Our good friend Charlie Hunter is back at it again, this time with a bluesy tune called “Blind Arthur” from his 2012 release Not Getting Behind is the New Getting Ahead. Using his custom, fanned-fret 7-string instrument with three strings of bass and four strings of guitar and separate pickups and outputs from each ‘instrument’, Charlie generates an extraordinary amount of groove, rhythm, music & tone. The Bass signal went into a Walkabout head and 1x15 Traditional Cab while the guitar signal was routed to a Lone Star 100w 1x12 combo.
Charlie made some time in between dates on a West Coast run to play some tunes in the Mesa Video Lounge so stay tuned for more. We’re proud to bring you some of his musical genius via the Tone Sessions and our thanks to Charlie for years of doing his thing with Mesa gear.
Charlie’s custom seven string instrument delivers two separate outputs from the two pickup configurations installed. The P-Bass styled bass output went to the Walkabout which powered a Traditional 1x15 Bass Cab. His humbucker styled guitar pickup went into the Lone Star 100W Ch. 1 Clean with Reverb set to 45%.
The Walkabout bass rig was recorded using a blend of the Post DI from the Walkabout and a Beyer-Dynamic Opus blended 50% each with light compression on the DI line.
The Lone Star/CabClone guitar rig was recorded with a 50% blend of the KSM 313 Ribbon Mic and The CabClone set to the Open Back Cab Sim with light compression on the CabClone. No additional effects or mixing/mastering were employed.
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