Sweet NGD,,,

[GuitarDoc]

And now back to the Sire axe. Same as the last Sire vid, but with the bridge humbucker split which is probably the most authentic single-coil like tone I've ever got from splitting any humbucker, bridge or neck...and it's stll nice and beefy sounding

It's also got a push-push tone pot for splitting instead of the usual push-pull, which is easier to use on the fly & rather cool. :bigthumb:

OK, you want me to step in...

So, let me ask you a technical question. When you recorded this clip, did you have the mic in your next door neighbor's garage? Or was it in your house just down the hall in the bath room?

 

[Phantasmagoria]

You're ever welcome

Let me clarify. The solo's a bit low in the mix but that was strictly for reasons of modesty. I usually mix my solo's so they're that way ...but I may have been a bit too modest with that mix (it happens). Truth be told this is the first mix I uploaded, but did'nt post it here cuz I thought the solo was a hair too loud/immodest (my bad...it's actuallly just fine)

But yeah ^^ Still on the over-modest side as far a mixes go....can't help myself it's too deeply ingrained in me (modesty).
In general I don't get too anal about mic placement & stuff (or recording in general) ..don't have the patience for it. It's the playing that's the fun bit for me :9:

 

[Phantasmagoria]

It's actually a pretty deep philosophical question. On the one hand "pride cometh before the fall" ..on the other "It was a nice day for the fools when modesty was declared a virtue" ~Schopenhaur

So where does the truth lie????


Besides Satan, Porn & Gore, Philosophy has always been a favourite songwriting subject for me.

Wrote this one about precisely that philosophical question for our lo-fi Philosopho-grind avant-garde project CONFLICTING THEORIES many moons ago (though it's instrumental...that's what Vik (drummer) and I were thinking about at the time as we chugged beers galore & watched "Braindead" on VHS .....good times :beerchug:

It was later released as a split ep. on 10" transparent red vinyl...f'n sweet.


The solo's nice & loud too :bigthumb:

 

[Phantasmagoria]

OK, you want me to step in...

So, let me ask you a technical question. When you recorded this clip, did you have the mic in your next door neighbor's garage? Or was it in your house just down the hall in the bath room?

Also....you should just take the direct route next time and say "let me hear that fine KILLER solo LOUD ..don't want to miss all the tasty nuances" :bigthumb:

 

[Phantasmagoria]

".....as they fly by at breakneck speed" :lmao:

 

[Phantasmagoria]

Thanks to the relentless pressure from GuitarDoc and Clint I decided to finally cave in and do a vid in the theoretical way that will meet their exacting standards & have their strong approval (ie. no wrong/random notes, and everything played in accordance to all the important/thickest rule books full of theory). I vowed not to detract from the purity of my musical endeavor by not ever bending a note & picking them all and by throwing in only exotic scales and clever chord changes & totally ignoring unnessesary stuff like melody/tune and going only by cauliflower/tin ear :bigthumb:

I call this "Wetting myself in the library (so I can bathe in my musical genius)"

 

[GuitarDoc]

You're ever welcome

Let me clarify. The solo's a bit low in the mix but that was strictly for reasons of modesty. I usually mix my solo's so they're that way ...but I may have been a bit too modest with that mix (it happens). Truth be told this is the first mix I uploaded, but did'nt post it here cuz I thought the solo was a hair too loud/immodest (my bad...it's actuallly just fine)

But yeah ^^ Still on the over-modest side as far a mixes go....can't help myself it's too deeply ingrained in me (modesty).
In general I don't get too anal about mic placement & stuff (or recording in general) ..don't have the patience for it. It's the playing that's the fun bit for me :9:

"Modesty" is DEFINITELY NOT one of your virtues!!!!!!!!!! :smack:

 

[Phantasmagoria]

Could'nt sustain playing at ^^ that virtuosoistic/maestronic level for long... so it's back to my usual stuff (wrong/random notes/poor phrasing/non-virtuoso/tuneless/only one scale etc) :bigthumb:

Can't say I'm too cut up about it tho..

This one's back with the Sire axe (bridge) through my AMT Stonehead 50 W head/Laney 4 12 (Stock HH speakers)

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[GuitarDoc]

Thanks to the relentless pressure from GuitarDoc and Clint I decided to finally cave in and do a vid in the theoretical way that will meet their exacting standards & have their strong approval (ie. no wrong/random notes, and everything played in accordance to all the important/thickest rule books full of theory). I vowed not to detract from the purity of my musical endeavor by not ever bending a note & picking them all and by throwing in only exotic scales and clever chord changes & totally ignoring unnessesary stuff like melody/tune and going only by cauliflower/tin ear :bigthumb:

I call this "Wetting myself in the library (so I can bathe in my musical genius)"

So, instead of bending to try and find the right notes, you are directly hitting notes all over the fretboard trying to find the right notes. :lame: = No difference. Sounds the same.

 

[Phantasmagoria]

Sheesh there's no pleasing the maestro's :smack:

I'd started on another virtuoso track (tentatively named "Thickest theory books for the thickest minds" but unfortunately I lacked the skills to complete it..so as of now it's a work in progress

 

[GuitarDoc]

You are correct. Until you learn how to hit the right notes without fishing for them, your style will never please me. :firedevil But if you're happy with it, that's all that matters (just quit posting so many lame sound tracks :lame.

 

[Phantasmagoria]

I never fish for notes so that's a roundabout way of saying my style pleases you :laugh2:

Never mind...no matter how you arrive at it. the truth will set you free :bigthumb:

 

[Phantasmagoria]

"Modesty" is DEFINITELY NOT one of your virtues!!!!!!!!!! :smack:

Yup It is.

 

[Securb]

Jazz is where you outline chord changes melodically, not only play with 1 scale over the whole thing.

This is one of the top 10 dumbest things I have read on this site, if not on the entire internet. There are plenty of Jazz solos that stay in one key not every Jazz improvisation is going over the changes. And some avoid the changes and chord tones altogether, especially in avante-garde jazz. Who made you the keeper of the rules of what a Jazz improvisation should be?

 

[Clint 55]

I know, calm down. It was a cursory explanation because it's friggin Phantasmadude and he's just going to disregard it anyway. Jazz is either where the music has the continuous harmonically fluid improvised melody, or if it doesn't have that, it would need to have other characteristics established in the golden age such as swing, melody vocab, arrangement ideas, or instrumental aesthetics. If it has neither, then it's the parent style, and there would be no reason to call it jazz.

 

[Phantasmagoria]

I know. It was a cursory explanation because it's friggin Phantasmadude and he's just going to disregard it anyway. Jazz is either where the music has the continuous harmonically fluid improvised melody, or if it doesn't have that, it would need to have other characteristics established in the golden age such as swing, melody vocab, arrangement ideas, or instrumental aesthetics. If it has neither, then it's the parent style, and there would be no reason to call it jazz.

lol, caught trying to bull.shit me about jazz cuz you assumed (rightly) I did'nt know or care about it. Serves you right for being so underhand, sneaky & conniving :lmao:

 

[kramersteen]

That's epic mate!

 

[Phantasmagoria]

Thank you! How's it going... :beerchug:


Messed around a bit w/ the new Pacifica this morning...just setting the pup height and other minor stuff...

Here's an "after" clip (bridge split). Man this one can wail :bigthumb:

 

[Securb]

it would need to have other characteristics established in the golden age such as swing, melody vocab, arrangement ideas, or instrumental aesthetics. If it has neither, then it's the parent style, and there would be no reason to call it jazz.

Your explanation is worse than your original statement. I can think of hundreds of Jazz pieces that are not as you just described. And what is the "Golden Age"? If you are talking about the swing era then very little after that would be considered Jazz seeing Bop and later Fusion and Acid Jazz threw most of those "Golden Age" concepts out the window. And how the hell is "swing" a requirement for a piece of music to be a Jazz tune?

 

[Phantasmagoria]

There you go Clint you bull**** artist. Caught spinning yarns again. that makes twice in a row. You really should be ashamed of yourself :lmao:




Sire axe (br. split) w/ my Randall T2 + Peavey 4x12 / Sennheiser e906 (ie. pretty much the same thing as above but w/ the Sire in place of the Yammy):