My First Rush - Red Barchetta Clip! (Mesa Boogie Mark IV)

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gibson5413

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My older brother (who happens to be a very good bass player) asked me to put together a backing track of Red Barchetta for him to practice over. I had a ton of fun playing this cover and thought I would share. Can I say that playing the bass track absolutely wore me out (I am definitely not a bass player). I left all of the mistakes in because I am too lazy to redo them. I learned the bass 5 minutes before I tried it. If I took the time to learn it I would have pulled off a better clip. The clip isn't note for note either. Oh well, I am a guitar player!

The intro guitar was recorded with Rhy 1 with some clean and reverb. The rest of the rhythm guitars including the outro was done with Rhy 2 (yes I typed Rhy 2). I thought that the channel came through really well. I didn't want the searing gain that the Lead channel has for the rhythms. I did, however, use the Lead channel for the solo with a touch of delay.

What do you guys think?

http://www.netmusicians.org/files/89-Red%20Barchetta%20%28Final%201%29.mp3
 
I like it man... very nice sounding. Never heard this song before. My only complaint is that when the distorted guitars kick in, they are a bit quieter than the cleans, it creates a bit of an uneasy shift in volume... threw me off a bit. Still, nice playing. Bass sounds OK to me, but then, I don't know the original hehe. Why didn't your bro play the bass if he's the bass player? :lol:

Decent solo tone too! Good job man
 
That sound you got on R2 makes me want to go try and replicate it....
 
very nice job! the mark sounds awesome, especially the rhythm (distorted) parts. actually it made me think if you bumped up the mids you'd also come close to alex's sound in 'limelight.' and you nailed the odd-time solo too. man, i should look into getting a mark IV!
 
mrd said:
I like it man... very nice sounding. Never heard this song before. My only complaint is that when the distorted guitars kick in, they are a bit quieter than the cleans, it creates a bit of an uneasy shift in volume... threw me off a bit. Still, nice playing. Bass sounds OK to me, but then, I don't know the original hehe. Why didn't your bro play the bass if he's the bass player? :lol:

Decent solo tone too! Good job man

In a stereo spread the volume sounded right. I'll check it out again.

My brother lives in San Diego and I am in Salt Lake City.
 
ketiov said:
That sound you got on R2 makes me want to go try and replicate it....

Thanks!



lyman said:
very nice job! the mark sounds awesome, especially the rhythm (distorted) parts. actually it made me think if you bumped up the mids you'd also come close to alex's sound in 'limelight.' and you nailed the odd-time solo too. man, i should look into getting a mark IV!


I'll have to try the mids suggestion. The odd-timed solo was fun. Lifeson plays a lot of solos like that.
 
mrd said:
I like it man... very nice sounding. Never heard this song before. My only complaint is that when the distorted guitars kick in, they are a bit quieter than the cleans, it creates a bit of an uneasy shift in volume... threw me off a bit. Still, nice playing. Bass sounds OK to me, but then, I don't know the original hehe. Why didn't your bro play the bass if he's the bass player? :lol:

Decent solo tone too! Good job man
I thought the distorted guitars came in quite smoothly from the cleans. Just my opinion, though.

Very nice job on this! How the heck did you get that much gain out of Rhy 2?!?! maybe I just dont mess with my Rhy 2 enough.
 
bryan_kilco said:
mrd said:
I like it man... very nice sounding. Never heard this song before. My only complaint is that when the distorted guitars kick in, they are a bit quieter than the cleans, it creates a bit of an uneasy shift in volume... threw me off a bit. Still, nice playing. Bass sounds OK to me, but then, I don't know the original hehe. Why didn't your bro play the bass if he's the bass player? :lol:

Decent solo tone too! Good job man
I thought the distorted guitars came in quite smoothly from the cleans. Just my opinion, though.

Very nice job on this! How the heck did you get that much gain out of Rhy 2?!?! maybe I just dont mess with my Rhy 2 enough.


Regarding the question about Rhy 2: volume. That channel really needs to be cranked to get it where it needs to go. At low volume, a good clean boost or overdrive will tighten it up and compress it a tad to compensate for lack of volume.
 
bryan_kilco said:
mrd said:
I like it man... very nice sounding. Never heard this song before. My only complaint is that when the distorted guitars kick in, they are a bit quieter than the cleans, it creates a bit of an uneasy shift in volume... threw me off a bit. Still, nice playing. Bass sounds OK to me, but then, I don't know the original hehe. Why didn't your bro play the bass if he's the bass player? :lol:

Decent solo tone too! Good job man
I thought the distorted guitars came in quite smoothly from the cleans. Just my opinion, though.

Very nice job on this! How the heck did you get that much gain out of Rhy 2?!?! maybe I just dont mess with my Rhy 2 enough.


Regarding the question about Rhy 2: volume. That channel really needs to be cranked to get it where it needs to go. At low volume, a good clean boost or overdrive will tighten it up and compress it a tad to compensate for lack of volume.
 
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