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What magic is this?
Wandering YouTube recently looking at vintage archtops, I found these two videos of Recording King M-5s. The difference in tone is profound, they’re completely different guitars to my ear. Recording quality aside, is it just down to knowing how to play an archtop?
https://youtu.be/-DoQS0FSqME https://youtu.be/ZXJ6UNl_kzQ |
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Notice the sound of his voice in the second video - it sounds thin and terrible as well.
While each guitar is slightly different, and we don't know the setup/strings/condition of each, I'm sure the majority of what you're hearing is recording technique. The first one had a close mic, the second one was likely the built-in mic on his phone/camera well away from the source. -Douglas C. |
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The repair shop guy is an amateur player, and it sounds like an overdriven phone mic. The truth is somewhere in between. I believe it's the reason for YMMV. Regards, Howard
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Mostly the recording setup and the room acoustics, not the player.
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