guitar tone

Season 2 Episode 17  The Beard Speaks Podcast Pat Welcomes Mars Licciardi. In this episode of "Guitars from Mars" Listen in as Pat and Mars recap 2023 Guitars from Mars Topics. 

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Burn - Catalano (Album) Into the Darkness

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Season 2 Episode 12 The Beard Speaks Podcast Pat Welcomes Mars Licciardi. In this episode of "Guitars from Mars" Listen in as Pat and Mars discuss How to climb out of the rut of playing the same thing over and over, how different guitars and tones can help you break though the rut. 

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Season 2 Episode 6 The Beard Speaks Podcast Pat Welcomes Mars Licciardi. In this episode of "Guitars from Mars" Listen in as Pat and Mars discuss Mastering your craft, Focusing on practice to improve your playing.  Learn everything about Mars on his website,
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Music in this episode by Catalano and Def Leppard

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Season 2 Episode 1 The Beard Speaks Podcast Pat Welcomes Mars Licciardi. In this episode of "Guitars from Mars" Listen in as Pat and Mars discuss Chasing Tone.  Learn everything about Mars on his website,
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A lot of people are asking us about how many mics they should use on a cab, or whether or not they should blend multiple amps/cabs. Benedikt just had this conversation on a masterclass that he did for a German Audio magazine.

Our answer is almost always: 
Start with one amp, cab and mic, learn everything about it and make it sound as good as you can. Only then add more, if you really need to.

And most importantly: Learn your cab!

The speaker(s) and cabinet are one of the most (if not THE most) important parts of the guitar chain. That's why we've dedicated this entire episode to helping you get the most out of your cab or your IR/virtual cab. 

Here are some of the things we cover:

• All speakers within a cab sound different - compare them!
• Impedance
• Volume and cab saturation (open/closed cabs)
• Mic position
• Mic angle
• Mic distance
• The “glue blob”
• The influence of the room

And again, this also applies to IRs/virtual mics!

If you know the ins and outs of recording a cab with a mic, you can choose the right IRs quickly, pick and position your virtual mics with confidence, you'll finally know what to listen for and you'll know how to solve any tone problem.

For full show notes go to: https://theselfrecordingband.com/114

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When it comes to guitar tone, we’re always talking about strings, setup, amps etc. This time we address the playing technique and specifically how it affects the sound of your recordings.

Things we cover in this episode:

Right Hand:

• Chord definition 
• Consistency
• Power
• Palm Muting Technique
• Hand Position
• Pick Angle
• Finger/Pick (Bass)

The attack, definition, groove/timing and presence is all in the right hand.

Left Hand:

• “Death Grip”(and intonation issues in general)
• Chord definition
• Sustain
• Feel (vibrato, bendings, hammer ons, pull offs, etc.)

For full show notes go to: https://theselfrecordingband.com/113

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In this episode, I spend some time chatting with Nick and Josh of JHS Pedals. We discuss the origins of JHS, all the various jobs Nick has held in his tenure, and we even play a fun round of Newlyweds to see if Josh and Nick know each other as well as they know pedals. 

As a quick note, this audio was pulled directly from our video chat. So some parts may not make as much sense without the visual component. Don’t worry, the vast majority is perfect for podcasts. Thanks so much for listening, lets jump in!

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On this episode we'll explain how to pick the right type of guitar amp for any production.

People often use whatever they currently have or pick the "wrong" one because they don’t fully understand the differences between all the available amps and categories of amps. And even if they do, they are often not really sure which of those differences actually matter. 

We’ll break it all down into some basic, broad categories, explain the main tone and distortion characteristics of each of them and give you great starting points, as well as ways to figure out whether or not a certain amp is appropriate for what you’re trying to accomplish.

We discuss:

• High gain / crunch / clean
• Tube / solid state
• “British” / “American”
• Hi/lo wattage (“big” / ”small” amps)
• preamp / power amp
• Different types of distortion pedals
• Tricks for getting the most out of an amp (i.e. using tube screamers for compression/mids/tighter low end, boosting with a pedal vs plugging directly into the amp, using attenuators, replacing/changing tubes, keeping cable chains short, ...)   

Let's go!

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Ariel Posen- Joins us to discuss his latest release

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Reamping used to be a problem solving technique. You recorded a DI as a safety net and when you later found out that the guitar tone didn't fit the song as well as you thought, you could just change it, or enhance it by blending it with another amp or pedal. 

These days, reamping has become a standard practice and is part of the plan for many records, right from the beginning. Especially when things are recorded at home and then sent to a studio for mixing and mastering. 

We believe you should always try to commit to a tone and you should at least take the time to play with whatever you have available, try to reamp yourself until you're happy and then see if your mixing engineer can do any better. 

Also, if you have some cool amps and pedals, why not use them to create unique signal chains and ultimately a unique guitar tone? That is fun! Especially if you don't have to play while dialing in the amp.

In this episode we dive deep into reamping with hardware amps and answer questions like:

• Should I capture the DI pre or post pedals?
• Where exactly has the DI box to be placed in the chain?
• Do I need dedicated reamp box?
• Is my interface suited for reamping?
• How do I make sure to hit the amp with the right level?
• Why does the reamped signal sound different than plugging directly into the amp?
• What is “real-time reamping” and why would I do that?
• I don't have a lot of pedals or amps, why should I care about reamping? (Your computer is a huge pedal board!)
• What should I watch out for technically? Timing, phase etc.?

Let's go!

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In our very first episode, we talk about what is going on in the world of VOX including chats with VOX R&D engineer Phil Scarffe and industry-legend Paul White.

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"Have y’all talked in detail about using impulse responses? "

This question came up in our Facebook community (which you should absolutely join) and as we thought about it, we realized...no, we haven't. 

So here we go! This is the episode you've been asking for, as we talk about: 

• what IRs actually are
• what they can and can't do
• why they are becoming a standard for guitar recording
• how they can help you improve your tone
• why they are an amazing productivity, creativity and workflow tool
• how we use them in real world scenarios
• how they enable you to record your real tube amp at home
• other applications, such as rooms, reverbs and creative FX

Please know that this is not a scientifically correct explanation or technical deep dive into what's going on under the hood of convolution reverbs and IR loaders. It's also not a tutorial on how to make IRs, although we touch on that briefly.

We're trying to give you practical advice, share our real world experience from using IRs on actual records and help you get started using IRs yourself. As always, all that matters is what's coming out of the speakers in the end. So please excuse our simplified way of explaining this and take it as hopefully helpful, actionable advice.

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What is a dead spot? Can it be fixed?

Dead spot is a common term related to a note that decays significantly quicker than the other notes. Why does it happen - and more importantly, is there a cure? That's what we'll talk about on this episode of my podcast!

A little disclaimer - this podcast is not about the guitars we make in my company. Instead, it's simply a dialogue to help you, who are interested in learning more about your own instrument. The brand of the guitar makes no difference whatsoever.

These podcasts have been edited from my Weekly Wednesday Q&A YouTube live streams. You'll probably notice this from time to time when listening. If you feel you're missing a detail due to the lack of moving picture, you can always find the equivalent content on YouTube! 

Talk to you soon,
Juha

Someone asked in my earlier live stream about string gauges, and I answered something about it briefly... but the topic has been bothering me since - so let's dig deeper and find out what is the absolutely best string gauge to your guitar! 

A little disclaimer - this podcast is not about the guitars we make in my company. Instead, it's simply a dialogue to help you, who are interested in learning more about your own instrument. The brand of the guitar makes no difference whatsoever.

These podcasts have been edited from my Weekly Wednesday Q&A YouTube live streams. You'll probably notice this from time to time when listening. If you feel you're missing a detail due to the lack of moving picture, you can always find the equivalent content on YouTube.

Talk to you soon,
Juha

Arm wrestling etiquette.

The Crate G40. What does the shape knob do? We also discuss how higher gain tones can make you disappear in the context of a band.

Blake's guitar heroes? Social Distortion and his chase for their tone

Brian gushes over Brent Mason and Brad Paisley while discussing their tone

That time Brian played Brent Mason's rig and realized that the hands play a huge part of great guitar tone.