Les Paul -> Formula 5F6 (pedal in Secret Lead mode, gain = 5:00) -> Princeton (vol = 2.5)

Mics: Senn 421 and Royer R121

Formula 5F6 - Les Paul, Secret Lead mode

Strat -> Formula 5F6 (gain = 2:00) -> Princeton (vol = 2.5)

Mics: Senn 421 and Royer R121


Formula 5F6 - Strat blues

Les Paul -> Formula 5F6 (gain = 5:00) -> Princeton (vol = 2.5)

Mics: Senn 421 and Royer R121

Formula 5F6 - Les Paul, rock

This clip features the upcoming Catalinbread Belle Epoch Tape Echo pedal into the new Catalinbread Formula 5F6 overdrive and shows the amazing range of authentic tape echo sounds available from the Belle Epoch! From James Gang to Brian May and many points in-between!

The Belle Epoch features:
- all discrete touch-sensitive preamp; you've never played a delay with this kind of dynamic touch sensitivity! Your direct guitar signal only goes through this preamp; it is not digitized! You can place the Belle Epoche anywhere in your signal chain but putting in front of your cranked amp or foundation overdrive gives you those famous sounds and you'll be enhancing your amp tone just like EP-3 players did!
- Replicates EP-3 delay times from 80ms to 800ms to give you an authentic EP-3 experience (minimum delay time gives perfect slapbacks, maximum delay time gives you Brian May!)
- Echo Delay knob replicates the behavior of sliding the tape head across the tape as you turn it for exclusive tape delay realism in realtime!
- Carefully tuned Echo Sustain (repeats) control that goes from a single repeat all the way to self-oscillation madness; wide sweet spot for dialing in repeats that can float without self-oscillating too!
- Adjustable random tape wow & flutter characteristics via "Sway" control
- Tone knob controls "Record Level" to set how hard you are "hitting the tape" - from light and airy all the way to thick and saturated. With this knob you can control how loud that initial repeat is, from very light and quiet for subtle ambience all the way to thick and louder than the original signal for epic rhythmic echo solos. 
- Mix control uses authentic EP-3 mixing circuit to go from totally dry to totally wet.
- Internal gain trimpot allows you to preset the Belle Epoche's gain and volume, from unity all the way to an incredible, loud, fuzzy boost. Hit your amp hard if you want for amazing saturation from the discrete preamp.
- Internal switch allows you to set for true-bypass OR "trails mode"! Put it in trails mode to always take advantage of the Belle Epoch's juicy preamp! Put it in true-bypass mode and set the gain loud for instant epic lead goodness from one pedal!
- Can run at 9 volts for convenience or all the way up to 18 volts for more headroom and punch.

Signal chain: 
Howard Gee -> Strat -> Belle Epoch -> Formula 5F6 -> Fender Princeton (vol 2.5).

Mics:
Senn 421 and Royer R121, both set 7 inches from speaker grill.



Belle Epoch into Formula 5F6

Neck

THE IMMEDIATE
‘Not Shabby’ - free download single
released Thursday, 11th. May 2017

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“… a great tune, great playing, wild spiky guitar, odd lyrics, a light sprinkling of anarchic menace and the perfect pop radio length.” Tom Robinson, BBC6Music
—

Adam Walton (guitar & vocals) / Richard Harrison (bass & vocals) / Duncan Farmer (drums & vocals)

We are The Immediate, a three-piece band from Mold in north Wales. We reconvened after a long hiatus last year, and have subsequently released two EP’s featuring songs that received airplay and support from Tom Robinson on BBC 6Music, BBC Introducing, and from a host of excellent independent radio shows and blogs (Sweeping The Nation, The Breakdown, Music Is My Radar).

We release our new single, ‘Not Shabby’, on Thursday 11th May 2017 as a free download from our bandcamp page: http://theimmediate.bandcamp.com  

‘Not Shabby’ is the lead track from our debut album Manbuoy (released on 16th June 2017). The single also features a b-side exclusive to this release: ‘Suffer In Silence’.

‘Not Shabby’ is an uplifting burst of guitar pop, catalysed by experience of coming out the other side of a depressive illness. Musically, our reference points were the opening tracks on The Beatles’ untouchable mid-60’s albums - Rubber Soul and Revolver - with the proviso that we were determined ‘Not Shabby’ would not sound like a song inspired by The Beatles. No Mellotrons were harmed during the recording of this single.

However another trope of The Beatles’ mid-60’s recordings - the backwards guitar - is very much apparent on the b-side, ‘Suffer In Silence’. The original technique for recording backwards guitars was to flip the tape over on the studio’s tape machine, and to have the guitarist record a part playing along to a backwards version of the backing track. When the tape is then flipped back over, the recorded guitars are reversed and take on an otherworldly sound, like violas strung with LSD. 

There were no tape machines in the studio we used to record these songs, so we had to improvise with digital technology. Hopefully to interesting effect.

‘Not Shabby’ c/w ‘Suffer In Silence’ were recorded at Orange Sound Studios in Penmaenmawr, North Wales by Russ Hayes, who has worked on recordings by Peaness, Campfire Social, Kidsmoke, Catfish and the Bottlemen and Billy Bibby and the Wry Smiles.

The single sleeve was designed by Paul Maurice (ex-Gallops) from Wrexham. It’s a detail of the iconic lighthouse at Talacre beach, on the northeast Wales coast.

Not Shabby tracklisting (r/d 11th May 2017):
1.	Not Shabby
2.	Suffer In Silence


GIGS
Thursday, 11th. May		Focus Wales, Wrexham (Undegun, 9:40pm)
Saturday, 26th. May		Cwmafan Festival, Port Talbot
Friday, 2nd. June		Neuadd Ogwen, Bethesda
Friday, 16th. June		Telford’s Warehouse, Chester (album release show)

Not Shabby

FREE Download

The Immediate - Not Shabby [release date: 11/5/17]

A selection of live tracks recorded at The Sun, Llangollen.  This gig was the first after a several week hiatus due to illness, so we were a bit rusty.  These will do until we get some new recordings soon.  In all honesty I'm testing out the website!

Hell Aint A Bad Place To Be

By request, here is the backing track that was used in the youtube demo for the new DLS (Part 2, with the white Strat).

It's just a quickly put together track using a drum plugin and a bass loop that was recorded with a Danelectro Longhorn bass into the new DLS in SB mode.

Enjoy!



Hell Aint A Bad Place To Be

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