I decided to use the rig I've been using for a project to do a "sound check" demo clip of my "Northern Lights" 20th Anniversary of PS guitar.
Two things about this demo - first, unlike what I usually like to do, I just noodled similar musical bluesy passages, trying to do similar things with each pickup switching position, instead of playing along with drums and bass, etc. I figured that way you could hear the pickup positions best.
So I did a short passage in each position clean, and a short passage in each position with the amp's overdrive channel. As a result of wanting to do a full demo of each pickup clean and dirty, the track takes about 5 minutes - and the playing is purposely repetitive so you can compare the pickup positions. It's pretty boring - but again, the idea is to hear how the guitar works.
There are NO effects on the clean passages, except the Lone Star's own reverb. For the overdriven passages I added a little ducked delay from an Eventide H9, and very light compression from a Suhr Koji Comp. Because that's how I think this amp sounds best overdriven, and it's a pretty good sound!
I miked the amp with a Shure SM57, about two inches from the grille, about the edge of the dustcap. The speakers on this amp are the stock Black Shadow 90s, built for Mesa by Celestion. They aren't bright speakers. The mic fed the stock preamp on a UA Apollo interface, and I recorded into Logic.
Second, I had some nerve damage in a surgery I had recently that has made two fingers on my fretting hand completely numb and the whole hand is weak. I actually have to look at the fretboard to see where the fingers are, like a beginner, at this point. So forgive the playing. However the idea is to hear how the guitar sounds. You'll probably suffer, but survive, the bad playing. Just wanted to give you a fair warning.
What I did was go from positions 1-5 in order, clean first, then same thing with the overdriven amp. You'll hear the pickup changes right away (position 1 is bridge, etc.)
For those who haven't seen it, a shot of the guitar:
Here's a shot of the recording setup, just a 57 on one of the speakers on a Lone Star 100 Watt (set to full power, 100 Watts):
Here's a link to the track, I hope you find it a useful demo.
https://soundcloud.com/tags/bluesy demo
Two things about this demo - first, unlike what I usually like to do, I just noodled similar musical bluesy passages, trying to do similar things with each pickup switching position, instead of playing along with drums and bass, etc. I figured that way you could hear the pickup positions best.
So I did a short passage in each position clean, and a short passage in each position with the amp's overdrive channel. As a result of wanting to do a full demo of each pickup clean and dirty, the track takes about 5 minutes - and the playing is purposely repetitive so you can compare the pickup positions. It's pretty boring - but again, the idea is to hear how the guitar works.
There are NO effects on the clean passages, except the Lone Star's own reverb. For the overdriven passages I added a little ducked delay from an Eventide H9, and very light compression from a Suhr Koji Comp. Because that's how I think this amp sounds best overdriven, and it's a pretty good sound!
I miked the amp with a Shure SM57, about two inches from the grille, about the edge of the dustcap. The speakers on this amp are the stock Black Shadow 90s, built for Mesa by Celestion. They aren't bright speakers. The mic fed the stock preamp on a UA Apollo interface, and I recorded into Logic.
Second, I had some nerve damage in a surgery I had recently that has made two fingers on my fretting hand completely numb and the whole hand is weak. I actually have to look at the fretboard to see where the fingers are, like a beginner, at this point. So forgive the playing. However the idea is to hear how the guitar sounds. You'll probably suffer, but survive, the bad playing. Just wanted to give you a fair warning.
What I did was go from positions 1-5 in order, clean first, then same thing with the overdriven amp. You'll hear the pickup changes right away (position 1 is bridge, etc.)
For those who haven't seen it, a shot of the guitar:
Here's a shot of the recording setup, just a 57 on one of the speakers on a Lone Star 100 Watt (set to full power, 100 Watts):
Here's a link to the track, I hope you find it a useful demo.
https://soundcloud.com/tags/bluesy demo
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