Dean Nye- Until you came along

This is me covering the Golden Smog song "Until you came along". I recorded this as a Valentine's Day gift for my wife (we got engaged on Valentine's Day in 1993).

As I recorded the audio tracks, I videotaped myself, so what you see is me laying down the tracks in real time. I sang all the parts and played all the instruments. The drums came from Groove Agent. I recorded everything in Cubase SX 2 on my PC. I double tracked the electric 12 string part- one direct, one through an amp. No Autotune was used on this recording.

If you like this one, check out my newest video. It's for a song called "Don't look down". Take a look...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D1zwaXP9NA

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Golden
• Smog
• Until
• you
• came
• along
• Dean
• Nye
• Boca
• electric
• 12
• string
• guitar
• Rickenbacker
• 4001
• bass

[alphasxsignal]

Mine sounds good picking but when I strum its a little plain. I adjust my amp

setting to brighten it up a little.

Are you doing anything to make the strumming sound better and clear.

[Dubmaniac]

@alphasxsignal Adjusting your amp is one thing you can do. You can also try picking closer to the bridge, using only the bridge pickup and running it through a compressor. All I did in this song was use the bridge pickup. As for the neck being heavy, whenever I play it, I try to keep one hand on it at all times to keep it from dropping to the floor.

[GoldenSlumbers89]

question for ya buddy... the dean boca, how is that for staying in tune, it obviously sounds good, but i wanna know if it stays in tune and has some decent playability. I really want a rickenbacker, but this sounds really good and my wallet can't handle a rickenbacker right now. Great work by the way. I love the sound. and i'm jealous of your yellow rick.

[Dubmaniac]

@GoldenSlumbers89 Yeah, it stays in tune- as well as any othe electric 12 string. It's a royal pain to tune, but it's worth it. It's also easier to play than a Rickenbacker 360-12! I have big hands, so I need the extra space on the fingerboard. If you can find a Boca (or a Sarasota, the deluxe version), buy it. You won't be sorry. One more thing- my Rick used to be white! Show what playing in smoky bars for 25 years will do... (cough, cough)

[smcglasson]

Great work! I like the format, video taping while tracking, and cutting it together. Cool! Best one man music video I've seen. Bass, guitar work and singing are all damn' fine.

Next time, though, more boobies. That sells, man. And bling.

[Dubmaniac]

Thanks, Scotty. That's quite a compliment coming from the creator of "Apparently this is rock"! So more boobies and bling. Gotcha.

Next time I do one of these videos, I'd much rather have a real, live, sweaty drummer on the track than software drums. You know anybody, Scott? Maybe that guy from the Sally Struthers All Stars...? ;)

[alphasxsignal]

@Dubmaniac Yea I added a neck strap and fixed that problem. The sound is not bad if you get it

dialed in right. :) Dean makes a highend 12 that might be better. The Rickenbackers are almost

to twangy. I was looking at the Double neck from B.C Rich its called the Bitch they just came out with that has tons of controls to get many types of sounds.

[alphasxsignal]

I picked up a Boca 12 string and it seems to be a little muddy. If I do some

adjusting in my amp settings it gets better.

I wonder what have you found the sound and how you have it adjusted?

I did have to put a neck strap thing that Martin makes so I could use my

regular strap to the neck. Its neck heavy alright.

[chordize]

this is pretty fucking good... no joke. Love the boca 12 too

[CalSeeM21]

killer dude, i'd love to jam with you if you were ever in the oklahoma area. You have great taste in music. Keep on rockin' in the free world good sir.

[CalSeeM21]

killer dude, i'd love to jam with you if you were ever in the oklahoma area. You have great taste in music. Kepp on rockin' in the free world good sir.

[mrbadideasdotcom]

good cover

[GoldenSlumbers89]

@Dubmaniac yeah my hands our enormous so i'll have to check this out. 12 strings are like some sort of hidden gem, i'm not sure why people don't always use them, a perfect rhythm instrument, so full and bountiful as far as tonality goes! thanks for the response man!

ps. either way, that rick kicks, yellowed in or not.