Just tried out the stem splitter in Logic Pro 11 on an old song that I'm trying to rebuild from the original loops and a rough mix. It did an amazing job, not perfect, but good enough that I can figure out the loop sequencing now. Very easy to use and I'm really impressed.
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Egregious pedal board shot, mostly for clout with the #gearsquad , also to prompt and promote questions.
I don’t have an amp. The Page is doing my ‘tube preamp’ work, and I then send all of this into either the HX Stomp with some good IRs if playing quiet or from there to a solid state 100w stereo power amp to 2 proper guitar cabs if I want the full experience. It’s wet/dry and it sounds like angels screaming. It makes me happy.
Slightly rushed attempted music, I guess I'm an old man doing karaoke while accompanying himself. Feel free to listen.
Wait for Me - Hall and Oates
https://youtu.be/Z1XIOk9_GfE
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Hi lovely #GearSquad homies. Guitar questions time. Do jazzmaster necks typically feel a bit chunky? Or does it vary widely? Are jaguar necks any slimmer in profile as compared to jazzmasters? And, are hollowbody necks chunky in general or do you know of any with a slimmer neck profile? Thank you 
Ok #guitar #GuitarGear #GearSquad people of Mastodon…I need a clearer idea of what “transparency” and “clipping” mean with respect to overdrive. I keep hearing that terminology in guitar podcasts and don’t have a great grasp on either concept. Thank you!
Wait for Me - H & O - Bb
C: EbM, Dm7, Cm7, F Bb EbM, Dm7 Gm7 Cm7 F
V:Bb, EbM, Bb, Dm7 F, Bb, EbM, Bb, Gm F
B: Bb F/Bb Bb, Cm7 Dm7, Eb Bb/Eb Eb, 1)Eb F :| 2)F Bb
Another #guitar song to learn. Some #YachtRock
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More Attempted Music - Badfinger - Baby Blue
Just me and my dogs, acoustic, electric, bass, vocal, and harmony.
Fun song with harmony.
I couldn't quite get the sound of the SG I saw in their video. Bridge with the tone rolled off?
https://youtu.be/RjYF02iAEgc
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In the basement putting down some rough guitar tracks. New song is coming along. Digging deep and watching vids of Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Scotty Moore for some inspiration. Well, maybe some Cramps and Setzer too. Got the lyrics roughed out. Kind of an anti-establishment Pete Seeger vibe with a dash of psychobilly. Don’t quite know where this song is gonna go. Quite fast though, so far around 160bpm. The Gretsch is perfect for this stuff. Although the BigSky throws in too much reverb on the slapback delay. And my old Mooer is tap tempo delay and max tap setting speed won’t go fast enough. May have to bite the bullet for a newer basic delay pedal. #music #recording #songwriting #gearsquad
Ok clueless question time. Is it a bad thing to plug your gear, that is all left in the on-position, into a single power strip (or series of strips) and turn everything on and off at once, with a single switch?
Or is it better to have everything off and turn each device on, one at a time?
Context: I never took electronics class - Oof!
In the basement tonight working on a new song. Kind of a retro rockabilly vibe thing. Had the Strymon BigSky still hooked up from the previous tune, so instead of getting out the delay pedal, I searched for a video to see if you can configure delay on the BigSky. Found some useful info. I tweaked a factory preset and saved a great slapback delay setting. Put down a test track and it sounds pretty good. Here’s the video I found about configuring delay on the BigSky. #music #recording #guitar #gearsquad https://youtu.be/bxgj3dquRZY?si=HZ2m3goLvOxAwPbQ
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Okay,
Here is my much-evolved P Bass Lyte partscaster. These had active EQ (plus/minus treble and bass). It came to me with no sound and a warped neck with deep dents in some frets that showed impressions of string winding in them.
I forced in a slightly wider Chinese neck and a passive wiring harness from 'zon (to which I added a fader to go between the pickups).
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Just because I'm feeling inspired by this thread, here's an early cut of one of our new songs that features the bass in the intro and bridge a little more prominently :)
Messing around in the basement tonight with the hollow body Gretsch 5422. Had the guitar for a few months now, but haven’t really given it a good long session. Putting down some ideas for a new song. It’s wild how a certain instrument can subconsciously inspire a certain genre of music because of its historical common or typical use. In this case rockabilly or early rock n’ roll. The Gretsch has that twang thing going on; that bite like a Telecaster. FilterTron pickups are interesting. Traits of both Danelectro lipstick pickups and Telecaster single coils, but with a bit more midrange and less hum. Not as warm as a full blown humbucker though. Running it through a Keeley compressor pedal. #guitar #gearsquad #recording #songwriting #music
Ok #GearSquad I don’t know how to play the bass but I want to learn. Anybody have tips, ideas on what would type would be beneficial for supporting highly melodic material? Are there pickups that sound more suited for clean toned cinematic instrumental? Supporting acoustic guitar? Leading a song under vocals only? Time to learn are there pickup configs I should be aware of? Thanks friends 
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Guitar used throughout the song was Danelectro 59 on panned hard left picking and hard right strumming tracks. P-bass, drums, main vocal and 2-track stereo keyboards up the middle. Two separate takes of backing chorus vocal tracks were panned hard left and right. I programmed the drum track, which is the free MT Power Drum Kit plug-in. Guitar effect pedals used throughout on the Dano 59 were Keeley compressor and Strymon BigSky on a Magneto preset. Vocal mic was Apex 550 FET large diaphragm condenser. Keyboard was a cheap ancient $50 used Yamaha PSR172. Interface is Scarlett 4i4. DAW is a 2017 free version of Tracktion Waveform. Computer is an old $100 ex-gov’t HP pentium machine with 16gb of ram. #music #recording #gearsquad
After a couple weeks of evenings down in the basement, finally got my new tune finished. Messed around with the mastering presets tonight and got a decent one which I tweaked a bit. Glad it’s done. Every friggin track has manually set volume automation, and lots of it on the main vocal track. And the comping looks like a freaky jigsaw puzzle. Basement is a mess. Cables and stuff everywhere. #music #guitar #recording #songwriting #gearsquad #mentalhealth #chill https://youtu.be/boT7Ow2gyrA?si=u2rRjarB9Yjm1Yx9
A local guitar hero of mine is selling his Fender Super Reverb 4x10 combo for under $1000.
I'm tempted. I want a decent Fender amp (I have a Peavey and a couple small tube amps).
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Work in progress, awaiting vocal.
I chickened out on using the acoustic on this - too many dead Gs, or I'd have to use a capo and different fingering. Might add later.
Bagdad Cafe Soundtrack - I Am Calling You
https://soundcloud.com/eyesquash/bagdad-cafe-i-am-calling-you-intsrumental
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#GearSquad I also wanted a different tone wood than the swamp ash or alder, so I chose western sugar pine, which is what my Doheny is made of and is nicely lightweight. So why not stick with the Doheny? Again, the fist in my back. I wanted the cutting tone of a Strat bridge pickup, and the balanced sound of the middle, and the round sound of the neck pickup. I could have bought a Fender American Pro II with a roasted pine body and been done with it but I’m a G&L guy - they really call to me. /3