New Fender CD-60

NewGuitar (mp3)

Brought the Telecaster to the shop for a full setup, since several things were bugging me about it. Didn't want to be without one for a few days so I got an acoustic one with case, which I'm planning on bringing to Mexico. :-)

Fender Website

Much higher action, very confusing hearing myself in both the monitor and from the guitar when I tried to record this. Electric is easy cause I can turn up the monitor to drown out the guitar itself. This is recorded from the built-in pickup, which has a very bright sound to it, it seems, but there are some adjustments I can play with after I've played it a few days and get used to it physically. New strings always sound that way to me anyway.

Note that you can hear my drum machine in the background, being heard via the guitar's internal pickup.

Delay

Delay (mp3)

Playing with the delay settings and trying to sync my speed to the timing of the pedal... can't really play the drum machine with it, cause it can't get them accurate enough. I can see why a human drummer with a monitor from the delay or something would be a big help.

Metal mute

YourLove (mp3)

Simple guts of an Outfield song, just showing left hand muting while letting low note ring. Bad transitions into the A chord for some reason.

LeftFingerMute

SomeStuff (mp3)

Using just the left hand 4 fingers to mute the chords when moving, letting the bass string just ring most the time. Marshal amp sim, which I'm starting to like more when I'm playing much louder. Still seems kinda muddy/drowned for the low end, but I'll play with stuff next time.

More

2HandMute (mp3)

Muting chords with left hand and bass line with palm.
I recorded this kinda like I'm thinking, bassline first, chord fill and a twill on the top, so I could hear them separate.

More Muting

LeftHandMute (mp3)

Only using the left hand to raise up enough to mute chords when I want them to stop ringing. :-)

ComboMute (mp3)

Using my right palm to mute the bass line string and the left hand for the rest of the chord.

Rain is Better than Snow

RainyTrain (mp3)
Acoustic mode, had to EQ down the low end for some reason.