Rex Rocker
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I'm well aware. Even though I kinda quit mixing, I'm used to the habit of dialing in my tones so that they mic up well and sit well in the mix. I guess that's also the reason why I argue a lot with people in this forum about mic'd tones not capturing the mojo of vintage amps. I mean...I feel like the brightness would totally work in context. Something I’ve found and advice I’ve gotten from people that are pros, when mixing if you have brighter guitars gotta lower their volume in the overall mix. Then they just sit right. Just having the faders set right is like the most important thing. I always used to cut too many highs out thinking it would solve my issue when really I just needed to lower the volume. As guitar players we are all guilty of always cranking it too loud. The more eq and stuff you do to a guitar post, the more phase problems that occur, guitars do not take post EQ well typically like drums, etc do.
But then again there was absolutely NOTHING natural about the black album sound, and the guitars were phasey as shit, but sounded great.
I still think they might be a bit bright compared to the ones on the record if he's going strictly for that tone. But like I said, it's hard to tell hearing them out of the context of a mix.
About the phaseyness... yeah. That's the one thing I would change about that tone, personally. But I'm also well aware it's ridiculous for me to think that I know better than James Hetfield or Bob Rock, LOL. That tone is iconic, and it's hard to argue with that.