CheapEdge - Ultraviolet

[Explorer32]

Well, i think you do stand a chance. Playing is very good and consistent. Not the easiest song to play.
Only critisism i can give is that i'm not crazy about the sound on the fuzz part, sounds a bit thin to my ears. Playing is spot on!

[Joe Black]

Rob, very well done. very consistent playing, I like the tone, although I wud add a tad more grit to the basetone. (Never realised, that they add bongos at the bridge)?
great job, thx for sharing.

[CheapEdge]

Hi Joe,
Thx for the feedback. I will check the freq tuning of my studio monitors, maybe my subwoofer is at a too high volume. Maybe I will repost a vid with updated audio track.
About the backing track: please note that note all you hear is U2, it's partly mixed with a karaoke track - so I am not sure if these bongos are actually in the original recording - but I like it :-).
Regards, Rob

[CheapEdge]

Hi Rob,
Very sharp remark on the fuzz, I agree with that - the fuzz tone is indeed somewhat thin, this exactly the paRT ABOUT WHICH i WAS LEAST SATISFIED MYSELF..
I have been thinking to add more mids in center and some more reverb panned left and right. Other suggestions are welcome.
Regards, other Rob from Rotterdam :-)

[Joe Black]

wow, rob, great job in mixing the BT. If you wud not have said that, I wud not have noticed that. I agree, the bongos sound great. I honestly found your fuzz quite ok. but thats probably because I was never really happy with the fuzz tone, I am able to achieve for that song. So, compared to what have, yours sounds really cool.
again, great playing.

[dutchyU2]

What pups do you have in the strat, are they noiseless pu's from Fender or Kinmanns? I see something written on the pupcovers,,,Great playing BTW, only thing I have to comment is that I think I hear the BT too much and I would have preferred a more dirtier sound, for my taste it is too clean

gr Bert

[CheapEdge]

Hi Bert,
The pick ups are Kinman Woodstocks.
I have them sice a few weeks only, and they're not exactly cheap :-) but I think they're worth every penny - very happy with them, great step forward on the everlasting quest for the right tone ...

Mix .. I try to make mixes where the guitar blends in with the BT rather than that it goes on the foreground, matter of taste I suppose. I try to keep in mind the principle of Our Great Example Himself: you are accompannying the singer, no more no less.

About tone more dirty and gritty ... also matter of taste I suppose. The tone I created is the result of partly following Michaels tutorials and partly listening to several U2 recordings, both studio and live. I think I came/stayed pretty close to that sound, which I like, and of which I think fits the atmosphere of the song best. But a more dirty and gritty variation could perhaps sound great as well.

Regards, Rob

[dutchyU2]

Yep, taste is very personal