What are you loving right now?

rickenbackerkid · Post by **rickenbackerkid** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 9:26 pm

hamo wrote:
bbrunskill wrote:Wish I could play slide like that. Great melody and harmonies too. Wife has lost all trust in my maniliness
To be fair, that happened back when you started instagramming your cooking...

Yes indeed I have long such lost all manliness!

DarcyPerry · Post by **DarcyPerry** » Tue Mar 12, 2013 5:29 am

*UNIQUE* wrote:Warning Cuntry music ahead.

I'm on a harmony kick right now...these girls have such great voices.

How's that album coming along? We could Alt- it.

Post by **GrantB** » Tue Mar 12, 2013 7:45 am

It's not. Between work, kids, life sentence block and gigging I don't have any time. It's my 50th present to myself...

Rog · Post by **Rog** » Tue Mar 12, 2013 8:03 am

A couple of months ago I got a request to sing Bob Dylan's 'I Shall Be Released' at a gig booking. I decided to do it acoustically (since I've discovered my inner acoustic player) and chose this version to sing. Jimmy has a voice that is an 'acquired taste', but do I enjoy his work. Anyway, that's pretty much the way I played it at the gig (apart from my voice being very different to his) and the woman who requested it broke down into tears. It turns out it has very special meaning to her (glad I didn't know that beforehand - pressure) and she totally loved the acoustic approach. I must admit it was damn difficult singing with a crying woman staring at me.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlFy7lYsUJ0[/youtube]

Post by Bg » Tue Mar 12, 2013 8:53 am

I heard people cry every time you sing, or breakdown at least....

bender · Post by **bender** » Tue Mar 12, 2013 10:43 am

Acquired taste? Surely he's no worse than Bob Dylan?

I quite liked that version- apart from ditching the syncopation on the line "Any day now..."- the energy of the song just evaporates every time they hit that section. He has a cool voice though.

bender · Post by **bender** » Tue Mar 12, 2013 10:43 am

Also- acoustic Rog? Next you'll be buying a telecaster!

bender · Post by **bender** » Tue Mar 12, 2013 11:56 am

I'm loving the sound of my whole rig at the moment. The Tremolux thingo that Ryan built sounds spectacular with any of my guitars, really warm and mellow, while the AC4 handwired is just raucous. Add to that my vintage Sennheiser MD412 dynamic mic pointed straight at the middle of the speaker and a Cascade Fathead ribbon mic at 45degrees both running through Buzz Audio mic preamps and I'm in recording heaven!

Here's a quick demo of that rig along with DI'd bass and EZ Drummer all running through a rather nice emulation of an analogue chain (Sound Toys Little Radiator on each channel and Decapitator plus Slate Digital Virtual Tape Machine on the mix bus).

Pastasauce · Post by **Pastasauce** » Tue Mar 12, 2013 12:01 pm

Hawt.

What guitar were you playing?

bender · Post by **bender** » Tue Mar 12, 2013 12:04 pm

That's my Radian Tele using the fat coil of the Benderbucker.

Post by **GrantB** » Tue Mar 12, 2013 12:08 pm

v tasty Ben

bender · Post by **bender** » Tue Mar 12, 2013 12:14 pm

Here's a short clip of the neck pickup of my Robin Avalon (the mother of all Les Pauls) through the same rig:

Conway · Post by **Conway** » Tue Mar 12, 2013 12:31 pm

Are you happy with the AC4HW, Ben? (Still on my GAS list).

slash-ed · Post by **slash-ed** » Tue Mar 12, 2013 12:42 pm

benderissimo wrote:I'm loving the sound of my whole rig at the moment. The Tremolux thingo that Ryan built sounds spectacular with any of my guitars, really warm and mellow, while the AC4 handwired is just raucous. Add to that my vintage Sennheiser MD412 dynamic mic pointed straight at the middle of the speaker and a Cascade Fathead ribbon mic at 45degrees both running through Buzz Audio mic preamps and I'm in recording heaven!

Here's a quick demo of that rig along with DI'd bass and EZ Drummer all running through a rather nice emulation of an analogue chain (Sound Toys Little Radiator on each channel and Decapitator plus Slate Digital Virtual Tape Machine on the mix bus).

Sounds great.

Polar Bear · Post by **Polar Bear** » Tue Mar 12, 2013 1:13 pm

benderissimo wrote:Here's a short clip of the neck pickup of my Robin Avalon (the mother of all Les Pauls) through the same rig:

Your tenon sounds very short.

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