Light From Above EP

Skullfunk - Free Again

Comparison of the rhythm & lead sounds of my guitars. All recorded with the same amp settings, bridge pickup, nothing added in the DAW.
Guitars in the playlist are:
Harley Benton Fusion III EMG (EMG Hot 70 pickup)
Jackson SL3X Soloist (Oil City Pickups Djenerator with nickel cover)
Charvel So Cal Style 2 (Fishman Fluence Modern, modern voice selected)
Schecter Reaper 6 (Oil City Pickups Djenerator, uncovered)

Note that the clips aren't in the same order as the guitars I've listed above - can you hear any difference? Do you have a favourite?

Pickup Comparison - Guitar 4

Pickup Comparison - Guitar 3

Pickup Comparison - Guitar 2

Pickup Comparison - Guitar 1

Just an idea I've got kicking around for a track. It might get vocals at some point, it might not...

All bass & guitars recorded through my Katana 50, straight into Reaper.

My Finger Is A Claw

Going through an old hard drive and found some music that I'd completely forgotten about. I reckon I recorded this in about 2011, I can't remember what I recorded it on, what guitar I was playing, or anything. Quite like it though. File name on the hard drive is "Synth Loops", but it reminds me of one of those films where it's all rainy nighttime shots, maybe in New York or something.

Streets of Rain City

Just a quick thing I made to compare the Irongear Metal Machines in my Charvel to the Active pickups in my Strat. To my ears the actives have slightly more clarity and bite, but as you can tell from this the difference is very minimal.
Recorded straight into Reaper from my Boss Katana 50, using the sneaky amps Rockerverb model.

Charvel vs Strat

I've read a few things recently about pickups being largely irrelevant when you use a lot of gain, so I thought I'd try an experiment. I recorded the same thing with each of my guitars. Amp settings were the same, and they were all recorded with the bridge pickup. No double tracking, no post EQ, this is just straight from the amp.

PRS SE Mark Holcomb (Seymour Duncan Omega)
Performance Superstrat (EMG 81)
Jackson SL3X Soloist (Duncan Designed HB-103)

Which one is this?

Mystery Guitar/Pickup Comparison - 1

Mystery Guitar/Pickup Comparison - 3

All recorded in isolation...
Guitars - me, in Southend
Drums - @stixtrixsi, in Nottingham
Vox - Gav, in a truck somewhere anywhere

Lockdown - demo

Replaced the Duncan Designed humbucker in my Jackson SL3X with a Djenerator from Oil City Pickups.

You can hear the Duncan Designed pickup in Mystery Pickup Comparison #1 - the Djenerator is more aggressive sounding, much clearer in the midrange with better note definition... and it looks super cool too! All in all, I’m very happy :)

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