70`s guitar sounds

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Nakatira

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How was the electric guitars Cabs recorded in the 70`s era.
what mics did they use, condensers, dynamic or ribbon or all?
Any info on the likes of;

Ritchie Blackmore
David Gilmour
Jan ackerman
Stewe Howe
Steve Hacket

Would love some info on this, as I`m trying narrow down the flaws on my recordings :)
 
Nakatira said:
How was the electric guitars Cabs recorded in the 70`s era.
what mics did they use, condensers, dynamic or ribbon or all?
Any info on the likes of;

Ritchie Blackmore
David Gilmour
Jan ackerman
Stewe Howe
Steve Hacket

Would love some info on this, as I`m trying narrow down the flaws on my recordings :)
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all I know about this ...as a dutchie...its Jan Akkerman :D
 
Mo-Kay said:
all I know about this ...as a dutchie...its Jan Akkerman :D
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Thank you I`ll remeber that on my next recording session. ;)

How about This Van Leer, is that corectly spelled? :D
 
Nakatira said:
Thank you I`ll remeber that on my next recording session. ;)

How about This Van Leer, is that corectly spelled? :D
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I believe it was Thijs but I could be wrong... hell I got married ONCE! ;)

Jan Akkerman was the first person I ever saw do fingertaps... WAY before Eddie did it...
 
Dude...thinner and more Live sounding....Not heavy, overprocessed. Move the mic a small amount away from the amp, and get the room involved. More natural reverb. Watch the old videos from Sabbath, and such. Heavy, but airy. And Nak, you always seem to capture awesome sounds, so whatever you like. It sounds cool.
Ed :)
 
Thanks Dog, Good info. :)
I agree on the thin part, its always a bit less bottom then newer sounds. :)
 
I would think researching the individual players on the internet would be the way to go. There's a lot of info on Gilmour as far as guitars, preamps, effects and cabs. Less on Howe though and even less on Hackett. For example there were guitar magazines in the late 90's early 00's that went into minute detail on Gilmour's rig.

http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/ptr/pfloyd/interview/equipment.html

As far as mics and techniques that would be a lot harder to find.
 
Dogman said:
Dude...thinner and more Live sounding....Not heavy, overprocessed. Move the mic a small amount away from the amp, and get the room involved. More natural reverb.
Ed :)
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Yeah!

Back in "the day", guitar players didn't feel the need to have low end the goes into the bass players range like they do today!

Get LOT's of MIDRANGE in your guitar sound! Back off your distortion a bit.

Sorry to say too though, guitar on analog tape is an amazing sound, and frankly, I am not hearing digital capturing that yet! That can be a major set back for your pursuit of capturing that "sound" if you are tracking in digital.
 
Ford Van said:
Yeah!

Back in "the day", guitar players didn't feel the need to have low end the goes into the bass players range like they do today!

Get LOT's of MIDRANGE in your guitar sound! Back off your distortion a bit.

Sorry to say too though, guitar on analog tape is an amazing sound, and frankly, I am not hearing digital capturing that yet! That can be a major set back for your pursuit of capturing that "sound" if you are tracking in digital.
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I`ve allways had a theory about the low end being lesser in those days, I`m actually allways dropping the lows on my guitars, just recently did I discover I need to drop it further.


One quickie, was The Ribbon mic used a lot?, I`ve only got ldc and sdc`s and dynamics.
I`ve been thinkin about gettin a ribbon. :)
We have one in the store now calling my name :D

thanks for the replies guys.
 
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