When I found this I was scratching my head why I cut it down so much when I was mixing the stuff for Slow Times. But I suppose in the end it’s all good - I’ll be putting this on the new EP - which might include a few covers such as “All Cats Are Grey” by The Cure hopefully (I have it recorded but it needs more work). The “slacker” bit is because, at the time, it reminded me, somewhat, of Pavement.
New Dawn Fades (Joy Division)
This morning after work I was watching a show Wand played in May and was inspired by it. So I figured I’d sit down and see if I can come up with anything. Decided I would start with bass and for some reason I just started playing the bass line of this song. So, well, here it is. Drum loop is pretty bad.
7/19/24: I think I’m going to rerecord this entirely. The above wasn’t 100% - I just settled to have fun.
And today's throw-away track is?
I had a barebone project that I abandoned from November 17 that consisted of just a few bars of two guitars. I intended to try and come up with something new but I had to deal with some plug-in issues - so I figured I’d find something else to work on after… Didn’t have the energy to start something from scratch. In the end I had no idea where to take this and just faded it. Doesn’t really feel too great but I can maybe use it as a sort of interlude. I don’t know.
*Of course now I have an idea on how to tie it up.
Fayedun Away
I recorded this back in 2019 after I watched Bonnie and Clyde with Faye Dunaway. Actually, the bass is from a very shit attempt at covering Jane’s Addiction’s “I Would” - it was horrible. But at least I was able to turn it into something descent by redoing most everything else. Still haven’t found a use for this.
The Fire From Your Eyes (Hologram Microcosm clip)
Wylds - The Killing Moon (Echo & the Bunnymen)
These drums are actually Pete de Freitas - the original drum stem. When I did Will’s solo part I had to do it in two takes; one played on the g string and the other on the high e since I don’t have a 12 string. I guess you can hybrid pick it if you can keep droning the open b. I also didn’t do Les Pattinson’s tremolo picked bass part over the solo.
Just Like Heaven instrumental
I’ve had Jazzmaster and Jaguars before and there was always something I didn’t like about them - one thing being both the bridge and trem. Sure you can get a Mastery for them but they’re not cheap. I’m also not a fan of curvy fretboard radius like 7.25”. I remember my Jaguar used to cramp my hand up after a while. Anyways, I always told myself that if G&L ever did their take on either a Jaguar or a Jazzmaster I’d buy it - and it happened. I am pretty firm in the G&L camp and much prefer their stuff to Fender’s. I think these hit the market back in 2017 and I just wasn’t itching for it then, and then covid happened and the fucking market went sideways. All of the sudden the hidden gems that G&L’s were weren’t so hidden anymore. I let a few really, really cool Dohenys slip through my fingers on Reverb; one was olympic white with a maple board and blocks, another was glaxy black and has an ebony board with no fret markers. Fucking bothers me that I didn’t buy either. Anyways, once prices on Reverb just started becoming stupid I told myself that should an American Doheny be at or near the $1,000 mark I’d buy it… And it happened. This one I think is from 2017, before they began doing the Fullerton Deluxe thing - such a great guitar - even with the new latest neck shape with the 9.5” board (my Fano had me already adjusted to it - but I really can hardly tell a difference between 12 and 9.5”. I love the trem on these - the same I have on my Legacy and SC-2 - they are just solid. But, while this can cop traditional JM tones, the real asset on this thing is the tone controls. G&L’s passive treble and bass (effectively one is a treble cut and the other a bass cut) are criminally overlooked… I wish they’d even put them on ASATs. Another thing this guitar did was made me a massive fan of Hipshot locking tuners. I had some on a Hagstrom (with Imperial buttons - really cool looking) which I gave my friend, but these open gear locking Hipshots I put on here, complete with more vintage looking buttons, won me over - and they have a universal mounting bracket - meaning you don’t have to drill since the mounting plate locks them into place. Anyways this thing is now one of my favorites.