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Playing with self-made backing track - Updated
Little update as of Oct. the 19th 2010.
I am always experimenting as soon as I have a minute available, so I tried what follows.
Now, one thing tha...
1976 Marshall Super Lead MkII & Back in Black - Update
Update of Saturday the 16th.
Brought the treble side of the Rhythm part down a tad. Replayed both solos, re-positioning the microphone, still only ...
Steve Armond's take on Back in Black (from his book, Rock and Roll will save your life)
Interesting excerpt from Steve Armond’s book:
Consider the famous chord progression that Angus Young plays at the beginning of “Back in Black.” A ...
Which features would THIS community like to have? Update
Update as of Oct. the 15th 2010
So, we tried to implement a few new things and “improve” a few other things that were already there. How do you lik...
Back in Black Song Attempts
2nd Attempt (replayed everything with mike up close, equalization, mastering… exceeded on the mastering, now sounds huge; wrong, sigh…) 😛
Okay, ...
ROFL
You see ’em like this… :
But THIS is what is really going on:
Sad. It’s very sad. The band name is “immortal” (they tell me) but to me, these guy...
Phil Rudd's Interview
Definitely worth a read. Talks about the “philosophy” (again) of AC/DC but to me, more profoundly, of the whole essence of rock and roll.
Phil Ru...
The “view” on MoJo from well known Luthier Roman Rist
Who is Roman Rist? If you don’t know, I’ll tell you. Roman Rist is an US luthier that has seen it all for a long time. He’s been involved in tons o...
"Service" Post: Tag Cloud, Tag Search (to help you search better solodallas.com)
Just a little service post: I am diligently filling in all of the “tags” (keywords). You will find the tags on the “tag cloud” (an automatically co...
Tone Tips And Tricks For The Marshall Super Lead (By David Szabados)
While I have NO idea who in the world David Szabados is, reading this was useful and made sense. Many things I knew already, others I didn’t. The m...
Marshall JMP 100 MkII Master Lead & Vintage 1960A G12M Greenbacks Test(s)
Update: ‘nother little test. Made mistakes in microphone levels, it’s distorting oh well. Samson C01 still… no pro mic arrived yet. If you listen, ...
“The Cool Sound of Tubes” (from IEEE Spectrum)
Nice, explanatory (and long) read.
Note: hyperlinks won’t work, since I copied and pasted directly.
FEATURE
The Cool Sound of Tubes
One of the las...