How I Get Great Guitar Tones at Home!

In this video I'll show how I get killer guitar tones in my home studio with the help of the UA, OX and Adam A7V powered speakers!

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Adam A7V Powered Monitors
Universal Audio OX Box
Universal Audio Dream
Universal Audio Apollo Interfaces
Universal Audio Volt Interfaces
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PRS DGT
Gibson Murphy Lab Les Paul
Avantone Microphones

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Timecodes
0:00 - Performance
0:37 - Intro
1:05 - Adam A7V
3:23 - Interfaces
4:53 - Bassman Tones with Ox
7:51 - Dirty Bassman Tones
8:26 - Ox Deep Dive
10:08 - Marshall Tones
12:28 - Dream Pedal Tones

[coreycongilio]

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Check out the gear used in this video
Adam A7V Powered Monitors
Universal Audio OX Box
Universal Audio Dream
Universal Audio Apollo Interfaces
Universal Audio Volt Interfaces
Sire Guitars
PRS DGT
Gibson Murphy Lab Les Paul
Avantone Microphones

[chirbinnidhogg]

I love how Corey plays and records like a producer, more than just a “guitarist” he’s getting all the small details of his sound locked down

[nieze]

This was exactly what I've been needing to see.
Love this kind of content from your channel.

Perhaps you could do a home budget studio set up. From low, med to high budget.

Thanks again

[musicbyclay]

An absolute wealth of knowledge not just when it comes to badass guitar playing but also recording and sound engineering! These videos are invaluable and i couldn't appreciate you enough for sharing said knowledge. Thank you.

[clouds]

This is great if you already have tons of gear. But for regular people I recommend just getting some software plugin like BiasFX2, Helix Native or some Neural DSP one. Very cheap, lots of options and sounds great.

[terryquinn]

Corey you really are one off the best YouTube demonstrators, and an incredible guitar players. Please don't ever stop you videos. They are quite "Simply the Best" as Tina Turner would say
And so are you.

[johnmac]

Great to hear your monitors mic'd Corey, it's not something we hear very often from any guitar YouTubers! They sound really good. I used JBL 305P 5" monitors and they're good for the price (about $300 a pair). Those Adams sound fantastic and although not cheap, they're not crazy price for home use.

[stricknine]

Les Paul and Marshall Plexi continues to inspire me.

Very informative content about your gear and recording equipment..It interested me because you are a great player but definitely have a tone edge that is always next-level good !

[basstimenonfish]

Awesome ! I just ordered a set of these for my studio before I even saw this . I even have the Sound ID software and mic already to tweak when needed . You always have great tone !

[cooghoublaga]

Many thanks for this one, answered lots of questions i've been wondering about, great job !

[rocinblues]

Corey, thanks for taking us through your recording process for home. This reinforced some things I've been doing and other options via the OX. Cheers!!

[nathanielheale]

Killer playing as always, Corey! I love my Adam Audio speakers too! I was playing through them with my D20 last night. It gives me honest sound to tell me where my tone is at which is awesome.

[blayneb]

Great stuff, killer tones! I go a similar route via Simplifier MKII and an X thru an old set of Event 20/20P Studio Reference monitors. Let's me great great tones at reasonable levels in my home. Also my Carr Slant 6V combo feeding a Fryette PS-100 or a Torpedo Cab M+ out thru the same monitors. Very similar set-up. The Events are old, and I'm sure not as great as the Adam but they serve me quite well. Cheers!

[chrismundayguitar]

Hey Corey… super helpful video thank you… I’m using an ox also… it’s funny I thought I “needed” to use mics to get/have a legitimate recorded guitar tones in my home recording setup… you just proved you can totally commit to digital speaker emulation alone without mics

[chrisrussoroos]

Great presentation - valuable info for all

[dupontlajoie]

Hi Corey ! Thanks so much to post this video because I am building my owwn little home studio. I purchased the ox amp top box and it's just awesome ! For the rest I was a bit lost because there is so much choice of monitoring speakers and other things ... You're the man 😉

[fatbackfunk]

As always, wonderful content and very helpful as well! The A7Vs are now on my radar and I'll be sure to consider em' when upgrading. The only other speakers/monitors I've been considering purchasing are the Dynaudio, simply because I need something a bit more flatter sounding for mixing but also something good for just listening to music. But again, these Adams sound like another great option, maybe even the better one, based on how well it works with guitar tones and specifically, this particular setup (Ox/real amps/Apollo) which is exactly what I'll be using and relying on for guitar tones.

After a few months of researching the OX, I'm just about ready to pull the trigger, thanks to videos like Pete Thorn's, yours and a few others that have showcased it so fantastically! Anyway, Corey, thanks so much! Dave

[pablokagioglu]

Dude… great video, love the channel and I couldn’t agree with you more. 👍

I have had a similar set up since 2016 and juiced it up in 2019 to the current config:

Axe-Fx II XL+ into MOTU 828x into Adam A7X.

No amps, but the Axe-Fx has so many Amps models, Cabs, Pedals and so many parameters to tweak for each, that I’ll spend the rest of my life discovering new sounds, without the neighbors chasing me out of the building. 😂


The A7X monitors make all the difference; I had a set of Blue Sky 2.1 speakers before (PC speakers on steroids) they sounded OK, but I didn’t discover what was really happening with the mids until I got the A7Xs. They are so detailed, it really sounds like there is an amp in the room.

[mattgibson]

Super helpful video Corey! Thanks very much! I've been using an OX into a stereo HiFi amp and am thinking it's time to get some proper studio monitors. These look great. I like the idea of having both the pure and UNR mode for playing and listening to music. Thanks.

[Texasbluesalley]

I'd be interested to know how the sound recorded directly from the OX differs from the re-mic'd tone from the monitors.