Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
At The Back => Time Out => Topic started by: HTH AMPS on September 25, 2008, 10:21:51 AM
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Been meaning to upload my old band's tunes for ages for y'all to listen to. There's some decent tunes in there, recordings let things down though. Plenty of riffage and loud crunchy guitars, you will be satisfied on that score.
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=876738&content=music
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I like it :) Great guitar tones and catchy songs. I like the way its recorded as well, doesnt sound too polished and flat sounding. Hopefully you see that as a compliment and not a dig :P
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Deffo classic rocky. Shall have to give them all a listen.
Are you the only guitarist there? love the style
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Didn't hear one I didn't like!! Nice one! PDT_003
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I was going for a fairly raw production style, attempting to recreate the type of production found on the likes of Cream, Hendrix and Zep records. Of course with my own limited experience and gear, it was a tough call.
And yes, I'm the only guitarist on those tunes. They could have sounded so much better recorded in a studio, the drums especially were tough to record clearly as the drummer had a very uneven style (heavy then light on the kick, really heavy on the hi-hat and light on the snare).
It was a cool band while it lasted, have many fond memories of that period.
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this is good stuff man! i like the production, its up front, but not too much. what was the rig, out of interest? something with mules?
btw, i also like your new avatar, your replies look much more friendly now :)
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Totally kick ass!
Cheap Trick meets Superdrag!!
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I like. A lot. Great stuff.
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this is good stuff man! i like the production, its up front, but not too much. what was the rig, out of interest? something with mules?
Cheers, the rig varied from song to song - I had a massive amp collection at the time (something like 12+ heads, three 4x12s, combos... ahh, those were the days, ha ha).
The main amp on just about every song is a mkII Selmer T&B 50w head through a 70s Matamp 4x12 (G12M-50s) or 70s Laney 4x12 (blackback G12H-30s) depending on what I wanted. Actually, I had two of those Selmer heads since it was my gigging amp and I needed a backup. I just used to floor the volume and roll back the guitar volume for cleans. We'd often get told we were the loudest band the venue had seen (lmao) :lol:
There is also a floored 100w Simms Watts head for the riffs that sound overdriven, but still somehow clean like on Sister Love.
A reissue Bluesbreaker (with KT66s) is on some tracks too for overdubbed parts. That had the G12M-25 speakers replaced with G12H-30s which accounts for some of the midrange roar the guitars have.
Last amp I can remember is a circa 1980 Marshall JMP master volume head (100w). I did some mods to it right away to smooth the treble and add a little gain, but it was an awesome amp even before that - just a total monster. I later put KT88s in it and stupidly sold it.
The songs were all pre-BKP so I was using my main guitar (still my main guitar) loaded with SD Seth Lovers; it's now loaded with Mules.
Only pedal was an MXR Dynacomp which was in the chain even when it was off since the buffer added a little something extra that the straight guitar>>chord>>amp tone didn't. Oh, there was an RMC3 wah too. Actually, there is a Fuzz Face doubling up the riff on one song too (you'll know it when you hear it).
btw, i also like your new avatar, your replies look much more friendly now :)
Thanks, I'm really not a scary guy, honest. That photo is cropped to block out the crutches proping me up, still not walking unaided (pisser) :(
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Great stuff HTH.
I like your production too. I agree that the drums were the slightly weak point of the recordings, but the quality of the rest made up for it. Thanks for sharing.
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Very cool indeed!
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I love it HTH. Guitar tone and music is great, i love the vocals too!
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Great stuff! Which one is you in that little band pic?
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Go to love the old T&B, great sound
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Great stuff! Which one is you in that little band pic?
I'm on the far left, arms folded, black shirt - that's got to be a good seven/eight years ago when that was taken (one of the first photos taken of that band). I was clean shaven then too, looks wierd seeing myself without a beard (urgh!)
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I thought that was you, but wasn't sure. I haven't been clean shaven for 5 or 6 years either, but I only have a goatee so I still remember what I look like! :lol: