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Topic: Mike Johnson studio gear
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Larry Behm
Member From: Oregon City, Oregon
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posted 05 June 2003 08:27 PM
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Does anyone know what Mike uses in the studio? I did a session with an eng he worked with in Nashville and he told me Mike has his guitar and a small processor. Got killer steel tone direct to the board.Larry Behm |
Greg Derksen
Member From: Calgary, AB. Canada
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posted 06 June 2003 05:57 AM
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Larry I think he uses a MB Studio Pre and a Franklin Guitar, |
Larry Bell
Member From: Englewood, Florida
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posted 06 June 2003 08:14 AM
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with or without power/spkrs, that's a pretty tried and true combo in Nashville studios.  ------------------
Larry Bell - email: larry@larrybell.org - gigs - Home Page
2003 Fessenden S/D-12 8x8, 1969 Emmons S-12 6x6, 1971 Dobro, Standel and Peavey Amps
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Chris Bauer
Member From: Nashville, TN USA
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posted 06 June 2003 10:17 AM
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Wow! I didn't know Milton-Bradley was putting out studio gear now. My 5 year old daughter LOVES their toys and games!  |
Larry Bell
Member From: Englewood, Florida
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posted 06 June 2003 02:07 PM
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No, Chris
This one's his brother, Mesa Bradley. (not to be confused with the 'smart one', Mensa Bradley) ------------------
Larry Bell - email: larry@larrybell.org - gigs - Home Page
2003 Fessenden S/D-12 8x8, 1969 Emmons S-12 6x6, 1971 Dobro, Standel and Peavey Amps
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Bob Hoffnar
Member From: Brooklyn, NY
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posted 08 June 2003 04:21 PM
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Does anybody actually know what Mike Johnson uses ?Bob |
David Spires
Member From: Nashville, TN USA
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posted 08 June 2003 07:52 PM
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Talent. |
Larry Bell
Member From: Englewood, Florida
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posted 08 June 2003 07:54 PM
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Bob, http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum15/HTML/001611.html ------------------
Larry Bell - email: larry@larrybell.org - gigs - Home Page
2003 Fessenden S/D-12 8x8, 1969 Emmons S-12 6x6, 1971 Dobro, Standel and Peavey Amps
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John Bechtel
Member From: Nashville, Tennessee,U.S.A.
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posted 08 June 2003 10:37 PM
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The only things I can add to Mikes equipment besides MB and Franklin are three (3) connector boxes, which I built for him, and I have no idea why he uses them! He sure has a good sound going, but; not to any of my credit! “Big John” ------------------
‘Til L8R, “Uh~” ƒƒ< “Big John” wknsg® http://community.webtv.net/KeoniNui/BigJohnBechtels
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John Macy
Member From: Denver, CO USA
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posted 09 June 2003 09:12 AM
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I heard he carries his own mic and preamp (a Neve 1272 based job), handing the engineer a line-level signal ready to go to tape (I still have a hard time saying hard drive).I do the same--carry a couple of Neve 1073's along with Royer ribbon mics plus some other options. I get exactly what I want, and the engineer likes it, too. |
Bob Hoffnar
Member From: Brooklyn, NY
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posted 09 June 2003 10:37 AM
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John Macy,
Do you like any of the 1073 or 1272 knock offs ? I'm looking at the Brent Averill and the Vintech models. Right now I bring along a little Joe Meek channel strip when I get project studio sessions. It helps but is garbage compared to the Neve stuff.
You must frighten those poor studio guys when you pull the King Kong of pre's out of your bag.Bob |
John Macy
Member From: Denver, CO USA
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posted 09 June 2003 01:38 PM
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I really like the Vintech stuff, and use it a lot. I put the X73's against some real 1073's, and they were waaayy close. So I bought some, and will be getting some X81's next. The 1272's sound just fine, also. |
James Quackenbush
Member From: Pomona, New York, USA
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posted 13 June 2003 06:38 AM
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John,
I totally agree with you on the value of the Vintech line...I ended up with the Dual 72 which adds plenty of body and sheen to the tone of the pedal steel...Rather than spending the extra money on thier higher end units, I bought a pair of Speck EQ's...They run about $1,000 for the pair and are fully parametric..
VERY NICE eq's....The compare very favorably to the higher end stuff, and are more variable..Mercenary sells them....Check them out..I bought them sererately to use with my various preamps, and they are just as sweet as can be...You can order them with or without transformers which add another dimension to the tone...The transformer can be switched in or out depending on the tone you are looking for ....Sincerely, Jim |
Bob Hoffnar
Member From: Brooklyn, NY
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posted 13 June 2003 07:16 AM
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The Great River ME-1NV pre seems to be the big news with studio guys around here.Bob |
chris ivey
Member From: sacramento, ca. usa
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posted 14 June 2003 11:57 AM
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hey mr. bauer,
i understand mattel is now making some nice
studio qualified support systems that don't even need power supplies. you just turn the little crank a few times and..... |
Dan Tyack
Member From: Seattle, WA USA
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posted 14 June 2003 09:09 PM
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Geez I thought I was being picky when I bring my Royer ribbon mike to sessions.....I suppose if I had a 1073 I would bring it along, too... ------------------
www.tyack.com
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John Macy
Member From: Denver, CO USA
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posted 17 June 2003 10:15 AM
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Dan, with the advent of so many "producers" that have bought ProTools rigs to work by themselves, the engineering quality has gone down IMO. Handing them a finished product makes everybody a lot happier. Obviously, going to a major studio where they have all the tools, the need would be much less, though even they are happy being handed a great line level sound. Just makes life a little easier... |
W Franco
Member From: silverdale,WA. USA
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posted 17 June 2003 03:50 PM
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At the beginning of this post people were referring to a pre-amp as an MB. Do you mean a Mesa/Boogie pre-amp?. That is the only one I could find anything on. If so does anyone know the specific model and if in fact it is being used by steel players. I have found some models used for an average of $450.00. I had never heard of anyone using them until Larry brought this subject up. One with bad tubes for about $250.00. |
James Quackenbush
Member From: Pomona, New York, USA
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posted 17 June 2003 04:14 PM
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Bob,
I haven't heard ANY of the Great River line that I didn't like for one thing or another..
Great stuff !!....Jim |
Jon Light
Member From: Brooklyn, NY
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posted 17 June 2003 04:19 PM
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As in Greg's post up top, Paul (according to his website and according to folks here in the know) uses a Mesa Boogie Studio preamp. |
Gaylon Mathews
Member From: Jasper, Georgia
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posted 17 June 2003 08:39 PM
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I can't tell you exactly what Mike uses in the studio except that about 3 years ago I had the opportunity to be in a Nashville studio while Mike was recording for former Lonestar band member gone solo, John Rich. Mike was playing a Franklin but his rack was enormous....about 4 1/2 to 5 feet tall and full of goodies. I never got to inspect the contents though. I did notice he had tin foil under the volume pedal.------------------
Gaylon's Homepage
www.geocities.com/nashville/1064 Craig Collins & High Lonesome
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Greg Derksen
Member From: Calgary, AB. Canada
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posted 19 June 2003 07:07 AM
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Anyone wanting to know more should do a search, this topic has been brought up a bunch, It also seems alot of steel players
who buy these sell them to, I did , but bought another for direct recording, which I
still think it slays the digital modelling
stuff, particularily the clean which is most of what steelers want, having said that, its still better to mic an amp, or as I think
Paul & Mike do, mic up a couple of cabs
with a warm sounding power amp running the MB
preamp,
I'm a firm believer that tone comes from the
hands, but I know so many players that have
average sound cause they don't care what they play through, or record through. What a person plays through amplifies his hands,
cables, mic-pre's, Tube Amps? Every 5%
makes the edge sharper,
Be careful of the latest all in one (Modelling) devices, compare, turn off the
effects and listen to the tone, Greg |
Dan Tyack
Member From: Seattle, WA USA
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posted 20 June 2003 11:14 PM
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I hear you, John. There are a few...well really only one... studios where I totally trust the engineers. Of course that one studio has some killer Coles ribbon mikes and a preamp selection that includes a couple of QUAD8 boards and Neves and UAD stuff and much more. I haven't found much grief from engineers for bringing my mike in, and if I had a god-like pre I would bring that too. Too much of the digital studios out there are lacking in the basics....(good mikes and pres).------------------
www.tyack.com
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