Old Satriani's tone, "Always With Me..." cover.

HQ Stereo version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UW-u7tRMkA&fmt=18

Please, use the link above to hear the video "as it is", in high quality stereo, because it simply sounds better...

Well, I have used "Guitar Rig 3" another time to emulate Satriani's tone, but this time I've centered on the old records. For this one, I've used "Always With Me, Always With You", an old one (from "Surfing With The Alien" LP!).

The basic change from the "new" Satch tone (as in my "Ten Words" cover video) is the amp: using the Marshall Plexi here instead of the Mesa/Boogie. I have to say that the Plexi is my favourite amp in Guitar Rig.

This time, I find that the tone is incredibly close to the original. I had only to cut a little the bass freqs and just to shape a little the very highs to get a good one. I think that retouching a little the EQ you can get a closer version of the tone. Moreover, I am using the Tube Screamer emulation as a little of boost and this may let the sound a little fat. So, retouching the EQ and turning off the screamer should lead to a very closer tone. Moreover, I am playing with my Ibanez JS-100, so, if you have a higher model with the right DiMarzio pickups it should sound simply incredible!

In the final part of the video you can view my "Guitar Rig" settings as you hear (another time) to my recorded cover.

So, hope you enjoy it and find it useful to play old Satch things!!!

Greetings!

P.D.: all the video and the guitar practise has taken me about 2 hours, I am playing the theme here all by ear and so some sections are different from the original, but I just wanted to show the tone because I find it to be one of the best I have!!! :)

Dedicated to my girlfriend, Esther ;)

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[NathanAre]

At 1:16, why do you cover the other strings with your first 2 fingers?

[daniellazarus]

Because I move the right hand off the strings in order to increase the volume while trying to keep these strings without making any noise. I make it sometimes... Just to keep the thing without unwanted noise.

[tubaeli93]

hey , GREAT job... what are your settings for the TS? and Whats your background? music lessons, music theory classes? i'm trying to figure out what to do next...

[daniellazarus]

All the settings used can be seen at the end of the video ;)

The TS is set volume:5, tone: 2, drive:5 (aproximately).

I've never get a real guitar lesson in my life, LOL!!! Most of the time I've learned just playing it and reading some books about chords and scales and that stuff or some friends, but never had a teacher.

The best advice I can give is just to get a good and versatile guitar and just play every day, anything, but always trying to "feel" your sounds and enjoying the instrument.

[daniellazarus]

Of course, working with a teacher will make you progress faster (the faster the better is the teacher :) ).

I find very useful to understand basic music theory just to be able to speak with other musicians in the same language and to make you discover new concepts (what means new sounds). Use this theory with the guitar to understand chords formulas and scales degrees. But always, trying to record these sounds in your mind, as these will be your main guitar vocabulary.

Hope to help!

[tm995]

is there any problem if i tune my js100 to drop d?

because a guy on a local guitar store told me i shouldnt.

please answer!!

[daniellazarus]

Well, the only thing to think about when trying different tunings is the new behaviour of the strings because the loss of tension.

Remember "the Gold Rule": if it sounds good, then it's good.

[steadytube]

good job bro

[monstershanu]

You totally nailed it !

Just partial pinch harmonics were missing.

[willrichtor]

@700kotchi You can synch this up with the original. Cooler still, you can synch it halfway through one and it sounds like 2 Satches jamming.

[thed3live]

Hey nice playing and tone sounds great. Could you e mail me the patch? Got a pretty good Vai setting if you want?

[tocoguitar]

Is good!!

[TheThecrofford]

mi dai un consiglio xil solo finale sei un grande grazie

[bigfish0886]

Damn! almost spot on to my ears!

[Atvaroun]

Awesome!

[Xcepio]

Hey man that is a nice tone. Nice one :) I tried to do the same sorta thing but with satch's live tone and a slower backing track. Check it out if ya get 5.

[XPGlowWorm]

Hola! Excellent play. You nailed the entire feel of the song. (not gonna nitpick about the little mistakes.)

Have you considered using a JS-1000 or JS-1200? I think you'll love the sound of those (I've played on JS-100TR and now have the JS-1000BTB.