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sunday morning session

ben — Sun, 17 May 2009 17:51:22 +0000

got up early this morning to work on some guitar and bass parts. we’ve decided to focus on 3 to 4 song batches, get everything recorded for those songs then move to the next batch. I’ve almost got my parts done, a few more days of work.

jen’s gonna work on her parts the next two days, giving me a couple much needed days off.

we’re also getting ready for the may 30 show at cafe 939. should be great. we’ve got a lot of surprises in store for everyone. stay tuned…

the tank is empty

Pietro — Thu, 07 May 2009 21:53:21 +0000

So we finally got around to taking a look at the reverb tank in the AC30 (that’s the thing that make’s all the cool, dreamy sounds). Sure enough, the thing is all sorts of broke.

There is supposed to be 3 springs stretched from one end of the tank to the other, but none (which is what we have) is decidedly less than the aforementioned 3. I’ve read reports of other AC30 owners having similar issues, so it seems that the stock reverb tank is pretty cheap.

I spent awhile today trying to track a new one down, but I didn’t have much luck – at least not if i wanted one sooner than “a few weeks” anyway. I think our best bet now is to bring it in the Mr. Amp Dr. and she if they can get it fixed sooner.

In the end, the amp needs to get looked at anyway, so I now is as good a time as any. That Fender Twin we’ve been looking at may need to be aquired sooner rather than later to take the AC30’s place.

fender jaguar

Pietro — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:26:53 +0000

About half of the songs we’re recording will feature some fabulous Fender Baritone Jaguar; in some songs it plays a leading role. It’s beautiful sounding guitar with a ton of character and depth.

Trying to record it though, is a little bit more difficult. It has a tone somewhere between a guitar and bass, though it definitely leans more towards the lower, bassier side, since most of the tone we user comes from a bass rig (Ampeg SVT-VR head and 6×12 cab).

Lately, we’ve found that we get the best recorded tone by also playing through a Vox AC30, which adds some bite, clarity and high end responce that isn’t there through the bass setup.

To record the bass side of things, we end up with 4 tracks; 2 mics (AKG D112 and Shure Beta 52), a direct from the SansAmp, and direct from the head. On the AC30, we’ve found that a Rode NT5 right against the grill sounds great, helped out by the old stand by Shure SM57, and a Shure KSM27 a little further away.

Anyway, i’ll post some audio samples of what all this sounds like shortly. But for now, it’s time to enjoy what’s left of a beautiful sunday evening.