Nola
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Abrasive.. as in abrasive?
There's that clicky stuff you get from light picks.
But then there's the not crisp let off of a pick not parallel with the string. It starts to release with a bit grind'
'Prolly gets worse as the pick gets worn.
Yeah I use medium strings too like .13 to .46 i think? And I use a medium to heavy pick, so I think it gets boomy on the low end and abrasive on the high end. My guitar is a junky old Yamaha, too, so that might be it. I need to play around with mic positions more. I think I should probably move the mic further away for this guitar and maybe not play the two highest strings (lol) because they sound clangy. I use phosphor bronze strings too maybe i need to experiment more with those and try 80/20? but I wondered how much of this was the pick 'cause I notice the guitar sounds a lot better when I play it using a thumb only. there's less attack and clarity but also it doesn't have the clangy/brittle attack of the pick. i record in my crappy bedroom so there are a lot of problems. i'm just trying to figure out the best compromise.
my favorite sounding acoustic guitar is like on the old blues recordings from the 1930s. i notice they lack low end. it's just a mild thumping with the thumb. and then the treble strings are a little clangy but not too bad. i like that sound when using my fingers. when strumming chords i like bob dylan's sound. i'm not really sure how to get either. :/ I know being Robert Johnson or Bob Dylan with real engineers helps, but if I could get close to those sounds I'd be happy
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