Rob Chapman, Eddie Kramer and Waves at the Strongroom – Part 2
Oct 23, 2009 Engineers, Producers, Product Review
Eddie Kramer will be working with Rob Chapman aka “The Monkey Lord” on a video that will be shot in London as well as LA. The video will feature Rob on guitar, and will include footage of him playing with his new ML-1 guitar, at NAMM. Other companies that will be working with Rob include Marshall Amps, ICMP and many more! Eddie has used his own plug-ins on Rob’s recordings (which should be available to you soon) and if they’re good enough for him, they should do the trick, or tricks for just about anyone.
After several minutes of scrutinising the ML-1, Eddie seemed impressed. He even managed some 8 finger tapping…and he’s not even a guitarist!
Onto the review and demonstration of Eddie Kramer’s new Waves plug-ins!
They’re so easy to use that even guitarists can figure out how to make use of them, without having to rely purely on the presets.
The following video shows Eddie explaining how he would use the plug-ins, on a pre-recorded drum track.
The full collection includes plug-ins for guitar, bass, vocals and effects as well. This package should give you everything you need, to make a band go from sounding like a sparkler that somebody left inside a piece of play dough, to the modern gods of rock…or jazz…etc.
The overall look and feel of this collection, resembles classic analogue equipment, whilst retaining the accuracy and clarity of digital. How can you go wrong?!
10/10!
Hopefully we’ll be able to bring you some more in-depth knowledge from Eddie personally, when he’s back from NYC.
Watch this space!
Rob Chapman, Eddie Kramer and Waves at the Strongroom – Part 1
Oct 13, 2009 Guitarists, Other Instrument
Rob Chapman aka “The Monkey Lord”, was kind enough to invite me along to a Waves plug-in event at The Strongroom in Shoreditch. Hosted by the legendary Eddie Kramer (Jimi Hendrix, Steve Vai, The Beatles) it was certainly going to be an educational night for anyone interested in sound engineering.
Prior to the presentation, Eddie sat down for a chat and a thorough inspection of Rob Chapman’s new brand of guitar, the ML-1.
The ML-1 is due for release very soon and will be retailing at £290. A bargain considering what you get. Featuring a reverse head stock, from a “Telecaster” and possibly a reversed reverse headstock (don’t ask) on the left handed models (if they’re released!). The ML-1 is a good combination of a “Strat” and a “Les Paul. You’d think that this idea has already been done many times by now, but the ML-1 does it in a more subtle way. At first you’d think that the guitar was like any normal strat, but when you pick it up, you soon realise it feels more like a Gibson, or at least as heavy! The guitar uses a humbucker in the bridge, a single-coil in the middle and the neck, giving a good balance between a heavy rock sound (ala Les Paul) to an exceptional clean tone (ala Strat). The neck plays beautifully and is based on a strat neck, which should give it a familiar feel to those people that already have a Fender style guitar. The build quality is perfect and the fretboard is made of real ebony, which has an infinity symbol on it. The manufacturer’s have even engraved the Monkey Lord logo onto the neck plate.
Overall, for the money, this guitar is truly flawless and you certainly couldn’t go wrong with it. It fills the gap of a certain price bracket. Cheaper than an Epiphone “Les Paul” and something that’s a bit more adventurous than a Fender Squier. The bonus will be, that you get the best of both worlds at an affordable price. All the guitars and parts have been manufactured in China but come with Grover USA machine heads and Wilkinson trems.
Follow the link to Rob Chapman’s site to reserve your own ML-1 http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=tycFJlM2VKU75jMQhOc5Z0Q&hl=en
Tags: Eddie Kramer, ML-1, Monkey Lord, Rob Chapman, Strongroom, Waves