Round 'n Round by RATT - Guitar Cover

[devastone]

Great job Rolan! Love the swirly hoody too!

I do -I was in Basement on the shag carpet with some GiJoes in my hand.

Young 'uns... I was in college.

 

[Aceman]

Here is the OP???

Need him back here!

 

[RolanTHUNDER]

So today.. . We found out that Rolan THUNDER, has dual personalities.

You sure did! Hahaha awesome comment

 

[RolanTHUNDER]

Ha. . . I was already subscribed.

good job on a killer tune

You're a legend! Thanks so much

 

[RolanTHUNDER]

That....was...awesome!

Thank you very much! Hope you liked the little additions I threw in like the Eddie style tapping lick and dive on Crosby's part into the harmonized solos

 

[RolanTHUNDER]

Nice job, Warren D is the smoothest!

Interesting note that both guitars have intonation issues with G string, -very minor and doesn't ruin anything luckily.

Thanks! Did they? I can expect the black San Dimas to have had an intonation issue but the red is usually in check. Either way thanks for letting me know

 

[RolanTHUNDER]

It's kind of the Crosby / Martini blend isn't it?

Good point and well spotted! That harmonized solo kind of sounds somewhat off here and there and Warren D actually said in an interview that when they wrote the part firstly Crosby wasn't keen on a flashy technical solo but Warren motivated him and secondly they harmonized by 3rds instead of 4ths? He said something to that effect. The end result is killer though and it's a legendary solo/song we all love so who cares

 

[RolanTHUNDER]

It's one of those things that just make this a bad ass song.
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Absolutely! I dig this video

 

[RolanTHUNDER]

Very nice!

I noticed it was not a spot on recreation. Had a little of your own personality in there. I liked it!

Thanks so much! Yeah I did and I was scared it might not sit well with fans but you legends clearly like it so I'm happy

 

[RolanTHUNDER]

One of my favorite tunes, guitar duos from the era. Nice job.

Mine too! Thanks!

 

[RolanTHUNDER]

Rolan what did you use for amps and your signal chain?

Hey bud my setup was like this:

Both San Dimas' through Cubase using Guitar Rig 5.
- Crosby (black guitar) through a Soldano SLO100 into a Mesa angled 4x12 with compression and mild reverb
- Demartini (red guitar) through a Mesa Dual Rectifier into a Marshall JCM900 2x12 with mild reverb

 

[RolanTHUNDER]

We love playing that song and the harmony leads live.

I'm sure! It's a fun song to play live especially with a whole band

 

[RolanTHUNDER]

I just got picked up hitchhiking going to pick up my car that was in Miami in a speedshop getting a rear end, new transmission, radiator, carb, shocks, springs and what they called a handling package. I'll never forget it, some older guy with a Grey primered 1970 camaro picked me up. As soon as I got he popped it in the cassette deck and we listened to Ratt & Dokken until he dropped me off

Cool story! Dokken is another one of my favs from that mighty era
I gotta cover Into the Fire or In My Dreams soon

 

[RolanTHUNDER]

Nobody replied, so I will to my own comment -Im assuming you used the same guitar for both guitars on the track and just EQ'd/Amp Voiced them differently right? and the 2 sweet different guitars on the video were for the video fun only?

As they have the same very minor G String issue -so I assume you only used one guitar?

I have sensitive ears, your video is great BTW

Sorry about the late reply. No I didn't use the same guitar. I played both Charvels separately while tracking both player's parts. They are amped differently, correct. I replied to another person's comment on my signal chain. G string can sometimes be a pain so it's entirely possible that both guitar's intonation on that string was slightly off. Generally they hold tune well though. I find myself having to double check the G string more often than others especially before laying down a track.

Thanks for the compliment, I greatly appreciate it

 

[RolanTHUNDER]

The orange Charvel looks like it has DiMarzios in it. I am curious as to what they are.

Well spotted! She's actually red
I swapped her stock JB/59 out in favor of custom ordered chrome DiMarzio The Breed bridge and Illuminator neck. The Breed definitely sounds better in this guitar than the JB did to me at least. Illuminator walks over the 59 for high gain leads too.

 

[RolanTHUNDER]

Great job Rolan! Love the swirly hoody too!



Young 'uns... I was in college.

Thanks so much! That hoody is the Vai in me coming out to play hahaha
Man I felt hot and sweaty in it in the sun though lol

 

[RolanTHUNDER]

Here is the OP???

Need him back here!

Sorry it took me so long

 

[Securb]

Rolan thank you for coming back and answering all of our questions.

 

[solspirit]

5 stars for the fact that you're up and jumping around and not just sitting on a chair.

 

[RolanTHUNDER]

Rolan thank you for coming back and answering all of our questions.

It's my absolute pleasure! Thank you all for watching my video and commenting here too