I want to start with a moment of intellect:
Now that I feel enlightened I thought I would like to share my non-metal music video of the week:
No rants today!
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Shredder Rigs - George Lynch in Under Lock and Key
The tone!!!
Lynch's Rig Would Be As Follows:
From the producer himself:
"We had two Marshall heads and two Laney heads, not sure which models, but one of them was a Plexi. We had cabs in three different rooms: two cabs were placed in the big room at Amigo, one connected to a Marshall, the other connected to the Laney. The Marshall was responsible for the high end part of the sound and the Laney was set to take care of the low end. There were 14 (fourteen) mics set up in that room in various psoitions around the cabinet and some further away to get some room tone. The second Laney was sent into a very dead room and had a Boss chorus pedal in front of it, set to very slight chorus. The second Marshall was sent into a small, tiled bathroom, to add a different room tone. Those 16 mics came in on the MCI 500 console mic pres. They were bussed to one bus and that bus had a UREI 530 EQ on it (best guitar EQ ever). George mentioned that he always gets a great tone with his Fostex 4track recorder when it's in total overdrive, so I asked him to bring it in. So after the 530 everything was sent to the Fostex 4track, which lived under a packing blanket under the console, so nobody would see it. The Fostex was on stunn, completely overdriven and was sent on to the 3M 32 track dig machine from there."
Assuming certain gaps in this explanation, let's break it down how we would normally:
4 Heads: 2 Marshalls and 2 Laneys for different sections of the EQ
I assume the "Plexi" head was his famed Modified Plexi.
Cabs: I assume Genz-Benz, correct me if I'm wrong
Boss Chorus Pedal
UREI 530 EQ Post Mic
and...FOSTEK 4 TRACK OVERDRIVEN!!! I think this may be bullshit...can't confirm it though.
It's also commonly known that Lynch would use an Ibanez Tube Screamer to push the preamp of his Marshall for many leads.
Lynch's Rig Would Be As Follows:
From the producer himself:
"We had two Marshall heads and two Laney heads, not sure which models, but one of them was a Plexi. We had cabs in three different rooms: two cabs were placed in the big room at Amigo, one connected to a Marshall, the other connected to the Laney. The Marshall was responsible for the high end part of the sound and the Laney was set to take care of the low end. There were 14 (fourteen) mics set up in that room in various psoitions around the cabinet and some further away to get some room tone. The second Laney was sent into a very dead room and had a Boss chorus pedal in front of it, set to very slight chorus. The second Marshall was sent into a small, tiled bathroom, to add a different room tone. Those 16 mics came in on the MCI 500 console mic pres. They were bussed to one bus and that bus had a UREI 530 EQ on it (best guitar EQ ever). George mentioned that he always gets a great tone with his Fostex 4track recorder when it's in total overdrive, so I asked him to bring it in. So after the 530 everything was sent to the Fostex 4track, which lived under a packing blanket under the console, so nobody would see it. The Fostex was on stunn, completely overdriven and was sent on to the 3M 32 track dig machine from there."
Assuming certain gaps in this explanation, let's break it down how we would normally:
4 Heads: 2 Marshalls and 2 Laneys for different sections of the EQ
I assume the "Plexi" head was his famed Modified Plexi.
Cabs: I assume Genz-Benz, correct me if I'm wrong
Boss Chorus Pedal
UREI 530 EQ Post Mic
and...FOSTEK 4 TRACK OVERDRIVEN!!! I think this may be bullshit...can't confirm it though.
It's also commonly known that Lynch would use an Ibanez Tube Screamer to push the preamp of his Marshall for many leads.
Weekly Writer's Pick
My pick of the week this week would have to be:
Dokken's Under Lock and Key
Lynch sounds and plays amazing. Vocals are catchy. Riffs are clever and good. Lynch tone = Amazing!
I've been listening to this CD for about a year now and it still hasn't gotten old.
Check It Out Here
Dokken's Under Lock and Key
Lynch sounds and plays amazing. Vocals are catchy. Riffs are clever and good. Lynch tone = Amazing!
I've been listening to this CD for about a year now and it still hasn't gotten old.
Check It Out Here
The Best Metal of the 80s Competition and The Best Metal of Today Competition
We all see these dumbass lists posted by big magazines with authors that seemingly know nothing at all about what they're talking about...so why not have a user related vote based upon the comments of our readers? We'll post 365 different bands for each category in a year, which should cover most bases for consideration.
If you like the band we post is the best so far of the year, simply comment: THEY ROCK HARD \m/
Limit yourself to one vote per band please, or we'll delete it. It helps alleviate mistakes in counting at the end of the year if you don't use all caps for the rest of your posts.
Rock On
We'll be listing the leader here after this week
Metal Band of the Day (modern) - Steel Panther
Favorite Album - Feel the Steel
Favorite Track - Death to All But Metal
Key Member(s) - All 4
Cool Point - Steel Panther has had 3 other names with the same songs: Metal Skool, Dangerous Kitty, and Metal Shop
Best Solo - Death to All But Metal
Do They Do It Well? - Yes, despite the fact that they're a humor band
Fashion (1 to 10) - 7, they've got the 80s metal fashion DOWN
Comments
Well, normally I wouldn't like a humorous 80s metal band, but they seem to be doing the glam metal thing better than most of the glam metal bands making music today! Unfortunately that's not saying much, we found most of the tracks boring and repetitive. Great solos, good operatic style glam singer, boring riffs, and hilarious content. After the first few songs, it gets boring.
I'm not a big fan of acoustic tracks, but this band seems to focus on the lyrics more than anything soooooo: "Community Property" was a lyrical riot.
Check Out Feel the Steel
Favorite Track - Death to All But Metal
Key Member(s) - All 4
Cool Point - Steel Panther has had 3 other names with the same songs: Metal Skool, Dangerous Kitty, and Metal Shop
Best Solo - Death to All But Metal
Do They Do It Well? - Yes, despite the fact that they're a humor band
Fashion (1 to 10) - 7, they've got the 80s metal fashion DOWN
Comments
Well, normally I wouldn't like a humorous 80s metal band, but they seem to be doing the glam metal thing better than most of the glam metal bands making music today! Unfortunately that's not saying much, we found most of the tracks boring and repetitive. Great solos, good operatic style glam singer, boring riffs, and hilarious content. After the first few songs, it gets boring.
I'm not a big fan of acoustic tracks, but this band seems to focus on the lyrics more than anything soooooo: "Community Property" was a lyrical riot.
Check Out Feel the Steel
Metal Band of the Day (from the 80s) - Dio
Favorite Album - Dream Evil
Favorite Track - Night People
Key Member(s) - Ronnie James Dio
Cool Point - The Cover Art Work is Damn Cool
Best Solo - Dream Evil
Fashion (1 to 10) - Cape for the guitar player? 3
Comments
Damn cool riffs and solos. Wow. Super thick tone for the guitar, with a mid-early Priest vibe throughout the disk a la Priest's best (Defenders of the Faith). Definitely a play it through album. Solos have this really cool thick late 70s metal style tone with a nice 80s shred flair to them. Not fitting my favorite dive bomb ridden tapping filled solo needs, but still very tastey and soulful with some clever chops. Dio sounds amazing for what he does, as usual an it has the usual low fi sound quality that Dio recordings unfortunately feature.
This was chosen for today as I've recently found out that Ronnie James Dio has been diagnosed with stomach cancer. You and your family are in all of our thoughts, hopes, and prayers.
Leave a positive comment if you'd like to vote for this as the best band from the 80s
Check out Dream Evil
Favorite Track - Night People
Key Member(s) - Ronnie James Dio
Cool Point - The Cover Art Work is Damn Cool
Best Solo - Dream Evil
Fashion (1 to 10) - Cape for the guitar player? 3
Comments
Damn cool riffs and solos. Wow. Super thick tone for the guitar, with a mid-early Priest vibe throughout the disk a la Priest's best (Defenders of the Faith). Definitely a play it through album. Solos have this really cool thick late 70s metal style tone with a nice 80s shred flair to them. Not fitting my favorite dive bomb ridden tapping filled solo needs, but still very tastey and soulful with some clever chops. Dio sounds amazing for what he does, as usual an it has the usual low fi sound quality that Dio recordings unfortunately feature.
This was chosen for today as I've recently found out that Ronnie James Dio has been diagnosed with stomach cancer. You and your family are in all of our thoughts, hopes, and prayers.
Leave a positive comment if you'd like to vote for this as the best band from the 80s
Check out Dream Evil
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