All Hail the Mighty Butch Walker

Ledvedder said:
I just watched the Silent Stage episode with @Cooper Carter. He mentioned they may share some of @BDubs presets at some point. Thanks for letting me know about it.
Click to expand...

The podcast was amazing, I totally was shocked when Cooper swore lol. But I learned a ton from it and I could listen for hours more. Steves podcast has been awesome so far.
 
Has anyone been able to get either the Matchless or the Bassman to sound like that? I never have. If you've been able to, please share your secrets.
 
Why are people so hooked on something that's going to sound completely different on their own playback system using a completely different instrument with a completely different set of hands? Go forth and discover the saturation switch, people! :p
 
JiveTurkey said:
Why are people so hooked on something that's going to sound completely different on their own playback system using a completely different instrument with a completely different set of hands? Go forth and discover the saturation switch, people! :p
Click to expand...
I was curious because I've never been able to get the Matchless or Bassman to sound like his presets.
 
JiveTurkey said:
Why are people so hooked on something that's going to sound completely different on their own playback system using a completely different instrument with a completely different set of hands? Go forth and discover the saturation switch, people! :p
Click to expand...

True, but would still love to get my hands on those :D Love watching that butch video! Think I watched it 3 times so far lol.
 
After watching the video I am also in the camp of wanting to get ahold of Butch’s presets. These aren’t even the normal tones I’d use, but I think the insight would be phenomenal. He should do a tone class or something.

Sidebar, he produced Sevendust’s album Seasons, which aside from the guitar tone and lack of leads is arguably their best album, and damn near perfect from a song writing perspective (fore-mentioned lack of leads aside).
 
Also... I wanna see how he gets that Leslie sound, I can never get a rotary sound in a preset that I like to use. Its always either TOOO present or too buried.
 
I just finally tried the saturation switch. 😳
Why does “on” sound like “off” and “On (Ideal)” sound like a million bucks?
 
Jdzialak said:
I just finally tried the saturation switch. 😳
Why does “on” sound like “off” and “On (Ideal)” sound like a million bucks?
Click to expand...
Because that's how real saturation switches work.

Plug into any amp that has a saturation switch, play it for a bit, and then turn on saturation. You'll get more distortion, but the volume will go down. On a real amp, you have to turn it up after you throw the saturation switch. The "Ideal" setting turns it up for you.
 
Jdzialak said:
I just finally tried the saturation switch. 😳
Why does “on” sound like “off” and “On (Ideal)” sound like a million bucks?
Click to expand...
Because that's how the typical Jose clipping stage works. It adds a particular type of saturation by using diodes. But in turn, you get a volume drop, so you'd normally compensate by increasing the master volume of the amp. But in Fractal land the ideal setting maintains your volume.
 
Ah thanks. I honestly didn’t hear a difference when it was ON. On most Friedmans with a SAT switch, it’s more gain and much quieter.
Also, I didn’t realize this saturation was the same as the “Jose SAT” Dave has been doing.
 
JiveTurkey said:
Why are people so hooked on something that's going to sound completely different on their own playback system using a completely different instrument with a completely different set of hands? Go forth and discover the saturation switch, people! :p
Click to expand...
Well for me it just saves me a lot of time. And gives me a good starting point.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom