Recent content by Vetteboy

This is a spinoff from a post I made in one of my song threads, but I figured this would be a neat resource. Who out there has gotten some cool sounds using non-conventional methods? Maybe a cheap piece of gear that works really well, or an odd way of mic'ing something, etc. Here's one of...

TimmyPage's post in the 'why don't you record' thread made me think of this one. This is back from early 2003, and it was a roughing-out of a fusion song I was working on at the time. Everything kinda clicked together with it and the piece came out surprisingly organic and 'spontaneous', which...

I'm consolidating this to keep everything straight. If someone can get this stickyed that would be cool. Here's the backing track I did that we're using: http://soundclick.com/share?songid=7158344 Basic 12-bar blues in Bb, 100 BPM. - Use a program like Reaper to add your solo track - Email...

I've been doing a lot of Valve Jr experimentation lately, so I figured it was time for a break. This one's back on the Ampeg VH140C...using the Taylor solidbody, the amp's dirty channel, and a single SM57. I probably could have done something a little more creative with the melody, but I...

This started out as a little practice exercise, and turned into a full song. Kind of a fun track to record, almost a surf/rockabilly kind of feel. http://soundclick.com/share?songid=7079236 Amp is my Univox, using the built-in tremolo and reverb. I added a tiny bit of delay to the track...

I pulled these from the "patiently awaiting lyrical inspiration" file. Typically these are tracked fully but are not 'perfect', most tracks are first takes and I tend to leave screwups here and there as long as it doesn't completely ruin the track. I use these to drive around with and critique...

I've been messing around with getting my home studio relocated, and finally got some stuff recorded. The songwriting is mediocre at best, needs lyrics, the acoustic guitar is too thin, and I screwed up when I bounced the drums to two tracks and effectively squashed the toms right out of the...

I've been wanting to expand out into some new styles lately and this is one of 'em. I can alternate-pick really well, skip strings, chromatics, etc. I can comp jazz chords fingerstyle all day long. But when it comes to integrating any sort of fingerstyle and picking at the same time, I might...

I got one of the Valve Junior heads a few months ago, without the cabinet. For now I've just been playing it through one half of my Ampeg open-back combo: and it works OK. Here's an example of the sound I'm getting (the first two lead sections)...

Hey guys - My name is Chris, I've known HotSEXJ for a few years from some other forums we frequent, and he told me to come over here and post up about the newest guitar I got. Apparently there's been some interest in this thing so here's some firsthand impressions. A few weeks ago I went with...