Friedman Phil X Signature Head - Phil X Interview

Friedman Phil X Signature Head - Phil X Interview
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00:01 Friedman Phil X Signature Head
01:36 Phil X
04:36 X Head Origin Story
06:32 "Angry Tones"
07:56 Cleaning Up
11:32 Two Master Volumes!
14:26 Humbucker Tones, Not a Whammy Bar and a Broken String
16:38 Thanks for watching!

[@Carlito_MD]

I'm telling you man, your channel is sooooo underrated. Spreading the word.

[@BigHairyGuitars]

+Carlito Thanks man!

[@Jay-sy5yf]

+Carlito Not for too much longer...

[@the92project]

Ill be able to tell my grandkids that one day i had more subs than Mike Nielsen. LOL

[@Carlito_MD]

+Michael Nielsen Friedman Amp's facebook account just shared this video! (As they should).

[@MoreMeRecording]

And a wicked player in his own right

[@brainsniffer]

It always blows my mind when I see a guitarist that I take for granted would be the dropout party dude and they turn out to be someone who can rap for hours about the nuance of tone, and playing styles and stuff. I am nowhere, never practicing, never learned modes and scales, and here this dude is spectacular and probably has thousands of times the hours I practice in. Total respect.

[@AndyK.23]

Always fun to see Phil X play! Pretty cool how Friedman actually sat there changing values on the fly. Guitar Nerd Disneyland, indeed!

[@andrewt248]

I'm assuming the 1976 amp he's referring to is the grill-grate-front Marshall JMP. That amp sounds GOOD.

[@robertwhitcomb6105]

the one that sometimes smells like lamb?

[@robertrogers7939]

Mike does the best in depth reviews of the way you actually want to hear and will use a piece of gear.

[@matthewhumphrey1811]

Would love a Friedman... absolute sound I have in my head and love the way it responds to volume changes. So far I have saved about £3.62 though so might take a while...

[@Basedboomerchadbear]

🤣👍

[@mikedixon8830]

Phil's rad, studio clean and classy, awesome interview! More please!

[@FlashGrover]

Fark he's a great player. Thanks Mike - good fun interview

[@fadejmg]

I'm in love with this channel. And also with your studio. Cheers!

[@EVEROSFP1]

Phil is as cool as it gets. Congrats for your channel!

[@RedRemedyXTC101b]

Awesome interview video Mike! Well done man, Phil X is a legend. And a lot smarter player than he seems to get credit for (I'm sure that's intended & is actually pure genius). The Friedman amp is just like the ultimate rock sound, super articulate, classic mid grind with balls for days! ...Yeah, it's definitely on the GAS list. :)

[@coffeewaldo]

He's very smart. Big session guy. Knows his gear. Knows his shit period.

[@benglass769]

I have been waiting for a video of Phil reviewing his amp since I first saw it!! Thank you!!

[@Smoothtlknwhtboi]

I'm always waiting for your videos thanks for posting this one

[@smilmedstil]

That vibrato trick is amazing.. Such an inspiring player.

[@OKellyTube]

Awesome interview! Phil's a great guy. Been watching a handful of your vids and WOW...you ROCK!!! Keep up the great work.

[@swinglow33]

Found Phil X on the frettedamericana channel last year and became an instant fan.

[@TheAxe4Ever]

Life doesn’t have to be complicated. I see a Phil X video, I click play. It’s that simple really.

[@mikewoike9429]

I've been watching Phil X for awhile and it seems like he has a shitload of fun playing all kinds of gatairs

[@Ky_fan]

This amp sounds like a tone monster! I need one

[@rangerdoc1029]

Phil is like a cross between Sammy Hagar & a labradoodle.

[@Sigourneyweaversboobs]

I was thinking sammy and dimebag haha

[@eyedunno8462]

Sammy looks like a poodle already

[@lakisbouz]

Phil you are a MONSTER OF A PLAYER!!!!!!!!

[@wolfie316781]

Beautifully creative noodling oh yeah!!!!

[@jimmyspourhouse5073]

I like Phil. He doesn't give a f__k. He might plink a note on an internet video but he doesn't care. He just move forward and it rock and roll. Inspiring really

[@WoodesosGuitarMods]

I can't understand how Phil doesn't have Gibson banging down his door? He's more popular and influential as a guitarist, than any 'regular' musician. If you play guitar at all, have an internet connection, and like to rock, you know Phil. I've looked and looked and can't find anyone who sells Framus guitars. But you can buy a Gibby anywhere. And he so clearly wants a hotrodded SG:-)

[@Todesnuss]

The thing is Framus guitars are disgustingly well made. A Gibson wouldn't necessarily be an upgrade to that, so for him personally I think he's got what he needs with them. As for avaliabilty, that's not really something he should have to care about.

[@HulktastickFTW]

+Todesnuss yeah I wanted to find a devin Townsend framus and can't find and dealers.

[@Todesnuss]

HulktastickFTW Where do you live? Personally I would never get something as weirdly specific as devins sig for the kind of price it goes for.

[@HulktastickFTW]

+Todesnuss the uk. It was something I wanted around the release of z2 more then anything. I actually ended up buying a schecter jl-7

[@Todesnuss]

HulktastickFTW Thomann has Framus and I'm pretty sure it's easy to get stuff from them in the uk. Don't think they regularly carry Devins sig though, it's way to specialized to have in the regular inventory.

[@edwindantes539]

I have a Runt 20 since that's all I need and it is AMAZING!!

[@tomusic8887]

That's cool I have just bought a jj jr which apparently is kinda like the runt, I find it very mid heavy, a bit boxy did you experience that with your amp? Cheers 🤟

[@bchant19]

the magic beep word is MARSHALL, by the way, his amp is a 1976 jmp 100 watt I believe or its a 50 watt I'm not sure you'll have to ask Phil to find out

[@RusticSpirit]

Incredible! Please make a 20 Watt version!

[@planetsab]

I so can't wait for the BE pedal..., trusting you get it first

[@CamilleJacob]

13:30 A boost pedal could actually work as a second master volume if you put it into the effect loop

[@coffeewaldo]

You can use a distortion pedal. It takes them very well just lower the gain. Etc.

[@ChrizRockster]

Or an EQ - So long as all of your tone goes through the loop of course. Had amps in the past that only sent 50% into the loom... not great really. I'm on a JCM800 2210 these days, i'm pretty comfortable but a BE-100 does sound mega sexy.

[@stepitupandgo67]

phil is a beast...kudos

[@MrGTO-ze7vb]

LOL.... another great tone lesson from Phil XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

[@TrevorrNourse]

You should have a Million Subscribers. Great stuff all the time.

[@bighairyprofiles4723]

Thanks Trevorr! VERY nice of you to say!

[@sn95_mustang_garage]

Wish I could afford a Friedman amp. Again, this one sounds sweet. Mike your channel should have a million subs.

[@coffeewaldo]

Used?

[@Gary-qo1hv]

Such a killer player and seems like a really cool guy too. Hope someday he from a new hard rock group and puts out sime new/old school metal

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

I had to get a ceriatone bass 50 watt, great amp with good build and components, takes pedals well.

[@andrij.demianczuk]

always wanted to play a German made Framus. I have played a Buxom Betty Friedman though and holy hell I can see why Phil loves those amps. Bill Kelliher too.

[@MrUltraworld]

If your amp doesn't have a boost function, or you don't like it, put a clean boost pedal (like an Xotic) in the FX loop.

[@landonjackson3064]

Fred Garvin a Boss GE-7 in the loop will change your life for leads and shaping tone

[@Joey_Films]

Oh shit!!! Kaveh Cohens place! Did an interview with him last summer. Awesome guy, awesome studio!!!

[@BigHairyGuitars]

Hi Joe! Yep. Kav's room is next door. Identical twin room. :)

[@Joey_Films]

Of course! figured this was the room to the left after I commented. Ventured in for a sneaky peek! Fantastic place! Great review. Phil sure is a crazy awesome dude! Thanks for the vid!

[@paulcowart3174]

Great one channel amp I'm saving for a small box or a D Shirley Friedman is a genius

[@buzzsaw63]

This is great thanks for the upload!! Phil is the man. Hey does anyone know if Doug Rappoport will come out with a signature amp? I feel like he should have a signature Friedman. Thanks

[@bassprofishe1549]

i dont think he wants one

[@paulcowart3174]

Yeah he is probably happy with the stock stuff it's so amazing DS40 for me hopefully soon

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

BE - 💯 is the best I ever head him sound, like that amp was made for him.

[@rockinchippy]

Great job, mike!!!!!!

[@owntone5]

First time to your channel...great interview! Subscribed

[@backingtrackguys]

Love this channel !!!!

[@paulboomer4794]

Phil X was in your studio? WOW! Phil is the MAN!! Why is he bleeped? I am still looking for his Dirty Sanchez signature pickup! lol

[@BigHairyGuitars]

Yeah. Phil is great player and dude! We bleeped him because it's a Friedman video and he was talking about Marshall. Honestly, we just thought it would be kinda funny. Everyone who knows Phil, knows that he has a killer old Marshall head.

[@phil1065]

kind of a jimmy page meets brian may type vibe. love this guy

[@Colin.W]

Love this!

[@anthonyfisher5076]

wonderful player he is!

[@littlewing7922]

'...and this is just some random dude we picked up off the street to play with Phil's stuff'. That would have been so funny.

[@jegl1012]

Phil X is just in another level

[@budgetguitarist]

PHIL X!!!!!!!!!! God I freaking love this guy. I also love Friedman amps. They sound amazing. I can't afford one, but that's OK. For you folks with big bucks, they're worth the money.

[@renattoharrison3797]

Phil X is disturbed ...... love

[@cardbored_]

4:25, Michaels facial expression was interesting when Phil talked about bringing in the preamp as a kind of “sauce”... seemed like he didn’t agree with that statement. Curious what he was thinking there.

[@truescotsman4103]

hes right when the drummer notices shit you got something. totally true.

[@dylanlbdb]

Happened to me once 😂

[@truescotsman4103]

@@dylanlbdb me too just last week. our drummer noticed how much better my 77 JMP 50w Marshall sounded than my Runt 50. I said the same thing 'if the drummer notices then you know you've got something'.

[@Jakeman90210]

Friedman makes some of the best amps in the planet if you ask me

[@blackfender100]

Awesome channel Mike I'm a new sub I'll send along anyone I can this channel ROCKS

[@brianyork5510]

Well that was as awesome as awesome gets.

[@t_sosh]

OMG, perfect brown sound at 15:01.

[@wildamendez]

What strings brand and gauges does he use??

[@erpece]

At 2:27 Phil reminded me of Bill Hader's Stefon...

[@harolddebarros9508]

these cuts senes dude. love it

[@Skoora]

It’s weird. Love where Phil’s heads at on what he wants out of an amp, pedals etc bit when I got to try a Phil X model I did not like it all. Felt it didn’t deliver a lot of what he talks about here. I feel Friedman for most of his amps is the Marshall that has been smoothed and refined but has lost the wildness. Many folks love it but I prefer the original, angrier messy sounding amps. Some of the older modded Marshall clips from before the BE100 are pretty terrific though.

[@tubesockets120v]

Phil seems less burnt out and his concentration and playing are improved.

[@purplecow5150]

I love Phil x \m/

[@satchyvaihalen]

Any lessons on how to ,play the first section he plays

[@canuckeh782]

phil you have to come back to kitchener with the drills ,big fan base here .

[@ClassicShotMK3]

Phil played bball I love it

[@vminator]

Why can we know what amp he’s talking about?

[@Jakeman90210]

Censored Marshall

[@mikemartin6554]

sooper gooood session!

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

The longer you play the less stuff you want, less to brake, less to step on, less carry, and more control with a value knob.

[@kahmhalen4094]

I sooo want a Friedman.

[@Knightmare-gz9ls]

Still think his best tone was that kesha amp? Kasha?

[@satchyvaihalen]

Also any tab for what he plays as its freakin awesome

[@BigHairyGuitars]

All of the songs are off The Drills new record. I do t know the release date yet, but It'll be out soon.

[@hansolo1345]

Achievement Unlocked!!!!!! OMG so HILARIOUS

[@t_sosh]

I'm so jealous of Phil's hair...

[@sunnibird]

Wouldn't mind one of his Framus sig models... the price however O_o

[@Quante1123]

They're developing a chinese made one, but it doesn't come with the Arcane pickups.

[@edwindantes539]

I want to know what Phil's normal settings are???? Anyone?

[@genarorodriguez8969]

Que marca es la guitarra?

[@wesleyclark8513]

What kind of guitar is he playing, it's gorgeous

[@blubberblahh]

framus px signature

[@jasonbone5121]

Framus XG

[@GretschGod]

So what's happened to the Evil Robot?

[@snapascrew]

Dead in the water

[@frankquinn1296]

I remember Dee Cernile teaching me that behind the nut whammy bar trick

[@erikfraunfelter3628]

I am a drummer that also plays guitar, so some of us like good guitar tone, lol!

[@fluxerflixer1]

Killer head!!!!! I likey!!!!

[@LebronSuxAtBalls]

you must tell us all your secrets that's why I'm watching broski

[@bernhardbaars7319]

Kickass!

[@olecranonrebellion9976]

what pick up in that framus?

[@vaiisgod8]

So no more evil robot? That was the go to sig amp that he was talking like this about what a year or two ago

[@BigHairyGuitars]

These 2 amps don't really crossover each other's range. I don't see why they can't co-exist. However, I highly recommend buying both and running them together! Oh yeah!!!!!! Do that!!!!!

[@vaiisgod8]

+Michael Nielsen wasn't trying to start drama just wondering. I think Phil is amazing and love to hear about the gear he is using and why. I just questioned is this going to be replaced down the road with another amp like the evil robot? There is another guy that has bounced around the endorsement and or signature deal often and I hate to think that's what is happening here

[@BigHairyGuitars]

+C. Smith no drama. I totally get what you're saying. Rock on! & thanks for watching!

[@billville111]

Wait! - that's the guy that's painting the garage!

[@jupjuck]

recording to 2 different power amps getting the 2 different characteristics in parallel?

[@BigHairyGuitars]

+Archie Macfarlane Sorry, I'm not sure I understand the question. Everything was recorded through that head on the spot. All characteristic changes are switched internally in the amp.

[@jupjuck]

oh nah i just had an idea...combine a squishy poweramp with a cutting chunky one for example

[@jupjuck]

kind of like parallel compression

[@BigHairyGuitars]

+Archie Macfarlane , Even better is to combine this amp with a Mini Dirty Shirley. Punchy + Juicy!

[@jupjuck]

or do the trainhack use a trainwreck expresss to bleed feedback into another amp you record

[@andrewdenine1685]

Sounds like a sharpened evh guitar sound

[@MatoMisik]

cool! :)

[@peterstrong6201]

Love Phil X he's such an original I mean anyone that gets a tattoo of a potatoe is cool in my books.lol.

[@coffeewaldo]

He's just cool. Potato or no potato. Btw 50 is looking pretty cool these days.

[@crisrose521]

All these distorted high gain amps make everyone sound the same and there's never any headroom and the resonance is too tight . Listen to Achilles Last Stand from Page . Big sound that goes on forever on the solo with not too much distortion though I understand about wanting the snarly sound . On here , on KZbin it sounds a bit too fuzzy . Just my 2 cents . Johnny G

[@davidvarela8739]

what brand are those cool sg's? seems like they don t neck dive ..ever.. eeeeva :)

[@BigHairyGuitars]

+je jee Framus. They have the biggest neck I've ever felt. Eeeeevvaaaaaaaa!!!!! ;)

[@coffeewaldo]

+Michael Nielsen I'm assuming u mean large neck not like a extra long neck? Reason I ask is I have a RnR relic. Best playing neck ever, so slinky but it sticks out so far I can hardly reach towards the nut.

[@coffeewaldo]

+Michael Nielsen I think it's the way the stick it in the end of the body instead of in thru the body. Phil's neck doesn't look real long. I'm not sure because he's standing. I hope I'm making sense.

[@domar961]

what guitar is this?

[@2Ursos1]

Dude, that SG....wtf, sexy as hell. Its a SG right?

[@SamLibman]

+Bernardo Salles Framus XG.

[@rjmcmooseknuckle]

+Bernardo Salles its a Framus , he use to play an ESP

[@mkilner]

+rjmcdade thought phil had a Yamaha endorsement?....ohwell things move fast these days! ⚡️🤔

[@BigHairyGuitars]

+Martin Kilner Phil talked about his guitar switch in a different interview (can't remember where I saw it). It sounded like Yamaha could move as fast as he wanted with changes or updates to his model. And he wanted to put out a lower priced model, which Y was resistant to doing. And Framus makes great geeeeetars too.

[@coffeewaldo]

+rjmcdade Yamaha.

[@stephencook9357]

More pls👍😂

[@Nickpaflas]

Why censor Marshall?

[@BigHairyGuitars]

+Nick paellas Just for the fun of it. :) Anyone who's a Phil X fan knows he has a killer Marshall head and a killer old Magnatone, and a killer Friedman.

[@208414]

The next thing you know he'll be announcing his endorsement deal with Marshall.

[@BigHairyGuitars]

I wouldn't be surprised. It's hard to say NO to Gibson, Fender or Marshall.

[@deanmutonga8540]

I like ur channel