“As soon as I get below drop E, that’s an 8-string I’ll rarely use my 7 around there. I have Bare Knuckle Painkiller customs in that, which has helped a lot with drop F. I’ve blocked off the whammy, so it’s basically just a fixed guitar that’s all I want. If it’s the lead tone, reverb and delay it up if it’s an effects tone, I just mess around with different effects in post and see what happens.” “Any other tone I use, I just add a bunch of random effects to it. That’s basically the chain, but then I’ll throw the pitch-shifter in front – I’m using a DigiTech Whammy DT. I basically go straight into Axe-Fx a simple metalcore chain: a comp, gates, the Maxon OD-808 with either a Peavey or a Mesa amp, then a German cab, and some EQ. I use Axe-Fx II for literally everything – I did just get a Cortex that Neural sent me, so I need to delve into that it’s a great unit. What’s your general rig for NIK NXK, and is it any different than what you would use for Termina? That’s the tuning I use for NIK NXK and a lot of the new Termina stuff we’re writing.” “It’s cool, because I get the feeling of a six-string – which I’m most comfortable with – but I’m playing these really low-tuned, modern, heavy riffs on it, as if I’m playing a really thick baritone instead. Even the mix, I’d argue, makes something heavier than the riff itself
For all this new stuff, though, I’ve either been using drop E, or I’m taking my six-string in drop C and pitch shifting it an octave down to sit in drop C1.Īctually, a lot of what makes it heavy isn’t the riff – it’s the drums that revolve around it. When it comes to lower stuff, drop E or drop F for seven-string. “Growing up with metalcore, my favorite tuning is drop C. I was used to, ‘Let’s do drop A, or drop G, or G standard.’ Whatever works. “I used to be a person that messed around with a lot of tunings, especially because I did covers. Having gone through that, how did you decide where you wanted to sit, tuning-wise, with NIK NXK?
#Nik nocturnal series
You’ve done a series of videos exploring the heaviest riffs in metal, with each of those working in different tunings.
So, why not explore and try to have some fun with it?” I also wanted an outlet to explore myself vocally, because I really have a project where I did that I’m always the instrumentalist. “The trap metal and metal scenes don’t seem to blend well yet, but I like what they’re doing. NIK NXK is taking you in a different direction than your work with Termina, specifically towards trap metal. Letting my curiosity drive what I want to check out seems to have been the best thing, the curating.” “I wouldn’t listen to Nickelback, but that’s an intriguing. I try to keep that perspective instead of worrying about, ‘This is a big band I’m checking out to hopefully get views’ I try to keep to a mindset of, ‘Oh, that sounds interesting!’ Nickelback trying to make a metalcore riff? “I try to only check out stuff that I’m genuinely excited about, or something that is very appealing in a unique way, as a metal listener. As someone who’s done this for quite some time, how do you maintain a genuine incredulity on-camera? Reaction videos are often hinging around hot takes and wild expressions – like, sometimes you just can’t believe how crazy a riff is. I try to only check out stuff that I’m genuinely excited about, or something that is very appealing in a unique way, as a metal listener
I don’t have enough time to do the guitar covers anymore.” And I’m spending my other time writing my bands.
“It's just another type of content, which nowadays has somewhat overtaken the guitar covers, and that’s simply because they’re faster to do. I did it as a joke at first, but people seemed to enjoy them. That’s basically why I started doing reactions. I wanted a way to check out some of those bands that aren’t as guitar-centric,, and make content around it. Then guitar meme content, even educational videos. I started as guitar covers, and that was basically it. How did you get interested in the YouTube Reaction community?
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