What's up everyone? And welcome to Rate My Tone.
I don't know
Remember back in the day I had something called Guess That Tone?
Where I, you know, checked out your clips and I tried to guess what you were using
And uh... at the end-
It totally went bananas and you know, everyone was using Axe FX and Kempers and it's just...
It was just not fun anymore, man
But I figured, let's just go back to that
Because I'd still like to check out your music and your tones, so...
I figured, let's do a Rate My Tone video segment
Where I check out your videos and your tone
I'll listen to it, and then I'll rate it
And maybe give you pointers on what you can do to improve the tone
How about that? Amazing.
So, how does this work? How does one send me this? Well...
Make a youtube clip of your favorite guitar tone with you playing
So I can check it out
And that's it
Post a link in the comment section of this video and...
Maybe I'll check it out in the next video
But to start off...
I made a post on Facebook and you guys posted a couple of videos there, so...
I'm gonna start off with rating those
And before I start
I just wanted to say a very important thing before people cancel me
And that is that tone is subjective, you know?
I have my preferences when it comes to guitar tone
And I'm deeply rooted in the 90s...
You know, 90s metal
And how guitar tones were during the 90s and...
...beginning of the 2000s basically
So obviously what I'm hearing...
...might not be exactly what you're experiencing when hearing this
So uh... let me know in the comment section
Am I wrong?
Write it down and you know... whatever
And the pointers that I will give will be from my experience and you know...
I'm just trying to adapt to whatever video's giving me, ok?
So, let's try this out
Cut me some slack, shit
Let's start
We're starting with Josh Castle
And this is a Rammstein cover
Let's listen, what is it?
It's a long intro
What is he using?
ESP in drop D
Reamps on Kemper profiles, ok
Ok, so I'm not sure if he's using like a Kemper profile
That is meant to sound like Rammstein or something like that, but...
It's not a bad tone
I would say, It fits the music
And Rammstein has... I mean, at least the earlier Rammstein had this really...
...more fizzy-sounding guitar tone, and then when they, you know, released uh...
What was the album? The one with the song Amerika on it.
And Rammstein became way more organic sounding
That's where they started to sound real in the guitar tones
While on the earlier albums, they were really more industrial sounding
This tone right here is very industrial
And for what it is, it works
Because it is Rammstein
Personally, I don't think this is a necessarily thick guitar tone
This is very scooped, in a way
There's a lot of high end
It's a very thin guitar tone, that...
I mean...
I guess it fits the song, if anything, as a cover
But I promise you, if you listen to this without the mix
The guitar tone will sound incredibly thin
So that's also a balance you have to think about, you know...
The tone in a mix, versus the tone when you're just sitting and playing
'Cause you also have to think about the bass and all that
I wouldn't mind having a little bit more...
...warmth to the sound
If you understand what I'm saying, and with warmth I mean...
Like 250 Hz, something like that
A little ugliness to it
It wouldn't hurt, just saying
And that's Josh Castle
Ok, I'm gonna rate the tone and I'm not gonna give it a 6/10
Like I did with Guess That Tone, that just became another thing
I'm gonna give it a...
A 5/10, ok?
Thank you
Up next we have Criss Liew
With Arch Enemy - Under Black Flags We March guitar cover
Ok, let's check it out.
Ok
What's he using?
Bogren Digital...
Oh, a Mooer GE200 with Bogren Digital impulse responses
My guess, ok?
And uh... Bogren Digital, I don't know if you know about this, but it's Jens Bogren
Uh... famous producer, Swedish producer
They released an impulse pack
With a lot of like classical metal albums that he was a part of
And one of them was Arch Enemy
So this is probably an Arch Enemy impulse response
Uh... for this album probably, my guess
And the thing with these impulse responses is that...
You know, they're mix-ready, so they're meant to...
You know, make the guitars sound fit in a mix
So, just as with the previous example with the Rammstein cover
It's sorta thin-sounding, because...
You know, in the mix it also has the bass and all of that
You know, you have to be a little careful not to make it too warm, because it's gonna take over the mix
I must say, the tone itself works really well
Sounds like an Arch Enemy type of a tone
Which is...
I mean, obviously he's using the...
...the correct guitar for this
And just as with the other example as well
If you just would take away the music...
It would probably be a very thin tone, but...
You have to understand that...
That's a balance you have to find, when you're you know, mixing in a band and all that
Just saying, just so you remember this
This might not be the best tone you would have when you sit and just jam at home by yourself
But it fits better in a mix
Well done, man, that's Criss Liew right there and the performance was great too, thank you
Alright, Only the Dead are Smiling guitar playthrough
Ok
Ok, this is... I like this
This is more up my alley, where you know, the tone is kinda low-mid heavy
And maybe it lacks a little bit of the high end
This tone right here just sounds you know, real
It sounds like a mic'd amplifier, what is it?
That's and Engl E530, that's the preamp Engl
And an amp sim, so Cerberus Bass Sim, ok
Uh... I think this tone sounds pretty good
Oh shit I forgot to rate...
F*** I'm already f***ing this up, I didn't even rate the Arch Enemy guy
What's this?
I would rate the Arch Enemy guy 6/10, ok? Great.
And here...
I would rate this a...
A 7/10, but...
If I were you I would probably add some high end
Maybe somewhere around 5... 5,000 to 6,000 Hz
Just to give it a little bit more... Make it sound a little bit more expensive
That's expensive range down- right there
Uh... just add a little sizzle, you know?
But otherwise I think it sounds pretty good
Next up we have The Guitar Collective, the Ultimate Les Paul
Ok, it's Lamb of God
Ok, I think this guitar tone is better at least than the intro right here
It's... this sounds a little scooped, maybe
But obviously like here it sounds like a real guitar
Oh is the pickup switch shifted?
This is the neck pickup he's at, but it's turned down
And this is the bridge pickup? Which is up?
Is that how it's supposed to be wired?
Not too bad of a tone, I think...
Maybe a little safe
If that's a thing
Like, I...
If you watch any of my videos, you're probably aware that I have a lot of bass on my guitar tone
You know, because bass is f***ing kickass, you know?
I w- I would- like...
It would be nice to have a little bit more bass, just saying
A little... you know, make it feel a little... like your balls are moving a little bit
But I like the tone, this is a... this is definitely like a...
A 6/10 right here
Well done
Alright, from Justus Gash 'Ola My Tone Best Rig Demo'
What is this? A Pyromancer...
Fuzzsimp FX Pyromancer Drive
Marshall Origin 20H ran clean
Tube Expander running into interface
We've seen a lot of impulse responses
Uh...
It's just easier to record that way than to mic up an amplifier and your cabinet
He has basically everything on max
Except for Scoop and Stoke
I think this would work really well with a little bit like... older type metal
That's necessarily not being modern metal
It's not really chugging or anything, it's just like a...
A solid distorted tone, I would say
It's thick and nice, but...
There's no real like edge, if you understand what I'm saying
But uh...
Other than that 6/10, man, sounds pretty good
Like, if I would plug into this, I would probably use...
Like a driver in front of this, just to tighten up the sound a little bit
Uh... thank you
So there you go, those were the submissions for this week
If you have any submissions, please...
Let it be more amplifiers and you know, mic'd up cabinets and what- I...
It's nice that you guys are sending me stuff, but you know...
Most of the stuff is basically Neural DSP or you know...
Same impulse responses that I've heard before
It would be nice to have the real thing in there as well
You know, a real amplifier, a real cabinet and a real microphone
And uh... I think it would just make things a little bit more exciting, but...
Thank you to all the guys that participated in this week's Rate My Tone
And I'll see you guys next time
Thank you