The Evolution of Distortion (1940-2023)

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yessir. distortion is a vital addition to any guitarists' pedalboard. so today I took a deep dive into the origin of grit, and how it developed over 80 years time. dig it.
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[@coZyLos]

good to know this dude ACTUALLY knows other guitarists other than hendrix or SRV or Cobain

[@chrisbauman2562]

You have to be. As a musician I think you have to have some mileage on you. You have to know the culture,the sleeziness, dive deep into each genre and discover who the true greats were. I'm telling you there's nothing like being 18 going to play your first real gig and there's passed out high and drunk ppl,your tuning in a puked in bathroom,while the entire venue is clouded with smoke. You ever been black out drunk but but conscious enough to play guitar. Looking down seeing three frets but you're doing it because of the music. Music is far deeper then most known. I'm glad I listened to my dad and dove down the rabbit hole. Never got into hard drugs but was all around me,did go for the booze a little bit that's not what it's about that's just part of the culture. So grateful I spent hours on end watching every single documentary on every great band out there. You truly learn how fucked up of a scene the music life can be. I've seen a grown dude cry his eyes out as he rained tears down the guitar neck while he played the most amazing heartfelt stuff,then stood up and said this is all I need then passed out while smoking a butt. I absolutely love the filthy grimy side to music culture.

[@FreddyFen]

He did play some Territorial Pissings tho

[@antoniolima9815]

RIGHT???

[@lowgpu1687]

Kind of sad to see how people are forgetting about Santana

[@I0SSOGaming]

@@lowgpu1687 no one forgot about him atleast i didnt

[@ridoheru]

Crazy idea, do all of them at the same time!

[@toweringsocks8717]

Holy fuck yes

[@lakfit.b8347]

At that point you’d just have doom or black metal tone lmao, bands like Witch and Gnome have been using multiple distortions and or even fuzz pedals in their signal chain for ages, highly recommend checking them out if your curios!

[@cpb9893]

​@@lakfit.b8347if you enjoy l That style of metal you should try the band Lavabourne

[@alfonzo_]

that's how you get shoegaze

[@asriel1575]

@@alfonzo_ that is NOT how you get shoegaze 😭

[@raoulduke344]

The Kinks were the first band I knew about that would slash their amps open, to get that distortion tone on songs like You Really Got Me. I had no idea people had done that in the 1940s and 50s.

[@SoFarSoGoodSoWhat14]

They were the first to slash the speaker cones, other people had done it earlier by messing with the valves in their amps

[@alfsmith4936]

​@@SoFarSoGoodSoWhat14 Link Wray was slashing speakers in the 1950s.

[@MirlitronOne]

Dave Davies slashed the speaker cone of a small practice amp at first, and then attempted to amplify it further by running the speaker output into a larger amp - so he was probably just overdriving the second amp. Nothing to do with slashed speakers.

[@clarenceboddicker9360]

There are probably lots of arguments about who didn't first but the first time the damaged speaker distortion appeared on a record was in 1951on the song Rocket 88. The story is that before a recording session the guitarist accidentally dropped his Amp off the roof of a car and when he hear what it sounded like they decided to use it.

[@0000song0000]

I just know i did it to my smaill keyboard piano when i was 4. (and my grandma threw it away a few days later 😢)

[@NorthmassRails]

The tone of 1950s rock will always be one of the best!

[@mattvdh]

they didn't use distortion back then, so your comment is irrelevant

[@markmmv]

​@@mattvdh They did. Johnny Burnette, Link Wray, Pat Hare, Howlin' Wolf and others

[@cola3521]

@@mattvdh 🤓

[@slimwilson]

@@markmmv fella acts like he’s never heard “The Train Kept A Rollin”

[@jogmas12]

@@mattvdh exactly

[@singingballer9082]

I feel like overtime distortion has gained a sense of clarity in its tone.

[@JeremiahDaniel1995]

When it comes to modern heavy metal 🎸 you gotta have distortion u can never have enough distraction 😌

[@yeetyeetonthestreet-colinm1186]

so true nothing can beat those raw distorted hendrix tones tho

[@williamsimanjuntak5263]

I see what you did there

[@watashiato_trainz]

nothing ever beats nirvanas nevermind tone.

[@5usp3c7]

​@@JeremiahDaniel1995adding too much will raise the noise floor. Get a tube screamer. Turn up the Volume and Tone, Gain all the way down. Then adjust the gain on your amp until your guitar just barely starts chugging with medium strokes.

[@julianandrade9539]

Distortion and overdrive are the most used effects, the most popular and the ones that are almost never missing in a pedalboard

[@OFFICIALLYBENPEARCE]

I hand over reverb and delay ....... needed for clean tones too also compression and boost ... tbf I have ds1 too everyone got got ds1 or tubescreamer tho right

[@Augrills]

Really depends on your amp

[@julianandrade9539]

​@@OFFICIALLYBENPEARCE My 1st pedal was just the ds1, and the second was the sd1 overdrive

[@xXratlover69]

The 90’s distortion didn’t have a name for the song example but for me it’s sounds like Territorial Pissings by Nirvana

[@constantinorafaelangelot.9996]

sounds like bang bang by green day

[@constantinorafaelangelot.9996]

which also has the same progression haha

[@RightFirework]

Sounds like Bang Bang from Green Day, yeah.

[@taurus1778]

It’s terrritorial pissings

[@freemanmt1]

Fantastic Young guitar player! Keep going man, you'll be a monster. Excellent informational video on the distortion evolution as well

[@professionalyoutuber9313]

GOTTA FIND A WAY, A BETTER WAY, WHEN IM THEEEEEERE

[@Spivonious]

"Deep dive" "83 years of distortion evolution".... produces 1:21 video with no information other than "pedals".

[@davidvonjohnston]

The chainsaw distortion of the 90s death metal scene was swaggin

[@figu6ka379]

Yea it is heavy and even a little bit unnerving sometimes lol

[@Sc4r1_]

Yea but he won’t play that, he only plays blues/ old old school rock and in this case Nirvana but only cause it fit the video.

[@figu6ka379]

@@Sc4r1_ and he only knows 3 guitarist - Hendrix, SRV and Kurt

[@garyduckman8666]

All about Entombed taking the worst rated pedal at the time and using it to make one of the best death metal tones ever

[@izzuddinzaheid6147]

Yup.. guitarist of the 40s & 50s used to poke their cheap Randall RA15G speaker cone for distortion.

[@arthurmarques3598]

Old school power distortion and modern preamp distortion from tube amps has been walking along with solid state and digital distortion too. Would be great some content about this.

[@davidbartram6104]

You missed the whole thing on the introduction of master volume amps and pre-amp distortion and just talked about a few pedals…

[@ripsnorter185]

I feel the next step is inputting a whole bunch of sound settings in the guitar itself.

[@robinmartinsson3032]

Nice video. You play GREAT

[@JayaTheShroomer]

Gotta include Marty Robbins story!!

[@OriginalMixedUpKid]

Yep

[@Burga.124]

WHEEEEN IIII WAS AN ALIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN

[@charliecooper5354]

@@felix3385 GODDAFINDAWAAY!! ABEDDAWAAY!! WHENIMTHEEEERREE!!

[@PixieMeat_444]

@@charliecooper5354 GODA FIND A WAY! AH FIND A WAY WHEN IM THEREEREE

[@cosmokane9871]

​@@PixieMeat_444 gotta find a way, a better way! I'd better wait!

[@PixieMeat_444]

@@cosmokane9871 never met a wise man, if so it’s a woman

[@carlosdellerer1948]

Thanks for the Videos! Guitars forever!

[@wiggles7976]

Black Sabbath is an example of a band from 1970, and if you listen to their first album, Black Sabbath, it is much more distorted than your guitar tone at 0:44.

[@davidclank3397]

My-stro not may-stro, dipshi

[@magdump7380]

The RAT was my go to pedal back in the day before high gain amps.

[@Leoguitar2009]

Bro knows like every guitar player that ever lived

[@onlymythicz]

His facial expressions while playing makes me wanna shout "YEEHAW"

[@tapilaha]

good job, id even say this deserves long form content

[@outdoorsanimalsandmusic3014]

I’ve used all kinds of pedals and nothing beats a true tube head and Mesa Boogie was king until the EVH head came out.

[@nightwing9637]

I like the smiths but love shoegaze, it’s either REALLY clean almost acoustic or sludge fuzz

[@treyebillups8602]

Link Wray cut his speakers open with a knife to get the distortion on songs like “Rumble”. Which was, by the way, the first instrumental song ever to be banned from radio in the US. Those local governments that banned it cited worries that it would inspire kids to fight

[@Sunny_Doom]

That magic sam riff!

[@808Mark]

This is so cool

[@an0nym0us3_6]

0:53 GUYS HE DID IT.

[@eqwiejwqiwisjw]

That sounds like Territorial Pissings. Wdym?

[@trevorgwelch7412]

Social Distortion . Hendrix was a master of distortion , Trower too

[@Exempt09]

80 were my favourite

[@EvelynSucksAtLife]

Same.

[@BonafideToolJunkie]

I believe they slit the paper (the kinks) with a razor, rather than punching holes.

[@jasonsfeverdream]

To name some other great guitarists, Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen), Brian May (Queen), Slash (Guns N' Roses), Kirk Hammett (Metallica), Angus Young (AC/DC), and Jason Hook (Five Finger Death Punch) Edit: Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), Jeff Beck (The Jeff Beck Group)

[@willkoestner4159]

Man, five finger death punch is one of those bands where every member is very talented but I don't care for a single on of their tunes. Suck to be me I guess

[@jasonsfeverdream]

@@willkoestner4159 no offense but yeah man, I like almost all their songs, but it's totally cool that you don't

[@willkoestner4159]

@@jasonsfeverdream So it goes. Side note: FFDP actually went over seas and visited with my brothers company for the Bad Company music video...while he was on leave. He was pissed lol.

[@jasonsfeverdream]

@@willkoestner4159 lol that's awesome

[@heggysarchive]

To be fair the distortion pedal really started in the 70s with the distortion+ and 250

[@jogmas12]

Jimi used big muff pi

[@Step_on_a_lego]

One thing that hoping for is the harmonic exciter style effect that we have for mixing right now

[@pedrolucass.8969]

Bro straight up jumped 2 decades 😭

[@AmiGuitar]

“May strow fuzz”

[@shanemayne]

How will distortion evolve next? Synthesizer!

[@ManfredPersson]

Love Sam's Boogie🎶🎸

[@kirkwahmmett1666]

Great explaination of the history of distortion! I love that sonic blue 60s style strat strat those are my favorites. (edit: I've checked out some of your other videos and I just hav to ask what model sonic blue strat is that and how much did it cost you?)

[@T-Bone511]

I JUST GOTA BOSS DS-1!!! WOoo!!🎉

[@memebuggedlol2672]

The song in 0:56 is Green Day - Bang Bang

[@BukanIbuMu]

No it's Nirvana - Territorial Pissings

[@motorousv8]

80’s was possibly the best decade for distortion, because it lead to create Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Black Metal, etc

[@Lazarus_Cardinalis]

Too bad those tones sound so flat and harsh, wish they were more warm and rich

[@johnpratt8502]

magic sam babyyyyy

[@robertraven1222]

First I thought it was a young John Deacon on tumbnail

[@badenialshreebley91]

Good video 👍

[@NAZGO]

Directly Tube/Valve amplifiers sound rule and the best 🤘😎👍. And Nothing else matters! 🎸🔉🎶

[@BigHugeYES]

Hate to say it but the distorted amp was probably my favorite.

[@joshwilliams0391]

Didn’t know young Mark Hughes was into guitar

[@iannagano]

In 2023 plugging the guitar into the cell phone.

[@billiesguitar]

I have both a digital distortion one and a ds1 and i honestly prefer the ds1. Whilst the digital distortion is much more versatile, the ds1 sounds much harsher, which I prefer.

[@edwinsamuel5065]

The way my guy pronounces maestro XD

[@thex7907]

Heavy metal 🤘🤘🤘

[@mariovalle3573]

pov* acdc using plexi amps at full volume getting the best natural distorsion tone

[@Grungelover98]

Bro finally gotta real telly

[@cheapmagic5898]

Me: I’m going to have all these effects pedals, and I’ll take my pedal board with me to play wherever I go. Also me: I take my multi-effects everywhere, even though I have 50 pedals and a pedalboard set up with all my favorites.

[@PineRestAway]

I know people have their opinions, but you won’t ever catch me using a digital amp model for a performance

[@giulioluzzardi7632]

The next step in the evolution of fuzz control will be using whatever we are told to use.

[@macpakinga1271]

Nice add to my ❤🎸peddle collection 😂

[@dapperduckquack]

yo can you still clean up the tone with your volume knob if your speaker has holes in it?? genuine question, i think i wanna try this out sometime

[@lonelittlejerry917]

no

[@dapperduckquack]

@@lonelittlejerry917 thanks!

[@jye_24]

@@dapperduckquack do not put holes in ur speaker even if u hate the amp 😂

[@dapperduckquack]

@@jye_24 bUt mY toNe hAs tO b OriGiNaL

[@theexplodingmothfromhell8012]

Not really. Unlike clipping distortion, speaker distortion tends to be present regardless of volume level.

[@tonybp]

Many hate the Metal Zone pedal, I love it!

[@danielsalisbury245]

Dude with a surname like "Piscopo" really pronounced "maestro" as "may strO." Wild.

[@markvigil8667]

my first fuzz was a Morley power wah fuzz, that I bought in a pawn shop in the 70s. Still have the damn thing, but the wah part stopped working. My favorite fuzz pedal is my m audio neo fuzz cuz it has both silicone and germanium transistors. I like to play it through my ampeg superjet. Just sayin'👍

[@JackSadler]

Mate that cover of life in the fast lane sounded better than the original

[@vampiresvszombies9298]

In future the pedal gets connected to brain directly and we get new genre "braingaze"

[@willkoestner4159]

Think we'll every get brain linked instruments? Like a cerebral theramin?

[@666sk8erguy]

That Eagles lick was nasty

[@BEMAL96]

Very nice good job

[@rebeccabailey527]

Poking holes in or slashing speakers is a myth. Amps back in the day distorted just fine at high volumes.

[@jachengcr]

Informative

[@RadenHZ26]

I need to know the "21st century" digital stomp box you had.

[@mastowl_7112]

Bigmuff pedal ftw

[@justinresendezzschoche5779]

Why did it sound like he played a bit of bang bang from Green Day

[@justin_your_cousin9273]

0:55 Stay Away Nirvana

[@TSO196]

Territorial Pissings*

[@Sephious_VII]

Jimmy Hendrix cut Vs into his amp speaker.

[@fromfilmtocode]

Based Blackstar.

[@artulyanoff]

Guys who did distortion like the Kinks - please try to make an impulse response of cabinet.

[@LOZi175]

As a guitarist, I find it oddly annoying how a lot of KZbinrs demos are of using the neck pickup. Geez!!!

[@genesislacerna9257]

Do a room tour

[@blustrato1]

Now the guitar has digital distortion inside of it (no 🧢)

[@Badhands55]

Been using tube drivers before you were born kid.

[@austinknowlton1783]

Cool video but you kinda skipped over Boost pedals like the Dallas Rangemaster and LPB-1 by Electro -Harmonix. After all gain is literally a byproduct of the input signal. The hotter the signal is the more gain your amp produces. I still prefer to boost my amps natural distortion than to color my signal with a distortion or fuzz pedal.

[@firewalk714]

That jazzmaster.....

[@Orwell_2984]

And what’s essential to know: the treble booster ??????

[@Tommy712rus]

Tube amplifiers with distortion: 🗿 Wtf? They still more actual, true with feel and sound, than any axe fx4 processor.

[@sexdungeoninteriordesigner5045]

modeler haters when the $4500 amp+cab is better than a $600 modeler: 🤯🤯🤯

[@gabriellawrence109]

Talks about the history of distortion and doesn't even mention metal lmao

[@itsflanny6303]

what song was that 90s style distortion

[@Easy-cg1it]

smells like teen spirit

[@ashiscool102]

genuinely an extremely fire video

[@thetrawlerman]

Sorrow by David Gilmour live is a FUCKING EXPERIENCE I love it

[@leaguespork5146]

Let me know when i can just think of a distortion I want and its automatically in my guitar. Then I will know we have hit the future

[@yhaiji]

cool

[@crisandersen1271]

I got a metallica yousician add b4 this😂

[@toneseeker87]

Slicing not punching a hole into it. So it'll vibrate and make distortion.

[@dr.hugog.hackenbush9443]

The thumbnail is a 20 year old Jeremy Clarkson...

[@1refi]

This guy has the most smug persona I swear

[@agreenr6915]

That's probably just his "guitar face" he's a good kid

[@creamydistortion]

You kinda look like Billy Rush (great 70's guitar player from Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes).

[@jonathanshaw7355]

90s

[@jacktilghman9797]

Maestro is pronounced “my-stro”

[@OHT26]

Distortion.