Marc Seal Guitar Lesson 5 (3 of 4) - Sound Advice/Cool Riff

[thejeffharter]

I used to have an RC-20... I blew it up! LOL. Now I have a digitech jamman stereo- 100 times better!!!

[killingthemoths]

lol. pure cheese.

[KevinMinney]

My lastest 2 videos was with the RC-3 pedal Please check them out, Great pedal and very useful to pratice at home with.

[MrBulik12]

How much is that sir?

[montysimmons]

What equipment is needed if I wish to generate, record and play back a piano segment, the a base guitar segment, and then a live lead guitar segment?

I am going to try to be a “one man band” in my local talent show at Hudson Middle School (December 15, 2010)

Thanks

[FuzzyMcButterWink]

Hey Marc, Nice video's...just got a loop station and I was having trouble learning how the auto start feature works. I got a grip on it now thanks to your video. Awesome! Could you point me in the direction of you video lesson of the C major scale? I would appreciate that!

[Gael47nx]

good good

[Freemasonry]

awesome dude

[BlueSuedeTom]

Good Demo!

[WWitton]

Carehua

Sorry im french i dont understanding very well english but i think...

plug your loop direct to the amps and your effect in and your instrument ine the effect

AMP---Boss Rc20---Effect pedal---Instrument

Sorry for my poor Frenglish ^^

[strabbs1]

great leson iam suprised theres not more loop station lesson on the tube, great way to practise, id recomend the rc2 to any one

[Carehuea]

Can anyone help me? I'm a bass player and just bought the BOSS RC-20XL loop station.

When I lay down a groove and then I overdub chords, countermelodies, etc... it's all good, it goes according to plan.

The problems begin when I want to solo over it. I use an effect (distortion, whammy pedal, etc) to solo but then the whole loop takes on the effect.

I noticed Marc seal cranked on the distortion and nothing happened to the original loop. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.

[curtiswcole]

You need to put the distortion before the loop station and not the other way.

[whenboysetsfire1]

put the fucking pedal at the end of your chain dip shit.

[LoVeCarRiEdThEcRoSs]

hey it probably where you have the looper in your chain. It should be last. if the distortion is behind the looper every signal the looper lets out is distorted. hope that helps

[thepensivepoet]

You need an effects loop so the signal chain is inbetween the distortion on your amp and the speaker.

[mofemobile]

hes such a champ

[Geez445]

This sounds a lot like the Travis Larson Band, all fusiony

[himse1f]

kind of sounds like a porno

[djacidweed]

true ! hahaha

[apeshallneverkilape]

Should I buy the loop station rc-2 or the loop station that you are using in the video? Cause I don't know what the differents are between those 2

greetzz yves

[ishredpotatoes]

just want to ask if u can transfer the recorded loop to computer? thank you..

[tm995]

u cant transfer directly to your computer because it does not come with a cable.

If u want to transfer directly watch the Digitech JamMan

[ineedsomefinewine]

You could always use the output to record it to your computer. You'd need an audio interface for that, though.

[ShawnyMartin]

what do you think about running a bass through this?

[leongecko]

great vid, im really leaning toward getting an RC after seeing this

[mikemccready7]

how do you make the "wakka-wakka sound" at 4:18-19? i can't figure out how to make that sound. I'd like to use it in solo-playing

[DeadFossil]

It's a wah pedal. Search it on youtube, you'll see lot of great (and bad) examples.

[mikemccready7]

ok, thanks man;)

[raidereddie]

Thanks for putting all of these instructional videos up. They're GRRRRRRRREAT!! Seal is a killer teacher!

[UpcomingJedi]

Do you have any videos where you play an entire song such as starting at 3:30 and/or what kind of equipment you use? That sounds sweet!

[DeadFossil]

Sry, I'm not Marc Seal (nor do I have any skills to match up to him). =(

[UpcomingJedi]

Ok....But do you have any songs of his or can ask him to play an entire awsome song? Thanks.

[DeadFossil]

Sorry, no. I don't think he's ever made a song using a looper. And I don't know him personally. The looper is basically a practice pedal or a one-man band jam kind of thing. People don't use it to record so it would be hard find songs being done by a looper.

[asmundsniken]

how do you delete a track after memorizing it? I have filled out all my 11 prhases, but there is some of them I don't want to have... How do I delete them. It's for sure easy, but I thing I've lost my manual :(

[DeadFossil]

Type Boss RC-20XL Manual on Google. It'll lead you to the Roland site where you can download the manual.

But for the quick reference, just press 'Write' and 'Exit' button at the same time. Hold it. They'll start blinking then press 'Write' button again.

I got this pedal about 3 week ago myself, and man, it's great for writing songs. Woot!

Happy playings!

[UpcomingJedi]

ITS ALL YOUR FAULT!!! I HATE YOU!! Just kidding! :) But it is your fault for compelling me to buy this thing. It is AWESOME!!

[UpcomingJedi]

What do you use for the distortion sound? I can never make mine sound anything like these videos no matter what.

[Billbobaker]

I think he's got distortion pedals in front ot the RC20 and his amp is set clean.

That's they only way to do that I think.

[DeadFossil]

Are you asking me? (Btw I'm not Marc Seal.) If the setup works in practices, there shouldn't be much problem running the same setup in live performances, because the only difference is that your amp will get mic'ed. The difficulty is in the mixing of the band sound in the mixer. I don't personally own this pedal, but from my experience, the soundboard mixer guys always have their own preference in sound so I always tell them to boost the gain on bass, bit less high, reverb, etc. Hope that helps!

[waveriderz]

you ever have problems using this with live band performances?

[coadyguitar15]

what distortion pedal do you use??

[DeadFossil]

Me? I use Damage Control "Demonizer". Google "demonizer" and you'll see it as first link. It's a decent tube distortion pedal without having to pay thousands on a head, although the pedal's pretty expensive itself. I run it through a Fender Blues Jr. so everything's pretty compact, while I try to retain the tube distortion/clean sound as much as possible. Hope that helps!

[james0033]

how dou keep the clean sound? like when pressing the distorion the clean sound stays... what setting should i do?

[DeadFossil]

make sure the distortion box is infront of the looper in the effects chain. remember, whatever feeds into the distortion will be distored, and if you have your looper in front in the effects chain, everything the looper feeds out will be distorted.

[HansFingerpicker]

Excellent afternoon's work...

Found a perfect cure for insomnia and saved a hundred and sixty quid at the same time. Value for money indeed!

[james0033]

can you save the loops?

[shadowcircle]

yes you can but i only have the RC-2 and it records about 11 different loops i think about 16 minuts...correctme if im wrong...I dont know about this one...

[Hrledood911]

i just borrowed the RC-20 from a friend and I have no idea how to use it. I saw videos on the RC-2 and the beat tracks sound way better than the RC-20. SO, if I invest in one of these it might be the RC-2. Can anyone tell me the beat tracks can be changed on 20 or are they just the usual metranome sounding tracks?

[Iamthequeenofengland]

lol wanker

[Activethrasher00]

how does this compare to the RC-2?

[DeadFossil]

ok just to clear out - i'm not marc seal, but i do know a bit about loop pedals and i'm contemplating about buying the new Line 6 JM4 looper. there is essentially almost no difference between the RC-2 and RC-20XL other than the obvious number of buttons, longer recording time for RC-20XL and reverse mode. I might be wrong but I think that's about right. And the price difference is, I think, at most $50. On eBay it only differs by $20-30, $140-ish for RC-2 and $160-ish for RC-20XL, used.

[lithbreed1981]

I don't think you can use tap tempo easily either unless you get a FS5U pedal with the RC-2. Correct me if i'm wrong but i'm using the RC-20 (and loving it)

[Gaishredic]

What a champ, great instrucional video.

[rorroesdios]

HEY MAN i've got  a question, i just got my Rc-20 and its great but, how can you get a lead tone with a descent amount of distortion without affecting the chord progression's cleanliness? (Apart from splitting the signal to a different amp) thanx

[jritichie]

YES! I need the answer to this too! Please help!

[jem2017]

He's using effects processors/distortion pedals, etc. before the looper pedal in the signal path. That way he can choose a tone and effects for the guitar, record it with the loop pedal, then change to another tone without changing the sound of the recorded loop. The output of the looper is going straight to the amp, not into a distortion pedal.

[jritichie]

Got it. so you can't really use the distortion from the amp then. distortion has to come from a pedal before hand.

[DeadFossil]

I just read this comment - some amps (almost all high end amps, and many mid-range priced amps these days) have option called "Effects Loop" where it allows you to use the amp's preamp and effects before it feeds into the power amp (the final stage of chain before being heard).

[poindexter3000]

Very informative!Why are you people ragging on this guy?

[DeadFossil]

Seriously eh?

He has talent in teaching and being a great guitar clinician.

But his image as a guitar player doesn't seem to be salient enough for the youngsters these days. It's not all about Steve Vai, Jason Becker, or Zakk Wylde!!

[justindene]

wow that is probably the worst tone i have ever heard in my whole entire life.

[dhb162]

WRONG!!! I love his tone.

[justindene]

well you must be gay and suck at playing the guitar

[dhb162]

Wow, you are as inarticulate as you are opinionated.

[FenderStratLightBlue]

Well done, I'm definitely going to get one

[MetalAriel]

wow he is gay

[liecht]

No, hes not..just a bit retarded

[MetalAriel]

wow he is gay

[james0033]

is line6 DL4 the same as this one? so tell which one is more better?

[DeadFossil]

Line6 has a loop pedal?! O.O?

I thought DL4 was a delay station?

[bmwz20]

the DL4 has a 14 second loop sampler, but its a delay pedal

[Beatzotto]

isn't it for hands only?

[PlagueXKill3R]

thats the coolest fuckin thing i have ever seen! i want one!!

[liecht]

Seems easy to imitate! prrrrrrrrrrrrr, prrrrrrrrrrrr, ticci,ticcci.ziuuuuuuuu,ziuuu,­thump!!!Oh,what a guitar hero!!!Marc Seal is a ridiculous characteer.How self indulgent....The supreme master.

[MetalAriel]

:D:D:D:D you're funny man

[farsaguitar]

Congratulation my man. You are a virtuose guitar player. If it is possible, i would like to know how to set the analogs effects in correct order ( drive + modulation, etc ). Best regards.

[luvmonkey666]

what efffect are you using in the solo

[y2kcuzk2y]

you are just a self indulgent vai wannabe you suck man!!!! go listen to some REAL music like radiohead and stop guitar wanking!!

[vakmere]

you got YOUR music degree where???

[y2kcuzk2y]

ya i do smart arse. and im intitled to my opinions! your so sad and the best part is radiohead are gods and vai and satriani are never going anywhere. aw man its so funny to see shit like this i cant stop laughing!!!

[Swingline2121]

I think he got it an Dickhead Academy.

[hunglikeayak]

shut the fuck up dickface this guy is good radiohead just play load of whingy indie bollox

[y2kcuzk2y]

ya and whats this retard a load of guitar wanking bolox!! its just meaningless repeated crap1!!

[jerrythehendrix]

Quality!!!!!!!!!!!

[joner122]

Good lesson. Just ordered the RC-2 Was hoping it would make a difference in my writing ability, which I bet it would.

What distortion pedal are you using? And what amp are you running it through?

[canadianmaple09]

Awesome playing! That guitar looks really weird though, I don't like the body or headstock shape. Looks like an anorexic headstock or something.

[soundwrks]

what pedal are you using for the distortion?

excellent vid by the way

[iamangelo]

Am And CMaj are different keys in te sense that if you have a chord progression in CMajor It'll be different in Am Beacuse it'll Resolve Differently

[criticalsymmetry]

what song is that???? can some1 tell me?