Loving this series of vids, Jimi, Fender amps and Strats whats not to like, great job 🎸🌟

Love the cinematography. Awesome tone, brother.

That Bassman sounds absolutely glorious! Great work :) I wish my clone sounded like yours! Your playing has really started to shine too, well done.

I’m enjoying this series! Well done! Cheers from this part of the world 🇨🇦.

Since I have been trying to create Jimi's sound exactly in the studio for several months now, I am fascinated by your videos, because they are exactly what I'm looking for, you manage to create Jimi's sound beautifully, I believed until some time ago that the sound of Jimi was exclusively Marshall, but lately I'm changing my mind with Fender amplifiers, congratulations and thanks for all the work you do with commitment and precision

Still one of my favorite tracks of all time. Love the dedication to recreating the tone!

man I've been following you since you started the channel pretty much and the quality of everything went up significantly. The video production is excellent but your playing definitely stands out!

I am really enjoying this series! Going on a guitar and sound journey is a fun thing!

This is wonderful, also I want to add I got my very first amp, Its a Two Rock Classic Reverb, I know its a big boi amp, but i've been playing acoustic for a long time (still plucking) and the thing was I always felt a big disconnect with amplifiers, but your channel and other reviews online helped me realize its the clean amp for me that helps me feel connected in a way that i'm use to with the acoustics, cheers!

@JamesOnGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Congrats!! Just filmed a bit of the next episode with my two rock classic reverb and it is just such a brilliant thing! Hope you have a great time with that amp :)

I'm working on the next video at the moment - so let me know if you have any questions you want answered about this one :) the next video looks at strings.. and what if Jimi used a two rock classic reverb!

@Sean_Plays_Guitar

5 ай бұрын

This is awesome. I’m going to see how close I can get to your tone using my digital stuff. Should be an interesting tone chase. I’m going down the rabbit hole with you bro 😂😎🤘🏻

Absolutely fantastic have a wonderful day James ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊

Isn’t it crazy how much bass these old Bassman’s have? I’d love to see a shot of the guts in this specific amp sometime.

You definitly get some great sounds man.

@JamesOnGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

14:25 Well, don’t forget that guitars that were recorded in the ‘60s were just “brand new” guitars out of the shelf/production line… very often without anything particular, they didn’t had the good sweet tone you get from an old aged guitar. And they were very different from each others just like we can find differences in current new models. There’s a great video on youtube of a German guitarist that compare two 1962 (I believe) Strat, completely identical, same year, same model, even same color… and yet they both sound completely different. If we would think that one if the “original guitar” and the other is a “copy”, we could think the copy is a bad one and it doesn’t sound anything like the original… and yet, they’re still both from the same year, and they both sound great, just not identical. So what do I mean here? That we shouldn’t fall in love into vintage gear thinking it’s the only way to obtain a certain tone. There’s absolutely nothing that was done in the past that can’t be done again today, and the guitars/amps can sound just as good new as the original were when they were also new back in the ‘50, ‘60s or ‘70s… And it’s pointless to really compare a vintage gear with a current new one, because we will never really know what was the model used for the new replica… maybe it’s 100% faithful to the original used as model, but it will be completely different from the original we might have in our hands to compare… I lost a lot of time (AND MONEY) doing comparisons of mics, preamps, etc… for the studio and I just finally come to conclusion we should always take our own conclusion with a grain of salt because it never really paints the whole picture… That’s why I’m not chasing vintage gear anymore and I’m fine with brand new guitars and/or amps… My 2¢

@3rdtonefromthesun

5 ай бұрын

Use your ears at all times right!

@Spidouz

5 ай бұрын

@@3rdtonefromthesunyour brain can play a trick on you, even when you use your ears. I’ve done plenty of A/B/X blindtests in the studio, to compare converters, mics, preamps, outboards, etc… and one day I did a trick by simply copying the same file and use “with” and “without” in the track names… over half of the people I was asking to compare and pick their favorite, would pick the track “with”… even thought it’s a complete duplicate and there’s no difference at all in sound. Our eyes see something, and therefore our brain makes us hear things that don’t even exist. Everything can influence our judgement… most of the time, if you increase the volume by just 1 or 2db, it’s enough to feel like it’s “better”… when in fact it’s just louder. That’s why comparisons are really hard because it could be hard to match completely the volume between two takes. Or you try something (let’s say a guitar, or a pedal, or an amp), and then you try the other one, but you have a blank of 20-30s the time to switch, unplug, plug, etc… then you already forgot the sound you were hearing. You really need it back to back with no interruption, otherwise the brain will reset… I noticed so much things like that, so I’m very carful now when comparing gear… to the point I don’t chase unicorns gear. YMMV

@3rdtonefromthesun

5 ай бұрын

@@Spidouz oh for sure, confirmation bias is a THING. If A/Bing like absolutely ensure you don't have auditory fatigue, if preferable do it for a short period on consecutive days. The amount of times I've ruined a mix by just sitting there....

Another great video James! i haven't been able to find that info i mentioned about which guitar he mainly used while recording electric ladyland, but i'll let you know if i do. the closest i've found was an article which mentioned that the guitar he used the most between febuary and and november 1968 was a white 67 strat with a rosewood fretboard and large headstock. although he was also known for playing LOADS of different strats all the time, many of which were stolen or broken on tour, so who knows which one (or ones) he used in the studio that year.

Mate the bassman sounds so voodoo chile.

Wish there was a tab of this somewhere. Probably the greatest electric guitar riffs ever written!

Hendrix totally used a bassman for this. Killer playing, mate.

He definitely used the bassman. He used fender amps on the entire electric Ladyland album including his dual showman amp. Some of his best tones on record imo

A big part of the tone is linked to the resonance of the room especially on the low D note (you can clearly hear it on the record) so yes you should add that the room reverb :)

Hi james did you ever played a dr z maz18 nr2? Keep the good stuff coming. Love the channel

You should also find Fender Reverb Unit, I think it is a big factor for that tone. Most of players used them in studios back in the days.

You probably talked about it in the first vid, but what is the tuning you are playing with? I think you are making some great progress. Looking forward to what comes next!. I am sure Hendrix would have loved all these choices we have. I am pretty sure he would love the modelers we have nowadays...I have the Fender Tone Master Pro and my favorite amp in it so far is the 59 Bassman. It is pretty neat how the modeled amp does behave very much like the amp you are playing with here. It is jumped in the TMP modeler. I don't think I can unjump it. Wish I could. Fun.

Sounds amazing! Can you get the Starwood in this ballpark?

So cool!

I am about to say that the 59Bassman is a Triumph for mankind.....YOU CAN'T GET A BAD SOUND OUTTA THAT!!!💥💥💥

Sold my Marshall when I got my 59' Bassman. Tones were so similar (but superior) on the Bassman IMO.

what a tone!

I have a VERY special silver face 1967 Bassman head you can borrow , don’t forget speakers are massively important…… also Jimi didn’t use the Uni Vibe until Summer 1969……. Don’t forget would have had a vintage Clyde McCoy on the floor…. Tone sucking the signal a little which adds great flavour…. He might not of used it on those takes but remember he would probably have wanted it there in case he felt like using it. I have some immense sounding 67 Clyde’s you can pick from if you want

@JamesOnGuitar

4 ай бұрын

Hey man - great to hear from you! I’d love to try one of your clyde’s. Yeah i think you are right from what i’ve heard from some others too about the wah being in the chain and sucking the signal a little. If could dm me on insta @james_on_guitar or email jamesonguitaryt@gmail.com would be great to chat 🤘🏽

I don’t have the budget now (but it’s on my wish list), if I would be seeking for a “best of Fender” amp right now, I would definitely go for the Redplate Bluesmachine or Redplate AstroDust… That’s hand made point to point amps from Arizona, USA. They’re not cheap, but they have 6 circuits, 2 Blackface, 2 brown face and 2 tweed… so you can pretty much cover all Fender tones from ‘59 to ‘66… It’s not my priority now (because my next amp will be the Diezel VHX), but after that, I will probably seek for the Redplate…

@Spidouz

5 ай бұрын

PS: And for my “best of Marshall” amp, I was lucky to score one of the last Dr Z EMS… another point to point boutique amp. And for my cleans, I have the Two-Rock Studio Sig, it gives you an idea of what amps I like and use…. And I’m not rich at all (far from it actually), I just prefer to save for a long time and get great boutique amps instead of mass produced single use products that won’t last and will be replaced quickly by something “new”.

I was going to bring up the upside down guitar, but didn't want to send you running for Peach again. :) Unless you're playing on the bridge pickup, I can't imagine that would make all that much difference. And if it is something you need to explore, you could swap your pickups into a guard that orients the bridge pickup differently - they make those. This is the epitome of rabbit holes, but its interesting and cool to see someone so passionate about chasing a specific tone.

@JamesOnGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Ha! It’s ok - i’ve had a build planned with Giordano for a long time but I keep changing the spec whereas now seems the right time for this spec. On the bridge pickup thing - would you not need route something to change that? A lot of hendrix is in the bridge so that is worth it (the flipped guitar) but even in the neck - they reckon one of the biggest differences is the length of the lower strings being quite different too. Cheers!

@jthatcher962

5 ай бұрын

@@JamesOnGuitar Ah, good point. My MIM Strat has a larger route in the bridge so it could accommodate a flipped bridge pickup or a HB, but a vintage routed guitar would need to be modified to make that work.

According to Kramer, it was a Dual Showman plugged into two 8x10 cabs!

@JamesOnGuitar

5 ай бұрын

thanks David! so I think I had read or seen that somewhere a while back, but then I thought I had heard that Kramer may have contradicted that somewhere else and so I wasn't sure! But yeah that would totally tally with the fact Jimi was using a Dual Showman back then in general. I had hoped 2x15 cabs, as there is a dual showman for sale with 2x15 nearby!

@d.kowalskiamplifiers4622

5 ай бұрын

@@JamesOnGuitar just got an original 8 ohm Showman output tranny from ‘67.. but that is for an ODS…they are still an affordable option! You’re getting some killer tones anyway!

@popeye089

5 ай бұрын

Eddie Kramer states in a Guitar Player Mag interview that it was a Blonde Bassman on a Marshall cab with GB's. He was every where with what was used. Even the source is unreliable 😂

@3rdtonefromthesun

5 ай бұрын

@@JamesOnGuitar Seen that, I have a Fender 2x15" cab and it is monstrous!

@JamesOnGuitar

5 ай бұрын

@@3rdtonefromthesun mine is coming tomorrow… with the dual showman 🤫🤫🤫

I definitely think he played his Flying V with the trem on this one!! Probably a bassman..

Didn't he supposedly use a Blonde Bassman or Bandmaster?

59 pickup?

These are cool and I dont mean this as a criticism in any capacity, but I personally feel it's a bit dangerous to equate what sounds like the record with what was actually played on the album. I offer two points here. Firstly, consider the excellent recording of Voodoo Chile by American band All Them Witches. Really captures the vibe if not the exact exact tone but definitely close enough to hit. But I think if you didnt know what gear McLeod uses you wouldnt guess what it was. Another example, if you wanna hear one of the best recorded guitar tones ever check out Blake Mills on the Jesca Hoop song "The Coming". I won't spoil it, but I dont think you'd guess in a million years what THAT was recorded with. If you check it out and want to know I'll tell you though (I asked Blake about it directly because I had to know lol). Anyway I think you do a good job addressing this at the end but it is my instinct about this topic. Secondly, in some ways KNOWING can be worse than just using your ears and going for the thing that sounds right and feels right when it comes to capturing the spirit of the recording in the context of how you play. I think "what gives me this tone" is a much more interesting question than "how did Jimi get that tone" but that's just me. But also, we dont know and all we have is human memory, unless a photograph or video pops up, or we get some outtake of Jimi saying "My name is James Marshall Hendrix and I'm recording Voodoo Chile today on this very nice bassman from 1959".

@JamesOnGuitar

5 ай бұрын

So whilst all of that is totally valid in its own way, my own thoughts. I generally really like All Them Witches, I don't love their version of this at all and I really don't love his tone on it. However, to me it sounds more like the jimi tone from Voodoo Chile Blues ( a different version from the voodoo chile version I am aiming at). Secondly, I don't like that tone on the Jesca Hoop song you mentioned - which I just listened to right no - although I am sure a lot of people would. Which just goes to show this is all very subjective anyway. For me, the version of Voodoo Chile I am following here may be my favourite ever recorded guitar sound. And so the reason I go down the rabbit hole on this one is to learn some things that will stick long term and help me get to to my own sounds that I have in my head. What amp, guitar, strings, pedals etc he used is almost by-the-by. It is just the content, but the thought process is what is valid. It is like, at school, learning all the dates in history and then forgetting them a few months later. It is learning the approach and how to analyse what you are doing that is the useful part. So in this case my subject is this song and the gear that recorded it. But once the series is over, I will be better at a lot of things because of this whole process. In the end, it is a valid and interesting thing to do - for me. And for that reason, I would be doing this without youtube anyway, but thought it interesting to document. I've done plenty of 'what gives me this tone'. But in this case I am going for a totally different angle, and it is no less interesting to those who find that interesting (and for the case of this song, that includes me). I don't think any one person gets to say what is interesting ultimately. The fun... and I want to say that twice, this is just FUN... is in the figuring it out. That gives me joy, it gives me time to play and listen to music I love and to get better at playing, recording, setting up a rig, setting my amps, considering choices that will serve me well long down the road in my own things! And that is the main point. Really I just want to have a blast doing this - music/guitar/youtube is all a way for me to find joy, and I do! I hope some people also find it fun and interesting too. cheers :)

@TCMx3

5 ай бұрын

@JamesOnGuitar without tone/body language intent can be very difficult to communicate. I do want to reiterate my comment was not intended to criticize the effort. I've personally gone down the rabbit hole myself with Eric Johnson's tones from Venus Isle, so I get it. I may have concluded that it's dangerous. Not bad, just something that I felt led me down a path I didnt feel was worth it in retrospect. Also again I should state that "more interesting" does not imply the other is not interesting, and I had hoped that my language conveyed that it was my perception not a matter of fact but I think reading your response I may have failed. That is on me. FWIW I watched the video through to the end and enjoyed it, I was just sharing a bit of rambly thoughts as someone else with a proclivity to do exactly what you've done. Also re those two example tones, my thrust with that was that the recorded tone can often be impossible to reverse engineer in this manner. That happened to have been recorded with a 65 stratocaster and a Kalamazoo Model II. I have never been so shocked in my life as when I found that out. I get not liking that one, like you said it's personal. I don't like a lot of tones on albums people point to as great ones myself.

An amp is an amp is an amp! It doesn't make any difference what amp a guitarist uses!! It matters what the EQ settings are on the amp, what mic was used in the recording, the placement of the mic in the recording and what was the EQ setting for the mic going to tape and what the EQ setting was in the mix. Along with any effects during the mix and how the signal coming from the tape machine was adjusted. And of course the EQ/volume settings on the guitar, and a single coil verse a humbucker. KZread, Joe Logsdon & Company,

Same year and model guitars and amps all differ, so trying to get the exact same sound is a hard task. Even with the exact same equipment, the player is different. Enjoying the series nonetheless.

@JamesOnGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Oh yeah, absolutely! But this journey is honestly making my heart happy :) and my ears!

@dragan4658

5 ай бұрын

@@JamesOnGuitar I can concur. Just the idea of what you're doing and the sounds you're creating/recreating is enlightening.

I think the bassman was ran into a 4x12 with 25w greenbacks. But again, it’s all speculation.

@JamesOnGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Or is it? Kramer remembers a dual showman with a big cab (likely a 2x15 that he remembers as a 8x10) - which Jimi was known to use at the time. I don’t think it was a tweed bassman, but yeah def a fender amp!

I bet if you were to record this on a studio analog tape machine, you would be damn near there. There's something analog recording does that digital cannot replicate.

Yes most likely

don't take this the wrong way, are you not playing note for note for copyright? if not that books tab is wrong, most of the "official" Jimi tabs are. Just asking because I know you're trying to be exact, being a total Jimi fanatic i realized early you gotta learn it by the original track to be exact.

Reach out to Mr Kramer, he might remember this one?

@JamesOnGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Unfortunately he is quoted with a few different amps mentioned!

Wow ! You just hit a sweet spot inside me ! You have a new sub here from Quebec !

@JamesOnGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

James, I hate to be that guy so please don’t take it the wrong way, because I actually love your playing, greatly improved since your beginning on youtube. However, I do feel like you very often have fast tremolos because of your fast hand moves and it doesn’t always fit the song, surely not on slow tempo songs. The problem isn’t the length of it, nor the high/pitch of it, but the speed of it… you should try to practice slower moves, it would fit better for slow song, like here in the intro. But again, it’s just my 2¢, that’s it :)

@JamesOnGuitar

5 ай бұрын

I love it when this happens - as in, a comment matches something I am aware of and confirms it for me, in a way that means I know I'm on the right track. Totally aware and it is more of a recording thing - no matter how much I record, I get that slight nerve thing and speed up my playing compared to when not recording. But, I'm going to work on that very purposefully. But you are right, this track def needs a slower trem! cheers

@Spidouz

5 ай бұрын

@@JamesOnGuitarOh I fully understand what you mean, I’m the same… and also why I don’t play on stage, I would be so nervous I couldn’t play anything. Just by seeing the red button of the recording often makes me loose my very little skills… I often end up to record in loop over and over until the point I just forgot it’s recording and finally capture one “decent” take… (mean not completely bad). So I understand what you mean… and it’s hard to fight some (bad) habits, I’m the very first guilty of that too, that’s why I didn’t wanted to say it and you took it too personally… because I’m just focusing on the tree and not the forest here so I don’t want to mean it’s a huge problem, it’s just a tiny detail that virtually very few people will even notice. But since you progressed a lot, I still wanted to share it to help you to continue on this path… your content has always got great cinematography, great content, nice gear and tones, but now it also has great playing… so it’s all said in purpose to help you. Don’t read too much into it, Cheers

@JamesOnGuitar

5 ай бұрын

thanks man :) absolutely no problems at all!

A JTM45 IS a Bassman - other than the closed back 12's -- it's the same circuit.

@JamesOnGuitar

4 ай бұрын

V close at least but some differences i think. But also even if they were identical the 4x10 vs 2x12 is a huge difference

I reckon you're still about another £250k away, but definitely getting there...

@JamesOnGuitar

5 ай бұрын

😂 that how much a finger transplant is?

@EtruscoUnico

5 ай бұрын

The killer is always when you walk into the shop and hear a 12 year old nailing it on a Squier Bullet into some shitty practice amp. Still, the journey is the fun. Sounds fine as is to me but only you know what you're after. And then it'll change...

@JamesOnGuitar

5 ай бұрын

@@EtruscoUnico it is the journey that counts ultimately, nothing else matters…

@EtruscoUnico

5 ай бұрын

@@JamesOnGuitar Enjoy it, we'd all be doing the same if we could. Some do cars, some do boats, golf clubs etc...

Cool. Now try to dial it in with a Marshall so we can A/B

@JamesOnGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Check the first video in the series 👍🏼

Eddie Kramer swears it was a twin.

@JamesOnGuitar

5 ай бұрын

And a dual showman… and a blonde bassman. We may never know sadly!

@AS-lk8qh

4 ай бұрын

@@JamesOnGuitarthe only way to figure it out is try them all 😅

Even with the same gear it would not sound the same because of your room, type of floor, ceiling and all that,don’t waste too much time and money to get the same gear, reproduce it with your gear instead, you are really close and the amp is great for it! At the end you were so close, a bit more room, make it bigger and you should bee right on! If you want to save $ get a Fryette PS-100 it would spare you to buy too many amps, it adds a lot of tweak ability to any amps you have and you can play it a any volume with no compromise, it’s one of my favorite peace of gear so far, and congrats you are pulling it good! In the end I think you should make the sound your sound instead of his oh yeah and you should get some thin stainless picks they change the sound a lot they add more bite but can also play soft it as been a game changer to my SRV sound and dirt cheap but make sure to get the thin ones!

Hate to shoot down your dream but no one could recreate Jimi's exact tone. Only jimi could some of it is from the equipment but most is from the Man him self. The magic in his finger tips and the way he would attack and bend them strings.

@JamesOnGuitar

5 ай бұрын

I think we all know! I love Jimi, so take any aim I have to sound like him with a pinch of salt 👍🏼