Something I can chime in on... I have a (actually 2) Takamine guitar. I think it's EFG-341c (or something like that). Not one of the G-Series, one of the higher end models. This was the "Garth Brooks / Bruce Springstein" model. In addition to the peizo pickups, I added an internal microphone into the guitar. So instead of one wire coming from me, I had two. Each "wire" went into a Roland GP-100, with different processing for each signal. Out of the GP into a Behringer mixer. Out of the mixer onto the board.
I got some real interesting sounds by putting effects on one channel (such as distortion) and leaving the other channel clean. This was the primary setup that I used for recording most of the guitars on my bands albums. ( Including most of the distorted parts). Of course, it was all I used gigging. I also have a Samick semi-hollow body electric. I don't use it much. I also have a Lab Series L5 amp. It was one of the first solid state amps. It is unique in that it offers a distortion channel. I think the amp turns vintage this year. Generally I would only use the electric gear for studio work. I'm borrowing a Yamaha les paul style guitar from a client (Good friend). I used it a lot when recording my bands next album. At 09:00 PM 3/7/2005, you wrote: >Subject: What is your main Axe? Was: RE: Cool bands in small venues >From: "Dawson, Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 19:05:29 -0600 >Thread: >http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm/method=messages&threadid=16330&forumid=5#149533 > >With all the musicians on this list, I'm curious about your choice of >guitar and/or equipment. > >First, I started with some Series 10 brand guitars. These were roughly >$200 guitars. Kinda cheap, but had a really great sound, I thought. I >miss my Les Paul copy the most, but that thing weighed a ton. > >After several of those cheapies, I got a personal loan and purchased a >brand spanking new Hamer Chaparral (sp?) with a Floyd-licensed vibrato. >The coolest thing is it had the Sustaniac system built-in. That was >very cool!!! It would sustain the strings for as long as the two 9-volt >batteries would last. You could get some great organ-like sounds out of >that guitar. > >Soon after, I bought a Digitech guitar processor and Digitech digital >pitch shifter/harmonizer. > >My main amps were always Crates. I always got compliments from the >Hamer/Crate combination. Such as smooth sound, it was. I had two 2-12 >Crates that I ran in stereo. Basically, the equiv of a half-stack. > >I tried all the foot pedals. Boss, Digitech, etc. I had a huge pedal >board which I replaced by the Digitech processor. I thought I would >program all of our songs into the processor. Eventually, out of the 256 >presets, I used a single clean preset and a single distorted preset. > >Yeah, there was the Nady wireless, a rack and some other stuff. Of >course, I had the required Wah pedal. I mainly used it as a continuous >controller for my pitch shifter, tho. > >When I got married and had kids, of course, the stuff had to go. I kept >the Hamer and Digitech toys. I found a used Crate Stereo rack head last >year, but the damn thing overheats and won't play for shit now. > >It sucks because I also got a great Crate slant 4 cabinet. All I have >now is my Crate 15w with a 6" or 8" speaker. > >Damn! I miss those days of playing in stinky, smokey bars. My wife >keeps telling me to get back in a band, but I can't find anyone that >wants to play the songs I want to play. Every now and then, I get the >Hamer out and jam, but it would be much better jamming on the >half-stack! > >M!ke -- Jeffry Houser, Web Developer, Writer, Songwriter, Recording Engineer AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 -- My Books: <http://www.instantcoldfusion.com> My Recording Studio: <http://www.fcfstudios.com> -- When did Reality Become TV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how to get a fax number that sends and receives faxes using your current email address http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=64 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:149581 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
