Pull Me Under - Isolated Guitar

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I guess the moral of the story is we all think it sounds awesome and plausibly could be any of those things (I've had a C+, III, and Studio Pre and all could pretty much sound like that).
 
shredi knight said:
He actually used a Mesa Quad Preamp for that album.

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I thought he used a mix of many Mesa's, but the #1 was his HRG C+....I read that long ago. Seems like the story had changed....
 
SpiderWars said:
That album release was when I discovered them and I went to see them at a small venue thinking no fucking way will they be able to execute that album live. Mind blown.
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Same. Heard Pull Me Under on the radio and had to buy the CD. Saw DT at The Alrosa Villa. Same place that Dime bought it.
 
Dream Theater played a club show on this tour on a night that the local band I was in at the time was booked in the club for the week. So we got to ‘warm up’ the crowd for them - and then play the midnight to 1:00 set after they were done. This was when I was deep in my Mesa phase and played with a pair of Mark-IIIs and 4x12 Mesa slants. John immediately commented on my rig and tone after we got a quick line check through the PA before hauling our backline off to the side. They absolutely slayed that night - every member nailed every note. I remember they were extremely nice to everyone - little if any drinks before or after the set. Just super relaxed, confident with zero cockiness, consummate professionals. I was completely blown away. At this age, I wish I would have known to focus on those ultra-rare ‘once in a lifetime’ experiences more.
 
Beyond Black said:
Most isolated clips sound surprisingly thin. That did not...
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I was going to say, when the first distorted guitars come in, they sound like I expected, but once the actual riff kicked in, there was some actual bass in that!

Such ridiculously tight double tracking on this!

I wonder how many guitars are making up the intro? Best I can tell is 2 acoustics and a clean electric with a shitload of delay and reverb. At the beginning of the phrase, it's either the reverb/delay that's got a few notes stacked into it or there's a keyboard sound on the downbeat.
 
Holy sheep shit batman !! That was killer. Really tight but full. A lot of guitar parts in there I don't remember hearing in the full blown song. Really cool.
 
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Damn....that is so f’ing clean. Dude is a master at his craft. Seems like an exceptional person as well.
 
Beyond Black said:
Most isolated clips sound surprisingly thin. That did not...
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That’s because that’s a complete and utter internet bullshit garbage forum MYTH. I don’t know where this came from, but it’s simply not true. More forum garbage.
 
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