Mind you, this was all the Over Dub sessions at Soundtrack.I don't know about the tracking sessions at Bearsville, I wasn't there.Īnymore questions I'll do my best to serve, was along time ago in another life it seems.but have very fond memories from those sessions.four months of it I believe.

All this went into a 'newer' API board, somethings being done on a Neve VR.

The JCM he used 421's if i remember correctly. The mics on the amp were a U87 front and back going into a Tube Tech EQ PE and UREI 1176 compressor mainly. and do an on the spot revamped version, swapping the key from minor to major.I usually just scratched my head. The main target of these performances was Hallelujah and Corpus.don't know how many times and variations I got to hear these tunes in.he'd get pissed at Halle. Anyway, it was real nice to sit there and basically have a private performance every night.only three of us. That signal went to the amp and board via a D.I.making a pitstop to Jeff's quadraverb.which he always like to have on.he modified the 'Taj Mahal' setting to be even bigger and called it 'Jeffs Mahal' or something to that effect.Andy did record the quadraverb effect to tape but separate from the guitar and vox.tape in this case being one of the first ADAT's.non of these types of tunes when to analog.Īfter laying down vox's and gtr's on the 'band' tracks thru out the day.sometime after dinner.Jeff would do his 'cabaret' schtick.just running thru songs goofing off.all being recorded,all of which are sitting in some tape library (prob closley quarded). Hallelujah and other (alot of other,hehe) tracks were it was just him and gtr.was actually some sort of Red Gibson Hollow Body Electric, big motha.I don't remember the model, he loved it though. he did not use the tele.he had an endorsement deal with Gibson of some sort and seemingly everyday would walk in with 'another' guitar to goof off with.the Les Paul he used was actually an Ace Frehley Sig Model which he like better than a 1960 Classic that was around. The bass gtr on EL was thru the JCM with Jeff playing it. He also rented a Marshall JCM 800 which you hear on things like Eternal Life, used on alot of solo tracks that didn't make it. Andy tried many things with it (mics,replaced tubes, speaker) and gave up. Jackson - Assistant Engineer for Graceįor amps he used a Vibroverb, not his, his didn't record well. You put up his faders and it's damn near.mixed, as far as tone/sound/balance.īryant W. That's it, besides Andy's wizardry.who's actually a pretty straight signal, hands-off-eq engineer/producer.doesn't get to caught up.mucking about.

Mic on vox was a Milab VIP 50.tracked without headphones, thru the studio monitors. No pedals.he was VERY attached to his quadraverb, mostly to a reverb setting he called Jeffs Mahal.he'd modified the Taj Mahal patch.to be even longer. used in various places, mostly solos that never made it, and he played some fine ones on Lover.also the overdriven bass part on Eternal.that was Jeff.he was a trip.he told Andy, 'I have an idea'.went in, turned it up and just went nuts.he was jumping around, it was almost comical, I think you can hear 'that' in the part.anyway. Various other Gibsons came thru for a day or two.revolving door.Īmps: Vibroverb, rented from S.I.R. Gibson Semi-Hollowbody, wine red most likely an ES-175.he used this alot with Hali. Les Paul Ace Frehley signature (he used this alot) The Tele.he hardly ever picked it up (imo it was a bitch to play)

During overdubs, in the studio, the guitars present were: The Tele was used for basics afaik, if something else was in the studio (Bearsville), he would've picked it up, heh.

Andy buckley omo