Romano Nervoso: confermate le date in Italia

A breve suonerò in Italia con Romano Nervoso.
Casa dolce casa.
Cominceremo proprio da Torino, da Spazio 211, uno dei migliori rock club della penisola, per me pieno di ottimi ricordi.
Sarà un onore.

26/10 Torino (TO) - Spazio 211 - http://www.spazio211.com
27/10 Seregno (MB) - Honky Tonky - http://www.honkytonky.it/
28/10 Varese (VA) - L’arlecchino -https://www.facebook.com/larlecchino.showbar
29/10 vittuone (MI) - Shout Live - http://www.shoutvittuone.it/

In questo video io non compaio, ero appena entrato nella band,

Però le chitarre che ascoltate sono arrangiate e suonate da me al Koko Records non lontano da Liegi, qui in Belgio.

Mi sono divertito non poco a doppiare il riff iniziale.

Stessa Telecaster, stesso ampli VHT, ho solo differenziato l'ottava del lick che chiude il riff.

Bomba!

Assolo, bello caldo pure quello, il Turbo RAT a manetta non tradisce mai!

Il brano è una cover di Fred & The Healers, progetto del noto chitarrista belga.

...Have F:U:N:

Recording new album with Romano Nervoso: guitar rig, miking and preamp

After many attempts, we decided for the VHT Pittbull combo.
The sound is thinner than the Hiwatt head. But most of the time you will cut a lot of low frequencies during the mix, so why don't do it from the beginning?

The option to record both amps was nice, but we don't want to have 6 recorded tracks for every guitar lane, 'cause it will results in more than 20 tracks just for guitars in each session, and it doesn't correspond to our idea of punk-rock production.

About miking, nothing too sexy: a dynamic Shure SM57, best workhorse ever, and a condenser Audio-Technica AT4040.

A DI will assure a clean line track recorded,  just in case we need to reamp for some reason with another amp.
Look at the cables: The guitar is going straight to the DI without any pedal or effect.
The balanced output goes straight to the Control Room, the unbalanced output is connected to the amp, and the link is used to send the guitar sound to the tuner without add a step to the signal chain.

Both line and mics go in Drawmer 160 tube preamp and compressor units.
No EQ at all while tracking. It's all about find the sweet spot with the mic position.
But again, nothing fancy: straight to the very middle of the speaker.
Don't overthink before trying the easy way!
From here, a patch bay brings the sound into a Pro Tools system.

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Recording new album with Romano Nervoso: my guitars and amps

We've spent the evening placing our instruments in the room.

My main guitar for that album will be the black Fender Telecaster USA, 1988 with original pickups,
That guitar gives me all the edge and attack I need for nervous rock'n'roll riffs, but since the pickups are old and "tired" they never sound too harsh or too heavy.
The Gibson Firebird is ready too, just in case I need a fat sound.

The stack in the background is not mine and I don't think I'm gonna use it.

For one or two songs I'm pretty sure I'll go for the Fender Stratocaster since I need a whamy bar to play some vibrato in a surf / western style.
On the back, a Danelectro Baritone. I'm not sure I'll need that one, but "on sais jamais". Intervals and tuning are the same of a standard guitar, but starting from lower B instead of E. It is fat and hot as hell.
About the organ, I wish I could play it...

Amp 1: Combo Pittbull 100 VHT
Amp 2: Hiwatt head Hi Gain 50 and 4 x 12 VHT cabinet

Both set for a crunch suond for the 90% of the songs.

Talk soon about rig, mics and settings.
Stay tuned!