Improvisation - Toto's I'll Be Over You - 2016 Gibson SG/DSL40C

I tried to showcase each guitar's sustain with the bend and hammer-on. I felt like all three performed well in this regard....
 
I don't think the tone/amp settings are really appropriate for this song, but I used my "Hotel California" settings and left them constant for the shootout....
 
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These are the "Hotel California Settings" I developed while in an Eagle's Tribute Band - These are my usual setup/settings and I seldom change them. In general, I will roll off volume and/or tone if I need a "softer" vibe...

No distortion pedals EVER!

Marshall DSL40C - Gain 1/2, Bass full, Mid 1/2, Treble 1-O'clock, Presence full, Resonance 1/2

(sometimes I run a second DSL40C via A/B switch with identical settings - I also run a 1997 Marshall VS265 2x12 hybrid combo when chorus is desired - I run all three sometimes split at the DD-3)

(ALL effects modified by Modest Mike for quiet operation - Awesome!!!)

Boss CS-3 No added gain - used to clarify and 'polish' the signal - no settings beyond 1/2

Boss GE-7 all tones enhanced for clarity - inverted 'V' shape - no added gain

Boss DD-3 - 800 ms - 3 repeats

BOSS NS-2 light noise suppression

Ferrite cores around amp power cable and around guitar cable between last effect and amp (a long time studio technique for EFI/noise reduction)

You can hear the settings at work here:

 
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Love the tone your getting that SG sounds awesome man......keep it or I am going to send my minions to crazy glue it to your chest.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YES YOU HEARD RIGHT --- I ACTUALLY SAID FOR SOMEONE TO KEEP A GUITAR !!!!!! and NOT send it to me.......I feel this is a sacrifice I MUST make to keep that dude and that guitar TOGETHER !

(I am selfless like that) ;)


BUWAHAHHAHAAAAAAA--- no really--- the tone and sound is GREAT --- I run my Laptop through a BOSE sound dock--- not crappy little computer speakers.......the TONE is perfect stop dicking with it and just PLAY IT --- more recordings please.........seriously--- STAT damn it!!!!
 
eSGEe said:
Love the tone your getting that SG sounds awesome man......keep it or I am going to send my minions to crazy glue it to your chest.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YES YOU HEARD RIGHT --- I ACTUALLY SAID FOR SOMEONE TO KEEP A GUITAR !!!!!! and NOT send it to me.......I feel this is a sacrifice I MUST make to keep that dude and that guitar TOGETHER !

(I am selfless like that) ;)


BUWAHAHHAHAAAAAAA--- no really--- the tone and sound is GREAT --- I run my Laptop through a BOSE sound dock--- not crappy little computer speakers.......the TONE is perfect stop dicking with it and just PLAY IT --- more recordings please.........seriously--- STAT damn it!!!!
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It's fine at low volumes....but the high stage volumes kill me!!!!! HOPEFULLY the 2017 490's will help!!!

Oh!!! I also figured out how to shield the cavity with the PCB...black tape along the solder joints on the back side.

Also, I have a Les Paul PCB with the switches that give you 50's wiring, etc.....
 
If I could play half that well, I'd die a happy man. I'm blown away at the amount of talent we have on this forum, and how little talent I actually have! ;)
 
Alex_SG said:
If I could play half that well, I'd die a happy man. I'm blown away at the amount of talent we have on this forum, and how little talent I actually have! ;)
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Well, I am humbled by your kindness...However, We are all at different levels. I meet a lot of guys who are so much more educated than me. I struggle with reading music...I really do, but my strength is composition. I can have somebody hum a melody to me in the studio and I can crank it out on the guitar immediately. I can come up with a guitar lead, play it on a recording and then liten to it weeks later and be like, "How the hell did I do that?"

I think I'm an ok player...I'm not a Bonamassa or anything, but I am good at re-creating what I hear and I suppose that's why I have spent so much time in tribute bands. I guess you could say that I am the BEST at being me...

Like Angus Young has said many times...he doesn't even know the names of all the chords he plays, but he is awesome at being Angus.... :-)
 
I'm more of a "hack" player... I can play bits of various songs, some full songs, some chords, some slide... I'm a better drummer than I am a guitarist, but I try hard.
If I had to play to save my life, you may as well shoot me now! ;)
 
ALEX--- we are in the same camp! --- the RHYTHM SECTION....drums/bass.....we can let Robert do all the fancy stuff --- we can hold down the bottom end!
BOOM & DOOM!
 
Hell yeah brother! You keep up a funky ass bass line, and I'll keep time, and the boom-boom happening!
 
eSGEe said:
Love the tone your getting that SG sounds awesome man......keep it or I am going to send my minions to crazy glue it to your chest.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YES YOU HEARD RIGHT --- I ACTUALLY SAID FOR SOMEONE TO KEEP A GUITAR !!!!!! and NOT send it to me.......I feel this is a sacrifice I MUST make to keep that dude and that guitar TOGETHER !

(I am selfless like that) ;)


BUWAHAHHAHAAAAAAA--- no really--- the tone and sound is GREAT --- I run my Laptop through a BOSE sound dock--- not crappy little computer speakers.......the TONE is perfect stop dicking with it and just PLAY IT --- more recordings please.........seriously--- STAT damn it!!!!
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More videos to come! More pickups to install! More scotch to drink!
 
"Hotel California Settings. "

No distortion pedals EVER

Marshall DSL40C - Gain 1/2, Bass full, Mid 1/2, Treble 1-O'clock, Presence full, Reson
eSGEe said:
Love the tone your getting that SG sounds awesome man......keep it or I am going to send my minions to crazy glue it to your chest.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YES YOU HEARD RIGHT --- I ACTUALLY SAID FOR SOMEONE TO KEEP A GUITAR !!!!!! and NOT send it to me.......I feel this is a sacrifice I MUST make to keep that dude and that guitar TOGETHER !

(I am selfless like that) ;)


BUWAHAHHAHAAAAAAA--- no really--- the tone and sound is GREAT --- I run my Laptop through a BOSE sound dock--- not crappy little computer speakers.......the TONE is perfect stop dicking with it and just PLAY IT --- more recordings please.........seriously--- STAT damn it!!!!
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I got a feeling you going to end up with this SG.....
 
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