"Ain't No Grave" - Bethel | Guitar Playthrough

[@karenmcspadden7240]

Great playthrough, this is way better than picking through 7 parts on multitracks to decide what to cover as a single guitar!

[@JoeMcDaniel]

I appreciate that! I agree, it's annoying sifting through songs with like 13 guitar tracks

[@icebear2510]

Thanks Joe for the playthrough! We have been wanting to play this for some time and it never seem to be the right time. I have to say the Holy Spirit commanded it was the right time this past Sunday. I play lead guitar and we have two acoustic players. Normally we have a practice together at least once before when there is a song we never played. We just practiced it a short while before service. The Spirit took over and the entire congregation was on fire. Our pastor almost skipped his sermon and had us play on for a while. We still had another cool down song to play...lol His sermon was on David and Goliath and fit perfectly. Normally we don't play after the sermon. Everyone was so fired up and we went back up to play it again and people who normally leave right after service and just about everyone stayed for quite a while. I have never seen anything like it before we are a fairly small church, but the people were on fire for the Lord. So glad we played this one. People said they felt like they were flying up and down. So many came to the alter that day.

[@JoeMcDaniel]

Wow, that is amazing to hear! Glad I could help in a small part of it. Thanks for sharing!

[@icebear2510]

@@JoeMcDaniel thanks again. You were a great help to me. Was requested again this past week pretty easy but so powerful song.

[@davidb4509]

Bro. You saved me. I had no close what to do for Sunday but now I’ve got something that sounds pretty great. Thanks!

[@JoeMcDaniel]

No problem man! Glad you got something out of it!

[@miguelviera6333]

Good job! Best cover I’ve seen in a while

[@JoeMcDaniel]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@Mistrals60]

Excellent! Thanks for posting this Joe!

[@JoeMcDaniel]

My pleasure, Paul!

[@mrericdodson]

Thanks! We're playing this tune this weekend. This helps alot!!

[@JoeMcDaniel]

Nice! Glad I could help!

[@christophersmith8486]

Love the FU slide position!!!

[@JoeMcDaniel]

Haha, had to do it to play those power chords!

[@dlammey88]

You did this justice! I’m playing this Easter, good tutorial. Thanks for the effort.

[@JoeMcDaniel]

Thanks! And you're very welcome!

[@darrenwebb4250]

Yesssss thank you sir.

[@JoeMcDaniel]

You're welcome! Glad I could help.

[@alenb86]

Wish you had the helix line 6 version for this!

[@JoeMcDaniel]

I've always thought about making performances, maybe one day! Need a Helix first! 😅

[@JoeMcDaniel]

To the viewer, How is the audio? Is the song too quiet/loud?

[@aaron.s.robinson]

The lead/slide is a little quiet and the rhythm a little too loud. The backing track is perfect.

[@JoeMcDaniel]

Thanks for the help Aaron!

[@aaron.s.robinson]

@@JoeMcDaniel no prob Jon

[@aaron.s.robinson]

@Peter C the point of this is for us to hear the parts to learn.

[@JoeMcDaniel]

My pleasure Peter, that's so great to hear it's helped you. That's why I love making these.

[@gustavosoares6530]

Awesome!

[@JoeMcDaniel]

Thanks!

[@jordanperkins7639]

Hey Joe, I loved your cover of this song! I just got a brand new guitar board and we are playing this song this upcoming Sunday and I am not sure how to get the sounds out of it the way that you do.

[@JoeMcDaniel]

Hey Jordan, not sure what you're working with, but here are some key things to get close. You'll want the Amp to be at the edge of breakup, running all effects into the front of the Amp (no effects loop). A Vox style or Fender style Amp would be good starting points to try. When running overdrive before reverb and delay, this gives the reverb and delay that gritty kind of dissonant sound. In the video, I was using 3 different drives, compression, medium mix long decay reverb, and dotted eighth tape delay. Hope this helps a bit!

[@mtbowyer]

very nice!

[@JoeMcDaniel]

Thanks man!

[@chrisn3586]

Excellent, very well done 👍 👍

[@JoeMcDaniel]

Thanks man!

[@Foxywaterable]

This is dope. Great video!

[@JoeMcDaniel]

Thank you!

[@chadmartin8624]

Well done indeed, sir!

[@JoeMcDaniel]

Thanks Chad! 🤛

[@landguitar]

This is nicely done and very timely, as we are doing this on Easter as well. Can you give us some detail on the delay setting please, besides that it’s from your Kemper? Unfortunately, due to the busyness of Holy Week our band has to practice Sunday morning so I don’t really have time to experiment; I have to program my Timeline and board (midi based - RJM PBC) tomorrow. Sounds like a dotted 1/8 delay will do the nice sustain you achieve on the slide, with some Reverb. I use an H9 for reverbs and will just have to make a guess on that. Thanks again for posting this!!!

[@JoeMcDaniel]

Thanks Bill! I used a dotted 8th delay on the Kemper with pretty long repeats. If you have a Timeline, it should do this sound very well (I just bought one, sounds great). The real ingredient for the slide guitar is the delay, for reverb I just used a dark-ish reverb with a long trail. On the Timeline, I'd probably use a Tape delay with the grit all the way down (gets that nice dirty sound when playing notes over the repeats), filter to taste, just a little bit of modulation, higher mix and repeats.

[@landguitar]

@@JoeMcDaniel Thank you very much!!!

[@landguitar]

@@JoeMcDaniel Went over very well today in our Easter services. Folks loved it! Obviously an abbreviated version! :+) Thank you again for posting and for the settings help! I didn't have time to really nail that, but went with a dual delay on the Timeline that worked just fine. You inspired me to use my Gretsch Azure White Falcon and it sounded great!

[@JoeMcDaniel]

@@landguitar Awesome!! Love getting comments like these! Thanks!

[@sdm101869]

Amazing Joe! As a pastor, I'm always in awe of God's musical skill in "others" 😁 and am hoping we can pull this song off for next Sunday. We're a small church but we have a few talented guys and gals who love the song. It sounds complicated to me, but again I'm not a musician. So do you need two electrics and an acoustic to pull this off right?

[@JoeMcDaniel]

I appreciate it! IMO you could definitely do this song with one electric and one acoustic, or even just acoustic. Having the two electrics just really helps with that swampy kind of sound. I'm sure your musicians would have no problem learning it if they love the song! 👍

[@sdm101869]

@@JoeMcDaniel definitely love the "swampy" effect 😁

[@paully08]

Great job!

[@JoeMcDaniel]

Thanks man!

[@westonlundquist9202]

Can you give a rough explanation of how you get the tone for the slide guitar?

[@JoeMcDaniel]

The Gretsch provides a lot of the tone, It's a really thick sounding guitar. I used a medium amount of overdrive, a darker modulated tape delay and a darker reverb with a low to medium mix and a long trail.

[@yogibarrios]

@@JoeMcDaniel Is the delay a Dotted 8th? or something else?

[@JoeMcDaniel]

@@yogibarrios Yes, it's a dotted eighth delay

[@philipbrister]

Thank you so much!!!!

[@JoeMcDaniel]

👍👍👍

[@wesleyholland5747]

what is your tuning, seems to me on the recording it is Drop B open tuning. The way the lead singer is playing

[@JoeMcDaniel]

I'm playing in standard E, but I'm pretty sure the acoustic she's using is in open B.

[@petemalins]

Nice job! Sounds great! Is that an Electromatic Gretsch? Did you change the pickups?

[@JoeMcDaniel]

Thanks a lot Peter! It is an Electromatic, although I didn't change the pickups, I only swapped the pickup covers. I think eventually I'll try new pickups one day, because I find the middle and neck positions really dark.

[@petemalins]

@@JoeMcDaniel I see. Well it looks nice and sounds good too. Well done!

[@ephesians6292]

I am assuming this is open B tuning, sir? Awesome tutorial by the way

[@JoeMcDaniel]

Both guitars are actually in standard E. And thank you!

[@MrBMailey]

Amazing cover, sound quality is beautiful. Standard tuning?

[@JoeMcDaniel]

Thanks so much! Yes, it's in standard tuning for both guitars.

[@johnnolan4312]

This is great thankyou for posting! Could you please tell me the effects used for the slide ? Are you swelling into the beginning parts with very wet cave like verbs? Thx again!!

[@JoeMcDaniel]

Thanks and you're welcome! I used a darker reverb, and also a heavier mix tape delay. A good bit of overdrive as well.

[@MrGuitarfreak132]

You're tone is fantastic by the way. I've been listening several times just to enjoy the guitar playing :D How much of your overdrive sound is the JHS Superbolt vs he MZO Effects Ohm? Also any special tuning on the slide guitar?

[@JoeMcDaniel]

Thanks, glad you like it! I normally have the Superbolt on all the time. The Ohm is used to add a little more grit and thickness. I'm pretty sure the top guitar is both the Superbolt and Ohm, and the bottom I used only the Superbolt until the big part at the end. As for tuning, it's just E standard. :)

[@MrGuitarfreak132]

Joe McDaniel thanks very much for your reply!

[@dcsolina]

Just curious, what key would you say this in? We’re doing it for Easter and I’m just a stickler about having the charts say the right keys haha I’ve currently got it labeled in B and just have the A as a flat seven.

[@JoeMcDaniel]

This one's in B 👍

[@dcsolina]

Joe McDaniel Thank you!! Just wanted to make sure haha great video. I’ll definitely be watching it a few times to get the parts down!

[@JoeMcDaniel]

@@dcsolina You're very welcome! Have fun man!

[@charliebeasley3744]

how is the slide tuned? great job..

[@JoeMcDaniel]

Thanks, its tuned to E standard.

[@Asterix0205]

​@@JoeMcDaniel love the tones and playing but i just cant figure out the tuning. The sound and video arent matching up with the frets. i had to detune my 5th string a full step down just to get close

[@JoeMcDaniel]

@@Asterix0205 Uh oh, what parts are you having trouble playing? For reference, during the intro I'm playing only the A string. For the choruses I'm playing the A, D, and G strings primarily.

[@Asterix0205]

Joe McDaniel maybe it’s just me. Maybe I am just hearing the underline B from the rhythm guitar and think the slide is more full than I think. Sorry about that

[@JoeMcDaniel]

@@Asterix0205 No biggie. You can use headphones and listen to one side to hear each guitar more clearly. If you have any problems you can hit me up.

[@Lauchmelder123]

What pedals are you using?

[@JoeMcDaniel]

Deep Six, Superbolt, Benson Preamp, Mzo.Effects Ohm.

[@Lauchmelder123]

@@JoeMcDaniel thank you. Your sound is very cool.

[@bward27]

👌👍

[@JoeMcDaniel]

Thanks!

[@revium6110]

Hey man, what key is this in?

[@JoeMcDaniel]

Hey there, it's in B

[@revium6110]

@@JoeMcDaniel thank you brother!

[@yogibarrios]

Do you have the Top guitar in Open D tuning?

[@JoeMcDaniel]

Nope, it's in standard E

[@BrotherLawson]

On the song it shows her playing an acoustic out of what appears to be out of an open tuning but it’s out of B and seems very low. Is she using a baritone or something or is the guitar just tuned that low?

[@JoeMcDaniel]

I think you're right, it looks like she's using a baritone and using an open tuning.

[@BrotherLawson]

Thanks. I appreciate the confirmation

[@Mikiep777]

@@BrotherLawson Shes using all B's except for the G string and its tuned to F#. Im tuning mine down and it works ok... you just have to finesse the strings a lil. its a fun tuning!

[@tylerbuckner3750]

Is the slide guitar in open tuning?

[@JoeMcDaniel]

Nope, both the guitars are in standard E

[@joshuaclark8895]

Is this in standard, and what effects are on the lead?

[@JoeMcDaniel]

It is in standard. For the slide guitar, I used a dotted eighth delay with high mix and repeats, and just a little reverb with a long tail. Superbolt and Ohm for drive.

[@andrewlamb8219]

Is this all in standard tuning? no drop B or D?

[@JoeMcDaniel]

Both of the electrics are in E standard. It seems in the video the acoustic is tuned to open B.

[@andrewlamb8219]

Thank you!

[@chrisdundas6670]

@@JoeMcDaniel She is using a baritone guitar, tuned to open B.

[@shaunmfishman]

Any issues with staying in tune with that gretsch?

[@JoeMcDaniel]

With 10s on I did, but I switched to 11s and it stays in tune a lot better.

[@shaunmfishman]

Thanks! I have this guitar on my potential buy list for the year and keep stumbling on Ppl complaining about tuning issues. Keep playing man, it's sounding great!

[@shaunmfishman]

Now I just have to decide between this model and the g5622t-cb 😊🤘

[@JoeMcDaniel]

No problem! As long as nothing's wrong with the bridge, and you lubricate the nut, you'll be good!

[@practicalworshipguitar8630]

What are you using for wet effects?

[@JoeMcDaniel]

I was using Kemper reverb and delay.

[@kevfreeman5482]

Tuning?

[@JoeMcDaniel]

Both E standard.