Post by DefJef on Oct 24, 2019 8:25:38 GMT
I wonder if this is any help to you mattyh ? Of course he never seems to touch his tone or volume controls and we don't know how he is setting his amp but I'm assuming he's got the tone and volume controls fully open on the guitar. As for what amp or effects he is playing through we don't know either.
blindwilly3fingers could well be right in that I may have inadvertently suggested getting one pickup to sound like another would be easy. I was trying to show that it has and can be done with my examples. For simplicity and with little equipment you can safely say that humbuckers will tend towards a thicker and louder sound, usually with with more complex harmonics to it. I think the video kind of demonstrates this really well.
Certainly when I am trying to find a space for a guitar in the mix of a recording I will listen to what kind of sounds are already being taken up by the other instruments and then have a hunch as to what guitar may best fit the remaining space. My hunch is not always right though. If I'm playing a strat and feel I'm not getting the tone I need it can be simpler to swap guitars rather than spend an age eq-ing and compressing. I'm not very scientific about it though and those who are will resort to spectrum analysis plugins to see where a frequency is available. I really should do that sort of thing too but I'm too much of a luddite.
Amp types, settings and pedals will will all play into the mix. A Tubescreamer into a Marshall stack with an LP is going to sound very different to a strat into a Fender Champ through a Tubescreamer. Some amps have a lot more flexibilty to their sound than others - Victory are doing some amazing things with their tone shaping on their amps - others you may not even get a tone knob on.
As for Oasis and Stone Roses you may want to think of semi hollow guitars too. The Roses were certainly a major influence on Oasis and I'm sure Noel didn't settle on a 355 for nothing. John Squire was very taken with his Gretsch early on.
blindwilly3fingers could well be right in that I may have inadvertently suggested getting one pickup to sound like another would be easy. I was trying to show that it has and can be done with my examples. For simplicity and with little equipment you can safely say that humbuckers will tend towards a thicker and louder sound, usually with with more complex harmonics to it. I think the video kind of demonstrates this really well.
Certainly when I am trying to find a space for a guitar in the mix of a recording I will listen to what kind of sounds are already being taken up by the other instruments and then have a hunch as to what guitar may best fit the remaining space. My hunch is not always right though. If I'm playing a strat and feel I'm not getting the tone I need it can be simpler to swap guitars rather than spend an age eq-ing and compressing. I'm not very scientific about it though and those who are will resort to spectrum analysis plugins to see where a frequency is available. I really should do that sort of thing too but I'm too much of a luddite.
Amp types, settings and pedals will will all play into the mix. A Tubescreamer into a Marshall stack with an LP is going to sound very different to a strat into a Fender Champ through a Tubescreamer. Some amps have a lot more flexibilty to their sound than others - Victory are doing some amazing things with their tone shaping on their amps - others you may not even get a tone knob on.
As for Oasis and Stone Roses you may want to think of semi hollow guitars too. The Roses were certainly a major influence on Oasis and I'm sure Noel didn't settle on a 355 for nothing. John Squire was very taken with his Gretsch early on.