Sound Like Royal Blood | BY Busting The Bank

[@charliecopping6605]

I want them to remake this now after the release of typhoons cos some of the tones on that album are amazing

[@1999bilalblade]

10:22 "Indicated by this big black knob" *Matt attempts to keep a straight face*

[@1999bilalblade]

18:05 Even better xD

[@steamwillrise]

Classic

[@IlliniDog01]

@@1999bilalblade Is that Limp Bizkit he goes into while Matt is cracking up?

[@johnbradford2892]

SOUND LIKE ANYBODY! Without busting. Most versatile rig! Rabea vs Matt!

[@DEW1TT18]

You were so much closer without busting the bank, if feel like the By busting the bank should be an opportunity to get it 100% accurate not seeing how much money you can spend. You chose not not pick the actuall bass he uses because you found a more expensive one...

[@KeeperOfPoops]

the Gretsch was too cheap and the Fender Starcaster Bass wasn't in stock so they had to improvise

[@DEW1TT18]

William Allison you missed the point, the gretsch is what he uses the fact it's "too cheap" is rediculous because the exact tone he has.

[@DEW1TT18]

1:38 he stills uses it, pick it. as well half the riffs he played were off the old album which used that bass!

[@Hamer4114]

Jacob Ray he still uses it for Out of the Black. The only time ive seen him use the jaguar mainly is for Ten Tonne Skeleton

[@bappie3323]

agreed

[@mateusfranco3203]

When I saw Matt at 10:26 I knew something related to the 'big black knob' was coming hahahaha

[@cankurtoglu9473]

What's the funny thing about "big black knob"? I couldn't get it :(

[@diazzsama]

knob means dick

[@cankurtoglu9473]

Oh, British.

[@Drewdapew]

I think a tuning pedal would’ve helped your tone some

[@chicktapus463]

King Crimson/ Robert Fripp. I think the difficulty of nailing any sound would be interesting to watch

[@KeeperOfPoops]

And Adrian Belew, he's gotta be there too i loved his work in the bizzare song Elephant Talk

[@D34DParadise]

Agreed

[@billyellow4849]

The Fripp solo in David Bowie's 'Fashion' would be a good place to start!

[@kardRatzinger]

Or the one from "The Night Watch", real landmark of Fripp's playing.

[@D34DParadise]

Absolutely! Fripp's guitar playing on 'scary monsters and super creeps' is fantastic.

[@MrMatticusFynchCH2]

Without busting the Bank was actually more spot on tonally.

[@ravingdrooling]

I mean Mike Kerr himself even plays a £250 Gretsch

[@cagaming9724]

I'd actually disagree, but only because of the amps and pedals they used in Without Busting. The bass itself was obviously exact.

[@sakimiyu4169]

no it wasn't! THIS was more spot on tonally cos out of the black sounded like a wet fart on the without busting figure it out was played wrong and they left out the best riff to do, Ten Tonne Skeleton

[@TFranklin06]

mike kerr uses the hollow body in a b tuning any only for songs like little monster so they kinda just looked at what he uses more than HOW it’s used(bass wise)

[@sakimiyu4169]

@@TFranklin06 he used a Starcaster on little monster and ten tonne skeleton

[@moobashi]

Sound like Tame Impala/ Kevin Parker

[@scottrobertson527]

moobashi yes man

[@moobashi]

It'd be incredibly difficult to get an ac15, a guitar, and all his pedals on a budget

[@scottrobertson527]

moobashi very true, he uses Rickenbackers so that would be like all the budget hahahaha

[@alexis-nl6pc]

Scott Robertson he also uses a Squier J Mascis Jazzmaster live. Not sure about studio but it's definitely used often in Tame Impala's live performances

[@scottrobertson527]

Alexis Santos ah right, cheers for that

[@RandomTuber782]

10:22 Matt's face when he said "big black knob".

[@the_swoletariat1621]

I personally like the one on a limited budget a little better (I listened to this first, then the limited budget) but they're both some very cool sounds!

[@tansley09]

How have you managed to sound less like it than your pretty spot on without busting version???!?

[@egnbigdave]

tansley09 its pretty dire - I love these sounds like but this is... not good.

[@hardtobearit]

Dave The Bass yeah the little monster sounded out of tune or the riff was played wrong

[@sentanyl3399]

tansley09 pretty simple, because royal blood is a really really simple band and Rabea, especially, is wayyy beyond them lol

[@danyDesigns]

Mike uses like 5 different bass guitars for different songs and each songs sounds different.. I think you can't really "nail" Royal Blood sound with just one bass.. Pretty sure they nailed the sound for atleast one RB song with this setup..

[@philipkbrayne]

Kerr said in an interview that he used the Fender Jaguar bass for most of the songs on the new album. He also used a Fender Starcaster for the lower tuned songs (B and C standard).

[@jakeybball]

Alice in Chains by busting!!! With the classic riffs!

[@JUNK_ZONE]

Seeing Matt stifling laughter after hearing "big black knob" was priceless.

[@theakstonsrock]

Could you guys please do Sound Like Robert Fripp?

[@KeeperOfPoops]

and Adrian Belew if you're doing King Crimson i love his work in Elephant Talk

[@Alex-vc2mg]

William Allison simple one, that: get a crazy guy, give him a synth and a Stratocaster. For Fripp......call a bank and ask about refinancing your house. For Tony Levin, chop off your hand and pray to C'thulu for a chance at the talent. And then, just maybe, you too can sound like King Crimson. After all, we still don't know how it works ;-)

[@floriskuiper4667]

Sounds like Wolfmother!

[@gh_pics]

He only uses the semi hollow for Little Monster he now uses a modded Fender Jag Bass for most of the songs

[@garyfurlong854]

Matt's face after Bea says "big black knob" is just great!

[@TheViliukas]

still waiting for radiohead :/

[@diegohalcon]

they made a video about radiohead sound. lol

[@williamjoyce4622]

Matts face when Rabea say 'big black knob' trying to hold the laughter

[@void3923]

Holy shit rebea looks fucking amazing Amazing how much weight he lost Props

[@swingthestatue]

Matt's face when Rabea says "Big black knob", priceless...

[@billjones7855]

Weezer Radiohead Highly suspect Stone roses Stone temple pilots

[@anthonysclafani3963]

james Baggins highly suspect is such an underrated band, I'd love to see them do a sounds like for HS

[@billjones7855]

Anthony Sclafani 100%. I've seen them a few times live and know their rig but would love to see a sounds like anyway

[@KeeperOfPoops]

Radiohead was confirmed but they're trying to make a good rig, i think it should be Fender Modern Player Telecaster (it has a coil splitting humbucker) Fender Champion 40 (it's about the right size as Jonny's Fender amp or his Vox, but i think the fender) Pro Co Rat (to replicate his Marshall Shredmaster) Digitech Whammy (for songs like My Iron Lung) T Rex Neo Compressor (cos his clean tones are very compressed) and a Strymon Mobius (for all his weird sounds)

[@billjones7855]

William Allison sweet man I didn't know it had been confirmed. That rig sounds like it'd do the job pretty perfectly 🤙

[@TheEmpyrean15]

If they do Radiohead, I hope they bring in the third guitarist. So, they can replicate Ed's, Thom's and Jonny's guitar tones. Also it's gonna be quite tough for Ed because he uses a Sustainer pickup in his and at the moment there's no stock Strat with it (Ed's signature model finally coming this fall though). But instead of a Strat they could find a Fernandes guitar with Sustainer pickups for Ed.

[@nie3091]

Love that. You should do more sounds like with bass players

[@benmorgan8115]

Anyone notice Matt's face when Rabea said "Big black nob" ??😂😂

[@nathanainger6480]

Sound like motorhead (Lemmy)

[@hammyjammies]

yikes, I think the without busting is better for accuracy :/

[@gh_pics]

Got to agree with you on that one

[@2und2sind4]

Far too little bite. Just doesn't sound right to me. If you think about that he's imitating a complete band live, the tone they ended up with is just too muddy.

[@cygneturesounds]

Vince McMahon likes big Texan bullies , its unplayable live, messing with all those pedals simultaneously. It was fun to see what the came up with but its a technical nightmare haha.

[@Mours]

2und2sind4 there's only a bassist and a drummer in royal blood but I agree with you saying it's muddy think it's the colour box.

[@gh_pics]

CYGNETURE Sounds you think that but Mike Kerr somehow manages to do it

[@chrismaneewan7651]

At 10:20 you see Rabea say big black knob, and Matt holds in laughter. Tooooo good

[@WAMMO678]

Sound like Robert Smith/The Cure please boys, love the stuff!

[@maxdupont366]

NINE INCH NAILS! I dare you try boys!

[@TimmyStaunton]

Sound like Tame Impala! :)

[@Watchgoodvideos1]

Matt's face when Rabea says 'Big black knob' you can see he's trying not to laugh haha!

[@gynka1996]

Sound like Prince with Pete please

[@PepinoMichoacan]

That would definitely be appreciated !

[@andertons]

Passed on...

[@markdavidofficial4274]

Andertons Music Co what happened to Pete?

[@flekkzo]

Only if he dresses up.

[@purpleyoda3756]

Someone has taste.

[@troblerone4190]

This is the best series from you guys!

[@rdvgrd6]

So... can you do it again when you have something he actually uses in stock..? this sounded nothing like royal blood.

[@rollingon5566]

SweBass agreed he just should have used a Mustang bass

[@wiggledixbubsy98]

tetrax th Kerr has buckers in all his basses. Mustang bass only has P and J pickups.

[@rollingon5566]

wiggledix bubsy hmm. I'm not a bass man, I just knew for certain that he was playing multiple fender basses during a music festival earlier this year. So, I reckon it's a fender bass that has buckers in, any ideas?

[@archieholden9345]

Yeah but he can’t because mike doesn’t share his pedals

[@jasonsmits2147]

The Fender he uses often with buckers is a Starcaster. I've also seen him with something that looks like a Jaguar but with a single humbucker instead of the normal Jag P/J. Either way, that isn't the problem so much, that bass can hit the sound close enough to make no difference, the issue is they haven't paired the guitar amp with the right bass amp. Forget sticking to a Fender product, they simply need at least a hybrid if not full tube power for the bass amp to hit his sound. A Rumble(while pretty good for the money) is not even close to the sound of a Bassman, simply the difference between a tube amp and a solid state. Better off with a tube Ampeg/Markbass/whatever high-end all tube head or combo they carry

[@johnnymittens77]

As soon as you said 'Big black knob' I knew there'd be bloopers. Matt's eyes after the cut were the other giveaway! 😂😂

[@yosephmcjoe9575]

Sound Like A Perfect Circle could be cool

[@Smitty_Werbenjagermanjenson]

Rabea - "... and it's got this big, black knob." Matt - *stifles a laugh*

[@isaacmiller868]

Yes, now Muse BY BUSYING

[@pavlomysak9843]

Isaac Miller YASSSS

[@litos_mendes]

thank god its by busting the bank because other way you wouldnt have the money too rent a guy to help with that pedal switching hahahahahha love you guys

[@DavidHudson]

Sounds a lot further away from them than last time and it somehow sounds more cheap. Love the harmony pedal though but the bass sounds a little out of tune at times.

[@TacticalHyena]

matts face when bea says big black knob is priceless

[@williamknox6115]

Absolutely brilliant guys! The riffs just blew my mind.

[@manbeast713]

How did you both not laugh your heads off when Rebea said 'big black knob'.... amazing statement, amazing vid!!

[@herbienelly53]

I'VE BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR THIS!! So happy.

[@kevinp_25]

The one thing I dislike about the "By busting The Bank" episodes is: Shop for accuracy without worrying about the budget. Don't try to spend as much as possible and still get close. Small but significant difference. Overall, I still love you guys though!

[@thomascarmichael6659]

Would love to see a Sound Like Sleep or Electric Wizard! Need some Stoner Doom love in here!

[@ItsMeeCambeey]

Haven't watched this since the sound like Royal Blood without busting the bank. Top video lads. Rabea you're looking good man.

[@-salley879]

Sounds like Periphery!

[@Real_Boye]

I just love how people completely forget to leave feedback and just spam the comment with requests... Good vid, guys..

[@SirAngusSteele]

"Spaghetti and Square Things." New band name, called it!

[@OmarSierraltaV11]

Guys, Mike is using custom Fender Jaguar (or Jazzmaster?) short scale basses now. In the latest full video of a concert he didn't used the Starcaster at all, but those Jaguar's looke sweet.

[@ivanprolcacabelos6093]

Sound like Nine Inch Nails!

[@joeyoung9185]

Holy shit, Rabea looks fantastic!

[@Cjcj_1214]

turning that big black knob?

[@Smiffy1203]

Matt laughing at the end had just made my night! brilliant

[@robhall31]

Sounds like Wolfmother?

[@mozzarox]

YES ! These guys are playing Australia's biggest festival in a few days and im gonna be there, this sounds like came just in time for a bit of extra hype !

[@rhainellis531]

mozzarox bro I was hoping I'd see a comment saying this, fuck yeah I'll be there!!

[@jonasbacker1]

I'm a huge fan of sound like and royal blood but I must say that the tone is not quite thr right one. I have no clue thats exactly wrong with it (maybe more dirty tone) but it does not feel like royal blood. As I said I'm a huge fan of anderton's sound like so keep it up!

[@CIRCLEOFTONE]

Colour box is awesome. I used it to recreate The Beatles and it came out close.

[@keiranmacpherson8967]

Sound like the stone roses

[@Jakeshapedworld]

10:24 i'm dying at matt's reaction to what rabea said

[@davidlane9657]

its doesnt really sound like royal blood, when there playing the riffs its reminiscent of the song and still has the same feel but not the same sound. its seems like the notes need to last longer, i think you need more pedals to make it sound like an Electric guitar like he does than just bass with a shit ton of distortion. You guys make great video's though.

[@PBL187]

David Lane Plus that bass guitar they used is shite. The Gretsch Electromatic they used in the budget vid sounded much closer

[@KeeperOfPoops]

yes it does! it sounds so much like royal blood out of the black sounded like a wet fart in the without busting and figure it out was too clinky in the without busting not entirely sure about little monster but this version is definately better than the without bustin

[@KeeperOfPoops]

@PBL187 No it's not, the reverend bass is amazing, the Gretsch Electromatic they used in the budget vid wasn't even remotely close

[@kaitc8167]

@@KeeperOfPoops lol u realize that the gretsch is what mike actually used for most of their first album

[@sleekskyline120]

I knew that outtake was going to happen. I saw Matt's snicker the first time Rabea said "big black knob".

[@harrycook9041]

Sound like MEGADETH please!!!

[@jaedonbusch6679]

Trekkie 135 yesss, i've been asking for so long!

[@rikkifknrobin]

Trekkie 135 sounding like Dave would be easy. Just make some douchey remarks and call people cunts

[@the_swoletariat1621]

I also want to hear him sound like Chris Broderick. He's easily one of the best guitarists Megadeth has ever had.

[@RobertDeer]

I think its time for a New Video to the New Album! Hyped

[@asterhogan1]

yes! can we get a bust the bank for sabbath and include geezer butler since it was his birthday and got a wah... please

[@jonigrau]

Thank you for showing me this Band! Best thing I've heard for a long time.

[@greedfgc1830]

SOUND LIKE SMASHING PUMPKINS!!!

[@Uli-zg9uk]

please!!!

[@Zilegil]

Greed FGC REINHARDT REINHARDT REINHARDT!!!

[@bustyboy123]

Greed FGC is hard to do pumpkins cause Billy just sits in the studio and over dubs the guitar around 50 times to get that full sounds

[@thepowditchinator]

They go for live sound on the show generally, so that shouldn't be too much of a problem.

[@Samizsm23]

yess

[@Rickyswoop]

Rabea you're in great shape bro, good stuff!

[@widowmaker5544]

i'm surprised there's no intro saying that it's sound like on andertons tv i must admit the outtakes make my day can i request some by busting versions of Joe Satriani Black Stone Cherry Queen Iron Maiden Black Keys Jack White The Darkness Metallica James Marshal Hendrix Motley Crue Aerosmith and that's the best i can do right now

[@Tom_SDM]

Almost all of those have already been done though >.>

[@widowmaker5544]

no they haven't, not by busting the bank

[@SerjBassist]

I got into Royal Blood last year thanks to you guys (and Biffy Clyro and Arcane Roots as well). Just a little detail, I would have the dry output of the POG completely off into the guitar amp. Anyway, keep the good work and DO MORE BASS SOUNDS LIKE PLEASE.

[@generalwrex]

Awesome! Dream Theater in an upcoming video? :)

[@billrowse2266]

Seeing Royal Blood in three days time at Splendour in the Grass. Excited

[@edmales9719]

sounds like Kyuss would be cool

[@racistnice4652]

Just run an all humbucker guitar through a cranked bass amp with a Big Muff Pi or Fuzzface and roll a joint.

[@CoolspyGaming]

The sound that they got on the QOTSA sound like would do nicely for Kyuss songs as well.

[@simmonphoenix3206]

Wow. Those tones were great.

[@junomartini-zeller614]

Sounds like Amon Amarth!

[@yearninescience4824]

Can somebody please cut a clip of Rabea at 10:24 saying Big Black Knob 😂😂😂 love the vids btw

[@psym4ntis392]

Sound like shit BY busting the bank 😂😂

[@saulgoodeguitars]

Psym4ntis they did that with the tool by busting the bank

[@facedowngaming]

Psym4ntis they did that with royal blood by busting the bank

[@Jesperadoo]

You can see Matt holding back a laugh after Bea said "big, black knob" xD

[@jtfc7286]

Sounds like Cage The Elephant

[@TheRHSman]

So good!!! Rabea looking super buff too!

[@llovebeats3749]

Do KEVIN SHIELDS!

[@KeeperOfPoops]

and Belinda Butcher from Bullet For My Valentine wait that's thr wrong band

[@llovebeats3749]

oh lol....

[@jezzemy22]

mike kerr uses the ehx germanium fuzz as his distortion for things like lights out. the extra supersonic utilises the same effects as the first but also has the harmonist so you still get the 'guitar' tone and bass tone as well as the harmonist at the same time which is what makes it sound 'massive'. but also he uses some kind of auto wah or vibe which you can hear dotted throughout the second album. these are just suggestions which may get you closer, much respect to you guys for these videos and i'd love to see a sound like foals

[@jmcdermottuk]

So many people on youtube so early in the morning, wow. We're such sad bastards...

[@drewperrot]

jmcdermottuk lol true shit

[@tristantheartist]

Or we have work, haha

[@drewperrot]

Tom Evans at 2am?

[@chicktapus463]

time zones my dude

[@void3923]

jmcdermottuk It's 4:30 pm for me

[@d.jacobush.7389]

I use a Fender Jazz bass, a Fender Rumble 40 and a Bass Muff (tone 9 o'clock, sustain 3 o'clock) for playing Royal Blood.

[@maxymetalman]

Sound like Rob Chapman by busting the bank

[@Ebb1337]

Rabbea! I heard that sneaky Re-arranged bass intro by Limp Bizkit at the end! 18:26

[@archie6728]

Sound like the Fratellis!!!!!!

[@dylanlbdb]

Love the good morning at the start even though it's stupidly late and I should be asleep lmao

[@wojtas0511]

Sound Like Josh Homme- By Busting The Bank!!!

[@michaeldorrenbacher8977]

I did not know this band...but maaaaan, this sound has huge balls! Great!

[@samiam7001]

Do radiohead and eagles

[@KeeperOfPoops]

Radiohead was confirmed but they're trying to make a good rig, i think it should be Fender Modern Player Telecaster (it has a coil splitting humbucker) Fender Champion 40 (it's about the right size as Jonny's Fender amp or his Vox, but i think the fender) Pro Co Rat (to replicate his Marshall Shredmaster) Digitech Whammy (for songs like My Iron Lung) T Rex Neo Compressor (cos his clean tones are very compressed) and a Strymon Mobius (for all his weird sounds)

[@Rorschack]

that walnut jazz bass is BEAUTIFUL :O

[@mattwanek8197]

Please sound like JOY DIVISION

[@Blondie-fp6gx]

Sound like SLAYER without busting the bank. BUT by busting the walls around you...SLAAAYERRRRRR!!!

[@nathantompsett6985]

Sounds like Chris Wolstenholme?

[@KeeperOfPoops]

or better muse BY busting the bank

[@Viper-dz2kw]

Chris's rig is relatively similar to mike's as he based the royal blood sound off of Chris's bass tone

[@gliocchiali6075]

@@Viper-dz2kw not at all, Mike sounds more like Jack White than Chris, Chris' tone is more high and low while in Mike tone there's also alot of mids.

[@Viper-dz2kw]

Gli occhiali I apologize for this comment, lol I made it a long time ago, idk wtf I was thinking lol, although what I said is true, mike did say he based his tone off of Chris’s early muse tone

[@philusschwiftikusreaction]

Oh you mean Chirs Wolstenholfnesuhfsewf?

[@ErnestoMartinezC]

I really like it when you do these effect heavy rigs. The most interesting sounds like by far...

[@JimmyMilne]

This had made my week. SO GOOD

[@sinapetito]

Sound like radiohead!!!