Guess The Tone Settings!! 1st TRR Sponsored Contest

[WhiskeyJack]

Don't get too excited

But be a little excited! Our first contest with a prize!!!

Keep an eye on this thread tomorrow for the details and such.

[WhiskeyJack]

Hey Gang, this isn't really much, but it something. I had an hour this weekend to screw with stuff tried something new and stumbled on some stuff but i thought it might be fun to turn it into something fun?

We're going to do a Recording Rebels version of a "how many candy beans are in the jar" game. There is a right answer. Some one might nail it. Someone may not? In the event someone doesn't hit it on the head, closest to nailing is the winner. There is a 1st place prize When it wraps up the winner can PM their address to me and i'll ship it off. If only one person plays along. that person wins free shit.

Now with out further ado... drum roll please.



!!GUESS THE SETTINGS!!

Straight forward enough right? I have two tones. Noticeably different. Both Same Amp (The Orange AD30) , Same Guitar (LPJr Bridge P90), Same Mic (SM57)

Your mission for each tone? Take your guess, at the following:

Master=
Treb=
Mid=
Bass=
Gain=
Speaker= Top L, Top R, Bot L, Bot R
Mic Placement=

YES. Mic Placement. Counting Jelly beans take skill boys. For Mic Placement you have four positions to pick from:

0=Cap
1=Cap Meets Cone
2=Mid Cone
3=Far edge of Speaker

and a distance off Grill from on the cloth up to 2inches in each position at any increment

!!EASY!!

• One entry per member

• entry is in the form of a post containing your guesses for both 'Track A' & 'Track B'

• post as many times as you want. the only one that will count will be the first one.

• editing / deleting & resubmitting your post after the fact will be a disqualification. Myself and TK421 can see who edited what and when

• try to avoid using the same configuration as someone else, if it looks dodgy we may emplou the price is right rules of not going past a certain value

• Contest is closed as of Wednesday, May 3 2017 Midnight MST

• Winner will be announced Friday May 5th afternoonish MST

Have Fun!


Track A
Track B

[SweetDan]

If the contest were "name that tune", this would be my first guess:
[BBvideo=560,315]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHoPYLQvnQM[/BBvideo]

[rayc]

Interesting that Slade & Big Country came up with THAT bagpipe guitar sound at similar times - fortunately Slade didn't continue with it as a signature sound.
Shannon, my ears can't do that sort of thing - I'll leave it to the guitarists and drummer guitarists.

[ido1957]

K - will have a go once I'm done work tonight.

[vomitHatSteve]

Ha ha! Nice!

Let's give it a shot!

Track A
Master=2.5
Treb=5
Mid=5
Bass=5.5
Gain=8
Speaker= Top L
Mic Placement=2
Distance=touching the grill cloth

Track B
Master=2.5
Treb=5
Mid=5
Bass=5.5
Gain=8
Speaker= Top R
Mic Placement=2
Distance=1.50 inches

[Lt. Bob]

good lord ....that's pretty much in the area of what I would have guessed except on track B I think it's a bottom speaker

[muttley]

Ha ha! Nice!

Let's give it a shot!

Track A
Master=2.5
Treb=5
Mid=5
Bass=5.5
Gain=8
Speaker= Top L
Mic Placement=2
Distance=touching the grill cloth

Track B
Master=2.5
Treb=5
Mid=5
Bass=5.5
Gain=8
Speaker= Top R
Mic Placement=2
Distance=1.50 inches

I was gonna say that....

[WhiskeyJack]

YA'll gotta try harder. No copying off poor old Steve's answers on this assignment.

[Greg_L]

Jesus Christ this is an insane contest.

I'll give it a shot later on.

[Lt. Bob]

YA'll gotta try harder. No copying off poor old Steve's answers on this assignment.

I hear what you're saying but I think he nailed it right off the bat.
Everything sounds centered to me and it sounds like the master is kinda lowish.

[miroslav]

Ha ha! Nice!

Let's give it a shot!

Track A
Master=2.5
Treb=5
Mid=5
Bass=5.5
Gain=8
Speaker= Top L
Mic Placement=2
Distance=touching the grill cloth

Track B
Master=2.5
Treb=5
Mid=5
Bass=5.5
Gain=8
Speaker= Top R
Mic Placement=2
Distance=1.50 inches

What he said...except on Track B I think the mic is 1.75" off the grill...not 1.5". I can definitely hear that 1/4" difference.

[Greg_L]

Track A
Master=10
Treb=5
Mid=3
Bass=6
Gain=6
Speaker= Bott L
Mic Placement=2
Distance= on grill

Track B
Master=5
Treb=6
Mid=7
Bass=6
Gain=5
Speaker= Top Right
Mic Placement= 1
Distance= on grill

[miroslav]

Seriously though... ...here's my guesstimates.
Heck...you should have also asked us to guess the length of the the guitar cable.

Track A

Master= 3
Treb= 5
Mid= 4
Bass= 6
Gain= 7
Speaker= TL
Mic Placement= 1
Distance = 0.5"


Track B

Master= 3
Treb= 7
Mid= 5
Bass= 5
Gain= 7
Speaker= BR
Mic Placement= 0
Distance = 0.5"


Hey Shan...can you guess what I'm thinking right now?
If you can, you'll win a can of baked beans.

[WhiskeyJack]

[WhiskeyJack]

Hey Shan...can you guess what I'm thinking right now?
If you can, you'll win a can of baked beans.

If i were to guess you are thinking this is ridiculous and as purposeless as seperting left sock and right socks for the laundry but i assure you it isn't. there is a summary in the end. it's cool. Just hang in there till Friday.

[miroslav]

Where do you want me to send the can of beans?

[Armistice]

Heck...you should have also asked us to guess the length of the the guitar cable.

20 foot - clearly. Only a pussy would use anything else...

I'll go with Miro, minus 0.5 on everything, just because...

I am so not interested in tone for tone's sake, but I guess you all knew that already. While it's important, it's not so important in what I do because I usually have so many guitars going on that you can't identify whether the individual toans on any one in particular are good or not... just the way I am.

Delusions of Tom Verlaine, with way more tracks...

But, continue!

[vomitHatSteve]

YA'll gotta try harder. No copying off poor old Steve's answers on this assignment.

Right?! Especially since I clearly have no idea what I'm doing!

[miroslav]

I am so not interested in tone for tone's sake, but I guess you all knew that already. While it's important, it's not so important in what I do because I usually have so many guitars going on that you can't identify whether the individual toans on any one in particular are good or not... just the way I am.

I'm kinda the same way about tone for tone's sake. Not knocking the guys who enjoy experimenting purely with amp tones and posting...but I don't really put that much thought into tones until I"m in a tracking mode...and then it's all relative to the rest of the mix and track interplay.
I don't have like 2-3 preset "perfect" tones that I use often when I need to drop some guitar tracks...it's always what the song calls for, and I think I've only once or twice referred to notes from previous sessions in order to redial a given tone...most times I just fuck with the knobs until I think it sounds pretty decent.
I also go through phases a lot with guitar stuff, like I may stick with one amp for awhile...then go to a different one...etc...or use the same guitar for a few tracks, or grab something I've not used in awhile (amp and guitar) just because I haven't...just to do something different.