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<blockquote data-quote="brian maddox" data-source="post: 15458" data-attributes="member: 158">Re: Acoustic guitar pickupsgreat suggestions.&nbsp; i&#039;ve used both and they can work great.&nbsp; truth is, all acoustic pickups sound bad.&nbsp; so you&#039;re basically always in the &#039;fecal enhancement&#039; biz when you&#039;re dealing with them...for my personal acoustic sound, i gave up trying to make it sound like an actual acoustic guitar and just went with making it sound good, much like we&#039;ve long left the sound of real drums behind in search of ever larger cannon shots.&nbsp; so i added a bunch of eq, a bit of compression, some chorus, a touch of verb, and voila...&nbsp; <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbCBynicEXY" target="_blank">here&#039;s a sample</a>, for those care about such things.&nbsp; this guitar sound is straight off my processor that i plug into the PA.a little advice for taks.&nbsp; if they&#039;ve got the mid sweep eq on the guitar, put the freq at about 3k and cut about as much as you can.&nbsp; set treble at unity and boost the low to taste.&nbsp; that&#039;ll get you pretty close.&nbsp; anything else will sound really dreadful...other rule of thumb with acoustics.&nbsp; you can&#039;t have too much eq available.&nbsp; they&#039;re worse than pianos.&nbsp; so don&#039;t be afraid to insert whatever you can find.&nbsp; and also don&#039;t be afraid to do pretty drastic stuff to them.&nbsp; that&#039;s usually what it takes...have fun...brian</blockquote>

[QUOTE="brian maddox, post: 15458, member: 158"] Re: Acoustic guitar pickups great suggestions. i've used both and they can work great. truth is, all acoustic pickups sound bad. so you're basically always in the 'fecal enhancement' biz when you're dealing with them... for my personal acoustic sound, i gave up trying to make it sound like an actual acoustic guitar and just went with making it sound good, much like we've long left the sound of real drums behind in search of ever larger cannon shots. so i added a bunch of eq, a bit of compression, some chorus, a touch of verb, and voila... [url="www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbCBynicEXY"]here's a sample[/url], for those care about such things. this guitar sound is straight off my processor that i plug into the PA. a little advice for taks. if they've got the mid sweep eq on the guitar, put the freq at about 3k and cut about as much as you can. set treble at unity and boost the low to taste. that'll get you pretty close. anything else will sound really dreadful... other rule of thumb with acoustics. you can't have too much eq available. they're worse than pianos. so don't be afraid to insert whatever you can find. and also don't be afraid to do pretty drastic stuff to them. that's usually what it takes... have fun... brian [/QUOTE]

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