"Ghosting" Chuck Berry, McCartney, and the Beach Boys.

[MarioD]

I had sometime this afternoon, it’s raining here, so I quickly did a couple of leads that I believe blends in with Oren’s guitar parts.  I have two ogg files, one the song with my guitar parts with reverb and the other my guitar part only sans the reverb but with the count in so it will line up with the song. As usually if you believe these don’t fit feel free to let me know and I’ll try again. 

How did I do?

PS – I didn’t play a lot of surf guitar here as there is no surfing in the South-Western end of Lake Ontario or on the Erie/Barge Canal 

PPS – I’m another poor picked on guitarist   
According to what I have read about us “more me – super lead eh?” guitarist the more I believe I may be the only guitarist on the planet who has been told “turn it up will ya” on a gig.  That really happened 

[Oren]

...I had sometime this afternoon, it’s raining here, so I quickly did a couple of leads that I believe blends in with Oren’s guitar parts... 

Beauty! I'll download this six-string action, mix it up, then add a bit of my own. It will be a few days...

[kara]

Mario, this is exactly the sound I had in mind, very cool

I may be the only guitarist on the planet who has been told “turn it up will ya” on a gig.  That really happened

The exception that confirms the rule 

k

[manning]

yep this is getting very interesting.
i particularly like oren has this lick after 2mins 45 secs ..
a bendy , then in the second lead area where mario comes in after this ,..
very surfy.
this is getting exciting.
god bless.

[manning]

just a note mates..
i will try to check in when i can in next few days..
but wifey n i are seeing more specialists re our doggie.
its rather traumatic cos he might be loosing his vision ,
and/or god forbid dying.
we will know more in next 2 days.
so please bear with me n if you could say a few prayers for our dog
that would be nice. cos we are very upset of course.
god bless.

[kara]

strength for you dog man....

k

[Oren]

Ed,
Best of everything for that dog of yours...

[Oren]

Gents,

Mario's guitar is mixed and reverberated, and I laid down a new track of old-school Ventures/Shadows stuff to replace my original effort, and support Mario's direction. See what you think...

[kara]

Excelent !

k

[offthewall]

 

Spot on, young'un. 

This sounds 'radio ready' to me.




 
James

[MarioD]

Outstanding 
This sounds like the perfect surf group

Great job on the mix Oren and super job on all of the musicians participated in this endeavor   

                                                   "Hang ten dude"

[Oren]

Yeah!

There are a few areas where the sound could be sorted out a bit, some tonal adjustments, improved definition, and that bit of final tweaking that takes the performance from  "interesting"  to  "hang on, here comes that beach band!".
May I suggest we go for option #2..?

Doubtlessly, Ed will have some helpful comments that will nudge things in an appropriate direction...

[kara]

Well if you are looking for some comments
I had the time this evening to listen to it in my studio, on my studio monitors
I had the impression that Mario's guitar could use a bit of a positive EQ punch in the higher regions. It sounds a tat muffled at the moment

Anyone agrees ?

k

[folderol]

Well if you are looking for some comments
I had the time this evening to listen to it in my studio, on my studio monitors
I had the impression that Mario's guitar could use a bit of a positive EQ punch in the higher regions. It sounds a tat muffled at the moment

Anyone agrees ?

k

Hmmm. Possibly, but then again it wouldn't sound 'period' of it was too clean, would it?

[Oren]

I had the time this evening to listen to it in my studio, on my studio monitors
I had the impression that Mario's guitar could use a bit of a positive EQ punch in the higher regions. It sounds a tat muffled at the moment

Good thought! Mario's sound on this one tends toward the mid-range; boosting the highs a bit before applying reverb would contribute further to that old "single-coil" vibe.
The guitar I used was a G&L Fullerton Signature, specifically built like a 1954 Strat, so the sound was already there...

OK, Will, the dirt stays - just with a little more "shimmer"

I'll make a list of all these recommendations, and then apply them in one session. More advice...?