13: Dialing in Guitar and Bass Tone

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1:00 - The guys' secrets for dealing with quarantine
4:00 - Where the guys' tone-chasing journery began
10:30 - The degrees of freedom in building a guitar tone and why it can seem so challenging
13:00 - Guitar picks
16:40 - Guitar types
21:30 - Strings
27:00 - Pickups
36:00 - Where the guys' Pyramid Rule finally breaks down
37:00 - Amps
43:00 - Speakers and Speaker Cabinets
45:00 - Strategies for selecting gear
50:00 - Strategies for building a tone from scratch
57:00 - Reasons to us5e a boost or overdrive pedal in front of the amp
65:00 - How different frequencies distort on guitars
68:00 - Vadim's not sexy but super effective trick for driving an amp
70:00 - Flat-wound vs Round-wound strings

Links
Vadim's free DIY Recording eBook
DIY Recording Facebook Community
Vadim's Studio Site
Benjamin's Studio Site