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andykciuk

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Hi.
I finally recorded two short tracks and placed them on myspace. Quality is not very good as I recorded them at home. You can check it out at www.myspace.com/andysalm Could you let me know what you think about it before I start to advertise for a band? Any feedback is welcome. I can always change a thing or two... Thanks
Andy
 
I think you can start advertising now :) Very nice playing, very clean and cutting. Personnally, I would not change anything. It's a great demo. Good chops, good melodies, good rythm, good tones :)
 
Sounding good!

Very clean playing, good tones...

I say go forth and publicize!
 
Was this recorded with the Thumb that wasnt worth keeping? :P
 
one point for you, Thumperton :D I'm so glad i decided to keep it. Funny thing, though: I put a set of Red Labels on recently: I was in the local music shop on the very next day buying a set of Rotosounds... :wink: It was such a good advice to try different makes of strings.
I'm happy you like the demo, guys. Thanks for all replies.
Andy
 
Thats a great sounding demo - the recording really brings out that unmistakeable thumb sound :D
 
Hey man, great stuff! With great original material like that you should start your own band rather than joining another band! I dont hear anybody else playing stuff like that in Ireland. Kudos!
 
Hi man

Nice job. I'd like to know what is your eq setting on your bass and your amp. I play myself a thumb NT 4 with a GK 700RB-II and 410RBH. Sometimes I wish I could kill the guitarist, always saying "too much lows", and I'm looking the best setting to have something accurate and beautiful.
 
...........remember...........

Warwick basses are made of dense heavy woods. Especially the Thumb. Think what it can do to a poor alder bodied wheeny guitar............

***WHACK!!!***

hey, I'm just saying what many bass players are thinking ......... :twisted:
Greetings,

ThirdthumB
 
Hi,

Big thanks for all the replies, guys.

I'd like to know what is your eq setting on your bass and your amp.
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I didn't use any amp for those recordings at all. I used my GT6b which i plugged into SoundBlaster X-fi Platinum via SPDIF. I can send you a pm with patch settings that i used if you want.
Output signal of my Thumb is very hot, so I always set the volume knob to 60-75%. I play in active mode only, setting the bass knob to no higher than 75%. Low end gets too muddy above that IMHO.

Andy
 
Wow, those recordings are amazing! Great tone, great playing, great everything! :shock:
 
dude, what are the EQ settings on your amp and bass? jsut out of curiosity
 
boston asphalt2 said:
dude, what are the EQ settings on your amp and bass? jsut out of curiosity
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I wouldn't mind knowing ether. your tone is great!
 
HI,

Like I said before, I used Boss GT6b only. No amp was involved. I created 2 patches, one for each track. Recorded using Sonar 2.0XL and Sound Forge 6.0 (only for minor level tweaks).

1st patch: (for "a bit of slappin')

-Enhancer:
sens 20/ freq 4kHz/ mix 60%

-Compressor: "Boss Comp" (emulates Boss Cs-3)
attack 36/ sustain 9/ tone +19/ level 66

-Preamp: "Concert 810" (models Ampeg SVT)
gain 7/ treble +31/ level 100 - all the rest set to 0

-Speaker: "original"
mic center/ mic level 100/ direct level 47

-EQ:
low +6dB at 164Hz q set to 4
mid +3dB at 760Hz q set to 2
high -3dB at 5.3kHZ q set to 2

-Chorus: stereo
rate 30/ depth 50/ pre delay 20 ms/ low cut flat/ level 37

-Master level 89/ Digital output 200 (SPDIF)

2nd patch: (for "strange days")

-Enhancer:
sens 15/ freq 2kHz/ mix 40%

-Noise gate
treshold 12/ release 8

-EQ:
high +3 dB at 6.1kHz q set to 2, all the rest flat

-Compressor: "Rack 160D" (emulates dbx 160d)
treshold 47/ ratio 6:1/ level 67

-Chorus: stereo
rate 11/ depth 80/ pre delay 10.5 ms/ low cut flat/ level 45

-Master level 105/ Digital output 200 (SPDIF)

I hope that helps. Even if you dont have a GT6b, you should have a rough idea... My Thumb was stringed with new Rotosounds (40-100). I played both tracks with as little attack as possible.

Greetz from Ireland, a very disappointing country, where finding a band is impossible... :cry:

Andy
 
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