InstituteOfNoise
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Got some clips up today of my Epiphone Valve Junior Head. Did them with 2 different custom cabs... a 4x12 with 25w Greenbacks and a 4x12 with Vintage 30's. Some cleaner takes with the volume around 10:00, some a bit more and then some gritty ones with the volume about 2:00 to 3:00. Sounded big and fat!
I changed out the tubes to JJ's. Have a JJ EL-84 (grade 37 - bit hotter than average) and a JJ ECC83S preamp tube. I added a tiny touch of reverb in ProTools just to keep it from being too dry. Lexicon plugin I believe. I didn't add any EQ, to be true to the tone. Used one standard Shure SM57 close mic'd, ever so slightly off axis.
The guitar was a heavily modded Squier 51. Has a Telecaster American Std Rosewood neck. GFS Liverpool in the bridge (splitable) and a GFS Fat Alnico in the neck all rewired far from stock. Got pics if any cares to see it too.
I was fortunate enough to have an old buddy passing through town today from Europe to play some badazz blues based rock through it. Granted he was just noodling while we chatted during the recording. Just real informal, but it is still way cool stuff!
His name is Jay Kaye (http://www.jaykayeband.com ) and he is the son of legendary 50s/60s guitarist Mary Kaye of that legendary Fender guitar, the Mary Kaye Stratocaster. Check out his band... just rippin stuff in the vein of Hendrix, Clapton and SRV all wrapped up in one!
So on to the clips...
http://www.instituteofnoise.com/L6/ampclips.asp#Epiphone
If it doesn't position itself to Epiphone clips, just scroll through the amp names till you see it. This is sort of my little reference page of tones.
I changed out the tubes to JJ's. Have a JJ EL-84 (grade 37 - bit hotter than average) and a JJ ECC83S preamp tube. I added a tiny touch of reverb in ProTools just to keep it from being too dry. Lexicon plugin I believe. I didn't add any EQ, to be true to the tone. Used one standard Shure SM57 close mic'd, ever so slightly off axis.
The guitar was a heavily modded Squier 51. Has a Telecaster American Std Rosewood neck. GFS Liverpool in the bridge (splitable) and a GFS Fat Alnico in the neck all rewired far from stock. Got pics if any cares to see it too.
I was fortunate enough to have an old buddy passing through town today from Europe to play some badazz blues based rock through it. Granted he was just noodling while we chatted during the recording. Just real informal, but it is still way cool stuff!
His name is Jay Kaye (http://www.jaykayeband.com ) and he is the son of legendary 50s/60s guitarist Mary Kaye of that legendary Fender guitar, the Mary Kaye Stratocaster. Check out his band... just rippin stuff in the vein of Hendrix, Clapton and SRV all wrapped up in one!
So on to the clips...
http://www.instituteofnoise.com/L6/ampclips.asp#Epiphone
If it doesn't position itself to Epiphone clips, just scroll through the amp names till you see it. This is sort of my little reference page of tones.
