The GDS 18w MP3 Tone Zone...

The following are MP3s of GDS 18W amps.

The first 3 clips are a 2-10 combo with a PRS McCarty.  The 4th clip is a 50th anniversary Strat with a Seymour Duncan Hot Rails in the bridge.  The Hot Rails was tapped so actually only one coil was working on this clip.  The amp was close mic'd and distance mic'd simultaneously.  The mic levels were left constant throughout this recording session.  Only the volume on the amp was changed.  The high input of the normal channel was used in all cases.

1.  PRS McCarty (neck pickup) through 2-10 18W combo at volume level 3 "Lucienne" - Click here  

BTW, This MP3 clip is my interpretation of "Lucienne" which was written by Pete Haycock of the Climax Blues Band and now a solo artist.   I chose to use this tune because it is so easy to display tones ranging from clean to "on-the-edge" of distortion.  It also has a beautiful melody and a very pretty rhythm guitar part.  Pete told me recently that the song was named after his daughter.   "Lucienne" is from Pete's solo album, "Guitar and Son" which is a fantastic guitar album.  I play this song frequently with  my trio.  Check out Pete's website here...  www.petehaycock.com  Thanks Pete!

2.  PRS McCarty (bridge pickup) through 2-10 18W combo at volume level 5 - Click here  (from "Detroit Street", GD Stuckey)

3.  PRS McCarty (bridge pickup) through 2-10 18W combo at volume level 8 - Click here (some misc chord wankage!)

4.  Stratocaster (bridge pickup) through 2-10 18W combo at volume level 8 - Click here (from "Blue Bananas", GD Stuckey)

5. This little montage includes snippets from a CD called "Collage" by Celebration Church in Texas (link forthcoming).  The sections are separated by fades or song endings.  The notes are from Josh Karnes who played the guitar parts.

Josh Karnes audio montage of GDS 18W and one other amp

section 1:  GDS 18W, trem channel; Tele with vib on the left, strat w/o vib on the right, Sennheiser MD-421 both guitars

section 2:  GDS normal channel dimed, Princeton on about 4, doubletracked, both using my Esprit, Shure SM57 for the GDS, Shure SM58 with transformer removed for the Princeton

section 3:  GDS 18W trem channel, Tele both pickups, Sennheiser MD-421

section 4:  chorus guitar: the normal channel, "ex Classic 30"(not an 18W), danelectro chorus, strat with bridge + neck pu (blend pot), I forget which mic ... prob.  Sennheiser MD-421

section 5:  OD guitar Esprit into the "ex Classic 30" OD channel guitar solo guitar Esprit into GDS 18W dimed SM57 both amps

section 6:  OD guitar Esprit into the "ex Classic 30" OD channel

section 7:  wah guitar: strat neck pu, "ex Classic 30" normal channel, SM57 lead guitar: Esprit, "ex Classic 30" OD channel, Shure KSM32

section 8:  Esprit, GDS 18W trem channel, KEL HM-1 mic way off-axis.

More clips coming, especially of the new Mini-18W.  Stay tuned for more.

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