The Vox AC4 with the microphone on its mark, seen through a headstock
Hear

Same player, same room, same amp. Every time.

If you’re going to compare them, nothing else in the chain gets to vary. Recorded in the shed through a Vox AC4TV with a Celestion Greenback speaker, at one watt, with one Soyuz 013 FET small-diaphragm condenser microphone into an Apogee Symphony Desktop interface and John’s hands on every take.

John playing the Runaway by the shed window
John mid-take. Tea on the shelf.

Fine for comparing guitars on most speakers.

Echo
clean0:49
dirty0:36
The 107
clean0:14
clean · muted0:24
dirty · a lick0:37
The Lost Model
clean0:34
dirty0:13
The Runaway
clean0:26
dirty0:15
dirty · take two0:16
DeVille
clean1:08
dirty0:32
dirty · strums0:16
The RebelGateway Drug
clean0:35
clean · flamenco0:15
dirty0:26
The KidGateway Drug
clean0:40
clean · turnaround0:28
dirty0:31
dirty · low riff0:24
On film
Dalston Sessions · DeVille

Dalston Sessions Vol. 1

Andrea from Soul String interviews John. Part one examines guitar No 100.

All the films
The same guitars, in their roomsPlay one