I'm crushed by the weight of waiting / And I'm plugged into new machines -- Weatherbox
Progress! But first an anecdote about carelessness and naivete and how Guitar Center employees don't necessarily need to shred on my new guitar for as a long as that guy did. So I bought a Telecaster with the help of the sagely Dane Resnick and it's beautiful (as is he). (pix2come) We went to start recording it and GODDAMN was there a buzz through that amp or what. Is the new guitar broken? Drive to guitar center, aforementioned shredder shreds for a bit too long. Nope. Is it the amp? Spend a bit of money on a Union Music repair consultation, nope. Oh, so it was an unshielded patch cable? FFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUU. All is well now.
Plus, in the meantime, I recorded all the bass for the record in one 6 hour spasm-and-arthritis-inducing session. I miced Keegan's cab with an AKG D112 and DI'd the signal as well. They are perfectly out of phase. Just gotta flip it, no worries guys! A day? Two days? Some time after I recorded all of the acoustic 1 parts. I stereo-miced the acoustic with a matched pair of AKG C1000s's and used an AT2020 as a room mic. I think it sounds pretty good.
The next four days should see a generous spike in productivity, hopefully resulting in finishing up acoustic and possibly even electric guitar(!). Could it be? You'll have to stay tuned! Plus, pictures! New guitars, old guitars, microphones, the works.
In the meantime, I've been thinking a little bit about artwork. Just sayin'.
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