Thank you, Ray!

Thanks Tim!

Ha! Don't tempt me!

I know exactly the part you mean- amazing!

So awesome, man! It's a killer record!

Thanks so much! And yes, I can concur with that! I've seen Mike once at the Spud and once at Ronnie Scott's in London: mind-blowing both times!

That's awesome, Roger! They are great little sleepers! I hope you get much joy from yours!

My pleasure- thanks for watching!

Thanks so much!

Sounds like a killer rig!

There are photos of the board at the beginning and end of the video. Signal path was basically bottom row (from left to right) in front of the amp then top row in the loop (or in front) also from left to right. Comp > Chaos Theory > Rockett Animal > Lil Wave > Strymon DIG > Strymon Flint

For sure!

Thanks so much!

Thanks man!

Thanks so much!

It's the seat of my powers!

If that were the case, he couldn’t play a chord. So not “ironic “, but miraculous! 😉

@@TeleTonemonkeyOne doesn’t need to understand theory to play guitar or chords. There are plenty of players who didn’t know or learn any theory until years after they started playing.

Idk about this, he had an ear for diatonics and knew them off of the major scale but that's as far as his music theory ever went. Journals (despite being ethically questionable) has a BUNCH of his early chord charts and open position pentatonic scale scribblings from guitar lessons, but he only ever employed that knowledge for songwriting

Players like Mike Landau and Luke are perhaps the exception, rather than the rule, when it comes to their schooled approach to music. They set out with the intention of becoming top drawer studio musicians so their whole focus was very different to that of a songwriter like Kurt. So many great players and songwriters aren't able to articulate what they're doing in theoretical terms, yet it has no bearing on the excellence of their output. Where I find theory most useful is in teaching; it gives us the ability to demystify, quantify and, subsequently, pass on some of the magic of these incredible players, composers and songwriters.

@@jaycareaga9929 you don’t know what you are saying. Theory doesn’t necessarily mean you sit in a class or read a book on it. Leaning chords, scales when to use them how to solo over them is all theory. They learned from friends, watching others and practice and playing but they learned. It’s not like a 5 year old who picks up an instrument beats the piss out of and doesn’t create any music …that is an individual who doesn’t know any theory.

Thanks man! I've neglected Luke and Landau somewhat recently so felt a Landau video was overdue!

Thanks man!

Thank you, Omar!

My pleasure- thank you for watching!

Thanks Ben!

Thank you very much- I really appreciate it!

@@RichardWatson My pleasure. You do a terrific job.

Thanks Johnny!

Thanks so much!

Hey man! Yes- this would have been Load Box for sure!

Sweet! Thanks! Now it's time to go try to replicate that sound.😆 Also, what's the name of this track?

Thanks man! A Canadian artist called Matthew Alexa. I've done a whole record for him- I'll let you know when it comes out!

No problem- thank you!

Thanks so much!

The pedals you've got sound great! From the recommendation of friends, the Boss PS6 is supposed to be great for that Eventide Micro Pitch Shift thing- always an important component with 80's tones! I've also heard many people like the MXR Super Badass Distortion for Huff/Landau lead tones.

@@RichardWatson thank you veruñy much Richard! And I see that you understood my english ja. I'll see this MXR. Here there is Friedman Dirty Shirley, Marvel Ramble V3, Xotic SL drive and not much more. Thanks again Richard!

Thank you!

My pleasure! Thanks so much!

Nice!

He's the man!

@@RichardWatson I definitively place as CCM guitarists / 1st : phil Keaggy / 2nd : Dann huff / 3rd: shawn Tubb's

Thanks so much!

Hey Josh! That's very kind of you, man- thank you! So, a couple of things to consider... Firstly, you can order a Tyler spec mid boost straight from Demeter (for around $100 or so) - you'd just need to find a competent tech or, ideally, luthier (as it would require routing out a battery compartment, unless you put it underneath the pick guard). But, if we take the boost out of the equation, what the mid boost is doing for the majority of Dann's clean tones is not actually adding mids, it's hyping bass and treble. Because you're introducing active circuitry at the source, it's producing the same effect as introducing a buffer. Most of those 80's session players would have the mid boost active but turned all the way down. The only clip where I actually used the "mid" part of the mid boost in this video was the "L.A. Funk" segment. So, if you were trying to get close to these sounds without different pickups or the boost. I would be going for a SUPER clean sound (no break up), hype the bass and treble with on the amp or with an EQ pedal, mostly use position 2 or 4 on your Strat, go for a fast attack, low threshold compression (and A LOT of it), micro pitch shift in parallel, Tri Stereo or Dimension D chorus (or both), digital delay (probably a dotted 8th or a 1/4 AND a dotted 8th) and a plate or digital hall type reverb. Blending in a clean DI makes a massive difference and I've seen some folks get close using an acoustic simulator (basically you're removing the filtering effect the cabinet would usually have). Re: The humbucker, for cleans I think it would always tend to used in conjunction with the middle, but I know Dann would use the humbucker by itself (and in parallel) for certain lead tones. Hope that helps!

thank you so much for the reply! i’ve got a mono setup myself but with recording i got pretty close splitting out my dimension d pedal. very cool, thanks again for being so active in this youtube community!

Thanks man! For recording, a Suhr Reactive Load IR (4X12 with greenbacks)!

Ah that's so kind! My pleasure! Not yet but some of those will appear in future videos for sure!

My pleasure- thanks for watching!

Ah thanks so much, man! Honestly, it's taken a minute to figure out all the video editing stuff to the point where I'm happier with it. I wince slightly at the production value of some of my early videos!

Very kind of you, man- thanks so much!

Thanks so much- really appreciate it!

Awesome info- thanks so much!