Viking Clip Clean - Attempt at Gravity, not clean

[duhvoodooman***]

Very sweet cleans there, Steve. Nice sounding guitar....and amp! : :

[sunvalleylaw]

I just threw a quick couple of riffs at the end of this hope you don't mind

Heck no! I am honored. Thanks for hopping in! I have to put the kids to bed and will come back in a few and listen.

EDIT: Hey Zeusse, I had missed your first post on my way out of the office. I am glad you went ahead and hopped in. I love that about this place. I like listening to your approach and learning from your different way of approaching the melody. That is a really nice tone as well! Thanks again for joining me!

[sunvalleylaw]

Yeah, I agree, that's a really sweet clean tone with good body. I like the playing, Steve, and particularly some of the chord voicings - what chords are you playing there?

Wow, that is weird, it is like a missed a couple posts before I left work.

The chords are a barre G with the the thumb on low E instead of barring across, C with thumb over the top again at eight with index barring the high E and B, G at 9, D at 10, mute A (there must be a real name for that voicing, but I don't know it. I got it off the sheet music). Barre Am7 at 5th fret, D7 with muted E strings, B at 3, G at 5, D at 4, A at 5, a tough Gm/Bb with A and D barred at 5, low E at 6, G at 7, B at 8, mute high E, EbM7 muting low E, A and high E at 6, G at 7, B and D at 8, and back to the D7, then back into G and C and repeat.

Now if you can follow that gibberish, . . . The chord voicings are one of the fun parts of this song. :

I'm still not getting this recording thing as far as what I need to record.

Strum, there are a couple threads on it, but basically, you need a USB interface of some kind, (I like the Toneports, but lots of people get cheaper MAudio interfaces and others), and some recording software. Something like Audacity or Cubase or something. You can add pedals or multi effects (Does your multi effect have a USB out? Then plug it into the computer and record into Audacity) If not, plug that into a USB interface, dial in the tone you want, and go. You don't have to have the multi effect or processor, but lots of people like to. I like to mic my amph best. That goes through the USB interface too.

My first recording was a Guitar jack to audio input cable adapter thing, and I plugged directly into my computer. It worked, but not much signal.

[Jimi75]

Wow! That is a lovely and sweet guitar tone and the amph has a very direct articulation, strong in its tone. I like your clip very much, it has a nice mood and your playing get better and better - to be honest - I was surprised by the nice lines you played in the beginning! Great Steve!

[sunvalleylaw]

Thanks Jimi!

[Guitar Gal]

Thanks for posting the clips SVL

Your new Viking sure sounds sweeet

GG

[tjcurtin1]

Steve, Thanks for the chords!
Ted

[Algonquin]

Mic'd with the SM57 into the Toneport into the computer.

It's funny how these things have a chain reaction effect. You posted this and inspired me to make a post in this HR&SC Showcase as well. Had a conversation with you about miking amps with the sm57, then Roberts separate thread about the same microphone. Now I'm just waiting for the Purolator truck to arrive sometime later this week with a package for me :

[sunvalleylaw]

Sounds good Steve!:
Nice big 355 sound, your lead sounds good, and those chords will fall into place soon with a bit more practice. I'd like to hear another take later after you get more comfortable with the chords, to compare the two.
Thanks for posting the clip, and sorry 'bout the lost take........
that sucks, been there, done that, time consuming............

Well OG, I came back to this one. I had not been playing it, but dusted it off a few weeks back. A tiny little bit more comfortable with the chords (though I still struggle with combining my rhythm with lead), and attempted to keep the lead going to finish the song as Spudman said. So here it is. I will keep working on it and post again. This take is again with the viking, though I really love the strat on this song. The vik just happened to be home tonight while the strat is up at the office with the Fender.

http://www.box.net/shared/ks46bd9alr

[syo***]

My first time reading this thread. Sounds real nice Steve. Actually dozed off a little the first time listening to it. Nice relaxing, laid back and clean vibe.
Thanks.

[Katastrophe]

I must have missed this thread the first time through. Way to go Steve! Love the tones from the Viking.

[sunvalleylaw]

Thanks Kat and Syo for the kind words. I like playing around with that backing track. I am attempting to clear my next hurdle in playing, which is combining rhythm elements with lead elements. This song is a good opportunity for that. I spent a long time a year, year and half ago focusing on learning scales, modes, and lead lines, and noodling to backing tracks. Then I felt my rhythm playing suffered. That was a while back, and I have not cleared that hurdle to my satisfaction yet.

Since I realized that focus, I quit lessons for a while. I put some time into the Mark Wein materials, which really help by the way, but then a remodel to bring my mother in law into my house interfered with my playing time over the summer and early fall. Not much progress. And my playing in the time I have had since late fall has been devoted mostly to my acoustic end, as I joined an acoustic jam that plays mostly folk oriented stuff, and bluegrass. Plus I got my Martin which took me in that direction for a while. It is fun to come back to this essentially slow blues and mess around with it.

Though it is a strat song, and I really like my strat with it, the Vik does sound good on this IMHO.

[Lev]

Really great Steve, I love that you have the confidence now to improvise your own lines at the end. It's actually a pretty challenging song to combine lead and rhythm on because some of the chord fingering is a little unusual so take your time with it.

[oldguy]

Great job, SVL!
Nice clean tone from that axe, too, btw. Sounds as good as she looks.

[Monkus]

very nice svl !!!! I respect the control...