To the point you made later in the video, there's a video on Premier Guitar called "NOFX's Fat Mike on Why Les Pauls and Marshalls Suck for Punk." He talks about how they usually use single coil guitars and low gain amps in order to get clarity. Specifically, they use a Jazzmaster into a Silvertone amp. NOFX is my favorite punk band. I also love Bad Religion. And I love anything from Fat Wreck Chords. I guess some people call it "skater punk" or "SoCal punk." I love the melody and musicianship those bands brought to the genre.
Guil is absolutely right. Whatever you've got and what works. I play an old cranked AC 30 and sometimes use distortion but that's it. Punk is about attitude not money and tone.
I love that conclusion, it's so true! G has the "whatever" tone of a debut album and mine was more of a "now we actually have a producer" tone. 😆 Love that! //Kris
Best thing with this channel is that you guys play most style of music. I'm soooo tired of the same blues playing on most gear channels. I'm not into punk (more of a doom, prog, ambient player) but I love that you're doing this and it's interesting to see something different.
Thanks man! Yeah we definitely do enough blues in our other videos, haha! We try to make things a bit more interesting though, thanks for appreciating it buddy! //Kris
I hear ya, I like blues a lot but it gets tiring hearing the SRV tone or the Robin Ford tone and others like them in so many videos. There’s still a lot of cool tones out there to enjoy.
Definitely my favorite music style to listen, favorite as well to play. Funny how G was using the “Dookie” setup and Kris was using the latter setup used by Green Day! Awesome guys
Awesome episode. I play in Post-Hardcore/Post-Rock band but in spirit and attitude we are a punk band. My tone is a Rat (Walrus Audio Iron Horse) into a clean-ish amp (preferably Marshall JCM 800). I run delay and reverb before distortion and into the front of the amp. Guitars are an ESP LTD Phoenix with one bridge humbucker and a Fender Jazzmaster.
To me 1990s punk and punkrock was about getting drunk, fellin' good with the fellas, headbanging to simple distorted guitar music. We didn't know nothing about fancy equipment like things in this video. Becasue of the simple mindset, I find Guillaume's setup and approach is more authentic. A "whatever amp" with a distortion pedal and a humbucker guitar. That's what we needed that time! Kris' tone is more professional, better for the ears of today, but loses some of the simplicity and maybe primitive way of the '90-s feeling of punk. Nice vid, I grab my axe and play some punk, with power chords only! Keep up the good work guys!
Finally some love for punk rock, thank you. More punk rock episodes please. I love all types of punk rock from 70's to now. My home punk rock rig is a Marshall Origin 5 into a Peavey 112-6 Cabinet with a WGS Retro 30 speaker, a Boss Blues Driver and a B.Y.O.C. Silver Pony (Klone clone) both modded by Alchemy Audio.
You're absolutely welcome! This style really doesn't get a lot of youtube love because it's not flashy. You can't show all your *insert style licks and impressive solo skills when playing punk / punk rock. Too bad, it's such a cool attitude and spirit, it should be represented more. Cheers //Kris
@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses Yeah, I figured not enough views or likes for punk rock as to why there is not that many. In regards to solos and licks...Check out bands like Rational Anthem, Winona Fighter, RVIVR, Social Distortion, Strung Out, Lagwagon, Bayside, AFI, Big Wig, NOFX, Propagandhi, Donuts N Glory to name a few.
As a guitarist in a punk band, playing all over the country. I will say the move is to use 1 set of cabs for every band, bring your head, guitar, and pedals. Share drum shells, and bring your pedal, throne, snare, and cymbals. Play with Teenage Bottlerocket and Authority Zero in a few days. Playing festivals is kind of the same thing.
I have to go with kris, because it's near to mine 😁 my Set Up is: Orange Dual Terror, 2x12 V30, Vintage V130 & Vintage LP GT.... straight into the Amp...No Effects...a little Delay in Front and the Tiny Booster...80% is about the Finger 😁 or moore 🤘
Me personally i used whatever what was at my disposal. Right now i'm using a Fender Champion 100 and a Harley Benton HM-100/OD-100 and a Harley Benton HB-35 Plus... and i get a really killer tone that ranges from light blues crunch over fast overdriven Punkrock to Hi-Gain Death Metal Saw... So yeah Cheap gear gets you also a lot of tones... and well i also have a lot more pedals of course...xD
G has this. Going back to my days at CBGBs I think punk would be an oddball guitar like a Squier Cyclone or a Danelectro of some type. Marshall is a good choice, a cheap Fender is another, as long as it has reverb on board (crank it up high for some East Bay Ray tone). Pedals, either a DS-1, Turbo Rat (gives extra rattyness) or a Big Muff of some sort for the dirt, and a cheap but good at doing slap-back delay.
This is fun for me ... was in my late 20ties when this era began in Berlin i.e. old 👴 Still remember Kreuzberg festivities with ... noise ... an i loved that "music" with this "just being loud and pissed off" attidude ... 📢🔊🔊🔊 Curious about "your version"
Yeah and how authentically he got a 20w plexi with a Marshall 4x12. 😆 Like if that happens a lot in real life. I'm just kidding Rob, my buddy G really nailed the attitude and the mojo. Awesome job, hands down. //Kris
Für Liveshows ist der Orange Crush super Dankbar! Der ist platzsparend, nach dem Set schnell abgeschaltet und weggeräumt, nicht zu teuer falls mal etwas Bier daneben geht und trotzdem vom Sound her amtlich 👍 Nur ein SD1 oder Tubescreamer sollte davor sein, weil Palmmutes sonst etwas "wobbely" werden.
Punk ? bisschen steh ich immer noch drauf 😄 aber wenn dann fast nur noch Hosen. Hab jahrelang gehofft das sie's endlich mal schaffen aber die waren live immer grottenschlecht weil sie total zugedröhnt waren. Als ich dann wirklich nicht mehr dran geglaubt hab haben sie's doch noch geschafft 🥳 Genau wie mit den tonabnehmern von epiphone die waren immer für ihr dumpfes matschen bekannt und keiner wollte sie, heute rocken die dinger endlich richtig ab. Epiphone hat endlich die kurve bekommen.
M.V. Electronics' Shreadhead pedal could have been a better choice... you won't fall short of saturation without having too much teeth. You can go from lagwagon, nofx, whippersnapper to mainstreams like Blink 182 and Green Day without depending on the gain of the amp.
To sort stuff out: 1. To pick this topic You have to be FEARLESS. When I grow up, I want to be like You two. 2. Kris is guilty of having too pretty tone. He can't be punk. 3. Guillaume is quilty of having too pretty face. He most definitely can't be punk. Nice amps tho :D
Valvestates were great! The drive channel was terrible but the clean could be set to a really good platform for pedals - that’s what I did back in the 90’s 😂
Guill knocked it out of the park with his "kicking around tin can" sound, that is so oldschool rubbish Punk tone. Where Kris went for the more "modern" Offspring and onwards sound.
Who won ❓ Punk is the only way to let me inability ans incompetence shine 🐖 You guys are way to good to get there ... sorry Also ... were the heck was the 1PU Tele?
Peavey Bandit linked with whatever rusty old amp your grandpa left... And a guitar with humbucker in the bridge, so fugly and uninspiring you had to cover in stickers... That's the tone!
It my lifestyle, and its NOT a sound its a way of playing and rocking without ever caring about what others think or do, it comes through if you are punk, no matter what your music will sound punk!
@@jamesfurz7406 thank you. Shes amazing. She wears a leather jacket everyday, sports a pink mohawk, and rocks hard on guitar and songwriting.She has her own band with her brother and is in 2 other youth bands as well. Her band has 10 songs ready for us to record this summer. Punk will never die!
@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses thanks for the reply kris! Forgot to mention that she built a single cut kit (0 help from me) from you guys and painted it red with hamburger and fries and a McDonald's M on it lol.
An old rigged up git with the cheapest possible vsts on some old repro would be more punk spirited tho. I get its thomann and stuff but this is pop punkish replica not make it yourself and dirty.
Once you add melody and any real music theory, that’s where you’ll lose the punk esthetic. Punk was music for people that didn’t know how to make good music. They made anything sound alright. Me personally I like the germs, gg and the jabbers, black flags and a few other bands.
