shepke
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Hey all. This is a follow up to the discussion about Westerly F-112s. I thought I’d start a new topic so as not to distract from the discussion of Guild small body 12 strings. I was rooting around for some recordings to illustrate the sound of small-bodied Guilds. I couldn’t find anything right away using the F-112, but here are a few things recorded with my 1968 F-30. Microphone placement is largely as I described in the earlier Westerly F-112 posts.
You’ll hear some finger noise and even some fret buzz from the mic placement near the neck. But combined with the smaller F-30, the result is reasonably clear, bright and pretty much free of boom. I think it’s best to record this way because if the end product is a tad too bright you can always roll off some high end when it’s done. Adding eq to the high end to brighten things up introduces a lot of noise and phasing problems really quick. Rolling off high end will also increase the relative bass response. But all this should be done when you master. These are fairly raw tracks sonically, and would need mastering to smooth things out better.
Note that on "G String" the solo was recorded with a Baby Taylor - speaking of small-body guitars.
If I find anything useful recorded with the F-112, I’ll post it.
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default ... tent=music.
You’ll hear some finger noise and even some fret buzz from the mic placement near the neck. But combined with the smaller F-30, the result is reasonably clear, bright and pretty much free of boom. I think it’s best to record this way because if the end product is a tad too bright you can always roll off some high end when it’s done. Adding eq to the high end to brighten things up introduces a lot of noise and phasing problems really quick. Rolling off high end will also increase the relative bass response. But all this should be done when you master. These are fairly raw tracks sonically, and would need mastering to smooth things out better.
Note that on "G String" the solo was recorded with a Baby Taylor - speaking of small-body guitars.
If I find anything useful recorded with the F-112, I’ll post it.
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default ... tent=music.
