Does anybody know where to find great country rigs such as Brad Paisley or Brent Mason?
Twang!
Does anybody know where to find great country rigs such as Brad Paisley or Brent Mason?
Twang!
The best you can do is to look for rigs based on the amps the players use and tweak them to your liking. There are for example several rigs based off Paisley's signature amp from Dr.Z (Z Wreck) on the rig-exchange.
Both these players have used lots of different amps over the years, and their tone also vary a lot over time.
Mason is probably most known for playing a 1965 Fender 50-watt Bassman, customised by Nashville amp guru Kye Kennedy. That Bassman head in a rack with a PRS 2-channel “H” and a Matchless DC-30 is supposedly a rig he has been using a lot in recent years. With that amp-rack he switches between a Little Walter tweed 2x12 loaded with 75-watt Celestion G12T-75s and a vintage Fender Bassman 2x12 with two Celestion Vintage 30s. I don't think anyone have profiled these exact amp/cab combinations yet, at least not the modified Bassman.
Paisley has a webpage describing his amps. I the description he lists the recordings each amp has been used for.
Some of the amps these players use have been customised. With a few exceptions most rigs/profiles you find will be of standard amps.
Dr Z. has some official packs on their website.
Jim Lill has some free DrZ patches on his site that cover this sort of stuff. I had to sign up to his newsletter to get them. He has a bunch of materials related to country style playing on there.
the Compressor parameter in the AMPLIFIER slot (!) is your friend for these edge of breakup, controll the gain with your right hand/vol pot kinda tones.
also Clarity.
Jim Lill has some free DrZ patches on his site that cover this sort of stuff. I had to sign up to his newsletter to get them. He has a bunch of materials related to country style playing on there.
I'll check that out thanks.
He is a great player!
the Compressor parameter in the AMPLIFIER slot (!) is your friend for these edge of breakup, controll the gain with your right hand/vol pot kinda tones.
also Clarity.
Great idea!
I will have fun playing about with that!
Thanks
+1 for the Jim Lill stuff!
used to use a lot of Wampler pedals which were great for dialing in a crunchy country tone.
Wonder if any Kemper stomps have been modeled on those?
Jim Lill has some free DrZ patches on his site that cover this sort of stuff. I had to sign up to his newsletter to get them. He has a bunch of materials related to country style playing on there.
I didn't find any of those free profiles and I signed up as well. No free profiles.
I didn't find any of those free profiles and I signed up as well. No free profiles.
https://jimlillmusic.com/product/super-…emper-profiles/
I found the link by following the "Free Book" link. That's where them freebies are at - not the download page. Enjoy, all y'all.
Thank you Antipodes !
Yeah, i couldn't find it at first but just searched 'Kemper' and it loaded.
https://jimlillmusic.com/product/super-…emper-profiles/
Looking forward to trying them out!!
https://jimlillmusic.com/product/super-…emper-profiles/
I found the link by following the "Free Book" link. That's where them freebies are at - not the download page. Enjoy, all y'all.
thank you !!!
https://jimlillmusic.com/product/super-…emper-profiles/
I found the link by following the "Free Book" link. That's where them freebies are at - not the download page. Enjoy, all y'all.
Thank you for these! The Dr. Z's sound real nice! Would like to try the Carr's before buying the pack.