https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/keeping-accoustics-sounding-like-accoustics/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 06:11:04 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/keeping-accoustics-sounding-like-accoustics/#post-54911 Wed, 08 Oct 2003 20:36:10 +0000 Live Sound wailingalleycat https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/keeping-accoustics-sounding-like-accoustics/#post-54911 https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/keeping-accoustics-sounding-like-accoustics/#post-54910 Wed, 01 Oct 2003 16:51:03 +0000
A :-)
]]> Live Sound Alan Green https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/keeping-accoustics-sounding-like-accoustics/#post-54910 https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/keeping-accoustics-sounding-like-accoustics/#post-54909 Tue, 30 Sep 2003 23:24:14 +0000
I don't mean this to sound like a commercial, but I had the L.R. Baggs i-Beam active pickup installed in my acoustic a couple of years ago and it sounds just like my guitar... only amplified.

K & K Sounds has a interesting system as well, that based on their promotional CD, sounds pure.]]> Live Sound jonnyt https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/keeping-accoustics-sounding-like-accoustics/#post-54909 https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/keeping-accoustics-sounding-like-accoustics/#post-54908 Tue, 30 Sep 2003 17:05:34 +0000
A :-)
]]> Live Sound Alan Green https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/keeping-accoustics-sounding-like-accoustics/#post-54908 https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/keeping-accoustics-sounding-like-accoustics/#post-54907 Tue, 30 Sep 2003 13:56:25 +0000 Live Sound hueseph https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/keeping-accoustics-sounding-like-accoustics/#post-54907 https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/keeping-accoustics-sounding-like-accoustics/#post-54906 Tue, 30 Sep 2003 13:50:03 +0000 Live Sound hueseph https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/keeping-accoustics-sounding-like-accoustics/#post-54906 https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/keeping-accoustics-sounding-like-accoustics/#post-54905 Sat, 27 Sep 2003 13:33:12 +0000
I like using compression and a effect unit with a little chorus and delay set somewhere between 22ms and 38ms.

Joe]]> Live Sound forrok_star https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/keeping-accoustics-sounding-like-accoustics/#post-54905 https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/keeping-accoustics-sounding-like-accoustics/#post-1288 Sat, 27 Sep 2003 02:06:45 +0000 in-hole pickups, and have played other instruments
using factory installed systems.  I like them for the
most part . . .  put i miss that pure accoustic sound.
So i went out and got one of those short-stands
with the short boom, and slipped in a directional
mic, aimed it at the soundhole at some 10 - 12 inches,
and at the same time using the pickup and processor
system to enhance the mic'd sound rather than
dominate it.  Got the idea from a Jeff Beck article
i read recently.  It works, although the board-techs
at some of the places i play roll their eyes at the
idea of some guy using both mic AND pickup.  

Aww.

I have used the mic alone, kinda like returning to
my roots, when that's all i used at all, but i DO like
the idea of putting a slight shape on the accoustic
sound when i want to.  

Anyone out there have ideas/ techniques they use
on live stage to keep their accoustics sounding like
real wood and steel/ cat-gut?  I know some players
use mics set at different distances for dimensional
effects.

( i play a duet/ trio combo with very light percussion,
mostly coffee-house type stuff, Cat Stevens/ J.M.Talbot
genre. Small venues, 300 seat max. )

-gary]]> Live Sound Anonymous https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/keeping-accoustics-sounding-like-accoustics/#post-1288