Hardly Ramone FAQ + RAMONES Tone Tips!

[@SouthernVersion]

The frog speaks! It’s true, no one asks about Bass ; - ; Thanks for the shoutout!

[@paul.WATP.Ramones_1234]

Brilliant to hear you speak and your future plans..it’s so so good to see someone go into Johnny’s techniques, style and tone sound in great depth and your tutorials are the best out there by far... Personally I’d love to see you do all their albums you’ve not yet covered and I’m pretty sure everyone else will do too 👍... Really looking forward to next one . Keep up the great work and take care 🎸... Johnny lives on in you 🤝

[@kisskonrad2690]

Thanks for keeping the Ramones alive! Great videos :)

[@musicfan1086]

Hey Hardly hope you’re well, miss you’re videos buddy

[@PalvoChekov]

My Dad used a Fender/Squire Jazz Bazz but with an 80's pedal (manual tone dial and a few other dials for pick-up and more for jazz) however, worked well with his other pedal, also from the late 80's where he could sound like Scorpions to swing as well as switch from rhythm to lead and sometimes bass as lead with a few mid-changes. It was a black and sea-green pedal and that's kinda what I remember when I played drums. It was a 4-man band with 2 people. I was just the drummer XD

[@petercdowney]

My Dad (b. 1964) played the guitar when living in British Hong Kong, as did his brother (b. 1966). Dad still has his guitar at his home in Ireland, and my uncle is thought to still have his at his home in Australia. Dad has a Stratocaster, but apparently he always wanted a Telecaster, which was favoured by many 1970s punk bands. Dad's an expert on 1970s punk - he actually introduced me to the Ramones in the first place!

[@tanmay7978]

This is the amazing video but 4:40 part made me laugh🤣🤣🤣🤣 when you said, "I have a giant frog head."

[@arthurportela7649]

Dude, I always read the description on your ramones covers, there is always a cool curiosity about the song!

[@af_1283]

Awesome covers, awesome editing, awesome information. This channel has it all!! Keep up the great work

[@alejoturcatti4605]

the Quality is amazing

[@DannySapko]

Excellent channel!

[@Wicked_Ez]

Frog Ramone makes some amazing videos! Great job Hardly, really looking forward for what’s to come! 🐸

[@lamiabanca]

Thanks for your work on the tube, really love the Ramones. I listen Alive for the first time in 1995. Life changing album. Keep on rockin

[@Manche-De-Pelle]

You already covered my favorite album but I know the demo will come soon, so I'll wait patiently

[@dannytheguitarwarrior]

Man, thanks a lot for the Eq advice! I will try it as soon as possible. Pd: Nice hair you got there

[@krispy7626]

Cover suggestions - Animal Boy Somebody put something in my drink love kills Brain Drain I believe in miracles Palisades park Halfway to sanity I wanna live Death of me Too tough to Die Chasing the Night Humankind No Go

[@ryosuketakahashi8049]

the first aulbum of the ramones

[@HardlyRamone]

I have filmed a cover of this entire album!

[@isaiascampos267]

Omg I love your hair! 💙 😉

[@BlackacreDoe]

Really looking forward to the It's Alive premiere, really cool idea! I'd like to know more about your lighting setup, that's something I don't know anything about and just hope the sun provides some nice natural light when I record my videos lol. I think Pleasant Dreams covers would be cool!

[@HardlyRamone]

I use sorta different lighting in every video, but I follow some basic principles a lot, like the idea of three point lighting. I recommend Epic Light Media as a good place to learn about lighting! Also, I hope to see you at the It's Alive guitar cover premiere 👌

[@borissidealmeida]

Hey, thank you so much for those videos. You are very tallented and this helped me a lot, and you are also really well articulated

[@jsebastianch]

Nice guitar tone, Could you do a video of you plugins? that would be awesome!

[@bradpittiful7288]

how about a full cover of the pleasant dreams album

[@oscar_ramirez_117]

I'd love to see that

[@michealgillman7418]

Great video.. love your Ramones stuff and I'm sure Johnny would approve 👌

[@pedrorau6394]

Awesome video man!!! You really make everything with great skills, from video to tones and mixing, everything is awesome! Keep it! Keep a Ramone man! (No, i'm not a native English speaker)

[@melvinbartholomew6410]

He can talk!! Awesome getting to know more about you and looking forward to seeing what you have in store. Agreed on the France show. One of my favorites. As for your new guitar, I'm stumped, but I'll throw out a random guess of Johnny's Rickenbacker 450, which sounded awesome on Don Kirshner.

[@JohnnyRamonesT-Shirt]

Amazing, the Ramones KZbin channel is actively posting videos and Hardly Ramone can speak! I guess things aren’t that bad after all haha! If I had to ask a question it’d be where do you get your clothes from? Because it seem like Linda just have you all his old clothes haha, spot on.

[@HardlyRamone]

I wear Levi's 511 jeans and regular cheap shirts from the store, ha. I buy smaller shirts for the tighter fit though, and I put the holes in my jeans myself with sandpaper to simulate real wear.

[@JohnnyRamonesT-Shirt]

@@HardlyRamone Ohh I see, nice. That’s a nice touch with sandpapering the jeans, rather that then buying some already ripped jeans today. They don’t make ‘em like the 70s anymore that’s for sure haha.

[@HardlyRamone]

@@JohnnyRamonesT-Shirt Yeah, I was going for realistic holes, not "designer jeans". You have to cut into the jeans with scissors first and then rip them a little where you want the holes, then sand away for a more natural looking wear. I put cardboard between the jeans and my knee so that I could just sand while wearing em, lol. A good wash after that makes the fraying look good. The really overly ripped jeans in my album guitar covers are a genuinely worn down and messed up pair from my teens, they're the same ones from my old "Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World" cover. I've ended up investing in the new Levis to put more normal holes in now, because those old ones are so destroyed they don't actually look like functioning jeans. lol

[@leonardcrabtreeii]

I'm modding affinity and building a mosrite kit guitar so this video helps. I got the FS1 DiMarzio and 500k born pots for the kit guitar. The affinity strat I trying to figure out what direction I want to go- original I was going Ramones but I ended with the kit

[@leonalvado5598]

amazing!!

[@SpiderKing389]

Thanks for sharing this. I've thought about doing similar covers (albeit with less authenticity because I'm lazy) because I can confidently play in the signature Johnny style, and your videos have been a great tool for more accurate chord patterns. Looking forward to a possible End of the Century set of covers - glad to hear that those official remixes are on the way even if they've missed the 40th anniversary!

[@HardlyRamone]

Thank you, and you should definitely record covers if you feel interested, I’ll watch em!

[@alejandroavila7206]

Hello from Mexico, please, I glad to see you playing the Musikladen concert in Bremen. It's my favorite and I think, it's the best performance of the Ramones. Saludos Ramonero.

[@doomed6666]

'Sup man! i love your guitar covers, your sound is so close to the tone that Johnny had that if someone start playing a video of your guitar isolated, i would think that it's the original Ramones guitar! Haha Btw, i think "Durango 95 + Wart Hog" cover would sound amazing, or "My Kind of Girl" with that acoustic guitar you played some videos ago Thank you so much for the amazing content and giving us those tone tips, they're gonna help me a lot!

[@cigdamagelungs]

You got a great right hand,love your stuff

[@oak1327]

Love your covers! Is that technique tutorial video still coming?

[@HardlyRamone]

Thank you! And yes, it's just been a tough year. Lots of working to stay afloat, and sadly this KZbin channel doesn't get to be part of my job

[@geetarplayer3611]

A full cover of mondo bizzaro or acid eaters would be really cool.

[@sufferyt3879]

Pls do a tutorial how johmny hold his pick.. im having trouble lol i always drop the pick

[@Mr.Steve-O]

Agree on the equalizer as a very important guitar tool. I bought the Behringer version to try it out and I can really dial in all my guitars to exactly where I want them. Hey Ho, Let’s Go !!

[@HardlyRamone]

It’s a very underused tool imo. You can put it before the amp to alter the sound of the pickup, or in the amp effects loop to shape the final distorted tone

[@nemesis2131]

For some suggestions for some Ramones songs are "I can't be" "Spiderman" and "Slug" just some picks I love

[@HardlyRamone]

You gotta love those unused demo songs that are weirdly good

[@bradpittiful7288]

have you ever looked into a hallmark or eastwood mosrite replica?

[@HardlyRamone]

I have! I think the Hallmark looks to be the superior option if you want Johnny's 70's era Mosrite sound, and I suspect it has a faster neck as well.

[@yakobgulpenheimmer3275]

@@HardlyRamone You probably wouldn't , but if you were even considering it, do not get one of the knockoffs from dhgate or Alibaba, I ordered one in early 2020, it looks incredible, pretty close to the blue Mosrite slab body...and that's about it. Pickups are awful, even after a professional setup the playability is horrid, it looks great to hang on the wall and that's it.

[@HardlyRamone]

@@yakobgulpenheimmer3275 Ha, thanks for the tip. I've looked at those but decided to pass. Sorry yours didn't work out too great

[@101Volts]

@@yakobgulpenheimmer3275 Alibaba? Seems a bit closer to being Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5rakH2tbM9lqac

[@ivansafont304]

Why do you get the Johnny Ramone Hallmark guitars? They're pretty awesome guitars., With the price of one Mosrite Ventures II you can get the 2 Hallmark models

[@BDOG-mx9bk]

I think Subterranean Jungle should be a contender. BTW your an absolute legend. Your Johnny Ramones long lost son.😂

[@musicfan1086]

Hey hardly which style do u prefer playing? Johnny original way from 1974-1980 or the gallop way from 1981-1996, also did Dee Dee end up changing his style of downpicking too just like Johnny Did?

[@HardlyRamone]

I definitely like the early style better, I like the rhythmic pulse it gives to the music. I think Johnny's later sound was more intended to just fill in a wall of sound live at crazy tempos without alternate picking, but it didn't contribute as much rhythmic quality to the music. I don't know if Dee Dee had as much of an overhaul for how he held his bass and moved his picking hand, I think he mostly just played less constant notes.... I haven't studied it like I've studied Johnny, Tommy and Marky's playing though

[@martinaprague9368]

Hi Hardly, can I afford one more question? I love your channel, the Ramones are my favorite band. I like play my guitar along with you. Why aren't you uploading new videos? We miss you so much !!!! Greetings from Czech republic.

[@HardlyRamone]

I have been caught up in a big work project since Fall, and have experienced some delays that have caused it to take longer than expected. Luckily I should be free soon to create more content for this channel! I have been trying to upload some extra stuff in the meantime while I wait for the time to actually finish filming and editing more videos.

[@MCLps3000]

I somehow got used playing mostly things on my cheap Gretsch Duo Jet through an JC-120, using mostly Boss Pedals (DS-1,Overdrive and Compression and some Reverb) and it actually sounds quite similiar to the original, even when playing not so loud .

[@jeffsims8270]

6:18 - Whaaattt? Remixed "END OF THE CENTURY"? Sounds interesting for sure! Definitely a fan of the demo versions included on the early 2000's cd reissue. Nice to hear the songs in a Ramones style rather than a Spector style. So if the remix is something like that, I'd be EXTREMELY interested!!

[@jensgrossmann7222]

Does anybody know why the 40'th anniversary edition of "end of the century" is still not available ? Maybe aren't Ed Stasium and Rick Rubin happy with their remix and had to admit Phil Spector did excellent work ? ( although Spector was a huge a..hole)

[@musicfan1086]

@@jensgrossmann7222I heard it’s some type of legal issue, the remix was done and ready. And the box set was gonna be released in 2020 but got pushed back to early 2021 then when Phil died there was no word if it would still be released but I heard it’s a legal issue on what’s stopping it from being released

[@sergeantdoomviper2066]

i'll be honest I really wanted a instrumental version of the crusher. Either Dee Dee or CJ version both are equally good

[@aaaaaaaaaaron92]

Any updates on the technique videos to play like Johnny? Great content btw!

[@HardlyRamone]

Those have been stuck in a partially-worked-on state for a bit while I deal with a huge professional video project that has had me busy since Fall! I should have more time soon (the project already had delays) but it's kinda killing me, I really want to get more videos out. lol

[@juancoronel9052]

The video is very good, I don't know how to write very well in English because I'm from Latin America (this message is written with google translator, so I don't know if it's well written)

[@HardlyRamone]

Thank you!

[@adamavila7098]

hey brother, i’d love to see ya do “Adios Amigos!” it had some real rippers on em.

[@idoguitarstuff]

I forgot to say this when I watched it. but doing a tutorial on the strap would be great 👍🏻

[@Brannington]

that green Hallmark ii is fucking s t e l l a r looking, i just bit the bullet and got that green sparkle-burst Hallmark Custom 60 myself. can't wait to get that thing in- Also!! yes i fucking love that french show from '80

[@willymuff6493]

Really great covers and handy for learning ramones , don’t think you left anything out 🎸😀

[@crossroads2723]

What’s your favorite album and song?

[@HardlyRamone]

Favorite album is a toss up between Road To Ruin and Ramones with Rocket To Russia trailing behind them, favorite song is Blitzkrieg Bop

[@crossroads2723]

@@HardlyRamone how do the a barre chord without muting the high e?

[@sufferyt3879]

Pls cover the whole musikladen ramones show lets see if you can 😆

[@thomasaraujo0276]

6:02 yep

[@conquest1075]

Cover Halfway to Sanity too!

[@jeffredford1643]

Awesome video. How did you learn all of the Ramones songs? From books or videos? Thank you for all your videos. You do an excellent job.

[@HardlyRamone]

Thank you so much! I have combed over almost every piece of Ramones footage out there, listened repeatedly to isolated guitar tracks, studied the albums closely, and made careful comparisons to what techniques create the right sounds on my guitar with carefully replicated tones… for about a decade before recording my covers. My videos aren’t always 100% accurate but they are extremely close. On some songs I don’t try to replicate every strum pattern perfectly, and while I do try VERY hard to use the right chord voicings, there is still a chance Im wrong on some tracks… but I can generally tell very well. I’ve caught a lot of things that seem to have been missed in all other covers Ive seen prior. I make all these videos to give people a very close or near perfect reference for how the songs were originally played. No official books get as close as these videos, and a lot of info out there is blatantly incorrect. I wish I could assure 100% accuracy in my videos, but the amount of work it would take to be genuinely certain of every detail on every song for so many albums would be crazy! But I hope to have created a valuable resource here, for anyone who wants to learn/play the songs essentially as they were originally played. A number of the covers probably are 100% accurate but I won’t definitively claim that

[@jeffredford1643]

Your playing sounds spot on to me. So far I can almost play the opening riff to Blitzkrieg Bop. A few weeks ago I asked my younger brother if he likes the Ramones. Of course he does. Then he told me he saw them in concert at the Hollywood Palladium in the 90's. So awesome. I never knew he went.

[@ryannunez1545]

Still waiting for the belt strap tutorial🙃

[@caseyjones8949]

I play drums on a punk band.. but y play guitar to (left handed).. and thanks for the tips.. i a new subcriber

[@otrolocoenyoutube524]

Well, i'd like a cover of love kills loco live version, since it's very fast it force me to use alternate picking, it will be interesting!

[@Unplugged-x3p]

Bro wheres end of the century? WE NEED IT!

[@FacuSanchez_]

You should do a collab with @SouthernVersion

[@GabeMckinney-qs4bf]

Any interest in doing the Halfway to Sanity album?

[@HardlyRamone]

Maybe! I just like to hear what people want the most

[@luigirussolo3382]

Thank you! You are really cool! I`m learning how to play Ramones songs by your videos. Laughed a lot for a black humor in the end, it`s great =) And I do so on my amp - reducing high frequencies to prevent string ringing. I just saw it in your video and made sure it was right. Sorry for bad Eng, I`m Eastern Europe))

[@luigirussolo3382]

from* =))

[@nunoharris]

Hi. What are the settings of the Boss eq pedal to get the Ramones sound ? Thanks

[@HardlyRamone]

I don’t have any settings memorized and they’re unique to every guitar and amp combo, you just do what sounds right to your ears

[@RamORam0]

good video bro!

[@supergolfdude]

H.R. - can you give us three Ramones classics that we should learn first?

[@nunomonteiro9660]

hello hardy. For the tone Ramones, do you use the GE 7 eq before the Marshall distortion or after the FX loop?

[@HardlyRamone]

I’m talking about using it before the distortion here, as this allows you to EQ the pickup if it is too bright and twangy, or simply not loud enough. However, you can totally put the EQ in the FX loop if you want to change the sound of the amp distortion itself. Basically, before amp EQ is to change the sound of the guitar, FX loop EQ is to change the sound of the amp.

[@nunomonteiro9660]

@@HardlyRamone , me and some friends are going to start playing some covers of ramones, among other punk rock bands. I have two "Marhall dsl40cr" amps and the JCM800 studio 20watts". Have you had the opportunity to play with any of them? By the way, what would be the best bass, treble, middle, presence configuration, as a base to get a very close sound Ramones? I'm close in terms of sound, but I wanted to know your opinion. I play with a Les Paul. Thank you very much and good work

[@brunodasilvapinto4745]

Qual dos captadores ele usava? O do braço( humbucker), o da ponte( singel coil) ou ambos?

[@HardlyRamone]

Da ponte (single coil)

[@Weener6969]

A cover I’d wanna hear is “Roots of hatred”

[@HardlyRamone]

Ha, wow! I'd need a Walter Lure for that one. I'll add it to the list

[@johnhareiel5118]

Why don't you get a Mosrite Ventures guitar?

[@HardlyRamone]

I'd want a Ventures II and those cost a lot of money

[@johnhareiel5118]

@@HardlyRamone I know. You need one man!

[@HardlyRamone]

@@johnhareiel5118 I do have a Hallmark Johnny Ramone guitar now which I do enjoy more than the strat

[@johnhareiel5118]

@@HardlyRamone I just ordered a white Chinese Johnny Ramone Mosrite Copy. You can get one from eBay for around $400. You really need one man!

[@harrison483]

you have a great voice you could do radio

[@yakobgulpenheimmer3275]

I have a few questions to smash into this if you don't mind. 1. I've noticed you are pretty skinny, I can't move my wrist like you do but I also lift weights and have a lot more muscle, am I doomed? 2. I've used amplitude, eleven rack within pro tools, vst rack in cubase, guitar rig 5, s gear , amplitude in my experience sounds the most realistic, I use a Les Paul and no matter the amp it sounds dark and heavy , is that just the way a Les Paul is going to sound?

[@HardlyRamone]

1. I suppose it's possible that your wrist needs to be able to move pretty loosely, and weight lifting could hinder that with muscle tightness, but I don't know for sure. You do need a lot of strength in the arm and ability to power through a burn, so if you have that, that's really very good. I've been practicing martial arts for a looong time and that has been very good for lean muscle and stamina building. Johnny Ramone was a construction worker and also worked laying down metal pipes in the winter before the Ramones, so perhaps long hours of physical labor helped him in a similar way. If anything, I suppose you want to make sure your wrist stays flexible (there's a lot of stretching in martial arts). There might be some wrist stretching exercises online you could try? 2. I've seen many people get a good Ramones sound with Les Pauls, but I can see places where the tone might struggle to sound right. Depending on what Les Paul you have, the pickups could be too dark, but it'd have to be pretty severe. Dark-ish pickups are ideal for Ramones stuff, but things can get too murky at a certain point. Also note that when a pickup is closer to the strings, it has stronger bass response and your low E string is more likely to overpower the tone with a meaty sound. Backing the pickup away can even things out and thin the tone a little. And if it's not the pickups, the amps could just be too dark and/or too high gain. Classic Marshalls get pretty darn bright, a lot of Johnny's brightness came from the amps. People have also famously used Les Pauls with them to get bright and biting tones for a long time, so it's always possible your current amps just aren't cutting it, if the pickups aren't to blame. Also, make sure you're playing barre chords! Johnny made use of all six strings and a tone like his with only power chords is going to sound pretty flat and buzzy.

[@yakobgulpenheimmer3275]

@@HardlyRamone wow, thanks for the thoughtful and comprehensive answers, for sure I don't play power chords , power chords were what I played when I was 15 and 16 just learning guitar. As for the Les Paul pickups, I have an Ed Elliot Mosrite Bridge Pickup 13k ohms I'm going to drop into the Les Paul, will probably sound pretty amazing, it looks to be the same size as a humbucker. But yeah, the current pickups sound so dark it's like everything sounds like metal.

[@HardlyRamone]

@@yakobgulpenheimmer3275 That pickup should be awesome man. And no problem! Let me know how the swap goes ha

[@sergioortiz2354]

👏👏👏

[@rafaelostos-tapia9129]

i like it twangy

[@rporta]

5:12 lmao

[@ckdpraha]

Get Keds shoes and you're good to go!💪

[@petercdowney]

Your hair looks more like that of Joey than that of Johnny!

[@HardlyRamone]

Yeah my hair isn't much like Johnny's, it's wavy and I let it grow it longer than he did most of the time.

[@leahflower9924]

yeah do too tough to die, can't wait to hear warthog and endless vacation lol

[@lionl4343]

I know i'm late, but bruh, Two leather belts... That's Punk af man!

[@montag4516]

...particularly if one's trousers fall down when performing on stage due to not wearing a belt!

[@WyattScott]

Hardley Ramone

[@nameless9917]

Filho do Johnny

[@idoguitarstuff]

he talks!

[@rsty138]

So where are the new How To videos ? 7/24/23 So far good …. Seen them 14 times. Every lineup. R.I.P.

[@illuminatianticristo]

Are u Johnny reincarnated?

[@HardlyRamone]

I’m pressing the button

[@savedstrings]

You mean... that nobody has ever asked you if you play/have played/will play guitar in a Ramones cover band???

[@HardlyRamone]

Ha, fair enough! That is probably a question category I could have included, I do get a good handful of inquiries on the regular. I am a drummer in a band, but not a Ramones tribute, and I haven't really done anything like that. The concept of forming a tribute act does interest me though, I have a number of ideas that put a unique twist on "Ramones tribute" compared to anything we've seen before. I think fellow Ramones fans would really enjoy the show I have in mind, if I could find the right people for it. But it's not something I can pursue at the moment. The pandemic makes music stuff reeaally difficult... too difficult when I already have a primary career that I'm working to keep afloat.

[@nickdavis8881]

Basswood is pronounced like the fish not the instrument.

[@KaBoomChannel]

Your head is chopped off in the video

[@dingelberryhandpump7834]

Sorry but I can HARDLY see your head HARDLEY

[@LarryBishop69]

He speaks , I nearly dropped my Beer 🍺, Interesting . Too realistic to be computer generated. Young chick here Melissa says your hot 🥵. Good show very enlightening.😂👍 P.S Frog Head 🤣

[@HardlyRamone]

Nope, not computer generated ha! I'll have to speak for the tutorial series too, so it's something to get used to 🐸