Recent content by Scott Baxendale

2- SM7 vintage, not B 2- AKG 414 5 - SM58 6-SM57 1- Cad E150 1- RE20 1 ADK Z-67 1 ADK U-47 1 matched set of Lawson With a Tube 47 and a Fet 47 with swappable capsules. 1 ADK Thor 2 Audix OM7 1 EV 665 1 Royer R122 1RCA Jr Velocity Ribbon 1 Countryman lav mic 1 Shure lav mic 2 AKG C-3000 2 AT- 835...

You have to learn to not stop when you make a mistake. Play through the whole track even if you tank a section. It’s often easier to punch in the fix.

The talk box is nothing more than a speaker where the sound comes out of a plastic tube you put in your mouth. The vocal mic then picks up the sound in your mouth coming out of the tube. As you change the shape of your mouth it changes the sound similar to a wha wha. So, as you shape your mouth...

In my guitar remanufacturing business a lot of the guitars we rebuild end up in big studios and on big records because of how they record. The most popular models are the OOO size and also some of the 1930’s 00 or LOO size. In my studio I have 4 acoustic guitars that I usually record with. These...

Getting a good guitar sound begins with a good guitar. Acoustics are all over the place in terms of sound and how they are to record. Initially keep things as simple as possible. One guitar and one mic with no effects or EQ. Start here. Then add to it once you get the basic guitar sound and...

You can reproduce the pickguard by first taping a thin piece of tracing paper over the top so it can’t move. Then using a pencil you can make a side to side motion with the pencil lead over the paper along the edge of the inlay cavity. This will leave a line that matches the pattern exactly...

Intro is a studio recording, the voice is my phone in the room. The production should/will improve with each new video.

The voice audio is just the phone on this one. The production values will improve with each video. I think we are going to do a setup/ fret dressing video next.

We will be covering all aspects of Lutherie and Vintage Guitars over the next few months.

I still have mine all these years later. My 3340 needs service though….

Get a Mac Studio with a ssd.

You really want to reverse the wires on the neck pickup. If you reverse the middle won’t it now be out of phase with the bridge?

I started out on a 3340. For several years I used it without a mixer and plugged mics into the 1/4” inputs on the front. Then for mixdown TEAC made a little switch box with 4 slider switches that had Left, Middle, Right settings. This box had 4 rca inputs and two rca outputs. This went into my...

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Your tascam sound brings back a lot of nice memories for me.