This dude's rig makes him sound like David Grissom.

David Grisson is a giant of knowledge, talent, and a modest genius. What a treat to hear him talk about music and gear. You can feel the commitment and love he has for his art. Every example he played is dripping with feel and musicality. I'm a little late to the game, but I'm now a huge fan.

Wow. There’s so much take in right there. Great tone and keep it simple.

You, sir, are a human storm of supreme tone and musicality.

Damn he’s such an underrated dude. Tone and phrasing is insane.

@MoreMeRecording

2 жыл бұрын

Arguably one of the most underrated axe wielders in the last 25 yrs or so, hands down.

@glennmuir5617

2 жыл бұрын

Grissom is in no way underrated.

@Zepster77

Жыл бұрын

I just wish I had his HAIR…. 🌠❤‍🔥🌠

Wonderful tone, inspiring playing.

You can't go wrong following ANY of David's tone tips, that's for sure. I've got two really early DGT's that I love and for me just about all tone roads lead back to the DGT. The personality of that guitar really comes through all my different amps. Whether I'm playing my vintage Fender and Vox amps or newer Bad Cat amps, the DGT speaks well with each of them. The guitar has a way of driving each amp, tube and speaker combination in a really musical way. The guitar itself has a CRAZY amount of tonal options on tap. Just rolling the volume knob up or down alone gives you a world of tonal possibilities. If you have a nice, responsive tube amp and a quality overdrive pedal or two, add the DGT if you don't have one. David is cool and does not push his sig model on you, but treat yourself and just play one. It's just my opinion but I think the "feel" of the guitar has a massive influence on your overall tone. If the guitar plays effortlessly, stays in tune like a champ and feels good in your hands you are naturally going to play better - which is going to make you SOUND better. So, sell two or three guitars and make your wife happy. After you buy a DGT, you'll be happy and you'll find that the DGT easily replaces the guitars you sold. Sorry to write a book..........but.......I'm hoping that my experience might save you some $ in the long run.

1st time I saw/heard David was live w/ Joe Ely and I haven't looked back since.

@Slackerman007

3 жыл бұрын

Live at Liberty Lunch is great live guitar album

@iansnyder274

3 жыл бұрын

@@Slackerman007 life changing moment for me!!!

@mikemeeks8122

Ай бұрын

Similar here. First saw David on Austin City Limits on Georgia Public Television with Joe Ely and been a fan ever since. Thankfully we only had 3 tv channels and no cable back then!

The most amazing thing is how no matter how much gain you stack on when you play a chord every note is clear and each note in the chord can be heard and stands out.

Love the sound of those Greenies. Nothing like them.

Love that Grissom tone, sounds like a thousand buzz saws comin' right at ya. You could scare off grizzly bears with this!!!

Just saw him live tonight. It was freaking incredible!

I have only recently discovered DG after purchasing his DGT model PRS. Now I’m a huge fan of his tone and guitar play.

Great sounds and awesome playing! I just can’t help but get inspired every time I hear you play. Thank you man.

Any nuggets of wisdom shared by DG has always been worth while listening to. Thank you Mr. Grissom!

Thanks David! Great info and playing as always!

I' m so in line we the this approach - been doing it since the late '70's......

What a gift. Thank you for sharing, David.

DG is a very inspirational guy. I reckon 90% of that tone he gets comes from him too.

I just love the tone you get, so much so I’ve got a goldtop DGT just like that, and a cherry burst DGT with the birds. Great work designing them!

Please keep posting videos like this. This is a gold mine of guitar knowledge.

Nice , I love that tone first approach then effects as required

Love this!! Thanks for sharing!

One of my favorite guitar players. Great sound tutorial on today's video. Thanks, Dave!

I just love his playing and tone.

Thanks David, pure approach that yields great tone.

Fantastic. Thank you David. This made my Friday night.

Thank God u made a channel. I first fell in love with your playing on JM. I said to myself wow i dont feel like doing fast single note solos because your playing was so full and so dang soulful it just blew me away although im sure you can fly thru the notes but what i heard got me more into double stops and triads in ur style. It changed my way of playing forever. Greatest thing about the virus is hopefully you decided to make a channel, ur the best and im so excited i cant even tell you!

Awesome segment! Just stellar knowledge for you to be nice enough to pass along. Thank you!

Versatile amp in the hands of a master is indeed inspiring. Loved those clean tones, they were a surprise coming from that amp. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you Mr Grissom! Its amazing to get to hear your explanation of your Sound. I have bought a prs dgt because of you. And I must say that it is a great instrument. I find your style instantly recognizable and it is great to get to hear your explanation of Sound. Thank you :-)

Thanks David that was great! How about video on how you get your recorded sound? Mics, pres, compresion, EQ Etc. I think that would be really exciting for you fans.

Awesome stuff David. Thanks a lot... love the new album👍🏻

So pleased to have found your channel! Yes!!!

well done david ! very useful explanations. thank you man, i hope to see ya in italy after this long turmoil !

Man! Loved the video! I have a DGT and it was the guitar were I learned how to get tones with just guitar and amp. Thanks for the video

Thank you David- as always, a mine of information. I have your Truefire course and it has given me so much- cheers.

Perfect approach, always the benchmark for tone in my ears. Whip ass. Trio album is great as well, really enjoying it!

This was such an insightful video! Completely makes sense - look for a good natural tone and effects can enhance that. Thanks for sharing! Oh, and beautiful clean tones there.

I always love David’s videos!!!!! His phrasing AND tone is so dang beautiful.

Great great great playing. Lovely use of bends.

..great video. .great dude ...very humble and informative...and yes , great player.

Incredible tone 🔥

Thank you so much for sharing!

very helpful. Thanks David for sharing

awesome playing and tone

Love this. Thanks David!!

Your right David about the Ep booster, on my board forever, can not live without it

Beautiful!

Great guidance- thank you

Sure helps! Thanks David!!

Thanks for the update! I really like the way your sound works with the way you play!

Brilliant. Thank you very much.

Thank you David, it is a simple principle we sometimes forget. A good guitar one you have bonded with a good amp, then add the frosting on top.

I follow the same approach as David. I remember some years back (20-25 years ago) where every sound I had live came from one button or another on the floor. How liberating it was to rediscover the controls on my guitar and scale back to just a couple of pedals (drive, boost, maybe delay). It. Just. Works.

His tone is to die for!

Thanks for the tone tips, David. Really enjoying the love album, fantastic!

@DavidGrissomguitar

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it!

Much appreciated, thank you. It's interesting how similar your approach to tone shaping is to that of Matt Schofield, and Jeff McErlain, two guys who also put a lot attention into their tone. I use a Helix, but follow a lot of the same approach you describe here to get similar tones. One thing I keep hearing from you pros is to keep the brightness under control. Have to think about that some more. As we setup our tones, having that bright crispy Fender sparkle is great. But when you turn it up in the mix, it's often too much.

Awesome setup David!

I'm about a year behind, here, but I picked up a Grissom pedal from Brad's Reverb site back in December of 2020, and it's taken me this long to actually fall in love with it. The funny thing is that I was running loud and clean for years, mostly playing on R&B/Motown/funk gigs, which is typically inhospitable for big Marshall tone, but the addition of the Grissom has made me rethink my old tubescreamery ways. You are EXACTLY right, there are harmonics and transient tones that don't emerge without a little gain from the amp - and honestly, the pedal is best suited to that. (Gain @ noon, volume 10:00, contour 4:00.) So you've indirectly had a pretty profound (and positive,) impact on my playing, sir. Thanks very much!

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on tone David.

So glad I found your channel. You are w/o question one of my biggest inspirations of great tone, hands down but also riffs! Man I dig your vibe so much. "musical" is an understatement. Looking forward to more great content, ~peace!

@DavidGrissomguitar

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Thanks for doing this! Super helpful. Love your PRS guitar and their amps. Gorgeous.

Thank you for sharing.

Thanks David. Very inspiring. I saw some KZread videos with you and Eric Johnson playing. I notice that your tonal palettes overlap a bit, esp when he plays humbucking guitars. However the approach to obtaining those tones and the philosophy behind that seems very different. I like your approach more these days of keeping things simple and mining the guitar/amp relationship as much as possible for tones. Thanks again!

I have one of these PRS DG amps with the matching 2x12 cabinet with V30's. It's really amazing how well it responds to rolling back the guitar volume. Even in boost mode just roll back the guitar volume and it cleans up with a really full, round clean tone. Much more body to the clean tone than any Fender I have ever owned. The on board reverb is perfect. Roll the volume back up and it just sings. I don't even use an overdrive or boost pedal with it when I play it. Don't really need one.

Beautiful

Great stuff David!

New to your channel but just wanted to say I really dug your sounds. The chorus sound was quite unexpected too and really nice. I couldn't agree more about the benefits of using a single channel amp. I have always thought they were more natural feeling than the channel switching variety.

Those licks and plucked double stops at around 10:50 .... So good

I have enjoyed listening to you since Storyville, and still play those albums! Always great tone, this was an excellent video to watch, thank you for taking the time to talk about how and why you take the approach to tone you do. I have a complicated setup with a big board, 2 channel amp w/effects loop, midi controller, etc., and watching/listening to this makes me question "why???". Actually, I enjoy the way I approach playing but your approach is awesome and makes so much sense! BTW, I have an early model DGT 10 top...great guitar, but I'm going to get it set up for 10's once the virus is done. Not a fan of the 11's even though the guitar plays great!!! All the best!

One of the greats!

Thanks brother....solid advice!

Just after one or two sentences this guy's humble! First sign of genius!

Man, if ever anyone spoke to my guitarist’s soul, it’s DG...........okay, I like more treble and less bass, but the concepts of how he handles the guitar volume, the amp, the gain stages.......and of course the magical EP boost, aligns with my heart! Thanks Dave 😎👍

Saw you live at the Saxon Pub a few years ago on my way home from an early gig. You (You had to do three piece because the Keyboard player did a know show ?) Was totally entertained with your really great playing , music and sound.

Excellent ! he certainly has his own sound.

Ok. So now I’ve just found my tone holy grail. Awesome

Awesome video!

Vintage Arion pedals from the 80’s are great pedals. Plastic housing aside, the circuits are very good. I still like using my old arion distortion ( with the gain rolled off combined with an eq pedal for some grit. I also have a analog stereo delay from the same period that is fantastic. Those have gained a bit of a cult following. “ The cult of the sad-1”😉

Love the size of that board!😊

I just want to thank you for all the great music and artistry that you have giving to the world. Your new live album is on continual play here in my household. It is keeping me sane during these coronavisu times

That was great !

I love my EP Booster. Haven't fooled with dip switches yet. Thanks for the tip. Nice tone with the EP on.

Great tones!

Great video! I, like you, love single channel amps. I had one of your DGT guitars, and it was great, but money issues caused me to have to sell it a few years ago but if i can ever find another. Anyway, be cool and stay safe.

Fantastic just what I was looking for bought the your 2020 live Trio Album last year always wondered how you got those great tones, live or sitting at your Instagram desk. I'm with you on the single channel amps, gtr volume knob 🎸😁

Great vid , thanks for your insight and work with Doug Sewel, I just got a DG custom 30 and cab and it is the sweetest amp I've played in my 46 years of playing

@DavidGrissomguitar

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Incredible… Wanted a DGT for sometime now… Just got a very clean 2008 yesterday… Cherry Sunburst with moons All I can say is buy one. I have never played one… I just read the reviews and bought it sight unscene. Yes… It is everything they say it is. Thank you David.

Thanks!

Hi David - thank you for this really detailed and useful insight into your set-up and the thinking behind it. My apologies - I've done things the wrong way 'round here - asking a question via your website (which you graciously answered), before finding this video which covers it all so well! I'm going to try to find that "sweet spot" starting point that you describe with my current gear (a Katana), but you've totally sold me on making an EP booster the next pedal I buy. (I'd get your Jetter overdrive too if I could find one this side of The Pond).

Inspiring tone and playing man, making me want to go down the PRS road. Thanks mate!

@DavidGrissomguitar

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@stefan_hauk

Жыл бұрын

@@DavidGrissomguitar and 7 months later, I'm a PRS Pulse Artist!

So good.

Hey David Man great tone as always Hope all is well Joe (20th Century Guitar Mag)

David, I'm a fellow tone freak in Michigan. I now being a reconing guy of speaker in south eastern Detroit area. Have my skills honed in reconing celestion speakers. I'm a fan on G12M65's. They are like vintage greenback mids. With tighter sound using 4" breathable dust cap. To stabilize cone and high spl levels. Also for efficient greenback mids. I can recone G12M with lightweight nomax/paper 16 ohm 25 watt voice coil. But upgrading to 4 inch dust cap. To tighten up sound when pushed instead to speaker breakup. And still 100 watt power handling in 4X12.

Great thumb work

Its funny that he has an Arion Stereo Chorus, I had this pedal back in the 80's and I used Arion and DOD because I couldn't afford BOSS. They were like the second cousin to BOSS. I love it.

Best sincere advice ever...get a guitar that moves you, get an amp that moves you & put them together & practice with them. Screw around with the switches & knobs until you find something that your ears like.

Awesome!

Thanks you? You answered the question I was so incoherently trying to ask, at Rainbow Guitars in Tucson lol. I was so burned out from working a long stretch of 60 hour weeks, so embarrassed.