recording of TGE...

[MACvodka]

hi everybody
i post every now and then on the smyth board but it's my first here i think...


i've heard that "the psalm of lydia" was recorded on a 6 string guitar....why the hell?!
are there another strange things like that?:Smug:

 

[Necromunchkin]

Politics of Ecstasy was recorded entirely with six-strings.

 

[Calamitas1786]

hi everybody
i post every now and then on the smyth board but it's my first here i think...


i've heard that "the psalm of lydia" was recorded on a 6 string guitar....why the hell?!
are there another strange things like that?:Smug:

So was Create The Infinite. What's the problem?

 

[raeon]

As a 7-string guitarist who tunes himself like Nevermore, sometimes one simply wants to try and do something else. I honestly have to admit that while I'm absolutely happy with my 7-string, I found myself more inspired on a 6-string guitar tuned to drop-C#. The Psalm Of Lydia was played/written on that tuning...

It's a bit rough to say "... why the hell?!" to a band like Nevermore, because you're not the musician, Steve and Jeff are. Don't you agree that it's an awesome song? Well then.

btw: All albums before Dead Heart In A Dead World were done on 6-strings, and I was blown away on Dreaming Neon Black, such unique riffs solely on 6-ers ...

 

[raeon]

Stupid note: does anyone think that 5-string basses wouldn't suit Jim? I mean, he always did them songs with 4-stringers.. he would remind me of the Korn bassist if he'd ever switch... *shiver*

 

[Necromunchkin]

Because of a five string bass? It's not like he put a baseball cap on backwards and started hopping around like gangsta bunny just because of an extra string.

 

[Calamitas1786]

It's like saying Hendrix wouldn't have died if he switched from Fender to Gibson guitars.

 

[raeon]

Yeah, I know.. it was a stupid statement anyway. I'm just so used to seeing Jim playing a 4-string, that a 5-er would seem alienating to Nevermore (I KNOW, STUPID STATEMENT)

but meh never mind.

 

[Brooks]

Seed Awakening was 6 string, too

 

[Mephistophiliac]

i've always wondered why he doesn't play a 5

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

oh my god, people are actually talking about nevermore.

 

[Will Bozarth]

cause he doesn't need those 4 extra notes?

 

[Mephistophiliac]

well it would make things a little more interesting if he did imo

 

[Will Bozarth]

I don't think Jim needs to make things more interesting. He's doing a perfectly fine job.

 

[Mephistophiliac]

sure he's doing a great job, but i just wish you could, ya know, hear him a bit more. and some nice fills here and there would be kickass too.

 

[Will Bozarth]

take up the "hearing Jim" issue with the producer

 

[raeon]

lol, AND Jeff and Steve, they'd need to write some songs where Jim could be more suited to be in foreground But I agree too that he's doing a fine job now with his 4-stringer.

i've always wondered why he doesn't play a 5

lol, for a sec I thought u were talking about Jeff's guitarrrr

 

[Mephistophiliac]

yeah, the whole lack of audible bass in a lot of metal bands these days annoys me. but i was happy to be able to hear him on Sentient 6 and the part towards the end of A Future Uncertain i like a lot.

 

[Will Bozarth]

but if you cant hear him that well, how do you know he isnt doing many fills?

 

[Mephistophiliac]

touche...damn producing trends