Sound clips from differents brands/models?

[Folke]

Hi!
Does anybody know if there exists a site with soundclips from different acoustic guitars/brands in different price classes for comparision (i.e recorder with same equipment)? Would be nice to compare!

[Lefty Guy]

Here's the Larrivee link:

http://www.larriveeforum.com/smf/index.php?topic=5947.0

[Freeman]

Here are some Martins from Maury's site

http://www.maurysmusic.com/martin_guitar_video_clips

If you are thinking about a Martin dread, consider these

http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/f...ad.php?t=80247

This has (or had, the link seems to be broken), some more Martin clips

http://student.hcc.mnscu.edu/~crucials/mguitar.html

And there used to be a whole bunch of clips as a sticky on the Acoustic forum at Harmony Central, but lately that link has been broken too. However there are a bunch of mp3's of forumites playing their guitars - not really A/B but you can hear some pretty nice pickin'

http://acapella.harmony-central.com/...hreadid=286517

[ricks]

Dream Guitars usually has sound clips of the guitars they have for sale.
And they cover a WIDE range of makers and prices.

[shawntp]

The problem with this approach is you hear the guitar with the limited scope of one persons mics/pre's/recording technique. Those variables may affect the presentation of a guitars natural sound in very different ways.

the techniques and variation of Recording an acoustic guitar can be comparred to that of photographing a mountain.

I just see a disconnect between the two rhelms where even if the same equipment is used to record, that recorded samples are not going to tell you very much about how that instrument really sounds.

I do understand it can be hard to research stuff when you can't get your hands on it, and listening to samples may help you decide or hear different things. I just would have a low value for this information when it comes time to actually decide on something.

[ljguitar]

Originally Posted by Folke

Hi!
Does anybody know if there exists a site with soundclips from different acoustic guitars/brands in different price classes for comparision (i.e recorder with same equipment)? Would be nice to compare!

Hi Folke...
Ken Totushek's site has one of the best collections - but it is confined to some pretty high end guitars (recorded with some pretty high end gear). I see he has added a Vintage page...and it is fun to explore it.

Ken's reviews site - click

I have been recording Michael Bashkin's guitars for the past couple years for his use with potential customers. The challenge is to to develop a setup rig which is consistent, and representative recordings which are uniform.

I now have the rig, but have not come up with a definitive set of examples. It is hard to explore all aspects of a guitar's capability and confine it to a few measures. I am finding some songs which assist in that, but may just end up writing a short song that covers each style.

Also, as a fingerstyler, I don't do representative flat picking well. My gigging partner is a great cross-picker and I am now including his playing in the tests.

I have been tempted to build a library since I own the studio, but:
A - it would be on my time not the clients - I'd need to borrow the guitars
B - it takes 30 minutes to 60 minutes to record a test
C - it needs to be done on fresh strings & the same player(s) all the time

Which ones would I record? Only the really special ones. I hear a lot that are not special...

[a-coustica]

Hi
This link is very interesting!!

http://www.folkofthewood.com/page319.htm