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[@sonicclang]

3 body problem is really good, just don't expect a resolution to the story in season 1. There were 3 (kind of 4) books in the series and this is just the start of a journey you can't even imagine. I just hope they continue making more seasons!

[@alankelly1001]

Amp magic is measured in "gnomes" ("gn"). Apparently, you get the best magic running a 16 gnome amp into a 4 gnome cab...

[@SlightlyTechnical]

lol

[@TranceMasterJack]

Yep cause the 12 extra gnomes are free and that's where the magic is. Free gnomes

[@larslevinberget9558]

yeah, they are truly not resistance elves, but electricity gnomes man...

[@patrickmollohan3082]

Gnomes Law?

[@neilduty8448]

This made me chuckle loads😂😂😂

[@deaddadd]

Glen, to your point about speakers...I'm a bassist and was running two amps with my Ric 4003. At the time, they were a GK 400RB through a Hartke 4x10 and a pre-Fender SWR through a Hartke 2x10 and a homemade 15 with an Orion car stereo speaker. Decent sound but not what I was after. Hartkes started taking a dump and replaced the 4x10s with Eminence. Those speakers alone made a HUGE difference! Well, if some is good, then more is better. Replaced the 2x10s and the 15 with Eminence as well. Years go by, job pays more and I replaced both the amps. Micro VR (4 ohms) in place of the GK, Portaflex 350 in place of the SWR (8 ohms)...The sound I've been chasing is here. It all started by replacing the speakers.

[@ElectronicsGuy666]

I started using Eminence bass speakers about 25 years ago. Over time I’ve probably put 10-15 of them in different cabs. Except for a 1976 Ampeg 8x10 w/ the original speakers (that I did NOT remove) the Eminence are always an upgrade.

[@StudioAmpCaptures]

I'm a Tube Sniffer! DEAL WITH IT GLENN!!!!!

[@nicholaswechsler9150]

I use my old tubes as a meth pipe

[@StudioAmpCaptures]

@@nicholaswechsler9150 ingenuity! You have it Sir.

[@matzer8846]

Don't burn your nose

[@chrispodesta8105]

Somebody draw a cartoon of a waiter, but instead of a wine bottle he's got a Mesa Dual rec and he's offering the patron the tubes to sniff (Can't draw or I would myself) Step two: t shirts?

[@StudioAmpCaptures]

@chrispodesta8105 I'll have 2 Wiffs of the 6L6 good sir, extra hot please...😄 O it smells so warm and harmonicly rich!! Ughgugh

[@1972LittleC]

The magic- thing: Although I'm a big believer in data, we all know that when it comes to art, some things the artist works with have a certain "je ne sais quoi", that little extra you can't catch in data. That's why you get people who keep coming back to that one guitar, that one brush, that one thing that makes it special for them. Because you said it yourself; it's art.

[@castleanthrax1833]

Yep. Gear is for the artist... not the admirer. Nobody cares what knives the chef used to make that awesome "dish," but the chef certainly does.

[@blackfowl75]

You can catch everything with data, as long as you’re diligent enough and know what the variables are. I see two main reasons why people come back to that one thing: placebo, and “it just works”. “It just works” is not a problem because that’s what we ultimately want out of anything: that it does its job, and ideally does it exactly how we want to. Edit: art is not about mystical whatnots that “data can’t catch”. It’s about creatively expressing an idea, using the tools that we have.

[@blackfowl75]

@@castleanthrax1833Pretty sure chefs only care that the knife they’re using is one that’s fit for the job and sharp.

[@castleanthrax1833]

@blackfowl75 I wasn't implying there's anything magical about them. Just that they care about their "gear" and the diner doesn't. BTW, Chefs spend hundreds on their knives. They don't walk into the kitchen and say, "Just bring me the sharp knives." They own their own knives and take them with them wherever they go.

[@blackfowl75]

@@castleanthrax1833 If you don’t agree with the “magic” thing, I’m not sure why you replied to this comment. Also, the reason chefs buy expensive knives is because they’re objectively better than cheap knives. And the reason why they have their own knives, is because it gives consistent results, which you can’t guarantee if you just take random knives in a kitchen. However, if there was some kind of standard which would guarantee that kitchens have great knives that are razor-sharp, it would be different. But I see now that this is diverging from the original discussion so feel free to disregard it.

[@swanofnutella4734]

I don't remember ever hearing a "re-mastered" album that was an improvement on the original. EDIT: I appreciate the tips, but the idea was NOT to request suggestions, but to make a point about demographics. Cheers.

[@dcfevens783]

Rush - Vapor Trails

[@glauer42]

They can be. A lot of CDs from the 80s weren't that great. They tended to have too much treble and not enough mid and and bass, so they sounded "thin." The problem with a lot of remasters is instead of just tweaking the EQ, they crank the volume, causing two issues: loss of dynamics and clipped sound. Both of those things cause listening fatigue. Just search on the Loudness Wars for all the info. It's been covered to death, so I don't feel there's a reason for Glenn to add his two cents, but more power to him if he thinks he can add to the discussion.

[@swanofnutella4734]

@@glauer42 I'm familiar with the broad stroke aspects of the loudness wars. But yeah, just throwin' it out there. ...Not that there are NO albums that haven't been improved by a quality re-mastering ...I just haven't ever heard one in my personal listening experience. ....I think that alone, says something ...is my point.

[@glauer42]

@@swanofnutella4734 The Castle remasters of Iron Maiden's albums, which were done in 1995, are excellent

[@garrettgeary5531]

Megadeth's 2002 reissue of Killing is My Business... counts

[@BeatsAndMeats]

Haha!!! You should see how the fart-sniffer Ludwig snare owners are like

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

Punchy, yet warm?

[@BeatsAndMeats]

@@SpectreSoundStudios “With a bottom end that blooms when struck hard.”

[@bigdre247]

It's obvious the real conspiracy is that @spectresoundstudios sells speakers, and is a share holder!

[@Guilhermetmfranco]

Glen, wft is a reamp boooooox?!?!? Please make a video for dummies about it! Ive watched your channel for a while, but i still dont know what it is...

[@southerntrendkiller2632]

@@Guilhermetmfrancohe has…a few times

[@conluciusplayz]

Mate one more comment... One thing that I learnt & it's especially important to me because I've started busking {street performing}. Depending on where I'm sitting in my room or more so, when I'm on the street so to speak, the sound is usually fine but sometimes it just doesn't sound right & I'm pretty sure it always comes down to the "acoustics" of where I'm playing. Lol, can't remember what this comment was in reference to but I'm sure you'll figure it out for me. Too early. More coffee needed 🤣🤟🏻🎸

[@robinsonmitchell9995]

On digital processing of vocals: Autotune is only ever bloody awful. Tuning correction during post-processing is a standard practice, but one expert has said (accurately I think) that the better you are as a vocalist, the more you have to lose by digital auto-correction. It's the imperfections that add artistry to vocal performance.

[@larslevinberget9558]

You would practically not touch a star-vocalist track with autotune, so that's already out of the question. It then cooks down to;: music with autotune in the mix are inferior, due to the lack of interest from real singers, so you had the neighbor's bonus-boy fill in on your latest nu-metal gone Bieber pop-rap ;D

[@infinidominion]

The better you are, the less of that extra processing is needed

[@blackfowl75]

I think that you’re forgetting that these tools not only have a threshold for correction, and that in the worst case scenario, you can automate the on/off state of that plugin.

[@corybarnes2341]

I agree with that. The better the vocalist the more they have to lose by adding poorly applied processing of any type.

[@corybarnes2341]

@@blackfowl75 Or you can just render pitch correction to a couple of notes in the whole piece and leave the rest alone.

[@mickhoward3954]

Love the new segment Glenn, top shelf mate!

[@CaliRaftDude]

I tremendously appreciate the work (well.. research really) that you have done here. I was unfortunate to have all my stuff stolen when I was young but insurance allowed we to recalibrate my belongings to an ADA MP-1, the matched power amp, a Quadraverb and a Carvin 4x12. I didn't understand how lucky I was in those choices. Moving forward now, after I gave up on a career in music, I am able to afford equipment I could only once dream of and I sort of organically began to understand precisely what you have brilliantly demonstrated. While I would say my SLO-30 does 'feel' a more capable piece of equipment than others I have, it wasn't until I built my own cabinet and challenged myself with dramatically different speakers that I stumbled upon big, and favorable, changes to my sound profile. My advice to those still in the denial stage would be to try 3-4 sets of speakers.. if it's an embarrassing result, no need to confess - but consider that for many, money is a finite and the cheapest lesson is one you learn at someone else's expense. btw - Foundation was slow.. but did get interesting. 3 Body Problem was solid. For All Mankind is also really solid in that genre if you haven't seen it.

[@Slyndan]

Thank you so much for everything! Not only am i learning really good lessons with home-recording, i did recommend your channel to a bunch of people that want to start playing -but dont know where to start. There are so many people out there that thinks you need the most expensive stuff to sound good. Not thinking about theory and practice! Love your stuff and you.. you handsome bastard ! Ps. yes we are all subscribed and i just bought two of your plugins.. they are f-in kickass! And guess what! One of the guys bought the blue Benton that you recommended and he loves it. I’ve recorded with it and boy.. what a kickass sound for the low cost! Stay awesome dude! ❤🤘🏻

[@adampavelec857]

For the remaster episode, I think a null test is a must! Definitely willing to contribute to help make that happen.

[@michael912000]

I have a Tube head, A solid State modelr and amp sims of tube amps, I love them all

[@NinerFourWhiskey]

I've been playing the same Deluxe Reverb since 1983. It still works great. I eventually went into electrical engineering. Only mods were to the otherwise unused, "normal" channel to add reverb/trem and a couple of capacitors/resistors to tighten up the bass in that channel (ala early non-master Marshall) to make it more pedal and crank up friendly. Best money I've ever spent. I can mic it up for just about any tone you want and it is easy to carry.

[@tbone7463]

Im loving your content, i am returning to playing after nearly 20years off. I still have my old gear, Randall vmax head, and arrgh a Behringer 4x12 Jensens cab. Im definitely looking into replacing 2 speakers to work on getting a nicer tone. Im all for the new ways people are doing things, but i also wanna gig this rig aswell, so I'll stick with my old man amp for now. Thanks for the zero bullshit gear tests and reviews. Saves me buying more amps and guitars. 🤘🏻

[@littlerhodyguitar2169]

Shogun is awesome so far, I haven't finished it yet but so far I like it a lot. I only watched the first episode of Body but I thought it was great and can't wait to see the rest of it as well. Thanks for everything you do Glenn, you FN Rock!!

[@AbsentCurtis]

I know its not an exact science but I used a cab ir loader and downloaded cab irs for a few speakers that I was looking at. Recorded my amp direct so I had a control and swapped out the irs. There are of course differences in the cab, mic placement & distance, etc but it gave me a good idea of what the differences are and helped to make my decision.

[@Synster73]

Another great upload Glenn! I've only been watching for a few months and have already saved money on production equipment.

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

Happy to help!

[@csabadanyiko6096]

I own an old cheap harley benton guitar combo amp, it has quite mediocre sound, but I just built a cabinet and put a Celestion midnight and a Celestion seventy 80 into it and now it sound awesome. I also have two really old (like 50 years old) Goodmans speakers, that are in a repair shop now, they need reconing, and ever since I heard the Goodmans sound in the video with you and Kristian Kohle I'm really excited to experiment with them. I cannot wait to get them back finally.

[@andyrichardson9254]

Great video Glenn, love it when you piss people off! I just got done binging 3 body problem season 1 and I highly recommend it.

[@darkonation]

Nothing like getting yelled at by Glenn in the morning. This is that part of this timeline I actually enjoy! 🍻 Cheers!

[@karterestill]

My wife is always like "Oh great it's the guy who yells alot😂" when ever I start the video

[@darkonation]

@@karterestill 🤣….. my wife too!

[@markuskoski7310]

@@darkonation Same here 🤣

[@jaycswift4751]

I am certainly here for the abuse!

[@larslevinberget9558]

Glenn Danzig maybe...

[@GeorgeNewburgh]

thanks for the hard work!

Thing about speaker „breaking in”: you have to watch the coil temperature, it’s kinda obvious that hot coil gonna act a bit different. Common thing to tune the sound at the gigs due to coil temperature. The thing with speaker „breaking in” is some dudes claim that moving parts such as speaker suspension loosen up and therefore it sounds different. Supposedly. Worth checking

[@metal_helm]

@13:21 thanks for the shoutout! Just for the record, the majority of my videos get copyright claimed (despite me making absolutely sure that all versions compared are at EQUAL volume), not taken down.The only thing I get blocked is Ozzy and Dio comparisons and I wonder why that might be...🤔

[@PeterMoore350]

Great video Glenn. I replaced my 4 EL84 valves/ tubes on my H&K Grandmeister Deluxe 40 with JJs bought from a local reseller here. Not because I wanted to - it was because i had a failure. I bought the amp from Thomanns shipped down to NZ. They RMA’d it at their cost, shipped it back after confirming the factory shipped Chinese valves were the issue. Being out of work I couldn’t afford a quad set outright but found a reseller willing to let me pay it off over a couple of months. Valves are in, no more issues and guess what? Sounds exactly the same which is good 😎 Tone valves/tubes hey ? 😂🤣😂🤣 Cheers from NZ 😎🎸🤘

[@andreasferlin8214]

I think you are awesome! Thanks for both informative and entertaining contents. 👊. Keep it up

[@Vermonster23]

I agree with you about the perfect performance, Glenn. The reason I love the Rolling Stones is because you can hear the imperfections coming through. I also loved Soundgarden for the same reason… Geez, I’m aging myself.👀 I think the easiest way to achieve” amp magic” is to use an eq in the effect loop

[@macxpert3588]

If you want to "break in" a speaker fast then hook it up to a variac and adjust the voltage till the speaker is close to its X max and run it for a minute or two. Let the voice coil cool down and repeat three or four times. All you are doing is softening the spider and the cone surround. Cloth surrounds break in less that paper surrounds so keep that in mind.

[@Rdcg1991]

I have a Peavey Valveking. It's amazing!!! It was very cheap, I just had to invested and a couple of good quality 12" Eminence Governor Speakers. I have zero regrets. The tones are killer, I spent less than $800 in everything. All thanks to listen to you Glenn. Best regards from Costa Rica.

[@wieslawirzyniec4527]

Glenn, i actually had the same strings on my Strat style guitar and my B.C. Rich. I needed a brighter sound and - guess what. THEY SOUNDED THE SAME. So i took my pliers and rewired the Strat to have some thinner, less metal sounding strings. And guess what - it worked! thanks!

[@javierarenas2213]

I just keep learning with this channel. You mention re amp box, don't know if you have made an episode about that but would be a good one.

[@bassplayer2011ify]

And for breaking in speakers. And iso box is great idea. What most people do at least in the hi-fi community is run white and pink noise through for anywhere from a few hours or a day or two. There could in theory be some merit to it. But I haven't seen any definitive tests.

[@soundmanlab659]

thanks glenn for answering my question!

[@thebigLamuzki]

What am I going to do with all this time that I used to spend researching gear? I guess I'm just going to have to practice.... I do think it would be helpful for some of us to have a speaker's frequency response graph described in terms of what it means for your tone with a few sound demos. Just a thought. Love the content, thanks man!

[@thumbsdownbandit]

I once did an a/b comparsion between the original AC/DC "High Voltage" album and the remastered version. Turns out the "remaster" is just louder. There are virtually no differences when the volumes are matched. They didn't even bother to get rid of that high pitched noise/squeal that always annoyed the F out of me on the early AC/DC CD prints, which was my reason to buy the remaster in the first place.

[@gtmuse329A]

I never thought of it, but yes…Glenn is the Penn (minus Teller) of metal production (with a little Jon Taffer from Bar Rescue thrown in)! 🎸

[@TheGuitarpadawan]

Hey Glen, I'm trying to find my own sound right now and have started to look to the right part of the signal chain, thanks to you. So I think about equipping a cabinet with two different types of speakers, I'm really fond of the Celestion Greenback 24 Watts at 16 Ohm, but I'm not sure yet what would make a nice couple with it to make the sound a bit gnarlier, or if mixing different speakers in the same cabinet is a good idea at all. Cheers from Germany.

[@joshuamessenger]

Glenn! Make that video! Show me how to turn lamp wire into a speaker cable.

[@jonsick445]

I just fitted new power valves to my Engl Powerball II and my Marshall TSL100. The Powerball went from Engl 6L6s to JJs, I couldn't perceive any difference in overall tone. The TSL100 had TungSols in it and as they're stupid expensive, that got JJs too. That was a huge difference. Same EQ positions (I know this amplifier inside and out as I've serviced and repaired hundreds of them easily). The reason I heard not much difference on the Engl is it has a very clean power section while its dirt and saturation is almost entirely preamp driven. Conversely, the TSL100 is very dirty on the power stage and the two sections like most Marshalls play off each other greatly. It's also a big reason why many suggest Marshalls tend to want to be loud. But to state that valves make no difference at all is a bit of a misnomer. While I can explain the now "fuller" sound of the TSL100 due to swapping tired and old power valves out for new ones, the apparent brighter high-end together with an overall lessened low end I cannot quite other than to say... valves do make a difference. I have also refitted countless preamp valves to the TSL100 (and other Marshalls besides) and learned over the years to try and avoid EH valves for it. The reason is they sound oversaturated and really make the high end quite nasty. None of this was brought from any internet forums, this is me, on my own, in a room just after repairing stuff for people or my own gear. In which case, if you could kindly tell to me how I am wrong on this when it's been my experience numerous times, I would be grateful.

[@PeterMoore350]

13:35 I got a message from YT when i uploaded a video to YT about being demonetised but they said it wasn’t a copyright strike. I removed the video not because of that but because i was trying to sort out an HD version whereas the one that got published was like 360p or something. Thx for the the reminder. I’ll get back to that one

[@dshredmusic]

Warren Huart did a tour at the Audeze factory and they basically said the whole breaking in speakers is just to make it match a speaker (in this case, membrane) that has seen use from day 1 and as a quality control method. They didn't mention any increase in sound quality or openness.

[@tummablues4013]

This is a general comment, whenever I plug in, and try to record anything, since watching your videos, (especially when I want to cut a corner) there you are, like my fucking mum, over my shoulder, saying whatever I shouldn't be doing, and keeping me on the path of righteousness... Thank you so much, love your attitude, and the wisdom, much respect!

[@km24music9]

SWEET. the Valve King Vk100 is really a good amp I bought mine for $700. looking forward to that comparison.

[@numanuma20]

Please do a speaker comparison with combo amps.

[@KennethCrickmore-sl8jl]

I have a tiny Blackstar ID Coe stereo 40, original version. . It sounds great for the diminutive size. with a pair of 6.5 in. speakers. I will soon add a pair of switched 1/4 in output jacks to grive a pair of 4X8 verticla tower cabs to stand to either sie of my xig screen . I will also intefrate the towera into the surround system through a switching box to select the signal source. from amp to surround ro to towers or any combo as I wish. I also just finished the Strat based Stellarcaster I built . ... 3 humbuckers each with P/P coil splitting 500 k vol. pots , # 500L tone pots one of which is also a P/p to activate the nec and bridge regardless of 5-way selector se. position .. It looks and sounds great with the stars and planets space theme paint on the body and head stock and the Pickups and controls are all mounted in a custom hand made stainless steel pick guarl. the control cavity and pick guard are extended further down and around the bridge with the output jack also in the pick guard. I added roller saddles and a ful size solid brass trem slock , a titanium nut and roller strin tree, as well as locking tuners. looks soo coool and plays great with 9-46 strin set tuner to E-Flat. llike any good Strat should be. ... Wanna Play?

[@FXJunky]

Don’t get me wrong…. I love my quirky niche metal tube combo of choice… but I’m open to anything that sounds really good. The last time I went into the studio I trusted the guy running it, and ran through a boost and a real 5150 head into a cab sim. Sounded great. Love it. Gonna try it with the direct outs on my amp next time.

[@angusorvid8840]

I love the Peavey Valvekings and wish Peavey would bring them back. I almost bought a Valveking II combo last year for $350. I regret not snatching it up. Solid sounding amp for the classic rock/traditional metal tones I dig.

[@Vander_berg]

I just bought a Valveking 4x12 cab in damn near mint shape for $240 CDN. I love that people hate the Valveking. Bring on the hate :)

[@angusorvid8840]

@@Vander_berg I think they are some of the finest amps Peavey or any company have ever produced.

[@denverrandy7143]

Have fun out and about,Glenn!!!👍

[@LongWang-w6j]

Great channel Glenn. Have you heard the story about the 2 guitar players. The first guitar player buys a $3000 guitar and says to the second guitar player “Can you hear how good this guitar makes me sound” The second guitar player buys a $300 guitar and says to the first guitar player “Can you hear how good I make this guitar sound”

[@bassplayer2011ify]

If you are going remaster vs original Rust in Peace, Peace Sells, and Countdown to Extintion are three prefect examples of why you never an artist near a mixing desk.

[@evancaudill2517]

Hey Glen! I think you should do a comparison video with the lunchbox heads vs there fullsize counterparts! That way we can see your attention to detail show what tube sound vs a solid state emulation of them sound like side by side!

[@nauroticdax]

Pleasantly surprised to see you mention the valveking I keep recommending the vk series from peavy to people but no one seems to care about them because no one well known is using them it seems, I have had the 212 for a long time and they're infinitely moddable with adding a resistor here a jumper there or a valve swap on the pre you can get it to sound like a jcm800 or even a mesa...you can even make the mods switchable and since it's not a highly sought after amp they're cheap af but the circuitry is almost identical to those other amps. The only downsides I can think of with them is I see a lot with wrecked pots that are not easy to find replacements for being proprietary 5 pin (though if you're willing to do some janky wiring you can get away with any in the right value) the texture pot on the back doesn't seem to do anything but make it a little louder it's supposed to allow you to blend between the power stage acting like an A or an AB class by blending the signal away from 2 of the 4 power tubes idk I never really notice a difference, the 2 channels are wired up in a weird way too I cant explain it but if you put a dummy plug (like a 6.3 to 3.5mm adaptor) into the second channel not connected to anything while plugged into channel 1 you seem to get a touch more gain then when you roll it off it responds a little more...predictably? I guess...they're not isolated from each other is the main point which is a bit weird. Also it would be nice if there was a master volume control...newer ones might have it but even mine SAYS master over one pot but it's talking about master volume of the reverb not the overall output I found putting an expression pedal in the effect loop is a pretty good way of getting the same thing though if you wanted to I guess you could solder a pot to two 6.3mm plugs at the right distance and use that. Other than all that I wouldn't say best amp in the world but definitely a seriously under appreciated amp that I imagine is going to get very expensive when people realise how good they are

[@richnorris1061]

I made my own re amp box and it works a treat 😀

[@eliassimon666]

Idea for a test, since I saw a video criticizing that in your Recto vs 5150 video, you avoided using the amps with the settings that make them sound best. For the test, get two amps and two engineers. One engineer dials in their "sweet spot" tone on one amp, then the other engineer sees how close they can get to that tone *on the other amp*.

[@nobrakes3765]

For recording, I have a heavily gigged Marshall cab with G12s (still gig it) that sounds way better than a newish Mesa Recto with V30s that was bought for and stays in the studio. I chalk that up to the wear on speakers 'cause I can remember the Marshall sounding harsh in the 90s.

[@devon-graves-studio-D]

"...Clutch their pearls" Man that's awesome!

[@TheWorstManOnEarth]

Hi Glenn ! Thanks a lot for all the advice ! I got so much out of it. NEVERTHELESS, the more you're going afar from "metal" the more you enter the territory of "little things matter" ... such as a mid-range focused "TV-Jones" pickup sounds a world different than a standard "Gibson 59 copy" humbucker and surely even more different than a "Jazz voiced P-90" ... so, when you get "in that territory" you are going to need a couple of dedicated equipment, like a couple of different sounding guitars like solid bodies and hollow bodies, and a couple of amps including a "horrible sounding hyper clean solid state amp" (twilight zone type nightmare for a metal headbanger 😆). That said, your show is wonderful, especially talking about recording gear (software, hardware), of course!

[@DaisyHollowBooks]

Good information is good information, even if it contradicts what I think I know. Thanks for what you do!

[@DaisyHollowBooks]

BTW: I just replaced a speaker in a small practice amp. Made a world of difference.

[@tomotoole3898]

I totally agree on the speaker thing. My V30 sounds great no matter what I plug into it, and I have another speaker that sounds like complete garbage no matter what I plug into it or how I tweak settings. I spent years twisting knobs and playing with different overdrives, then I snagged that V30 plugged my amp in and almost immediately got the sounds I was looking for. Night and day differences between them. I still love messing with real amps though. Probably more of a habit thing now, it's how I grew up. Funny thing is I'm a software developer, you'd think I'd be 100% on the modeler/digital train and have completely abandoned traditional amps by now. But you know, sometimes the process of plugging into the interface, firing up all the software, getting your presets/IR's loaded, oh wait, one has an update, let's wait for that to download as my motivation to play drops faster than the download progress bar completes.... is just a whole lot more work than plugging into the front of something you know will sound good, flipping a couple switches and jamming.

[@RudeRecording]

Recently saw an article saying that 1/4" phone plugs are NOT recommended for use with class D [digital] amps. The article recommended that only Speakon connectors be used with class D. The problem is that apparently, even a momentary short from hot to ground can cause amp failure. It was news to me, since many of the amps used in modeling amps are class D this could be important. If 1/4" connectors are used the amp must be off while making the connection. Good practice anyway. For tube amps and other analog types, heavy cable will yield better power transfer.

[@johnnyd63]

Spending $5,000 on a Mesa or Marshall 100 watt amp to play Iron Man in your bedroom.😮

[@Dreamdancer11]

Especially when you can spend 15 bucks for a quality impulse response pack and use even free amp sims to do the same thing with the same results....

[@TheSectric]

I feel like it's got to be a flex thing mostly. Like yeah I'm sure everyone wishes they could have all of these giant expensive amps, but even most who could afford one, wouldn't be able to crank it or whatever anyway. I also think some people are just so vain that it upsets them that you can get good tones for practically free nowadays, instead of "suffering through years of shitty gear to get a good tone like I did when I was young"

[@timothyquinn4919]

Life goals

[@Gainovermg]

I bought a Laney for $5000 because I needed to play Iron Man “authentically”

[@kagenotatsumaki]

A DSL 100 watt head is only $1000 - $1200 to be fair.

[@JohnCaughell]

One thing about mid- higher end wines, they generally are higher manufacturing quality and lower in pesticide concentration. Which lowering glyphosphate intake is nice.

[@carwynvan]

Yes definitely the valveking episode! I used to have one and love it but it was far too much for what I needed and sold it on. Had people turning their noses up at the cheaper Peavey rather than me getting a 6505/5150 but I always thought it sounded great

[@Arthemesia]

Isn't Ritchie Blackmore's speaker a Rivera Rock Crusher with the EQ band? You should definitely check that out! It's just the load box with the EQ

[@Bandguy333415]

I have a peavy valve king head but i am in south Florida. Would love to see it on your show.

[@RPSchonherr]

That one about the $200 v. $700 amps depends on where you use them. If you just work in a studio you don't need a wall of speakers with multiple amps, you might get the sound you want from a quality combo. On the other hand, if you are on a stadium tour you just might want to invest in several thousands of dollars worth of speakers and amps.

[@travisspaulding2222]

It doesn't even have to be a stadium tour. If you're in a working band, will that $200 amp stand up to the constant loading and unloading into venues and into trailers? Will it withstand the bumpy roads, temperature changes, various power situations in venues, etc. Making a case to buy a $200 amp over a $700 amp only really works in one context. Whether or not that amp will sit in a climate controlled smoke free room its entire life.

[@RPSchonherr]

@@travisspaulding2222 You get the point though, how much you spend depends on how the item is going to be used. If I was in a gigging band I would want the $1400 amp/ cab and maybe pay extra for travel cases. If you're getting paid to play, you don't get paid if you can't play because of equipment problems. If you are just a hobbyist, spending that kind of money is just a status symbol.

[@ParallaxSound315]

12:45 damn, I'm not in the Windsor area, but I actually just sold mine a year ago when I made the switch to a modeler. If I still had it I definitely would have sent it your way

[@jjulch]

I don’t record beyond an interface to my iPad so I won’t be getting a reload box. However, I do use a looper pedal at the end of my signal chain for testing my sound through different amps. It does comes in handy at a sound check when you don’t have a sound guy. I’ll record a simple loop and check the sound levels and tones from the audience perspective. When it comes to speakers, it is somewhat hard to do because you can buy a new speaker but companies like Sweetwater won’t let you return them. Oddly you can buy a cabinet and return it..

[@ThatGuysGuitars]

Everything affects your tone; be it slightly or greatly. No pick? Plastic pick? Nylon pick? Metal pick? Pick thickness? - all different sounds String gauge, composition, and the bridge they’re connected to? Still affects it. Problem is most people don’t pay attention to these things, and can’t point out how and where it changes their tone (certainly can’t in a blind a/b test most of the time) But the primary things that will give you “your tone” is The amp, the speakers, and of course - any effects and where they are in the chain (front input, effects loop, where in the loop) all make an impact. Silliest thing too, is when people are running some crazy boutique, or hand wired amp, with $200 Mogami cables, and then running a plethora of random effects thru it. Yes, it’ll be different than your friends sound, but a boss MT-2 run thru a Mesa, Marshall, or Peavey, will still sound like an MT-2, just with a different color from the amp. So much goes into it, that some of these snobs lose sight of the Forest for the trees. And at the end of the day, especially when playing live with a band, or recording; “close enough” will get the job done. Stop fighting over your gear, and worry more about playing music people want to hear

[@jeremyfickas5137]

Glen is the real deal. Dill with it he backs everything he does. Don't see anyone else doing that. 😢and he is a great dude for trying to help and save musicians money 💰 how many others do you see do this..thanks Glen for all you do 🎉

[@nickalderman5943]

3 body problem is pretty good, definitely worth a watch. A signature speaker would be sick, or even a small line of speakers that cover vintage and modern tones, high and low power.

[@ClaimedEagle]

I got a Peavey JSX combo which I want to use to experiment. It has the originals JSX speakers so I will see how much I can get from those and then look for a good speaker to pair along

[@justinfantastic4882]

running two boss 2x12 cabs loaded with two Swamp Things + two V30s , the Mk ii 100 head with all the "sneaky amps" really shines now. It easily competes with any amp on the market!!

[@soundman1402]

To @DamiensRegicide whose friend thinks Glenn drew a freq response graph: Just wait 'til you see a waterfall plot of a speaker! It's a 3D frequency response graph that measures time, too (how long it takes for sound to stop). REW does waterfall plots, I think, and if you do one, you'll see that certain frequencies "ring out" longer than others, which plays a crucial role in how we perceive the sound of a speaker system. Speakers also have their own inherent harmonic distortion (separate from the amp or pedals), which can also be shown in frequency response graphs. These other graphs would probably make your friend's head explode.

[@RevBrandonWarr]

GLEN!!! I am struggling to get clarity in my mixes without crushing it with a limiter/clipper on the master channel. It gets the sound I want but I'm concerned about overwhelming the listener. Do you have any suggestions for threshold or ratios to avoid or should I just go by feel and if it sounds good just leave it alone?

[@mikeivey8471]

Glllleeeeennn ???? Love your content and appreciate all the helpful information you provide. I've taken your advice and have decided to replace the stock speakers in my 4 × 12 cab . I have purchased a Mojotone British Vintage 16 ohm / 60 watt & a Celestian Vintage 30 16 ohm / 60 watt to start the swap over ... Waiting for them to arrive ... *QUESTION* : is there a "wattage" preference you lean towards when changing speakers and if so why ?? I went with the 60 watt versions because that's what was closest to what was in the cab originally. Thanks in advance for your response !! Keep up the good work !!!

[@MrJingles021]

Glenn! I went to a live show in South Korea. There was a guitar player using a Quad Cortex and an Artistides guitar. His tone was massive! Not a tube or piece of tonewood in sight. And there were 2 house JCM 2000 Marshall's with 4x12 cabinets. Some dummy guitar players kept putting the mics dead center of the speaker and it sounded awful. I told the sound guy, he moved it to be a little off the dust cap and it sounded better....guitar players put it back in the dead center.

[@conluciusplayz]

Mate, I've got a BOSS KATANA MKII 100w Head & a simple JOYO cab with a Vintage 30 & it's bloody great. Don't get me wrong, sure, I'd LOVE a Dual Rectifier or Marshall JCM or something like that but my current setup with a GT-1000... I'm pretty happy with that for now. Lol, I couldn't change now because, "It's My Tone"😜🤣🤟🏻❤️🎸🎶

[@jasonwampler7101]

Glenn, longtime viewer, recent subscriber. I'm an old school metal head. I love Black Sabbath (only with Ward and Ozzy), Judas Priest, Scorpions, and AC/DC. I can't deal with the Cookie Monster vocals of modern metal.Great phrase BTW, Cookie Monster vicals, i call it puke singing because to me it sounds like vomiting into a microphone. I got into post rock, basically soundscape-y ambient instrumentals to help me fall asleep 4 yrs ago during the dark times. I had been recording myself for friends and family doing 70s style classic rock and I found you looking for Reaper tutorials. The post rock thing is mostly very clean tones with lots of reverb. I have found your tutorials very helpful for recording clean tones. I've had some minor success with that style. I'm wanting to get back to I guess what is now called doom, I'd call it real metal. To me panning is a huge part of what makes that style sound so good. Like when I hear Black Sabbath Paranoid or Masters of reality, the panning of Bill Ward's drums makes me feel like I'm spinning. U love that. Panning on Van Halen I was incredible. Can you please do a tutorial on panning? It's also big in the ambient world and I'm always keen to learn better ways to achieve great sounds.

[@jasondorsey7110]

You don't like Ronnie James Dio? Your opinions are invalid =P

[@andrewmanara5289]

That music festival sounds like hell on earth

[@i_dont_want_to_give_google3742]

Just got a Valveking with Texas Heats on it. Sound deliciuos and loud AF. Also on my 4x12 with Greenbacks an Governors sounds brutal. You can borrow it if you come to TX, lol.

[@DemonicCookie95]

London area. You can borrow my valveking. It does have a mod worth a switch for more gain.

[@slayabouts]

3 Body Problem is a stellar show, pretty close to the book as well. I’m excited to see what they do with the rest of the series. It’s done by the showrunners for Game Of Thrones, but luckily when they have written works to go off of and they’re not having to go in their own they do a good job (ie the first 5-6 seasons)

[@Cipscool]

I own a Peavey Valve King 100! Too bad I am in Australia though. Really great sounding amp to be honest!

[@glenngarma6407]

I just remembered a few ads in the guitar magazines of old. The ad said that the headstock angle affects the tone (or was it sustain?). I think the angle was 14 degrees. Care to do a test on tbat? And a headless guitar might be worth checkng on the matter as well.

[@angusorvid8840]

I learned early on NOT to get hung up on amps. I would use anything that worked well, and in some cases I chose to use a particular amp because it was either lighter or more compact. When I was fourteen I was in a band and the drummer had a few amps in his garage, all owned by his big brother who played guitar but was off to college. A JCM combo, a Gallien Kreuger, and a Crate. I decided I liked the GK, not just because of how it sounded but because it was compact. It was very heavy for such a small solid-state amp, but it sounded massive with that stereo effect. Another time I chose to use my Randall RG75 because I liked how it sounded and it was lighter than my Marshall stack and took up less space. I never got hung up on amps. I would use what made sense and try anything. I still do. And now I'm going to take plugins for a spin on my own computer having tried them at a friend's studio.

[@shroomsandmetal]

You read my mind Glen any cheap re amp boxes you recommend? Mush love bud you are an endless fountain of knowledge.

[@corybarnes2341]

I have a HiWatt 100 I bought for $500 with a Marshal 8 10 cab. Sounded great. I ended up swapping the 8 ten for a 4 12 celestion. Sounded even better. It served me well for years. I started doing some pub gigs so I spent $400 on a used Fender Hotrod Deluxe. I use an attenuator with it and there's nothing about the sound I don't like. That's how I choose gear. I needed a smaller amp. I like what tube amps do in terms of non linear gain. I've never really found the sweet spot for overdriven stuff with solid state amps but I have certainly found lots of great clean or uber saturated tones on them. It always comes down to the player.

[@karlroszko]

Im looking for a cab to pair with a JCM800 2203 which sounds very bright. Currently just have the 1960a cab with the GT75s, just sounds very bright, very piercing

[@MXP250]

I’m getting a Marshall half stack. I don’t need one but I always wanted one.The 410h is marked down so much. I figured why not.

[@mikeforsythe6623]

Glennnn there's a video over two hours long where they go to the schecter factory and build a guitar ,it''s pretty cool

[@samsays2211]

Hey Glenn! I'd love your thoughts on this: if you record a dry signal for re-amping, that sounds smart. But I noticed that your guitar players will automatically adjust their playing to the amp for best sound. If you're using a re-amp, won't it sound worse on every amp that isn't the one originally recorded since the guitarist was likely playing to that amp? I think the re-amp box is the way to go for A/B tests, but I'd love to hear what your expierence has tought you about playing to the amp.

[@brutality3777]

Would be very interested to hear you put a Peavey Valveking to the test haha. I nearly bought one myself recently when looking for a budget live rig, but ended up going down the amp modelling rabbit hole instead.

[@-OokySpooky-]

I've said it before and I'll say it again. I sold my Dual Rectifier because it couldn't compete with my *Blues Jr.* I use effects pedals, I like them, they have infinite amounts of fun and tone variety. I got curious one day and dropped a Hesu Demon in my Blues Jr and for the life of me I couldn't beat it. I sold the DR because I didn't need it anymore, I just don't have any use for it, it can't compete - with a Blues fucking Jr 🙃 I got a GOOOD chunk of change for that Mesa to reinvest in pedals, cables, a new chair, and I'm thinking about buying a little cheap Orange combo and do an Eminence speaker swap in it. You don't need a several thousand dollar setup apparently, you just need $150 for speakers that don't suck at metal.

[@johnnywithnell2806]

UGH! So, I needed a small (1x12) for my bedroom. I picked up an Ibanez TSA112C 80-watt 1x12" Extension Cabinet for under 100....It has that celestion 70 80 speaker in it, and it is like playing through mud. When I bought it, I confused it with another speaker, thinking I was getting a vintage celestion vintage 30. Oops. Ugh. But thanks for making me look it up again when you mentioned the blackstar....

[@vincebagadonis8016]

It just dawned on me. You ARE Penn! Like a headbanger Penn without the Magic! You totally have Penn energy.

[@haxhuragsgax5453]

Right now I am getting more into Darkthrones " Eternal Hails" and I am shocked how much little flaws or variations in timing or volume stand out. Shows how much we got used to perfect playing or corrected playing for that matter. I love the record tho!

[@haxhuragsgax5453]

The album also has a crude and somewhat strange production, something different ;)

[@JC-fj7oo]

It's less that the speaker is the most important part, it's that it's the last thing to change. If we look at the amps. The slo, 5150, mesa boogie, bogner, laney... They all sound very similar because they are all reaching for the same tone. We perfected the metal amp. It's done. Grab one and go. Pickups CAN have a big impact on tone. Jangly lipstick tube single coils are much different than big humbucker rails. We've even made in the past overwound pickups that are too hot and bassy and don't sound good either. We perfected the metal pickup which is why even the active ones sound the same. They're all making the same tone. It's done. Grab any of the humbuckers from a known brand and go. Strings can have a massive impact on tone, play a catgut guitar vs a steel string or even a nylon... But again we've perfected the metal string. Round wound with some steel and nickel. Maybe a teeny bit of coating. Done. Grab one and go. There's some incredibly crazy pedals out there... But for a metal tone: There's just not. We have overdrives for tightening, distortion, and sometimes a fuzz. Maybe a delay for solos. Or a wah for kirk... And when you crack open that $4000 pedal, it's the same basic circuit from the 70's because there just isn't that much for a pedal to do on a metal tone. They've already been perfected. And you can get a complete board for not a lot of dough. Each of those things can have a massive effect on tone, but they don't in these tests because we're only testing METAL stuff on the metal channel. Speakers are just the last thing that we've left to perfect. Though you could say the V30 is THE metal speaker since just about every metal band uses them. Really, the answer is to write good music and nobody cares about your "tone" OR write a song that sounds good with the tone you have. The Rolling Stones had some terrible tones, but they made it rock. Pink Floyd's "seagull sound" was from equipment hooked up backwards... And they made a whole song around it.

[@kevinardel6728]

Glenn!~ I literally have that exact ValveKing sitting in my house right now!~ I'm in Halifax, though. If you really get stuck, maybe we could work something out. :)