Physical Effects - Electric Strings on
an Acoustic Guitar
08/07/09 03:26 Filed in:
Getting
Sounds
Physical Effects - Electric Stings on an Acoustic
Guitar
In this era of plugins and virtual everything music is starting to
have a certain sameness about it. As a recording engineer I love to
tell/hear stories about interesting things that were done to
achieve a cool sound. I think this is part of the recent resurgence
of classic rock and metal. I would love to hear about wacky things
you’ve done to get cool sounds, so let me start the ball rolling by
giving you one of my favorites.
Once you start to progress as a recordist you will find that start
recording things the way you want them to eventually sound. Many
times acoustic guitars are recorded in stereo and panned hard left
and right, with very little bass. Sometimes there’s very little
tone in the sound as all, what you end up with more of the sound of
the pick on the strings. One of the ways you can get a sound like
this right off the bat without having to use EQ is to string up an
acoustic guitar with electric guitar strings.
First of all, it renders the guitar easier to play, but you end up
with a great stringy sound with very little bass. However the sound
is natural and does sound strange or effected like your typical
acoustic guitar with all the bass viciously carved out with an
equalizer!
I have a bunch more of these little tricks to share with you, so
stay tuned!
Tags: electric strings, Acoustic Guitar