What's up guys, here's a little update video I had fun making, feating rainy Seattle. I also got a 1974 Fender Mustang body to refinish as well as some other stuff. I hope you're all having an awesome weekend! ✌🏻
You very quickly became my favorite youtuber, bar none. These videos are actual art I'm still waiting to see you blow up. It's a crime that you haven't yet. Absolutely keep it up (those cinematics are making me consider moving to Seattle later as well lol)
As someone who does videography and also tries to learn play instrument, your video is so captivating and done so well. Footage is so well graded and crisp and the music you play is amazing. Keep it up
Hey dude if you plan on learning guitar, I really really recommend buying an epiphone Les Paul Special. It’s cheap, but it sounds great for it’s worth and will be your best friend in your learning journey :)
Hi Aaron, I love seeing what you did with your mustang! I happen to have 4 Celestion G12T-75’s in case you are looking for them still. Best of luck with achieving Kurt’s tone!!
Those beautiful visuals and scenes of Seattle really set the vibe and all that echo/delay ish vocal effects in the background sounded so cool! I cannot overstate the fact how your videos are actually amazing quality and production wise, i really enjoyed you talking about the butterfly effect too, really does makes me think if what could have happened if you never started making content for us. My favourite part was that film recording, i really prefer film over digital so that was very cool, you should start using film more in your videos it looks awesome although a bit expensive. That mustang looks awesome in the competition yellow finish, The neck hotrail surprisingly sounds pretty much the same as a bridge one, i think it's just a matter of the pickup being closer to the bridge. I also watched your unlisted video of the comparison between your mustangs, even though the red compstang sounds very mids scooped it actually sounded amazing. That old mustang body really resonates different to the squier, it could be due to age of the body too but i don't want to make more assumptions because alot of people dont believe in that stuff. Hopefully you get your 80s celestions, i found it funny how that seller mentioned "his speakers got stolen", I never really knew that so much of nevermind had been recorded with the mustang, I thought Kurt had a black fender strat with him with a angled bridge pickup which probably was a 59. He used that strat live and also there's picture of that strat in the nevermind sessions with its neck broken on the mixing board. But teen spirit sounded exactly the same with the mustang so now I'm even more confused, great. Also one more thing i would like to address is that you make one of the most highest quality videos in RU-vid, they are phenomenal i really love them, you're probably in my favourite list of RU-vidrs right now, keep making great content man!
Dude your guitar tone was impeccable!! You had the plucking pattern down to the T!! And the video and editing quality was nothing short of amazing. I am also from Houston and I plan on visiting Seattle one day as a pilgrimage of sorts, I feel like it’s going to be a really spiritual experience
Dude everything about your production is 100% you're the man Edit: after watching dude your videos are worth the wait anyways but just know everything will fall into place for you.
Wow that randall has one unique tone at the start! Interesting that Smells like Teen Spirit is a mustang! Always thought he recored it with a strat! Your answering questions I have had for years lol
Dude Fenders gotta be my favorite brand of all time. Like I could nerd out for hours about all the stuff id put on a custom shop xD But for now I have to focus on getting my Jagstang repaired and modified hehe ^^'
I am so happy I found your channel! I am a huge Nirvana fan and I am really into what went into making their records as far as gear and tone etc.... the Nevermind sound was so distinct........same with In Utero. Thanks again Aaron! Keep discovering!
Love these videos man! Incredible! I have mustang fever too…. I have a 1975 mocha brown, over the winter - I restored a 1975 sunburst , and a 1965 daphne blue (insanely cool)…. Along with a 1964 pre CBS musicmaster (totally awesome)! So I hear you!!! I think I tried to buy that 1974 body you just showed too but you beat me to it!! I want a 1974 (birth year) guitar sooooo bad!!! Lol
Very awesome. You should upload the first part of this video on its own. I think it'd appeal to tons of people who don't even know about guitar or Nirvana, and I think people would be more inclined to share it like that vs a 10+ minute guitar specific video.
This is the best video about a guitar I've ever watched. I love rob scallon and music is win as much as the next guy, but you are the best guitar RU-vidr in my eyes.
I clicked on this video, not knowing what to expect at all and I still don't know what's going on halfway through it it but I'm in love with your insane video production.
Great Videos! it is so awesome how you create the Nirvana tone. I am jealous of that Quad Reverb it was also used by Albert Collins and Freddie King with a killer sound. I also have experimented with my Vibrolux for different sound signatures but it is already so loud when I push it I can't can believe I could use the Quad even with a master knob. Thanks
i have no idea what this channel is about.I started watching and thought its a short film / documentary and was so captivated by the film making. AND THIS.... IT TURNED OUT TO JUST BE A "VLOG"/"update video" WOW JUST WOW. I will surely stick around
Cool video and cool how one little (sometimes a minor) decision in life can lead into major changes in one's path or lead to a sequence of major changes that can affect your life. Butterflies Changes rock for sure. Phil NYC-Jersey Shore Area
What a stunning and beautifully crafted Intro! I was instantly sucked in for the first 1min30 and this is the very first time i stumbled upon your Channel. Did you record and edit all the footage yourself? If yes, what camera did you use? Ill stick around :)
im no nirvana guy, and im loyal to nashville but your videos have te most distinct and srtistic style. you are no ordinary guitar youtuber and i love it
My buddy built a motorcycle resembling a Dyna due to the frame. He built it with S&S engine and parts. He painted the tins himself with wal-mart rattle can paint and that bike looks awesome and runs great. The whole deal cost him about 8 grand.
Wtf is this video. HOLY SHIT. The quality is off the chain and the sequence at the start hit home way too hard. Instant subscribe. Watching more every shot is so cinematic. Shots that have no right being so dramatic. You are an artiste
@@mattymatt7877 do I know you from somewhere? lol sorry for the late response I was just looking back at old Aaron Rash videos and saw this and it freaked me out
I think Seattle and the Pacific Northwest is incredibly beautiful. I love cold, rainy, foggy days…. Perfect. Imagine living in Austin, TX in 1999. It’s a blistering 112 degrees (I kid you not) when you board a plane for Seattle. Leaving the airport it is barely 70 degrees and def colder as the sun sets… my little slice of heaven. Anyway, to answer the question of why a vintage guitar sounds better than a new one a lot of things come into play. I’ve had vintage gear in my home for 46 years. My father is a musician who had a band signed to RCA in the 70s and I grew up in clubs and around a lot of music. We owned a vintage guitar store from 97-03 as well. There are some obvious reasons vintage guitars sound better and some less so. Well start with the obvious stuff. Since this channel pretty much does Fenders and they are generally my go to choice I’ll talk about them. Electronics- one thing that comes into play is the way things like pickups are made. Prior to 1965 Fender was owned by Leo Fender, who was a strange tinkerer and the company while being one of the major players was run in a mom and pop, everything done by skilled ppl by hand. Pickups were wound by hand thus many got overwound and had actual artist vibes going into their creation. This is why pre-CBS fenders cost more and are highly prized. My 1962 Jaguar sounds better than my 1968 did. The bound and block neck was definitely nicer than the dot 1962. The pickups were hotter and had more sustain as well. My friends 1960 Jazzmaster sounds a bit better than his late 60s one does. It’s pretty negligible but it’s there when you really pay attention. The wiring and tone/volume circuits on Jaguars, Mustangs and Jazzmasters are all pretty oddball as far as the vanilla guitarists are concerned but they are a big part of how a guitar sounds. Vintage wire, pots, caps, resistors and they actual way the various pickups are wired changes the sound a great deal. Cloth wire vs plastic sounds better. Vintage caps in a tone circuit makes a more rich or dark tone than new cheaply made stuff. The other thing I’ve found that really makes a vintage Fender offset guitar sound better is the type of metal used in the tremolo plates and bridges. Solid heavy steel sounds better where as the non fender stamped squire trem plates using lighter weight stuff doesn’t sustain as well. It also sounds thinner-tinnier. Good bridges/trems like vintage Mustang, Mastery or Staytrem not only work better than the weird notched saddles on Jags/JM but they use higher quality metal. It all adds up to more sustain. Think about the amount of chromed steel on a Jag or to a lesser degree a Mustang/JM- it all presses on the wood of the body. One more little thing is that most good vintage guitars had bone nuts on their necks which are more resonant than plastic. Back to the bodies and necks… The biggest factor in my opinion of what makes a vintage guitar sound better is the wood- hands down. Back in the 50s, 60s, 70s the process of drying and curing the wood used in guitar bodies and necks was a slower and more of a craft process. It took longer and made wood that was drier. That’s the key. Also, the wood was more likely to come from old growth forests not tree farms. The grain of the wood was nicer and the trees were old… that at the very least creates a different vibe than farm grown super heated kiln dried wood produced in vast quantities. Just go to Home Depot now. You can’t even buy a straight 2x4. It shows the total disregard for creating good base materials to manufacture wooden items but I digress. Vintage guitars sound better because the wood has aged- meaning it has had years and years for all the water molecules to evaporate out. Each water molecule took up space in the wood of the neck and body of the guitar. As the water evaporates every tiny place a water molecule used to occupy is now a tiny void in the piece of wood. That makes old wood more resonant, more mellow, a bit darker… it’s a similar effect to what a semi hollow body might do but on a microscopic level. It’s really cool. I am in the process of turning a 1962 duo sonic into a mustang because the guy who owned it before me did a terrible routing job to fit humbuckers in and it’s so ugly it’s not going to mess up the value at this point to route a bit more. When I did the initial routing I was amazed at how dry the wood was… it was diff than any new guitar body I’ve ever messed with. Anyway, there are more little thinks we could nitpick but the wood and the electronics plus the mojo of old school crafters just isn’t beatable in today high speed world. Sorry for the lecture but I’ve heard this talked about several times and figured I’d write the above. Hope it’s something someone can use.
Really like the finish. I saw on a video by nirvana guitars some information that the bridge actually has a bridge hot rail and they just put it in whatever box they could find
Awesome video! I’m currently in the process of building a 69’ competition burgundy Mustang. I recommend Dupli-Color Pacific Green Metallic for the color. It’s almost a perfect match!
