Fender Bassman Amp 1958 serial number BM00932 Original Tweed 4×10 Fender Bassman amplifiers from the late 1950s are among the holy grail of all guitar amps, even though they were originally designed as a bass amp they became popular with guitarists for their great sound and power. I hadn’t seen many…
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I’d just finished a recording session and the producer says “while you’re here can you do a quick guitar track on this song for me?” We listen to the song and decide that a Fender Stratocaster would be a suitable sound. As I didn’t have a Strat with me that…
When you’re booked for a studio session often you don’t meet the featured artist until you arrive at the session. In this case the sessions were over a few days. The first few days were recording the band tracks which consisted of guitar, bass, drums and piano. The piano player…
Back in the 1990s when I was doing quite a few recording sessions as a guitar player some interesting situations and requests would arise. One day I received a call from a producer who wanted to book me for an ‘Overdub’ session. This can mean anything from replacing existing guitar…