It's been awhile

[DanTravis62]

Killer tune Dan, by far the best thing you’ve posted.
I love the mellow bridge and outro, they sound very ScandanavIan and have a cool Dissection vibe. Great job, man.

I freakin' Love Jon's guitarwork so ill take that as a huge compliment!

 

[DanTravis62]

Great mixing my man and I agree with @Beyond Black
I love the Splawn + Recto mix as you know
Hope the uncool life BS gets resolved for you
My wife and I talk all the time about a retirement sea shanty

Thanks, I have been too busy with other stuff to give my mixes as much time as I usually do - I thought it was a little blah sounding, but I'm glad to hear elsewise


Weirdly, I can't stand real recto's, but kemper and axe profiles tend to have a more controllable low end, at least for my tastes

 

[DanTravis62]

Sounds badass Dan! The title of the thread made me hope I was about to hear a Staind cover though.

You would have to make a Staind cover worth my while.

Ask @Smashedguitaris⸸

I can do a really good impersonation of grunge singers HUARGH YAWWWW

 

[Monkey Man]

Awesome Dan!

Impressive in many ways.

 

[Beyond Black]

I freakin' Love Jon's guitarwork so ill take that as a huge compliment!

Me too, and that was my intention.

 

[Aynirar27]

Sounds like Contra, and I mean that in the best possible way

 

[DanTravis62]

For all of the people who hate scales and melodies and stuff, i did a more rock and or roll motorheady thing too, at the same time, but it didn't turn out as well tbh

But it does have more sloppy pentatonic wanking with a BE100 profile, and you can hear the recto profile be recto-y

 

[Monkey Man]

pentatonic wanking

 

[scottosan]

So it's time for the "it's been a while" Dan Travis posting a link to some new music I recorded on soundcloud



This was with a tonenerd Roxy for all the bridge parts, and Scotts a II for the neck parts, wayne's 808 imperial as a boost, Wilcox dcp2 preamp blended with kemper profiles of a splawn and a recto

That’s awesome!!

 

[Thetorch777]

Great tone feel and recording .

 

[JohnnyGtar]

The tunes, the tones and the playing are kickass. Salute!

 

[DanTravis62]

Great tone feel and recording .

The tunes, the tones and the playing are kickass. Salute!View attachment 284078

Thanks guys, appreciate you taking the time to listen!

Felt like it was a bit rushed, so I especially appreciate the playing and recording sounding good to your ears

 

[scottosan]

Thanks guys, appreciate you taking the time to listen!

Felt like it was a bit rushed, so I especially appreciate the playing and recording sounding good to your ears

I’ve said before, you right hand technique is insane

 

[DanTravis62]

I’ve said before, you right hand technique is insane

Thanks Scott! I've practiced that stuff so incessantly, for so long, i'm willing to put my right hand up there with just about anyone's

(Cue masturbation jokes)

It definitely makes me really picky about pickup feel and "esoteric" tone stuff though

I changed my technique to something relatively unorthodox (backwards facing upward pickslanting) very early on to imitate Jon and my thrash and power metal heroes

And I think maybe because of that I have very granular and specific taste in gear

The Roxy in a les Paul or les Paul scale guitar is just perfect for keeping the low end under control with gainy rhythm

 

[RevDrucifer]

Rippin!!!!!!

 

[Tone Monster]

Sounds great!

 

[japetus]

Thanks Scott! I've practiced that stuff so incessantly, for so long, i'm willing to put my right hand up there with just about anyone's

(Cue masturbation jokes)

It definitely makes me really picky about pickup feel and "esoteric" tone stuff though

I changed my technique to something relatively unorthodox (backwards facing upward pickslanting) very early on to imitate Jon and my thrash and power metal heroes

And I think maybe because of that I have very granular and specific taste in gear

The Roxy in a les Paul or les Paul scale guitar is just perfect for keeping the low end under control with gainy rhythm

The Roxy just feels so perfect for tight right hand, percussive shit

 

[DanTravis62]

The Roxy just feels so perfect for tight right hand, percussive shit

Especially in an LP or 24.75 scale guitar, which are naturally boomy or muddy, the roxy feels like taking a veil off the top end and high mids, and really controlling the low end, but not sounding thin in any way

Especially for the chuggy palm muted parts in that first tune i posted

I couldn't use a guitar with a duncan custom in the bridge - it's just too smeared sounding, and you can't tell the individual notes and stops. Which is absolutely integral to the riff sounding cool in my opinion. The staccato start/stop of the riff is what gives it its "fire" and "motion"

 

[japetus]

Especially in an LP or 24.75 scale guitar, which are naturally boomy or muddy, the roxy feels like taking a veil off the top end and high mids, and really controlling the low end, but not sounding thin in any way

Especially for the chuggy palm muted parts in that first tune i posted

I couldn't use a guitar with a duncan custom in the bridge - it's just too smeared sounding, and you can't tell the individual notes and stops. Which is absolutely integral to the riff sounding cool in my opinion. The staccato start/stop of the riff is what gives it its "fire" and "motion"

Dan is one of the only people that has heard me play tight metal lmao. That pickup slams though, I need to find a Les Paul that fits me.

 

[bhuard75]

I thought you kicked the keyboard player out of the band?