Heavy Guitar Tones With Rabea Massaad: What Can We Learn? - That Pedal Show

[@RabeaMassaad]

Another awesome watch! Thank you so much guys! I had such a great time! Soooo much fun! Thank you for having me!

[@jexican666]

@Rabea Massaad just wondering if when playing then the vintage lp, did you mean to play a tool riff or was it just the vibe? Love the sounds you are able to find. Hope all is well. Cheers

[@lockyp204]

jexican666 He did so you guys would froth 🤣👍

[@TraneFrancks]

You're such a beast, Bea. The Toska and Grinding Gears albums are all just ridiculously sick. Cheers from rainy Tokyo from one of your, if not the, oldest fans pushing 60.

[@danielbell4007]

Rabea should have his own monthly segment on here called “that metal show”

[@nikolaibabiuk6027]

That metal show was already a thing. Sorry.

[@njsteere]

That metal fro

[@scrawfordmusic]

"That Medal Show" Just Rabea, Dan, and Mick discussing the tonal merits of Olympic medals, and whether the hype about vintage ones is warranted.

[@ashtonshelton8584]

That Bea Show

[@ryanspencerlauderdale687]

Yeah. That Metal Show is a show done by Eddie Trunk and his amigos.

[@willgoodfellow3144]

Rabea is such a brilliantly diverse player. His melodic, bluesy stuff is as awesome as his heavy playing.

[@psy-k-da9219]

Dorje sucks

[@thebenwmusic]

@@psy-k-da9219 Check out Toska. I think Dorje is great, especially the solos

[@Gbhbbgvsbnjhhdchhb]

Fan boy alert

[@fredriksvard2603]

@@psy-k-da9219 its more like, chapman sucks. Rabeas awesome.

[@TheGhostGuitars]

This is my third anniversary of watching this video and it never gets old watching this one!

[@daxpaulino]

its always a thrill to have Rabea on the show. Nice job everyone! I've learned a lot again.

[@jakecal6802]

For a guy like me who loves M+D’s bluesy rock and clean tones and ALSO heavy metal this episode was awesome.

[@patrickodonnell4271]

Great video lads. The instrument-swaps were really eye-opening. I've never really played that genre and I'm blown away by how much of the tone is in the hands even with massive gain.

[@cogee89]

The tone at 18:36 literally sounds like a pissed off Rottweiler. It's so sick 🤘🏻

[@mickfretty8038]

That was excellent, entertaining and very interesting. Well done chaps!

[@vibratemutate]

i grinned from ear to ear as soon as dan downtuned that les paul at 10mins ... finally we getting somewhere =)

[@andyhightides]

I'd love to hear Rabea try to dial a tone into your "common" small amps. First to see if its possible, and second, just to see how happy everybody is when he's around.

[@jorisev]

As someone who used to be in a metal band, I was indeed laughing about the "bouncy chuggy thing"... That's like metal 101, you have to get your horse gallop chuggs right! :-) (also, BRUTAL tones from Rabea in this vid)

[@Yupppi]

Great episode pinpointing some key stuff. A lot of those adjustments and playstyle come naturally without thinking when you've played around with metal long enough. And it truly is in the fingers at the end of the day, you can play the same riffs on acoustic and make them sound similarly heavy if you know what you're looking for. Like muting the right way. Similar to how you guys probably find great blues tones and play some licks beautifully without even thinking about how it's done and a metal guy might go "I just don't get how they do it". Personally I tend to dial a lot of the bass out (definitely more than Rabea) just because it makes it a bit boomy and feel like it responds slower, chokes the sound in a sense. I love to let bass do its work with kick drum and leave some room for other instruments below 400 Hz. I find that in general a lot of annoying tones come from around 300 Hz in guitar anyway. At least with plenty gain. Personally I also prefer a bit less output than a lot of modern pickups, they often reduce dynamics for being too hot and you gotta screw them low just to get lower gain rock sounds. A lot of my favourite metal albums were recorded with jcm 800 and tubescreamer with duncan jb or comparable setup. Alex Skolnick, now renowned jazz artist, did that in Testament in 90's (with Dimarzios though but same difference), Dave Mustaine/Megadeth has been rocking Marshall (or hot rodded Marshall like) and jb for all 90's, Zakk Wylde in Ozzy used SD-1 into Marshall (with EMG-81 in Les Paul though), my favourite drive for metal tones. Has that nicer midrange than TS. And like I've mentioned in the past, Bill Steer just rocks Les Paul Junior into Marshall/5150 in B for metal tones. Too much gain will often hurt those accurate riffs unless you set it up very carefully. Gain knob rarely is the answer to that because after certain point in almost any amp it just turns into stupid shizzle without body and roar. But Marshall turned loud often handles it well. And to be honest, a strat with less gain for leads is a secret weapon, it has a lovely singing character. A lot of metal bands today in my opinion do the mistake of too hot pickups into too hot amp, just too much gain and scooped tone making the leads sound like cutting with bandsaw too fast, it is very tight and buzzy sound in the high frequencies and is displeasing to ear. Another brilliant band in the description of "those guys in the mask" with great guitar tones is Ghost. Although not as metal, but beautiful range of music styles and just brilliant song writing. Gotta hand it to Tobias Forge when he says he composes the music with the thought pattern of making it stadium rock and catchy stuff inspired by old rock etc, but also depending on the current story development behind the band's "lore", he mentioned as well writing for one "smarter ghoul" who plays a bit trickier things and a "more simple ghoul" that mostly just plays rhythms and chords. Just terrific soundscapes. The more extreme metal genres like black metal, death metal, speed metal, thrash and grind and whatnot, those Death, Carcass and Emperor etc bands kinda came from before nu-metal as a continuation to maybe 80's metal and opposing grunge and that stuff. Many of them still played Marshally stuff in the early days. They all kinda share minor similarities but are noticeably different. And then came nu-metal that was like just really weird genre that spoke to teenagers. Hard to put that in with other metal genres. Not something I like but gotta respect coming up with a totally unique genre and it was really heavy like how you mention slipknot. Adding to that, Carcass kinda invented the modern heavy sound, or their producer, on Heartwork in 1993. He used a frankencab where he put two marshall shells together and used two 57s, on-axis and off-axis or outside of the cone center to capture it. Later bands have perfected the idea like in flames' producer used some regular high gain amps like I suppose 5150, but also they've added stuff like valvestate or even a marshall battery amp just a tiny bit for that really gnarly bite that just small/solid state amps have. It's a world of difference in how it doesn't breath like a proper big valve amp, so you get that immediateness and bite to the sound when you mix it in just a tiny bit. Interestingly Neural DSP Plini, the kinda standard metal plugin now, has ribbon 160 mics as default. And they do work really well in the plugin. Even though people are getting kinda tired of 57 sound, it's a brilliant piece of itech for the fact that you can just throw it on the cab and you get nice growling middy, distorted guitar tone, be it gig or recording. They just got it right at shure when they came up with it. I hope you figure out how to record more episodes in case GB won't ease on restrictions, I can barely take waiting for the next friday after watching a new episode every week. Lastly, shoutouts to Rabea. He just can do the thing. But also other things. One of the modern unique metal gods in my books is Mattias Eklundh, although I think he deserves to be called veteran by now. His channel is interesting niché of guitar content and his own experimentations in his forest cabin, love the guy. You might have met him in thomann festivals, hopefully one day he can also visit your show and talk about his ideology, tones, technique and history.

[@isaiahj117]

59:56 Rock soul explode (BTW: Prefer the sound came out from Chapman ML3 BEA in this video!)

[@mellowmonsoon278]

Rabea is being very polite with the two typically stereotypical dudes

[@ThatPedalShow]

Unlike yourself?

[@hammyjammies]

Rabea playing the LP is quite funny I won't lie, he makes it look like a toy!

[@Gummmibaer]

Metal kid showing his dad and his "cool" uncle how to rock. Afterwards they invited him to sip on a beer "but dont tell your mum".

[@ThatPedalShow]

Hahaha!!! No arguments here. Glad the ‘cool’ is in quotes.

[@RMosack]

@@ThatPedalShow which one is the dad, and which is the cool uncle? That's the question.

[@caught.in.throes]

@@RMosack Dan is definitely the 'everyone's crazy uncle' type

[@ashplaysbass]

RMosack they’re both dads and Rob is the uncle

[@Gummmibaer]

@@caught.in.throes I feel like Mick is the cool uncle type but thats up to anyones choice. he would be my go to uncle if I had some sick new riffs

[@levikalkman5934]

Please do a "Ambient Guitar Tones With Rabea Massaad" Would be great :)

[@seeksthebalance]

This!!!

[@41DegreesSouth]

Yep that was what I was thinking the whole way through!

[@miguelcasadoalvaro990]

It would be awesome!

[@vincentjackson3472]

This right here. Fantastic idea 😁😁😁

[@ryanslauderdale]

Oh, please do.

[@RamrockMansJukebox]

"Cor, that was a big one!" "Sorry, I didn't realize... I was expecting less resistance." Oh, if only Danish Pete were there.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Haha! He’s always with us.

[@simonhall2682]

I had exactly the same thought!

[@mattgilbert7347]

Henning. He'd be working that one for a WEEK

[@mattgilbert7347]

@@simonhall2682 Call: "Danish Pete be with you" Response: "And also with you" All: "Let's Rock"

[@cpk313]

I think he meant to say he was expecting more resistance, hence the hulk squawk. Expecting less he would have gently caressed the bulb with a delicate smoosh. Ok that got weird....

[@LeonTodd]

I'm looking forward to the "Dan learns to chug" Vlog episode. Also, that desert yellow Jem is glorious.

[@adrianurrusuno2607]

Rabea playing Tool with that Les Paul is the BEST thing that will happen today, for sure.

[@RamrockMansJukebox]

That brought a smile to my face as well.

[@tamasimrei]

Made me wanna buy a Les Paul even more...

[@adrianurrusuno2607]

@@tamasimrei Same here! Haha

[@Yupppi]

Good shout. I was listening to that stuff all fall and still missed it.

[@MenagerieAU]

Yeah I replayed that part 3 times.

[@AttitudeCastle]

When Covid dies down get Rabea and Ola Englund on together for a chug spectacular!

[@williambalkwill9070]

That. Is. I don’t even know what to say to that. Fucking amazing odea

[@mellowmonsoon278]

Rabea is at a different level than pretentious Ola

[@marekw7562]

I would rather say that they are different approach to heavy guitar. Like swedish death metal and new metal ambient film music... It isn't even a genre. But it's epic. Cool idea tho.

[@mrcoatsworth429]

@@mellowmonsoon278 Lol Ola may be a lot of things, but he is not pretentious.

[@mellowmonsoon278]

@@mrcoatsworth429 Ola is not pretentious?? LoL

[@Adamoni1994]

Starts playing Lost Prophets and immediately stops and realises what he’s done 😂

[@heyimjoshnicetomeetya]

Where was this? 😂

[@ThatMattGoodMusic]

@@heyimjoshnicetomeetya About 16:20, he's playing the chords to Burn Burn (loosely)

[@Chord_The_Seeker]

I think Strymon is about to sell a lot of Riversides.

[@DalelCampbell]

I just got one😂

[@DalelCampbell]

I had one before and never would have thought that it could get to this place.

[@sn95_mustang_garage]

Bea sounds like Bea on all those guitars. The player is more involved than just the tone.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Yep. Totals innit.

[@Jaspertine]

Fly like a butterfly, sting like a Bea

[@jjbast]

Like Bea has a sound! 😅 Who can forget his famous song... ? That's right... He hasn't got one.

[@MattXScott]

James B. Are you making fun of him because he doesn’t have a famous song?

[@jjbast]

@@MattXScott And because he doesn't have a 'sound'. If you hear a random song played by him on a Pepsi Challenge, no one would be able to identify him. Actually, I am making fun of the fanboy.

[@billphillipstube]

This is the best advertisement for "tone is in the fingers" that I've ever seen. Which is depressing to me, really. There are no silver bullets. Bea would melt faces through any equipment you gave him- even combinations Mick and Dan would have thought were absurd. Likewise, Mick and Dan are great players, but they don't play heavy. It isn't a club they carry in their golf bag. That's OK.

[@EpicStuffMan1000]

They can definitely learn it though.

[@DetroitFettyghost]

@@EpicStuffMan1000 Some can imatate it but if it's not in your mind to create that style of music WELL than all u can do is imatate what's already been done-

[@gabrielledebourg2487]

I'm not a heavy player, but this episode is just brilliant! So much interesting insight to gain structure and the importance of guitars, string and technique. And reminds me how much you can learn about yourself by switching the perspective and seeing a completely different approach!

[@planetsab]

yes!

[@timmynator8036]

J'ai été surpris par la différence de son entre le picking de Rabea et celui de Mick sur la Les Paul. Comme quoi c'est le guitariste qui crée le son

[@saepiumv3813]

Yes very true. I have enjoyed this episode as I am exploring heavier tones and it has given some good insight.

[@saepiumv3813]

Timmynator C’est vrai! Quelle différence.

[@harrysachs2274]

Great point about switching perspectives. Recently I tried to view the world through a "woke leftist". In order to agree with all of their critical theories one needs to perform insane mental gymnastics. I just don't understand how people with any amount of critical thinking abilities view the world that way. It's insanity.

[@hotblackdesiato3451]

Now that Dan's got the hang of palm muting with high gain, he'll show off next episode by playing Motorbreath by Metallica (I hope!).

[@71goaliemask]

All joking aside, I thought this was a brilliant illustration of going beyond the gear... the idea of 'intent' is a great synthesis of what 99% of us as players are attempting to achieve, but perhaps can't articulate. Yes the gear and setup contribute, but without intent driving creativity it's just some shiny boxes and wooden string platforms. This is not to denigrate the inherent beauty of, and fascination with, tone searching which is why most of us found this channel in the first place, but once we've found that elusive tone of the day, what do we do with it? How many of us (I am woefully guilty of this) spend time carefully dialing in tones only to then hear another great example of a different tone and head off down another rabbit hole? For example Rabea's tones are STELLAR, and given my recent re-appreciation of prog metal, I can feel the temptation (and yes I totally will) but what is my intention? What if anything will I do with it? Have I just become an endless explorer of tone, constantly seeking new avenues without actually spending time with a sound I like and creating music with it? Forgive the long winded reply, but quarantine has left me with a lot of time to contemplate.

[@bartholomewbarnes8216]

Gear is Shmear

[@farkle]

What a great comment. If I was on acid this would have ruined me.

[@Mujcanal]

You put it so well, thank you

[@Art-zs6sl]

I lol'd. It's ok to chase different tones, just make sure you hit record before you start noodling!

[@TheOddKris]

16:17 yeahhh I know that problem Bea... the tune's still great though

[@chriscovington2420]

"I'd go Dan into Mick basically" -->Abrupt hard cut edit..-> returns with everybody grinning..

[@joemisek]

I hit the floor. That was so funny and well played.

[@michaeleaster1815]

timestamp !? it's an hour long video :-)

[@fernandog9684]

Michael Easter 25:45

[@RMosack]

Daniel FitzMichael or Michael FitzDaniel?

[@SerjBassist]

I kinda wish they didn't cut out the 10 minutes they spent laughing at that. "Dan juicing into Mick" was a strong one as well.

[@davelanciani-dimaensionx]

When it comes to modern metal "chugging", it really does come down to the guitarist, and how they attack the strings, palm mute, etc. You can tell that Mick and Dan just don't play a lot of palm muted chugs. It's a very detailed style of playing, lots of nuances, and a lighter touch than ou would imagine. It took me forever to really learn how to palm mute with such high-gain tones.

[@shinjial]

I'm 15m in and I had to laugh in enjoyment hearing Rabea playing the three guitars in sequence. A takeaway from this segment for me was that touch is a big thing with this sound, also what you choose to play (like Rabea said - going for power chords, hard rock-ish type of things isn't going to get you there). But he's so confortable with it, it's awesome. Sounds poweful and agressive and somehow just enough, never over the top out of control. ps: love the nod to Lateralus with Dan's LP.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Yep!

[@PhilippeSpectral]

Release the "All pedals sound best with everything at 2 o'clock"

[@MattGuilfoil]

That would be an awesome shirt.

[@speedmetalftw]

I've never seen two guys look more uncomfortable trying to play metal

[@mattgilbert7347]

"Tone: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship TPS. Its renewed five-year mission: to explore strange new sounds. To seek out new riffs and new inspirations. To boldly go where no Guitarist (especially Mick) has gone before!" This is the Klingon episode. Scary prog-metal monsters on the starboard bow

[@stanislavmigra]

👍👍👍

[@darrenc8776]

Top comment award on it's way

[@andrewharper1609]

Star Trekking across the universe, only going forwards cause we can't find reverse.

[@mattgilbert7347]

@@darrenc8776 Danke.

[@mattgilbert7347]

@@andrewharper1609 syaleD esreveR

[@bigsauce1116]

Rabea looks like hes lost alot of weight. Looks way more healthy. Awesome.

[@BockwinkleB]

I refuse to believe Dan and Mick haven't played "Baracuda" or something like that before. It's just a heavy gallop.

[@tomaburque]

Rabea, congrats on your fitness program, whatever you are doing, you look great!

[@stickychocolate8155]

I think he started eating vegan and that's it. I could be wrong though.

[@martindrury6321]

Holy smokes! Rabea is a fascinating player. Thanks for the show gents.

[@ransombaggins9301]

Anything + Rabea = Gold (with an awesome fro).

[@ThatPedalShow]

+ Dan and Mick = fool’s gold? /0)

[@ransombaggins9301]

@@ThatPedalShow Haha! Not at all! There are different kinds of gold. 😉

[@davidtomkins4242]

That Pedal Show dan n’mick = old and gold

[@theruns123]

Personally thought the strat sounded awesome. Yngwie vibes. And Rabea with that Les Paul was sick!

[@ThatPedalShow]

Me too. But don’t tell anyone. Mick here. :0)

[@_dmfd]

One of the Andertons videos a few years back Bea said he's not a huge fan of Les Pauls too. He definetly sounds great on them. He sounds good on pretty much anything tho

[@joemisek]

Gotta admit, I smiled at the opening riffs, "Heavy guitar tones..." and there next to Rabea... Mick and Dan show up with their Strat and Tele. Edit: Not awful after watching them try the Strat and Tele through Rabea's sound. It's okay. Not my thing, but somebody out there can pull it off.

[@samh1589]

There is some talk about pick attack but i don't think you spoke about the type of pick used. The size, shape, thickness weight and point make a massive difference to how the string is struck and how it makes you play.

[@denismguitar1552]

Such a classy dude! I’m not even close to a high gain guy but I always like Rabea in any video I see him in.

[@kjypeace]

Rabea with the Les Paul thru the Kraken was instant Adam Jones.

[@jimi272]

kjypeace kraken😍😍

[@lurpnuts7817]

Real time Rabea thought so too.

[@sethmccollum7101]

I instantly thought new tool at that part lol

[@steverideout]

As a 40 year old man, my guitar heroes have generally been older than me...until Bea. Plus I've been inspired to give the Riverside another try (lost its place to the Warthog, which won't be going anywhere)

[@jacksmith4460]

me too (im 39) Tosin Abasi, Tomas Raclavsky and Bea, Tosin is only a souple years younger than me but the other 2 are 10 years younger, and all 3 are brilliant players that put me to shame lool

[@TheFatstrat79]

‘Mick’tallica is born!!

[@ThatPedalShow]

Yeaaaaaahhhhh!!!

[@mo-draws]

Jim Goulden ... and MegaDan

[@jamiebarrymusic]

I was reminded of that too!

[@almightyEsquilax]

Dan-zig?

[@scriptosaurusrex]

'At least you know the D&M Drive can get a bit filthy' Yes, we definitely established that when 'Dan was Juicing into Mick'

[@drbombermandude]

I think you guys really should try to get Ola Englund on the show, he's another extremely knowledgable hi-gain content creator

[@kiltymacbagpipe]

Total_Douchebag I was thinking the same thing. I think Rabea is a good choice because he’s into a lot of different sounds as well as the high gain stuff and does a good job describing what he’s looking for. Still, Ola will tell us if it chugs, and that’s important information. Maybe send him the D&M drive...

[@ryanspencerlauderdale687]

Bruce Hewat It probably would chug, if you use the right amp with it.

[@CastToVoid]

When people say "tone is in the fingers", I feel it has everything with your picking hand: The angle, how deep you dig, the force with which you pick, how far from the bridge, how you mute, etc. They all have a massive influence on the harmonics you create while playing. Hearing Rabea on the 3 guitars vs Dan & Mick is a great example of this

[@andreyaek2266]

I know right! A lot of others already said this but I'll chime in, this video is a really great demonstration of this fact. I had the idea that this phenomenon only would apply with cleaner sounds than this, and that once you throw on all that distortion (or lots of other effects I guess) that difference between players would get smoothed out. But no, even with all that clipping they all sounded so clearly different. Most interesting moment on this show in a long time, to my ears.

[@maxjpind]

Bea: Shreds Face... Also Bea: “I apologize for my playing”.

[@Afroman86]

Spent most of the video hoping one of you finished the Soundgarden - Outshined riff you were unintentionally playing haha

[@seeksthebalance]

I dont think that was unintentional...

[@Afroman86]

@@seeksthebalance I know but it's all I could hear..... Soundgarden comin on after this video 🤟🏼🎸👍🏼

[@80srs11]

had a bit of incubus

[@alivewtwmusic]

I LOVE when TPS demonstrates pedals that offer heavier distortion! Plus, Rabea Rocks!

[@RTQuinn]

Watching this with my newborn son so he'll start off playing with better tone than his pops.

[@michaelduffy90]

[@nigelvonshredman]

Michael Duffy agreed!

[@ralvknights]

Note selection and the technique makes playing more enjoyable. I agree with u.

[@Yupppi]

Mostly how he plays it even.

[@MJK808]

Rabea had the exact same reaction I do whenever my hands start playing Burn Burn.

[@Helios004]

It would be so great to put Rabea and John Brown (Monuments) in the same room discussing high gain sounds. Love to see what would happen 😄

[@lorenzobonoan5862]

32:40 sounds like Nowhere fast by Incubus 🤘🏼😁 Thanks for this

[@mbg4041]

THATS IT!!! Thank you!!! Been driving me insane trawling through music trying to find it.

[@MrVinB]

Haha, so the lesson after 15 minutes is 'if you want to sound like Bea, be Bea'.

[@ThatPedalShow]

There endeth the lesson children. One day this will obvious to all and all guitar KZbin channels will close. Mick here. Hahaha!

[@MrVinB]

@@ThatPedalShow Luckily I did finish the video and now feel somewhat better about my chances of getting close. :)

[@josearjona3728]

Almost Blood and Thunder xD

[@chrisegg7936]

Ozze Asjourne it shows up in a LOT of Rabea’s vids and i think he caught himself right at the start of it and tried to be sneaky about it 🤫

[@stanislavmigra]

Its quite "generic" metal riff. Like the intro to Johny B Good is in lot of Blues/Hard rock songs.

[@merbertancriwalli8622]

And my other comment is that Bea is f'n great player. Not only tone, but chord and note choice, and also great technique. This is why I now play bass.

[@thiemoneumann9893]

I've waited for this since Rabea visited you first for Metal Pedals. Finally!

[@BlueBowlby90]

The awkward moment when bea starts playing Lostprophets accidentally...

[@willjohnson2511]

Burn Burn? I heard that too...

[@jakecrawford3106]

I play that riff at work and wait to see who notices 😂

[@RabeaMassaad]

It’s annoying, I have a riff very similar, and I always accidentally play it... hahah awkward

[@seqta5705]

@@RabeaMassaad hate when you find yourself singing a lost prophets song and then your like oh damn 😬😂

[@fishypaw]

I'm assuming the Les Paul is the heaviest guitar of them all?! 🤔 Watching this makes me slightly regret selling my BC Rich and it's coffin shaped case.

[@SkinnyGeorge]

I just want to make sure I’m in the right place. I heard Slipknot, Pantera, Snot, and others mentioned today!?!? Sooo good guys! I think the only thing I would have loved for people to hear is what happens when you try to buy a “metal” pedal and throw it into a clean amp. Just so people understand the difference. Good Lord my ears are smiling today! Thank you guys!

[@markconger8049]

This is such a *great* video. I’m just now seeing it for the first time even though I’ve been a fan or Rabea and Andertons for a while. Thanks, KZbin :( There’s a lot to be learned from this video. Fun to watch too.

[@kentonschroer2347]

Rabea is probably the only heavy player that I enjoy. His tone is just awesome, and the ambient mixed with the heavy is something I don’t feel like I could do, but I’m determined to try. Imitation is the greatest form of flattery. Thanks mates!

[@OzziePete1]

Timely upload. Babymetal is about to stream a show they did a while ago, and their Kami Band are some of the best heavy metal players in Japan.

[@BockwinkleB]

Another show on the 10th! Hail Babymetal!

[@NicD5150]

Mick, you nailed it: it's all in the intention, and there's no substitute for having listened to the music to the point where it's part of yourself, and your ears are tuned to that sound. And develop the right hand attack that works with it (which Rabea has in spades). Then it's just a matter of turning the pots until it sounds right. But yeah, it start with the ears and taste of the player, then get conveyed into the hands, and then is a matter of getting the gear to do what you want it to. There's a fun video where Ola Englund uses a 335, Tele and Les Paul into a Boss Katana, and proceeds to get pretty tasty scandinavian metal tones out of these. Just because he has perfected that kind of playing, and knows how to dial in a tone that works for him. Rabea is so good at that, too. It's so obvious when he's playing all different guitars in sequence and ends up sounding like different versions of himself.

[@williamsmothers8830]

I NEED THIS EPISODE!! I've been working 12 hour shifts, eating fast food and no music for two weeks. I left work 30 minutes early, just finished making a big pot of clam chowder in the Instapot while listening to Lake Street Drive. A friend suggested listening to them and they are great!!! They've been on the s stereo for the last hour while I cooked. Now, a hot shower, cozy clothes, good hot soup and the best tones on the internet.

[@HARTYNMUGHES]

William Smothers it’s those little things that keep us going, man! Be well.

[@bobonilla8443]

[@stevengarvey5782]

Amazing how quickly Bea dials in "his" sound with a new pedal. Most of us would fiddle about for an hour....

[@Yupppi]

A tell of someone who has found their tone and knows what they're doing when you can get your thing out of anything.

[@HermelJaworski]

When you know how pedals behave and what frequencies to look for, you can easily dial your sound quite fast. It's a matter of understanding how the whole system (pick-guitar-strings-pedals-amp) works, not just a pedal ;)

[@stanislavmigra]

Not exactly, Bea at least demoed all of those pedals.

[@TeiscoCurlee]

Keyword here is BARK!! Haha

[@SocksworthRiffs]

I keep hearing the Outshined riff and it's killing me how good it sounds. Killer show guys! I've been waiting for this forever!

[@dmanorozco]

“I’m juicing into you” 😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@JoePreacherLong]

Turns out - it's just Rabea. He's a monster. So unbelievably good.

[@Oris37]

Chuggle Brothers... :-)

[@SuperOpposum]

Dan trying to play metal and chugging is an absolute joy to watch

[@ThatPedalShow]

He’s much better at it than me!

[@kevindavid37]

I don‘t necessarily love all of Rabea‘s music, but the way he plays the guitar is absolutely spectacular. So passionate and so dynamic. I always love to watch him diggin in. ❤️

[@FoundryStreetJason]

Nice Spinal Tap!!! Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You!! 😄 I loved the video. Thanks.

[@cremeofclubs]

Rabea vs Grohl for nicest man in rock, close battle I think.

[@13aphomet]

Was Driller using the Crook?!! I'm suspicious.. It's the least you could do to honor Addison.. 😢

[@TheMadLicksBand]

Rabea has Blues sensibilities and he merges it with his metal and nu-metal love Together it's just great.. He's just an amazing player!

[@marcusaurelious3826]

lookin good Rabs cheers bruv

[@jacksmith4460]

Low tuning , 5150's and 7 string- Korn, they changed guitar more than they are given credit for

[@Maggai]

For sure. All of those has meant a lot for my playing and sound.

[@griffinbliss7362]

Rabea is like the bus driver from the Simpsons mixed with Krusty from the Simpsons.

[@lukenicholsonoriginalmusic5475]

Haven't been this early since last night.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Hahahahah!!!

[@jargero8203]

You guys should have A/B'd that Riverside beside a 40£ Boss MetalZone....😎

[@JYelton]

I absolutely loved this episode, even though really heavy tones aren't my thing. Showing how you achieve a particular sound through both equipment and technique really made this episode a cut above.

[@dustinthiessen]

bloody lovely show lads! haven't laughed this much in a while 😂 particularly enjoyed watching you guys attempt to chug :P

[@dagoelius]

Strat man myself, but that Vintage Les Paul through Rabea's setup sounded beeeeauuutiful.

[@Apitome1]

Yes that would be ineresting to Bring Bea into Dan and Micks world of guitar playing,I think...Well I know Bea would do just fine .Never ceases to amaze he's a phenomenal player.Don't let him be modest...When the world gets back to normal PLEASE TPS

[@ThatPedalShow]

Oh blimey, he’s amazing doing the rock and blues stuff. There is a reason why the boy is so well loved!

[@ashwalker2395]

I'm a high gain chug kind guy, and I have to say no bro! These tones are horrible... you all are missing the point. None of these tones seem tight and right to me.. I mean if you want muffled not articulated notes sure..all day. But for real articulated tones this is the wrong set up.

[@karllongbottomguitars9192]

Set all controls to 2 o'clock, I remember reading that as a top tip for setting an amp in guitarist magazine years ago

[@nickrouse8426]

I was passively listening. The second Rabea picked up the guitar I knew it. Lol

[@nathanjmartin19]

I'm really not into heavy rock or metal or this kind of music in general, but there's something about Rabea's playing that is just so captivating and inspiring - he sure is a damn impressive player. I thought the same during his pedal board build. How someone can play ambient to heavy metal and everything in between is so damn awesome! Cool dude as well. Cheers!

[@UppityTrainer]

32:41 - how not to love Bea if he's playing riffs from Incubus...

[@NicoD1990]

First thought with the Marchall: Ian D´Sa and Billy Talent :-)

[@Chris_Bibby]

Rabea is such a great player. *MASSIVE HEART Emoji*

[@ralvknights]

Many players like all the tone colors of the rainbow: cleans, fuzz, light gain, medium gain and heavy high gain. Mick and Dan u can never suck, you have made us better musicians. You have shown us all the tones possible and made some of the most gorgeuos tones along the way. Even heavy tones, different than Rabea's but essential too. Rabea spoke in the beginning my own belief about preferring using the amp's gain base and sculpting it with pedals. I love high gain tones with healthy amount of lows,mids and treble. Rabea's tone is a great one. This episode is awesome and felt like a gift from heaven. God bless u all. Live long and prosper.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Thank you Rolo! All goodness to you sir!