finally malkmus getting some recognition for his incredible range of tones. one of the most underrated guitarists of all time. the solo in Witch Mountain Bridge from the album Pig Lib proves he's the next Tom Verlaine.
Contemplating about toys - yeah fun. Stephen Malkmus is one of the rare musicians who has accumulated insights and stay "young" simultaneously. Hence still going strong.
This is great bc Malkmus is someone who doesn't care for gear culture--just wants to play and not get caught up in GAS. I LOVE pedals (prob too much), but this is a good reminder for me (like is his style of music) to not take gear too seriously. It's not about collecting all the pedals or what has germanium diodes blah blah blah. When it comes down it, play the music that matters to you. Gear can get you there, yea, but it's mostly the ideas and persistence of the creative process that'll really make the difference IMO.
Profound words indeed! He's a nice guy and pavement was and is amazing, especially live ( seen em twice in the nineties and in the 2000s when I was monitor engineer at Paradiso Amsterdam and they played their "rerun") , not superfond of the Jicks but hey thats taste. I record my band Wondertrees with his live tech Remko Schouten at Ijland studio Amsterdam. He and his team are super nice as well and dear friends. Thanks and good luck midstep!
Really? This guy just jumped on the bandwagon, the right scene at the right time. And he just kept talking about other bands, on and on. Live he’s really great tho.
He and I came from a time when you used 2-3 pedals at most. We never heard of pedal boards. It was guitar-> distortion-> delay-> amp. If you were fancy you used a chorus or flanger :)
awe Andy Wallace's daughter was my housemate in astoria...love hearing him name checked esp in regards go Malkmus Pavemnt and cobain who Andy loved.....as it happens i also went ot Uva with Pavement but anyway Andy Wallace deserves as Malkmus alludes to and gives so much credit for so much great and varied music thanks! - SJOCOR
Man, you have got a great thing going on in your channel. Stephen Malkmus...I was just listening to his first solo album after Pavement with my wife and our 2 daughters (13 and 10) while driving out to the grandparents for Easter dinner...still holds up (it’s no Crooked Rain Crooked Rain, but what is?). Really appreciate your channel, man. Thanks to the management at EarthQuaker for creating and sharing this!
Why am I such a fan of him?.. I remember seeing a picture of him in Rolling Stone 10 years ago and was like I like him. Pavement was really one of those background bands of the mid 90s that made you say music is really great right now. What happened? I remember by 2000 being so angry and cynically disgusted with what I was hearing on the radio.. there was a brief moment around 94 when almost everything was good.
I love the editing on this video. What you could’ve done was when he says names of effects, apply the effect to the audio kinda like you did with the part of the video where he says “tremolo” you put a tremolo on the audio.
if you don't make a t shirt out of the pedal lifestyle quote you are missing out! (I'll take one for free for coming up with the idea... proud owner of Hummingbird, Dispatch Master and Swiss Things) The asterisk corrections are my favorite part. I love EQD pedals and had no idea how great the channel was. Awesomesauce
It made total sense to me to see that he has the same Dispatch Master pedal that I ended up going with. But yeah, it's more of a "fix what your amp can't do right" sort of pedal for me. What a hilariously under-informed person to do this kind of video. I love Steve. These pedals seem cool. I'm not sure what the point of this was besides fun though. Maybe don't take your rig so seriously? There are lots of ways to think about pedals? Urgh. He kept talking about fuzz and then didn't demo a fuzz pedal. What does the Palisades pedal even do? I think my internet is broken. Thumbs up.
Malkamus is hilarious. He just seems so bewildered by pedals and gears. You'd swear he didn't do it for a living.
"it's like getting a tattoo...that you can get removed really easily."
Wtf? Hahaha!
they def come from a different place than some succesful artists thank the godessssss
Putting him saying "tremolo" through a tremolo is genius : )
I love that also.
It’s the little things.
SM couldn't give a fuck if he tried... still the coolest person to have survived the 90s
So much style that it's wasted
finally malkmus getting some recognition for his incredible range of tones. one of the most underrated guitarists of all time. the solo in Witch Mountain Bridge from the album Pig Lib proves he's the next Tom Verlaine.
I've always thought his playing was very Verlaine-ish! I'm glad someone else thinks so. :)
Pavement is on one hand so revered and on the other insanely underrated
Contemplating about toys - yeah fun. Stephen Malkmus is one of the rare musicians who has accumulated insights and stay "young" simultaneously. Hence still going strong.
Malkmus needs a signature twin preamp pedal, called Two States (north and south, baby).
40 million daggers
that's a spiral stairs song though
This is great bc Malkmus is someone who doesn't care for gear culture--just wants to play and not get caught up in GAS. I LOVE pedals (prob too much), but this is a good reminder for me (like is his style of music) to not take gear too seriously. It's not about collecting all the pedals or what has germanium diodes blah blah blah. When it comes down it, play the music that matters to you. Gear can get you there, yea, but it's mostly the ideas and persistence of the creative process that'll really make the difference IMO.
Profound words indeed! He's a nice guy and pavement was and is amazing, especially live ( seen em twice in the nineties and in the 2000s when I was monitor engineer at Paradiso Amsterdam and they played their "rerun") , not superfond of the Jicks but hey thats taste. I record my band Wondertrees with his live tech Remko Schouten at Ijland studio Amsterdam. He and his team are super nice as well and dear friends. Thanks and good luck midstep!
king of perfect sound forever
best non sequitur pedal review goes to Malkmus, hands down
I'll watch anything with Malkmus present
Underrated guitarist, especially on his solo record or w/ the Jicks, hilarious pedal insight
If there's a better specimen of the ultimate Gen-X'er out there, I'd like to know.
Really? This guy just jumped on the bandwagon, the right scene at the right time. And he just kept talking about other bands, on and on. Live he’s really great tho.
That carefully cultivated aloofness that screams "I am a product of the nineties".
Lou Barlow
allrain this guy built the bandwagon and had no idea anyone was hitching a ride
Gene Ween
5:34 great job advocating for pedals lol u did earthquaker a solid
How is he 17 yrs old and 50 yrs old at the same time
Idk but I love It
He and I came from a time when you used 2-3 pedals at most. We never heard of pedal boards. It was guitar-> distortion-> delay-> amp. If you were fancy you used a chorus or flanger :)
awe Andy Wallace's daughter was my housemate in astoria...love hearing him name checked esp in regards go Malkmus Pavemnt and cobain who Andy loved.....as it happens i also went ot Uva with Pavement but anyway Andy Wallace deserves as Malkmus alludes to and gives so much credit for so much great and varied music thanks! - SJOCOR
I was relieved tonight that my hero was as high as I was when I heard this
He plays the guitar like a fuckin everyday dude and he’s an inspiration for us lol
"I don't think Kurt Cobain made that choice, I could be wrong " - I don't why I found that so funny
It's like SM is the Jack Benny of our era.
Perfect Stoned Forever
i like that he doesn't count it as a pedal if it's always on, gonna adopt that philosophy to clear up space on my mental board
The subtle corr3ctions in the bottom left are hilarious
Thanks a lot for Malkmus, he is genius! It would be great to see J Mascis here!
Definitely 👍
He found the most difficult way to play the easiest song (come as you are)
He's playing drop tuning
thats my life as an untrained guitar player
"So it's a booster and different volumes of voices." Sold!
Nice demo with one of my favorite musicians! keep it up
God, this video couldn’t be more up my alley if it was parked behind my house.
Man, you have got a great thing going on in your channel. Stephen Malkmus...I was just listening to his first solo album after Pavement with my wife and our 2 daughters (13 and 10) while driving out to the grandparents for Easter dinner...still holds up (it’s no Crooked Rain Crooked Rain, but what is?).
Really appreciate your channel, man. Thanks to the management at EarthQuaker for creating and sharing this!
thank YOU for watching! Glad you dig it
Nice work Tony Hawk
Why am I such a fan of him?.. I remember seeing a picture of him in Rolling Stone 10 years ago and was like I like him. Pavement was really one of those background bands of the mid 90s that made you say music is really great right now. What happened? I remember by 2000 being so angry and cynically disgusted with what I was hearing on the radio.. there was a brief moment around 94 when almost everything was good.
This thing makes it all wiggly woogity but this one, this one makes it all crunchity jangley
‘She told me not to’ use those settings
Beautiful Squidward
Pretty cool that he uses the Dispatch Master!
This is brilliant, love the man!
this kid is the most 90’s kid ever
A shitload of knobs is pretty accurate 😂😂
Big fan of The Malk!
everyone should drink a glass of Malk everyday.
Gotta love The Malk.
"made famous by Deerhoof!" yes!!
uglymousanova that right there made me grin
4:45 like a diamond j drive, a t rex delay, and a fuzz factory... his actual board
Pavement was great and all but I completely forgot about them over the last 10 years. time to dig back into my CD collection.
might i recommend Out of Reaches and Real Emotional Trash from one of his albums with the Jicks
I wish i could have a CD collection. I've lost em over the years of being a vagabond
"sounds like an Andy Wallace choice"
....
"Sea Machine!..."
I’ll miss pavement forever...
This is becoming my favorite channel
great! thanks for watching!
Malkmus is is a monster guitarist, and the king of creative understatements, check out 1% Of One off Pig Lib
I love the editing on this video.
What you could’ve done was when he says names of effects, apply the effect to the audio kinda like you did with the part of the video where he says “tremolo” you put a tremolo on the audio.
This is awesome! It's like y'all read my mind...
that smile
Hearing the "Bit Commander"; I thought of Beck.
Give our streets to california, do you? shots fired, Steve.
Best Episode of (The Name Of This Show) available! Even in 2023, when I WROTE THIS.
Love that SM still doesn't use a pedal board 30 years into his professional career. Keep it simple
"Palisades...it's uh...got a shitload of knobs on it..."
if you don't make a t shirt out of the pedal lifestyle quote you are missing out! (I'll take one for free for coming up with the idea... proud owner of Hummingbird, Dispatch Master and Swiss Things) The asterisk corrections are my favorite part. I love EQD pedals and had no idea how great the channel was. Awesomesauce
This guy is straight up goofy. You'd swear he didn't know what a big deal he is.
Best notification ever
i love my Palisades
SM ist rad.
Never clicked on something so fast #first
Same!
Do some sonic youth please!!!
pedals are like temp tattoos
Can never have enough!
Funny how they constantly correct him in text but they can’t spell dudes name wright
That just sounds/nice.
Bit Commander sounds like a less schizophrenic Blue Box.
Anyone know if the tracking is better than the original MXR?
Or a Gordie Walker choice¿?
It made total sense to me to see that he has the same Dispatch Master pedal that I ended up going with. But yeah, it's more of a "fix what your amp can't do right" sort of pedal for me.
What a hilariously under-informed person to do this kind of video. I love Steve. These pedals seem cool. I'm not sure what the point of this was besides fun though. Maybe don't take your rig so seriously? There are lots of ways to think about pedals?
Urgh. He kept talking about fuzz and then didn't demo a fuzz pedal. What does the Palisades pedal even do? I think my internet is broken.
Thumbs up.
Someone buy this man a new pair of sneaks!
Clicked on this just because of pavement.
just gave this comment a thumbs up because of you
Chrome?!?! Man, haven't heard anyone mention Chrome for something like 30, almost 40 years!!!! Yikes!!
They got mentioned a lot when Slanted and Enchanted first dropped, as Malk was championing them and The Fall a lot in those days.
I love Chrome!
Great to see Steve+EQD 🐙☠️
are Steven Malkmus and Steven Drozed the same guy ?
Dror Waserman Seriously 😂😂
They look and act like they could be brothers lol
i hope that’s not trouble for marc
Doesnt Malkmus use the Crowther Hotcake?
yeah and lovetone pedals (which are super rare)
Hell yeahhhhh
Lmao. oh Stephen...
#gotashitloadofknobsonit 😁 what more do you need to know? 🤣🤣
Mentions expensive equipment and they cut to a shot of the Benson amp, lol.
When I think of chorus? I think "Gordie Walker" of Killing Joke!🎸🎹🎧💫😵👌👍✋🙏✌
Actually its stephen not Steve XD
3:50
is this a regular mustang? looks bigger. or maybe I should drag my lazy ass outta bed and put on my glasses...
The 1970's were a strange time for Fender.
Yussssssssssss
Successfully mutilates Come As You Are, just like every other chorus pedal user on TH-cam 🤣
So sick of these over-polished gear reviewers like this guy
Furst
he kinda seems clueless lmao and his playing was wack. nice i dig it
Malk's may be a guitar god, but his sneaker game is ... weak