God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (HiDef audio in 4K)

Arranged by Steve Schweitzer.
Guitar, Keyboards and Synths by Steve Schweitzer.
All Rights Reserved 2023.
There is evidence this song dates to 1650, being a traditional English Christmas carol. The carol is referred to in Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol. I heard a similar version of this song performed by The Petersen’s and I had to put my spin on it. The guitar harmonics at the intro and outro are meant to replicate the sound of hand bells. I played the handbells as a youth in the church we attended, and this was one of the songs we performed during the Christmas season in the early 1970s.
RECORDING EQUIPMENT
DAW (Digital Audio Workstation)
* Presonus StudioOne
* Cakewalk
SOFTWARE
* Backing track and stem creation: Band-in-a-Box
* Guitar signal processing VSTs: Helix Native, Amplitube 5.x
MIXING & MASTERING
* MeldaProduction Suite
* Neutron 4
* Ozone 11
* Insights
* RX
HARDWARE
* Recording interface: IKMultimedia AXE I/O
* Keyboard/Controller: Arturia Keylab Essential 49
* Zoom Helix Floor guitar multi-effects processor
* PreSonus Eris E8-XT Studio monitors and PreSonus 12” sub
MICROPHONES
* Rode NT1-A
* AKG-P170
* AT-2035
* MXL R144
* Shure SM57
* Shure SM58
* Sennheiser e935
* Samson CO3U
INSTRUMENTS
* 1972 Gibson L6-S
* 1998 Taylor Dan Crary 810ce
* 1998 Collings OM2H
* 1998 Fender FM2E Mandolin
* 2000 Epiphone ES-335 Limited Edition
* 2002 Fender ’62 Reissue Stratocaster
* 2006 Fender Thinline Classic Telecaster
* 2013 Taylor 914ce
* 2017 Gretsch 5420TG hollow body guitar
* 2018 Fender ’72 Reissue Deluxe Telecaster
* 2020 Taylor 210ce 12-string guitar
* 2020 Yamaha NTX5 Nylon String guitar
* 2020 Yamaha TRBX 605 5-string bass guitar
AMPLIFIERS
* 1957-replica Fender Tweed Deluxe, hand-wired, custom built
* 1972 Fender Deluxe Reverb
* 2015 Quilter Micro-Pro Mach 2