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Location: New Jersey, USA | What a perfect day in northern New Jersey today. And so with Custom Legend strapped on, I roamed my backyard and came up with a happy sort of groove. Wanted to capture it before the idea vanished in the wasteland of my memory, so here's that effort...
Three guitars here:
- Left channel, Custom Legend 1769 (main rhythm)
- Right channel, Adamas I 1537 (accent rhythm)
- Center, Standard Elite 6778LX (leads)
Each guitar was recorded with no EQ, just a little reverb and compression. Two channels each, one direct and one mic'd. For fun, there are three mixes. I'm just experimenting as this is the first time I've recorded these guitars.
Blend
Mics only
Direct only
Hope you enjoy! |
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Location: UK | Loved it , beautiful sound and lifted my spirits, all i get to do when i roam round my back yard is the bizzare shuffle necessary to avoid treading in the dog s**t i havnt got round to clearing up |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Thanks Roger...this was a great listen, the type of music made for relaxing and drifting...a perfect day indeed! :D :cool: |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Nice, you should make a submission to the next OFC CD....Vol 3! |
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Location: New Jersey, USA | Thanks all... man, I just love how one can post music on the internet and 20 minutes later, someone from across the ocean is listening to it. The technology is passe at this point, yet it's still amazing to stop and appreciate that!
This was a quickie recording, but I think the guitars sounded pretty good. Could use a little tasteful EQ here and there, but they translate well on "tape." |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Very nice!
Thanks Roger. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Well done. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Nice and Mellow, man :cool: Very Good! |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Loved it, rp. Great stuff. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Very well done. |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Nice! I like it better than 90% of what the local "smooth jazz" station plays. |
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Location: big island | smooth, rp! very nice and inspiring. it was a bit longer than twenty minutes, but i'm across the ocean listening to it! (no, strike that, i'm in the middle of the ocean listening to it! :D ) |
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| Great job. Very well done. |
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Location: New Jersey, USA | All the nice comments are truly appreciated. Thanks! :D
I just finished uploading a video of the Adamas 1587 to YouTube (see my sig for URL). This one is mostly single note lines, improvising to a mellow song by the band Luminous. The guitar is so freaking unique! Hard to judge it alongside wood guitars really. Nothing like a normal Ovation either. Very inspiring.
But then, everyone else here knows that already I s'pose. :p
Bring on the tunes! I can't stand just talking about guitars - let's hear your music guys and girls!
Peace - |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Roger - sounds beautiful in South Jersey as well. I definitely liked the blend the best. The Mics only didn't capture all of the high notes.
Thanks!
Mike |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | RPguitar,
Nice,..a distinct Jazzy-flavor, played it back over my PA, and noticed that the pu`s have more "solo-tone" than the Mic`s, especially on the rythm sction, which prompts me to ask, : What Mic(`s) did you use, and placed How..??..or was the reverb on the mic only..
Vic
..I mentioned your choice of gauge, based on scale-length, to some friends, and that spurred of a debateful evening, yet, we all agreed, that it`s an interesting approach,a usable foundation.. :) |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Beautiful, Roger. I thought the blend was most effective. |
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Location: New Jersey, USA | My take on the mixes is this: The mics sound the most intimate and "soft" for lack of a better word. The direct signals; well, they are what they are. We're all used to that sound. By themselves, they have the least ambience. They are punchier than the mics though, with a strong attack.
The blend is cool because you get the natural tone of the mic'd instruments but a little bit of punch from the DI signal. If I was to really labor over this mix, I'd try things like compressing just the DI signals and boosting the bass on them. I'd blend them low in the mix, maybe centered, and pan the mics wide.
The mic I'm using here is a Shure KSM32 large diaphragm condenser. It's pointed roughly at the neck/body joint and 8" away. Nothing too surgical.
Vic - would love to have a bunch of friends to banter about strings and scale length with! (wife nods head but can't add much) ;) |
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Location: Flushing, MI | Could use a little tasteful EQ here and there Seemed to be perfectly EQ'd for my little crapola computer speakers.
Sounds GREAT! Excellent playing too! |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Great Job Roger! Very, very nice. These guitars sound as good or better than anything out there; for live sound, or recordings that sound live, Ovations/Adamas are hard to beat! Thanks for sharing! |
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Location: Tychy, Poland | great sound, excellent playing. thank You |
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Promised to share a recording of my Ovations...
