How to Sound Like Kyuss 

Holy Shit!! Man, this is seriously freaking awesome! I have had an overwhelming personal obsession with Homme's Kyuss and early QOTSA guitar sounds shortly after revisiting the music nearly 6 years ago. Given that Josh was notoriously protective over his tone back then? You've done a killer job nailing that sound! You can't see it, but I'm giving you a standing ovation (pun intended) You've also just set me back financially for however much that Hamstead pedal is going to cost me! lol! I must have one now! Hahaha! Congratulations on yet another fine video kind sir! Cheers!

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You are saying that as if deafening volume is something that should not be done

Ha yeah I saw this tour too. It was loud.

I've seen Josh and Nick do that with their cabs in early QOTSA live vids as well. I would much like to hear the story behind that. The Desert keeps it's secrets however.

​@@EasyHeatthey were playing with frequencies By facing your amps like that you are sort of killing certain frequencies while creating other frequencies for that crushing sound But it sounds Muddy as fuck so won't recommend for every thingreally

sorry but mountain is mountain..

Alec B. Lauris Kyuss Is kyuss

Kyuss is kyuss- mountain on the sun.... Voila...

Big mountain

Sounds like a caveman trying to describe Kyuss: "ooga booga. dis is rock. rock is rock. kyuss is mountain"

and created guitar scales lowkey

So true! All these flashy players but creating you’re own genre and unique sound🤯I’ll take that any day

Totally agree...the old songs are getting even better with age...

Homme wasn’t the only one coming up with the Stoner Rock thing back in the Early 90s. Matt Pike had started Sleep which, granted, some may consider a little heavier, but there were other bands coming on to the scene around that time and even before Kyuss. Fu Manchu began around 1985 (Brant Bjork of Kyuss played drums for them at one point). There were several others involved in the whole Desert Rock Scene, some that started before Kyuss. Fatso Jetson has/had a great lead guitar player named Mario Lalli that is well respected in those circles. There a great documentary called “Lo Sound Desert” you should check out. The fact of the matter is that it is extremely difficult to do something in rock n roll that is 100% original…not saying everyone directly copies someone else, but any given artist definitely has their influences.

Why is everyone forgetting Black Sabbath? Go listen to Sweet Leaf lol

Thanks dude!

Lost In Vegas, what's that?

@@LivingroomGearDemos Just one of the infinite react channels. They are pretty good for that type of thing though.

@@BockwinkleB They are the best reach channel imo

Hurricane is my favorite kyuss track for that exact reason. You can hear the bass and guitar together.

That’s demon cleaner.

Yup through a 6x10 cab, I use my 8x10 cab for the same effect

Mids mids mids mids

Isn’t it also way cleaner than people think? Like the majority of the distortion comes from just cranking the amps?

He never used bass cabs in the studio. Ampeg V4 cabinets, which were 4x12s. The bass cab was used live.

@@lotuscorpseWhat was Josh using here? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tFqUhh-TIt4.html I can see that only the one of those cabs is mic'd: isn't that a 4x12? I think it's too big for being a 4x10. The 8x10/6x10 fridge (I'm not sure about that being an actual ampeg cab) put above them is just for scene, probably

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Lolwut..? That’s one of their weakest songs

@@theninthheart4736 riff is good

@@theninthheart4736the only bad kyuss song lmao

"Demon Cleaner" is to Kyuss what "Creep" is to Radiohead for me. Good song, but much cleaner and more approachable than their normal catalogue. The riff on Demon Cleaner is sick though

I used to say that Karma to Burn sounded like AC/DC and Kyuss.

Thanks for checking out!

Not a typical downstroke riff though ;)

@@LivingroomGearDemos Josh plays it all downstrokes haha i was quoting an interciew whwre he talks about this. Check out guitar moves with him its good! Good work tho buddy sounding great

@@fanieldox yip. Haha guitar moves interview is hilarious. He's clearly stoned for it.

Glad you enjoyed it!

Yes I believe so!

Song suggestions?

@@LivingroomGearDemos wow! Awesome!

@@LivingroomGearDemos hmm thats really hard, i love everything from their discography

@@LivingroomGearDemos Rattlesnake, Planet B, Sleep Drifter and anything off Infest the Rats

Hi! It’s pretty loud. Almost unbearable loud in the room. I didn’t use the room mic much at all, it was more to show how it sounded in the room. I dialled in the sound by recording and moving the mics after listening. Took some time since I don’t have a separate control room.

Living Room Gear Demos thanks for the reply. It seemed low volume, but maybe it’s the presence of low frequencies in the mic room that might have confused me. Thanks again and I look forward for more videos!

Yeah, the room mic wasn't intended to be used at all, so it's basically scratch audio for my camera.

Thanks, Aaron! You too!

thanks!

Thanks and welcome!

An eastwood? What?

Thanks Lars!

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Drew Homme originally used an SD 1 I think

Yeah, the SD-1, but I think it's more dependent on a driven amp though. I'm always up for recommending a cheaper alternative, but in this case I can't come up with anything.

Thanks a ton!

I've always said it like it rhymes with bias.

I don’t know. I didn’t pay for everything, but I could have been clearer on what’s necessary and not. I guess the key here is the pedal. If you don’t want to replicate his rig completely though.

@@LivingroomGearDemos Did you already own the amps, or do you have them on loan from a store?

I own them. I payed a discounted price for the Hamstead. The Barecafed too. The Friedman I got for free.

@@LivingroomGearDemos Right on man. Do they give you a discount/freebies because of your channel or do you know people who work there?

Yes because of my channel. Bigger stuff like guitars and amps a basically on display for years, and a present in thousands of views. So it’s kind of a long term product placement.

lol!

So true what you say. Kyuss to me is like the sound of molten lava moving down the volcanoes on some mythical planet while the Sun is shining and the wind is blowing. Something like that.

Standard C!

He didn’t. Watch my Homme tone myth video where I explain it

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At a store called Clas Ohlson

everything as far as I know

Thanks!

yeah, that's a myth that just won't die.

I said simple ;) Most of the sound is in the pedal.

I mentioned that in the video ;)

@@LivingroomGearDemos yesh, sorry, I was very quick to write it

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