🔥 Fiery Jam on My Guitar + Front Porch Vlog! | Scaling Down Guitar Gear & Life Update 🎸

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Join me as I kick things off with a fiery jam session on my beloved Music Man Ernie Ball guitar! After the jam, I dive into a personal front porch vlog where I discuss the need to scale down my guitar gear. I'll share my thoughts on moving away from the slightly archaic 100-watt amps and 4x12 cabs I used to use, focusing on more practical and portable gear options for modern musicians.
🚚 The Journey & Life Update:
Recently, I made a big haul to Florida with all my gear, then caught a plane back to Nashville. Now, I’m preparing to drive my car back to Florida after clearing out our old Nashville home. It’s a major step in my journey, and I’m excited to bring you along for the ride!
📸 In This Video:
Epic Music Man Ernie Ball guitar jam session
Vlog discussing the transition to more manageable guitar gear
My road trip adventures and life changes
Insights on balancing gear needs with practicality
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@johnpichla9557 3 месяца назад

You have the knowledge and experience to turn this channel into a multi - million subscribers. Music scene vlog, stories from the road, gear review, music trends and of course, lessons. Sky's the limit!

@badbrad 3 месяца назад

Wow, thank you! That's the plan. I'll keep cooking. Stay tuned.

@fumanpoo4725 2 месяца назад

Cool tone and guitar.

@badbrad 2 месяца назад

Thank you!

@mrelmoresmusiclab 2 месяца назад

I'm so stoked for you brother. My channel is fully monetized too, but my last run of vids tanked. haha. Guess that's part of this game. As long as we share our love of music, we will find our tribe. I still say we should do some collabs one day. Would be a great learning experience for both of our channels. I lived in FL for 10 years, where abouts are you again? Keep going Brad.

@badbrad 2 месяца назад

Thanks so much bro. Yeah sometimes they tank and sometimes the ones you think won't do anything take off. Spaghetti at the wall. I do think I've found a format that people seem to like. We will do a collab but I need to build a little more. I'll eventually be in Tampa...we are in temp digs now.

@mrelmoresmusiclab 2 месяца назад

@@badbrad Well, how rad is that. I lived in Tampa for 10 years. I can hook you up with some amazing music peeps. My buddy Mike owns the best studio in Tampa and my buddy Jim is a big time mixer and mastering engineer there. We definitely gotta chat. Keep crushing my dude.

@badbrad 2 месяца назад

@@mrelmoresmusiclab Wow that is awesome!

@mrelmoresmusiclab 2 месяца назад

@@badbrad Small world...right. You are going to hit it off with Jim. He worked in LA, is around your age and one of my best friends. I bet you even know a lot of the same peeps. Just let me know when you decompress and I will give you the details. Oh, and my buddy Anthony Little lives there and was a producer in Nashville for a long time. haha. I miss Tampa and my daughter is there with her mom.

@badbrad 2 месяца назад

@mrelmoresmusiclab that’s great thank you! It will be a little over a month before we are in Tampa.

@BigMikesBS 2 месяца назад

Hey, man. Dig the channel. I'm looking fwd to seeing you scope out the Tampa scene, maybe some vids and opinions, and how you acclimate yourself into the fabric of the Tampa music scene. Good luck. Enjoy the Sunshine State! I'm up here in the rust belt...

@badbrad 2 месяца назад

Will do. I’ve made some steps to figure out the Tampa scene and I’ll try and share them in an upcoming video. Still we are in Daytona for about a month so kinda in limbo right now.

@BigMikesBS 2 месяца назад

@badbrad it's a good topic for one of your morning porch talks. What are some steps to ingratiate yourself into the local music scene if you're new to the area or if you've been out of the music scene for a prolonged period of time, for whatever reason, and now want to "get back into it?" What does a guy do? Hit up all the open mics? Craigs list? Social media? I used to play in bar bands for a long time, then became a truck driver and was on the road for nearly ten years, now, I'm trying to get back into it. It's hard, especially as an older guy. Anyways, dude, love the channel. Always looking forward to the next video. Later.

@badbrad 2 месяца назад

@@BigMikesBS Got new ones coming tomorrow and the next morning. I will do a video on what I'm doing to try and get going.

@johna.7811 2 месяца назад

Shred dawg

@badbrad 2 месяца назад

Thank you!

@randytate6848 2 месяца назад

Nice!

@badbrad 2 месяца назад

Thank you! Cheers!

@tjsmith3741 2 месяца назад

We all choose our path. How do you plan on making a decent living in your new location?

@badbrad 2 месяца назад

A multi prong approach....

@rockindavebyron3960 3 месяца назад

Great playing, very tasteful!!! Welcome to Florida, again, my wife & I did the same thing 7yrs ago, rented the U-HAUL, towed our car behind with all our gear & some belongings, & never went back. It took 3 days driving from Chicago to N. Ft. Myers, LOL!!! The gear you just mentioned that you kept should do just fine, especially the effects processors/amp modelers ( still good to have a few combo amps, tube or solid state ) a lot of outdoor restaurant gigs down here, even though everything's new to you, you should be good to go for gigs, it only took about 4 days after we arrived here to gig my first gig, I couldn't believe it, & you being so good & with all your experience, it should be all good my friend, WTF ( Welcome to Florida ) Rock On & God Bless.

@badbrad 3 месяца назад

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it!

@WilliamLooser 3 месяца назад

Best of luck in Florida Brad

@badbrad 3 месяца назад

@@WilliamLooser Thank you!

@uncleremus5046 2 месяца назад

Look up Tony Scozarro in that area killer player moved down there from Buffalo.

@sirbaronvoncount4147 3 месяца назад

The quality of the guitar playing is directly related to the intensity of the guitar faces. This is fire

@badbrad 3 месяца назад

YES! Thank you 🙏

@Dragon_rls 3 месяца назад

The headstock is only bad if you drop your guitar on the floor backside down. The headstocks are angled back 17 degrees ( Epiphone 14 degrees). I have never heard of a Gibson headstock spontaneously breaking off. Best just make sure if it’s not in your hands, it’s in its case (with at least one latch engaged. I own 3 Gibsons, and 3 Epiphone’s, and so far, no headstock breaks ( knock nitro painted Mahogany)😁.

@badbrad 3 месяца назад

Exactly.

@JTB-- 2 месяца назад

Brad... you could give Joe Walsh a run for his money in a guitar faces competition 🤟

@badbrad 2 месяца назад

I would agree....

@ernieflanaganstingraybassm1463 3 месяца назад

Hey Brad that music man sounded great but i wanf to hear some CHICKEN&BISQUITS oh yea !! i go to the knee dr today and find out when my kneee surgerie will be and i can walk again...ROCKOUT !!

@badbrad 3 месяца назад

Man best to you bro! Hoping that happens soon bro. Chicken and biscuits lol

@ernieflanaganstingraybassm1463 2 месяца назад

@@badbrad thank you my friend !!

@guitardude1981 3 месяца назад

Have a safe trip back!

@badbrad 3 месяца назад

Thank you!

@BillyBlaze7 3 месяца назад

You are right man about gear. Another thing too about "the right gear" is that if you can give yourself the edge of sounding better than other people based simply on your gear thats like a bonus you can give yourself with knowledge and money. For instance, back in 2003 I discovered the Takamine palethetic pickup with Takamine's Cool Tube preamp blended with Takamine's Triax soundhole humbucker....with that system matched to pair with each other to date theres not a better sounding live system for acoustic guitar. I constantly had musicians asking me how my acoustic sounded so good. I tried hard to get endorsed by Takamine for years and they wouldn't do it, I did have a Taylor endorsement for a while though, but for plugged in nothing I have found beats the above mentioned configuration.

@badbrad 3 месяца назад

Yes very much so. Find out what everybody uses and present a similar but better sounding rig. Def. give you an edge. Acoustic has never been my bag but yeah sounds like you figured out how to make it sound killer.

@rickeguitar9086 2 месяца назад

So great to see another guitarist that uses his pinky finger! Thanks Brad for showing the viewers that guitarists do come with more than three fingers! Cheers!

@badbrad 2 месяца назад

Yeah I noticed a lot of guys don’t use it. Never understood that.

@rickeguitar9086 2 месяца назад

They miss out on 25% of their potential expression by doing so.

@badbrad 2 месяца назад

@@rickeguitar9086 Yeah I don't get it but some do well without it.

@RobertFairweatherLuvMachine 3 месяца назад

The Musicman must play like buddah...rock on dude. "Gear" = "Musician's Bank Account"

@badbrad 3 месяца назад

Yes it does.

@ericwarrington6650 2 месяца назад

Been watching you lately as u retire from the scene and very interesting stuff buddy..after that absolute firestorm you have my subscription..lol..along for the ride man

@badbrad 2 месяца назад

Man thank you so much… I’ll keep bringing the heat.

@larriveeman 3 месяца назад

Great tone

@badbrad 3 месяца назад

Thank you!

@marianne7659 3 месяца назад

Nice jam. What amp and pedals are you using? It sounds great. I have the same guitar 🎸

@badbrad 3 месяца назад

Thank you! I just used the Line 6 Pod Express….

@jasonlee8497 3 месяца назад

Killer improv.

@badbrad 3 месяца назад

Thank you!

@larriveeman 3 месяца назад

A tonex in the effects loop of the hx stomp gets pretty much any guitar tone

@badbrad 3 месяца назад

Yeah that’s a great rig right there.

@axeandraxe 2 месяца назад

let us see the surrounding please if you wish

@badbrad 2 месяца назад

@tacmason 3 месяца назад

I got my short gig with Johnny Jones by auditioning as a Bass player , Johnny said afterwards, let's try Him on Lead guitar, Call William Scruggs to play Bass !

@badbrad 3 месяца назад

Wow that is cool!

@tacmason 3 месяца назад

@@badbrad You must know William !

@badbrad 3 месяца назад

@@tacmason The name sounds familiar....

@BillyBlaze7 3 месяца назад

Man, when I retired I sold my Bose L1M2 pa system. I did that because I knew if I kept it I might be tempted to return to live shows again. It was a weird experience for me, I didnt want to sell my Bose pa but selling my pa was my way of stopping myself from ever being in the place I was mentally. A few years later I did finally buy another small but great pa system because I knew I was past the urge to torture myself by playing live shows. I have a nice set of powered EV12's and a nice Mackie 12 channel board I bought for home use. I am down to an FSR 2012 American deluxe strat, a Ibanez RG550, and a couple of Takamines.

@badbrad 3 месяца назад

Man I hear you! I haven't owned a P.A. in decades. Might need a small one for solo gigs.

@BillyBlaze7 3 месяца назад

@@badbrad Hey man if you are looking for a small pa the one I have I have owned around 4 versions of the same pa, its a workhorse and sounds good. I have the EV ZLX12's (ive owned about 10 of these), they are 1000 watt powered speakers and good price, and I have the Mackie ProFX12 v3 mixing board, its a great lil board and the effects are pretty good. With stands, mixer and mixer bag and speakers you come in under $1500. and have a solid pa. If you sing, check out the Audix OM-7 no better stage mic on the planet for feedback suppression and it sounds great too.

@badbrad 3 месяца назад

@@BillyBlaze7 Thanks for the tip

@BillyBlaze7 3 месяца назад

@@badbrad yes sir. On the Audix OM-7 its got an extremely tight pattern so you gotta eat the mic. It take a bit to get used to how tight the pattern is, you can trail off vocal notes just by moving your mouth like a half an inch. But once you get used to working it your feedback issues are over. My pa sat behind me so feedback was a huge issue for me

@badbrad 3 месяца назад

@@BillyBlaze7 ok cool. Thank you.

@brettpower6508 3 месяца назад

Wow sweet as dude! Very impressive! Tone is awsome...

@badbrad 3 месяца назад

Thanks a ton!

@brettpower6508 3 месяца назад

What amp we're you using Brad?

@badbrad 3 месяца назад

@@brettpower6508 Using a Line 6 Pod Express into my DAW

@tonejunkeee 3 месяца назад

Nice. I’ve heard brief solos in country songs that made me go “wait, more of that please!” Almost like jazz rock stuff. Holdsworth was such a monster. I delivered a piano to Shawn Lane in Memphis in the 90’s. Had no idea who he was but got a strong yoda vibe. Later I learned that he is the guitar GOAT

@badbrad 3 месяца назад

Yeah you can hear some really nice playing from time to time. Holdsworth was incredible. Wow Shawn Lane...what an underground legend.

@guitarbytes 2 месяца назад

Awesome. Thanks for sharing the video of the jam. The guitar fits the fiery vibe perfectly.

@badbrad 2 месяца назад

Thanks so much. It is much appreciated!

@tdz69 2 месяца назад

Beautiful playing my friend. For a second here I was feeling Gary Moore. Watched again. If they ever do a movie about him….you should 1000 percent be cast. Lol.

@badbrad 2 месяца назад

Wow, thank you!

@warrenguitar 2 месяца назад

Really enjoy the "playing" videos; great flow, killer lines and improv chops, NICE! 😎

@badbrad 2 месяца назад

Thank you! Got a playing video coming out this morning...

@RemoWilliams-jg4yb 2 месяца назад

DOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDD, classy as Sinatra and sharp as a razor. Love the color of the guitar bro!

@badbrad 2 месяца назад

DOOOOOOOD

@skaboosh 3 месяца назад

wooooah, love it..... that's where it is

@badbrad 3 месяца назад

That's it.

@pliantsmith8760 2 месяца назад

What part of fl do you move to I recently moved to Lakeland fl I love it

@badbrad 2 месяца назад

Will eventually end up in Tampa.....

@johnpichla9557 3 месяца назад

Only us older guy's still think having a full stack with a couple hundred watt heads are needed 😂 now all you need is a laptop and a house sound system to plug into 😅

@badbrad 3 месяца назад

I know. I still want one of them Friedman Plexi's but I don't have anywhere I can turn it on....let alone crank it.

@johnpichla9557 3 месяца назад

@badbrad I still remember dragging around my Marshall Jcm 900 × 4 ×12 cabs. Logistical nightmare and yes, only started sounding good cranked up and way too loud for the band 😂

@badbrad 3 месяца назад

@@johnpichla9557 Back in my Sunset Strip days after a show and maybe a couple brews and bravado...I would carry a 4-12 cab in each arm...probably why my back hurts now.