GEARWHORE: Devs Current Practice Rig

[@Jackielegs616]

I have absolutely no idea what he's saying, but I'm really enjoying listening to him saying it.

[@heavymetalrybakina]

Hilarious, I often feel the same when he goes into great technical detail about his equipment.

[@JanTheLitterbox]

Glen Fricker already going mad :D

[@ANTTU24]

That was the first thing that came to my mind too :D His fellow Canadian musician is using Line 6 spider.. ugh.. :D It does the job for Dev at least.

[@AlexrooXell]

Glenn thinks that the Line 6 amp sounds horrible when it comes to recording and trying to get the best sound possible. For practice, you can use anything that you like, but he puts the emphasis on not using a "practice amp" for a serious recording. He has some points but also he goes a little too harsh on this amp. For practice purposes, any amp could do just fine :)

[@JanTheLitterbox]

Alex i shouldve put /s in there ;)

[@tcrane8630]

Jan Lundström I think Glen really hates the distortions and overdrives...

[@johnstrh1]

ah you mentioned Glenn before me haha

[@oscargarciahinde4247]

haha all these KZbin peeps bashing on the spider (even destroying one wtf) and then along comes mister Townsend himself, a truly gifted individual, and says "yeah, nah this is a cool practise amp". Nice tones there, mister Townsend! looking forward to your show in Madrid!

[@mycapibara]

I think it's just a lack of creativity on the haters' part

[@amosmckibben4021]

Yeah I would be willing to bet that most of them aren't even close to as creative as Devin in their playing style

[@psychicandice]

One guy online gave it a one star and didn’t even bother to experiment with his own presets. He just shat on the dozens if not hundreds of factory presets. I actually tried this Line 6 amp today with the Devin Townsend presets (imagine that lol) and it sounded REALLY impressive. I’m saving up for one currently

[@jccorbett]

Got the book 2 days ago. Should be finished by tonight. Thank you for allowing us in to that degree. Really.

[@MrMattyb1313]

love the natural earthy look to your guitar. keep writing that unbelievably amazing music

[@erudeigrek]

You sitting on that IKEA table makes me anxious. Watch out, man!

[@caiinperience8722]

Same here. But actually I was more afraid he might hit the coffee cup ;-)))

[@garrykingmusic]

Out of all the artists I admire and there are a few Dev is top of my list, he simply has worked and worked through so much to get where he is, never given up, always original and true to his musical beliefs. Still amazes me that the mainstream media pushes out and promotes manufactured pointless rubbish with zero longevity and ignores the fact that artists like Dev the band with my mate R.V.P play such amazing inspiring and original music!

[@minkorrh]

Hell, look at how long it took Rush to get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (not that it means squat)....what I'm trying to say is the guy running the RRHOF admittedly dislikes prog rock/metal, and the majority of peoples musical tastes are not sophisticated enough to actually appreciate progressive music....hence the cookie-cutter crap. I shouldn't be so judgemental as it's ok for what it is, but when it comes to artists that really stand out for the correct reasons, they would never have me as a rabid fan like I am for DT. I'm pretty sure if given the chance, 90% of people would find something they really like in his catalogue.

[@MentalMetalMania]

Hey Devin! Love your Gearwhore series ! Nice to see you Gear Geek side!

[@SeanFlaharty]

That's awesome! Great to see more footage from you Zim!

[@rurzan]

4:08, Devin is a glitch in the Matrix, I KNEW IT!

[@SRNF]

Finally someone defends the use of line 6 for once lol. Line 6 better give Devin 50 grand.

[@minkorrh]

LOL. They really take some heat considering they were the first company to really push the modeling. I still play through an HD500X floor unit and I have no reason to upgrade. Does everything I need and when compared to the newer units and tones, the upgrade cost is nowhere near warranted. I'm an apartment dweller and don't gig, so the stereo headphones are the shit when I can't run through the monitors.

[@ZedChuva]

I've used nothing but Line 6 since 2003, and have never had problems with their product. Well... I was disappointed in the HD500, cause of the DSP issues, but that aside, they are tops in my book. The Helix, is a thing of beauty.

[@ChristopherRoss.]

That sign off had me in stitches

[@BlutigeTranen]

Sweet, Devy also practices with the Line 6 Spider.

[@Kwyjibo2006]

Dev playing in standard tuning? Well shit, there's something you don't see every day. Cool rig though! Can't wait to get my hands on the Ocean Machine pedal.

[@7thwave42]

I'm fairly certain he uses that guitar for the Casualties of Cool stuff and I think a lot (though maybe not all?) of that is in standard.

[@Kwyjibo2006]

Ahh good point! A couple of Casualties songs (Mountaintop, Forgive Me, The Bridge) are definitely in open C but obviously not all of them are. I think the guitar is fairly new though, and that Framus made it for him for the Dunlop Casualties session.

[@guitarguts666]

there is nothing wrong with using a Line 6 as a practice only rig. It definitely can't do live, "any of them" for that matter. But so long as you could get close to your sound is the point and if you have your real rig mapped correct, there will be no difference. I use my old Spider II 75 Head and the FBV "FirstBornVern" Shortboard all the time for everything I practice at home. Might be time to end the cabling nightmare and go with this setup. not a bad layout at all Dev. Thank you for sharing. Would like to see more on the tweaking on a cabling diagram layout for this like your described.

[@B4its2L8guy]

People been hating on me for 25 years for plugging into digital effects units. But stereo effects can be so inspiring. Using 2 at once seems even better!

[@ooktar]

I have the Line 6 Axsys 212, which was essentially Line 6's first modeling amp way before the spiders. Out of the stuff that they've put out since, including the flextone amps, the Pods and all the spider amps, the Axsys 212, in my opinion of course, sounds the best out of all of them still. It's the one out of all of them that legitimately sounds like I'm plugging my guitar into a tube amp.

[@phatman1478]

Line 6 haters in 3...2...1...

[@GigiGuitar]

well... I think there's no need... Dev uses only clean tones when he writes so... xp

[@aries_9130]

"Opinions are like assholes. Everybody's got one and everyone thinks everyone else's stinks." I never got why some people get so upset over the preferences / likings of others. If there wasn't a market for Line 6 devices, they'd be long out of business. They definitely have their place in the modern guitar world, in my opinion.

[@Malleuss]

So the spiders natively work with the G10? That's amazing! I may have misunderstood as I'm in a really loud room with no headphones but that's quite sexy.

[@wyldweasil]

first Ziltoid was recorded on a POD, I'm sure people will be quite surprised that some of the other albums like Addicted were also recorded on "modeling" software, so they can hate all they want, Dev can make this Line 6 stuff work. So can Twelve Foot Ninja

[@MFKR696]

You're better off with something like Guitar Rig Pro, Amplitube or Bias Desktop (in no particular order) if you're going the modelling route. I'd take the tone I can get out of my computer over anything from Line6 any day of the week. If you're gonna plug computer speakers into it anyways, you might as well use a computer. What's more? You can run your computer into your stereo, hook up some active monitors, or simply cut out all that crap and go the "silent" route with some 'phones. Plus, with the setup I'm using, I can patch a dry signal straight through the DI into an amp, simultaneously, if I really need one (I don't, usually.) Needless to say, these days if you want big-bucks tone, you don't need to shell out the big-bucks. If you really had to, you could tour with an I-Pad and a couple of active monitors.

[@impulsivedesigns]

I love those AR Powered Partner speakers.

[@SteveHupe]

I don't like the tone of that speaker, but the rest of the amp has a bunch of features I love. The good thing about that is, you can always swap out the cone for something you like better or compensate with some extra fx.

[@rsoulburnz]

or just go DI

[@theminboss]

*turns on distortion 'uh oh, better not do that' *turns off distortion

[@Ironsvillage]

3:41 Anything? EVEN A CHEEEEEEEESEBURGER?!

[@elennare]

My cat loved your lead preset

[@tcrane8630]

like he said, practice rig. but, that Moore pedal looks amazing

[@WillJupiter]

ZIM!!! Miss your tour videos!!

[@fabidude8419]

a clean Canadian using the clean Canadian preset :)

[@crimsun7186]

The Framus Lelecaster?

[@jameslawrence9125]

I could watch you do this shit all day man.

[@stellalink8898]

You amaze me. I love you.

[@Revoknight99]

I love devin. He is so funny. He forgot to plug in the g10 to the guitar at the end

[@lellowranger]

Zim's back!!!

[@fruitlessworship]

dongle...

[@sicariusbladehart9525]

I read this the instant that he said it.

[@suburbanhomejustin]

Vashtheultimate the way he said it was hilarious.

[@timokomulainen]

I was hoping for a little demo on how you use the rig to practice your own music. Surely you don't use those drum loops, for one. ;)

[@paddypenguin8895]

Man how can you say devin isnt a GOD when he can make a spider mk 5 sound AMAZING!!!!

[@brutalbeetle]

Of course it sounds good when you bypass the part of a Spider that sucks - the speakers. The Spider's speakers have massive tonal holes those PC speakers and probably filling in.

[@Jrock-dx6cd]

brutalbeetle he still used the line 6 speaker for his dry sound the other speakers are for his wet sound cuz devin always uses a 2 amp wet/dry setup

[@3DimensionsMC]

Please bring Zim to the UK :D

[@FadingReign]

Dev's got a lot of confidence in that Ikea Table... From personal experience I can report that is indeed made of cardboard.

[@Excrucius]

5:14 CanadianClean :D

[@jonathanwright8802]

That coffee table is about to collapse.

[@bingbashbosh1]

I've go the wireless G10 myself, so handy not having to navigate wires and nearly breaking my neck

[@otto524]

Now I wanna see a dev improv session...

[@oremia]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/poq0noiEr9CMd7M

[@ximontrespalacios1257]

Imagine what Glenn Fricker will say

[@dfro1982]

Ximon Trespalacios It don't matter I'd take Devin's word over his any day. They're both foul mouthed Canadians but only one of them will stand along side Mozart and Beethoven in the history of music.

[@Liquidmetal6661]

I don't think he would dare say anything cause it would ruin him and his business ahaha.

[@AlexCBrandon]

Sorry Devin but "Fat Boy Vernon" is probably the most awesome possible name for that foot pedal. And Line6 missed their opportunity. Great demo of the Spider!

[@pterantula]

Where can I get one of those Framus TelePauls????

[@tomibuhbut1654]

I Fell In ❤ With Devin Townsend's Ocean Machine Album At First Listen. And I Keep On Coming Back To Listen To That Masterpiece... I Would Like To Learn To Play Some Of Those Outstanding Track's Some Day. With Some Guitar. Any Suggestion On Which One Should I Get? (I Like Also Artist's Like Opeth.)

[@theaustralianhulk]

if you are happy with the axe fx live, why not use it at home through studio monitors? thats what I do.

[@TheBhannah]

i think we need a Devin foot cam to see what he does in a day ?]

[@ccstreamz]

Do you ever worry someone is going to steal your sound, move into the old country, start a small farm with an attached B & B, and then make baby sounds; all the while raising those sounds as their own?

[@cjleongson]

what about having a variax with that rig? or the shuriken variax

[@k5elevencinc0]

Line 6 🤘🏾🎸

[@AnfalasHerdsman]

Fat boy vernin ??? i want a song with this title please Plovdev ...

[@NathanWisdom]

Heh.. you said...modular~

[@jphaeufle6302]

ayee

[@MinGamingKanal]

glenn fricker

[@LABAMBA212]

Line 6 Spider? *INAUDIBLE SCREECHING*

[@adamg8554]

Who knows what laptop speakers they are?? I have been looking for smaller speakers to add to my rig for the full stereo effect.

[@erinburke9711]

The white ones? Advent AV570

[@adamg8554]

Thanks man!

[@erinburke9711]

Adam G No problem. They're amazingly good speakers, just make sure you get the Advents vs the older Acoustic Research ones.

[@QuikdethDeviantart]

The moment you realize some people have “practice rigs” better than your “live rig”...

[@MRX123MRX]

Maybe a dumb question but why doesn't he use his Axe Fx if he's got one?

[@sunnibird]

Because it's part of a much larger setup that isn't nearly as portable or convenient.

[@somerandomguy8813]

I was thinking the same thing. I think he could afford a second Axe Fx unit for practicing. Maybe he would get one for free because he has made a deal with fractal audio. Why use some Line6 shit, I don't get it.

[@JS-jo3wj]

That is an awesome guitar? What is it?

[@sotirzvanidjubre4109]

How you know what chord you play with open C tuning?

[@davemakesnoises]

math

[@DeepSabbath1]

EXCUSE ME WHY IS DEVIN PLAYING IN STARDARD!?

[@grumpy_bird]

3:27 😂

[@capncrackpipe]

CanadianClean 😂😂

[@Kaos1989]

When the camera was out of focus I thought it said CanadianClown

[@ffcwoods]

What pickups does he have in that Framus tele? Anyone?

[@cirith100]

ffcwoods his own signature Fishman pickups , there's videos of them

[@ffcwoods]

Was not aware there were tele versions.

[@cirith100]

ffcwoods I was watching it on my phone so I didn't see the pickups at first but Fishman makes a bunch of single coil pickups also

[@ffcwoods]

I must be way out of the loop lol. Thanks!

[@josephgooch1451]

Nice ola clap😂

[@ChrisTarpleyAsylumOfCerberus]

line 6: Fat Boy Virgin 3

[@snooze0023]

I love the spider .................... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@OnurHunuma]

''Signature ;)''

[@dntinpalevo]

Is that a Teles-Paul guitar?

[@NotFromSt8Farm]

dntinpalevo it's a Framus Plank

[@aliensporebomb]

"Fat Boy Vernon"?

[@ekijokinen5584]

nice wah face

[@Stephen_Eee]

So he is using a table as a chair???? He can never hide Canadianismness....I mean not that he should, but you know for Halloween and such

[@butcherneck]

Remove that static noise, please pretty please :-)

[@AndyDuckala]

dongle...