Still of the Night

[SpaceShipOne]

Here's my closest rendition of Still of the Night. Soundclick did ruin some of the sound but it's still somewhat good. 5150 into my hughes and kettner cab, not my main recording cab but oh well. Agile with Tone Zone.

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6189611

I'm now just goin for a good tone, whatta think?

 

[Axl H]

Re: Still of the Night

Sounds pretty okay.

Though you need LOTS more gain, delay and reverb, and more lower mids. This is a very high middy, doesent have the punch and smack of Sykes Les Paul tone. But it certainly is close!

Good job!

 

[Pierre]

Re: Still of the Night

I don't think you need more gain at all. Actually I think there's just enough. Records always have a lot less gain than they seem. I dig the tone.


KUDDOS on not having a tone of delay, reverb and chorus bro

 

[SpaceShipOne]

Re: Still of the Night

I don't think you need more gain at all. Actually I think there's just enough. Records always have a lot less gain than they seem. I dig the tone.


KUDDOS on not having a tone of delay, reverb and chorus bro

There is jussst enough. Kuddos on no delay/reverb. It produces mush. Soundclick is to blame for lack of low end and an odd top end. It's also not mastered with lowend(or at all!)

 

[Axl H]

Re: Still of the Night

It does eh? Tell that to John Sykes

And yes Sykes uses more gain than this, he has 7-8 tubes in the preamp of his modded JCM800s to get enough gain.

 

[SpaceShipOne]

Re: Still of the Night

It does eh? Tell that to John Sykes

And yes Sykes uses more gain than this, he has 7-8 tubes in the preamp of his modded JCM800s to get enough gain.

Live yes, loaded with gain, in the studio, it's multiple layers, many many layers.

 

[Pierre]

Re: Still of the Night

That and a 5150 could probably get more gain out of a single preamp tube than 10 JCM800 modded for ubergain

 

[Axl H]

Re: Still of the Night

Live yes, loaded with gain, in the studio, it's multiple layers, many many layers.

Actually just two.

John runs a stereo setup with one track for each amp.

His sound is as wet in the studio as live.

 

[SpaceShipOne]

Re: Still of the Night

Actually just two.

John runs a stereo setup with one track for each amp.

His sound is as wet in the studio as live.

I'm looking at his page and it says he used Mesa coluseum heads on the 87 album.

 

[Axl H]

Re: Still of the Night

I'm looking at his page and it says he used Mesa coluseum heads on the 87 album.

Yup for the rhythm tracks. Leads were all JCM800. John use JCM800 now, and did so too in the mid 80s. They have as much gain as his Mesas. And sound very close.

 

[SpaceShipOne]

Re: Still of the Night

Added some bottom.

 

[JOLLY]

Re: Still of the Night

Sounds good to me.

 

[devastone]

Re: Still of the Night

Sounds good, maybe a little more saturation, but some of that could be tape saturation on the original recording.

It does eh? Tell that to John Sykes

And yes Sykes uses more gain than this, he has 7-8 tubes in the preamp of his modded JCM800s to get enough gain.

7-8 preamp tubes, I doubt it, that would pretty much turn to mush. 7-8 gain stages, maybe, the 5150 has at least that many, each 12AX7 has 2 stages. John has awesome tone, mostly because it was recorded loud in a "real" studio not to mention the Whitesnake album was recorded to tape.

 

[GoldenVulture]

Re: Still of the Night

I,d remix it.The guitar sounds good as far as replication of the origonal goes;but the EQ balance between it and the drums is unbalanced .thicken up the drums ,match the high end of the guitar more to the drums and try and get the bass to sit more into the mix with the other two.
Yes the bottom end sounds murky and a bit too thick;listening to it on "computer speakers" which are usually a bit thin.I have a Sub woofer on them too and at the end of the verse , it booms as you sustain it.:kabong:

 

[DankStar]

Re: Still of the Night

sounds pretty cool to me. I haven't heard the original in awhile, but my ears were missing a type of light washy chorus (or flange?) sound that I recall, which was apparent during chords being held.