Acoustic EQ

[guitarfreak12]

Ok, I am VERY aware that each EQ situation is very different, and good placement takes the place of eq. But is there a standard or most used eq for acoustic guitar once it's tracked. For example to get muddy out of it I drop 250hz by about 4db. Now that's about the extent of my tweaking, what are the "common" tweaks on it. Again I know that it's all relative, but what's the most common.

 

[Phyl]

I routinely roll off everything below 80 Hz, other than that I try to use mic positioning to make it fit in the mix.

I'll sometimes roll off the high end as well, especially if there's too much harshness from the mic. I often have this problem with my Rode NT1 and Oktava MC12s.

 

[asulger]

What do you consider the high end?
Are you talking about cardioids?

 

[Phyl]

It depends on the song. Sometimes the acoustic high end is competing with the percussion or other instrument that has a lot of high frequency content so I'll start rolling off at say 12kHz and slope it down gently, or not so gently, like I said, it depends.

Sometimes I'll just whack everthing above 16kHz.

All my mics are cardioids.