Mr. Robot Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 I was reading an article on Ace Frehley last night, and he dropped it that he has a little GA5 Gibson amp. Apparently, the way Ace records these days is that he puts down the base track using a full Marshall head and cabinet, but then all the overlay tracks are done with a variety of small amps, like the GA5 and small Vox amps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 That's great. Big tone, small amps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Robot Posted December 26, 2009 Author Share Posted December 26, 2009 His new album has had some good reviews, so I might check it out. He does a cover version of "Fox On the Run" by Sweet, which sounds good. Apparently he recorded Fox On the Run straight into Protools with NO amps at all. i.e. all the effects are via Pro Tools plug-ins. Not what you expect from the SpaceMan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pohatu771 Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 I find recording direct to the computer is a much better way of doing it. You get the straight guitar tone, and decide what effects you want later on. If you record the amp and all the effects, you don't have much choice when you're working with the recording. In the end, no one can tell the difference. People will claim they can tell the difference, but they can't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovatobarry Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 good info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherrylester Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Ace has always recorded with his vintage fender harvard and princeton little combos in addition to a laney or marshall head. He also usually records a track or 2 with a strat or tele layered over the les paul. For the new album Anomaly I read in vintage guitar that he used a 5150 head on a marshall cab a little as well as old vox and gibson combos. He did say the software amp stuff was used for Fox on the run. My fave track off the album is the instrumental Fractured Quantum, it's really melodic with nice 12 string acoustic going on. Live he's been using 100 watt jcm900 heads. He was great when I saw him last year. I love the spaceman! I've followed his every move since I was 5! Have you guys seen his new prototype les paul? It's a cool blue color with the usual 3 pickups. "It's like they told ya- I came from outerspace!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Robot Posted January 1, 2010 Author Share Posted January 1, 2010 Yeah I love the blue one. He is really proud of it - has it in every photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherrylester Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 His newer blue one has the 3 cream colored dimarzios (which I've always loved the look of) instead of those ugly see thru clear coils that he had on the blue les paul at the VH1 rock honors thing a few years ago. Theres a bunch of pics on his website of him playing it- way cool! I got cream dimarzios in my chery sunburst lester 'cause that's the look I grew up with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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