marshall lead 12 test

[DankStar]

quick test of mic'ing up the marshall lead 12. 2 gits, panned hard L and R. turned out a bit bassier than I'd thought.

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8369906

 

[Lewguitar]

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...turned out a bit bassier than I'd thought.

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8369906

That's interesting because although the playing sounds real good, the tone of the guitars, for whatever reason, sounds smallish to me - like it needs more grunt and oomph on the low end.

Could be the mic, mic placement and eq though.

 

[Diocletian]

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Gotta agree with Lew, that sounds really thin.

 

[DankStar]

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well, it is a small amp, hehe. that, and I just threw a mic in front of it pretty much wherever it landed in front of the speaker. I should check my settings on the TS too, might be outta whack. it's probably best going to be used in conjunction with my randall in recordings, where the marshall will add the higher end grit as "helper" guitars, and the randall and the bass guitar will hold down the low end (famous last words). thanks for checkin' it out and commenting guys!!

for some reason, I was hearing lotsa bass in my car with it...can't trust my ears anymore.

I'll do a test where I add the randall gits and see what shakes out...

 

[gOgIver]

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Sounds killer good!

 

[DankStar]

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Sounds killer good!

:friday:

 

[Diocletian]

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Sounds killer good!

???

No it didn't.

Dank, what did you use for the Bartakes's Inn song? If I were you I'd just stick with that setup, it sounded really professional. I know it'd be great to use miced up amps and stuff, but I think, unless you have a really good big amp and a loud room to play it in, the amp sim route is the best way to go.

 

[DankStar]

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???

No it didn't.

Dank, what did you use for the Bartakes's Inn song? If I were you I'd just stick with that setup, it sounded really professional. I know it'd be great to use miced up amps and stuff, but I think, unless you have a really good big amp and a loud room to play it in, the amp sim route is the best way to go.

those were the randall direct (using a hardware amp sim). I'm just gonna do one little test to see something.

edit:
song with just randall gits:
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8370481

song with randalls as "main gits," and marshall gits as "helpers" (I like it better than just the randall gits by themselves; if this was the real mix, I'd probably turn the marshall down just a hair more, but left it up just a bit for emphasis; edit: on second thought, I like the level it's at):
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8370482

I think the marshall fills that little airy void that an amp sim tends to not have (or at least that I end up wishing were there), but it's kinda subjective. I definitely see how thin the original sounds compared to these newer ones.

 

[C-Martin]

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I like the blend of both, bit more aggressive sounding.. i can hear the marshall add a bit of grith and grind to certain part of the lower register chords and i like that, the randall alone sounds better than the marshall alone obviously. Its a extremely small SS amp and was probably not super cranked either and no matter how its miced it'll always sound thin unless you use some really super sensitive condenser mics or something.. I tried doing this bunch of times with a small SS amp i had similar to yours. However, eventho it sounds good as is, the randall alone lacks that extra grit/grind of the marshall and both together seem to growl a bit more especially on the low chords which i like.

 

[DankStar]

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I like the blend of both, bit more aggressive sounding.. i can hear the marshall add a bit of grith and grind to certain part of the lower register chords and i like that, the randall alone sounds better than the marshall alone obviously. Its a extremely small SS amp and was probably not super cranked either and no matter how its miced it'll always sound thin unless you use some really super sensitive condenser mics or something.. I tried doing this bunch of times with a small SS amp i had similar to yours. However, eventho it sounds good as is, the randall alone lacks that extra grit/grind of the marshall and both together seem to growl a bit more especially on the low chords which i like.

nice analysis!! thank you. I'll have to play around with the appropriate panning and levels during a "real" take, but it's good to know you think it'll work in that kind of application. and you're right, it wasn't cranked hardly at all. that's cool you've been down this similar road before. dig your avatar.