Some New(ish) Gear You NEED To Know About | Secret Weapons

[@andreweaton5598]

Not gonna lie, I LOVE the deep dive on a lot of things, but this format is PERFECT for showing off gear. Love this!

[@markjohnstonofficial]

Don’t worry, the deep dives are going nowhere and there will probably still be a proper look at LVL in the not too distant future. But I’m glad the short form has some appeal because I really did like being able to carve out a day to showcase some stuff that might not otherwise make sense to do a whole video on

[@andreweaton5598]

@@markjohnstonofficial yea I think that's a perfect approach. A little bit of both.

[@MrBobbyBeard]

Definitely agree here!

[@Left_Hand_Path]

Honestly I have NO idea why you don’t have 100k subscribers yet. Absolutely amazing writing/playing on the demos in every single video, and every video is awesome

[@markjohnstonofficial]

Appreciate that a ton, thank you. I am good with the slow growth rate, to be honest. Having the channel blow up would be great of course and would give me the space needed to work on bigger and more ambitious projects for the channel, but a slower rate helps keep the negative attention / friction that inevitably comes with sharing your music on the internet to a minimum. So its an OK trade off.

[@benjaminkoskinen5835]

could not agree more. The quality of this channel is absolutely worth 100k+ subs. Easily.

[@13aphomet]

Love this format, but also love the deep dives.. Keep em coming bro!! Great stuff as always..

[@shakatuna7820]

Intro is 🔥 as usual

[@winstonsmith8236]

1981 LVL is sooooooo good, and I'm a fancy boost fiend. So glad I found this video and your impassioned take on it to push me over the edge-traded something I barely use for it and am in love. It has that compressed but dynamic punchiness of the DRV b ut cleaner, stacks into DRV amazing of course. 1981 Inventions batting 2 for 2 100%. and the best pop punk album ever is Propagandi's Less Talk, More Rock.

[@johnduval482]

😂 outstanding. Love this shallow dive format because like you said, sometimes I just don’t have 45 minutes to watch knob twiddling. love your channel

[@maximilliankeene]

I like the short reviews and hitting on several pieces! Good stuff

[@mattcwatson]

I bought the LVL to use on my bass. It sounded rad, but I’m not sure I’d choose it over my other overdrive options. Also, I 100% agree about ‘Forget and Not Slow Down’.

[@mrmeeks85]

Enjoy the long form videos but more of these would be great too

[@rogerloydmccoy]

Like both formats a lot !!

[@nicholasrella6904]

I like the deep dives better. This format seems better as a once in awhile update kinda thing.

[@Heyimjoshcarter]

Love this format!

[@RobinZV1]

And still in the LUNA world! Excellent vid, pal. Curious about the parallel processing with the Chase Bliss pedal.

[@Tim.Traveler]

Forget and Not Slow Down = THE BEST! (PERIOD)

[@ambienttrash5234]

In the least surprising coincidence ever, I also picked up the Aaron Gillespie drums right away and dammit they are perfect

[@paultaylorfollowframe3579]

I love the deep dive reviews because it gives me an opportunity to listen to the new sounds of all the pedals dude love your channel just got the dark star can not wait to plug it in, have you done a Review on that pedal bro

[@holmanconde]

there are a couple paramore records giving you a bombastic side-eye right now

[@markjohnstonofficial]

Well it’s not like they were using them anymore. Haha

[@禎子佐々木]

Does the Galaxy not have Saturation , I think Reverb and Saturation is the Sound you want from a Space Echo Tape Machine, you can add an fuzz or something but the Saturation and the Pre Amp combined with the reverb of a roland space echo is one of the best gain stages you can have. I lke deep dive more when it comes to complex things, inrespect for the 1981 it was nice to have it short , because it is not that complex, so there are fast most Questions answered, in that case would prefer it short, to the drum kit it was also enough to make notice of this as new gear for me...... but you made already a movie about how you use drums and also where you mix pedals with the 1981 - I would have done a link to that in the movie here and say some words about, so everyone can also see more of the gear or how you would use it and for the movie it just takes a few seconds to make the link and say few words, you might do it in different way so it still is aesthetic to your movies they are great produced, maybe you do the links then only in the description and not in the movie when you think it would kill the aesthetic, like you want. I mean these are all really great movies you have done and some might miss them , but would be helpful for them and a bit sad , also for the work you did put into it.

[@davidsummerville351]

Great info as usual.

[@anthonyherrera948]

Do you run the LVL in buffer or true bypass modes?

[@armata6530]

I’m torn between the boss re-202 and the UA galaxy. Have you tried the boss?

[@joshbabbitt9243]

How does the Galaxy sound just mono into the front? Have you tried that with it much or naw?

[@AmbientEndeavors]

LP looks great on you.

[@markjohnstonofficial]

Teles and LP’s are my dad era new loves.

[@thomasfokas]

What is that swishy sound at the end of your song?

[@markjohnstonofficial]

That’s the Galaxy tape echoes delay time ramping down to maximum and then back up again

[@ДимаТоп-ь9о]

What pickups do you have in this Les Paul?

[@markjohnstonofficial]

It’s a loaner guitar from a friend but I’m relatively sure they’re Dimarzio 36 anniversary PAFs.

[@stubbulon5]

@44 seconds - woah, nice stretch

[@sons7429]

Still weird seeing you play a les Paul haha

[@DennisElwell]

Whew . . . not sure that RK could do anything that beats mmHmm in my eyes. Forget. . . is strong though. sure glad i don't actually have to choose. And i will be pausing this video for approximately the next 45 min.

[@markjohnstonofficial]

FANSD tops mmhmm and every other high watermark of the genre. It’s phenomenal.

[@chambre466]

thnx

[@egor1g]

sir, do you have a favorite tape echo delay?

[@markjohnstonofficial]

I have a real tape echo (the Echofix EF-X3) and it’s maybe the best sounding delay I’ve ever used. In the digital realm I would say that in the balance between sound quality and feature set the main three I would look at are the Strymon El Cap, Volante, and the UAFX Galaxy

[@BlackstoneJ]

Leave in conditioner dude. Your hair is crying for help .

[@markjohnstonofficial]

I’ll take this into consideration the split second this becomes a men’s grooming channel and not a gear channel.

[@BlackstoneJ]

@@markjohnstonofficial you put your image on a screen for all to see and you'll get some off topic comments and opinions... you should know, it's KZbin and this happens all the time Trying to help a fellow long haired guy out . You can do what everyone else here does and that's block unwanted comments and deny whatever some schmuck says on the internet, or actually take it into consideration . But that's easier said than done. Cause 99% of people dodge and deny criticism . Anyway, love your gear reviews and playing ! Cheers

[@phladjki]

Let’s see your hair

[@BlackstoneJ]

Don't need to see my hair to be able to point out that the dudes hair is objectively dried out and wirey . And leave in conditioner will go a long way . And I don't think that IF I had shit hair and didn't know how to take care of it , that I would dare comment on someones hair who could use some help .

[@michaelthornton1114]

This is the most important comment of the year. 😂 First, leave in conditioner my guy?! If you are serious about your hair, you'd know that a Keratin treatment is actually what will help dry hair, and not the quick treatment, the full salon deal that takes a few hours. And get that like, at least, once a season. You fucked up, amateur hour, Prell and Pantene using novice ass nOOb. Mark is HEAD AND SHOULDERS above you.