Totally love your honesty about shredding n theory related scales, I think you rock brother I’m in the same boat also willing to learn as much as possible 🎸👍but we don’t have all day in our basement in mommy’s house so we do what we can do …
Lol. My pleasure! I really think trial and error, along with some creative riffing is the best way to do it. By doing it this way, I've come up with stuff I never thought I would come up with. I love getting creative with my solos
I’m loving all the Astro praise. You sold me on the Tonex with your honesty and I will be getting the Astro for the same reason! I also appreciate your honesty regarding soloing and theory! It makes me more confident in my own playing because, though I’d love to know all the scales and theory and whatnot, I really love just playing what’s in my head!
Thanks for commenting! You'll love the Astro. I'm so glad you found the information regarding playing solo's helpful. That's literally what I do, write what I hear in my head and fish around for some good riffs and make up my own patterns and it seems to be working just fine. Go for it, and have fun!
Hey Jerrod honestly I haven’t pulled the trigger on buying one of your kemper profiles because I’m illiterate how to do it …. A great video would be how to take it from purchasing it all the way to loading it on my kemper I bet I’m not alone….
Thanks for commenting Shawn. Basically you can load them onto a thumb drive, plug the thumb drive into the Kemper and import them. If I remember correctly, there are some videos out there about it. check Kemper's RU-vid page
I think RU-vidrs need to stop being so hard on themselves. You're all doing a great job, and I can almost guarantee that >99% of us don't have any real expectations of you. If you need time to decompress to avoid burnout, I can assure you we will still be here when you get back. No one is going to unsubscribe because you aren't meeting your own goals for # of videos per week/month. I understand this is a source of income for you, but your mental health and wellbeing is more important. To the people criticizing your playing, either don't watch the videos, or come out and do it better.
Gotta tell ya Jarrod. You really made my day today when yo went into your story of how you don't know music or scales or anything at all. I am the exact same way. When I was very young, I took guitar lessons for maybe 2 weeks. It was terrible and the instructor was a tyrant about how I sat, how I held my pic and yadda yadda yadda. I used to read Circus and Hit Parade and Kerrang magazine and one day, I saw one of those 1 pager ads with Billy Gibbons holding his trusty Les Paul. In the ad, he was saying that he never took lessons, he just taught himself to play what he hears in his head. I never took another lesson and it really inspires me to know you are the same and your playing is off the charts AMAZING. Thanks for saying what you said. Made my day 🙂
My pleasure! I'm glad you enjoyed that part of the episode. Some of us just aren't meant to sit in a classroom. A lot of us just like to teach ourselves and learn by doing. Keep shredding! Never let anyone tell you that you need to go through certain routes to achieve success. Thanks for the kind words as well, much appreciated.
Speaking of cabs to pair with the stealth, I’d been playing out of v30 loaded mesa like you for the longest. But Jarrod I’m telling you get your hands on a Hesu cab with the demon speakers and pair the two when I referenced getting the most modern high gain tones out of that amp i never knew I could tap into, I paired my 50w stealth with a Hesu 2x12 vertical slant cab with they’re demon speakers and it changed the game. Merely throwing those speakers into a cab of choice doesn’t do them justice. The Hesu cabs are some of the most well built cabs I’ve ever owned (better quality than ENGL, Orange, and Mesa imo) but the cabs are built specifically to bring out the most of those speakers and the pairing blew my ENGL 4x12 and Mesa Recto 2x12 out of the water. Brought a whole new spectrum of articulation, punch and chug to the amp I thought I had been getting the most out of from the other cabs. HIGHLY suggest you getting one. They’re not insanely priced either. I had mine shipped from Europe brand new in total I payed less than $800 which is what an orange 2x12 costs by itself here in the states by comparison.
And I know it’s a bit pricey $229 new, but the Fortin modded ts-9 also really compliments the amp extremely well. My other favorite is the KHDK Ghoul Screamer jr. Same output everything as the regular ghoul Screamer just cut down to the two main essential toggles voicing for bass +\- and style for compression and amount of gain on tap while also adding some additional harmonics and cut thru
Remember the "fight night" video series. We were going to break the internet with content that EVERYONE WANTED AND NEEDED. Turns out the only thing we broke was our own hearts when it just didn't take off. I blame the East Coast Rap scene for that.
Great video. I am glad your channel is growing. Your content is informative and well thought out. I would love for you to try out the Hotone Ampero II Stage. It comes in at $700 and appears to punch way above it's weight. The Astro kicks ass by the way. 20 watts and totally holds it's own against the 100 watt Stealth. The Ceriatone FAS is near completion according to posts from Nik. Can't wait for the first demo of that amp.
Thanks for commenting. I appreciate the kind words. so glad you're enjoying the channel. I would love to try the FAS as well. Nik makes great amplifiers. I've always heard good things about the Ampero. I'll see if I can get my hands-on one
Hey Jarrod, I wrote a small booklet for diatonic chord theory with scales that they go with. I have it on a pdf and can send it to you if you want. I wrote it because I was going to start teaching a friend. Its very easy to understand.
Thanks for commenting and thank you so much for offering to do this! Yes, I would be very interested in checking that out. I'm always willing to learn new things. you can send it to me via my email here - jarrod_reign@yahoo.com Much appreciated
Interesting that your channel is the only channel where I watch every video when it comes out nearly right away. I agree with you 100% on the clickbait sympathy "i'm gonna quit youtube" videos also.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate the kind words. Yeah I feel that some of these guys should just stick to creating good content and getting clicks and views that way instead of getting sympathy views. Hopefully the trend will change
oh i got a great idea, i was watching the live video yesterday and someone commented on having a harley benton cab. It was like they were ashamed for having it. I know gear is expensive but it would be interesting to make a comparison between the harley benton and the mesa. the benton is literally less than half of the boogie!
@Tonewars Hey Jarrod You already did kind of mention wanting to do Fight Nights again, those were great times! Got me deciding on when I was looking at all things modelling and FRFR decisions. So, think you'd maybe try and get those back? Could make it interesting with modelers vs profiles vs tubes and solid state even! Love these Riffs and Responses!
Thanks so much for commenting. I'm glad you're enjoying these videos. I definitely want to start fight night again. I'm gonna start putting my thoughts together on the next one soon
Any chance you can pick up / borrow the new BOSS IR-2 amp + cabinet pedal to review / shootout? Seems to be a bit of favorable buzz around this especially with the low price tag for those of us on a budget...maybe MCG has one lying around to loan out for a little while? Thanks much in advance!
Amps that are more BRUTAL .1 MESA BOOGIE MK3 SIMUL CLASS COLISEUM .2 CARVIN MTS3200 .3 TRACE ELLIOT SPEED TWIN AND THE MOST BRUTAL EVER .4 RANDALL V2 ...PROVE ME RIGHT!
The Randall V2 Archetype is absolutely incredible for extreme metal. The solid state channel needs a hard boost and I mean a really hard boost. But when it gets that boost it's like nothing else on earth. With the matching Archetype 4 ohm 400 w cabinet and an ISP vector SL 600W sub this thing kills on a level that you can't imagine. The hugeness and tightness of the bottom end and the definition of the mid-range is something you just have to hear. The clarity is unbelievable. But if you measure brutality by the amount of gain it's not an extreme amount of gain it's just enough gain with a super hard boost.The stealth has way more gain with no boost for sure. The tube channel on the Archetype is absolutely incredible as well and it gets closer to the stealth in the amount of gain , but it's really really noisy. The Archetype really shines for shredders who have advanced picking skills, guys that flawlessly execute Paul Gilbert/ Rusty Cooley/ Nuno Bettencourt licks will love the V2 Archetype. So will guys that play super extreme technical rhythm guitar. The amp is really dry and incredibly clear it will showcase every flaw in your playing. I found that you really do need to have the matching Archetype 4 ohm cabinet with the Celestion 100 watt G12H speakers to get the most out of that amp though. The amp is designed to operate at 4 ohms because of the way the power ramp reacts with the speaker and cabinet at the 4 ohm load. You will not get the tightness and clarity of sound that the amp was designed to produce running at 8 ohm cabinet. It will sound more like the normal Randall V2... Which is still really great but just not as good as the Archetype. And let's be clear the V2 puts out 400 Watts at 4 ohms it will blow speakers like no other if you hook it up to a cabinet that's not rated for that power.
Thanks for commenting. yeah it's becoming quite the trend lately. I hate seeing successful channels, especially ones that had a lot of things handed to them, complain about how rough their life is. what a bunch of cry babies right?
I have both astro and 50S and I prefer the 50S by a wide margin. It has more gain if needed and all clean channel has a separate EQs that I can dial in. The Astro 20's doesn't use the treble, middle, bass knobs on the clean channel. Instead it has a 'tone' knob and a bright switch. I don't like it because I cant fine tune the mids.
I commented in the live stream and heard that your were to receive the engl inferno marty friedman sig. soon. Would there be a chance for you to make tonex di captures for it? Loved the stream yesterday!
Don't feel bad my man, I've been noodling around for about 20 years but never have had the time or the want to sit down and learn any sort of theory at all. Not everyone has the time it takes to learn all that, for me I'm sure it's held me back alot in advancing,that's why I'm just a lowly rhythm player lol. But I still love to play whether I know how to correctly or not
Thanks for commenting. Honestly, I think that theory and the "rules" associated with it would hold me back a bit. I love being creative and trying things without worrying about the rules
Thanks so much for asking. I've actually thought about creating another section of my studio for shooting in as well. I'm gonna have to get pretty creative with it but I'll see what I can do. It's not something that will happen really soon but maybe in the near future
That was a lot crammed into 32 minutes. Anyone can try to be a content creator on RU-vid but fewer and fewer are actually worth watching. Other guitar programs seem to take my holy grail amps and make them sound like dog shit...while you take amps I was sure I wouldn't like, and you make them scream. I also like your approach in dealing with commenters...not that I ever see anything negative in the peanut gallery. BTW I know who you're referring to with the whiny creators talk!!! HAHA!!!!
im suprised jeff keisel hasnt sent a guitar to machine gun kelly! he sends guitars to every flavor of the month guitar player! or so called guitar player!