Cool video about how to mic an amp

[FuzzyAce]

Just because the Digital and Modeling forum displays at the top of the home page, there's no reason to default all content to here. WTF has this got to do with Digital and Modeling? The Recording forum would be a better place. Just sayin'....

Honestly, I almost never look at what forum it's from. I usually go through What's New tab. We never stay on topic anyways around here.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

Just because the Digital and Modeling forum displays at the top of the home page, there's no reason to default all content to here. WTF has this got to do with Digital and Modeling? The Recording forum would be a better place. Just sayin'....

It’s almost getting to the point of needing a specific sub forum for “get irrationally upset about a YouTube video that you watched knowing good and well it was going to get you irrationally upset”. Also covered by that subforum is “get irrationally upset at people being upset about a YouTuber where you could very easily have just avoided engaging with the whole shit show to begin with” (raises hand).

 

[mercifulfuzziness]

It’s almost getting to the point of needing a specific sub forum for “get irrationally upset about a YouTube video that you watched knowing good and well it was going to get you irrationally upset”. Also covered by that subforum is “get irrationally upset at people being upset about a YouTuber where you could very easily have just avoided engaging with the whole shit show to begin with” (raises hand).

Where to post, where to post

 

[deadpool_25]

No need to get upset either way. Tom knows what's best for him and his situation. That doesn't necessarily mean he knows what's best for me and my situation.

Sure would be nice if everyone accepted that everywhere.

 

[mercifulfuzziness]

No need to get upset either way. Tom knows what's best for him and his situation. That doesn't necessarily mean he knows what's best for me and my situation.

Sure would be nice if everyone accepted that everywhere.

We should all just get tube amps with volume at 2. Also better for the environment. And the dynamics of a tube amp are better than with a modeler.

 

[HomespunEffects]

… considering most people don't have a collection of nice mics …

Or a properly treated room to record in.

 

[la szum]

You want him to choose your context when his years and years of expertise have nothing to do with your context.

That line is gold. It's why I have no fucks to give about what Tom, Dick, or Harry
say about this, that, and the other thing. I can be interested and open, but ultimately
we each need to determine what will work for us in our rooms and settings. There is
no vacuum where we exist in this state of pure isolation and can equally arrive at
the same ideal solution.

It's liberating for me to be conceptually free of the incessant hyper-moralizing that goes
on within Forums. For us the dictum "Know thyself" should also include "Know thy context."

 

[la szum]

No need to get upset either way. Tom knows what's best for him and his situation. That doesn't necessarily mean he knows what's best for me and my situation.

Sure would be nice if everyone accepted that everywhere.

Humans seem to have this pathological relationship with absolutes while living in a relative world.

Highly problematic!

 

[FuzzyAce]

Humans seem to have this pathological relationship with absolutes while living in a relative world.

Highly problematic!

We need a certain level of absolutes to stay grounded though. I absolutely need water, food, shelter for starters.

 

[ian_dissonance]

He acknowledged it? He expressly states that you have to have a good sounding room, etc. to pull it off. I don't get why people think he's giving folks advice on anything other than what he knows -- making records in professional studios.

Dude has played on hundreds and hundreds of albums; was the guy chosen by Joe Walsh and Vince Gill to tour with them as electric guitarist - two well known respected guitar monsters and guitar tone monsters; but some jack ass on the internet that, as far as I'm aware, has never shared a piece of recorded music he has made with the guitar playing community, is going to doubt whether Bukovac knows what he's doing because he chooses to capture low-effort YouTube videos with his iPhone with whatever he can find laying around acting as a tripod and not bothering to mic the amp he's playing through. Of course not all great players know what they're doing gear/tone wise...but not the guys that get called in as side-men to do hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of diverse sessions in all sorts of genres and are nominated guitar player of the year by the country music academy ten times, winning four of those years.

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Bukovac has played on hundreds of albums, including projects by Dan Auerbach and The Black Keys, Hermanos Gutierrez, Glen Campbell, Gwen Stefani, Kid Rock, Morgan Wallen, Ann Wilson, The Struts, Steven Tyler, Stevie Nicks, Bob Seger, John Oates, Joan Osborne, Vince Gill, Dave Stewart, Joss Stone, Hank Williams Jr., Sheryl Crow, Don Henley, Carrie Underwood, Richard Marx, Rascal Flatts, Keith Urban, Willie Nelson, Martina McBride, Faith Hill, Kenny Loggins, Reba McEntire, Blake Shelton, LeAnn Rimes, Florida Georgia Line, Lionel Richie, among many others.

Bukovac has toured with Ann Wilson (2022 - Fierce Bliss Tour), Joe Walsh (2017) – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 40th Anniversary Tour; Vince Gill (2016); John Fogerty; Faith Hill; Trigger Hippy; Wynonna Judd; Tanya Tucker, and others. Bukovac is currently a member of The Jim Irsay band."

Super cool, all that music lands squarely in the Don’t Care, Don’t Listen to It category so his opinions on shit mean nothing to me even with all that experience. Knowledge and experience don’t make someone an engaging presenter or a good teacher, all different skills. What does he think about getting a clear tone from A0 in a 9/8 breakdown?

 

[mercifulfuzziness]

 

[mercifulfuzziness]

what is that Ox? I have literally no idea what that thing does?

 

[DrewJD82]

what is that Ox? I have literally no idea what that thing does?

Basically a load box w/ cabs built in, so you can plug the Speaker Out of an amp into it and go straight into a PA system or interface to record with.

 

[LeftyLoungeLizard]

Who's Tom Bukovac?

Well, he ain't no John Sykes, that's for sure.

...let alone Dan Huff or Tim Pierce.

 

[LeftyLoungeLizard]

Don’t you live on a compound surrounded by nothing but trees and mountain ranges and shit?

I believe it's called "Area 51".

 

[PLX]

I believe it's called "Area 51".

 

[duzie]

I crack up when Leonard says
I’m sweating my bald cap off

 

[DrewJD82]

Who's Tom Bukovac?

Well, he ain't no John Sykes, that's for sure.

...let alone Dan Huff or Tim Pierce.

Eh, he's basically the Nashville Tim Pierce, in addition to doing some touring.

I think it's fair to say there aren't many people who are punching down when they're throwing mud in his direction, even if they think they are.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

Eh, he's basically the Nashville Tim Pierce, in addition to doing some touring.

I think it's fair to say there aren't many people who are punching down when they're throwing mud in his direction, even if they think they are.

He did a video with Dan Huff, who seemed to have plenty of respect for him...

 

[DrewJD82]

He did a video with Dan Huff, who seemed to have plenty of respect for him...

Of course.

Yngwie is the only dude in the upper echelon of great players who I've ever heard sling mud at another guitar player, everyone else is cool enough to just respect what other people do and guys like Huff, Pierce, Bukovac, etc are more likely to suggest each other for a particular session based off their unique approach rather than trying to grab every spot for themselves.