Goldstack: A deep-dive with Nolly and Rabea Massaad - Part 1: History and Cab Selection

In this highly requested 3 part series, Nolly and Rabea Massaad sit down and go into detail on the new GGD Studio Cabs: Goldstack Edition plug-in.
In part 1, they discuss the history of the legendary speaker and, with the aid of Rabea's playing, discuss why Nolly chose the cabs and speakers he did for this plug-in.
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[@6oundStudio]

I'm not even interested in these cabs all that much, but I just love listening to Nolly talking. I learn something new with every new podcast or video. thanks for what you're doing, it's much appreciated

[@GetGoodDrums]

Glad you like them!

[@blue_mountains28]

1. 15:09 Smokey 2. 17:14 Syrupy 3. 19:43 Glassy 4. 4. 22:57 Barky 5. 24:58 Woody 6. 27:55 Focused 7. 29:22 Focused bright 8. 31:27 Rich (like smooth in Cali) 9. 32:51 Rich bright Close mic sm57

[@christmas-telecaster]

I think i speak for a lot of my fellow musicians here when i say thank you guys so much for everything you do and for giving us mere mortals these incredible cabs to choose from, from Zilla to Cali to Goldstack. Thank you so much sincerely.

[@GetGoodDrums]

Thank you so much!

[@jackclay9145]

@The Real Bud Swayze pretty good “cheap” mic to record cabs with is like an SM57 for $100 so you got $100 left, where can you find a good cab for that price? nolly has spent thousands and thousands of dollars on all of these cabs and speakers combined, not to mention over a thousand dollars worth of mics to choose from, a team behind him doing the same thing for multiple years, micing them up properly and giving them to us for this price. $200 on a setup even close to this is remotely impossible not to mention having the knowledge to mic the cab and having the preamps he has available at hand to give us the best possible options for a huge discount in the grand scheme of all of this.

[@kronabus199a]

@@jackclay9145 agreed! And the Goldstack plug-in is currently priced at $40, so I’m not sure where the other commenter came up with $200 lol. Hell, it’s $35 for Cali Cabs right now, and given how expensive it is to source those early-2000s V30s, that’s an absolute steal to achieve that iconic sound.

[@johnconnearnmusic]

Flippin love a Nolly / Rabea deep dive

[@LukeBass1000]

Professor Nolly dropping knowledge...love it!

[@rickbiessman6084]

Seriously, man. He could easily teach at university full time.

[@SunshineHB]

Nolly sounds like he should be doing assessments on Antiques Roadshow. A true tone expert and djentleman. Rabea’s like “I found these tones in my grandmas attic.”

[@jeremyroberthickey]

GGD cab plugins are just perfect for my needs: great sound quality and design. Thank you for making this available to us and for sharing such valuable content.

[@Justin_Shadow999]

You guys are both individually so freakin lovely. It is a joy to see such passionate people talking and nerding out about music technology. Keep doing what you do.

[@adamnollygetgood5545]

Thanks for saying so Justin :)

[@chrisriffs]

Oh man I love this level of detail and nerdiness.

[@spederm0n283]

nolly, you are easily one of the most talented modern producers of this era.

[@fraenkiboii]

Bea struck the first chord and I was like - yeah. epic. sold. you guys are legends. 🤘🤘

[@Mxyaguitar5150]

Am I the only person that finds these kinds of videos with Nolly talking about his process strangely relaxing?

[@gabrielavanzi9652]

At first, while using the plugin, I thought Glassy was the Heavy Magnetic Greenback (G12H 30W) because of it's brightness and Syrupy sounded like a Classic 20W Pulsonic so I was surprised when you said it is all 25W speakers. Thank you guys for all the info and nice riffs played here! One cool thing is that Rabea uses a 69 GB (so, pulsonic cone) and a Blackback from 76 in his Neural Archetype Plugin so probably he feels at home with these tones.

[@royalmarine1011]

Thank you for your contribution to the musical arts. Bravo!

[@ph0kused]

Any music product that has Nolly involved with his level of deep dive is an instant buy for me. All the way down to researching the pulp recipe for the cone, whata madlad! And in here for it🎉

[@adilO.o]

I could listen to Nolly and Rabea talk for hours !! Man how I love these videos. I would really love to have one plugin where I can select Zilla, Cali and Goldstack cabs and mics. This would be really amazing for the workflow and I hope you guys would add soon an automatic volume compensation when blending several cabs and IRs. I am sometimes struggling with the Fletcher Munson effect while experimenting. Anyway Rock on guys and thank you for making this world a better place !!!

[@adamnollygetgood5545]

Thanks, yeah we'd definitely like to incorporate those feature ideas in the future

[@Spajeightysauce]

I remember when these came out. I was like, before I'll buy it, I'll wait for the "deep-dive review" content of Nolly and Rabea just like what they did from the last GGD Studio Cabs Cali. A couple days after.... I bought mine! Got no time to wait 😎 I knew that it would sound great. Haha

[@josiahquah]

Nolly and GGD doing the Lord’s work

[@NiklasMeads]

Yes! Love these longer format videos from Nolly and Bea

[@BlondPanda]

These cabs just have that recognizable hard rock character to them, I love it!

[@TillyP]

YES I've been waiting for exactly this video

[@GetGoodDrums]

Glad you like them!

[@80s_kid]

Great to see and hear the details, thanks!

[@charleslivingston803]

Thanks, this was kind of needed! There’s no instructions on the website (except installation) and no reference chart for the cabs/speakers. Not necessarily needed since they all sound great, but it’s fun to know this stuff. This is the best Marshall IR package available. Celestion’s own Speakermix Pro is a phasey thin mess. There’s a difference when someone passionately curates best examples of historic speakers and captures them expertly.

[@danymalsound]

that speaker at 19:40 reminds me a ton of the first few Foreigner records. So good!

[@XiyuYang]

I'm not even here for the product demo (already bought it) I just enjoy Nolly and Rabea talking about things they’re clearly passionate about

[@CreationNeverSleeps]

Excellent video!

[@Mendelian]

Love the vid but I need to know: What Mesa is that beneath the desk? Mark 2C+ or Mark IV? Love the color.

[@adamnollygetgood5545]

Thanks, it's a IIC+!

[@TommyToboggan611]

Surprisingly the 96 and 03 are the closest to the sound in my head. I came to the conclusion it was not a v30 but a "greenback" maybe 4 or 5 years ago but never realized that it was this era specifically. explains why I never got a long with the creambacks. the blackbacks are really really close.

[@TomyP.]

Excellent video. The nerdiest the better. When is nolly going to make a documentary on rock/metal guitar related tech? ps.: How is the amp going to the AI? Maybe missed it in the vid.

[@sufferthroughsilence]

Love these

[@wakjob961]

In the past few years I've owned a Marshall 4x12 from the year 1969 with the original speakers. Warehouse 'Green Berets' and the newer Celestion made EVH speakers. All were great in their own way, but the old Marshall was REALLY soft in the high end and would only pair up well with something like a strident sounding 80's JCM800.

[@jernermusic]

A bit of info on each speaker or mic when mousing over them would be great. Year and type, that sort of thing.

[@adamnollygetgood5545]

That's a good idea, thanks

[@Pericles777]

GGD is so good I haven’t felt the need to buy any new plugins in years😂 even new GGD plugins 😅 still using the Zilla pack from a while ago!!

[@Utube-g3g]

Nice PRS

[@blue_mountains28]

really cool guys, sounds great

[@GetGoodDrums]

Thank you!

[@lydfar2392]

Sorry if I missed this. But did they mention anything about the which brand of Power load box they used in the video? Thank you.

[@barrysnook4017]

I think In the plugin would be a good idea to have a little “i” icon than has a little blurb about some info you talk about in these vids. Would help a lot as there are so many options that you get lost easily when trying to get a sound

[@Grotsnik1992]

How did you guys capture the amp tone in this video? I assume with some kind of loadbox and if so with which?

[@messengercrow]

Where is Nolly's studio? Bath? I live in Guildford and always wondered if he could mix a couple of songs for me.

[@kevodidit]

Hey just got these! what loadbox are you guys using for the ream amps?

[@sirdarrel2923]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@chrisdaviesguitar]

sounds great, how well do the they clean up on turning down the volume.

[@adamnollygetgood5545]

You can hear Rabea doing that a few times in these videos, especially part 2

[@alrecks619]

is that some sort of weird crankshaft thing going on the back? lol. Apparently there are G12M25 Blackbacks because the green plastics ran out of supply. Edit : also can't help but to notice about the whole pre-rola thing, pulsonic cones, whatever that can affect the sound of each classic speakers.

[@JazTidy]

Is it possible to mix and match between the other GGD cabs (Cali & Zilla) or would you have to export as an IR from one to load it into the other? If not then that would be a pretty sweet addition down the road!

[@XiyuYang]

You can always dupe tracks and insert different cab plugins, and then mix&match

[@bleeddean1989]

That Friedman head is Soo thumpy and spongy and bouncy!!! 🤤🤤

[@Penberth1]

Complete aside obvz, but is that Nolly's ME2? One of my favourite guitars!

[@adamnollygetgood5545]

It is indeed

[@kronabus199a]

@@adamnollygetgood5545 not related to the previous comment, but I really wanted to say thank you for not being secretive and precious with all of your knowledge! It’s such a breath of fresh air to be able to learn from someone as accomplished as yourself, since some of the older guys tend to keep their techniques pretty close to their chests. Cheers! 🤙

[@Sub-xo8uj]

Nolly loses like 15 years in that transition @26:10

[@ShreddingDragon]

Goldstack Yeah Yeah rig rundown 23:40. Tight!

[@kimseniorb]

playing gibson in a fender tshirt is savage and illegal.

[@TheEdu0920]

Marcelo playing guitar now, interesting

[@davidlinares3320]

3:40 so can i ask a questin dear god ggd nolly allmighty? Hahahaha

[@Metaljonus]

Greenback, Blackback, Brokeback Mountain lol

[@xiaozi0624]

哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈nolly你长胖了

[@ctld5266]

So much blabla...