Some Rivera sound clips for those interested

[Johtosotku]

I mentioned in my new amp thread that I'd be making clips if anyone was interested. Here they are. I recorded everything with a 57. Just a ten feet cord between the guitars and the amp. I didn't alter volume or tone on guitars when recording, the dynamics come from picking only. No reverb on the amp and no plugins or such. Just normalized.

From AC/DC...

The brit channel with most of the gain, sans boost, Tokai LP copy with stock Tokai pickups.

...to Slayer!

A tiny bit different eq and the boost engaged, a loose JB and sloppy picking, a Jackson superstrat.

 

[Johtosotku]

Re: Some Rivera sound clips for those interested

VH

I always loved the tone on the original, I tried something a bit similar here. Another Jackson superstrat with a Dmz Fred in the bridge. Boost on but a little less volume from the guitar.

MF

A demonstration of the clean channel and the different notch switch settings. The first time it's the blackface and the second time it's the tweed. A Fender strat with CS'54 pickup. And a great piece from a great song! Scene points for anyone who recognizes it.

As you can see I'm mostly a straight forward rock player... i can't play any blues or such, sorry. Any comments appreciated... I'd especially love to hear how this compares to you other guys' Riveras and others.

 

[Yngwiestein]

Re: Some Rivera sound clips for those interested

Fantastic amp bro! Congrats. I love the crunch.

 

[kjrocks]

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Nice,sounds very familiar to me

 

[Johtosotku]

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Glad you liked it. Did you have any problems with the volume on the clips? Were they too quiet?

 

[Benjy_26]

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Nice clips bro. Sounds a LOT like mine, though mine does have toothier mids when driven. What do you have for your power amp valves?

One thing about those speakers:

The low end really starts to come out when you're pushing a lot of volume.

When I got my Duo Twelve, I was worried I was going to miss the low end I had when I was running a closed back cab. During practice it was a bit thin, but when I got it up past 6 or 7 on the MV, I got it all back.

 

[Johtosotku]

Re: Some Rivera sound clips for those interested

Nice clips bro. Sounds a LOT like mine, though mine does have toothier mids when driven. What do you have for your power amp valves?

One thing about those speakers:

The low end really starts to come out when you're pushing a lot of volume.

When I got my Duo Twelve, I was worried I was going to miss the low end I had when I was running a closed back cab. During practice it was a bit thin, but when I got it up past 6 or 7 on the MV, I got it all back.

The power tubes are Ruby branded Svetlanas fresh from this spring and the preamp tubes were JJs if I remember right. The JJs could make it a bit darker than yours I think. I may try something else in the V1 spot soon.

I had master on the brit channel on about three o'clock when recording. I got to play it with all knobs on ten in our last rehearsals and it sounded... well... nice! Here at home I hardly go past three or four as I have a small room to play in and too many neighbours.