Twilight Rain (mark2b content)

[gonzo]

Twilight Rain

this is a song i wrote some years ago, that i revised for my last album.

it's a somewhat autobiographical tune..
it blends acoustic and electric guitars, with harmony vocals and bass guitar, but no percussion of any kind.

i used every guitar i have on this one (Williams strat-paul hybrid, carvin dc200k, usacg strat, ibanez artist, taylor 414 and seagull artist mosiac)
all electrics went thru my '81 markIIb.
some electric guitar tracks were direct with a palmer pdi-09, and some were close miced.


a soft ballad, that is a bit trippy......

http://soundcloud.com/bats-brew/bb07-twilight-rain

 

[Hollis]

Wow! Really nice! The chord progression(s) and vocal harmonies were spot on. Great job!

 

[gonzo]

alright hollis!

thanks for breaking the ice on this one....

some background info on this one:

i wrote this one using a custom guitar i had built, called the Williams Special

The Williams Special.

The Williams Special;Paul-Strat-Mustang-Explorer hybrid

back of body/neck:

(semi-related: my first guitar was a '75 Fender Mustang.)

This guitar was commissioned in 1986.

It is a Gibson Les paul-Fender strat-Fender mustang-Gibson explorer HYBRID.
-built by Stan Williams, Rome Georgia.

-based on the Fender Mustang scale length....this design is also similar to brian may's red special.
-honduras mahogany body, with air cavities carved in the body below the maple top.
-flame maple top, 3/8" thick.
-blueprint-scaled strat body.
-2-piece flame maple neck, with ebony fingerboard.
-no truss rod! there are (2) rectangular pieces of aircraft aluminum running the length of the fretboard.
-flame maple veneer on headstock, front, sides, and back.
-24" scale length.
-jumbo frets.
-custom inlays: mother of pearl, diamond shape, with a split diamond around the center pickup.
-Kahler 2300 pro tremelo.
-(3) off/on switches
-master volume, master tone, 3rd switch now unwired-
it was originally equipped with a EMG SA assembly, and the 3rd knob was the presence control.
it now has (2) bill lawrence L-280's, and a duncan Little 59 humbucker in the bridge.
-explorer headstock shape, true to scale.
-long tenon set neck
-13 degree tilt back headstock
-graphtec nut, with locking kahler nut behind it.

 

[gonzo]

amp rig: