Mike, I need to know that AC/DC audition story

@bubuguaiguai

7 ай бұрын

1+ (is that how it used to go?)

I want to hear the AC/DC audition fail story! I am definitely not a country fan (although I respect the genre for the amount of fun they all seem to be having) but I have long thought country guitar playing (and tones) were seriously incredible. I love chicken pickin' and hybrid picking! Guys like Daniel Donato are out there using tons of phase and modulation effects in country which also makes me so happy. Awesome video mike!

@aaz7206

7 ай бұрын

we all wanna hear the story

A lot of modern country is mindless pandering. Where the lyrics are not really lyrics they’re just lists of things that sounds country and lots of analogies. BUT if look at country through the 80’s 90’s and 00’s there some really well written and beautiful stuff . Some of the greatest songs of all time are country.

@vincentreyes6154

7 ай бұрын

And for actually great guys that are in the Country scene today (Tyler Childers, Sturgill Simpson, Jason Isbell, Cody Jinks, Charles Wesley Godwin, and of course Zach Bryan) they're not even Nashville-based. They're not the same level as Hank, Waylon, Haggard, Loretta, Jackson, Strait, Brooks, and others, but they're WAY better than their Nashville pop-chart counterparts. Because for starters, they write their songs and they have lived more of a country lifestyle, they're not just southerners who use analogies. They actually have walked the walk and can talk the talk.

Eventhough it's called a tremolo arm, it's actually a vibrato. Tremolo is about volume whilst vibrato is about pitch. Think of a tremolo effect of quickly rolling on and off the volume of your guitar.

@drtm1718

7 ай бұрын

Yup. You can thank Leo Fender for that one. For a pioneer and innovator, he sure did a heck of a good job creating one of guitar's greatest misnomers that has confused generations of guitar players.

@timlongworth5808

7 ай бұрын

👍

@jpgo5

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

used to hate on country players till I heard Brad Paisely play on that Game of Thrones solo,,,,even Nuno Bettencourt & Tom Morello were impressed

Tremolo on Guitar = Vibrato. Tremolo on amp/pedal = Tremolo 🤠👍

Mike, great video, I saw this at work and knew I had to watch it once I got home. I am 16, and also a worship guitarist and a country lead guitarist for a small group. It's such a great genre, if we are talking classic country that's what I like.

Love your channel Mike. Not a church goer or a country music listener, but your videos keep me coming back. Thanks for that.

I didn’t sign up for this, Mike. That’s it, I’m calling John Mayer and telling him to revoke your guitar privileges. 😂

I’m glad you got to see and ended up enjoying country playing. It is fascinating and a lot of fun. Enjoy it man!

I am like your second take on country: Yeah it's fine, but it's not really my thing. But I do recognize the sheer talent a lot of the country musicians have. When I hear someone like a Marty Stuart or a Glenn Campbell or someone like that, I'm always amazed.

Mike is like an older brother that has awesome stories and you learn a lot from.

I love your videos! Always high quality and it’s obvious you care about your work!

The Fender solid-body Tele and pedal steel electric was literally MADE for country-Western . It was adapted to Rock&Roll. Hardtail Strats are my favorite , which is why I love my Squire Fender ‘51 I just recently pulled my BOSS M-550 out of storage... several BOSS pedals all in one unit.. fewer cables, fewer power supplies to pack. I actually use little besides distortion, reverb/delay and occasional chorus for my entire gigs. I don't attempt to replicate studio post--process effects, on stage. I try my best to NOT multitask on stage. I want an uninterrupted audience connection. Looking at, and addressing the crowd, instead of "fiddling with gear". Some performers on stage look more like they are practicing at home, staring at their hands and equipment. I want my audience to FEEL I am playing just for them, with no self distractions. An as soon as I adopted that, my tips zoomed to sky-high. Like players seldom believe. Not just $20s but C-NOTES... as a solo performer?

Omg I read that title and thought you were moving to Nashville. Don’t ever leave the NY area - you are a treasure here! I can say “here” as a lifelong Bronxite who landed in Queens 5 years ago. NYC needs more amazing musicians and story tellers like you!

As brand new Guitar player and living in the Nashville Area, I loved this video and I love your channel. Keep it up...

Mike, I like your style! I'm 68, self taught, raised on classic rock, born in the bluegrass country of southeastern KY. I hated country and bluegrass, but I find I understand it musically on some primordial, maybe genetic level. I've learned to embrace my inner country boy, and cherish the mashup of Hendryx, Van Halen, Zappa, and me! I'm calling it "Jeffusion", bc I'm also embracing my inner nerd!😅

so cool to see how your videos are getting better and better dude! keep it up!

Man that must have been an awesome day getting that box of uafx pedals In the mail. Good for you Mike! Keep up the great work 🤘

Mike has a great ability to make really cool short form video essays that are all interesting

Mike! As a fellow worship guitarist (who is also HEAVILY Paisley-influenced) I completely approve of this message. :D

This is why your channel is going to be huge. Great video again. Peace ✌️

Hey brother, love this. As a chicken picking neophyte myself, I’ve found most of the country tone comes from your right hand, your aggressive attack. Hybrid picking, I recommend a thumb pick to start, naturally changes your phrasing. And, plucking strings upward with your index and middle finger gives a super spank that is vital to that sound. I’ve found I can make almost any pedal or amp sound country. Give it a pluck, you won’t regret it. God bless.

I have never been a fan of the AC 30; but your tone that you’re getting paired with the telecaster sounds fantastic!

I grew up inundated with country music, and for a long time, I rejected it the same way you did. Now I listen to it quite a bit. Country has become all genres. If you sing about mama and have a bit of a drawl, you've got a country song. Doesn't matter if it sounds like southern hard rock, hip hop, pop, or old-school country. Now I've started writing it. Probably going to start releasing country singles. Eventually all music will be country and country will be all music... 😳

I cracked up and peed my pants when you played the country lick with Chorus, great!!! 🙂

You should look into Vince Gill, he's a singer/ guitarist mostly known for his country music in the 90's. He's one of the best country artists of all time, and it's not the type of country you'll be expecting.

The "trem" system on guitars is actually misnamed. It's Actually vibrato because you're changing the physics of the strings and making them drop in pitch. A tremolo pedal changes the VOLUME of the signal. not the pitch. So a tremolo pedal doesn't reeeaaally replace the effect of using a whammy bar. I will grant that most people wouldn't notice or care, just thought it was worth noting

@UltraZombie

7 ай бұрын

That’s why I call it the wigglestick

@davidwickiser1402

7 ай бұрын

I care. And I came here to say this.😊

@Marinatina2

7 ай бұрын

I mean most people who actually use tremelo would care because you would need to differentiate them. Lucily for me i don't use a vibrato system or trem pedal. I got a volume knob and bends.

@russellives6069

7 ай бұрын

Yes, they are different, but I do the same thing when playing a fixed bridge guitar and I want some "wiggle". Different effect, but similiar affect. Granted I use both subtly, so for me its just about having something slightly warbly in the sound.

@afurinperil

7 ай бұрын

@@Marinatina2 By "most people" i meant the audience

I saw the "Mike's" perform in Gallatin, TN last Saturday and let me tell you, those three guys KILLED it! Ya'll had a great flow. It was awesome!

Cool channel! I used to hate country too! But after 10 years of playing bass in honkytonks I'm loving it. Try picking up close to the bridge. Gives it that nice Tele twang!

I like the low-key new UA pedals reveal while talking about expanding your musical pallet. 😸

James Burton, Pete Anderson and Don Rich are some other country picking greats to listen to. Telecasters are the Defacto standard for country picking. PRS CEs work well with the bolt-on necks, too. A few years ago, I heard that Reggae bands like Country. Great video; it's great when people reach out a little farther than the norm for them to find something they might have been missing! I love the hat!!!

@allpointsthreesixty

5 ай бұрын

Brent Mason

Wait until you start playing “nervous breakdown” then your transformation will be complete! loving your output, always a great story even for a country fan 😁

Love to see that youre perfect able to play also Indy Rock/Shoegaze stuff! I would love to see how youre playing ACDC stuff! Best regards from Germany/Sweden!

Keep it up bro! You're awesome 🤘

What a delightfully subtle UA ad...

Sounds like an incredible band.

Hi ! I Just discovered your channel. You are an amazing storyteller ! 🎸🤩

I absolutely approve of this! I love country players. I even try to cop some country once in a while on my tele.

I like your hat and yes the comp adds some country squish to the tone , nice work there.

Dude, I love this!

If you get a Walrus Audio Mako ASC1 you can run both the Vox and Fender amps at the same time. I had the Dream65 but found the Walrus Audio pedal easier to dial in a great sound.

aaannndd the second post....well done. Looking forward to your country journey. I'm a born again country dude too...my wife cant understand it... (grew up on Zep, frampton etc...). Just get straight on Tremelo and vibrato....🙂

As someone who NEVER listened to country growing up, I know exactly what you're saying. Hey, it's America, we can own all styles of popular music and love them....if you love it, you love it, keep rocking the hat! Would've liked to see how Paisely and Bonamassa interacted, that would've been fun!

OK, if you have to ask if I want the story, just assume a yes from me. Your story telling is on par with your playing. Simply awesome, and very fun to listen to.

Awesome! Now you need the big belt buckle and you’re all set.

country is harder to play then most genres, people don't understand......some are awesome

Mike, I laughed out loud at the opening of this video. Very cliche, very nice!

That AC/DC audtiton story.. Yeah! But with comedic reacreation of situations:)

You were at that Paisley/Bonamasa jam!? Me too!!!

A band that is a perfect mixture of both that you may enjoy is called The OutLaws and they are fire!

Great video! I would say for anyone who is looking at this video for inspiration tolook into a phaser pedal. Just a single knob phaser set and at its slowest speed in front of the dirt. Classic 70’s Waylon era and texture for solos/parts. I know UAFX doesn’t make one yet and it’s a UAFX advertisement, but still a good suggestion!

Interesting vid Mike, thanks for that.

Honestly bro you look sharp 👍

Brent Mason, Danny Gatton. Johnny Hiland, Chet Akins, Vince Gill, James Burton, Roy Clark, Jerry Reed. Country guitar rules.

Great video Mike!

All country artists want to be rock stars.

Mike Cole here looks like the guy in the Californians moving to Texas video series by Babylon Bee 😂😂

@markkindermannart4028

7 ай бұрын

Those were hilarious!

Guthrie trapp is the man and has a wonderful youtube channel amazing truly truly amazing player

Hey Mike, you are a riot. I have a watching your videos for about a year now and look forward to them. My question is are you from New Jersey but you had mentioned something about jersey a while ago and I was thinking you got to be from New Jersey or you would not have said that, and you have that New Jersey sense of humor. Anyway, keep up the good work. Look forward to the next one.

Your tele has to be one of the most precious things you own

Country for me is going with an acoustic guitar, just plain & simple. As for electrics, I have a couple of Telecasters, But I've also found my LP with P90's can do anything the Teles do and more. Obviously easier to just go with a Tele for the Twang, instead of trying to get that out of anything else though. And I'm not opposed to using a Stat for some C&W sub-genre. I'm sure if I had a Chet Atkins hollow/semi-hollow that would work fine too.

You had me at the SRV licks in your earlier video .😊

Top notch story telling this video

Today’s country is yesterdays pop. I never liked country when I was younger but I got into it around 2005 and Keith Urban is the reason I got into lead playing. He is in my top 20 of all time

Johnny Hiland. Redd Volkaert. Brent Mason. Roy Nichols. Clint Strong. Hank Garland. Grady Martin (fuzz). Chris Scruggs. Kenny Vaughn. Marty Stuart. Buck Owens. Don Rich. Leon Rhodes. Jimmy Bryant. Billy Byrd. Eldon Shamblin. Zeke Turner. Luther Perkins. Pete Anderson. Roy Clark.

As a Mexican kid in California, Country been catching on heavy for about 2 years now over here, kinda coinciding w/ tha rise of outlaw biker culture & wannabe 2A suburban dads. In that time i've become a HUGE Chet Atkins & Merle Travis fan......its lit..

Enjoyed your video and your simple, fun style. Would love to see a video regarding your experience with Christian music. Thanks!

Fun videos man.

Chet Atkins, Marty Stuart, Kenny Vaughan, Johnny Hiland, Albert Lee, Brad Paisley, Waylon Jennings, Vince Gill, Jerry Reed, Ricky Skaggs, Clarence White, Junior Brown (no particular order). Anybody who says country guitar sucks has never done their research. A lot of country guys really prefer peavey amps for some reason idrk why. All the pedal steel players I know almost exclusively use old peavey amps from the 70’s. The trem pedal was decent but personally I prefer a phaser. Waylon Jennings really pioneered the use of the phaser in country music and the pedal basically defined the entire outlaw era. Waylon used the MXR Phase 90 which I can’t recommend enough. Painfully simple and perfect in every way. And very affordable. And just for extra credit, look into the b-bender. Specifically Clarence White who invented the b-bender with his drummer Gene Parsons. Marty Stuart now owns that exact guitar that Clarence and Gene converted into a b-bender and Marty plays it at every show. He also has a video on the guitar with reverb and would totally recommend it.

I like wear you went with this video, CowBoy Mike!

Vince Gill is a heck of a guitar player too!

Mike, you look good in that hat, that still at 0:03 its like SRV meets Hendrix

Thanks for sharing your journey with us. I too have always been a Fender Amp guy but always wondered about Vox. Didn't Brad Paisley play VOX before Dr Z? Tremolo pedals are awesome and not used enough, instant vintage sound. That Plate verb sounded wonderful.

@vincentreyes6154

7 ай бұрын

Yes, Brad used a Vox AC30 originally. Most of his singles are actually Vox tones than Dr. Z tones. He only transitioned to Dr. Z when he found (if I remember correctly) a Mazerati and played that for a while in the early 2000s. After later collaborating with Dr. Z, he would eventually produce with him amps like the Z Wreck which is iconic to the Paisley sound. And the Z Wreck is based off of the Trainwreck and the AC30 sound. A video by Jim Lill going deeper into the BP sound. kzread.info/dash/bejne/n3WmytWeY9efns4.htmlsi=IDqPFN5R6iflqhxO

I would love to hear the audition story. You need to start driving a pick up truck, drink some beer and write a song about momma and you’ll be full on country.

😂 You got the boot scootin boogie now !

The Xotic BB Preamp and RC Boost are necessary to make this board right. There is a reason they're on almost every board in Nashville

Marty Stuart and the Fabulous Superlatives is the most talented and fun "Guitar Band" touring today...Period.

Lol love your videos man 😂

See I was leaning towards doing something similar but I can’t justify playing music that I don’t fully enjoy. I landed on being a blues player and I love it.

for them nice trebly hits try picking near the bridge (not necessarily the bridge pickup but the bridge itself right where the strings meet the saddle). Also I stan cowboy Mike

Always be open for anything and willing to try anything for a while. Have fun with your guitar and you don't need all of one guitar and you need to play both electric and acoustic guitars. That's make you more valuable guitar player.

Roy Nicholes Phil Baugh, Grady Martin, James Burten, Glean Campbell, Albert Lee, Frank Recard, Jimmy Capps, Ricky Skaggs

I'd recommend looking into the work of Brent Mason. Phenomenal country guitar player.

Check out Johnny Hiland. Dude can shred circles around any country guitar player. Oh yeah he's also blind.

Like the Gap Band!

love the content.

Here’s my take on country, clean with a touch of compression, and slightly driven tones, the paisley dual drive from wampler. Tuner and away you go. Delay ok, but more dry tones with punch of compression.

Hey, Mike! Love the channel! I've been playing guitar for about 8 years now and ive never played a live gig with a band. Biggest problem is that i live in a really small town and finding a competent bass player is really difficult 😅 I dont mind learning bass but id like to play my main instrument live. Any advice?

Post on your channel if your all mike band is coming to Pittsburgh, and I will see you play even though I generally don't like country. Good luck with that.

I’m a long time player who’s not in the normal demographic who’s made a turn to country. It’s the hottest guitar genre right now as rock and metal died a lot and country is the only very guitar-oriented genre with enthusiasm right now. Neosoul had a moment but it’s already gone. You’re right where you need to be, my friend. Country is about to go diverse and big time in the next few years - a golden era. I’m right there too - much to my surprise

@danielmelvin4525

6 ай бұрын

yup and the only modern guitar music that still incorporates the blues, probably why it's still popular and rock and metal went the way of the dinosaurs.

Yeehaw! Go get em cowboy.

Mike what do u think of squire teles and I wanna here the AC/DC story

I really need to hear that AC/DC audition story.

Yeah mike stoked for you

I would like a video about Keith Urban titled “You’ll Think Of Me” that explains why we should think of hm when the conversation is great guitarist.

"Play it pretty mike!" *Everyone starts playing a solo at the same time

Intro was actually kinda funny 😄

Very nice

You are the American Chris Buck of story telling.