The Small Amp with Big Stage Sound & Valve Sound Bite

This page contains links to 2 sound files, one in MP3 format and one in WMA format. They have the same content but the MP3 is better quality although it is a much larger download.

Recording Conditions and Acknowledgements
Track Details
Guitar
Sound Files

Recording Conditions and Acknowledgements:

In the following recording all guitar parts have been recorded using a Blue Tone Amplifier. The sound was captured using a condenser microphone placed close to the loudspeaker. No EQ was applied to the recorded sound but some reverb has been added to generate room ambience. The total set up, recording and mix down time for the guitar parts was less than 3 hours (All other parts were pre recorded).

Many thanks to David Webster for the loan of a recording facility and in particular to David for the searing Gold Top sounds. All other guitar parts are played by Alex Cooper of Blue Tone Amplifiers.

Track Details:

Part 1; Clean Strat - guitar volume about 5 using neck pickup.
Part 2; Mid Overdrive Tele - guitar volume about 7 using bridge pickup.
Part 3; Hot Gold Top - guitar volume 10 - starts on neck then bridge pickup.
Part 4; Overdrive Strat - guitar volume 10 still using neck pickup.
Part 5; Strat and Gold top fight it out! - both on 10 - Strat changes to neck pickup at the end to really cut through!
Part 6; Too much - fade it out!

Guitars:

All stock instruments as supplied by Gibson and Fender.

Sound Files:

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