Recording a Spanish guitar.

Beevers_uk · 06-27-2005, 01:17 PM

I was wonderin if any of you guts could suggest away of recording my Spanish guitar!! I dont wanna do it with just a mic infront of the guitar and thats it!! I was wonderin if you could suggest any...pick ups that you can slot on(Note...my technical vocab is not to good) Thank you

Jogg · 06-27-2005, 02:00 PM

Hi, try a fishman pickup, they are the best I know. Do a google search and you should find their website.

Beevers_uk · 06-27-2005, 04:27 PM

Thanks!!
I like this one http://www.fishman.com/products/details.asp?id=81
its small and tucked away!!!

does any body have any tips for ways of stoppin my guitar go out of tune so fast!! its a spanish one, and cause its so hot here, it goes out of tune soo fast!!
thanks

coreybyrnes · 06-28-2005, 02:23 PM

ehhhh, i am not a fan of fishman at all... they sound like an electrified acoustic guitar, when i just want my acoustic guitars to sound like acoustic guitars... some companies to look into for quality pickups:

lr baggs
k&k
b-band

Beevers_uk · 06-28-2005, 02:46 PM

I like the lr baggs - element Active and the Hex Pickups because their so tiny and hidden!! and they sound awsome!!

maccas81 · 06-30-2005, 02:58 PM

i'm not 100% sure but i think fitting a piezo pick up is the most commonly used way to record a spanish guitar....theyre pretty widely available and not too expensive, although there are probably better ones on the market these days....

maccas81 · 06-30-2005, 03:00 PM

not so sure about how to keep it in tune, although youll know yourself that new strings will go out of tune like crazy until they 'bed in'....and i'd definitely keep the guitar in the shade over there....nylon strings are a bitch anyway! although i must admit they sound good

Beevers_uk · 06-30-2005, 03:27 PM

Thanks Guys!! Its kept at the bottom of my room, and out of the light!! I would put it in its case but i think it will get even hotter in there!!! My strings are old, they have a nice Flamenco sound now that they are old!! I use Hannabach Flamenco Nylon Strigs. Medium tension!! they are the nicest Flamenco strings ever!!

sml42 · 06-30-2005, 08:21 PM

A tried and tested way of recording acoustic guitar, is to sit on a stool in the corner of a room, facing into the corner (so that the guitar completes a triangle at 45degrees to each of the walls).

The reflections off the walls tend to give a "full" sound. Some people will even go so far as to put a reflective surface on the floor (i.e. no carpet, sit the stool on a piece of wood).

Position of your mics can vary; some people recommend putting the mics mid-way between guitar and corner; I've also seen mics placed BEHIND the player. If memory serves, a coincident pattern for the mics gives good results. One of the recording magazines ran an article about recording acoustic guitars a few months ago (perhaps it was sound on sound? I forget, sorry).

If I were recording that, I'd first try the coincident technique with mics behind the player (facing into the corner), then depending on how that sounded I'd try running split omnis (again, behind the player).

Google for "recording acoustic guitar corner of room" for more info.

best regards,
stephen

06-27-2005, 01:17 PM	#1
Beevers_uk Esquimal Conducido Pasión Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: In My Sugar Coated World, Filled With Angels And Love And Happiness And... And You. Posts: 4,421	Recording a Spanish guitar. I was wonderin if any of you guts could suggest away of recording my Spanish guitar!! I dont wanna do it with just a mic infront of the guitar and thats it!! I was wonderin if you could suggest any...pick ups that you can slot on(Note...my technical vocab is not to good) Thank you __________________ ...~Gemma Hayes~... - Just To See How Hard, You Can Make Me Cry - ...~Duke Special~... - Im Not Who You Think I am, I Slipped A Stranger Inside - ...~Noelie Mcdonnell~... - You'll Be My Muse, And I'll Be Your Poet - ...~My Myspace Thingy~...

06-27-2005, 02:00 PM	#2
Jogg Eskimo Baby Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 26	Pickup Hi, try a fishman pickup, they are the best I know. Do a google search and you should find their website. __________________ If it ain't the truth then it ain't the blues - Muddy Waters

06-27-2005, 04:27 PM	#3
Beevers_uk Esquimal Conducido Pasión Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: In My Sugar Coated World, Filled With Angels And Love And Happiness And... And You. Posts: 4,421	Thanks!! I like this one http://www.fishman.com/products/details.asp?id=81 its small and tucked away!!! does any body have any tips for ways of stoppin my guitar go out of tune so fast!! its a spanish one, and cause its so hot here, it goes out of tune soo fast!! thanks __________________ ...~Gemma Hayes~... - Just To See How Hard, You Can Make Me Cry - ...~Duke Special~... - Im Not Who You Think I am, I Slipped A Stranger Inside - ...~Noelie Mcdonnell~... - You'll Be My Muse, And I'll Be Your Poet - ...~My Myspace Thingy~...

06-28-2005, 02:23 PM	#4
coreybyrnes eskiphotographer Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: between heartbeats Posts: 782	ehhhh, i am not a fan of fishman at all... they sound like an electrified acoustic guitar, when i just want my acoustic guitars to sound like acoustic guitars... some companies to look into for quality pickups: lr baggs k&k b-band __________________ coreybyrnes.com - my online music and photography collection... cheers darlings

06-28-2005, 02:46 PM	#5
Beevers_uk Esquimal Conducido Pasión Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: In My Sugar Coated World, Filled With Angels And Love And Happiness And... And You. Posts: 4,421	I like the lr baggs - element Active and the Hex Pickups because their so tiny and hidden!! and they sound awsome!! __________________ ...~Gemma Hayes~... - Just To See How Hard, You Can Make Me Cry - ...~Duke Special~... - Im Not Who You Think I am, I Slipped A Stranger Inside - ...~Noelie Mcdonnell~... - You'll Be My Muse, And I'll Be Your Poet - ...~My Myspace Thingy~...

06-30-2005, 02:58 PM	#6
maccas81 Eskimo Ladies Man Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Donegal Posts: 2,541	i'm not 100% sure but i think fitting a piezo pick up is the most commonly used way to record a spanish guitar....theyre pretty widely available and not too expensive, although there are probably better ones on the market these days.... __________________ I'm happy, hope you're happy too.....

06-30-2005, 03:00 PM	#7
maccas81 Eskimo Ladies Man Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Donegal Posts: 2,541	not so sure about how to keep it in tune, although youll know yourself that new strings will go out of tune like crazy until they 'bed in'....and i'd definitely keep the guitar in the shade over there....nylon strings are a bitch anyway! although i must admit they sound good __________________ I'm happy, hope you're happy too.....

06-30-2005, 03:27 PM	#8
Beevers_uk Esquimal Conducido Pasión Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: In My Sugar Coated World, Filled With Angels And Love And Happiness And... And You. Posts: 4,421	Thanks Guys!! Its kept at the bottom of my room, and out of the light!! I would put it in its case but i think it will get even hotter in there!!! My strings are old, they have a nice Flamenco sound now that they are old!! I use Hannabach Flamenco Nylon Strigs. Medium tension!! they are the nicest Flamenco strings ever!! __________________ ...~Gemma Hayes~... - Just To See How Hard, You Can Make Me Cry - ...~Duke Special~... - Im Not Who You Think I am, I Slipped A Stranger Inside - ...~Noelie Mcdonnell~... - You'll Be My Muse, And I'll Be Your Poet - ...~My Myspace Thingy~...

06-30-2005, 08:21 PM	#9
sml42 Eskimo Friend Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 36	A tried and tested way of recording acoustic guitar, is to sit on a stool in the corner of a room, facing into the corner (so that the guitar completes a triangle at 45degrees to each of the walls). The reflections off the walls tend to give a "full" sound. Some people will even go so far as to put a reflective surface on the floor (i.e. no carpet, sit the stool on a piece of wood). Position of your mics can vary; some people recommend putting the mics mid-way between guitar and corner; I've also seen mics placed BEHIND the player. If memory serves, a coincident pattern for the mics gives good results. One of the recording magazines ran an article about recording acoustic guitars a few months ago (perhaps it was sound on sound? I forget, sorry). If I were recording that, I'd first try the coincident technique with mics behind the player (facing into the corner), then depending on how that sounded I'd try running split omnis (again, behind the player). Google for "recording acoustic guitar corner of room" for more info. best regards, stephen