@brandedification Crank the TREBLE, leave the BASS around 10 and crank the MASTER. Play loud. Good overdrive tone at low volume is rare unless you have a VERY good attenuator. Pretend the master volume is not even there. Turn your volume up to about 5 and control the overdrive with your guitar's volume. The Blues Driver can be used for more sustain and creamyness, but you will sacrifice dynamics. Turn the tone to about 10 o'clock and gain way way down. Good luck!
@eythan07 I was trying to play along and I thought you were in a different tuning, then noticed you were playing the scales just a step up, so I figured it was tuned down. Just wondering, why do you tune your guitar down a half step. That was a great solo and tone. Trying to learn blues through other videos, but this makes it a little harder. Just wondering
@tstewart01 Two reasons: If you ever listen to SRV, he tunes down half a step to Eb. Also, when you have heavier gauge strings on (I had 11s in this video) it makes it a tad easier to bend. The guitar will sound different too. More slap and pop to each note played because the strings are more loose. If you want to learn from some videos, you are welcome to check out my more recent videos where I'm playing with my telecaster and I'm tuned to standard.
This is by FAR the best tone I've heard from an Epi Dot and BJ combination. I've had two Dots and two Blues Jr. amps and NEVER got a tone with as much clarity as you've got going. Is that the stock speaker ? I'm guessing the Gibby pups added a great deal to the clarity as the Billm mod ? Nice job on the playing too...very sweet, love that "pop", presence in the tone.
Thanks for the comments. This is the stock Eminence made speaker in it. A big part of the Billm mods will allow for more clarity. If your controls are all set at 6 you get a scooped midrange and a boosted bass. Since this video I have added a presence control which allows me to set the tone controls how I like and just adjust presence depending on if I'm using single coils of humbuckers. On top of that I figured out a way to add a dwell control for the reverb. They're all great mods.
Thanks. I listen to SRV a lot, so you could say that he is a pretty big influence on my playing. I little while ago I did a version of "The Sky is Crying" to test out an old '67 Ampeg Gemini. If you want I'll see if I can post it. Lots of SRV kinda stuff in there!
Yeah, the tone mod is the one I had in mind, also. I don't want to mess with the bias- I think that contributes a lot of the tone!! Now I just need to learn to do the mods- I have no experience with soldering nor using a millimeter!!lol
Thanks, yeah the difference was huge (remember, this is just the twin mod). All I had to do was solder a wire connecting the two eyelets on the midrange pot and it made the amp way more useful. Now it makes it possible to turn the mids off completely so you can put a scoop in your EQ. It really makes the amp sound a lot bigger too, more soul.
Also since you can totally turn the mids off, you can turn the gain up and use the tone stack controls as individual volume knobs controlling only a certain frequency. This means you can actually keep the master up (making the sound less muddy and more poppy) and also turn the gain up to give you a nice bedroom volume level without totally screwing up the tone. Anyway, I'm rambling. There are a ton of possibilities with this mod. I think I'm going to try the tone stack next.
Now that is what you call blues! Loved every second of it man!
JMPICTUREPRODUCTIONS 1 week ago
@JMPICTUREPRODUCTIONS Thanks!
eythan07 2 days ago
i have a dot playing thru a blues driver and blues jr. how can i get your tone?
brandedification 1 month ago
@brandedification Crank the TREBLE, leave the BASS around 10 and crank the MASTER. Play loud. Good overdrive tone at low volume is rare unless you have a VERY good attenuator. Pretend the master volume is not even there. Turn your volume up to about 5 and control the overdrive with your guitar's volume. The Blues Driver can be used for more sustain and creamyness, but you will sacrifice dynamics. Turn the tone to about 10 o'clock and gain way way down. Good luck!
eythan07 1 month ago
great tone
waktwo 2 months ago
Very nice but having quality audio is key!
bonita82 4 months ago
You played the sh*t out of that guitar! I love it :)
bonita82 5 months ago
like ur style. but it looked like it was in A# though. Doesn't really matter, it's all sassy blues to me :) good stuff
TheArtfulDodger0402 5 months ago
@TheArtfulDodger0402 Ahhh! Looks can be deceiving! My guitar was tuned down half a step. Thanks for the comment!
eythan07 5 months ago
@eythan07 I was trying to play along and I thought you were in a different tuning, then noticed you were playing the scales just a step up, so I figured it was tuned down. Just wondering, why do you tune your guitar down a half step. That was a great solo and tone. Trying to learn blues through other videos, but this makes it a little harder. Just wondering
tstewart01 4 months ago
@tstewart01 Two reasons: If you ever listen to SRV, he tunes down half a step to Eb. Also, when you have heavier gauge strings on (I had 11s in this video) it makes it a tad easier to bend. The guitar will sound different too. More slap and pop to each note played because the strings are more loose. If you want to learn from some videos, you are welcome to check out my more recent videos where I'm playing with my telecaster and I'm tuned to standard.
eythan07 4 months ago
the guitar schows b.b.kings guitar :D
xrated361 6 months ago
Sounded great. Going home to try to copy some of those licks. Thanks
whitemellon 8 months ago
i love that backing track too xD
skillzdatkillz900 9 months ago
duuuude, love the wah wah towards the end. great stuff from start to finish.
emchenette 9 months ago
Nice chops!
creekster52 1 year ago
@creekster52 Thanks!
eythan07 1 year ago
nice job check my chan too
GuitarPhi1 1 year ago
Great playin', man. Chilling grips and slides.
BigJujube 1 year ago
Awesome jam! Where'd you get the backing track?
j3b2b5 1 year ago
This is by FAR the best tone I've heard from an Epi Dot and BJ combination. I've had two Dots and two Blues Jr. amps and NEVER got a tone with as much clarity as you've got going. Is that the stock speaker ? I'm guessing the Gibby pups added a great deal to the clarity as the Billm mod ? Nice job on the playing too...very sweet, love that "pop", presence in the tone.
TwangKing24 2 years ago
Thanks for the comments. This is the stock Eminence made speaker in it. A big part of the Billm mods will allow for more clarity. If your controls are all set at 6 you get a scooped midrange and a boosted bass. Since this video I have added a presence control which allows me to set the tone controls how I like and just adjust presence depending on if I'm using single coils of humbuckers. On top of that I figured out a way to add a dwell control for the reverb. They're all great mods.
eythan07 2 years ago
You ROCK'D the heck out of that one dude! Can you do some SRV?
qtip1064 2 years ago
Thanks. I listen to SRV a lot, so you could say that he is a pretty big influence on my playing. I little while ago I did a version of "The Sky is Crying" to test out an old '67 Ampeg Gemini. If you want I'll see if I can post it. Lots of SRV kinda stuff in there!
eythan07 2 years ago
I really like wah-wah! hah! gota buy that one day!
By the way please subscribe me!^^
josephkallifffraude 2 years ago
Nice blues! keep it up!
josephkallifffraude 2 years ago
Thank you for making feel good.
Willinthehall 2 years ago
you have some nice albert king size bends in there
ndoumos 3 years ago
Yeah, the tone mod is the one I had in mind, also. I don't want to mess with the bias- I think that contributes a lot of the tone!! Now I just need to learn to do the mods- I have no experience with soldering nor using a millimeter!!lol
karatechopsueycide 3 years ago
Nice playing! Could you tell a big difference in the Blues Jr after the Billm mod? Was it worth it?
karatechopsueycide 3 years ago
Thanks, yeah the difference was huge (remember, this is just the twin mod). All I had to do was solder a wire connecting the two eyelets on the midrange pot and it made the amp way more useful. Now it makes it possible to turn the mids off completely so you can put a scoop in your EQ. It really makes the amp sound a lot bigger too, more soul.
eythan07 3 years ago
Also since you can totally turn the mids off, you can turn the gain up and use the tone stack controls as individual volume knobs controlling only a certain frequency. This means you can actually keep the master up (making the sound less muddy and more poppy) and also turn the gain up to give you a nice bedroom volume level without totally screwing up the tone. Anyway, I'm rambling. There are a ton of possibilities with this mod. I think I'm going to try the tone stack next.
eythan07 3 years ago