A Little 80's Metal For Ya'll

[Jeff_H]

Just some fun goofing around this afternoon. Used my Boss GT-6 on the Marshall SLP amp model, a little DS-1 for extra dirt, straight into the soundcard. No effects other than the distortion from the amp model. I'm not totally happy with the little lead fills throughout....I can't seem to get them to sit in the mix the way I want them to, but I'm tired of messing with it for tonight. It's good enough to be fun. I got the backing track off the net, no guitars....just drums, bass and vocals.

I left in a few mistakes and string squeaks so you guys wouldn't know...errrr....think, that I'm really CC Deville.

Edit: The guitar was my Alvarez Dana Scoop with a PATB-1 in the bridge, and it's the only pickup used for this song. I double tracked the rhythm parts and the solo (I didn't cheat, I actually double tracked instead of duplicating) and then panned one track hard left and one hard right....it seemed to balance a bit better that way.

Enjoy!

Talk Dirty To Me

Talk Dirty To Me (Guitar Remix)

[DankStar]

Re: A Little 80's Metal For Ya'll

interesting song choice, hehe - sounds cool

[SamusChief]

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That's really good!

[Jeff_H]

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interesting song choice, hehe - sounds cool

Yeah, I'm somewhat limited by the backing tracks I can find, oh and by my ability. There are plenty of songs that I'm just not fast enough to play. I'm working on it though. I figured it's time to stop learning just parts of songs and learn the whole thing. It should improve my playing.

I just miss hearing songs that are fun. I don't always want to slit my wrist after I hear a song.

That's really good!

Thanks man. Just goofing around. I'm not sure I really want to spend the time to nail all of the little fill riffs and then find a way to mix them in right. I'll probably just get it good enough and leave it.

One day I'd like to be able to burn a disc of cover songs that I've done. I have a few that I've done with other forum members, and those are always my favorites.

[Bass_Medic_05]

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Nice job Jeff! very solid work

[Jeff_H]

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Nice job Jeff! very solid work

Thanks Steve!

[TheLivingDead]

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Friggin' nailed it! Nice tone.

[Jeff_H]

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Friggin' nailed it! Nice tone.

Thanks man, it was fun.

[JOLLY]

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Great job man.

[everdrone]

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nice! those backing tracks are pretty cool too. did you do the bass?

[Jeff_H]

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Great job man.

Thanks Jolly!

nice! those backing tracks are pretty cool too. did you do the bass?

Naw, not me. I've played the bass on a track or two many years ago....just simple stuff though. To me it sounds like someone was just able to take all the guitars out of the track. It's actually a really quiet track and you can't hear any residual background guitar like you can on some backing tracks. It sure makes it a lot easier when your backing track is good quality.

BTW, if anyone want's the backing track just let me know and I can e-mail you an mp3, or I can post it here.

Thanks to all!

[Nightburst]

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Sounds great Jeff! I'm enjoying this very much as I'm on a 80's high lately.
The Boss GT units are great and I think this proves that modeling can sound good in the right hands.

It's probably a guitar hero track, those are good quality and perfect for guitarist.

[Jeff_H]

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Sounds great Jeff! I'm enjoying this very much as I'm on a 80's high lately.
The Boss GT units are great and I think this proves that modeling can sound good in the right hands.

It's probably a guitar hero track, those are good quality and perfect for guitarist.

Thanks NB. I'm listening to a lot of 80's and 90's rock and metal tunes now as well, although I usually do it's even more so lately.

The Boss GT's have some really good tones in them. I know the 6 is outdated now, but for me there is no need to upgrade now. It would be nice to have a few more amp models, but oh well. I've always managed to get good recorded tones out of it.

I still prefer the sound of a cranked Marshall, but living in a condo doesn't afford me the opportunity to crank such a beast....even if I still owned one. For quiet recording the GT-6 does pretty well.

[Nightburst]

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You really should check out amplitube 3 Jeff, that's one great program! Absolutely one of the best modeling programs out there.
Or maybe that little blackstar 5W stack, it's perfect for apartement use. There's a demo on youtube where they show that it still sounds cranked while the volume is almost all the way back!

[JOLLY]

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I've been singing this song all day cause of you...lol