How to Write, Play, & Record (1960s) Garage Rock Guitar 

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@@sp-vd4lz This is the garage punk mix that started it all for me back in highschool. Love every track on their.

Cant Seem To Make You Mine - The Seeds! Definitely a slower one but the moan singing is just too perfect

Most of the 13th Floor Elevators. Bull of the Woods is actually my favorite album

Anything from the Monks

lmao, you've actually got some point

haha last year i started to predict that 202X would be related in some ways to the 60s, just like 90s

I think there’s more bedroom pop than garage rock because of covid

Garage rock was booming way more before covid, it’s all indie dream pop bullshit now to get tik tok / reel views.

Nobody was "locked away", at least not in the United States. There was no attempt to curb the spread, millions died needlessly

Never too old to rock Bill.

Very true thanks for watching

I'm trying to get a garage rock bad going. But everyone even slightly instrested are trying to make me into Deep Purple or Black Sabbath. Its like people now think "old" music was a monolyth

Garage free jazz sounds like what happens when the teenagers grow up a bit and 'discover' psychedelics haha. Thanks for commenting. Mario

Bob, your comment about this being the closest you have ever heard may have made me blush a little! Also, I refuse to use any click tracks on my recordings as I really enjoy the natural feel of a song that ebbs and flows. I also have a lot of tempo changes in my song writing. All of this attributes to the uneven and rushed sound, which I think makes it sound like a live band. This is not an easy effect to replicate by yourself as you need a really good internal clock when recording your tracks. Being a drummer helps me a lot in this sense. Thank you, Mario

@@Mario_DiSanto I think it's worth mentioning also that most pop music back then was mixed for optimum listening on AM radio Once again - great job. I've done this sort of thing myself many years ago, and you make it look easy. It ain't

Ty Segall’s early stuff sounds quite authentic too.

I love the 'wrong Hollywood' stuff- it's ridiculously funny!

Yes! And also that's why white people will never be able to play like BB King, Elmore James, etc, or any black musician from the 50s and earlier! It's impossible to put yourself in their shoes, even young black people today can't relate to the racism they endured through those times and that's why we will never hear soulful music that good ever again with that kind of emotion through an instrument when it comes to blues. Not saying blues today is bad, but it's just not the same IMO.

Those Bogen amps are strong and reliable in my experience. I have to keep the gain knob on 1.5 out of 10. Any higher than that and I blow a hole in my wall! Mario

Haha ain't that the truth!

Very cool Daniel! The 60s must have been a rocking time for a kid. I couldn't even find kids who played instruments when I was in highschool! Different eras. I've never heard of Geam Klyra guitars I am going to check that out. You should post some of your guitar builds. Cheers Mario

@Daniel Them, The Seeds, and Blues Magoos. Literally three of the greatest garage rock bands

Thanks Brian, all of those artists are big influences on me. Some especially so. Mario

@@Mario_DiSanto The first show I ever played about ten years ago, we opened with an absolutely awful cover of ty segall's I bought my eyes and I was instantly hooked from there. Such a big influence on me and im still kinda riding that wave of ty segall inspiration as career musician. you did such a good job explaining the ethos and attitude behind the style and it was neat to hear about some of the earlier bands behind this sound that I missed. Thanks for making this, you're awesome

@@Juiceboxbrian Ty's music has that effect on people. I've had mainly musical influences in my life, but Ty was the one that made me start songwriting. Before that I was just a lowly drummer.

Thanks Mike! Nothing like a good shock before the next take!

Ah yes, the ole microphone ground loop shock...

Thanks Malcom

And a shit ton of reverb and/or fuzz to mask sloppy playing!

You forgot a name beginning with “The”

good summary, I think the Residents once said something about how actually knowing how to play your instrument only gets in the way of true creativity.

Also, a Gibson 335 hardly counts a s a cheap-ass guitar these days, and even Strats are getting pretty pricy (and I have a career).

That's one style I'm just lazy enough to try out lol

I think my next video will be getting a dirty garage drum sound. Cheers, Mario

Thanks Bill that means a lot! Mario

Thanks for sharing Dave!

All great ideas for videos Taylor! Glad I inspired you to take up vintage recording. It is a lot of fun. Thanks for watching and subscribing. Mario

The internet is amazing for sharing music. I am very grateful. Mario

Thanks for watching. Someone else enlightened me about pitch pipes when I first uploaded this video. I had no idea! Very cool

@@Mario_DiSanto We played mostly hotel bars all over the country and the only time tuning was an issue was when the “Keeper of the Pipe”(me) would occasionally misplace it after one too many adult beverages. But we didn’t care if we were exactly in perfect 440 or not, we were only concerned about being in tune with each other. A lot of times our singer/rhythm player would tune up with the pipe and then the rest of us would tune to him. Later on we wound up getting a tuning fork and holding it up to the microphone. We thought we were big time….LOL.

@@meots haha I might have to bring a tuning fork to my next gig! Demand everyone in the room be quiet.

Thanks Harry I appreciate what you have to say! Is your tune on RU-vid? Mario

@@Mario_DiSanto NOT yet.

Thanks Phillip!

Absolutely, these methods should by know means be limited to trying to sound "like the 60s". Thanks for watching. Mario

You're welcome Thomas!

That's awesome. Probably sounded like crap but that's the best part ha! Mario

@@Mario_DiSanto Oh yeah. I'm sure it was rough but we didn't care. We beat the crap out of that poor thing but we had a blast. I still have that phonograph/amplifier. I could never get rid of it. Too many memories.

You're welcome! Rock on Mutt!

I love the sound of a guitar plugged straight into the amp. That's how I play 90% of the time. Occasionally the treble booster on a lead part. Thanks to you and your dad for sharing.

More to come too!

It's a cheap squire tele so it somewhat fits the "cheap guitar" aesthetic. And yeah the twin....can't really deny that one. I still lust over the thing and I own it! Love that amp to death. If I'm still rocking in my 70s like you I'll know I did something right. Thanks for commenting! Cheers Mario

Lemons/Melted era Ty is my absolute jam.

Allah Las ain’t bad either

I appreciate that Kyle.

@@Mario_DiSanto no problem buddy 👍 you’re awesome

I could listen to 60s garage punk all day every day. There's so much out there, and more still being discovered! The little stories you read about these local bands are icing on the cake too. Mario

@@Mario_DiSanto I grew bored of rock during the 70's until I discovered punk rock. One day I realized I liked punk rock so much (at the time) because it had all the elements of 60's garage rock. I also loved the wave of garage rock that emerged sometime between 2000 and 2010....Same kind of music but brought it'a own sound! There has been nothing I liked as much since then. When music gets boring, take it back to it's simplicity!

Hey if you could find me that tie I would be MORE than happy to wear it! Not easy to find a thin tie these days.

@@Mario_DiSanto Give me some sort of adress or post box and I’ll see what I can do. A good tie is a cheap price to pay for such lovely videos.

@@artonion420 I should set up a PO box...

Thank you very much!

The best gear is the gear you have!

That's super cool Scott. Mystic Eyes is good stuff 🤙

Shane, I haven't heard of The Oblivions or The Makers. I will listen to them right away. Cheers, Mario

@@Mario_DiSanto The Oblivions are awesome, seconding this!!

Thanks for the comment brother. I am used to the ol' geezers by now. The difference in attitude from the community on RU-vid and the community on the recording forums is night and day. 99.5% of the comments I get on RU-vid are positive and CONSTRUCTIVE criticism. Can't say the same for the forums which is a shame because I think boards are a great place to share information. Cheers

@@Mario_DiSanto what you said about the less than perfect rooms that those records were recorded in is an important part of the whole feel. I had a good friend that I went to school with. His oldest brother was the original drummer in the Allman Joys. He used to tell us stories about the day to day realities of playing rock and roll in the time period of 1964-66. He had some reel to reel tapes that they made back then, and you can literally hear Duane Allman at 16-17 years old, cutting his teeth on Yardbirds and Beatles covers, And also stuff like The Seeds ("Pushin' Too Hard) and The Outsiders ("Time won't let me") and of course, stuff like "Gloria" "Secret Agent Man" "Hanky Panky" and all the usual stuff from those years. I was just a little kid, but I knew it was a great time. Gregg had switched from guitar to organ but he did not have a B3 yet. It was Vox Continentals and Farfisas, the "96 Tears" and "Incense and Peppermints" sound. Maynard told us that Duane was playing a Telecaster in those days, and he had bolted a fuzz box that he got from the Blues Magoos on the front of it for easy access. This was the beginnings of what eventually became the Allman Brothers Band. I wish you could hear those tapes. You'd be amazed at just how close you've come to nailing the sound and feel of that era. Look up the picture of the Allman Joys wearing the Beatles suits. The guy sitting on the floor with the snare drum is Maynard.

It does feel a little sacrilegious to not play a lot of this live in a band. Reliable musicians are not easy to find these days unfortunately lol. Mario

@@Mario_DiSanto I can truly appreciate the lack of dependable players. I haven't had a band since the early 90's and boy do I miss those guys.

By classroom cassette decks, do you mean "shoebox" recorders? Mario

Do some dedicated and persistent shopping at garage sales and flea markets , not just for rhe equipment , but for the spirit and joy of pursuit !!!

Appreciate your comment Marc. Thanks for watching!

LW, the snare sound on "I'm for Things You Do" is absolute perfection. I try to match this sound all the time but always fail! Thanks for sharing. Mario

Crazy to think that 40 years later the same band got a whole other generation hooked into music. Well at least it did for me. Mario

Lukas, I know I know! There's a lot of songs I want to post but I am waiting to as they are on my debut LP. Don't wanna spoil the surprise too soon! Mario

@@Mario_DiSanto The organ on that clip sounded sick - what was it?

@@_floeter Its a DX27, (The DX7's less fun brother). It's an FM synth so not a "real" organ. However, I am in the process of picking up an authentic 60s travel organ so I am super excited about that.

@@Mario_DiSanto Nice! I love old FM, I've got a tx81z. Which travel organ? I've got an early 70s Conn console organ that I've slowly gotten from 50% to 75% working in the last year. Also, keep your eyes out for a Lowrey Microgenie - my favorite 80s portable organ.

Thank you! Kind words as always.