Nels is the best! Every video he's in makes us want to play (and retire) from guitar - mind blown!

@EarthQuakerDevices

5 жыл бұрын

I know the feeling. Y'all want to buy some guitars? Thanks for watching!

@premierguitar

5 жыл бұрын

We love Board to Death - thanks for the killer vids!

@EarthQuakerDevices

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙌🙌 EQD ❤'s PG!

@geemac7267

5 жыл бұрын

Really!? Why?

@egads2

5 жыл бұрын

Play what a junk yard sym-phoney?

9:33 As the graphic designer for the Red Panda Context pedal, I am so proud right now! Thanks Nels!

@thomaseatspomus

5 жыл бұрын

What a big compliment - congrats!

@JohannesLabusch

5 жыл бұрын

Have you designed any other pedals? Great work.

@fkdreamworks

5 жыл бұрын

i have never heard anyone calling any pedal good looking or handsome ever :) good for u man now i have to check it for sounds

@francoisgariepy1587

4 жыл бұрын

I have a Context pedal. it looks great, it sound great.

@rickc2102

4 жыл бұрын

The prettiest pedal on my boards! Well done, eti313!

I mean, the deadly combination of usable working musician chops, met with jazz and true psychedelic experimentation. Bow to the master.

@EarthQuakerDevices

5 жыл бұрын

🙌🙌

@reeyanholbrook6279

5 жыл бұрын

"Total genius Nels" Cline

"Everywhere I go, I have fun." Hats off Mr. Cline

I love how pedals have transformed a generation of guitars players into modular synth guys. (I’m one of them)

I have no patience for The Edge but I have all day for Nels Cline.

Nels still has that childlike enthusiasm for playing the guitar, combined with a lifetime of knowledge and expertise. Throw his unique style into the mix and it really makes for wonderful viewing. A special player.

I was going to take a nap, but I stayed for the dry humor and the wet signals.

@EarthQuakerDevices

5 жыл бұрын

lol

That was awesome that right after he shouted out My Bloody Valentine he went into an interpretation of the riff from the MBV song "I Only Said"

In a time in my life when I can barely breath from depression. This video is much needed therapy. Thanks guys!

@EarthQuakerDevices

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Jose! I hope we're able to help in some small way, even if only for 23 minutes.

@palodine1

5 жыл бұрын

hang in there Jose. I've been there too. It can get better.

@Redhotchilipprs

5 жыл бұрын

EarthQuakerDevices Its more then enough. Thank you guys!

@Redhotchilipprs

5 жыл бұрын

michael aryn Thanks man! I really appreciate it.

@diogobatista6844

5 жыл бұрын

These are rough times for sensible people, Jose. But remember you are not alone. It is really good to be able to connect to people who also enjoy that type of music! Take care, brother and keep up with that warrior attitude!

Lee Ronaldo, Thurston Moore and Nels Cline = Sonic Truth

Can we get a shirt that says "I deem this loopworthy"?

@pineboomerang

3 жыл бұрын

coming back a year later to check for shirt. sad its not here.

The man is a mad scientist. Also a hell of a nice guy, very generous with his time and knowledge.

@EarthQuakerDevices

5 жыл бұрын

Totally. He should teach an online class! Thanks for watching!

@MrTonysoundsgood

5 жыл бұрын

Indeed! I was lucky enough to sit down with him and a couple guitars for an afternoon this summer, and it is amazing how much it opened up my playing.

@EarthQuakerDevices

5 жыл бұрын

Wow, that rules! I'm insanely jealous. I had the good fortune of receiving a few bass lessons from Tony Levin last year and I can relate. The thing that stuck with me the most is how important it is to listen, think about what you want to play, then play it.

@MrTonysoundsgood

5 жыл бұрын

EarthQuakerDevices that was the same lesson Nels had for me!

@EarthQuakerDevices

5 жыл бұрын

It seems to be something all my favorite players have in common. When I spoke with Anthony Pirog from the Messthetics, he talked about the idea of developing a vocabulary for improvisation and it's completely changed the way I approach playing an instrument. Here's the interview, if you're interested: www.earthquakerdevices.com/blog-posts/the-messthetics-anthony-pirog-on-influence-improvisation

Look at how dark and beautiful that rosewood board is.

This was a masterclass on noise-making.

What I love about Nels,he’s not scared or insecure nor intimidated to try anything,and 99.9% of the time it’s fantastic.Thanks Nels.

Get this man a wizard hat! He is a magician.

All the favorite melodies from my childhood!

Being in the studio with Nels has to be the best thing ever.

When the aliens come, we need Nels to communicate with them.

@EarthQuakerDevices

5 жыл бұрын

Does the NASA Voyager support streaming audio?

@palodine1

5 жыл бұрын

I can see a sequel to "Arrival". Starring Nels Cline and Amy Adams.

@EarthQuakerDevices

5 жыл бұрын

and the Academy Award goes to...

@palodine1

5 жыл бұрын

His pedalboard!

@EarthQuakerDevices

5 жыл бұрын

"best supporting Pelican case"

I deem this loopworthy.

@EarthQuakerDevices

5 жыл бұрын

Riff status: loopworthy

@KCruB3ast1

5 жыл бұрын

@@EarthQuakerDevices I know you guys like to surprise people with what you are working on, but... you guys should look into a modern always recording looper like the 80s sixteen second delay Nels is using here. The key was in it being buffered bypass as I have a digitech multiplay from the 80s that also always records. There is a real gap in the modern pedal market for an always recording looper. Especially with how great it works with your guys pedals.

This is my fourth time watching this. I like treat this like listening to a full album of great riffs.

@EarthQuakerDevices

5 жыл бұрын

really happy that you like it! thanks for watching over and over!

Holy poopoo! He just has a large spring in his back pocket!? This man is a tone MONSTER! I love it.

my gawd, that jazzmaster had aged into pure beauty. I need to hear that thing in person in a small room

@DonMount

5 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/gnmarZKTlsWygqQ.html a small room that doesnt exist anymore

@music_works

5 жыл бұрын

@@DonMount your videos were a massive gateway into Nels' playing for me Don! Thank you for all the footage and documentation

@shawnclark5333

5 жыл бұрын

Your comments are on like every jazzmaster video, and I respect that.

@fkorekore265

5 жыл бұрын

For all offsets freaks: I think that Jazzmaster is not vintage, Fender did a celebration show of 50 years of the model, in Knitting Factory, some decades ago, with Thurston, Lee and Tom Verlaine, jamming, and each of them get a free JM like that.

@benjaminfowler4513

Жыл бұрын

​@@fkorekore265 it's a 59

I don't get the hype... take away all those pedals and all you have left is a phenomenal musician.

@EarthQuakerDevices

5 жыл бұрын

exactly.

@gobbohunter

4 жыл бұрын

Had us in the first half, not gonna lie

@stick1647

4 жыл бұрын

This clearly shows how pedals can help translate the emotions, feelings, and ideas not create playing. Nels Cline is a highly underrated guy

@RedCarRecords

3 жыл бұрын

Take away his guitar from him, or any other instrument for that matter, and he’d STILL be a phenomenal musician. Pedals are a means to and end for me. They allow me to explore Sonic territory that would otherwise be unachievable. It essentially multiplies the number of instruments In holding in my hand at all times, and I think that’s freaking awesome!

@CenterThePendulum

3 жыл бұрын

Nels Cline is Nels Cline straight to the amp. But if pedals give Nels inspiration in more directions, we get more Nels Cline. More Nels Cline > Not More Nels Cline. Also, Nels Cline.

“Watch Nels Cline make alien noises for 20 minutes”

@EarthQuakerDevices

4 жыл бұрын

how better to spend time?

I love Nels' playing and innovative approach. Some of the sounds here are the soundtrack to a nervous breakdown. 😂😂

I'm not a Wilco fan, but I could watch Nels do this all day. Love the Boss VB-2 Vibrato unit.

@josefk5659

4 жыл бұрын

Nicholas Greenwood #metoo

@jowlorenz9555

3 жыл бұрын

Check out nels stellar down to earth work on mike watt's 'contemplating the engine room' album ...

Haven't even watched it, but already know this is the best video on the internet

@EarthQuakerDevices

5 жыл бұрын

you're so right

@PMAWoodner

5 жыл бұрын

Spot on. This dude is the man. When I saw 23 minutes I was so stoked

@EarthQuakerDevices

5 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching, Ben!

"Everywhere I go I have fun"

Someone tag Joe Bonamassa to watch this vid...

@EarthQuakerDevices

5 жыл бұрын

Hey @Jbonamass check this out

@asparagusbear3323

5 жыл бұрын

I think he only uses like two pedals. overrated special and I don't know the other one.

@christopherkelley3185

5 жыл бұрын

I think Joe is the 1 dislike on the video.

@garrettallman3832

5 жыл бұрын

EarthQuakerDevices this is exactly why I love you guys omg

@EarthQuakerDevices

5 жыл бұрын

lol

I just love this guy.. i could never do this kinda stuff but just listening to him do it makes me feel weirdly satisfied

Nels is undercelebrated. If his body of work were only the solos on “Sky Blue Sky” it’d still ring true.

@jeffball6656

2 жыл бұрын

Nels is fantastic. He’s thinking and playing on a completely different level than most. The word genius gets over-used. But Nels is such an innovative genius musician.

Used to see Nels play in Bloc, in the 80s, all around LA. Freaking unreal band. Still have their CD, and a tape made before they were on A&M with "King Crab".

Boutique pedal people have a healthy respect for BOSS.

@EarthQuakerDevices

5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! They can be easy to overlook since they're almost standard-issue at this point, but they perfected the compact pedal format and they get the job done every time. I'd be lost without my LS-2 Line Selector and TU-2 tuner. I've used and abused them for years and they've never let me down.

@russwilson2305

5 жыл бұрын

BTW, I love the Dispatch Master.

@EarthQuakerDevices

5 жыл бұрын

thanks!

@ToneSherpa

5 жыл бұрын

@@EarthQuakerDevices My Boss DD-6 is one of the most useful pedals I own. I sure do miss my Dan Echo though. (I've had like 3 die on me. Best little echo ever. But damn are those Danelectro pedals fragile!)

@Soul74

4 жыл бұрын

Bass players keep coming back to the OC2 for that wubby synth tone.

If you watch this skipping 10 seconds all the time it sounds like a mental breakdown

Can you imagine the countless hours it must have taken to learn all those gadgets and tweak all that stuff constantly like that?! Like a mad genius

i didn't want this to end

@EarthQuakerDevices

5 жыл бұрын

me neither

No one has even mentioned the cute little dog! He was so peaceful and relaxed meanwhile chaos erupted from a nearby speaker.

I love Nels Cline, for his gear, his wisdom, generosity of spiri, his tiny feet and his awesome hair. WILCO ROCKS esp. with Nels!!!!

This guy Rube Goldbergs ridiculous sounds, and it's the greatest 20 minutes of "guitartube" you'll see today!

I am sooooo inspired now... Nels started playing and my jaw dropped... Floored... Instant Fan.

so did you guys give him a rainbow machine?

Simply put, the master of modern guitar.

God damn this man is an absolute ripper, everything about this is so clean. Thanks EQD!

@EarthQuakerDevices

5 жыл бұрын

It's our pleasure to deliver ripping hot-rock guitar action to your ear-holes. Thanks for watching, Adam!

@davelanciani-dimaensionx

5 жыл бұрын

Even without any pedals, he's such a precise player. Great technique.

I loved the nightmare circus at the end.

Nels thanks I like the way your commentating and teaching by thinking out loud about what and why your doing.. very insightful.. you do some things I wouldn’t have thought of.. also you use pedals because they do what you want them to do, it’s not about using only boutique or true bypass or the most expensive pedals.. your a true artist.. rare treat

This video is about 3 hours too short.

Damn, I've been a fan of Nels Cline since I didn't even know his name. Just really enjoyed his guitar sound on the Geraldine Fibbers _Butch_ album. Never dreamed one day he'd become an integral part of a favorite band. Such a classy fella who knows when it's best to just "lay back" during a song, or go Full Tilt Boogie. Dude can bloody shred, for real

@EarthQuakerDevices

5 жыл бұрын

Definitely! I think Nels is one of the most tasteful players in the game. One of my favorite Nels Cline moments is in the live version Wilco's "Muzzle of Bees" in the film "Burn to Shine: Chicago." And every note he plays on Mike Watt's "Contemplating the Engine Room" is golden. Thanks for watching!

@calwiggums3319

5 жыл бұрын

I sincerely thank you guys for posting such interesting videos. Peace & Jah Bless

@michaelkay611

5 жыл бұрын

I'll second that. His playing on "Engine Room" is just unreal. Also, his duet album with Julian Lage - which contains none of Nels' ingenious and inspired effect use - is gorgeous. The guy has amazing taste and unbelievable command of effects and sounds and is an endless font of improv ideas. I've seen him in an improv trio setting and in the course of one hour-long piece he must played over 200 distinct melodic ideas that all fit together. He's the rarest of the rare and I hope he can continue on forever.

@EarthQuakerDevices

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Micheal! Adding his duet album with Julian Lage to my Spotify queue now...

Nels Cline and EarthQuaker Devices ARE PERFECTION!!!!

you don't expect that kind of genius weirdness when you see a dad like this.

@EarthQuakerDevices

5 жыл бұрын

I expect genius weirdness everywhere I go, but I smell what you're steppin' in. Thanks for watching!

@stagnatic

5 жыл бұрын

Indeed, he's the greatest dad to us all.

@mikenoface

5 жыл бұрын

All us jazzmaster playing indie rawk dads know what’s up. Thurston is my dad and Nels is my stoner uncle.

@hickorymccay2994

3 жыл бұрын

He's more avuncular, in my opinion

It’s like he’s a lost warlock making a potion for a psychedelic time machine. It’s crunchy, I’m completely lost as to what’s really going on in this video. Really inspiring. Thx Nels!

Nels is the man! So much food for thought here

I really can’t stand Wilco, but Nels is easily one of my favorite guitarists. The guy does some crazy innovative stuff, he knows what he’s talking about, and he seems so genuine.

10:00 I´m in love with this guy! How can you not like him? His talking, his playing... god why did I just found him know??

My daughter said. "DAD that freaks me out, sound like monsters are coming" had to Share thanks Nels and EQer

@hickorymccay2994

3 жыл бұрын

Well, it does sound like monsters are coming. I should make a pedal called that, if I learn how to make pedals.

@jowlorenz9555

3 жыл бұрын

Sonic irritations .

Well that was the best thing I saw all week.

@EarthQuakerDevices

5 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching, Kevin!

i could listen to him all day

Nels is a massive inspiration.

this is my favorite guitar video on the internet

I love this. ALL OF THIS! Nels Cline seems like such an awesome human. Anything goes man, just commit to it and give it everything - cool things will happen. Love it. Thanks EQD for bringing this to the internet!

@EarthQuakerDevices

5 жыл бұрын

Nels totally gets it. Thanks for watching, Justin!

this is just an amazing video to see how you can take expand your sound, thanks Nels!

Well this is incredible! Love the soundscapes and 'out there' sounds he gets so quickly. Great video!

@EarthQuakerDevices

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Ted!

Nels could teach a master class just on natural harmonics

Best. Board. To. Death. Ever.

Nels-you crack me up man. Sick playing too haha

That end of the world Noise sounded like re-entry Absolutely loved it.

The best Board To Death ever. This vids are great, thanks for the nice time!

@EarthQuakerDevices

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for joining us!

i know what this is. it's Nels' sly way of saying "hey earthquaker, can you build an always-on-looper device like the 16 second delay because there is nothing like it out there! (cause me old wares are getting rusty round the joints)."...heh heh...heh, heh,....ha!!

@KCruB3ast1

5 жыл бұрын

They really should. When EHX remade that pedal they made it true bypass instead of buffered. Buffered bypass is the key because my 80s digitech multiplay also always records.

@Jeremy-ob4gm

4 жыл бұрын

Someone correct me if I’m wrong but can’t the Tensor do a bit of that?

@jhubsley

4 жыл бұрын

@@Jeremy-ob4gm Sort of, but it's not really useful or intuitive. You have to be in the NXT mode with the blend knob 100% dry while looping, then to grab and play back you have to quickly change modes and adjust the blend, which you pretty much have to do with your hands. Wouldn't be so bad, except the max loop length in NXT mode is maybe 2.5 seconds.

I love rig rundowns and love board to death so much. I’ve always wanted to one day become an earthquaker artist with the dope boards they all get with the all the pedals. Hopefully one day my band will get there but until then I’ll keep looking to nels for creative inspiration wow that man plays each pedal like an instrument unto itself

@EarthQuakerDevices

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching our videos!

This guy seriously knows his gear, really amazing sounds. That fuzz was ridiculous lol but he works with it!

That Earthquaker amp sounded really good!

I feel like my ears just took acid.

He's a guy that fully understands the potential of FX pedals.

@EarthQuakerDevices

2 жыл бұрын

fo sho

Okay, he's cooler than most of us will ever hope to be.

I've watched this a few times - for both inspiration and therapy alike! At one point I was hoping he could get the dog to paw the guitar for extra chaos! Joking aside, Nels is a great guitar player who can play tastefully (if he wants to) while seeking out new frontiers of guitar sound. It seems that he has a great knowledge of music and he uses both his influences along with innovation/ experimentation to inform his style. Go check out his work with Wilco, his own music with Julian Lage and live collaborations with Jim Campilongo (another fantastic player) - you'll realize that he can probably play any style he wants. He is also both completely cool and nerdy uncool at the same time! I like how he shows some blatant disregard for form and convention and isn't afarid to break things down to then re-assemble the peices into something unique and more interesting. His pedal board and his use of effects are refreshing - he can appreciate the tasteful tones a Klon can bring to the table but is not snobbish about what he uses. In Nels, Earthquaker pedals have found a great fit for showing and possibly developing further what they can bring to the already saturated pedal market. Videos like this can only get them further noticed and respected more by having their pedals endorsed by someone like Nels.

This is so much fun !! I love these kind of videos, and Nels is like a mad scientist with all his pedals !!

@EarthQuakerDevices

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Great creative sounds, nice to know about this guy.

I saw Wilco a few years ago, and Nels was the whole show for me.

I love that whenever I see him in guitar interviews he's doing some mad as fuck sound design but then you listen to Wilco and he plays the most beautiful guitar with barely any signal processing. It's like playing perfect solos is his side hustle and making weird shit alone in a room is what he actually does.

Nils is The Nutty Professor of pedals I love it! ✌❤🎸

Nice amplifier EQD! Nice playing Nels! Tone,chaos,melodicism,and noise. It is a good day indeed!

@EarthQuakerDevices

5 жыл бұрын

thanks!

11:48 The little known secret to Nels's sound is he actually runs everything through this limited edition Earthquaker Doge before his amp...

[[CHORD]] “End of recital!” *big grin* maestroarmheldaloft.jpg Those last 5 seconds, my favorite part of the video. 🙂 He earned it!!

Amazing he can do all that. I find it hard to believe he could actually use that in making music, but to each his own.

I can’t think of another guitarist I’d like to have a few beers with more than Nels.

@peterhillman8282

2 жыл бұрын

I imagine he'd be a pinot drinker

WOW........Mind Blown......

Nels is such a multi-dimensional being and a well grounded guy

Wow, best video in this series so far. The man is a perfect blend of playing and sound experimentation

@EarthQuakerDevices

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for viewing

Fun for the entire family! Genius...

Great to watch someone who has become so symbiotic with his gear!

@EarthQuakerDevices

5 жыл бұрын

he's so good he can make the random settings on his pedals do things on purpose

Best thing I have seen in ages. Great job all round thanks

@EarthQuakerDevices

5 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching, James!

I could watch this all day

My God man, the stuff he's playing at just under half way in is so beautiful, joyful and awe inspiring. Utterly masterful, one of my all time favourites.

@EarthQuakerDevices

5 жыл бұрын

I agree! Nels is a master of his craft. Thanks for watching!

Yes… another awesome guitar player I can obsess over… I don’t get out much but please come to the DC AREA!!!!

What a great sense of rhythm.

It is so great to see this version of Nels again.

@EarthQuakerDevices

5 жыл бұрын

I like all versions of Nels, but "let's-goof-off-with-effects-pedals-for-twenty-three-minutes-Nels-Cline" is one of my favorite Nels Clines.

Nels so cool and inspiring ❤️

Great Clean Tone from that Jazzmaster!

Nels is a fucking god, but I think it's cute that he uses a major 2nd setting on a whammy pedal to play "my bloody valentine type stuff" when Kevin and Bilinda just used the tremolo bars on their guitars-- using the same exact style of trems.