bass done, Derek’s electric guitar done,
Derek’s going over some acoustic stuff we’re about to lay down, here’s some pics!
for the audio-curious, on the bass that’s a Ampeg SVT-CL with the matching 8x10 cab. ElectroVoice RE20 (EQ Filter on) less than an inch off the grill 15º off axis, center off the cone, into the Aphex 107 Tube pre. the RODE NT2 in cardioid mode, about a foot and a half away, into my Golden Age Pre73 - a Neve 1073 copy. i moved this one around until it was in phase with the RE20.
my Effectrode Tube Drive pedal is in front of the amp for some moderate crunch on some songs and we used a fuzz face pedal for some rich creamy fuzz in a song or two. the RODE is very warm and round while the RE20 adds attack and a lot of the action when we had the distortion/fuzz on. it’s surprisingly beefy even with the EQ filter on!
Derek’s guitar was recorded with his Fender Hot Rod Devile (modified with a JAN 12AT7 in the first pre stage) into my Avatar vintage 2x12 with 1979 celestion G12-65’s. we used my Effectrode Tube Drive for the distortion here also, this time with the original JJ’s in the first and second position swapped out for Mullard 12AX7’s. (the most amazing tube ever for distortion)
we dual miked this cab as well with a Cascade FatHead II ribbon microphone, at the edge of the dust cone and the Sennheiser e609 silver, about halfway from the center to the edge of the cone, 45º off axis away from the dust cover. both about 2 inches off the grille cloth, carefully phase aligned. the FatHead II into the Aphex 107 with the low pass filter enabled and the e609 into the GA pre73.
the FatHead II captures a dark, roomy tone with lots of rich low-mids and the e609 got just the right amount of edge and note definition.
Finally today we did acoustic guitar for a few songs. here we have the Casdace FatHead II’s (seeing a ton of use since i picked these up, so great) in Blumlien pair. three feet-ish away from the guitar, at 45º up in front. these into the GA pre73’s captured a fantastic detail in the mid range and a great room sound at the same time. such a realistic image. i threw up the Rode NT2 just below them in cardioid, into the Aphex 107 with the low-pass filter. moved around ‘till it was phase aligned and added it to the FatHeads for a little more pick noise and brilliance in the high end.
for parts where the acoustic is solo or primary the mix will get more of the ribbons than the LDC but we recorded quite a bit into other songs to accentuate certain themes, these parts might sound best with the LDC turned up more. it’s a versatile combination, i’ll post some clips when i find a few min.
later!
i exported a couple clips of the acoustic we recorded. these are the ribbon blumlien array, with the LDC mixed about 8db lower. Enjoy!