I agree. Killer song by the way, one of my very fave bands ever!

Did you check their homepage? There are a lot of videos available, go to www.g66.eu, thats the european distributors homepage, maybe you can find the sound that you are looking for.
I have to say I have also been a bit careful in the beginning, after all you don't find the Axe-FX in any shop here, it is exclusively sold through that webpage, and I don't like buying an amp that I didn't try myself, but I just contacted the guys and they sent me that Ultra so I could test it here at home... well, it is still here and won't leave anymore

Yup, BIG Opeth fan here, and I think I once red something about an ebow, not sure though.

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Good luck, any smoker should quit!

Destroying a guitar is a crime and should be punished very hard

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Nice take, though sometimes it is hard for me to clearly hear your playing, specially in the faster parts I am not absolutely sure about your timing, with a better sound that would be easier to judge.

Hi Gab, whenever you (or anybody else) has a question, feel free to ask me here, thats what this forum is there for ;-)

About using several amps: You have two good amps available (I know and have tried both), so you should definitely use them. Here you have different options:

Option one is very simple: You use your setup, your partner in crime will use his stuff and thats it. Like this you will have two different tones for your guitars that should result in a good overall sound.

Option two is a little different: For that option you would have to split the signal coming from your guitar and send it into both amps at the same time. So when for example you are recording a rhythm guitar take, you would actually be playing through both amps. Both are recorded obviously and mixed into one track for the recording. Then when the other guy is recording his takes, he does the same, so both amps deliver one final take. Actually this is what is done on every major production today, nobody only uses one amp anymore, we for example are using up to 4 amps to create one guitar take, and I am sure that there are bands that use way more amps than that

This system of recording has the advantage that you can really create a great tone, using the best of your amps, but you have to do a proper sound check of course, it doesn't make sense to just put up both amps and record them, you have to match their sounds so the result is what you want to hear on your album later.

This is something VERY important by the way, make a proper sound check for every instrument. One of the biggest lies in rock'n'roll is "we'll fix it in the mix"! If you record crap the result after the mix will still be crap, period! If you record guitars that have no low end, then there will be no low end either after the mix, cause you can't bring something up in the mix that is just not there, so definitely take your time for a soundcheck.

About microphones, and SM57 is for sure a good choice, and if you have more than one than I would also recommend using at least two. I can't really give you a real advice here on how to put them up, you should experiment a bit with positioning them in your soundcheck, and you will see that small changes in the mics position can make big differences in the sound. Also test all speakers in your cabinets, sometimes there are also big sound differences among them.

About the amount of takes, well, this is up to you. In the early days most bands only recorded 2 rhythm guitars, one panned left, the other one right, and that was it. Today, in heavy music, most bands record more guitars, which results in a much heavier and fatter sound, but this only makes sense if your playing is precise enough. If your playing is too sloppy than this would only result in a big sound chaos, in that case it would for sure be better to stick to 2 guitars only. (Don't get me wrong, I am not saying your playing is sloppy ) If you will record more than just 2 guitars then also experiment a bit with panning them, you could pan 2 to extreme left/right, and put the other 2 more in the middle for example (If you record 4 guitars). I would recommend to record 3 or 4 rhythm guitars, but if some parts need more attention you can of course record more guitar layers for such parts, there is no law saying that there always have to be the same amount of guitars.

And finally, definitely make sure not to use too much distortion, this is a rather common mistake that many people make. The distortion will add up with every take that you will record, so if you record 4 fully distorted rhythm guitars the result will be completely over-distorted, and you will lose all of your attack, it will be really hard to tell what exactly you are playing. So definitely pay attention to your gain settings. In doubt, chose a gain setting and quickly record 2 takes, one take doubling the other, and then check the result, like this you can hear if the amount of gain is enough.

I hope this could help you a bit, if there are more questions, just ask.

Nope, I didn't talk to him lately, but it is correct that he mostly plays his Larry amps, that offer enough gain to fire up a low output pickup too.

Building speed needs time and patience. Keep practicing with a metronome and for sure start slowly. As Bogdan already said, increase the speed in small steps and always make sure you are playing as precise as possible, no sloppy playing at comfortable speeds here! When you are reaching your limits and you try to push it you will play sloppy for sure, which is ok in the beginning, after some time, when the faster speeds will become ok for you, you have to make sure that there is no sloppy playing anymore though.

Hard to decide, there are too many cool vids

Very good take, as the others already mentioned there are some small timing issues, but nothing dramatic, great job

Very good take, but I agree with Ivan about the sound, it is much to bassy. Try to cut some low end next time, like this your playing will become much clearer.

Thanks for sharing

I bought the Axe FX for exactly that reason, to have a light backup for my regular touring setup. I will for sure keep playing my Rectifiers, but for example when we are flying somewhere and we can't take our full backline with us for weight reasons then the Axe FX can step in. And I have to say I don't know any other modeling amp that comes that close to the real amps, some of the sounds are really impressive, same can be said about the effects section. Of course in the end this is always a matter of personal taste, but I for sure really love this amp and I can definitely recommend trying it at least. And I also agree, if you want an Axe_FX, definitely go for the Ultra.

Yup, you won't be using it much I guess.

Hehe, good to know, we are just scheduling the tourdates, I will keep you informed

Looks pretty good

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This loudness war is such a stupid thing that ONLY results in poor sound quality in the end.

Of course mixing the pickup sound with the recorded sound form the mic can lead to a nice result too, try to experiment a bit with that. And I would move the mic a bit closer to the sound hole.

Nice charts, thanks for sharing, that can be very useful indeed.

A little addition here: when in my lessons I talk about recording my guitars with a rectifier, I am not using my "real" Mesa Boogie Rectifier here at home of course. I guess my neighbours, and also my family, wouldn't really like that For recording here at home I always used more appropriate amps, in the beginning I used a couple of Pods (I had the riginal one, later then Pod 2.0 and in the end a Pod XT), after that I switched to Guitar Rig 3, and now I am using my Axe-FX Ultra. The big advantage of such tools is of course that you can get the sound of a full blown amp at any volume that you want, try that with a real Rectifier at home and you will be in trouble You also don't have to mess around with cabinets, power soaks or microphones, all this makes recording at home much more comfortable.
If you have such an amp or ampsimulation yourself, but you are not happy with your sound yet, try to experiment a bit with it. Chose a preset that comes rather close to the tone that you would like to have and try to tweak it into "your" sound, most of todays modeling amps offer rather good sounds for home recording.

Hehehe, yeah, guitars can consume quite some space