Gratuitous violinist

This past Tuesday, Faramarz Aslani came to AEhq for a violin overdub session with your friend and mine, Greitje Smid (renowned violinist for Pansori, Boatwater, and like 500 other projects). I took pictures, but they've mysteriously vanished. Weak. Trust me, it looked great.

I've usually tracked Greitje standing up, with an LDC/ribbon combo in a mid-side configuration. This time she decided to sit down, so I put a large ribbon mic in front of the violin and the large condenser a few inches abover her shoulder. It sounds fantasti, and surprisingly, so phase correction was needed. First try kids, one shot one kill! BOOM. I'm a little proud and cocky about it.

My lovely girlfriend gave me a found "partscaster" that they think her brother assembled, a fine blonde Telecaster body shape with a Duncan Detontor humbucker in the neck and a who-knows-what single coil bridge pickup. After a string change and neck/intonation adjustment, I can safely say that this is my new all-the-time guitar. My SG, The Crimson Queen, is sure to be jealous, but the new girl just sounds so RIGHT. As soon as I replace this pickguard, I'll share piccies.

Mixing is seemingly on hold for Blood Horses while they sort some grad school life stuff out. Burning Axe owes me some notes before we continue. This Saturday I'll be recording Detroit's Cabbage Heads at Barclay House with Lotus Fucker's  Dan MCgregor acting as producer and spiritual guide. Should be sweet times.