Am I crazy for thinking this sounds good?
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zenmindbeginner
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Re: Am I crazy for thinking this sounds good?
You're crazy.
You're crazy.
Red_Label
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Ummm... yeah... about that...
Single-note lead tone wasn't horrible (even if the playing wasn't all that seasoned). It was sort of a woman-tone/brown-sound/violin-tone thing (sort of). Chordal work was all mushy with zero string definition/clarity.
Anyways... the clip sounded dark and "doomful". If that appeals to you, great. You're not crazy. We all like what we like. I'd rather you like something because you genuinely like it, than like it because some anonymous keyboard commandos on an internet forum told you that it was cool. I've always been moved the stuff that moves me, and no matter how many people told me that I should be moved by something else -- or how "cool" it was, if I wasn't feeling/hearing it... I just wasn't and would never admit to liking it (like many of the alt-rock hacks that get airtime on Austin City Limits).
I remember when I first heard the sounds of Van Halen I. It was about the time that album was released and a neighbor in the trailer court I grew-up in had a LOUD stereo. He was in his twenties and I was just a kid (about 10-12). I didn't know who Eddie Van Halan was. I didn't read guitar mags. I didn't even play! But from the first chord of Runnin' With The Devil I was like "what the hell was that???". It moved and attracted me immensely and I didn't even know what was supposed to be good or cool (before that I'd been a Kiss fan and half of that was because of the makeup, circus atmosphere, etc).
Ummm... yeah... about that...
Single-note lead tone wasn't horrible (even if the playing wasn't all that seasoned). It was sort of a woman-tone/brown-sound/violin-tone thing (sort of). Chordal work was all mushy with zero string definition/clarity.
Anyways... the clip sounded dark and "doomful". If that appeals to you, great. You're not crazy. We all like what we like. I'd rather you like something because you genuinely like it, than like it because some anonymous keyboard commandos on an internet forum told you that it was cool. I've always been moved the stuff that moves me, and no matter how many people told me that I should be moved by something else -- or how "cool" it was, if I wasn't feeling/hearing it... I just wasn't and would never admit to liking it (like many of the alt-rock hacks that get airtime on Austin City Limits).
I remember when I first heard the sounds of Van Halen I. It was about the time that album was released and a neighbor in the trailer court I grew-up in had a LOUD stereo. He was in his twenties and I was just a kid (about 10-12). I didn't know who Eddie Van Halan was. I didn't read guitar mags. I didn't even play! But from the first chord of Runnin' With The Devil I was like "what the hell was that???". It moved and attracted me immensely and I didn't even know what was supposed to be good or cool (before that I'd been a Kiss fan and half of that was because of the makeup, circus atmosphere, etc).
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Johtosotku
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Re: Am I crazy for thinking this sounds good?
Thanks for the honest opinions.
I did this with my travel setup.I payed about 300€ new for it some years ago. The recording was done with my iPad and its own microphone.
I was tweaking and noodling around on very low volume - you can clearly hear the strings unamplified - and found something surprising to me. I was aiming for a sludgy/swampy tone with some more mids than usual.
Thanks for the honest opinions.
I did this with my travel setup.I payed about 300€ new for it some years ago. The recording was done with my iPad and its own microphone.
I was tweaking and noodling around on very low volume - you can clearly hear the strings unamplified - and found something surprising to me. I was aiming for a sludgy/swampy tone with some more mids than usual.
Red_Label
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Don't take this the wrong way, but I listened to your soundcloud page and I think I'd rather listen to the OP's dark-sounding noodling than your "thrash metalcore" (while executed VERY well I'll admit).
Not trying to start a flame war here... but calling his playing "horrible" was too much.
Don't take this the wrong way, but I listened to your soundcloud page and I think I'd rather listen to the OP's dark-sounding noodling than your "thrash metalcore" (while executed VERY well I'll admit).
Not trying to start a flame war here... but calling his playing "horrible" was too much.
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SirJackdeFuzz
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Re: Am I crazy for thinking this sounds good?
Sounds like a Hovercraft at very low volume.
Is it ?
Sounds like a Hovercraft at very low volume.
Is it ?
Johtosotku
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It was a HBE Paradrive into a stock chinese VHT Special 6. Both pedal and amp cost 150€.
It was a HBE Paradrive into a stock chinese VHT Special 6. Both pedal and amp cost 150€.
SirJackdeFuzz
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Re: Am I crazy for thinking this sounds good?
Gotcha
There are some nice VHT Special 6 clips on YouTube.
Gotcha
There are some nice VHT Special 6 clips on YouTube.
Agileguy_101
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Re: Am I crazy for thinking this sounds good?
SirjackdeFuzz is pretty on point. that drive pedal pushes those low-end tones out like a Sunn/Hovercraft does. The closest simile I can think of when talking about a Sunn tone is "prolapse of bass". I'm a fan. Also doesn't hurt you were playing Danzig, in fact a song I was listening to last night.
I think it needs a little verb though. Got one to throw in the effects loop? One better; a delay. A little slap-back at low volume with give it a doubling sound. Beast.
I wonder how that pedal takes to having fuzzes in front of it. I wonder how that amp would sound with a Boss HM2. I wonder a lot of things.
I wanted to get a hold of a VHT 12-20 with that double-depth EQ switch on it. I wonder....
there I go wondering again.
SirjackdeFuzz is pretty on point. that drive pedal pushes those low-end tones out like a Sunn/Hovercraft does. The closest simile I can think of when talking about a Sunn tone is "prolapse of bass". I'm a fan. Also doesn't hurt you were playing Danzig, in fact a song I was listening to last night.
I think it needs a little verb though. Got one to throw in the effects loop? One better; a delay. A little slap-back at low volume with give it a doubling sound. Beast.
I wonder how that pedal takes to having fuzzes in front of it. I wonder how that amp would sound with a Boss HM2. I wonder a lot of things.
I wanted to get a hold of a VHT 12-20 with that double-depth EQ switch on it. I wonder....
there I go wondering again.
Johtosotku
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Re: Am I crazy for thinking this sounds good?
The VHT is a simple one 6v6 ptp amp without loop or reverb. Hi/lo inputs and power switch, volume and tone.
I do like delay and have a TC pedal for it but I like to travel light.
I had some odd settings for that clip. I had the pedal on full gain but backed the guitar volume to about 1/3 on.
I'll have to try my Mudhoney or Mongoose into it to see how it reacts to fuzz. I'll also have to do a better recording with the amp on full volume and a proper microphone. I was though pleasantly surprised with how well the iPad recorded.
The VHT is a simple one 6v6 ptp amp without loop or reverb. Hi/lo inputs and power switch, volume and tone.
I do like delay and have a TC pedal for it but I like to travel light.
I had some odd settings for that clip. I had the pedal on full gain but backed the guitar volume to about 1/3 on.
I'll have to try my Mudhoney or Mongoose into it to see how it reacts to fuzz. I'll also have to do a better recording with the amp on full volume and a proper microphone. I was though pleasantly surprised with how well the iPad recorded.
crguti
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Re: Am I crazy for thinking this sounds good?
ok, I apologize to the OP for calling his playing horrible.
ok, I apologize to the OP for calling his playing horrible.
Phantasmagoria
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Re: Am I crazy for thinking this sounds good?
I like it....reminded me of one of those Hovercraft heads too....minus the push they have when they're cranked.
I like it....reminded me of one of those Hovercraft heads too....minus the push they have when they're cranked.
