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cjmask · 6th January 2009

I bought a ZVex Box of Rock pedal a while back for 100 bux of craigslist and while I liked it, I never really used it until a few weeks ago.

I was tracking guitars for a punk/rock/beach-boys kind of band and I couldn't quite get a sound I really liked. We had a good marshall amp and matching cab but it didn't quite have the guts I wanted and the more I messed with it the more fizz I kept falling into. So we ended up cleaning up the amp a little bit and using the boost section of the pedal and the sound really caught me by surprise.

I found a good mic placement and we were off. The guitar player had a nice G&L tele type and a PRS. With a little tweaking we had 2 complimenting rhythm tracks. And the fizz I was trying to not get stuck with ended up being really smooth.

Then it was lead guitar time. To be honest with you my only technique for getting a lead sound is to get a completely different sound to it cuts through a mix and turn down some lows on the amp(depending on the solo and song etc) But I used the actual overdrive chanel on the pedal and it really worked well with the rest of the tracks.

So I thought I would throw it a little praise and then ask the following question:

Lead guitar tracks, what are your tracking/mixing tricks? Especially in a really dense rock track (first example I can think of is the first velvet revolver album)

Thanks and happy 2009!

6th January 2009	#1
cjmask Gear Head Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 55 Thread Starter	Box of Rock and Lead Tracks?! I bought a ZVex Box of Rock pedal a while back for 100 bux of craigslist and while I liked it, I never really used it until a few weeks ago. I was tracking guitars for a punk/rock/beach-boys kind of band and I couldn't quite get a sound I really liked. We had a good marshall amp and matching cab but it didn't quite have the guts I wanted and the more I messed with it the more fizz I kept falling into. So we ended up cleaning up the amp a little bit and using the boost section of the pedal and the sound really caught me by surprise. I found a good mic placement and we were off. The guitar player had a nice G&L tele type and a PRS. With a little tweaking we had 2 complimenting rhythm tracks. And the fizz I was trying to not get stuck with ended up being really smooth. Then it was lead guitar time. To be honest with you my only technique for getting a lead sound is to get a completely different sound to it cuts through a mix and turn down some lows on the amp(depending on the solo and song etc) But I used the actual overdrive chanel on the pedal and it really worked well with the rest of the tracks. So I thought I would throw it a little praise and then ask the following question: Lead guitar tracks, what are your tracking/mixing tricks? Especially in a really dense rock track (first example I can think of is the first velvet revolver album) Thanks and happy 2009!