Members d03nut Posted December 30, 2005 Members Posted December 30, 2005 Since a lot among you are multiple multiple guitar owners, I was wondering whether you have noticed instances where an acoustic guitar seemed to just sit better in a mix - not in a solo situation for obvious reasons- with a certain type/brand of an electric. Like, let's say generally a Martin guitar offers a deeper bassier sound, so if one were to record a Les Paul -with it's beefier tone vs. a Strat, again generalizing here- over it, would that cause more of a headache than the Strat option? Put another way, I'm thinking the Gibson-Martin pairing would share more of the same frequency range thus leading to more problems in the mix. Wouldn't a change in either lead or backup guitars help with that?
Members JasmineTea Posted December 30, 2005 Members Posted December 30, 2005 With electric guitars 10% or less of the tone is due to the guitar, the rest is the amp etc. So you can make a strat beefier or an LP thinner depending on what you run it through, and how you adjust the controls. In other words, I think the question as kind of moot. (or something) When you're sitting at the mixer, bottem line is, you can make it work, whatever it is.
Members aeschylus Posted December 30, 2005 Members Posted December 30, 2005 Generally, they will balance each other in an "opposites attract" sort of way. To me, electric guitars are generally much brighter than acoustic guitars, no matter which type of each you pick.
Members geddyentwistle Posted December 30, 2005 Members Posted December 30, 2005 every instrument has its own frequencies accentuates and every group has a distinct groups of frequencies that are accentuated so trying to determine what guitar will work the best depends on the other instruments...a guitar that kicks ass with one situation may be terrible in another i don't think there is a formula
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