Scorpions Mattias Jabs about Guitar Gear Now and Then and Song Writing

[@Rudimessiah]

Check the full interview fellows. This is only a small part. There are other interviews with Teemu Mantysaari, Schmier and others.

[@Fkku-r6d]

200 watt amp in a guitar room and crank it to get dirt, Oh horse shit , Lol, fkk tubes its a scam for hobbyists, Lol, fractal is the way.

[@heavymetal6910]

Rudolph struggling to stay awake here

[@Rudimessiah]

If you watch the full interview you will know he is extremely awake.

[@bradbutler]

😂

[@cmberrian]

He's thinking to himself, "if only I had a nickel for every time I've heard him spout off like this..." Or whatever the German word for 'nickel' is. "Gee wiz, GI Joe, if only zI had zay glockenshplocken for every time zI heard comrade Matthias zzspout offs like this,bid be able to go to the local grocer and obtain zay delicious containers of hezeekin blood sausage!"

[@brownsfan7753]

REAL AMPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@transparent6748]

Of course real cranked up amps are the best but some of us are living in places where its a problem to say the least lol

[@Rudimessiah]

@@transparent6748 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@thelolguy007]

Rudolph is like ‘Thank F&€k I Have Tetris on my Phone’

[@Rudimessiah]

😂 actually he was very active. Check the full interview

[@therealandrecorbin4050]

Real amps real speakers,...thank you

[@Rudimessiah]

@@therealandrecorbin4050 check.out the full interview

[@Fkku-r6d]

And in the studio the albums get recoded thru digital equipment and you dont here no tubes , LMAO, old fkks being stupid.

[@tpike32]

Mic’d with a sm57. Then heavily processed . Compressed . And eq’d.. during mix

[@raschopper2]

He doesn't carry his own equipment.

[@MotownGuitarJoe]

"We play real amps" Spoken like a guy with an army of roadies and techs.

[@Rudimessiah]

Why not if you can 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@MotownGuitarJoe]

@@Rudimessiah - hey, he says it makes a difference to them, so that's good! They should play what makes them happy.

[@shanerose5348]

"Kemper and all that crap". I'd buy that t shirt

[@Rudimessiah]

@@shanerose5348 🤣👍🏼

[@robertolsen9721]

Mattias Jabs harmonics is something I can't replicate. What comes to mind is those on Blackout.

[@Rudimessiah]

@@robertolsen9721 yes exactly. My question was about that. Check the full interview

[@robertolsen9721]

@@iceblue56 I mean the series' of notes while Rudolph is doing the main riff and goes down to C. That is to be precise! It's 16th notes. I can do them, but it doesn't quite sound the same. Another example of great pinch harmonics is those on " Straight to the heart" by Dio.

[@freakybeaky1]

Remember Zakk Wylde recommending Blackout as a record to learn guitar from, style wise, as he did.

[@jublaim]

I really like Mattias Jabs, he plays like "on spot" and fluid. Another guy with great harmonics, but use it more sparse, is Martin Barre (former Jethro Tull), especially in the '70s.

[@BillDerBerg]

@@robertolsen9721 Bill Lawrence pickups are awesome they're what Matthias had on his Strat for Blackout

[@marvelharris9540]

Thank you boys...stand fast

[@Kouros-t6d]

Scorpions are not boring metal but great HARD-ROCK thankfully!

[@joerectifier]

You will never sound better than the properly matched guitar and tube amp - that complement each other. Guitar-cable-buffer/boost-cable-amp. With the right combination you can use your volume knob to go from useable clean to scorching metal.

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

I agree 100%. If you can afford to buy a Soldano 100w head with a Marshall 4x12 cab and you have a need for it, buy it. However for me, who would end up explaining myself to the police every night if I owned one, a small modeler amp is fine for my living room or bedroom. This gear racket is a zero sum game. You use what you want, to hell with judgmental people who scoff at your rig. Who are they to judge you?

[@Rudimessiah]

I.love my mesa always record with it. My fm9 solved many problems for me. But why not if you can 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@johnclark1925]

Absolutely. Well said MJ. At low volume, in the studio meddlers pass… but live… they sound fizzy. I had a side by side comparison watching a top pro metal act a few years ago… Kemper stage right, Marshall stage left. The Marshall was huge, open…

[@Rudimessiah]

I agree. My fm9 solved my live gigs problem. I love my mesa

[@joerectifier]

…..AND, there is no menus, presets, captures, IRs and all these things that are in those modelers to COPY the real article. For me, I’ll just plug into a tube amp with a front end boost, turn a knob or two and that’s the end of it.

[@user-zx5gg8od6l]

I run a 50w jcm 800/900/plexi but also AC30 at max volume into isolation cabs that I built. You just need mass and the sound is blocked. The harmonics, chord clarity, low mid punch, is still not there with modelers. I’d play a Boss Katana all day live, but not in the studio.

[@jaycswift4751]

It goes without saying that these two guys are legends and I grew up loving their playing and their music. Is a real tube amp through speakers better? Of course, but the Kemper is really to close to call and remember the Kemper is not a modeler. But here is the big thing for most of us. A really good tube amp is going to cost you $3,000-$4,000 (in 2024) and then you have one amp. You can get a Kemper for half that and you get access to over 20,000 free profiles from people all over the world. You can essentially use any amp you like. I use my Kemper live and in the studio and I always play through a cabinet with good speakers. I mix the DV-77 speaker with a Warehouse Reaper and I always get compliments on my tone. So yes if you can afford to have someone build you a custom amplifier, do it! I would, but if not. The Kemper is a really good option thats worked for me. Sorry that was long winded, great video as well. Thank you!

[@Rudimessiah]

They have the money and the crew. They can. Anyone of us would have done the same thing in that position 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@jaycswift4751]

@@Rudimessiah Agreed.

[@OrangeMicMusic]

​​​@@Rudimessiah Metallica, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, U2...and maybe every major band on the planet now have the money and crew, but they're using digital on stage. Why? Because they realized it's 99.9% the same, and 0.1% it doesn't really matter. But.....if for some people that 0.1% matters, then use it. But it's not better. Mattias comment on the new gear, should be taken with a grain of salt, just like anyone else's opinion about gear.

[@Rudimessiah]

​@OrangeMicMusic agreed but all of these babds you mentioned have hybrid live gear. Check my interview with Teemu Mantysaari and the full interview with Jabs and Rudy

[@OrangeMicMusic]

@@Rudimessiah Their main sound comes from an modeler/profiler for the amp sound. "Hybrid set up" means, they wanna hear a guitar cab on stage because they don't like the in ear. And the cabs are powered by solid state power amps that are not mic'ed, everything goes direct to PA with cab sim. So, no tubes involved. I'm talking about Metallica, Maiden, Megadeth, U2....and so many others.

[@joerectifier]

Never will I use a modeler for a gig….nor will I go direct. They are great for economy and weight and ease of moving, but I started playing electric guitar to feel my pant legs move from the air of my speakers and to feel the glory of a weeping tube amp . With the small 25W tube amps these days that sound great and mate to a good thunderous 1x12, 2x12 or 4x10 or 4x12 there is simply no need to use a modeler. Even at my unknown, humble and basic club level,there is still a tube amp option and light cabinets that require no bullshit - plug and go.

[@adammassacre4715]

Kempers are awesome! not everyone has the luxury of owning stacks of huge vintage amps and cabs with a road crew of dudes to carry them around and set them up. Dont get me wrong if i had this luxury i would 100% use real amps and cabs Because fuck yeah! haha. Of course real amps look way cooler on stage but Profiler/modelers are not crap.I have both (Kemper and Amp). Kemper for my bedroom jamming and recording into my DAW and my amp for head removing when live. Both are awesome and both serve me very well not to mention 99% of people in the crowd will never tell the difference between them anyway.

[@Rudimessiah]

Yeah "crap" was a stretch. I love my my fm9. I love my mesa more. Check the full interview

[@adammassacre4715]

@@Rudimessiah Yeah dude I love my Kemper but i love my rockerverb 50 MKII more ;)

[@toddclarke1580]

It’s funny they didn’t just put a super overdrive in front of the Marshall for more gain. That’s the best and most common metal tone in existence.

[@lovecraftmusic8717]

What did they do instead?

[@googlymoogly9884]

I love the Scorpions but I must say that’s a first for me. Watching someone getting interviewed and them nonchalantly tapping away on their mobile phone in their own world. Rudy is a very rude boy indeed.

[@Rudimessiah]

Thats just a small part of the interview. check the complete one

[@DeangerSmith]

Kemper pushes 600W of air through any speaker that can take that brutality 😂😂😂😂🤘🏻 Rock on Scorps...

[@Brutuscomedy]

I wouldn't say they're "crap" but do think good amps and cabs tend to sound better. The gap is far smaller than it used to be, however.

[@Rudimessiah]

@Brutuscomedy i agree its an overstretch

[@jasonlee8497]

‘Processed thingys’ lol

[@Rudimessiah]

@@jasonlee8497 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@jeffjeffen]

I heard there was a problem with the hydro voltage in Vancouver, and a certain explorer took the brunt of the issue… little mountain sound days… fine.. there will be no slow notes in za album was the quote….crash goes the explorer…

[@dgcdgc856]

I’m confused as to why Rudolph is even there? And why doesn’t the interviewer have a microphone?

[@Rudimessiah]

@dgcdgc856 this is just a part of the full interview check ot out.

[@jfree336]

Given that one is pretending to or attempting to replicate the other, yes tube amps are better, but in today’s world for many players, modelers are a fact of life

[@Rudimessiah]

@jfree336 yeah I agree. I love my Mesa. Bit in gig carrying my Fm9 is very handy and in loud volumes it sounds as good.

[@Highways6]

Las Vegas!!!!!! Rocked

[@jeffboyd5299]

He actually never said Kempers are crap. He said all that crap referring to digital modelers.

[@Fkku-r6d]

And in the studio that tube goes thru digital to record, LMAO, dmb fkkin tubers, LMAO, ya dont need that horseshit anymore, grampas old tube amp, Lol,

[@BillDerBerg]

Digital modelers sound like the aftermath of two dollar burrito night at Taco Bell

[@NikolaCucukovic]

Great interview! Thanks Rudi!

[@Rudimessiah]

@NikolaCucukovic many thanks. This is only a small part. Check out the full interview

[@AnthonyBurrito1313]

I Love how Rudolf Hunts and Pecks on texts like me !! HAAAA Old dudes rule

[@RobertSmith-lg7jp]

Rudy should be using a dial phone, No? 😁

[@johnnyb3987]

I took a Kemper before my shower just a little while ago.

[@johnnyb3987]

I took a Kemper this morning before my shower.

[@tgrupp1247]

When you know where you come from

[@vdelrio999]

Can hear Mathias but not interviewer. Hmm.😊

[@Rudimessiah]

@vdelrio999 this is just a part of the interview. Check out the full video

[@NinjaRunningWild]

I mean, I own & prefer actual tube amps, but he seems to not understand _at all_ that modellers ALSO move air through the speaker. That's how speakers work.

[@clacala]

ALL THAT AIR will end up being captured by the membrane of an SM57 to go to the pre of a mixer to be amplified and come out through the PA speaker. If the technician had a bad day and moves half an inch, the position of the microphone will change the entire tone.

[@masterbluesrockguitar4966]

Ha ha you should have asked their opinion on kemper vs tonex vs quad cortex..

[@Rudimessiah]

He already have craped them out. Check the full interview

[@masterbluesrockguitar4966]

@@Rudimessiah I did, it was a rhetorical question...

[@G_Demolished]

I get it. We never could convince grandpa to use the internet either.

[@eglide73]

You have no understanding of why he says real amps are better……so how do you know that they’re not?

[@G_Demolished]

@ You have no understanding of my understanding.

[@user-zx5gg8od6l]

Stop. You know God damn well, for someone like you, your life would be indescribably better without the internet.

[@retohorler9921]

Hahaha Scorpions, those rich clowns. “Kemper are Crap” of course, Rudolph and I play Caveman Amps. The Armageddon Head that Mathias plays costs $7,600 alone. You can easily complain about a technology that enables normal musicians to have a great sound and not have to take out a loan. By the way, what is Rudolph actually there for?😆😆

[@sircharles7323]

The left one is looking, as if he was waiting for his nurse.

[@davidbrucemusicvideo]

Matthias said that the scorpions are celebrating their 60th anniversary next year? How old were they when they got together, nine years old? Matthias is 69 years old! 😂

[@Rudimessiah]

@@davidbrucemusicvideo Matthias joined in 79

[@davidbrucemusicvideo]

@ yes, 45 years ago. I don’t know why he said the band was celebrating their 60th year anniversary. Did you catch that in the video? Strange… 🤔

[@leongrinberg8758]

He can say that because he is rich and can afford big amps

[@Rudimessiah]

@@leongrinberg8758 why not if you can🤷🏻‍♂️

[@wickiederchef7126]

I guess both don't drag their amps on their own... If I would have my personal roadies for live gigs I would say the same...

[@Rudimessiah]

@@wickiederchef7126 exactly

[@predraglazar2694]

Of course real Amps are better unless you don’t have to load them in your car and then carry them upstairs or downstairs 😂

[@robertstan2349]

very underrated player. incredible phrasing. and yeah modelers can stuff it.

[@MarkBanks77]

Texting while being interviewed is very rude, even if your not being directly spoken to.

[@shawnstarks1743]

Well, I guess he’s learned from your disrespectful kids generation. Anybody under 25 nowadays, that’s all they do.

[@ronlee2611]

Rudolph on his cell phone while Jabs is talking.🤣🤣🤣

[@Rudimessiah]

@@ronlee2611 its just a part of the full interview.

[@hydeane]

Proberbly Addicted to his phone like most people!

[@TheOriginalSindini]

Ask him if he has ever used a kemper! Just maybe, he's talking about something he knows nothing about.

[@Rudimessiah]

I doubt he did. Check out the full interview

[@Khaynizzle7]

These amp models are made from real amps homie. They aren't just digitally made. Literally it's like micing your amp to the PA. No different. Edit: take the literal miniute it would take to KZbin Marshall vs Kemper and watch the first video. I say a literal miniute because the video I'm asking you to check out is only 30 seconds long. Watch that video, and I promise you will not come back to disagree with me.

[@xaviergough9359]

No, they're total digitally profiled models of real amps. These guys can buy any amp they want, why would they bother with poverty toys.

[@aleksik4028]

Some say the player can feel the difference how the modelling amp reacts to your picking, how fast, dynamics...etc. Even if the listener can't tell a difference.

[@Khaynizzle7]

@xaviergough9359 i dont think you understand how modeling works. I dont think you or the scorpions know as much about how sounds works as you think yall do. Literally every single DSP has been modeled after real amps. Its like saying a MIDI keyboard cant sound like a piano. Why cant it when the MIDI notes are all samples of a real piano. Get educated and actually create instruments or tones for yourself and you'll understand.

[@Khaynizzle7]

@aleksik4028 thats respectfully bullshit. I've been playing for over 15 years. If it feels late you have latency in your rig in general.

[@Khaynizzle7]

Look I love the scorpions. One of the few 80's metal/rock bands i really really liked. They're talented, but clearly stuck in old school, pedantic, narcissistic, incorrect ideologies that they refuse to abandon. It makes no sense to say that a Kemper is shit because you need stage sound when you can plug a Kemper into a cab with no issue. I'm sorry, but just because someone can play doesnt mean they spent time to figure out the technicalities. They're just regurgitating what their 70 year old producer has been saying for decades. Edit: please just KZbin Marshall Vs Kemper. The first video will prove me right.

[@christopherw3221]

I'll take Michael and Uli over these two anyday

[@MrJackal43]

Micheal is a drunken bum…. Nope. Mathias is a much better player and Uli is too weird and prog for metal.

[@christopherw3221]

@MrJackal43 both are better players than these two, that's a fact

[@nathaninostroza7655]

I love all three acts, but Scorpions is the band Uli sounds better with, and Michael wish was his. Scorpions aint got use for players like Uli or Michael anymore. And u know what? Phuck u! Matthias Jabs was doing Michael and Uli s live solos note for note when he was very little. Rudolf and Matthias aint got nothing to envy from MSG or Electric Sun. I love all three acts a lot, but PHUCK You, these two in the vid aint hacks compared to Uli or Michael, as u r intending to sound. Your preference off Michael and Uli over them is legitimate, though. But Rudolf and Matthias are top players. No one can place an emotional and melodic solo as perfect as Rudolf, and Matthias has his very own formidable tasty style as Michael and Uli, wich makes him just the right guy for replacing them in total right. Scorpions have never had bad musicians, and Michael and Uli s departure couldnt orphan us from massive talent to come, and Matthias made it possible. Anything after that is jealousy and pettiness towards a brilliant player.

[@christopherw3221]

@nathaninostroza7655 they're both great but not as great as Uli and Michael, that's why Michael got back in the band because Matthias wasn't up to snuff at first so they fired him then when Michael left they hired him back for the tour

[@nathaninostroza7655]

@christopherw3221 wrong, Scorpions didnt fired Matthias, in order to let Michael in. The band auditioned more than 130 guitarists to get Matthias. Michael was out off UFO and going nowhere, so Scorpions took him in over Matthias, since Matthias wasnt ready to tour yet. Michael didnt created Lovedrive tunes, he just recorded with them and helped finish the post Tokyo Tapes tour. It was Matthias that did the full Lovedrive tour being a kid. And i feel u, he may not sweep the shit out off the neck, display Hendrix influences, create classical infused phrasing like Uli, but his style s got pretty much every Michael playing aspects to his own, with some lil Eddie van Halen. Only thing Michael does better than Jabs is that he's faster. But Matthias fits the band, be it tracks from earlier eras or tracks of his, like hand and glove. And the other things ive mentioned in My previous coment stands tall. Uli did magic with and without Scorpions, but he's a legend due to his tenure in the band, not due to his Electric Sun stint. Michael s best rock output is UFO, hands down. But if it wasnt for Scorpions he wouldnt have established himself to form MSG, wich is a mess as a band, except for McAuley Schenker Group. Phenomenal music, btw, love all his records, but MSG s lacks consistency. Scorpions with Schenker bros are better. And despite Uli and Michael s absence, the band doesnt need them nor suffer by not having them around, since Matthias fill in for good. Thats how great of a player he is. If not for Scorpions and UFO, Michael and Uli would ve been starving mega talented blokes at the most. Both bands were the break they needed. Schenker needs UFO and Klaus, Uli needs Scorpions and Klaus. Rudolf, Klaus and the guys don't need them both, thanks to Matthias. And eventhough Schenker s the best UFO axeman, Wild Willing and the Innocent s the best UFO record, and he's not featured in. UFO s still a formidable band without Schenker.