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Forum Ringside => Players => Topic started by: MrBump on January 24, 2008, 08:53:46 PM

Title: Nailbombs => Blackstar HT Dual => Orange => JAPE!
Post by: MrBump on January 24, 2008, 08:53:46 PM

This one started off as a Gary Moore-type thing, but didn't end up that way.  Just me messing around with a piano synth and getting some ambient "jape" onto an already nice tone - the sound is really wet!

It's taking ages to adjust the Nailbombs to a hight that works for me - still not there yet.

But working on it!

 :lol:

Forgive the cr@p keyboard work.

Mark.

Title: Nailbombs => Blackstar HT Dual => Orange => JAPE!
Post by: _tom_ on January 24, 2008, 09:13:39 PM

Thats a great tone, your clips keep getting better and better. Didnt really like the first one you put up but this is a vast improvement imo. Do some riffage with those same settings :D

Title: Nailbombs => Blackstar HT Dual => Orange => JAPE!
Post by: Perandor on January 24, 2008, 10:35:29 PM

That sounds really cool!  The guitar tone goes well with the piano.

Title: Nailbombs => Blackstar HT Dual => Orange => JAPE!
Post by: MrBump on January 24, 2008, 10:51:09 PM

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your clips keep getting better and better

Thanks very much, appreciate it.  I think that I'm starting to appreciate the whole sound generation thing.  To be honest, I've spent years (literally) just using multi FX and modelling pedals, and the whole "organic" tone thing is really new to me, despite having played pretty seriously for 20+ years..!

Mark.

Title: Nailbombs => Blackstar HT Dual => Orange => JAPE!
Post by: FernandoDuarte on January 24, 2008, 10:58:21 PM

Nice tone! 8)

Title: Nailbombs => Blackstar HT Dual => Orange => JAPE!
Post by: opprobrium_9 on January 25, 2008, 02:16:57 AM

ZOMGz AWSOME TONE!! Sooo rich and full, and very soulful playing!

Title: Nailbombs => Blackstar HT Dual => Orange => JAPE!
Post by: Twinfan on January 25, 2008, 09:37:55 AM

Nice tone!

HT-Dual green channel?  Doesn't sound noisy enough for the red  ;)

Title: Nailbombs => Blackstar HT Dual => Orange => JAPE!
Post by: MrBump on January 25, 2008, 10:56:39 AM

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HT-Dual green channel? Doesn't sound noisy enough for the red

Red channel.  I know that the Blackstar Dual debate is going on elsewhere on this forum, but I find the two channels VERY different!

I was trying to get something like that intro to The Loner on Gary Moores Wild Frontier album (his finest, IMO).  Not quite there, but I think it's getting close...

Mark.

Title: Nailbombs => Blackstar HT Dual => Orange => JAPE!
Post by: Twinfan on January 25, 2008, 11:06:28 AM

Nice attempt!

I find the red channel can be a bit noisy when the gain is up high, so I tend to have it around 10 o'clock.  Where did you have it for that clip?

Title: Nailbombs => Blackstar HT Dual => Orange => JAPE!
Post by: MrBump on January 25, 2008, 11:48:40 AM

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so I tend to have it around 10 o'clock

...  gosh, I was playing with the settings a lot...

I think it was around 12 O'clock.  I was playing quite loud for a home setting, but not loud enough for the higher gain settings to be anything but fizzy.  Also, I find less gain seems to work quite well with this particular setup.

Title: Nailbombs => Blackstar HT Dual => Orange => JAPE!
Post by: Twinfan on January 25, 2008, 12:18:52 PM

Less is usually more, in my experience!  Low gain, and dig in hard  ;)

Title: Nailbombs => Blackstar HT Dual => Orange => JAPE!
Post by: Buddha on January 27, 2008, 08:50:06 PM

Wow. Great tone, and amazing playing

Title: Nailbombs => Blackstar HT Dual => Orange => JAPE!
Post by: TwilightOdyssey on January 28, 2008, 04:16:58 AM

Very nice tone!

Title: Nailbombs => Blackstar HT Dual => Orange => JAPE!
Post by: kevincurtis on January 28, 2008, 01:49:43 PM

Oddly I have just had the best of Gary Moore in the CD player - the loner is a particular favourite of mine from him as well.

Your getting a very nice tone there and well recorded. I like the variations you bring to the main theme, but i would have been tempted to change key in the 'middle' bit to add more variety IMHO, but some really nice ideas going here and well worth fleshing out  - I liked it a lot :)

Title: Nailbombs => Blackstar HT Dual => Orange => JAPE!
Post by: MrBump on January 29, 2008, 12:39:54 PM

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i would have been tempted to change key in the 'middle' bit to add more variety

Change key?!?!  My skills as a pianist do NOT stretch to changing key...

 :wink:

Title: Nailbombs => Blackstar HT Dual => Orange => JAPE!
Post by: kevincurtis on January 30, 2008, 12:29:24 PM

LOL - didn't you MIDI it in...then you could just transpose?! :)

Having listened again, moving away from the G in the middle maybe down to A and noodling around there seemed to work ok...just some thoughts...