JENS BOGREN - my new hero

[Exocaster]

And Jens, dude, absolutely incredible responses, thank you so much! I'm surprised that you say you'd never use a Laney on your recordings, cuz on the Ghost Reveries info on the Opeth website, it says that they were used on the album, but I guess Mike had to do that for his endorsement or something!

And now you've officially made me want a Rectifier, if most of your tones have been achieved with it!

Y'know, that makes me really curious about the clean tones on Ghost Reveries. I figured Hours Of Wealth was Laney's AC30 clone- I forget the model name... I love that edge-of-breakup tone, and that's really something special if it's a Rectifier... or a Pod.

...and I never would have guessed Ghost Reveries and Watershed have that much Recto on them at all. That tone screams "Marshall" to me. GR reminds me of my old 2204, turned up and boosted.

Jens, if you don't mind my asking (and you remember), what gain mode was used for Opeth's Recto tones- Raw, Vintage or Modern? I think they're fantastically versatile amps, and so many people peg them as "one sound only", like Modern mode with the gain cranked up and the mids scooped out is all they can do.

 

[Toni S.]

bump

 

[Erik Monsonis]

Thanks so much, Jens, for sharing all that knowledge with us in such an amazing way

 

[NickL]

I think we all owe Mr. Bogren a drink. He didn't have to give us any of this!

[Then after he's passed out from the 30-40 beers we give him, we steal his U47 FET]

 

[BrettT]

I would LOVE to get some specifics on the Rectifier settings he used for Katatonia.

 

[JeffTD]

I'd just like to know what he likes as far as the Rectifier mode (modern vs vintage), channel (red vs orange), and then the rectifier section (tube vs transistor, bold vs spongy)!

 

[Aaron Smith]

I'd just like to know what he likes as far as the Rectifier mode (modern vs vintage), channel (red vs orange), and then the rectifier section (tube vs transistor, bold vs spongy)!

That's a great question, as I'm never quite sure what will turn out best...

 

[Machinated]

So you are selling your SSL Jens?

How come? What will you be switching to? Gearslutzzz

 

[J.DavisNJ]

Jens, you produced the new Bloodbath material right? If so, can you tell which amps/cabs/pickups are responsible for the tones?

cheers

-Joe

 

[deanbailey]

Jens, you produced the new Bloodbath material right? If so, can you tell which amps/cabs/pickups are responsible for the tones?

cheers

-Joe

I think David Castillo did the latest Bloodbath.

Jens only worked on Nightmares Made Flesh as far as I know.

 

[smy1]

Dayumn! I just "demoed" Katatonia - "The Great Cold Distance" and I am heading over to Amazon to buy it right away! What a great record!

Just what I needed when I was getting seriously bored by ALL metal I heard in a long time ...

Awesome band, awesome production!

EDIT: it is incredible how far worse "Viva Emptiness" is songwriting-wise ...

 

[Metaltastic]

You think? I dunno, I agree TGCD is better, but I still love Viva Emptiness (favorites being "A Premonition," "Burn the Remembrance," "Evidence," and "Omerta")

 

[smy1]

You think? I dunno, I agree TGCD is better, but I still love Viva Emptiness (favorites being "A Premonition," "Burn the Remembrance," "Evidence," and "Omerta")

Yea, I downloaded both and I didn't even finish listening to Viva Emptiness cause I was bored, while TGCD totally hooked me from the first song ...

 

[J.DavisNJ]

I think David Castillo did the latest Bloodbath.

Jens only worked on Nightmares Made Flesh as far as I know.

Oh woops. Thanks for the info!

-Joe

 

[Deathlef]

I prefer the TGCD production but musci-wise Viva Emptiness is just awesome.

 

[harbo]

Hi guys, Jens have mixed our next album and it will be superb - awesome dude! Hopefully we find a company to release it soon.
I'll post more info and clips to our site when there's some.

www.downfall.fi

The clip in the mainpage is mixed by Aksu Hanttu of Entwine so no Bogren clips yet. I'll post one soon.

 

[aramism]

what a golden thread. jens is def at the top of my list. opeth was always the shit then when i heard TGCD a while back it really put me over the fence into his fan club.

 

[Metaltastic]

W00t!!

 

[slashvanyoung]

He's currently doing the new Paradise Lost and they put some sort of studio diary on youtube... so, check it out!

 

[HollowmanPL]

i've just listened to the NMF and the sound is crushing!!

Tell me how did u edit vocal?
Does it have any kind of trick?

cheers!!