PRX150 Power Attenuator Audio and Video Clips - Page 16
George Alayon
George is a professional guitarist, song writer and producer.
His work includes writing, composing and producing songs for TV Networks such as CBS.
George is also the lead guitarist in the Rock of Ages band. In a 2012 show, Eddie Money performed on stage with George Alayon's band.
All of the instrument tracks were performed by George, including guitar, in his original song "Hellicrash".
1964 Fender Strat -> Metro Plexi Amp -> PRX150-DAG -> Marshall 4x12 loaded with H-75 Scumback speakers.
Here George provides detailed information on the electric guitar tracks:
I used my Metro Plexi with the 4 x 12 Marshal 1960b with Scumback H 75 speakers, miced with a Shure 57, AKG 451 off axis and a Neumann 87 Ai for room.
I used an OCD pedal with the volume up all the way and the gain all the way down straight into the Plexi. The settings I used on the plexi,
volume half way for rhythm and cranked all the way for leads. All the tone controls up to 10 except the bass which was 5.
The PRX150-DAG attenuator was set on F (bedroom level mode), the switch up and the variable knob on 75 %(the loudest I can get without blowing my 90 year old neighbor!) I used my 1964 Fender strat with 1964 Fender Strat Custom shop pick ups.
All of the instrument tracks were performed by George, including guitar, in his original song "Disturbed".
Marshall and Friedman Marsha Amps -> PRX150-DAG -> Marshall 4x12 loaded with H-75 Scumback speakers.
Here George provides detailed information on the electric guitar tracks:
I used my1988 Les Paul Standard with stock pickups with heavy strings tuned to CGCFAD. I used the Marsha plugged into a voltage regulator with the
voltage down to 100 volts for the heavy rhythm with the Attenuator set on "F" (bedroom level) to my Marshall 4x12 cabinet with Scumback
H 75 speakers. I used two SM 57 mics one 2 " facing the "cap" of the speaker, the other SM 57 another off axis from the cap and a AKG D 112
facing the main part of the speaker for added bass for all the guitar sounds. For the heavy sound use a Fulltone OCD with a 10 band MXR eq on
the left side and a Tube Screamer with the MXR 10 band eq (boosting 250Hz, 500Hz and 1.kHz) For the solos I use a Cry baby wah, OCD or
Ibanez Tube screamer for the heavy solos with the Marsha amp master volume cranked to 5 and the gain up to 6. For the cleaner solos,
I had the master at 8 and gain at 1 without the voltage regulator. I used a 1957 reissue strat with 3 Joe Barden pickups and a 64 Strat
with 3 EMG pickups for the cleaner solos. For the end solo and wah solo I use a costume made Warmoth guitar with a scalloped neck and
Joe Barden 2 tone Humbucker and 2 single coils pickups. The Aracom attenuator made it possible to get a nice saturation at lower
volumes without losing the brightness.
Here George provides detailed information on the electric guitar tracks:
I used the Marsha Freedman cranked half way with the PRX150 DAG on the F setting min variable about 3 o'clock with a Marshall 4 x 12 1960B with H -75 Scumback speakers, a Avalon VT 737 sp as a front end. I recorded 4 rhythm tracks, 2 of them straight with my 64 Fender Strat that has a Warmoth scalloped neck with Joe Barden HB pick ups an 2 with my Shecter 7 string Hellraiser with EMG pick ups through a Boss Metal Zone pedal(for tone shaping) I used 2 Shure 57 mics with 1 placed 1 inch from the dust cap and another 2 cap edge off axis.I also use a Neuman 87 for ambience
and all the mics went through Chandler Limited TG-2 preamps.SSL EQ and SSL Comp into an Apogee PSX-100 converter then to ProTools HD 4.
Rock of Ages Band Live - featuring George Alayon on lead guitar with his impressive double full stack live rig. George uses his PRX150-DAG attenuator to set the stage volume of his Friedman and Marshall JCM800 amplifiers.
