SANTA BARBARA GUITAR PARTNERS

BRANDS: Imperial Guitars, Chickenhead Amps, Post-Audio Accessories, Guitarcheology Parts.
P.O. Box 22143, Santa Barbara, CA 93121 USA

Hi guys. Sorry I didn't post any replies in a while, or help anyone out with stuff. I've been mega busy trying to build my new studio and get some stuff in there (stuck for cash as always).

I do however return with a question about distorted guitars.

Now then..

Hi everyone!
First post to this forum, but thanks for the wealth of information here!

I have heard it said more than once that fresh strings are a prerequisite for a recording session. Being one who changes their strings fairly often, this is never a problem. But the other day, I picked up a used guitar that was quite inexpensive due to some issues, and decided to record it, before doing anything to it other than truss rod adjustment.

I'm trying to decide between the nt5's and the mk012, mp.

I need something that I can also use on acoustic guitar and overheads, and some day I'll get a better SDC for acoustic guitars etc. But for now I need something that will work well with both.

I have just updated Sonar 8 PE to 8.3.1, and I was working with Guitar Rig 4 Pro.

I have an Ibanez acoustic electric and an Audio-Technica AT3035 condenser mic. I've been getting half decent sounds mixing with the Ibanez' preamp/eq for straight in recording and with just Micing the guitar, but it could be much better. Maybe there's a low budget mic good for picking up acoustic guitar, I don't know.

I am having trouble with a fellow who plays a Showbud pedal steel guitar. He is not happy with the sound he is getting from the guitar ( a high 2.5 - 4K raspy sound ).
I have tried to remove some of the frequencies with the EQ and removing the high-endoff the amp,,, any suggestions, other than telling him to buy a new steel?
Any help would be appreciated.

Hi! Thanks for dropping by this thread.

I have a problem in recording my slide guitar. It sounds huge - so huge, in fact, that it dominates the entire mix. Either that or I have to turn it down too low to be heard.

So, I've tried FX and no FX, compression, a condenser, a dynamic, and a ribbon, a limiter, and EQ. None have worked, although they did change the sound.

Hi all... looking for some input regarding volume level when recording heavily distorted guitar in a hard rock or metal context. I'm not recording direct as I haven't found any satisfactory amp modeling software in Ubuntu yet, so I'm Micing the amp into an audio interface.