The Aristocrats – Duck
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2024 album Duck.
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Gear Used On Duck
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of The Aristocrats – Duck (2024). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Amplifiers used by Guthrie Govan on Duck
Victory Amplifiers V30 The Countess
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The source link is all about Guthrie Govan speaking about and demonstrating Victory Amplifiers, his new endorsement. He Informs that the V30 The Countess was elaborated and created with his help, keeping in mind the traveling musician.
I only brought one on tour, if anyone’s curious, and it was the ash-bodied version which sounds a little Strat-ier through the Victory V30 head. And it’s the MKII V30, which has a little button on the back so you can switch between the new voicing and the old voicing. Mostly I was using the new voicing, which maybe sounds 10 percent more American to my ears, and a little differently focused in the midrange. But something like “Bonnie and Clyde” is the old voicing of that amp.
In 2021 Guitar World interview, Govan talks about the use of the amp in The Aristocrats' song, "When We All Come Together:
Amp-wise, that was just the clean channel of the Victory V30 head. The real secret weapon in that song was a bizarre instrument that I found lying around in the studio - I believe it was called a BilT Corvaire.
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I also discovered that I really like Vox AC30s for a certain kind of clean tone. “Last Orders” has a thin Stratty-sounding pickup setting running into an AC30, which adds this warm roundness. I left the studio wondering why I hadn’t recorded more stuff using that kind of tone. Sometimes a different combination of gear will inspire you to imagine different things, whereas if you had started with your regular gear, these ideas might never have occurred to you.
"Amp-wise, I used a Vox AC30 for the clean tones in 'Spanish Eddie' and 'Last Orders,' whilst 'All Said and Done' was recorded with a small Carr combo - I don't remember the model name, alas - in an attempt to evoke more of a 'vintage' vibe.
Guitars used by Guthrie Govan on Duck
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For instance, I now know I should acquire a Fender Jazzmaster. [In the studio] they had a really nice ’60s Jazzmaster and that’s what you hear on all of “Spiritus Cactus.”