Spam Pics December

Small Board pt 2 - still nothing in the space

Small Board - what to put in the space?

Gibsons

Driftwood

Real Cabs vs. Two Notes Wall of Sound Sims

Since the Two Notes stuff is making some noise around the music gear world I figured I would give the sims a good solid shot.

I am using the Two Notes Wall of Sound plugin and a Rivera Rock Crusher as a load box, and comparing the same sound/amp settings to a real miked up cab.

For this demo I plugged my Gibson Les Paul Traditional w/ EMG Het set directly into a Peavey 6505+ and went to town.  The Two Notes plugin is setup so that it is using a two cab/two mic setup with the SM57 and MD421 sims.

Here's the tones:

Two Notes Calif StdC 4x12 (Recto w/ V30s 4x12 sim)


Real Recto 4x12 Miked up


Two Notes Green Tri (4x12 with Greenbacks)


Real Marshall 1960a (w/ Greenbacks) miked up



Here's a video demo of all 4 in one:

I think the Two Notes sims are pretty good right out of the box.  Much brighter than similar mic positions on a real cab so I did apply a little post EQ just to darken them a bit.  I think with further tweaking they are a great alternative to a real miked up cab.  Oh and as a bonus using a load box on the amp and going direct in you can record 100% silent if you wish.

Happy Thanksgiving (EBMM Style)

Greenbacks!

Since I am pretty settled on Vintage 30s in my Recto cab I wanted to get something with a different flavor in my Marshall 1960a cab.  It had a G12-T75 / V30 X pattern going on.

I always liked Greenbacks so I figured that this would be a good cab to throw a quad in...

New Greenbacks

Old T75/V30 X Pattern

Greenbacks Installed!

Mesa Dual Rectifier Boosts

Used a Gibson Explorer with Bare Knuckle Pickups Black Dogs.  The Recto was set on Ch. 3 Modern and is running through a Mesa Recto 4x12.  The cab is miked up with a Shure SM57 and Sennheiser MD421.

Boosts -
Ibanez TS-9
MXR GT-OD
Protone Misha Sig
Boss SD-1
Boss Metal Zone (hehehe)
Fulltone OCD (v4)
MXR Classic OD (in ZW-44 mode)
Boss OD-3

Recording was done using the Recto model boosted with a TS 808 in Amplitube 3 - this is the tone that is in the intro part while I was playing.

My favorite was the Protone Misha pedal just because the controls seem to have a wider sweep so that you can really dial in some different tones right from the pedal.  The TS-9, SD-1, and MXR pedals all sound great although the controls don't have as much versatility.

The Metal Zone was fun... instant brutality.

The OCD was good but there was something about the character of the pedal that I did not like - either the boost was not enough or too much, and in the room the low end didn't tighten up the way I like.  The OD-3 was too saturated even at mid level/no gain and did not tighten up the low end in the least.

Backgrounds

NGD + Odds and Ends

2013 American Standard Tele

Odds and Ends

A4 Magnets

CTS 500k Pots and PIO Caps

Marshall Gone

Great amp... But between the RA-100 and Mark V crunch I'm more than covered.

If you need a great all a rounder the JVM is a good amp.  Just not for me anymore.

Bass Mixing - Screenshots

Buss

Grit track - using Logic Bass amp + distortion

Low End Track (100% direct)

Bass Amp - SVT 2 Pro into 8x10 (miked up with MD 421)

Explorer + New BKP Black Dogs = ?

My Gibson Explorer is a great guitar.  It plays well, is well balanced, etc.  The only thing that has bothered me off and on is the 496R/500T pickup combo.  Not that they sounded bad (especially after some height adjustments)... I just was thinking how much better the guitar could sound with new 500k CTS pots, new pickups, etc.

After some searching/thinking/etc I settled on doing a complete rewire using CTS pots, an Orange Drop cap, and... new BKP Black Dog pickups.

BKP Black Dogs + Cookie Game

Pots, Caps, pushback wire, new switch (just in case)

The wiring went smooth considering my crappy soldering skills...

Clips:

Old 496r/500t Pickup for Reference -

New Black Dog Pickups -

PRS Shots

Cool guitars