Tag: guitar

Are metal guitarists better (or worse!) than ever?

The great debate…

Are the metal guitarists of today better than ever? Ryan Wolanski tries to answer that question in this video essay.

ARE METAL GUITARISTS BETTER THAN EVER?

Are the metal guitarists of today better than ever? Ryan Wolanski tries to answer that question in this video essay.

A few of the things Ryan touches on:

  • Artists like Jason Richardson (Chelsea Grin, Born Of Osiris), Polyphia, and Tosin Abasi of Animals As Leaders who push metal guitar to new levels
  • Frank Gambale and the rise of sweep picking
  • The role of new tools like Guitar Pro and DAW editing
  • A look at greats from the past like Jason Becker and Michael Angelo Batio of Nitro

So… what do YOU think?

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Kurt Ballou’s guitar tones on “I Can Tell You About Pain”!

So. Many. Mics.

Kurt Ballou explains his guitar tones including the guitar amps, cabs, pickups and more on “I Can Tell You About Pain” by Converge in this clip from his August 2018 Nail The Mix!

Kurt Ballou’s guitar tones on Converge “I Can Tell You About Pain”

Kurt Ballou explains his guitar tones including the guitar amps, cabs, pickups and more on “I Can Tell You About Pain” by Converge!

He goes over how he blended the various tones (including a Sparrow’s Sons, a Marshall JMP and room mics), does some EQ with Fabfilter Pro Q and goes into more detail about how he dialed in the guitar tones– warning, after watching this you may feel the sudden urge to mic anything and everything around you 🙂

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