New track - Nailbomb on my ESP MII...

[withoutwarning]

Hey everybody...

I'm always tempted to say "it's Dr. Nick Riviera here!" after that! OK, I'll behave myself...

I managed to record a track thsi weekend with the Nailbomb on my ESP MII...the tone of the MII seems to suit the Nailbomb better then my Gajic. The tone is nice and thick, screaming harmonics, great overdrive, etc...I'm not altogether happy with the solo so have only included half of the track. I'll re-record the whole solo and post it at a later date...

This one's a pretty bluesy track (hence the name "Nail That Blues"). The rhythm gtrs are all layered up (6 rhythm gtrs in all so I'll give you a breakdown of what you're hearing...

Gtr 1 and 2 panned left and right about 90% using the Nailbomb bridge pickup though my Soldano Supercharger pedal only.

Gtr 3 and 4 panned left and right about 80% using the SD Cool Rails neck pickup (haven't gotten around to putting the Trilogy in my MII - my bad :O) through just my Digitech Bad Monkey pedal (warm blues tone)

Gtr 5 and 6 panned hard left and right, just the chord playing over the chorus…the left channel is the neck PU through the Bad Monkey with the gtr volume rolled off about 25%. The right channel is the same setup except I’m using the bridge PU…

The solo is all Nailbomb with the Soldano and Digitech pedal boosting the Soldano…

Everything is DI'ed into my computer via my POD 2.0...

I've included a short clip of just the rhythm section as well...zero effects on the rhythm gtrs. The recording was pretty dry with just a touch of reverb. The rest of the verb came from the mastering reverb...the solo was a one take (hence the mistakes and repetition...) with the delay turned on and nothing added later...minimal EQ'ing...just a touch here and there to eliminate conflicting freqs...

The Nailbomb rocks!!! :)

Enjoy...

[Bird]

Another very cool track :twisted: I wish I could program drum tracks like that in Reason. Gotta get some Nailbombs :D

[Davey]

downloading now

[HJM]

Another great clip!

Nailbombs sound angry..I love them the mid just screams...and the tone allways comes through!

[Ratrod]

Ooohh! Call it shred blues. Sounds great!

Very nice of you to think about us rhythm guitarists as well.

[withoutwarning]

Another very cool track  I wish I could program drum tracks like that in Reason. Gotta get some Nailbombs

Hey Bird,

Thanks...I used Groove Agent to do the drums for this one...makes it so much easier to lay down drums...don't know what I'd do without it!

Another great clip!

Nailbombs sound angry..I love them the mid just screams...and the tone allways comes through!

HJM...

The NB is a VERY angy pickup! The great thing about the NB is that it custs through everything so easily...I had a bit of trouble mixing this track as the lead gtr was overpowering the rhythm at times but a little bit os a boost to the hi freqs fixed that.

Ooohh! Call it shred blues. Sounds great!

Very nice of you to think about us rhythm guitarists as well.

Good name for the track! LOL...I did go a bit berserk with those pinch harmonics!! Hehe...couldn't help it...the NB just asks to be abused ;)

I always think that rhythm gtrs are just as important as any lead gtrs...much more so in the contect of songs...I like playing and putting together rhythms just as much, if not more, then playing lead because you can layer all sorts of sounds, etc... :)

[Davey]

i for one wouldnt call that blues.

or lynch the blues .. i think that would fit

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i for one wouldnt call that blues.

or lynch the blues .. i think that would fit

 :lol: I guess you're right! I was going for a bluesy feel with the rhythm gtrs...but the lead gtrs, you're right, my knowledge of blues is very Lynchified ;) A lot of it is pentatonic scale if that's any help!!!  :lol:

[HJM]

Have you got Groove Agent 2 - well worth the upgrade price lots more styles!

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Have you got Groove Agent 2 - well worth the upgrade price lots more styles!

Haven't got around to it...it's on my to do list though...have the sounds been upgraded as well?

[TwilightOdyssey]

Jay, another example of your killer lead chops!

To my ears, the rhythm track sounds a bit too chalky, tho; no real definition and the guitars seem like they're paper thin.

[HJM]

Have you got Groove Agent 2 - well worth the upgrade price lots more styles!

Haven't got around to it...it's on my to do list though...have the sounds been upgraded as well?

More kits (including a metal kit...bit OTT but fun), some heavier kit parts too -  old ones still there also. I think the upgrade is about £60 from Arbiter.

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Jay, another example of your killer lead chops!

To my ears, the rhythm track sounds a bit too chalky, tho; no real definition and the guitars seem like they're paper thin.

Thanks for the feedback Ben...much appreciated. For the rhythm gtrs I backed off on the gain because I didn't want max definition. I tried recording that way but it just didn't seem to work...the gtrs sounded really lush through my monitors though, but I'll go back and check that...any tips as to how the sound can be improved? Any pointers would be of help bro :)

More kits (including a metal kit...bit OTT but fun), some heavier kit parts too - old ones still there also. I think the upgrade is about £60 from Arbiter.

Thanks for the heads up HJM...I'll check out the upgrade asap...£60 is a snip for upgrading the software...

[Bird]

I'd say a lot of it has to do with being sqaushed down to a 1.5 meg mp3 file. You're going to lose a lot no matter what, mp3s aren't much good as a measure of quality.

[TwilightOdyssey]

I'd say a lot of it has to do with being sqaushed down to a 1.5 meg mp3 file. You're going to lose a lot no matter what, mp3s aren't much good as a measure of quality.

That is very true, Bird. Could very well be some aliasing from the compression.

BTW, did you get the envelope I mailed to you??