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How To Get A Classic 80s Guitar Tone - Hair Metal 80s Tone Explained
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ส.ค. 2024
- This is the video Dagan was born to film! Find out how to get that 80s guitar tone and 80s hair metal guitar tone using guitars, pedals and effects.
Listen to Dagan shred like its the late 1980s and listen to some classic and iconic riffs from the 80s (slightly changed for copyright reasons!)
0:00 Intro
1:30 Best 80s Style guitars / Hair metal guitars
4:43 The Strat shape in the 80s
5:08 1984 Kramer
5:52 Importance of a Floyd Rose Tremolo
7:17 Best 80s Style Effects pedals
11:28 80s Phaser sound & Dagan Shreds Your Face Off
12:49 80s Flanger
14:26 80s Style Chorus
15:44 80s Style Delay Tone
17:46 80s Style Amplifier Tone & Settings - Thick 80s Tone
22:23 80s Guitar Tone Tips & Tricks Recap
23:52 How To Play 80s Style Guitar Chords
26:08 Tremolo Divebombs and Harmonics & How to play Dimebag Darrell Harmonics
29:23 How to bend a string and use overbends
30:22 80s style guitar tapping
32:11 Outro
In this video, Dagan shows us exactly how we can get that 80s metal guitar tone. Here, dagan highlights the best guitars for 80s metal, essential effects pedals for that 80s sound and even shows you what settings you need to use on your amp.
We also get a tutorial on how to play 80s style guitar chords, how to divebomb on a Floyd Rose tremolo and how to play pinch harmonics including how to play Dimebag Darrell style harmonics. Dagan discusses the importance of overbending your strings and how to tap on guitar in an 80s style.
If you want to learn how to get that 80s style guitar tone - this is the video you've been waiting for!
Gear used in this video:
Kramer The 84 Alder Electric Guitar, Alpine White: www.pmtonline....
Blackstar HT Stage 100 MkII Valve Guitar Amplifier Head: www.pmtonline....
Blackstar HT Venue HTV-412A MkII Angled Guitar Speaker Cabinet: www.pmtonline....
Ibanez RG550DX Genesis Collection Electric Guitar Laser Blue: www.pmtonline....
Charvel: www.pmtonline....
Ibanez TS9 Tubescreamer: www.pmtonline....
MXR M102 Dyna Comp Compressor Guitar Pedal: www.pmtonline....
Wampler Terraform: www.pmtonline....
MXR Phase 90: www.pmtonline....
MXR Carbon Copy Delay: www.pmtonline....
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People: The 80’s were cheesy.
Me: The finest cuisine always is.
Then maybe you didnt live enough! 80's best decade ever.
@@warlock1663 Indeed, it was! Especially for HM music!
No one can deny this. Greetings from Italy!
there was certainly a lot of cheese, but isnt there in every decade? just look at the garbage (record companies x factor BS we have now) i think i prefer the oldskool cheese to todays fake bic mac cheese.
They have been cheesey but Damm women back in those days were hotter
@@DanielDelazion The least cheesiest decades has got to be the 60s and the 90s.
the 80s were the best time period for shred no doubt.
The 80's were the best for pretty much everything! Definitely the last GREAT decade. That cannot be argued.
80s were fuckin bitchin dude!!!
Loved the 80's work hard - Play Harder
80's rock is the absolute best!
100%. Shredding guitar good in the 80s was like having a big weiner to flop out and show everyone
I constantly find myself nostalgic for an era I wasn't born to see.. By far my favourite genre to listen to and play. Clearly i'm not the only one!
Lived it and love it man! The best era IMHO. Definitely the most fun!
It was the best era!! Graduated high school in 81 and i was ripe to enjoy the hair metal. Saw Van Halen, Whitesnake, Night Ranger, etc all live during this era. Started playing in 83 and have ever since
Max testosterone, exact opposite of today. It was glorious.
I LOVE that younger people born after 1990 are getting into classic rock and metal. Rock was dying out.. but im hoping a whole new generation of players brings it back. Many of these players will discover the joy of G.A.S. and tone chasing which will be good for the gear economy!!! :)
I've listened to 80s 70s music all my life but I got more into 50s, 60s and 70s music over the years
@1DNEZ I like buddy Holly chuck berry the beatles the supremes led zeppelin
@1DNEZ I could go down a long list but I'm tired rn lol
I’m born in 04 and I love rock and the 80’s I’m asking for a guitar for Christmas this year!
As a 13 year old with a dream of being like Eddie Van Halen, I will try my best
There’s a guy happy at his work :)
Thats exactly what my first thought was watching this video :)
Fair enough, he gets to talk about guitars for a living.
When you love your job like he does, you’ll never work a day in your life, Lol! 😎👍
TH-cam needs more hair metal! A true hero my man! No ego, just pure enthusiasm. Keep it up!
The world needs to avoid the fucking term hair metal, it is glam metal
The best time to be a teenager-80's
Yep
It was indeed. The 80s has to be the best decade ever, bar none.
I’m tryina experience 80s glam metal and style now
i concur!
Spoilt really .
A major contributor to the guitar tone of the 80’s was the Rockman RockModules and headphone amp by Tom Scholz of Boston. The band’s signature guitar, distortion and chorus/clean sound were so unique and sought after that Scholz created a company and released gear that had that sound. ZZ Top were some of the first bands to use it. The album Hysteria by Def Leppard was recorded using only Rockman modules. Scholz pretty much gave the 80’s that boosted mid sound that you hear of that era. Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins is another example. I don’t know for sure if the Rockman was used but you can hear what the tone is going for. You should look into the Rockman stuff and you’ll be blown away of the rabbit hole! Neil Schon of Journey also used the Rockman! Great episode man!!
The Rockman gear is part of an obscure and elusive part of Rock history that not many people are aware of because of its short-lived commercial success before the digital processors' invasion. Not many known Rock guitarists have a degree in electronics engineering from MIT like Tom Scholz so it is more than reasonable to assume that he knew what he was doing when he designed those effects - and probably the one and only true competitor against the BOSS pedals. I am in the (slow) process of either building a replica or pay the price tag for an original Rockman. It is interesting that guitarists are going back to the simplicity of vintage analog pedalboards and ditching the 80's stacks of digital racks but nobody is replicating the Tom Scholz stuff except for the Japanese startup company named GOAT.
"Would I Lie To You" by the Eurythmics also had a Rockman.
I'm not sure if I love Dagan or the guitars more. I'm gonna keep wondering
No shit I was thinking the exact same thing. His videos are always fun
Dont worry in these times its ok to fall in love with other man so be happy
#NoHomo
@@Rose.Of.Hizaki It's not 2003 anymore, dude.
@colteastwood what are you doing here?
Finished high school in 81 and man that was the era for rock guitar , FM radio , MTV and loud stadium concerts . You absolutely nail the sound and feel. Love those guitars too !
The 80s, where hair and guitar shapes went to another level
and booze
And drugs
TomDavo1590 very important
@@vonsai3 extremely
Lets remember the most important part was the actual guitar PLAYING and how it literally started a "arms race" for guitar playing... So many great talented tasty players came out of the 1980s its a whos who of killer players, sure there was some goofy hair and clothes and songs (for sure) BUT there was also AMAZING guitar players who stepped up their playing level and many players and kids wanted to learn to shred and rip it up more.... such a cool ERA
Kramer 1984 in Soda Green for me - absolutely killer guitar. Plays 80's, plays metal, rock, country, etc etc I love it
Guys, I imagine that many of you know the band XYZ, but for those who have not yet discovered this incredible band, lost in the 80s, have to listen to the album Hungry. What a brutal tone Mark Diglio had on his guitar.
Maybe the sickest 80s tone ever. I challenge anyone to find a better tone than on Face Down in the Gutter.
@@SSjcm800 George Lynch, on In My Dreams and Wicked Sensation
Don't forget the opening riff "Inside Out"
I thought I had found every Hair Metal band, so thank you my dude!
YES! You made my day. They are a hidden gem band. I love 80’s music but my favorite guitar player Marc Diglio’s solo in “inside out” is what made me buy a guitar and actually start to learn the stuff for myself. I will forever be chasing his tone and gear. Too bad those red 80’s charvels and those modded pre amps he used are rare and EXPENSIVE. I love how good XYZ sound, my favorite band in terms of how they sound
It aint the 80’s if tone isnt swimming in chorus and reverb👍
100% Agreed!
LOL well put.
What’s Chorus and reverb?
@@WakerOfTheSky I hope your joking...
@@syndastic N-n-no seriously I-I Wanna know
"Everything was Compressed in the 80's, except the hair..." Truth! LOL Such great memories, thank you for this video.
Lol. I can't lie....everytime I find a good guitar sound, I would always look if it have that certain "compression" sound when I play. If not, I would just move away. Lol.
Dagan absolutely rules!
Don't forget about boss pedals. They also played a huge part in the 80s.
Can u name some please
@@danielfitzgerald3480 The ds1, sd1 dd3 delay and the dd7 delay.
Daulton Wurst thanks
Ce2 if you stick to pedals
1:00 Do you want thick hair?
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God I LOVE the tone of a good 80s guitar! No other decade comes close because of all the top guitarist just trying to out do the other guy. They may have been friends but it was straight up competition. Steve Vai didn't sound like Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads didn't sound Tony Iommi, Tracii Guns didn't sound anything like Slash etc! They all had there own voice and sound. George Lynch always talked about the search for the perfect tone and these guys did just that.
Anyone searching for some solid modern hair metal bands check out Loud N Nasty, Crashdiet, Sister Sin, Sister, De La Cruz, Santa Cruz, Jailbait, Foxey, Crazy Lixx, Salems Lott, Wildstreet, Gunner, Frenchkiss, Panzer Princess, Redlight Attraction, Reckless Love, Peepshow/States of Panic. Hopefully this leads you to more!
Nice. Thanks for the recommendations!
You sure got that old man soul for a guy born in the 90's. Keep it rockin!
Hey Dagan, great demo and playing! I live about 20 miles from the old Kramer plant where my friend and Master Luthier Paul Unkert worked creating the Kramer Baretta and the 5150 that Eddie used in Hot For Teacher and on stage at the time. Paul shares a lot of stories about Eddie when he would come to Kramer for a visit. Eddie would come in and clear a bench to tinker with guitars while having a cigarette and Heineken’s lol! Another thing Eddie liked was Paul giving him several 500k pots with treble bleeds! He also says Eddie’s a really nice guy and his wife Valerie Bertinelli at the time was really a sweet person. Anyway, glad to see Kramer back again and fortunate to know Paul!
Of course, the big risk with modding amps was always that something would break on tour, it would go to a tech who wasn't familiar with the mod, and the repair would return it to stock configuration.
Compression, Chorus and Overdrive/Distortion is always the basic three of the 80's. Throw in some other pedals like Flange, Wah, Delay and Reverb for other bands and you can cover almost anything. I enjoyed this video as I grew up in the late 70's through the 80's!
Dagan killing it with those 80s tones and techniques!!! Hair metal is my favorite genre as well keep it alive brother!!
Anyone with Bias FX2 who wants this sort of tone can now find a preset on the Tonecloud based on this video. Thanks Dagan!
How much is Bias 2 ? Do I have to get the Bias amp for it to work ?
Awesome video!! I grew up in the 80s, born in 1981. In high school in the 90s, while everyone was wearing bush and nirvana shirts, I was wearing Cinderella, Dokken and Ratt shirts... Needless to say, I was the black sheep lol. I will argue till the day I die, that the 80s was a time of sacred guitar playing and the best rock music ever.
I lived the 80s too. Was lucky to be in the US for most of it!! Great times. This was super informative too! Thanks Dagan! Always entertaining too!
Honestly, whenever I am in a slump and need some motivation I just turn to this channel because let's face it, you make guitar playing fun. The energy you put out is awesome.
Brilliant and thank you for sharing, this era is absolutely why I started playing
I saw Poison, Cinderella, Dokken, and Slaughter live. Unfortunately, no George Lynch, but Reb Beach from Winger was filling in. Life changing experience. I was already playing but that really just sealed the deal for me never putting the guitar down.🤘
Awesome mate! I'm a huge early bon Jovi, definitely leppard, whitesnake, poison, skid row fan myself.. I'm currently playing a telecaster as am going through a brad paisley phase... a kramer next for sure 👍
@@ForgedHistory If you like the Tele shape you should check out the Charvel Pro Mod series. They got Teles with Floyds and Duncans. It'd be cool if Kramer did a Tele shaped Beretta. That's basically what Mick Mars played. The one with the mirrored pick guard. And I'm surprised he didn't mention it, but they're doing a limited run of Dave "the Snake" Sabo's Beretta. The green one with the snake on it.
It's not only the guitars and amps, its the way they recorded too that makes 80s early 90s music so different
How can you travel back to the 80's and not mention B.C. Rich guitars? 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻 Excellent video Dagan! So glad I got to live the 80's. Was THE BEST!
You never really see old school BC Rich’s in the UK, so I didn’t want to get peoples hopes up, haha. Plus, if I chatted on about every awesome 80s guitar I’d be there all day! Carvin, Dean, Fernandez, Hamer, etc.
@@DaganWilkin Oh that's sad. Ya need some BC Rich's over there. Very true, you would be there all day if you chatted every old school 80's axe, you'd need to do a series!
This is awesome, I've been a hair metal fan ever since I was exposed to it at a very young age! I've been trying to get that hair metal sound. For a while I couldn't figure out why palm muted chugs were loose thru my setup. Turns out I needed an overdrive. Right now I'm using a Boss SD-1 into my ADA MP-1 and, wow, does it tighten everything up!
I think Mick Mars "borrowed" the kickstart my heart dive bomb intro from bad motor scooter by Montrose.
I’d agree. Or the producers. I looked it up. Before my time. Sad when one wonders if a guitar player borrowed it or a producer “produced” it.
You think.
1:52 Do you want thick hair?
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Montrose didn't invent dive bombs.
spiderfan1974 I think he was referring to using it to make it sound like a revving engine
Oh. My. God. This video is awesome. And I am going to watch it every single night for the next 3 months.
Loved the kickstart my heart intro
I think no one could have done a better job!!! Dagan is the "Voice of the 80's metal guitar!!!". Without him, we are all lost!!! Hail to Dagan, King of the Hair Metal Guitar sound!!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
The new Kramers are totally legit! I got a new Kramer Pacer from AMS and it is absolutely beautiful with fat red metal flake paint! It screams 80's hair metal!
That 'kickstart my heart' intro was killer!
That Mick mars telecaster 😍😍 I need one!
Something about this video just brings me joy and happiness. I listen to a lot of faster heavier stuff but I will never stop loving that 80's sound. Judas Priest Painkiller one minute, Ratt Lay It Down the next lol 🤘
I still have my solid state peavy amp and holoflash finish '91 Bolt Nighthawk (Kramer stagemaster). It was built from leftover Kramer parts after they went bankrupt. Guitars were finished by Wayne Bolt in Pennsylvania in the early 90s, the absolute pinnacle of hair metal guitar technology... a year later everyone else was wearing dirty sweaters and playing beat up fender mustangs trying to be grunge uggh..... I even played that flashy hair metal guitar in a southern rock band for awhile, I looked really out of place lol. Metal never dies 😁🤘
Man I love 80's Hair Band & I love Kramer! Great video!!
Finally I’ve been waiting for you to do one of these videos!!!
One brand of guitars you forgot to mention that was quite popular: BC Rich. See for example Poison. Even though BC Rich guitars are more associated with Black or Death Metal these days, a vintage BC Rich Mockingbird from the 80s will absolutely do the trick.
Everyone loves a good flange back in the 80's 🤣
As soon as you started messing with the trem, a big smile appeared on my face.
I have all the motivation but little ability when it comes to guitar. Next best thing is watching a player with motivation and ability. Enter Dagan..👍🇦🇺
Ehrmagerd. The Mick Mars Mirror Tele 🥴. Jelliest of jellys. Wonderful content sir!
Thanks for keeping‘80’s Hair Metal alive Dagan! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Thats my boy!!! Awesome video.
I do miss jamming some 🧀 80s riffs with you in the rehearsal room 🤣
I'm considering buying a Kramer Baretta Special. This may just be the video that convinces me to do it.
I was born in 1970 and I got to live through the 80's as a teenager and had the time of my life. Guitars were so awesome back then and you could find shredders everywhere. Kramer and BC Rich were huge and we had so many guitars to choose from. I wish we had this now.
My favourite Flanger is the Boss HF-2 Hi-Band Flanger. It really cuts and sounds amazing.
This is the best guitar video I've seen in awhile...thanks! :) Love the 80's!!
Great video. Dagan is the freaking man!
It would be cool if hair metal came back
There's steel panther
LA Guns are still releasing. Try The Devil You Know (2019).
I've played 80's rock all through the 80's. I'd have personally started with a Marshall Stack!
This guys some kind of fucking legend. Just researching guitars for shredding and he's making me love the 80s
I got a Baretta Special a few weeks back and its an awesome rock machine. I love it! Great vid here my friend!
Love this guy. He rocks!
This is the smile of a man that loves his job!
I wished there a was PMT in the states man. Great video I’m in the current process of building a new pedalboard. Terraform seems awesome and more cost effective than buying each pedal.
Some nostalgia of those days - kudos to the video editor
Criss Oliva's Charvels sounded heavenly.He also used Jacksons Kramers and ESPs but those Charvels man, with his metal pick...
He was a Beast, sad that He's gone
Nuno sets his Rat pedal very unorthodox.. I should know LoL I've set it fillin in for his tech ;) Hint, he didn't use it for its distortion level..
How did he use it?
@@AD-ij2wj probably as a boost
Who are the people who downvote videos like this on YT? I mean, just move on if it's not your thing. I freakin' love Dagan's vids and his enthusiasm. Plus, he knows about which he speaks!
My first badass guitar that I use currently is the B.C Rich warlock avenge series. Love its shape and the black with red trim contrast. 🤘😎
Great video. Your enthusiasm is infectious. I had to grab my guitar whilst watching.
You nailed that van halen tone
I LOVE Hair metal... Poison's Open Up & Say Aaah! was my first album. I got Pretty Boy Floyd blasting in the car right now!
I deeply miss my RG550. It was lost in a house fire. It was the best playing guitar I've ever had. Someday maybe I can save up for another one. Great vid.
Sorry to hear that. Hopefully you have one now
This was great thank you, your love and enthusiasm for 80s hair metal much reminds me of myself. I was born in 1990 but 80s bands are my favorite music to listen to and play.
Another 80's axe was the Fender HM Strat. I still have my '88 all original. Now I feel really old. 😂 Damn I'm loving this video!
Your passion for the 80's is epic.
I love those times in music history
So many great guitarist and musicians period.
just what i needed! thanks
Great video! I can’t wait to try using my overdrive pedal combined with my amp overdrive. I’m using a distortion pedal for my hair band sound but never thought about this approach until now.
Great vid! Takes me back to the 80s. Wish I could put the hair back into hair metal, but alas...
Really cool video. This dude really gets 80s tone. I was playing in the L.A. shred scene of the 80s where you could never shred fast enough. It was insane. There were nothing bands playing with massive rigs. It was rediculous. I saw a VH knockoff band at The Troubadour around '89 and the guitarist, total Eddie clone, had a wall of Boogies. It must have been twenty thousand bucks worth of amps! And then this giant rack mounted system. Crazy, like a full on Bradshaw rig. In those days signed bands would often have an endorsement banner behind them listing all the equipment they owned. Total excess!
I can watch this video over and over 😃👍🏻 really helped me to find my sound
Dagan, you’re awesome
Haha, that was fun Dagan, I was born in 1970 so that took me back to the most fun decade of my life! Keep it fun and Keep it LOUD!!!!! =)
Guitarists from the 80s on a whole different playing level . nothing compares so much fun ..
I am a Kramer.player myself....even though I've got a brand new les paul I always go back to my Kramer.....I'm so glad their making them again...
I love your Kramer. I've got my own. They were so hot back in the mid-80's.
I have a Donner Dark Mouse, a Rat clone and it's great. Real 80's debauchery tone, I love it.
Been up all night with Aweful back pain and sciatica and been watching loads of your video's...you got me through to daylight, thanks Dagan..Great stuff 🤘
I think a lot of " guitars heroes of the 80's" infact had custom everything from amps to pickups when they got to that place.
Nothing those adds they shilled for even came close to what they used.
Aside from playing the key of name your "guitar hero" and dive bombs. I like you opinion but lets be 10000% honest about it. Seymour Duncan has a like tons of winds for each EvH , mick mars, so on an so forth . you would spend a fortune to get each one custom wound for each song. Not to mention what Dimarzio and Rob turner has done.
Dagan needs to bring back the 80s rock with new fresh music
Maybe 👀
We would love a Dagan album!
@@DaganWilkin woohoo. Dive bombs & Flangers
LOVE 80’s hard rock and hair metal. I got an RG550, Baretta reissue and Charvel So Cal all in the past year. Looks like I chose well. 😎 I love your PMT sound like Mick Mars video.
if you could, please make more 80s vids! best genre in my opinion!
Great video! I feel lucky that I could find a 89 model Charvel recently, in perfect condition. It definitely killing it like real 80s metal
My favorite guitar tone EVER despite not being born in the Eighties.
I was a bay area thrash kid-however, as I've gotten older, Ive developed a new found respect for hair metal! Guess I've got more gear to buy! Great upload, best wishes from a fellow North East strummer!! 👍
Dagan, where's the new Fender HM Strat? Awesome Playing and advice thanks!
Absolutely lovely. Great fun. Need to shop now....
Would love to see you do a full guit tutorial on playing the hairmetal genre.. would make a scouser very happy 👍🤘
Greetings from Canada! Money is tight and I have an IMPORTANT question that I would love your expert help with. First the 80s is where I live! Hair metal all the way! So please tell me how to build an 80s sound using BEHRINGER pedals? I have done research and they seem to sound pretty darn close to the more expensive gear. Like I said money is tight and we pay extra in Canada for this stuff so PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE can you help? Will be used for at home playing so im not worried about stomping them at a gig :) Thanks so much for any help you can give! 80s glam Hugs to all! ^^
i have the Behringer vintage tube overdrive pedal and its been great for getting these kinds of tones. I don't have experience with any of their other pedals, but the donner yellow fall is a great cheap delay. Not sure how expensive it is in Canada though.
@@liamkelly8203 ty i will check it out ^^
I think my hair grew 6 inches while watching this video. Love the tips. My favorite 80s guitars were the Jackson Soloist and the BC Rich Gunslinger. Long live the 80s
80’s was the best decade for all music
Thanks for this amazing video! I really like Dagan playing guitar on these kind of videos. They help me a lot when I'm searching for guitar stuff and tones. His way of narrating/hosting these videos is very pleasant!
One thing i almost always forget with some of the old 80s tone, is that they usually have a tiny big chorus with their high gain tone.