Sound Like Sleep Token | Without Busting the Bank!

It's time for Ben and John to gather in worship and try to sound like Sleep Token on a budget!
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⏰ Timestamps ⏰
» 0:00 About Sleep Token
» 0:55 Shopping!
» 7:04 'Hypnosis'
» 7:47 Bass Rig
» 11:50 Guitar Rig
» 19:03 'Chokehold'
» 19:38 Price & Final Thoughts!
» 21:52 'The Summoning'
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[@pacman1789]

Now we need a sounds like Sleep Token by busting the bank.

[@caprise-music6722]

Well, that’s how this thing works isn’t it

[@pacman1789]

@@caprise-music6722 I have seen it to where they only do the one video on a band but never make it to the second for whatever reason.

[@BlueRoseShilloh]

@@caprise-music6722There used to be a without and by busting the bank back in the day

[@bmeijer7776]

Quad Cortex and the gretsch Baritone and another 8 string is what they use live 😆

[@bengreenbank]

Quad cortex and a decent 8 string. That’s it. All you need. If you’re just playing at home then archetype Gojira would be fine instead of the quad cortex

[@flexiongi]

Nap Voucher is a criminal patch name 😭

[@djentsnotdead]

It's a Craig Reynolds joke.

[@benelmer422]

Ayeee was waiting to see if someone picked up on it 👊​@@djentsnotdead

[@caseymclane1972]

I call em Snooze Ticket😂

[@ilikeheadcrabs]

Babe wake up, new Sleep Token lore just dropped

[@michaloft6795]

What if these guys (Ben and John) are really from Sleep Token and they are playing with us?

[@johnconnearnmusic]

*laughs anonymously*

[@marijnborsboom8571]

they are...

[@tyr4489]

surely it's just a coincidence that "ben" has 3 letters and "john" has 4...

[@JC1979-f7s]

LOL

[@thisguy2973]

They’re not. The members of sleep token are as follows: Leo Faulkner Adam Pedder Dave Ball Rhys Griffiths Leo Faulkner writes almost completely all of the music and is the producer, as you can find on the studio/label info. Think of him as a Trent Reznor, extremely talented.

[@andreiphi1747]

i think the 1500 budget is solid.

[@ftomasi]

If you're going DI out, a darkglass pedal would be cheaper. Even the fancier lines like the alpha omega photon.

[@raaustin777]

Y'all need to do this again but with a drummer

[@superbebe9248]

Better do loathe next!

[@athmaid]

Gretsch baritone, crank mids, done

[@northtimo666]

@@athmaidYup that’s it and Plini plugin is what they used for most of rhythm tones on the I let it in. Or Squier jazzmaster baritone or whatever VI baritone like Subzero.

[@athmaid]

@@northtimo666 they did some presets for Archetype Gojira as well

[@northtimo666]

@@athmaid Yes, for the album they used Plini mostly.

[@thisguy2973]

I don’t get the love behind Loathe. They just didn’t do anything unique to me.🤷‍♂️

[@user-fd6tg3rn4m]

nice job boys, enjoyed the vid.

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

Now do how to sound like Sleep without breaking the bank

[@Naytexo]

Any 8 string and Archetype Gojira x

[@dorkwithsometork]

@@Naytexosleep the doom band they tune to c standard no 8 string or plug in

[@lowly.8776]

​@@Naytexoit wont sound good. Archetype gojira isnt made for djenty tones, might aswell go with an 8 string and the fortin nameless suite

[@dakotaperry6476]

You could probably get away with any dual humbucker Epiphone, and an orange micro dark for Matts base tone. Throw in a Green Russian Fuzz and you’re basically there. For Al I have no idea what a cheap equivalent to a Rickenbacker would be as I’m not a bassist, but I know “Does It Doom” has a pedal for his sound called Giza.

[@thejoelmeister]

They did this a few years ago, but it's under Sounds Like Matt Pike.

[@andrewpappas9311]

Did not expect Sleep Token but they definitely have a cool sound, I don’t listen to them much but from what I do know I think you guys got really damn close. Also I’ve been suggesting these guys since Matt and Rabea did this show but I would love to see a Sound Like video on Ghost since they also have a lot of great tones as well

[@mikedamisch]

We need Ghost!

[@andrewpappas9311]

@@mikedamisch It'd definitely be interesting to see what they'd end up doing with it guitar-wise, like they could either go for an SG for some of their earlier tones or HSS Strat for the modern/Impera tones (I also know that they also use that Hagstrom Phantomen guitar that looks like a Gibson RD, which they also used) but even though Ghost is a two guitar band I also think a bass rig should be included since that's also a key part to their sound (Plus songs like From the Pinnacle to the Pit and Con Clavi Con Dio have some of the most badass bass intros ever lol)

[@mikedamisch]

@@andrewpappas9311 for sure. I have a colleague who has the Hagström signature. Actually liked it when I tried it.

[@jburdsinfuse]

It’s so many layers. Tobias has done videos and interviews about the multiple amps and guitars that get blended for their songs. Copping that tone would be tough.

[@mikedamisch]

@@jburdsinfuse even more interesting. Live tone would also be an option.

[@josephfonseca3299]

Nice video guys!

[@ghastlyshimmer]

Nice, I hecking love Sleep Token

[@soogen]

I think each of you working with a different budget was a cool idea

[@mstringer90]

This is what I’m talking about 👏🏼

[@JC1979-f7s]

That 8 string sounds very filthy , love it 🤘

[@HellbillyHalloween]

We need a Brian Setzer and Dick Dale sound like video

[@andrewpappas9311]

I remember suggesting a Brian Setzer/Stray Cats video back when Matt and Rabea were still running the show, but I do agree that a rockabilly/surf rock video could be really cool to see

[@brianrosemusician]

I mostly listen to 60s-80s rock and blues so I don't recognize the band, but I'm pumped to see a new "Sounds Like"!! Please keep them coming!! Can we have a Sounds like Santana BY busting the bank?? Maybe with Santana on the episode??

[@diegoleiva7242]

I love me some Sleep Token!

[@maxmastersonsound]

Think the guitar could’ve benefited with an hx stomp and a 1500 budget over the valeton

[@zz-.-]

Waiting for that Sleep Token 30” baritone 6 string when’s it coming out???

[@shawn9366]

Holy shit modern metal on Anderton’s? How lucky am I today!?

[@matiastarkkala]

Bass sounded really good. The guitar rig would've needed a bigger budget to sound right or maybe more time to set up the patches. Love me some Sleep Token 🤘

[@andrewbrooke8130]

Wait so John just ups the budget by £500 and Ben has to stick with the GP200? He should have gone and got a Helix LT. Also that Craig Reynolds nap voucher reference was class 🤟🏻

[@BuyinFromBryan]

ive been getting very intrigued by the gp 200 recently, Do you really see the cheaper end of line 6 multi fx stuff as better overall than the valeton?

[@Matt_Barkley]

I don't think you are going to get roasted Ben, most of us can't play those things either.

[@diazzsama]

Slap token definitely slaps

[@materedai4158]

Brosky missed to grab the literal guitar Sleep Token uses by ignoring the Gretsch bari

[@NeonTig3rzA7X]

any chance of you making the patches available for download where you've used the valeton? more so from the Avenged Sevenfold episode :D

[@lotusmark2]

can we get the settings for the patches on the GP please?

[@PandaSharpener]

John and Ben are quite handsome

[@Stage_Fright_Josh]

Just recently bought an 8 string FOR this reason, and I was surprised at how easy I found it to play.

[@BuyinFromBryan]

i feel like we have left the age of boss katana on every rig, and we have entered the era of the gp 200 for budget rig builds. I'm totally here for it. I havent tried out any of the multi fx/ amp modeling options we have now-a-days, but ive been eyeballing the valeton as a starting point. Does anyone know of anything better? Is it really a huge difference between the gp200 and something like the HX stomp? I kind of like the layout on the valeton but like i said i havent tried any of these options we have now a day

[@nico_jbm]

as an owner of a valetone gp 200 i would love to have the path you guys used for the guitar and also for synester gates guitar tone in the avenged sevenfold video

[@robertcarpenterii2904]

Y’all need to do a busting the bank on any band

[@randallparker8477]

Great team, spot on sounds... Heard from Rabea ? He plays drums... just a thought.

[@giantolibas7906]

Noice

[@tarkenton3895]

Think this could've been a good opportunity to grab an 8 string and the Gretsch Baritone IV was using before the Jackson customs to compare sounds and see what's most suited for people.

[@elijahs4785]

you guys need to loathe! you'll need a digitech drop or mooer pitchbox for sure

[@ereimul1444]

really dig these guys. need them to do The Beatles, slipknot, korn, GnR etc etc

[@kyordy]

YAAssssssss

[@michellewentworth9862]

You need to do a "Sounds like Nile Rodgers"

[@FromTheMosh]

John could have just got the Alpha omega preamp with DI?

[@DarkShadow1953]

only thing i do not like abou the ibanez is I cannot replace the pickup in the future if i wanted to because they routed and made the pick up at like a 75 degree angle. sick guitar thoo only I have the 7 string version. p.s. its not an iron label its from the standard rg line

[@ookami692]

They had to find the lowest ceiling in the store to make these gents looks super tall lol (and yes, I realize it's the digital section of the store lol)

[@thisguy2973]

17:03 Their tech Billy said they use Kempers to do all the pitching.

[@jacobgillis1511]

Do CANNIBAL CORPSE next!🤘

[@joebrennan52]

Worship

[@davidturner7863]

Would anyone know if you need a speaker load to run the darkglass via the DI?

[@sirstabbyfork9675]

You don't need a speaker load nope

[@davidturner7863]

@@sirstabbyfork9675 thank you.

[@jonbourn473]

First off, not music related, John has a pleasant British accent and Ben's has much more twang. What regions do they represent, if any? As an American it's like a deep south or heavy NY accent vs a less regional accent. Just curious. Anyway, I appreciate a heavier Sounds Like. What about Karnivool, Vildjharta, or their take on something like Corrosion of Conformity, Kyuss, or Clutch? I enjoy all of the output from this channel while I drink beer and get ready for the next day.

[@rob.carrillo]

bro please just do a sound like Dance Gavin Dance

[@gohamm8629]

Do Spiritbox!!!!!

[@iccey_fn1032]

Can you guys please do trivium

[@davedavem]

I used to see 8 and 9 string Schecter and Ibanez on the walls all the time, maybe ten years ago... Are they just too expensive to make now?

[@athmaid]

It seems for many it wasn't about having more strings and therefore notes, it was more about the scale length that came with these guitars. Now with modelers being better at pitch shifting than the old Digitech pedals and 28+ inch baritone guitars being widely available, the demand seems to have dropped

[@tuomastimonen7063]

Nice! And now I see sound like Carcass coming! 🙂

[@cherrycoke106]

Please do Offspring or Billy Talent next.

[@davidfaustino4476]

If youre going direct at least nudget in a cheap FRFR or something. This feels cheap.

[@zacharysmithingell5460]

Buncha complainers in here. Weird.

[@FabrizioPeretti]

Yoooooo

[@chrispygingerpie]

Should have gone for a helix hx stomp or something. It’s still would have been near £1000, but sound so much better than it did.

[@TheKLeifheit13]

Don't sleep on the Valeton, only issue is the stock IRs aren't the best. Seacow Cabs' free pack will fix that

[@dorkwithsometork]

That’s not Dave or cici or the og dou wtf

[@duncansmith5734]

I miss Dave and Cici doing the 'Sound Like' videos.

[@tshegomorare5125]

have they done a polyphia one yet?

[@caknut]

1:30 ?

[@N80ve]

Blend works with Clean channel vs Dirty channel and not DRY bass vs AMP signal.

[@efulga]

Sooooo... two basses :))

[@gabrielschirmbeck400]

An Offering from Andertons

[@akwamarsunzal]

Thats another reason I have never heard of them.... 8 strings!

[@Guitartridney]

Can you please do a sound like green day

[@pacman1789]

I believe they did that awhile back.

[@Guitartridney]

@@pacman1789 oh did they. Thanks

[@lost_in_the_battlefield7593]

I haven't watched this since Rabea hosted, now I'm just lost

[@ileutur6863]

Doesn't heavy guitar make up like, less than 20% of Sleep Tokens music?

[@joseernestorodriguez7140]

The captain and rob seems different in this one...

[@SlyRyFry]

If a band has a $2500 budget between the guitarist and bassist they should just get a quad cortex and they can both run through it, plus it has room for two others if they want. Upgrade instruments after the fact if you even find it necessary anymore

[@mobeus84]

Bass was too low in the mix. The bass frequency was being taken up by the 7 string so the bass eq shouldve been more treble and mids to cut thru.

[@gonzoe123]

What happened to Matt and Rabea?

[@TheDarkSide11891]

They've been gone for a couple years at this point. Rabea is off doing his own thing with his band and Matt is still just running stuff behind the scenes.

[@honeyfrost3355]

I'm not a fan of the decreased budget.

[@DoctorFish10]

It’s been £1k for ages hasn’t it, apart from when Dave and Cici did it for both of them for 1k

[@FreeEngland1]

Nobody cares what you think.

[@BetterCallJamie]

Where did Dave go?

[@honeyfrost3355]

​@DoctorFish10 it was 1,500 pounds originally then went down to 1,000

[@honeyfrost3355]

​@@FreeEngland1 apparently you do considering you replied loser.

[@thomasmay6551]

Sound like ghost ?

[@LifetimeBiker]

Good Me says - Tough gig for anyone to do , Great effort , Well done.👏😊 Evil me says - Digitise John and send Ben off to do a Andertons Punch n Judy segment with Oz,💣 Bring back Dave and Cici.🙏 Rational me says - Shut up and enjoy it , They are all far more talented than I am.🤔😭 I'll let myself out....😞

[@adamcogan211]

III doesn’t play a 5 string bass, he plays a standard 4 string bass (35inch scale)

[@vladv5126]

35" is basically a 5 string scale length. Standard 4 string is 34".

[@athmaid]

​@@vladv5126most 5 string basses are still 34" sadly. For some it works (see Warwick) but many would benefit from 35"

[@PitchforkStudios]

Ninja and Ginja

[@MrRchauvin052494]

And 3 plays a 4 string charvel and a 5 string Warwick

[@joek81981]

These are so unimaginative now.

[@vladv5126]

I mean it they have to do Sleep token what do you expect?

[@KrishinPillay]

I wish you both stuck to the same budget. 1500 is reasonable for an entire rig

[@jasmith85]

I don't think that 8 string is dirty and vile enough :)

[@natemendsen1629]

Mother fuck I wasted 10 minutes before I realized this was not about Sleep ffs. I was like wtf is this gear ?

[@Reject101Personal]

Shout out to all the idiots who say Roman numerals as letters.

[@sillysausage4549]

Must be old. Never heard of them

[@MrRchauvin052494]

The tuning is reverse of what you said

[@joshtorresfdu6621]

Love this, not all Anderson fans are classic rock and blues fans!!!

[@jwestl3y]

I had to leave the video, figure out what a sleep token was, then return even tho what I found sounded like dog water 🤣 🐶 💦

[@jimmxjx2854]

Bring back Dave.😴

[@bennyharderguitar]

The best. Btw, please make the budget $2k. That’s affordable nowadays.

[@FreeEngland1]

This is the hardest time economically in a while actually, what planet do you hail from? Is it planet moron or planet mongo?

[@MopsLife]

2000 USD is about 1500 GBP give or take once converted, so that is around what budget they’re using anyways. 1500 pounds over here is quite a bit of money, certainly not seen as budget in this current living crisis 😭

[@FreeEngland1]

And affordable is subjective. That means what you can afford yourself, the next man might not be so able to.

[@dundun8640]

"Dimarciots"

[@Jacobus-or6vf]

Gentlemen . . . some positive criticism. You just jumped into clip, by starting to talk about gear. There are some of us, who has never heard of said band. A little back ground info (as you started) would have been nice, so that we know what type (genre, and, and, and) of music we are dealing with. Cheers.

[@athmaid]

These videos are mostly for people who are already familiar but don't know how to get the tone. But I can give you a quick summary. Sleep Token combines heavily downtuned metal (djent if you will) with elements of gospel, RnB, etc in the vocals. They also utilise synthesisers quite frequently. The instrumentalists wear masks and are numbered (II, III and IV), the singer's name is Vessel. The lore is that they are representatives of a diety called Sleep.

[@BassMaster-mi8ob]

As other mentioned , the bass amp head is overkill if you go direct through DI, a Darkglass Ultra would have been enough. The cash saved could maybe have been invested in a compressor!

[@AeonNexusMusic]

help

[@Pangolinen]

Why would you want to sound like Sleep Token?

[@nickmartin812]

Who?

[@lt.reubenrozeyt5716]

I mean when you already have an 8 string guitar do you really need a bassist....

[@vladv5126]

Your mate who is shit at guitar still needs something to do, you know.

[@athmaid]

Yes because the harmonic content is quite different

[@randyberrier3293]

Thanks guys! Now i can further avoid the shithow of sleep token 😊 it makes me happpy!