I have a day off between airports and travel so I'm in the studio trying to work or do *something* productive, but I have the flu or Covid or similar and feel like crapola. Too ill to do anything serious today. What's going to make me feel better? How about a shiny red guitar and some funky auto-wah action? Yep. Fractal have just introduced the 'touch wah' algorithm into the Filter block and it's a TON of fun. So here's me with a quick preset (link below if you want to try it for yourself) and a little fluffs-and-all jam over "Golden Era", a jtcguitar.com backing track.
Today's tools:
Guitar: 2023 Gordon Smith Grandé Launch Edition (Merlot).
Preset: Download from: http://axechange.fractalaudio.com/detail.php?preset=11130. Requires FW 27.01 or later (Axe-FX III).
Amp: Axe-FX III Turbo running Cygnus X-3 FW. 27.01.
Cables: BOSS
Strings: Ernie Ball 10-46
Pick: Signature Honey Pick https://www.honey-picks.com/collections/all/brett-kingman
Mic: Audix USA A231 - https://audixusa.com/products/a231/
Camera: GoPro HERO10 + Sony ZV-1M2 x 2
Soundcard: PreSonus Quantum 26x32
Desktop Monitors: PreSonus R80 R-Series Active AMT Studio Monitors - https://www.presonus.com
Monitor Control: SPL 2Control - https://spl.audio/en/spl-produkt/2control/
Headphones: Audix A150 - https://audixusa.com/products/a150/
All Stands: Gravity Stands - https://www.gravitystands.com/en/
Computer: 2017 Apple iMac Pro, 2.5 GHz 14-Core Intel Xeon W, 64 GB 2666 MHz DDR4, Radeon Pro Vega 64X 16 GB
All of my Fractal Audio Presets (free): https://axechange.fractalaudio.com/search-results.php?search=Burgs&fields=username&products=0&setups=0