James Lugo
Active member
2013 Amp Recording Fest
DATE: Saturday December 7th 2013 @ 12 noon
WHERE: Hemispheres Recording, Raleigh, NC
CONTACT: james@jameslugo.com / 818 259 0190
Well after having done a few of these in the past I'm ready to roll out another one and I have Superunknown (Todd Stricklin), Red Rider (Bill Niersback) and hthomas (Harris Thomas) co-hosting with me. Having learned a few lessons along the way this one is going to be a bit different.
Superunknown is driving out from Kentucky with his monster amp collection and spending the weekend in Lugo Land. He has a ton of Cameron modded amps and a CCV, Friedmans, Cornford, Custom Audio PT100 and a Mesa Boogie IIC+. I know Bill has some gear and of course his awesome purple Soldano SLO. I will have my amps on hand (Friedman modded 71 Marshall, stock 77 Marshall JMP, Bogner Uberschall Rev 2, Triple Rectifier Rev G, Plexi, Orange, Peavey 6505+, Fender Princeton, Fender Super Reverb and a Vox AC30. I know Harris Thomas will come up with his Port City and 3rd Power amps. I'm gonna try and keep the attendance to 15 people tops. It will most likely start around noon and anyone participating will need to be prompt. No late shows or floaters, this is a studio lockout. If you want to come you are in for the duration. We are gonna do high quality recordings of all amps using neve preamps and a 57/421 mic combo. All amps will be recorded by at least 3 guitarists with different guitars. We will also be recording 2 cabs separately; 1 with Celestion V30, 1 with Celestion Greenbacks. So you can hear each amp with a V30 clip and a clip with GBs. I will prep a song of my own to record and Todd will also record a track from his new band. Demos will probably be 30 seconds to 1 minute each. So each amp will have a number of clips with different speakers, players, guitars and styles. All being consistent so you can hear each amp with the same variables. I also want to either hunt down a serious modern metal guitarist (maybe 7 string) to cut some tracks. Or if they were interested have someone like Ola or Lasse send me a 2 tracks bounce of a song minus guitars along with a pair of high quality DIs to reamp for stereo. The last amp fest people really wanted to hear the high gain amps with the modern Extreme Metal/Hardcore stuff, so I want to find the right guy to fill that bill.
The lower wattage and mid gain amps will be treated differently and recorded in a fashion that showcases what's awesome about them. So the Fenders, Voxs etc.. will have their own type of demos with guitars like Teles/Strats/Gretschs etc…
So if people want to send or bring amps or manufacturers want to send an amp contact me. It be awesome to get some great amps in the ring!
This is gonna be killer!
Here's the current amp lineup:
Marshall '71 Super Tremolo 100w KS Mod by Friedman
Marshall '03 JCM800 100w Cameron Ocean Mod
Marshall '77 JMP w/Master Volume 50w (Stock)
Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier (2 Ch Rev G)
Bogner Uberschall (Rev 2)
Peavey 6505+ 120 Watt Head
Vox AC30 C2 (2X12 Combo) w/Temelo
Fender Super Reverb Combo Amp (4x10)
Fender Princeton-Reverb Combo w/Tremolo
Orange Rockerverb 50 MKI (50w Head)
Cornford 50H MKII
Cameron CCV (original)
Cameron CCV (Brad Version)
Friedman Pink Taco
Cameron SLP Ocean Mod
Cameron SLP Jose Mod
Mesa Boogie IIC+
Friedman SS-100
Friedman BE-100
Germino Masonette
Mesa Boogie Lonestar
VHT/Fryette
Peters Chimera
Splawn QR B+
Surreal CM 100 9modded
Soldano SLO (Purple Rack Version)
Diezel Herbert
Diezel Hagan
Rhodes Colossus
Bogner Shiver 20th Aniv
Engl Steve Morse Signature
3 Monkeys Grease Monkey II
3 Monkeys Sock Monkey 18
Divided by 13 SJT37
Divided by 13 SJT 10/20
Morgan RCA 35
Matchless Lightning Reverb
Gibson GA 15RV
Bad Cat Alley Cat
Phaez Amps (not sure what model yet)
This is just a glimpse into the insanity!
The Lugo Arsinal
The Stricklin Machine!
DATE: Saturday December 7th 2013 @ 12 noon
WHERE: Hemispheres Recording, Raleigh, NC
CONTACT: james@jameslugo.com / 818 259 0190
Well after having done a few of these in the past I'm ready to roll out another one and I have Superunknown (Todd Stricklin), Red Rider (Bill Niersback) and hthomas (Harris Thomas) co-hosting with me. Having learned a few lessons along the way this one is going to be a bit different.
Superunknown is driving out from Kentucky with his monster amp collection and spending the weekend in Lugo Land. He has a ton of Cameron modded amps and a CCV, Friedmans, Cornford, Custom Audio PT100 and a Mesa Boogie IIC+. I know Bill has some gear and of course his awesome purple Soldano SLO. I will have my amps on hand (Friedman modded 71 Marshall, stock 77 Marshall JMP, Bogner Uberschall Rev 2, Triple Rectifier Rev G, Plexi, Orange, Peavey 6505+, Fender Princeton, Fender Super Reverb and a Vox AC30. I know Harris Thomas will come up with his Port City and 3rd Power amps. I'm gonna try and keep the attendance to 15 people tops. It will most likely start around noon and anyone participating will need to be prompt. No late shows or floaters, this is a studio lockout. If you want to come you are in for the duration. We are gonna do high quality recordings of all amps using neve preamps and a 57/421 mic combo. All amps will be recorded by at least 3 guitarists with different guitars. We will also be recording 2 cabs separately; 1 with Celestion V30, 1 with Celestion Greenbacks. So you can hear each amp with a V30 clip and a clip with GBs. I will prep a song of my own to record and Todd will also record a track from his new band. Demos will probably be 30 seconds to 1 minute each. So each amp will have a number of clips with different speakers, players, guitars and styles. All being consistent so you can hear each amp with the same variables. I also want to either hunt down a serious modern metal guitarist (maybe 7 string) to cut some tracks. Or if they were interested have someone like Ola or Lasse send me a 2 tracks bounce of a song minus guitars along with a pair of high quality DIs to reamp for stereo. The last amp fest people really wanted to hear the high gain amps with the modern Extreme Metal/Hardcore stuff, so I want to find the right guy to fill that bill.
The lower wattage and mid gain amps will be treated differently and recorded in a fashion that showcases what's awesome about them. So the Fenders, Voxs etc.. will have their own type of demos with guitars like Teles/Strats/Gretschs etc…
So if people want to send or bring amps or manufacturers want to send an amp contact me. It be awesome to get some great amps in the ring!
This is gonna be killer!
Here's the current amp lineup:
Marshall '71 Super Tremolo 100w KS Mod by Friedman
Marshall '03 JCM800 100w Cameron Ocean Mod
Marshall '77 JMP w/Master Volume 50w (Stock)
Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier (2 Ch Rev G)
Bogner Uberschall (Rev 2)
Peavey 6505+ 120 Watt Head
Vox AC30 C2 (2X12 Combo) w/Temelo
Fender Super Reverb Combo Amp (4x10)
Fender Princeton-Reverb Combo w/Tremolo
Orange Rockerverb 50 MKI (50w Head)
Cornford 50H MKII
Cameron CCV (original)
Cameron CCV (Brad Version)
Friedman Pink Taco
Cameron SLP Ocean Mod
Cameron SLP Jose Mod
Mesa Boogie IIC+
Friedman SS-100
Friedman BE-100
Germino Masonette
Mesa Boogie Lonestar
VHT/Fryette
Peters Chimera
Splawn QR B+
Surreal CM 100 9modded
Soldano SLO (Purple Rack Version)
Diezel Herbert
Diezel Hagan
Rhodes Colossus
Bogner Shiver 20th Aniv
Engl Steve Morse Signature
3 Monkeys Grease Monkey II
3 Monkeys Sock Monkey 18
Divided by 13 SJT37
Divided by 13 SJT 10/20
Morgan RCA 35
Matchless Lightning Reverb
Gibson GA 15RV
Bad Cat Alley Cat
Phaez Amps (not sure what model yet)
This is just a glimpse into the insanity!
The Lugo Arsinal
The Stricklin Machine!
