Kahden ultrakevyiden digipianojen demobiisi. • Casio CT-S1 • Yamaha NP-15 Rumpujen ja lyömäsoittimien äänet, sekä basso, tulevat Applen GarageBandista. Kumpikin digitaalinen piano tuottaa seuraavat äänet: – Flyygeli – DX sähköpiano – Jouset – Drawbar-urut … ja ihan lopussa ripaus vibrafonia (Yamaha NP-15).
Silloin kun aloitin kitaran soittamista – 1970-luvulla – ”halvat” kitarat ja vahvistimet olivat yleensä huonoja. Nykypäivänä asiat ovat onneksi muuttuneet, ja edullisilla soittovehkeillä pystyy saamaan tarpeeksi hyviä soundeja, ettei innostus musiikin tekemiseen loppu.
Jos budjetti on pieni, eikä tarkoitus ole soittaa kokonaisen bändin kanssa, saa jo tällaisella kattauksella aikaiseksi ”olohuonekitaristia” tyydyttäviä soundeja.
When I first started playing guitar – in the 1970s – ”cheap” guitars and amps were generally bad. Fortunately, things have changed, and you can get satisfying sounds with relatively inexpensive equipment.
If your budget is small, and you don’t aim at playing with a whole band, a small set-up like the above will keep you going for a good while.
Here’s a demo based on the Beatles’ classic song ”A Day In The Life”, using my 1989 Höfner 500/1 and my 1987 Rickenbacker 4003. Both basses were strung with roundwounds with the neck pickup selected. The bass tracks were recorded with a Bluetone Bass 200 and an AKG C3000 microphone.
Here’s a version of the Irish folk tune ”Lough Erin Shore” featuring two Ortega mandolins – the RMAE-30 (with built-in magnetic pickup) and the RMAE-40 (with built-in piezo pickup). • Rhythm mandolins – Ortega RMAE-30 (left channel), Ortega RMAE-40 (right channel) • Lead parts as pointed out in the video The rhythm mandolin parts were recorded with an AKG C3000 condenser mic, while I used a Shure SM7B for the lead parts. Both mics were plugged into a Cranborne Audio Camden EC2 preamp.
Here’s a short version of the REM classic ”Losing My Religion” featuring two Ortega mandolins – the RMAE-30 (with built-in magnetic pickup) and the RMAE-40 (with built-in piezo pickup). • Rhythm mandolins – Ortega RMAE-30 (left channel), Ortega RMAE-40 (right channel) • Lead parts as pointed out in the video All mandolin tracks were recorded with the instruments plugged straight into a Cranborne Audio Camden EC2 preamp.