THE SECRET to INCREDIBLE STRAT CLEAN TONES! Tone Secrets #9

A germanium fuzz is the key to... incredible clean tones? YES!

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In a world, full of click bait titles claiming to reveal a so called "secret", one man rises up and makes a video with actually useful information that not everybody already knew... and not only that, he does it in under 10 minutes!!

[patrickcarroll]

Is anyone else always excited to get another video from this man?

Classy cleans is a huge goal of mine. Never thought to look towards a fuzz. Thanks Pete!

[kendavies]

Awesome! Awesome! Awesome!. I have been searching for that kind of tone for a very long time. Off to buy a fuzz pedal! Thank you X 1 Million.

[DANWRIGHTITIS]

Volume Knob!! Most forgotten tonal device on the guitar =) =)

[buska]

Wow...Who woulda thunk it. a Germanium Fuzz is the key to awesome glassy clean Strat tones. Thanks Heaps Pete

[clgmafnas]

Great job! Hendrix used to say in interviews that he prefers his clean sound with the fuzz ON and volume down, rather than fuzz off and a straight clean amp tone. 🤙🏼

[bassfishingwiththeantichri]

This is the tone I've been looking for. It would make for an interesting pedal shootout for best clean.

[gultra]

That's amazing, Pete! Who would've thought it? Thanks!

[jdaa]

Man! Sounds just like very early live Gilmour-era Floyd. Like on Ummagumma. Such a great clean tone! Love it

[pellevastano]

That's it. My next pedal is going to be a Germanium Fuzz. Thanks Pete!

[philippe_durel]

That reminds me of a little trick during a recording session where the engineer put the signal from the piezzo of the acoustic guitar through a TS808, adding just the tiniest bit of nearly inaudible dirt to it, and a lot of girth while the sound of the acoustic guitar was a mix of the piezzo and a microphone in from of the sound hole. The resulting mix was beautiful.

[abnzg]

Never in a million years would I have thought of trying this. Pete Thorn, delivering the GOODS.

[meenzergunsenum]

3:11 So that's the magic of a sophisticated player and musician sharing secrets with the commons right there and what it can do for your tone.

[raulmd]

Dang, I would have never thought how much a pedal can make a difference on a tone with the volume rolled down. This opened a ton of new tone doors for me thanks Pete 👏🏼

[adamf.]

I just received this pedal from Greece today. Every sound is amazing but especially the clean sound he describes here which is absolutely incredible! This video saved me years of frustration and probably thousands of dollars. THANKS PETE!

[mattastic]

How did I miss this video when it came out two years ago?? Holy cow this is exactly the information I needed.

[donaldryder]

What a simple and clear demonstration, I never knew this- thanks!

[marcoossidiana]

Thank you, finally some video really telling something useful for a strat sound other than "buy expensive components"

[jimmygreen]

I love doing that with my fuzzes! To me a fuzz is almost a instrument all in itself! Definitely my favorite effect! I too have the constellation & love it!

[tone-talk]

Awesome and with Jimmy over your shoulder looking on.