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thought we were talking about the Sweet song! heheh i love the vibe of this, it's very relaxed but not loose. good vocal blends, a nice smooth mix. nice job!

this sounds wonderful.... but i think, the issue with pure improv, is that most people want to hear 'structure', and unless you're writing background music for some film, it tends to just wander... love the way this sounds, my only suggestion is to write a 'standard' song format, using the best parts of the improv, and repeating them as in verse and chorus and bridge, not because you should, but because you can.

i like the blend of the pauls, one with the emgs', don't know about the other, but they complement well. good solid rock mix. nice vocal delivery

yep, it's very reminiscent of dr john's style... i like the harmonica, but i think a guitar solo would be stronger, jazz sound, with some nice bends.

ty did a LOT to make that sound. you wont find it in a preset. part of his tone, maybe a large part, was his using the fender elite strat, that had built-in active electronics that consist of TBX treble expander and MBX midrange booster circuits featuring a preamp that provides up to 12dB of gain. he'd max out those boosts. if you do not START your chain with something like this, you'll never get there. it's the combo of those mid boosts, with the boosts available in the L5, that makes that tone happen. here's the amp setup: Lab Series L5 head (channel 2, Lo input, Bright: off, Volume: 9, Bass: 6, Frequency: 3.2kHz, Midrange: +2.5, Treble: 8.5, Multifilter: 6, Reverb: 1, Compressor: off, Master Volume: 5.5) [*Lab Series controls are marked from 1 to 9, so in these examples 1 is the same as a normal 0 setting and 9 would normally be 10; the midrange is cut/boost from -4 to +4], Crown MT600 power amp, two Peavey 4x12 cabinets with Celestion G12K-85 speakers

THANKS FOR THAT!

i bump them because people miss them. they sit a while, and slide right down the list, and no one even sees them. i don't review often, but i do review. when i hear something that really excites me, i'll respond. now, if you want to bump yours, go ahead, i will not complain.

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alright tom! appreciate the comments... yea, the rough stage, man, i actually did 15 versions of this song, experimenting with multiple guitar tracks, stereo tracks, different kits, different mix techniques... i used it as my 'laboratory' to try out stuff i hadn't done before. all different, just trying to figure out how to get to where i wanted to be. my guitar tones, i used the absolutely lowest gain i could get away with for the rhythms, and THAT was the magic. i had to really work to get those parts to pop....

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updated mix, brought the vox tracks up about .75 db, just enough to hear them slightly louder.

guitar rig for this tune:

THANKS JACK!

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a single i have finished, to be on a yet untitled next project. njoy! https://batsbrew.bandcamp.com/track/hear-the-call

Oh yea, wah is an original Budda wah.

hi paul! i appreciate your 'humor'.... bad timing, off key vox, ugh... i worked so hard at not doing that! LOL

Thanks joad! Yea, I dig wah. Try not to over use it, But its hard!

Thanks bdickens, for listening, and commenting Yep, big Allman bros fan here

thanks man! here's the rig: guitar into strymon into boss dd-200 into interface. just could not have asked for an easier setup. did the whole album this way. thanks for listening!

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i'm glad you like it jack! thanks