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Forum Ringside => Players => Topic started by: Antag on June 03, 2008, 01:40:50 PM

Title: Holy Diver fun with 4 channels
Post by: Antag on June 03, 2008, 01:40:50 PM: Paternity leave + wife out of house with toddler + baby asleep downstairs = time to play! :D

Of all the HD clips I've done, I've never used my custom shop Jackson for one, so I thought I'd put that right :) It's a really simple knockabout (no click track/layering etc) based around E & Bb chords, using all 4 channels of my amp to give you a feel of how well the HD goes "through the gears".

Guitar: Jackson Kelly (http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=5209.msg149296#msg149296) with Holy Diver bridge
Amp: Engl Savage 120 head, Mesa Recto 2x12" cab (vintage 30s)
FX: MXR M134 chorus, TC Electronic G-Major rev/dly (channels 1 & 2 only)
Mic/Recording: SM-57, Presonus Bluetube DP, Fostex MR-16HD

Enjoy :)
Title: Holy Diver fun with 4 channels
Post by: gwEm on June 03, 2008, 01:48:47 PM: pure darkness 8)
Title: Holy Diver fun with 4 channels
Post by: Crazy_Joe on June 03, 2008, 05:35:17 PM: Brutal!
Title: Holy Diver fun with 4 channels
Post by: Horlicks on June 03, 2008, 05:53:01 PM: IMO the distortion sounds a bit dry, maybe it's because there's not a band there. I personally would add some reverb to the distortion.
Title: Holy Diver fun with 4 channels
Post by: JDC on June 03, 2008, 10:27:05 PM: I want a tab to that clean open part!!! it's so dark and evil, reminds me of quake 2 for some reason
Title: Holy Diver fun with 4 channels
Post by: hunter on June 03, 2008, 11:03:51 PM: Very nice - my fav is channel 3, it's so 80s with a modern twist!
Title: Holy Diver fun with 4 channels
Post by: Antag on June 04, 2008, 10:02:23 AM: Quote from: JDC
I want a tab to that clean open part!!! it's so dark and evil, reminds me of quake 2 for some reason

Here's the best I can do in 5 mins with Guitarpro :) There are no secrets to this part - as I said in the first post, it's basically noodling around with E/Bb chords.

(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh23/george204/antag_hd4.jpg)
Title: Holy Diver fun with 4 channels
Post by: Antag on June 04, 2008, 10:05:04 AM: Quote from: hunter
Very nice - my fav is channel 3, it's so 80s with a modern twist!

Thanks :)

If there's one thing I'd change about the Savage it's the balance/interaction between Channels 3 & 4: they share the same eq and the ch3 gain control (ch4's gain is ch3+ch4 gain).

There are tones on Ch3 that are pure JCM800/Jubilee (well, as near as you can get with a 6550 power section), but that compromises the full-on metal sound of Ch4. Basically, you have to choose the gain sound you want most & live with whatever you get from the other gain channel.

However, it's not a major gripe - I'd have been happy with just ch1,2&4 so ch3 is a bonus...
Title: Holy Diver fun with 4 channels
Post by: MrBump on June 04, 2008, 12:32:40 PM: You will give your baby nightmares....
Title: Holy Diver fun with 4 channels
Post by: PoshCollins on June 04, 2008, 10:47:38 PM: Do I hear Annihilator's 'Alison Hell'?

3RD channel I think.
Title: Holy Diver fun with 4 channels
Post by: Transcend on June 04, 2008, 11:49:01 PM: This is awesome :D

Great sounds if you ever decide to make this into a full song let me know :P i fancy sequencing some drums.
Title: Holy Diver fun with 4 channels
Post by: Eric on June 07, 2008, 12:50:55 AM: Sweet!! That is some awesome tone.
Title: Holy Diver fun with 4 channels
Post by: opprobrium_9 on June 07, 2008, 01:38:14 AM: Oh come on guys it wasn't that dark, just a bit of minor 2nd work and metalicaesque riffage (only the first couple seconds really) :P But in all seriousness, the beginning was nice and saturated but riff 2 was thin as someone else mentioned. Riff 3 is really where it all starts beefing up. Nice work as always buddy :)