Recently got a new Jackson pro plus dinky, this is the trial run with it for recording. I was inspired by evh later tones, ( I know some hate van Hager but it still king Edward)
So here it is, it’s not perfect, that’s why I’m here on this forum to hopefully get some tips to be better.
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@James8928 Really enjoyed listening to this - well done! What were you using for your sounds on the recording?
Thank you, I used my 5150iii lbx 2 into 4x12 with 20 watt greenbacks. I ran guitar through eventide plugin to try and make one rhythm track seam bigger. And for for the clean guitar tracks weird delay thing
Killer tone and fantastic playing. It sounds like something’s about to explode!
I like the harmonic movement in the rhythm guitar parts. The only thing I personally would do is tamp the rhythm down and simplify a bit during the lead playing (like you do later) because it kind of gets a little busy, and may clash a bit with the lead. They kind of fight a bit for attention. Other than than that killer!
Yeah i should have added its not mixed at all i just recorded parts and hit play basically. I wanted to do some cool sweeping picking in second solo. I need to post a video of my sweeping because it’ needs help.
I was waiting to mix it until I finish it. Any tips on sweeping. I practice them slow and then fast all to metronome, but progress is slow it’s been two months of slow progress…
thanks for listening and the feedback. I really appreciate it
That’s as much a composition choice and challenge as much as it is a technical one. I would first have an idea of what you wanted to include there - a sketch of whatever sequence you would like, and then maybe post the vid for feedback. Sweeping and economy picking can be tough to master because it relies on a very specific coordination between both hands (including the noise aspect), and it’s not the easiest to lock into rhythmically especially for longer multi string sweeps because you only really have a few reference point you can accent. Some claim they are the easiest due to less movement, I think they are the hardest to do well.
This is something where you do want to do both. Fast to see how well you are coordinating both hands, and where that coordination breaks down, and slow-ish to medium-ish to see how well you can accent, and how you want them to sound because that’s a part of this too. You also may need to see and hear where the hang ups are in order to focus on where to start correcting. With anything there is no one answer here that will lead to success.