James’ laminate 14″ shipped out on monday, but before it left for its new home in the UK I snapped a bunch of pics and recorded some audio. Theres an excellent recording studio right down the hall from my shop (Soundworks), and i decided to kill two birds with one stone by recording some of the music Ive written as well as get some clips of the new guitars. I recorded the session with a different guitar (my own 14″ laminate– i’ll post that audio too). I went back and recorded a new track with James’ guitar on my home pro tools. Heres the specifics:

Guitar: Model 14 Laminate- w Dimarzio PAF 36th Anniversary pickups (I discovered these on another project and they sound awesome! They are a vintage PAF reproduction like an old Seth Lover). I used the neck pickup with volume on full, slight 10-20% roll off on the tone knob. Strings are Ernie ball custom set (14-52).

Amp: Fender Deluxe Tube amp

Mic: RE-20 close mic’d and tracked completely dry. Afterwards I threw a touch of chorus and delay on the sound in pro-tools (via Guitar rig software).  The clip is a VERY rough mix. I’ll go back and work on it more later… I cranked the guitar a bit in this rough mix for blog purposes :^)

MORE Pics here: (previous post)

Audio Track: “Eclipse” CLICK HERE FOR MP3

PDF CHART: EclipseAminor

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