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Originally posted by hopscotchMy favorite electric of all time, I stupidly pawned it and never got it
It could simply be that you have a bad guitar. You can spend a fortune on new pickups, a new neck, new pegs, new bridge, but at the end it really just boils down to the wood used in the body of the guitar. That's why no two guitars could ever produce the exact same tone: no two guitars can ever have the same grain of wood.
I'd recommend to you that y ...[text shortened]... and find a cheap guitar with a good tone, then start upgrading it like the madman that you are.
back, dumb dumb dumb, was the Rickenbacher 12 string electric.
OMG did it sound neat. It also had these little hooks with a handle
that hooked down the strings that made it a 12 string, held them
down to the frets so they didn't sound and, boing, it was a 6 string!
I still kick myself for getting rid of it.
Another favorite was the Gibson ES175D, Bigsby handle, heavy,
acoustic (more or less) electric that sounded great.
That one got stolen, along with my 12 string martin, the D12-20,
and a D18, and a gibson 5 string banjo all stolen at the same time.
I was mourning for decades. All those instrumenst were top of the
line. Sigh.
Now I have a couple of martins, D35, single 0-18, VERY NICE!,
and I got about one year ago a great little acoustic wide neck
steel string for fingerpicking, a Washburn R305.
When they first came out, I played 3 of them at Guitar Villa, our
local store and played them for about 3 hours before I figured out
which was the best, and got it for 450 bucks US, 275 pounds?,
now they are going for twice that, it is a re-issue by Washburn
of an 1890 Washburn Parlor guitar and it sounds at LEAST as good
as my 0-18, which really sounds great! They both record well and
I am sending in a couple of my compositions in our little music
contest, the guitar I used for that was the R305.
Have a nice digital recording setup, Rode and Project Studio large
diaphram mikes, Mackie amp/mixer, RME Hammerfall digital I/O
and a triple monitor setup, three monitors give you space to put all
the effects, mixer and waveform graphics, couldn't stand to keep
mousing stuff out of the way. Matrox makes a nice multi-head
video card, mine is a triple but you can get quads, I got deals,
scratch and dent sales and ebay LCD screens, all three for about
400 bucks. I put all three in an entertainment center, two upside down
and one right side up so its a nice set up. I also recently got
one of those huge 7 foot high boom mikes you see in studios,
Its set up on the side of a 13 by 27 foot music room, where it sits it
can set a mike most anywhere in the room. Anyway thats my stuff.
My wife plays lap dulcimer and we have a bunch of them an a couple
of mandolins and a really nice french fiddle over 100 years old, a
good buddy who is an incredible bluegrasser, says its a CANNON!
Its about ten times better a fiddle than I am a fiddler however🙂
23 Dec 05
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OK back got my 15mill lotto ticket.. 😀
K heres a quick recording of the guitar mic-ed..
http://s42.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1YYQ03C2H1XQ406TS3YD4GGMUQ
check back in two minutes for DI link.. and then i'll also run it though some presets on guitar rig so check back in two mins for new links
K heres a DI recording using the bridge humbucker
http://s46.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=29VKGV98R48BQ1RH2LJ3WBR42F
and heres a recording though guitarrig2 with fuzz distortion
http://s62.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1CMVNZP2PBJB12U19KN1O9X45E
23 Dec 05
i play guitaar to and the more you use acoustics the easier it becomes to play harder cords, because acoustics are often spread out more (the strings on the neck) and the strings are harder, so you get your fingers more movable and strong, making you a better player when you switch back to your acoustic
23 Dec 05
Originally posted by CenterNutI can't tell what it will sound like with different PUs, but it sounds alright as it is, a bit like a Gretsch.
OK back got my 15mill lotto ticket.. 😀
K heres a quick recording of the guitar mic-ed..
http://s42.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1YYQ03C2H1XQ406TS3YD4GGMUQ
check back in two minutes for DI link.. and then i'll also run it though some presets on guitar rig so check back in two mins for new links
K heres a DI recording using the bridge humbucker
ht ...[text shortened]... h guitarrig2 with fuzz distortion
http://s62.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1CMVNZP2PBJB12U19KN1O9X45E
24 Dec 05
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Originally posted by CenterNutHey Center, tell me about that yousendit.com, like
OK back got my 15mill lotto ticket.. 😀
K heres a quick recording of the guitar mic-ed..
http://s42.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1YYQ03C2H1XQ406TS3YD4GGMUQ
check back in two minutes for DI link.. and then i'll also run it though some presets on guitar rig so check back in two mins for new links
K heres a DI recording using the bridge humbucker
ht ...[text shortened]... h guitarrig2 with fuzz distortion
http://s62.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1CMVNZP2PBJB12U19KN1O9X45E
how does it work?Wonder if we can use that format to send our
contest pieces to starmann? Was that full 16 bit, 44.1 KSPS like
CD or was it compressed into mp3? It had an mp3 tag so I guess it
was not a wav file but mp3 can sound pretty much as good as a CD
if you chose not to compress much. So what was the compression
there if any? And what is yousendit.com?
You have subscription price or something?
BTW, in your second piece, electric with humbucks, I heard a tad bit
of distortion in the middle strings. Did you overdrive it a bit? I guess
if you don't have waveform graphics you can't tell.
I use Cakewalk, Sonar 4, to record to HD but haven't gotten around
to sending anything over the net yet so am absolute beginner there.
Tell me how you do it, please! Thanks from a yank. Don.
PS, what is DI recording? Direct box?
The actual recording was very clean.
24 Dec 05
Originally posted by sonhouseYes I used 128k mp3 encoding.
Hey Center, tell me about that yousendit.com, like
how does it work?Wonder if we can use that format to send our
contest pieces to starmann? Was that full 16 bit, 44.1 KSPS like
CD or was it compressed into mp3? It had an mp3 tag so I guess it
was not a wav file but mp3 can sound pretty much as good as a CD
if you chose not to compress much. So what w ...[text shortened]... s from a yank. Don.
PS, what is DI recording? Direct box?
The actual recording was very clean.
and www.yousendit.com is just site to transfer files over the quickly and easilly. just goto site main page upload you file and once its done it gives you a link.. I think the links last few days before they delete it.
And yes DI = direct input aka direct box..
Im thinking about buying m-audio audio buddy as it a solid state pre-amp and is ment to be less noisey than my mic100 tube pre.
my soundcard isn't noisey atool.. its an emu1212m and noise floor is less than -120db which is pro. now i just need a decent pre-amp to feed a decent guitar into my computer.
24 Dec 05
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Originally posted by CenterNutyeah, good specs on the sound card. Mine is RME Hammerfall,
Yes I used 128k mp3 encoding.
and www.yousendit.com is just site to transfer files over the quickly and easilly. just goto site main page upload you file and once its done it gives you a link.. I think the links last few days before they delete it.
And yes DI = direct input aka direct box..
Im thinking about buying m-audio audio buddy as it a solid sta ...[text shortened]... -120db which is pro. now i just need a decent pre-amp to feed a decent guitar into my computer.
german. Also close to 120 DB noise floor, maybe 118 or so.
But when you record 16 bit 44.1 KSPS, the noise floor of the recording
is by definition about 96 DB so it raises the theoretical floor by 24 DB.
If you use 24 bit, the noise floor COULD be -144 DB but you would
probably have to have wires cooled by liquid nitrogen and such
to get that low! Ever see the RME stuff? Mine is called the Digiface,
has 8 analog ins and outs, SPDIF and optical I/O's.
I use a Mackie mixer, I also used the Behringer Euroracks, they are
cheap but you can't use them for real stuff. I tried to do some
simple mixes with them, experimenting with minumizing the
hardware but it sounded like crap, so now about all I do is feed
earphone outs with them, I can split the sound into four or more
earphones if I am recording a group and that works out ok.
I got this horrible silabence using one of those small tube mike
pre-amps, supposed to add 'warmth'. It was more like a distortion
box! Could not find any setting to get rid of the silabence.
Funny thing was, it only happened on one mike, a RODE
RT1000, a large diameter condenser. When I got serious
and started using the Mackie, it was absolutely great!
One thing, you said you did it 128K mp3, is that the recording format
or did you record regular cd, 16 bit, 44.1 and then convert it to 128
MP3 or what? Funny, I never had to deal with that stuff till I started
this contest thing, I also contacted Red House Records and asked
them what format they wanted for submission, they just want
an ordinary CD sent snail mail! None of this download stuff for them.
So when you upload the file, is it sent as an Email attachment or
does it have some other format for mp3 uploading?
24 Dec 05
Originally posted by sonhouseYes I know the RME cards blood dam good cards..
yeah, good specs on the sound card. Mine is RME Hammerfall,
german. Also close to 120 DB noise floor, maybe 118 or so.
But when you record 16 bit 44.1 KSPS, the noise floor of the recording
is by definition about 96 DB so it raises the theoretical floor by 24 DB.
If you use 24 bit, the noise floor COULD be -144 DB but you would
probably have to have wi ...[text shortened]... he file, is it sent as an Email attachment or
does it have some other format for mp3 uploading?
Yep i mixdown to 16/44.1 then used soundforge to save as mp3.
So you think a little m-audio buddy will help out a tad?
24 Dec 05
Originally posted by CenterNutI used M audio b4 I got the RME, the Delta 66, I gave it to my kid,
Yes I know the RME cards blood dam good cards..
Yep i mixdown to 16/44.1 then used soundforge to save as mp3.
So you think a little m-audio buddy will help out a tad?
its a good card. So you do soundforge, I have that, then save as
mp3, ok, what next? Goes out as email attachment or what?
I know its late for you, sorry, you don't have to answer tonite, the
subject will still be around tomorrow!
24 Dec 05
Originally posted by sonhousehehe no im still up.. if you goto http://www.yousendit.com/
I used M audio b4 I got the RME, the Delta 66, I gave it to my kid,
its a good card. So you do soundforge, I have that, then save as
mp3, ok, what next? Goes out as email attachment or what?
I know its late for you, sorry, you don't have to answer tonite, the
subject will still be around tomorrow!
and just goto step 2 after step 2 click sendit.. after its uploaded atomatically redirects you to a page with link .. copy & paste the link to whereever u like 😉