Hotel California "Isolated Guitar Tracks"

[Death by Uberschall]

 

[Kapo_Polenton]

Amazing isn't it? By today's standards, we would consider this recording to be sub par and for the guitars to sound like $hit. Sounds like one of them is recorded direct even. Yet the whole thing works when put together. I had never noticed what sounds like a shitload of phaser pedal on those leads. It is a snore of a song but the leads are great!

 

[SLOgriff]

Very cool! There are some cool tones and classic licks. I have to say, that last outro harmonized-lead makes me want to jump into a wood chipper after about 15 seconds!!

 

[gibson08]

Yep, I have talked about the same thing before with some of my friends,, You take the greatest solos in the history of rock music, pull them out of the mix and they would sound horrible alone, but back in the mix,, magic. If you were walking into GC and heard those sounds you would say "That sounds awful". I would think the average musician would readjust everything if he/she heard that noise coming out .

 

[sytharnia1560]

I had never noticed what sounds like a shitload of phaser pedal on those leads

thats joe...his phaser tone is pretty much the only reason I have one on my board. I just love the way it sounds when he uses one

 

[Bloodrock]

This is what real, well written, properly harmonized, properly placed guitars sound. Less is more. That's why this song will live forever and all the cluttered garbage guitar music of today will not...

 

[petejt]

Will check this out later, but-> A big fucken AMEN to Bloodrock's comment .

 

[bonedarrell]

I think the guitar tones are cool on those tracks...... Maybe it's just me

 

[memberzonly]

Amazing isn't it? By today's standards, we would consider this recording to be sub par and for the guitars to sound like $hit. Sounds like one of them is recorded direct even. Yet the whole thing works when put together. I had never noticed what sounds like a shitload of phaser pedal on those leads. It is a snore of a song but the leads are great!

I'm curious if you have an isolated example of a recording from today that sounds 'better' and I'm not sure what 'better' means, nor 'today's standards'? If you are referring to digitally-smoothed, autotuned, drum-loops-snapped-to-grid-with-mentronomic-precision and guitars with hair ties to mute extraneous string noise, then *maybe* I get it. If that's the benchmark, then we dont agree on what makes a great mix or recording. The digital domain has removed much of what makes recorded music great - the error and flaw of the human element - from captured performance to mixing.

The beauty of this track is in how much is going on, yet there is still space and you can hear every nuance of what's going on. To my ear, that's a great mix (to your point that it all works when put together). Bill Szymczyk is a genius, pure and simple.

Sadly, the heyday of great recordings and art in recording is LONG past.

 

[petejt]

I think the guitar tones are cool on those tracks...... Maybe it's just me

Same here.

 

[anomaly]

I think the guitar tones are cool on those tracks...... Maybe it's just me

Me to. I love those old school tones.

Everyone glosses up everything these days and it has no vibe because of that. Not to mention everyone has the same boring guitar tone these days too. No one would ever have the balls to record direct to the board with a fuzz pedal or something crazy like that these days... It's all gloss, and it's all "make it as pretty, smooth, perfectly in tune and as boring as possible". One reason I use a solid state Randall as my main rig: it's to standout among all the boring tones I hear everyone playing with.

 

[stephen sawall]

What is wrong with the sound of the guitar tracks other than it is over compressed because of YouTube ?

 

[kasperjensen]

That's cool as hell.

 

[lespaul6]

That's some great tone right there.. not sure how/why anyone would criticize it!

 

[sytharnia1560]

That's some great tone right there.. not sure how/why anyone would criticize it!

because everyone knows you can only get awesome guitar tones from a deziel ........ ............

 

[overthemountain]

I think it sounds great! The music and parts breathe with plenty of room and space but sound so full and thick when put together. I love that phaser tone, makes it sound so chewy.

 

[mdc1mdc11]

pretty amazing and suggests the brilliance of both of these guitarists, who are legends anyway.

When you think of top 10 solo's this song has a entry.

 

[mdc1mdc11]

just curious, how are these isolated tracks created?

Does it require special equipment and access to
master tracks?

 

[sytharnia1560]

just curious, how are these isolated tracks created?

Does it require special equipment and access to
master tracks?

pretty sure they take them from the original masters. It is done for the guitar hero type games

 

[Anonymous]

Every track in that sounded phenomenal to me. Both how it was recorded and played...

Steve