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Zelda Main Theme: metalkrapo has put together quite a creative video using the Variax and a POD X3 Live.  It builds slowly in the beginning but the ending is worth the wait.  Complete annotations are provided explaining the gear he used and the process for building the live loops.


If you liked the video, let him know in the comments section here.


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At Hawthorne Heights, we know only 2 things: hard work and touring, and they seem to go hand in hand.


To hype our new record, called Skeletons, we are stripping away all the extravagances of a normal Hawthorn Heights tour. Instead, we will be rocking out in small clubs across the US to bring our new music to our ridiculously loyal fans.


As far as gear, we are bringing the basics to keep everything streamlined and easy. Micah will be using a Variax® guitar, which will be a blessing due to its ability to transform on the fly. We also enlisted the help of the new Spider Valve™ MkII head to give us the extra boost we need onstage.


As far as effects are concerned, we are using M13 and M9 Stompbox Modelers. They are so easy to use, and take up no space at all...plus the built-in tuner is key.


From November 2 to December 20, 2009, Hawthorne Heights will be rocking all night and driving all day. The tour is coming to every region in the US, so drink some coffee and bring your energy to the Never Sleep Again Tour 2009. (Also performing will be Just Surrender, Punchline, Anarbor, Monty Are I, and Nightbeast.)


Always remember to support the music scene, and to keep it LOUD.


Love,

JT

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By Teddy Kumpel

 

 

Time is money for busy New York guitarist Teddy Kumpel. And when he’s in the recording studio, his time needs to be spent recording guitar tracks, not fiddling amp knobs. Teddy relies on Line 6 gear to record great tone and meet his deadlines.

 

 

I played guitar on a record for Saul Zonana called Blue Monkey and we used the POD® X3 Live to track guitars (we didn't want guitars bleeding into the drum mics). We thought we'd replace everything with real amps later. Guess what: the sounds were killing and we kept most of what was done through the POD X3 Live. (In fact the only reason we replaced anything was for performance, not sound.) All the overdubs were done with the POD X3 Live as well. So much for lugging amps to the studio.

 

I do a lot of soundtrack guitar playing with a film composer named Alex Wurman (Anchorman, March of the Penguins, Taladega Nights). I use the Variax® acoustic and POD X3 Live together to create a myriad of textures and odd instrumental doublings. I often find myself saying things like, "A little metal dobro with your slide banjo? No problem. You want me to play that on an old archtop with a mic on the neck and a mandola down the octave? Not a problem.”

 

With Variax® Workbench™ software you can get some amazing sounds out of the Variax, and throwing it through a POD X3 Live afterwards yields excellent professional-sounding results.

 

Right now, in my home studio, I'm mixing a record with Tony Scherr (Willie Nelson, Bill Frisell) by a great band called Ursa Minor. It was recorded in a project studio that produced pretty thin bass results. We fired up the POD X3 Live and auditioned a bunch of bass amps and are so amazed at the results we just want to put all the bass through it. POD X3 Live is an amazing piece of kit.

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