Re: Setup of the day

Salfaromeab · Post by **Salfaromeab** » Sat Mar 25, 2023 3:22 am

Rehersing in the fancy studio this morning lol

fever606 · Post by **fever606** » Sat Mar 25, 2023 7:31 am

Accidentally-on-purpose monochrome rainy day jams…

MayTheFuzzBeWithYou · Post by **MayTheFuzzBeWithYou** » Sat Mar 25, 2023 10:07 am

Salfaromeab wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 25, 2023 3:22 am
Rehersing in the fancy studio this morning lol

I like that!
How surfy can Orange amps be?
Somehow I only connect them to Doom and hardcore sounds.

MrShake · Post by **MrShake** » Thu Mar 30, 2023 9:01 am

So, there's a guitarist I've always loved, been getting into some of my formative classics. I don't wanna just steal his sound, but I like the idea of cracking the code, of reverse-engineering a comparable recipe and having some of that for my own. Once I got the pedal order right, within 5 minutes, something real close came flowing out of my hands. Must be 20 years of ripping off their style, if not their tone.

Guitar is a bolt-on Epiphone from 1990 with the hottest, cheapest pickups I've got. The amp is either a clean Fender or straight in to something clean and solid state for a tight bottom end.

Any guesses as to who I spent the morning mimicking?

sal paradise · Post by **sal paradise** » Thu Mar 30, 2023 9:28 am

MrShake wrote: ↑
Thu Mar 30, 2023 9:01 am
So, there's a guitarist I've always loved, been getting into some of my formative classics. I don't wanna just steal his sound, but I like the idea of cracking the code, of reverse-engineering a comparable recipe and having some of that for my own. Once I got the pedal order right, within 5 minutes, something real close came flowing out of my hands. Must be 20 years of ripping off their style, if not their tone.

Guitar is a bolt-on Epiphone from 1990 with the hottest, cheapest pickups I've got. The amp is either a clean Fender or straight in to something clean and solid state for a tight bottom end.

Any guesses as to who I spent the morning mimicking?

I want to say Pat Smear. Just because the answer to everything should be Pat Smear.

MrShake · Post by **MrShake** » Thu Mar 30, 2023 11:01 am

sal paradise wrote: ↑
Thu Mar 30, 2023 9:28 am
I want to say Pat Smear. Just because the answer to everything should be Pat Smear.

Okay, so you say Pat Smear, and I think "The Germs". Because I love The Germs, but I'm 40, and he was WAY more visible as a part of the Foo Fighters through my teen years.

So, The Germs, no. Foo Fighters, no... but way closer.

Here's another hint. This was that thing that came out of my fingers. I plugged the board in, set things where I THOUGHT they should go, plugged in, and this song came out, verse and chorus just... there. I strummed it out once into my phone to capture the chords. Then I opened my laptop and plugged the board into that setup. Opened GarageBand, found an adequate drum loop and, well, looped it.

Then I hit record and played and this was that first take. So, literally, the... third time I'd played that verse/chorus combo? I didn't even know what to do when the bridge came around.

Laid a bass line over it for some "vibe" and here we are - the musical equivalent of a scribble on a napkin. I normally wouldn't put it up for the whole wide world to savage, but maybe somebody will get a laugh and pick up the clue.

[EDIT- Ok, I'm cheating a little. After listening to it for a day, I went in and gave myself about 3 minutes of twiddling to de-flatten the whole mix a bit. The guitar got some light EQ adjustment (mostly more treble), the bass got slapped through the "Modern Bass" amp sim preset to shape it a little, and the 3 tracks got rebalanced a bit in the overall mix. Still the same first pass, I just should have spent an additional 5 minutes yesterday, once it was recorded. That's what I get for mixing on $10 plastic headphones.]

Guess My Tone! (MediaFire link)

Of course, if nobody does, I'll be crushed in my pursuit of exactly replicating somebody else's tone, exactly and perfectly, like we're all supposed to be doing, right?

Oh, wait, I forgot which forum I was on

Salfaromeab · Post by **Salfaromeab** » Fri Mar 31, 2023 3:25 am

MayTheFuzzBeWithYou wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 25, 2023 10:07 am

Salfaromeab wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 25, 2023 3:22 am
Rehersing in the fancy studio this morning lol

I like that!
How surfy can Orange amps be?
Somehow I only connect them to Doom and hardcore sounds.

I think they sound really good for Surf, I like to use them with just a little bit of breakup from the amp. It could use a little more treble when using a Mosrite but with a Jaguar I think it's pretty spot on, at least for the more aggressive end of Surf.

sal paradise · Post by **sal paradise** » Fri Mar 31, 2023 3:27 am

MrShake wrote: ↑
Thu Mar 30, 2023 11:01 am

sal paradise wrote: ↑
Thu Mar 30, 2023 9:28 am
I want to say Pat Smear. Just because the answer to everything should be Pat Smear.
Okay, so you say Pat Smear, and I think "The Germs". Because I love The Germs, but I'm 40, and he was WAY more visible as a part of the Foo Fighters through my teen years.

So, The Germs, no. Foo Fighters, no... but way closer.

Here's another hint. This was that thing that came out of my fingers. I plugged the board in, set things where I THOUGHT they should go, plugged in, and this song came out, verse and chorus just... there. I strummed it out once into my phone to capture the chords. Then I opened my laptop and plugged the board into that setup. Opened GarageBand, found an adequate drum loop and, well, looped it.

Then I hit record and played and this was that first take. So, literally, the... third time I'd played that verse/chorus combo? I didn't even know what to do when the bridge came around.

Laid a bass line over it for some "vibe" and here we are - the musical equivalent of a scribble on a napkin. I normally wouldn't put it up for the whole wide world to savage, but maybe somebody will get a laugh and pick up the clue.

Guess My Tone! (MediaFire link)

Of course, if nobody does, I'll be crushed in my pursuit of exactly replicating somebody else's tone, exactly and perfectly, like we're all supposed to be doing, right?

Oh, wait, I forgot which forum I was on

I have no idea, sorry! Who is it?

MrShake · Post by **MrShake** » Fri Mar 31, 2023 3:45 am

No apology necessary. I was aiming for Bob Mould's slightly-modulated, direct-to-board,MXR Dist+ vibe -- early Hüsker Dü!

I'll muck around and see if I can hit what I'm chasing.

sal paradise · Post by **sal paradise** » Fri Mar 31, 2023 4:00 am

MrShake wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 31, 2023 3:45 am
No apology necessary. I was aiming for Bob Mould's slightly-modulated, direct-to-board,MXR Dist+ vibe -- early Hüsker Dü!

I'll muck around and see if I can hit what I'm chasing.

Ah, that would be why! I’m an awful sellout and only ever listen to Candy Apple Grey

MechaBulletBill · Post by **MechaBulletBill** » Fri Mar 31, 2023 4:29 am

Salfaromeab wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 25, 2023 3:22 am
Rehersing in the fancy studio this morning lol

i had a rocker 30 for a brief period, wish i'd kept it. great amp, i could dial in really nice gritty-cleans on the "dirty" channel

MrShake · Post by **MrShake** » Fri Mar 31, 2023 5:11 am

That Orange setup is so nice. I've never spent any real time with one, and I guess I have this binary amp thing where I like my amps "clean-clean" or "pretty crunchy".

I think I need to get over that.

A Mosrite catching some Orange-voiced "gritty cleans"? That sounds like the BUSINESS.

sal paradise · Post by **sal paradise** » Fri Mar 31, 2023 5:37 am

MrShake wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 31, 2023 5:11 am
That Orange setup is so nice. I've never spent any real time with one, and I guess I have this binary amp thing where I like my amps "clean-clean" or "pretty crunchy".

I think I need to get over that.

A Mosrite catching some Orange-voiced "gritty cleans"? That sounds like the BUSINESS.

I have a feeling you’d like Orange amps. They’re like less tight Marshall sound. Good for noise making.

Salfaromeab · Post by **Salfaromeab** » Fri Mar 31, 2023 7:27 am

MechaBulletBill wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 31, 2023 4:29 am

Salfaromeab wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 25, 2023 3:22 am
Rehersing in the fancy studio this morning lol

i had a rocker 30 for a brief period, wish i'd kept it. great amp, i could dial in really nice gritty-cleans on the "dirty" channel

That's how I had it running, sounded huge!

Ceepers · Post by **Ceepers** » Fri Mar 31, 2023 7:52 am

Funnily enough i just scored this Rocker 15 on eBay. Really impressed.

It’s loud ( excellent!)

Clean channel is almost vox like with a JM ( excellent!)

Dirty channel goes from the grit mentioned above to a real solid rock tone with lots of tight bottom end even with single coils. ( excellent!)

The power switching options are amazing and the tone is pretty similar across all the settings ( 1/2 , 1, 7 & 15 watt) unlike the little vox ac4 tv this replaces which suffered from loss of sparkle on the lower power settings compared to full power

All around excellent purchase then…