Here's a new Emerald clip.
I've revamped my setup after a bit of a hit and miss at the weekend, which I've since deleted, and I'm much happier that the true nature of the Emeralds is on show here.
The guitar is my usual Gibson Les Paul, recorded onto a Boss BR-900CD digital recorder.
I'm
not using the BR-900 effects here.
The effects / amp modelling are supplied by something completely different, and in my opinion much better. The amp model is a medium gain Soldano 100 with a touch of simulated Tubescreamer distortion, plus reverb, delay and compression.
Does it sound like a Soldano/Tubescreamer? I have no idea but it sounded pretty good to me :D
Despite all the effect layers I was pleased to clearly hear the warmth and bite of the Emeralds driving the tone.
I went for a tone that highlights the hot PAF nature of these pickups and had Thin Lizzy / Brian Robertson /Gary Moore in mind when I was dialling the tone in but ... from the results I think I got somebody else altogether
Pickups used in the clip are as follows.
Middle position 00:00 to 00:46.
Bridge position 00:46 to 01:12
Neck 01:12 to 01:27
Bridge 01:27 to the end
Cheers
*** EDIT ***
I'm only playing the lead here.
**** Update 16/03/08 ****
I've added a second clip 'Emerald smooth 2'. It's the same backing, played a little differently.
It's recorded on my BR900 again but this played through a Vox Tonelab LE, using the Marshall Plexi amp model and Klon Centaur pedal model.
I wanted to show the consistency of the Emeralds, through very different effects. The second clip has more edge, no compression and is deliberatley less smooth. It's perhaps verging on thin but the point is to show that even though the effects are different, the distinctive tone and bite that the Emeralds give are still clearly there.
