A Backing Track I Did for Fun

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A Backing Track I Did for Fun

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A track I did for fun,..this is a very rough mix, my guitar playing is a bit rusty. Just came through a terrible marriage and divorce, and guitar playing was considered EVIL there. Im getting back to it. And Happy/Free At Last!
Like I said this is a VERY rough mix, I need to redo some thing's. But, it's a start.
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Welcome, Karl! :D Sorry to hear about your past life, but now you can make up for it with your music. :D
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Welcome Karl...music has great healing properties. I hope your playing and time on the Forum will help.
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Welcome back Karl... yes, there IS life after marriage!
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Thank's Guy's,
I did keep playing during that time, did some teaching also. Just not as much playing time as I would have liked. I am also working on a version of 'And Your Bird Can Sing' right now. Im having trouble nailing that thick, gutsy, overdriven sound that George had gotten. Maybe I need a Gibson SG? Or a Casino? I wish I could.
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between an SG or a Casino, my guess would be SG.
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Hi Karl.

I like to do beatles tracks too. Mostly rick 12 string ones.
I bought a Mapex mars drum kit for session players to use in my studio, but
I am trying to learn drums myself in spare time. I practice about an hour a day.
I'll do "day tripper" as soon as I can do the fills! Before I used a drum machine.

What gear did you use on that recording?
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sjb-66 wrote:Thank's Guy's,
I did keep playing during that time, did some teaching also. Just not as much playing time as I would have liked. I am also working on a version of 'And Your Bird Can Sing' right now. Im having trouble nailing that thick, gutsy, overdriven sound that George had gotten. Maybe I need a Gibson SG? Or a Casino? I wish I could.
Karl
George himself said it was him and Paul on Casino's...

You should get both! CAn't go wrong with an SG!
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Les wrote:Hi Karl.
What gear did you use on that recording?
Les,
I used a GreTsch Country Gentlman, a GreTsch G5122, an Epiphone Viola Beatle Bass.
The Guitar's were recorded with mics, the Bass I recorded direct. Used a Line 6 Spider III
for the guitars. Drums were an Alesis SR-18. A Roland Synth for the organ.
All recorded on a Tascam 2488 Multitrack. I am currently working on a final mix of this song
with effect's added for a hopefully better sounding mix.
I am currently recording a version of 'And Your Bird Can Sing', it is coming along pretty well.
Just haveing trouble nailing that guitar sound. I just purchased a Vox AC30 I cannot wait to use it.
Les I did hear your version of 'What your Doing?' I really enjoyed it. I loved the 12 string work
on there, sounded great. I wish I could get a 12 string.
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Wow, Country gentleman and AC-30! Some good sounds for sure.
Looking forward to hearing "And your bird can sing". I just listened
to the anthology take in the car a couple days ago...you know the one
where they start laughing during the overdub.

Slide guitar used in that I think?
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Les wrote: Slide guitar used in that I think?
No, it isn't. It's Paul & George doing a duet on their Casinos. I've heard that it is possible for a guitarist to play both parts. But it's much easier to do it as a duet. I'd love to be in a band that covers this song.

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No, it isn't. It's Paul & George doing a duet on their Casinos.
Yeah jim you're right. I checked on it. At least on the album version. The other version with the rick12
(heard on analogy) is the one that sounds kinda slidy. I like that version a lot, even though it wasn't used.
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