New ESP day with clip

[Code001]

ESP Horizon II FR

Camera phone washes out the quilt, but it has a really nice quilted maple top. Been awhile since I had a guitar with an EMG 81/85 combo in it, so I decided to make a clip trying out that "Fredman" technique.

http://soundcloud.com/code001/december-flower-fredman-test

 

[exoslime]

^^nice guitar!!
congrats

 

[Fbarre]

Congratulations! Very nice sound and playing!

 

[amarshism]

Nice...

















...choice in picks

 

[xFkx]

killer setup

 

[MindMunch]

Can´t go wrong with this setup.

 

[AllanD]

That color, n'oh my god. Beautiful.

 

[Code001]

Thanks, everyone.

 

[Robert W]

Looks great, but the clip sounds like its being played clean.

 

[Code001]

Looks great, but the clip sounds like its being played clean.

I'm not exactly sure what you mean?

 

[Robert W]

I'm not exactly sure what you mean?

Sounds like there is very little gain on the guitar track. Tone sounds kind of country-western-ish.

 

[Code001]

Yeah, I should have probably daisy chained a few MT2s to really bring the pain. I'll try it next time I put on my black studded body armor and corpse paint.

 

[MatrixClaw]

Yeah, I should have probably daisy chained a few MT2s to really bring the pain. I'll try it next time I put on my black studded body armor and corpse paint.

 

[Robert W]

Yeah, I should have probably daisy chained a few MT2s to really bring the pain. I'll try it next time I put on my black studded body armor and corpse paint.

Well since constructive criticism seems beyond you.........

 

[Code001]

Well since constructive criticism seems beyond you.........

I'll be sure to bring this rig to my next bluegrass gig.

Actually, on a serious note, I could probably even pull it off by using Channel 1 on this amp. The 5150 III is one ridiculous piece of gear.

 

[Line666]

I can see what he means - theres a sort of 'washy' sound to the rhythm guitars.

Nice playing though.

 

[Code001]

I dunno about you guys, but 15 seconds in this clip is what I would call "clean"

http://soundcloud.com/code001/80s-5150-test-clip

Do you maybe mean "open" or "undergained" or something to that effect?

 

[kronk_1985]

Nice...

...choice in picks

I lol'd. Nice guitar though. I wouldn't go for a bright-as-fuck colour but you must be cooler than i am. And what exactly is the "fredman technique"?

 

[Code001]

Hah, yeah, it's pretty bad when the best part about this entire thread is the choice of picks I use.

Check out this thread:

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/production-tips/221136-clayman-sound.html

The "washyness" is probably my wank playing (not tight enough), bad mic placement (phase issues) or something in the chain. I'm listening on HD555s, so I don't have any real source of monitoring. When I record, I just kinda set up a tone and go for it. None the less, I appreciate all of you listening to it, good or bad.

 

[Terminus]

Do want guitar in black or gun metal grey w/ no trem...but will take as is. Nice axe and amp! Do they make those front plates on the EVH in a black variety? And maybe with metal mesa style knobs, course you could probably just buy some knobs and get it recoated.