champchasthanks man, i appreciate your comments
that guitar sound, is basically a ibanez artist into a mesa boogie, cranked fairly loud but not club level, with a drive pedal and a noise gate, thru a mic pre, that had a very aggressive compression setting on an outboard compressor, that makes the recorded tone very flat and smooth, and easy to mix.
also, i dropped my pick, so that last solo is with my bare fingers, a lot of fingernail edge, it gives it a unique bite that i can't really get out of a pick.
necessity is the mother of invention.
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