http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Arnoldhttp://www.modernguitars.com/archives/003624.htmlWhat’s your formula for recording guitar? Do you play loud in the studio?
Rob Arnold
RA: Not necessarily. We were in a new studio this time. We were down in Florida at Audiohammer Studios. We set up the cabs and miced them in a completely different room. We recorded the guitars in the control room, so we’re basically just hearing the miced signal through whatever speakers come up next to the computer. It’s a normal and comfortable volume. There are those times when you need to get some good feedback and things like that. We’d take the guitar into the other room and stand in front of the amp to get the natural feedback. But for the most part, it’s just comfortable, playing in the control room while sitting on the couch just jamming it out.
Do you play regularly in any certain key range?
RA: We’re tuned to Drop C. We’ve been using it for three records now. Our first record was done on 7-strings in Drop A. After that, we thought, enough with these things, and we went to the six-strings and tuned up a little. It’s so much more clarity and power to the attack. But pretty much most of our stuff is based in C rudimentary. The solos, honestly, sometimes I can’t even tell you what I’m playing. It’s just what happens to sound good to me.
The solos are in Drop C as well?
RA: The guitar is tuned that way. As we’re playing the solos, yeah. But, in terms of keys and things like that, I honestly don’t even think about what key the riff is in.
Let’s talk about your gear. I think you’re playing ESP guitars and a Yamaha acoustic.
RA: Yup. For the acoustic stuff I have this nice Yamaha nylon (nylon-string), even though the new DVD has a clip of me playing an Ovation or something like that. I have this Yamaha that I love, and also a Yamaha 12-string. Everything else is ESP. I’ve got two beautiful Customs that I had done last year. Those are my mains.
The Rob Arnold signature model?
RA: They are, but they’re not available to buy. They were handmade for me, completely to my specifications. It’s based on the M model, like the standard Kirk Hammett. A lot of guitars look like that, but ESP calls it the M model. I’ve got a natural satin finish on the neck, ebony fretboard, custom inlays. I have just one 81 (pickup) in the bridge position, no other pickup. I have just one knob, a volume in the tone position. It’s a nice light alder. Having something that’s made for you, I can tell just by looking at it that whoever made it really put some time into it. It’s immaculate. They play great, and they’re my babies.
I’m running two Peavey 6505s into (Mesa) Boogie cabinets. Right now I’m going with a Boss Chromatic Tuner into an old Boss Chorus pedal, into a Zakk Wylde Wah, into a Digitech Whammy, into a Boss DD-2 Delay, I think, and into another Digitech Whammy. I use two of them. I then go into an ISP Decimator, which is my noise gate. I also have some new stuff that I haven’t tried out yet. I’ve got a new Digitech Wah pedal and a new Digitech Chorus. I’ve been looking for a new wah sound and a new chorus sound. Paul, from Digitech, hooked me up, but I haven’t had the opportunity to try them out yet.
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