"The " sound

[Erock420]

You know how tight, crisp and HUGE the guitars on the black album sound? What gives one such perfect overdrive/distortion? I am in eternal cosmic love with the sounds of the Black Album, more so than the tunes, classic as they may be. I have been playing for 9 years, so I am well aware that 50% of it is in the pickers hands, but what makes makes it "sound" so good beyond a high gain boogie type amp, essentially some 6L6's and probably 5 12ax7's, is it the studio, no cuz they have that clarity live as well, is it a fuking sonic maximizer? Is it a certain freq? a well placed mic? EMG 81's!? [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] Just thinking out loud.

[Icebound]

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mastering, and a $1,000,000 studio will getcha started.

[toejam]

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You are talking about the "black" Spinal Tap album, right? [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[VitaminG]

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Big bottoms, big bottoms, talk about mudflaps, my girls got 'em.... [img]graemlins/band.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

[toejam]

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hehe [img]graemlins/band.gif[/img]

[Erock420]

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Good God Man, Thats it! Turn it up to 11!!!! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[RattleHead]

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SMELL THE GLOVE!!!

Working on a Sex Farm, Trying to raise some Hard Love [img]graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

[JacksonShredder]

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DON'T Even look at that one!

Yea but this one goes to 11!

[Boxcar Willie 84]

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Well, all the things mentioned, plus the Soldano X88Rs, the vintage Marshalls, the Bogner Fish preamps, the ADA MP-1s, MQ-1s, Mesa/Boogie Strategy 400 power amps, Mark II C+s, Mark IVs, Aphex parametric eqs, and so on, the wall of various speaker cabinets, and a huge selection of guitars and other amps. Not to mention, being James Hetfield doesn't hurt.

[Riffmeister]

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Seriouly, try a Sonic Maximizer. It will give you a lot of that Clarity that you want. Few people don't like them. Try it.

[Ironhead_metal]

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Lick my love pump

Oops! Did I say that out loud? [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]

[Alexi7]

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nah, i dont know about the picking part...i dont believe that at all when it gets stated i mean, come on, ill suck my dick if metallica could make my rage 158 sound like a mark IV just through their picking/technique [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] ..its ALL in the amps...they used a ****load of eq on the black album, hotrodded marshalls and mark IVs [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
cheers

[ December 17, 2002, 08:25 AM: Message edited by: Alexi7 ]

[Troy from VENTT]

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Oh brother... you CAN'T be serious can you? "It's all in the amps". [img]graemlins/eyes.gif[/img]

[Erock420]

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I bet Jamz could make your "Rage 158" sound pretty close to himself. I just want his attack, crunch, and clarity.

Well it one louder then, isn't it?

These go to 11!

[jr73]

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$$$$$ helps. AIC-DIRT....now thats a killer sound & live he pulled it off with a FISH into an intelleflex into a MOSVALVE 500...yes a solidstate.