From EAE, The Bard is a unique and (very) fun drive that editorializes the Music Man HD130—an interesting '70s/'80s amp with a solid state preamp and tube power amp.
The result is a pristine clean sound that isn't quite like your typical "vintage tube" cleans, and a rough, trashy drive sound that is absolutely and unapologetically not tube-like.
Better to just listen, because it has some of the coolest sounds I've been able to record in a while—check it out!
**Big thanks to EAE for sending this pedal over**
www.electronicaudioexperiments.com/pedals/bard
*// ELSEWHERE*
Tabs for this intro riff & more on Patreon: www.patreon.com/ambienttrash
Instagram: www.instagram.com/ambienttrash/
Bandcamp: ambienttrash.bandcamp.com/
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/08NjBk9xLIQN76qOjM3yBa?si=3NmRw42aSuKOK0lL3PMlkg
*// FREE IMPULSE RESPONSES*
All guitars recorded direct, with my own custom IRs of my Avatar 2x12 cab with Celestion Creamback/Greenback speakers.
You can download my IRs for free at the link below:
ambienttrash.bandcamp.com/album/avatar-celestion-2x12-irs
*// AFFILIATE LINKS*
Perfect Circuit: link.perfectcircuit.com/t/v1/8-12626-279560-9759?sid=&url=https://www.perfectcircuit.com/
Reverb: reverb.grsm.io/ambienttrash7217
*// HEARD HERE*
Squier J Mascis Jazzmaster
Black Mass Electronics MASS-90 (Bridge) & JMXL (Neck) Pickups
29 Pedals JFET boost
EAE The Bard
Asheville Music Tools ACV-1 chorus
EAE Sending analog delay
EHX MIG-50 (DI w/ Weber Mass 100)
Avatar 2x12 IR (Creamback)
*BASS*
Squier CV '60s P-Bass
29 Pedals JFET + The Bard
Ampeg SVT Suite
Science Amps Bass IRs (6x10)
*DRUMS*
GetGood Drums Modern & Massive
0:00 Intro Track
1:29 Overview
2:27 Gain
3:10 EQ
3:35 Bright
4:12 Low-Gain/Boost Sounds
5:31 Trashy Fuzzy Sounds
6:26 F I L T H
6:44 Stacking w/ 29 Pedals JFET
7:27 Stacking w/ Fairfield Circuitry Barbershop
8:12 Cranked
8:30 Obligatory Shoegaze w/ Dark World
Category : Challenges and Experiments
