We’ve started the second batch of guitars for the Stinging Nettles record. This time it’s a telecaster. Again we’re going with a total of 4 tracks comprised of 2 amps, 1 room, and 1 direct. For amplifiers we went with two of the amps I have here: the Tech 21 Trademark 60 and the Epiphone Valve Jr. tube head. We ran each of these through a separate 2X12 cabinet. The tech 21 was mic’d with an SM57 and the Valve Jr had a Sennheiser 421. The room mic was an AT4033 and this time I wanted a better reverb-y sound so we propped open one of the doors in the tracking room and placed the mic in the hallway. This gave us a really cool hall reverb sound to blend in if we need. Half the tracks are done and we’ll finish up this second guitar on Sunday.
Bass has been done during the week while I’m here and when I have free time. Since it was just me I didn’t want to bother with an amp – yet, so I figured out a direct solution for the tracks. My bass is a ‘96 Fender Precision and I’m using the Sansamp RBI for a direct box. This unit is an amp modeling box and has a pretty good sound when running direct, but I also wanted to have another track to re-amp later on. Luckily the the Sansamp has affected and unaffected outputs so I was able to track an amp modeled track as well as a straight direct track. Very quick and easy and great for when you’re tracking alone. I think I’ve gotten 5songs done so far, so I’m almost half way there.
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