How to Sound Like Knocked Loose - Guitar Tone

In this video we check out how to create a Knocked Loose Guitar tone. For the tones I used ‪@ikmultimedia‬ ToneX software and the ToneX One micro pedal.
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0:01 - What's Gonna be Covered?
1:15 - Gear Used
1:50 - Amp Tone
3:36 - Boost Pedal
4:20 - Swollen Pickle
5:55 - Adding Bass with Guitar
6:33 - Dissonant Chords
7:42 - Pitch Shifting
9:20 - Support Me!

[@michaelpartridge2049]

I have no idea if the originals were produced by Will Putney, but that sure does sound like his signal chain!

[@ethanmuro7779]

Most of their material is produced by Will, but their latest album is done by Drew Fulk

[@michaelpartridge2049]

@@ethanmuro7779 Ah good to know!

[@gafuraskarov2814]

the last album wasn't from will puttney but isaac told that they kept their guitar signal that was made during years of working with will!

[@leser1music]

I love this tone. I make industrial music with no guitars, but i watch these kind of vids to get new tone ideas for my synth mid-basses

[@GaryHiebner]

Awesome. Glad the videos are helpful. But yeah you can use the same techniques on synths to get that industrial metal sound :)

[@vincent_vega4046]

I'm surprised noone has provided it out yet, but it has a typical Swedish Death Metal Chainsaw tone going on. Less menacing and evil, but very reminiscent of it. Sounds great!

[@Thud_0]

That's a swollen pickle fuzz. End and KL both had rig rundowns showing them off. I bought one to experience it, and it's the best sounding HM2 style tone I've ever had.

[@MaestroKatProductions]

@@Thud_0Devin from Acacia Strain too. He described it as similar to the HM2 but with a bit more clarity

[@Thud_0]

@@MaestroKatProductions It's hard for me to even use my throne torcher anymore lol. The low end is just not there like it is with the pickle

[@lzcpg]

Actually, for this album, one guitar is an Uberschall Ultra, the other is a 5150, before they were on quad cortexes, both guitars were 5150IIIs live, but you can actually get Niko's quad cortex preset if you're part of the QC cloud, and I believe that's a 5150II capture iirc. I haven't looked for Isaac's preset on QC cloud, but from what I heard, they're using the album tones.

[@GaryHiebner]

Yeah also heard after releasing the video that they used Uberschalls for the album. Thanks for letting me know

[@bexiexz]

loved this video! needed this

[@needsLITHIUM]

On recording, I'm pretty sure they double track the guitars, and live they use some sort of amp sim or tone capture and an ABY to send to that to FOH in parallel with their actual amps. The Swollen Pickle is in one chain, but not the other, with the overdrive being the first dirt pedal in the chain, then going from their to the ABY, with one output going to their amps and the other output going to the swollen pickle, which then IIRC the video I saw I think they had it going to another 5150 III, I think - not the Peavey like used in this video, but the EVH/Fender ones. That said, the new live rig has them using quad cortex modelers. They still use pitchfork pedals for pitch shifts, but, the rest of the rig is emulated or done using software captures, and then they use Seymour Duncan Power Stage amps with cabs for live performances. Pretty sure it was Premier Guitar who made both videos.

[@GaryHiebner]

Thanks for the info. Yeah this video was more on how to recreate the tone with amps sims and plugins. But yeah that is a comprehensive list on their live setup and studio setup as well.

[@needsLITHIUM]

@@GaryHiebner it also goes into more detail on their settings, admittedly, while you're more concerned with showing what to actually use. IMO ToneX is the better platform, compared to Quad Cortex, and even then I feel like NAM Player or a MOD Dwarf would be better than even that... Software wise, NAM is great, but getting it into hardware land is a bit more difficult, admittedly.

[@Centipede_Solaire]

Cool video. That definitely sounds like the guitar tone. It’s one that doesn’t sound great alone (in my opinion) but blends perfectly with the other instruments for their album

[@Priestessofharmony]

Love it!

[@GaryHiebner]

Thanks!

[@apoplexiamusic]

Great tone!

[@GaryHiebner]

Thanks man. Was fun to test out this tone.

[@apoplexiamusic]

@@GaryHiebner it inspired me to make a sick tone in TH-U with the 6505 and a fuzz and TS9 in parallel

[@luwick]

Maybe use a eq to have some slight clearness (not a lot)

[@dingoguitar]

good video as always Gary

[@GaryHiebner]

Thank you :)

[@KennyGraves_]

Killer video bro🤘🏻

[@nedesnikderpherder7529]

6:25 pretty sure Isaac uses a pitch/octave for a gritty dissident wash type of tone, and for hitting lower frequency breakdowns. 🤘

[@GaryHiebner]

Yeah I only found out after making the video that Isaak also uses pitchshifting. Check out Rob Scallon's recent video interview with Isaak where Isaak explains his setup. Wish I had seen this before I did the video. Haha. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoPSfIaMpdmLhqMsi=jIEO0kAJBoWoOhzm

[@nedesnikderpherder7529]

@@GaryHiebner haha only reason that I knew that because I watched his rig rundown recently🤘

[@DivinityDown]

The guitarist from knocked loose also uses a pitch fork for extra low end saturation. Unfortunately I don't believe the ToneX can emulate that.

[@GaryHiebner]

Yeah the ToneX doesnt have any pitching. And yeah using a pitch effect and blending a lower octave with the tone really works well.

[@omgwtfbbq2011]

awesome video , just curious would you ever do a code orange video? i know not super low but would love to see

[@GaryHiebner]

Thank you. Yeah thats a great idea. I love Code Orange.

[@Kittle1]

I hate that to be a guitarist in 2025, one must be a technician first. So anyway, just bought my first UA interface after playing guitar since 1991.

[@GaryHiebner]

Yeah you need to know how to use your DAWs and Amp Sims.but I see it as a positive. Back in the day you had to book studio time. Now you can do your own recordings :)

[@Kittle1]

@@GaryHiebner You are right about that. I'm still trying to learn Luna DAW and get my Mixwave amp plug-in usable in Luna. Good thing I like learning and tinkering.

[@MarkGuerard]

Hey Gary, I love your videos and tones. I’ve learned a lot from your content for 6 & 7 string/ baritone guitars , bass, strings etc. One thing that is horrible is the Tonex One interface with the software. No real good tutorials. Can you do a video that deepdives into the Tonex One & software? Thanks for all your stuff!

[@GaryHiebner]

I'm actually a video instructor for Groove3 and on their platform I have done videos on ToneX and the ToneX Pedal. So check them out there :)

[@KaiDown]

Sounds fantastic! I think they're using Uberschalls for the recorded tones on the new album, but live has always been 5150s (or more recently, captures of 5150s).

[@marcusgomez6179]

Grid Slammer > Swollen pickle in parallel > uberschall

[@rob61091]

Sounds awesome but i think they might be quad tracking guitars with one a standard sound and one with the swollen pickle

[@GaryHiebner]

Yeah maybe. Definitely on the album there is definitely quad tracked guitars.

[@Thud_0]

5150 > TS808/9 or a maxon > Swollen Pickle Fuzz = KL tone

[@Psypher169]

Sounds like Dismember distortion just with a lower tone.

[@datboi5327]

they use 5150 with orange cabs and and maxon st9 pro plus. the secret ingredient is a swollen pickle

[@MFKitten]

Where do they put the pickle?

[@BagusWibisono]

ADTR guitar tone 2024 please

[@Mr.EnglandSound]

hey do you usually record your guitar directly into the preamp to the computer? Or do you record it with a mic and a real amp?

[@GaryHiebner]

I record into the preamp of my audio device connected to my computer

[@-cobainism-]

i didn’t know squier made a 7!

[@GaryHiebner]

Yeah it was a short run. They did them from about 2002-2006

[@satanistruth666]

It doesn’t really sound like them, the fuzz is supposed to be blended in using multiple guitar tracks. With the maxon you really need to adjust the knobs

[@metalheadblues]

The fuzz isn't for the whole duration of the song but the more breakdown parts as well

[@-cobainism-]

yea the maxon needs to be set like a normal person does- vol up, gain down- however, with captures, you can’t really change the parameters, since it was captured. if you tweak the knobs on the computer, it wound act correctly, it’ll just be an eq change

[@freakinElvis]

As an old ham you hurt my brain

[@creepymccreepers]

I miss my home

[@lilfryy5614]

Me too

[@creepymccreepers]

@@lilfryy5614 how long has it been for you?

[@Alannaki4970]

Boss HM2