Alesis Quadraverb Marshall Shredmaster Fender Deluxe 85 Reverse Reverb Shoegaze Wankery

[Magnawulf]

I thought you were kevin shields at first wtf

[happydan205]

@Magnawulf

Hahaha deadly! A few of my friends have said the same thing to me in the past. Purely a coincidence I assure you, my hair looks nothing like that anymore.

[joel111592]

Hey I just got a deluxe 85, and I'm having trouble getting it to sound like metal, can you help me out with that since you have one also

[happydan205]

@joel111592

Obviously for metal, scooping the mids would be the first step but the best advice I can give you is get a decent distortion pedal. The dirt channel on the Deluxe 85 leaves a lot to be desired, and I honestly never use it. Solid state distortion generally sounds a bit thin and wimpy to my ears (but that's just my opinion of course)

[cutoffhere]

What a video! The best demo of any equipment I've ever saw. The Fender Deluxe 85 is pretty nice, how much did you payed?!

Keep on doing this great, great songs (and videos)!

[happydan205]

@cutoffhere

Thanks alot! I'm still new to making gear demos but I'm gonna try and do a few more now that my laptops back in action. I paid roughly 250 euro for the amp a few years ago (bought it in a massive Radiohead phase, lame I know!)

[AsmodelSoljah]

@happydan205

1. Supposed to be Shred into Alesis, or else the molten aspect is lost a bit.

2. Sounded good otherwise. I always thought the siren style stuff was overdubs of lead parts with the reverb setting. Thank you for demonstrating that MBV is not super difficult to replicate live.

3. You wouldn't mind posting the soundcloud, would you? mine is /permute-us ;)

[happydan205]

@AsmodelSoljah

I tried putting the distortion into the Alesis and honestly hated the results (each to their own I suppose). I've recently acquired a Midiverb 2 so I may re-do this video with my Jazzmaster to try and get as close to the original effects Kevin Shields used as possible.

As for my soundcloud, my username is aycks. Thanks for watching :)

[TheAmcampa]

we need more people like you playing this type of music please let me know if you are on a band or something to listen to because i really love this music

[happydan205]

@TheAmcampa

As I've said to everyone else that's given me lovely compliments, thank you!

As of right now I'm without a band (or any sort of musical ensemble), but I hope to change that this year. I do have a Soundcloud account where most of my music is like the track in this video, if you'd like the url let me know :)

[TheAmcampa]

@happydan205 yeah of course i'm interested please any link to something you do would be great and keep on doing this because people like me really apreciate this music.

[Byrnyngman]

This sounds amazing, great job. Also, that guitar tuning is really interesting. What is it?

[happydan205]

@Byrnyngman

Thank you and thank you again! The tuning is one of my own creations, based around DADF#AD but with some minor changes and tuned flat. The low C notes add a nice bassy presence to the chord changes :)

[TheDrPoopoo]

I have the exact same Eiffeltower keychain!

[happydan205]

@TheDrPoopoo

It's a nice keychain ain't it? :P

[teddyboy811]

hi guy, what's the parametr for reverse reverb?

I never used quadraverb, what you can modify? time delay? decay?

[happydan205]

@teddyboy811

I used the Reverse2 setting on the Quadraverb, blended a full dry signal with around 70% wet reverb. The time was maxed out, as was the decay and I think the predelay was set somewhere around 100ms? I'll go back to the unit soon and get exact parameters for you :)

[teddyboy811]

@happydan205

ok, but I have a better idea...do you want to play guitar for me? ;)

[happydan205]

@teddyboy811

Hahah, yeah mate sure thing. I'll post some new videos over the next few days (considering I'm finally off for Christmas) just for you!

[teddyboy811]

@happydan205

thank you!

(i wrote on your soundcloud and facebook profile) I'm searching for guitarist like you by old time

[happydan205]

@teddyboy811

Ahhh that was you? I was planning on replying to that message later on after I wrap some Christmas presents.

I'll send you a message tonight and we can discuss some ideas maybe?

[teddyboy811]

@happydan205

it's not a problem for me...and I'm really serious :)

[happydan205]

@teddyboy811

That's cool man, well I'll send you a proper message later on then :D

[aintnoluckitsskillz]

fantastic playing! i signed in just to like it, haha.

[happydan205]

@aintnoluckitsskillz

Thank you! When I made this video, I honestly had no idea I'd get as many compliments as I have so far! :)

[Argiflex]

Yeah, that sounds about like where I live. I live in Jackson, MS, and in the Mississippi Delta, and it's the same way in both places. Where do you live?

Well, I would probably be one of those people that did that, but not necessarily dubstep. There is a huge amount of room for shoegaze atmospherics in dubstep, though. Nobody just seems to really explore them.

[Argiflex]

This was absolutely beautiful. I originally got a quadraverb for added lushness to my hardware-based electronic compositions, but with how you use it, I am seriously thinking about starting a shoegaze band. This seriously sounds amazing. Keep up the great work!

[happydan205]

@Argiflex

See, it's comments like this that make me glad I joined Youtube in the first place. Seriously, thank you so much! Means an awful lot to me that people are actually appreciative of what I'm trying to do. Where I live, not many people are into this kind of music at all!

As soon as I get a break from college I plan on doing a whole heap of new gear videos so stay tuned for more demos and songs in the very near future :)

[Argiflex]

@happydan205 Well I'm really glad that it means a lot to you!

So, what kind of music do the people in your area listen to?

Oh my that sounds great! I am deffinitely friending/subbing.

[happydan205]

@Argiflex

There's a good mix of people into different music where I live, but very few of them are aware of bands like My Bloody Valentine, and half of the people who know of The Verve have absolutely no idea that their first album is an ambient, shoegazey masterpiece! They just assume all they did was Bittersweet Symphony and think they're a shite band because of it...

Too many people I know have abandoned playing guitar in favour of making dubstep music..Such a shame really!

[mewsic156]

what are you playing dude? nice song

[happydan205]

@mewsic156

Thank you, it's one of my own songs. Still haven't decided if I want to put vocals on it, so it's just a guitar track for now :)

[happydan205]

@86shoegaze

Depending on the song, I do use a very subtle phaser from time to time. I typically use a Small Stone by EHX and only bring it out for Verve-y songs as opposed to MBV style shoegaze material.

As for the RV5, I think the modulate mode is brilliant sounding (then again everyone says that really!) but I don't use it for shoegaze music either (again, it gets used for Nick McCabe sounds).

I use the Quad on everything, and add in other pedals as I see fit.

[sonicjoydivisonswans]

Loved the video, beautiful song and I like the way you present the gear! I would love a demo of the Quadraverb.

[happydan205]

@sonicjoydivisonswans

Hey there, thank you so much for the kind words, I'm really glad you enjoyed the video!

I'm hoping to do a proper in depth demo of the Quadraverb really soon.

College started up again a few weeks ago, so I haven't had as much free time lately to make demos. Hopefully I'll get a day to myself :)

[michaelisajerk]

He starts playing @2:16

[happydan205]

@michaelisajerk

Haha, I meant to put up a note of some sort to let people know when I stop babbling and actually play guitar.

Should be a note up now for future reference :)

[michaelisajerk]

@happydan205 happy to help. love the fact that someone actually demo'ed the Quad on YT. It's a unique rack system.

[happydan205]

@michaelisajerk

Thanks alot mate, I'm glad you like the video! You'll be happy to know that I'm planning on doing a series of in depth demos for the Quadraverb over the coming weeks.

It's a shame that there aren't many decent demos of it already, it's such a wonderful unit.

[slovan]

What chords are you using?

[happydan205]

@slovan

They probably have proper, "technical" names, but given the fact the song is in a made up tuning of mine, I don't know what to call the chords I use. I just found a number of chord shapes that blended well together and made a song out of them.

[slovan]

Could you please tell me the settings on your effects?

[happydan205]

@slovan

The Shredmaster settings you can make out if you pause the video.

The reverb was set for Pre-EQ, with full reverb density and diffusion, 140ms of pre-delay, the high and low frequency decay were both set to -00%, the decay(feedback) was around 65-75% and the signal mix was 99 for master effects and reverb output. The dry signal amount went from 80 for the wet/dry mix sample, then 0 for the fully wet example. I think I had the reverb chorus option on a really subtle setting too.

[chazroot]

I used to have an old Peavey Backstage 30 solid state amp that had horrifically bad onboard overdrive and and crunch. However, when you played the amp clean and used an EHX Big Muff it was brilliant for lead work. I'd mic it with a SM57 and it would record very, very nicely. Same concept I guess.

[happydan205]

@chazroot

I've yet to come across a solid state amp that had good built in distortion, I've always used pedals for dirt sounds.

Someday I might be able to afford a tube amp and then get to experience some truly great sounding amp distortion :)

[chazroot]

Thanks for the reply. I assumed that you were going through the clean channel because the overdrive/crunch channel on the Deluxe 85 sounds very processed... Almost like an old 1980's Rockman unit.

I've never seen a closeup pic of Jonny Greenwood's old Deluxe 85 or the amp settings documented well, but I'm guessing he did the same thing. His pedalboards and split signal between his AC30 and Fender amps are common knowledge but the amp settings are not.

[happydan205]

@chazroot

You're welcome, I love talking about gear (it's actually a vice of mine to be honest!)

The overdrive channel on the Deluxe 85 is indeed a stinker. I've really avoided using it as much as possible. No matter how I set it up, it just sounds dreadful.

I've never seen a decent photo of Jonnys Deluxe 85 settings, but I did see a gig shot of his current, Fender 85 (the smaller version of the Deluxe) and his EQ settings looked like they were all set around 5/6.

[chazroot]

Hey. Which channel and settings sre you using on the Fender Deluxe 85 if you don't mind sharing.

Cheers,

chaz

[happydan205]

@chazroot

I don't mind sharing them at all!

It was the clean channel with the Treble at 10 (full), the Bass at 8 and the overall volume at 3.

The clean channel is pretty simple having only 3 controls, but it does the job.

Hope that helps :)