Acoustic guitar - warm silk sound

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Hi Gomanvangough

Great thoughts. - How one strikes the strings is so important too.

Chuck

[Edited by Chuckschwandt on 08-25-2000 at 09:06]
 
Playability

Definitely matters. .......
But a great instrument sounds wonderful with a skillfull player.
I've played the Lowden. They really project.
I like older Martin D28's and D18's. 70' and earlier, and
the Larivee is a rich timbered guitar.
I tried the J200 Gibson Jumbo recently as well. It has this great monster bottom end to it. If you are playing a singled out passage, or anything that focuses on the acoustic it can be appreciated.
 
Re: Playability

Hi Ears,

Those Larivees definately have a nice
silkly high end, more so than most. Yes,
I like the rich taste too. My savings
account constantly screams at me too - ha.

Chuck
 
Ssssavings!!!

I have a wife and teenagers..

I have a savings account but it doesn't constitute having money does it?
 
Guitar Brands

Gcounselman,

Never heard of the Breedlove guitars. I play a
Lowden myself and do love it. My search for
a specific sound started when I heard Geoff Moore
in concert years back; I mentioned it earlier
in this thread. Once you hear the potential for
acoustic sound, it makes life more difficult because
you want to have it yourself. It does seem to
come down to a decent hand built instrument.
Others like Takaminie, Gibson, Guild, Ovation,
Taylor, and etc are middle quality guitars to me.
but "The rich acoustic sound" comes from the
hand built high end instruments. I see that
little round logo of Olson instruments on many
celebrity instruments - they do know don't they ?

Hope you day is full of blessing,
Chuck
 
Fender!!!

Glad to see you around these parts again!!!
 
HI!!

Hiya. Yeah I haven't been here in months. I have been at school etc. I'm going crazy reading through all the posts I've missed!! I've upgraded my equipment a litle Neumann mics etc. I'll post some new songs I have done soon I think.

Later.

Adam.
 
What about position!!

I can't believe with the length of this thread that nobody has gotten around to talking about mic position. I work on a pretty tight budget, but I've gotten some good results with both a SM57 and AKG535. But the key was when somebody told me to aim the mic at the neck joint, at a 45 degree angle to the neck. This tends to be warmest because it's the midpoint of the string length, and eliminates the twang of the bridge or nut, as well as cutting down on pick noise.
 
yeah this thread has had it - can we finish it?? I answered it first and noones progressed past that :D
 
Final thank yous

I have really picked up some great tips in
this thread - thanks everybody! I agree
with the last few writers - we have
exhausted the subject. Hopefully, many
will have better acoustic guitar tracks
as a result - I certianly do...

Thanks again,
Chuck
 
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