Tone Sessions: Nick Johnston - TC-100 - “Poison Touch”
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ย. 2024
- Mesa Artist Nick Johnston spent some time at the Mesa factory to capture some tones and video with various amps and songs from his latest album, Remarkably Human. His song “Poison Touch” is an excellent showcase for the dynamic, touch-sensitive potential of the Triple Crown’s Lo & Hi gain channels for expressive single-note playing. Nick moves effortlessly through barely clipped sections with softer attack, all the way into heavier snarl and grind… sometimes just with heavier-handed attack, and sometimes just with a slight volume increase on the instrument.
The Triple Crown TC-50 and TC-100 both offer a wide range of truly classic low and medium-gain crunch and solo tones, paired with the sweet articulation and three-dimensionality of Mesa circuits and quality components. The TC-100 adds width, punch and headroom to the already popular Triple Crown format with it’s 100 watt power section and big-iron transformers, while also expanding the range of use-ability into lower wattages and volumes via the Multi-Soak™ Power Attenuator. Attenuation from 3, 7, 20, & 50 watts means the TC-100 can be scaled to any playing environment or situation from quiet home-playing, recording, jamming or full-blown stadium rock and beyond.
Recorded with a Schecter Nick Johnston Traditional signature guitar with Schecter NJ Atomic pickups into the TC100 and a 2x12 Rectifier Vertical Slant cab with Celestion Vintage 30s. Mic’d with a Shure KSM313 and a Shure SM57 and mixed 45% KSM313 and 45% SM57 and 10% stereo room mic.
For more information on the Triple Crown TC100:
www.mesaboogie.com/amplifiers/electric/triple-crown-series/triple-crown-tc-100/index.html
And the Rectifier 2x12 Vertical Slant cabinet:
www.mesaboogie.com/cabinets--simulators/guitar-cabinets--simulators/rectifier-series/2x12-recto-vertical-slant.html
Check out Nick Johnston’s website for more outstanding music and playing:
www.nickjohnstonmusic.com
Nick Johnston + Mesa Boogie = Smoking tones and awesome guitar player! Bravo 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
The sloppiest performance of Nick is still a joy to behold.. I adore this piece.
Nick Johnston has a knack for melody the likes of which I've never heard before.
You should check out Anders Buaas, another insanely good melody creator
This guy is a genius! And Mesa/Boogie makes the best amps of the world, I have a Mark V 25 and I love that little thing.
Keep rocking \m/
This demo is amazing but doesn't tell me anything because Nick Johnston could play through a trash can and it would still sound absolutely amazing.
so you can't hear the mesa performance? mmm thats odd..
please tell that to our drummer, he sees a demo of Pete Thorn or RJ and Tim Pierce and then comes to the practice room like "dude you need to get yourself one of those pedals, I saw a demo the other day..."
Wow. This might be the best Mesa demo video yet.
love the playing and dynamics both from nick and MESA
respect
I like how he pluck his notes, the legato mix with bend sounds like as if the notes are narcoleptic, wanna doze off but it cames back to life after he plays the nx note. This guy is the new best guitarist out there. Also, his playing reminds me of Guthrie Govan but after he had a good fine wine and getting a little tipsy after that.
Nick's playing is phenomenal! TC-100 sounds amazing.
Nick is AMAZING! Killer melodies, and technique.
Happy friday
Your tone is Amazing Nick, I love all your work I'm so glad that you finally do something with Mesa! Cheers!
He always talks about how beautiful his Schecters are and I never saw it but this one is 10/10
Emilio Estrella I have a warmoth build that looks similar, but his neck kills me
Fantastic!....why would anyone give this a thumbs down..SMFH
That is is a wicked sounding amp Mesa, quite literally it boogies.
This video and the one where he plays the Mark V 35 are making me fall in love with Mesa. Such an amazing player and tone.
I know Nick is a phenomenal player, but this, this is on another level. This song sounds like something Joe Satriani would have done from Super Colossal, Unstoppable Momentum, and Shockwave Supernova. Fucking killer!!
Wow! The perfect player to show off the articulation of this amp! Love it, I have a 90s dual rec if you fancy a swap!
Love the tone! Very soulful. I'm newly inspired. Great groove. Glad I found you man. I'm back to playing! Keep it coming!
Nick is the man! Love this song and love his playing - blows my mind every time I hear him!
WOW. The guitar player is the best !
The boogie-ness is off the charts in that room!
You inspire me.
love the way he hangs back in da pocket,,,you could say,,, he has,,, the Poison Touch
This blue is 10/10
A little bit vibe of Last Deals of Dead Men on the chorus. This song is very special. And yes, the tone as well.
What an amazing sounding amp. Not hindered by the playing at all either.
The lick at 3:46 is soooo gooood...
Yeah and reminded me of Paul Gilbert a little.
I love this song. He ones performed at my old working place for free and I didn't knew =(
Love it.
Great phrasing. Definitely digging it. Also, I was on the fence about the TC50, but I think the TC100 will push me over.
I completely forgot about the amp
:D
Great playing and buttery sweet tones!
NIck is a relative of Gandalf and truly a wizard. Glad to see he's now got Boogie in his blood.
E adoro essa sonoridade do Nick o timbre dele é impecável sou fã do trabalho estrumental dele
Magnífico Nick
Amazing tone right there
Awesome playing and tone. While the Electra Dyne and Royal Atlantic were cool amps the TC amps have the features most people want from a modern amp. Doesn’t hurt that they sound great as well.
Thanks for the awesome kind words, Dan! You nailed it with the lineage progression from ED & RA-100 to the TC series. Glad you're diggin' the tones. Cheers! :)
GOAT
That sent me out of this world
SWEET! I want one! I have and electradyne right now.
he sound good doesnt matter,what guitar,pickups or amp this guy play.
keep rocking bro yup amazing..
Lovely his guitar neck...😍
Strange how the Lo channel had the treble and presence set to zero yet still got a bright sound?
Good eyes, Greg! Bright guitar with fresh strings (Strat and single coil bridge pickup, often rolled below full output on guitar volume), and a bright amp with EL-34s. Similar settings were used during the TC50 demo with blues-oriented Strat player. Extreme settings for sure, but some amp & guitar combinations are like that. thanks for watching. :)
You don't see many companies interact with commenters like MESA/Boogie does. Y'all have a great social media staff... and killer products.
amazing
id love on of these cabs, but my main concern is with my height i may have an annoying time dialing my tone, how tall is it with he feet installed? im used to a marshall 1960b on casters for ref
the best for pandemic
Maravilhoso 👏🏻👏🏻
Fawwwwk I love his sound.
And he play this exactly with the same tone on a Harley Benton cheap amp. Why? Because he can.!!
superbe !!!
TC50 is awesome but nick could play through roland cube and make is sound good, honestly.
How about a mark v 50 watt
with 6l6's or el34's?
Absolutely......been thinking of that configuration for a long time.
I have both
The MKV can be set to 90, 45 or 10W per channel (mix it up however you like), and you can easily stick a pair of EL-34s in there (sounds killer, actually). You just have to use Boogie 34s (it's fixed Bias) and flip the Bias Select switch on the back.
awesome
Tosin Abasi's tone resembles Nick Johnston's tone lately!
What wireless monitoring headphones work with the amp?
I don’t know if it’s the new pickups or the amp,but your Friedman BE sounded more vintage to my ears,less compressed and more dynamic,great tune though!
I own both the TC and BE, they area completely different beasts, but they can sound similar with proper EQ, BE100 is definitely the king though.
Yes ,I think the same but it´s your Taste .
I Love Mesa , Friedman and Nick The Sound is very good .
That sounds really nice and woody.......Not to many high gain amps out there that make single coils sound good......seems like they always need a pedal/boost to get things going. Boogie has been making single coils sound good for years. My Ecstacy 101A doesn't sound this good with single coils.
아트라고 생각한다👍...
Good good good.
when someone mentions the word earcandy...
Shades of Kenny G.
Very nice, as always by Nick. However, I do prefer Nick playing this song thru his Marshall setup. When he uses that the tones seem to just cut right into my soul.
A little bit of highs won't hurt I guess...
It grooves out way more this way I feel
It kinda sounds perfect to me, dude!
Nick is known for his fat tone , you'll rarely hear his guitar sound so shiny , but he's just amazing , and I personally love his fat tone .
It sounds good, but somehow lacks the "body" from the album tone. Like, a low mid thing.
sounded a bit more subdued than nick's usual sound, missing harmonics and some splatter, bit too dark
I hate how he makes it look so easy :(
Tasty 😋
Mano se tava bebado ? 🧐
Nick is amazing but this doesn't sound like him
Is going out of time quite oftenly... Makes me think he couldn't hear the backing track properly
Uvedevaca sounds fine to me, might be to taste
I prefer music that goes in and out of time. It feels more emotive and flowing than rigid and constrained.
It's his song. Maybe there was no backing track when he played, maybe he was playing from the backing track in his head! Regardless, phenomenal stuff here, even if it wasn't all in time with the "backing track" perfectly! Very organic and expressive! Inspiring!
He adds dragging feels often playing live. It's deliberate. :)
Hense the term poison touch.
I do understand why you said that tho. But its done intentionally. He's in no rush'-'",,?
Wow, he certainly does not like treble.
If he didnt, he wouldnt play a strat, ehh I mean an "S-Type" guitar
I just can't understand why he uses a vintage single coil strat set.
Sounds a bit cold and plastic... for his tone marshall and friedman are better, more opened and vintage sound with coils. Btw this TC100 its a nice amp!
Warning! Personal Opinion: his music always sounds like him just noodling over a pretty backing track. His melodies just don't stick for me.
Huh... weird to each their own I guess
So all of instrumental guitar music
@@BurntMcgurnt yeah I've tried to get into his music but I just can't. He's undoubtably an exceptional guitar player. His melodies and his lines just lack emphasis for MY TASTE. Like theres no 'deliberate-ness' to his playing, more like he just happens to pass over those notes.
As compared to Aaron Marshall (Intervals) where his lines are emphasized and take the foreground in the music. Nick's leads kind of get muddied in the backdrop
@@towel9646 Uhm, no.
I would say something different - IMHO his entire Remarkably Human album is very well composed and all the licks just fit perfectly - I love it because the melodies are simple yet mixed with techically advanced playing but not simple showing off... However, when I listen to Nick's live renditions of his songs it basically sounds lke (as you decribed it) noodling over a pretty backing track. he's the composer, he can do whatever he wants but it simply doesn't convince me at all - his live playing just sounds a bit too careless;) Big respect for Nick though;)
Brilliant