How to Create an 80's Clean Guitar Tone

[@djh6970]

Brilliant Sir. Could you please do an 80s hair metal tone

[@JasonAyalaSpare]

Sounds like a plan!

[@pawelhabrajski9866]

Take this add a nice American kick in the nuts drive like a Ratt or something and voila

[@wernervanderwalt8541]

Just add a OD or Distortion to the chain😊

[@shredguitarob]

I've searched for years for the perfect 80s clean sound and I got pretty close to what I heard in my head and I was happy with it. Then I got a Rockman X100 and that just did it for me!

[@jontafferofficial]

hey now hey now, don’t dream it’s overrrr. recognized the song right away

[@SAZIZMUSIC]

I come back here again after an year and again a load of thanks. I don't have analogue gear. I used native instrument's guitar rig and achieved a very similar result. Thank you so much. I didn't even use any amp and cabinet just the fx chain as you described had help me achieve the tone. I am really enjoying now playing it. Thank you. I sincerely hope this video gets picked up by youtube algorithm. So valuable information.

[@user-eb8mi3xi5f]

Reminds me of Cure music in those chorus sounds. Post punk and new wave, 80s.

[@presentalinkwalterbak2426]

For a few minutes it took me back to 80s. And now I have to start my day in 2021. 😎

[@bassplayer9432]

Cool video - great sound I didn't catch all the songs but I could recognize "Don't dream it's over" and "True Colors" in there

[@dannyday125]

Great tutorial! And if you use the bridge/middle pickup position on the Strat, you get the Michael Landau pop-rock sound as heard on Richard Marx’s ‘Repeat Offender’ record from ‘89. Cheers!

[@Adambobro]

AWESOME!!! Been searching for this style of tone for ages.. Your video helped me a lot!

[@JasonAyalaSpare]

Glad you liked it, I also did an 80s hair metal tone video too.

[@AJPMUSIC_OFFICIAL]

Amazing, just what I was looking for. Love these tones and hope they make a comeback.

[@josephrusso7069]

Well done. Brilliant tones.

[@coldwar1977]

Great stuff Jason!!! I love the 80's and I love this tone. And I grew up on New Wave, so this video ticks all the boxes for me :-) For this kind of sound I mostly use the Roland JC-120 sim (w/ stereo chorus-delay-reverb) on my Pod 2.0, but I have to try this with separate pedals like you suggest. By the way, that clean Metallica tone was SPOT ON. Cheers mate!

[@JasonAyalaSpare]

You can't go wrong with a Roland JC clean tone!

[@AlexThorn]

Yesssss that sounds amazing! I gotta figure that out on my bugera

[@JasonAyalaSpare]

Glad it was helpful.

[@The3chordwonder]

Man this is great. Reminds me a lot of the sound I want. Reminds me of Candlebox tone as well.

[@teacherjonathan3170]

Finally, I found this tutorial.thanks a lot

[@rush835]

Nice vid! excellent job on catching that 80s sound. Kinda reminds me about The Cure.

[@JasonAyalaSpare]

Thanks!

[@rush835]

@@JasonAyalaSpare No problem! 👌

[@radimfiala635]

Yaaaay .....I'm first!!! Awesome tone, Jason. One of the best videos on the tone I've ever seen.

[@JasonAyalaSpare]

Wow, thanks man! 😁

[@sonofham85]

First riff sounds like Lonely Man by BrownWorm. Great tone you've got, cheers!

[@3rdPlaya0709]

I love how you straight up said “if you have a dull sounding guitar” LOL! I have guitars I love that are indeed dull!

[@JasonAyalaSpare]

A dull sounding guitar (in a musical sense) can be very useful, particularly in a mix that might have other bright sounding instruments.

[@dirtyhands8652]

damn that humbucker tone sound beautiful

[@m.hstudioproductions6642]

I've taken up a lot of guitar lessons lately and my main goal throughout my musical quest is to get a chorus pedal for my Fender/Squier Stratocaster!😊

[@m.hstudioproductions6642]

@JSlikbeer-ni6xf I trust you 💯💪!

[@synergysmooshnoid5346]

Omg!!! This is the kind of sound I've been looking for!!!

[@rockguitarlessonsforoldguy9040]

Nice! Really nice! 👌 what do you make of some of the modern clean tones? Like Ichika Nito or McRocklin clean tones.

[@ShredSixx80s]

Get a dytronics cs5 stereo tri chorus/ eventide h3000 dse for(Stereo micropitch)and for detuner/ DBX compressor/ Lexicon pcm 80/81 for delay and reverb, eventide eclipse. Or a fulltone TERC and you have the holy grail or a rockman

[@ЙорданУшев-в5э]

Could you build a few sounds of Richie Blackmore.And if possible not so noisy. I prefer the "pure" sound of the solo in Deep Purple's hallelujah song. I will be very grateful if you can at least build it and share it with Me.

[@egemel174]

I love this sound of guitar so muuuuuchhhh, every time i hear this sound i feel like oooOOoooOooH

[@konrad_k_guitar_channel]

Nice tone👍

[@jopasablo]

Thank you so much

[@rsaha240283]

You are a magician ❤🎉

[@SAZIZMUSIC]

That's so princy🔥😍

[@etherlords88]

What's the song you were playing at the beginning? And the first one with the acoustic guitar?

[@JasonAyalaSpare]

The first song I just made up, the first acoustic song was True Colors

[@TitanBP]

what was that last acoustic guitar song you played before the video ended?

[@JasonAyalaSpare]

Burn for you by John Farnham

[@sarahhey8654]

Great video dude. I use an Electric Mistress clone (Retro Sonic Flanger) for chorus.

[@JasonAyalaSpare]

Yeah, Andy Sommers from the Police used a mistress which was often mistaken for a chorus.

[@Angelcuyua]

Awesome video!! Whats the name of the second acoustic song?

[@JasonAyalaSpare]

It's called Burn For You by John Farnham. I did a chord porn video on this song kzbin.info/www/bejne/nam2loisjauZmJI

[@lucasc5622]

@@JasonAyalaSpare you did a WHAT

[@Come-on-man-]

what song was that in the beginning you played?

[@JasonAyalaSpare]

I made it up

[@Come-on-man-]

It sounded so familiar, so 80s, I was sure I had heard it somewhere. Damn@@JasonAyalaSpare you're good. The one riff I'm hooked is Deff Leppards Histeria

[@recordjnky]

gonna need a lot more gear than that to get the Huff, Landau, Pierce glassy clean tone! And less compression!

[@dennisderamos7736]

Thank you

[@JasonAyalaSpare]

You're welcome

[@ggallin69]

Chord names for that first riff? Sounds amazing man

[@JasonAyalaSpare]

Em add9 Em add9#5 D (C shape played on 5th fret)

[@ggallin69]

@@JasonAyalaSpare thanks so much Jason! I love your videos man

[@oliverveintimilla2628]

At the beginning you can see he filmed it the forth of April my birthdayyyyyy

[@marcraygun6290]

Yay arion chorus

[@JasonAyalaSpare]

still a classic!

[@wedling1176]

Hi ! I have question, can i make this sound on Marhsal CODE 25 ? Bcs my biggest dream is to make music like this to my own "films" in the future, u know like Miami Vice vibe ... I haven't had the opportunity to experience the 80s, so I want to make at least a little feel like in those years.

[@JasonAyalaSpare]

I'll have to have a play with one. I've never actually tried a CODE 25

[@JasonAyalaSpare]

I did some reading, it says you can use up to 5 effects at the same time in the CODE 25 amp. So the main things you need are compression, chorus and reverb.

[@wedling1176]

@@JasonAyalaSpare thanks a lot

[@elvan12581]

Man that was amazing... Can you tell me how to get Neal Schon sound from raised on the radio stuff

[@JasonAyalaSpare]

I'll look into it for you.

[@elvan12581]

@@JasonAyalaSpare wow I totally appreciate that man

[@jamescarroll2095]

Great vid . What chorus pedal are you using?

[@JasonAyalaSpare]

The Arion SCH-Z

[@HP-hu8rw]

What's the name of that first tone u playing

[@JasonAyalaSpare]

I made it up

[@HP-hu8rw]

@@JasonAyalaSpare it's so beautiful. Do you know any vst plugins that I can get that guitar tone?

[@JasonAyalaSpare]

@@HP-hu8rw sorry I haven't used any plugins I would recommend for this application.

[@Cancel_Vulture]

Pleease what was the first riff played

[@JasonAyalaSpare]

The one at the very beginning I made up.

[@Cancel_Vulture]

​@@JasonAyalaSparewhat about the first one you played with Humbuckers before the Metallica riff

[@JasonAyalaSpare]

@dewayne6450 also a Metallica riff, from Master of Puppets.

[@Sitchad1]

You look like a yound Stephen Stills :) Nice video

[@olarrist4273]

This might be a stupid question. If you wanted this sound with a mic’d acoustic, would you run the mic directly through these pedals?

[@bruzanhd]

Probably easier to do this in post with software.

[@jopasablo]

Hey, do you think is better buy a cheap pedals first a then level up the gear or save money and buy good stuff at once

[@JasonAyalaSpare]

Good question, I'd probably say upgrade as you go.

[@joacolonlongoria6450]

Hi :) , which pickups are in your strato?

[@JasonAyalaSpare]

Fender Noiseless

[@FrenchToasted1995]

i said it before to a friend king crimson and the police did clean tones the best

[@thislisa]

Arion! That is so back in the day. You look too young for that one. I still have my Arion Stereo Delay from the 80s.

[@JasonAyalaSpare]

My first chorus pedal was the Arion chours (back in the 90s) I gave it away....

[@HotBoii91]

Song on intro ?

[@JasonAyalaSpare]

I made it up 😉

[@HotBoii91]

@@JasonAyalaSpare no way lol. 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@HotBoii91]

@@JasonAyalaSpare what plugins can I use to get that same effect. Like amplitude 5 (software)

[@user-gk4bs3xl8n]

what song is that in the beginning?

[@JasonAyalaSpare]

Nothing, just noodling.

[@jasongawron4436]

@@JasonAyalaSpare You wouldn't mind giving those chords out, would you? It's an awesome riff haha

[@JasonAyalaSpare]

it goes Em9 (024030) Cadd9 b5 (x34030) Dsus2 (x54030) 3 times Am7 (x02010) Am7 (G) (3x2010) Am7 (F#) (2x2010) Am7 (G) and back to the start.

[@jasongawron4436]

@@JasonAyalaSpare dude that's great, thank you!

[@JasonAyalaSpare]

@@jasongawron4436 no worries, do something with it, make it your own.

[@lucksod9005]

What’s opening song ???

[@JasonAyalaSpare]

It was improvised, the pedals made me do it...

[@lucksod9005]

@@JasonAyalaSpare Whats tabs you used ?, like this song

[@lucasc5622]

@@lucksod9005 what part of improvised dont you get

[@Karmakeddon_MtG]

Yes! I can get that Steve Lukather sound without buying $20,000 worth of rack gear!!

[@nathanmarineau3993]

This gave me chils.

[@DonnieFreymoyer]

Accoustic looked like a ael50 ibanez

[@JasonAyalaSpare]

It's an old Takemine G series.

[@mirokontio]

Or just buy Roland JC-120 combo

[@Mi-cha-el-Edward-Lee]

The irony is this being called a clean tone. I like it though.

[@lucasc5622]

nowadays clean just means without distortion lmao

[@matttaylor1449]

Doesn't work well with high output humbuckers, low output single coils are best for this tone.

[@JasonAyalaSpare]

I'd say single coils mostly. For the Metallica examples you could use your higher output pickups.

[@briscocountythethird457]

You can use the eq to thin out the humbuckers a bit. That's what I do with my guitar.

[@delachance7861]

Cela n est pas du tout le son des année 80s

[@zlnewnickirlz712]

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