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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: DeanS on June 04, 2009, 11:14:55 AM

Title: Checkout this guy's tone using a Blackstar HT dual!
Post by: DeanS on June 04, 2009, 11:14:55 AM
OK so he's a monster player.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdF0Q7D_MFw&feature=related
Title: Re: Checkout this guy's tone using a Blackstar HT dual!
Post by: hamfist on June 04, 2009, 12:24:47 PM
Sounds OK, but nothing special to me.  Rather a bit thin and one-dimensional to be honest.
Title: Re: Checkout this guy's tone using a Blackstar HT dual!
Post by: Adam.M on June 04, 2009, 12:51:39 PM
Sounds OK, but nothing special to me.  Rather a bit thin and one-dimensional to be honest.

That's what I was thinking.
Title: Re: Checkout this guy's tone using a Blackstar HT dual!
Post by: sgmypod on June 04, 2009, 02:34:26 PM
erm bit demo...lifeless to me(To quote above "Sounds OK, but nothing special to me.  Rather a bit thin and one-dimensional to be honest.")
Title: Re: Checkout this guy's tone using a Blackstar HT dual!
Post by: viking on June 04, 2009, 02:47:24 PM
Hey,the guy is playing straight from the HTDual with some drummachine etc. So,i find it rather good (his tone,i mean..)  :)
Title: Re: Checkout this guy's tone using a Blackstar HT dual!
Post by: Pete24v on June 04, 2009, 02:49:35 PM
sounds like a cruddy processor to me.... oh wait, it is!!
Title: Re: Checkout this guy's tone using a Blackstar HT dual!
Post by: Nolly on June 04, 2009, 02:56:52 PM
I'm still confused by the "monster player" part...
Title: Re: Checkout this guy's tone using a Blackstar HT dual!
Post by: gwEm on June 04, 2009, 03:14:52 PM
i quite liked the clip to be honest.
Title: Re: Checkout this guy's tone using a Blackstar HT dual!
Post by: sgmypod on June 04, 2009, 03:18:58 PM
I like my HT dual..don't like DI out bit...and hate the clip
Title: Re: Checkout this guy's tone using a Blackstar HT dual!
Post by: gwEm on June 04, 2009, 03:53:12 PM
I like my HT dual..don't like DI out bit...and hate the clip

hard to tell about the DI from the clip due to the youtube-ness, 'hate' is a strong word, but take your point. as i say, i quite enjoyed the clip.
Title: Re: Checkout this guy's tone using a Blackstar HT dual!
Post by: _tom_ on June 04, 2009, 04:34:41 PM
Yeah I'm really not a fan. I dont like the line out of my HT5 either, through headphones its just as bad as when I try to record it!
Title: Re: Checkout this guy's tone using a Blackstar HT dual!
Post by: gwEm on June 04, 2009, 04:40:00 PM
i wonder how it would sound with a line-out and impulse response. i've been meaning to try impulses for a while
Title: Re: Checkout this guy's tone using a Blackstar HT dual!
Post by: sgmypod on June 04, 2009, 04:48:20 PM
still not good better through amp..then record..or into comp through amp sim etc record
Title: Re: Checkout this guy's tone using a Blackstar HT dual!
Post by: Will on June 04, 2009, 05:44:56 PM
I liked it too, couldn't say why though
Title: Re: Checkout this guy's tone using a Blackstar HT dual!
Post by: gwEm on June 04, 2009, 05:57:43 PM
I liked it too, couldn't say why though

i'm glad someone else does! :)

it would be interesting to try one through my marshall 20/20 power amp i think
Title: Re: Checkout this guy's tone using a Blackstar HT dual!
Post by: HTH AMPS on June 04, 2009, 09:28:34 PM
it was a passable tone - suited that 'wanky guitar playing' style.
Title: Re: Checkout this guy's tone using a Blackstar HT dual!
Post by: Philly Q on June 05, 2009, 12:43:19 AM
Dunno about the tone - it's only a home-recorded YouTube vid after all - and I couldn't give a sh!t whether he "qualifies" as a "monster player" or not  :roll: .  But I liked the tune.
Title: Re: Checkout this guy's tone using a Blackstar HT dual!
Post by: Oli on June 05, 2009, 12:47:54 AM
I thought it sounded nice for the rhythm-y bit at the beginning, but not so much for the lead... a good effort though, 6/10... 7/10 for it being DI'd though.
Title: Re: Checkout this guy's tone using a Blackstar HT dual!
Post by: dave_mc on June 05, 2009, 11:04:49 AM
wasn't overly fussed on the tone, quite liked the tune and the playing though.
Title: Re: Checkout this guy's tone using a Blackstar HT dual!
Post by: Twinfan on June 05, 2009, 12:14:45 PM
it was a passable tone - suited that 'wanky guitar playing' style.

My thoughts too  :)
Title: Re: Checkout this guy's tone using a Blackstar HT dual!
Post by: DeanS on June 05, 2009, 01:28:33 PM
it was a passable tone - suited that 'wanky guitar playing' style.

Well, I guess this raises the question- define 'wanky guitar playing'?

When does the combination of technical ability and a good tune become wanky- or is it nothing to do with this- perhaps if he had a goatie beard and played a black angular guitar it'd be OK and cool. ...?
Title: Re: Checkout this guy's tone using a Blackstar HT dual!
Post by: gwEm on June 05, 2009, 01:45:48 PM
[and played a black angular guitar it'd be OK and cool. ...?

everyone knows white angular guitars sound better..
Title: Re: Checkout this guy's tone using a Blackstar HT dual!
Post by: Philly Q on June 05, 2009, 02:12:51 PM
it was a passable tone - suited that 'wanky guitar playing' style.

Well, I guess this raises the question- define 'wanky guitar playing'?

When does the combination of technical ability and a good tune become wanky- or is it nothing to do with this- perhaps if he had a goatie beard and played a black angular guitar it'd be OK and cool. ...?

I have a goatee beard, a black not-very-angular guitar but can't play for toffee.  Epic fail, I guess.  :(

To me, "wanky guitar playing" sounds like a technical exercise and doesn't have a discernible melody.  So I wouldn't really call this guy's playing wanky.
Title: Re: Checkout this guy's tone using a Blackstar HT dual!
Post by: sgmypod on June 05, 2009, 02:53:18 PM
'wanky guitar playing' = Vai...satriani (eugenes' trick bag...so bored of hearing that when people are testing guitars) style..both have good moments as well I will add
Title: Re: Checkout this guy's tone using a Blackstar HT dual!
Post by: morgasm on June 05, 2009, 03:11:22 PM
hahaha some guy posted a comment on that video comparing him to govan !!! haha
Title: Re: Checkout this guy's tone using a Blackstar HT dual!
Post by: Crazy_Joe on June 05, 2009, 03:15:45 PM
Sounded really artificial to me.
Title: Re: Checkout this guy's tone using a Blackstar HT dual!
Post by: dave_mc on June 05, 2009, 07:43:38 PM
To me, "wanky guitar playing" sounds like a technical exercise and doesn't have a discernible melody.  So I wouldn't really call this guy's playing wanky.

agreed. it's going to be different for different people, of course, for some people any solos at all qualifies as "wanky", while for others unless they're running through arpeggios for 10 minutes, with nothing else, it's fine. Just depends on what you like, i guess.
Title: Re: Checkout this guy's tone using a Blackstar HT dual!
Post by: dheim on June 05, 2009, 09:19:20 PM
i don't like the tone, very ordinary and without dynamics at all...
the tune is not bad (still a bit of ordinary satrianeries...) and the guy is still several times better than me but i wouldn't call him "monster"... :)
Title: Re: Checkout this guy's tone using a Blackstar HT dual!
Post by: HTH AMPS on June 06, 2009, 07:28:23 PM
it was a passable tone - suited that 'wanky guitar playing' style.

perhaps if he had a goatie beard and played a black angular guitar it'd be OK and cool. ...?

maybe for some people - his image his no bearing on my comments at all.  it was that standard cheesy instrumental rock playing that bores the tits off me and typically has a flat generic tone. 

for the record, I like some metal players that would be considered 'wanky' by some, though they have soul or that something you can't quite put your finger on that makes them special.  Marty Friedman is one of those guys, so are the Slayer axemen. 

I like lots of different music though, and metal is just the tip of the iceberg.

Title: Re: Checkout this guy's tone using a Blackstar HT dual!
Post by: tomjackson on June 06, 2009, 09:42:34 PM
To sum it up....

He's a fancier player than me, but I can get a better tone and vibe with a Tele or strat direct into any valve amp with my digital camera recording the audio....and so can most of the guys on this forum....

 :D