Bass on Alice in Chains - Dirt? - Page 2

ZEUSS · 24th December 2005

I thought I read that years ago. I think I still have the mag somewhere. He did use one. Ever sinse i read that I always hear that rockman in his sound. Here it is.

Cantrell: There's a lot of different stuff in both those tunes. For the guitar tones, I used my Bogners, a Mesa/Bogie Dual Rectifier and a Rockman; last time I used the Marshalls modified by Bogner, which is what I use live. And instead of eqing the guitar, I put down guitar tracks of different eq sounds. I put the low stuff with Dual Rectifier, the big whomping shit, and the real biting stuff that is my sound in the middle, and then a real shitty, high Rockman on top of it. I did this on each side, so that even though there's three tracks on each side, they're not necessarily used every time. But whatever sound you want, instead of having to twist the knob, it's already there. That was due to Dave Jerden; he's really smart guy.

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Almost Human · 24th December 2005

Wow, thanks for the article...that was a great read...all of you guys rock! thumbsup

M. Dresch · 11th December 2007

I just had a couple beers and buffalo wings with Bryan about four evenings ago when he was in town. I asked him all sorts of stuff about the Dirt record. Bryan is a GREAT guy and a class act all the way. About the nicest guy I've ever come across in this buisness. We're going to try to work together in the future hopefully....

Anyways, regarding amps for Dirt. Bryan said that the Bogner Fish preamp was the main tone. The Recto was also added and said the Rockman in question was a half rack Rockman Sustainer and was used VERY sparingly. Bryan is all about adding different tones to make a bigger sound. For instance, using a high gain amp for the distortion and then a lower gain amp for the actual tone of the note.

Guitars, he said were all Jerry's G&L's and a Les Paul that Bryan still has to this day. I'm going down to LA in January to work with a client and hopefully track some guitars at Bryan's Tranzformer Studios. You can bet I'll be looking to check out that Les Paul

Bryan also said he's a SM57 guy on guitars and also now likes Tube Royers as well.

bitman · 11th December 2007

A great great record indeed.

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24th December 2005	#31
ZEUSS Gear addict Joined: Jun 2002 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 379	I thought I read that years ago. I think I still have the mag somewhere. He did use one. Ever sinse i read that I always hear that rockman in his sound. Here it is. Cantrell: There's a lot of different stuff in both those tunes. For the guitar tones, I used my Bogners, a Mesa/Bogie Dual Rectifier and a Rockman; last time I used the Marshalls modified by Bogner, which is what I use live. And instead of eqing the guitar, I put down guitar tracks of different eq sounds. I put the low stuff with Dual Rectifier, the big whomping shit, and the real biting stuff that is my sound in the middle, and then a real shitty, high Rockman on top of it. I did this on each side, so that even though there's three tracks on each side, they're not necessarily used every time. But whatever sound you want, instead of having to twist the knob, it's already there. That was due to Dave Jerden; he's really smart guy. article

24th December 2005	#32
Almost Human Gear addict Joined: Jul 2005 Location: Germantown, MD Posts: 408 Thread Starter	Wow, thanks for the article...that was a great read...all of you guys rock! thumbsup

11th December 2007	#33
M. Dresch Gear interested Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1	I just had a couple beers and buffalo wings with Bryan about four evenings ago when he was in town. I asked him all sorts of stuff about the Dirt record. Bryan is a GREAT guy and a class act all the way. About the nicest guy I've ever come across in this buisness. We're going to try to work together in the future hopefully.... Anyways, regarding amps for Dirt. Bryan said that the Bogner Fish preamp was the main tone. The Recto was also added and said the Rockman in question was a half rack Rockman Sustainer and was used VERY sparingly. Bryan is all about adding different tones to make a bigger sound. For instance, using a high gain amp for the distortion and then a lower gain amp for the actual tone of the note. Guitars, he said were all Jerry's G&L's and a Les Paul that Bryan still has to this day. I'm going down to LA in January to work with a client and hopefully track some guitars at Bryan's Tranzformer Studios. You can bet I'll be looking to check out that Les Paul Bryan also said he's a SM57 guy on guitars and also now likes Tube Royers as well.

11th December 2007	#34
bitman Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2007 Location: Keystone, CO Posts: 1,502	A great great record indeed.