What can I do with my guitar?

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I have been listening a lot, watching a lot of youtube videos to help me with home recording, and of course I have been reading and listening this forum.
I am not sure if I have got decent results. I don't know if my problem is recording, mixing or mastering. I think the vocals are OK but I don't get a guitar sound as I would like.
Perhaps I am totally wrong and the problem are my vocals. I need your ears to help me, so any criticism would be appreciated.
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I don't know what was your idea here or what you planned exactly... I mean, since I don't know how you wanted your guitar I can't say if it sounds right or what you should do.

what I can say is, that this song looks really good. It's simple, spanish (I should be one of the little guys here that understands the lyrics perhaps...)
But the recording is good, there's barely (if any) noise, and the guitars sound good.

I'm not experienced at this but I think you can add some reverb effects to the guitar and change a little bit the way it sounds. Try it out and see if like anything.

As to vocals, wow, thei're great, how did you record them?
 
Thank you Elyst for your response. I am not sure how I want the guitars to sound, but for example I like the way they sound in Jack Johnson's song: Sitting, Waiting, Wishing. When I compare them, mine sounds like if I had a cheap guitar (it is not an expensive one, but when I listen to my guitar on the air it sounds better than recorded).
I added some reverb. It drove me crazy: the more reverb the worse it sounded, but without reverb it is very dry. So I put a little. Then I tried delay. But I did't find a sound that I liked.
Vocals were recorded with AKG220 mic through M-Audio Fast Track. Back vocals (as I did with guitar) were doubled and then pan lightly left and right. I added to lead vocal some EQ, Compression, Dehisser and Reverb.
Muchas gracias por tus palabras de animo. Me alegro de que te gustara la cancion. Un abrazo, amigo.
 
Sounds to me like the guitar needs some notching. By this I mean, filtering out at some certain frequency. I'm guessing in the 400 - 800hz range. NotchFilter.webp

Mic placement will have a lot to do with tone of the guitar. There is a very good article written by White Strat about micing an acoustic. I think it's a stickie in the Guitar and Bass section.

The song sounds nice, good capture of the vocals.

Me gusta.
 
Thank you Chili. I'll try notching at the right frequency. Perhaps that is the way to solve that sound, I don't know how to say in English ("suena a lata").
Where can I find that article by White Strat?
Thank you for your time and help.
 
I might be wrong, but I don't think that the choice of reverb is helping the guitar sound. Something a little longer and a little quieter might be less intrusive to your guitar tone.
 
The recording does have a nice intimate feel to it. I think with a little EQing the guitar might sound better. Nice voice and good simple song.
 
If you're going for a JJ sound, just cut the reverb back...it sounds like you're using some kind of room or possibly a plate reverb on the guitar...I'd use a Hall, but use it VERY sparingly. I'm not a big Jack Johnson fan, but I'm kind of a fan of his sparse recordings. I think he generally has a pretty shitty guitar sound, but I'm not really a fan of nylon strings. But if you are able to add a bass guitar to this and take most of the verb off of the guitar, I think you'll be surprised how much better it sounds.
 
Nice playing and a very pretty song.

I agree with chris 100% on the reverb. What you have here is too wet and not right for the song. A small hall, USED VERY SPARINGLY, would be a good thing to try.
 
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