Joe Satriani's "The Extremist" - Cover

Hello all! Here's my cover of Joe Satriani's "The Extremist."

I used an Amp Factory Profile called LP-JCM800 DM. I tweaked it slightly adding a parked wah effect and set it at a low mix level and it gave a cool upper-midrange kind of bite to the lead tone. I recorded the rhythm bits with the unmodified version of the profile.

I don't have a harmonica, so I used a kazoo for the harmonica parts. Sorry about that.

I hope you guys enjoy it.

- Alex

I'm glad you guys enjoyed this! Thanks!

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holy sh*t that made me laugh so much. - I watched the video before i read the description, and was like WTF!.

Can I add this to my Website in the video's section please?

Dude, you can absolutely add it to your videos page. You guys make killer profiles. I would be happy to assist however I can!

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I only could say: Hey Joe! Absolut amazing. How do you "park" a wah effect?i am looking for this lead tone for years. Could you be so kind and send the tweaked rig to my email adress, i love this [email protected]

I wish I could send it to you, but I can't. It's a profile made by the Amp Factory called LP-JCM800 DM. It's part of the UKgold 800 Hot Mod, judging by what I'm seeing in my purchase history, and it looks like it's still only £4.99 on their page. It's totally worth the five pounds, and you get several really nice profiles out of it.

I can tell you, however, how to park a wah effect. All you have to do is insert a new stompbox effect in your signal chain and set it to "Wah Wah." Set the pedal mode to on, then adjust the manual, peak, pedal range, and peak range to get the desired effect. It's basically like having a wah pedal set to a permanent position. It works well for the Satriani sound in my guitar, as the DiMarzio pickups that Satriani uses have a very pronounced midrange honk to them, kind of like having a parked wah built into his pickups. I hope that helps!

hank you for all the kind words! Oh, and BTW, I will totally do session kazoo work. I take payment in bourbon and Triscuits.