I am working on a new tune and am posting an .mp3 of my 00-40. The signal chain is direct from the guitar (piezo pickup) into a Presonus Studio channel and into my Scarlett interface. Some added compression and reverb internally from Logic. Strings are Elixer 80/20 's (11 - 52) and are about 6 months old. Sounds good! I want to try a couple of Apex pencil mikes asap and will post. I am interested to see how they will compare. Stay tuned!
Check it out here.
https://soundcloud.com/ron-nelson-392080567/larrivee-00-40-sample-sound-byte?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing&si=f4fcc06c66d4416c9fd9f2c40f4e67e8
Nice playing, thanks for sharing.
I definitely recommend the pencil mics, or any mics. It's a whole other world recording acoustically vs a pickup.
Yes, I am aware that mikes are the preferred and best way to go. I have just never had them and have always just plugged in to get thoughts recorded. I have just relocated and have been able to set up my home studio again after a 2 year absence. Sooooo, it will be good to try a few different configurations. I will update the thread as able.
Thanks for sharing Ron. I think the tone sounds great. I haven't been so lucky to get a direct recorded sound from my guitars as good as that.
I use Rode nt5 matched pair and they are decent mics and reasonably priced...sometimes they go on sale up here in Canada. The only thing I don't like about mics is sometimes there's a change in tone if you arent positioned exactly the same so if you want to change something or punch in at a later session you have to remember the mic position and proximatey and all the input levels.
What piezo pickup are you using?