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hey everybody Welcome to yet another episode of SMG viewers comments my Friday show that's about
you not about me if you've got comments you've got questions I want to hear from you leave one
below and if it's cool I'll try to put it on the show anyway let's get right to it quote don't
have any scientific proof for a fact I'm good not how that works more like whatever happened
to just spending stacks of cash and cool here and having fun and hey he's not wrong buying
nice gear is fun if you're after that instead of Economic and effective gear choices uh we know we
discussed this last week a little bit it's about the thrill about buying luxury Brands there's
nothing wrong with that I remember when I bought my 29 fret Washburn back in the day I was super
excited about that you know and then when we get a little older and hopefully mature a little bit
it becomes less about hey look what I bought but more like hey look what I can achieve at least
that's the one I hope you guys are aiming for you know buying new stuff is cool but creating
cool stuff that's where the satisfaction truly lies in my opinion yes I've got a lot of great
gear in here but I'd much rather be proud of a cool mix that I made rather than a cool guitar
that I purchased but yeah that original statement came up in one of the comments there if somebody
was arguing with me about tone and the speaker and that sort of thing and he made a statement
and said I don't have any scientific proof and Then followed it up with for a fact it's
like guys you're even listening to what you're writing down don't have any proof for a fact
feelings are not facts okay you have to be able to verify what you say and you know the amount
of blowback I get in the comments about things like vacuum tubes you'd think there'd be a lot
more tests out there validating what you're saying still waiting for somebody to make a
better tube test than the one I made last year you know if somebody can show me what I got wrong I
I'm down for listening I really am but that still hasn't happened I have to laugh when the Americans
compete and ancient Freedom Units as it actually called the imperial system devised by a British
Imperial Empire that's America's got freedom from the metric system it will be closer to freebing
units in this context but hey Yanks like to hold on to the Past hey dumbass I'm [ __ ] Canadian in
case you didn't notice what's this oh yeah right we've got Liz on our currency oh oh oh right yes
the term Freedom Units is sarcasm you dimwit [ __ ] I thought the Brits were supposed to get
sarcasm dude seriously do us all in favor brush up on your Monty Python and then top it off with some
Benny Hill and then finally end it with a visit to the dentist because you probably [ __ ] need it
that's it I record The Ref with two different guitars you almost uh Pacific PRS SE Tremonti
signature both with the bridge humbucker Yamaha and Seymour Duncan pickup and Tremonti has the
signature embarker pickup in the bridge position at the time recording of that well yeah Yamaha
has more mids and Tremonti has the amp the mic position and all the game settings are the same
after maybe testing I can assure you I could not hear 0.0001 difference I followed your advice line
and got a new speaker but it's dirty for my Laney lv200 amp and it sucked before and was gonna sell
it save up for a better amp it sucks less and the tone is quite useful enough thanks a lot
Glenn keep up the great work hey dude happy to help sounds like you made a smart choice because
a vintage 30 is not that super expensive and if the video went out on Wednesday as I was planning
uh I've got that way how to upgrade a 6505 combo you should definitely check out I'll have a link
for that at the end of the video it's definitely worth taking a look at that for sure and that's
one thing I'm going to recommend to you guys is that if you think your app sucks do yourself a
favor and plug it in to a different cabinet with different speakers and see what happens
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big difference you are a new guitar player I know you know Tom but they have more arrest Punky don't
listen to the specs in literature it's the way it plays also Brian the [ __ ] are you trying to
say you know can we maybe do complete sentences here that might help get your point across ah
big difference okay well we did the shootout we didn't really get a big difference not like say
you would get altering you know speakers you know you can deny that all you want it's not
going to change the fact that changing pickups in a high gain tone really don't make all that
big of a difference at least not what we've been led to believe anyway it's the way it plays also
well how is it the way it plays care to elaborate a little bit there maybe give us a little bit more
information to back up what you're saying because one simple incomplete sentences isn't quite enough
to go on if you catch my drift that is if you can put together a complete thought wait Distortion
distorts the signal wow who would have expected that sarcasm good job Glenn for pointing out what
matters not sarcasm well hey dog bother thanks so much for the comment there it's nice to get a
little appreciation instead of you know the usual drumming by the know-it-alls and do nothings in
the comments glad I could help out just a little bit once again guys if you're looking for certain
heavy Rock tones you might want to try altering something other than your pickups and tubes it
might be something worth pursuing you might have a much more fruitful conclusion to your quest
seriously though dude maybe I should put that on a t-shirt Distortion distorts the signal that might
be kind of fun if you guys think that's a cool idea if that's a shirt you'd like to buy let me
know leave a comment below imagine pitching in for studio time with money out of your minimum
wage pockets and not being [ __ ] prepared LOL you would think that paying for something you
wouldn't want your money wasted I'm in total agreement with you you know unfortunately that
doesn't seem to happen at least not very often anyway I mean like I've had a couple bands come
in over the years that absolutely knocked it out of the park I can count them on one hand
though unfortunately most bands you've got to coach through even though yes they're working
[ __ ] minimum wage jobs for [ __ ] hours for [ __ ] money and are spending basically every
every spare Penny they have on making a record and they still come in I'm prepared I've never
[ __ ] understood them you know but I have had some pads come in here and kick ass but never
once have I ever had a band come in and I had to say guys you know what you practiced way too much
and have you started looking at the impact that AI may have is already having on music
in general recording mixing specifically and because words equals hard sometimes seems to
be the theme song for a lot of you commenters words equals hard sometimes anyway yes I have
taken a look into the AI thing and you know what we've got some very good news on the horizon see
I read a comment a couple days ago and somebody said they're really worried about AI replacing
the human element and music and I'm like hey you know what don't worry about it we already started
doing that 10 years ago manually and on purpose so metal is gonna remain just the way it is right
now Bland stale and boring because you guys refuse to put a Humanity on your records already [Music]
I mean seriously when is the last time you heard an unaltered drummer on a modern metal recording
they're about as rare as a live [ __ ] unicorn it all depends if you're looking for cleanser
Distortion yeah I'd say tubes are overrated but if you want that kiss by overdrive sound
that favorite clean sound Jerry Garcia Chuck Berry there's just no way to get it with solid
state well hey Paul the skeptic sorry a little upset about that video all I can do is show
what we got and yeah I gotta say that orange solid state app is a [ __ ] beast here's the
great thing though I mean like yeah I know I do metal on this channel and I'm gonna give a
recommendation to go check out the JHS Channel because he did a shootout with some horrible
solid state amps where he did that whole Kiss by overdrive sound that bores the living [ __ ]
out of me now you guys seem to love so much so they have to come over to a metal channel
to complete the lack of Kiss by overdrive sound that's putting the rest of us to sleep seriously
seriously seriously you know that kind of playing was great for you know my parents generation who
are like you know pushing 80 but you know the rest of us now uh those of us gen xers who
grew up on cool [ __ ] like priest and maiden and mega death and Metallica and stuff like
maybe we want something that sounds just a little bit heavier try considering that and by the way
go change your [ __ ] depends underground is there you old bastard [Applause] [Music]
oh my Keppra is obsolete enough sure let me bring
my desktop to a festival show and change patches with a mouse on stage
have you considered something like an EVO for testing pickup responses plenty of idiots trying
to say that technique and field changes how test on a guitar with different pickups can be a big
enough variable but what about just resonating the string with something that doesn't rely on
the player picking strings exactly the same way on the exact same rip firstly I stand by
your current pickup test but in the interest of eliminating variables I'm curious if you
had considered using a tool like an ebook keep up the amazing work and [ __ ] you
glad hey Justin smart you know what you lived up your last day man that was a [ __ ] great idea
um I'm gonna you know raise my hand here uh I'm in the SMG dumbass club today because I literally
had an ebo sitting on my desk for months and I gave it back to them to the guy who loaned it
to me because I never [ __ ] used it but that's a great [ __ ] suggestion you know what I'm going to
do that I'm going to do another follow-up video because there's some people who got really upset
about my pickup video Murray guitar pickups hi Murray thanks so much for dropping by we love you
man but uh please let's spend some time in reality seriously though that sounds like a wonderful idea
um I'm gonna do that and I'm gonna try some more pickup shootouts you know from guitar
to guitar to guitar you know amp Sim versus real amp versus changing pickups in the an individual
guitar as well and hearing any kind of variables we get that way as well and making sure we're
using the same set of strings unfortunately that lovely single cut that I had with the removable
pickups had to go back to its owner so hey guys uh yeah thanks for taking that back [ __ ] but
um I'm gonna have to do that probably with a Harley button or something like that which I think
would be a great idea as well because we can show what happens when you upgrade the pickups yeah
I'm sure it's going to be life-altering the [ __ ] tonal variations we're gonna get there here's the
thought about the pickups don't make a difference claim can't help but notice you stipulate the
pickups don't make a difference when using overdrive Distortion game but here's the thing
in a scientific experiment why would someone alter the data like that adding effects to the signal
and then say you can't barely tell the difference with all the games he be like going to taste test
and dumping Apollo assault on all the food because you like salt and saying they all taste the same
if you want anything accurate you need to use an unaltered guitar signal I feel like this is very
obvious well doing a test with a ton of signal effects is almost funny well Rob let me spell
it out for you so that somebody even with your Monumental intellect can understand you see as a
metal producer I'm looking for information on how to find certain High Gain tones and unfortunately
there's not a lot of good information out there about how to get good High Gain tones because
it's all the same information oh you should change your pickups Well turns out changing your pickups
really doesn't make a major difference in High Gain tones yes you'll get a tiny little bit of
a change but not a big change you're certainly not going to go from Pantera to Clayman to Karo
to Conformity blind it's just not going to work by changing your pickups it comes down to the speaker
and the mic combination and then finding out when those speakers came from what bass he came from
and it's this whole Rabbit Hole to go down to try and replicate those tones pickups have very little
to do with getting certain High Gain tones and the big problem is that information out there is very
misleading to those of us who do play High Gain tones so when I conducted that experiment with
High Gain tones I was trying to illustrate the point changing your pickups isn't going to make a
big difference there have I spelled it out clearly enough do you understand am I getting through to
you God I swear it's like talking to a [ __ ] brick wall sometimes look I know some of you guys
like to play Locane stuff that's absolutely fine but those of us who want to [ __ ] lay waste of
the universe need just a little more information and just to be super extra special clear so please
[ __ ] pay attention I didn't say pickups don't have any effect I said they have minimal effect
make sure you get that right the next time you try and misquote me if you have to get your tone
through softer then you probably shouldn't be playing hey doobie I really appreciate the very
well thought out comment that's probably about 70 percent of guitar players these days especially
kids coming up who really can't afford the luxury of a tube amp because of earlier mentioned minimum
wage jobs that have [ __ ] hours and [ __ ] wages uh today's kids are going to be much more worried
about you know finding a place they can live than splurging on on the luxury of a tube amp
so I got an idea why don't you take that elitist attitude and shove it straight up your ass you
pompous dickweed me all right Glenn they say you're a Tom and chill mate Glenn hold my anger
management yeah they apparently didn't watch my review on this guitar which uh arrived and
shall we say less than Stellar playing condition that's for sure and if they are too busy shooting
their mouths off without actually watching them they can [ __ ] right off hey clappers let's get
tired players like me who just place it through plugins and monitors but does not record at all
can you share your ideas on different monitors affect the sound and the feeling when you're
just hearing yourself play through them well if you're talking about studio monitors you
know like these beautiful atom s2as I got back here the whole idea behind mahlers is to sound
as flat as possible to give you a true picture I'd be more worried about where you're placing
them in your room and if you have any bass traps up so you can really hear what's going on that's
the thing studio monitors are supposed to be flat whereas guitar speakers are anything but guitar
speakers have an incredibly complex frequency response and that's going to be the filter that
your entire sound goes through every EQ adjustment every pedal every pickup everything gets governed
by the filter that is that guitar speaker studio monitors not so much hopefully that cleared up any
confusion all right everybody that's it for this episode thanks so much for coming back week after
week after week I do love hearing from you guys the guys with the great questions the idiots who
make the stupid statements and even the pompous dickweeds like doobie who think kids shouldn't be
playing through ampsense I'm like seriously dude go [ __ ] yourself anyway just like to
thank everybody for stopping by uh make sure you check out my 6505 upgrade video here uh I show
you guys how to make a pretty decent amp sound absolutely incredible for the low low price of
110 bucks it is the ultimate cheap amp hack and it will make that thing into an absolute monster
check it out here and don't forget to check out the hellofresh link below as well thanks
again for watching I'll see you next time and until then let's make some great music together