as one guy said some comments before, its great to have this kind of videos, black metal-oriented, most of the time when you look for some guitar stuff videos you always find people playing clean tones or lame blues tones. thanks for the vid.
It's really insane how well I've been able to take really dull sounding guitar tracks and transform them with EQ settings in Reaper. It's even cooler to see how much of a difference minor tweaks make when you have a whole mix and want individual instruments to stand out. EQ is super important, even though most people are focused on the distortion pedal or amp they're using.
I use a AMT P1 (Peavey 5150) + TS9 + mini HOF for playing black metal and sound great but you gotta be careful with the gain because it’s easy to cross the line and distortion your riffs too much and saturate them. Great video, really useful
The time when you will discover equalizer will change your day into endless journey to find the perfect sound but you will never be satisfied with the result
I've already got a Proco Rat (I think it's the newer version because it has the regular 9V power input) and a mini Ibanez tube screamer. The Rat sounds more of a fuzz than I expected it to, and if you're using a tube screamer would definitely benefit from using some sort of EQ or scooping the tone knob on the tube screamer
great use of a looper, put in front of chain, loop a phrase and infinitely search for the tone. Shame more youtube testers doesn't do that, they constantly stops playing, changing phrases and you can't follow what are the changes sometime.s
I was really interested what is the best pedal for black metal. Very useful video, Simon, thank you) Maybe you would be interested in making video about really main distortion pedals (in black metal) with bands that used them (for example: song of Dissection and pedal which made their guitar tone and sound).
with most of the later, bigger bands they did not use any pedals anymore. Not speaking about 2nd generation norwegian BM bands, those generally used HM2 ripoffs like Euronymous famously used a Arion Metal Master, a cheap japanese HM2 clone for 20 bucks, but as with Dissection, thats just decent tube amps really, as with most later bands. It falls together with the appearance of the 5150 and later all the dual rectifier and or ENGL savage, invader an so on and so on, those were the first tube heads with enough Gain built in to achieve those tones without pedals, and so from the point those amps were available and the bands could afford them, away went the pedals. Before that they all played Marshalls basically.
darillio -the Arion Metal Master isn’t an HM-2 clone, maybe it was intended to be (I don’t know) but it sounds nothing like one. I’ve owned one for years and multiple HM-2 pedals. The DOD American Metal (the 4 knob version) is in fact an HM-2 clone and sounds pretty much identical. I think Jon in Dissection used a Boss MT-2 into his Marshalls. There’s no rules, use whatever works for you.
Well the Artec Soloist Distortion is just as hard to find as the "Dragonfly"...I ended up getting the "Dragonfly" since it was easier, though more expensive, to find 🤣 (keep up the good work, greetings from Sweden. PS. Listen to my band Wolfcross here on YT if you like DS)
I was surprised about the BD2 Blues Driver! I have one on the shelf since 15 years and never used it. I judged the pedal by it‘s cover… i‘ll give it a try, although i mostly play with a DAW nowadays
that little Artec is a mean box, it can get you into Bathory territory quickly. I made an album using just the Artec and an old Fender amp which had almost no distortion of its own.
The soloist is interesting, but really hard to find... And yes, an EQ is usefull, but it's a different shape, both are interesting, with and without EQ. Thanks for this video Simon !
due to your video, I bought this eq boss g-7 pedal- I'm not even a guitar player I'm a drummer but I want my guitar player to sound like this is so juicy
I use a regular Boss MT-2 from the '90s with my band, both rehearsals and live. I never feel like I need anything else for that. It can get pretty close to that early Burzum/Darkthrone tone, but with its own twist. Great pedal! P.s. in the studio I think we used a Bear Amps modded MT-2 into a JCM800 and a 5150.
hi. bit of an old message but would you mind sharing what settings you have your MT-2 on? Trying to find the sweet spot on mine. And do you use any reverb?
@@zero-tension3180 Hej. The settings vary from time to time, but usually they go something like this: Treble: noon Lows: one/two o'clock. Mids and MidFreq: one/two o'clock. Gain to taste (usually not past two o'clock) Level as needed. This should be a good starting point, then you can experiment and find your sound. Don't push the treble too far past noon or it will sound like a razorblade through your eardrum. Unless that's what you want of course. Edit: I do not really use reverb, no. But I do use delay sometimes.
@@erymanthonseth9295 ah, awesome thanks for taking the time to tell me. i managed to get it dialed in with a new reverb and tube screamer and now I'm afraid to touch it, lol. but I'll definitely try this next time. cheers man 🙏🏻🤘🏻
So essentially this goes to prove they are all much of a much-ness! Of course each setup has it's own unique sonic characteristic, but with the right knob twiddling they all sound pretty decent for BM. I think that the main thing that makes this genre sound like it does is the types of riffs, chord shapes and the intervals used. As for the sound you decide upon, that will change depending on the sound of the drums you are working with, recording tech used, how it's amped (or not!) etc I am amazed at that Dragonfly BM pedal vs the Artec Soloist thing. It's really the same pedal with a different paintjob? Not even slightly re-voiced with a couple of cap or resistor changes?
Nope just a rebrand i bought a dragonfly bm1 black metal distortion for collector purposes its cool but i dont play it out i may record with it in the future tho. I also had a damnation distortion pedal but sold it as the sound wasnt as good
After seeing you use a Blackstar HT5R, I checked one out. I found a good deal on an HT5, and can dial all sorts of dirty metal tones. The ISF feature is really cool for making multiple guitar parts sound distinct without having to mess with the EQ settings. Still, I think the harshest, angriest tone I've gotten was from an MXR Super Badass that cost a third as much as the Blackstar head alone. No bass, mids at 0-2 to taste, treble at 10, gain just a hair off of 10 to keep out some of the hiss.
Have been of a low gain, rather extreme EQ philosophy for years now. Just turn up your eq on the amp, all heights, no bass, add mid to your tastes and mixing needs to be heard, or, if thats not extreme enough, add any eq pedal of your liking. Just as in the video, the EQ actually is the way bigger influence and is absolute must to achieve Black Metal territory. The Gain pretty much vanishes behind that anyways.
Simon, LOVE your videos, keep 'em coming! I'm considering getting a Quilter Tone Block 200 to use as a power amp with pedals. Do you have any recommendations on what distortion might work well with it? Should I try and get one of those preamp pedals and run it through the FX Loop? Cheers and THANKS! \m/
Good question! I've got the DV Mark Eric Gales head so could have a go at trying that... Have you tried it yet? I hear the Quilter stuff is awesome....
@@SimonSmithGuitar I bought it (Tone Block 200). I may get one with an fx loop and bypass their pre, but I'm loving it so far. It is loud with tons of headroom abd great tone. I put an Airis Nemesis (Beta testimg model) in front of it and its gnarly!! I'm a bit camera shy, but may post a video of it. I also boost it with a ts9, and thanks to your videos may buy an eq pedal too.
Id lose the eq pedal. Im sure you can vary the scope well enough without it . It just made the sound come out like it was through a cheap little transistor radio . The blues driver was a surprise . If I was to play with this kind of sound , I would pick that , believe it or not
Do you have or could you make a video about the guitars you have and the story behind them? Maybe also the same about amps? Thank you for the great work done on your channel!
try the Metal zone waza craft... completly anathor sounds... i use it ever since i try it with a clean boost and a EQ in a Katana Boss and i can dial every kinds of tone with that so i think its up to you build your own tone .
SIMON, you’re the only one that does exotic guitar metal lessons so here I am hoping that you will see this comment and make a tutorial for this song. Now it ain’t hard to play persay but I’m a bit stumped on proper finger positioning. Please do a tutorial on Godspeed You Black Emperor by East Hasting! Rly hope you see this comment!! and if possible, do it in standard guitar Tuning!
hails! can u post the 2nd pedal board exact settings used? mt-2, eq and ibanez ?? it's difficult to see it in the video, specially mt-2 settings... thanks!!!
For some reason my takeaway from this video was to buy an equalizer and a bd-2 to achieve the tone I want. Clearly this was wrong judging by the growing disappointment with my increasingly expensive equipment. At least my playing got better
I just have one of those metal zone pedals so far that I got for 30 quid. are the EQ and tube screamer pedals a worthwhile investment then? I was going to get a metal muff, as I heard they can be awesome for recording with the right amp, and also an old blood noise endeavours fuzz pedal. The RAT pedal sounded nice though. I take it I'm better off getting the EQ pedal though based on this, or is that not as needed if you have a good head or something? I'm still new to playing guitar, so just learning as I go. Scratch that, I think I like the stone grey even better than the RAT.
@@tds2117 thanks man. I ended up selling my guitar due to collin19 and the world going on hold for a few years. Once I have the upgrades done on my PC though, I'll get another and have another bash at it. I got my guitar with the simple plan of moving to the Netherlands and starting a hardcore band with some dudes. IO was only gonna need a few chords to start with, and was literally gonna learn the old hardcore punk way. Basically learn while on the road, playing gigs. yeah we'd be shit to start with, but would get good as we go. maybe a totally retarded way to go about it, but it sounded fun. collin19 totally ruined this though, as it kicked in a few months after I got my guitar.
@@D00M3R-SK8 well man, there’s always time to get back to it. Weird advice from personal experience- don’t stress about how you don’t have the ability to right now or think about it too much, because it can build a negative connotation around it. Then you finally can play again and… you’re not interested.
argh - the mt could use a low-cut :o hmm - would probably go for the "RAT" or the "mad professor" out of these ;) I sticked with dod/digitech for distortion... but not playing lots of black metal ^^
I have the soloist distortion and along with the decimator II and bloodmoon it just kicks fucking ass! Simon if you can get your hands on a Bloodmoon reverb pedal by Mr Black get it. Its perfect for some black fucking metal!\m/
I´m honestly quite surprised how often (and obviously joyful) you play that Pacifica particularly for BM...what makes it so attractive for it in your opinion?
@@SimonSmithGuitar no I haven´t played one yet...I´m left handed and that limits anything in terms of a great variety of guitars that are at hand...although I think there are Pacificas for left handed people and they´re not even all too expensive right...?
I knew a Boss GE 7 is vital for a certain raw and primitve sound...I´m thinking about getting on for quite a while now...and it seems clear that its a reasonable idea...
@@SimonSmithGuitar yeah that was pretty convincing... do you know the "FAULT" Distortion Pedal of Old Blood Noise Endeavors...? I don´t own one yet but If I´d a pedal for BM I´d use this one...along with a Walrus Audio "Descent" Reverb Pedal... the combination with the "Black Fountain" Pedal is sick but the one with the "Descent" just blew me away.....it comes at the end of the vid: th-cam.com/video/M6aeoVbeJUs/w-d-xo.html
Get an old roland cube amp set the bass down all the way, mids to halfway and treble right up and the overdrive selector on and set to extreme with gain up all the way and run a behringer ultra metal with the lows or whatever it's called set just under halfway and everything else maxed with an optional overdrive pedal next to that but not strictly necessary then go bridge pickup tone up threequarterway. TRVE TINNY KVLTY NOISE!
as one guy said some comments before, its great to have this kind of videos, black metal-oriented, most of the time when you look for some guitar stuff videos you always find people playing clean tones or lame blues tones. thanks for the vid.
So get an EQ pedal haha. I felt like the eq had the biggest influence out of everything tbh. Great videos man! Your channel is a goldmine.
mysterybotts i had the exact same conclusion. :p
Agreed!
Another agree here haha.
Damn Right!!!
In this, I would have made the EQ darker personally.
In case anyone is wondering what the song in the video is - it's "Graven Takeheimens Saler" by Darkthrone (from Transilvanian Hunger)
such a masterpiece, awesome track and a really strong album.
I'm a bit late to the party but is there a tab to get this result ? The ones I found sound nothing like this
I knew it sounded familiar
Thank you! I thought it sounded like Darkthrone!
@@XhorMovie Tabs are often wrong. Always best to learn by ear.
The Rat and Mad Professor boosted sounded the best to my ears. EQ really boosts it further. Nice comparison.
Those riffs made my body temperature drop.
Well done.
everything is an HM2 if you're brave enough
i've found the ultimate black metal warfare weapon of massive destruction : it's the
he knew too much
ITS BEEN TWO YEARS, THE WHAT?!?!??
4 YEARS IVE BEEN WAITING PLEASEEEEE
I love my hm-2 it turns my grandpa blues combo amp into a monster straight from hell.
Got the small fender amp hooked up with a SD-1 pedal. Gives me the sound I want so I'm happy with it for now.
@@jorgetwo4279 I have some Carvin amp. I can't recall the name but it's pretty neat.
I put a 50 dolar digital pedalboard in front a 40 dolar amp with a 100 dolar singlen coil strat and sounds like Satan himself
"which of these distortion pedals should I use for recording black metal?" "yes."
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Good Video!
Thanks Simon!
I would say, pretty much every distortion pedal would work, but the EQ pedal is the thing that does the magic!
It's really insane how well I've been able to take really dull sounding guitar tracks and transform them with EQ settings in Reaper. It's even cooler to see how much of a difference minor tweaks make when you have a whole mix and want individual instruments to stand out. EQ is super important, even though most people are focused on the distortion pedal or amp they're using.
@@SpaceCowboy57 I agree with you!
Note to self, buy an equalizer.
Well that blues driver was actually decent
for real
It's such a great pedal. Maybe not the best for black/death metal stuff but it can get the job done with eq
Every black metal guys paradise
I use a AMT P1 (Peavey 5150) + TS9 + mini HOF for playing black metal and sound great but you gotta be careful with the gain because it’s easy to cross the line and distortion your riffs too much and saturate them.
Great video, really useful
Thanks mate
The time when you will discover equalizer will change your day into endless journey to find the perfect sound but you will never be satisfied with the result
Adding my EQ pedal back too my board....NOW!
Dude, I love your channel. Your black metal album is great too!
Thanks dude
That Stone Grey Distortion Mad Professor sounds great to my ears.
I've already got a Proco Rat (I think it's the newer version because it has the regular 9V power input) and a mini Ibanez tube screamer. The Rat sounds more of a fuzz than I expected it to, and if you're using a tube screamer would definitely benefit from using some sort of EQ or scooping the tone knob on the tube screamer
Been using TC electronic's Fangs for about a year, sounds amazing. A very underrated pedal
In my opinion the RAT alone can do the job. And my second choice would be the Marshall Guvnor + TS. No use for the EQ at all.
I really like that Stone Grey
great use of a looper, put in front of chain, loop a phrase and infinitely search for the tone. Shame more youtube testers doesn't do that, they constantly stops playing, changing phrases and you can't follow what are the changes sometime.s
I was really interested what is the best pedal for black metal. Very useful video, Simon, thank you)
Maybe you would be interested in making video about really main distortion pedals (in black metal) with bands that used them (for example: song of Dissection and pedal which made their guitar tone and sound).
I agree with this idea!
with most of the later, bigger bands they did not use any pedals anymore. Not speaking about 2nd generation norwegian BM bands, those generally used HM2 ripoffs like Euronymous famously used a Arion Metal Master, a cheap japanese HM2 clone for 20 bucks, but as with Dissection, thats just decent tube amps really, as with most later bands.
It falls together with the appearance of the 5150 and later all the dual rectifier and or ENGL savage, invader an so on and so on, those were the first tube heads with enough Gain built in to achieve those tones without pedals, and so from the point those amps were available and the bands could afford them, away went the pedals. Before that they all played Marshalls basically.
darillio -the Arion Metal Master isn’t an HM-2 clone, maybe it was intended to be (I don’t know) but it sounds nothing like one. I’ve owned one for years and multiple HM-2 pedals. The DOD American Metal (the 4 knob version) is in fact an HM-2 clone and sounds pretty much identical.
I think Jon in Dissection used a Boss MT-2 into his Marshalls. There’s no rules, use whatever works for you.
@@regortex3364 might be, however it was marketed as such and was, in fact, the pedal which euronymous used.
3:57 is what I'm looking for in a sound. Chasing sound can be a real bitch. Always great videos Simon.
Digitech death metal pedal sounds like that.
For black metal, I really like my Diezel Herbert distortion or S&K VHD. Boss GE-7 after is always smart for completely changing your tonal character.
That old Peavey Bandit video that you did is a perfect amplifier for black metal all by itself
The RAT with an EQ is better than any chainsaw pedal.
Well the Artec Soloist Distortion is just as hard to find as the "Dragonfly"...I ended up getting the "Dragonfly" since it was easier, though more expensive, to find 🤣 (keep up the good work, greetings from Sweden. PS. Listen to my band Wolfcross here on YT if you like DS)
I was surprised about the BD2 Blues Driver! I have one on the shelf since 15 years and never used it. I judged the pedal by it‘s cover… i‘ll give it a try, although i mostly play with a DAW nowadays
that little Artec is a mean box, it can get you into Bathory territory quickly. I made an album using just the Artec and an old Fender amp which had almost no distortion of its own.
The soloist is interesting, but really hard to find... And yes, an EQ is usefull, but it's a different shape, both are interesting, with and without EQ. Thanks for this video Simon !
The Dragonfly BM-1 & Artec Soloist are similar to the Washburn Soloist. You can find that on Ebay for around $40.00
due to your video, I bought this eq boss g-7 pedal- I'm not even a guitar player I'm a drummer but I want my guitar player to sound like this is so juicy
I was litterally searching this last night haha. Thank you!
:)
That riff tho.... I wanna learn it. Very cold
I use a regular Boss MT-2 from the '90s with my band, both rehearsals and live. I never feel like I need anything else for that. It can get pretty close to that early Burzum/Darkthrone tone, but with its own twist. Great pedal!
P.s. in the studio I think we used a Bear Amps modded MT-2 into a JCM800 and a 5150.
hi. bit of an old message but would you mind sharing what settings you have your MT-2 on? Trying to find the sweet spot on mine. And do you use any reverb?
@@zero-tension3180 Hej. The settings vary from time to time, but usually they go something like this:
Treble: noon
Lows: one/two o'clock.
Mids and MidFreq: one/two o'clock.
Gain to taste (usually not past two o'clock)
Level as needed.
This should be a good starting point, then you can experiment and find your sound. Don't push the treble too far past noon or it will sound like a razorblade through your eardrum. Unless that's what you want of course.
Edit: I do not really use reverb, no. But I do use delay sometimes.
@@erymanthonseth9295 ah, awesome thanks for taking the time to tell me. i managed to get it dialed in with a new reverb and tube screamer and now I'm afraid to touch it, lol. but I'll definitely try this next time. cheers man 🙏🏻🤘🏻
@@zero-tension3180 Anytime. Ah, that's great, if you found a sound you like go for it!
You should give those small mooer preamps a try, the guitarists of Cradle of Filth use the Mooer 5050 for their live sound
What the fuck are you doing here lmao
You may wanna try the Nobrainer Distortion. It was designed by metalheads for Metalheads.
Liked the Artec and blues pedal best, nice video
So essentially this goes to prove they are all much of a much-ness! Of course each setup has it's own unique sonic characteristic, but with the right knob twiddling they all sound pretty decent for BM. I think that the main thing that makes this genre sound like it does is the types of riffs, chord shapes and the intervals used.
As for the sound you decide upon, that will change depending on the sound of the drums you are working with, recording tech used, how it's amped (or not!) etc
I am amazed at that Dragonfly BM pedal vs the Artec Soloist thing. It's really the same pedal with a different paintjob? Not even slightly re-voiced with a couple of cap or resistor changes?
Nope just a rebrand i bought a dragonfly bm1 black metal distortion for collector purposes its cool but i dont play it out i may record with it in the future tho. I also had a damnation distortion pedal but sold it as the sound wasnt as good
Very nice video. Very helpful, as always.
liked Rat and Artec best. nice demo.
Just buy a 15 watt practice amp. The cheaper the better.
Death Metal And Beyond hell yeah it works wonders. I destroyed my epiphone amp thanks to black metal.
you got my like the moment i saw the BD-2
mad professor much better than other pedals - more headroom, closer to sound of real tubes, less muddy
I've seen our town legendary symphony black metal using fender Stratocaster red with metalzone through jcm900 ... Man.. his sounds good.
After seeing you use a Blackstar HT5R, I checked one out. I found a good deal on an HT5, and can dial all sorts of dirty metal tones. The ISF feature is really cool for making multiple guitar parts sound distinct without having to mess with the EQ settings. Still, I think the harshest, angriest tone I've gotten was from an MXR Super Badass that cost a third as much as the Blackstar head alone. No bass, mids at 0-2 to taste, treble at 10, gain just a hair off of 10 to keep out some of the hiss.
I bought the tc electronic fang metal distortion and work pretty well for black
I liked the RAT and Mad Professor the most. Mz least favourites were the Jekyll and the Metal zone...
Legends of MT2,I love BOSS
In my opinion I like how it sounds without the equalizer because the equalizer just makes the sound more fuzzy.
Excellent video, and your Metal Album too, Greetings !!
Thanks dude. Greetings 🤘
I like your channel, I subscribe!!
Great sound !
I have to say Simon, you remind me of a black metal Stone Cold Steve Austin. "If you love black metal give me a hell yeah!"
Diesel, Amptweaker & Revv 4 - I'd add to the mix. Nice Demo though. Enjoyed it.
Great content as usual!
What was your metalzone setting? I couldn't see it cause of the glare.. :/
Have been of a low gain, rather extreme EQ philosophy for years now. Just turn up your eq on the amp, all heights, no bass, add mid to your tastes and mixing needs to be heard, or, if thats not extreme enough, add any eq pedal of your liking. Just as in the video, the EQ actually is the way bigger influence and is absolute must to achieve Black Metal territory. The Gain pretty much vanishes behind that anyways.
Man what song was that in the background? It was pretty sick
Great content as usual, thank you!
btw: what's the name of the song your riff is from?
Anon42ger Darkthrone - Graven Takeheimens Saler
Metalzone straight into the line
That is what Mysticum did. Metal Zone with a retarded amount of reverb.
Cannot seem to find the Soloist pedal anywhere... anyone know how to get ahold of one?
Marshall, guvnor sounds smoother, although I liked all pedals. It's difficult to find videos like this one, Congrats.
Thanks dude
@@SimonSmithGuitar anytime. If I can suggest, try to make a video using the sansamp gt2 as a amp simulator, recording directly. (Just an idea.)
Great sound chain! with mt2 best sound
you took a photo with Emperor and King Diamond some days ago? i saw someone look like you in a photo uploaded by Samoth on instagram lol
Lol, wasn't me! ☺️
MT-2 - RAT - Stone Grey
Simon, LOVE your videos, keep 'em coming! I'm considering getting a Quilter Tone Block 200 to use as a power amp with pedals. Do you have any recommendations on what distortion might work well with it? Should I try and get one of those preamp pedals and run it through the FX Loop? Cheers and THANKS! \m/
Good question! I've got the DV Mark Eric Gales head so could have a go at trying that... Have you tried it yet? I hear the Quilter stuff is awesome....
@@SimonSmithGuitar I bought it (Tone Block 200). I may get one with an fx loop and bypass their pre, but I'm loving it so far. It is loud with tons of headroom abd great tone. I put an Airis Nemesis (Beta testimg model) in front of it and its gnarly!! I'm a bit camera shy, but may post a video of it. I also boost it with a ts9, and thanks to your videos may buy an eq pedal too.
Id lose the eq pedal. Im sure you can vary the scope well enough without it . It just made the sound come out like it was through a cheap little transistor radio . The blues driver was a surprise . If I was to play with this kind of sound , I would pick that , believe it or not
This is black metal, Tim.
I'm impressed with the blues driver
Do you have or could you make a video about the guitars you have and the story behind them? Maybe also the same about amps? Thank you for the great work done on your channel!
I just hammered a screwdriver into my cabinet speaker. Works fine for me.
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try the Metal zone waza craft... completly anathor sounds... i use it ever since i try it with a clean boost and a EQ in a Katana Boss and i can dial every kinds of tone with that so i think its up to you build your own tone .
How is your Metal Zone modded?
Can you do a lesson for Gorgoroth's "Satan Prometheus" please? Thank you.
I second this
SIMON, you’re the only one that does exotic guitar metal lessons so here I am hoping that you will see this comment and make a tutorial for this song. Now it ain’t hard to play persay but I’m a bit stumped on proper finger positioning. Please do a tutorial on Godspeed You Black Emperor by East Hasting! Rly hope you see this comment!! and if possible, do it in standard guitar Tuning!
Seen it. I'll add it it my list buddy
@@SimonSmithGuitar you're the absolute man!!
In my opinion the HM-2 and the green Ibanez pedal sounds the best
What is the name of the song he is playing?
hails! can u post the 2nd pedal board exact settings used? mt-2, eq and ibanez ?? it's difficult to see it in the video, specially mt-2 settings... thanks!!!
Great fucking demo!!! Thanks for sharing man!
Did you connect metalzone to amp's input or to return channel?
For some reason my takeaway from this video was to buy an equalizer and a bd-2 to achieve the tone I want. Clearly this was wrong judging by the growing disappointment with my increasingly expensive equipment. At least my playing got better
I just have one of those metal zone pedals so far that I got for 30 quid. are the EQ and tube screamer pedals a worthwhile investment then? I was going to get a metal muff, as I heard they can be awesome for recording with the right amp, and also an old blood noise endeavours fuzz pedal.
The RAT pedal sounded nice though. I take it I'm better off getting the EQ pedal though based on this, or is that not as needed if you have a good head or something? I'm still new to playing guitar, so just learning as I go.
Scratch that, I think I like the stone grey even better than the RAT.
The Tube Screamer is every guitarist’s best investment once they figure out how to use it properly.
@@tds2117 thanks man. I ended up selling my guitar due to collin19 and the world going on hold for a few years.
Once I have the upgrades done on my PC though, I'll get another and have another bash at it.
I got my guitar with the simple plan of moving to the Netherlands and starting a hardcore band with some dudes. IO was only gonna need a few chords to start with, and was literally gonna learn the old hardcore punk way.
Basically learn while on the road, playing gigs. yeah we'd be shit to start with, but would get good as we go.
maybe a totally retarded way to go about it, but it sounded fun.
collin19 totally ruined this though, as it kicked in a few months after I got my guitar.
@@D00M3R-SK8 well man, there’s always time to get back to it. Weird advice from personal experience- don’t stress about how you don’t have the ability to right now or think about it too much, because it can build a negative connotation around it. Then you finally can play again and… you’re not interested.
I think DRAGON FLY RM-1 IS THE BEST...
How did u get that sound with them...?? Wat tha heck..
But I don't have a good amp :(
I have only nux pg-2..
Get the Artec Soloist Distortion SE-SLD - its a straight clone of that for a fraction of the price of the BM-1
I have to agree, but try finding one, even the Artec Soloist Distortion , I can't seem to find.
Washburn Soloist is also the same pedal.
It's all about the eq
Which setting do you use on the metal zone?
Emma Electronic Pisddiyot is a way hardcore distortion pedal. Hand made in Denmark. Blows away anything ive put it up against.
Hey ! Do you know where to buy the artec pedal online ? I have hard time to find it. Thanks
Is Digitech Hot Head suitable for heavy metal music?
argh - the mt could use a low-cut :o
hmm - would probably go for the "RAT" or the "mad professor" out of these ;)
I sticked with dod/digitech for distortion... but not playing lots of black metal ^^
I have the soloist distortion and along with the decimator II and bloodmoon it just kicks fucking ass!
Simon if you can get your hands on a Bloodmoon reverb pedal by Mr Black get it. Its perfect for some black fucking metal!\m/
Substitute any of those distortion + Ew pedals with a Boss HM-2 and you'd have a similar effect.
They're not only good for Entombed covers!
Rolling the highs off was always my favorite secret
I've just bought the boss eq..how can I send a loop through my pedal without a looper?
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I´m honestly quite surprised how often (and obviously joyful) you play that Pacifica particularly for BM...what makes it so attractive for it in your opinion?
Tone, the feel, the tuning stability. It's just a great guitar! Have you played one?
@@SimonSmithGuitar no I haven´t played one yet...I´m left handed and that limits anything in terms of a great variety of guitars that are at hand...although I think there are Pacificas for left handed people and they´re not even all too expensive right...?
Distortion and eq. Got it.
The Ibanez Black Noise is Filosofem in a pedal.
Do you have any advice how to get heavy metal sounds with Marshall governor I can get nice crunch sound and that's it. Any recommended setings
I knew a Boss GE 7 is vital for a certain raw and primitve sound...I´m thinking about getting on for quite a while now...and it seems clear that its a reasonable idea...
Makes such a big difference to your tone.
@@SimonSmithGuitar yeah that was pretty convincing...
do you know the "FAULT" Distortion Pedal of Old Blood Noise Endeavors...? I don´t own one yet but If I´d a pedal for BM I´d use this one...along with a Walrus Audio "Descent" Reverb Pedal...
the combination with the "Black Fountain" Pedal is sick but the one with the "Descent" just blew me away.....it comes at the end of the vid:
th-cam.com/video/M6aeoVbeJUs/w-d-xo.html
Get an old roland cube amp set the bass down all the way, mids to halfway and treble right up and the overdrive selector on and set to extreme with gain up all the way and run a behringer ultra metal with the lows or whatever it's called set just under halfway and everything else maxed with an optional overdrive pedal next to that but not strictly necessary then go bridge pickup tone up threequarterway. TRVE TINNY KVLTY NOISE!