LOATHE | NEW FACES IN THE DARK (SubZero Rogue VI Baritone guitar cover)

[@KEOSOUNDS]

What's up dudes. For those interested, I did the guitar transcription and took pics of my guitar processing chain. Check out the description for the dropbox link and let me know how this tone behaves on your end :)

[@Defekcija]

cheers my dude!

[@KEOSOUNDS]

@@Defekcija you’re very welcome Satan :) wow, never thought I’d hear myself say that haha

[@Defekcija]

@@KEOSOUNDS 🤣

[@kakylak]

Ive been trying to figure out how to get the strings. I know i can use the EXL156 set but what did you use for the low E?

[@KEOSOUNDS]

@kakylak yo yo, for the E string it's a .84 gauge, not sure of the brand tho, still the stock strings

[@trolologuy02]

Not only does he perfectly cover the song, but the LEGEND provides the tab and tone settings for us mere peasants to use for free. Fantastic work as always Keo.

[@KEOSOUNDS]

You're too kind, mate! It is my pleasure :)

[@autumnplains5637]

holy crap, you nailed everything. The guitar, the tone, the style, the writing, the movements, even the dog. Keep it up man, hope to see more covers from them

[@KEOSOUNDS]

Thanks so much man, means a lot ! Loathe are so ridiculously good, I don’t even know which banger to cover haha.

[@TentoMahoAltairis]

This actually the best cover of Loathe that I've seen until now, great job dude 🔥

[@KEOSOUNDS]

Thank you so much dude, so happy to hear this ! 🙏

[@anthonyderosa7730]

Bro the way you mixed this cover it sounded crazy in the car

[@KEOSOUNDS]

Dude that's the best compliment ever for a mix, thanks ! 🤯🙏

[@DJENTISNTNOTAGENRE]

DAMN! It looks and sounds like you figured out every little guitar part going on in this beast! Sick cover of one of Loathe's sickest songs 🔥

[@KEOSOUNDS]

Cheers buddy ! Was not easy, especially after the silent hill part where they do some crazy pitch shifted whammy action - but definitely worth it :D

[@LouisR56]

Impeccable cover man, so much effort in the transcription, the playing and the visuals ! You can be proud of yourself !

[@KEOSOUNDS]

Hey dude, wow thanks a lot for the kind words! Reading this kind of feedback makes me hella proud as well 🥲

[@ThatGuyErazo]

By the far the most accurate cover I've heard!

[@KEOSOUNDS]

Thanks a lot my dude ! Not 100% accurate but tried my best :)

[@lucaspontes6341]

this is the greatest loathe's cover i've ever ever ever seen, please do "A Sad Cartoon"

[@KEOSOUNDS]

Woa thanks a ton dude! A Sad Cartoon is definitely on the list. Might as well cover the whole album too 🤔

[@lucaspontes6341]

@@KEOSOUNDS wow that would be great bro!

[@jp2503]

10/10 cover! Incredible!

[@KEOSOUNDS]

Thanks man ! :D

[@spct0006]

Love your Loathe covers on the Sub Zero(and don’t stop featuring that squishy pug haha).

[@KEOSOUNDS]

Thank you so much bro, very glad you like them ! And fear not, the squishy pug is here to stay hehe

[@GabiBrooks]

That Nic Cage mug is dope!

[@klodano6o]

Actually the end makes me feel like "stay tuned for more puff"

[@ApCommunityRock]

!! Rock n Roll my friend !! you good keep going :D !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@KEOSOUNDS]

Cheers buddy !

[@sver9628]

When you blow up I will be like yeah, i've been here since he had only a hundred subscribers 😎 Fire job on the cover, man

[@KEOSOUNDS]

Heheh thanks for the kind words mate ! Stick around and let's see how it goes :)

[@foxesroses]

Stellar work! Guitar sound almost 1:1 like original! Beautiful! P.S. That editing tho! :O

[@KEOSOUNDS]

Thanks so much man, usually I never get guitar tones right !

[@PatrickSomoulay]

that nic cage mug doe respect

[@KEOSOUNDS]

Wuddup dude! Love your band 🔥

[@inhertombbythesoundingsea]

J'ai tellement envie de me l'acheter, cette guitare !

[@KEOSOUNDS]

Ha bah go for it, heureusement que niveau prix c'est pas une Squier Jazzmaster baritone :) Les micros méritent une upgrade et il faut s'habituer au 30" scale mais sinon elle se joue très bien ! Et le drop D1 passe crème hehe

[@inhertombbythesoundingsea]

@@KEOSOUNDS Ouais je pensais changer les micros direct, si je l'achète ! Et je passerais en D#1, perso ! Je pense que, d'ici quelques mois, je me la paierai !

[@KEOSOUNDS]

@@inhertombbythesoundingsea noice ! hâte voir tes covers et ton contenu solo avec !

[@mezhakov_kirill]

Oh my god, this is incredible! Nothing better in this world and can not be!!! I can't take my eyes off! I'm talking about a mug with Nicolas Cage. Video is good too =)

[@KEOSOUNDS]

Hahah thanks bud!

[@D.ystopie]

So well done dude!

[@KEOSOUNDS]

Heyy thanks man ! :)

[@JanithNissanka]

This is Awesome Bro

[@KEOSOUNDS]

Hey buddy, thanks for the kind words !

[@JanithNissanka]

@@KEOSOUNDS Your welcome. I support you. it's Great Bro

[@benjohnson4925]

This is beyond gnarly dude, I myself am about to pick up one of those or possibly a baritone tele. I know this may sound like a dumb question, but I’m only just starting to get into using an actual interface and amp-sims and all that stuff. What software did you use for this? So plug-ins are software you buy and apply to your chosen recording platform? Any other tips/tricks regarding that stuff would be much appreciated, I feel like I’m in over my head lol.

[@KEOSOUNDS]

Hey man thanks ! Hey, there is no dumb question if you learn something :) The DAW I use is Studio One 5, the guitar tone is from Neural DSP Nameless (sounds great right out of the box) and I do apply other plugins for equalization, compression, etc. And also it is very important to double track the guitar parts and pan them left and right. As the channel gets close to 1k subs I plan to do a video to explain how I build my tones, basically. Stay tuned my dude and take care !

[@benjohnson4925]

@@KEOSOUNDS awesome dude thank you so much!

[@fieldofview6239]

1:16-1:40 divine part

[@ohbxnny6299]

purely amazing cover!! I love how you captured every little nuance of the guitar part to the T, I commend you on your accuracy!! Also I've been thinking hard about ordering one of these subzeros, did you have to modify yours all that much?? and if so was it very hard

[@KEOSOUNDS]

Hey buddy, thanks so much ! About the guitar itself, I did not modify anything. The only tweak I’ve done for tracking is putting an eq before the amp sim to get rid of a lot of the low frequencies and boost everything after the hi-mids. Without that, it sounded pretty muddy. So I definitely intend on getting new pickups some day and a lighter set of strings if I can because I found bends to be quite difficult to do. Hope it helped, let me know if you end up getting one !

[@ohbxnny6299]

@@KEOSOUNDS thank you for the feedback! ive heard quite a few people talk about putting eq before the amp sim that was something i was pretty much expecting but thats sweet to know you havent physically modded the guitar yet and it sounds beastly!! I'm going to order one in the next few weeks and probably get a lighter string set for it so ill definitely let you know when it comes! These seem like a great guitar for the price, not trying to spend 1200+ on a jazzmaster yet lol

[@distortionto1066]

i must say this is a very cool cover

[@KEOSOUNDS]

Thanks a ton mate!

[@distortionto1066]

@@KEOSOUNDS PLEASE YOU NEED TO MAKE TABS FOR THE ENTIRE ALBUM AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@JubbyDubbis]

I've had my Subby for about 2 months. Recently swapped the pups for Seymour Duncan Pegasus and Sentient. Completely different animal. I've always liked more dynamics in my tone. Highly recommended.

[@KEOSOUNDS]

Hey man! I was actually thinking about upgrading the stock pickups. Had thoughts on a Sentient / Nazgul combo but I’ll check out the Pegasus as well, thanks for the recommendation buddy!

[@JubbyDubbis]

@@KEOSOUNDS I have a nazgul in a Fender custom shop tele baritone that I received for a trade. Most definitely recommended if you are going to be doing lots of heavy stuff. It kind of lacks in the clean department, but hey it's a metal pickup 🤣

[@KEOSOUNDS]

@@JubbyDubbis haha, I think I’d go with your combo then! Never underestimate the power of cleans :) and like you say, more dynamics 👍

[@lsmbu]

Can rate the Subby in a scale of 1 to 10(?) Please

[@JubbyDubbis]

@@lsmbu I'd give it a solid 7/10. It feels great, good fret ends, doesn't feel like a toy, it's got weight, tuning stability is good enough. I have used this guitar as a mod platform. I'm slowly gutting it, and replacing stuff.

[@dochernyshov]

so cool, dude! thank you

[@KEOSOUNDS]

thanks for stopping by, man !

[@LuiTunes]

Ah! amazing tone man! I'm new to LOATHE so I'm all in to it hehe (What gauge/brand are your strings?) Thats pretty low tunning 🤘

[@KEOSOUNDS]

Hey dude! Welcome aboard the Loathe train and thanks for the kind words :) still have not changed anything on this guitar since I got it so I don't know the strings brand, i just know the gauges are 24-84, hope it helps :)

[@LuiTunes]

@@KEOSOUNDS Hehe thanks man! And yes! That gets me a good idea on what strings to look for 🤘🏽

[@AYAiYaiYaiYai]

Sick cover. Does Loathe use the same tuning all throughout ILIIAITE? Would love to know what tuning it is, and the string gauges you're using.

[@KEOSOUNDS]

Thanks man! String gauges are .24 - .84, they mostly use this tuning throughout ILIIAITE except for a few songs. Gored is this exact tuning but with the thicker string tuned down to B or C, and I think this may be the tuning for Heavy Is The Head as well. A legend on KZbin covered the all album in one video, he probably detailed the tunings in his video description if you want to know the exact tunings.

[@denni5aur282]

do you think a .105 string would fit the 6th string ferrule? Was planning on buying one but since I like using .95 up to .105 for the 6th string, wasn't sure if I'd have to modify the ferrule or if a thick string fits.

[@KEOSOUNDS]

Hey man, personally I still have the stock strings (.24-.84) and it plays great. I can’t imagine how it would play with a .105 string, might be too thicc for my taste hehe. I hope you will find how to do this and I would be curious to see how it goes ! Take care man

[@xMoDzProductions]

Have this guitar and I’m still confused on how you achieve this tuning. Did you actually tune these thicc ass strings UP from e standard?? Because to achieve that tuning you would have to I think

[@KEOSOUNDS]

Yes sir you're right, I did have to tune up 4 strings to achieve that. The D string up to E, the G string up to A, the B string up to D and the last e string up to F#. Given the gauge of the strings it was a bit hard to tune up but not impossible. In the future I'm thinking about getting a lighter string gauge for this bad boi, just to check if it plays more comfortable. Anyway, hope it helped

[@xMoDzProductions]

okay thanks. yeh i ain't tuning these things up haha lighter strings or figure out another way for me. thanks again@@KEOSOUNDS

[@NikoHotari]

Dat tone though...

[@KEOSOUNDS]

Cheers buddy ! Neural DSP Nameless working like a charm ! 🙌

[@christopherryanquinn2227]

Have you written anything about how you set up the subzero? I just ordered one after seeing it in one of the official play through videos! Thing was $200 I can only imagine its going to be a pain to set up!

[@KEOSOUNDS]

Hey dude, you're right I did not but lots of people asked me about it. I plan to talk about it in an upcoming video about the gear I use but in the meantime, just know that I did not modify anything on it, only DI treatment with eq to make those low cable bridge sound more sharp :) Also, I did hear that some of these were coming with a few defect sometimes so you may look for that once you receive it. Hope it helps a little, take care

[@MoxRamey]

Did you do a whole setup for the guitar was it the set up out of box? I just got this same guitar and cannot get this tuning right, even with the same stock string gauges. I either have to tune down and it's way too loose or tune up and it feels like the tension is insane/about to snap.

[@KEOSOUNDS]

I still have it with the exact specs from when it arrived, strings included. However, I do have a crazy tension built up in the neck with that tuning (does not happen in standard baritone tuning). At some point I'll bring this baby to a guitar tech to properly set it up. Hope it helped a bit !

[@simbro32]

What gauge strings are you running on the SubZero? looks like I see 5 wound strings at least.

[@KEOSOUNDS]

Good eye dude! There are 5 wound strings on this set, which are still the stock strings from when I bought it, the website says it's a .24 - .84 set :)

[@Eugeneskrinchuk]

cool

[@KEOSOUNDS]

hehe, thanks dude :)

[@chapodepaille28]

I was shocked when i looked for the k in your subscribers number

[@KEOSOUNDS]

Haha, one day maybe 🤔

[@jonhaukur3998]

How the hell are you getting that tone? I have the same guitar and use nameless and I can't get anything that's not a blob of low end and mud out of it :'(

[@KEOSOUNDS]

Hey dude, glad you asked :) If you have the exact same gear, check out the description, I’ve put my whole guitar processing chain in there. Let me know how it goes

[@wjryan9160]

Amazing cover! Did you use a stock nameless preset or did you make your own? if so can you post it somewhere please?

[@KEOSOUNDS]

Thanks dude :) I've just updated the dropbox link in description, I've detailed my whole guitar processing chain. Check it out and let me know how it sounds on your end !

[@LaluDamar8783]

Can i play this sing with a normal stratocaster 😅

[@KEOSOUNDS]

I think you already know the answer bro hahaha. More seriously, if *may* be able to pitch down with a digitech whammy or plugin of some sort, while your stratocaster is already tuned down a bit. Not sure how it would sound like as I don't own any strat or whammy. On the other hand, this Subzero Baritone guitar is quite cheap hehe. Hope.it helped a bit, take care mate

[@funnyperson4027]

how is that guitar? I checked out their website and saw how low the price is but that makes me wonder about the quality

[@KEOSOUNDS]

Hey man, for my use it plays great in my opinion. Guitar is not super heavy and is well balanced for my taste. Stock pickups can sound quite versatile, especially with that push/pull switch. Ormsby guitars are made in Korea but I read that the QC is done is Australia and mine arrived perfectly setup. The only thing that slightly annoys me is that the pickups sockets are slanted, so when I want to upgrade the pickups I’ll have to go for a slanted version of what I want, which I’ve found is a bit harder to find or more expensive. Specs aside, I just love how Ormsby guitars look, especially that HypeGTR hook-shaped head. Let me know if you end up getting one !

[@funnyperson4027]

@@KEOSOUNDS yeah I definitely don’t have the money for the ormsby but thanks for the tip on the subzero I might look into that. Also great cover

[@KEOSOUNDS]

@@funnyperson4027 DAAMN dude, I did not realize you were talking about the Subzero, sorry! About the Subzero, mine came with a few quality control issues actually, and the stock pickups sound alright but need quite some processing to sound great so I’ll definitely upgrade the pickups. The 30” scale was a bit much for me, especially around the head where the frets are far from each other, so small handed players can find difficult to play chords there. I have regular sized hands so it took me a bit of practice to get used to the long scale but now it feels better. Lastly, the guitar action was pretty high, managed to lower it a bit. So all in all, I think the guitar is okay but needs a bit of time to get used to and a bit of upgrades to sound great. Hope this helped and sorry about the confusion earlier, did not have my coffee hehe

[@funnyperson4027]

@@KEOSOUNDS nah it’s fine. Shame about the scale length, that would definitely be an issue but thanks for the info it was really helpful

[@kodaavkin_music]

which strings did u use ? im struggling so hard to find ones that fit

[@KEOSOUNDS]

Hey man! I still use the stock strings since I don't play that guitar so often. From where I purchased it, it came with a 24-84 set.

[@kodaavkin_music]

@@KEOSOUNDS Holy shit that string tension tho 😳