Recreating the Mick Mars/Mötley Crüe guitar tone with the Friedman JOSE

[RoccoPezzin]

Hi guys! Happy New Year
Had some fun trying to recreate the Mick Mars tone on the Friedman Jose, always loved his stuff especially on Dr. Feelgood. The guitars on that record sound absolutely HUGE.

 

[SFW]

Holy shit... I think you nailed it. Awesome!

 

[BABMusic]

I bought my BE50 maybe 4 months before the Jose was announced. I wish I had waited because I mainly live on the BE and HBE channels. This Friedman seems to have the most interesting options to shape your high gain tones.

 

[rushcentrale]

Killer tone

 

[Techdeth]

Pretty cool but I’d do what he did and blend another amp for the lows. Sounds awesome .

 

[Speeddemon]

When I heard your 'dive ups' at the beginning of "Kickstart" I already knew...

Really nice! Fuckin' A!

 

[Thetorch777]

How could any one diss the riffmeister Mick Mars Dang the shoulda paid him what a deal his riffs are Timeless.

 

[RoccoPezzin]

How could any one diss the riffmeister Mick Mars Dang the shoulda paid him what a deal his riffs are Timeless.

I know man, so many killer riffs!!

 

[RoccoPezzin]

Pretty cool but I’d do what he did and blend another amp for the lows. Sounds awesome .

Yes that would work too, I believe that's what Bob Rock did on the black album. Mesa for the bulk of the sound and the Jose for the high mid punch. The great thing about this amp being tight in the lows is that once you add the bass and drums it pratically mixes itself in without even having to apply an high pass eq on it.

 

[RoccoPezzin]

I bought my BE50 maybe 4 months before the Jose was announced. I wish I had waited because I mainly live on the BE and HBE channels. This Friedman seems to have the most interesting options to shape your high gain tones.

The BE50 is still a keeper man, what a great amp. The Jose is just wilder sounding to my ears, maybe even brash sometimes but it works great in a mix.

 

[Tone Ranger]

Sounds great! Would love to see you recreated this with your Axe FX

 

[shar-vell Dan]

Nailed it - Charvel model series Japan does it again.

 

[4406cuda]

Nice!

 

[ChurchHill]

Thank you for this! That nailed it! Friedman should be paying you royalties... I'm sure you've sold a few Joses. I know I thought I was pretty much set until I heard your last Jose video. Damn... just damn....

And yeah, those old Japanese Charvels really have it.

 

[angelspade]

I have yet to hear a demo of the Friedman Jose where this amp sounds anything short of stellar...Very impressed

 

[cobrahead1030]

Sounds great.

 

[Eazy-ESP]

Why do you load the IR in axe-fx rather than the Suhr RLIR?

 

[BABMusic]

The BE50 is still a keeper man, what a great amp. The Jose is just wilder sounding to my ears, maybe even brash sometimes but it works great in a mix.

Thanks man. Yeah, when I turn the gain way up on my BE, it does sound fairly close to what I hear in the Jose. Obviously, missing some of the highs and the bite, but I get the impression they both have the Friedman thing.

 

[RoccoPezzin]

Why do you load the IR in axe-fx rather than the Suhr RLIR?

I'm actually loading the IR in the DAW, I like doing it this way for tweaking cabs/mic positions in post while referencing the original tracks (for an unhealthy amount of time)

 

[RoccoPezzin]

Nailed it - Charvel model series Japan does it again.

Those late 80s japanese models are killer! ...and now I want a red one