How To Sound Like The Strokes With Pedals and Guitars | Reverb Potent Pairings

[@redielg]

Man those first two albums were amazing.

[@RayyanKhanRayyanKhan]

All 5*

[@Aaaaaa2_3]

Rayyan Khan I got that reference. I really loved their first 2 projects the others as I said I think they are not that good, but I can say I really enjoyed Angles by the Strokes as much as the first ones, with Arctic monkeys I think the best one is the first one, and well I like their whole discography (of both bands) but yeah I enjoyed the first and second ones more than the others

[@stricklyrubbadub]

yea the first 2 were immaculate

[@XhopebringerX777]

Still jam to em man! I like some of their new stuff but I always go back to the OG stuff.

[@Josev-TV]

Yea the first 2 were amazing though I do like countdown machine but not nearly as much as the first two. The one that I dislike the most is angles. With arctic monkeys, the first two were amazing (specially favorite worse nightmare). Humbug is the album I don’t like as much and am as worst second. I’m not saying those albums are inherently bad, I still enjoy them but both band’s first two albums were their musical prime.

[@evanphillips2126]

Goddamn, Machu Picchu and Under Cover of Darkness were spot on; and everything else was ridiculously close. Mad props to Joe, and to Nick and Albert, for doing it all with like 5 pedals!

[@retronartz1268]

Evan Phillips more like 2 pedals, the MXR Micro amp, Jekyll and Hyde,

[@mikellopez9]

Now this is an ACCURATE guide to the Strokes' sound, I was really impressed. Just one little thing, Albert always plays the stratocaster in the middle position (in fact he has the electronics wired in the same pickup in order to never change the position even if he hits the switcher accidentally). Just a fun fact :)

[@DeeEfSea]

Mikel López cool info man. What interview did you read this in?!

[@peterpansie5]

Dee Ef Sea I’ve seen him say it in interviews for his solo albums

[@mikellopez9]

Here it is kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZCUp3aPqrJpl9k short but still pretty nice :)

[@thetrump9974]

haha that;s so weird. Im honestly surprised I always thought of the middle pick up as the worst of the 3 Strat pick ups but obviously Albert has proved otherwise :o

[@bennycheca9426]

@@thetrump9974 well he just has it wired where the bridge and middle are swapped so when he goes into position 4 it's neck and bridge

[@ashrafimaduddin8162]

The Strokes Pedals on a budget; Nick Valensi; Visual Sound Jekyll & Hyde v1/v2, MXR Micro Amp, EHX Holy Grail Nano & Memory Man/Boy Albert Hammond Jr; Visual Sound Jekyll & Hyde v1/v2, MXR Micro Amp, Boss DD-3/Mad Professor Deep Blue Delay

[@TheSickNeeds]

can people on a budget really afford pedals let alone guitar gear anymore? Manufacturers are pricing guitars out of existence.

[@STOPPEDINCOLORADO]

The SickNeeds - Bro. Start looking for guitars that aren't Fender or Gibson. I fucking promise you that the industry is lying. Cheaper guitars are just fine to play.

[@TheSickNeeds]

cheaper guitars aren't as cheap as they use to be is what I'm saying.... amps even more so and it seems like pedals have doubled in the last ten years.

[@russeus]

When does he uses the Deep Blue Delay?

[@lt-yx1hx]

@@TheSickNeeds it's not that their more "expensive," it's just that the value of money has changed. A $1,500 guitar today would probably be equal to that of a $500 guitar in the '60s.

[@billypilgrim1]

This made me wanna dust off my chuck taylor's and skinny jeans.

[@metalliholic]

They should have never gotten dust on them. Put them suckers back on.

[@emilkjrbo713]

Yes!

[@topopops]

BillyPilgrim the revival is coming buddy.

[@evanlawrence5815]

this was seriously so good. Really impressed with this one.

[@tzelegend9783]

thank you for using a v3 jekyll i always see that they used a v2 or v1 but it’s just such a weird shape that i can’t fit it so glad to know that same tones can be achieved with a little tweaking in the v3

[@theRBninja]

I actually think drum sounds would be good to cover in a video, especially in the studio context because I honestly think the slick (slightly over produced) aspect of them would be a great video topic

[@defoperator7993]

Chopped and sample-looped in protools to sound like a drum machine. Is what I know about the drums on the first album

[@allanmurder4225]

I waited so long for this to happen and this is it

[@quantEcon24]

This was such a nice surprise when I refreshed my feed! Great job Joe!

[@matthewhackett3429]

Casino and strat compliment each other so well. Thanks for the tips!

[@CrossCuntryFranco]

Not a Casino, but a Riviera.

[@jarodivey9033]

This might be my favorite potent pairings yet!

[@IsoMorphix]

I wish you would have kept playing... So rad.

[@edadpops1709]

Best video Joe has done in months👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@KJB484]

This made my day!! So many great memories from one of the greatest modern bands in my opinion!!!

[@willm3027]

Man the nostalgia.... 1:45

[@anthonysclafani3963]

This was really good, def one of the best ones you've ever done. Great attention to detail, you used the right guitars, amp & pedals. Very impressed

[@isaiahlancaster8921]

THE KILLERS NEXT PLEASE!!!!

[@geronimo3641]

also, it’s good to see the jekyll and hyde v3 being demoed with strokes tunes, thank you so much

[@harrisonhigdon3337]

Just listening to this video is beautiful on its own

[@adrianreyes4702]

Nice job! Would love to hear the same setup again, with their latest LP The New Abnormal, and Comedown machine.

[@FaustPoon]

These get better and better. We can tell the effort you put into them and really appreciate it

[@KyKy1589]

Can you do the Velvet Underground?

[@algernonselderflower7236]

Do Joy Division next.

[@mitchelwalsh5356]

markworwood I would love to see them do that

[@slavvewilliams1948]

i would love to see them try and fail

[@shmooless3699]

@@slavvewilliams1948 it's quite easy. Vox ac30 on top boost with Seymour Duncan super distortion pickup in the bridge

[@jordanebacher]

No. They not known for their guitar tone

[@gabewilliams7462]

@@jordanebacher so? Half of the artists reverb does aren't either.

[@andres1mike]

more songs, more!!! ize of the world, hard to explain, call me back , moooreee!! great video

[@Papeoapeoaoe]

How to sound like the strokes part two please

[@izeoftheworld41]

Now if only i could buy playing skills

[@LeoThePainter]

You can, its called guitar lessons.

[@Asklepios27]

Persevere, practice every single day, use tabs, and try and teach yourself tricks

[@GRen1990]

this is a masterpiece

[@huguerah]

after realizing i will never be able to reach these tones, i must say: it was amazing to hear. thanks for sharing.

[@LeninVieira]

the playing and the efects were spot on

[@cristobalveasrivera7036]

I’d love to get the tone of Hard To Explain. It’s so easy and hard at the same time

[@mattg082]

I just plugged in a Jekyl and Hyde with the OD set to 0, tone to taste and you just play it hard. Instant sound there! I think for the first album it was very minimal. Mostly the Jekyl side of the V1 and distortion side for solos. As it progresses, it’s really down to the magic of two guitar players. I can do cool stuff via multi track and hard stereo pans. But later stuff like that live really needs two guitars imo to nail the full sound.

[@PCDisciple]

fookin legends all of them

[@joshcater]

Okay, but we need to mention Jorge Orellana! This guy is great, but he’s no Orellana. He really nails every song.

[@snoworder]

outstanding, so inspirational

[@mattyfox_]

Fun fact: the strokes never made a bad song

[@schizoposting]

yeah even their worst songs would be considered decent from another band imo. their best work just set the bar almost unbelievably high.

[@diegon2020]

such good playing and tone!

[@cosmojonesmusic]

Awesome!!

[@44p4ul]

videos like these are the one which motivate me to keep learning! thanks a lot

[@geronimo3641]

The Strokes are my favourite band, and i love potent pairings, so when i saw this on my feed i had jumped out of my seat

[@delivrance3961]

Geronimo yep! Heart attack for me!! Thx Joe !

[@joeyhyland]

The lead for “you talk too much” is so good!

[@jonny1251]

Fun fact - bassist Nikolai Fraiture used a 70s Fender Precision owned by producer Gordon Raphael to record the first 2 albums.

[@darcia04]

AWESOME. And/FYI -- that Epiphone Rivera has mini humbuckers, which I am pretty sure Nick does not use. He uses P94s, which are humbucker-sized P90s.

[@jdelcolli]

Albert: middle position 95% of time

[@hyde7751]

it got someting to do with his wirings right?

[@jdelcolli]

@@hyde7751 yeap. the bridge pickup position is the middle for sure

[@hyde7751]

@@jdelcolli foda né bixo, dedicação é isso... mesmo um ano depois cê vem e me responde em menos de ½hr

[@jdelcolli]

@@hyde7751 custa nada, mano. Q eu saiba ele usa assim: Posição 5 padrão = ponte 4 = ponte e meio 3 = meio 2 = meio e braço 1 = braço Eu acho que o Albert usa assim: 5 = meio 4 = meio e ponte 3 = ponte 2 = meio e braço 1 = braço Tem vídeo q ele comenta Senão me engano no vídeo da guitarra assinatura dele no NAMM. Abração

[@hyde7751]

@@jdelcolli po mano valeu... to pra fazer essa mutreta ai na strato do meu amigo kkjhghkkkk, bixao é fascinado nesse mano

[@iKangoo]

Nice one Albert

[@greatvanzini]

I know nothing of said Strokes but I sure as heck am enjoying the sounds here.

[@wickwoo7975]

make sure you listen them..then you know its greatest sound and rock band you ever heard.

[@Driften_Banana]

They’re pretty much responsible for the continuation of rock into the 21st century.

[@calumyule1522]

I didn’t want this video to end!

[@YanivZukerman]

Good stuff! Great playing, the Strokes are so much fun

[@zepedrorock]

Very good, but remember QOTSA's Troy: sometimes you overdo with the gain. But it's really good, one of the best so far! (I'm a drummer btw)

[@hijackcloud9]

Yes!!! A strokes pedal video!!

[@matt.fromtheinternet]

DO THE WHITE STRIPES NEXT LIKE YOU TOLD ME YOU'D DO LIKE A YEAR AND A HALF AGO

[@Joshua_Ott]

Amazing

[@newmoonsamesun]

So good, and pretty simple. Love the Strokes.

[@RockMusicLover73]

How about The Killers, The Who, The Byrds, The War On Drugs, King Crimson, TV On The Radio, R.E.M., Eric Johnson, and Bruce Springsteen?

[@farleys1376]

MaskedMarvel92 Byrds!

[@jamesmiller.3]

The who and byrds

[@atrianalendraauditya2650]

1:19 Where is the E logo on the pickguard? It was there a second ago

[@michaelpct]

Mine fell off within days :(

[@bennycheca9426]

It's actually 2 different epiphones since the paints different

[@wolf_of_ball_street8214]

@@bennycheca9426 do you know what both of them are?? Would love to know...

[@bennycheca9426]

@@wolf_of_ball_street8214 I know the first one is more than likely a 70s one since it has the mini humbuckers and the 2nd one is the same but the finish is different due to sunlight or because it was ordered like that

[@bennycheca9426]

But if you're looking to sound like Nick then any es style guitar will work as long as it has either Gibson p-94 pickups or the seymour duncan fat cats in it

[@benthies9531]

I'd love to see a good 10 minuye video on King Crimson.

[@christopherfederici2776]

Really, really, really well done

[@savagelouie7007]

Wow this was so bad ass!

[@martyrichard3092]

Excellent!

[@fael097]

The strokes rule number one: AHJ's strat pickup selector is GLUED in middle position. It is, he doesn't even know if the other pickups work, so anything from at least the first and second albums is ALL middle pickup.

[@sneakking101]

I REQUESTED IT TOO!

[@rodrigosalgado3559]

lovely!!!!!

[@jodiallardice1500]

Finally!!!!!!

[@beneaththesound]

gold

[@diamondssd1]

Finding one of the original Jekyl and Hide pedals from the 90’s was my first mission. Bonus points if you find a silver plated one 👌

[@griffin5981]

Awesome video

[@solaris2001]

Overall, pretty darn good. A couple notes: - Use the MXR Micro Amp for boosting the Jeckyl & Hyde - Bass is played between the bridge and neck pickups with TI roundwound strings (fresh, retaining the bounce of the pick attack) and downstroke picking

[@BuildYourOwnBass]

Christopher Peterson TI's Hex Core can be approximated with a light touch of chorus. And mine always went flat fresh out of the pack, for a couple weeks at least. break in period is real on those 😁

[@jasonkesser]

Dude thank you this is such a damn good series. If I were to request a band, I’m begggggggin you to do the walkmen. Can’t find anything anywhere.

[@matthamer3637]

Just solidifies my intense jonesing for a 60s Riviera.

[@ignaciobarrera7134]

They live off those two albums to this day

[@alelollipop1903]

awesome

[@nishantk6073]

This will be a tough one, but it would be awesome if you guys did Queen.

[@nclsrfn]

fucking flawless

[@theshuriken]

AT THE DRIVE IN please!

[@4y4g4w8]

this was fucking awesome

[@antonionsfw]

sounds good

[@DiscOjeSUs100]

I've always wondered how they do the Macchu pichu riff

[@SebCB]

Cool video. How about The black keys, My morning jacket or early Kings of Leon

[@Garrett1240]

Early Kings of Leon had the best tone. They truly struck gold with whatever setup they used from 03-05.

[@moddynizedgaming]

Yea, but what were the amp settings for the hot rod??

[@jamesmiller.3]

Please do the stone roses

[@airsoftluke17]

Oh my, this is it

[@JonnyLenin]

very good

[@pepepenny5705]

The Verve - A Storm In Heaven

[@benthies9531]

Slowdive!!!!

[@MACKDaboss]

Ben Thies ayeeeee kgatlw

[@suhailcouto1832]

Do muse or Soundgarden next

[@marishnosh]

Awesome 😎

[@matt1524]

Hell yeah

[@omnispaceu]

Yes finally

[@CoolhandLukeSkywalkr]

Great video. But Nick doesn't use any of this anymore. He uses the obscure "10 Years" pedal, as his main distortion pedal now, and he uses a vintage klon as his overdrive pedal now. So all of this is just for the vintage Strokes tone. Not 2020 onwards. Just fyi.

[@leontaykr]

Is that a 1966 epiphone casino fk it’s so damn sexy

[@PintsofGuinness]

pretty good. prettyyyy prettyyyyyyyyy pretty good.

[@Reverb]

Potent Pairings: the 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' theme song.

[@murillojules]

KINGS OF LEON PLEASEEEE

[@benthies9531]

My Bloody Valentine???

[@KeeperOfPoops]

i thought that said "Bullet For My Valentine" for a moment now i am upset :(

[@abelramirez7320]

Nice profile pic 😁

[@Rainydayreal_estate]

The pedals won't fit on the screen

[@sprainedchakra8417]

@AdmiralOddSock umm, my bloody valentine isnt scream music my friend. not even close

[@newmoonsamesun]

Try Pedal Partners and Shoegazer channels on KZbin

[@tuyet4841]

No 1251? Literally the only reason I even clicked this video

[@shruglife9978]

What's the pedal on the left at 1:50?

[@mariosaldana1053]

Shrug Life did you find out what it was?

[@bonarjames-oneill2483]

Jhs kilt

[@danielcastillo5525]

Do Placebo potent pairings please!

[@LegendaryRopeLadder]

King Gizzard!

[@CurstofMaj]

YESYESYES

[@mishunny]

The Who, please!

[@thecity-zo2xe]

What’s the name of the guitar pedal next to Blues Driver at 1:49?

[@fernandoflores5196]

That’s the jhs kilt v2 i think

[@mateominguez9090]

Is there an overdrive pedal that sound like the jekyll and hyde (don't wanna buy it 'cause I already have a distortion)?

[@estefanoilizarbegonzales5848]

The ibanez Ts9 sounds like those