How To Get Great Funk Rhythm Guitar Tone
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2025
- I've had a ton of requests for this over the years, here it is at last... how I approach getting great funk rhythm guitar tone. In this demonstration I break down my gear and settings for 2 different funk rhythm tones, a must see video for every funkateer!
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my left ear enjoyed it
hahahaha
4 is my favorite position also. Neck+Bridge is a very versatile tone.
Position 4 is middle and neck though
Great video again. Love the sound, the groove, the nice guitar and especially the comment on the Flint. It's killer. Not just the reverb but the tremolo, too. Thankx ✌🏼
yep, great, versatile pedal
You’re in my top 5 guitar players of all time, you’ve shown me so much about the instrument that I probably would have never learned from any other TH-cam teachers. Do you have any of your own music?
did an album back in the day but not crazy about it now lol.....currently working on an original music project
Agreed! Rick is the man
So good to see funk showcased and well explained. This cooks man
Always Awesome!!!
I get my tone the same way as you but just using the jazz chorus . that amp you use sounds awesome
Killer buddy! I'm workin' n tryin' to get ny routine down. You's aewsome dude!
thanks Lorne
Nice chops, the Rodgers legacy 👍🙌
Say hey Rick, I love the suggestions for great tone but I have to mention that you are playing some smokin' grooves. The guy can't help it, folks! All great stuff, thanks.
thank you Edgar!
Cool video very insightful. Thanks.
Good lord ... that playing is tasty.
thank you!
I love this! Thank you.
Just in case you didn’t know, your voice cut out on the right channel right around the 2 minute mark. Totally not a big deal, just thought I’d mention it.
Oops. The guitar too. It came back in later.
yeah was moving the camera around a bit and the audio cable mist have come a little loose
Love your Magnatone Rick.They have a supercool proprietary tremolo sound that is so original.
Don't have the trem on my amp but dig the teverb
Definitely tasty! Cheers, D 🤙🏼
thank you!
Nice tone and everything 👌
Excellent video.
Brilliant. Thank you ! Liked and subscribed.
This is authentic funk guitar, folks.
I was one of the people asking for this haha! Thanks man, so simple yet effective tips. Didn't use a compressor?
Right on, nope, no compressor
Awesome stuff
Sounds great!
Thanx, Maestro Rick 🔥🔥🔥
thanks Brenda!
Wow very nice😌😎🚀🔥🔥
It sounds great. I would have guessed that you had pedals.
nope, straight in on this one Tim
I love the view out your windows. Where are you?
Amazing 🙏👌👌👌
Awesome vid as always dude! For some reason it switched to mono (left ear only ) at about 1:54 which did make it harder to hear to cool tones you were dialing in... I didn't see anyone else mention that in comments?
Someone else mentioned that, the audio cable must have come loose from the camera somehow during filming
I like your shirt bro.
Was just thinking the same
Valentines day gift from the wife :)
Nice.
Tasty Tone!
thank you!
Suppose you also had a presence button what would you do with that?
depends on the amp but I usually run it about 10 o'clock
Great video! I immediately subscribed! But I have a question, if my amp has volume and gain knobs, which one should I use as your volume knob and what do I do with the other one? Thanks in advance!
It depends on the amp. For a clean tone like this most of the time I would use the master and turn it up to the edge of breakup and set the gain pretty low. But on some amps that may be too loud, depends on your venue. In that case you have 2 options 1, bring the master down to a volume appropriate for the stage, you may need to add a little more gain to give the tone a little bite, or 2. Keep the master up high to push the power tubes and get the great tone that goes with that... and tame the volume using an attenuator for an appropriate stage volume, this is what i do in those situations.
@@TastyGuitarcom Cool! Thanks a lot, it worked great!
Cool vid Rick. Gotta ask: why is your speaker backwards? Or does the Magnatone have the controls at the back?
Also, it’s interesting to note the differences in your wrist movement compared to Corey Wong. His really is quite wild, while yours seems to move much less, with more movement in your forearm. Not a criticism at all, you both are outstanding, just noticed the difference in approach. Cheers!
Controls at the back of the amp. There is no one correct way for right hand technique, I do what works for me, I haven't watched CW enough to give an opinion on his technique but it's obviously working for him.
Thanks for the look at the gear.
By the way, how great of an invention is the Torpedo? I only record and it was a game changer for me.
it's a great, versatile piece of gear for sure
Hey Rick… can you show us what that sounds like if you speed it up???
I think I need a beverage to wash that tasty down with…. !!
haha that WAS the fast version
Rick, you are just one damn nasty guitarist! Every lick is on fire 🔥
Hi Rick do you also backup on volume knob of your guitar, I find some frequencies very harsh especially on ES style guitar for funk playing. I usually set the volume around 8. I'd love to hear your thoughts on that
Yeah, I will usually set the full volume to a slight breakup on the amp, so I can back off the volume knob a bit and clean it up. But I have a treble bleed installed so I dont lose high end when rolled back
nice video, any tips for string gauge and pick thickness?
I use D'addario 10-46 and Clayton 1.52mm teardrop picks
I'm new to an electric guitar and all these effects, how do I make it sound this funky, because I can make it sound only distorted or clean
It helps to have a good quality tube amp and push it to the edge of breakup(slight distortion) and have plenty of mid-range in the tone, that helps achieve this kind of tone.
Nice! So are you running the Torpedo to your computer for recording or (as an attenuator) and back into the amp cabinet?
right now mostly just using it for recording, but will start to use the attenuator this coming weekend for the first time in a rehearsal setting
Is there a lot of comp in the mix?
no comp was used
Strymon flint is a champ
Hey Rick, how do I dial the mid if my amp has it? On 12 o'clock position?
It depends on the amp but 12 o'clock is a good starting point
Gauge strings please.. thanks!
I use 10 to 46, Ernest
Do you sound so much like Al McKay
I wish, Al Mckay is a monster funkateer
How much is that amp?
around 2k and worth every penny
It's probably already been asked but why not don't you use a compressor?
I used to use a compressor sometimes but just feel it robs you of dynamics
🙂
audio only coming from left speaker
Technique is 80% if the sound
💩That's some serious funk!!!
Why a cab simulator? I thought you wanted your sound straight from the amp? Not being a jerk. Really asking? I don't use computers or simulations. How would I do this with just amp and pedals?
I live in a condo and can't be blasting out the neighbors, that's the only reason to use the cab sim
@@TastyGuitarcom I saw that.....but what does a cab Sim do? Does it give you the same sound of a cranked cab but at a lower volume. I'm wanting to learn how to really play now instead of just bashing power chords and getting into pedals, sound, tone etc. Still learning. Is a cab simulator kind of like an attenuator?
@@johnhareiel5118 this is the model here and will tell you all the things you can do with it www.two-notes.com/en/torpedo-series/torpedo-captor-x/ I'm using it as a load box so I can get my cranked up amp sound but stay completely silent in the room. You could also use it as an attenuator where you still use the speaker in the amp but just have lower volume settings, but that is not how I am using it here. I'm plugged straight into the amp, the amp is pushed to where I like the tone, but the speaker out from the amp goes into the Torpedo, then the output can be sent to a mixer or headphones. Great for getting a nice tube amp tone completely silent. Because most tubes amps need to be pushed to a get the best tone, thats the point.
@@TastyGuitarcom o.k. I played my whole life but just now getting into pedals- sound instead of just guitar to amp. I was wondering with you saying you just wanted straight tone with no pedals and I'm like but he's using a cab simulator. Making sense now. Thanx. I'm gonna check out your other vids too
I asked my luthier buddy if I should get an attenuator for my new Fender Twim and he told me I can't hook one up to it being built different than a Marshall, etc. He's got one on his 100 watt tube Orange amp. I'm learning amps as well finally or trying to lol. I plan on getting a Marshall JCM 800 2203 one day too and will get an attenuator for it
You glossed over the pick up settings. All the way up and back one? Tone controls set to 11? This was no help.
You want funk tone? Lose the effects. Let the guitar and your technique come through. Of course, that’s the easy part. Then ya gotta bring it like Rick.