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TAKE ME DOWN..... video
Some of you may know about this contest.... Guitar Center and On Stage along with Vince Gill..... yada yada..... etc etc... So I saw it and liked the track and decided to jump in with all six strings... and this is the first video thing I've done in some time.... http://onstage.amplifiertv.com/channel/Guitarhacker There's the link to the video.... enjoy... The details... My Tele on the humbucker.... into a Joyo Ultimate Drive pedal into the Mesa Studio 22... miked with the SM-58 and tracked into Sonar X1. This was a fun project to work on. I really liked that tone too.... gritty but smooth. No amp sims were harmed in the making of this video.
My website & music: www.herbhartley.com MC4/5/6/X1e.c, on a Custom DAW Focusrite Firewire Saffire Interface BMI/NSAI "Just as the blade chooses the warrior, so too, the song chooses the writer "
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Re: TAKE ME DOWN..... video
2016/02/17 14:22:46
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Nice one Herb. Good to put a face to the name :)
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Re: TAKE ME DOWN..... video
2016/02/17 15:36:43
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Herb,
Cool video.. Very well done. Love that Tele and you play it well. Sounds awesome through your Mesa Amp.
I also recently ran across one of your videos at PGMusic where you discuss how you incorporate and use Band-in-A-Box. That video was very informative and prompted me to buy BIAB 2016 so make sure you get your cut:)
Regards
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Re: TAKE ME DOWN..... video
2016/02/17 16:48:52
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Daryl, thanks.... yeah.... they never look like we imagine. Mark.... I wish I did get a cut of every sale that came from my recommendations, but they take care of me in other ways. Quite a few people are BB users as a result of the things I say about the product. Great company and it's cool to be a spokesman of sorts for them. Nothing in this video is BB.... it's all Sonar.
post edited by Guitarhacker - 2016/02/17 17:24:27
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Re: TAKE ME DOWN..... video
2016/02/17 17:56:11
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Herb,
Yes, I read about that contest so figured this was a backing track less the guitar part. (No BIAB) Your guitar part blends pretty seamlessly into the recording. If just listening to the track one would assume it was all recorded together at a pro studio. Very impressive recording. Had been thinking about picking up a Tele, dismissed it, now thinking about it again:) Good luck with the contest.
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Re: TAKE ME DOWN..... video
2016/02/17 22:01:31
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Mark... I used Sonar to record my guitar and then of course the mix was easy....
I bought that Tele a while back and almost sold it because it sounded so thin compared to my Gibson SG. I was complaining about the thin sound to another guitar playing buddy from back in the day, and he recommended the Joyo UD pedal..... he said "Invest $30 before you sell the guitar"... not that pedals are the cure for everything , but in this case, it added just the right thing that the Tele needed. The single coils tend to be thin, and the pedal thickened it up sufficiently that this humbucker fan is happy..... and yeah, that "Modern Tele" has a bucker on the bridge. And that's the PU I was using on this blended with the center strat PU. 5 position sw on it and split coil on the buckers.
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Re: TAKE ME DOWN..... video
2016/02/18 08:33:59
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Thank you Larry! It was a fun project and a really cool country tune originally by one of country's hottest guitar players. A bit intimidating too knowing that Mr Gill will be observing and judging the videos. Along the same lines if Steve Vai posted a similar project for shredders. How and what do you play to impress the master?
post edited by Guitarhacker - 2016/02/18 08:49:14
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Re: TAKE ME DOWN..... video
2016/02/18 14:08:12
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Enjoy it I did! Great job Herb. Your playing sits well in the mix.
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Re: TAKE ME DOWN..... video
2016/02/18 18:49:27
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Tony, man it's good to hear from you.... been a long time.... thanks for dropping in. And yeah... thanks for listening.
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Re: TAKE ME DOWN..... video
2016/02/20 16:42:23
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I didn't read any other comments...
Hey Herb -- your playing was smooth and in the groove, as usual. But man, is that one of VG's most generic songs or what? :) -- Wishing you the best in the contest...
Allan
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Re: TAKE ME DOWN..... video
2016/02/21 17:23:27
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Wow, you are one "heck-uv-a" guitar player. Your track matched and complemented the background track perfectly.
Best O' Luck in the contest.
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Re: TAKE ME DOWN..... video
2016/02/22 07:47:57
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Allan: Thank you.... but yeah, Gill picked the tune not I.... I've always been a Vince Gill fan because the cat is so versatile. He can go from the hot full tilt country Tele twang licks to the soulful stuff that would make Carlos Santana green with envy.
FreddyJ: Likewise, thank you too. If I place, I'm sure folks here will hear and know.
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Re: TAKE ME DOWN..... video
2016/02/22 22:06:25
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Very nice Herb. On your recommendation, a year ago, I bought that Joyo pedal. It has a wonderful thickness to the OD. Thickens my Strat up nicely as well. I've been tempted to try some of the other Joyo's as well.
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Re: TAKE ME DOWN..... video
2016/02/22 22:50:14
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Very cool Herb.
Good job on the axe part.
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Re: TAKE ME DOWN..... video
2016/02/23 19:07:30
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Mike: Yeah I'm glad I found out about that Joyo UD ... it makes for some sweet tone.
Ed...aka BAPU: glad you enjoyed the picking....
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Re: TAKE ME DOWN..... video
2016/03/04 12:17:05
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Hi Herb , I saw your video and all I have to say is you are one hell of a highly deceptive understated sneaky type of guitar player  You played all the right licks and phrases to the song and made it all look so easy ... How do I know that? I signed up and downloaded the track , then I played along in SONAR while recording to get a feel ... Then I would watch your video and it was only then that I realized that the only chance I stood in the contest was to make a video of me fret syncing along to what you played in your vid  Good luck in the contest  I hope you win . Kenny
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Re: TAKE ME DOWN..... video
2016/03/04 19:24:13
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My website & music: www.herbhartley.com MC4/5/6/X1e.c, on a Custom DAW Focusrite Firewire Saffire Interface BMI/NSAI "Just as the blade chooses the warrior, so too, the song chooses the writer "
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Re: TAKE ME DOWN..... video
2016/03/04 19:36:32
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Pretty cool Herb - nice playing.
Mark (formerly CLEAN) THE PUGTONES
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Re: TAKE ME DOWN..... video
2016/03/04 22:38:47
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Hi Herb , I'm real glad you took it the way I meant it ... I know I ain't shabby . Since your Guitar Playing spanked me pretty good over here , I'm sure glad I didn't enter Good Luck Kenny
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Re: TAKE ME DOWN..... video
2016/03/06 09:00:20
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Mark: thanks for taking the time... it was fun.
My website & music: www.herbhartley.com MC4/5/6/X1e.c, on a Custom DAW Focusrite Firewire Saffire Interface BMI/NSAI "Just as the blade chooses the warrior, so too, the song chooses the writer "
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Re: TAKE ME DOWN..... video
2016/03/06 16:07:39
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Ok, we got great playing, beautiful tone, a gorgeous Tele and a Beatles tee-shirt to boot!! Sounds like a perfect combination to me. Well done.
And thanks for the heads up on the joyo pedal. I'm gonna try it.
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Re: TAKE ME DOWN..... video
2016/03/06 19:20:24
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jude77
Ok, we got great playing, beautiful tone, a gorgeous Tele and a Beatles tee-shirt to boot!! Sounds like a perfect combination to me. Well done.
And thanks for the heads up on the joyo pedal. I'm gonna try it.
Hey Jude..... (free Beatles pun) .....Thanks.... and yeah, for $30 on the Joyo UD, you can't go too far wrong. It;s not a screamer metal distortion kind of a pedal, but adds just the right amount of gain to juice things up a bit.... relatively smooth sounding.
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Re: TAKE ME DOWN..... video
2016/03/07 09:45:02
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Great job Herb. You play great and your video sound really good. Hope you win!
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Re: TAKE ME DOWN..... video
2016/03/07 09:45:56
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Nicely done Herb and I'm glad to hear no amp sims were harmed in the process....
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Re: TAKE ME DOWN..... video
2016/03/08 08:46:40
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 All the best Jan
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Re: TAKE ME DOWN..... video
2016/03/09 08:08:12
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Rimshot... Thank you!! Yeah...me too. How cool would THAT be?
Mesh.... yup, I have been playing more guitar recently with a mic in front of the Mesa and loving it. Finally getting a few tone things figured out. It's kind of amazing how that works..... try and try and finally, one day, it all seems to work so effortlessly.
JPS.... thank you too!!
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Re: TAKE ME DOWN..... video
2016/03/09 11:15:13
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Nice job, Herb. I like how you gave us the finger when you went to the F chord.
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Re: TAKE ME DOWN..... video
2016/03/09 15:37:17
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String Jammer
Nice job, Herb.
I like how you gave us the finger when you went to the F chord.
Yeah... bad habit I've had for a long time..... Thanks for watching
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Re: TAKE ME DOWN..... video
2016/03/09 20:54:26
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That was fun Herb!!! You're REALLY good (and smooth)... I kept hiding the vid so that I could just listen. I have to admit it was pretty seamless... impressive
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Re: TAKE ME DOWN..... video
2016/03/10 07:40:59
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Thanks Arlen.... I too like to "not watch" videos but prefer to listen distracted.
A note to everyone....
Hey everybody... put this on you daily list of things to do....
They use some sort of algorithm to select the top 100 most active participants and that's based on folks listening.
Book mark it and listen daily. Even if you have to turn the audio down....and use that 5 minutes to get another cup of coffee.
Thanks.
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