Sound Like Ultimate Metal Rig | Without Busting The Bank

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[@Attilargh]

I'd love to see the ultimate doom metal rig just to hear your riffs.

[@erwannmaudez6062]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGHYcoiaYpKBobs Matt Pike....

[@keithteeples9992]

Doom metal guitarist here. On a budget, I personally love the sound of a knock-off strat style guitar ($80 max - preferably one with a brand name you've never heard of) into a classic fuzz pedal, then straight into a Orange micro amp. It has that ear piercing shrill and paper-thin, dry sound that we've all come to expect from our favorite doom metal bands.

[@maxscardanelli6185]

I second this!

[@MK-oz2lf]

For Doom Metal you can't go wrong with solid state with enough wattage for power. I'd say Orange CR 120 unboosted or a power amp with an Acapulco Gold pedal or a Bogner Uberschall as a preamp. Guitar you want a shorter scale with thicker gauge strings tuned down to make the sound more chunky or either LTD Eclipse or Epiphone Les Paul.

[@tomtrold2884]

Yes!

[@NatedogsYouchoob]

Rabea picks a fender amp to get metal tones... moments later “I’m a little underwhelmed with the quality of metal tones” 🤦‍♀️

[@phantomechelon3628]

But he did it for us, dude! ;) That said, he should have brought a Katana in to show how it would / should have sounded.

[@davidpggarrett]

Hahaha

[@unitednihilists]

Dammed if you do, Dammed if you don't. Tough gig for Bea.

[@patrickbarge9872]

Fender does have or had a Metall Amp;) The Machete, but it would be to expensive :):):)

[@TheLightweaver777]

@@patrickbarge9872 Don't forget their 500w beast "Metalhead".

[@seanridner1385]

Would it be possible to do a video on guitar tones to sound pleasing vs guitar sounds to sit in a mix? Recently I've figured out that my metal tone (lots of thick low end) sounds great on its own, but awful in a setting with bass and drums. Upon turning the bass way down, and adding much more high end, the tone fits well. What I don't like is the guitar tone by itself, and many agree with me. Maybe a video on this topic would be helpful for lots of people?

[@JohnPaulHare]

You pretty much just summed up the difference there already. The human ear likes balance across the spectrum. Isolated, most guitar tones sound thin because they're designed to fit with bass and drums rounding out the low end. That means lots of mid and high-mid information, with a touch of treble for bite and sizzle, but not much low end. To combat this sound while practicing, guitarists turn up the bass and cut highs to balance the tone and reduce ear fatigue. Sounds great when you're noodling around on your own, but gets totally lost between bass and drums. In a mix, dial up those mid and treble controls, and add some presence, to allow it to sit well. Drop the lows out some, but not drastically, so it blends with the bass and drums properly.

[@martinscholes9314]

Sean Ridner check out that pedal show. They talk about this all the time. Mids and high mids get you through the mix. Leave the bass to the bass player!

[@easyhelp]

Buy an equalizer pedal, set it for more mids and switch it on when you are with band...

[@seanridner1385]

@@easyhelp heck I don't need an eq pedal, got like 3 of them built into my Kemper!

[@apoplexiamusic]

@@JohnPaulHare CS Guitars made a video about that very topic a while back, and indeed his solution was exactly what you just wrote!

[@NilsNoll-q]

How about an "Ultimate Black Metal Rig", partly because it would be interesting to hear Bea's approach to black metal? Keep up the good work, guys, I really love the series. Cheers from Germany

[@ironz18]

Boss HM-2 straight to the mixing board,done.

[@MzuMzu-nx1em]

Esp ltd , and schecter make nice metal guitars and basses , sandberg basses have a terrific quality/price with a great liutery feeling .

[@MzuMzu-nx1em]

Jackson ke2 made in u.s.a is the metal guitar , the cheap guitars maybe or maybe not

[@KeeperOfPoops]

that would rule! Ultimate Black Metal Rig is my favorite band of all time!

[@apoplexiamusic]

Guitar plugged into a tin can wired to a car battery into a mixing board

[@0rimus]

I'd love to see this revisited specifically for 7 strings!

[@sakimiyu4169]

i wanna see it revisited cos it sounded nothing like Misha Mansoor

[@gyrosphinx]

Ultimate Stoner rock rig!

[@bastounet36]

YEEAAAHHHHH!!!!

[@KeeperOfPoops]

that'd be great! Ultimate Stoner rock rig is my favorite band

[@timcarstensen9951]

I have that ESP EC-1000 and it’s my every day player. Such a great guitar for the price! Same gold top and everything.

[@mikeflanders1292]

You guys should do sound like "the sword" their tones are pretty killer, and lots of great riffs to choose from

[@pCeLobster]

In my head canon James Brown the Godfather of Soul designed the 5150.

[@AlexBoyer]

I FUC***ING LOVE THAT SERIES!

[@linko994]

I would've gotten something like that Jackson or the Ibanez they showed earlier, a Peavey 6505MH/EVH 5150 LBX, a Harley Benton 212 with V30s (obviously you can't get that at Andertons but it's just great value), and then like a Maxon OD808 or something.

[@jesus4pincho]

Take any amp, just slave it with the kraken v4

[@widowmaker5544]

I agree cos this sounded nothing like Ultimate Metal Rig, hell it sounded nothing like Misha Mansoor either! a more accurate rig would've been for the lead the Jackson JS32 with floyd rose, Blackstar Silverline 100, Dunlop Multi Wah, Ibanez TS9 and a Fender Mirror Image Delay and for rhythm the ESP LTD EC-1000 and a Marshall DSL40C

[@LasseHuhtala]

The blend of both rigs sounded pretty nice.

[@void0094]

Ultimate Noise rock rig (Dinosaur jr, Sonic Youth, my bloody valentine etc.)

[@KeeperOfPoops]

Shoegaze is a theme they've not tackled yet and they have to do them bands and i wanna see that, Ultimate Noise Rock Rig is my favorite band of all time :D

[@erwannmaudez6062]

noise rock like "unsane"?"hands up who wants to die"? "Whores", "jesus lizard"? "blacklisters", "baxter stockman" "usa nails"?"Big 'n"?

[@widowmaker5544]

@@erwannmaudez6062 ... No. That's...wrong.

[@troyjeffrey4311]

You really screwed the pooch on this one, boys. The silver lining is the do-over without busting and the BY busting are going to be INSANE

[@KyleSevenoaks]

Ultimate metal rig! Picks the two guitars I own. I feel somewhat legitimized...

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

what kind of metal do you play, DeathMetalKyle?

[@KyleSevenoaks]

@@InvisibleJiuJitsu Groove metal ;)

[@sakimiyu4169]

@DeathMetalKyle I love groove metal, especially Pantera

[@mattastic247]

Matt's rig sounded amazing! especially at the lower gain settings. totally blown away by that pedal. the chapman guitar sounded great with it too. nice job gents.

[@widowmaker5544]

but it sounded nothing like Ultimate Metal Rig hell Rabea's rig sounded nothing like Misha Mansoor either!

[@teddobbs6516]

Sounds like Eric Johnson without Busting the Bank. Come on guys.

[@cirjames2540]

All the Sounds Like vids prove you can get a great sounding rig for under 2K. Great job guys!

[@mattvermeer6691]

Sound like Brad Paisley! Get that twang goin’!

[@Oilid]

Matthew's sound is *HUGE!*

[@FahadYarKhan]

I don't even care what rig they are putting together, I come here to see Rabea play \m/

[@kadekozak4830]

PLEASE DO 60s PSYCHEDELIC ROCK!!! THERE ISNT ANY VIDEOS ON IT!!! but it’s such a cool genre! it has it’s one delay sound, tons of room for personality, so many interpretations and cool ideas! y’all could go crazy with it but not too crazy

[@shanedeel2]

The 2 rigs sound great together.

[@homoerectus666]

7:16 whats that clinking noise? is that string buzz???

[@Kwert]

Nice! These vids are always a great watch. One thing though, the push/pull in the Jackson is actually a tone pot bypass. When it’s pulled out, the tone pot is part of the circuit, when pushed in it’s bypassed.

[@omgdisfunny4852]

"i just want to please people" *uses a chapman

[@Briansgate]

Have I said how much I love you guys?

[@katherinesunderland8679]

watching even though I can’t afford to buy any gear...these vids are the best kind of window shopping!

[@boundwithalltheweight3054]

Omg i never clicked so hard and fast in my whole live!!

[@sho-nuffmadrigal6857]

There's an old Aesop's fable that says "Try to please all and you will please none."

[@j_c_93]

Honestly, I think that the Bassbreaker would have sounded much better with a different guitar. They can definitely do metal well.

[@KeeperOfPoops]

The Schecter or the Ibanez he looked at would've been WAY closer

[@nazumo3210]

I was about to comment you guys should just use a Chapman one time if it feels right and then Bea picked one up. Great choice and killer sounding rig, these videos are always informative and eye-opening keep it up!

[@widowmaker5544]

they also used a Chapman on Gojira without busting

[@olfox1694]

No metal tone without a metal zone...remember that bois

[@KeeperOfPoops]

or an MXR Fullbore Metal even a Tone City Metal Storm all notorious pedals known for their suckage

[@shanewalton8888]

Metal Core is better

[@flippy7035]

Finally! A sounds like video for me!

[@arvedbohn6133]

Sound like early Genesis (Steve Hackett & Mike Rutherford) without busting the bank

[@KregorEight]

Rabea is unhappy with his rig. Matt is playing a Rabea signature rig. Kind of hilarious in the end.

[@straightedgeecw]

PRS SE SVN, PRS MT 15. There, done.

[@KeeperOfPoops]

what about the cabinet?

[@widowmaker5544]

@@KeeperOfPoops Exactly! they should get the PRS MT Cabinet too

[@MrBlakeFord]

Awesome fret w@nking Guys! Chunga! Chunga! Skwee! Skwee! 🤘

[@BaseOfThePillar23]

Rabea, that lick at 11:35 was dope af!!

[@mikeslominsky]

I'm with you on the whole "Katana thing." The Artist is a bit pricey, but *I* gig with it AND practice with it, so it's platinum effin' hits. Also, no lies about the Chapman guitars. So good. I'm also a fan of Schecter guitars for "bang for the buck." I've been playing them for years, and they are great. That Jackson is the bomb. I love that you guys do this stuff. You are both freakin' awesome!

[@stanislavmigra]

Bea I love you for the Amp (Fender for metal rig, yay!) and pedal combo (Nobel and Earthquaker love) you made here. I dont mind even geting Chapman guitar

[@erichockenberry6140]

Jackson needs to make a swirling volcano guitar. I saw video of a swirling volcano on Hawaii and I thought, Damn! That is so cool!!

[@koffieverslaafde627]

I really dig the playing

[@kapers5772]

Ultimate STONER rig maybe ???

[@TMmodify]

I'd go Fuzz Wah,Carcosa Fuzz, Epiphone LP Custom with some upgrades and any combo you'd like.

[@Psiho007]

Revv G3+ Katana artist + EMG guitar =) BAM!

[@tyler3216]

Sound like prince???

[@KeeperOfPoops]

Any Fender, G&L or Squier Telecaster Boss Katana or Blackstar cos he uses Mesa Boogie amps Boss OC3 Boss DS2 Boss BF3 Boss CE5 Boss DD3 Boss RV6

[@proteus2103]

@@KeeperOfPoops And practice.

[@paulocarreiro5855]

Just wanted to say the riffs were amazing!

[@KeeperOfPoops]

what would you name the riffs? can you think of fitting song titles for all four? it's ok if you can't

[@sakimiyu4169]

I'd name them Black Out The Sky, Time To Die, Ride the Fire and Awakening The Chaos

[@KeeperOfPoops]

@Saki Miyu i love them! hope you make more for future ultimate rig videos Saki

[@cliftongardner4367]

Rabea: "To be honest, I'm a little underwhelmed by the metal tones I got out of this amp." Me: "... I wish my metal tone was this underwhelming."

[@widowmaker5544]

but it is underwhelming, it sounds nothing like Ultimate Metal Rig Hell it sounds nothing like Misha Mansoor either!

[@tituschalk]

I think for these rig videos it would be great if you talked through the criteria you were basing your choices on: ie Why you might locking tuners... what neck profiles male a metal guitar... what pickups to look out for etc. Would make it more widely applicable to people putting together something similar. Cheers guys.

[@TP-xe2hi]

This was one of my favorite sounds like...perhaps you can do more in the future where you both take different approaches! Keep it up fellas, cheerio!

[@widowmaker5544]

this was my least favorite sound like, it sounds nothing like Ultimate Metal Rig Hell it sounds nothing like Misha Mansoor either!

[@NyneForte]

Unltimate r&b, neo soul, funk, rig

[@themis21uk]

Good stuff as always guys. Pleeeease do some more classic stuff at some point, like Rory Gallagher, Blackmore, some Jethro Tull, you get the point.

[@cresshead]

the cynic in me see's this as a platform to sell stuff that isn't selling well...hence the lack of the obvious like a katana.

[@PlayinOcean]

By saying that the Fender was underwhelming? ;)

[@p3rcey]

boileroom tattoo is great, sits on top of an amazing venue. love that place

[@vividvulpe9842]

Very nice Jackson guitar

[@kylegoodman5196]

Nice Lamb of God style riffage in the beginning there.

[@VincentBeauzee]

Sound like Devin Townsend without busting (not Strapping Young Lad)

[@wheresallthezombies]

Vincent Beauzee it’s pretty similar. He just used more tube amps in strapping young lad. But something’s tells me they won’t ever do Devin because of how specific his tone is. They did Lee Malia and just half ass’d it.

[@ashamael]

absolutely loving 6:54 - 7:35

[@KeeperOfPoops]

what would you name the songs at 6:54 and 7:35

[@ashamael]

@@KeeperOfPoops Standoff / Faceoff / Showdown ... something along those lines. Basically to me evokes the image of two badass warriors sizing each other up before engaging in battle.

[@gamezguy71]

Do a Doom Metal Rig, BY busting the bank.

[@ERWebster]

I love the V4 Kraken pedal. Was fortunate enough to pick one up a few months ago, and promply ended up selling almost all my OD and Distortion pedals. Versatile, and for me, it is the high gain tone I have been looking for. Perhaps not coincidentally, I am running it into a Katana 100 head (amp through mode) through a 2x12 Blackstar cab. XD

[@TornadoPaste]

Loving these videos. Could we get an ultimate alternative/math rock rig. Bands like Black Peaks & Arcane Roots etc.

[@dante4500]

they did sound like arcane roots

[@matemadarasz1757]

I'd love the math rock one (but it wouldn't be really surprising, probably a tele trough a clean fender amp), as for your other recs, they already made a sound like Arcane Roots, it is a pretty solid episode and Andrew was featured in it, check it out if you haven't ;)

[@drlove2112]

My Marshall DSL 40 used to bottom out when I added any gain from my TS9 to it. I changed the tubes and turned down the mids on the amp to just above noon and it fixed the issue. It was really frustrating for the few months though. Sound like Dethklok/Brendon Small.

[@vladimirmarinov6730]

May I suggest you made videos which are a competition, where: 2 or more of the staff pick their rigs according to a predefined set of rules, e.g. "hard rock", "1500 pounds max", then go to the video room, do their best to demonstrate why their rig is the best for the rules, then organize an internet poll so viewers may decide which one is the best.

[@geoffbannister8373]

There was a thread recently on r/guitar that was asking people what their nightmare guitar was. That guitar at 3:30 probably takes it :-D Different strokes though...

[@boarderking133]

What do you play?

[@pablo9364]

Geoff Bannister before I even looked I guessed what guitar you meant.

[@geoffbannister8373]

​@@boarderking133 Strat through a Twin babyyyyyyy - I use as much gain as I achieve gains in the gym (exactly 0). I have a '66 Coronado for when I want to hear 0 clarity between notes/suffer from uncontrolable amounts of feedback.

[@thomasstretton8574]

Excellent again. I definitely want to see Richie Sambora both with and without.

[@hellionaire1209]

I know it’s a bit on the fringe so you guys will probably never do it but I’d kill for a Sounds like Entombed. Entombed’s guitar tone is pretty much the best and most influential in that buzzsaw style of guitar tone..

[@sadpotaterman5079]

Sound like Dream theater please.

[@OriginalFallofMind]

Esp ltd 1000 is an awesome choice. That guitar screams!

[@KeeperOfPoops]

and it would've sounded much closer to Ultimate Metal Rig considering their rhythm guitarist does use EMG's. if they ever do a BY busting for this video they should use... Schecter E1 FR S, Red Seven Leviathan head & cab (or a Mesa Boogie if possible), Ibanez TS9, Fulltone Clyde Deluxe Wah and a Walrus MAKO D1 for the lead rig ESP LTD EC-1000, Marshall JVM410 Head & cab and a Revv G3 with maybe a chorus thrown in for clean tones as a rhythm setup and for bass use a Spector Euro 4 with a Darkglass Alpha Omega 900 head and cab

[@martinclayton7260]

I want that Kraken!

[@RedRose4711]

Pedal wise you can't really get better then the Kraken. Have you tried the new Neunaber Neuron? Absolutely fantastic pedal.

[@bens2631]

Can anyone point me in the direction of instrumental type music that sounded like Rabea’s cleans around 13 mins in?

[@inthemicz]

Move the gear used further down the description? I open the video and straight away see one of the guitars to be chosen?

[@J.D....]

sound like The 1975!

[@NutsTesticles]

Another video with victory and Chapman gear.... sheesh guys

[@LetMeBurn.Workshop]

rabea the heart breaker

[@PureRiffery_]

I shed a tear when you guys didn't pick the Schecter CR-6 pro... they're insanely good guitars for the price. Good choices regardless!

[@Fail7515]

Bea I know you weren't that pleased with your rig, but together i thought this was some of the best sounds on this show ever. Sound like collective soul Sound like whitechapel

[@sakimiyu4169]

Ben, Alex and Zach use signature ESP's and they're 7 string baritones, so if they can find seven string baritones that'll do well

[@thehumanbean6033]

Can you guys do a sound like on Motley Crue

[@sakimiyu4169]

they did, but I have to tell you... it's absolute rubbish!

[@KrishinPillay]

Sounds like Linkin Park (Hybrid Theory/Meteroa)

[@AndreiGrozea]

They did a sound like lp video a while ago

[@MrTentpegs]

I think you should have gone with your gut, Rabea. The Katana would have sounded better, imo. That orange crackle Jackson at the start was gorgeous!

[@acemilesdomain]

The riffs are cool on this one I love it

[@KeeperOfPoops]

what would you name the riffs? can you give them fitting song titles each? you don't have to if you don't want to

[@sakimiyu4169]

@@KeeperOfPoops There's no hiding from... 1: Black Out The Sky 2: Time to Die 3: Ride on Fire 4: Awakening The Chaos so, what do you think?

[@KeeperOfPoops]

@@sakimiyu4169 Those titles are awesome. You always provide the best titles, Saki!

[@sakimiyu4169]

@@KeeperOfPoops R-Really? You're embarrassing me! 😳

[@ant_yep]

Dude that's a nice Jackson!... I need to look in to this

[@MetalJesus157]

Someone was playing "Creeping Death" while Rabea was talking about the Bassbreaker.

[@DevotioOfficial]

To anyone who bags the Katana. FIGHT ME! As for the Metal sub-genre. How about Industrial Metal? Great video lads! Cheers

[@saarangnarayan123]

Sorry but the Nobels is making it worse. A TS9 mini would have been a better bet. The Nobels doesn't have the kind of mid-bump needed for a metal tone.

[@KeeperOfPoops]

no it's not! it's making it better

[@Love4boost]

I’m not a metalhead but I do listen to a good bit of it. Mostly thrash metal. I have a dsl20c and it does damn good for that. I would’ve gone for the Schecter c1 platinum that combo leaves $300 for pedals

[@The.Adam.D]

Killer tones!

[@MarkSDD]

Rabea: It's like 34 degrees in England right now. Me: *Cries in Scottish.*

[@RealBillyGarcia]

Yesss! Thank you for this video.

[@codybruce3864]

Dude the amptweaker! I totally forgot about that pedal man

[@biemtrap]

plz do a ultimate 80's metal rig

[@hellandhades2822]

I play a Bassbreaker 007 with a ts9 and a PRS. I have a really powerful hard rock sound. I have a video on my channel of the amp, into a hughes and kettner 212 cab. Great video!!!!

[@KeeperOfPoops]

it's not a great video, it's a terrible video! it sounds nothing like Ultimate Metal Rig hell it sounds nothing like Misha Mansoor either!

[@JC-fj7oo]

The katana is a fantastic amp, but it really needs the software to get the most out of it. As a practice amp or writing amp or jamming with the band amp, epic. But there are some serious setbacks with trying to gig with it.

[@proteus2103]

It's ok for smaller venues. Maybe not on the clean settings though.

[@JC-fj7oo]

@@proteus2103 Volume isn't the problem. You can just mic the amp for larger venues. But if you need to tweak a setting, the knobs on the amp are very limited. Trying to setup a flanger with one knob isn't going to work. So now you have to have a laptop, a place to setup your laptop and store it on top of the guitars and amps and gear and cables you already have around. At home, writing songs, I already have the computer handy and this is a fantastic writing tool. Of course, we do more Pink Floyd type stuff with a bunch of different guitar tones. IF you are playing AC/DC Flip it to crunch, crank the gain and forget about it.

[@jasonstone8587]

Loving that Kraken Pre-amp pedal , you've whacked that out the park Rabea , very nice design on the front and I like the colour , it backs up its looks with the sound....I like it alot...

[@anastasia0zardonova]

Id really like to see your take on thrash. I know its not really in style anymore but i really enjoy to play that really agressive tone with less gain than youd think and almost no bass (in the guitarsound)

[@Shark_Sandwich]

Tasty riffz alert @ 14:00

[@BoozyBeggar]

If you want cheap yet good metal tones, BOSS ML-2 Metal Core into a clean amp. Your tone will sound great pretty much no matter what, but the playing's up to you.

[@BigStarch96]

Still wishing you guys would do old school parkway drive.

[@nimrod1975bce]

Please, please do Ultimate Punk Rock Rig | Without Busting The Bank!!!

[@gamesandguitars3901]

Holy shit that solo. Blew me away

[@KeeperOfPoops]

what would you name that song they did that solo in? cos it doesn't have a title why not name all four of the songs they played, try to think of a fitting title for each of the four songs

[@sakimiyu4169]

@William Allison I'd call that song "Time To Die"

[@KeeperOfPoops]

@Saki Miyu Yeah that's a pretty darn good song title