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This is one of the most importants vids on RU-vid, those ATW albums are freaking gold and the guy is giving away the tech behind it .. I feel so thankful
Dude, I love the accessibility that you've given us. The insight into gear and your thoughts is fantastic. It's nice to know that your just a dude who loves his music. Thanks.
thank you so much for taking the time to do a very thorough trip to all those fantastic albuns! I also love what you said of the need to chage. Thanks man! Cheers!
I think I already commented this video, but man, it's so cool to be able to hear you explaining this gear/sound recording stuff. It's inspiring and very very interesting. Thanks!
You've become a really big influence in my guitar playing in the last few years since I discovered ATW, it's great to get some insight on how you created the sounds on my favorite records
Thank you Ben. This is something that Rocky Erickson never told us. It’s great how enthusiastic and well reminded you are about your tools and creations. nice to share your experience...
Thanks a lot Ben for the info. If you ever get any time I would much appreciate a lesson on Harvest Feast. Badass song!!! By the way the new album is killer. You guys have definitely seasoned as musicians. Keep it coming!!!
Hey Ben! Love this video and deep diving into all the guitar nerd-ery stuff \m/ Would love something like this for the Bakers Dozen stuff and the holy Nothing As the Ideal album. Love your work, thank you for these kinds of video!
ATW is definitely one of the best rock bands out there. LOVE your guitar tone and tasteful intros, licks and solos man. the latest album "Nothing As the Ideal" is pure gold from start to finish. best Album so far imo. Really looking forward to hearing some live studio recordings of the album. Those are magical. love from Algeria.
Hey Ben, as soon as heard Talisman, I was hooked. Love your style. I was wanting to know some key points for a guy, just starting to learn the guitar. I love the descriptions of your gear. Love the names of the pedals, like Big Muff Pie. Gonna go jam now. Have a outstanding day.
Great content Ben! Keep it up. Would love to hear about tone sculpting or see some riff walkthroughs. Please please please tour Dying Surfer live or release a live video of it. I can’t put this album down.
Hey Ben, if you miss your ampeg R-50H with 6L6 so much, i have good news for you: You can switch EL34 Tubes with 6L6 under some conditions. First of all the 6L6 consume less power than the EL34, so switching from EL34 to 6L6 is easier than the other way round. If you wanna switch to 6L6, it may happen that you have to change some resistor values in the power amp stage, its not a difficult thing to do for an amp specialist. In the last step you have to adjust the bias, but actually it is needless to say this because you have to do this every time when switching power tubes. Love your tone and your style, ATW will always be one of my favourite band! Hope to see you guys soon back in Germany :)
Thanks for sharing Ben! A couple ideas that'd I'd personally like to see besides the live rig you mentioned: songwriting techniques that work for you (like what comes first when writing an ATW song) and also some of the gear you guys used on the new album from Abbey Road!
Nice! Thanks. I’ve seen you guys play live a couple times and the way you use pickup, volume, and pedal to punctuate phrases is pretty impressive. I’d be interested in how you approach adapting albums to live performance.
You sir are a hell of a player. One aspect of your approach that I find super rad, especially now that you’re covering so much sonic territory, is how you integrate different effects throughout a song. With SO many options out there I’d be curious how you go about auditioning new pedals and search for new tones. Also, love the fact that you throw it in the bridge for that single sting on diamond... I’d never think to do that. Way to set the fucking bar man.
Can we expect a vinyl repress of Our Mother Electricity any time soon? Just saw you guys in Fort Collins CO. Big fan, love all your stuff! Really enjoyed this video!! Thank you!
'ATW' has my favorite vibe, guitar sounds, lyrics, everything of all albums. I listen to it once a week at least. Love to see the mighty Blues Driver as a prominent sound on there.
More song tutorials would be dope! Met you guys after a show in Salt Lake a while back. Bought you and Parks some beers. Please come back to Utah sometime in the future. ATW is the best 🤘🤘
Hey!!! Thanks so much for sharing... you unveiled such mysteries for a long time ATW fan... It would be great if you run us through a Worlkhorse tutorial, and also if you can share your slide technique Best wishes from Ecuador - South America
Hey Ben , I didn't know you had a channel. I'm a huge All Them Witches freak! I have a fantasy of jamming with you guys HA HA!!! Been playing guitar for a little over 40 years and your right in my ballpark. PEACE from Southwest Michigan 🐉💀👽🎸🎶🎵🧠🌌
That was great! Continuing on from your mixing video, another video idea would be how you go about double tracking gits. Do you just simply record the part again with the same tone? Or do you change amps/pedals/gits? I think a lot of your git parts don’t sound overbearingly double tracked, I feel the same about King Buffalo’s LTBTM which I know you also had a part in. Any further info on this stuff would br sweet! Cheers Ben!
Awesome video, Ben. I have always wondered how you record Woodsplitter stuff, do you play all the instruments? Also, how do you compose solos for recordings?
Whats up Ben, a cool video you could make is how you do some of the fingerpicked parts off of Dying Surfer. That is one of my favorite albums of all time and open passage ways is my favorite off of that album.
Love the videos that you're making....can you do one on the creative process of jamming-on-the-fly, so to speak. Some of my fav ATW stuff is where you guys free form out. What have you found that works best?
Could you give a beginner/intermediate player insights into things you wish you would've known when you were learning? Or best practices to get to the next level? Your Duane SG session was awesome btw, big fan
I really wonder what gear did you use on voodoo chile cover, that tone is just amazing for me. And awsome video btw i love your tone and playing you are very inspiring.
As a Hiwatt fan and owner I must suggest... how about an in depth video on the Hiwatt SA212 combo? "Everest" is definitely one of the prettiest guitar things I've heard in years. So cool to see that clip of the recording situation. Saw you guys at Desertfest Berlin 2019, definitely one of the highlights of the festival and I remember thinking in the midst of one of your solos what an amazing guitar sound you have... really crisp and it just bounced around the room (propably was the Fender at that point.)
Hi Ben ! I wonder what are your favorite combinations of pickups ? I really like the tones (clean and OD) on “this is where it falls apart” and “blood and sand / milk and endless waters” Thanks !
On the off chance you see this Ben, can you talk about the signal chain for the cover of Voodoo Chile on Electric Ladyland? Just found out about you guys and every album is blowing me away.
Things should always change. You love Vibrato? The EQD Aqueduct is one of my favourite effects; it can do every kind of Vibrato known to man, ~+. The Julia is also pretty unique. For Spring reverb, - either the Surfybear , which is a big format ,real spring ,- or ,the Catalinbread Topanga( great before Drives/ Fuzz), or Source Audio True Spring( which just does everything, including Tremelo, really well). I understand why you'd shy away from the now very trendy Germanium Fuzzes, as they're very temperamental and inconsistent; great for the studio, but a PITA on a road rig.The old ' 69's are classics, but if you wanted something more stable ,try the EQD Dirt Transmitter. Also, I recommend the Hudson Broadcast to everyone who seems to get that sound comes from the amp; it is simply the best, most useful boost/ drive / fuzz made,- like the Waza Blues Driver, with twice the harmonic content. Thankful that ATW and a few others are holding it down; it's popular to say that the format is dead, but that could only happen if bands stop building on everything that came before; what those people mean to say is that they are out of ideas, and have stopped listening. I'd be curious how much thought you'd given to tunings.I've used just about everything other than Standard E for over 20 years, and have developed some preferences. Not sure if Drop C or C Standard are more useful.
Really dig your sound, Ben. Out of sheer chance I got a chance to see you guys briefly perform at The Record Exchange in Boise (2019?) and I've been well into ATW ever since (if I remember correctly it was the ATW album release tour). Anyhow you've effectively sold a blues driver (newer guitar player at age 43) so I'm looking forward to playing around with that. You mentioned that you're open to any questions so I'm wondering if you could go through "Enemy of my Enemy" on your channel. Really loving the muting going on but for the life of me cant put my thumb on what is going on there. Anyhow, appreciate the work you guys put out and looking forward to listening to you guys for years. Before I forget I should mention, because of ATW, I bought my first black light poster since...shit...probably high school? Cheers, Brian
Love your content! ATW is my favourite band, so to get these insights is amazing. However, I'm a bassplayer myself, so I would like to know if it would be able to do one of these on Parks' gear? (Live and studio)
Hi Ben, This is a great video. It's nice to see all the stuffs you have used! I have a question : what's exactly your setup on the song Everest, from Nothing as the ideal? I hope you and the guys fro the band are well. Cheers
Greetings from Australia. Working out the guitar for Marriage of Coyote Dm but would like to add the harp parts- any idea what key harp Micky Raphael used on it ? Tulips Fort Worth was awesome btw !
Can you pretty please do a 'Diamond' Tutorial? Im pretty sure I'm close but would love to learn from the original artist. Btw you got me into blues, so thanks for that. I'll never be the same
It would be cool to kinda just get your thoughts on music in general. You’re always sharing songs and stuff on your instagram (which I usually love). How about like a “Top *insert number* Favorite Records” it could be of all time, this year, etc.
Hey Ben another question. Regarding the theme of recording Dying Sufer and the speakers that you ran on the twin,. How many greenbacks had to connect to match the Ohmios and watts? I ask you because I own a Traynor YGL-3 Mark 3 (Twin Killer) and later on I aim to use greenbacks but Im not sure about how many speakers greenbacks I need, what cabinet it would be great ... and what configuration. I hope you can answer my question dude. regards.
if there is any twin killer, it will for sure be a traynor. beautiful amps. man, for a traynor, i would do a closed back 4x12 with celestion greenbacks. pay attention to what ohms the amp wants tho
Would you consider redoing the MXR 10-Band EQ video that you did on Instagram awhile back? Also which 12” Warehouse speakers do you run in your twin? Thanks!
