Sound Like Smashing Pumpkins | Without Busting The Bank 

For sure. They mention he's not shred when they weren't shredding.

Haha I found that funny because they play I am one and that clearly has some sick shredding licks

Came here to say that as well... Dude's fingers move like lightning when he wants them to

I ran to the comments as soon as i heard that

Yeah, his early stuff on Gish was freaking insane

I was just thinking that. Good call. There's definitely bits of shred sprinkled everywhere in his music

His 1st band was the Marked.

Of any era for that matter, definitely a top 100 guitarist.

Caiden Walters i’ve been saying that my entire 13 years on this planet

Soma

@@KeeperOfPoops do you come on here once a year or something to comment that? Does Soma have a solo on it or something? XD

Yeah, even his stuff on _Gish_ is freaking interesting. When I first heard I Am One I was absolutely blown away

Or just search a video called Billy Corgan Guitar Solo 1985. There 18 year old Billy shreds so hard

Geek USA is a good one

Mine too!

Sound like Weezer?

CHAPPERS!

I'll be seeing them in 5 days in Oklahoma City! Feel like a kid at Christmas!!

mpactdesignmedia saw them In Dallas on the 18th of July it was badass.

Soma

William Allison Exactly!

viktor knezevic yes some of his solos are pretty fast.

not to mention Geek USA and Quiet. the solos Billy does in those songs are insane.

His pre pumpkins band when he was still basically just a kid, he was completely a shredder. He might have toned it down throughout the years, but he's still got chops.

Right!!!

it would also help to load your strat with lace sensor single coil config humbuckers

this is like dollar store discount rob and lee

Without busting the bank, the video says

Love how much you know. I've always been a casual Pumpkins listener, and remember when my friends got into melancholy back in the day. Being a metal guy that's also a recent strat convert, and kinda wanting to stick to single coils, I find myself taking more of an interest these days. Particularly, Zero is often stuck in my head. I know their crunch sound is fuzz based, and it sounds pretty awesome imo. What I'm really curious about atm tho, is what in the living hell James Iha is doing with that solo in Zero. I just figured he was doing some whammy/pitch shifting, a la Tom Morello. From watching a couple live videos though, it looks like he's using a sharpie or some kind of pen as a slide. His strumming technique makes me wonder if he uses it as a strumming implement as well. Perhaps you could shed some light here?

Any info on what he's using for the stratospheric bends in the cherub rock solo?

@@W0oDy97 not completely sure but from what I remembered it was naturally flanged by slowing down the tape by hand for the whooshing sounds while he bends. I'm pretty sure there might be the microsynth in there as well.

@@Breaker197 live, it might be the whammy setting on the Digitech rack unit set to two octaves up and he just screws around with it or maybe plays some scales. James was using that setting on other songs.

@@Guacavelli billy used the elctro harmonix electric mistress for the Leslie effected on fish and a little on Siamese he also used a orange on some track on melon collie

Great shout mate

Robindra Neogi Yeah, but they probably wanna sell some of the reverend's.

Yeah, sounds about right to me, but I am a little unsure about the latest MXRs. If you can find one of those old early 80's MXR Dst+, try it with a Muff. Pretty sure he used the old ones. I'm going to try a Red Witch distortion into a Muff Pi.

Big Muff Pi + MXR Distortion + MXR Phase 90 (Speed all the way down) + Boss Harmonizer + Boss DD-7 (Reverse setting). Boom. Basic Siamese Dream rig.

I agree it doesn't have to be the same exact gear, but disagree they got the sound right, it sounded too muddy to me and only focussed on one aspect of their sound rather than the dreamy spaced out bits that are just as important. I just don't think it was particularly informative, Corgan signature guitar and big muff are obvious choices that people could arrive at after a cursory google, would prefer these videos go into some detail of the key equipment a band used and how it contributed to the sound, in this case 70's strat with lace sensors, and then make a case for another guitar being able to get the similar sound, the reverend guitar is very different I think. With the pedals, big muff is a solid choice, but there are many cheap alternatives that are just as good, and then they could have incorporated a phaser and delay for the more quieter parts. Could have also discussed dual fuzz pedals like the devi ever rocket that give both a solid rhythm fuzz, and the super nasal lead tone, maybe touched on his Corgan's use of the EHX micro synth for lead tones, or even e-bows. I know they have a limited budget and are limited by the stock that is in the store, but think this was a missed opportunity as the Pumpkins really had some of the best and most varied guitar textures

Yeah that V4 muff is the key to the tone. It's so much more aggressive.

I saw them live in 97 and it was one of my favorite shows ever..

Easily my favorite alternative band of the 90's I was wondering what your fave was, now I can rest easy.

@@powerboon2k thanks for the weird douchey comment no one asked for as well.

His 1985 hexen tapes really prove them wrong

Hank Hill Only in the fall

Hank Hill 😂😂

Got dangit

But.... the're not trying to sell strats ;)

He’s also fully converted to using line 6, which would have been cheaper.

Yes ... they don't make it anymore, but he had a sig Strat with DiMarzio hot-rail-style pickups.

Also didn’t use the op amp big muff billy designed

@@tylerzane7579 I don't think he designed it it was just reissued with his endorsement

He is Rabea

Yeah super proud of Rabea

bates that's a bottomless rabbit hole

bates I still have trouble understanding the 1000 tunings they use

Rene Perez happens we have a nice feeling in this world and I think it’s going well to get a bit out there for a while but we will have a nice weekend and then I’ll get to you as soon bruh bruh was the one that you yyhhhhhhhhhhhbb

Yessyesssss

Please

Jazzmaster and a shit ton of chorus on it, oh and reverb. Lots of reverb usually. Robert Smith's tone is simple but, DEFINELTY, his own unique tone.

Wasn't blown away. Was expecting a Strat, JMP-1, Big Muff and Phase 90.

Mark Artyniuk My bad!!

Well, you are welcome then... :-)

Good luck getting all those weird tunings

Yessss

Cherub rock also

I've never heard such bad covers... You can tell these guys aren't fans of the band. Billy ISNT a shred guy?

@@andeh37 fr

It sounds sooooooooooo bad wow. You have to be a fan to play something right they obviously don't get it

A vintage strat, for under 1500 including amp and pedals? lol sure. So what they're not fans, they recreate sounds based on requests and popular bands. By that logic they have to be fans of about 50 bands by now...

Radiohead is coming soon and hopefully next week or the weeks after

Yes, Rebea said in his about doing the 'sound like' videos on his own channel that they're doing it, I'm really excited. Radiohead best band ever

Yes on the Jack please

I really want Radiohead. However, I see very little in it unless they DO bust the bank as if they want to make it relevant to the changes across the years there's surely got to be a lot of cool and varied nice stuff to pull it off convincingly...

Hell yes to Death From Above, best lead bass tone

which guitarist? Ritchie or Steve

Ritchie Blackmore era even though i like Steve Morse but they could do Both Deep Purple and Rainbow if they do Ritchie

William Allison agreed.

There is only one guitarist in Deep Purple. The day he left, it wasn't Deep Purple anymore.

Sounds like Ritchie Blackmore would probably be better.

Dinosaur JR! it's all about the fuzz and the marshall and the J Mascis signature squier of course!

I know! But I'd just love to see the amount of Fuzz-pedals they'd gather for it!

Yes pls for Pete Townshend! :)

The Marshall? Like... one? I think you mean THE WALL of Marshalls! ;)

Word... Quiet has always been in my top 3 Pumpkins songs.

Quiet is one of their best songs

In what world is Quiet a deep cut? it's the second song on their most famous album...

Can I -1 for not adding the bend in the 1979 riff?

it's all about the fuzz, and the Marshalls and the J Mascis Squier which thy can get

Jammie! Ween - Mustang into an Electro Harmonix Polychorus and then into a Tascam 4-Track direct.. That’s Pure Guava.

Phil Griffiths reissue doesn’t sound the same

The Altruistic Antihero JHS Pedals did a shoot out of all the reissues on their RU-vid Channel. To my ear, they’re all nearly identical...especially the op amp version.

@@france.the_bastard Yes it does, I've owned both and the sound is indistinguishable.

DSL is hurt by what you said there...

this time they should get Dave's Signature Fender Stratocaster and hopefully a Steve Harris bass rig

yes!!

Just buy the shoup

Try finding Ampeg V4s anywhere

they have to do Eyes Of A Stranger

I will never stop begging them to make Queensrÿche until they do them. Chris DeGarmo, Michael Wilton and Eddie Jackson are masters of the tone!

'Revolution Calling' would be a great song for Bea to get his teath into.

I would love to see one on Propagandhi. The sound on How to Clean Everything is MASSIVE, even though it's really straightforward. haha, I guess the answer would just be to use a Marshall amp.

Lukey Pooky not a Mesa Dual Rec?

they play it wrong though, it should be 2 chords not 1 in the intro

Noted...

Connor Balderaz Yes Billy did

yupp they did, but billy didnt like how the lace sounds for a clean tone because it loose a bit of articulation..

Connor Balderaz billy used to... but he later used signature DiMarzio single cool sized humbuckers.. now he uses the reverend, which he prefers.

Connor Balderaz yes but only in his strats

i know Thurston Moore has a signature Jazzmaster which they no longer make so a Jazzmaster is a shout straight away

but you can always get a Mustang or some regular Jazzmaster (cuz "they`ve played jazz" mostly, haha) and blast it with the screwdriver or drumstick! i`m curious to watch guys playing sonic-tunes)))

1.Get any guitar 2.distortion pedal 3.set guitar on fire

that seems to be Hendrix-ish))

Yaroslav Ra Hendrix just destroyed a guitar he didn't explore the tonal capability of an enflamed jazzmaster

a lesbo custom

Dokken! if Rabea can nail the In my Dreams solo i will totally watch it