Sound of an old Larrivee?

[jandrew]

And Jandrew, your L-07 really sounds sonorous and open! It has definitely aged gracefully. I wonder if its your guitar, dead strings or the Zoom H2 but I feel that some top-end zing is missing from the mix.

Actually, I think it was mostly the dead room I recorded those two samples in a small bedroom sitting on a futon -- here's a sample from the living room (not really a live room either, but better):

http://www.siaris.net/music/harvestmoon.mp3

and a couple of pics for the mix:



cheers,
andrew

[zen_1000]

Your L sounds big and sweet! And you've got that nice rosette too. I am sooo jealous. 

Nice song too ;)

[ummagumma]

wow jandrew, those clips sound fantastic..I esp like the flatpicking ditty!!

nice guitars for recording indeed

what kind of mic are you using? or does the zoom have one built-in?

and just for the record, what strings?

cheers

[jandrew]

what kind of mic are you using? or does the zoom have one built-in?

and just for the record, what strings?

The Zoom H2 has 2 stereo pairs of built in condenser mics (90 degrees front, 120 degrees rear) that are actually of reasonably decent quality. As for strings, I use DR sunbeams 13-56 -- after years of using d'addario pb's, I went on string experimentation binge a couple of years ago, and the DR sunbeams were the winner for me.

cheers,
andrew