Arggh!
The youth is learning #guitar, and I’m amazed at what that can now look like.
We’ve got a ‘modelling’ amp that lets you turn a dial and sound like almost any amp - or guitar player.
So the youth can learn to play Nirvana or Artic Monkeys and sound exactly like them.
But it gets better….
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More Attempted Music - Badfinger - Baby Blue
Just me and my dogs, acoustic, electric, bass, vocal, and harmony.
Fun song with harmony.
I couldn't quite get the sound of the SG I saw in their video. Bridge with the tone rolled off?
https://youtu.be/RjYF02iAEgc
#guitar #music #CoverSong #GearSquad
In the basement putting down some rough guitar tracks. New song is coming along. Digging deep and watching vids of Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Scotty Moore for some inspiration. Well, maybe some Cramps and Setzer too. Got the lyrics roughed out. Kind of an anti-establishment Pete Seeger vibe with a dash of psychobilly. Don’t quite know where this song is gonna go. Quite fast though, so far around 160bpm. The Gretsch is perfect for this stuff. Although the BigSky throws in too much reverb on the slapback delay. And my old Mooer is tap tempo delay and max tap setting speed won’t go fast enough. May have to bite the bullet for a newer basic delay pedal. #music #recording #songwriting #gearsquad
Everyone please meet Ghost!!!!!! 
#bass #guitar #squier #ClassicVibe #GearSquad
First gear domino has fallen... my humble Zoom 1204 FX has sold! Naturally I did this (see attached pic):
Look, it's not like I wasn't gonna put the money back into the studio eventually... and they got me with one of their semi-random sales where they're like, "Hey, you own a couple Arturia products... wanna get V collection for $150."
(The post where I announced I was selling all this gear: https://ravenation.club/@etherdiver/114219443619031370)
Ok clueless question time. Is it a bad thing to plug your gear, that is all left in the on-position, into a single power strip (or series of strips) and turn everything on and off at once, with a single switch?
Or is it better to have everything off and turn each device on, one at a time?
Context: I never took electronics class - Oof!
I had a blast this morning in my makeshift, temporary home studio.
I was channeling my inner Christine Balfa by doing 'clunk-a-clanga' on my big fuck-off 8" triangle.
Now it's coffee time.
In the basement tonight working on a new song. Kind of a retro rockabilly vibe thing. Had the Strymon BigSky still hooked up from the previous tune, so instead of getting out the delay pedal, I searched for a video to see if you can configure delay on the BigSky. Found some useful info. I tweaked a factory preset and saved a great slapback delay setting. Put down a test track and it sounds pretty good. Here’s the video I found about configuring delay on the BigSky. #music #recording #guitar #gearsquad https://youtu.be/bxgj3dquRZY?si=HZ2m3goLvOxAwPbQ
Trying to recreate the tail end of a sound that was on the ending of a The Hooded Crow song (this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVoHpwNOQ5g ) using the original effects pedal (an Ibanez UE 303B) and reverb unit (an Alesis Microverb III) but something is missing and I can't get that exact resonance peak. As far as I remember, no amp was involved and the MV III's output went straight into a 4-track. But something is missing. Something that I got right only once, when I recorded the sound.
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Okay,
Here is my much-evolved P Bass Lyte partscaster. These had active EQ (plus/minus treble and bass). It came to me with no sound and a warped neck with deep dents in some frets that showed impressions of string winding in them.
I forced in a slightly wider Chinese neck and a passive wiring harness from 'zon (to which I added a fader to go between the pickups).
Hey, #GearSquad ,
Would anyone be interested in purchasing my 2017 #Rickenbacker 4003 Noir (limited edition of 25)?
It’s in good condition. I played the beauty, though, and some of the matte finish where you rest your arm started to polish up a little bit.
The #Rick-o-sound is super fun to record with.
It looks incredible with its checkerboard binding, all blacked out hardware, ebony fretboard, and ring inlays.
Let me know if you’re seriously interested.
Just because I'm feeling inspired by this thread, here's an early cut of one of our new songs that features the bass in the intro and bridge a little more prominently :)
Messing around in the basement tonight with the hollow body Gretsch 5422. Had the guitar for a few months now, but haven’t really given it a good long session. Putting down some ideas for a new song. It’s wild how a certain instrument can subconsciously inspire a certain genre of music because of its historical common or typical use. In this case rockabilly or early rock n’ roll. The Gretsch has that twang thing going on; that bite like a Telecaster. FilterTron pickups are interesting. Traits of both Danelectro lipstick pickups and Telecaster single coils, but with a bit more midrange and less hum. Not as warm as a full blown humbucker though. Running it through a Keeley compressor pedal. #guitar #gearsquad #recording #songwriting
We are currently rebranding the studio, now known as the Supertone Sonic Laboratory. It’s always fun. #brand #sunn #sunnamps #music #musicproduction #musician #studio #recording #gearsquad #FediArt #FediMusic #MastoArt #Mastomusic https://substack.com/profile/118813522-simon-campbell/note/c-103699077
Ok #GearSquad I don’t know how to play the bass but I want to learn. Anybody have tips, ideas on what would type would be beneficial for supporting highly melodic material? Are there pickups that sound more suited for clean toned cinematic instrumental? Supporting acoustic guitar? Leading a song under vocals only? Time to learn 
are there pickup configs I should be aware of? Thanks friends 
After a couple weeks of evenings down in the basement, finally got my new tune finished. Messed around with the mastering presets tonight and got a decent one which I tweaked a bit. Glad it’s done. Every friggin track has manually set volume automation, and lots of it on the main vocal track. And the comping looks like a freaky jigsaw puzzle. Basement is a mess. Cables and stuff everywhere. #music #guitar #recording #songwriting #gearsquad #mentalhealth #chill https://youtu.be/boT7Ow2gyrA?si=u2rRjarB9Yjm1Yx9
A local guitar hero of mine is selling his Fender Super Reverb 4x10 combo for under $1000.
I'm tempted. I want a decent Fender amp (I have a Peavey and a couple small tube amps).
#GAS #GearSquad #guitar
Work in progress, awaiting vocal.
I chickened out on using the acoustic on this - too many dead Gs, or I'd have to use a capo and different fingering. Might add later.
Bagdad Cafe Soundtrack - I Am Calling You
https://soundcloud.com/eyesquash/bagdad-cafe-i-am-calling-you-intsrumental
Finally at the prelim mixing stage. Did a chill original song to mellow out with all the global weirdness going on. Guitar is Danelectro 59 (picking track panned hard left and strumming hard right). P-bass, keys, drums and main vocal up the middle. Two chorus backing vocal tracks, one hard left and one right. Still gotta chill some sibilants, fix some cymbal artifacts and mix. Having fun and trying to stay sane in the basement at the end of the day. #music #recording #guitar #songwriting #gearsquad
#GearSquad I also wanted a different tone wood than the swamp ash or alder, so I chose western sugar pine, which is what my Doheny is made of and is nicely lightweight. So why not stick with the Doheny? Again, the fist in my back. I wanted the cutting tone of a Strat bridge pickup, and the balanced sound of the middle, and the round sound of the neck pickup. I could have bought a Fender American Pro II with a roasted pine body and been done with it but I’m a G&L guy - they really call to me. /3
