jimlillmusic.com/cabs to get the IRs of these cabs. *No other comments in this section are from me.* Sometimes bots will impersonate a RU-vid creator and try to scam people by saying you won a prize, stay smart and call them out so other people know it's a bot.
@@Great-Documentaries That's not what he proved. You missed the point man. Play whatever you want because it's what YOU like and sounds how YOU want it to.
what are the chances of you getting the amp back you tested in this video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IC96P3icayc.html to make an ir
@@Broganshire They kinda do, albeit not as drastically as speakers. Try playing through the same cab with different amps, even at similar distortion levels and volumes it should sound audibly different - unless you painstakingly equalized them like Jim Lill did in his previous video.
This is A+ content, not cheap, not copied, not pretentious, no gimmicks, and no bs. Just a spirited man on a mission to get as close to the truth as possible, all while being firmly committed to pure objectivity. Dude, you’re ripping up the rule book in the most chill and humble manner, super stoked about this channel and I can’t wait to see what else you have to show us
Jim, I hope like hell you land your dream gig and get to do it for 20 years, and I hope it leaves you enough time to do all the other passion projects you want to do, and I mean that. But from a completely selfish standpoint, you make the best music content on RU-vid and I hope you never stop.
This is what happens when a channel isn’t “sponsored” by a company. Everything you say and show feel genuine and honest. I don’t even use a modeller that much but I’m buying this just to support this channel. Go on forth, Jim.
jim, you are one of my favorite youtubers on the platform. the amount of work you put in while humbly still referring to yourself as "just a performer" is admirable. keep pissing off the cranky old heads!
Real tube amps through real cabs, played loud enough to make everything move is wonderful. Plenty of us don't have a space in which to do that... Digital modelers are great, IRs are great, and open up whole worlds of opportunity that a lot of guitar players would never otherwise have. Capturing specific unique IRs like this is amazing! Such a great thing to put out there. Keep up all the great work you've been doing!
Well said! Im totally pro-modern tech, no arguments, i have my eye on a Kemper sometime next year BUT there's still nothing like a high quality low powered tube amp being pegged into some quality low powered Alnico speakers. I think as well real amps are still king for small venue players who aren't likely to have access to a quality PA to plug their modern tech into. I haven't heard a modeling amp actually mic'ed up on a cab yet, they DO sound great recorded directly but can they move that air like a real amp?
I actually am gonna book a 1 hr session with a guy who runs a punk studio out here cuz I want to capture his custom cabs. It's super easy to make IRs that it's stupid to not learn how to make one. Given the fact that each cab sounds different, even within the same cab model line, the best way to get the tone you want to copy is to find their IR.
You and Spectre have helped rewire how I think about guitar tone. I have honestly saved money I didn't have to finally help me with getting "my tone." I appreciate what you've done and you telling of history has been great. I didn't like country music but you've come along and helped me respect it to the point that I have started messing with that twang instead of just chugging along. Keep up the good work, my dude.
maybe you will read this, maybe not... just wanted to say thank you for your incredibly hard work and sharing your thoughts/findings here on your channel. Your love for music shows and is much appreciated. I am a studio owner and audio engineer in LA and you have answered questions I have had for many years. Thanks for your curiosity and dedication to follow through with everything it took to share this with the world. Much respect and im looking forward to your future content.
Jim, from afar - I don’t know you personally, but I freaking love how insanely obsessed you are, and all the blessed myth busting you do. Selfishly, I hope you never stop, because I benefit directly from it. Thank you.
For about a decade I worked as a programmer / engineer at Electro Voice. One of the big apps I worked on was a utility to statistically assign a class / rating to speakers that would come off the assembly line. We would measure frequency and impedance response for every single speaker. Then ingest that data and create classification and pass / fail curves. It is amazing how much variation there is on the same speaker due to all sorts of factors: weather, new batch of glue, new batch of cone paper, new batch of magnets, new batch of voice coils, etc. A specific speaker rarely had an exact same response as the next one. And as manufacturing plants change over time, the "old pros" that wind a coil a certain way or assemble speakers a certain way change. Their knowledge might be lost when they retire. Or corporate decides to save money by moving plants. I totally believe there are 'special' batches or runs of speakers. But also, paper, glue, foam ages. Speakers change over time, and due to weather, humidity, temperature. The world of analog audio is crazy nuanced.
I guess this is one of those, "you need to be in the room" things. I cant hear any difference whatsoever thru my headphones. in any event, I love your content Bro!
Jim your videos are wild. I've never found anything so watchable, with stories so well-told, and the way your mind works on full display. You are single-handedly blowing all of the guitar world's bullshit completely out of the water and I am here for it!
Apart from showcasing proper skills and extensive knowledge on guitars, cabs, amps and playing... These vids are stupidly well made, the cutting especially. Mad.
50% of the players watching this are going to overlook what you're saying, but you're 100% right. The speaker cabinets matter as much as the amp. Impulse responses are usefeul. They don't capture anything more than a static image though, and are not a replacement for a full rig. They get you close! There are specific tones that show off the differences, and others that hide them.
Jim, I love your no-nonsense experiments to just see what the actual differences are. No opinions. Just careful experimentation and showing the results. One of the best musician channels on YOu Tube.
I'm totally in. JT and Tom don't use IRs, but I've found that a plug-and-play rig that's 90%-95% the sound of the expensive boxes in my basement, is enough to go to the gig. I'm not a touring guitarist and don't have a dedicated crew. So, every sound guy to me is a new face and none can get the sound out of a mic on stage into a mixer and out of the FOH the way it sounds right when I mic it up at home. As for recording, use your amps but keep the Kemper loaded up for when the same situation presents itself when you're paying by the hour.
Tom’s a great guy. To pay rent a few years back I had to sell my old Gibson acoustic I came to town with; he was the first one to respond to my Craigslist ad and gave me fair money for it. Really helped me out.
At this rate I have no doubt there will be Jim Lil guitars and amps in the future with the tagline “however you think it sounds, is how it sounds” thanks for all your research and presentations
Jim, thanks for making these! If anyone thinks that this is sacrilege, please just hear me out: it’s a way to preserve history. Those old cabs will eventually rot and break. The soft parts on those drivers will rot and disintegrate. Contacts will rust and oxidize. Capacitors will leak. IRs aren’t perfect. Capturing them is as much art as science. So many variables, but it’s something, and I’d argue that it’s a damn good and useable something that represents a large swath of music and will stay exactly the same for a long long time. I think that’s worth doing.
These are by far the most interesting and insightful videos ever made. Not that I’ve seen every video ever made, but they are very good. Useful and informative.
The difference is subtle but none better than the other. I think the benefits of IRs is exactly what you said. Having the convenience and the tones that you want at your fingertips - and especially since you DO gig a lot, it makes way more sense to just have IRs of your favorite cabs that you can stomp into rather than Joe Bonamassa and bring 30 different amps for one show to get those tones. Amazing video as ever
In a way, he reminds me of a more laid back version of someone like Troy Grady. Instead of being focused on demystifying guitar technique, he's more focused on demystifying guitar tone.
cool video...i once had a job at ardent in memphis. i met a tech from allmann bros. and we became friends.his basement close to nashville was loaded with broken or unused allmann bros gear.he would give me things all the time.i have a fender bantam bass amp and a leslie and several other odds and ends that mean the world to me...great find you have there
Well done sir! Love Tom, what a player, glad to know someone who appreciates gear got that gem. Im not a totally snob, but mostly, and Ill be damned, if half those IRs werent nearly indistinguishable. Some you could really notice, but some my jaw dropped.
Great video. The amount of effort you put into chasing tone and the science behind it is mind blowing. As someone who prefers the sound of Amps over modeling I found this video extremely educational. Subbed 👍
man, these videos are absolutely turning the world of electric guitar inside out. Your practical knowledge and ability to go out and conduct these extremely basic tests is inspiring. You've uncovered the truth behind decades of guitar tone myths and the production value in these videos is top notch. I'm excited to see more!
I got a Torpedo CaptorX and started going through cab ir's a couple years ago and I think the DNYR's on it are amazing. They are great for recording, I might even go live with them, although I think I would feel naked without a cab behind me.
just finding your stuff cat. best rig I ever heard was when I was on the road in 00 ..Justin Weavers Bassman rig... he found this 63 Bassman head with a deep 2-12 bottom w V30s. Had vox cloth on it . Ran a franken-Esquire into it with nothing but a old Dyna comp for some push. good gracious it was heavenly.
Second video of yours I have watched this morning. Just great content. I live in Brentwood as well and should start hitting up Craigslist more. Good on you for your CL finds.
I will never sell my 1999 Bogner open-back 2X12 with Celestion V30's. This will be willed to my kids in a way they will be stuck with them until they die!!! 😝 Very clever and well produced video. You got me at the end there...very generous offer.
I just realized I had four 1982 white label 65 W Celestions in a Marshall 4x12 cabinet... which was white too... sounded great with the 50 watt jcm800 head it came with it wished I would have experimented with other amplifiers... only tried a Vox ac30 thru it .... Fenders were all 4ohm outs... I've finally settled on a half open divided by 13 with Celestion G12H 12" I run my little Vox amps thru AC4TV AC10 CI AC15 CI for twin twelve vibe Love your channel Look forward to more content!
The variation in chemistry between amps and cabinets is amazing. Sometimes you hit on something by chance that sounds great and is tailored in tone and dynamics to your own personal preference. Way back 44 yrs ago my uncle loaned me a rig he wasn't using; a 65 Showman head that had been jumper channel moded paired w an 8x10 Marshall hot dog cab. That thing was a LETHAL tone factory.
It's wonderful that you share this with the world. Both the original cabs via these videos for their historic value, and via IR to the rest of us for whatever value we get out of them.
Dude! Thats crazy Tom sold that cab. But I'm glad you got it, just for this video if nothing else. But you are one lucky dude. Thats crazy. I gotta start scouring Craigslist again. Forrest
Hey from Belmont University Nashville! Liked and Subscribed. Well done, Jim! Trying to remember when(/if?) you were in my Physics for AET class...? The current students will love your videos.
I gotta say, I just LOVE your vids! There's something about the way you speak that makes me smile. When you said " Alright! I guess I'm making some IRs!" That's what I'm talking about. It's almost funny. Your vids are so well written and mixed too! Keep up the great work!
This is such a good video, top to bottom. Let alone your playing skill or your work ethic, just from a video production standpoint this is off the chain. Great job Jim.
Thanks for making the IRs. Even if it's not the real thing it's as close as possible to the real thing that I'll ever be able to get. Much appreciated. Your channel is excellent.
IRs are awesome. Just so convenient and repeatable. Love it for recording at home. Or recording in general. No fear of bumping the mic halfway through recording a song.
I've played campfire chords through a pre-lawsuit Takamine for 50 yrs. In all that time I have never given any phuxatall about what makes electric sounds happen. Your journey has inspired me to 1) buy an electric w/ trim 2) keep learning and never stop. Thanks... I have no idea WTactualF I will ever do with your pack, but I'm gonna own it if it only helps keep you doing this. Merry Christmas from Sturgis SD.
Super cool Jim. That’s actually one awesome story to tell. 10 years ago, all my heroes in the world and every piece of gear they had and I would never have been able to do anything like this with out the creation of the IR. You are making history my friend. That simple
