
English: 
Hi Internet! Hello all the young people,
and people who identify as young people
...or feel like a young person, even
though you're not, kinda like me.
A middle aged, fresh, fat man in his prime.
Welcome to this, hopefully, full hour
that we will both enjoy and
not enjoy, as in you have to
learn stuff and that I'll talk too much
...but it'll be awesome too
because music is fun!
And what can be more fun
than playing some hard rock guitar!
My topic for tonight is
metal guitars and distortion
because distortion is
something that everyone use
...and no one knows how it works.
Well, there's a handful out there
that know how it works but
now it'll be available for everyone
...because I know too.

Swedish: 
Hi Internet! Hello all the young people,
and people who identify as young people
...or feel like a young person, even
though you're not, kinda like me.
A middle aged, fresh, fat man in his prime.
Welcome to this, hopefully, full hour
that we will both enjoy and
not enjoy, as in you have to
learn stuff and that I'll talk too much
...but it'll be awesome too
because music is fun!
And what can be more fun
than playing some hard rock guitar!
My topic for tonight is
metal guitars and distortion
because distortion is
something that everyone use
...and no one knows how it works.
Well, there's a handful out there
that know how it works but
now it'll be available for everyone
...because I know too.

English: 
Without going into too much detail about
"this works and that's a
cool thing", but my idea....
We have to learn from the history.
Everyone should do that,
especially in these times, so
I'm lets talk about the history
which might be the
boring part of the program
BUT
It'll be extremely fun! I promise!
Seriously, do you understand
how much fun this'll be?
At my service, here's Petter
The best Petter in the
world. Today, he's actually
...THE most awesome Petter
in the world. No one is better!
Thanks
Uh, what do you say...?
Never mind, it's awesome!
So if we start with the
actual guitar sound and such
..then there wasn't really that much.
You had an acoustic guitar and
you wanted it to sound a bit louder

Swedish: 
Without going into too much detail about
"this works and that's a
cool thing", but my idea....
We have to learn from the history.
Everyone should do that,
especially in these times, so
I'm lets talk about the history
which might be the
boring part of the program
BUT
It'll be extremely fun! I promise!
Seriously, do you understand
how much fun this'll be?
At my service, here's Petter
The best Petter in the
world. Today, he's actually
...THE most awesome Petter
in the world. No one is better!
Thanks
Uh, what do you say...?
Never mind, it's awesome!
So if we start with the
actual guitar sound and such
..then there wasn't really that much.
You had an acoustic guitar and
you wanted it to sound a bit louder

Swedish: 
...and then Fender
made the first hard body.
About 1950 -ish and around
that time they did build a...
...a really cool amp
The Fender Bassman
I'm not sure if the first model
was 100 or only 50 watts
You should Google that!
Actually...
everyone should Google everything
all the time while watching
to see pictures of the gear while
I'm talking about it. More fun!
Fender Bassman!
"bass instrument" - "normal"
that's awesome!
The idea of using one amp for
both bass and guitar because...
Everyone can buy the same amp
and maybe get a discount?
- I'll buy seven!
- Special price for you, Kenneth!
How does it sound?
...and why?
Play something Petter,
just something carefully
I'll try to be careful?
There is a note!
That is the foundation of all metal!
There you have it!
..now we know.
Well done!
Should I maybe play some more?

English: 
...and then Fender
made the first hard body.
About 1950 -ish and around
that time they did build a...
...a really cool amp
The Fender Bassman
I'm not sure if the first model
was 100 or only 50 watts
You should Google that!
Actually...
everyone should Google everything
all the time while watching
to see pictures of the gear while
I'm talking about it. More fun!
Fender Bassman!
"bass instrument" - "normal"
that's awesome!
The idea of using one amp for
both bass and guitar because...
Everyone can buy the same amp
and maybe get a discount?
- I'll buy seven!
- Special price for you, Kenneth!
How does it sound?
...and why?
Play something Petter,
just something carefully
I'll try to be careful?
There is a note!
That is the foundation of all metal!
There you have it!
..now we know.
Well done!
Should I maybe play some more?

Swedish: 
Sure yeah! Play some...
I'll have to tell you the signal chain
The amplifier goes into a Boss load box
...and that will prevent us from
blast through all the
volume at the same time
This fella has a volume of it's own, but...
...the amp is playing at full volume,
while we stay in the same room
...alive.
Because these bad boys are
really loud normally.
This is pretty loud,
but we have it pretty low
...unless our sound engineer messed
everything up, but I don't think so
Play some more
*awesome farty noises from the past*

English: 
Sure yeah! Play some...
I'll have to tell you the signal chain
The amplifier goes into a Boss load box
...and that will prevent us from
blast through all the
volume at the same time
This fella has a volume of it's own, but...
...the amp is playing at full volume,
while we stay in the same room
...alive.
Because these bad boys are
really loud normally.
This is pretty loud,
but we have it pretty low
...unless our sound engineer messed
everything up, but I don't think so
Play some more
*awesome farty noises from the past*

Swedish: 
Is there a single coil option on that guitar?
Nope, it's humbucker's only today.
100% humbucker today
Also a lot of the bridge pickup
(stable pickup in Swedish)
...said the horse... sorry.
These old geezers, to make
them sound full and breathe
you'd have to crank them suckers...
...and that is of course crazy
loud, but we have this thing
So I'll crank the sucker
and we'll see what happens
- I'll play some
- Yeah, do it

English: 
Is there a single coil option on that guitar?
Nope, it's humbucker's only today.
100% humbucker today
Also a lot of the bridge pickup
(stable pickup in Swedish)
...said the horse... sorry.
These old geezers, to make
them sound full and breathe
you'd have to crank them suckers...
...and that is of course crazy
loud, but we have this thing
So I'll crank the sucker
and we'll see what happens
- I'll play some
- Yeah, do it

English: 
Well....
It's not really Metallica we're
listening to at the moment
But a Fender Bassman that is maxed out.
Luckily through the load box,
as stated earlier, and into a....
Rectifier cab! Maybe we have to
tell them about that too!
How can we..? Can we get an angle of ...?
That thing!
- Just a tad lower.
- Lower!
Look at that expensive stuff!
Just a little bit lower.
We're working on it!
Yes!
Look, a Rupert Neve! A Neve mic,
a ribbon that's pointed into the left
...and here is the SM57, the least favorite mic ever!
No wait, it's a great mic.
...pointed into a Mesa Rectifier Cab
Loaded with the OEM mesa V30's
...is my educated guess, since
they've had them since the 80's

Swedish: 
Well....
It's not really Metallica we're
listening to at the moment
But a Fender Bassman that is maxed out.
Luckily through the load box,
as stated earlier, and into a....
Rectifier cab! Maybe we have to
tell them about that too!
How can we..? Can we get an angle of ...?
That thing!
- Just a tad lower.
- Lower!
Look at that expensive stuff!
Just a little bit lower.
We're working on it!
Yes!
Look, a Rupert Neve! A Neve mic,
a ribbon that's pointed into the left
...and here is the SM57, the least favorite mic ever!
No wait, it's a great mic.
...pointed into a Mesa Rectifier Cab
Loaded with the OEM mesa V30's
...is my educated guess, since
they've had them since the 80's

Swedish: 
...the bastards
And that's why they can charge
you 400,000 bucks for a 4x12
Anyway!
It's miked up and fresh and
everything is taken care of...
So where did you go from here,
if you wanted some more power?
You simply couldn't.
The only way is to add more distortion
but how?
By the way, this amp was manufactured.....
 ....around 1958? 1959?
Something like that?
Please nod in the control room if I'm right
OK, confirmed, 1959.
The Fender arrived in the late 50's
and what Marshall did then
- they were a bit tougher -
They just went in there and
ripped the whole shebang
and made the JTM 45 model
JTM 45
It's almost an exact
copy of a Fender Bassman
Interesting knowledge!
They only made it in a combo version, I think.
Maybe as a head that would make it look like

English: 
...the bastards
And that's why they can charge
you 400,000 bucks for a 4x12
Anyway!
It's miked up and fresh and
everything is taken care of...
So where did you go from here,
if you wanted some more power?
You simply couldn't.
The only way is to add more distortion
but how?
By the way, this amp was manufactured.....
 ....around 1958? 1959?
Something like that?
Please nod in the control room if I'm right
OK, confirmed, 1959.
The Fender arrived in the late 50's
and what Marshall did then
- they were a bit tougher -
They just went in there and
ripped the whole shebang
and made the JTM 45 model
JTM 45
It's almost an exact
copy of a Fender Bassman
Interesting knowledge!
They only made it in a combo version, I think.
Maybe as a head that would make it look like

English: 
Time to move the camera again!
Now it's time to check this out!
There it is!
I don't know what year it was built.
Plec (the owner) should, but we don't
But to me it looks like it's from the 70's
let me check the serial number for a letter
Whoop-dee-doo! "D"
It's the letter D
...so if you Google that really fast
you'll know what year it was made.
I'm guessing 7...3? 5? 4? 6? 2?
From the 70's.
...and it's pretty much identical to this one.
What we'll do is angle this camera
down to the pedals on the floor
Because pedals are so cool!
There they are! Handsome!
Are they visible?
Around this time people wanted a bit more
of everything in their gear

Swedish: 
Time to move the camera again!
Now it's time to check this out!
There it is!
I don't know what year it was built.
Plec (the owner) should, but we don't
But to me it looks like it's from the 70's
let me check the serial number for a letter
Whoop-dee-doo! "D"
It's the letter D
...so if you Google that really fast
you'll know what year it was made.
I'm guessing 7...3? 5? 4? 6? 2?
From the 70's.
...and it's pretty much identical to this one.
What we'll do is angle this camera
down to the pedals on the floor
Because pedals are so cool!
There they are! Handsome!
Are they visible?
Around this time people wanted a bit more
of everything in their gear

Swedish: 
so let's add another gain stage
and hope for an improvement
So let's add an original Ibanez Tube Screamer
probably made in the 80's some time.
If I engage it, with the amp still cranked
what will happen?
- Should I really?
- Hell yeah, go for it!
Here we go!
Do you know any 70's riff?
- Nope.
- You know like...
I hear like, Black Sabbath...
Yeah, like...
It's not bad, but it's not fucking metal
Now, we're like, sometime around...
...yeah let's say in the beginning of the 70's

English: 
so let's add another gain stage
and hope for an improvement
So let's add an original Ibanez Tube Screamer
probably made in the 80's some time.
If I engage it, with the amp still cranked
what will happen?
- Should I really?
- Hell yeah, go for it!
Here we go!
Do you know any 70's riff?
- Nope.
- You know like...
I hear like, Black Sabbath...
Yeah, like...
It's not bad, but it's not fucking metal
Now, we're like, sometime around...
...yeah let's say in the beginning of the 70's

English: 
a bit more gain, bit boosted maybe start/mid 70's
With that said, I'll change the amp
Fuck the Fender Bassman and
kick start the Marshall instead!
I'll turn this off. Volume off on that one and then
...change this setting.
Can you play something...no wait.
Maybe say something while
I'm... "but am I supposed to say?
I don't know, leave me alone!"
- What difference can we expect now, sound wise?
That's a very very good question.
Input one...
...and let it heat up for a moment.
Well, this is a JMP that was made later...
..the JTM45 were more or less a
bassman with different components
After that they redid the design, because
the lads from The Who and others..
"Do you have a bit more oomph, Uncle Marshall?"
"Blimey! Yes of course!" and
did some extra stuff for more oomph

Swedish: 
a bit more gain, bit boosted maybe start/mid 70's
With that said, I'll change the amp
Fuck the Fender Bassman and
kick start the Marshall instead!
I'll turn this off. Volume off on that one and then
...change this setting.
Can you play something...no wait.
Maybe say something while
I'm... "but am I supposed to say?
I don't know, leave me alone!"
- What difference can we expect now, sound wise?
That's a very very good question.
Input one...
...and let it heat up for a moment.
Well, this is a JMP that was made later...
..the JTM45 were more or less a
bassman with different components
After that they redid the design, because
the lads from The Who and others..
"Do you have a bit more oomph, Uncle Marshall?"
"Blimey! Yes of course!" and
did some extra stuff for more oomph

Swedish: 
And that's what we're gonna hear right
about now. BTW, this is interesting...
This is a Marshall without a master volume
Which mean that for it to really sound good
you'll have to crank the motherfucker
so it's almost unbearably loud.
There is a YouTube video, if you search for
 "PLAY A PLEXI Marshall on 10" by Pete Thorn.
There's people going into an
isolated room with a cranked Marshall
and they almost shit themselves
due to the sound pressure.
...and that might also be the
reason Pete Townsend is deaf.
Let's see if we can get
some sound from this fella
Yeah, it's pretty close!
Should we crank the bastard?
Let's crank the bastard!

English: 
And that's what we're gonna hear right
about now. BTW, this is interesting...
This is a Marshall without a master volume
Which mean that for it to really sound good
you'll have to crank the motherfucker
so it's almost unbearably loud.
There is a YouTube video, if you search for
 "PLAY A PLEXI Marshall on 10" by Pete Thorn.
There's people going into an
isolated room with a cranked Marshall
and they almost shit themselves
due to the sound pressure.
...and that might also be the
reason Pete Townsend is deaf.
Let's see if we can get
some sound from this fella
Yeah, it's pretty close!
Should we crank the bastard?
Let's crank the bastard!

Swedish: 
- Try it! Plays something!
- OK, let's go!
Not too bad! And if we add
a Tube Screamer on top..
Now things are getting interesting.
Play some more!
Not bad at all!
- It's starting to feel good.
Time wise we're in the late 70's
and we're starting to get into the 80's
People are testing things,
more pedals are being released

English: 
- Try it! Plays something!
- OK, let's go!
Not too bad! And if we add
a Tube Screamer on top..
Now things are getting interesting.
Play some more!
Not bad at all!
- It's starting to feel good.
Time wise we're in the late 70's
and we're starting to get into the 80's
People are testing things,
more pedals are being released

English: 
people are getting creative in their
ways of making a sound
"if I use input #2 then
the sound is a bit woofier"
Shall I woof?
Totally ok, sound but I want the tighter so...
We're still in the land of Rock 'n Roll
and old rock dudes love this sound
but they might even think that it's a bit
too much distortion and without a load box
you'll punish everyone's eardrums and
all dogs will howl in a mile radius
It's true, not to mention the neighbours
and of course your kidneys
Where do we go from here? Shall we see
how far we can take this sucker?

Swedish: 
people are getting creative in their
ways of making a sound
"if I use input #2 then
the sound is a bit woofier"
Shall I woof?
Totally ok, sound but I want the tighter so...
We're still in the land of Rock 'n Roll
and old rock dudes love this sound
but they might even think that it's a bit
too much distortion and without a load box
you'll punish everyone's eardrums and
all dogs will howl in a mile radius
It's true, not to mention the neighbours
and of course your kidneys
Where do we go from here? Shall we see
how far we can take this sucker?

Swedish: 
- Have we actually maxed it?
- No. Let's max it out.
Let's try some different pedals
It'll be alright! We're pro's!
Start with...what happens if we use this one?
- Damn, it works!
- Yeah, kinda like that.
But what happens if you use this one?
It's a Japanese TS 808 clone.
Not bad at all...
Danish T-Rex OD
- This dude!
- Danish. Mhm.

English: 
- Have we actually maxed it?
- No. Let's max it out.
Let's try some different pedals
It'll be alright! We're pro's!
Start with...what happens if we use this one?
- Damn, it works!
- Yeah, kinda like that.
But what happens if you use this one?
It's a Japanese TS 808 clone.
Not bad at all...
Danish T-Rex OD
- This dude!
- Danish. Mhm.

Swedish: 
The character is not too bad. Kinda cozy in a way.
So what happens if we boost the boost?
- Boost the boost?
- Boost the boost!
Should I boost the boost?
That's the question. Should I...?
Let's try the woofy input
I can feel it's really close to a Boss HM-2
This is actually cool
Now people have been playing around like this

English: 
The character is not too bad. Kinda cozy in a way.
So what happens if we boost the boost?
- Boost the boost?
- Boost the boost!
Should I boost the boost?
That's the question. Should I...?
Let's try the woofy input
I can feel it's really close to a Boss HM-2
This is actually cool
Now people have been playing around like this

English: 
but then there are others who are in
The USA. Where stuff tend to start,
especially before the internet
Things weren't widely spread like today
It was more like secrets and tricks
that people kept to themselves
No one really knew how people got their sound
A small side track or a parentheses:
AC/DC went into the studio in the 70's and
Angus had his gear, plugged it in and
they hooked everything up
and it sounded like garbage.
But why doesn't it sound good,
what's the problem?
When they played live,
they used a wireless system
"Wireless sounds like shit!
You have to use a cable in the studio."
"Try it anyway"
It turns out that the wireless
- also on Google, check it out -

Swedish: 
but then there are others who are in
The USA. Where stuff tend to start,
especially before the internet
Things weren't widely spread like today
It was more like secrets and tricks
that people kept to themselves
No one really knew how people got their sound
A small side track or a parentheses:
AC/DC went into the studio in the 70's and
Angus had his gear, plugged it in and
they hooked everything up
and it sounded like garbage.
But why doesn't it sound good,
what's the problem?
When they played live,
they used a wireless system
"Wireless sounds like shit!
You have to use a cable in the studio."
"Try it anyway"
It turns out that the wireless
- also on Google, check it out -

Swedish: 
It boosted the signal 20 dB's and removed
frequencies to avoid excessive noise
What did that do to the sound?
Do I have a pedal that boost the signal 20 dB's?
The 33 can do that!
I just max the fucker out!
Wrong input!
Another way of doing that is to use
the two screamers at the same time
Here we go, action!
Do you know any AC/DC?

English: 
It boosted the signal 20 dB's and removed
frequencies to avoid excessive noise
What did that do to the sound?
Do I have a pedal that boost the signal 20 dB's?
The 33 can do that!
I just max the fucker out!
Wrong input!
Another way of doing that is to use
the two screamers at the same time
Here we go, action!
Do you know any AC/DC?

Swedish: 
- It would be really weird if I couldn't, but I can't.
- One open chord?
And there you have it!
That works like a charm!
Are we done with the Marshall?
I feel the urge to get some heavier sound
OK, Let's do it!
Petter said it: Move on!
Let's turn this off, thank you very much!
Such a good boy! Yeah, good Marshall!
Gotta let it calm down a bit.
Damn, you can't even play some pause music
without any amp...

English: 
- It would be really weird if I couldn't, but I can't.
- One open chord?
And there you have it!
That works like a charm!
Are we done with the Marshall?
I feel the urge to get some heavier sound
OK, Let's do it!
Petter said it: Move on!
Let's turn this off, thank you very much!
Such a good boy! Yeah, good Marshall!
Gotta let it calm down a bit.
Damn, you can't even play some pause music
without any amp...

English: 
we just have to enjoy each others looks
OK turning it off now
Now let's move on to this
little thingy on the top
Darn it, this is a Forsberg modded version
which means that
we're moved into the early 80's
We are somewhere
in Los Angeles. That's fun.
- Is there a lot of hair?
So much hair! I mean it's a lot of hair!
Please Google that.
That's my new favorite expression.
Google "hair + 80's" and you'll see so much
weird stuff that it'll blow your minds
Anyway, to mod a Marshall was
a pretty easy task to do because
Marshall had a straight forward
layout and everything these days
big ass capacitors, there's
a lot of pictures (Google that)

Swedish: 
we just have to enjoy each others looks
OK turning it off now
Now let's move on to this
little thingy on the top
Darn it, this is a Forsberg modded version
which means that
we're moved into the early 80's
We are somewhere
in Los Angeles. That's fun.
- Is there a lot of hair?
So much hair! I mean it's a lot of hair!
Please Google that.
That's my new favorite expression.
Google "hair + 80's" and you'll see so much
weird stuff that it'll blow your minds
Anyway, to mod a Marshall was
a pretty easy task to do because
Marshall had a straight forward
layout and everything these days
big ass capacitors, there's
a lot of pictures (Google that)

Swedish: 
if something would break you could
just swap the faulty part for a new
Oh, it works! But, you could also
change the value of the spare part
and suddenly ...things happen!
There was a bunch of dudes
that did mods in those days
Todd Langner, he did a Marshall that
I've played on that had 5 gain stages
I'd guess that this one has 1 or 2, this has 2
maybe 3 and that one 3.. you know
But 5, that adds so much distortion that
when you push the gain beyond
2 o'clock it starts to self oscillate
*self oscillating noises in Swedish*
and the guitar isn't even playing
it's the amplifier by itself, fantastic!
But what's the use of that?
Well you use it at 1 o'clock...
Now I can hear a noise, but
it's only the fan in this thing
So here we have a
a Forsberg Amplification, I
guess it's a Marshall he's modded

English: 
if something would break you could
just swap the faulty part for a new
Oh, it works! But, you could also
change the value of the spare part
and suddenly ...things happen!
There was a bunch of dudes
that did mods in those days
Todd Langner, he did a Marshall that
I've played on that had 5 gain stages
I'd guess that this one has 1 or 2, this has 2
maybe 3 and that one 3.. you know
But 5, that adds so much distortion that
when you push the gain beyond
2 o'clock it starts to self oscillate
*self oscillating noises in Swedish*
and the guitar isn't even playing
it's the amplifier by itself, fantastic!
But what's the use of that?
Well you use it at 1 o'clock...
Now I can hear a noise, but
it's only the fan in this thing
So here we have a
a Forsberg Amplification, I
guess it's a Marshall he's modded

English: 
He's most likely replaced "volume" 1 and 2 with
"master" and "gain" and added an effects loop
He fixed it and we should be able to
hear that immediately without pedals
- Play some chugs.
- Playing chugs.
*tweaking the amp in Swedish*
Nice mid range bite
Now it has the gain maxed out
which might not be enough for,
let's say Metallica
James Hetfield had his Marshall
modded by a man named Jose Arredando
(you should Google that)
Jose modded the amp and
changed it with filters and other things
The master volume was the first mod to be done
to tame the insane volume but you
didn't get the same push and perceived power

Swedish: 
He's most likely replaced "volume" 1 and 2 with
"master" and "gain" and added an effects loop
He fixed it and we should be able to
hear that immediately without pedals
- Play some chugs.
- Playing chugs.
*tweaking the amp in Swedish*
Nice mid range bite
Now it has the gain maxed out
which might not be enough for,
let's say Metallica
James Hetfield had his Marshall
modded by a man named Jose Arredando
(you should Google that)
Jose modded the amp and
changed it with filters and other things
The master volume was the first mod to be done
to tame the insane volume but you
didn't get the same push and perceived power

English: 
so the answer to that was
to further mod or rebuild it
The chug... Are we happy with it?
It has a bit of chug but you
wanna smear the chug a bit
A bit more... add some....
How about we add a boost?
Should we add a small overdrive?
- Yeah, no, yeah, let's add one
- Please do it!
- I really want that.
- Let's use the Tubulator.
Here we go.
Yes! I wanna play too! Lend me that!
I gotta feel that good chug!
So what kind of guitar do we have here?
It's a Yamaha!

Swedish: 
so the answer to that was
to further mod or rebuild it
The chug... Are we happy with it?
It has a bit of chug but you
wanna smear the chug a bit
A bit more... add some....
How about we add a boost?
Should we add a small overdrive?
- Yeah, no, yeah, let's add one
- Please do it!
- I really want that.
- Let's use the Tubulator.
Here we go.
Yes! I wanna play too! Lend me that!
I gotta feel that good chug!
So what kind of guitar do we have here?
It's a Yamaha!

English: 
Now we've entered my home turf!
Right tight! Well done Mr Forsberg!
His name is Göran, right?
You in the control room can nod if I'm right
Everyone looks confused
I have a hunch... I think that...
DANIEL FORSBERG!
Now I got a positive reaction
from the control room!
It's not easy getting the
names right, I'm sorry Daniel
Really nice modded Marshall.
Let's try another pedal!
I know this dude, Mike Fortin and
he always has a lot of balls in his gear

Swedish: 
Now we've entered my home turf!
Right tight! Well done Mr Forsberg!
His name is Göran, right?
You in the control room can nod if I'm right
Everyone looks confused
I have a hunch... I think that...
DANIEL FORSBERG!
Now I got a positive reaction
from the control room!
It's not easy getting the
names right, I'm sorry Daniel
Really nice modded Marshall.
Let's try another pedal!
I know this dude, Mike Fortin and
he always has a lot of balls in his gear

Swedish: 
and this thing is done to kick a
Marshall in the ass. Let's hear it.
It's farting. try to lower
the volume on the guitar
- Shall I turn my... yeah it's farting
It's the low end
I think it's not getting enough
power from the Chinese power brick
That's why we shouldn't
buy Chinese gear
Anyway, let's use this instead
- Do you know any Metallica?
- Nope.

English: 
and this thing is done to kick a
Marshall in the ass. Let's hear it.
It's farting. try to lower
the volume on the guitar
- Shall I turn my... yeah it's farting
It's the low end
I think it's not getting enough
power from the Chinese power brick
That's why we shouldn't
buy Chinese gear
Anyway, let's use this instead
- Do you know any Metallica?
- Nope.

Swedish: 
- That was in the neighborhood, right?
- Yeah, really close!
I can't play like a band or a song,
I'm just improvising, OK?
No worries! I thought that was great.
Really close!
Where are we now, time wise?
How did people tune their guitars in the 80's?
This is also... Can I borrow the guitar?
Is that the... Is there a different guitar?
- What are you looking for?
I had this idea, you know,
old people playing hard rock
The difference between old people's hard rock
...and metal is how you position your hand
*awesome hair metal in Swedish*

English: 
- That was in the neighborhood, right?
- Yeah, really close!
I can't play like a band or a song,
I'm just improvising, OK?
No worries! I thought that was great.
Really close!
Where are we now, time wise?
How did people tune their guitars in the 80's?
This is also... Can I borrow the guitar?
Is that the... Is there a different guitar?
- What are you looking for?
I had this idea, you know,
old people playing hard rock
The difference between old people's hard rock
...and metal is how you position your hand
*awesome hair metal in Swedish*

English: 
*guttural Swedish*
It's really simple!
Nice and meaty!
Well done Daniel.
The Marshall mod scene came...
You know, Guns'n Roses, Slash,
used a legendary amplifier
It was called #32 or something (Stock #39)
and it was a rented amp for the recording
That amp was stolen, well actually,
he "borrowed" it and used it for a tour
after the "appetite for destruction" recording.
People loved that guitar sound,
and it was modded (by Tim Caswell)
that amp disappeared, was found,
stolen again, and found again years later

Swedish: 
*guttural Swedish*
It's really simple!
Nice and meaty!
Well done Daniel.
The Marshall mod scene came...
You know, Guns'n Roses, Slash,
used a legendary amplifier
It was called #32 or something (Stock #39)
and it was a rented amp for the recording
That amp was stolen, well actually,
he "borrowed" it and used it for a tour
after the "appetite for destruction" recording.
People loved that guitar sound,
and it was modded (by Tim Caswell)
that amp disappeared, was found,
stolen again, and found again years later

Swedish: 
and was returned to the rental company so
he went to Marshall and they did build one
But that's a completely different story!
Should I tell it in another clinic, Tobias?
I just fixed a future clinic job.
After this time of mods in the 80's,
the modders started their own brands
Michael Soldano, Reinhold Bogner,
Dave Friedman... and many more
These guys decided to build their own amps
Peter Diezel. In end of the 80's and
beginning of the 90's
He made his version of the Marshall
but with the diagonal layout that the VH4 has
He cut the headshell and made
his own thing, really cool!
With that said, we're entering the 90's
where other amps came out,
with this as an example
What do you think?
When was the Peavey 5150 released?
Anyone? Can we Google?

English: 
and was returned to the rental company so
he went to Marshall and they did build one
But that's a completely different story!
Should I tell it in another clinic, Tobias?
I just fixed a future clinic job.
After this time of mods in the 80's,
the modders started their own brands
Michael Soldano, Reinhold Bogner,
Dave Friedman... and many more
These guys decided to build their own amps
Peter Diezel. In end of the 80's and
beginning of the 90's
He made his version of the Marshall
but with the diagonal layout that the VH4 has
He cut the headshell and made
his own thing, really cool!
With that said, we're entering the 90's
where other amps came out,
with this as an example
What do you think?
When was the Peavey 5150 released?
Anyone? Can we Google?

Swedish: 
I don't have a year of the production start.
Let's Google it right now.
Nah, I can't cope with that now.
I'm guessing early 90's
This is the classic amp of the 90's
this and the Mesa Rectifier
But we don't do the Rectifier this time,
because they didn't have one in the studio
Waiting for the amp to calm down
Unplugging the cable from there...
No need for that cable though.
This will be the next I think
and plugging in this amp here....
There's the power, hi there.
It's the wrong amp.
That was the modern version
and we want the old one

English: 
I don't have a year of the production start.
Let's Google it right now.
Nah, I can't cope with that now.
I'm guessing early 90's
This is the classic amp of the 90's
this and the Mesa Rectifier
But we don't do the Rectifier this time,
because they didn't have one in the studio
Waiting for the amp to calm down
Unplugging the cable from there...
No need for that cable though.
This will be the next I think
and plugging in this amp here....
There's the power, hi there.
It's the wrong amp.
That was the modern version
and we want the old one

English: 
...and it has power
Lot of things to keep in mind here
That one goes to that one,
and that one goes into that one
Should work
- Should we blow something up?
- Yes!
Normal input. More fun that way.
I was fortunate to meet an older
gentleman named James Brown
He was the head designer at Peavey
and worked with Eddie Van Halen
I had a small chat with him about
how many revisions of the amp
was made before the design
was approved by Eddie
Eddie started with modded Marshalls too,
Jose Arredando mods
and right there is one major point
If you name is James Hetfield
it'll sound like Metallica
and if you're Eddie Van Halen
it'll sound different

Swedish: 
...and it has power
Lot of things to keep in mind here
That one goes to that one,
and that one goes into that one
Should work
- Should we blow something up?
- Yes!
Normal input. More fun that way.
I was fortunate to meet an older
gentleman named James Brown
He was the head designer at Peavey
and worked with Eddie Van Halen
I had a small chat with him about
how many revisions of the amp
was made before the design
was approved by Eddie
Eddie started with modded Marshalls too,
Jose Arredando mods
and right there is one major point
If you name is James Hetfield
it'll sound like Metallica
and if you're Eddie Van Halen
it'll sound different

Swedish: 
I've played the rig of Fredrik Thordendal
and it doesn't sound like him at all!
What a bummer!
I thought that if I use his gear
it'll be great!
NO! It still sounds like a
middle aged fat man!
Not allowed to have any fun...
There, it should be warm now.
See if we hear anything
No boost
A bit thick in the low end
but not bad at all
Green channel of course
the "clean" channel
Yeah right

English: 
I've played the rig of Fredrik Thordendal
and it doesn't sound like him at all!
What a bummer!
I thought that if I use his gear
it'll be great!
NO! It still sounds like a
middle aged fat man!
Not allowed to have any fun...
There, it should be warm now.
See if we hear anything
No boost
A bit thick in the low end
but not bad at all
Green channel of course
the "clean" channel
Yeah right

English: 
You soon understand that EVH is playing
with a lot of awesome distortion
and then he plays with even
more awesome distortion
I really like his approach
Red channel with a lot more
distortion, of course
During this time the EMG pickups,
EMG 81 or just active pickups
made it really big in the 90's
and things just exploded and everyone
wanted to have EMG's because of the
perceived output of the mics,
when in reality it removed low end
from the guitar and it had a really
cheap
preamp, powered by a battery,
that clipped the transients

Swedish: 
You soon understand that EVH is playing
with a lot of awesome distortion
and then he plays with even
more awesome distortion
I really like his approach
Red channel with a lot more
distortion, of course
During this time the EMG pickups,
EMG 81 or just active pickups
made it really big in the 90's
and things just exploded and everyone
wanted to have EMG's because of the
perceived output of the mics,
when in reality it removed low end
from the guitar and it had a really
cheap
preamp, powered by a battery,
that clipped the transients

English: 
and that means that the highest points were
lower and the overall volume seemed higher
"goddamn awesome yeah"
...and the distortion felt better.
We don't have any EMG's here
I brought one guitar with actives
so if you want I'll use it.
- You brought an EMG equipped guitar?
- Yes
Change to that and I'll turn down the volume
here. Very EXCITING everybody!
The 90's are coming back!
That gives me time to talk about this amp
All of you that likes In Flames,
it was this man Fredman, Hi there
He did a lot of cool stuff with the 5150,
one had a great preamp and
tight and nice, and another had a
really good power amp section
so he slaved one amp into
another, among other things
There are no shortcuts to the perfect sound

Swedish: 
and that means that the highest points were
lower and the overall volume seemed higher
"goddamn awesome yeah"
...and the distortion felt better.
We don't have any EMG's here
I brought one guitar with actives
so if you want I'll use it.
- You brought an EMG equipped guitar?
- Yes
Change to that and I'll turn down the volume
here. Very EXCITING everybody!
The 90's are coming back!
That gives me time to talk about this amp
All of you that likes In Flames,
it was this man Fredman, Hi there
He did a lot of cool stuff with the 5150,
one had a great preamp and
tight and nice, and another had a
really good power amp section
so he slaved one amp into
another, among other things
There are no shortcuts to the perfect sound

Swedish: 
In this time with the active pickups
they found a sound that was really close
What we have here, is the active EMG 707
- They're in the ballpark of the 81 model.
- Right, on the brighter side?
Fascinating. It's like they have a
softer almost smoother character
- Because you'd think it wouldn't.
- It's odd but it might have to do
with the sting height perhaps,
since my strings are really high.
That calls for a little side track from me:
that is also something really fascinating.
You have a guitar
with it's material and it's shape

English: 
In this time with the active pickups
they found a sound that was really close
What we have here, is the active EMG 707
- They're in the ballpark of the 81 model.
- Right, on the brighter side?
Fascinating. It's like they have a
softer almost smoother character
- Because you'd think it wouldn't.
- It's odd but it might have to do
with the sting height perhaps,
since my strings are really high.
That calls for a little side track from me:
that is also something really fascinating.
You have a guitar
with it's material and it's shape

Swedish: 
Right there you have plenty of EQ responses
or how can I put it? A filter.
The signal from the strings through the
pickup that change the character
and that character is based on
the thickness of the wood
and what type of finish it has and...
It's so geeky that it's almost crazy
I did a test one time and found out:
Gibson Les Paul has a thick low end. The SG
sounds the same but a bit less low end
The flying V had a more shrill character,
and the Explorer was perfect.
It had a real chug, chugtastic even
But what we heard might
had something to do with
Different string age,
Contributing factor
or maybe one of the pickups were
in a worse shape than the others
..and that's why there's
about a billion different guitars

English: 
Right there you have plenty of EQ responses
or how can I put it? A filter.
The signal from the strings through the
pickup that change the character
and that character is based on
the thickness of the wood
and what type of finish it has and...
It's so geeky that it's almost crazy
I did a test one time and found out:
Gibson Les Paul has a thick low end. The SG
sounds the same but a bit less low end
The flying V had a more shrill character,
and the Explorer was perfect.
It had a real chug, chugtastic even
But what we heard might
had something to do with
Different string age,
Contributing factor
or maybe one of the pickups were
in a worse shape than the others
..and that's why there's
about a billion different guitars

English: 
a billion different strings
and a billion different pickups
You can change the character of the
guitar and the only thing you want
is a balance that makes your setup work.
Fascinating huh?
- It's unbelievable.
- Crazy, right?
It also might be the fact
that my strings are too thick
...losing some brightness in the process.
- Sort of changing the EQ of the guitar.
Let's change the EQ some more,
brighten it up a bit more
It soft and nice. Hah that's my phone ringing!
- That ringtone is terrible.
- I use Ericsson
Swedish brand. Good stuff.

Swedish: 
a billion different strings
and a billion different pickups
You can change the character of the
guitar and the only thing you want
is a balance that makes your setup work.
Fascinating huh?
- It's unbelievable.
- Crazy, right?
It also might be the fact
that my strings are too thick
...losing some brightness in the process.
- Sort of changing the EQ of the guitar.
Let's change the EQ some more,
brighten it up a bit more
It soft and nice. Hah that's my phone ringing!
- That ringtone is terrible.
- I use Ericsson
Swedish brand. Good stuff.

Swedish: 
Unfortunately I have to put it in silent mode.
First time this happened for me.
We have to brighten it some more.
Try this one.
Note that it didn't fart this
time since the input is lower
Cool, now we've entered...
...it's a bit Meshuggah land
They were early 90's and also
Korn that had downtuned guitars
In Flames and we have Andy Sneap
that took this concept to it's prime

English: 
Unfortunately I have to put it in silent mode.
First time this happened for me.
We have to brighten it some more.
Try this one.
Note that it didn't fart this
time since the input is lower
Cool, now we've entered...
...it's a bit Meshuggah land
They were early 90's and also
Korn that had downtuned guitars
In Flames and we have Andy Sneap
that took this concept to it's prime

English: 
His classic setup was the green
channel with a Tube screamer in front
Let's go back to the Yamaha again
I'm turning down the volume
There is a special character,
I've tried it live and
the red channel is aimed more towards solos
the green is for rhythm, but then
you need the right rhythm sound
and that takes a bit of tweaking.
EVH probably had a guitar that sounded
magnificent and a really high output
In the 90's people were like:
"more output from the pickups"

Swedish: 
His classic setup was the green
channel with a Tube screamer in front
Let's go back to the Yamaha again
I'm turning down the volume
There is a special character,
I've tried it live and
the red channel is aimed more towards solos
the green is for rhythm, but then
you need the right rhythm sound
and that takes a bit of tweaking.
EVH probably had a guitar that sounded
magnificent and a really high output
In the 90's people were like:
"more output from the pickups"

Swedish: 
Nothing wrong with this!
It sounds fucking awesome!
Let's try the red channel and a lot less gain
Album ready guitar sound. How does
it sound in the control room?
They're not paying attention.
They're drinking coffee...
- Does it sound good?
One guy is flipping me off and shaking heads.
What does this mean? I don't understand.
This combination is still very
modern sounding, twenty years later

English: 
Nothing wrong with this!
It sounds fucking awesome!
Let's try the red channel and a lot less gain
Album ready guitar sound. How does
it sound in the control room?
They're not paying attention.
They're drinking coffee...
- Does it sound good?
One guy is flipping me off and shaking heads.
What does this mean? I don't understand.
This combination is still very
modern sounding, twenty years later

English: 
people are now searching for the Peavey 5150
the "block letter" classic, original
American made wohoo!
The 6505, the successor when the
license ended, should be the exact same amp
They changed the brand of the tubes, and
people swear that it sounds different
Which is a valid point that can't be ignored.
- Who knows? Yeah.
- What amp are you using?
- Let me think. I shouldn't say this
but it's in the digital realm. Simulations.
Which might be an insult in the tube world
- Is it an Axe FX?
- Yes it is.
Good! Let's go through the digital revolution.
It arrived at the same time,
or some time after the 5150
With the famous POD, the kidney!
Maybe infamous is the right word
As with everything digital it's really
difficult to create all the small details

Swedish: 
people are now searching for the Peavey 5150
the "block letter" classic, original
American made wohoo!
The 6505, the successor when the
license ended, should be the exact same amp
They changed the brand of the tubes, and
people swear that it sounds different
Which is a valid point that can't be ignored.
- Who knows? Yeah.
- What amp are you using?
- Let me think. I shouldn't say this
but it's in the digital realm. Simulations.
Which might be an insult in the tube world
- Is it an Axe FX?
- Yes it is.
Good! Let's go through the digital revolution.
It arrived at the same time,
or some time after the 5150
With the famous POD, the kidney!
Maybe infamous is the right word
As with everything digital it's really
difficult to create all the small details

English: 
in a distorted sound, since distortion itself
is the hardest thing to emulate digitally
because it's so random. Computers are
really stupid and need instructions
that is precise, static and clear
so they understand what to do
and distortion is like the
opposite of precise and static.
in simple terms.
So there's always problems with that.
But the cool thing about the Axe FX
that was released in 2007,
and I was on it like a fly on shit
It sounded so much better than
the Line 6 gear we had until then.
That's a whole different story,
but Google that!
There's a lot of cool stuff, Pod XT rack
mounted. Vetta! Now we're talking! Geez..
Then came the Axe FX and
it sounded so much better

Swedish: 
in a distorted sound, since distortion itself
is the hardest thing to emulate digitally
because it's so random. Computers are
really stupid and need instructions
that is precise, static and clear
so they understand what to do
and distortion is like the
opposite of precise and static.
in simple terms.
So there's always problems with that.
But the cool thing about the Axe FX
that was released in 2007,
and I was on it like a fly on shit
It sounded so much better than
the Line 6 gear we had until then.
That's a whole different story,
but Google that!
There's a lot of cool stuff, Pod XT rack
mounted. Vetta! Now we're talking! Geez..
Then came the Axe FX and
it sounded so much better

Swedish: 
But did it sound perfect? No. It didn't.
What the Axe FX taught me was
that in the digital world you can
connect everything in whatever
way you can imagine
since it's only code, you can and move
things around and tweak stuff in ways
that's impossible in real life,
just to see what happens
and you can hear things like:
lots of low end into distortion is like fuzz
because low frequencies are
distorted and it sounds
simply not cool. The point is really that the
frequencies you distort change the character.
Like an EQ and a boost before the amp,
like Kerry King did by the way.
His boost pedal in his KK amps is really an EQ
where you removed the bass and cranked the rest
You learned something new again!
So if you have an old EQ pedal, use it!
Another thing I just remembered...

English: 
But did it sound perfect? No. It didn't.
What the Axe FX taught me was
that in the digital world you can
connect everything in whatever
way you can imagine
since it's only code, you can and move
things around and tweak stuff in ways
that's impossible in real life,
just to see what happens
and you can hear things like:
lots of low end into distortion is like fuzz
because low frequencies are
distorted and it sounds
simply not cool. The point is really that the
frequencies you distort change the character.
Like an EQ and a boost before the amp,
like Kerry King did by the way.
His boost pedal in his KK amps is really an EQ
where you removed the bass and cranked the rest
You learned something new again!
So if you have an old EQ pedal, use it!
Another thing I just remembered...

English: 
Plug the guitar into the "Hi Z" Instrument
input on your sound card
to get the signal into the computer
and add a filter on the clean guitar signal
Start somewhere around 250 Hz
and just remove everything lower
and see what happens when
you play the guitar. Really fun!
and to add to that: the Tube Screamer
starts removing frequencies under 700 Hz
Seven. Hundred. Hertz.
The Axe FX taught me that. He had
measured it and there was a graph.
The pedals are removing bass around
those frequencies, more or less
with the filter Q value you're getting a bump
in the frequency where it's starting to work
That's what these pedals do. Cool huh?
- That's cool.
- That's awesomely cool!
So what happens next?
I have received a mail!

Swedish: 
Plug the guitar into the "Hi Z" Instrument
input on your sound card
to get the signal into the computer
and add a filter on the clean guitar signal
Start somewhere around 250 Hz
and just remove everything lower
and see what happens when
you play the guitar. Really fun!
and to add to that: the Tube Screamer
starts removing frequencies under 700 Hz
Seven. Hundred. Hertz.
The Axe FX taught me that. He had
measured it and there was a graph.
The pedals are removing bass around
those frequencies, more or less
with the filter Q value you're getting a bump
in the frequency where it's starting to work
That's what these pedals do. Cool huh?
- That's cool.
- That's awesomely cool!
So what happens next?
I have received a mail!

Swedish: 
Johan Björkman, so great I can't stand it!
One microphone vs two microphones
Well it's sound engineering
Here's the deal, one microphone
has it's working frequency spectrum
The SM57 for an example...
Google it.
It removes all low frequencies below
150 Hz like a waterfall, bye-bye!
And you can literally hear the
bass frequencies: Nooooo
...not to mention the extremely ugly
high-mid hump around 5 - kHz
that makes the sound glittery bright,
very useful back when you
recorded on 2" tape in studios,
since: it's a cheap microphone
and darker sounding tape, so you needed
that extra brightness to get it to sound good
saturate the tape and use an SM57
and you'll get an OK sound...

English: 
Johan Björkman, so great I can't stand it!
One microphone vs two microphones
Well it's sound engineering
Here's the deal, one microphone
has it's working frequency spectrum
The SM57 for an example...
Google it.
It removes all low frequencies below
150 Hz like a waterfall, bye-bye!
And you can literally hear the
bass frequencies: Nooooo
...not to mention the extremely ugly
high-mid hump around 5 - kHz
that makes the sound glittery bright,
very useful back when you
recorded on 2" tape in studios,
since: it's a cheap microphone
and darker sounding tape, so you needed
that extra brightness to get it to sound good
saturate the tape and use an SM57
and you'll get an OK sound...

Swedish: 
Then you record to a digital media and
hear how bad it really sounds
..and that's the damn SM57.
BUT! Studio Fredman knew about the
horror sounding 57 and used two.
in an angle to each other... maybe
53 degrees or something
With that angle there's a bit of phase issues
that actually helps removing the ugly
and get more doubled...
The exact same frequencies in phase
- from 2 sources adds 6 dB's in volume
and sound out of phase is canceled.
Zero, and that's awesome! Am I right?
I'm getting nods from the engineer.
So when you change the angle you'll remove
some frequencies that are out of phase
some frequencies are semi out of phase
and some are being boosted.
Clayman, now we have the classic
"Fredman sound", with 2 SM57's
Then if you'd like to use an
sE Rupert Neve Ribbon microphone
It'll have ALL the other frequencies.

English: 
Then you record to a digital media and
hear how bad it really sounds
..and that's the damn SM57.
BUT! Studio Fredman knew about the
horror sounding 57 and used two.
in an angle to each other... maybe
53 degrees or something
With that angle there's a bit of phase issues
that actually helps removing the ugly
and get more doubled...
The exact same frequencies in phase
- from 2 sources adds 6 dB's in volume
and sound out of phase is canceled.
Zero, and that's awesome! Am I right?
I'm getting nods from the engineer.
So when you change the angle you'll remove
some frequencies that are out of phase
some frequencies are semi out of phase
and some are being boosted.
Clayman, now we have the classic
"Fredman sound", with 2 SM57's
Then if you'd like to use an
sE Rupert Neve Ribbon microphone
It'll have ALL the other frequencies.

English: 
It's fat, full and warm like a huge
sofa from IKEA that just begs for a nap
or a Lazy boy with a foot rest
With two microphones like these
they help each other to sound great
add some frequencies here
and remove some there
I hope you're happy with that answer, Johan.
Of course you can add as many
mics as you want (Google that)
but every time you're adding a microphone
you'll be adding phase issues
That's a different, small clinic,
where I'll address miking issues
It'll be less than an hour. Maybe.
- Do you wanna change the amp?
- Let's move on. I don't know.
- Are you sure? Should we?
- We have like 15 minutes left
- Plenty of time!
I just got another question,
might as well answer it now
Miking an amp vs digital like Kemper?
Good question!
My opinion if you have a Kemper...

Swedish: 
It's fat, full and warm like a huge
sofa from IKEA that just begs for a nap
or a Lazy boy with a foot rest
With two microphones like these
they help each other to sound great
add some frequencies here
and remove some there
I hope you're happy with that answer, Johan.
Of course you can add as many
mics as you want (Google that)
but every time you're adding a microphone
you'll be adding phase issues
That's a different, small clinic,
where I'll address miking issues
It'll be less than an hour. Maybe.
- Do you wanna change the amp?
- Let's move on. I don't know.
- Are you sure? Should we?
- We have like 15 minutes left
- Plenty of time!
I just got another question,
might as well answer it now
Miking an amp vs digital like Kemper?
Good question!
My opinion if you have a Kemper...

Swedish: 
The cool thing about the Kemper is that
you have a complete signal chain
You have the guitar sound,
maybe there's a pedal in front
There's tons of profiles out there,
I made some Meshuggah amp profiles
You add a boost, you mic it up and
get the entire signal chain in the profile
And by that the chance, or possibility
 is greater that it'll sound good.
When we've changed the amps, I've been
making a similar sound on all the amps
and that makes this mic setup works.
Sometimes a different amp might sound
like a pile of dog shit, while
another sounds awesome.
Might have to do with the miking or...
To mike an amp is not an easy task
and it takes time and knowledge.
..or you just throw a mic in there
and are lucky. Like Ola Englund ;)
Throw one up there and hope
it'll work, and if it works: Great!

English: 
The cool thing about the Kemper is that
you have a complete signal chain
You have the guitar sound,
maybe there's a pedal in front
There's tons of profiles out there,
I made some Meshuggah amp profiles
You add a boost, you mic it up and
get the entire signal chain in the profile
And by that the chance, or possibility
 is greater that it'll sound good.
When we've changed the amps, I've been
making a similar sound on all the amps
and that makes this mic setup works.
Sometimes a different amp might sound
like a pile of dog shit, while
another sounds awesome.
Might have to do with the miking or...
To mike an amp is not an easy task
and it takes time and knowledge.
..or you just throw a mic in there
and are lucky. Like Ola Englund ;)
Throw one up there and hope
it'll work, and if it works: Great!

English: 
But miss the sweet spot and
you'll miss the perfection.
I think he got his question answered, maybe.
The story here is that peavey wanted to
compete with Marshall and the other giants
and Mesa boogie that originated from
modding Fender amps and Rivera and...
There's so many, just Google it.
Then we have other people who's building
a modern version of the classic,
Should we go to the Blackstar or the EVH?
I can't decide, you lost me at "modern".
Maybe we should go from that to that...
But that's the most modern
Let's go to this little fella here.
Small dude, tiny fella.
So now we're going from 100 W to 5 W
Tadaa, Josh (McMorran), you'll like this!

Swedish: 
But miss the sweet spot and
you'll miss the perfection.
I think he got his question answered, maybe.
The story here is that peavey wanted to
compete with Marshall and the other giants
and Mesa boogie that originated from
modding Fender amps and Rivera and...
There's so many, just Google it.
Then we have other people who's building
a modern version of the classic,
Should we go to the Blackstar or the EVH?
I can't decide, you lost me at "modern".
Maybe we should go from that to that...
But that's the most modern
Let's go to this little fella here.
Small dude, tiny fella.
So now we're going from 100 W to 5 W
Tadaa, Josh (McMorran), you'll like this!

Swedish: 
Josh loves a nice blackstar. I did a
re-amp for them a while back.
And we use the Blackstar and the
sound was fecking awesome!
I'll also use this amp as an example
When people design an amp and...
you're sitting there with the
measuring gear and the components
..and are tweaking the mids, but
what frequency should it control?
Well, where it sounds good!
But where is that?
How do you know where the best mids are?
Is there a perfect mid frequency?
Marshall’s have a perfect mid in a way
but it was like, only mids, so people
went "maybe we could get
something more than mids?"
Let's see if these guys managed.
They tried but:
If you are tweaking and you're playing a solo
you want one type of character
and if you're playing rhythm you want another
Lead and Rhythm is absolutely
not the same thing
so every time you're on a music fair and
you hear someone "trying out the amp"

English: 
Josh loves a nice blackstar. I did a
re-amp for them a while back.
And we use the Blackstar and the
sound was fecking awesome!
I'll also use this amp as an example
When people design an amp and...
you're sitting there with the
measuring gear and the components
..and are tweaking the mids, but
what frequency should it control?
Well, where it sounds good!
But where is that?
How do you know where the best mids are?
Is there a perfect mid frequency?
Marshall’s have a perfect mid in a way
but it was like, only mids, so people
went "maybe we could get
something more than mids?"
Let's see if these guys managed.
They tried but:
If you are tweaking and you're playing a solo
you want one type of character
and if you're playing rhythm you want another
Lead and Rhythm is absolutely
not the same thing
so every time you're on a music fair and
you hear someone "trying out the amp"

English: 
You might as well use a damn
Metal Zone since it doesn't matter
what type of distortion you're using.
Let's see, does it make sound?
If you compare this one to the 5150
you'll notice that there's no treble at all
so it sounds a bit like...
Some kind of middy-brown sound.
Let's remove some mids
It has a character of a Marshall amp
that is cranked beyond everything
but not with that extreme treble
that many of the marshals had
And Blackstar was founded by former
Marshall employees that does their own thing
This little fella has 5 really heavy watts

Swedish: 
You might as well use a damn
Metal Zone since it doesn't matter
what type of distortion you're using.
Let's see, does it make sound?
If you compare this one to the 5150
you'll notice that there's no treble at all
so it sounds a bit like...
Some kind of middy-brown sound.
Let's remove some mids
It has a character of a Marshall amp
that is cranked beyond everything
but not with that extreme treble
that many of the marshals had
And Blackstar was founded by former
Marshall employees that does their own thing
This little fella has 5 really heavy watts

English: 
It works excellent with a boost in
front, like this one
Not bad at all, let's try it with the 33 too
Here come the fart again
- Too much
- I'm playing too hard
Tube screamer
That Yamaha has a hell of an output
and that's why stuff is farting a bit.

Swedish: 
It works excellent with a boost in
front, like this one
Not bad at all, let's try it with the 33 too
Here come the fart again
- Too much
- I'm playing too hard
Tube screamer
That Yamaha has a hell of an output
and that's why stuff is farting a bit.

Swedish: 
I'm leaning over in front of
the cab all the fucking time
La la la TOO FUCKING LOUD!
And leaning out again.
I'm sorry for that.
It's a pretty good sounding little
amp, for being so small
If we would compare this small
300 euro amp with...
I mean... yeah... like... leave me alone
- It's cozy!
- It felt good.
What I really like is that it's really fast.
There's ONE tube in it which means that
the distortion isn't entirely tube based.
There's of course a tube in there but the
distortion we can hear is more "solid state".
...and that's kinda like we're
adding a bunch of pedals
"How can you add a 50 Euro pedal
in front of a 3000 Euro amp?"
"it's supposed to work anyway"
Yeah, maybe and maybe not.

English: 
I'm leaning over in front of
the cab all the fucking time
La la la TOO FUCKING LOUD!
And leaning out again.
I'm sorry for that.
It's a pretty good sounding little
amp, for being so small
If we would compare this small
300 euro amp with...
I mean... yeah... like... leave me alone
- It's cozy!
- It felt good.
What I really like is that it's really fast.
There's ONE tube in it which means that
the distortion isn't entirely tube based.
There's of course a tube in there but the
distortion we can hear is more "solid state".
...and that's kinda like we're
adding a bunch of pedals
"How can you add a 50 Euro pedal
in front of a 3000 Euro amp?"
"it's supposed to work anyway"
Yeah, maybe and maybe not.

English: 
The point is that what you
hear, is what really matters
How thick are the cables inside the guitar?
Has anyone thought of that?
Are they gold plated and thick as a baby arm?
No. It's thin electrical wire,
and there is the starting point!
So there's some plus and
minus with most of the stuff.
Oh look, reverb! Time to play lead.
You can tell that it's tweaked for lead guitar.
Nothing else.
OK fuck that. Let's move on. Totally useless.
Nice amp otherwise.
Let's go for the most modern amp!
If people can choose... I'm screaming
like the mic is very far away.
- That was one of the pointer we've got too
- Yeah but I make my own rules as I go along

Swedish: 
The point is that what you
hear, is what really matters
How thick are the cables inside the guitar?
Has anyone thought of that?
Are they gold plated and thick as a baby arm?
No. It's thin electrical wire,
and there is the starting point!
So there's some plus and
minus with most of the stuff.
Oh look, reverb! Time to play lead.
You can tell that it's tweaked for lead guitar.
Nothing else.
OK fuck that. Let's move on. Totally useless.
Nice amp otherwise.
Let's go for the most modern amp!
If people can choose... I'm screaming
like the mic is very far away.
- That was one of the pointer we've got too
- Yeah but I make my own rules as I go along

English: 
We have a light.
Stand by, uh fuck it I just turn it on.
This whole "stand by" thing...
Some say it's useless, some say it's awesome
and some say that it doesn't matter at all
- The clean green channel
- How does that feel?
A little bit scared. But it can be a
bit of fun with a clean channel.
Just waiting for it to wake up
Yes... Here we are and can't
do anything about it...
It's fun with tubes!
There's a construction company
in my neighborhood.
Pipey pipes is their name.
Maybe working with pipes.
- Is there any sound here? Nope.
- It's turned on...
- WAIT A MINUTE!
- The cable should...
How about that! It reminds me
of a story. Wanna hear it?

Swedish: 
We have a light.
Stand by, uh fuck it I just turn it on.
This whole "stand by" thing...
Some say it's useless, some say it's awesome
and some say that it doesn't matter at all
- The clean green channel
- How does that feel?
A little bit scared. But it can be a
bit of fun with a clean channel.
Just waiting for it to wake up
Yes... Here we are and can't
do anything about it...
It's fun with tubes!
There's a construction company
in my neighborhood.
Pipey pipes is their name.
Maybe working with pipes.
- Is there any sound here? Nope.
- It's turned on...
- WAIT A MINUTE!
- The cable should...
How about that! It reminds me
of a story. Wanna hear it?

Swedish: 
I love stories!
Prepare for Uncle Jocke's story time!
Manowar. Tough guys. Lots of muscles.
Playing hard viking rock, but they're
from the USA so it doesn't count
They bragged about being the
loudest band in the world for a while
and the bass player had a special amp that
could "suck extra energy from the power outlet"
to be able to be extra loud, and that was
actually one of their sales pitches
One day at soundcheck there was no bass sound
and he got more and more frustrated since
he didn't take shit from anyone!
Especially not his bass rig!
His tech probably got fired over and over
until they walked up and...
turned up the volume on the bass
About the same PRO level as this here
Cable connected, volume up, and
then there should be sound

English: 
I love stories!
Prepare for Uncle Jocke's story time!
Manowar. Tough guys. Lots of muscles.
Playing hard viking rock, but they're
from the USA so it doesn't count
They bragged about being the
loudest band in the world for a while
and the bass player had a special amp that
could "suck extra energy from the power outlet"
to be able to be extra loud, and that was
actually one of their sales pitches
One day at soundcheck there was no bass sound
and he got more and more frustrated since
he didn't take shit from anyone!
Especially not his bass rig!
His tech probably got fired over and over
until they walked up and...
turned up the volume on the bass
About the same PRO level as this here
Cable connected, volume up, and
then there should be sound

English: 
Now we're gone full circle. This sounds
like an old Marshall again and it's brand new!
"I want it to sound like my old Marshall"
Let's boost it, like an old Marshall!

Swedish: 
Now we're gone full circle. This sounds
like an old Marshall again and it's brand new!
"I want it to sound like my old Marshall"
Let's boost it, like an old Marshall!

English: 
Works! We don't need all those channels
it's just a waste of time and space!
But that's not why we're here:
Blue channel! Meat sandwich! Fire!
I feel that we need a low tuned
guitar. You have one, right?
- Yes.
- While you get it, I wanna chug some.
- How low tuned do you want?
- Well, how low can you go?
30" Fender indeed!
It sounds cool but...

Swedish: 
Works! We don't need all those channels
it's just a waste of time and space!
But that's not why we're here:
Blue channel! Meat sandwich! Fire!
I feel that we need a low tuned
guitar. You have one, right?
- Yes.
- While you get it, I wanna chug some.
- How low tuned do you want?
- Well, how low can you go?
30" Fender indeed!
It sounds cool but...

Swedish: 
To quote Fredrik: It's always
better with a boost.
With that said, muahaha
This is the grand finale of the time line,
when you go full circle
with one channel sounding like an old Marshall
and modern sounding metal channels
What is a modern metal channel?
You've mixed ideas, bits and pieces from
all of these amps throughout the years to
"...put the guitar straight in and skip the pedals".
People want an immediate good sound.
And the amp does sound great, IF
you have the right guitar!
And the right string gauge and ,where were we?
The right cable of course!
The preferred thing is something
cool, like a BareKnuckle pickup
If you check tutorials with Nolly (Getgood)
he says "I set the tone at 10 o'clock to..."

English: 
To quote Fredrik: It's always
better with a boost.
With that said, muahaha
This is the grand finale of the time line,
when you go full circle
with one channel sounding like an old Marshall
and modern sounding metal channels
What is a modern metal channel?
You've mixed ideas, bits and pieces from
all of these amps throughout the years to
"...put the guitar straight in and skip the pedals".
People want an immediate good sound.
And the amp does sound great, IF
you have the right guitar!
And the right string gauge and ,where were we?
The right cable of course!
The preferred thing is something
cool, like a BareKnuckle pickup
If you check tutorials with Nolly (Getgood)
he says "I set the tone at 10 o'clock to..."

Swedish: 
"...avoid some brightness." Well yeah, you
have a bright guitar with even brighter pickups
Because every individual part
is made as tight as possible
We'll use pedals instead! Play some Fender!
Now it'll be the opposite of bright
What do you say? Should we add a pedal?
Play that single string, meshuggah
style, low tuned earthquake stuff

English: 
"...avoid some brightness." Well yeah, you
have a bright guitar with even brighter pickups
Because every individual part
is made as tight as possible
We'll use pedals instead! Play some Fender!
Now it'll be the opposite of bright
What do you say? Should we add a pedal?
Play that single string, meshuggah
style, low tuned earthquake stuff

Swedish: 
Nothing wrong with that! Let's try another pedal!
This is a bit softer
Fuck it! Let's use channel 3
with the same boost!

English: 
Nothing wrong with that! Let's try another pedal!
This is a bit softer
Fuck it! Let's use channel 3
with the same boost!

English: 
Different pedal!
Hard as a rock!
And there you have it! The circle is complete!
From 1959 to, when was this amp released. Last year?
Plec! When was it released?
Plec! It's your amp, you should know!
I think that the blacked out version
was released last year, 2019
so it's a span of 60 years in
the amp making history, right?
60 years of metal guitar sound.
In just one hour! Can you imagine
how many amps I didn't mention?
Could've continued for days...
and think of the sonic possibilities
with a different cab!
We can do this forever!

Swedish: 
Different pedal!
Hard as a rock!
And there you have it! The circle is complete!
From 1959 to, when was this amp released. Last year?
Plec! When was it released?
Plec! It's your amp, you should know!
I think that the blacked out version
was released last year, 2019
so it's a span of 60 years in
the amp making history, right?
60 years of metal guitar sound.
In just one hour! Can you imagine
how many amps I didn't mention?
Could've continued for days...
and think of the sonic possibilities
with a different cab!
We can do this forever!

English: 
Something else to add? I've got a mail!
Mojje!
"What about an uber-squashed tube
compressor before the preamp?"
The downside with tubes is that
they doesn't have that much attack
so to get a better snap I would
recommend something solid state
If you have a tube compressor
then it'll be smooth and warm
gentle and cozy and lovely
while a, for example an 1176,
is fast as hell and punishingly fast
...my ears hurt, and you start crying and
depression and children crying and rape showers
ANYWAY! What I try to say is
A tube compressor in front will
probably just smear the sound

Swedish: 
Something else to add? I've got a mail!
Mojje!
"What about an uber-squashed tube
compressor before the preamp?"
The downside with tubes is that
they doesn't have that much attack
so to get a better snap I would
recommend something solid state
If you have a tube compressor
then it'll be smooth and warm
gentle and cozy and lovely
while a, for example an 1176,
is fast as hell and punishingly fast
...my ears hurt, and you start crying and
depression and children crying and rape showers
ANYWAY! What I try to say is
A tube compressor in front will
probably just smear the sound

Swedish: 
But, if it removes some low
end, it's definitely worth a try.
A tube distortion pedal is more or less
just adding another gain stage
and that would probably work great!
So, yes and...hard to say!
My experience with a compressor
before is that all the noises...
...all the fails are amplified too much.
We, who can't really play guitar
doesn't like that side effect.
A dude like Per Nilsson can play
with anything, like a V-amp
and that thing sounds good in his
hands, like best in the world
He did it again! Thordendal is sitting tweaking
and, boom, sounds awesome, like him!
I've heard him play through a SansAmp
and it sounded like... Meshuggah
OH getting more emails!
"Guitar sound will change in the future.."

English: 
But, if it removes some low
end, it's definitely worth a try.
A tube distortion pedal is more or less
just adding another gain stage
and that would probably work great!
So, yes and...hard to say!
My experience with a compressor
before is that all the noises...
...all the fails are amplified too much.
We, who can't really play guitar
doesn't like that side effect.
A dude like Per Nilsson can play
with anything, like a V-amp
and that thing sounds good in his
hands, like best in the world
He did it again! Thordendal is sitting tweaking
and, boom, sounds awesome, like him!
I've heard him play through a SansAmp
and it sounded like... Meshuggah
OH getting more emails!
"Guitar sound will change in the future.."

English: 
Do I think that the guitar sound
will change in the future?
Taste and preferences! No!
Different version of... I think people...
If you remember the stuff you've learned here
with the tone shaping before the amp
and that you can change it infinitely.
In the digital realm there's
no end of possibilities.
What that means...
I don't think so. There's a timeless
beauty in the perfect chug
well at least in my case, the perfect chug
To someone else it's the perfect fuzzy noise
because that's also something beautiful,
starting up the behemoth and let it hum
10 minutes later and nothing has changed
and it's still awesome and it makes you happy
Maybe it takes something external
to make you happy over that, but
It's just an example, Google it.
Summary: I don't think it'll change.
Petter Mattson has a question:

Swedish: 
Do I think that the guitar sound
will change in the future?
Taste and preferences! No!
Different version of... I think people...
If you remember the stuff you've learned here
with the tone shaping before the amp
and that you can change it infinitely.
In the digital realm there's
no end of possibilities.
What that means...
I don't think so. There's a timeless
beauty in the perfect chug
well at least in my case, the perfect chug
To someone else it's the perfect fuzzy noise
because that's also something beautiful,
starting up the behemoth and let it hum
10 minutes later and nothing has changed
and it's still awesome and it makes you happy
Maybe it takes something external
to make you happy over that, but
It's just an example, Google it.
Summary: I don't think it'll change.
Petter Mattson has a question:

Swedish: 
Favorite amp to work with and how did you do
the guitar sound on the Resistance album?
#1 Favorite amp.
I like to find a combination that works
and that's always depending on who's playing,
how is he playing and genre of music
Everything else is secondary. If I'd be
a guitar player I'd probably be much more
"That's how it should be". You can hear when
the guitarist mixed an album.
90% guitars, some drums far away and maybe
vocals since it helps emphasize the guitars
I'm not saying that it's exactly like that,
but Google it. It's pretty damn close.
Everything need to be balanced.
This amp was really easy to work with!
It's the first time I've tweaked this
EVH model and it's fantastic
all channels sounded great!
The 5150 is an old friend...
No there's no favorites, but

English: 
Favorite amp to work with and how did you do
the guitar sound on the Resistance album?
#1 Favorite amp.
I like to find a combination that works
and that's always depending on who's playing,
how is he playing and genre of music
Everything else is secondary. If I'd be
a guitar player I'd probably be much more
"That's how it should be". You can hear when
the guitarist mixed an album.
90% guitars, some drums far away and maybe
vocals since it helps emphasize the guitars
I'm not saying that it's exactly like that,
but Google it. It's pretty damn close.
Everything need to be balanced.
This amp was really easy to work with!
It's the first time I've tweaked this
EVH model and it's fantastic
all channels sounded great!
The 5150 is an old friend...
No there's no favorites, but

Swedish: 
what are we looking for, where do
we start, and why?
A lot of "why's". It's the everlasting question:
Why does that sound good? I don't know, try it!
And #2 the guitar sound of "The Resistance SWE"
Awesome project, Google it! Really good band!
It was meant to be a version
of "the Gothenburg sound"
and the first demo we did had that
classic Gothenburg chug guitars
tried the miking and vintage 30
speakers and all that
and at the same time I read this book
"Blood, Fire, Death" by JJ Klingberg
Amazing book!
I laughed at the way they used this
pedal (HM2) and cranked it and:
"This sounds disgusting" and that was
the point. It should sound disgusting!
The whole idea was to visualize the blood,
death, decay and horror with the sound

English: 
what are we looking for, where do
we start, and why?
A lot of "why's". It's the everlasting question:
Why does that sound good? I don't know, try it!
And #2 the guitar sound of "The Resistance SWE"
Awesome project, Google it! Really good band!
It was meant to be a version
of "the Gothenburg sound"
and the first demo we did had that
classic Gothenburg chug guitars
tried the miking and vintage 30
speakers and all that
and at the same time I read this book
"Blood, Fire, Death" by JJ Klingberg
Amazing book!
I laughed at the way they used this
pedal (HM2) and cranked it and:
"This sounds disgusting" and that was
the point. It should sound disgusting!
The whole idea was to visualize the blood,
death, decay and horror with the sound

English: 
I was sitting with the vocals of Marco Aro
on top of the polished guitar sound I felt
No...
we need something noisy to match
the aggression in his voice
so I re-amped the guitars with an HM2
and mailed it as a bonus mix for fun
also mixing the drums to sound
like "meat sandwich, death, blood"
What I received back was
happy smiley hearts and love.
And the gear used to get that sound
Come on, I brought a "fun box" with me!
Let's see what Uncle Frey brings out!
Let's see, is this the right one?
I used...
See that?
This is ...the original, the Japanese version
It sounds awesomely terrible.

Swedish: 
I was sitting with the vocals of Marco Aro
on top of the polished guitar sound I felt
No...
we need something noisy to match
the aggression in his voice
so I re-amped the guitars with an HM2
and mailed it as a bonus mix for fun
also mixing the drums to sound
like "meat sandwich, death, blood"
What I received back was
happy smiley hearts and love.
And the gear used to get that sound
Come on, I brought a "fun box" with me!
Let's see what Uncle Frey brings out!
Let's see, is this the right one?
I used...
See that?
This is ...the original, the Japanese version
It sounds awesomely terrible.

English: 
This is the German - Chinese copy
Made completely from noble plastic.
and creaks in an professional way
when you touch it
That one was the boost pedal
Into... are you ready?
How about that?!
It's the same amount of tubes as
in the little amp over there
but without the power amp, so
I ran it into the computer
and added a digital power amp and an
extremely nice 4x12 cab I had at home
...and cranked the shit out of it,
and it sounded awesome.
There, new knowledge shared!
Wait what? I've got another question! Yay!
Hi Robin!

Swedish: 
This is the German - Chinese copy
Made completely from noble plastic.
and creaks in an professional way
when you touch it
That one was the boost pedal
Into... are you ready?
How about that?!
It's the same amount of tubes as
in the little amp over there
but without the power amp, so
I ran it into the computer
and added a digital power amp and an
extremely nice 4x12 cab I had at home
...and cranked the shit out of it,
and it sounded awesome.
There, new knowledge shared!
Wait what? I've got another question! Yay!
Hi Robin!

Swedish: 
Do you remember the setup
for "Life will kill you"? Yes I do!
It was the Line 6 Vetta with a
big fat Chinese ribbon mic that
Big ugly, looked like a huge shaver
that we aimed dead center in a Line 6 4x12 cab
Boosted Big Bottom, line 6.
Awful, but it worked. And of course
those 30" guitars we used
it was a different brand though.
Please play some more cool stuff.
*Swedish shrimp taco face*

English: 
Do you remember the setup
for "Life will kill you"? Yes I do!
It was the Line 6 Vetta with a
big fat Chinese ribbon mic that
Big ugly, looked like a huge shaver
that we aimed dead center in a Line 6 4x12 cab
Boosted Big Bottom, line 6.
Awful, but it worked. And of course
those 30" guitars we used
it was a different brand though.
Please play some more cool stuff.
*Swedish shrimp taco face*

English: 
I'm happy now.
 Time to fuck off, right?
If you want it, then we'll see each other again
- Good job, Petter!
- Thanks, likewise!
- I really enjoyed this! Let's do it again!
- Lot of chugs, lots of guitar.
Hugz, bye bye and peace on earth!
Let's play some fucking metal!
- I need a guitar! I wanna play too!
- Here, take this!
They have to fade me out,
since I'll never stop playing...

Swedish: 
I'm happy now.
 Time to fuck off, right?
If you want it, then we'll see each other again
- Good job, Petter!
- Thanks, likewise!
- I really enjoyed this! Let's do it again!
- Lot of chugs, lots of guitar.
Hugz, bye bye and peace on earth!
Let's play some fucking metal!
- I need a guitar! I wanna play too!
- Here, take this!
They have to fade me out,
since I'll never stop playing...
