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Anti-Shred contest at Guitarnoize

romain — Tue, 18 May 2010 17:35:12 +0000

Guitarnoize has organized an Anti-Shred contest. The rules are pretty simple: Guitarnoize provides the background music (downloadable here) and you have to post a video response including a solo of your making over it. You have until June 3rd to do so. Check out this video for more information, and to view the other entries click here. As the name suggests, shredding is not allowed! The prize for the winner is a yummy MXR Micro-Flanger. Anyway, here is my entry (gear details after the video):

Gear used:

Gibson SG 61 Reissue
Amp: 1974 Fender Champ with VOLUME at 3.5, BASS at 10 and Treble at 2.
Proco RAT 2 Distortion with DISTORTION at 1 o’clock, FILTER almost on FULL, VOLUME AT 2 o’clock.
BOSS DD-3 Digital delay with E.LEVEL at 11 o’clock, F.BACK at 10 o’clock, D.TIME at 2 o’clock and MODE at 800ms.

The amp was miked with a Rode NT-4 and recorded with a BOSS Micro-BR. The recordings were transferred into Cubase 5 to add some reverb and compression.

RIP Ronnie James Dio

romain — Mon, 17 May 2010 12:15:18 +0000

Legendary singer Ronnie James Dio has sadly passed away. He was known among other things as Ozzies’s replacement in Black Sabbath, who were recently touring under the name “Heaven and Hell” for legal reasons. Here is a little tribute:

Follow-up: Jeff Beck rockin with Stevie Wonder

romain — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:31:50 +0000

I thought this video was appropriate after my Jeff Beck post. Stevie Wonder’s band is amazingly tight, quite an example for us mere mortals: