Marty Friedman Tips Amps

[@blindwhitey70]

According to the title, I thought he was going to be tipping over amps. What a letdown. 😉

[@kareemsharabasy4065]

"Gain= Female reducer" Marty friedman,ladies and gentlemen

[@coffinfeeder7732]

I guess why that's why most people don't like metal and the subgenres. It's just a huge wall of sound where they can't really isolate each instrument and hear what's going on since they're used to clean, often just audible guitar that doesn’t overpower anything else in like pop, R&B, and Country songs

[@petegiant]

A lot of tone stacks are based on similar patterns. My advice would be Bass 1, Middle 5, Treble 0. That usually gives a flat response and you can start from there.

[@AstraVex]

Marty with a Beginners Strat and a Practice Amp just looks......wrong xD

[@SimonFerocius]

That's not beginner Strat he used it in Woodstock performance in "Trust" song

[@KennyLarvitz]

That’s a 1965 Fender Stratocaster

[@BrUSomania]

"The female reducer" God, I love Marty x)

[@csk32below]

The Crate Blue Voodoo BV120h is a great amp.

[@Dirt_Serpent]

I had the 60, one of the best amps i ever owned. I had the matching cab with Eminence speakers. Mine was the actual blue one

[@RTOneZer0]

Keep all the dials to 10. That's the best advice.

[@MrDreamsAlot]

This amp was used on rust in peace lol so it kicks ass...

[@luiscirca2002]

Never in my life would I have thought of Marty playing a strat

[@vizzo7]

its amazing. he keeps his tone but stratty. he should pla y more strat

[@soldadoryanbr7776]

He played a strat in woodstock

[@CyberSoulLover]

He’s been recording albums with one since the 90s

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

I set all dials to noon and adjust for taste.

[@Mikau-gb8uo]

jamming with friends? I don't have friends..

[@coffinfeeder7732]

Lol I wish retailers and shops would include a cable with the amp on the house nowadays.

[@LocoDiablo9]

Man, I need to find one of these ultra rare "Black" Voodoos.

[@shayaanfaisal5328]

Crate Amps

[@iusepol]

if my name was marty friedman , i believe everyone would send me new tubes or just fix my guitars for free.

[@billygordon3923]

damn i play mine in the shower all the time, good thing i saw this video..

[@bobowrathsovine.]

best thing to do with tone controls on an ax is to disengage them.

[@HellishPunch]

sooooooo relaxed.........

[@nunyunbizz8380]

I play my Blackstar and Les Paul Jr. in the shower all the time. That's why my hair looks like it does.

[@McMinnManiac]

Marty with a Strat.He only uses it for that one Chuck Berry riff.

[@Jaymz1806]

it took me one year to think about that thing of the cord over the strap =/

[@808Ander]

KKKKKKKKKKKKKK True History !!!

[@imtakinguout]

The color of your sound. How would You explain what music is? How would you explain the changing of different scales over changing melodic harmonies? Color's about the best way us human's know how to explain it I Reckon'.

[@mohammedmaiden4005]

is there any whole session on youtube ?

[@guitarcleveland]

This looks like it was shot in the mid 70s

[@PetePohjanniemi]

+JR216 show some VHS love (mid 90's btw)

[@unholyblues]

I'm a guitarist ,and technician what now Marty. I still need a drummer so bad hmu.

[@MW2TDS14]

he gives good advice fr begginers

[@MetalHeart8787]

wow his picking hand he has his fingers out like balled up in a fist, I think years ago he did play like that. 5 different sounds? more like different tones slightly

[@jaj145]

lol Marty played "Rock and Roll Train" at 2:53

[@markgalbraith9316]

But i like playing in the shower 😢😢😢

[@calumobrien9234]

I have to disagree on the highest level with what he's saying about volume and tone controls. Just leaving them at 10 and never touching them limits the tones you'll get out of a guitar. The volume control is particularly useful, because unlike distortion pedals which you can't easily adjust while you're playing, the volume control on the guitar allow you adjust how much distortion you are using while you're playing. There are many, many great guitar players who use both the volume and tone controls on their guitars, and I certainly find the use of the volume control very useful indeed. That being said, I completely agree with him where gain is concerned, because all too often people turn the gain up on their amps far more than they realistically need to.

[@coffinfeeder7732]

For metal at least, just leave them at 10, unless you're doing something really experimental with warm, quiet, more clean tones.

[@thermosaurus]

the reason he said that is because beginners everywhere for some reason think that the volume knob on the guitar is the same as the volume knob on the amp, you'll never believe how common this is. He isn't teaching you how to control your instrument like jeff beck or eric johnson he is teaching beginners that turning down the volume knob isnt wise unless you know why you're doing it. If you know why you're doing it you're not supposed to be heeding from a beginner video that doesn't teach you anything about playing guitar.

[@fleezuschrist7879]

Marty kigwa friedman

[@Zorlak108]

my volume pot goes to 11....

[@espsir]

but i need knobs that goes up to 11

[@TheNickJonathan]

Marshall FTW

[@prashanable]

playing it in shower...lol

[@rickfeith6372]

Is he using Whirlwind Leader cables?

[@metalhusky]

the female reducer xDD

[@ozzyayres1]

i agree WTF was Marty talking about turn everything up to 10 on your guitar so what if Slash had done that how would he get his tone for the godfather solo or the intro to sweet child o mine so and if you turn the tone down you can get a good blues sound too

[@GiantFromTartaria]

word

[@sebasar9149]

hahahahahahahaha gain is female reducer

[@benmiddleton9984]

crate= can't really afford the equipment

[@brpadington]

So true. The VooDoo did sound really good in the right hands but I heard they were a nightmare to keep working,

[@jasondavis6009]

Ive had one for 5 years and never had a problem. Havent even had to change the tubes yet. My marshal tsl on the other hand has been a headache

[@brpadington]

Jason Davis Awesome. I'm looking at grabbing one.

[@Johntheripper87]

ive had one for 14 years, gigged it everywhere imaginable, kept it in a moldy band space. One re tube. Still screams. Affordable tube amp.

[@deskducker]

You deserve award for expert trolling

[@MeuZbago]

Tone and VOlume all the way up to 10? I've seen so many guitar players saying exactly the oposite, that you should have your volume at around 7 and your tone at 6 so that you can have better control of your guitar sound, as in controling tone and more or less volume depending on lead and rythm playing tyype. comments?

[@ericellis2729]

I always have my guitar's tone and volume at 10. It's got a mahogany body, 5 piece mahogany and maple neck thru, and an arch quilted maple top so with the tone all the way up i can actually get some brightness on top of all that super rich, warm tone.

[@rickfeith6372]

Set up your rig with your guitar volume pot wide open and your tone pot wide open. You roll the volume back for dynamics and building up intensity in a dramatic way. Tool and System of a Down tones can be had by rolling your volume pot back slightly, but for most situations, you are gonna want the full signal your guitar has to offer. That's how I roll anyway...lol. Of course there are no rules per say...but if you want to get the most out of a high gain amp....twist that bitch open....and check it constantly while you are playing.

[@rickfeith6372]

Set up your rig with your guitar volume pot wide open and your tone pot wide open. You roll the volume back for dynamics and building up intensity in a dramatic way. Tool and System of a Down tones can be had by rolling your volume pot back slightly, but for most situations, you are gonna want the full signal your guitar has to offer. That's how I roll anyway...lol. Of course there are no rules per say...but if you want to get the most out of a high gain amp....twist that bitch open....and check it constantly while you are playing.

[@utubeThatOneBand]

never seen him with a strat. strange moment

[@TheNewAgeGamer97]

didn't he use one to record on Risk?

[@GuitarGrind]

@@TheNewAgeGamer97 He actually recorded many solos with that strat, he talks about that in Youthanasia recording documentary.

[@cheseburger0912]

Is it only me or he's wearing a SS skull T-shirt at the begining lol

[@SuperHorsecow]

Yeah it is lol. Why the fuck would he wear that

[@itaxevasixn8808]

That’s a fucking Vic rattlehead shirt. Ya know the mascot of megadeth? The band Marty was in at the time?

[@nikdsh]

can't tell if trolling...

[@MsSkip60]

do you know the exact model of amplifier at 02:18

[@ClydeRockwaY]

That's a school?

[@cheeseburp]

ohhh... the title is very misleading

[@tonefingerz2021]

i also hate how people constantly want hotter pickups and then always roll the volume off. that is a tone killer. just turn the amp down.

[@calumobrien9234]

I agree that getting hotter pickups and then keeping the volume rolled of is a bit pointless, but then people often use the volume control on the guitar so they can get different shades of distortion and clean the tone up as much as they want rather than being stuck with the fixed sounds you get from pedals. I do this and it works fine. As long as you set the amp up in such a way where you take into account that you're going to be using the controls on the guitar, there's no real issue.

[@TheNickJonathan]

if u play metal u cant have the gain on 2?

[@ozzyayres1]

hahahahhaha yes very true LOL

[@MrJammyeye]

tip 14 is is bollocks

[@MrGuitarandvocals]

Crate makes horrible amplifiers

[@eddiem4868]

You mean crate horrible amps

[@TheSweatyfatguy]

"keep everything at 10 on the volume knob" errrmm not such a great idea now days with really high output pickups. gotta love marty though, this WAS made in the early 90's

[@charlescanning7918]

Good chick tips Marty! Female reducer lol

[@enhanzhao]

Thats true. Marty's tone is meh at best.

[@tonefingerz2021]

disagree on the tube swap. you shud know how to work on your gear in everyway possible that is not too tricky.

[@pedrogalvezgutierrez5472]

que mal que mal que no esta en español

[@enhanzhao]

Cant you tell that this is for absolute beginners?

[@joeyvanostrand3655]

Black Voodoo? Really?

[@JVMultiProds]

I'm a big fan of Marty, but this is really terrible advice XD

[@itaxevasixn8808]

What on earth is black voodoo lmao. Literally doesn’t exist.

[@SlyHikari03]

It’s a crate amp

[@Cloudeater7]

I love you Marty, but... Everything on 10? Some of the worst advice I have heard. You can get so many different dynamics by adjusting the volume and tone.

[@MrSimondaniel3]

i love marty but these amps suck... no pro uses these.

[@adawg853]

Daniel Simon except for him lol

[@benmiddleton9984]

Crate is no longer a company. That's how bad they are or were

[@thermosaurus]

Plead ignorance before you blame the amp. If you couldn't get a blue voodoo to sound good at least as a power amp i truly believe you'll struggle with any tube amp. The ideal of the amp was for someone who wanted tube power and wanted to use their own preamp be it tube or digital. If you plugged right into the front of a blue voodoo and expected it to give a marshall preamp a run for its money you are completely out of your mind.

[@RicardoGordo]

I love Marty but this was a bit lame.

[@nunyunbizz8380]

Total shit sounding amps. The only Crates that were truly great were the Stealth 50w and 100w. The Lee Jackson designed ones.

[@lecorsaire2283]

He used them not the practice amp of course. When you're really good you'll sound good through anything. Friedman didn't use lots of gain on those leads.

[@ericellis2729]

+lecorsaire The key to getting a usable tone with the Blue Voodoo is avoiding turning the gain knob past 10 o' clock and then using a gain pedal to act as a boost. Anything above 10 o' clock is a gross buzz-fest. I've got an old BV60H and it sounds great with the gain knob at 9-10 o' clock and a Boss SD-1 giving it some extra oomph. Then, turn that master volume up and make those 6L6s do some work, adding more tonal depth. It's one thing to get a high gain amp and turn all of the knobs to 10. You'd be hard pressed to find any high gain amp that sounds good dialed in that way.

[@ericellis2729]

Another thing to consider is he's Marty Friedman. His amps could have been modded like crazy. Once an amp or guitar company gives you a piece of gear, it's yours to do whatever you want to it.

[@lecorsaire2283]

+Eric Ellis Yeah this is really the "secret" to good tone with nearly any amp besides the Plexi and JCM800 marshals where cranking almost everything is not bad. Even with my Mesa head I always keep the gain at 12 or below with a Maxon 808. When I can't turn up I like a little more gain for more sustain and I'll turn the gain up a little more. But low gain, high volume is really the key to great tone. The Blue Voodoo was a really underrated amp. I guess most who played the small ss combos would get turned off buying the flagship. I still have my first amp. It's a 30w flexwave from '96-'97. Clean w reverb is actually good but distortion obviously really lacking.