Mesa Transatlantic does Van Halen! (clip inside)

... and Alice in Chains, and Slither, and a few others!

My band played a gig this weekend, we had a studio come out and run the sound mix into cubase so we can make a demo. I thought it came out pretty killer, and though the mix isn't perfect, the guitar tracked beautifully. So well in fact I thought I'd share.

The setup is my Gibson SG Special Faded (stock), into an SD-1 (boost for solos), into the Mesa Transatlantic. The TA runs to a Mesa 2x12 recto cab with V30s. The TA was on the H1 (Marshall) voicing the entire night, and set to the 5w setting. Mic'd with an SM-57 towards the middle of the cone, pointed towards the dustcap. (Very little thought went into mic placement, just threw it up there. Guess we got lucky!)

Van Halen - Ain't Talking Bout Love:
http://www.tonecentral.net/Blonde_Alibi/14 Blonde Alibi Cover - Ain't Talkin 'bout Love.wma

Velvet Revolver - Slither:
http://www.tonecentral.net/Blonde_Alibi/02 Blonde Alibi Cover - Slither.wma

Alice In Chains - Man in the Box:
http://www.tonecentral.net/Blonde_Alibi/04 Blonde Alibi Cover - Man in the Box.wma

The mixes are real basic, little to no post-processing. The studio guy is handing us the raw project so we can try to work some magic for a demo. Should be fun!

very nice and temping...

Sounds great. note to selfractice more

Thanks for the comments/compliments.

A thought about muddiness in the mix... there is suspicion that the overall mix suffered from a hollow/empty stage riser. Before the gig, it was noted that stomping on the stage caused some of the mics to feed back. Not sure how you dial that outta the mix.

axeplyr said:

Thanks for the comments/compliments.

A thought about muddiness in the mix... there is suspicion that the overall mix suffered from a hollow/empty stage riser. Before the gig, it was noted that stomping on the stage caused some of the mics to feed back. Not sure how you dial that outta the mix.

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I think your guitar sounded great...spot on.

dmraco said:

axeplyr said:

Thanks for the comments/compliments.

A thought about muddiness in the mix... there is suspicion that the overall mix suffered from a hollow/empty stage riser. Before the gig, it was noted that stomping on the stage caused some of the mics to feed back. Not sure how you dial that outta the mix.

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I think your guitar sounded great...spot on.

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Thanks!

dmraco said:

I think your guitar sounded great...spot on.

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I, too, thought it captured the recorded VH tonal vibe extremely well. That clip could be good advertising for them! (Guess the authentic playing 8) didn't hurt either.)