Hey guys - Thanks for your input on this. My friend Boyd Matson works for National Geographic ~ I have known him since I was 15 years old and he has always loved the blues. On his own dime, he decided to video a blues session of us 'Koinonia & Friends', just to document how we love to play this music, yet hardly ever get to play it anywhere else (you won't hear this stuff at a Neil Diamond concert, etc). I grew up playing Blues and R & B in Oklahoma City at a time when people really valued the 'real deal', and although I have broadened my musical knowledge, the blues are still at the core of most everything I play.
At the risk of being a downer, I was not using any Fractal equipment on this day - it would have sounded more authentic if I had, but this session was set up very quickly, and my Fractal touring setup was far away at Neil's warehouse, so I opted to go with my older GT-8 setup I used for years before acquiring the AFX ll. No speakers or mics were used - the signal from the GT-8 outs went straight to the board (with the aid of a black box which shall not be mentioned). For the clean tones, I simply used some Boss compression into a clean Fender amp & cab...for the OD stuff, I added a stomp OD and a bit of pre-EQ. Many folks like the stereo processing I use, but some don't - I personally find a very dry sound much more unnatural than a tone with some added delay & ambiance, so that's how I prefer to roll....
Regarding my Les Paul: The pickups are made by Guitar Fetish and they are very similar to the old Gretsch Filtertrons and TV Jones PUs. I use the Dan Armstrong series/parallel switching system in all my electrics....very versatile setup! I added the middle PU (noiseless) so I could get all the classic Strat sounds without switching guitars...
~Hadley~
