When you play guitar without recording you always "hear" some swishing... but what you "listen" to is music.

I would never use a notch filter for that.
Killing a range of audible frequencies to avoid some natural swishes it's not a good idea at all IMHO.

A better idea is to use the greasy skin (e.g. behind the ears :-) ) or vaseline to lubricate the fingertips in order to minimize swishes.

r

2009/2/24 lanas <lanas@securenet.net>
Hi all,

 Regarding recording accoustic guitars (regular steel string and bass)
is there a trick of some sort to minimize the sound of fingers sometimes
swishing on the strings ?  A bit of Finger Ease gets rid of some, but
there's some of that sound that still creeps from time to time.  Proper
technique might not always be a solution.  I'm more thinking along the
lines of some notch filter but have no idea of the frequency (nor which
filter in Ardour) to use, that is, if it's worth a try.  I use a
M-Audio microphone, which might not be the best, but then I'd need some
convincing to believe that a top quality mic would actually do
something concerning this.  Perhaps better focus on the sound source.

 Any suggestions/ideas welcomed.

Cheers.