How we created our Sound Samples

Guitar Sound Samples

Recorded with a Shure SM-57 microphone directly into an audio interface. No effects, compression, gating, etc. have been added (raw recordings with hard fade in/fade outs).

Blues Sound Sample
Guitar: Fender Stratocaster, neck pickup
Amp: Fender tweed TV front Princeton (1 x 6V6GT power tube)
Player: Sam Bifano
Rock Sound Sample
Guitar: Fender Stratocaster, bridge pickup (main), neck pickup (intro)
Amp: Marshall JCM800 model 2203 (4 x EL34 power tubes)
Player: Kurt Prange
Metal Sound Sample
Guitar: Schecter Blackjack SLS C-7 (7th string tuned to drop-A), bridge pickup
Amp: Line 6 Spider IV “metal” amp model – red LED (Solid State)
Player: Gale Estrada
Jazz Sound Sample
Guitar: Gibson 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Reissue, neck pickup
Amp: Fender Bassman 70 (2 x 6L6GC power tubes)
Player: Kurt Prange
Country Sound Sample
Guitar: Fender Stratocaster, bridge + middle pickups
Amp: Fender tweed TV front Princeton (1 x 6V6GT power tube)
Player: Kurt Prange

Bass Sound Samples

Recorded with an AKG D112 microphone directly into a field recorder. No effects, compression, gating, etc. have been added (raw recordings with hard fade in/fade outs).

Basic Sound Sample
Guitar: Fender Precision Bass Special
Amp: SWR SM-900 (12AX7 tube preamp with solid-state power amp)
Player: Kurt Prange

 

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