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Recording With Gomez Amps

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kenposurf Joined: Feb 23, 2007 Posts: 1650 Santa Rosa, CA	Posted on Apr 30 2010 11:18 PM We've been in the studio and thought to share some of what we've tried re the guitars. I split the signal and ran one side of mine to an El Sonido 2 12's and a G-Verb with med-heavy wash. The other side to a Surfer 2 15's and a second G-Verb with only a light wash. The results are very exciting...we did find that some mic's worked better on one amp then the other. Our other guitarist plays through a Matchless set for crunch..the interplay of his thick tone with the Gomez overload sounds quite charming in a rip your face off kinda way...anyway I wanted to show some love for Dario's amps..can't wait to see what he comes up with next...need to start saving $$ now — www.northofmalibu.com Top
Icetech Joined: Dec 16, 2006 Posts: 892 Macomb Mich	Posted on May 01 2010 06:22 AM umm... sound clips? — I wanna play just like him when i grow up... Top
kenposurf Joined: Feb 23, 2007 Posts: 1650 Santa Rosa, CA	Posted on May 01 2010 09:35 AM Icetech umm... sound clips? Not yet..mixing now..will do though..thanks for asking — www.northofmalibu.com Top
morphball Joined: Dec 23, 2008 Posts: 3324 Pittsboro, NC	Posted on May 01 2010 01:46 PM And by G-Verb you probably mean G-Spring, hahaha... Looking forward to having my face ripped off! — Mike http://www.youtube.com/morphballio Top
kenposurf Joined: Feb 23, 2007 Posts: 1650 Santa Rosa, CA	Posted on May 01 2010 02:15 PM morphball And by G-Verb you probably mean G-Spring, hahaha... Looking forward to having my face ripped off! Man, I keep doing that! It's my latent desire to own a G-Verb amp w/ a 15" in it. I hope to get a clip soon to post..not all face ripping as we have a kinder gentle side also — www.northofmalibu.com Top
midwestsurfer Joined: Aug 09, 2007 Posts: 308 Indianapolis	Posted on May 01 2010 03:03 PM Wow, a Sonido and a Surfer?! Now that's what I call BIG SURF! I'm really looking forward to recording with my Gomez G-reverb amp, but I tend to record in fairly small spaces. — -Nick Gypsy Moonshine on Reverbnation Gypsy Moonshine on Facebook Top
kenposurf Joined: Feb 23, 2007 Posts: 1650 Santa Rosa, CA	Posted on May 01 2010 03:10 PM midwestsurfer Wow, a Sonido and a Surfer?! Now that's what I call BIG SURF! I'm really looking forward to recording with my Gomez G-reverb amp, but I tend to record in fairly small spaces. I would think that the G-Verb would be a great amp to record with. We just got a wild hair about seeing what we could come up with using both amps..settings changed for different songs but often had the Surfer between 7-8 and The Sonido lower at 5-6....small room also and instead of putting the amps in the amp closet, we set em up in the recording room and I played a lot of my parts in the control room to save my ears. — www.northofmalibu.com Top
midwestsurfer Joined: Aug 09, 2007 Posts: 308 Indianapolis	Posted on May 01 2010 03:19 PM kenposurf We just got a wild hair about seeing what we could come up with using both amps..settings changed for different songs but often had the Surfer between 7-8 and The Sonido lower at 5-6....small room also and instead of putting the amps in the amp closet, we set em up in the recording room and I played a lot of my parts in the control room to save my ears. I can't wait to hear how this sounds on record. I've pondered using multiple amps to record with but, for my particular style/tastes, I'm usually happiest with a small-ish head (Champ, Princeton, etc.) driving one big speaker. I imagine that mic selection and placement is a little more complicated using two separate amps. — -Nick Gypsy Moonshine on Reverbnation Gypsy Moonshine on Facebook Top
kenposurf Joined: Feb 23, 2007 Posts: 1650 Santa Rosa, CA	Posted on May 01 2010 05:15 PM midwestsurfer kenposurf We just got a wild hair about seeing what we could come up with using both amps..settings changed for different songs but often had the Surfer between 7-8 and The Sonido lower at 5-6....small room also and instead of putting the amps in the amp closet, we set em up in the recording room and I played a lot of my parts in the control room to save my ears. I can't wait to hear how this sounds on record. I've pondered using multiple amps to record with but, for my particular style/tastes, I'm usually happiest with a small-ish head (Champ, Princeton, etc.) driving one big speaker. I imagine that mic selection and placement is a little more complicated using two separate amps. I'll try and post the info (have to ask)..I know that the engineer swapped mic's a few times and ended up with a different one for each amp. Both amps were in the same somewhat small room and the idea was to get a blend but not a total overlap of sound..if that makes sense — www.northofmalibu.com Top
kenposurf Joined: Feb 23, 2007 Posts: 1650 Santa Rosa, CA	Posted on May 01 2010 11:10 PM kenposurf midwestsurfer kenposurf We just got a wild hair about seeing what we could come up with using both amps..settings changed for different songs but often had the Surfer between 7-8 and The Sonido lower at 5-6....small room also and instead of putting the amps in the amp closet, we set em up in the recording room and I played a lot of my parts in the control room to save my ears. I can't wait to hear how this sounds on record. I've pondered using multiple amps to record with but, for my particular style/tastes, I'm usually happiest with a small-ish head (Champ, Princeton, etc.) driving one big speaker. I imagine that mic selection and placement is a little more complicated using two separate amps. I'll try and post the info (have to ask)..I know that the engineer swapped mic's a few times and ended up with a different one for each amp. Both amps were in the same somewhat small room and the idea was to get a blend but not a total overlap of sound..if that makes sense I should have a song sample and more info on how we recorded in a day or two thanks to Harry my bandmate. — www.northofmalibu.com Top
kenposurf Joined: Feb 23, 2007 Posts: 1650 Santa Rosa, CA	Posted on May 03 2010 03:20 PM Here's a demo track from the session... Surfer was set at 8..G-Spring Dwell at 3 mic's a pair of Shure 57's The El Sonido set at 6 with it's own G-Spring dwell set at 7 mic's one Shure 57 and EV 868 Also was a room mic an AKG 414 six feet back from the amps Lead guitar was a Yamaha SGV 700 bridge pup This link take you do the song page of our Reverb Nation and will start the song in a few sec's "The Wedge" http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_3945689 — www.northofmalibu.com Top
morphball Joined: Dec 23, 2008 Posts: 3324 Pittsboro, NC	Posted on May 03 2010 05:22 PM That sounds great! Love the other tracks too! For some reason I thought you would have flipped the SGV by now. (Although with that tone, I don't know how you could...) — Mike http://www.youtube.com/morphballio Top
kenposurf Joined: Feb 23, 2007 Posts: 1650 Santa Rosa, CA	Posted on May 03 2010 05:28 PM morphball That sounds great! Love the other tracks too! For some reason I thought you would have flipped the SGV by now. (Although with that tone, I don't know how you could...) Hah..true enough. I've really gotten attached to both the SGV and my SG2...The frets on the SGV are pretty tall and at first I didn't like that but the tall frets have helped me develop a lighter left hand whic is a good thing. — www.northofmalibu.com Top
midwestsurfer Joined: Aug 09, 2007 Posts: 308 Indianapolis	Posted on May 04 2010 06:20 AM kenposurf Here's a demo track from the session... "The Wedge" http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_3945689 That sounds amazing! Really excellent playing by the whole band. Thanks so much for posting this - The Wedge is one of my all-time favorites. I'm curious to know what gauge strings you have on your SGV. I have one that doesn't get much play-time right now (I think I bought it from you last summer) because I'm used to heavy strings and these guitars, like Mosrites, don't seem to gel with heavy gauges. — -Nick Gypsy Moonshine on Reverbnation Gypsy Moonshine on Facebook Top
kenposurf Joined: Feb 23, 2007 Posts: 1650 Santa Rosa, CA	Posted on May 04 2010 09:33 AM midwestsurfer kenposurf Here's a demo track from the session... "The Wedge" http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_3945689 That sounds amazing! Really excellent playing by the whole band. Thanks so much for posting this - The Wedge is one of my all-time favorites. I'm curious to know what gauge strings you have on your SGV. I have one that doesn't get much play-time right now (I think I bought it from you last summer) because I'm used to heavy strings and these guitars, like Mosrites, don't seem to gel with heavy gauges. I use Pyramid 11's on my guitars I like them a lot because I don't have to change them so often Thanks for the king words ! — www.northofmalibu.com Top
midwestsurfer Joined: Aug 09, 2007 Posts: 308 Indianapolis	Posted on May 04 2010 12:31 PM kenposurf I use Pyramid 11's on my guitars I like them a lot because I don't have to change them so often Flatwound, I'm assuming? I've heard good things about Pyramid flats from several people. I keep using Chromes because that's what the local shops always have in stock. In any case, I just love the sound of all that Gomez gear...BIG SURF! My G-spring and G-verb are scheduled to arrive this Friday. Unfortunately, I won't be able to play through either until Tues. because I'll be in Chicago all weekend. — -Nick Gypsy Moonshine on Reverbnation Gypsy Moonshine on Facebook Top
kenposurf Joined: Feb 23, 2007 Posts: 1650 Santa Rosa, CA	Posted on May 04 2010 12:49 PM Gongrats on the G-Spring..you'll dig it! I use roundwounds..never got comfy with flats..though I had some on a Gretsch I use to have kinda cool but real thumpy..maybe that's the idea? — www.northofmalibu.com Top
rotnroby Joined: Mar 31, 2010 Posts: 877 Santa Barbara Ca... in the 805	Posted on May 19 2010 11:16 AM kenposurf midwestsurfer kenposurf Here's a demo track from the session... "The Wedge" http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_3945689 That sounds amazing! Really excellent playing by the whole band. Thanks so much for posting this - The Wedge is one of my all-time favorites. I'm curious to know what gauge strings you have on your SGV. I have one that doesn't get much play-time right now (I think I bought it from you last summer) because I'm used to heavy strings and these guitars, like Mosrites, don't seem to gel with heavy gauges. I use Pyramid 11's on my guitars I like them a lot because I don't have to change them so often Thanks for the king words ! Yeah this guys are serious about their music!!! The recording is a freakin masterpiece!!! I love these guys!! Proton is a really bitchen dude!! Thanks bro for all your good work!! I'll be seeing you guys in SLO!!! Top
kenposurf Joined: Feb 23, 2007 Posts: 1650 Santa Rosa, CA	Posted on May 19 2010 01:32 PM Thanks R, you're too kind cya in SLO! — www.northofmalibu.com Top
rotnroby Joined: Mar 31, 2010 Posts: 877 Santa Barbara Ca... in the 805	Posted on Jun 23 2010 11:34 AM kenposurf Thanks R, you're too kind cya in SLO! Things are getting better.. Bro !! PM'ed you! Top

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