can you make a video where you explain the "note double*ing" like ... i dont know.. are those thirds? like when u play a "solo" and there comes a second guitar plays the same stuff in like not an octave but a --- third? maybe? would be awesome
@@timmyturner5864 he has legs, but he has a condition that do not let him stand up. if you take out his chair he would probably be crabbing until he gets a new chair.
Instruments are just like tools: A skilled craftsmen can make do with poor tools, but do better with good quality tools. A poor craftsmen will make crap either way
Any of the "issues" like getting out of tune can be fixed with a basic setup (which you're supposed to do out of the box) and using thicker guage because duh it's drop B
@@TheBestofJuan I have 2. The stock pickups on it dont sound horrible, but I upgraded them pretty quick. For 80$ (like 60 when I got it) its hard for me to complain very much. Like I'd be pissed if they were on a new Squier but for this one they do their job.
The way he enjoyed every single note he created. The guitar-face every bend he made. Every little smiles and headbangs. And also MEMES. No wonder you guys and also me wanted to be able to play like him 😁
Learning from this, you don't have to buy an expensive 1,000$+ guitar to have the good quality and perfect tone, you can make a cheap guitar sound like 1,000$+ guitar with expiramenting and maybe a few adjustments.
@@Katuulu Hi, ignorant dream on the subject, I have the same guitar as in this video, but the sound is not the same, do you recommend using the amp to have a more powerful sound?
@@Katuulu Tone is in everything. Standing or sitting playing, pick thickness, speaker size, cabinet type, number of speakers, the pedal order, cable type, cable length, string core, string Guage, how you attack the strings, angle of the pick, how you hold the neck, how you fret, action height, intonation, nut type, how close the pickups are to the strings, how much pressure you put when fretting, type of pickups, how the pickups are wired, and so on and so forth. My guitar in total is probably $300 give or take. The rig I have for band setting is $400 give or take. So I mean, if you need to buy expensive shit. It has more to do with your ego and inability to want to work with what you have rather than wanting to actually learn how to be good/decent. One person can take a $1,000+ guitar and run through a $2,000+ rig and sound like absolutely horse shit. Then someone else can use the same thing without changing settings and make it sound amazing. Ted Nugent was backstage at a Halen concert and asked Eddie to try out his rig. Know what it sounded like? You guessed correctly. It sounded like Ted Nugent because it's the player. Not the gear.
The majority of the sound comes from your amp/multi-effects processor, so if you have a good audio interface, a good amp sim or a good pedalboard, you'll have a good sound, not the same sound of Nik's guitars, but still good :)
90% of metal snobs: Dude, yer playin' a Glarry! Noob! 99% of people at a metal concert: Can't tell an $80 Glarry from a $5900 custom shop guitar (or amp for that matter) ps. Thanks again for showing that money is never a substitute for skill
The full song sounds like something you'd hear in the late 2000s/early 2010s, I can imagine the anrgy vocalist that's really nice in between songs and the band going bananas on stage :D
With plug-ins you don’t even need a real amp anymore. You can get tons of great ones for free. Of course, a real amp may sound better, but unless you’re a crazy gear head you probably won’t tell the difference.
You can get some pretty good used amp heads. Like an Randall rg15013, every bugera amp or an marshall valvestate 8100 for example. Those small practice amps like the nux mighty lite or the roland micro cube are good too. But of course, i don't know what is a good amp in your head, is it amp head with cabinet? Is it an combo amp or a small practice amp? But yeah, plug-ins seem pretty cool too. Oh and the small joyo amps are cool too, from what i've heard
I bought this guitar about a year ago for $68 shipped to my door, I put cheap locking tuners on it, 11 gauge strings and it fucking rips. May need some light sanding on the frets and back of the neck but I promise it’s well worth $80
if you are okay with the buzz when not playing or when letting strings ringing, then it's fine. Copper shielding it won't fix 100% but it's already a noticeable difference
You can definitely play metal with single coils or p90s in some cases, it just sounds...weird? I have a Les Paul with p90s. I can play metal on it in the middle pickup position which gives it humbucking properties (ie no noise). It sounds, uh, twangy? Not good for fat metalcore tones but great otherwise
@Lee McDabney I don't think he is saying "Hey you are a moron to pay a lot of cash for a guitar and gear", to me sounds more like "you can have fun even on a low budget".
Please do more of these videos. Long ago in a Facebook group I mentioned that a good guitar player can make a bad guitar sound decent or maybe even good but a bad player will make a great guitar sound bad, & you're obviously a good guitarist.
Great lively playing! As a guitar composer/performer for book trailers about comics seeking inspiration, I like how you make music captivating no matter the price of guitar! Cheers!
love these type of videos.. please do a video where you get another random ass guitar but you also show how you mix it to sound like a pro. that would be pretty cool.
This video makes me feel not so bad about playing metal on my 15 year old squier strat. Still planning on picking up an 8 string once I have more time to dedicate to making music again.
Just found you through your collab with Alex Heffner reacting to 30 Seconds To Mars, and I'm already impressed. Thanks to you, I'm considering trying to learn guitar again.
Although the reaction videos are my favorite thing you do, i really like these kinds of 'testing' videos, it's fun and interesting so sure, do more of them!
go wild, its you we like, id consider any of your content. thx for helping new musician being more comfortable that was a nice video. (free plugging never bad idea either) i use slsmg jackson soloist and compose for 20 years+ im a snob but i wish i knew a cheap guitar and free disto could get me started. had a slower start than that. keep up the good content!
Cheap guitars sound great in drop tuning, i have a telecaster squier in drop C since like 2 years and sounds thicc w/the single coil it's actual unique sound
*Yes, it can do 000's*
But can it djent
Scratch that, can it polyphia
What plug-ins did you use? I didn't see any in the video or description
@@iurigrang 7:56
can you make a video where you explain the "note double*ing" like ... i dont know.. are those thirds? like when u play a "solo" and there comes a second guitar plays the same stuff in like not an octave but a --- third? maybe? would be awesome
Nik be like
Step 1: draw a circle
Step 2: here’s the finished Mona Lisa
Ha 😆
Step 1.5 is draw a 1, so then you have 01
@@NikNocturnal Step 3 add 0 3 5
@@NikNocturnal Genius
@@IanTheGreatYT HAHAHA
gotta go fast
If ya ain't first yer last!
"I wanna go fast" - Rickky bobby
fast boi banana
im fast as fuk boi
It’s not like you did this video or anything
Jokes on us, he recorded the entire termina album with this.
Yeah for sure 😂
Made me lol, thx.
You know you made it as a guitarist when you're able to play in different time zones
Soo basically world tour
If Nik ever played live it would be weird seeing him stand up. He would have to bring a chair on stage.
Dude he literally has no legs wtf man
our mans won an actual shred off playing rhythm lol shit was classic modern gold
@@timmyturner5864 he has legs, but he has a condition that do not let him stand up. if you take out his chair he would probably be crabbing until he gets a new chair.
Pretty sure he is standing in a music video?
He won shredders of metal
lowkey clean part sounds sick af.
Low key huh
The neck position of a strat sounds like a bell.
@@jess_n_atx fucking hyperspace key
I wanna know if thats improv or a song to learn it
Sorry I prefer spending all of my college tuition on $1,000 plus guitars and gear that I totally need.
Me too. So i know it's me who is shit and not my gear.
@@mr.meeseeks6090 I felt that.
@@rewoundmusic2312 you felt that? I live that. Fml
@@ashley7716 bruh i AM that
I went to a liberal arts college and even that was worth more to my life than a thousand dollar Les Paul and every DAW in existence.
This just proves to me that it's not about the gear--it's all about the guitarist. Guess I gotta practice more...
Thanks for the video, Nik!
practice practice practice, then practice a bit more, then alot more, then wake up 20 year later with 8 album
Instruments are just like tools: A skilled craftsmen can make do with poor tools, but do better with good quality tools. A poor craftsmen will make crap either way
5:15 WRITE A SONG WITH THAT CLEAN INTRO, ITS SO GOOD
it kinda reminds me of autumnus by reflections. it not exactly like it but it did remind me of it
Mark Ionin- Strange road
Nik, I'm waiting for "Entire early Norwegian black-metal scene in 5 minutes" vid from you
Seems like an actually decent instrument for 80$
He did play with free plug ins tho. I wonder what the tone of those pick ups are like lol
@@TheBestofJuan they are amped roots, you can get them for free on sound lab, they are REALLY good ngl. check em out
Any of the "issues" like getting out of tune can be fixed with a basic setup (which you're supposed to do out of the box) and using thicker guage because duh it's drop B
@Paranoid Drummer well cus I'd like to see what the raw pick ups sound like.
@@TheBestofJuan I have 2. The stock pickups on it dont sound horrible, but I upgraded them pretty quick. For 80$ (like 60 when I got it) its hard for me to complain very much. Like I'd be pissed if they were on a new Squier but for this one they do their job.
Definitely doesn't sound bad. It also has the twang, which is the thing I like the most in single coils
That IKEAcaster inspired such a sick riff (6:55), sweet jesus
I love you Nik, one day I’ll play guitar like you do.
Keep practicing man.. you'll do it🙌😉
@@omnicide3251 Thanks! I’m doing my best everyday. Sometimes I get stuck, but it’s my dream to be a good guitar player.
@@wojtek7871 Me too boi, let's hang out :)
The way he enjoyed every single note he created. The guitar-face every bend he made. Every little smiles and headbangs. And also MEMES. No wonder you guys and also me wanted to be able to play like him 😁
I wish same,but i think need much years
Nobody:
Two friends, Gary and Larry, deciding to start a guitar company: Let's call it Glarry.
Learning from this, you don't have to buy an expensive 1,000$+ guitar to have the good quality and perfect tone, you can make a cheap guitar sound like 1,000$+ guitar with expiramenting and maybe a few adjustments.
Tone is in the fingers
@@forbiddensun9524 Tone is in the amp, you buy more expensive guitars because they last longer, quality is better and feels better to play
@@Katuulu Tone is in the fingers, the guitar, the pickups, the pedals, the amp, the speakers, the cabinet or plugins etc. Everything is important
@@Katuulu Hi, ignorant dream on the subject, I have the same guitar as in this video, but the sound is not the same, do you recommend using the amp to have a more powerful sound?
@@Katuulu Tone is in everything.
Standing or sitting playing, pick thickness, speaker size, cabinet type, number of speakers, the pedal order, cable type, cable length, string core, string Guage, how you attack the strings, angle of the pick, how you hold the neck, how you fret, action height, intonation, nut type, how close the pickups are to the strings, how much pressure you put when fretting, type of pickups, how the pickups are wired, and so on and so forth.
My guitar in total is probably $300 give or take. The rig I have for band setting is $400 give or take.
So I mean, if you need to buy expensive shit.
It has more to do with your ego and inability to want to work with what you have rather than wanting to actually learn how to be good/decent.
One person can take a $1,000+ guitar and run through a $2,000+ rig and sound like absolutely horse shit.
Then someone else can use the same thing without changing settings and make it sound amazing.
Ted Nugent was backstage at a Halen concert and asked Eddie to try out his rig.
Know what it sounded like?
You guessed correctly.
It sounded like Ted Nugent because it's the player.
Not the gear.
Mess around a lil bit:
*plays sick guitar riffs i could never even learn*
It's all time and practice. I don't believe its can or can't but how much time are you willing to commit to the craft
Single coils actually brings amazing definition to metal tone.
The majority of the sound comes from your amp/multi-effects processor, so if you have a good audio interface, a good amp sim or a good pedalboard, you'll have a good sound, not the same sound of Nik's guitars, but still good :)
@Paranoid Drummer lol, I'll try this, which EQ plugin you use to do this? I guess it's not possible to do this with de reaEQ
90% of metal snobs: Dude, yer playin' a Glarry! Noob!
99% of people at a metal concert: Can't tell an $80 Glarry from a $5900 custom shop guitar (or amp for that matter)
ps. Thanks again for showing that money is never a substitute for skill
me: dont care your gear, show me your imagination, show me your sound
If that mix was on my Spotify discover, it would be on my playlist. 10/10 for cheapo
Great well it's no longer 80 dollars after they see this.
Permission to bring the "thanks Obama" meme from the dead? 😂
@@SergeyPupkoMusic granted
@@jwylde7 Thx 😁
6:28 is this an actual song?
I really want to know too lol
Same
Yesss we need answers
+1
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I swear Nik can make anything sound good. Also it's unbelievable he had this decent of a setup right out the box.
It sounded pretty decent for an $80 guitar. Too bad Glarry didn't send you their model 170 guitar which has humbuckers and is only ~$10 more.
The mix at the end was pretty cool
As a first semester Berklee student, I think I can say we’d love to have you
The full song sounds like something you'd hear in the late 2000s/early 2010s, I can imagine the anrgy vocalist that's really nice in between songs and the band going bananas on stage :D
"Put on some smart glasses and be big brain." Would have been the BEST moment for a cut to Nik with glasses as he started playing.
Yo that clean riff sounded AMAZING!!!!
You should use that as a metal core Lead chorus riff!
It's really never been a better time to be a guitarist, but the question is how do I switch my time zone on my DAW
Bro, if I could afford a good amp, my life would be complete.
Plug ins bro they’re cheap and don’t make the neighbors complain
With plug-ins you don’t even need a real amp anymore. You can get tons of great ones for free. Of course, a real amp may sound better, but unless you’re a crazy gear head you probably won’t tell the difference.
You can get some pretty good used amp heads. Like an Randall rg15013, every bugera amp or an marshall valvestate 8100 for example. Those small practice amps like the nux mighty lite or the roland micro cube are good too. But of course, i don't know what is a good amp in your head, is it amp head with cabinet? Is it an combo amp or a small practice amp? But yeah, plug-ins seem pretty cool too. Oh and the small joyo amps are cool too, from what i've heard
@@marvintimke3978 Agreed, I have the NUX Mighty Lite BT and it’s a pretty good practice amp. Only 100 bucks too.
Boss Katana is cheap and really good
I'm kinda disappointed that Nik didn't play anything from Ride The Lightning with that design lol
everything will sound incredible in your hands
Perfect thing for starting!
I bought this guitar about a year ago for $68 shipped to my door, I put cheap locking tuners on it, 11 gauge strings and it fucking rips. May need some light sanding on the frets and back of the neck but I promise it’s well worth $80
"sIngLe cOiLS CaN'T mETaL"
They should try to Tell that to maiden back in the 80s 😅
@Oscar Ortiz you got a strong nerve saying that my friend
if you are okay with the buzz when not playing or when letting strings ringing, then it's fine. Copper shielding it won't fix 100% but it's already a noticeable difference
You can definitely play metal with single coils or p90s in some cases, it just sounds...weird? I have a Les Paul with p90s. I can play metal on it in the middle pickup position which gives it humbucking properties (ie no noise). It sounds, uh, twangy? Not good for fat metalcore tones but great otherwise
@Lee McDabney I don't think he is saying "Hey you are a moron to pay a lot of cash for a guitar and gear", to me sounds more like "you can have fun even on a low budget".
Please do more of these videos. Long ago in a Facebook group I mentioned that a good guitar player can make a bad guitar sound decent or maybe even good but a bad player will make a great guitar sound bad, & you're obviously a good guitarist.
Haven't even watched yet and already know this gonna be good. Also, it's DOUBLE Drop Z
Great lively playing! As a guitar composer/performer for book trailers about comics seeking inspiration, I like how you make music captivating no matter the price of guitar! Cheers!
I currently have a guitar that is under $50. I used it to record a post rock/black metal song.
I wish to be in the same position you're in in the future TH-cam wise, dude.
Great stuff
1:38 when you stub your toe in the middle of the night but you don't want to get in trouble for being awake
Nik showing y'all that even a bad guitar can sound better than some final published records! He is talented for sure!
That was awesome! I think this is more of a testament to just how good you are at pulling out a great guitar sound from anything.
love these type of videos.. please do a video where you get another random ass guitar but you also show how you mix it to sound like a pro. that would be pretty cool.
NIK: Because it's a cheaper guitar you have to tune it more often.
My $3000 Gibson Les Paul Modern: Eh Hem! Did someone challenge my throne?!?!
5:15 that sounded so cool!!!
Nik just proved it aint the guitar, its the player
This video makes me feel not so bad about playing metal on my 15 year old squier strat. Still planning on picking up an 8 string once I have more time to dedicate to making music again.
Just found you through your collab with Alex Heffner reacting to 30 Seconds To Mars, and I'm already impressed. Thanks to you, I'm considering trying to learn guitar again.
2:00 Sounded like a bunch of After the Burial riffs played one after the another!
Nik is always that dude who goes "oh yeah i'm not that good at guitar" and then when you ask him to play metal he shreds the heck out of it
That's the power of single coil 🔥 the clean is all clean ❤️
Guitar player>correct guitar setup>amp>pickup>guitar construction itself
Proof that it’s all in the hands for the most part
Although the reaction videos are my favorite thing you do, i really like these kinds of 'testing' videos, it's fun and interesting so sure, do more of them!
If you re-string it to force the strings to 'lock', that will solve the tuning problem. There's plenty of videos on YT on how to do it.
Looks better then my first guitar mines was from Walmart
Loved it. I would definitely support a(n) baritone version of this! Baritones are the new guitars after all
Obv if you've got the skills any decent guitar can sound good 🤷🏻♂️
Damn. Really shows that all guitars are good enough if they play well.
this is def the best demo of any glarry love it
i have to say there is no bad guitar as long has you have the skills to make it sound good
dafuq? the sound after mixing sounds actually good.
This just proves you don't need a $1000+ guitar to get what you want. Thank you Nik. 🤘
You needed James Pumphrey for this video.
LIGHTNING LIGHNING L I G H T N I N G
MO PAWAH BABEH
I Dont understand haters waiting to dislike the video, they should get a life
This video has like 6 dislikes. It's not that deep
The 6 dislikes: gibson, ibanez, fender, schecter, kiesel, suhr
I have 369 subs. Even I have these dudes. lol Hey, if it keeps them from jumping off the bridge I'm down.
I liked this video :) you should definitely make more like this
If you want a tip on how to get a thicker sound out of a single coil, just roll the tone down
I want a $17 dollar 7 string with dual hamburgers and a 26.5" scale and fishman fluance Glarry!!
when nik makes an $80 potato sound better than my $6000 aristides
What's that thing you do at 2:17? Is that a Gojira scrape?
Whatever it is, I like it!
Nice to see another affordable starter gem. Someone will be very happy this Christmas :D
This video is really cool , it shows you that with some knowledge about the mix and else, you can do a pretty decent song with a cheap instrument ;)
That... Sounded surprisingly good for its cost. Awesome job as usual bro ♥
Another great example that gear isn't what makes a guitar player. Excellent video man.
That final test tho....so very good.
i love his description of prog metal, and it actually sounds good
The only high end guitars that I've seen with lightning on em are the deans. So or $80, this is something special, sounds pretty decent to me tbh
That mix at the end is 🔥
Awesome vid - im trying to get back into guitar and wondering where I spend my dosh. Guess practice/talent really is more important than gear!
sick mix, has replay ability and slaps hard.
There's a plugin called Re-Guitar by BlueCatAudio that lets you change the type of pickup digitally
I want Nik Nocturnal to cover this song asap!
I'm sure if you throw saturation you can even fatten it up!
it's amazing - the result you can achieve by saving up on school's dinner
Would be great to see a crash course for things like GarageBand and how to get the most out of free/cheap equipment. Sounding great
go wild, its you we like, id consider any of your content.
thx for helping new musician being more comfortable that was a nice video. (free plugging never bad idea either)
i use slsmg jackson soloist and compose for 20 years+ im a snob but i wish i knew a cheap guitar and free disto could get me started.
had a slower start than that.
keep up the good content!
2:59 mmm bring me the horizon??¿
you gotta make a full song w that mix, thats godlike
you should turn it into a super shred guitar for the next video
Song name?
I believe it's oh no Poweh Waynjas
Вот это я понимаю неожиданность
Yep, ya got the skills, ya can make most guitars sound great.
DUDE WHAT THE HELL IS THAT SONG IN THE END?!?! HOLY FUCK
Great playing man. I gotta learn some new stuff lol.
Made it sound better than it should
Great as always bud!
Cheap guitars sound great in drop tuning, i have a telecaster squier in drop C since like 2 years and sounds thicc w/the single coil it's actual unique sound
Sick song man. I play a lot of those chords too. Really enjoyed the solo riffs in the song. I am going to try and learn it 👌