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This is my first build using parts from MJT and I am quite impressed with the results. The process was simple and painless (aside from the waiting - they even accommodated my off-menu color (Oxblood). I was tempted to pair this with a baritone neck, but decided a standard scale was in order. I...

Long-time no see fellow Warmothers (Warmothians, Warmothi?). After not finding what I was looking for in MIJ Jazzmasters, I decided to piece one together. I pulled the trigger on a couple of showcase items with some finishing touches. I have a set of Lollar JM pickups in parchment and a Warmoth...

Here's a medium length tune that I've been working on for a while now (darned toddler getting in the way of recording). I've got quite a bit of tweaking to do and I need to record all the bass tracks. jvAmR5SQFN8

I was waiting for the right clip to showcase some of my Helix patches, and I think I've found it. Bass, rhythm and lead patches are all from the Line6 Helix played with my Baritone Soloist tuned in fifths and my Cort Curbow 5 string tuned in fifths from C. Drums are from EzDrummer2, Piano and...

After selling a few unplayed guitars along with my HD500 I was out under $200 in this huge upgrade. I haven't been able to mess with it much yet (I'm out of town for a while), but the little fiddling I've done has been amazingly simple and versatile.

It's been a long while since I've recorded anything. This is my first track in Reason 10 (I'm in love with Europa) and uses the Neon Soloist in P5 tuning (as does my 5 string Bass C-E). I need to EQ the heck out of my guitars and the choir, but I'm interested in hearing any other thoughts...

I took my neck off of this guitar to donate for my new body. I tried to sell it to recoup some of the build cost; however, it didn't get a lot of movement. I decided I'll have the same fellow that built the body, build a replacement neck for me. Specs: 28.625" - 29.4" multiscale...

I started writing this during post-production work for my last full-length album while diddling unplugged on my brother-in-law's Parker (import, non-Fly) in Open C. I recorded 6 quick videos of demos in 3 days, and those videos morphed into this EP. I intentionally set out to keep the clean...

This is my take at a track that's somewhat dense for me (4 guitar tracks, bass, drums, horns, and piano simultaneously) and also droning - something I usually am not fond of writing. dbartko/idea02

I've been toying with this idea of purveying "heaviness" through other instruments and tension. Guitar is two/three clean guitar tracks mixed intentionally a little bit lower than I would typically use. dbartko/idea01

I decided I want an ERG with a Floyd-Rose so I snagged this recently to modify my RG8: I've found out that it's easier/cheaper to have a new body built instead of modifying my existing body. I have found a competent builder to make a new body for me and I have sourced a set of Dimarzio Ionizer...

I just released my latest full-length album today, it features some tracks using my tasty neon Warmoth soloist and my Schecters (though one track does feature my Ibanez 8 string). It's been a over a year in the writing process. I canned and rewrote/reworked tracks many times over to fit the...

Just a quick track (no pun intended) showing off my perfect fifths tuned Warmoth and Curbow 5 bass. I'm probably needing to adjust the mix a little to bring down the drums a bit. dbartko/idea11

I'm planning to release my next album in October and put together this preview with snips from various tracks (some of the transitions are less than stellar) to give a general feel for how the album will come sound. The track snippets used are wholly unmastered at this point and the whole thing...

This is an experiment I did to test the new Fritz Rack Extension for Reason. This was made by recording the same chord from a sine wave oscillator that was arpeggiated through Fritz and recording the output twice. The first take is panned left and the second panned right. I'm curious to see the...

Here's a quick little demo track I threw together to push the new audio pitch editing in Reason 9 to the extremes. I hope you aren't lactose intolerant. https://soundcloud.com/dbartko/cheeseball

Continuing on my kick of nu-metal covers, this is one from early in Staind's career. juKFvvuyhBk

This is a track I've been wanting to rehash for some time now, so I rerecorded all the parts and remapped all the drums to different samples. This was recorded with my neon soloist in fifths tuning. https://soundcloud.com/dbartko/idea-12

So, this beast is finally put together and wired up. It's tuned F-E in fifths, a tuning I really enjoy playing in and plays really well. I'm a fan of the roasted maple neck (this is my first foray into the roasted woods). Full specs are below the photos (I hope you brought some shades)...

I threw this cover together quite quickly and flubbed up some bits here and there. I used the volume knob instead of the gain expression pedal to drop the gain on my modeler due to cord length restrictions. The guitar is a Schecter SLS C7 tuned down 1.5 steps - it's fun to cover tunes written...