Hey...

This is a note to say thanks to all the people that responded to the below post from a few days ago about recording guitars for a 2-piece...

...I took much of your advice and am really proud of how it came out...

Here's the magic formula that ended up cracking the code:

I played my acoustic Martin into three amps and miced them accordingly:

a 1957 sears silvertone (very muddy sounding)
a 2001 peavey classic 30 (crunchy and brighter)
a 2004 ampeg 300 watt bass with a 1-15' cabinet (low end rumble)

we recorded and it was great....FULL SPECTRUM of sound - no need for over dubs....we panned the Silvertone 75% left, the peavey 75% right, and kept the bass cab in the middle...the trick was getting those amps to each occupy their OWN space in the sound spectrum...and then just capturing that.

I wanted to post the rough mix so you could hear how it came out...this mix is as raw as it comes...no EQ, no compression...we barely even moved the faders...

A sincere thanks...you guys really helped me get the guitar sound I was pining for...

http://www.duenowmusic.com/whatgoesup.mp3

duenow

How'd ya get Slim Shady to sing for ya'll?

I like the Jeff McClusky reference.

i like the guitar and drum sound. definitely cool. the vocals are bit much to take in.

this band is like a cross between the white stripes, ry cooder's "paris, texas" score, eminem and primus. in short, loose the vocals and go instrumental and id strongly consider buying the cd.

how was this recorded?