This is a cover version of "Pavilion" which is off of Eric Johnson's "Venus Isle" album.
The guitar parts are all edits from multiple takes and the speed phrases were broken down into smaller sections, then strung together via audio editing. All guitars are processed with:

Scuffham Amps S-Gear: www.scuffhamamps.com/

and

Softube's Marshall JMP 2203: www.softube.com/marshall-jmp-2203

My guitar skills are very limited, but the power of audio editing allows for me to do things that are physically impossible otherwise.
All rhythm tracks were programmed and recorded using the Cubase 8 DAW.
Plugins used were "Addictive Drums", "MODO Bass" along with several software synths.

The guitars were recorded with an EJ Stratocaster > T.C. Electronics Hyper Gravity > Steinberg MR816csx audio interface > Cubase.

You can purchase Eric Johnson's "Venus Isle" album by following this link:
www.theconnextion.com/ericjohnson/index.cfm

This track is dedicated to my amazing father, Wendell Richard Hardy. He was a World War II veteran of the U.S. Navy and awarded the Purple Heart:
usssanfrancisco.org/the-stories/wen…ll-r-hardy-usn/

Pavilion (Eric Johnson cover)

This is a cover of Eric Johnson's "Righteous" off of the Ah Via Musicom album which you can purchase at this link:

www.theconnextion.com/ericjohnson/index.cfm

All the guitar parts (Stratocaster) are edits from multiple takes and the speed phrases were broken down into smaller sections, then strung together via audio editing. The drums were programmed using "Addictive Drums 2" and "HALion SE" was used for programming the bass track..

S-Gear from Scuffham Amps and Softube's Marshall JMP 2203 were used to record the guitars. You can check out their software at these links:

www.scuffhamamps.com/
www.softube.com

Righteous (Eric Johnson cover)

Cover of Eric Johnson's "Trademark" off of his "Ah Via 
Musicom" album.
Recorded in 2022 using Cubase 8.  Plugins used: Scuffham 
Amps S-Gear (Clean guitars),  Softube Marshall JMP 2203 (Overdriven guitars),  Addictive Drums 2, HALion SE for the 
bass guitar.
Synth Tracks: Roland D-50, Roland JV-1080
Guitar: Eric Johnson Virginia Stratocaster 

You can purchase Eric Johnson's "Ah Via Musicom" album by 
following this link:
www.theconnextion.com/ericjohnson/index.cfm

Trademark (Eric Johnson cover)

This is a hybrid version of Eric Johnson's "Zenland" off of his Alien Love Child album. All guitar tracks were recorded using the plugin, S-Gear developed by Scuffham Amps, here's the link:
www.scuffhamamps.com/

I would like to dedicate this track to the memory of Billy Maddox, the drummer of the original recording, who tragically died defending his family from an intruder into their home. My wife and I were the beneficiaries of a random act of kindness from Billy. We were on our way to purchase tickets for Eric Johnson at the House Of Blues in Orlando when we happened to cross paths with him. We asked if he would sign our CD, which he did, then he asked us if we would like Eric to sign it. He hurried off back to the tour buses and returned the CD with all the band member signatures. It's something that will always stay with me. I tried to capture the essence of his style when programming the drums for this track. God Bless his soul.

Scuffham Amps is featuring this track to promote their product, Here is the link: www.scuffhamamps.com/news/product-news/93-zenland

Zenland (Eric Johnson cover)

Hyper Fuse

Stonehenge was inspired by a short audio clip that was sent to me from my friend Jeremy Stone, a Charleston guitarist.  You can check him out at the following link:
https://soundcloud.com/user-317297503 
He's a gifted guitarist with impeccable phrasing.  He is co-writer of this composition.
All guitar tracks were recorded with Scuffham Amps S-Gear and Softube's Marshall JMP 2203 plugins.  Addictive Drums 2, Modo Bass and Alchemy were used for the backing track.

Stonehenge

The title is in reference to the sudden passing of Jeff Beck, which I felt was a damaged ending to a life that still had so much more to give musically.  He was playing as good as ever in the recent videos I've watched.  God bless his soul!

Damaged End

This is a cover of the first movement in Eric Johnson's  "Camel's Night Out".  I was experimenting with recreating EJ's tone.

All the guitar parts are pieced together, using audio editing, from multiple takes.

Here's the signal chain:  Japanese Telecaster (Bridge Pickup...Vol 10, Tone 10) >Crazy Tube Circuits Motherload > Lion68 > Ox Stomp > Steinberg MR816csx interface > Cubase 8 > Fab Filter Timeless plugin  > Fab Filter Pro-R reverb plugin.

Camel's Night Out is my all time favorite guitar instrumental...........breathtaking performance by EJ!

"Camel's Night Out" Cover....(Short clip)

Recorded at Knucklehead Studios in the fall of 2024.

Lost Highway

Cover of "Stratus" off of the Spectrum album.  


Stratus (Cover)

A song I wrote in Joe "Jetti" Farruggio's memory.  God bless his soul.  

Jetti

This is a cover version of Jeff Beck's "Suspension".  This song is off the "You Had It Coming" album which can be found at this link:

https://www.amazon.com/You-Had-Coming-Jeff-Beck/dp/B0012GMYUU/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1533958059&sr=1-1&keywords=jeff+beck+you+had+it+coming

Suspension (Jeff Beck cover)

This track is dedicated to and written for my wife, Jan. We've been together since the early eighties. I am so lucky to have found her!

Finding Her

The intro section draws inspiration from Carson Brock & Eric Johnson. 

S-Gear by https://www.scuffhamamps.com/ was used for the guitar tones. This track and Zenland, https://soundcloud.com/david-wayne-hardy/zenland-hybrid-version will be used by Scuffham Amps to demo there software at the German Guitar Summit this September. 

Damage, Scarbee Bass, Zebra 2, Rapture, Padshop and VB3 were the plugins used for the backing track. The guitars for this project were 2 Fender Stratocasters and a Fender Japanese Telecaster.

David Wayne Hardy

Popular tracks