Play that thunky music!

islander53 · #1 08-30-2018, 01:50 PM

On my acoustic guitar, when playing an upbeat finger-style similar to Gordon Lightfoot’s “Did She Mention My Name”, my G string is… I can only describe it as thunky.

It’s barely noticeable to the naked ear, but it’s definitely noticeable when recorded. In fact, on any fret or string that plays that same octave of G, the sound is thunky. I suspect it’s the guitar itself, more than mic placement (which I’ve played with), and I am not versed in things like intonation adjustments and such on an acoustic.

So would anyone happen to know of an EQ trick or other processing that would keep it down a bit on the recording?

Brent Hahn · #2 08-30-2018, 05:13 PM

So it's that particular pitch that does it? Not necessarily on that one string?

islander53 · #3 08-30-2018, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Brent Hahn

So it's that particular pitch that does it? Not necessarily on that one string?

Correct (and now a parenthetical comment to more than satisfy the minimum character limit for posts.)

rdm321 · #4 08-31-2018, 12:24 PM

Maybe a parametric EQ with a very narrow notch at that frequency?

Brent Hahn · #5 08-31-2018, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by islander53

Correct (and now a parenthetical comment to more than satisfy the minimum character limit for posts.)

I've never had a guitar that did that, but I had a Fender bass that did. A truss rod adjustment (by a luthier) fixed it. Maybe I got lucky.

islander53 · #6 08-31-2018, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Brent Hahn

I've never had a guitar that did that, but I had a Fender bass that did. A truss rod adjustment (by a luthier) fixed it. Maybe I got lucky.

Ah! That could be something to look at. Thanks!

islander53 · #7 08-31-2018, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by rdm321

Maybe a parametric EQ with a very narrow notch at that frequency?

I did improve it with an extreme cut at 250Hz, which will do if I can't solve it any other way.