Recommended acoustic guitar for recording session.
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Recommended acoustic guitar for recording session.
Anyone recommend a go to acustic for recording rhythm guitar?
I have a TAK with electronics that sounds too dark and a Seagull which is a bit damaged but that I always found too bright...
A friend has taylor 415.
I have a TAK with electronics that sounds too dark and a Seagull which is a bit damaged but that I always found too bright...
A friend has taylor 415.
Friend, this question has no answer. This question has a million answers.
I have to go to Berkely, which car should I use?
I have to take a portrait of Willie Nelson, what camera lens should I use?
The two most important tools in your studio are stuck to the sides of your head.
The very most important tool in your studio is in-between the other two.
I hope this doesn't sound fliip or insensitive I don't mean to insult you at all.
I could say Martin D-18 and I'd be right. And so would the guy who says Santa Cruz Tony Rice model. So would the guy who says (insert your favorite acoustic guitar here)....
I have to go to Berkely, which car should I use?
I have to take a portrait of Willie Nelson, what camera lens should I use?
The two most important tools in your studio are stuck to the sides of your head.
The very most important tool in your studio is in-between the other two.
I hope this doesn't sound fliip or insensitive I don't mean to insult you at all.
I could say Martin D-18 and I'd be right. And so would the guy who says Santa Cruz Tony Rice model. So would the guy who says (insert your favorite acoustic guitar here)....
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musicians are fuckers, but even worse are people who like musicians, they're total fuckers.
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Yeah, talk about a loaded question....
I've had great luck with Taylor, Martin, Gibson, Breedlove, Seagull, and Guild guitars. I've also had guys who brought in complete POS Samick guitars that sounded great when they played them. It tends to be a marriage of player and guitar, either way.
Wait... a better answer is this:
Any guitar as long as it sounds good and has a new set of strings? That's my final answer, Alex... I'll wager a whole $0.02.
I've had great luck with Taylor, Martin, Gibson, Breedlove, Seagull, and Guild guitars. I've also had guys who brought in complete POS Samick guitars that sounded great when they played them. It tends to be a marriage of player and guitar, either way.
Wait... a better answer is this:
Any guitar as long as it sounds good and has a new set of strings? That's my final answer, Alex... I'll wager a whole $0.02.
insert witty comment here...
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seriously? a guitar with rosewood back and sides is a good place to start. Or possibly a mahogany body guitar. Something full sounding you know?
It reminds me of recording this one band, they werent very much acoustic guitar guys but had this one part of a song with an acoustic break. They kept getting this annoying string noise in the middle of the riff. They tried string ease, we tried micing it different ways. Finally it was just a matter of inverting the chord and moving it closer so it wasnt a 10 fret jump from one position to the next!
But damn it would have been nice to have a less bright guitar as well.
It reminds me of recording this one band, they werent very much acoustic guitar guys but had this one part of a song with an acoustic break. They kept getting this annoying string noise in the middle of the riff. They tried string ease, we tried micing it different ways. Finally it was just a matter of inverting the chord and moving it closer so it wasnt a 10 fret jump from one position to the next!
But damn it would have been nice to have a less bright guitar as well.
??????? wrote: "everything sounds best right before it blows up."
??just wanted to reclarify that my blanket statement was intended to be funny because of the ridiculous nature of a blanket statement like that.
it was funny.
Me my own-self am a sarcastic son of a bitch and proud of it.
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musicians are fuckers, but even worse are people who like musicians, they're total fuckers.
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Personally, I agree with the old string thing on my guitars, but I've had some clients that have come in with strings so dead that their guitar sounded like it had rubber bands on it! Of course, these are the same clients who complain about how bad their guitar sounds when they hear it back...
I know it's too late for final Jeopardy, but I'll change my answer to "fairly new".
I know it's too late for final Jeopardy, but I'll change my answer to "fairly new".
insert witty comment here...
I think Kayagum and a few others here are moving this towards a more useful question: what are different ways of changing the the sound of the guitars you have to be more useful?
Lots of factors can play into the tone: strings, picks, microphone, microphone placement, the room, the floor covering. Have you tried playing around with any of these variables?
Lots of factors can play into the tone: strings, picks, microphone, microphone placement, the room, the floor covering. Have you tried playing around with any of these variables?
not to say these dont sound good , they do...but the fretboard is made of plastic despite the guitar being sold as "all wood". apparently "all wood" means it can be made of plastic in the place where your fingers touch it the most. They call this plastic Micarta instead of plastic. It feels weird to me and not in a good way.jspartz wrote:While I don't agree with blanket statements like this... "Martin's the only good brand of acoustic guitar." I did just pick up a Martin D-16GT (for well under a grand) and it has been sounding very nice on a few recordings.
Jason
also beware of guitars that are "rosewood" or "mahogany"...appparently that can mean they are not rosewood or mahogany but are actually rosewood laminate over shitboard. IN the bizarre and in my eyes unethical sales language of acoustic guitars you need to look for the word "solid" before mahogany or rosewood or wahtever.
sorry fo the rant, but i think it blows they get away with that.
I own a martin a guild and a seagull all sound great, but different.
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