Saturday, July 31, 2010
My buddy Rick has some great pedals for sale!
If you are looking for guitar effects, no body knows them better then Rick..... Tell him the Lil bear's den sent you! http://pedalrmods.shutterfly.com/
Friday, July 30, 2010
Thursday, July 29, 2010
The guitar center and Bass center has been upgraded!
When Simon bought the new drum set for the studio, I was jelious! So I have been doin some up grades to the the various rigs we have. I have added 25 different effects pedals to the guitar rig. Most of which are Boss pedals, and many of those have been modded! The Crate guitar head I have has been modded by Savage Audio, (to get the Vox sound)and we have added a Marshal JCM head. I am going to be upgrading the speaker cabinets I have, except for the Carvin 4x12.(I love the sound of this one!) I also have about four other cabs comming to complete the speaker wall! If you can come up with the guitar sound, I can replicate it...
I have been loving the new bass rig I have put together, but have struggled with the effects portion of it. I took a rack case and loaded it with some of the finest components, BBe maximiser, lexicon multi effects, dbx compressor, alesis compressor. The problem always ended up with a lack of user control. It sux when you have to stop recording in the middle of the process! I chose to go a simpler route and got a hold of a rack mount Line6 bass pod! I don't know if this will answer my dilema, but with the added foot controller, it will be much more user friendly. The BBe might stay in the rack though... I just love it!
The two newest instruments added are must-haves for any studio. A Rouge six string lap steel and another acoustic guitar. The lap steel sounds amazing through the modded amp and a bunch of effects! I love the blues, and this does it well. I have had country singer Brad Brookes working in the studio and he thought I needed another acoustic. For the studio, he bought an Ibenez that I just love! The gibson J45 has been getting jelious... I told her to "relax" she will always be my first true love!
For the recording process, I have upgraded to a quad core computer and added dual monitors. With the added track counts I can get, I also upgraded Digidesigns Pro Tools and now have a total of 48 tracks! AMAZING!
I'm so excited again, I even restrung the mandolin! What a pain that can be! My fingers are to big for that thing... I may have to stick to bass:o)
I have been loving the new bass rig I have put together, but have struggled with the effects portion of it. I took a rack case and loaded it with some of the finest components, BBe maximiser, lexicon multi effects, dbx compressor, alesis compressor. The problem always ended up with a lack of user control. It sux when you have to stop recording in the middle of the process! I chose to go a simpler route and got a hold of a rack mount Line6 bass pod! I don't know if this will answer my dilema, but with the added foot controller, it will be much more user friendly. The BBe might stay in the rack though... I just love it!
The two newest instruments added are must-haves for any studio. A Rouge six string lap steel and another acoustic guitar. The lap steel sounds amazing through the modded amp and a bunch of effects! I love the blues, and this does it well. I have had country singer Brad Brookes working in the studio and he thought I needed another acoustic. For the studio, he bought an Ibenez that I just love! The gibson J45 has been getting jelious... I told her to "relax" she will always be my first true love!
For the recording process, I have upgraded to a quad core computer and added dual monitors. With the added track counts I can get, I also upgraded Digidesigns Pro Tools and now have a total of 48 tracks! AMAZING!
I'm so excited again, I even restrung the mandolin! What a pain that can be! My fingers are to big for that thing... I may have to stick to bass:o)
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Acoustic Tuesdays at the Lil Bear's Den!
Well we had a great time tonight, before the storm came in! Simon, Brad, Mike and I, all took turns picking songs to do. It's been alot of fun. More people are always welcome! Even if you just want to play the tamborine...
I'm looking to do some upgrades to the studio and work on some of my own songs, its just been real hard to turn anyone down. I'm truely blessed to have the talent I do and it should be shared for others too! Well I should call it a night... Keep in tune and check back later! :o)
I'm looking to do some upgrades to the studio and work on some of my own songs, its just been real hard to turn anyone down. I'm truely blessed to have the talent I do and it should be shared for others too! Well I should call it a night... Keep in tune and check back later! :o)
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Alot of acoustic stuff right now!
I have acoustic projects comming out of the woodwork right now! So much fun! Summer always seems like a slow time around the studio, but I do have some big projects comming up! I think September will be full and I am hoping to get some recording done for myself. Been talking about a new furnace and A.C. unit for the up comming winter! I should probably get movin on that!
I got country singer, Brad Brookes finishing up his new demo, we're hoping to have that mastered by the end of August. I got a Christian singer just starting to lay some tracks down, he's in no hurry though. Drum tech Simon, wants to do a Jonny Cash remake and I got a young talented violinist comming in to do a solo project. So I quess things aren't as slow as I thought!
I gotta find more time to add to my blog too!
I got country singer, Brad Brookes finishing up his new demo, we're hoping to have that mastered by the end of August. I got a Christian singer just starting to lay some tracks down, he's in no hurry though. Drum tech Simon, wants to do a Jonny Cash remake and I got a young talented violinist comming in to do a solo project. So I quess things aren't as slow as I thought!
I gotta find more time to add to my blog too!
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