Wow...having an amp makes all the difference

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so davy what is good to have, what does dave use or have? when i get a new guitar what should be on it?
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Dave uses a Fishman gold plus natural on his Martin guitars and A Fishman acoustic matrix on his taylors. It really doesn't matter what kind of pickup comes with an electric acoustic, as long as it sounds good. It helps if the pickup has a good preamp (with little switches) on it.
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Of course Dave uses an expensive preamp as well. This matters a great deal in terms of tone.
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Raised B in my amp sounds pretty good. Just retunned last night. Fun stuff. YNK is hard though!
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Beauford33 wrote:eh, if coult have my way...Id rather just mic the soundhole. No amp sound can beat a full dreadnought unamped.
never mic the soundhole.
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i got a taylor 314ce. the expression system is THE BEST pickup on the market...guaranteed.
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Dheibs wrote:i got a taylor 314ce. the expression system is THE BEST pickup on the market...guaranteed.
how much did you pay for your guitar. im lookin to get the same thing. either that or a larrivee
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dmbguitar718 wrote:
Beauford33 wrote:eh, if coult have my way...Id rather just mic the soundhole. No amp sound can beat a full dreadnought unamped.
never mic the soundhole.
Really? I've heard it sounds really good. Never had the chance to hear it myself yet, though..
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dmbguitar718 wrote:
Beauford33 wrote:eh, if coult have my way...Id rather just mic the soundhole. No amp sound can beat a full dreadnought unamped.
never mic the soundhole.
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I have the 30th anniversary limited edition taylor 414ce...mmmm....
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Sort Of A Protest Song wrote:
dmbguitar718 wrote:
Beauford33 wrote:eh, if coult have my way...Id rather just mic the soundhole. No amp sound can beat a full dreadnought unamped.
never mic the soundhole.
Really? I've heard it sounds really good. Never had the chance to hear it myself yet, though..
The best way is to mic the guitar at the neck joint. If you're recording, it's good to have two pencil condensers pointed at the joint making a "V" shape, then pan them hard and make the mix nice later.
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slimerdmb24 wrote:
Sort Of A Protest Song wrote:
dmbguitar718 wrote:
Beauford33 wrote:eh, if coult have my way...Id rather just mic the soundhole. No amp sound can beat a full dreadnought unamped.
never mic the soundhole.
Really? I've heard it sounds really good. Never had the chance to hear it myself yet, though..
The best way is to mic the guitar at the neck joint. If you're recording, it's good to have two pencil condensers pointed at the joint making a "V" shape, then pan them hard and make the mix nice later.
He is right ! one mic @ 30 degrees to sound hole @ 15th fret and the other opposite!
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TaylorGuy110 wrote:
slimerdmb24 wrote:
Sort Of A Protest Song wrote:
dmbguitar718 wrote:
Beauford33 wrote:eh, if coult have my way...Id rather just mic the soundhole. No amp sound can beat a full dreadnought unamped.
never mic the soundhole.
Really? I've heard it sounds really good. Never had the chance to hear it myself yet, though..
The best way is to mic the guitar at the neck joint. If you're recording, it's good to have two pencil condensers pointed at the joint making a "V" shape, then pan them hard and make the mix nice later.
He is right ! one mic @ 30 degrees to sound hole @ 15th fret and the other opposite!
Of course I'm right. 8)
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Beauford33 wrote:eh, if coult have my way...Id rather just mic the soundhole. No amp sound can beat a full dreadnought unamped.
agreed.

well, on some songs the added amplified sound adds a little extra bass, kinda nice.
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Kukini wrote:
dmbguitar718 wrote:
Beauford33 wrote:eh, if coult have my way...Id rather just mic the soundhole. No amp sound can beat a full dreadnought unamped.
never mic the soundhole.
Bullshit. That's all opinion based. I think it sounds great. I recorded in my cousins studio with a mic & it sounded fucking awesome. It was a really expensive mic though.
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