15 Jan
2006
15 Jan
'06
11:20 a.m.
On Sun, 2006-01-15 at 10:27 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
On Sunday 15 January 2006 09:31, Jan Depner wrote:
I also used to make guitars but I turned my garage/shop into a
studio. Take a look at
http://myweb.cableone.net/eviltwin69/two_guitars.jpg
The guitar on the left is the first one I made (about 1989). The one on
the right is the one I used for the electric guitar on this recording.
Mark, et al,
Many thanks for all the feedback (mostly positive). To paraphrase
a familiar quote - with many ears all mixes are easy ;-) I forgot to
mention that I used LADSPA effects (not counting the electric guitar
which is through a V-AMP Pro) other than running the final master mix
through a BBE sonic maximizer. I have taken most everyone's advice
and lifted the vocals (dropped some processing too). Also, a tip of
the hat to Dave Phillips for introducing me to the Versatile Plate
Reverb.
The new version is in the same place -
http://myweb.cableone.net/eviltwin69/katrina.mp3
That addressed all my concerns, great stuff. Thank you for the effort,
and please do some more.
It's mostly the guitar - hand made Jose Morales classical, Spanish
cedar top, bookmatched rosewood back and sides, hand made rosette, all
wood binding. It's a beautiful instrument. I picked it up in Granada
Spain at Jose Morales' shop in 1978 for $150 (with case ;-) I've
played it next to $3000+ Ramirez guitars and it blows them away. I
used a cheap Marshall 603 condenser mic about a foot away from where
the fingerboard meets the body and a cheap Marshall 2001 about 3 feet
away and more towards the bridge. I used a little Gverb on both
sides and some Tape Delay Simulation on the 603.
I have a friend who made his guitar in high school shop, a solid body
electric of course. Autographed by Johnny Johnson many years ago. Its
a pretty fair sounding piece of maple, but no comparison to the clarity
of your instrument. To paraphrase a nearly 80 year old acoustic bass
player brother-in-law of mine, that guitar is 'tasty stuff'.
He (the friend) and about 3 others, another guitar
player, a father &
teen aged son trade places on an axe, & a drummer whom I've never
figured out why he isn't doing it professionally, he's that good. They
get together to jam on friday nights, but even on their best night,
theres no comparison to this. Thanks. This one is a definite keeper.
Many thanks.
But why an mp3, why not a q7 (or higher) ogg?
I made an ogg but a lot of Windoze people have trouble with that
format (even though Winamp and Audacity handle it).
--
Jan 'Evil Twin' Depner
The Fuzzy Dice
http://myweb.cableone.net/eviltwin69/fuzzy.html
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