Its Been A While

Haven't made a post in over a year thought I'd start again. Not been doing much as far as gear wise as I really got into recording (check out my new recording blog jimijaymesmixing.blogspot.com) but I still have the FZ-2 which I love and have recently modded a DS-1 for more a fat (low mid) boost kinda tone. Have a Big Muff w tone wicker, not using it alot, will do a review on it soon. Got a digidelay (Digitech) and quite like it use it on a lot of stuff with my band Gondola Kid but still want a Nova repeater. On the amp front I am still using and loving my Frenzel. I have added an SD Custom 5 (SH-14) to my les paul copy and love the tone of that considering a P90 for the neck. A new pedal I am keen on is the Pharaoh seems like a great versatile Fuzz. Otherwise not much has changed in a year guitar wise

Update

Haven't made a post in a while so thought I might! I'm selling my Ibanez Flanger and George Dennis tremolo as I really need the cash. Once I start working a bit and save some money I'm hoping to buy a TC Electronic Repeater or similar delay pedal and maybe a BOSS BF-2. I still haven't modded my DS-1 or Ibanez CM-5 but will hopefully once UNI finishes. Been loving my BX5a's they have alot of depth even if they are a bit harsh in the high end and lack bass (they are cheaper 5" speakers and I don't have a great interface yet so thats expected).
I'm trying to get a project going with Alec and Gabe from my last band hopefully something will eventuate.
I'm really loving my Pinnacle II and BYOC Big Muff at the moment gives me two totally different distortion sounds and then I have my FZ-2 for stranger fuzz sounds.

New Monitors

Got some new monitors some M-Audio BXa5's they sound great and have a lot more detail then my stereo I was using before you can really hear the reverb tails with detail.
I will now try some new mixes and try to throw up some more demos plus a few tips on certain tones using emulation software.

Finally the Brierley demo

I have finally recorded a demo of my new tele pickups.

It took a while but I now love them. I had only tried them with emulation software and my stereo now that I've played and recorded them through my amp I realize they are awesome.
They are quite different to my Antiquities when clean they are brighter and less chunky and warm sounding but about the same quality wise as the antiquities so they have a great clean sound more jangly but great. The 4 way switch and phase switch added a few interesting if not so often used options.

Distortion is where they beat my old pickups they are biting and powerful with my pinnacle pedal which I never before got to sound this nice with any guitar.

This demo is through Amplitube 3 as I can't crank my amp in my apartment and don't have a decent enough mic to get a great sound but you kinda get the idea of how it sound. If you want some nice clean modern but with some vintage niceness tele pickups get these if you want something else Brierley has other pickups and you can custom order stuff.

Anyways here is the video, my intonation on my tele is a bit out at the moment and this was all terrible improvising in the morning so excuse my playing. Also I'm new to Adobe Premier and chose the wrong project size and its from a webcam so it kinda looks a bit weird but its more about sound quality.

BOSS FZ-2 Demo Audio

I really like this pedal it has some interestingly nasty songs and the 2 band eq and different modes gives it a bit of versatility.
The sound clips are here on the JIMIJAYMESGUITARIST soundclick.
Check them out

Wolfmother

On Thursday 29/07/2010 I saw Wolfmother at The Esplanade Hotel.

Since moving to Melbourne I've seen three big name acts;
Status Quo at the Palace
The Pixies at Festival Hall
Now Wolfmother at The ESPY

While Status Quo and The Pixies played well the sound at the Palace was a little bit harsh and painful to listen to. On the opposite hand Festival Hall was muddy and hard to pick out the vocals.

The Esplanade Hotel was a nice change the sound was full rich and clear like if we were in the practice room with the band x 10 and had nice chest thumping bass.

The backline consisted of three VOX ac30 and two Ampeg SVTVR Stacks

Aiden used a Les Paul Goldtop with P90's and Andrew used an array of SGs
While I didn't see his pedal board I could hear certain effects such as his whammy, his micro synth and the use of what I think may have been the AC30's tremolo on minds eye (but it may have been a pedal). Many people may have thought the AC30's to be a bit bright and thin but in the mix they worked brilliantly.

After a great set including Woman, Joker and the Thief, White Unicorn, Colossal and many others they went off stage for a good 10 minutes while the crowd chanted them back on for them to a return for a 4 song encore finishes with a great version of The Who's Baba O' Reily.

It was an awesome gig and I encourage anyone to see them while they are in Australia. The support act Philadelphia Grand Jury were really good to and their 60's style cover of 99 problems was highly enjoyable.

To top it off we met everyone from both bands except Andrew Stockdale and got a photo with Ian Peres.

Recording Trying My Rig

Recorded a song on Monday with my old bass player. First time I played my new pickups and Les Paul through my amp (Frenzel). The tele pickups were really bright but allowed my to scope the sound and with distortion it sounded great so did the Les Paul happy with my set up.