My Guitar In The "Promo Picture"

goran · Post by **goran** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 10:02 am

The guitar in the picture below my presentation is a strat from around the late 70's equipped with DiMarzio Les Paul pups in the neck and bridge positions and the original strat pup in the middle. On-off switches for all pups - plus a hex pup for use with the Canadian IVL Pitch-Rider midi interface. The hex is now on my present strat but professionally built-in. The guitar itself is at the moment being restored to original state, red with CS-54 pups¨, only the final paintwork is left-

admin · Post by **admin** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 11:41 pm

Goran: I will be most interested to hear your description of the change in tone after you switch to the custom shop 54 pickups.

goran · Post by **goran** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:54 am

Peter, I can tell already as I have CS54's on my workhorse too since a couple of months. It took some time to get used to the quite big difference in sound (they have a lot more bite which you notice especially when going for a more mellow sound using the neck pup. I had to change my EQ settings on the amp before I could begin to take advantage of the undisputable sound quality. But now I love them.

goran · Post by **goran** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 11:16 am

These are examples re-recorded with the cs54's and the EFTP patches for the Yamaha Magic Stomp

http://goran.tangring.com

Driftin'
Maid Marions Theme
Sleep walk
Peacepipe
Shadoogie.mp3

Comments....?

admin · Post by **admin** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 12:04 am

Goran: I just listened to Driftin', very nice work by the way.

The clarity and tone of this pickups is excellent. They sound bright and responsive but with your amplifier setting they are not the least bit harsh to my ear.

Shadoogie is also excellent. These pickups sound excellent on the bridge and neck settings.

In concert with the EFTP patches for the Yamaha Magic Stomp you have certainly captured the Shadows' sound.

Did I mention that Peace Pipe is outstanding? Well it is! Great tone here, Goran.

royclough · Post by **royclough** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 1:18 am

Goran

I cannot comment on the technical aspects of the thread but as someone who has followed The Shadows since 1960, the renditions of yours I have listened too are excellent.

Nice to see some one try How Do I love Thee from Guardian Angel, felt that the lead was good, may I suggest Look Back On Love

goran · Post by **goran** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 1:57 am

Peter, they were a bit harsh with the previous amp settings, also a slight rollback on the volume put works wonders (simulates a long guitar cable with high capacitance), otherwise thanks.

Roy, thanks! The present recorded rendition is the first (and so far only) recording and I don't do the slides exactly as Hank (I do live), also the "solo part" is spiced up with a double-tracked lead-line. On which album is Look back on Love, I don't seem to find it in my discography?

BTW, How do I love thee was my very first "professional" backing of which I am still very proud and I still consider it one of my best so far.

royclough · Post by **royclough** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 2:33 am

Goran

Look Back On Love is on Guardian Angel, written by Brain Bennett for the movie terminal Choice, really moving track.

goran · Post by **goran** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 10:57 am

OK, I admit I missed it, will have a look at this song.

And I also think Brian was the brain musically.....

admin · Post by **admin** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 3:29 am

Goran: I am interested in knowing what got you interested in backing tracks. Was it out of necessity or a general interest in all aspects of the Shadows' music?

If you don't mind I have a couple of follow up questions about your Shadows' recording project.

On what basis have you selected the songs that you have recorded to date? How long does it take to lay down a backing track and your recording, on average?

goran · Post by **goran** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 11:39 am

Actually, it began by buying a pocket drum-machine (Boss, I recall) which I programmed for Apache while having a five-night gig in Stockholm with my band. After having quit my career as a part-time band-musician some ten years ago, I came into contact with Cubase ( I had tried sequencing with the Commodore 64 , 128 and Amiga computers earlier so I was not a complete novice). I discovered the midis of Chart-Chai-Mee-SangNin, a retired Thai doctor of medicine who had sequencing as a hobby and had done an amazingly large numbers of good midis for shadows numbers and many other artist's numbers. Some years ago he probably suffered from some kind of mental breakdown and withdrew his site from the Net never to reappear. Anyhow, I started to convert his midis to useful backings by converting them to soundfiles and at the same time started to correct them against the originals as Mr CC was not always true to the details in bass and drums (which I have found goes also for the UB-Hank and other commercial backings). This led me to start sequencing myself. I also complete my midis by recording live rhythm, tabbing, annotating chords etc.

How I have selected; basically the golden greats from Apache and up to the point where The Shadows ceased to be innovative, producing just "elevator music", around the late 60's (or even a little earlíer), with a brief but high-class reawakening with the album Guardian Angel. And selected numbers from various periods which I personally like.

To analyze and sequence a track takes anything from 5-6 hours to several weeks depending of the complexity of the original song and the number of instruments involved. As of now, I've been working on a backing for The Snowman for 6 months (well not all the time, of course) to get all the right synthesizer sounds and the right feel, but I'm still not satisfied enough to release it)

When the backing is finished, the lead is usually analyzed for fingering and recorded in an hour or so, never to be touched again if it's a song I do not intend to have on my repertoire.........