Christopher Schlegel Update 03-16-2011

The idea here is to demonstrate two distinctly different applications: close mic studio situation vs. room mic.

I’ve always liked the idea of room mic, because WYHIWYG in the actual room with the device. I can extrapolate what that room sound will translate to when I close mic it in the studio. But, this is a skill you learn from experience.

I’ve seen many times an inexperienced or hobbyist player hears that his fave guitarist uses such and such an amp. So, he goes to a music store or gear show and tries the amp. And he thinks, “This doesn’t sound anything like the demo.” These two videos demostrate that difference.

There is just no way to grasp how much the Reason Bambino stack mode sounds like you are close miking a roaring, modded Marshall stack until you put it in the right context. So, I did. And I love to be able to tell interested parties, the sound in those demo is all Bambino. One is close mic’d and run into a multitrack DAW so you hear what you’d normally hear on a studio recorded album. But in both I used no effects boxes or post-processing of any kind. The entire signal chain is: guitar -> cable -> Bambino. That is a powerful argument.

Bambino & Fat Strat Demo Room Mic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXR4LsyUsgg

Bambino & Fat Strat Demo Close Mic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFUxA7HxGxA

http://www.reasonamps.com/

This is also the project guitar I put together on video tape and made into a Guitar Tricks tutorial on how to assemble your own electric guitar! If you have a subscription:

http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=1121

Enjoy!