
Tadpui
Well-known member
I almost always hi-pass my electric guitars so they'll leave a little breathing room for the bass guitar. I basically find the cutoff frequency where it neuters the guitar sound, then back it down from there until I have a good balance between guitar and bass.
Acoustic guitars I'll hi-pass as well. Or maybe instead I'll just use a low shelf to get rid of the boominess (I play a dreadnought, which has a pronounced low end).
Other than that, I don't do much EQ on electric guitar. It's that rare instrument where you have a lot of control over EQ while tracking. Between the controls on the amplifier and the use of mic positioning, electric guitars pretty much come out with the EQ good to go. You might brighten them up or make them more present (especially for leads) by bumping them at 5kHz or 7kHz. There isn't much signal higher than that from a recorded guitar track...guitar amps don't really reproduce many super high frequencies.
Acoustic guitars I'll hi-pass as well. Or maybe instead I'll just use a low shelf to get rid of the boominess (I play a dreadnought, which has a pronounced low end).
Other than that, I don't do much EQ on electric guitar. It's that rare instrument where you have a lot of control over EQ while tracking. Between the controls on the amplifier and the use of mic positioning, electric guitars pretty much come out with the EQ good to go. You might brighten them up or make them more present (especially for leads) by bumping them at 5kHz or 7kHz. There isn't much signal higher than that from a recorded guitar track...guitar amps don't really reproduce many super high frequencies.