 Next up potential, my name's Lee Fuge and I'm here with MGRMusic.com and today we're going to be taking a look at the tone of Jared James Nichols using the Blackstar HT20 Mark II. For the tones in this video we're going to be using an incredibly simple setup. I've got a single P90 loaded, let's pull Junior, plugged straight in to the HT20. The amp is mic'd with an Aston Origin condenser mic and all the overdrive and reverb you hear comes directly from the amplifier. It's just the guitar straight into the amp. We're not even using a pick just to mimic the way Jared plays, everything you hear is played with the thumb and the first finger. That opening riff you heard was from a track called Through Me to the Wolves. To get the slightly cleaner overdriven tone I've turned the guitar's volume down to about half way for that just to take the edge off the overdrive. Jared also uses this type of tone in the track Run. All the drive tones you hear are coming direct from the amplifier. We've got the overdrive channel selected on the first voice, the gain is set to 9 and the channel volume is set to 10. Jared James Nichols doesn't EQ his amps in a very extreme way. The bass in the middle is set to 12 o'clock and the treble is dialed back just a touch to about 11 o'clock. The ISF is also set to around about 11 o'clock so you get a nice blend between a British and an American voice. If we turn the volume up slightly on the guitar to about 6 we get a heavier rock tone like the one you hear in tracks like Crazy. One thing Jared is a big fan of is a great amount of reverb. The reverb on the amp is set to about 12 o'clock so you've got that big big room sound. This means when you're doing those cool blues licks those notes really sing. Because all of the versatility comes from the guitar's volume and tone controls we can once again get a heavy rock sound that's a little bit thicker if we turn the volume up to 7 and we dial the tone back to about half way. This could be heard on tracks like End of Time. Alright, so there you go. There is the Blackstar HT20 Mark II and some tones in the style of Jared James Nichols. Thank you all so much for watching. I hope you've enjoyed this video and I hope you guys can now get some really cool rock tones in the style of Jared James Nichols from your Blackstar amp. All you need is a guitar with a P90, a great amp and your thumb and that's all you need to get a big rock sound. Please let us know in the comments below what you thought of this tone and if there's any other artist you want us to cover the tones from please let us know and we will check that out too. And don't forget to check out MGRmusic.com if you're looking for a guitar teacher in your local area we've got a network of great teachers all over the country just waiting to help you unlock your full potential. I'm going to play you out now with one more Jared James Nichols riff from a song Last Chance. Thank you all so much for watching and we'll see you soon.