the secret to nailing ANY guitar tone

Here's my secret to nailing any guitar tone. Nirvana, AC/DC, Unplugged

[wayneknazek]

Aaron, I'm 74. Been playing since 1960. Gigging since 1965. Teaching and recording in studios since 1975. And I'm still gigging. I have a little bit of advise for you. Keep doing what you're doing! You've come a LONG way in a year and a half. When your playing skills catch up to your ear and anaytic mind . . . you're going to be an unstoppable force! My best to you young man!

[siavashmassoudi]

This channel has quickly become one of my favorites. You are hands down the best at recreating Nirvana tones!

[pixelll]

not only do you recreate the tone but you also add such a cinematic touch to them and i think thats whats so appreciated

[herecomesaregular]

I think part of the issues is that players chase the tones they hear on the album, without realizing there is a lot of studio magic going on apart from the actual guitar and amp themselves. Stuff you can't replicate in your bedroom or with your band.

[iDannyism]

This whole channel is one of the best examples of what happens when a guitarist goes "down the rabbit hole." And I love it.

[BaBaBaBenny]

Dude's been playing guitar less than 2 years and has invested thousands of dollars into gear... that's commitment.

[theworstofus]

“Secret to nailing ANY guitar tone” is pretty much having money

[jakestewartmusic]

Speaker is the overall filter and final EQ of the guitar, so it’s effect on frequencies is massive. But the amp is also extremely important, especially for The hard truth is that it all matters to differing degrees and in different areas. Find your recipe and have fun

[Sadsicpoetry]

The unplugged tone is so on spot … congratulations!!

[jonahlouque]

This has revolutionized the way I look at tones

[SkyBoundMP]

i never thought i would hear you play AC/DC but that was amazing

[jonathanwapner]

You're right. Amp doesn't matter . . . when it's clean. If you're using a pedal into a crystal clean amp, the speaker is way more important than the amp assuming the amp can achieve the necessary clean headroom for your application. When you're playing a even a slightly dirty amp, the amp does have a noticeable impact that is only equal to the speaker -- not greater than.

[robrunz]

Dude, I’m totally with you on this. I would love it if you shared impulse responses of your favourite speakers!!! Would you also share your mic setups for this too? You could start a new series on recording and mixing because you clearly have a good ear and well experienced in this field. Keep the videos coming. I’m loving your content so far 🤘

[someonehadtosayit]

As a metal player I do think amps are significant to a degree because you’d want a good high gain amp. However as far as actual tone goes, you are very correct. I was also making the same mistake getting different amp heads trying to tone chase. Once a finally swapped cheap speakers out for greenbacks and vintage 30’s (in my case), finally wallah!
All I need to do now is sell some amp heads I ended up not needing in the first place.
Great video man.

[lippi]

The way you record to tape sounds absolutely gorgeous.. I'd listen to any song with that intro guitar tone

[ryansharp]

Dude, I love the things you choose to play on your guitar. It just weeps emotion. I love it.

[dumpythehippo]

i loved the intro for this one because it sounded like a "western" like thing. also can't wait for the future interviews.

[Fretboard_Chaos_Productions]

Great video. So refreshing to hear a guitarist talk about speakers as the source of tone and not about amps or worse the infamous tone wood of the guitar. Instant subscriber keep up the great content

[NicoBellisarioMusic]

Cool video and nice cinematography. Your insight is appreciated. Speaker and cab are basically EQ so yeah, if you have the right gain structure and timbre (guitar, pickup, pedal, amp), by changing speaker you can definitely make it or break it.
I am not tech savvy on this next point, but speakers are also wattage dependent (check what Bonamassa has to say on it), so depending on how much wattage the cone can handle you are going to also change the "body" of the sound (e.g.: flabby bottom end vs solid bottom) and this is a huge component.
This said, a more precise title for this video would be " How I get my Nirvana tones". To suggest that any amp can get you ANY sound you want by switching speaker, I cannot say that it is a true statement, and could be pretty confusing for people, especially if you are not showing your chain.
Every amp has their own gain staging and eq response that gives it a certain character, no matter the speaker.
Now, you could say that you could build some sort of "all purpose" rig that lets you emulate any amp gain and eq response (check out Jim Lill) and with the right speaker you could actually get most sounds. That would be an amp modeler basically.
A cool experiment for you would be to replicate the same sound, with different amps to actually prove that you can get the same tone with different amp except speaker, and also what adjustments you would have to do to the chain in order to do so.
Finally, aside the first sound sample which was very close, your tones were not as close in terms of EQ, actually quite different (in Bloom, Lithium) even though the character of the sound was definitely there. Did you try any mic position changes or any post production? I think you could have gotten even closer.

[Theclashcast]

Thanks Aaron, can’t wait to see yr next vid about that cab/speakers.