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And use a speaker wired up as a microphone to record it!
And use a speaker wired up as a microphone to record it!
miroslav
Cosmic Cowboy
Speaking of electric guitar strings....
Something I use to do in the past when I would just buy loose strings instead of packs...is to make a hybrid set so that the E, B & G strings were same as in a .10 gauge set, but the D, A & E same as in a .09 gauge set.
For live, band playing...I like the fuller tones on the low strings that you get with a complete .10 set...but for recording, sometimes I find them too overpowering, and if I dialed the tone in for them, the high strings would have that bright, piercing sound in the upper octave. If I dialed the tone in for the high strings, the lower string would then be too boomy.
Most times I can work around that as I'm never playing rhythm and leads on the same tracks...or in the same area of the guitar, so I can avoid the boom or bright...but I remember when I use to make up the hybrid set, I really like how it balanced out. I'm thinking of stringing up one or two of my guitars with that hybrid .10 highs -.09 lows setup again.
Anyway, I'm wondering if anyone else does stuff like that?
I've looked a lot of times at various string makers' offerings...but never found any that did a .10 high three and .09 low three. If anything, I find many who go even heavier on the lows....like .10 on the high three and .11 on the low. I guess for some styles that is desirable.
I've gone through many brands over the years. Use to be a GHS Boomer user back in my band days and for a long time after. Then I started trying out the D'Addario, Ball, Everly, etc...etc.
Currently I use Curt Mangan strings. Been using them for about 8 years now and really like them. On my acoustics I use Martins and also the Curt Mangan stuff. Never cared for any of the coated strings...just too thunky & dull sounding to my ears. It's like the harmonics are all dampened out.
I usually don't much care for always/regularly using fresh strings, and prefer to play them out for awhile before actually using them for any recording. It takes a bit for them to settle in.
Something I use to do in the past when I would just buy loose strings instead of packs...is to make a hybrid set so that the E, B & G strings were same as in a .10 gauge set, but the D, A & E same as in a .09 gauge set.
For live, band playing...I like the fuller tones on the low strings that you get with a complete .10 set...but for recording, sometimes I find them too overpowering, and if I dialed the tone in for them, the high strings would have that bright, piercing sound in the upper octave. If I dialed the tone in for the high strings, the lower string would then be too boomy.
Most times I can work around that as I'm never playing rhythm and leads on the same tracks...or in the same area of the guitar, so I can avoid the boom or bright...but I remember when I use to make up the hybrid set, I really like how it balanced out. I'm thinking of stringing up one or two of my guitars with that hybrid .10 highs -.09 lows setup again.
Anyway, I'm wondering if anyone else does stuff like that?
I've looked a lot of times at various string makers' offerings...but never found any that did a .10 high three and .09 low three. If anything, I find many who go even heavier on the lows....like .10 on the high three and .11 on the low. I guess for some styles that is desirable.
I've gone through many brands over the years. Use to be a GHS Boomer user back in my band days and for a long time after. Then I started trying out the D'Addario, Ball, Everly, etc...etc.
Currently I use Curt Mangan strings. Been using them for about 8 years now and really like them. On my acoustics I use Martins and also the Curt Mangan stuff. Never cared for any of the coated strings...just too thunky & dull sounding to my ears. It's like the harmonics are all dampened out.
I usually don't much care for always/regularly using fresh strings, and prefer to play them out for awhile before actually using them for any recording. It takes a bit for them to settle in.