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Hello everyone,
I recently saw Sting live and could not get over how good Dominic Miller's rig sounded. He played a telecaster pretty much the entire set through two Mesa Lonestars and 2x12 rectifier cabs (in stereo). His main tone was pretty clean and compressed--yet it still sounded full and punchy. When he switched to a dirtier rhythm tone the sound still remained pretty clean and squished yet there was just more to it--it's difficult to explain but it sounded fantastic. It almost sounded like he was simply boosting his clean channel with a tube screamer. He briefly used a warm lead tone for the King of Pain solo.
His embellishments using delay & chorus were perfectly timed and genuinely tasteful. There were various moments where he simply played a D chord and it completely blew you away--he has fantastic instinct. The Live in Paris version of Englishman in New York is a perfect example of what I'm on about.
Needless to say I was inspired to create a patch similar to his rig for the My Songs Tour using the Mesa Lonestar in the Fractal FM9. I played some Police & Sting riffs to give you the general idea of the sounds I dialed in. Enjoy!
Patch Overview:
-Amp Blocks: Two Mesa Lonestars (Clean) panned hard L & R
-Cab Block: Two 2x12 Mesa Rectifier Cabs panned hard L &R (York Audio)
-Compressor: JFET
-Delays: Stereo BBD & Multitap Delay
-Reverb: Recording Studio C
-Chorus: Analog Stereo
-Pitch Block: Dual Detune
-Paraemtric EQ: used for driven sound and lead tone
-Drive Block: Suhr Riot used only for lead tone
Guitar: Nash T-52
Processor: Fractal Audio Systems FM9
Recorded in cubase direct stereo out via USB-C
Video Link:
-LAG
I recently saw Sting live and could not get over how good Dominic Miller's rig sounded. He played a telecaster pretty much the entire set through two Mesa Lonestars and 2x12 rectifier cabs (in stereo). His main tone was pretty clean and compressed--yet it still sounded full and punchy. When he switched to a dirtier rhythm tone the sound still remained pretty clean and squished yet there was just more to it--it's difficult to explain but it sounded fantastic. It almost sounded like he was simply boosting his clean channel with a tube screamer. He briefly used a warm lead tone for the King of Pain solo.
His embellishments using delay & chorus were perfectly timed and genuinely tasteful. There were various moments where he simply played a D chord and it completely blew you away--he has fantastic instinct. The Live in Paris version of Englishman in New York is a perfect example of what I'm on about.
Needless to say I was inspired to create a patch similar to his rig for the My Songs Tour using the Mesa Lonestar in the Fractal FM9. I played some Police & Sting riffs to give you the general idea of the sounds I dialed in. Enjoy!
Patch Overview:
-Amp Blocks: Two Mesa Lonestars (Clean) panned hard L & R
-Cab Block: Two 2x12 Mesa Rectifier Cabs panned hard L &R (York Audio)
-Compressor: JFET
-Delays: Stereo BBD & Multitap Delay
-Reverb: Recording Studio C
-Chorus: Analog Stereo
-Pitch Block: Dual Detune
-Paraemtric EQ: used for driven sound and lead tone
-Drive Block: Suhr Riot used only for lead tone
Guitar: Nash T-52
Processor: Fractal Audio Systems FM9
Recorded in cubase direct stereo out via USB-C
Video Link:
-LAG
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