Girn26 Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 Hi everyone, I'm new to the world of amplification. 4 years back I got a hold of a hd500 due to advice from someone. I have barely used it and had stopped playing guitar for a while (couple years). With this whole quarantine I have gotten back into it full-time. I'm starting to learn the device and it's uses. I've downloaded a plethora of well rated patches on line6 website but I'm still unable to figure out how to get the tone from this video. It almost sounds like a concert hall reverb or like two amps with one slightly out of phase. Hard to describe and I'm most definitely describing it wrong ha. Any help would be appreciated! https://youtu.be/nfsOGmj2eAM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianoguyy Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 first, realize that what you are hearing is a combination of his playing and the backing track that he is playing along with (it is very evident on some of the bends that is two guitars). so, really, you aren't going to be able to make "that" tone. next, understand that you will need to increase the speed of the video to 1.5x in order to hear it at proper speed - this is important because rates of decay change. beyond that - make sure you are using a strat (or other single coil guitar) with the neck (or neck and middle) pickup selected. probably back off the tone knob too. and, yes, clapton's is known for his 'out of phase' tone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurghanico Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 Based on what I heard so far the Layla recorded in studio version tone was achieved with the bridge single coil PU of a stratocaster and a distorted Fender Champ 5W amp. As already pointed by pianoguyy the guy in the slowed down video clip above is playing over the original full track, that's the reason of the doubled guitar effect you hear and the greater fatness of the resulting tone, however if you like to reproduce the doubled guitar tone you could apply a slap back echo or a short delay (100 ms or less) at the end of the chain of your patch. There is a Fender Champ model (along with other additional vintage amps) in the optional Vintage model pack sold on this website, but you could use other amp models already included in the device to achieve a good Clapton type blues tone like the Marshall JTM-45 or the Fender Bassman. Here is the original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n92zksrhbc .. a Fender Champ clone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQScFBb0WhA .. and a Clapton live version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmlNAKyJ0WE _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girn26 Posted June 5, 2020 Author Share Posted June 5, 2020 Thanks so much for the replies! Very helpful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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