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

Should METAL be MAINSTREAM or UNDERGROUND?

Hey guys! Hope you had a fantastic week. As you know, Friday's videos are Viewer's Comments. You may have noticed that I'm not calling them "Viewer's Comments" in the titles anymore, but don't worry - it's the same format we know and love! The reason for this change is so that new viewers don't

Greatest Guitar Cab for recording metal? Coffee Custom Cabs LUNGO

This has to be one of the coolest guitar cabinets that I have ever come across. The Coffee Custom Cabs LUNGO. These are hand made in the Czech Republic and I first saw the at last spring's Music Mesa. Their cabs all have coffee related names like Cappuccino 212, Latte 212, Americano 210, Doppio

Stupid Musician Texts OCTOBER 2017

Episode sponsored by Distrokid Welcome to another episode of stupid musicians texts. The show where we pull back the shroud that conceals the inner workings of the music industry and take a look at the festering idiocy that lies within. Oh man. Do we have a great show today. Autotuned Screaming texts? Check. Drum

Galactic Gypsy Playthrough video

You guys want mixes, here you go! Here's a piece I did with Christian Vegh called "Galactic Gypsy" a jazzy-math rock piece with real drums and fretless bass. For all of you who were wondering if I do anything besides metal, this is REALLY out of the box compared to my normal stuff. Enjoy!