VIDEO: High Gain Amp Blends, In A Mix

[James Lugo]

Hey guys, here are clips from today's amp day. Basically I'm getting ready to write some new tunes and start recording an EP of my own and just wanted to mess with some sounds. There are 5 different amp combos, there were many more options but some just didn't really work for me and what I'm doing so I just stayed focused on the better sounding amp blends. Each track is 2 performances hard panned, each performance is 2 amps, same 2 amp on each side. Guitar was a LP, cabs were Bogner and Recto, mics were 421/57, pres were Neves multed through the SSL.

The song I used was an old tune, some of you will remember it from other videos. I play about a minute of each amp combo and then I play 2 bars of each combo looped for a minute or so so you can hear them one right after another. I'd love to hear what combos you like. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53NFZiRRkZE

 

[JCDenton6]

Sweet vid, I like the Triple Recto and the HBE Marshall mix the best!

 

[Jackie]

Agreed!

Trip Rec + VH4 sounds very gnarly, and the Rec+Orange is awesome as well... the one I thought was the most off was any clip combining the Überschall. Doesn't fit the type of music IMO.

 

[James Lugo]

Sweet vid, I like the Triple Recto and the HBE Marshall mix the best!

Ditto.

The thing I have been realizing is that both Rectifiers blend awesome with many amps, not all but a lot. What I've been noticing is the Dual is sweeter and more controlled sounding where the Triple is more of everything; intensity, frequencies, volume, brutality, gain etc... I think for me the Dual is more appropriate for rhythm tracks that I want to sit a little deeper in the mix and/or not cause attention to be focused their way. I do a lot of girl pop rock ala Avril, where the rhythm tracks will be heavy guitars but sunk into the track and fill out the sound spectrum, basically make a great bed for the singer to emote over. The Dual does that in spades. The Triple on the other hand forces you to listen to it more, it speaks and pops more. For my music and the way I sing I seem to like the Triple better, it compliments my scream. From a playing standpoint there's no comparison, the Triple just f**kin slays. The feel and pure intensity makes me wanna break strings. Absolutely killer amp and with my Friedman modded Marshall it's just stupid. Anyway, not to say you can't get a slammin rhythm track with a Dual and moderate one from a Triple, it just seems like this is how I will use them.

I really appreciate you guys on this forum who took the time to help me through this Rectifier journey. I have always loved the sound others have gotten with recs but have struggled in the past to be able to really record them. I'd listen to records and they would kill but when I would record them the results were kind of a mixed bag, a little disappointing usually. Now I feel like the amp and how to track it is making more sense to me. Can't wait to start working on new tracks for me and unleash the crackin!

James