Gashole Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Well-I'm opening myself up here probably, but here's a link over at bandmix.com to a little home demo I recorded last year. It's called the Ballad of Ironhead. It's an original, meant to be tongue in cheek lyrically and vocally. I used a Boss BR 600 to record and mix it (amatuerishly, I know) and the drums are courtesy of the onboard drum machine. I'm covering the guitar, bass, and vocals. Guitar- Epiphone Sheraton II, rewired and repotted, + 2 Duncan Pearly Gates PU's replacing the stockers into a Boss Blues Driver, into a Dano Fab Echo into stock Epiphone BC 30 on the clean channel with a little reverb, treble and bass all the way up, mid at half. Taking my creative and technical abilities out of the equation, I think many of you will agree that the gear sounds pretty damn good! And for those that don't, well, I'm sure you have your reasons! Oh, Bass isn't a Bass but a Gibson Les Paul Classic run direct into the recorder which was simulating a bass cabinet...I EQ'd it further to approximate bass. I actually bought a cheap bass after this recording, but I think the processed paul actually sounds better...sure is easier to play! Applause and scorn are equally welcome, but please be gentle with your scorn-I bruise like a peach! LOL http://www.bandmix.com/bluescatastrophe/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vomer Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Love it! But then, I do like The Cramps :-). Those SD's are very clear with distortion. My original Sheri pups would have been mud through that kind of fx. Nice one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gashole Posted February 7, 2009 Author Share Posted February 7, 2009 Love it! But then' date=' I do like The Cramps :-). Those SD's are very clear with distortion. My original Sheri pups would have been mud through that kind of fx. Nice one![/quote'] Hey thanks! You are the 2nd person that has thought of the cramps hearing that song. I actually knew very little about them until the first guy who said that to me. Now I have discovered that I like them too. I really like Reverend Horton Heat as well. I'm from more of a conventional background though-classic rock and blues...the psycho billy type of thing is new and fun for me...I thought of this tune as more psycho-blues then billy, but nuts is nuts I suppose. I did have the Reverend somewhat in mind when I did it. The Duncan Pearlies are my best sounding humbucking pickups. The main guy in the cramps just died I believe-yesterday or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Has a Midnight Oil vibe to it Sounds very good :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vomer Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 "The main guy in the cramps just died I believe-yesterday or so." Whaa??? Any link for this? I'm gonna google.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vomer Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Ah no, I'm gutted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gashole Posted February 7, 2009 Author Share Posted February 7, 2009 Ah no' date=' I'm gutted. [/quote'] Yeah, I heard about it on NPR. They actually even played some Cramps too. Wish it had been a better occasion to do so however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis G Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 "The main guy in the cramps just died I believe-yesterday or so." Whaa??? Any link for this? I'm gonna google.. Here you go. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-lux-interior5-2009feb05,0,5010776.story And hey, GAShole, very cool and nicely done. (I've got to really start to dig into my BR600 ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gashole Posted February 8, 2009 Author Share Posted February 8, 2009 Here you go. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-lux-interior5-2009feb05' date='0,5010776.story And hey, GAShole, very cool and nicely done. (I've got to really start to dig into my BR600 :) )[/quote'] Hey thanks man-and yes, that BR600 is a handy little thing. I really only scratched the surface of it I think-I was going for a very minimalist sound that could be reproduced live in a trio. What impresses me most about the thing though, is the drum machine. I hadn't heard one since the early 90's-it impressed me so negatively that I didn't check another out tilll I took a risk on the BR600 last year. And this thing sounds very much like real drums! I do wish there was a "rootsier" sounding snare sound though. I need to learn how to write drum parts now...so far all I can do is arrange existing samples-which is great, but I want to really be able to tailor the drums as much as I can the bass and guitar. I tinkered with it, I know how to make the machine do it, but I just don't understand music theorywise how to time it all out and make it right. When I was a baby, I had an accident where all of my brains slid over into the right side of my skull, leaving me left-side brainless. Can't do math or anything very technical w/o extreme difficulty. I actually applied to be one of Jerry's kids, but instead of Jerry Lewis, they sent me to Jerry Garcia...well, one thing led to another, and pretty soon even my right-side brain was somewhat....compromised. It's a hard ol life, but I get by. And Duane- thankyou too! Glad it can amuse some folks besides just myself ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender 4 Life Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Y'all say "the Cramps"........but, This track sounds more like classic '68-'72 Alice Cooper than anything else i've heard. Think......"Love it to death" Thats Rockin for sure GASman!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gashole Posted February 8, 2009 Author Share Posted February 8, 2009 Y'all say "the Cramps"........but' date='This track sounds more like classic '68-'72 Alice Cooper than anything else i've heard. Think......"Love it to death" Thats Rockin for sure GASman!!!!!!![/quote'] Alice! LOL Thanks Bender- I bet there's a little Alice in all of us, but I definitely know I got some. Whenever I hear stuff like "I love the Dead" it just gets stuck in my head for days...I like Alice's writing in those days a lot. At the core its inspired by Peter Gunn...the bass line started with a rip off of sorts of that theme, and then it just kind of grew. I was trying to imagine Screamin Jay Hawkins as a psyborg w/ a chip on his shoulder singing his autobiography...the guitar parts were somewhat surf inspired, but also 70's hard rock....during the jazzy bit I really felt like Tony Iommi in early Sabbath days. Frigging toss salad, eh? LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gashole Posted February 8, 2009 Author Share Posted February 8, 2009 my error, double post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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