Troy Van Leeuwen Watches Reverb QOTSA Potent Pairings 

Nate Marks it’s like he’s talking about an old friend he REALLY misses

@@EmptyDomoKanti99: I wonder who that could be [wink].

Love Shoe a lot but i misses the edge that Nick used to brought.

@@EmptyDomoKanti99 were troy and nick that close?

Tanveer Hasan not sure, just the impression i get

jakeybball.. In a while..

Dustin Balog it's been a while*

Gotta get back with lanagen next album

They got Autopilot so so close to the album.

My favorite queen's song, absolute beauty!

burger's too pink. Needs more 'well done'

He's a vegan, don't make him judge burgers lmao

@@tgeijer937 wow is he ?

Dude it'd be rad if we just got Troy to critique stuff hahahaha

@@tgeijer937 He seems way too happy to be a vegan

They are elite for sure

What's Dean, chopped liver?

@@Dwightpower88Dean is great but he doesn't do what Troy and Josh do

@@sideshowblobhe can though! Check dead weather out

​@@sideshowblobHi bud, what makes you think that way about Dean?? I would like tô know more

That's how you get the octave to make itself more audible when using an octave fuzz

QoTSA isn't high gain band - they just play loud, very loud.

Unknown Soldier AC/DC does the same thing, they really don’t have too much gain (just about as much as Chuck Berry would have) they just have a high volume which naturally distorts.

More mids. Then more mids.

I feel like when we listen to bands that have a unique distortion sound, we tend to believe theres more dist than there really is because it sounds so powerful, when really its more about how its played as well as volume

This is often the case when trying to match the tone of recordings. Hard for a riff to sound as big with the same amount of saturation/gain when it hasn't been compressed/eq'ed/layered to fit in the mix with other instruments supporting, such as bass and drums.

SOAD was full on Recto mud in the heavy parts.

​@@indisguiseFUCKYou should listen to the twin albums again if you think that

Up until steal this album, yeah, they were massive. But the twin albums have an almost clean (but loud) SG sound.

Max Van Westerop ? Could you please explain, i know its a dirty joke

The pedal is named Dirty Little Secret but I still don't get it.

Clearly Troy is not into Dirty Little Secret vibe.

QOTSA has a killer track called “Little Sister”... just a subliminal *plug* ;)

@@jonbarwick5946 This. And considering when you're a touring band, your discography becomes your life. So its no wonder get had a little slip-up like that.

Boy Aditya troy is the man!

John Frusciante lol

Kevin Parker would have a lot of pointers to give....

Josh Homme would be a great addition to this one.

J. P. Yes would be amazing. But ultimately he's quite well known for not wanting to disclose what equipment/techniques he uses to get his amazing tones. I have a guitar magazine from years ago where he let's his guard down and gives a few clues about his rig setup.

It would by awesome if they could do it with Johnny Maar. Jimmy page too, my favorite guitarist, altough I think it's hard to get his tone exactly because of all the studio tricks he used to get that sound. Such a genious.

@@_Julian__ Josh is too drunk to do interview

James Weathers what magazine is this that you speak of? What did you learn in the article?

Anthony Sclafani The trick Might be setting the amp close To breaking

QOTSA is all about midrange and lound amps

Yep. Also using the neck pickup- they compensate for the muddiness a neck pup gets by using tons of mids to bring back the definition in the tone. Overall the video did a great job getting close to the vibe & tone of the original but when you really analyze it side by side there's often too much gain & treble

Anthony Sclafani they havnet used neck pickup for studio since s/t, you can see they use bridge live

I agree, lot of guitar players try to get that heavy sound with fuzz. Same thing happens when people try to get the ZZ Top sound.

Yes!!! Just what I was thinking. LRGD absolutely gets closer than anyone I've ever heard. It's really tough to nail that perfect tone. I've been searching for about 15 years and in that time I've discovered one of the biggest things you can do to get it is in playing technique. I think that's what LRGD has more of than this reverb guy. The nuances of Josh's and/or Troy's playing.

Nonagon brother

Your comment captures my feelings exactly.

Troy isn't nearly as secretive about his tone as Josh is.

I second TheBat149, a tone tutorial would be great

slacker, agreed. You're my reference for some qotsa sounds sometimes. :D

Do a tone video, bro. You've been my QOTSA go to since your Avon video back in the day.

Hey man your TEHL cover really helped me out today at learning the solos. Thanks.

Respect! Your versions kick ass

Carlo Von Sexron dud again- who are you? And why do i wanna be your best friend?

They're a master volume, thickness of 3 guitars band....I mean the heaviness of the bass is what seals it. Mexicola sounds so big because the bass acts as a bass and a 3rd guitar.

Homme's sound centers around those old Ampeg SVT amps that just don't ever distort. On top of that, he uses medium/low/vintage powered pickups. While his old rig had those DiMazrio's in an Ovation Ultra (LP style guitar), most of his newer stuff is semi hollow or full hollow. That's going to lend itself to an "airier" sound. He has some pretty gnarly pedals (that PDF is on his board, along with an Ultimate Octave/Foxx Tone Machine), but his sound is much cleaner than most expect.

Carlo Von Sexron it's common because they're legit masters of building a soundscape that is "heavy" overall

For the most part though, the Queens sound is a combination of Josh's pedals driving a high headroom amp (that's what those Ampegs were famous for) with Troy's AC30 tone. Dean also uses some pretty clean amps (Twin Reverb and a Magnatone). They use all sorts of crazy stuff in the studio to get their unique sounds for albums, but they're live rigs are a lot simpler than people give them credit for.

alphajames33 WW III

Fuck josh

@@joaquimroxo8555 fuck you