Saturday night jam: Gretsch dyna jet/Bluesbreaker/Echo

[pages plexitone]

Saturday night and my 12-year old (drummer) and I were jamming. We did sleepwalk.
I set up a AT 4047 about six feet in front of his kit.

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I was using my Marshall Bluesbreaker, Gretsch Dyna Jet and a Boss space echo pedal. No reverb or delay or eq, just a raw recording in my practice room. We spent more time messing with mic placement than recording!

[Les Paul Lover]

Enjoyed that! Pretty goog sound too!

It's got to be really lovely to jam with your kids - you must be pleased!!

[pages plexitone]

Thanks for checking it out. Yes, it's a hoot having a built in drummer! I've been encouraging him to do the Bonham double kick thing more...we'll work on that.

[OrangePaul]

That Gretsch sounds sumptuous... I never knew a Marshall could do cleans that well

[pages plexitone]

Thanks man, I really like that Gretsch, it's a 6128TCG with TV Jones and T-Armonds. Ha, yes the bluesbreaker is a 6L6 amp with Celestion Blues so it can sparkle and chime!

[baytamusic]

That sounds cool man. I dig it. Not bad for a 12 year old either. The guitar player sucks though.

[pages plexitone]

That sounds cool man. I dig it. Not bad for a 12 year old either. The guitar player sucks though.

Well, that's a given!

Hey, BTW, have you been to a chicago club called Door to Door? Japan Nite is moving this year for some reason.

[baytamusic]

That sounds cool man. I dig it. Not bad for a 12 year old either. The guitar player sucks though.

Well, that's a given!

Hey, BTW, have you been to a chicago club called Door to Door? Japan Nite is moving this year for some reason.

Never heard of it. Are you sure it's not Double Door?

[pages plexitone]

That sounds cool man. I dig it. Not bad for a 12 year old either. The guitar player sucks though.

Well, that's a given!

Hey, BTW, have you been to a chicago club called Door to Door? Japan Nite is moving this year for some reason.

Never heard of it. Are you sure it's not Double Door?

Doh! Yes, Double Door is correct. Have you been there?

[baytamusic]

Doh! Yes, Double Door is correct. Have you been there?

Yeah, it's a cool mid-size club. Sometimes they have some lame shows but typically the bands that are too big to play at smaller places like Empty Bottle, Beat Kitchen, Schuba's, etc. play there. I have a buddy that works there. They have pretty good sound over there. It's about half the size of The Metro.

Also, I was just checking out their website and they can provide a 24 track recording of your live show there for only $60 that you can mix later on. That's a pretty cool perk.

[Thinline_slim]

Very cool man!

Did you replace the stock Dynas with the T Armonds? Do you have a comparison between the two that you could fill me in on?

Thanks man, I really like that Gretsch, it's a 6128TCG with TV Jones and T-Armonds. Ha, yes the bluesbreaker is a 6L6 amp with Celestion Blues so it can sparkle and chime!

[pages plexitone]

Very cool man!

Did you replace the stock Dynas with the T Armonds? Do you have a comparison between the two that you could fill me in on?

Thanks man, I really like that Gretsch, it's a 6128TCG with TV Jones and T-Armonds. Ha, yes the bluesbreaker is a 6L6 amp with Celestion Blues so it can sparkle and chime!

Yep, I replaced the stock dynas (which were cool, but a bit too spikey on top) with the TV Jones T-Armonds which have more beef.

Here's what it looks like under the hood. The long magnets belong to the stock pups.

[Thinline_slim]

Nice. Did the neck clean up some? I know you didn't care for the stock neck pickup sine it was too muddy on it's own IIRC.