dweezil zappa said:
Hello FF's,
I posted an improved Eruption Preset called VAN HALEN ZAPPA 2. I also posted my original preset that I used onstage - just as you heard it on the audio clip and the video.
I think the newest one has even better playability and more musical EQ - that is also more accurate to the mastered record.
I changed the mics and cabinets and added a mixer to attempt to blend the 2 cabinets better and then "re-stereoize" them. The mixer doesn't quite have the ability to do that job exactly as I would like since there does not seem to be any discreet ins and outs. Maybe Cliff will be able to work on that at some point???
In any case, I think this one is better. What do you all think?
Regards, DZ
DZ,
I didn’t mean for my comments to send you back to “the woodshed” ( so to speak ) …. Sorry about that. I agree completely with your commnts about the environment making things so different. The “rigs” I’ve used in the past ( Tube Amps ) seemed to change night to night based on the damn humidity in the room we were playing …. That’s one reason I sought out the Axe, because I was looking for more consistency in different venues ( night to night, etc; ).
Plus, there’s miles and miles of difference between what and where you’re developing the tone, and where I’m playing it. Sounds like you’re using a studio environment and I’m …, well just not ! Plus I’m not even using a mixer per ‘se. To keep my rack as small as possible, I’m just running the Axe into an old Rocktron, G612 single space rack mixer, then straight to the KRK’s. No pre-amp or any EQ in the Rocktron. The console you’re using ( or more importantly that I’m NOT ) could be accounting for a huge difference right there. Not to mention your Genelec’s are probably at least one generation of technology more modern than my KRK’s ….
Plus I want to reiterate that I thought the Pitch Block you developed to re-tune the guitar is VERY cool ! I made a couple of half-a@@’ed attempts, but couldn’t get out some sort of metaliac ringing so I quit using it. Yours dosen’t have that anywhere that I can here ! It’s awesome to be able to jam along to CD’s when learning parts and not have to switch guitars because the original artists were tuned different ! And you were right, the correct tuning makes a HUGE difference in being able to cop the feel of the song.
And the MBC …. WOW ! Like I said when it’s set up right it really makes the whole guitar just play easier for me. I don’t have to work near as hard to simply play the instrument ! I’ve got a 80’s “hair” guitar patch that I had packed full of effects that it prooved to be too much for the CPU ( overload ). But, once I stripped out the effects and then put in the MBC ( tweaked it a bit ) …. I could play that patch for hours and never even mis the delay and/or reverb. Most times I have to have at least a little of that, just to create the illusion of space …. I feel like Billy Gibbons playing with just the dry guitar sound ! The addition of the MBC is JUST THAT GOOD !
O.K., enough rambling ! I’ll be sure to pull up VAN HALEN ZAPPA 2 and see how that reacts for me when I get home tonight. And THANKS SO MUCH for being so willing to share your work with guitar hacks like me !
BTW – as an aside. I just got my RED BEAR picks last nite too ! I picked up a Classic II and a Tri-Tip just to try them out …. I gotta say, I really like them ! I ordered ex-heavy, and the Classic II has the beveled speed tip. It took a bit to get them, ‘cause I ordered the black onyx color. But my first impressions are very good. They’ve got about the same “pick-chirp” as Vinni Smith’s V-Picks, but they seem to sound just a tad warmer and might slip over the strings just a bit smoother too. Thanks for the recommendation !
L8tr ….
