Guitar players keep shooting themselves in the foot by doing this.... | VC 410

[@cletuschrist]

Here's a helpful guitar tip: Don't roller-skate.

[@hadleymanmusic]

You cant skate and stand tall timber you gotta crouch the grounds your nearest friend. I just cant be half pipein on skateboard. I dont have a car..I rollerskated last night to the store about 10 and in moonlight

[@jrrarglblarg9241]

@@hadleymanmusic Until you break your wrist. Then you won’t play guitar. My mom got hit by a drunk straying into her crosswalk at low speed. Her elbow doesn’t work right anymore and she can no longer play the guitar she named me after (a “vintage” Martin dreadnought that was new when she was 15). Please be mindful of the delicate parts of your body.

[@ronaldbernabe16]

Rob Scallon took this tip personally and played "Rain" on a skatepark...

[@JuiceboxDesmond]

I concur

[@twobarsfourstars]

Lol you can do both, our band literally just released a video of us doing just that: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYq1o5yYhtWAsNU . Our guitarist started the group and has been skating for decades, hospitalized and everything yet still rocking 🤘🏼 The Night Skate if you’re in LA and want to come skate with us, every Tuesday!

[@gtrklem]

I would love to see Dweezil on the channel! I've been a fan of his, and his father, for as long as I can remember. He's also a great guy, I've watched him live a number of times and he always sticks around after the shows to chat with his fans. Get him on the show!

[@Faffel]

He makes a damn good duck

[@TheTrueVoiceOfReason]

I concur. Dweezil is one hell of a musician and one heck of a nice, down to earth dude. The wife even got up on stage to dance along with the rest of the ladies he called up. Son's got his JH on his first guitar (uses it just for signatures). So, yeah do what you can to get him on the show. (Tell Ahmet to stay home)

[@fluffytoaster427]

Glenn: *crafts a gauntlet covering a wide range of gear and breaks down how each affects the tone* Dentists and Lawyers: "No."

[@the_panos]

you're crazy if you think they have the time to sit and watch these youtube videos and comment on them. The people getting angry generally are "musos" buying into youtube rubbish to begin with.

[@ChristopherHallett]

Every motorcycle manufacturer besides Harley Davidson: "We build cruisers that can get out of their own way, brake, and go around corners, AND they're reliable!" Dentists and Lawyers: "No."

[@hardyhardyha5767]

The dumb bass player jokes have absolutely not gotten old. Some things are just timeless.

[@UTubeHandlesSuck]

This bass player concurs. 👍

[@martyshwaartz971]

Timeless as the bassists playing !

[@hardyhardyha5767]

@The Tired Horizon That definately needs to happen. I'm a decent bass player when it comes to home recording, but hell it would be nice to get pro tips that you wouldn't typically find.

[@hardyhardyha5767]

@@martyshwaartz971 Ba dm tss

[@verticalhamburger9517]

I'm a bassist and can agree that I are am have no smartf/

[@KyleSevenoaks]

I've applied almost every tip Glenn has thrown out of this channel and my mixes sound a massive amount better because of it. Never stop making this show!

[@8KilgoreTrout4]

🤘🤘

[@cycomiles4225]

a sound engineer with academins backround (college) and decades of expirience...yeah, thatguy is probably wrong with everything sound related 😂😂 Thats how these people sound... expirience and making it work means nothing to tjem.

[@klauswigsmith]

One of the best guitar related and most informative channels on KZbin, and Glenn's one of the nicest guys out there, despite the cantankerous facade, lol. Keep it up, Glenn! \m/

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

Shhhhhhhh!

[@aquabot]

Glenn, you ABSOLUTELY must get Dweezil on the show, he's such a talented and cool guy.

[@latheofheaven1017]

Oh yeah! Invite Dweezil on the show, Glenn. That would be amazing. So much respect for his championing of his dad's music, and his absolute mastery of the guitar. Do it, do it!

[@Bluewizardmusic]

I started out as a synthpop and EDM artist but I've been gradually shifting into a more industrial sort of sound and your channel has been an amazing source of guidance as I start exploring how to do stuff with guitars and whatnot. My guitar player is a big fan and so I find that most of the time we're already on the same page cuz we watched the same videos. Great stuff! Thanks!

[@kylesimmonds9925]

Just replaced the v30's that came in my Harley Benton 2x12 cab with some celestion EVH models. Huge difference! Could not be happier! Thank you for bringing accurate information to the light on the tone subject. I learn something new every day and I hope that never stops!

[@gringogreen4719]

My journey so far since watching your videos: The three biggest changes on my tone in order are: new speakers, better electronics in Import guitars, and changing out the tone block on a Strat style bridge from stock (pot metal) to brass. These all had significant changes on tone and sound. The speaker is easy, a better speaker frees up more frequencies the rest of your gear is producing. Upgrading pots and capacitors to what Fender, Gibson and Boutique builders use is a no brainer. Typically it gets more range out of even stock pickups. Also it gets the most out of replacement pickups that the stock electronics are choking. Electronics on a guitar is a subtraction formula, you cannot add. The swapping of a stock block from factory to brass on a Strat style trem was very eye opening. You can hear and feel it acoustically on the guitar without plugging it in. Just make sure you buy the right block size for your bridge. Brass also affect Tele saddles too but it is more subtle than the Strat. Tubes... changing tubes has only yielded a very slight tone difference if the old tubes are working fine. I swapped Rubys for JJs and it was a slight difference. Now if you have tubes that are failing, putting in new working tubes will be a huge difference. Pickup changes... slight to medium. That's if you are swapping like for like. Most changes tend to be medium sized changes, not insignificant but not major. The guitar with the brass block, yeah I put a Filtertron, a SD Little 59, and a SD Quarter Pounder in that so it made a HUGE difference over stock, generic Strat pickups. Another guitar where I replaced stock cheapo pickups with Seymour Duncans and upgraded the electrics... i would day that made a very noticeable change but just short of significant. Other mods I have done HAVE made differences but typically its a cumulative effect from before to after if you are replacing most of the hardware, pickups, and electronics on a guitar. One off changes tend to be single digit (under 10%) percentage changes overall so you may hear or feel a slight change on its own. Changing hardware like a different bridge or replacing non locking with locking tuners has a decent amount of change to tone and feel. Getting a professional nut installed tends to bring out the most of your guitar feel wise. I hope this helps.

[@treadhead1945]

Ok, so here in the Western world, we tune to Concert A, 440 Hz. This means, essentially, that regardless of how you tune your strings, an A is an A, a G# is a G#. So the pickup takes that note and passes it to the amp where it gets processed, over-driven, compressed, and tubed. This is then pushed to the speaker, where we get the results of the whole package. It only makes sense that the speaker, which is reproducing the sound created by that string, vibrating at 440 Hz, will be what affects tone the most. Also, I'm a bass player, need a ride to the gig, nust be able to transport an 8x10 cab...

[@MoreMeRecording]

Re pickups: I think you're on point with a lot of this stuff - when it comes to hi-gain, which this channel is all about - but I also think that the Orient is finally catching up on *how* to make better pickups. In my case, back in 2001 I bought a Yamaha "Pathetica" that was just a complete plank for $400 and the first thing I did was replace the bridge with a JB and its like a veil was lifted off of it and shocked me and my band mates. This was common practice. My brother-outlaw worked at L&M back in those days as a Tech and was all about hopping up guitars before it became more common place and upgraded pups in a couple of beauty Epiphones and got me onto it.

[@matthewf1979]

Re ; The cabinet question- Yes, solid pine cabinets are a thing and I really like them. Especially if you have to lug it around. I believe Mojotone makes a lightweight cabinet line that uses pine too. Mojotone speakers are really, really good. I have a couple of the new Anthem speakers in my Fender amps that nail the old Oxford sound. Not really a metal thing though. I still buy NOS tubes, but it’s not for the way they sound. Right now, they’re not that much more than new production tubes and they easily last 5 to 10 times longer(typically much, much longer).

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

+1 on the Mojotone speakers. Fantastic stuff!

[@greevar]

But GLENN! How am I going to raise my status if I don't get my luxury purchases validated??? WTF?

[@HandPuppet_Official]

"Harley Benton double cut" is my favorite space on the SMG bingo board

[@uniiin]

OMG GLENN!! Dweezil would be an INSANE guest to interview or have on the show. I would love to listen to him talk or play for hours on end!

[@cjw1397]

Hey Glenn! Thank you so much for your contributions to tone science! You’ve saved me tons of money!😅 I was wondering if you have seen Jim Lills video on tone stacks in amps? I’m pretty sure I’ve heard you mention his video where he took the guitar out of the equation but this one is specifically amps. It’s really cool. His whole series on where tone comes from is insane. Thanks for your time!

[@ashleyjohansson230]

the funny thing is how most guitar players want to sound like someone like van halen and they end up with gear better than the original artist and still think they don't sound as good lol

[@stevesapp9987]

Great channel, much learning achieved. Many years ago I met several pro musicians and every one of them could not stop talking about their speakers when I asked about how they got their tone. When I compared my amplifier through my shit cab to my friends who had great speakers I was shocked at how my amp sounded through their cabs. Amazing.

[@parkerellerbeck1674]

Glenn thank you for being the metal guru we all need 🤘🏻

[@andrij.demianczuk]

Hey Glen, totally get what you mean by putting the money in the speakers. I have one amp and two different 1x12 cabs. One with a v30 and one with an AlNiCo blueback. I saved a bit of money by building my own enclosures and holy crap the difference is huge. What I love about IRs so much is the ability to switch and experiment so cheaply with a bunch of different gear. That’s how I settled on the two Celestions. Both pair great with a Boogie. You just saved me a buttload of cash, and I’m probably one of the few guitarists out there who’s actually content with what I have. Cheers!😊

[@TheSpineSplitter1990]

One of the biggest mistakes I ever made when I was 13-15years old letting myself collect and buy guitars and never upgrade my speaker or amp situation and then I wondered why my tone never changed for the better.

[@JV-rx3ov]

I took Glenn's advice & ordered a TON for speakers from Sweetwater. They were delivered on a freaking pallet. I have a warehouse in LA where my band & I store our gear. I pulled out a bunch of my cabs that are in storage as I normally use my PRS tuxedo 2x12 cabs for everything (they sound amazing). I started changing out speakers in 6(2 each of 1x12, 2x12 & 4x12) cabs with my same head, a Mesa Mark V, and noticed a drastic difference between the tones but also the way those speakers interact with a 1x12, 2x12 & 4x12 cabinet. Some sounded great in a 2x12 but not as good in a 4x12. The 1x12 started to become the reference standard as most speakers sounded great in that configuration. The speakers were (4) Celestion Vintage 30, (4) Eminence Texas Heat, (4) Celestion Hempback, (2) Celestion Blue, (4) Celestion G-12 Neo & (4) WGS G12A AlNiCo. To our ears, the Eminence sounded best in a 4x12. The Celestion Blue were the best 2x12 & all of them sounded good in a 1x12. We didn't use a spectrum analyzer or anything, just our earballs. It was a very fun & kind of expensive project, but it was very enlightening when you see that the speakers that come in your 'matching cab' for your amp head aren't the best sounding with that amp. Now, I realize that we didn't take the time to break in these speakers and the 3 of us had some friendly arguments over tone preferences, but I never would have thought to do this without Glenn's work. Well done, sir!! PS- I'm currently planning on putting all of the excess speakers on Reverb if anyone needs some replacement speakers at a bit of a discount.😃

[@Tricknologyinc]

Tone wood in speaker cabinets... One of the music stores I did electronic repairs in had a luthier that was a real monster at his craft, and he got sold sold these 4x12 cabs made of mahogany. He asked me if I could check them out. We were both working late hanging out that night, and we drug them in from his van as he starts waxing reluctance over what he spent on these cabinets, and claiming that he liked the way they sound except certain chords he'd hit caused a high pitched percussive sound that hurt his ears. He asked me if I thought it could be the mahogany causing it, because they had his favorite speakers that never caused this. So I listened as he hit a few chug, chunk, & wank chords and I walked over behind the counter and pulled out a pair of claves and said, "It sounds like this, doesn't it!" while clanking them together. He does this Three Stooges Curly floor drop, flailing in total OMFG mode as we both laughed our asses off at this "lights back on" moment! And then he was just heart broken! He told me he couldn't dump them off on someone else, knowing that. I LOVE when I find someone else with a fucking conscience! (Why I Love This Channel!) I think he told me later that someone approached him saying they loved his sound and he offered to sell the cabs. I don't know how long the honeymoon lasted. At first you love the sound, and you just think damn! That sounds so fucking load! But then that sound is just always there like Chinese water torture or eating the same cereal every morning, until one day you just can't fucking take it anymore!

[@jrrarglblarg9241]

Re the comment at about 13 minutes: I’m a noob with a pawnshop special “Marshall” 10w. When I finally learned enough to hear the “tone wood” I threw away the particle board from my amp and put the speaker and circuit into a box I built from 6’ of 1x8 pine. I matched the original internal dimensions of the MG10mkii and, wow, it actually sounds pretty good. It’s what the engineeers originally designed, before marketing nerfed it. I mean it’s still a dinky speaker, but it’s not strapped to the exact two grades of 1/2” particle board you see in the cheapest flat pack dresser drawers. I don’t want a new amp anymore… However, now I want to plug the circuit into a used 12” speaker of decent quality. Amps using this exact (other than copyright variations) circuit topology are being sold TODAY as a “secret sauce” guitar pedal. Every sound is a tool to the right artist. Me, I can’t even make clean tone sound good yet. But gear won’t replace practice. My hypothesis: Crappy little particle board practice amps are a conspiracy of amp company marketing departments to make guitarists unhappy and want something more expensive. They were better engineered amps than they’re built and sold as. All of them. Prove me wrong.

[@brianrobichaud4798]

Glenn! With kyle bull recently showing that the 6505s and 5150s sound exactly the same. Id love to see the two of you get together for some mythbusting.

[@narvul]

Dumbles have for a great majority EVM-12L speakers. The special thing about Dumbles is that you have lushious sustain without much distortion. Played one and it's not for everyone but I like it.I had those EVM-12L's too in several amps, it was standard in my Dynacord 100 watt midi tube combo and built it myself in a Fender Showman tranny combo. Now almost all my amps and cabs have Celestions and half of them are V30's.. Recently changed a V30 for a Eminence Cannabis 12" and that's still a good decision. The thing is that you're in that heavy metal circuit where every tone is filtered. In the rest of the world pups, speakers and amps do make a difference. This evening I played my Fender AVRI '62 Strat and my HB LP on practice. Both on the same Fender combo and both sounded completely different. Thing is.... I don't play metal and then it's notably different. Metal guitarists seem to filter every specific tone out and always sound the same, take Ola Englund (who has the same FFing annoying background noise) for instance.

[@travisspaulding2222]

Someone tried to call me a pickup shill because I said that pickups do make a difference. It's true that the more gain you use, the smaller that difference makes, but I am far from a pickup shill. I think I've bought 2 pickups in the past 20 years, and the reason I bought those pickups was for one thing. Output. I had one guitar that was quieter than the rest of my guitars, so I swapped it out with a higher output pickup, and now I don't have to mess with volume levels on stage in the middle of a show. It's like anything else in guitar sound. Identify the problem, and then find the proper solution. for that particular problem, the solution was a new pickup. If you're looking for big changes in tone, speakers might be a better choice, depending on the changes needed.

[@jasondrummond1318]

I still love the in room feel of a tube amp. It's not about volume, but responce and feel. It's so much easier to use a plug in to record no doubt, but like I said in the room live, I have yet to have toe same sound. I have several solid state amps & plug in's, that sound good, but not when I play them back to back with an amp, and it's not about price. Speakers are key and 50-70% your sound depending on gain and style. Love your insight even if I don't agree all the time.

[@ripley7t429]

Glenn has taught me a lot. Now the issue with budget vs high price guitars I already knew. Glenn if you ever get a chance to try a late 80's early to mid 90's Fernandes Japan, do it. The two I have blow away many instruments in the 2 grand and more arena.

[@jorgiewtf]

I’ve spent a shit ton of money on expensive guitars, mainly Gibsons. I only did it cause I’m a Gibson fan boy. I’m not ashamed to admit it. While they all sound great, the best sounding pickups out of ALL my guitars are the ones in my Schecter Reaper 6 FR. They are as hot as ghost peppers and are actually the only set of pickups I’ve ever heard that sound amazing while coil-tapped! In my defense, I was working for guitar center when I bought most of my expensive shit at very deep discounts.

[@7637garrett]

I still think about piano lows frequently.

[@fridtjofvigen1053]

I posted a similar comment on the previous push notified VC video I saw, but what the heck... Speakers: line them up and let us hear it side by side, you could also even throw in a spectrum analyzer so we can see what the difference we hear actually is as well (after all, knowing which frequencies does what is quite useful when tweaking guitar tone). Perhaps lining up three identical cabinets and putting in 12 different speakers (one of which should be a V30 for comparison) in them with an on/off switch for each of them might be a way to go about it? I think a video like that could be very helpful in both proving, and driving home, your point with the whole speaker aspect of guitar sound, not to mention the HUGE help it would be in letting all of us know what to actually expect if we swap out speaker A for speaker B. Of course, most of us will hear this through our crappy phone or laptop speakers, but I believe it would still illustrate the relative difference between the various cabinet speakers and thus give us a rough idea of which one is the right direction for what we're after.

[@lordoftheelements2112]

"Let's make some great music together" is a very wholesome note to end the video on! 🤘

[@lexzbuddy]

I remember guitar mags with page after page of reviews and adds but you had no idea if any of it was actually good. Here we are today and it's like a whole other world. Loving your channel and seriously considering trying out your plugins. I don't really know how to set stuff up though. I have a PC, I have a Digital interface to plug in my guitar or bass. Technically I can plug my electric drum set in but I can't figure out how to Re-map it. I'd like to try your plugin but I don't have a lot of confidence in setting it up to work with my Roland V drums. You'd probably think it's super easy but I struggle. I watch videos and read manuals but struggle a lot. I'm often happy to just get sound coming out of the speakers, never mind optimizing my recordings. I'd really like to set up my drum kit and use all these cool drums to play back in real time but I just can't get it to work. I tried Cakewalk and struggled to even get sound out of it. I haven't tried reaper, I was looking at trying it but I'm a bit lost. I just want stuff that works out of the box. I really have spent time and effort trying to figure it out but after many hours and zero progress I eventually give up. I need a simple "step by step" starter guide on all of this. I just can't get my head around it.

[@Ealdor-Bana]

Glenn trying to help people of all budgets to succeed in home recording and be a smart buyer. The internet: WRONG!!!! YOU ARE WRONG!!! MY LUXURY GEAR IS THE ONLY RIGHT OPTION!!!!!!!!!!!! (someone needs Validation i see)

[@lurmirari]

"but what if there's no speaker" well then there's no sound, duh

[@fedge9049]

Glenn, you're the best! This is my go-to gear and recording channel! Eternally grateful Sir.

[@TiberiusWallace]

My understanding of Cabinets and how they sound is the same as audio speaker design which is open back and closed back differenced and variances in between. What they're made of it not much of an issue. You just don't want anything that resonates which is why ply is the thing, strong, warp free and easy to machine cut without much care.

[@visionop8]

I looked back one last time. I smiled. Man was it fun! Things either change or come to an end. Change is amazing because it provokes direction.

[@Linqua2112]

Honestly I love gear and the vibe of some of it but if anything the powerful thing that these tests are revealing is that the sound is really coming from the players and their ideas at that point in time, with all the sound engineers and everything else. It sounds so different because of the soul imparted by those involved in the musical creation. And let's not forget how the guitar tone is effected by the drum sound and vice versa for example. It's everything, and it's real practical and measurable stuff that goes into the mojo of a song. Disproving the voodoo is coming closer to the reality of tone, and the reality is far more powerful and in focus than any ideas about it will ever be. As long as you follow the gear and methods you are drawn to the rest will fill in itself because of everyone's collaboration on the record and your unique tone will find itself through the creative process

[@thesolersystemofgames841]

0:49 if anyone's wondering glenn has an episode on windows and mac, detailing the pros and cons of each, it's a good video.

[@therealjoshuacaleb4873]

I'm still rocking a Crate BV120 through a line6 cab that has G12-75's. Sounds great to me. Total price for the pair when I purchased them, $600 20 years ago lol. Thanks for saving me a bunch of money when I learned what I have is good for what I do, Glenn!

[@TylerJohnstonGuitar]

Line 6 cabs are a great deal, really don’t sound much different from a Marshall cab.

[@Gainovermg]

My BV60 is still an amp I wish I didn’t get rid of. Maybe I’ll find another some day.

[@therealjoshuacaleb4873]

@@Gainovermg I can still find them from time to time. The only knock on my rig is that crate head is a FULL sized head and the line 6 cab is a mini-4x12 so the BV120 is a little precarious sitting on top.

[@ripley7t429]

I had the 60 watt combo that got modded by a local amp builder. He turned it into a real Doom monster. Great little amp, convertible from 6l to EL , but it ran hot like many of them do.

[@Gainovermg]

@@therealjoshuacaleb4873 yeah. They were beefy heads to carry. I’d use it in a basement studio these days so I wouldn’t need to carry it. Lol

[@djsusan00]

Hey Glenn, not gonna lie. I've been playing guitar since 2007, and also editing video/recording since 2009. Editing is a great skill, I've had more jobs with that than with music in general. Also worked for a local studio for 2 years, and filmed a music video you shit on on a live stream (I laughed, and took the critisism it was great) It seriously is a great skill to learn, and makes everything go full circle since the music business has been on a multi media visual centric path the last few years.

[@Microang]

I had to replace the tubes in my Marshall JVM and saw a big improvement in tone... Prior to this, not only was the tone bad, the amp was starting to cut out due to the shitty Chinese tubes failing after a short time, and they had been replaced when I bought the amp... I looked at my other amps that were still going great and noticed they all had Russian tubes (tung-sol and sovtek), so I replaced the tubes in the Marshall with new tung-sol tubes which cost less than the Marshall branded ones and it's still going great all these years later... There may not be a difference in tone, but there sure is a difference in quality... Doesn't mean you need to spend big bucks though... 😉

[@lichkrieg4898]

I find with pickups the difference is there, emg vs emg x (the x series has a different preamp with more headroom so they tend to sound more clear especially chords), emg vs seymour Duncan distortions (the duncans have less low end and more output making then seem more present), stock ibanez pickups tend to be muddy in extended range instruments, etc. This can mostly be corrected with eq, compression, or even pickup height adjustments. Nothing as extreme as a speaker swap(i agree btw 90% of the sound is the speaker), but they're all small pieces of a bigger picture and sometimes the missing piece is the small piece.

[@EpIcHoBoGuY]

Something that's nice about buying new speakers is its really easy to try before you buy with impulse responses, hell Celestion sell impulse responses of most of their speakers for like 20 bucks, and even have versions of them in different cab sizes, one of the few other things Jim Lill found actually has an affect on the tone. edit: just got to the bit where you also mentioned Jim Lill with the cab shame/size :D

[@CyberChrist]

Shape ;)

[@patrickc9167]

I don't record....just a basic play at home player. While the delusional part of my brain still thinks my $2000aud Epiphone LP sounds better than my $500 Epi LP.....it simply has better play-ability with the neck and tuning stability out of the box. Which makes me play better & cleaner. The Fishman split coil/2 voicing Heafy set are a nice bonus. Focusing too much on what piece of gear you think will improve your tone takes away from actually playing your instrument. Of course,having a great speaker & mic is where the secret is at for recording. No argument here. Thank you for helping me personally focus on what I find most important.....just playing. Keep up the great work Glenn.

[@andrewbecker3700]

The cabinet material is another hot spot for some people. I can attest firsthand to what Glen said about the bedliner plastic coating some higher end PA speakers have. Its the shiznit for many reasons. Particle board/mdf is heavy and relatively week. I still believe the engineered birch plywood panels are the best all around material for cabs. When it's coated with the bedliner plastic treatment it's acoustic properties are still much tighter sounding than mdf, plastic covered or not. Saving money doesn't mean you have to settle for plastic or mdf cabs. Yamaha has a new factory in India where they're building some damn good active PA speakers for a decent price. The DHR15's I grabbed from Sweetwater when they first came out are excellent for the money.

[@peterstefan1398]

I'm still rocking my Digitech GSP 21 Legend.

[@in.der.welt.sein.]

On the question about pine for cabs: early fender cabs were made out of pine. It's tough enough, cheap, and light.

[@angusorvid8840]

Johan Segeborn's amp demos are awesome. I love it when he finds these hidden gems like old Peaveys and show you how good they sound plugged strait in, no effects.

[@MatthewSwasta]

I think we emailed about this...I did a shootout between a very used 1999-2000 V30 vs a brand new Weber Gray Wolf 75 watt speaker. Same amp settings and mic placement. Two different guitars, an Aria Pro II with stock pickups and a 2007 Carvin with Lollar replacements. The V30 had no significant difference between the guitars, aurally, in the DAW in playback. Quite a bit of difference through the brand new Weber that isn't broken in at all yet. Would be cool to do the test again and run it through a spectrum analyzer. I got one of those re-amp boxes you recommended and the mic to do the analysis...now I just need to do it!!!

[@z1g]

I would love to see Dweezil on the show. He has some amazing stories.

[@wallyinthebox1]

Good thing im just a Bass player . Right through the Amp. No effects LOL . Thanks Glenn

[@JoeStuffzAlt]

I looked into speaker building before, and I heard that MDF might actually have acoustic advantages (applies to loudspeakers; no idea about guitar cabs). I do agree with you about plywood's durability being superior About making mistakes. Something I realized: if you record and you think you sounded like shit, listen to it anyways. In fact, my thought at the time was "I am going to hate listening to this, but let's own up to it." "... that doesn't sound as bad as I thought!" Sometimes it told me that I should continue to pursue that direction. In other cases, I didn't do the melody as the recorded version for a song I was learning, and I thought "I kind-of like it that way"

[@captainkirk70]

It's funny that Jim Marshall had no idea what he was doing in creating his cabs. He was just trying to put 4 12" speakers in a box that was small enough but still fit. Those cabs are still some of the greatest cabs ever built.

[@frankiechan9651]

Another plus 1 on getting Dweezil on the show. I've shown your 5150 cabinet video to a friend of mine who just got one - might get him to try swapping the speakers in as close to real time as possible and maybe recording it.

[@VladareanuIstvan]

Greetings Glenn! I've been a subscriber since you posted the video about recording bass about 8 years ago - your insight has been invaluable in making my decisions on purchasing home studio gear - from Kali LP6, Lewitt 440, Reaper tutorials, and the list goes on. Since guitar tone relies heavily on the speaker, I was thinking you could shatter some more bass myths - from what I've read so far, bass speakers resemble more like full-range ones, and some recording techniques dispense altogether with recording the actual sound of the cabinet. Many have pointed out on the different tonal characteristics on the strings themselves (Stainless steel, Nickel plated steel, roundwounds vs flatwounds) and the pickup type. I'd love to see a test, on how much the strings and pickups actually influence the tone of the bass, since there's no speaker to filter those characteristics - or even a DI vs speaker, and how much it actually translates in a full mix. Of course, I'm talking about fresh strings. I think that would be really helpful in shedding some light on how different pickups with different types of strings could help in a mix. Keep making these awesome videos, for 8 years you're a great inspiration, your tutorials have been invaluable in my band's recording process during the pandemic (mostly recorded and mixed at home)! Cheers from Transylvania, Romania, you awesome Sir! :)

[@sabholdings9995]

Glenn, this was a really good & informative show. Do a quick short when the contest starts running. Would like give it a go with one "brand" eco-system for the amps and drums, and only using Mixbus 7 with no additional plugs for the mix.

[@CanisVampirim]

I'm only just discovering Glenn, but used to gig back in the early 00's. A lot of what this guy says is the same thing me and my band mates just kind of understood by taking our beater amps and import twangers into shops to test out gear for our rigs before buying. But I do have a question for you, and yes I'm too lazy to go into the backlog of your vids at the moment- what are your thoughts on the Orange "Voice of the world" speakers? I've used orange in my giging days, but have since sold most of my gear other than some sentimental guitars and an old amp, but looking for possibly lower cost alternatives to the VoW with similar sounds to build my own cab.

[@manhattanblockade8544]

The Tonex pedal is by far the single best purchase I've made. Recommending it and your videos to everyone who asks.

[@guthhalf5484]

Why ToneX.. now you have it what so you thing, does it have any feel. That's the test ?

[@manhattanblockade8544]

@@guthhalf5484 Price point is fantastic. You essentially have every amp and cab sim at your fingertips. Our favorite part tho: No more lugging around heavy amps to shows.

[@kellykaiser6446]

I swapped out the original speakers in a 410 Peavey Ultra and a Peavey Vypyr 15. I put 2 Chinese made Celestions in the Ultra and took one of 10” Blue Marvels and placed it in the Vypyr. (It required a change of the speaker baffle and adding a larger rear baffle). Both amps became more musical concerning a more expressive and punchier sound. The Vypyr could be pushed to louder volume with less harshness, and the Ultra lost much of its muddy and somewhat blanketed sound. And this was with inexpensive speakers.

[@Renato_Cara]

That first guy really said that Glenn, the guy that says you to buy Valveking instead of Soldano, not change expensive Amp, use Harley Benton Guitar and Cabs are....pushing us to buy expensive gear???? WTF! This channel is the paradise of cheap gear for home studio.

[@barryb903]

I have chasing guitar tone my entire life. Own a PRS, yes the $4000 dollar model, Mesa Boogie heads and never thought about replacing the fucking speakers. Got a hold of the new cheap marshal cab, $334.69 and will be replacing the speakers next week with the speakers that Glenn is calling out. I will keep you posted if I find Valhalla.

[@snuffyd]

Here's an experiment: if anyone is unsure as to how important the speaker is for electric guitar tone, I humbly suggest unplugging the speaker cabinet and listening for a change...just for a baseline reference...seriously, though, as a guy who mostly plays acoustic instruments, your description of cabinet geometry and construction is an awful lot like the way we discuss body-size, bracing, tone-woods, and the like in the acoustic guitar world...hmm...almost as if the big box generating the sound somehow influences the tone...

[@ivanvajar]

If only, players listened to people who record for living. Every take is benefited by suggestions by these people who listen for living. Thank you Glenn.

[@withinthrall1445]

I think the reason why people don’t like what Glenn says is they only view him as a producer, not a musician as well. There are countless stories of people shit talking producers (many times rightfully so) and the producers input. People assume he’s just there to record you and take your money.

[@ivanvajar]

@@withinthrall1445 I agree. People who do the recording are often forgotten. They are the sound, more often than not.

[@ivanvajar]

As Glenn said, he teaches people how to play. It is a brutal truth.

[@robertlathan4639]

Happy trails everyone!!! Love you brother and have a blessed day!! Guitar max posted a video a couple of weeks ago about Jimi Hendrix old speaker cabinet was for sale and he had blown up the old speakers!! It was a fender cabinet that fender replaced the speaker with JBLs which was the normal practice back then!!! Also might be part of the LA sound that everyone has been using for years!!! You might want to check out one or two JBLs just in case!!!

[@MadMagicPaul]

I feel there should be a review of the Celestion G12-65. It hardly ever gets mentioned for rock and metal but it was a rather important part of Hetfield's signal path for Ride the Lightning. BTW - the official Celestion IR sounds excellent. The "Thin" file options double tracked sound absolutely massive (proper double tracking to get the little differences. Not that lazy cut and paste crap that doesn't work like playing again).

[@ripley7t429]

The 100 is a good speaker as well. I had a RG 80 112SC that had the 100 in it. Great speaker.

[@rocketsauce5067]

I think it would also be cool to see your take on the old aluminum basket peavey scorpions and black widows.They were completely field rebuildable.

[@mlambrechts1]

They even sell a Marshall fridge... (that is rated F on economy consumption, just like a fridge from the fifties).

[@needsLITHIUM]

Any time I have guitars that sound different through the same amp, it's still always variations on a theme, and tbh it probably has more to do with the output and active vs passive. Whenever I do have a passive guitar with pickup issues, I generally have two go-to combinations. Seymour Duncan, and Guitar Fetish/GFS. I'm epsecially fond of Guitar Fetish pickups with Seymour Duncan Active Blackouts prempas. Anything under 10 or 11k output or so will always work well with an active preamp if you want more output and less background noise on already solid pickups. As Glenn always says, get whatever works that you can afford. GFS pickups run for $25-40 apiece, and the Blackouts preamp costs $80.

[@Stef140]

Let's gooo Glenn, took your advice about changing the speakers(with my EVH 5150 Iconic combo) to get a better tone, was hesitant at first but I got a creamback, the tone did get better but still wasn't what I was looking so I went for a greenback G12M instead. Definitely what I was looking for which is SWEET, now I know that if I want the sound I like, I just gotta get some greenbacks and not chase endlessly for a different amp, pickups, tubes, guitar, etc.

[@Jkripler]

One day My amp decided to crap out and me being a broke ass that I am and really no other way to play I looked around found a pair of good mid range 6.5 car speakers with the damping pads I had purchased a year before but I never used, with an old drawer from a old vanity, a can of that flex seal just enough for one coating, some cardboard for the back and a old jack from a guitar took a few hours for me to throw it together paint, threw a little joyo vivo amp paired with joyo dark flame pedal on it and just rocks, sounds amazing for little to nothing. Such a unique sounding setup that isn't easy to reproduce didn't cost much and best of all I put it together makes me enjoy playing even more so.

[@artistlovepeace]

Thank you for being honest.

[@grumpyitcushmeta4riaproduc189]

Hey Glen. As entertaining as it is too see these keyboard experts argue about high-gain guitar tone. It would be nice to see some content, tips on recording clean/low gain guitars. Yes, this is metal but a lot of metal songs do have clean guitar tone parts not played on acoustic. Any eq/effect considerations especially blending them with high-gain guitars? There's plenty of videos on recording pop/folk/funk clean guitar, but not metal. From a literate bassist turned music producer in Saskatchewan.

[@conradovitorlopesfernandes5570]

People are always after validation. Especially when they ask for a sincere opinion or advice. In fact, this is their clue to validation.

[@spark300c]

I think for pickup what matter most is the output. If some plays with a lot distortion then they want a hot pickup. the reason being that less gain is need to get high distortion sound and less noise in the signal.

[@willyc7873]

Considering the speaker is the part that actually changes electrical signals into SOUND.

[@sqlb3rn]

3:50 glenn firing shots at the entire prog genre, couldn't agree moar

[@LordNerevar1]

A- Oh yeah, you can definitely hear that quilted maple neck with rosewood fretboard. Anyway, my signal chain is Gibson Custom Shop 1963 SG Custom plug with Vovox sonorus protect A350 into Keeley Compressor Plus, Wampler Ego Compressor Pedal, MXR Timmy, Electro-Harmonix Nano Big Muff, Boss EQ-200, Walrus Audio Lillian, into EVH 5150III Iconic with Walrus Audio Iron Horse, MXR M109S Six Band EQ Pedal, Strymon BigSky and TC Electronic Flashback 2 in FX-loop, into Mesa Rectifier 4x12 Cab. B- What's the speaker in your cab? A- Who cares??

[@ravenslaves]

There are more times than not, when the best upgrade is a good downgrade. Going with some used cheap speaker, or pickups, just might get you closer to that tone you're after. The only way to find out is by trial and error. There really are no shortcuts to the process. Also a note on speaker selection: Speakers age and their tones change over time. There is a "break in" period. And maybe most importantly, speakers _also_ drive your amp. So speakers do much more than simply reproduce the sound going in. In a roundabout way, the cab design isn't just a tone shaping device either. The cab can also be a factor in driving your amp. With all of these factors at play, it's just much easier to try shit out and see what works for you.

[@tommydeamon7657]

Hey Glen i just passed up a white ephione lespaul for a copper color harley benton les paul type guitar and that was inspired by you and hell i saved like 23.$ not a world of difrence but compaired to how much better the harley feels naww i got the way better buy and cause of you i entertained the idea otherwise i might not have looked at the harley at all and as it is iam so freaking happy THANK YOU BROTHER GLEN keep on being you kicking ass and fighting the good fight even if most folks are too dumb to realize peace my Canadian brother

[@SteveStrummerUK]

*Speaker swap question:* I mainly use my Kemper for recording but every now and again I like to mic up a real amp. I’ve had a Peavey 6505+ 112 and a Line 6 Spider Valve 112 for ages, but neither really cuts the mustard tone-wise. Although the 6505 is clearly the better amp, the L6 has a much nicer speaker (the 6505 had a 12” 8-ohm Sheffield speaker and the Line 6 has a 12” 8-ohm Celestion Vintage 30 speaker). As the two speakers are identical in size and resistance, would it work (safely!) if I take the V30 out of the L6 and drop it into the 6505 to replace the Shitfield?

[@ChrisLeeRhodes]

Commenting for Dweezil. I need to learn from that guy.

[@jasonbates2687]

I buy budget cabs and quickly replace the stock generic speakers with usually Greenbacks or Vintage 30s and in one case Eminence Redcoats. My Marshall Origin 4x12 has V-30 on the bottom and Greenbacks on the top, $ 950. Friedman sells a 4x12 loaded the same way for $1500. Grated the box materials are different but the sound is very close.

[@animalfort3183]

Glenn & Jim Lil in a collab video would be hella hecking metal

[@gravelrhoads]

Yes, please have Dweezil on the show! I don't necessarily love all of his music, but his knowledge of gear and history is phenomenal.

[@HauntedGuitarMan]

Imo as someone who has been doodling with speakers for a long time. They make the biggest changes. Pickups make slight changes most of the time. However sometimes you just want a slight change. Its all about what you want. And also heyooooooooooo!

[@spddiesel]

5:12 fuck yeah get Dweezil on the show! Having a Bad Day was released on my 13th birthday, and "Let's Talk About It" was a fucking jam. Tbh, I was a fan of Dweezil before I was Frank. In my defense, rare is the 13 year old that can dig Frank Zappa, so Dweezil was kinda my gateway drug lol. But yeah, would love to see a sit down with him 🤘

[@kingjbone1]

if you ask ANY horn player where "their sound" comes from they will tell you: THE BELL-the speaker of the instrument! That why cats like Miles Davis and Maceo Parker always play the same horn for life. Their Sound comes out the bell of ONLY that 1 instrument!

[@TheTrueVoiceOfReason]

Glenn, have you ever used a Lafayette Solid State amp? Loved mine back when i played, but it might have had something to do with the repair / upgrade of the toasted 8" speaker with a Radio Shack full range. It just has so much more everything (even from before the orig speaker was toast)

[@shoominati23]

I've found those SX, Agile, harley benton etc guitars for under $250 just need a bone nut (even the expensive brands never cut them right from the factory) and they play as good as any other guitar like I would take on tour if I was a touring artist good. People have been conditioned to think $ = better

[@ericdpeerik3928]

Dweezil can do super advanced stuff? Yeah, get him on. I didn't realise you could make that happen. We require a Zappa, summons the Dweezil!

[@jacobnewell7845]

I know a younger guy (early 20's) who has the good fortune of being in a trade, and thus is making really good money. Dude is more of a country music guy, and is horribly obsessed with Gibson Guitars. I'm a metal head with an appreciation for hard rock. Acoustic is more his thing and Electric mine, so he comes to me for any questions he has about electric. As such, I keep trying to steer him away from buying a Gibson 335 and more towards the epiphone version since he'd be better off putting the real money for electric guitar into his amplifier. But the dude keeps obsessing over Gibson. He got a J-45 for his birthday, and it is a very nice guitar, but believe me, she is far from perfect. The acoustic version of Chug on that guitar is so overwhelming that it ruins any and all articulation in your playing. Still, couldn't tell him that guitar is anything less than perfect. Now, to be fair, I own a Gibson too. The difference is, I bought mine used... it's a 1999 SG Special for those who are wondering. The horror stories of the brand new made in USA Guitar market has really put the vintage guitar market into perspective for me: if it's lasted this long, then clearly, they made it right. Which brings me to this thought: with all of the extremely well known issues that Gibson Guitars have, you'd think they'd, oh I don't know, BOTHER TO DEAL WITH THOSE PROBLEMS THEMSELVES INSTEAD OF SHIPPING A PRODUCT FROM THE FACTORY THAT NEEDS A BUNCH OF AFTERMARKET MODIFICATIONS TO BE MADE INTO A FUNCTIONAL GIGGING INSTRUMENT!!! ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COSTS A MINIMUM OF $1400 TO BUY YOUR FUCKING PRODUCT!!!! (Insert exasperated sigh here) sorry for randomly unloading on you here, but i needed to vent the frustrations somewhere that the people who see it would completely understand where I'm coming from as someone who is trying to help his friend spend his money in the right places.

[@jstro-hobbytech]

Check out Porcupine Tree's 5.1 mixes. They won a Grammy for it in thr early 2000's. Steven Wilson is the main song writer from the band and he's a famous mixer now. Beato interviewed him last year. I love Porcupine Tree. It's really good rock with a progressive leaning. Beautiful songs that will bring a tear to your eyes.

[@omen3766]

Cab m and a few pedals....I can get from jazz to thrash and everything in-between. Thanks for the encouragement/constant reminders to not fall under the marketing spells.

[@keokiheller4351]

Yaazzzz! PLEASE book Dweezil!!! Perhaps talk about underrated guitar players like him or maybe talk about what goes into mixing these days…or how to achieve any level of longevity in the game! 🤙🏾😎🏝️💪🏾👍🏽

[@kenabi]

i've got a $300 ibanez guitar, a free cheap pbass clone, a $60 on sale mxl 990, piped into a used presonus i/o interface i dropped a bit over a c-note on, and whatever cheap but well regarded cables i could get my hands on. a decent couple hundred dollar set of monitors and some senn cans. oh look, i'm into my whole meatspace kit roughly a grand. maybe a bit over. pedals to suit (that i've had forever), it goes into my daw of choice, with whatever plugins. ain't gotta break the bank to shred your pants off.