First recording on my '97 Legacy (Blues - Stormy Monday)

[zandurian]

http://soundcloud.com/zanduriang

Just now rediscovering my childhood (late 50's early 60's) blues roots. The Legacy is helping! Yes - I was only 3 in 1960 BUT my mom had me listening to this stuff day and night!

[louis cyfer]

that is awesome. wow. i enjoyed it very much. great tone. some very nice licks. nice note choices for ending phrases. you are new around here, but the rest of the guys can tell you, i do not give compliments easily.

[zandurian]

that is awesome. wow. i enjoyed it very much. great tone. some very nice licks. nice note choices for ending phrases. you are new around here, but the rest of the guys can tell you, i do not give compliments easily.

Thanks - glad you liked it, had a BLAST recording it. No joke - this G&L has been life changing because it's inspiring me to play lead guitar again. Nothing I've ever played has a more expressive tone and feel. I hope to get a bunch more G&L guitars before I'm done.

[timewave]

Hey There!
Very nice and fine choice of material,love that tune!
Great sound and feeling! I liked the chordal lines around 2.30!
Great Job! Oh and Louis really does nt give compliments easily is a fact!!
Love them G&Ls !
Steve

[westsideduck]

Nice feel there, glad your enjoying your legacy, I play through my Bassman 10 quite a bit, an underrated amp in IMO, what speakers do you have in it? I pulled out the origionals, they were beat to hell! I replaced them with Celestion BL-10s for when I use it for bass, and for guitar work I plug into a seperate 4X10 cab loaded with Celestion greenbacks.

Gary

[zandurian]

Hey There!
Very nice and fine choice of material,love that tune!
Great sound and feeling! I liked the chordal lines around 2.30!
Great Job! Oh and Louis really does nt give compliments easily is a fact!!
Love them G&Ls !
Steve

Thanks. I know I have much to learn but have always had a decent feel for the bendy/blusey style. The hardest thing for me is the patience to stay calm enough to develop a solo. Way too ADHD-ish for that to come naturally. Plus I don't know a lot of the standard licks blues players are supposed to play (I learned a few while working on this song). I hope to master those classic licks somewhat and try to add my own variations.

One reason I quit playing lead (late teens) is I heard so many people doing this lightening fast stuff (WITH feel) that I didn't have the skill level for (no matter how much I practiced) and really it's what I wanted to play like. Of course now I'm stunned by the number of speedsters out there which lack any feel at all. It's like a typist who can type 200 wpm, it's impressive but not something I can get into watching for more than a minute or so.

I admit I still love a player who can hold back and play with tons of feel and then work into some dazzling speed runs as a song progresses. WOW! So I'll keep right on practicing and maybe when I grow up....

[zandurian]

Nice feel there, glad your enjoying your legacy, I play through my Bassman 10 quite a bit, an underrated amp in IMO, what speakers do you have in it? I pulled out the origionals, they were beat to hell! I replaced them with Celestion BL-10s for when I use it for bass, and for guitar work I plug into a seperate 4X10 cab loaded with Celestion greenbacks.

Gary

My Bassman 10 has 2 original speakers and two replacement Jensens (not sure which) but the guy I bought it from said he tried to match the tone of the originals as much as possible. Of course - he couldn't find any 32 ohm 10" guitar speakers (lol) but he still wired it to come out to 8 ohms. I also had some compression and light tube screamer in the chain. I also chose my old 80's crown PZMs (!) for the recording because I have a decent room and they sounded very open compared to my standard close miking with a '57 or ribbon. Used one close and one room and added a little echo and verb ITB.

[louis cyfer]

Nice feel there, glad your enjoying your legacy, I play through my Bassman 10 quite a bit, an underrated amp in IMO, what speakers do you have in it? I pulled out the origionals, they were beat to hell! I replaced them with Celestion BL-10s for when I use it for bass, and for guitar work I plug into a seperate 4X10 cab loaded with Celestion greenbacks.

Gary

My Bassman 10 has 2 original speakers and two replacement Jensens (not sure which) but the guy I bought it from said he tried to match the tone of the originals as much as possible. Of course - he couldn't find any 32 ohm 10" guitar speakers (lol) but he still wired it to come out to 8 ohms. I also had some compression and light tube screamer in the chain. I also chose my old 80's crown PZMs (!) for the recording because I have a decent room and they sounded very open compared to my standard close miking with a '57 or ribbon. Used one close and one room and added a little echo and verb ITB.

my bassman runs on 2 ohms. 4x8ohms.

[zandurian]

Nice feel there, glad your enjoying your legacy, I play through my Bassman 10 quite a bit, an underrated amp in IMO, what speakers do you have in it? I pulled out the origionals, they were beat to hell! I replaced them with Celestion BL-10s for when I use it for bass, and for guitar work I plug into a seperate 4X10 cab loaded with Celestion greenbacks.

Gary

My Bassman 10 has 2 original speakers and two replacement Jensens (not sure which) but the guy I bought it from said he tried to match the tone of the originals as much as possible. Of course - he couldn't find any 32 ohm 10" guitar speakers (lol) but he still wired it to come out to 8 ohms. I also had some compression and light tube screamer in the chain. I also chose my old 80's crown PZMs (!) for the recording because I have a decent room and they sounded very open compared to my standard close miking with a '57 or ribbon. Used one close and one room and added a little echo and verb ITB.

my bassman runs on 2 ohms. 4x8ohms.

You're a MADman!!!

[louis cyfer]

Nice feel there, glad your enjoying your legacy, I play through my Bassman 10 quite a bit, an underrated amp in IMO, what speakers do you have in it? I pulled out the origionals, they were beat to hell! I replaced them with Celestion BL-10s for when I use it for bass, and for guitar work I plug into a seperate 4X10 cab loaded with Celestion greenbacks.

Gary

My Bassman 10 has 2 original speakers and two replacement Jensens (not sure which) but the guy I bought it from said he tried to match the tone of the originals as much as possible. Of course - he couldn't find any 32 ohm 10" guitar speakers (lol) but he still wired it to come out to 8 ohms. I also had some compression and light tube screamer in the chain. I also chose my old 80's crown PZMs (!) for the recording because I have a decent room and they sounded very open compared to my standard close miking with a '57 or ribbon. Used one close and one room and added a little echo and verb ITB.

my bassman runs on 2 ohms. 4x8ohms.

You're a MADman!!!

that is how it came. from the factory.

[theinvader]

very good playing, loved it.

[padavis]

Enjoyed that as well! Can you talk about what all you used to record that with?

EDIT: I saw your mic stuff. How about the actual recording interface? Was that digital? PC or MAC? What software?
Thanks in advance!

[zandurian]

Enjoyed that as well! Can you talk about what all you used to record that with?

EDIT: I saw your mic stuff. How about the actual recording interface? Was that digital? PC or MAC? What software?
Thanks in advance!

I gotta' give some credit to the Seventh Circle Neve clones - some very nice preamps. The interface is a Black Lion modded MOTU 24i/0 (analog section and clock upgraded - can't say enough about the folks as Black Lion. They do good things).
Recorded on MOTU's Digital Performer on an Mac G5 (intel).

[Philby]

Wow. I don't like the blues as a rule, but I loved that. Great playing, great tone and great feel!

[zandurian]

Wow. I don't like the blues as a rule, but I loved that. Great playing, great tone and great feel!

Thanks!

[zapcosongs]

Dude, you just made my day. Thank you for that. And welcome. - ed

PS: It's true, Louis really does not give complements liberally. (or conservatively, for that matter!)

[zandurian]

Dude, you just made my day.

Glad to be here. Glad you found some joy in my heartfelt bluesy ramblings!