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Experiments are over. Here's a new video and I'm finally able to get a recording that does this guitar justice.

jimsoloway

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I've been fighting technical difficulties with the recording process for over two years. It turned out to be bad wiring where we were living and once we moved all was well. I've also added some new mics and monitors and it all seems to be working. I really like the way this sounds. It's as close as I've ever come to what I actual hear in the room when I'm playing at low volume levels and I feel like I'm finally doing the guitar justice.

 

The setup is my custom Heritage into a TC Eleconic Arena Reverb pedal and then into a Gallien Krueger MB amp powering an Earcandy 1x10 ported Ethan cabinet. I have a Shure SM57 on the cab and an SM27 condenser on the guitar itself and I'm blending the two sounds in stereo.

 

(I'm not sure why I can't make the YouTube link work in the post but if you want to see it you can click on the link below)

 

 

 

AP515 Rookie

AP515

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Lovely work Jim. I could listen to that all day.

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Sounds very nice!!

 

As far as the link thing goes, I usually just copy the entire line out of the URL Location field of my browser and paste it directly into the text of the post.

tulk1 Experienced

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Turned on the studio monitors to hear this one. Sounded like you were in the room with me. Huge sound for a 10" speaker and a slightly narrower Hollow. Dig it, Mr. S.

jimsoloway Enthusiast

jimsoloway

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Thanks all.

 

I've known for a long time just what a great guitar this is but getting that properly documented has been really hard. It's amazing how much easier it all become when I was back in a place with proper wiring and even here, I have to make sure that the stereo in the next room is turned off when I record. I've been talking about another album since 2013 and now I feel like I'm finally underway with all the parts in place.

Rod Contributor

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Fabulous! I'll give the Heritage some credit, but when you can play like that I don't know if the guitar matters less and less or more and more. Raised my level of cultural refinement just listening to it.

 

I don't listen to much that doesn't include the words "Tube Screamer" somewhere in the effects list. Bet you could play some Skynyrd or Marshall Tucker if you wanted to. I've got some great ideas for the new album!

yoslate Proficient

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Your usual gorgeous work, Jim! Brilliant right hand, a gossamer touch. Incredible balance in the Heritage! And, with this kind of piece, mic'ing the guitar acoustically seems to pay real dividends! Just a treat to listen! Thanks!

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Jim, your playing is always a humbling experience for me. Well done, sir.

 

 

Would you mind telling me what brand and gauge strings you are using?

jimsoloway Enthusiast

jimsoloway

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Jim, your playing is always a humbling experience for me. Well done, sir.

 

 

Would you mind telling me what brand and gauge strings you are using?

 

Keep in mind that I'm tuned down a full step and the guitar has a 25.5" scale length, with that being said I use Thomastik Infeld Swing Series 12's with a 53 replacing the 50 for the low string. It feels pretty close (or maybe a touch lighter) to 11's on a 24.75" scale length tuned to standard pitch. I'm really not a fan of a stiff or heavy setup.

 

And thanks again to everyone for nice comments. (and mostly thanks to the folks at Heritage for building me this amazing instrument)

jimsoloway Enthusiast

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Very tasty playing. Is that an original composition? Were you professionally trained or just picked up the art over the years? Simply magical.

 

It was written by Brazilian guitarist and composer, Luiz Bonfa as the running theme music to the 1959 movie Black Orpheus. The arrangement is very much mine including some significant changes and extensions. I'm mostly self taught with about a year of theory and harmony instruction from Stan Ayeroff when I was about 40.

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What beautiful work, Jim, Thanks! It amazes me, watching your right hand...how perfectly you meter out energy...not sure if that is an accurate description, but it's just so effortless yet precise, which of course requires muscle. Really impressive.

 

As I recall you're a Dimarzio guy, no? Aren't those 36th anni's in that box?

jimsoloway Enthusiast

jimsoloway

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What beautiful work, Jim, Thanks! It amazes me, watching your right hand...how perfectly you meter out energy...not sure if that is an accurate description, but it's just so effortless yet precise, which of course requires muscle. Really impressive.

 

As I recall you're a Dimarzio guy, no? Aren't those 36th anni's in that box?

 

Yes 36th Anniversary PAF but that's singular, neck position only. I don't have much use for a bridge pickup.

 

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It's always good to see real players using Heritage guitars. Great tone man! I'll bet you could get a killer rocking sound out of that baby too.

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