Home Recording
- My ever growing (and rarely waning) horde of guitars, Basses, and Keyboards - My primary go-tos are
Guitars = Jaguar w/ Cool Rails, Jag-Stang with EMG's
Basses = Mustang Bass, B.C. Rich Bass
Synths = Yamaha PSR-275, Yamaha PSS-680
- SKB Pedalboard Case, some one I use live, except the Audio Technica wireless is often patched out and swapped for a regular patch cable to save on transmitter batteries and to make the sound a little more pure. I also tack a Fuzz Factory or Starcaster Distortion onto the input or output side of the board depending upon weather I want my effects fuzzied up or not. The board consists of.......
-- Audio Technica Wireless (disabled in the studio)
-- Digitech Whammy
-- BOSS PS-5 Super Shifter
-- CryBaby Wah
-- DOD Stereo Flanger
-- Fender Starcaster Chorus
-- Behringer Phase Shifter
-- Behringer Digital Delay
- Behringer V-Amp Pro, patches edited both from the front panel at using a Creative XMIDI 1X1 USB MIDI Interface, and is run into the computer from the headphone jack on the V-Amp to the Line-in on the back of the computer.
- My computer - Pentium D 3.40 GHz (sometimes running at 4.0 GHz) w/ 4GB of DDR2-800 RAM, 160 GB HDD, 80GB HDD, running Windows XP and REAPER for multi-track recording. Everything is usually saved on here for about a year and then burned to CD, uploaded to Soundclick/Myspace, and then deleted off the computer to make room for more Demos the next year.
I also use this same setup in the studio for making scratch tracks.
With Ancient Tongues as of late I've been using my board into Stonedge's Fender FM212dsp, not my favorite sound, I might be getting a 2X12 for my Bugera though so I can record using that beast since it sounds so ace on tape. I also just picked up a Crate GT1200H Solid State head, which might come into play some in the studio with both bands as it's more of a "shred/thrash/Nu-Metal" sounding deal than the Bugera, which is very classic rock but can shred (but it takes less volume and farther around on the gain knob to do it due to the different dynamics of tube based, very much a solid state beast.
Live/Studio Smokin' 66' Rig
Live I only use two of my 3 best guitars, as I have a double gig-bag. Those guitars are the Jaguar, Mustang, and Jag-Stang. Sometimes I use the same one all night, sometimes I swap them around frequently, and sometimes I just change according to the song being played. I tend to use the twangier axes (Jaguar, Mustang) on the low-register stuff more as it keeps the sound tight and defined. On some songs I prefer the sound of one guitar to another.
In the studio and at rehearsal, I use whatever I feel like, usually it's the gigging guitars, sometimes it's the others from my collection, or something new I picked up, and on occasion, I'll use Todd's Stratocaster, I also could use a Squier Double Fat Tele, a Les Paul Studio, 2 American Stratocasters, or a Mike Kelly on occasion from our drummer, but i prefer using my own guitars...just more peace of mind that way.
Same pedalboard, no changes, except I DO use the wireless at rehearsal, since I like running around the house playing my guitar parts and watching lightbulbs fall from the kitchen ceiling (which is the floor to the rehearsal space).
As far as amps go, I have four I've used so far. The main one is the Bugera 333XL, I tend to like it because it's the one that can keep up with our drummer or actually out-blow the guy volume-wise. The Crate comes close but takes a 10 on the volume to be as loud as I usually have the Bugera set. I also have used Todd's Mesa Boogie Stiletto Deuce amp a few times, which sounds okay but tends to get muddy when really cranked, also, I have to crank the hell out of the knobs to get the same volume as the Bugera, not 10, but close to it, and the cleans are not to my taste. I used our drummer's Marshall Valvestate combo through the cab I use at rehearsal, which is a standard Mesa Boogie cabinet. The Valvestate sounded good, but it was a little too quiet to work.
Live I just use the Bugera 333XL with the Bugera Cabinet, which I prefer because the tone is a bit deeper and thicker sounding than the Mesa cabinet.
