You should definitely try Meddle, Dark Side and or Wish You Were Here, such beautiful Psych and Prog music, I feel like every guitarist needs a Dave Gilmour phase, it’s only fair
Had it. Been there. Eddie, Page, Clapton, Hendrix and many I missed. Oh yeah Mark Nofler Eric Johnson, SRV, Alex Lifeson . I missed a lot of great ones. These came to mind.
you most definitely have not found Dave Gilmour's legendary tone, not even close... Gilmour didn't regularly DI into the mixing desk, but he did do it on the guitar solo on Another Brick In The Wall part 2 which is a lot cleaner sounding than what you've got - there's also the possibility that there may have been some EQ used as well, the exact details aren't known
I am the biggest glimour fan. I played drums most my life until I lost kit and house in Katrina. By time I got back on feet my son took up guitar and I fed him my spare cash and daughter. When he grad and moved out I missed the tones and talent coming out of his room all those years while I tinkered with keys. I bought a strat and never looked back. Thanks to him and Gilmour. I have my own sound I think. But I'm told the obvious Gilmour influence is there. I'm a work in progress but I don't really do covers.
headphones + darkness + laying on the edge of sleep = as 1st listens go, nothing else ever came close i was seeing neon cartoons under my lids while drifting to and from consciousness
Gilmour, Eric Johnson and Andy Timmons, plus Nick Johnston have all really influenced my tone and sense of melody. Growing up on metal, these guys gave me a desire to slow down and “feel” which notes fit into the chord structure and feeling of the song.
A vast number of the reggae tunes that you know and love, were recorded with the guitars sent directly into the console. This is a normal means of recording clean guitar tone, and it’s been done for many decades. So you know.
Man I feel you on the search for your own thing. I’ve been plying for a long time and I’ve gotten good at mimicking Mayer or mimicking Duane and even Dave Gilmour…but the search for my own thing has been very elusive. I will agree that lately I’ve been very into the DI thing which is new for me. Great vid! Cheers!
There is a lot of DI guitar on _The Wall_ and later albums, but not on the earlier albums. The basics of Gilmore's '75-'78 rig: '60s strat -> Δ big muff -> colorsound powerbooster -> HiWatt 200
Mike, I like your style! I'm 68, I've only been playing for 4 years, and I love watching younger player's growing their knowledge base. I'm also searching for my sounds, and just beginning to dip a toe into the electronic sound whirlpool of destiny... yeah, that probably sounded better in my head, too. Have an excellent day!😅
I'm 69, and I've been playing forever but I just went strictly electric in the last four years. I'm nowhere near the guitar player that Mike is, but I love his playing, and I find his videos extremely interesting. He's an inspiration to me, because he gives me a sense of what's possible.
Kudos man - these tones are beautiful! HOWEVER, I'm going to challenge this a little. Problem with talking about Gilmour (or any of the greats) is they've had so many phases (pre-Saucerful, Saucerful to Meddle, Dark Side through Animals, The Wall through Division Bell, his solo stuff). It's totally possible that at some point along the way he's stacked 1176s but I think it's unlikely. He's best known for using the MXR Dynacomp and has also used the Boss CS2 and Demeter Compulators. Certainly during the Dark Side era, he was using MXRs on his pedal board and Dark Side specifically was engineered by Alan Parsons who famously avoids compression like the plague. So while 1176s have doubtless been used on something Gilmour's recorded somewhere, I'm betting these weren't a key part of his most classic tones.
As an intermediate (at best) player, I've made a serious effort to ungeek myself when comes to equipment. IMO, a player's "sound" comes from the heart. Still, I think your videos are worth a subscription.
Just stumbled onto your channel Mike - wow, this video it was educational AND fun. Subscribed! Thanks for this - enjoyed it AND learned about Gilmour. How cool!
Nice to see you finally got to hear some Floyd!!! But research and passion for finding the sound is impressive!!! I've been back and forth with really honing the craft as I should but you added some fuel to my fire and for that I say thanks!!! 😊
I like using DI + compressor + a bit of EQ + tape saturation + another compressor + reverb. Very nice sound. Oh, BTW, The Doors also used DI unprocessed guitar for some songs.
Mike!!! My Man!! You sound dope, Bro! Honestly, in this day and age of modelling, AI and other things I know nothing about...do you really need an amp? Let alone a tube amp. There are plenty of big names that don't use amps. At ALL! Love that funk at the beginning, Man. The D'Angelico is sweeeetttt! This is all from an old man! Ha Ha! Happy tone chasing.
The secret to Gilmour’s tone, aside from being him of course, is VOLUME. He used Hiwatt 100 watt amps at devastating volumes, those things are absolutely searing. Sometimes Twin Reverbs in the studio as well.
That muted jazz guitar sound with the reverb and delay is my new sound for clean playing - on my Pod Go. . .anyway, I think you're located in Maryland. . . I'm in Rockville, Maryland. . . I play bass, as well!!!!! Yeah, Pink Floyd is the bomb!!!! Looks like a cool audio interface w/ the floyd sound, real nice. . . .peace!!!
What Gilmour songs are you talking about? I know he recorded the solo for Education straight into the console (with a Les Paul, actually) but I not aware of him doing that on any other songs.
so the catalyst here is the admittance to Pink Floyd ignorance....weird....its starts with the complete and utter belief that this man MIKE COLE is brilliantly sane and in love with guitars and music, like me! ha! then on the information by mike that he has never heard a Pink Floyd song through and through sparks them chemical change in my brain to sufficiently convince me MIKE COLE is actually insane!
I love Mike Cole!! But, this guy definitely never listened Pink Floyd or David Gilmour. I couldn't find anything similar to the tone that Guilmour used on any album. Honestly, I couldn't understand the purpose of this video.
i looked up the Neve expecting that it would be rather on the expensive side for me, and i can confirm that my lightbulb fund doesn't stretch that far.
John Lennon famously plugged his guitar straight into the board and clipped the board preamps in recording the song Revolution. George Martin hated it, but the song was a big hit.
Bro, you uploaded this video talking about David Gilmour's guitar tone by the exact time I was looking for online tutorials explaining how to get it (1hr ago). Unfortunately I can't afford the nice guitars or the awesome audio interface, but my Mustang V2 amp can hold its ground
So you spent all your money buying lightbulbs, but what you should be doing is sitting in the dark with Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon album cranked.
I know this is late, but I would love to see your reactions to Floyd/radiohead songs now that you’ve discovered their awesomeness. Even if it was a second channel.
youre THIS close to getting an amp/cab sim and a pa system. Then you can mold and recreate your tone out of any speaker system running through an eq pedal. I did it and ZERO regrets. and holy shit dude. Wish you were Here. wow lol
using one of these is waaaaaaay easier than everything youre doin to recreate tone consistently th-cam.com/video/If7raUNGWTg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=8GkJFt6OMTQNOs1a
Hi Mike love your videos and your style a lot! I have a doubt i'm trying to solve rn and if you or other people could help me it would be amazing: should i invest in a digital pedalboard (like the nux mg30) to start getting into the effects world (cause i'm seeing that is what inspires me to play)? I love the analogic feel, but i don't have any kind of gear (i got only a 10w amp and the guitar, no pedals) that means i would have to spend a lot of money. I only play for myself in my room so live situations are totally out of consideration. Thanks for everyone who will answer!
Hi there. Pedalboards do save money and are really great! I haven't heard of that before. If you didnt want to drop as much money you could get a boss katana whihc has like 80 effects that can be got from a computer round about 250$ which is combo and get up to 50 watts. or if wanted to go pedalboard route i have a friend that showed me the donner arena 2000 for bout 200 bucks which may not sound the best but gets you into the world of pedalboards. Personally i have the boss katana mk250 and love it has everything i need effects wise and i can add on things like wah pedal and etc. Mike has a few great videos talking about it. hope this maybe helps you out
Yeah, without playing in a band or a prepared studio, a proper 'rig' is sorta overkill. If you learn how to solder you can save money DIY. All my favorite fuzz and pre-amp pedals I've built myself. The range of DIY digital pedals is pretty limited, but there are many drives and analog pedals to explore. I have not had to pay a tech a dime for labor in many years. Good luck :)
Hey there Mike, I hope all is well.. I have been watching your videos for quite awhile now and I love your approach and style., If you are giving David Gilmour’s guitar a listen you should check out his solo material as well.. His debut solo album is so good.. His guitar playing and song writing is spit on.. I knew him from Pink Floyd but I discovered his talent through his solo material.. He has a new album due out in September.. His daughter sings with him on the album as well and his wife has helped him lyrically over the years as well.. Like I said I have recently re-discovered how talented David Gilmour is as a song writer as well as a guitar player I highly reccpmend you checking his solo material out, give it a chance.. I have been listening to his latest album ‘ Rattle That Lock’ for about two weeks now in my car.. Take care Craig
Most listen to Pink Floyd, which to me was 1 continuous song wrapped into an album. I like PF's earlier stuff better, Money, Time, the earlier PF albums rather the The Wall. Pink Floyd sound without an EHX Ram's Head Muff Pi Fuzz pedal, who would've thought that was even possible ?
Mike this is your worst video to date. Lot of yapping and absolutely nothing to do with David Gilmour. Please start by actually listening to Pink Floyd.
you almost got a thumbs down by stating 2:14, but I love your videos to much to do so. AND, I only started to get in to Pink Floyd back in Fall of 2021. I had heard the "hits" on the radio growing up but never really paid attention. When I did start paying attention, oh my! I even did The Wizard of Oz / Dark Side of the Moon in 2001.
Dude. You don't need a Neve to DI. You don't need a console. You don't even need a pedal. Of course, the pro recording guys will tell you you do, because they are invested and need the legends to prevail. I use studios for the STAFF and environment, not the gear.
Cool Mike. The only thing you might try doing is injecting a bit of humor into your presentation. You can be a bit dry at times !!!! (just kidding!!) Oh, and hopefully you bought LED light bulbs, that way you won't run out of these great ideas, since they last longer and use less energy.
Drop John Mayer and go pick up Meddle, Darkside, Wishyou and Animals. Gilmour is truly essential. In a class all his own. He won't outshred anyone but he will slay EVERY. TIME. Not just talking his leads, either. Floyd really made some beautiful music on that run. Wall and Finalcut if you must (I like them, but prime years are Meddle to Animals.
Man, I am worried about you: You have never listened to a full Pink Floyd track? WTF. :) Also, I am now going to nick-name you 'Flying Fingers Mike' ... keep them digits down man :)
@mikecole4489 I think I can give you some tips about getting your OWN sound because, although I'm not a celebrity at all, and, BTW, having achieved some local fame in a district the size/population of Delaware, ('twas long ago) I don't really liked it, but, in terms of sound, mine is as characteristic as all the "big names" you can think about... Doing funk or even arpeggios top clean tones DI in the console is an old trick because you rarely get a really clean sound from a tube amp... And even a MXR or Boss compressor will do the trick... You're misleading yourself about Gilmour recording DI with distortion. It was rarely the case, you can have everything you want to know on the Gilmourish and the KittRae websites... The case you think about is Another Brick in the Wall Pt.2's solo... He didn't wen't thru a compressor but thru a limiter, and very likely a Fairchild 360, although what was really used wasn't documented. It wen thru the console, likely a Neve, then into the Studer A827 reel tape 24 tracks recorder... From there, you run the tape thru the console into... A Mesa/Boogie Mark I 1978 60W head. IDK which cab he used, the amp may have been recorded with a Neumann as David is very U87, the back to the console then into the A827... And sorry to say, you didn't found David Gilmour's legendary guitar tone which, BTW, you can get all the sound as presets for NI Guitar Rig or IK Amplitube. I'll prepare a 2nd post about gear after this one... You may not like what will follow but everything is true and it will enter some messy sides of guitar players lives so... you've been warned... Now, let me start with the bad news! They ALL already have their freaking sound in their fingers, and no gear can bring it to you, sorry! Put a Santana, Gilmour, Hendrix, EVH, you name it, on any type of electric guitar with any type of amp and no matter the PA or the recording studio, etc, as long as the gear is correct, you'll recognize 'em immediately! For the record, in the 80's, Ted Nugent (yes, I know and I agree with you) wanted to change his sound. He went to visit EVH to try his gear and guess what happened? He sounded like... Ted Nugent! I already had my sound as soon I started the guitar... The gear was crappy so the results weren't great, but it was already there. My 1st guitar teacher started to give guitar lessons to a toddler, maybe 5y old with a 4 strings baby guitar... Oh gosh, he didn't knew how to play for sure, but every note made all your body hairs go straight... The only time I evere heard someone else with an acoustic guitar sound that hypnotic was at the Cannes Guitar Festival where you could take intensive guitar courses with a masterclass every afternoon, concerts in the evening and jam sessions until late in the night. This bloke went through several Guitar Craft courses, some with Fripp, some without en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_Craft And these courses are a bit... odd as it's not about guitar technique, not about applied musical theory to improvisation but all about developing... emotion, sensibility... Anyone can have his own sound on the guitar, it's somewhere in you and it's to you to go and get it ! Things like the Guitar Craft (now Guitar Circles) can help you dev it... You may find it on your own, any you better forget about X or Y or Z sounding like this or that, the one you have to find is yourself, the notes you play are not just having your finger at the right fret and plucking the right string... And sensibility is a double edged sword. If you engage in this path, you will need to have means to protect this zone of your "self" or be sure that any a-hole will hammer you where you're the most fragile... Never let your g/f access this zone, never ever or soon up or later, you'll end under a road-roller... I know perfectly from where my sound comes thus, I'm not willing to discuss it in public on any social media, then, frankly, I'd have preferred doing without, let's say it's the bluesman's way ? I have no idea how a toddler could have such a wonderful sound in the fingers and if he kept it when he grew... Now, there's also an EZ method but I'll enjoin you to find the Mahavishnu John MacLaughlin's quote where he says you cannot not find your sound on the guitar if you do a precise thing... Since doing it, or praising it is on the illegal side here, I won't point what it is... AFAIK, Gilmour did it just once and it was OK. Syd Barrett pursued experiments in psychedelia and went schizo. I know two who went semi-schizo and one that was stranded in a 8 years astral travel on 1st try when he celebrated his hi-school graduation, then he came back and obtained his doctorate in astrophysics into 2 years (OK, he was already seen as having university skills in sciences when he was 9th grader. A real genius). S, the bluesman's method is the most destructive uch accidents are rare, such recoveries even rarer... The method works and works fast but there are risks of backfiring, I didn't engaged in this and I'd advise anyone willing to to get very very well informed, preferably from old hippies as well as science researches... From my POV, if you can manage to connect your emotions to what you play on your own, or if you need help, maybe go to Guitar Circles courses, even if you perceive the music that is done in the Circles as really weird, go for the "natural" option... IMHO, the bluesman's method is the worst of all... Just look at the life of all really great bluesmen, and the greatest ones are not the mos famous ones... BTW, same thing for Flamenco artists anyone who spent a few days with Paco DeLucia knows how his life sucked...
@mikecole4489 Now tell me if you're interested about using the gear in order to magnify what you have in your fingers, no matter how they sound, because, in the end, it's the only way to go if you want the gear to make you sound great and preferably unique (it's already cool to sound great, BTW). I prefer to ask you because I don't feel like putting energy in a very long post for someone not interested...
I think you uploaded the wrong video, I didn't hear any Gilmour tones.
You should definitely try Meddle, Dark Side and or Wish You Were Here, such beautiful Psych and Prog music, I feel like every guitarist needs a Dave Gilmour phase, it’s only fair
I’m in one right now lmao
@@BaraaTheAmateur I have been for the past 4 years lmao
Had it. Been there. Eddie, Page, Clapton, Hendrix and many I missed. Oh yeah Mark Nofler Eric Johnson, SRV, Alex Lifeson . I missed a lot of great ones. These came to mind.
Meddle is my favorite by them. Pillow of winds and echoes. Nothing compares
@@michaeldymond7770 Great stuff on Meddle. So hard to pick a favorite from Pink. Id say Animals but not by much.
you most definitely have not found Dave Gilmour's legendary tone, not even close... Gilmour didn't regularly DI into the mixing desk, but he did do it on the guitar solo on Another Brick In The Wall part 2 which is a lot cleaner sounding than what you've got - there's also the possibility that there may have been some EQ used as well, the exact details aren't known
yeah, this video title is clickbait
should be about how much he likes his neve interface - it's not about Floyd
I am the biggest glimour fan. I played drums most my life until I lost kit and house in Katrina. By time I got back on feet my son took up guitar and I fed him my spare cash and daughter. When he grad and moved out I missed the tones and talent coming out of his room all those years while I tinkered with keys. I bought a strat and never looked back. Thanks to him and Gilmour. I have my own sound I think. But I'm told the obvious Gilmour influence is there. I'm a work in progress but I don't really do covers.
I’m not gonna like the video till you go listen to Shine on you crazy diamond and dogs.
Shine On You Crazy Diamond Live at Pompeii. Just watch it.
Get into Pink Floyd!! Listen to Dark Side of the Moon beginning to end.
My favorite album. Freaking work of art
headphones + darkness + laying on the edge of sleep = as 1st listens go, nothing else ever came close
i was seeing neon cartoons under my lids while drifting to and from consciousness
@@shaft9000+ get high af
Welcome to the world of rock that some of us grew up on. Music is so different now days. Makes me want to travel back in time
Gilmour, Eric Johnson and Andy Timmons, plus Nick Johnston have all really influenced my tone and sense of melody. Growing up on metal, these guys gave me a desire to slow down and “feel” which notes fit into the chord structure and feeling of the song.
seek Bill Frisell, Vini Reilly, Johnny Marr - all well worth studying
A vast number of the reggae tunes that you know and love, were recorded with the guitars sent directly into the console. This is a normal means of recording clean guitar tone, and it’s been done for many decades. So you know.
Man I feel you on the search for your own thing. I’ve been plying for a long time and I’ve gotten good at mimicking Mayer or mimicking Duane and even Dave Gilmour…but the search for my own thing has been very elusive. I will agree that lately I’ve been very into the DI thing which is new for me. Great vid! Cheers!
There is a lot of DI guitar on _The Wall_ and later albums, but not on the earlier albums.
The basics of Gilmore's '75-'78 rig: '60s strat -> Δ big muff -> colorsound powerbooster -> HiWatt 200
Gilmore has a tone and touch that’s almost alien
You sir are missing out. Go listen to some Pink Floyd.
I'm an Analog Man stuck in a digital world...
Joe Walsh said it best.
Real
Thanks!
Mike, I like your style! I'm 68, I've only been playing for 4 years, and I love watching younger player's growing their knowledge base. I'm also searching for my sounds, and just beginning to dip a toe into the electronic sound whirlpool of destiny... yeah, that probably sounded better in my head, too. Have an excellent day!😅
I'm 69, and I've been playing forever but I just went strictly electric in the last four years. I'm nowhere near the guitar player that Mike is, but I love his playing, and I find his videos extremely interesting. He's an inspiration to me, because he gives me a sense of what's possible.
Mike....your intros are TOP NOTCH! Such a gift. LOL.
Kudos man - these tones are beautiful!
HOWEVER, I'm going to challenge this a little. Problem with talking about Gilmour (or any of the greats) is they've had so many phases (pre-Saucerful, Saucerful to Meddle, Dark Side through Animals, The Wall through Division Bell, his solo stuff). It's totally possible that at some point along the way he's stacked 1176s but I think it's unlikely.
He's best known for using the MXR Dynacomp and has also used the Boss CS2 and Demeter Compulators.
Certainly during the Dark Side era, he was using MXRs on his pedal board and Dark Side specifically was engineered by Alan Parsons who famously avoids compression like the plague.
So while 1176s have doubtless been used on something Gilmour's recorded somewhere, I'm betting these weren't a key part of his most classic tones.
As an intermediate (at best) player, I've made a serious effort to ungeek myself when comes to equipment. IMO, a player's "sound" comes from the heart. Still, I think your videos are worth a subscription.
Yeah, I’m really making a conscious effort to care less about gear and more on playing/practice. It’s easy to lose sight!
Nevermind DG, i want the tone you got flicking that light bulb!
Doesn't sound a thing like Gilmour - still sounds cool! Now go listen to some Floyd!!
your channel is awesome, chill vibes dude, you're cool good guitar talks
Mr. Cole, the lightbulb intro is funny and a catalystic dream!
Just stumbled onto your channel Mike - wow, this video it was educational AND fun. Subscribed! Thanks for this - enjoyed it AND learned about Gilmour. How cool!
Mike awesome job on this and other videos. Nice to have an articulate sense of humor with tasty guitar advice.
catalyst, texture, rebuttal, and others are some of my favorites for years...like discombobulated...yep
Nice to see you finally got to hear some Floyd!!! But research and passion for finding the sound is impressive!!! I've been back and forth with really honing the craft as I should but you added some fuel to my fire and for that I say thanks!!! 😊
I like using DI + compressor + a bit of EQ + tape saturation + another compressor + reverb. Very nice sound.
Oh, BTW, The Doors also used DI unprocessed guitar for some songs.
Best video you’ve done that I have seen.
We love it man the new story telling❤❤❤
talks about going di - proceeds with a 1200€ interface and a 300€ compressor pedal:D but in all seriousness, really interesting analogy, Mike!
no kidding
a jhs colorbox and a keely comp would get him 99% the same sound for well under $500
Great program!! Love the material!!😊
Mike!!! My Man!! You sound dope, Bro! Honestly, in this day and age of modelling, AI and other things I know nothing about...do you really need an amp? Let alone a tube amp. There are plenty of big names that don't use amps. At ALL! Love that funk at the beginning, Man. The D'Angelico is sweeeetttt! This is all from an old man! Ha Ha! Happy tone chasing.
The More album and Ummagumma, although not mainstream, are a great listen for inspiration.
Kinda shocked this channel isn't at 500,000 subscribers yet. It will.
you need to try a HIWATT "little rig" with a hiwatt enclosure loaded with Fane speakers
The secret to Gilmour’s tone, aside from being him of course, is VOLUME. He used Hiwatt 100 watt amps at devastating volumes, those things are absolutely searing. Sometimes Twin Reverbs in the studio as well.
That muted jazz guitar sound with the reverb and delay is my new sound for clean playing - on my Pod Go. . .anyway, I think you're located in Maryland. . . I'm in Rockville, Maryland. . . I play bass, as well!!!!!
Yeah, Pink Floyd is the bomb!!!! Looks like a cool audio interface w/ the floyd sound, real nice. . . .peace!!!
Mike you've finally become a proper channel. Carry on.
Once again thanks for the knowledge and the riffs
David Gilmour, EVH, John Frucciante, and Santana are the reason why I play guitar.
What Gilmour songs are you talking about? I know he recorded the solo for Education straight into the console (with a Les Paul, actually) but I not aware of him doing that on any other songs.
so the catalyst here is the admittance to Pink Floyd ignorance....weird....its starts with the complete and utter belief that this man MIKE COLE is brilliantly sane and in love with guitars and music, like me! ha! then on the information by mike that he has never heard a Pink Floyd song through and through sparks them chemical change in my brain to sufficiently convince me MIKE COLE is actually insane!
In the 60's it was quite usual plugging the guitar directly to the console.
Nice job dig your vids
Gilmore = Stratocaster
Also les Paul
no one tell him what was used on comfortably numb
Fender Esquire on Sheeps (Animals).
I love Mike Cole!! But, this guy definitely never listened Pink Floyd or David Gilmour. I couldn't find anything similar to the tone that Guilmour used on any album. Honestly, I couldn't understand the purpose of this video.
@@Benji_0123 never listened to a Floyd/Gilmour song? Wrong call lol
i looked up the Neve expecting that it would be rather on the expensive side for me, and i can confirm that my lightbulb fund doesn't stretch that far.
Love to see a vid on Syd Barretts tone
Great content bro. So how do you use your Headrush Prime. ?
I think maybe you should listen to a Pink Floyd song.
I stepped here and there in this video. Gilmour was forgotten on the way.
If you keep playing and practicing, your own sound/tone will come naturally
Check out Fat Old Sun live at Pompeii. Fantastic guitar solo and tone.
John Lennon famously plugged his guitar straight into the board and clipped the board preamps in recording the song Revolution. George Martin hated it, but the song was a big hit.
If this video was spoken in a different language, I would still watch the whole thing… it’s beautiful
Where's Gilmour?
Hey guys. At six minutes into the vid when he cranks the distortion, what song or riff is that and what band please? Ps, good playing Mikey!
Bro, you uploaded this video talking about David Gilmour's guitar tone by the exact time I was looking for online tutorials explaining how to get it (1hr ago). Unfortunately I can't afford the nice guitars or the awesome audio interface, but my Mustang V2 amp can hold its ground
What light bulbs do you use?
Origin Effects Cali76 Stacked it like two 1176 Compressors in one pedal.
3:41 Then you should have bought the UA Volt with a built-in 1176 😁. Yes, grabbing a tone takes work.
Love Floyd, one of my favorite bands, Animals is my favorite album by them.
Listen to Animals from beginning to end and then listen to it again while you read the cliff notes for Animal Farm 😮
Love the info! Would have really liked you to hear you play a bit of Pink Floyd.
As a guitarist who works at Jimmy Johns, let me tell you the bbq chips don’t help with tone nearly as much as the salt and vinegar.
Okay, so Mike Learns About Gear is a good name, but even better, would be Gear School.
So you spent all your money buying lightbulbs, but what you should be doing is sitting in the dark with Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon album cranked.
If you want to find your own sound, you definitely need to listen to music that’s not mainstream.
I started to listen to Pink Floyd this week, and of course you make a video about them 😂
I know this is late, but I would love to see your reactions to Floyd/radiohead songs now that you’ve discovered their awesomeness. Even if it was a second channel.
My earlier comment forgot to mention: Definitely Dark Side and Wish You Were Here!
8:55....we know Mike, we know.
youre THIS close to getting an amp/cab sim and a pa system. Then you can mold and recreate your tone out of any speaker system running through an eq pedal. I did it and ZERO regrets.
and holy shit dude. Wish you were Here. wow lol
using one of these is waaaaaaay easier than everything youre doin to recreate tone consistently
th-cam.com/video/If7raUNGWTg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=8GkJFt6OMTQNOs1a
Hi Mike love your videos and your style a lot! I have a doubt i'm trying to solve rn and if you or other people could help me it would be amazing: should i invest in a digital pedalboard (like the nux mg30) to start getting into the effects world (cause i'm seeing that is what inspires me to play)? I love the analogic feel, but i don't have any kind of gear (i got only a 10w amp and the guitar, no pedals) that means i would have to spend a lot of money. I only play for myself in my room so live situations are totally out of consideration. Thanks for everyone who will answer!
Hi there. Pedalboards do save money and are really great! I haven't heard of that before. If you didnt want to drop as much money you could get a boss katana whihc has like 80 effects that can be got from a computer round about 250$ which is combo and get up to 50 watts. or if wanted to go pedalboard route i have a friend that showed me the donner arena 2000 for bout 200 bucks which may not sound the best but gets you into the world of pedalboards. Personally i have the boss katana mk250 and love it has everything i need effects wise and i can add on things like wah pedal and etc. Mike has a few great videos talking about it. hope this maybe helps you out
Yeah, without playing in a band or a prepared studio, a proper 'rig' is sorta overkill.
If you learn how to solder you can save money DIY. All my favorite fuzz and pre-amp pedals I've built myself.
The range of DIY digital pedals is pretty limited, but there are many drives and analog pedals to explore.
I have not had to pay a tech a dime for labor in many years.
Good luck :)
Hey there Mike, I hope all is well.. I have been watching your videos for quite awhile now and I love your approach and style., If you are giving David Gilmour’s guitar a listen you should check out his solo material as well.. His debut solo album is so good.. His guitar playing and song writing is spit on.. I knew him from Pink Floyd but I discovered his talent through his solo material.. He has a new album due out in September.. His daughter sings with him on the album as well and his wife has helped him lyrically over the years as well.. Like I said I have recently re-discovered how talented David Gilmour is as a song writer as well as a guitar player I highly reccpmend you checking his solo material out, give it a chance.. I have been listening to his latest album ‘ Rattle That Lock’ for about two weeks now in my car.. Take care
Craig
Most listen to Pink Floyd, which to me was 1 continuous song wrapped into an album. I like PF's earlier stuff better, Money, Time, the earlier PF albums rather the The Wall. Pink Floyd sound without an EHX Ram's Head Muff Pi Fuzz pedal, who would've thought that was even possible ?
Glad I watched to the end. I was about to plan an intervention.
Mike this is your worst video to date. Lot of yapping and absolutely nothing to do with David Gilmour.
Please start by actually listening to Pink Floyd.
you almost got a thumbs down by stating 2:14, but I love your videos to much to do so. AND, I only started to get in to Pink Floyd back in Fall of 2021. I had heard the "hits" on the radio growing up but never really paid attention. When I did start paying attention, oh my! I even did The Wizard of Oz / Dark Side of the Moon in 2001.
Mike C. needs to rectify that deficiency soon.
The dark side of Oz is amazing!!!
'Echoes' on _Live at Pompeii_ is the jaaaaaaaaam
someone just uploaded it HD on YT this month
I'm not going to lie I almost left the video when he said he never listen to a full Pink Floyd song.
Dave Gilmour is the greatest guitarist to ever live and I can't believe you haven't studied his guitar playing!
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Dude. You don't need a Neve to DI. You don't need a console. You don't even need a pedal.
Of course, the pro recording guys will tell you you do, because they are invested and need the legends to prevail. I use studios for the STAFF and environment, not the gear.
i like those weirdo light bulbs too lol
Ewww! 60’s garage sound! Kool!
Stopped after you said you have listened to a whole Floyd song.
Check out "Shine on You Crazy Diamond", it will change your life and guitar understanding!
I’m willing to bet that it changed absolutely nothing.
Cool Mike. The only thing you might try doing is injecting a bit of humor into your presentation. You can be a bit dry at times !!!! (just kidding!!) Oh, and hopefully you bought LED light bulbs, that way you won't run out of these great ideas, since they last longer and use less energy.
Dude start making some reactions to Pink Floyd songs! They’d get VIEWS
Drop John Mayer and go pick up Meddle, Darkside, Wishyou and Animals. Gilmour is truly essential. In a class all his own. He won't outshred anyone but he will slay EVERY. TIME. Not just talking his leads, either. Floyd really made some beautiful music on that run. Wall and Finalcut if you must (I like them, but prime years are Meddle to Animals.
Pink Floyd are lullabies for stoners.
Break out your strat for Gilmore
All of Motown was DI recorted.
Animals is the BEaST!
Man, I am worried about you: You have never listened to a full Pink Floyd track? WTF. :) Also, I am now going to nick-name you 'Flying Fingers Mike' ... keep them digits down man :)
@mikecole4489 I think I can give you some tips about getting your OWN sound because, although I'm not a celebrity at all, and, BTW, having achieved some local fame in a district the size/population of Delaware, ('twas long ago) I don't really liked it, but, in terms of sound, mine is as characteristic as all the "big names" you can think about...
Doing funk or even arpeggios top clean tones DI in the console is an old trick because you rarely get a really clean sound from a tube amp... And even a MXR or Boss compressor will do the trick...
You're misleading yourself about Gilmour recording DI with distortion. It was rarely the case, you can have everything you want to know on the Gilmourish and the KittRae websites...
The case you think about is Another Brick in the Wall Pt.2's solo... He didn't wen't thru a compressor but thru a limiter, and very likely a Fairchild 360, although what was really used wasn't documented. It wen thru the console, likely a Neve, then into the Studer A827 reel tape 24 tracks recorder... From there, you run the tape thru the console into... A Mesa/Boogie Mark I 1978 60W head. IDK which cab he used, the amp may have been recorded with a Neumann as David is very U87, the back to the console then into the A827...
And sorry to say, you didn't found David Gilmour's legendary guitar tone which, BTW, you can get all the sound as presets for NI Guitar Rig or IK Amplitube.
I'll prepare a 2nd post about gear after this one...
You may not like what will follow but everything is true and it will enter some messy sides of guitar players lives so... you've been warned...
Now, let me start with the bad news!
They ALL already have their freaking sound in their fingers, and no gear can bring it to you, sorry! Put a Santana, Gilmour, Hendrix, EVH, you name it, on any type of electric guitar with any type of amp and no matter the PA or the recording studio, etc, as long as the gear is correct, you'll recognize 'em immediately!
For the record, in the 80's, Ted Nugent (yes, I know and I agree with you) wanted to change his sound. He went to visit EVH to try his gear and guess what happened? He sounded like... Ted Nugent!
I already had my sound as soon I started the guitar... The gear was crappy so the results weren't great, but it was already there. My 1st guitar teacher started to give guitar lessons to a toddler, maybe 5y old with a 4 strings baby guitar... Oh gosh, he didn't knew how to play for sure, but every note made all your body hairs go straight...
The only time I evere heard someone else with an acoustic guitar sound that hypnotic was at the Cannes Guitar Festival where you could take intensive guitar courses with a masterclass every afternoon, concerts in the evening and jam sessions until late in the night. This bloke went through several Guitar Craft courses, some with Fripp, some without
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_Craft
And these courses are a bit... odd as it's not about guitar technique, not about applied musical theory to improvisation but all about developing... emotion, sensibility...
Anyone can have his own sound on the guitar, it's somewhere in you and it's to you to go and get it !
Things like the Guitar Craft (now Guitar Circles) can help you dev it... You may find it on your own, any you better forget about X or Y or Z sounding like this or that, the one you have to find is yourself, the notes you play are not just having your finger at the right fret and plucking the right string...
And sensibility is a double edged sword. If you engage in this path, you will need to have means to protect this zone of your "self" or be sure that any a-hole will hammer you where you're the most fragile... Never let your g/f access this zone, never ever or soon up or later, you'll end under a road-roller...
I know perfectly from where my sound comes thus, I'm not willing to discuss it in public on any social media, then, frankly, I'd have preferred doing without, let's say it's the bluesman's way ? I have no idea how a toddler could have such a wonderful sound in the fingers and if he kept it when he grew...
Now, there's also an EZ method but I'll enjoin you to find the Mahavishnu John MacLaughlin's quote where he says you cannot not find your sound on the guitar if you do a precise thing... Since doing it, or praising it is on the illegal side here, I won't point what it is...
AFAIK, Gilmour did it just once and it was OK. Syd Barrett pursued experiments in psychedelia and went schizo. I know two who went semi-schizo and one that was stranded in a 8 years astral travel on 1st try when he celebrated his hi-school graduation, then he came back and obtained his doctorate in astrophysics into 2 years (OK, he was already seen as having university skills in sciences when he was 9th grader. A real genius). S, the bluesman's method is the most destructive uch accidents are rare, such recoveries even rarer... The method works and works fast but there are risks of backfiring, I didn't engaged in this and I'd advise anyone willing to to get very very well informed, preferably from old hippies as well as science researches...
From my POV, if you can manage to connect your emotions to what you play on your own, or if you need help, maybe go to Guitar Circles courses, even if you perceive the music that is done in the Circles as really weird, go for the "natural" option...
IMHO, the bluesman's method is the worst of all... Just look at the life of all really great bluesmen, and the greatest ones are not the mos famous ones... BTW, same thing for Flamenco artists anyone who spent a few days with Paco DeLucia knows how his life sucked...
@mikecole4489 Now tell me if you're interested about using the gear in order to magnify what you have in your fingers, no matter how they sound, because, in the end, it's the only way to go if you want the gear to make you sound great and preferably unique (it's already cool to sound great, BTW).
I prefer to ask you because I don't feel like putting energy in a very long post for someone not interested...
Still waiting for Pink Floyd sound. 🤔
Dont think this video has anything in it to do with Gilmour whatsoever