New Metal Demo Track (feat. Mesa Dual Rectifier)

[Snave]

Finally finished recording a short demo track I wrote ages ago. Let me know what you guys think!

https://soundcloud.com/mattevans/recto-metal-demo

Here's the guitar chain:

Ernie Ball Music Man JP6 (DiMarzio D-Sonic pickup)
Xotic BB Preamp (clean boost)
Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier Rev. G (vintage red mode)
Bogner Uberkab 4x12 (UK V30 speaker)
Shure SM57/Sennheiser MD421-U5 mic blend
RME Fireface UFX preamps

 

[maddnotez]

Dude, that is sick. Those changes are pretty damn nice and unexpected.

Definitely like the sound as well. IMO the full mix sounds best but the solo guitar in the beginning is a bit thin. As expected and makes sense but just seems odd to me.

Overall that is great though nice job.

 

[Kordoba]

Some of that riffage in the middle of the clip threw me, but in a good way. Great tone and playing, would like to hear more of this!

 

[Rex Rocker]

I thought the first riff had a really nice Dark Tranquillity vibe. Great tone, man!

 

[slyym]

Sounds good.

 

[311boogieman]

I like it.
Vintage Red huh?
Had a little Killswitch Engage thing going on there

 

[LPMojoGL]

Nice

 

[Snave]

Dude, that is sick. Those changes are pretty damn nice and unexpected.

Definitely like the sound as well. IMO the full mix sounds best but the solo guitar in the beginning is a bit thin. As expected and makes sense but just seems odd to me.

Overall that is great though nice job.

Thanks for the detailed critique! I pretty much left the guitar as it was (no EQ but high pass) and shaped the mix around it.

Some of that riffage in the middle of the clip threw me, but in a good way. Great tone and playing, would like to hear more of this!

Butter dungeon approved?

I thought the first riff had a really nice Dark Tranquillity vibe. Great tone, man!

Good ear! I was going for a little Gothenburg sound.

I like it.
Vintage Red huh?
Had a little Killswitch Engage thing going on there

Yep, I gravitate towards the vintage setting more and more. It's a tricky thing though since it sounds different on orange vs. red, both presence controls work on the red channel, and having orange set to clean or high gain changes how the red channel sounds.

 

[ultimatemetalguitartones]

It sounds really good! Well done

 

[John4021]

Gawd Dayumn that was mean

 

[Speeddemon]

Dude, that is sick. Those changes are pretty damn nice and unexpected.

Definitely like the sound as well. IMO the full mix sounds best but the solo guitar in the beginning is a bit thin. As expected and makes sense but just seems odd to me.

What he said.

Since the rhythm guitars sound so thick and huge, the offset with the lead-tone is a bit much. I think at that point you may wanna bring down the rhythm guitars with 2-3dB and maybe even some minor low-cut, so that it allows the lead part to breathe and stand out some more.

Interestingly enough I hear this specific Mesa Recto 'singing fuzz' qualities in the low mids, that my newly acquired DC-5 is a bit guilty off as well, but what is less so in the Mesa Mark series. Not saying it's a bad thing or anything, but I personally tend to favor slightly more British inspired high gain tones.

 

[Beyond Black]

Cool clip. I dig the unexpected changes.

 

[JCDenton6]

This clip brings it!

 

[Snave]

Thanks for listening, guys!

Dude, that is sick. Those changes are pretty damn nice and unexpected.

Definitely like the sound as well. IMO the full mix sounds best but the solo guitar in the beginning is a bit thin. As expected and makes sense but just seems odd to me.

What he said.

Since the rhythm guitars sound so thick and huge, the offset with the lead-tone is a bit much. I think at that point you may wanna bring down the rhythm guitars with 2-3dB and maybe even some minor low-cut, so that it allows the lead part to breathe and stand out some more.

Interestingly enough I hear this specific Mesa Recto 'singing fuzz' qualities in the low mids, that my newly acquired DC-5 is a bit guilty off as well, but what is less so in the Mesa Mark series. Not saying it's a bad thing or anything, but I personally tend to favor slightly more British inspired high gain tones.

Yep, there's definitely a borderline fuzzy thickness to the gain that can't really be dialed out (even with bass on 0). Just part of that Soldano style gain. I used to have a DC-10 head which leaned closer to Recto thickness than a Mark series sound.

After listening on a different system, I'd agree with you about the lead sounding buried. I already had some mid boosting and HPF/LPF on it to make it cut better, but it probably needs level adjustments to sit better.

 

[Speeddemon]

Thanks for listening, guys!

Dude, that is sick. Those changes are pretty damn nice and unexpected.

Definitely like the sound as well. IMO the full mix sounds best but the solo guitar in the beginning is a bit thin. As expected and makes sense but just seems odd to me.

What he said.

Since the rhythm guitars sound so thick and huge, the offset with the lead-tone is a bit much. I think at that point you may wanna bring down the rhythm guitars with 2-3dB and maybe even some minor low-cut, so that it allows the lead part to breathe and stand out some more.

Interestingly enough I hear this specific Mesa Recto 'singing fuzz' qualities in the low mids, that my newly acquired DC-5 is a bit guilty off as well, but what is less so in the Mesa Mark series. Not saying it's a bad thing or anything, but I personally tend to favor slightly more British inspired high gain tones.

Yep, there's definitely a borderline fuzzy thickness to the gain that can't really be dialed out (even with bass on 0). Just part of that Soldano style gain. I used to have a DC-10 head which leaned closer to Recto thickness than a Mark series sound.

After listening on a different system, I'd agree with you about the lead sounding buried. I already had some mid boosting and HPF/LPF on it to make it cut better, but it probably needs level adjustments to sit better.

Have you ever played Engl Savage amps (or the Invader)? Those do NOT have that singing fuzziness, most likely due to Engl's quite heavy pre-filtering at the input stage.
I read somewhere that for the little Ironball, there was a HPF at 90Hz in there. This will of course ensure an overall tightness in tone. The question is, where do you draw the line of thin/neutered vs. tight and aggressive.