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Fun With Pedals!!

RocketMusic

RocketMusic

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#1
I've had a few goals that I've wanted to achieve lately:
1) Do a good recording project using the new Peluso mics
2) Get back to my Real Book/reading efforts
3) Compare some pedals

So I did it all in one project! :rollno: :D

Here's Coltrane's "Mr. P.C." with and without drums.

Mr. P.C.
Mr. P.C. (Bass Only)

The signal chain was this:
1) My Roscoe Century Sig V ->
2) Alembic F-1X ->
3) Crest CA6 ->
4) Bergantino AE-210 ->
5) Peluso CEMC6 mic ->
6) M-Audio FastTrack Ultra 8R ->
7) PC running Sonar Producer 8.5

Each pass, I used a different pedal in front of the F1X:

Pass 1: No FX
Pass 2: EBS Valve Drive
Pass 3: T-Rex BassJuice
Pass 4: Crowther Audio Prunes & Custard
Pass 5: MXR M288 Bass Octave Deluxe
Pass 6: Fulltone Bass Drive

I also tried overdriving the F1X, but that didn't do much. It's too clean, baby! Which is a good thing. :D
 
#2
Heh, dunno do I want the F1X, the Valve Drive, or your talent more....


Then again, the Fulltone sounded just fantastic too....


EDIT: heh, not to mention how much awesome and cutting the P&C sounded in the full mix.
 
#7
bobunit said:
Man, I just love that MXR. The tracking on that thing rocks. Very cool samples!
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Thanks! Yeah, this was a lot of fun!

My only complaint is that we are woefully out of space to do this kind of thing. I basically have to setup a rig, mic it, and then tear it all back down before like 1PM when lessons start happening. Of course I have to do the same thing when I take pictures of new arrivals. Yep, I need some studio space here at the store!! :rollno:

Think this clip will convert Jerry to becoming a pedal guy? :confused: Nah... :D
 
#14
Real cool sounding tones Greg!

My favorite are:

1 - nothing wrong with the natural sound of that bass and rig!

5 - that is a cool sounding octave pedal

6 - nice slightly over driven tone. Not too farty; just the right touch of grit

....and the drum sound is real slick! ...perhaps I can obtain that soon! :hmm:
 
#17
JOME77 said:
Real cool sounding tones Greg!

My favorite are:

1 - nothing wrong with the natural sound of that bass and rig!

5 - that is a cool sounding octave pedal

6 - nice slightly over driven tone. Not too farty; just the right touch of grit

....and the drum sound is real slick! ...perhaps I can obtain that soon! :hmm:
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#1 is definitely up there for me, too. You ever get tired of your bass tone? Think maybe you want to change something just to hear something different? I've been considering a pickup swap, but then I hear this recording and I slap myself. Why would I want to go changing that tone?!?
 
#18
LM Bass said:
Your playing and the bass sound great!
Thanks for posting.

(Very small nit-picking about this tune- In bar 6 there's no Ab, but rather a G natural.
I hope I'm not being too big a stinker! : )
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Right you are! So says the Real Book, too, upon a second reading...

Clearly, Coltrane was an idiot. Right? :confused:

OK, it's me... :rollno:
 
#19
LM Bass said:
Your playing and the bass sound great!
Thanks for posting.

(Very small nit-picking about this tune- In bar 6 there's no Ab, but rather a G natural.
I hope I'm not being too big a stinker! : )
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OK, so now my engineer's brain is trying to figure out the why... Bars 5 and 6 are over an F- chord, and then Bar 7 returns to the C-. Is the G in Bar 6 basically an attempt to lead the change that is coming in Bar 7? I guess the G makes it sound more like you're descending C- pentatonic in bar 6, thus melodically setting up the C- chord that comes in Bar 7?

Sadly, I am a musical newb, and this is the kind of gold I'm hoping to mine by forcing myself to read the Real Book. Once I understand the "why", then I (hopefully) can apply it elsewhere in my own playing... so thanks for any input!
 
#20
Hey Greg,

Sorry if I came across as a jerk -just have a pet peeve with this particular tune. The Real Book can be great, but lots of stuff gets transcribed wrong in it and everyone plays it that way. Herbie's tune "Dolphin Dance" and Monk's "Round Midnight" got weird in the book too. I played Mr. PC wrong for a long time and was surprised that when I listened closer, it didn't match the book version.

Anyway, I'm derailing your thread -the bass and playing sounds great!
: )
 

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