The "Settings" noted below refer to the Heatseeker's Character switch position.

See recording notes below.

All Heatseeker HS-18 clips played through a 1X12 CB closed back, vented speaker cabinet.

All clips played by Richard Smyth.
Overdrive
Double cutaway guitar with three single coil pickups
Middle-Bridge Pickup - Melt Setting
Neck-Middle Pickup - Melt Setting
Single cutaway guitar with two humbuckers
Bridge Pickup - Burn Setting
Neck Pickup - Burn Setting

Morph
Double cutaway guitar with three single coil pickups
Middle-Bridge Pickup - Melt Setting
Single cutaway guitar with two humbuckers
Bridge Pickup - Burn Setting

Distortion
Double cutaway guitar with three single coil pickups
Neck-Middle Pickup - Melt Setting
Bridge Pickup - Melt Setting
Single cutaway guitar with two humbuckers
Bridge Pickup - Burn Setting
Neck Pickup - Burn Setting

Clean
Double cutaway guitar with three single coil pickups
Middle-Bridge Pickup - Hot Setting
Neck Pickup - Hot Setting
Single cutaway guitar with two humbuckers
Bridge Pickup - Hot Setting
Neck Pickup - Hot Setting

Recording Notes:

Mics:  Three microphones were used including a Shure SM57 close mic'd, on center; a Sennheiser 421 close mic'ed, on center and a Marshall condenser mic (model unknown) close mic'ed on the 1X12 CB vent to pick up additional bass frequencies. The mic's were carefully blended to create a recorded sound that is as close to live as possible.

Console setup: The mics were fed into NEVE (Type 3117) mic preamps. The line outs of the Neves were then sent directly to the digital converters of a Tascam DM3200 console (bypassing the Line In's) and recorded directly to Nuendo - with ZERO effects, ZERO EQ and ZERO compression.

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