Day 9

Recording: Greg’s Rhythm Guitars

Greg

The evening was spent setting up mics and amps until that sound was attained.  You know, that sound.  All rigs have one; few successfully find it, and we weren’t expecting to before the night was over.  I mean seriously, no one ever finds the G-Spot on the first try.  That actually reminds me of an embarrassing story I’ll tell you about later if there’s time.

Now, the thing to keep in mind here is that we were looking for a tone that would melt faces.  The guitars on the first album left a few sunburnt, and everyone else was too tan for that, so we really had to step up our game.

Day 10

Recording: Greg’s Rhythm Guitars
Warm-up: Assorted power chords and minor scales

Greg

We continued to tweak the guitar tones until we felt that your face could be adequately melted.  And we knew that would take a lot of work because, frankly, we really don’t like you.  Please buy our album!

Anyway, we knew the recording process would be a little different from the last album due in part to the nature of the riffs.  With most of our previous recordings, we would simply divide the guitar recording process into two parts: rhythm and solos, each with their own separate tones.  These songs contain a number of more layered riffs and melodies over top of the basic riffs, and the longer instrumental sections frequently blur the lines between these melodies and what we’d usually think of as traditional solos.  Therefore, some experimentation with additional sounds for each part will likely be necessary.

By the evening we had successfully laid down all basic rhythm tracks for the album and the cover tune.  Hold on to your face while you still can, chump.