Month: August 2015

Another Great Rehearsal

I just added a post to the Lizardfish website. Rehearsal last night wasn’t just good, it was constructive in a way we haven’t really experienced yet. At least not since I joined the band.

Another Great Rehearsal.

I was going to just reblog it here, but apparently I’ve shut that function off. Oh well.

Good Practice

I celebrated my little brothers’ birthday today with a really good band practice.  Everything I need to record is there, but some of it still needs to be set up… So no new tapes today.

The brother birthday celebration will continue in 26 minutes with the new Walking Dead spin off.  Bring on the zombies!

Amp Confusion

I think I’m falling out of love with my amp.  I have a Marshall Valvestate VS265.  My friend Larry owned one and it had a feature that I absolutely drooled over.  Three switchable channels.  One clean, two distorted.  That’s not too unusual, but the part that I thought kicked ass was that all three channels had their own separate volume.  Meaning I could use one channel for rhythm and another for leads and the leads could be at a significantly louder volume and not get buried in the mix.  Abso-freakin-epically-lutely awesome.

I bought it in 2003 before my first gig with Break Even.  At the time I felt it was a little toppy, but Steve the other guitarist played a little bassy and the two tones meshed together fairly well.

Today?  I’m sick of being so trebly.  I can’t seem to find any bottom end no matter what I do.  It’s making me fall out of love with my amp.  So what do I do?  I’m considering buying a distortion pedal and only using one channel.  If I can get a fatter, warmer sound that way, it might be good.  The alternative is a new amp.  I spent the evening watching sales videos for Fender Twin Reverbs.  Yes they are usually on the top heavy side, and I’d need a distortion pedal, but something about it is making me want want want.  Sadly I don’t have $1500 lying around.

Gear… My kryptonite.