Dani California - Guitar Pedals Analysis

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Demo: • Dani Californa - Demo
0:00 Introduction
0:40 Guitar
1:06 Amp
1:44 Chorus (for crunch and compression)
3:38 Lowpass filter (verse and bridge 2 modulation effect)
12:37 Distortion for Chorus
13:53 Reverb
14:41 MuRF (bridge 1 modulation)
18:00 Wah (as alternative to lowpass filter modulation)
19:17 Solo (including Fuzzrite clone)
21:20 Outro wah
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@jackarcher_ 5 лет назад

Wow finally I had a chance to sit down and watch this whole thing and I'm impressed. Your attention to detail and meticulous recreation is just fantastic. Seeing how you had the LFO setup with MF pedals was pretty interesting as I have no hands on experience with them. You absolutely crushed the drive tones I closed my eyes during the chorus and I'd almost have sworn I was listening to it normally. The solo was spot on too the fuzz really nails that solo tone and you played all the right Frusciante improv licks, even the wah sounded just like the originals. I will say though that the clean tone just didn't fit for me I thought it was a little dark sounding. That Moog setting was pretty damn good though on the clean setting. All in all this was an awesome recreation and pretty spot on for everything to my knowledge would love to see you pick another song and do something like this.

@Vigi 5 лет назад

Thank you so much! Your comments are always so helpful as you really take the time to actually watch the video and formulate your thought. :) When I forced myself to upload weekly I always rushed certain things, like the tone. But now when I upload when an idea naturally pops up, I can let the idea grow more freely. I pretty much iterated this over and over until there wasn't anything that bothered me too much. Before I would have just ignored creations things that bothered me in order to be able to upload in time. So it was really fun to put a lot of focus on tweaking knobs. :) I think the CE-1 clone with the input buffer is the key to getting the right tone from the DS-2. It blew my mind the first time I heard it in the room, with everything set up the way it should be (silver jubilee + not using FX loop + ce-1 clone + maxed out ds-2). In the solo I started doing it like the studio version. Then I also wanted to illustrate how John sometimes added the fuzzrite, and the fact that he did a lot of improv, which is why I changed the solo from the studio version towards the end (before the wah). I agree the clean/light crunchy tone is the weakest part. However, are you comparing it to studio or live version? If you compare with studio then my version is indeed WAAY to dark. But if I compare it to for example the fuse studios performance, I think it sounds closer, but it's definitely far from perfect. In general, I have found that John's live tone during his later years with RHCP was extremely dark. The dark tone made single notes sound better to me, which is important for the lowpass filter effect I think. Thank you! Maybe I should do another one. Do you got any ideas? I think Dani California was the perfect song because John let's all the effects interact with his playing so much. The pedal work on this song is almost more creative than the guitar playing itself, which is quite cool to me. :)

@jackarcher_ 5 лет назад

@@Vigi Now that you mention it I was comparing the "clean" tone to the studio version but after comparing to the live versions I do agree your tone is very very close. The ce1 definitely totally changes the way the drive pedals hit the front of the amp and it sounds awesome! I agree Dani California is definitely the most effective heavy song. I always thought his approaches on Animal Bar with the way/volume swells was cool and he did some interesting combinations on Death of a Martian as well. I understand completely about uploading less, a lot of time is needed to make a quality video and the effort you put in shows, I've really been enjoying these last several videos.

@Vigi 5 лет назад

Only thing about Animal Bar and DoaM is that those are not live songs. I guess people are more interested in live effects since that is more straight forward and more practical to replicate. I’m very glad to hear that! :)

@iann8733 5 лет назад

The average joe won’t know how much work went into this video. But damn does it show, your tone is like immaculately spot on.

@Vigi 5 лет назад

Thank you very much! That is actually very right. Years of researching and saving up for gear. Then actually making the video as well. I figured I should spend some extra time on this since it took so many years to even get the prerequisites to make this video. :-)

@jeepeng 3 года назад

3:38 Lowpass filter (verse and bridge 2 modulation effect), similar tone can be achieved by Line6 DL4 "Sweep Echo" Delay 0, Repeats 4, Tweak 8, Tweez 8, Mix 6.

@Vigi 3 года назад

Wow! That’s interesting! Now I want to try that out! 😮

@peggykay27 4 года назад

🙌🏻 Thank you for sharing this video, you are amazing, JF is incredible ... I’m so impressed 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@Vigi 4 года назад

Thank you very much! 👍☺️

@kafedziski 5 лет назад

Really really really nice!!! Many years of learning/watching/listening/experimenting! My favourite song, love the layers love the effects. I like the sound of the DS2 with the distortion rolled off a bit as you mentioned. Thank you for putting in the hours not just for making and editing the video but for contributing to the JF guitar community!!! P.s. Spankin' outro and love the partcaster!!! Cheers man ;D

@Vigi 5 лет назад

Wow! Thank you very much for the overwhelming positivity! :) I’m thankful you recognize the effort. Many live performances has been watched, lot of research, lots of playing. :) Cool that you can relate about my thoughts about the ds-2 settings. :) The JF community is really cool. I couldn’t have made this without the work of Will Gallucio, so people really help each other out. :D

@HeitorIkedaTioBa 5 лет назад

nice one! the whole analysis is very didactic and should help a lot of people who are struggling with the effects :D

@Vigi 5 лет назад

Thank you! That was my goal! :)

@MrTommyfellows 3 года назад

Hey @Vigi, I’ve been following your work for a while and I want to thank you for all the analysis and info over the years. Due to lack of funds, I’m actually using the EHX LPB-1 as my “CE-1” preamp and I’m really happy with the sound and compression regarding DS2/WH10 with it set at around 1130. I also bought the line 6 M13 instead of the separate colourful boxes but I just upgraded to the HX Effects which includes all those legacy models and more. They just released 3.1 firmware with the Moog Murf named “Asheville”. I just tested today and I was shocked at how great it sounded. I’d love to see you test it against the original. Thanks again and I hope you’re well. Cheers

@assnut1000 5 лет назад

wow. very accurate sounds and playing.

@Vigi 5 лет назад

Thank you! 👍

@formadrage 5 лет назад

Amazing man! You have the eye for details :)

@Vigi 5 лет назад

Thanks Grannes! I went into depth into this one. Not too interesting for a vocalist though, haha. :D

@skalewilly 5 лет назад

wow!!!! what a great video!!! I like the effects.

@Vigi 5 лет назад

Thank you! :)

@LKiman 4 года назад

Great demo in the end! Son of John. :o

@Vigi 4 года назад

Thank you very much! ☺️

@alejandroantunezdelacruz5095 5 лет назад

Thank you for this video!

@Vigi 3 года назад

Thank you! ☺️

@vanhohenheim9249 Год назад

Tack så mycket för videon

@anderskorell 5 лет назад

me encanta esa cancion :D buen video

@sg_guitar49 5 лет назад

Good tone🤘👏

@Vigi 5 лет назад

Thank you! 👍

@hwan328_official 5 лет назад

Great video!👍👍👍

@Vigi 5 лет назад

Thank you! ☺️

@Al-oq7zk 11 месяцев назад

Brilliant!

@Vigi 11 месяцев назад

Thank you! :)

@paddy113xxx7 2 года назад

Hi Vigi, very very professional. Could you make a episode about pedals in „snow“?

@lavorando 4 года назад

Thank you SO MUCH!! SO MUCH!!

@Vigi 4 года назад

I’m very happy you like it. ☺️👍

@alexjointsoon592 5 лет назад

fucking sick sound dude, especially the end

@Vigi 5 лет назад

Thank you very much! 👍

@kaicottrell1560 4 года назад

Vigi you can stop the fuzzy sound from the ds2 just by lowering the Distortion as we all know John's tone isn't Clean

@Vigi 4 года назад

That’s good input. Thanks! ☺️

@michaelbraun3960 5 лет назад

Excellent video! Really enjoyed it and helped me a lot with setting up the Moog pedals. Are the Moog effects first in your chain? Thank you

@Vigi 5 лет назад

Thank you! No, they are not.

@DrBASSics10 3 года назад

Heck yeah dude. Now I know what pedals i need to get a little bit Frusciante sound

@Vigi 3 года назад

Awesome to hear! Which one’s your top priority? :)

@DrBASSics10 3 года назад

@@Vigi already have the micro amp, WH10 wah and the ds2. Now I think I should get a phaser, chorus and the moog filter pedals which I think frusciante use in other songs. And Im planning to replace my pick up with Duncan pickups

@_jony711 4 года назад

one thing I saw on other youtube channel was: when you go to the wah wah part I would recommend an octave fuzz it looks more like the original.

@Vigi 4 года назад

I think the fuzzrite is how John did that kind of thing.

@_jony711 4 года назад

@@Vigi you are amazing😉

@Vigi 4 года назад

What? 🤔

@jaydenhoek4193 Год назад

Does someone know where i can buy a large pedalboard just like in this video?

@DieegoLpzz 2 года назад

What is the "vibrato" used in the part right after the second chorus?

@scottrowan200 Год назад

What speed/rate is the lfo set at? And how high is the attuator?

$@ItaiIfrach$

@ItaiIfrach 2 года назад

Interesting LFO settings on the mooger lowpass filter. Is there any way to acheive it with Expression pedal into the pedal without the need to buy the control proceessor ?

@Vigi 2 года назад

You gotta have a really quick and steady foot movement then. xD Nah that wouldn't sound right. :)

@jorge.az07 5 лет назад

Hey! Great vid! Just a question,do you use your Fuzz Factory for Frusciante-ish stuff? And how?

@Vigi 5 лет назад

Thank you! Before I bought that one I actually started to review a lot of pedals in order to decide on a pedal that Frusciante did’t use, but that I like anyway. I decided on the Fuzz Factory, and then found out he actually used that as well, haha. :D But I have only used it for experimental purposes, not to nail a Frusciante tone. Not yet at least.

@jorge.az07 5 лет назад

Thanks for your reply! I want to buy one because of its amazing fuzz tones,but I read somewhere that JF used it,so I did some research,some say he only used it for "Eskimo",others say he used it on Slane Castle solos,idk,just wanted to know if you were able to figure out how did John use the FF xD Again,thanks for your reply and keep up the good work!

@0marenllamas 4 года назад

Nice video! Where in the chain did you place the Dyna Comp? I’m currently strugling wether placing it before or after my distortion pedals

@Vigi 4 года назад

Thank you! Hmm, I don't remember. I have mostly used the compressor pedal on high sensitivity to get that cool BSSM like effect. Therefore, I have mostly used the pedal on its own, without combining it with other pedals like distortion. So I haven't analysed this too much actually. What are your thought about this? How do you use the compression pedal? :)

@0marenllamas 4 года назад

I’m currently building my pedalboard again so I rearranged everything. A couple months ago I placed it before my distortion pedals, being the first pedal in my chain and I left it that way since I started recording music with my band in a studio. But now I’m just trying to get that Frusciante sound and I haven’t found yet anything about placing the compressor before or after distortion. Some friends made suggestions to place it after, so I left mine after distortions. Currently my chain is polytune, DS-2, fuzz factory, micro amp, hoof fuzz, double barrel OD, 1927 king comp, WH10, FM4, phase 90, TR-2, flashback 2, DL4, CE-5 and HOF 2. I’ll probably just wait to try all the pedals again in this order and check what suits best for me

@Vigi 4 года назад

Interesting! Well, John has never really used the compression pedal in his live rig so that’s why there’s no info about this.

@ToppaliniTube 2 года назад

check out new triungulo labs video if you haven't already. they explain that you have to invert phase in signal chain after ds2-fuzzrite combo to get the tone right otherwise it sounds weird like that. i'd also be really interested in a good method to do that because they didn't explain how to do it without that certain pedal they show. and there's a forum post i read on that a bit ago but he also didn't explain how to invert phase in your pedal chain

@Vigi 2 года назад

Yep, seen and tried it already. It’s a great find. :)

@ToppaliniTube 2 года назад

@@Vigi how did you invert phase in your pedal chain? i don't really fully understand it

@ToppaliniTube 2 года назад

@@Vigi i finally got a ds2 the other day. i can stack fuzzrite with my normal distortion pedal but not the ds2

@BRZguy 4 года назад

How hard do you usually hit the strings when you play the verse? For some reason I can't seem to cut through very well unless I really strum hard. Specifically the lowest strings. they just get drowned out by the bass in the backing track if I play with my normal force.

@Vigi 4 года назад

It’s a good question. I think you need to strum in with a certain attack and have a king of “snap” to it, in order to create a rhythmic effect. I put emphasis on the lower strings, if remember correctly. The progression is really basic. The right hand is the one creating the magic.

@BRZguy 4 года назад

Thanks for your reply! I always did it where the low strings were more muted, and the rest of the strings got a lot of the attack. That sounded good in person and when I played over the backing track, but once I tried to record over the backing track it just got totally lost and I was baffled. I've just lately been realizing how much John would change his picking attack. Something that I never really thought twice about. I always thought it was more about having your general picking attack to where it's broken up, but you really have to play more dynamically than you'd think.

@clemnag 4 года назад

How loud the Volume guitar knob is ? :-)

@Vigi 4 года назад

Hmm I don’t remember. How come? ☺️

@BrettKnows 5 лет назад

Hey Vigi! Huge fan. Could you please help? When I try to maximize the ds-2 level volume it's too loud.

@Vigi 5 лет назад

Thank you! Set your amp clean, then use for example Triungulo Lab CE-1 Ensemble Crunch, turn up the level until you get a slight Frusciante crunch. Because of this boost, your signal gets compressed, meaning that even though the DS-2 is loud, the compression makes the overall volume stay the same (the ds-2 should be as loud as when you strum the hardest without the ds-2). I use Triungulo Lab Chorus Ensemble to achieve this in this video. Hope that helps.

@BrettKnows 5 лет назад

Vigi Thanks for the quick response! Would the standard boss ce-1 I have work the same as Will's ce-1?

@Vigi 5 лет назад

Wow you got a vintage boss ce-1!!? Awesome! The Triungulo gear I mentioned is an exact copy of that. So yes, that will work perfectly for you. Just turn the level knob up. What amp do you have? It is important to have the right settings there too.

@BrettKnows 5 лет назад

Vigi Would I be able to message you on Instagram? I think I'm already following you. Just had some questions man.

@Vigi 5 лет назад

Of course man! 👍

@cristofer540 5 лет назад

when using the compressor? in some songs? thanks for the info!!

@Vigi 5 лет назад

It’s good for BSSM-songs like under the bridge by RHCP.

@cristofer540 5 лет назад

Vigi thanks for answering... one more question ... do you know why john uses a boss fv50l before ce-1? Will it not saturate the signal? I have that problem with some pedals and that pedal ... I'm looking for information and I'm a bit lost ... thank you!!

@juliannunezsanabria2222 3 года назад

What happens with the demo? that was my favourite part T.T

@Vigi 3 года назад

I liked it to my cover channel due to copyright. Link in the description. ☺️

@jaydenhoek4193 2 года назад

i have just ordered a ds1 pedal is it good for dani

@jaydenhoek4193 2 года назад

or should i return it for a ds2

@Vigi 2 года назад

I haven’t tried the ds1 but ds2 is a safe card for JF tone. :)

@SyncdAlien 5 лет назад

Fascinating. 👍 Subscribing now! 👍

@Vigi 3 года назад

Thank you! 😀

@luisaucedo 4 года назад

and the part before the solo? he uses like a hps or something like that

@Vigi 4 года назад

What’s hps? ☺️

@luisaucedo 4 года назад

Harmonizer, sorry I thought that was the abreviation because it was written like that in my kemper

@luisaucedo 4 года назад

It's right before the piano, josh plays it with john on the live earth show (2007)

@Vigi 4 года назад

Aha ok. Well, that part requires another guitar player like you said (Josh). This video covers the effects for live performance with one guitar player. No overdubs. Hope that makes sense. ☺️

@johnvincentlachica5136 3 года назад

R.i.p Big Muff

@Vigi 3 года назад

😭

@jo-e-zinfuso5429 5 лет назад

What’s up

@Vigi 5 лет назад

Not much. You?

@DragDealer 7 месяцев назад

Wait he said 79? 😅

@Vigi 7 месяцев назад

What? :0

@KingOfTone69 3 года назад

I am sorry to dissapoint you or all the fans here, but here is my humble conclusion. I am not hater, i appreciate the hard work put into this video , and i leave a like on this video, even subscrie the channel, but i have something to say. Are you sure you exported your audio correctly ? I am positive, som I am laying in my bed for third day straight now, but I decided to get up and get headphones, to not judge your work from laptop speakers. I even turned on my desktop and listened for the third time on real high quality speakers... and I am sorry but it seems like your fans are quite music deaf, or you really didnt make a good job with recording and exporting. You have all the reissues, even original jumbilee, all the equipment and yet you are totally off the tone. I am pretty curious where did you get all the money for this, but again, i am not hater, it just seems to me that you are more like student that hard worker, if you now what i mean. You completely uderestand Johns tone, you studied a lot, i can see, but yet it is not good at all. I recommend you to use your ears more, not just set everything like something you saw on photo somewhere. Your skills are far more teoretical that practical, and thats a pity. First thing that I want to point out is on 12:56 or 14:06 . This is not Johns cleanish tone at all. Its far more distorted and its dark and moody. Second shock right after that is 13:02 with the DS-2 turned on. Are you really satisfied with this ? Are you sure you are not lying yourself ? Its harsh, sticky and sharp disgusting tone, that should be warm and clear. I am a big Johns fan since i was a kid, and i know his tone well. I am sorry but i am being honest about this... I listened even to demo, to find out if you used just the camera mic on this video, and recorded the demo correctly, but unfortunately, again, dissapointed. I appreciate this hard work but i am sad to say this, you all here are in a huge self-deludion.

@Vigi 3 года назад

If I remember correctly I think I had to cover the amp + SM57 with a sheet in order to avoid the mic picking up my strums acoustically, hehe. :) You see I cannot play too loud since I don't want to disturb my surrounding. So that might explain why it sounds a little moody. I think the DS-2 sounds alright in the demo. But it's completely fine if you don't like it, of course. ☺️ I can also mention I like the new amp setup I have now. I actually find the speaker in the "original" 2554 amp used here sounds very different to my new reissue. You can watch my comparison between the two in case you're interested: watch?v=khlc3jy_v6Y It's a good reminder you brought up about balancing theory and practice. And yes, it's very important to trust what you hear a go from that. Good point! This video is almost two years old now and I do see room for improvement. That makes me happy because I see that as a sign that I'm improving over time. For example if you take a look at the intro in my brand new video, I think the sound turned out pretty good. :) But in two years I might think differently once again, haha. :D Anyway, I'll leave a link in case you're interested: watch?v=jmwhBaPOIXc Cool that you're a Frusciante fan to. Always fun to connect with people who likes his music. 😃 Yes, self delusion is indeed something I want to tackle as much as I can, and comments from other people can be really good to help me see my blind spots. If you take a look at my newer videos, do you have any practical advice on how I can improve, or point out any blind spots that I can work on? 😀 Take care! 🙏

@KingOfTone69 3 года назад

@@Vigi I am really happy how humble you are :) I really didnt want to dissapoint you or your work, I also forget to mention that the modulation effects where great and I liked them a lot :) I was talking about recording because me myself, found a great tone several times but had a very hard times to actually record it with mic :D I also chcecked your new videos and I like them a lot! Thats why I subscribed. And yes, the time difference... the more you practice the more your thinking is changeing. It happened to me several times, a thout my tone is great, played a lot and was satisfied, then left the house for a weekend and when I came back, it was horrible :DD Overall I find this video very very educating, and with a little much of experience with shooting videos, i can imagine that this 23 min video took several hours to capture, produce, export and upload. I wish you all the best mate, keep the good work.

@a_betancourth 5 лет назад

that wah was really low

@Vigi 5 лет назад

What do you mean?

@LinusKnight 4 года назад

*do you realize how annoying it was to go back and forth slowing playback speed and pausing trying to write down all of the Moog(erFooger) pedals lined up? THIS is all i could see from the distance--* _1. LowPass Filter 2. (Midi) Murf 3. (FreqBox? can't see) 4. UNKNOWN WHITE MOOG PEDAL 5. 12 stage phaser? 6. MF 108M Cluster Flux? 7. Ring Modulator 8. (??-251 Control Processor) also: JF FuzzRite (tribute pedal)_

@Vigi 4 года назад

The video isn’t about my foogers collection though. 🤷‍♂️