From jangle to mangle.
A roller coaster of dirt tone.
We’re headed from to jangle to mangle in this week's blog as we share the potential of the Makoyii Overdrive/Distortion. We'll showcase its versatile range, allowing you to create beautiful jangly tones that’ll add a hint of sparkle, then we’ll crank up the gain up where things start to get mangled and wildly distorted. It’s going to be roller coaster of dirt tone, but we’ll have some fun!
0:00 - 0:12 Here’s the thing about that bypass tone.
We’re going with a humbucker pickup on this one. In our past videos, we’ve kept things calm with the neck pickup. However, we wanted to get rowdy on this one. The humbucker, because of its hot output, will push Makoyii into high-gain territory. By the end of this video, we’ll be riding along that chaotic line we call edge of fuzz.
0:13 - 0:31 George of the jangle.
Oh snap! We’re starting things off on a high note. Well, actually on high gain. Right out of the gate, the humbucker output is pushing Makoyii into some higher gain tones that will allow us to explore some other areas of Makoyii that we haven’t got to check out yet.
We’ve also added some of that top-end sparkle to make that tone jangle a bit. This brighter tone setting is perfect for humbuckers that might sound a little too muddy or need a little life back into their sound.
0:32 - 0:49 Punchy and crunchy.
Now we’re talking. For me personally, this is my go-to dirt tone. It’s open, punchy, and is crunchy. The openness allows for a range of frequencies, both low and high, to be a part of the fun and no one is left out. The punchiness keeps things tight while adding some structure to the distorted signal. The gain setting at this point is just right and it’ll cover an insane amount of range.
0:50 - 1:14 Edge of fuzz.
We could have probably stopped this blog about a paragraph short and been happy with tones we captured but we love pushing the limits. Soooooooo… it’s time to fire up that gain one more time and really see what Makoyii has to offer.
Thankfully, because of Makoyii’s internal gain structure, our saturated tone doesn’t get lost at this point. Usually, an overdrive or distortion would have gassed out at our previous gain setting, and you wouldn’t have noticed a difference in the gain.
At this point though, the lows are rumbling and the highs are screaming because we’re at the edge of fuzz. Whatever we play now will take on the characteristics of a fuzzy tone, with intense saturation and long-lasting sustain.
Let’s make some noise!
Now that we’ve explored the possible, let’s go and create the impossible. Visit here for Makoyii.
