know why I love it, I just DO!! 🤩😎
That's really weird because I was thinking the same thing watching the intro and then I find your comment....
I'll think "james" every time I see it now...
This video was really helpful. Thanks!
whaAaAaaaa yeah. this video helped me, now i got a really full body solo sound, thaaaaank u soo much!!!
Thank you, this was very informative to me.
Awesome video man!!! 🤘🤘 Rock on!!!
Very valuable for this old player
thanks for all the tips!
Great tips Darrell!
Great video, I understand a little bit more how it works 🤩.
Yay! My favorite intro is back!
Always good thanks
Damn you LOL i love so much your tones that I bought the same Hughes and Kettner setup!
I love it!
thanx bro it's help me about on big stage big difference😎🎸🎯
A very good Review , Thanks !
Darrell, I could clearly hear the difference on my laptop speakers! Thank you for that great tip and illustration!
You love your H&K like I do.... awesome work buddy.
I learned a lot. Thank you.
This is your most helpful video since the how to set your amp video way back when. How about a series on how to set up and/or combine different pedals?
Thank you, good to know