What did you do to increase the grease?

I used setting #93, Basic British 60's and added a Greenbox Od pedal with some Tape Delay.  The amp is supposed to model a Vox ac30. I just tweaked it a bit. 

Ok, I can hear that on the post.  Funny, last night jamming with Funky Drummer I used the 70's Brit with Greenbox, and bridge pup on Tele for my ZZ sound.  Close to the edge of harsh grind but still able to dial it back with muting and softer picking.  Been fun switching from my fav neck pup.

I like the sound of this last one much better... yeah it's greasier! Great job

Wow Ivan - that sounds great. Nice work. What are you using to record and how are you mixing in/recording over the backing track?

Eric.

I use Audacity software on my PC as my audio editor and recorder (it's free....haha). You can do some editing after recording with audacity but I'm not good at it so I try to do all my tweaking before I record. 

I just recently started micing my amp with a Shure SM57 that is plugged into a Focusrite Scarlett Solo interface which feeds into my computer via USB. Very easy to set up.

Guitar > amp > mic > interface > computer > audacity

Once I'm hooked up, I download the track to Audacity and record over it.

Hope this answers your question.

y

Sounds great! Did you feel that the tone changed something in how played it? Sometimes too much gain can make it sounds sloppier, but other times, it can make it sing!

Thanks Ivan. I might try an SM57 with a focusrite as well. I'm not happy with my recording direct from my Fender Amp USB port so I want to mic up the amp instead.

Im interested in how you handle the backing track. I assume you import the backing track into audacity as a separate track. When you play for the recording, is the backing track playing over your PC speakers? Doesn't the SM57 pick up that backing track while you are recording via the amp? I'm trying to figure out the best way to play along with the backing track, but not have the mic on the amp pick it up so that I can import the backing track cleanly from its original source

Thanks!

Normally in the past when I was recording straight into the computer I would just play over the track playing over my powered speakers and my guitar through my amp. That way I could hear both.

Now with the mic, I'm finding that the mic does pick up the track's waves but I don't find it makes a huge difference. As a test, I recorded with the track speakers on and with them muted while putting on headphones. You can hear a slight difference between the two recordings, but like I said, not significant. Actually, sometimes it sounds better when the mic picks up both, it gives it a fuller sound. I guess it depends on what you like, what you're looking to get, etc. So many factors. It's a learning curve for sure.

Let me know how you make out. I'm only beginning this journey too, so lots for me to learn also.

Posted by: robert

 

Sounds great! Did you feel that the tone changed something in how played it? Sometimes too much gain can make it sounds sloppier, but other times, it can make it sing!

   

I makes it easier to play for sure in terms of speed, pull offs, hammer on's, slides etc. The sound, however, is tricky to get right. Too much gain eases the playing but muddies up the tone, not enough makes it too thin. Just have to experiment.

I think you might have converted me. My fingers don't feel so sore, even after on a few days.