The Ultimate Wet Dry Rig For Metal

I always thought Wet Dry rigs were just for clean playing... Apparently not!
Here's a full run through on how and why I set up my wet dry rig for hard rock and metal playing.
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[@JaredDines_]

dude you shred

[@KDH]

Thanks

[@chrisnemat]

@@KDH why does this read as apathy

[@ThatRandomGuyInTheComments]

wew I didnt know the "exposed" guy was SUCH a killer shredder

[@alextopirceanu3498]

Right in Rob Chapman's face

[@LMAO-sp7de]

If this was a jared dines shred chappers vs kdh. Chappers would get wrecked

[@12345origamimaster]

Just thinking that

[@benredmond3]

dude. this is actually sick. i had always wondered about the purpose of this kind of rig but this is awesome and informative. thank you

[@EmptyDomoKanti99]

the difference is like night and day, that’s ridiculous. Sounds awesome!

[@badguacamole3709]

I had no idea the wet side was supposed to be 100 percent wet until yesterday. That small delay opens up the sound, but without that delay it's still thiccccc

[@irusu.]

the short delay to make kind of a doubled take its really cool, I'd love to have the gear to replicate this live. I can do it even with plugins but I would like to experience the real thing too with my own touch and sound, could be interesting. Great video dude

[@WesHauchAlluvial]

Great playing and tone

[@kingofdragontown9680]

Dude. I love Chris Holme's playing and sound. W.A.S.P. has always been a top 3 band for me.

[@JamesWilson01]

Thumbs up purely for that badass blues shred at the start 👍

[@JamesWilson01]

Holy crap, just watched the whole thing on my TV with a proper hifi and that is one beastly tone you got there 🤘

[@FingerBrokenBranches]

This channel got that CONTENT bro! Keep em coming

[@shadowofcallisto1560]

I really like the dry wet dry setup! I’ve never tried it myself but I’ve seen people do that live as well. Cool video man.

[@jackblack9459]

OMG and that intro shred is the definition of TALENT!!!!! Rock on man!!!

[@blacktoothfox677]

Really do enjoy this channel; one of the good ones, that inspire me to crack on with my own

[@leearmitage]

Great video always wanted to try this out

[@kalejoe6599]

I mean might not be the ultimate for me but sure sounds amazing and good that you don't have to carry around 3 cabinets plus some refrigerators also helps when can play some killer riffs keep up the good work

[@peehandshihtzu]

Love it! Great tones. I messed with a configuration of my gear that switched between a clean amp and a dirty amp using one of those same A/B/Y's. Quite by accident I had discovered a few of those configurations you showed and your right it "feels" so much better. More alive and responsive, it's like it wants to be played and is not brittle feeling. Playing with the delay tails is fun as hell too and no need for a chorus pedal. \M/

[@Rikamortis6stringer]

YES !!!! Wet Dry Wet 4 me! This is what I've been using with my band!

[@seanortigoza3931]

Thanks so much for this!

[@SamAlexander14786]

Awesome! Great chops and good tone, one thing I would highly recommend to record that killer rig is the Sennhieser e209s they are super ideal for that kinda sound!

[@adamkorzon2972]

I have a Peavey classic series 60/60 stereo head. been doing this for 30 years Have to have the dry for sustain so modulation doesn't interrupt .I even use a 6505 dry 3rd amp for larger venues.

[@colinclark1981]

Damnnnn that clean tone giving me huge Agalloch vibes. Well done

[@mobaisnevercomingback7016]

I can hear the clinking of the strings hitting the frets, these ear buds work amazingly, also great solo

[@coldbastard6859]

Frick, that's a great lead sound in the beginning of the video.

[@JohnnyCarvin]

Love the Whitesnake!

[@awtlander]

After that first solo, the only wet thing here is me

[@markstoneguitar]

I wandered for a while how that's done and the ins and outs of it.... Thanks. Good stuff Bro

[@TheMirrorify]

Great vid man, you can really rip!

[@federicobosa5694]

the first 30 seconds are pure eargasm

[@johnnysguitarcorner5510]

Sounds killer, awesome explanation as well. Especially for me as a technical noob. I think I am gonna experiment with this on my ENGL powerball 2 and savage 120 see how that works out

[@hawkinthewind]

Great to see your channel success - seems like the 'early days' were so long ago, haha. Been messing with these signal types since I got into Gilmour years ago and really dig the three cabinet setup. So I'm curious if you have experimented w any compression use with various signals, and if you have what is your sweet spot?

[@aarongrimes2264]

Ah dude you got a viper tolex Zilla as well! I was the first they made one for so it’s always super cool to see others out there :)

[@nathansguitars328]

I mostly play with Synergy stuff. I've been trying to get into wet/dry using the stereo effects loop and my super chorus/digital delay dd-7. It's pretty fun stuff! I only have one cab, but the SYN-2 does stereo cab sim out. Still very odd hearing a wet only signal with chorus

[@kylechina9697]

Huge sound

[@jeongsungwoo]

AMAZING shred player

[@svenzia]

Doing kind of the same sometimes but can be a tad of chorus/delay in the wet - or just more dist, or whatever- the other one dry. ABY and 2 small rigs at home (maybe just a little stereorig but anyway). Great playing and awesome video. Keep em coming :)

[@mr.keebler7927]

The BIG one!

[@sid35gb]

I learned something to. I got to see W.A.S.P in the 90’s unfortunately Chris wasn’t with them at the time think he was having issues. You definitely nailed the W.A.S.P guitar tone 🎸👍

[@DMSProduktions]

Sounds good! \m/

[@earthshine402]

cool comparison. Is it possible to do some added experiments such that the volume level is normalized across all instances.. many of the dry, wet dry cases the volume is louder, and it is possible that in such comparisons, "louder is better".

[@saltpeter7429]

You opened for the mighty Chris Holmes? That is a true once in a lifetime experience. I was just listening to " The last command" a few hours ago by coincidence. The older I get, the more I feel an affection and connection to the guitar players I like from the late 70's and early 80's. It's not that I dont like some modern players, it's just that when I play, I seem to want to play 80's metal. No shame. By the way, nice F$#K LIKE A BEAST guitar demo!

[@marcjordan29]

Slammin opening rip!

[@superluchacallejera]

For rhythm metal guitar do u use this setup,right? And for solo/lead parts. Do u use the same config or add extra delay/reverb/.. for solos? Considering u are the only guitarrist in the band.

[@TheTektronik]

The fretboard gives out the illusion of a twisted neck.

[@coleknight5335]

That's fucking killer man!

[@Stretchwreckedem469]

I've thought about doing something similar with two solid state amplifiers myself; I've had a pretty sweet idea to run two solid state amps but have been unsure as to wether i should go with two Randall RG heads or if i should mess around with a Randall and my Orange Crush Pro 120. The basic idea though is that both amps would be boosted but one wouldn't have anything in the FX Loop and the other solid state amp would have what's called an aural exciter in the loop which eliminates that sterile sound that you tend to get with a lot of solid state amplifiers. With the two of these amplifiers combined, i figured the regular SS amp would be able to add some really nice midrange twang, as well as the amp with the aural exciter being able to add back the low end that the other amp doesn't have.

[@williamstevens7648]

That sounds awesome just need a bigger bank account now to purchase everything 😂

[@6oundStudio]

so in the studio setting this sound would be just sending dry signal to the delay effect? or alternatively do a double track with same DI and give on of them a delay

[@robconstant797]

I suppose the easiest way of doing this in a studio just to offset one of the tracks ever so slightly

[@Kris-ex6yk]

So run one amp into aby completely dry. Then hook up a delay into effects loop of other head? The dry wet dry sounds heavy. Am I getting this right? Would be curious to see a comparison video of the tc electronic mimiq.

[@alecmullaney7957]

You can add whatever effects you want to the wet. "Wet" just means having effects

[@TheSilence420i]

Either I've lost my mind or is there some minor like 20ms or such delay between the signals? I just hear this weird wall between tones like they're reverbed awkwardly, though I'm probably just wrong about something here, don't have enough experience to tell exactly what it is (out of phase maybe?)

[@mbgmail5911]

You are correct. He is doing it on purpose but he is not pulling the tone off well.

[@coldbastard6859]

I noticed you have a Mike Morton Dominion signature in your collection, mind giving us a review of that beast ?

[@thronesofblood3595]

How do you think a similar rig like this would do for death metal/hardcore, running two 6505 minis, and two 212 cabs

[@KDH]

I would imagine it would sound HUGE! Especially for Death metal rhythms

[@MoonBlue121]

A quick question! Are both amps clean and all the dirt from the sunset?

[@KDH]

Both amps are crunchy and then I boost that with more gain from the sunset

[@JDPelayoPetit]

Awesome video! I have a question: how do you blend both amps/signals? do you pan each side 100% to each side? e.g: Dry panned 100% to the Left, Wet (or Wet-Dry) 100% to the Right

[@KDH]

JD Pelayo Petit 100% dry (left) 100% wet (right)

[@JDPelayoPetit]

@@KDH Thanks!

[@marcjordan29]

And... Its time to paaaaarrrtaaay!

[@thomasmassey9166]

Dude idk how many times I’ve watched this video lol. I’m trying to make a poor man’s version so to say. Do you think you could achieve something accurate in the delay department with a tc flashback? If not would there be any smaller pedals you recommend? If not then I won’t compromise lol

[@KDH]

You absolutely can. I have a flashback. Use a very short modulated delay and it should work well.

[@thomasmassey9166]

@@KDH thank you very much! I’m gonna consider getting one soon now! ^~^

[@juandedioslanderos1353]

Well I guess I want a second head now

[@mr.nobody68]

Dry, wet dry is my fav

[@Tombking2]

1:37 what song is this?

[@KDH]

Chris Holmes - Let It Roar

[@Tombking2]

@@KDH Thanks man! Much appreciated

[@RobertMurphy-wm3ge]

That live tone is......WOW Thick thick THICK! Make DImebag smile

[@ArcuesDoesStuff-sz7eu]

1:22 That hair tho

[@titankiller37]

Hey, the guitar levels in the vid are all over the place, double check that for your next vid !

[@KDH]

That’s part of the impact of the different set ups. The volume increases with wet dry. I didn’t edit the levels so it shows how they sound in real life.

[@dyamicorriveau9677]

Im literally still waiting for Zilla to finish my vertical zebra 2x12 and now Im looking at alligator skins, so thanks for that >:(

[@alecmullaney7957]

So... how's the Zebra Zilla?

[@dyamicorriveau9677]

@@alecmullaney7957 it's awesome, but a 2x12 can never gank like a 4x12. Definitely a trade off but well worth it for ease of movement and it does sound great.

[@antonbebar9828]

YEPPA...

[@rjprivate]

Got a feeling this guitar is not tuned in E haha. Cool sounds

[@KDH]

I’m tuned one step down. D standard

[@MrWhoever]

i have no means to replicate this, dont even know what wet or dry means in this context, but i still love the video

[@alecweinstein]

I think that would be called a Dry/Moist rig.

[@francobuzzetti9424]

this is how it should have always been done , this is how it's done in DAWs,it's just an analong effect send channel , guitar is WAY in the past everyone is trying to do things the way they were done back in the day when those people were trying to innovate with what they had

[@carminegraves]

nice rig man but dry means no effects at all which includes overdrive and distortion so technically thats a wet/wet rig. good skillz though

[@carminegraves]

​@D. A. honestly i dont even care anymore

[@mattbehrens]

second view

[@fuzzgutterwins3]

Well shit. It is a good thing I didn't buy all those pedals chasing this tone. Smfh.

[@mavisser3211]

kak ugly guitar