Re-Creating the Take Off Your Pants and Jacket Guitar Tone

[@blink182ification]

Best blink 182 tone recreation on youtube. The amps of choice are also bang on (i’ve talked to the assistant engineer for TOYPAJ).

[@makebelievestudio]

Damn thank you so much!!

[@tamastopos1279]

Do you know any more information about gear used for the recording? Like guitars and their pickups etc.

[@blink182ification]

@@tamastopos1279 Gibson Les Paul’s. Tom didn’t record enema or toypaj with his strat.

[@tamastopos1279]

Do you know if they were standard Les Paul’s or Les Paul’s from Jerry or if Tom used his Les Paul’s with the invader in them?

[@hellodayband]

@@makebelievestudio hi guys✌🏻 thank you for the amazing job when I saw this I became happy as a little kid who was waiting for santa👽 could you please make a profile for the mooer GE 300 light if it’s possible🖤?

[@danielkspriggs]

Me watching this video thinking it was 10 years old… realizing we’re all here in 2024 still chasing TOYPAJ tone. I will never buy profiles faster.

[@makebelievestudio]

No need to buy em!! They are free!! Thanks for watching

[@vincesoliveri]

Ever since I was a kid, I always held those palm mutes in the highest regard. This tone recreation is spot on! Without a doubt, the best I've seen/heard on KZbin. I will say, I think a huge part of the guitar sound on this record, aside from the gear used, is the absolute razor-tight performances from Tom. On Enema, when you listen closely, you can hear a lot of dynamic and rhythmic variation in the performances, especially between the left and right channels. Enema sounds like a really well-engineered record made to tape (I'm fairly certain it was, correct me if I'm wrong). However, TOYPAJ to my ears has always sounded like a perfectly mechanical performance, and I mean that in the most positive, complimentary way. A performance so tight it just sounds like one huge guitar rather than two panned left and right. It's always been such a mesmerizing sound to me. I love it and I always wondered how they nailed those performances. Was the budget just so big they had the time to perfect every single detail? Or was it all just Pro Tools? I'll never know! Always wish there was more video footage of them recording this album. With all that said, I am very much looking forward to seeing you take on some of the tones from Self Titled!!

[@makebelievestudio]

You are correct about the playing!! I wanted it to be a little raw just so people would know it was a different part for sure. Some people couldn't hear the double track because its just so tight originally. I think there was very little editing. If you watch the short clips of Tom in the studio he is playing those parts well. Also one of Jerry's only posts on gearspace was him saying that Travis wasn't edited and he played he parts.

[@Seanaldinho90]

It’s the clean/semi clean octave chords in something like please take me home. It’s so so tight. The consistency make it sound huge

[@JoeyFTL]

@@makebelievestudio Tom's also stated in one of the untitled record's bts videos that recording is like kicking yourself in the balls repeatedly (enacted with the help of one of Travis's bass drum pedals). Jerry Finn did not settle for anything less than perfection.

[@gabrielvpy]

OMG I'm blown away. my jaw literarily dropped. I'm not kidding. I think you have to be a guitar player and a fan of Tom's to truly appreciate what you guys accomplished here. It sounds on point. I'm honestly shocked. Congrats, kudos, and all of the accolades.

[@makebelievestudio]

@@gabrielvpy thanks man!!!

[@Rolandrocker21]

You guys have the best guitar tone recreation videos on KZbin. The TOYPAJ palm mutes are a gold standard in pop punk. You guys nailed it. I’ll watch this video 10,000 times myself to get this profile!

[@makebelievestudio]

Thank you so much!! I hope you dont have to do that but I appreciate the sentiment that you would!! Share the video and hopefully we will get there ASAP!!!

[@hellodayband]

@@makebelievestudio Should i use any cab sim for this sound in NAM, cuz it sound a little bit terrible an too raw??

[@greggillilan8383]

This sounds so good! The palm muting on this record has always been the standout tone IMO.

[@makebelievestudio]

That 10 seconds is the part that got flagged!!

[@slash196]

Good stuff, love the way you drive your reach with generousity.

[@makebelievestudio]

Thank you!! We are happy to have everyone here with us and have some cool stuff we have been working on to show all of you!!

[@ClarkMerrier]

Thank you so much for making this video! I’ve needed this for over two decades now. Tom’s palm mutes on this album are next level. I’ve had to reckon with the fact that aside from the gear, a big part of the sound is from his technique. Probably the thin pick, the string gauge, all downstrokes, on just one string. And he must angle the pick a bit funny to get that thwack sound. I honestly had no idea that others obsessed over these tones as much as I have. I’m glad to know that there’s a community of people out there as crazy as me.

[@makebelievestudio]

Happy to be hear with you!!

[@loudlout4767]

I just can't believe the whole video it was playing the result of your work on background!!! INSANELY GOOD

[@makebelievestudio]

Thank you so much!!

[@greenops]

Seriously the most accurate tone recreation I've seen for this album so far.

[@makebelievestudio]

@@greenops thank you so much!!! We feel really good about it

[@davidlinares3320]

WOW DUDE! hahaha if you tell me these are the real First Dates stems, I would have TOTALLY believed you! AMAZING!

[@makebelievestudio]

Haha thank you!!

[@sini9540]

Amazing work! Keep it up! Please create a deep dive on 2003's "untitled" record!

[@User-jk8wq]

If someone played me your recording and just told me it was an instrumental mix of the original, I’d have believed them! Excellent work guys

[@makebelievestudio]

Thank you!! There are a couple off time bits in there we left in!! Jerry would have shot that shit down!!

[@User-jk8wq]

@@makebelievestudio Eh, you’d be surprised. The intro riff to Dumpweed (before the drums kick in properly) is slightly rushed compared to the hi hat and they left that in!

[@kusmister]

Wow. This is it!!! Absolutely closest what I have ever heard. Sounds awesome, you guys nailed it. Thanks!

[@makebelievestudio]

Thank you so much!! We appreciate you checking it out!!

[@jackmccarthy1832]

Yep...you guys nailed it. Well done! So stoked about this.

[@makebelievestudio]

Thank you so much Jack!! Hopefully we will be getting these profiles out to everyone sooner rather than later!

[@jarredbaca8112]

welp almost a year later and i finally was able to get a QC and this capture is incredible!! Thank you so much guys

[@makebelievestudio]

@@jarredbaca8112 thank you so much!!

[@Shenier_HT]

At last someone that nailed and with real thinks and not cheap plugins!

[@OrangutanTradeSalesmen]

Awesome info here Christian Slater!!

[@makebelievestudio]

lol pretty good!! Thank you!

[@OrangutanTradeSalesmen]

@@makebelievestudio couldn't resist but seriously this is an incredible breakdown I think you have legions of fans that were waiting for this.

[@makebelievestudio]

Profiles are LIVE in the description!

[@IanHaghighat]

Liked and subscribed! I feel like Jerry would have provided some invaluable information on KZbin if he were still with us. The research for this was thorough and everything sounded incredible. Would love to see a recreation of AFI’s Sing the Sorrow. Another Jerry Finn album (they had a tribute to him at the STS 20th anniversary show last year) Butch Vig provided a bunch of info about the recording on gearslutz years ago, but the thread disappeared when they redid the site

[@makebelievestudio]

Maybe we can dig it up in the wayback machine!! I probably have seen it but Id love to read it again!!! As far as STS goes. We knocked it out yesterday with the racktifier and a 1973 JMP.

[@bates22342]

Thanks so much. Im still figuring out amp mods with tonehub so hopefully I figure out how to use them.

[@makebelievestudio]

Glad I could help!

[@IntheDAW]

This was an amazing video! It was fun to watch detailed and sounded amazing

[@makebelievestudio]

@@IntheDAW thanks so much!!!

[@eviatararon]

Great video! Keep it up! Loving these tone analysis videos. Never was a big Blink fan but they always had s killer guitar sound on their records.

[@makebelievestudio]

What tones do you love?!? Maybe we will re-create one for you!!

[@eviatararon]

@@makebelievestudio that would be awesome! green day - Dookie and Megadeth - youthenasia are the first that come to mind

[@makebelievestudio]

Oh awesome choices!!!

[@joshzorrill6951]

Those palm mutes are joy to my ears 😩 I’m 25 and I’ve been chasing this tone for a while. I’m playing out of a fender evil twin and I was able to come up with something similar but you guys freaking nailed it. Cheers 🥂 to you guys

[@makebelievestudio]

thank you!!! so much!! seriously that made our day!

[@johnb4024]

I can't believe that I just realized the double entendre a few months ago

[@killergrooves2438]

Took me a while to realize you guys were the ones playing. That’s how spot on the tone was. “Take Off” is probably my favorite Blink album and definitely my favorite sound they made. Probably my favorite tone in all of guitar. I stopped chasing it a few years ago because I couldn’t even get close. But I really want that palm mute sound because it’s so good. I still remember when that album first came out. I begged my dad to take me to Best Buy after I got out of driver’s ed the day it released. I had to take driver’s ed that summer and that album was the only thing that made me not completely miserable about it.

[@makebelievestudio]

This comment made my heart sing!! Thank you so much!!

[@user-of9ut1hd9q]

I've always thought that the palm mutes sounded so buttery, for lack of a better word. I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one that's always loved them!

[@makebelievestudio]

You are not alone my friend!

[@himynameissascha]

7:43 Hey Rick, could you post a link to the exact same KLON pedal you bought?

[@makebelievestudio]

I have owned it for a while but when I go to wish this is the one I believe it is!! www.wish.com/~/art-and-craft-supplies/klon-centaur/product/5af798fb5ccdca30572e3105?hide_login_modal=true&source=browse_page&position=3

[@MichaelSheaAudio]

Damn, that is pretty much spot on. I got a TOYPAJ tone with a 5150 amp sim, crunch channel with the gain and master volume cranked, and a 4x12 Mesa IR. Probably not this close, but still in the ball park. Great job, even the drums and bass sound similar!

[@makebelievestudio]

Thank you so much!

[@xttocx]

Jesus Christ, that's absolutely perfect.

[@makebelievestudio]

Thank you!!

[@alexrolletta9833]

Your First Date palm mute tone sounds dialed!!! That was always one of my favorite tones too

[@josh5397]

Awesome work! Been getting back into guitar after a many year hiatus and have been working on a few Blink covers as one of my first endeavors so this couldn't have been a more perfect find! Cool to hear that you guys are located in Omaha! I played a lot of shows here back in my teens/twenties so it's nice to see the music scene is alive and well!

[@gh0stransist0r]

really enjoying this type of video. you are right about the palm muting in Blink 182's album. There's something about it and you nailed it, sounded so sweet in the demo.

[@makebelievestudio]

Thank you so much!!

[@ryantimmel6112]

Man, that sounds 🔥

[@makebelievestudio]

Thanks!!!

[@lichtenbergrecordings]

Liked and subscribed. I hope you'll reach 10.000 views soon. The tone sounds amazing!

[@pabloskys7]

ahhhhh that tone is just 👌👌👌👌👌 thank you so much for this!!!

[@makebelievestudio]

Thank you for watching!!

[@corbettdbrown]

Great job, Rick!

[@makebelievestudio]

Thank you my dude!! I hope you're doing well!

[@michaeljensen1625]

I super want these profiles. Just discovered this channel. Gonna go get those Enema profiles!

[@makebelievestudio]

Re uploaded!!

[@michaeljensen1625]

@@makebelievestudio Thank you so much. So stoked to check this tone out after work. You are the best!

[@strakhovmixing]

Thank you for your job!) great and very interesting information 👍

[@makebelievestudio]

My pleasure!

[@ChannelForty2]

Holy s*** guys to my ears you absolutely nailed it! Very cool!

[@makebelievestudio]

Thank you so much!! Go check out the profiles!

[@Millhouse14]

Awesome video! Could you try and recreate the tone from the Box Car Racer album?

[@makebelievestudio]

I would love too!! Thats where things get pricey!! They had a dumble on that one!!

[@KingStudiosCollective]

Incredible ❤

[@makebelievestudio]

Thank you!

[@josedaniel6638]

Great tone

[@makebelievestudio]

@@josedaniel6638 thank you!!

[@simplesteven]

loving the videos y'all!

[@makebelievestudio]

We appreciate you watching em!!

[@mohitrahaman]

Cool stuff bro, literally changed everyone's lives. Thank for the profiles.

[@makebelievestudio]

You’re welcome!! We just put them out in another follow up video!!

[@mohitrahaman]

@@makebelievestudio w00t!

[@MattGoings]

Awesome! Great job on this!

[@makebelievestudio]

Thank you I am happy you like it!!

[@AREYESD]

Excellent work, it is a fairly accomplished job, I was very sure that dual rectifier and marshall were used for TOYPAJ, since I saw a publication from TO THE STARS when they sold the Mesa Mark IV that said the card had been used for TOYPAJ and UNTITLED ALBUM

[@Okla_Soft]

I’ve been listening to Enema of the State and TOYPAJ the last few months, and like you say, the guitar tone and ESPECIALLY the palm mutes just rip your head off. I was able to recreate it pretty authentically with a Marshall IR in the Boss IR200 and a Timmy. I build my own cabinets these days (Nick’s Shred Shoppe on reverb) and I always use a V30 with a Creamback, it makes heavenly tone. There’s a lot of nuance and pleasant “chunk” to be had when driving a clean Marshall preamp hard, you retain a lot of the body and dimension if you avoid burying everything in too much gain.

[@ayeapprove]

Amazing work, at 2:37 you meant to say Marshall 1960BV though

[@makebelievestudio]

Yes we caught that right as the video was going out. Its been noted in the description. My B! Thank you so much!!

[@EmmanuelMartinez-ud6lx]

Sounds soooooooo goooood and spot on, congrats

[@onionheadguy7094]

Damn dude great job that album is one of the best engineered rock albums i have ever heard!

[@makebelievestudio]

Thank you!! I love it very much!!

[@adbracadabra98765]

Sounds incredible. Love Toms toan 🤘

[@stevedoesnt]

That’s some pretty amazing work!

[@makebelievestudio]

Thank you very much!

[@patricksachs4211]

Sounds incredible! Well done!

[@makebelievestudio]

Glad you enjoy it! We appreciate you!!

[@IntoTheWeeds71]

This is such an amazing video. I've been trying to recreate this tone for ages using the Josh Middleton STL Tonality plugin with Bias FX2 for the Marshall. Love this content! EDIT: NAM profiles! For the love of god, yes

[@makebelievestudio]

Thank you so much!!

[@StringBender567]

Absolute best recreation of the TOYPAJ tone! Would you be able to make a profile for the HX Stomp?

[@makebelievestudio]

Possibly!

[@HailZOLTAN]

Any chance on getting a link to that off-brand Klon pedal? 🙃

[@Kevinbabbmusic]

whoaaaa! solid work!

[@xlilxillx]

it sounds PERFECT!!!

[@makebelievestudio]

Thank you so much!!

[@Studio7MusicGtx]

This is sooooo close. But there’s a squishy “sweet” attack note/characteristic that is missing. It could have come from many sources, but a hypothesis of mine is that it was at least in part the use of an Empirical Labs Distressor. I’ve worked extensively with a stereo matched pair, and they really do live up to the hype. Amazing compressors, they’ve been the “secret sauce” on many an iconic recording. Thanks for this video!

[@makebelievestudio]

1/5th the way there guys! keep on sharing it! at 10k profiles will be released!

[@makebelievestudio]

Half way there!!! Keep it going!

[@ThiagoRibeiroo]

So accurate! daaamn profiles on the way! 🤘🤘

[@jonkuenning]

The chugs/palm muting were way too good with this setup!

[@makebelievestudio]

Thanks dog!! Also shout to you JON for letting us borrow the quad!

[@JimmyStrummer]

I don’t have any of the modelers you created the profile for, so I took screenshots of all the settings and am hoping to try it out myself with plugins! The only thing I’m missing: on the Pultec, what did you have the bandwidth and each of the attenuators set to?

[@KeefyGizzle]

I didn't know Finn produced TEPM, lol.. Literal first album I ever bought... As a blink superfan, and sound nerd, I love this 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@makebelievestudio]

Thanks for watching this!

[@werewolfmedialv]

@10:18 Real studio moment in the backround!

[@vminator]

Great video, love those tones. I bet that pedal is that Wish Klon.

[@francescocapone7966]

The tone is spot on! Bravi!!! Now i am really curious about the bass 😂 please do more tone recreation videos like this if you can

[@makebelievestudio]

Thank you!

[@kintaro_f]

First Date has the best guitar tone of all time, you guys nailed it. 🤘🎸🔥

[@makebelievestudio]

Thank you so much!!

[@CLAMBAKED]

Do you remember what tubes you used in your dual? I have a REV G And currently have el34s in there. I also have a set of 6l6, but I just prefer the sound of the el34 live. With the setting I have set I have the gain really low and use a TS808 with overdrive all the way down and just adjust the tone and volume. Not necessarily the “blink tone” but pretty close and great for the skate punk tone I am going for.

[@makebelievestudio]

Yes they are 6l6's.

[@Mr_Ashley]

That’s fricking rad 🤙🤙

[@makebelievestudio]

Thanks! Glad you liked it!

[@CoryBrunnemann]

sounds FIRE

[@makebelievestudio]

Thank you my dude!

[@StasMarygin-cc1mj]

Can you add IR's cab (.wav) to the files? Separate from profiles

[@chronicnarnia]

Where are the EOTS Quad Cortex captures?

[@fernandoguerra6841]

WOW That sounds so close!!

[@makebelievestudio]

Thank you!! Profiles just went up!!

[@mat13smith]

This sounds fantastic as well! Where can I find the Quad Cortex captures for this and Enema?!

[@seishun_complex]

Would love to see a rundown for Billie Joe's LP Jr. P90 tone, this vid was phenomenal! :)

[@makebelievestudio]

Oh I know a bit about Rob and Doug and Billie's work. Plus you go back far enough and you run into Jerry Finn!!! That would be a fun one. What album interests you most?

[@braedonhorbacio304]

I second the above comment. I would love a breakdown on the American Idiot tone. The modded Marshall is iconic. Also used on MCR’s ‘Black Parade’ & Rancid’s ‘And Out Come the Wolves’. For the amount of info out there on the amp and signal chain, it still somehow has a lot of mystery surrounding it.

[@seishun_complex]

​@@makebelievestudioAmerican Idiot is the obvious; specifically thinking about Letterbomb and Homecoming when I think of his P90. He's also got great tone on some of those Uno/Dos/Tre albums! Sounds gritty yet clean

[@KeefyGizzle]

Super punchy 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 I always figured it waa post production that made it punch...

[@makebelievestudio]

nope toms just got that sick right hand and jerry had that ear!

[@benmascioli1133]

Profiles for Line 6 Helix?? 👀

[@makebelievestudio]

People keep asking about those!! Should we go get a helix?

[@benmascioli1133]

I meeeeeeean…

[@makebelievestudio]

lol maybeeeee!!

[@davidmuzyk9548]

Man… I’m so ready for a kemper profile of this! Please let us know when it’s up!

[@makebelievestudio]

Half way there!! Be sure to share the video to help us get there even sooner!

[@dethizza1743]

That sounds awesome, thanks for sharing this info! Can you share something about mic placement or your approach?

[@makebelievestudio]

Of course. Just right of center on the dust cap line about an inch back.

[@CraiggaeShark]

HOLY SHIT THATS THE RECORD. mind blown

[@makebelievestudio]

Thank you!! This comment made my whole morning when it popped up earlier.

[@marshallfairbrother7602]

over half way there! looking forward to these profiles getting released. I asked this on the enema video part 2, but do you also have the cleans available?

[@basilio182]

WTF??!!! I've been looking for that tone all my life

[@makebelievestudio]

So happy we could help!!

[@NicKenMic]

deserves more subs

[@codyratley92]

Sounds great!!! Would love to have those Kemper profiles

[@makebelievestudio]

We are almost half way there!!

[@Imlarock]

Bruuuhhhhh this is crazy.. I’m super interested in the Kemper one.. already liked and subscribed

[@makebelievestudio]

Thanks for the sub! Im hoping to get them out there soon!

[@jarredbaca8112]

The split chord leads are literally dead set like the recording 😳 excellent job!!!!

[@makebelievestudio]

Thank you so much!!

[@SJMKS.0]

Are you doing anything different for the lead riffs tone wise?

[@makebelievestudio]

Yes the lead tone was played on a telecaster. The Les Paul sounded too thick so I thought of Jerry's butterscotch tele. Tried out ours and it was great!!

[@CreepyCat.]

I always run spongey too. If you have a tube option, using diodes is baffling.

[@andrewutz3674]

does the klon go into both amps or just one of them?

[@makebelievestudio]

Both Amps.

[@KennWall]

Wow the palm mute its very close, I really want this profile for tonex!

[@BC_J0MBI]

Again the tone is spot on, great work! Im loving this series, if you do other bands or albums in the future I'd like to here Weezer's make believe album since there isnt a lot of info on that one, Jimmy eat worlds Bleed American, or just insights on Green Day's American idiot.

[@makebelievestudio]

I love all of these suggestions and the Blue album is one of the deepest dives I have ever gone down!!

[@lightfandango2955]

Did you double track the Les Paul left and right? Sounds PERFECT! Did Jerry ever double track with a humbucker on one side and a single coil on the other?

[@makebelievestudio]

From what I have gathered it was the same tone left and right!!

[@Travis-guy-247]

Great video dude! Definitely the best TOYPAJ tone on KZbin. Quick question: 2:36 Did you mean to say Marshall 1960BV here? I can't find anything on a Mesa Boogie 1960BV, but I can find a Marshall one.

[@makebelievestudio]

Yes they are Marshall 1960BV cabs. We have notated this in the video description. Thank you for catching it!

[@christopher-miles]

fuck, the palm mutes are like spot on!

[@makebelievestudio]

Thanks dude!!

[@andy_182]

what pickups did you end up using? string gauge? it would be important to also use the same pickup as Tom right? that would be a huge game changer

[@makebelievestudio]

We used the gibson pickup in the Les Paul Standard and the texas special tele pickup in the tele. Jerry used gibson pickups as well. The strings were all Ernie Ball.

[@KeefyGizzle]

The sacred art.. I bet Trav picked up a lot working with Jerry...

[@joshwilliams3089]

Thank you for making these, you are a legend. I'm not trying to sound ungrateful, but I believe boxcar is next chronologically? :)

[@makebelievestudio]

Could be!! We did have a racktifier and a jmp going last night for another Jerry tone though!!

[@CraiggaeShark]

what kind of pick ups are in your les paul

[@makebelievestudio]

Just the stock pickups!

[@CraiggaeShark]

@@makebelievestudio which model is it?