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Always With Me, Always With You
Inspiration & History
Well, this goes back quite a way. When I was still in high school at UHS, a fellow band member Jeff Fisher was a fan of Joe Satriani (I was even awarded the "Joe Satriani Award" by him and fellow bandmates that year) He likened my playing to Satch more than it was probably deserving of at the time. But, he said he wanted to hear me play a version of this tune. So, soon after I graduated, and got an actual "lead" guitar (my Ibanez RG450DXLB) I got to work on it. My records say 2/4/96 as the record date, which is right before I turned 18. The rhythm tracks went down fairly easily, and sounded rather good. But as would be the case in a Satch tune, I couldn't get the lead right. I had more problems with getting an actual lead tone. My "arsenal" was the Ibanez through a combination of my Ibanez TS10 Tube Screamer pedal, an Ibanez STL Super Tube pedal, a Boss Metal Zone, and my Crate G160XL. This was before I was doing anything sensible like miking my amp. Needless to say, no matter what I did, my tone was buzz city, or direct crap. After countless takes, I recorded what was "the best I could do" with what I had and made it a take. A tape of this was made and given to a choice few people, most notably Jeff himself.
So, flash forward to about 4 years later. 3/17/00 to be exact. I actually had equipment that enabled me to get a decent lead tone. So I broke out the rhythm tracks, and re-recorded the lead. I believe that this recording was my second take, and being as such, is not absolutely dead on. But I think it is pretty damn good considering, and the tone is eons better. And for the record, the rhythm tracks were never redone, they are heard exactly like I recorded them back in the day.
Some nostalgic notes...The bass used on this was my dad's 1967(or 69) custom EB-0, and his 1980 Rickenbacker 360/12 is also here for the accent guitar parts. Unfortunately, these instruments got very little use elsewhere in my later recordings, as they are both lovely instruments that I no longer have access to. Also, note that everything ran through the Ibanez PowerTrio Bass. This was a little stompbox that had Compression, EQ, & Chorus built in. I was borrowing this from my bud Fern, (as a lot of the equipment I use was and still is), and it was a pretty handy device. It was replaced by his Korg A4 later on down the road.
Technical Info
Main Rhythm Guitar:
Rickenbacker 620 through Ibanez PowerTrio Bass
Bass
Gibson EB-0 through Ibanez PowerTrio Bass
Rhythm Guitar Accents:
Rickenbacker 360/12 through Ibanez PowerTrio Bass
Drums:
Roland TR-505
Lead Guitar:
Ibanez UV77BK through Mesa/Boogie Mark III with Rocktron Intellifex & Peavey AEQ 2800 in effects loop through 4 inch 1981 Toyota Corolla front kick panel paper cone speaker as a speaker cabinet, ultra close miking with Shure SM58, wrapped in a blanket.
Recording:
Recorded and mixed onto Yamaha MT120S 4-track. Mixed to Sony MDS-JE320 for final mix. Transferred to PC and mixed and finalized with GoldWave.
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