(featuring Dallas McGilberry and Patrick Tierny. All guitars were tracked with Diamond Spec Op heads and Diamond Spec Op 4x12 cabs, including the clean tones. All material is copyright Straightfork and may not be reproduced without express written permission.
These tracks were recorded live at ID studios in Los Angeles, California on June 20 and 21, 2006. All guitars and bass played by Angelo Marruzzi. All Drums played by Ian Dye. Produced by Angelo Marruzzi. Engineered and mastered by Ian Dye and Angelo Marruzzi. For questions about these clips email Angelo at
solasound@hotmail.com
The Diamond Amplification Spec Op amp was plugged into a 4/12 Baltic birch cabinet loaded with Celestion G12H30 anniversary speakers. Cabinet was close-mic'd with an 80's Beyer M88 dynamic mic. All guitar tracks were recorded using a stock 1991 Gibson Flying V guitar with PAF type pickups
The text describing the clips was written entirely by Angelo. All musical material was written by Angelo Marruzzi, is copywritten, and is being used with permission.
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Track #1 - Clean With Lead
"Clean with lead" is a slow Pink Floyd type groove that showcases the amp's incredible clean tone (bridge pickup) and is then joined by a high-gain lead tone (bridge pickup) on the distorted channel in the second part. Drums, bass, 1 clean guitar track and 1 distorted guitar track. Clean settings: presence 6, bass 5, mids 5, treble 6, gain at 9:00 o'clock and master at 3:00 o'clock. Lead settings: presence 7, bass 3, mids 5, treble 6, gain at 12:00 o'clock and master at 3:00 o'clock. Bass switch in position # 2.
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Track #2 - Classic
"Classic" showcases the amp's ability to produce clean punchy distorted tones that one might find in a cleaner gain type setting, or in a pop-rock or pop-metal song. Drums, bass, and 1 guitar track split into stereo and panned to 9:00 and 3:00 respectively. Amp settings: presence 6, bass 5, mids 5, treble, 6, gain at 9:00 and master at 5:00. Bass switch in position # 1.
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Track #3 - Heavy Guitars
"Heavy Guitars" this track showcases the amp's ability to do heavy layering of guitar tracks and stay very detailed, in a mid-80's type of metal groove. Drums, bass, one heavy rhythm guitar track and two lead tracks. Rhythm guitar track settings: presence 6, bass 4, mids 5, treble 6, gain 12:00 and master at 9:00 and bass switch in the # 2 position. Lead tone settings: same as rhythm tone settings.
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Track #4 - Drop D
"Drop D" demonstrates the amp's killer response to dropped D tuning. Drums, bass, and 1 guitar track split into stereo and panned to 9:00 and 3:00 respectively. Amp settings: presence 6, bass 4, mids 5, treble 7, gain 2:00 and master at 3:00 and bass switch in the #2 position.
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Track #5 - Clip 5
"Clip 5" this track demonstrates the amps ability to do late-70's and early-80's type Marshall JMP tones. Drums, bass, and 1 guitar track split into stereo and panned to 9:00 and 3:00 respectively. Amp settings: presence 6, bass 5, mids 5, treble 6, gain 11:00 and master at 4:00 and bass switch in the #1 position.
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Track #6 - Metal
"Metal." This track shows the ultra-high gain settings used in metal. Track has drums, NO BASS GUITAR, and 1 guitar track split into stereo and panned to 9:00 and 3:00 respectively. We chose to play this track with no bass guitar to showcase the amps incredible "thump" all by itself, and show off the bass switch in the #3 position. This track is the only one that uses the bass switch in the #3 position and is also uses the highest gain setting of all our clips with tons of gain still to go!!!
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Track #7 - Blues
"Blues." This track again showcases the amp's incredible clean tone, this time on the neck pickup, along with an overdriven bluesy lead tone (also on neck pickup) that was achieved by cranking the gain knob of the clean channel! Drums, bass, 1 clean guitar track, and 1 distorted guitar track (plugged into the clean channel). Clean settings: presence 6, bass 5, mids 5, treble 6, gain 9:00 and master at 3:00 and bass switch in the #1 position. Clean channel "distorted" settings: presence 7, bass 5, mids 5, treble 6, gain 3:00 and master at 4:00 and bass switch in the # 1 position.
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Track #8 - Bolero
"Bolero." This track showcases several qualities of the amp at the same time, including a heavy guitar rhythm track, two unison octave guitar lead tracks, and 1 high-gain lead track, all on the bridge pickup. NO BASS GUITAR. Rhythm guitar settings: presence 6, bass 5, mids 6, treble 6, gain at 1:00 and master on 10. Bass switch on #2.
