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About Glenn Fricker

Greetings, I'm Glenn Fricker, engineer here at Spectre Sound Studios. I love making records, and after doing it for sixteen years, I want to pass on what I've learned. Featuring tutorials on how to record guitar, bass, real drums and vocals. There's reviews and demos of tube amps, amp sims, drums, mics, preamps, outboard gear, and plugin effects. Everything you've wanted to learn about recording Hard Rock & Heavy Metal can be found right here on my channel! I also respond to your comments & questions: The best make it into the SMG Viewer's Comments series of videos. Loads of fun, lots of laughs. Thanks for reading!

Spinkicks and Cheap Drummers – Viewer’s Comments #123

Hey Guys! Happy Black Friday! I posted about some amazing Black Friday deals yesterday which you can see here. Let's get right into it! Everybody can want to be in a rock band, everybody can want to be a successful musician. But putting the work in, and doing what's required to make that happen-

BLACK FRIDAY DEALS

Tomorrow is Black Friday! So I thought I'd give you guys a bit of a jump on some amazing deals that will help you become better at recording, mixing and mastering! First of all! Get my MIXING MATH ROCK course for 50% off this weekend only! (Get it for $18.50) Use the code BlackFriday50OFF

Checking out the BOSS KATANA 100 (Demo)

For months you've all been asking me what I think about the Boss Katana. I thought I'd take a look at the 100 Watt head. It's no secret that i'm not a fan of combo amps as they're usually lacking in one of the most critical elements- the speaker. I'd rather go with a

Universum Guitars with Tom Quayle

Here's another one from Guitcon! I've got two very special guests today! Mr. Tom Quayle and Phil X. You may have seen Phil X. on the show last week! If not, you can check out that episode here. Tom is demoing for this Ukrainian company (Universum Guitars) that makes insane Ukrainian guitars! This one

Everybody wants to be validated – Viewer’s Comments #122

I've gotten a few questions about my old stage mic. You know, the one that's dented and looks like it was used as a punishment tool for people who cup the mic! I've had this mic since about the summer of '92. I bought it used and then used it for ages and ages

How to Record Heavy Bass – Plug into a GUITAR AMP!

A few weeks ago I came across a video called " DON'T LISTEN TO YOUTUBER'S when it comes to bass tone." So naturally, that got my attention. I watched the full video and he DOES have some good points. A lot of us take shortcuts when it comes to bass tone when recording. Track

Phil X talks about his custom Framus XG

Today we've got Mr. Phil X from Bon Jovi on the show! As you guys can probably guess, Bon Jovi isn't really my brand of music but I have massive respect for them as musicians and as hardworking people! There's no autotune in that band! Bon Jovi is still one of the hardest working

Is the “Band’s choice” always the RIGHT choice?

Welcome to Viewer's Comments- Episode 121! You guys ask the questions, I give the answers! If you have any questions you'd like me to answer, make sure you comment! If you look under the video you can see steps on how to increase your chances of being featured :) Anyway, here we go! Can

Boiling Bass Strings: Does it actually WORK?

A few weeks back we did this video: 15 Year Old strings on Dirt Cheap Bass??? - And the tonal difference was pretty severe. A few of the knuckle draggers even thought that the old strings sounded better...That being said, I wanted to do an A/B test of one of the oldest tricks in my

Top Ten Judas Priest Riffs (played badly!)

Hey guys! Hope you had a fantastic week. Judas Priest is one of the greatest metal bands of all time. They're one of my absolute favorites and one of the reasons I got into the music industry. At this year's Guitcon I got a chance to play some Judas Priest riffs with Robert Baker