The song 'Mississippi Queen' was a huge motivation for me, ever since I first heard it around 1975. Ever since that time, I have been chasing that overdriven sound.
Our new singer and I have been working on creating a couple of demos. Naturally, I wanted to add 'Mississippi Queen' to the list. So, Wednesday, my colleague was kind enough to lay down drum tracks for the song and bang out they bass parts on his Kurzweil. When I got home Wednesday night, I plugged in my 2021 Gibson Les Paul 50's Standard (Burstbucker 1 & 3) direct into my Blackstar ID-Core 100 Watt, added a touch of reverb and tracked the song.
Here are the amp settings used for this impromptu recording:
I started with two rhythm guitar tracks, played in different registers, panned left and right. I doubled the iconic phrases at the beginning of the track, which re-appear throughout the song.
The solo was recorded in a single take on the right channel. It was copied and pasted into the left channel and panned out fairly wide.
I kinda screwed up on how I played the improvised parts of the solo. Since it was recorded without vocals, I played over the areas where the vocals will later be placed, rather than playing in between them, so the solo will need to be re-tracked.
The intro solo was recorded on the neck pickup (Burstbucker 1) but the remainder of the solo parts were recorded on the bridge only. All the rhythm parts were recorded on the bridge Burstbucker 3.
This should at least give you an idea of how the Goldtop and Burstbuckers sound on a recording.
I'll be replacing this file with the updated version once we get Chuck to lay down the vocals, I re-track the solo parts and replace the synth-generated bass track.
Our new singer and I have been working on creating a couple of demos. Naturally, I wanted to add 'Mississippi Queen' to the list. So, Wednesday, my colleague was kind enough to lay down drum tracks for the song and bang out they bass parts on his Kurzweil. When I got home Wednesday night, I plugged in my 2021 Gibson Les Paul 50's Standard (Burstbucker 1 & 3) direct into my Blackstar ID-Core 100 Watt, added a touch of reverb and tracked the song.
Here are the amp settings used for this impromptu recording:
I started with two rhythm guitar tracks, played in different registers, panned left and right. I doubled the iconic phrases at the beginning of the track, which re-appear throughout the song.
The solo was recorded in a single take on the right channel. It was copied and pasted into the left channel and panned out fairly wide.
I kinda screwed up on how I played the improvised parts of the solo. Since it was recorded without vocals, I played over the areas where the vocals will later be placed, rather than playing in between them, so the solo will need to be re-tracked.
The intro solo was recorded on the neck pickup (Burstbucker 1) but the remainder of the solo parts were recorded on the bridge only. All the rhythm parts were recorded on the bridge Burstbucker 3.
This should at least give you an idea of how the Goldtop and Burstbuckers sound on a recording.
I'll be replacing this file with the updated version once we get Chuck to lay down the vocals, I re-track the solo parts and replace the synth-generated bass track.
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