Recordin Acoustic Guitars

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When ever I record acoustic guitars there seems to be an overtone (I thing its coming from the E string).
Any Ideas how to overcome this problem

Cheers

CAZ
 
Often the B string is the culprit. You can try mic positioning, a different mic, make sure the strings are new and the guitar is in tune, and you can always try to eq it out. Or you could try recording another guitar.
 
Ya know man... I might suck at recording just about everything else. But I just seem to excell at recording acoustic guitar. ***Has a brain fart and realizes he should just do acoustic recordings* hey man thanks....
 
Your probably hearing the room mode resonating with the pitches below 250Hz.

What are the dimensions of your room and what kind of furniture or other treatments does it have???
 
If you are using an unidirectional condenser mic with a cardiod pattern very close to the guitar and the tone is in the low range, you might be experiencing a proximity effect. Two things to try:

1. Use an omnidirectional mic in the same room. You may pick up some other sounds, but see if it clears up the overtone. If so, then it is the proximity effect.

2. If that works, two solutions are to try moving the mic or using a mic other than a condenser. Something like a ribbon mic or an SM57 might be worth a try.

Good luck.
 
Cheers for all the help in the end i just moved the mic up the neck a bit and it was sorted.
The 2 guitarist's i used were also useing semi accustics as well as normal accustic's and i had the same problem.

But now its sortd.

Cheers

Paul
 
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