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Area 51 Alienist Clean Boost Jam #4

435 views · Published 24 August 2017 · 3:52 · Indexed 29 October 2026

Channel: millstap · 2017 · Music

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This is a series of about 15 jams I did today on my new Flip camera trying to find the best camera angle again.  This time I was playing my 1962 CAR Strat with the original 1959 Bassman and just the Area 51 Alienist as a clean boost (and a 1963 Fender reverb unit).  I love the way the boost sounds.  I don't play the Candy Apple Red Strat as much but it is a real joy to play.  It really is a matter of matching the right guitar and amp to get the right sound for the moment.  I will post just about every song I played instead of splicing them together in one long movie.  As soon as I get my recorded sound dialed in, I will begin to put a camera on the guitar so you can see the neck at the same time.  

The point here is that a clean boost is sometimes all you need and the Alienist is starting to work for me.  It is much cleaner than an OCD or Tube Screamer and very touch sensitive too.  The other feature I like a lot about the Alienist is that it drives the Fender reverb unit and the wah-wah to be more sensitive too.  I'm not sure how that happens but you can hear the reverb ring with I hit the notes harder.

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