Roy Cox

Roy Cox

I'm a professional fashion/commercial photographer as my day job (www.4-optic.com) playing music, building guitars, reviewing gear and recording is my hobby and passion!

Wiring Your P Bass

Wiring Your P Bass

Discharging Combo Tube Amps

Discharging Combo Tube Amps

Marshall SLP 100 Bias

Marshall SLP 100 Bias

JCM900 Bias Video

JCM900 Bias Video

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  • @jonunderscore
    @jonunderscore2 күн бұрын

    What's that song in the intro?

  • @chateautemp
    @chateautemp4 күн бұрын

    A true Leicaman. Brilliant.

  • @LuLeBe
    @LuLeBe4 күн бұрын

    Loved the video, even though I can't take some of the preamp talk seriously with the "controlled low end" etc. Especially after watching some great interface reviews that show that almost all modern, even cheap, preamps and ADCs are super linear with extremely low distortion.

  • @roycox4415
    @roycox44154 күн бұрын

    i absolutely found the same thing and thought there were absolutely no differences in any preamps, etc. Then i added a set of the capi vp25 preamps and the difference in the fullness of the kick drum outside microphone was vastly different between the capi and the presonus built in preamps i was using at the time. There are a lot of preamps where i cant tell the difference, some preamps i cant tell the difference unless its compiled with a bunch of tracks together like with an entire kit recorded with the audient preamps and then the the capi. Again a big difference in tone to me. Then there are preamps where i absolutely couldn't tell the difference at all. There is definitely a reason that foo fighters track through the old neve board rather than off the shelf interface preamps. The difference is that the interfaces nowadays all track really well so in many cases there isnt a huge need to have higher end preamps unless those minor differences matter to you.

  • @frankkaiser2354
    @frankkaiser235411 күн бұрын

    Huge compliment. I watched this video with excitement and I have to admit. I don't know of any comparable video that explains things so helpfully. In Germany, this still seems to be a huge problem. Thank you very much. I finally dare to tackle electronics. Greetings from little Germany

  • @MikeMakesUK
    @MikeMakesUK13 күн бұрын

    A very informative guide. But, we have the trem wired to the screw inside the body. So where does it ground to after that? Because as far as I can see, though the trem is connected to that screw, collectively they're not grounded to anything. 🤔 Did I miss something?

  • @rolandjgutierrez7737
    @rolandjgutierrez773715 күн бұрын

    if no shielding wier from claw to where is the scrrw o ground the shield where woukd I connect from.claw ground to thst my didconect the wier is souderd to claw.?

  • @Freshk1ne
    @Freshk1ne21 күн бұрын

    🔥🔥🔥Great video ✊🏾🎵🎵

  • @curtisliptak3099
    @curtisliptak309923 күн бұрын

    Sorry - You forgot to include a ground wire to connect to the Stratocaster spring claw. Big mistake bro.

  • @roycox4415
    @roycox441523 күн бұрын

    I didn’t. Read the description. It talks about it in the video also.

  • @psmith7781
    @psmith778123 күн бұрын

    Just as you wire leads to an outlet, going over the top of the screw with your hook, allows the wire to be pulled into the turn of the screw, so it does not back out.

  • @samanthacerbakova5451
    @samanthacerbakova545125 күн бұрын

    BIG HELP !!! thank youuu

  • @MichaelP-lk6zk
    @MichaelP-lk6zkАй бұрын

    Which bias probe do you use? Does it matter if it measures the plate current or the cathode current?

  • @TBD3.0
    @TBD3.0Ай бұрын

    👍

  • @AndreiAguilar-vt3zw
    @AndreiAguilar-vt3zwАй бұрын

    is there an android alternative for pixela?

  • @JayAwakene
    @JayAwakeneАй бұрын

    I did this from looking at a guitar wiring diagram, I needed a video to explain better because my guitar was buzzing when I don't touch it and buzzes louder when I touch it.... I guess I missed the grounding from the input jack to the volume, I mixed the ground wire for the other one

  • @JayAwakene
    @JayAwakeneАй бұрын

    I'm yet to test it but I've just swapped the ground wire to be where it is meant to be

  • @SixStringJoy
    @SixStringJoyАй бұрын

    @roycox4415 Thanks SO much for your video. I have two issues: one is that for the umptheenth time my middle tone pot somehow is a volume and sometimes the volume is constant on. Now this didn’t just happen once but it’s a recurring mistake. I followed the video step by step. Could you please tell me how my tone pot could falsely become a volume pot for neck and middle instead of tone? I have soldered middle tab of tone pot to first tab plastic side of switch and third tab tone pot grounded to top of very pot sharing the leg for the capacitor (that goes to the bridge tone pot; bridge tone works!). I also jumped tab 1-2 on the switch like you say in the video - how could the middle tone pot suddenly be a volume? Pickups work, volume works, bridge tone works but the middle tone pot is now a volume for neck and middle pups… any help is greatly appreciated

  • @SixStringJoy
    @SixStringJoyАй бұрын

    So the problem is with the capacitor connection from first to second tone pot somehow idk why. In my world logic would dictate that if I connect the same tab of a tone pot to the respective pickup it would be a tone pot - that works for the bridge just fine. But once the tone pot is added to that equation all kinds of weird things happen. I took out the capacitor and now I have no tone pot for some reason but everything else works…. Idk 🤦‍♂️

  • @johnhowardnardine6815
    @johnhowardnardine6815Ай бұрын

    Wow. And just like that I went from not knowing a single thing about what goes on inside the electronics of a Strat, to thinking I might be able to wire one up. Very clear and methodical explanation!!! My only question is what is the function of the capacitor. Thank you so much for sharing this knowledge with us.

  • @Frank00064
    @Frank00064Ай бұрын

    The API 312 doesn't use the 150K resistor in the input, CAPI use this resitor . Anyone tried the CAPI VP312 without the 150K resistor?

  • @SixStringJoy
    @SixStringJoyАй бұрын

    Thanks for this video. I can’t figure out why the vol pot is constant on. I did what you show in this video and I can’t figure it out. It’s just constant on. It’s just three connections far as I know the tab of the vol pot to the first tab of the switch jumped to last tab metal side of switch but I just can’t figure it out

  • @SixStringJoy
    @SixStringJoyАй бұрын

    13:00 prep/tin the legs switch 18:00 capacitor 21:57: Bridge Tone 25:50: neck/middle tone jumper 23:27 neck tone 27:50 Volume Pot 30:30 pickups 34:00 rest of connections

  • @HermanRebuar
    @HermanRebuarАй бұрын

    THANKS!!! How do i do it on pc

  • @majorvibes1225
    @majorvibes1225Ай бұрын

    Squirrelling

  • @richbruns3465
    @richbruns3465Ай бұрын

    Very helpful tutorial exactly what I needed for wiring up my input jack on my stratocaster. Thanks very much!

  • @gwbenites
    @gwbenitesАй бұрын

    I don't know if you were referring to Rene Martinez (Stevie Ray Vaughan's tech) or not, but it's funny because his first tech was a guy named Cesar Diaz who was both famous and infamous at the same time. He has since passed, but he did some great things such as making and modding amps, making pedals and such, but he was known to do some things that drew a lot of criticism also. Things such as using WD-40 on pots, which most techs consider a no-no, and being pretty outspoken about doing things that are now considered blasphemous.

  • @philf4086
    @philf4086Ай бұрын

    Will these amps only discharge when plugged in? There must be good continuity with a ground correct?

  • @philf4086
    @philf4086Ай бұрын

    Super helpful video Roy, many thanks from this newbie! Could you talk briefly about input power conditioning if you do any of that? Thanks!

  • @mikesenko1
    @mikesenko1Ай бұрын

    thanks for a clear explanation on the switch it realy helped

  • @amackclassic6737
    @amackclassic67372 ай бұрын

    I'm so glad you mentioned API as your favorite pre. I remember being in a B room somewhere in LA with The Box and I was blown away by my sound. I listened to that beat in the car for hours after the session, pre mix and I was amazed at the clarity of a raw mix. I'd heard vintage Neve and SSL 9K also but the API made an impression I'll never forget.

  • @roycox4415
    @roycox4415Ай бұрын

    There’s just something about the tone that gets me every time, especially if you are stacking track after track using the api. Delicious, saturated tone

  • @olenfersoi8887
    @olenfersoi88872 ай бұрын

    While the effect may be the same for what capacitors do...affect the ratio of high to low tones that get output...your explanation is backwards. "Caps" act as high pass filters. The high frequencies passed do not vary with different value caps. What changes is the low frequency cutoff level...thus, the amount of low & mid range frequencies that are cut off. In other words, the output varies, with different value caps, from a wide mix of frequencies, to mostly high frequencies (smaller value cap). Thus, the higher value cap (as large as close to .1 will cut out the least mid & bass range frequencies...whereas the lowest value cap (say, .001) will allow only the highest frequencies to pass. The most common values used are : .015, .022, .033, .047, .065 but higher are lower values are available. (...values in "micro farads")

  • @VELVET462
    @VELVET4622 ай бұрын

    The Sonarworks Plugin with the Fixed Curve Profile has always to be running in the background, if i quit Sonarworks i get the normal "untreated" sound again, right? I have the Sonarworks reference with the Mic here, but still kinda figure things out and also building more absorbers, Basstraps etc to get the most out of it. Thanks for the Video, very interesting suggestions! Just filling the Studio Desk Rack holes at the moment and after that i will go with a cranborne 500 ADAT modul, you should check that too, its a great Modul with very new possibilities! :)

  • @roycox4415
    @roycox44152 ай бұрын

    yes. so in my case the sonorworks plugin is always in the listen buss section of studio one pro. About once a year ill recalibrate and make an updated profile but yes its always on when mixing or tracking. You bypass the plugin when mixing down or outputting your session so its not burned into the mix. Its a fantastic program that makes a huge difference.

  • @VELVET462
    @VELVET4622 ай бұрын

    @@roycox4415 wait like you talk about it, its more like a VST version? i remember a few years back i just installed a normal windows software? Do i miss something?

  • @roycox4415
    @roycox44152 ай бұрын

    @@VELVET462 yes im using a plugin version of sonorworks. I use the standalone main program to create the profiles and then the plugin within my daw to run the profile

  • @VELVET462
    @VELVET4622 ай бұрын

    @@roycox4415 thanks, it makes more sense now!

  • @drewgraysonxoxopanda
    @drewgraysonxoxopanda2 ай бұрын

    I'm surprised you're not tinning your connection points and wires before soldering your connections. Excellent video.

  • @roycox4415
    @roycox44152 ай бұрын

    they were pre tinned. i had done it beforehand

  • @t.henricus9971
    @t.henricus99712 ай бұрын

    Great video, thank you!

  • @kdubatx1
    @kdubatx12 ай бұрын

    Thanks for this

  • @roycox4415
    @roycox44152 ай бұрын

    My pleasure!

  • @raymondruiz1843
    @raymondruiz18432 ай бұрын

    Hi there! How many volts does that capacitor have? Thanks 😊

  • @SixStringJoy
    @SixStringJoy2 ай бұрын

    For once the input jack wires are long enough. I fail to understand why usually they’re so short you can barely access the underside of the pickguard for working on it. Great video! Thanks

  • @roycox4415
    @roycox4415Ай бұрын

    Great point!

  • @andrewferrara11
    @andrewferrara112 ай бұрын

    Great video! For studio, the Remo Powerstroke 3 Coated will be great, but an impact patch will extend the durability more. If I’m doing a hard rock and metal band gig, (Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, AC/DC), the Remo Pinstripe or Evans EMAD Heavyweight will be perfect. If I’m doing a jazz band gig (Nat King Cole), then maybe the Ambassador Coated or Fiberskyn Ambassador. If it’s a punk rock gig (Green Day, The Ramones), the Remo Powerstroke 4 or Evans EMAD 2 will be great for that. If I’m doing a classic rock gig, (Led Zeppelin, Boston, Queen, Pink Floyd), the Emperor Coated will be great. It all depends on my personal preference, the genres of music and the durability I want

  • @lukesotangkul1589
    @lukesotangkul15892 ай бұрын

    How do you connect the XLR input from the microphone to the patch bay?

  • @roycox4415
    @roycox44152 ай бұрын

    You aren’t connecting your microphone directly to the patch bay, you are connecting it to a preamp first. Some patch bays can actually be xlr patch bays but in most cases you will connect your microphone to a preamp that is wired into your patch bay, not directly to the patch bay itself. In my case I have stage boxes on the floor that are wired to the patch bay. My mics get plugged into whatever preamp I want to use via the floor boxes and then the floor xlr stage boxes are wired to the preamp inputs in my patch bay.

  • @kevinsmithsmusic
    @kevinsmithsmusic3 ай бұрын

    Really impressed by a simple clear emperor

  • @roycox4415
    @roycox44153 ай бұрын

    I was too actually!

  • @Wodawic
    @Wodawic3 ай бұрын

    Great video. Thanks much.

  • @roycox4415
    @roycox44153 ай бұрын

    thanks so much! glad you enjoyed it!

  • @rolandosoto4545
    @rolandosoto45453 ай бұрын

    I’m trying this myself now thanks nice video

  • @catman3953
    @catman39533 ай бұрын

    I just spent an 1.5 hours of my life trying to get this transfer to work on a camera bought four years ago. Canon's website took me to Hell and back and all I got was the opportunity to give up a lot of info so that they could send me stuff:-(

  • @curtiseverett1671
    @curtiseverett16713 ай бұрын

    remember the Barn? I think it was in Towson....

  • @roycox4415
    @roycox44153 ай бұрын

    I do!

  • @edubatera72
    @edubatera723 ай бұрын

    I only use 18” bass drums so the thickness is very important … heavy weight, emad2 and hydraulic

  • @dekrev
    @dekrev3 ай бұрын

    Funny - we used to throw charged capacitors at each other when I was in trade school ☝️🧐

  • @roycox4415
    @roycox44153 ай бұрын

    That’s hysterical!

  • @edjones2199
    @edjones21993 ай бұрын

    You didn’t say a goddamn thing about what interface or anything what kind of gear are you using? You totally skipped that you fucked it up so you’re done

  • @bysykler4959
    @bysykler49593 ай бұрын

    Wrap the ground wire the opposite way under the screw so it snugs in as you tighten…. Electrician pro tip. ❤

  • @roycox4415
    @roycox44153 ай бұрын

    That’s a great tip!

  • @Phillip_higgins
    @Phillip_higgins3 ай бұрын

    Subbed

  • @roycox4415
    @roycox44153 ай бұрын

    Appreciate you!

  • @Phillip_higgins
    @Phillip_higgins3 ай бұрын

    Good job brother! Nothing to it👏👏

  • @BradOut-bd5wp
    @BradOut-bd5wp3 ай бұрын

    It's a complex art, so many wiring techniques, a pick up can have 2 to 4 wires...

  • @roycox4415
    @roycox44153 ай бұрын

    That’s true

  • @user-mc5oe5ey8q
    @user-mc5oe5ey8q3 ай бұрын

    I never knew you could group d trem claw wire to body always thought it had to go to volume,does anyone know if this can be done for any Fender SSS wiring configuration? Regards Mitchell

  • @steverok67
    @steverok673 ай бұрын

    Quite a production ! Nice work. I try to use no more than seven mic's to capture the kit, which can be a challenge. I've used the KSM32 as an outer kick mic with very good results.

  • @roycox4415
    @roycox44153 ай бұрын

    The fewer mics the better if it gets you what you want! The ksm32 is great in a few spots actually. Great all around mic!