Korgscrew
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Posted: Dec. 31 2005, 13:15 |
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I haven't used the G2, so I can't give you any specific advice. Normally my approach, if I want to recreate sounds, is just to listen to the original quite analytically, and then experiment. Once you're familiar with your equipment, you will know what settings to try first when you want a certain sound, but when you're using something new, you really do just have to play with everything until you find something like what you want.
Mike normally uses quite a sharp sound, with a lot of midrange. It's definitely very different from the high gain lead sounds which are often popular with guitarists, which have a lot less midrange, and more treble. A lot of the presets in effects units seem to be more like that, so you have to work a bit at getting one which is more like Mike's.
In the 70s and 80s, he often used to record his guitar through an amplifier; nowadays, he usually plugs it in direct through an effects unit into his computer. He often used a Mesa Boogie amplifier; I see that there is a Mesa Boogie Mark III model in the G2, you could try starting with that. For something like his modern sound, maybe you'd want to try starting with a raw distortion sound rather than an amp model. He also uses a wah pedal these days - yours is the model with the expression pedal on it, isn't it? I'd think you could use that to good effect.
For clean sounds, you really just need a compressor and some EQ, along with any reverb you might want. It needs to be compressed fairly hard, and with a bit of treble boost to add sparkle. Using a Strat's middle pickup is the way to get that classic 'pink strat' sound (though you can also try the neck pickup for a slightly fatter variation on it).
Good luck!
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