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Old 02-19-2013, 11:50 AM
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Default Punchy Guitar sound?

Hi all,
I'll cut right to the chase (and accuse me of being naive all you wish )
Is there a recording technique used to get a punchy guitar sound?
The sound i'm referring to is that of Back for Good (also boyce avenues version- in fact all of their acoustic guitar work) and Wonderwall to name two.

Now i understand that they're recorded with thousands of ££/$$s of equipment and treated rooms etc, but is there a certain technique for recording strumming and getting 'that' sound?

To my ears my guitar (see sig) sounds a lot muddier (it would do without correct eq) but the individual notes/strings dont seem to POP out quite the same.

Or is it simply a guitar thing? (I know my guitar brand / shape isnt what you'd immediately go for for strumming) -thing is, Boyce Avenuem (at least) use Taylors to 'mime' their videos, and twice when i've seen them live and they sounded great!


Hope someone can help

Thanks!
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Old 02-19-2013, 01:36 PM
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The Wonderwall acoustic sounds quite lo-fi to me - very different to the sparkly guitars on the Boyce Avenue track I listened to (Find Me).

If we take the latter as a guide, the secret is: good instrument, good acoustic space, good mics, and a decent, clean pre-amp.

There will no doubt have been some minor buffing and polishing with EQ at the mastering stage, and probably a little bit of compression too, but I think the secret of a good acoustic recording is just a good instrument in a good space and then try to capture that as accurately as you can.

Post some clips if you like.
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Old 02-19-2013, 03:51 PM
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Thanks for your answer Moon.
I understand theres a lo-fi and sparkly essence difference between the two (try Boyce Avenue Back for Good - sparkly still yes, but thats the strumming kind of thing I was on about ) -i was hoping to illustrate the 'punchy-ness' with them examples

I think i picked up on some double / triple+ tracks too?
Anyway, i thought as much- but thanks for your time

I struggle for free (uninterrupted) recording time at the minute, the topic has been bugging me for a while.
Hopefully soon i'll try to record a quick strumming clip and post it

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