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August 13, 2008

How to Get A Great Acoustic Guitar Sound

An acoustic guitar produces a wonderful range of sounds from warm bass tones to crisp high notes; a range of 70hz to 700hz.  Because guitars are made out of different types of wood, they can produce different overall sounds.  Some guitars have an overall warm sound, others are bright, and ... Read More

July 26, 2011

Top Eight Common Acoustic Guitar Mixing Mistakes

The most common mixing mistakes for church band instruments occur with the acoustic guitar.  It's a staple instrument of praise bands and for this reason it's an instrument that needs to be correctly mixed.  This article highlights the common mixing mistakes with the guitar and how you can avoid ... Read More

February 18, 2013

Eight Tips For A Great Acoustic Guitar Mix

Want a great sounding acoustic guitar mix?  Check out these eight tips that should have your acoustic guitar mix sounding great. 1. Check out the acoustic guitar's on-board amplifier settings Acoustic guitars can have on-board amplifiers with EQ settings.  If the guitar's EQ settings aren't ... Read More

February 25, 2016

Acoustic Guitar Distortion and Other Wacky Stuff that Works

Judge not lest ye be ready to hear the result.  Whether it's microphone placement or mix choices, there've been times where I thought, "that guy doesn't know what he's doing."  But then I heard the result.  The last newsletter covered low passing drums.  There are a number of other non-traditional ... Read More

November 29, 2017

Mixing Acoustic Guitar: EQ, Effects, and Tone

Mixing guitar is more than EQ work to get a great sound. I grabbed my wire cutters and started walking toward his guitar.  I lifted it by the neck and that's when I heard him yell, "Ok, ok, I promise to change the strings!"  You can't create a great acoustic guitar mix if the guitar itself is ... Read More

gibson acoustic guitar wet dry mixing.

March 18, 2015

Basic Wet / Dry Mixing for an Enhanced Acoustic Guitar

The Michael W. Smith and Steven Curtis Chapman concert came to an end and within moments, I was standing by their live engineer asking how he got such great tone from Steven's acoustic guitar. I was expecting him to say, “That’s what you get from a $4000 guitar.”  I was expecting him to say, “It ... Read More

September 2, 2008

EQ For An Acoustic Guitar

[UPDATE: Check out this HUGE new article on mixing acoustic guitars!] I'm behind the mixer and the pastor starts strumming a familiar sound.  He starts singing and I KNOW I've heard the song before.  I can't place it but I KNOW it's not a church song.  Then it hits me, he's re-written the words ... Read More

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