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[Music] [Applause] [Music]
(smooth guitar playing) (distorted guitar playing)
hey it's John dryer and we are going to
- Hey, it's John Dreyer, and we are going to talk
talk about clean tone and distorted tone
about clean tone and distorted tone.
you may hear words like overdrive or dirty or Distortion
You may hear words like overdrive, or dirty, or distortion.
what are those words mean how do you
What does those words mean,
achieve those tones and how can you use
how do you achieve those tones,
them alright let's start with clean tone
and how can you use them?
so clean tone simply refers to a guitar
All right, let's start with clean tone. So clean tone simply refers to a guitar tone
tone with no overdrive or distortion a
with no overdrive or distortion,
true clean amplification of your guitar
a true, clean amplification of your guitar.
you get a chord the pickups send that
You hit a chord,
signal to the output Jack the app the
the pickups send that signal to the output jack,
jack goes to your amplifier and your
the output jack goes to your amplifier,
amplifier makes that sound
and your amplifier makes that sound louder.
louder it's a tone you'll hear in jazz
It's a tone you'll hear in jazz, country,
country blues funk a lot of different
blues, funk, a lot of different genres.
genres alright so this is my clean tone
All right, so this is my clean tone.
no overdrive no Distortion just a little
No overdrive, no distortion,
bit of reverb from the amp it could
just a little bit of reverb from the amp.
still be a clean tone with reverb so
It can still be a clean tone with reverb.
with your guitar if you have multiple
So with your guitar, if you have multiple pickups,
pickups like I do here I have two humbucking pickups you can get different
like I do here, I have two humbucking pickups,
types of clean tones with the different
you can get different types of clean tones
pickup combinations so here is the
with the different pickup combinations.
bridge pickup clean this is really cool
So here is the bridge pickup clean,
to play some chords or single notes
this is really cool to play some chords or single notes.
[Music]
(clean guitar playing)
all right here is the combination the
All right, here is the combination,
bridge pickup and the neck pickup clean
the bridge pickup and the neck pickup, clean,
cool for like a funkier type tone and
cool for a funkier type tone. (funky guitar playing)
then we can go to the neck pickup in
And then we can go to the neck pickup,
this case we do have the humbucking
in this case we do have the humbucking pickup in the neck,
pickup in the neck this is really nice for a jazz type tone now I'm ready to
this is really nice for a jazz type tone. (jazzy guitar playing)
add Distortion now I could do this in a
Now I'm ready to add distortion.
couple of different ways one since I'm
Now, I can do this in a couple of different ways.
playing through this awesome deluxe
One, since I'm playing through
reverb tube amp I can just simply crank
this awesome Deluxe Reverb tube amp,
the amp crank the volume and it'll
I can just simply crank the amp, crank the volume,
naturally break up and distort so let's
and it'll naturally break up and distort,
check that out
so let's check that out.
[Music]
(distorted guitar playing)
now everyone loves a cranked tube amp
Now, everyone loves a cranked tube amp, especially me,
especially Anthony but it could be kind
but it can be kinda loud.
of loud even at 22 watts cranking this
Even at 22 watts, cranking this Deluxe Reverb
deluxe reverb shakes the walls a little
shakes the walls a little bit.
bit but we can lower the ant volume and
But we can lower the amp volume and add a gain pedal,
add a gain pedal like an overdrive distortion or fuzz pedal and get the
like an overdrive, distortion, or fuzz pedal,
same result so I'm actually going to
and get the same result.
turn the volume of the amp down to a
So I'm actually gonna turn the volume of the amp
more comfortable level and then I'll add
down to a more comfortable level,
a couple of different pedals I have a
and then I'll add a couple of different pedals.
Santa Ana overdrive and then I have a
I have a Santa Ana Overdrive,
full moon Distortion we can hear what
and then I have a Full Moon Distortion,
those sound like through the amp all
we can hear what those sound like through the amp.
right here's the bypass tone pedal is
All right, here's the bypass tone, pedal is not on yet.
not on yet Santa Ana on
(clean guitar playing) Santa Ana on.
[Music]
(slightly distorted guitar playing)
so you can hear that it's not a very
So you can hear that it's not a very heavy distortion,
heavy distortion it's more of a subtle
it's more of a subtle overdrive.
overdrive it works well into a clean app
It works well into a clean amp,
or you can drive a distorted amp even
or you can drive a distorted amp
further into higher gain alright so now
even further into higher gain.
let's go back to the full moon
All right, so now let's go back to the Full Moon Distortion.
distortion again here's my bypass tone
Again, here's my bypass tone. (clean guitar playing)
and here's the full moon [Applause] [Music]
And here's the Full Moon. (heavily distorted guitar playing)
all right so a little bit more gritty a
All right, so a little bit more gritty,
little more grind a little heavier gain
a little more grind, a little heavier gain.
works well for rock soloing heavy metal what-have-you
Works well for rock, soloing, heavy metal, what have you.
alright so that is the difference
All right, so that is the difference
between a clean and distorted tone have
between a clean and distorted tone.
fun experimenting at a home with
Have fun experimenting at home with whatever gear you have,
whatever gear you have pedals guitars amps different combinations lots of
pedals, guitars, amps, different combinations.
great information available over at
Lots of great information available over at fender.com
fender comm if you have any other
if you have any other questions.
questions stay tuned for more videos and we'll see you soon
Stay tuned for more videos, and we'll see you soon.
[Music] [Music] mmm
(heavy guitar playing)
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