Blood of the Scribe cover - tone test

[gebgebgeb]

hey i just did a quick like 10 minute cover of blood of the scribe. i did punch ins for every riff since this song makes my right hand really sloppy/tired at parts. i also just learned the song tuesday or wednesday i think. its not the best cover but i really was aiming for a good or decent guitar tone. its probably my best one yet.

the drums aren't really mixed well. its basically a stock ezdrummer kit going through an EQ and a compressor. as for the guitar, i have it running through various vst's and amp sims. i had to keep retuning my guitar though because im having a pretty hard time setting up the zr trem for some reason. which was another reason i had to do punch ins.

if you would be so kind, crit my guitar tone not my cover quality haha.

also, do the punch ins sound that obvious? ive been kinda working on them so that they flow a little better.

tl;dr crit my guitar tone plz kthx.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4830104/Music/bloodofthescribe.mp3

:edit updated link after post 17

 

[Jaymz]

Guitars sound really LOG'ish, nice stuff! What amp sim(s) you use?

Drums...less said about them the better im afraid.

 

[gebgebgeb]

thanks bro. i just used TSE X30 which i think is superior overall haha.

yeah i pretty much dont know anything about mixing and i know even less about mixing drums so theres that haha.

 

[Jaymz]

Ah cool! Yeah seems like a pretty good amp sim that one, what impulse you use?

 

[gebgebgeb]

indeed. i used keFIR mono with the catharsis s-preshigh. i havent really messed with the other ones but i liked this one right away.

 

[guitarguru777]

Put some narrow parametric on that in or around 1.5k and i think it would be pretty hot shit!!

Just to reduce some FIZZ

 

[gebgebgeb]

thanks for the input guys. im not exactly sure what you mean by putting it at 1.5k. do you mean boost or cut haha? im such a noob. im guessing boost though.

 

[Jaymz]

I think he means cut, however 1.5k certainly dosen't hold any fizz!

 

[gebgebgeb]

yeah i tried cutting it at 1.5k but i didnt notice a difference really.

i posted this on several forums and one guy told me to boost the mids and i think that improved the sound.

 

[guitarguru777]

Mids = Tone

Said FIZZ and meant flatness Was listening to something else while typing ...lol

 

[gebgebgeb]

haha word. yeah i boosted the mids and cut the treble a bit in the mix. also, updated link.

 

[guitarguru777]

MUCHO BUENO!

Sounds good I dig it!

 

[gebgebgeb]

thanks a lot man. i posted this on ss.org and they apparently think the opposite rofl.

thanks for the advice guys. if theres any other way i can improve my tone, please help me out.

 

[guitarguru777]

The guys on SS.org are silly. Everything that sounds GOOD they think sounds like dick...lol

I have a friend whos a big SS.org guy and we debate this shit all the time..... ugh I hate guitar players that think they know good guitar tone and don't. Not to say my friend doesn't, but some of the thing they suggest over there are for the birds. Its why I stopped going there. Seems like most of the guys over there are all about gain and not about TONE. Tone Rich guitars are much better then HEAVY guitars as they call them.

you want good guitar tone turn down the gain, its as simple as that!

 

[gebgebgeb]

haha really? well i decided to post there because i need all the help i can get. i personally think this is my best tone yet but they beg to differ. its all good though, any criticism as this point is constructional.

 

[guitarguru777]

If you aren't playing an RG76XX with Bare Knuckles through (whatever Chris Broderick or Jeff Loomis are playing through this week) your tone sucks!!!

Well that's the SS.org mentality anyway

 

[gebgebgeb]

gotcha. well they said my tone sounded buried and i think its because i was using a low pass. i removed that, cut the treble and boosted the bass a hair. im gonna try and record a lame bass line for it.