Beano on a Budget: Clapton's Gibson into a Marshall Tones - Cheap, featuring Jeff McErlain
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This is the long awaited "Beano on a Budget" video. I promised this when I put on the video "The Beano Album: A Short History". I go over the components of the tone and then we build a few different rigs to get those classic Clapton's Gibson into a Marshall tones. This was a very fun project and we'll be doing more videos where at least some of the gear being used is more entry level. It feels like it is a least part of the "most music from the least gear" mantra.
I was very lucky and privileged to work closely with Jeff McErlain on this one. If you haven't subscribed to his TH-cam channel yet or, checked out his lessons on Truefire, I highly recommend it.
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The guys and I picked out three levels of "Beano rigs" for fun and context for the video. See the pics below.
Perry McMannis' - five watt world editor
Ooh do I love this one.
Money no object:
Gibson Les Paul Collector's Choice #24 'Nicky' (6000)
Wizz A4 Pickups (450)
RS Guitarworks Vintage wiring harness (100)
Germino Monterey 100 (3k)
Germino 4x12 with Celestion Golds (1250)
Paul Cochrane Timmy (200)
Fryette Power Station II (700)
11,700 minus incidentals (strings, cables and such)
Mid
90s Les Paul Studio (900)
Wizz A4 Pickups (450)
RS Guitarworks Vintage wiring harness (100)
Paul Cochrane Timmy (200)
Louis Electric Baby Bluesbreaker (2500)
Celestion Alnico Blue 12"
just about 4000 minus incidentals
Low:
Epiphone Les Paul Plus Standard (500)
RS Guitarworks Vintage wiring Harness (100)
Boss Katana 100 1x12 (359)
Origin Revival Drive, used as a preamp into the Katana 100's power section or the preamp set SUPER flat (529)
1488 minus incidentals
Dave Onorato - Dojo Guitar Repair
Park 18 watt combo
Metropoulos Supa Boost pedal
any nice LP type set neck guitar with a set of Mission Custom Paf's for high end $5-6k
A Savage Rohr 6 amp
Metropoulos Supa Boost pedal and
any low to mid range set neck LP type guitar with Mission Paf's
$2500-3500
A Fender Blues Jr with new quality tubes installed
Metropoulos Supa Boost pedal,
Epiphone set neck LP copy with Duncan Pearly Gates pickup set $1500
David Barber - Barber Electronics
Eastman T386 guitar ($970), Marshall Origin 20 combo ($499), Boss OD-1 ($42), but I am trying to find a cheaper OD pedal, like a $30 mini off Amazon.
$4000 range, I have a PRS S2 McCarty singlecut $1699, a Victory Amps Sheriff 44 with Fender Bluesbreaker 2x12 cab (V-type speakers) ($349), leaning towards a DD v4.
Funds unlimited version, Gibson R9, 1962 ‘BLUESBREAKER, a day at Decca studios, and rental of EC himself...you did say "no limts".
Keith's rig choices
Budget rig
PRS Zach Meyers Sig SE, Marshall Origin 20, head and a Mojotone Lite 1x12 Neo Creamback cab, Barber Direct Drive and Keeley Abbey Chamber Verb (hey, no surprises here it's my video).
Mid
PRS S2 Singlecut 245, Marshall Studio 20, LPD Dojo Boost, Strymon El Capistan delay
High End
Gibson Custom Shop R8 (at 7 1/2lbs), FYD Amps Bluesbreaker style handbuilt amp, LPD Dojo Boost, Echoplex EP-3 (hey I need some cushion)
Great breakdown of the intricacies of tone. It’s not just the guitar, amp and pedals, it’s everything in the recording chain. Excellent video Hypes!
@KC EXACTLY!
I think I've been watching you too much, I read this title as "Bee-Ah-No on a Budget".
@Black Dog Idiot.
@@spekkio101 don't kiss his ass lol
Have you checked out The Heritage Guitar Company's LP Burst model. It's about half the price of a new Gibson reissue Burst. As I'm sure you know, Heritage is the old Gibson factory and worker up in Kalamazoo, MI. I have a semi-hollow body Heritage which I love. I'm thinking of making a move on that Heritage Burst.
4:29 Secret to the Beano Tone: A british engineer in a tie, smoking a cigarette next to a 60s multitrack tape recorder.
As always, thanks for having me involved in this Keith!!
You made this one work Jeff. “Stick with me kid.”
five watt world lol!
Great playin as always Jeff
Great playing Mr. Jeff. I would love to see you in a live show. If you ever come to Panama I will personally show you all the best places in this country and be my guest.. please consider the Panama jazz festival
Watched this and subscribed to your channel Jeff. Love your tones - the absolute best - and what you play. Looking forward to hearing more of you music and insights :) Please visit England someday soon and bring back the blues ;)
Everyone needs to see this. So many guys chasing a particular tone never take into account how much a guitar sound can change from “in the room” to “on the recording.” It’s a lot easier to replicate a live tone.
I've stumbled over some specific tones during my time as a player (I accidentally replicated Gary Moore's 'Still Got The Blues' tone using a Yamaha MSG Deluxe and a Marshall TSL-60 combo for example) but I never really chased a specific tone. I think I realised quite early on that there were just too many variables involved. Plus I got into Hendrix and there are so many tones on every studio album, let alone the live material, that if you want to do him you can only ever approximate his sound. But with most stuff if you can make it feel right then it will sound right no matter what gear you're using.
Sometimes the tone finds YOU.
I absolutely agree. My nephew is a tone chaser but he only goes after live tones.
Don't chase others tones. It's impossible. There are so many factors that you can't replicate. It's just a waste of time.
@@misterknightowlandco I think it's worth trying as long as one doesn't get obsessive about it. Trouble is some people do - look at the amount of money, time and effort people have put into trying to sound like Brian May! At least with Clapton the effort you put in leads to tones that cover a wide range of rock and blues. Try and sound like EC c.1966 and you're in classic British blues-rock territory even if you fail. Same with trying to replicate SRV, there is a whole host of players whose tones and styles are similar enough that you'll have a decent base from which to develop even if you don't get to where you wanted. But some tones lead you nowhere - The aforementioned Brian May, Steve Vai, Nick Drake and Neil Young spring to mind.
Keith, you truly are a credit and a blessing to our hobby and interest. Every single video you create has such obvious care and love.
I heard Fleetwood Mac live in 69. I always thought that sound came closest to Clapton's. So ,in my chase for Beano tone, I'd start with Greenie style pick-ups. I know many will disagree, but that's how I heard it.
I've spent the lockdown learning how to build tube amps. I've just finished converting a thin, noisy Hayden pcb-mounted EL84 amp into a turret-board hand-wired brownface Princeton 6G2. The bias-vary tremolo is gorgeous, and the amp is very nearly noise free. It's very satisfying, playing through gear you've made, especially when it sounds good! I'd recommend anyone to learn... I was certainly no electrical engineer when I started! If I can do it, anyone can.
I see the letter Eric wrote to Marshall re. payments on the amp shows Clapton's address as 25 Ladbroke Square, London W11. Amazingly, that's only 400 yards from the house on Lansdowne Crescent where Jimi Hendrix died 50 years ago yesterday.
I love that he lived on Ladbroke Sq and he's apologising in the letter for being a broke lad!
@@dylanadams1455 Wasn't he living with Mayall at the time? Even if not the relative cost of housing around there is nothing compared to what it is now.
@@kevinjohnbetts No idea what Ladbroke is like, whether it's posh or cheap. Just that he was a broke lad
@@dylanadams1455 I don't think London does 'cheap' any more when it comes to housing.
Apologies if I misread your intent but it's still interesting that a young 'broke' musician could afford to live there. I had a quick peak at my copy of the book 'Strange Brew' and there's mention of an interview Eric gave to 'Melody Maker' in March 1966. It took place in his flat in Notting Hill and he talks about the struggle to make a blues band viable in the UK.. There is no mention of his financial situation but it's implied that he's barely getting by.
@@kevinjohnbetts Eric was living with John Mayall in Lee Green in SE London during the Beano Album era. The letter is not dated, but I've read he was living around Ladbroke Grove later when Cream was formed. There are so many great things about that letter. Eric's stylistic handwriting, the indented paragraphs and the correct punctuation. Young people don't write like that anymore. And he writes the postcode as "West Eleven" instead of W11, as everyone else would do.
Sold my Origins 20c and regretted in immediately. Two months later bought another one and won’t let that happen again. For the money nothing competes for me.
I own a PRS SE Zach Myers vintage sunburst that I swapped out the stock pickups with Duncan '59's, works great for clean and crunch! And plays fantastic!!
I got two prs se. And I don't think I ever going to need a more "fancy" guitar. Great value.
Franken Stein I have a PRS Bernie Marsden, basically the Solidbody version of the Zach Myers, and with the Duncan Whole Lotta Humbucker Set, I like it better that most Les Pauls I have owned or played. Also the G String stays in tune.
Also got the Marsden with 59/JB swap, it sings like an R8 LP. Probably getting a Custom 22 semi hollow soon and swap the pickups. Stock pickups are a bit ice picky, but they play perfect, as good as my all Warmoth super custom Tele with Duncan Antiquities.
You and Johan are the best guitar channels on TH-cam
I’d second that.
Agree. Not much to proud of in Sweden right now, but my fellow countryman Johan Segeborn is one good representative for the guitar/amp lovers.
Backspin66 I like pewdiepie too
Been watching Johan for a while. Didn't realize he was so highly regarded by so many people. 👍
who's Johan?
Keith, I believe your channel is extremely underrated, your content is great and very helpful. Keep on keeping on brother!
Growing slowly, which is right “on brand” for a five watt world.
This channel is amazing. It is not underrated. Popular doesn't equal quality or "rating". Art (which this channel is a form of) is not a meritocracy.
@@chriskilian2325 Johan Segeborn, Andertons, Rik Beato, 5WW. Don't need much more than that. FHS and Wampler, maybe.
Just our little secret still!..shhhhh...oh ok time to buy a tshirt me thinks! 😎🌟🎸👏🏻
His scripting, and delivery are the best!
I'm a metal guitar player, I pretty much exclusively play modern guitars and high gain tones.
You and your channel though, you've really got me insterested in the "softer" side of things as well.
Super interesting stuff here, and the way you present the info is almost a meditative experience for me haha.
Consider me addicted!
That letter from Clapton is why I watch this channel. The fact that you unearth stuff like that just puts an already amazing production over the top for me. Thank you guys at 5 Watt for all that you do to share this most important history with us!! Rock on!
I’ll let Lenny know.
Love your videos Keith! Keep them coming.
The Origin clip with Jeff sounds wonderfull and nails it to my old ears.
Jeff's R9 Les Paul through the Origin 20 nailed it. These videos on Beano are really enjoyable, many thanks!
Jimmy James thank you!
They are gonna sell a lot of those origin 20's
They already are.
@@ne2i I happen to own one myself.
The Origin sounds great. Though no longer in production, the Marshall Vintage Modern combo would also be worth checking out. It’s based on a jtm amp but with some ‘extras’. Second hand they’re not too expensive and sound killer, full of kt66 goodness.
Really well done coverage of this ‘budget’ tone chase! I’m so impressed how your channel had evolved, bringing in top class collaborators that add so much to these imaginative histories. We’re all in debt to you Keith!
Thanks Joe. Always good when you “drop by.”
Your videos and channel are revolutionary. Finally a serious and academic analysis of Rock N Roll history and someone who actually knows what they’re doing.
"He who dies with the most toys, wins" doesn't matter, sure...but tell that to Mr. Ziff...who, by all accounts...HAS the Beano Les Paul...
Who is this Mr. Ziff......and where does he live??
@@jltrem Dirk Ziff...NY businessman I believe. Not much of a player...but owns many many bursts. Owned the stolen Ed King redeye for years until a pic was taken inside his vault....which led to Ed getting it back before he passed...needless to say no more pics from his collection...but Joe Bonamassa has apparently seen it...
@@GeoffSweet I heard the Bonamassa story but never heard a name connected with it. He may be a billionaire but with a name like Dirk and the fact that he's keeping the LP hidden, I'm betting he's a schmuck. (After reading his Wikipedia page and discovering he inherited his fortune and has sexual assault allegations against him he reminds me of another schmuck.)
@@jltrem yeah, know the whole story. He's a scumbag and knows if EC saw the Beano...or someone close to EC did...he'd have to give it up. It's still EC's... But, in typical scumbag Billionaire form...he hordes.
@@GeoffSweet I wonder how many of his 'bursts are genuine and whether he would really know the difference. The thing with EC and sunburst Les Pauls from that era is that he wasn't exactly careful with them. Going from memory he had three, one of which got left in Greece and two, the 'Beano' guitar and the one that belonged to Andy Summers, got stolen. It was rumoured at one point that Bernie Marsden's 'The Beast' was one of those guitars but that was scotched to the best of my knowledge.
Technically if EC had information that Mr Ziff did have his old Les Paul, and if Joe Bonamassa had seen it he would tell him, then he could get a search warrant for the vault. But I suspect that either Mr Ziff was very coy about showing Joe everything or Joe took one look at the collection and went 'Nah!',
Jeff really nails the old. Clapton sound and playing style. It's one of my all time favorites. I'm a regular viewer of 5 Watt. Thank you for your videos.
The guinea is still used in the uk as it has for hundreds of years in agricultural auctions, the bidder bids and pays in guineas ( now £1.05) , the vendor gets paid in pounds , and the auctioneer gets the difference as commission, so there is method in apparent madness 👍 love your work etc...👍🎸🇬🇧
Fascinating. Thanks for that info.
As noted a guinea isn’t the same as a pound. It was 1 pound and 1 shilling. There were 20 shillings in a pound and 12 pennies in a shilling. That comes out to 1.05 pounds in today’s money. Currency changed to decimal in 1971. It caused considerable confusion for a while. I remember it well!
@@englishjim6428 Until 1960 there were 4 farthings in a penny, so £1 was divisble into 960 parts. ..... Until 1868 the farthing was divisble into 4 quarter-farthings, so at that time £1 was divisible into 3,840 parts! =-o
@@englishjim6428 Umm Currency went decimal in Britain in ~ '64! Australia didn't go decimal until 1966! (Some people said the 'new' money would not get past the city areas! Idiots!)
DMSProduktions Uk decimalisation was 1971
Great vid, Keith! Thx for the shoutout!
You’re welcome Corey.
I Agree. The Studios Tube Pre - Amps and Tube Compressors Definitely are part of that Beano Guitar Sound!
MORE of this kind of content, please, Keith. This is fantastic stuff that really gets into the core history of our shared obsession.
This is one of the best video's I've seen. If I can ask, I would like to see a video as such chasing Dicky Betts tone. Thanks for the great video.
I’m on a mission now. That sound when Jeff turned on the Barber pedal and then the Kealy chamber verb was awesome. I’ve rewatched that section at least 20 times already and I’m chasing that sound now. Thanks for the video.
The irony is even Clapton never had THAT tone again
Never kept the same hairstyle for more than a couple/few months, either!
@@anthonyc1883 Or the same woman
@@anthonyc1883 proving that Jeff Beck is the better guitar god! He’s had the same hair cut for decades 🤪
@@chipsterb4946 Tone is in the hair, ask Gilmour
Umm.. cut him some slack 😉 His sound on Fresh Cream with JTM45/100 was no slouch, was it ... and Live Cream - Sleepy Time is to me a pinnacle of guitar sound, ever... with no plate reverbs in basement... less meat maybe, but so perfect for a live show
As a teen I bought the Beano album new. Still have it. Brought the blues back to America with that album.
I love this!! So much elitism in the guitar world, so it's nice to see somebody advocate for us broke musicians who want good tones! I just got one of the 1959 spec Epiphone Les Paul Customs and it's INSANE how good it is for $800. I'm also considering the Origin 20 combo. I'm not necessarily going for the "Beano" tone but I do suggest the Softube/UAD Bluesbreaker plugin for recording if you really want to nail it. A Burstbucker-loaded Les Paul into that plugin will get you as close as I can imagine if you're on a budget.
So much care and effort in to every video. Very much appreciated!
One of my favorite Guitar Player magazines was an issue in the late '90s (maybe 1997) that outlined three gear levels to chase the tones of the masters. I found it fascinating at the time, and its no less relevant today. Great work on this!
Was it the one with Buddy Guy on the cover dressed in hippie garb? I think I still have that issue, it's the reason I bought an I Ibanez Tube Screamer.
@@PicassoPerformedMyCircumcision Yes, great call. Jan 1999 with BG on the cover. Lots of great content that issue.
Ah... Those old all-tube/analog British studios were absolutely MAGICKAL!! Thanks for including the pics of the gear at Decca studios... Awesome!!!!
A guinea was not a pound. Pre-decimalisation, 1 guinea was equal to 1 pound and 1 shilling, which is equal to £1.05. So 115 guineas would be what we now call £120.75
Yes that's right. My first amp was a tiny 5 watt (appropriately!) handmade head that was in the window of an electrical parts shop in Liverpool in 1970 and the price tag read " 5 Guineas"
@@davidmurphy4844 Wow - a guinea per watt. How did it sound?
@@DJW489 I hadn't a clue about tone. I bought it from the money from my paper round and put it through an old TV speaker someone gave me. Sounded good and I learned guitar on it. It is long gone but I wish I still had it.
Maybe there was a mix up with quid which equals a pound while as you point out a guinea equals a pound and a shilling. I'm glad we have the decimal system today. I imagine you'd have to grow up in the UK to have that old system figured out. I'm from the U.S.
@@raymondlugo9960 yeah, it seemed a lot more complicated pre-decimalization. It switched over in 1971, so I never experienced it. Perhaps you're right about the quid thing too.
Back again-had to revisit the amazing tones in this video. So good. Really loved that princeton with the direct drive-wow. Even the Origin sounded outstanding.
Yes, both Jeff and I commented on how great David's Direct Drive sounds with a black face Fender amp. I know David used one of his old Deluxes when working on the voicing of the pedal, so that makes sense.
The little board I sent Jeff for the video had yet to make its way back to Ithaca. Coincidence? :)
Using my current inventory:
Epiphone SG Jr. (Samick with single P-90)
Into BOSS SD-1 Super Overdrive
Into 60s Princeton Reverb Amp (Reverb turned off)
Into SM-57 with a Rode condenser facing into the room
Into ProTools DIGI 001 interface
With a touch of ProTools limiting and verb in the mix.
I'd balance the verb and the room mic, crank the amp, roll back on the guitar volume, and think about playing a sax.
Might work...
After watching your short history of Marshall and this I now speak with a British accent in Georgia.
Keith, I'm under the impression that setting up the EQ on the amp is something of a lost art. What drove this home oddly enough was a first generation Fender modeling amp. Change the preset, and the EQ knobs spun to the proper settings. EQ pedals suffer from the same skillset: the average guitarist willing to tinker in this manner is going in blind.
With that in mind, I suggest an EQ series. Ear training for specific tones.
1: Dick Dale surf tone
2: An entire catalog of blues tones
3: Country tone
4: The Brown sound EVH (not my favorite, but informative.)
5: An uncompromising clean tone for Jazz which remains very full and rich.
6: A near acoustic tone for magnetic/piezo pickups.
Restrictions: 1 rig per participant including 1 guitar, 1 amp, 1 EQ pedal, and the whole thing must make it on and off the stage in one trip. If the price can be kept down, fine. No modeling amps. It's probably best to restrict everyone to what they have at hand. This is about EQ after all, and that's the focus.
Is this a good idea?
Maybe a single video on different approaches to EQ. Amps and pedals are so varied in the way their EQ is set up (Brian Wampler has some videos on this) that focussing on one tone for a whole video might be problematic. But looking at how someone like Matt Schofield sets his amps up, especially when he's using hired or borrowed gear, and comparing that to, say, Mike Landau or Eric Johnson might be instructive. Makes you with for the time when the way to set an amp up was to turn everything to full! :D
Not really Kevin Betts, NO amp sounds it's best with everything turned up full, no amp was ever designed to be cranked all the way up, going past about 6 1/2 on a Marshall, Fender or Vox you start saturating the output transformer, so as you turn up more it distorts In a worse and worse way, all the way up is an unusable sound with no tone or sustain(the law of diminishing return).
I just bought a Marshall AVT 50-2000 for 175$ at my local pawn shop and added a Metropolus Supa=Boost for 175$ at Warehouse Speakers including overnight shipping. Plexi zone for 350$. Happy Camper Today!!! Good Show!!!!
For a budget amp the Marshall Class 5 is amazing. Very loud and created in the vision of the Bluesbreaker, takes pedals well and is great in a bedroom setup
I have an Epi 60’s LP>Class 5>Beano Boost>KOT>Flint/MXR reverb and that gets me close.
Great video as always. I have an Origin 20 head and love it, even though Clapton isn't usually isn't my cup of tea I can appreciate what he did and what you do for our community. Have a great weekend Sir. ☮️
I've got a long way to go before my fingers can make Clapton notes. Gonna stick with my Squier Telly and my Yamaha acoustic for now! :)
This video is incredibly timely for me and I thank you! You always squeeze the greatest amount of useful information into these in a natural and enjoyable manner.
This video has been out for four minutes. Why are there only 100 views?!
Ha! Its early in the states.
five watt world - Tell that to my daughter. *yawn* :)
Oh, and great video, Keith! Love these detailed deep-dives.
This video was posted at 6am Arizona time. I was sleeping.
@@telecasterbear We'll let it slide this time. But you're being timed.
haaaaa...nice!
I absolutely love this tone chasing stuff...getting into the nuts and bolts of great sounding recordings...some may call it an addiction, but what do they know!!!
As a guitarist, I am ashamed to admit I had never heard of The Beano Album or Bluesbreakers before this video. I've got some homework to do!
@@justinlangley9529 More deprived than depraved!
WTF?
Fine work, Keith. You bring a new level of sanity to an over-hyped marketplace.
Ive heard it said that the magic of the tone is in the fingers of the player. Man does Jeff have it!
Thank you!🙏
I ran the Les Paul Standard into an Origin 20 for about a year. Loved the tones.
One thing you didn't mention is the 1952-1960 Gibson Les Pauls had a 24.56" scale length not 24.75", with an average weight of 8.8 lbs.
Rewatching again, and thanks again.
Curious fact - a guinea was the equivalent of one pound and one shilling. There were 20 shillings in a pound, so a guinea was 1.05 pounds.
Quite right.
beat me to it !
Still used for buying racehorses and... something else I can't recall...
Rams.
Ordinary people would be paid in pounds. Posh people would get their salaries in guineas. Like turning your anp up to 11
I wasn't a big fan of Joe Bonamasa when he was young. He evolved hugely over time! Name of the game. I watched an interveiw with joe in a tile bathroom in England for guitarist magazine. He talked tone and demonstrated Clapton, Beck and Page's tone using a Fender Champ amp and it really is a master class on how they did it in the good old days. AMAZING!!! MIND BLOWING!
First step to great tone on a budget, Turn on TH-cam to find a new 5 Watt World video has posted. Second step, hit like before even watching , then hit play. Third, watch video and commence to listing your tens of thousands of dollars worth of gear on Reverb to buy one REALLY good guitar and bring your amp collection down to 2 from 8....
in all seriousness, one thing I’ve really learned from this channel is to really work with the gear you have and you can find several different tones in one amp that you thought would never be a good blues amp. As I get older and my music tastes shift from metal to more rock and blues based music, I’m learning more about the “metal” amps that I have. I never in a million years would have thought that an EVH 5150 III EL34 could be as versatile as it is. Channel one is a great clean throw a tube screamer in front and ooooooh yeah, channel two with a simple single resistor change completely changes that channel to a Les Zeppelin II tone. Channel three with gain backed all the way down to barely off zero, ZZ Top’s first album. Maybe not an exact match, but close enough to play along with and lose your guitar tone in the mix. I can still crank the gain for those days I feel young for about an hour. Thanks for posting these Videos Keith. You’ve saved me a few bucks over the last year and helped me to really get to know my gear and all it’s capable of.
Thanks Hoagie!
This is a tremendous video for all those looking to better understand, not only *What* the Beano tone is, but *How* to try to replicate it.
As you said: "... One man's obsession can be of great benefit to the greater good."
Well done! Cheers!
I believe that in 1965 a British pound was worth more than 4 U.S. dollars.
Yeah, and a guinea is one pound and one shilling, which I think was 12p at 240p per £ Sterling you would add another 1£ the every 20£ or 5£ to every 100£ thus making the actual price £143.75p.
Or I totally can't do math. Either way, his info was off
wiki says the usd-pound exchange rate was 0.35, so about 3 dollars to a pound. The rate was constant from WWII until the 70s, since the US and UK were both on the gold standard, but the value was not the same.
My guess is that it was more than that.
For the record, my math was a little off, thats .73 of a pound not 73p.
I guessing that 180p on the pound
143£ 11shillings? Ballpark.
@@howlinginsburg7412 nice tries :-) £120.75p You rightly say it was £1 1/- (that is the symbol for a shilling. 20 shillings in a pound, so 115*21/20 = 120.75
When Keith Williams calls, Gibson picks up the phone. That’s awesome. Glad to see this channel really taking off. I could tell you had something special to offer, Keith, when I subscribed 90k subscribers ago or so.
Well PRS answers. The Gibson guys haven’t called yet. Despite the videos.
7:49 Is there anywhere that I can download Eric Clapton's handwriting as a font? Seriously!
Right? I actually paused the video there just to appreciate that handwriting. Beautiful. Also a great video too!
@@tad5920 same.
No doubt! I spent quite a while paused before I became convinced it was actually handwritten and not a font. :)
Good catch!
There's a download available, but it only works on a 1966 PC. Send a stamped, self addressed envelope to E. Clapton ... :) (Great video Keith, as usual!)
As a guy in his mid 50s rocking a one watt Marshall combo ( on half power most of the time ) this channel and philosophy always appealed to me. Got my one Gibson with humbuckers one P90 and one tele and a strat and i keep it that way. Nothing comes in unless something goes out and I can’t bear the thought of parting with any of them because I traded for decades to find these specific instruments. In my opinion they are special. You can only play one at a time so make sure you are playing something that inspires you. If I had to downgrade to one it would be difficult but I would still play daily and love it.
Peace
Just a technical point, 1 Guinea was equal to 21 shillings or 1 pound and 5 pence today so Clapton's 115 Guineas would have been £120.75 the equivalent of $155.97 (US).
Another fantastic history lesson. Thanks for creating these videos Mr. Hypes. The detail and the point of view you introduce has me viewing music in a different light. Fantastic work sir.
Your biggest challenge will be when someone asks John Frusciante on a budget. A 1962 strat, marshall 4×12 jubilee and about 40 pedals.
Awesome videos
My favorite videos are when you go into the history of different types of guitars
All your videos are perfect to listen to while im studying or doing homework
There is a setting in the Universal Ox called "stepping out" that I use with my JTM45 clone amp with EL34's and a custom shop Les Paul that will get you so close to the overall tone of that sound that all you need to do is flip pickup positions depending on the song. Of course, you'll never actually sound like Clapton, that's impossible.
I’m glad you brought that up. I purposely didn’t use that patch because I tried to get as close to the sound of the amps in my place as I could. Meaning, the excellent folks at UA created the eq and Micing of that record, which is impossible at my place! 😃. But yes, that is an excellent setting!
One of my all time favorite tones from one of my all time favorite players. Presented by my all time favorite channel. Keep up the good work Keith. You never disappoint
Its a 5 watt Saturday morning!
The reverb at Broadhurst Gardens for that studio was in a stairwell.... I joined Decca in late '67 and learned a lot from Mike Vernon. Apart from anything else he was a master at mic placement.. That studio remained unchanged until at least the early '70's (and the tube/valve driven desk added considerably to the sound). Mike recorded a lot at Decca's Toddington Park (sp?) when that facility came on stream (and the Moody Blues had their own studio). Best, Pete. PS as an alternative to the sublime Beano tones listen to Eric on Martha Velez' "Fiends and Angels" where he used a Firebird 1 but that probably is a whole other story.
The real headline question is: Is that Clapton's actual handwriting?
Very unique handwriting. Of course, in those days, kids were taught to polish their handwriting as much as they could.
@@tomthx5804 Is that the script taught in English schools? It seems fanciful. None the less, you are right. Practice your penmanship!
Perry Davidson it’s not anything taught in English schools. There was no unified style. We were taught to form letters in a fairly nondescript rounded fashion and, of course, everybody’s version of that came out different. I’m afraid you can’t look at that letter and imply any validity due to the handwriting style.
I have a Beano package that goes like this: 25 year old Korean made Epiphone Les Paul with Tom Anderson pickups, Dr. Z Route 66 with a 2x12 cabinet with Celestion greenbacks, Lovepedal JTM one knob, and the Abbey pedal.
Lawsuit Cortez Les Paul Copy with 50s wiring and covers added to the stock pickups $800?. Boss Katana 100 watt combo I think I paid $349?, brown channel and a bit of time spent with FX floorboard. No other gear required.
Wish I had this video 15 years ago, the options today are so much better for the budget conscious.
The Beano album is what brought me to guitar!
Could you do jimmy page?
Interesting. Maybe Zepplin I and then the tones?
Please do for both studio, and live when he used marshall. Live at Madison Square garden is one of my favorite tones I've ever listened too.
First search 'Jimmy Sakuria' on youtube, who uncannily has Jimmy's live tone & concert chops down better tha I remember Jimmy having them. LOL Sakurai is the benchmark for authentic live JP tone.
@@fivewattworld don’t want to waste your time on studio tones for Jimmy Page. The two reference tones would be live Royal Albert Hall and Madison Square … i.e. LP>Hiwatt and LP>Plexi respectively
Can't thank you enough for the work you put on those videos to our blast joy
Fender Bass Breaker 007- used on Craigslist for $250
WGS British Style Speaker Upgrade - $50 - $75 depending on sales
OC44 treble booster - $200 new from most builders, $100 for a less vintage correct version
Vox Wah -$100 or less
Les Paul Studio - $600 used
Sub Total -$1200
Wheeling and Dealing Contingency
+/- $300
Grand Total $1500
Very well done! Love all your vids.
Great pic of Dave Barber sitting on his Echelon Amp!
I still remember the first time I heard "Hideway", it just froze me.
Can’t tell you how much I enjoy ALL of your videos. This was awesome
Thanks Mike
Geez Keith, you really got me with this one. I've been watching and listening for about an hour. I keep backing up and like, let me hear that again or now, what did he say?? Great video brother!
Thanks Ray.
I recently switched to an origin 5, underrated amp to say the least once the speaker is broken in. As always, thank you for the content.
Your Beano video was the first exposure.I had to your channel. No clue about it, really, and now I'm hooked. Thanks Keith.
Welcome to five watt world Frank!
Great video! My Epiphone Les Paul and my Fender Bassbreaker 15 with Greenback Celestion speaker also gets me in the Beano ballpark
This is likely my FAVE EPISODE TO DATE... bravo, Keith!
So I watched this video when it came out and I spent a bunch of time messing with pedals and tweaking my amp using info from this video. Couldn't quite get there. Last year I picked up a Helix Stomp and have been really digging it, but never revisited the Beano tone until last night. Spent a couple hours tweaking and didn't have any luck at all, and then I found the trick:
I bought the Beano tones that Keith has mentioned on his website. That was it. Plug in a Les Paul, dial a little tweaks in to suit the output of your pickups, and you're pretty much there...or at least as "there" as your fingers can keep up with. Anyway...your mileage may vary, but I am super impressed.
Thanks Lou!
Glad u do what u do, Keith . I don’t always agree w/ everything but we’re not supposed to. Thanks
I love that sentiment! Way too rare in the world today! It's my favorite comment this month and for that...you win a five watt world shirt on the house. Email me through the "about" section on the channel with your shirt choice, color and size along with your mailing address and I'll make that happen.
Thanks, you made my day with this.
Jeepers, Keith. You do your work! This is a top-notch educational piece. Keep empowering the guitarist. We tend, as a group, to make poor, emotion-based decisions when gear shopping. Thank you for helping us focus. Peace.
What a fun ride down the rabbit hole of guitar tone. My head was spinning by the end of this video, but in a good way. Excellent concept executed with impeccable taste as always. Thanks, Keith, for all you do to entertain and enlighten your legion of followers.
I have an older PRS SE Singlecut and I love how it plays. I'm going to try to emulate your signal chain using my Boss GT-1000!
I never really searched for that tone in particular but after my shoulder surgery I’ve been super fond of light weight amps. I played the Origin combo a bit and think for the price it’s pretty usable. I don’t have a lot of gear to begin with, I do have a board with a few pedals but in terms of amount of money invested, I feel like I’ve done good with the money I’ve spent.
Holy F! This was just a few months ago!? This reinvigorated my approach to playing. Seriously, life changing! Thank you.
A year later, definitely changed so much about my approach to playing and my ear. Certainly, now, the Beano album is one of my biggest influences!
The marshall origin 20 watt combo is just great. Excellent video
Discovered this channel recently. It really is excellent all round and please keep on keeping on!
Mentioning the FULL signal chain (mics, interface, reverb tanks, etc) is an EXCELLENT point, and an oft overlooked piece of the equation.
You should do a series of this where you make lots of different classic rigs like Slash and SRV that would be awesome!
Great work Keith, Thank You.
My god, this is GOLD! Thanks to all who put this together! 🤘
I've been a growing fan for the past few months. But when talking about legendary Les Paul's, but showing modern PRS guitars, it was then that you really sold me that you really care about quality over legend. Getting a t-shirt, and hit me up when you're in LA my brother.
Looks like Keith doesn't age.
Thanks for sharing the letter from Clapton to Marshall!
Thank you so much!! I especially loved reading how different each person’s choices were to achieve the Beano tone in your description! I think it lends credence to your comment about investing in lessons/“chops” before gear. My other thought after reading the gear choices is that perhaps people gravitate towards getting good sounds from gear they know how to use already... thanks again this has given me a lot to ponder in my own tone quest!!!
Keith, you said the same thing I’ve been telling people for a while, not only guitar but things like golf, spend money on lessons before equipment!
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Love your videos. I studied in Al Hamme’s big band at Binghamton until just about a year before your arrival. Small world.
I actually worked in admissions for two years before moving over to advising and then on to the registrar's office. So we did overlap. I probably heard you play!