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Thread #94637   Message #1833574
Posted By: Nick
13-Sep-06 - 12:07 PM
Thread Name: acoustic guitar effects
Subject: RE: acoustic guitar effects
Are you talking about a playing on stage sound or a recorded at home/studio sound?

If it's the former I'd love to know too but as you gave me advice in a previous thread about amplifying an acoustic live I would guess not.

Is there an example of the sound you want to get to that you could point us at?

From the little I know about this and have found out good acoustic guitar sounds are based on nice sounding guitar - mic positioning - stereo recording - and particularly good quality mics. A friend I do some things with has a big guitar electronics sound which is loud and to my ears horrible but each to their own

Big fat sound suggests things like compression - doubling the track - perhaps a touch of chorus - multiple parts - other instrument fattening the sound. Not sure about sexy or how you do that (is it like slinky? LOL).

My son gets a nice acoustic sound - shall I send you or post somewhere some examples of the sorts of sounds we get from what is an INCREDIBLY primitive set up at home and you could at least go - "god those are horrible?" :)

One of favourite acoustic guitar sounds is on an album from donkeys years ago by Elton John on Come Down in Time. There are about two bars where I just think the sound is just lovely - it sounds like a beautifully played acoustic.

I also have a Pat Metheney solo guitar album which has a nice sound (on a baritone guitar I think).

Give us an idea of what sound you want.