Posts by Foxglovestudios
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Took my new pedalboard for a test drive on Thursday. I built this board about two weeks ago.
I decided to plug into the power amp of a Marshall MGFX100 combo. This is really one of the cheapest Marshalls and I thought it would be a good test as a trial run for the stereo solid state power amp that I'll be installing into the base of my pedalboard. I had a Zoom H5 digital recorder capturing the audio and set it up to capture the "amp in the room" tone.
The volume on the MG was set to about 2 and a half. (I couldn't make it any louder without killing my ears). The level was already deafening!
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I love how you showed how the guitar tone sounded out of the mix and then in it. It is such a major difference in how you would perceive the tone. It was something I struggled with at first thinking any good guitar tone I made alone would work in a mix only to get disappointed. I think all guitarist should learn that first because it will save them some tone-chasing time.
Thanks for posting!
I fully agree! Thanks for your comments.
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I thought that this might interest those with home studios like myself. I recorded my fourth solo instrumental album over the past few years in this home studio and decided to film as many of the sessions as I could.
Having all this video footage available has enabled me to put together a “making of” video using a lot of the footage that I captured during the recordings.
This video gives an in depth analysis of three of the tracks and how these songs were constructed in terms of the instruments, parts, arrangement, production etc. Certain instrument parts are highlighted to provide the viewer/listener with an insight into how they fit into the final mix.
As you'll see, the entire album was recorded, mixed and mastered in Cakewalk by Bandlab (which is now a completely free downloadable DAW).
All the electric guitar parts were recorded with the Kemper directly into the DAW using my own profiles from my pedals and a Marshall JCM2000 combo.
The Hammond organ was recorded at the keyboard player’s home studio.
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I really like this! Would be a nice tune on an Arena album Why always making comparison? But it somehow reminded me of the playing of John Mitchell from Arena and the synths also have a nice 80s / Genesis vibe.
Thanks, Ibot! Yes, it definitely has an '80s feel to it. The track was actually written in 1986!
Cheers!
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I've just uploaded the final track/video from my new album.
I used the Kemper for the entire album. First time I've never used an amp at all. The profiles were all from my own rig which is what prompted me to get the Kemper in the first place. The song was written by my good friend, Dave Sharp.
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I put this track together in my studio using my own profiles which were created by profiling my Marshall TSL and a few of my favourite pedals.
The solo tone was a Marshall Drivemaster pedal into the clean channel of the TSL and the crunchy backing tones were the MI Audio Crunch Box into the TSL. The clean Strat tone was my TSL clean channel.
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I love this blues playing. Nicely done. And great B3 as well. Excellent tone and playing
Thanks for the comments. Glad you like it!
Cheers
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Tone is just a backgroud. Feel is what counts in music and this was magnificent.
Thank you for the comment skoczy! For me, if the tone isn't right then I don't get inspired to play with feeling.
Cheers!
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You have many reasons to happy not only with the tone. Your playing is really on point for this genre. And the mix was good too.
Cheers,
Mats N
Thanks for your comments Mats! Thanks for listening!
It's much appreciated!
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Thanks for the comments guys! I wasn't sure about the gtr tone when I recorded it but now that I've spent some time with it I'm pretty happy with the tone.
Cheers.
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Not much love for blues?
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Recorded this recently using my Marshall TSL profiles.
It was great fun to put together as I had wonderful musicians to contribute to what is quite a simple blues track.
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The main profile that I used was my Marshall JCM2000/Drivemaster amp/pedal combination.
It is available on my website as a free download.
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Lovely stuff!
'Why change guitars?' ... 'Because I can!'
More!
Thanks Andy! There are a few more videos from the album I'm busy with at the moment.
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It doesn't get any better than this IMHO. Arguably Carlos' best song, and your rendition is beautiful and all-class.
I see you're using Tokai, which suggests to me that you probably know Lance. Great stuff, man.
Ek is ook in Suid-Afrika gebore, broer. Het grootgeword in Pietermaritzburg tot ek 12 was en verhuis toe na Australië. Suid-Afrika!
Thanks for the comments, MM! Yes, I know Lance very well. In fact he helped with the video recording for the Santana track!
We still do the odd gig at the Winston Churchill theatre in Pietermaritzburg.
Cheers.