i remember bringing it home and getting "spoken to" about where was i going to play them or even store them. bad idea at the time but i've had those drums all these years, record several records and many many shows they still sound fantastic.

For guitar gear Paul Hager brought a Nash T72 deluxe which is a replica of a early 70's Fender Telecaster. This was added to our guitar player Paul Amenta's setup of a Dr. Z amp and his all original 1965 Fender Deluxe. the Deluxe was the classic "barn find" or in this case, closet find. the story goes that the original owner bought in the 60's, played it for a while but stopped playing and left it in his closet. the owner past awayand his wife found it while cleaning out the closet. for recording a Royer and a SM57 were used on each amp. to capture the amplifiers in the ISO was a C30.

Bass was tracked using a RE20 and 421 on Dave's Orange cab and we added a vintage Ampeg B15 mic'd with a Yamaha Subkick typically used for low frequencies of a kick. the sound of the subkick surprised all of us because it was actually clear as opposed to muddy which is what you'd expect. the subkick is intended to be used on a bass drum on the outside of the drum to capture the really low frequencies. a second microphone is typically place inside the drum to capture the attack.

so the first day was getting setup