One really funny thing is if you look at the session, the overall use of the real recorded bassdrum.
What I really liked on the "course" (for me it's more like having an inside look than a real course) is this kind of "do what brings you to your goal" - thing. Yes the sources are recorded very good and everything was edited before, but it's a mixing course not a recording or editing course. There are a few interesting things in this session which leads to clear point, with a good strategy you can do whatever you want. For me it was not such an eye opener but entertaining and a little bit educating and this overhead thing is a great one beside of this whole "highpass on everything" style of in the box mixing. I'm sure this will work pretty good on more organic stuff.
What I really like to see is an inside look on Elvis Baskette's Slash mixes and approaches. The drum sound on "world on fire" is so amazing, I would give my Kemper for this (and than buy a new one ). I'm also a huge fan of the Tremonti solo records which were produced by Baskette too (Alter Bridge, also) but for me the production of them was way over the top...
Good point. I need to understand what's going on and apply it to my own sound. His mix is awesome for this style of music, I'm just not a fan.
World on Fire is absolutely amazing! The guitar tone has this weird unique sonic quality that I have never heard before. In the reel to reel you can see in the corner 2 Rivera rock crushers. The first one is doing a speaker EQ and the second is set for a Marshall tone stack EQ. I've been messing around with 31 band eqs trying to mimic it, but who knows what else is being used.