boris
Harley Benton Club Junior Member
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Post by boris on May 24, 2019 21:22:58 GMT
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Post by easyrider on Jun 2, 2019 5:36:30 GMT
Sounds really cool, even without any fret-buzz with so low action.
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Post by mattmilton on Jun 4, 2019 9:54:32 GMT
Thanks for sharing that recording. The fingerpicking sounds really great. That's clearly a guitar that records very well and responds very well to fingerstyle. Remember where you placed the microphone - sounds like a sweet spot! Keep this guitar - it suits your playing and sounds every bit as good as guitars 5 times as expensive.
The strumming with a pick, to my ears, doesn't sound as good. Not a criticism of your playing, just the tone of the instrument. Sounds a bit kind of 'plastic-y'. But that can be improved with mic placement - maybe find a different microphone position next time you want to record strumming with a plectrum?
Also, if you ever feel a yearning for an extra cheap guitar for folk fingerstyle you might want to try the CLP15M, especially if you play any stuff that goes a bit more bluesy. It's like a more rough'n'ready, down-and-dirty instrument to the one you have there. I picked up a B-stock version for £130 and it sits in a corner at work for lunch-hour practice sessions in the office basement.
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boris
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Post by boris on Jun 4, 2019 21:34:12 GMT
Thanks for sharing that recording. The fingerpicking sounds really great. That's clearly a guitar that records very well and responds very well to fingerstyle. Remember where you placed the microphone - sounds like a sweet spot! Keep this guitar - it suits your playing and sounds every bit as good as guitars 5 times as expensive. The strumming with a pick, to my ears, doesn't sound as good. Not a criticism of your playing, just the tone of the instrument. Sounds a bit kind of 'plastic-y'. But that can be improved with mic placement - maybe find a different microphone position next time you want to record strumming with a plectrum? Also, if you ever feel a yearning for an extra cheap guitar for folk fingerstyle you might want to try the CLP15M, especially if you play any stuff that goes a bit more bluesy. It's like a more rough'n'ready, down-and-dirty instrument to the one you have there. I picked up a B-stock version for £130 and it sits in a corner at work for lunch-hour practice sessions in the office basement. Thank you very much for your nice words. If you listen well, you'll find that I'm "struggling" with the new instrument, and after a few week I can say that the biggest problem is the nut width, a little too tight for me.
I recorded the guitar the day after buying it, with new factory strings. I placed the microphone in a standard way, about 30 cm (12 inches) from the neck of the guitar, at the twelfth fret, and I never changed position, not even by strumming. Even in my opinion the CLA-16S offers the best of itself in fingerstyle, while as regards your suggestion on a guitar with more blues sonorities, I am actually already settled with what is currently my most precious guitar, an Art & Lutherie Folk Cedar. As soon as I have some time, I will post a video with the CLA-16S, since on youtube I didn't find anything that was helpful
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boris
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Post by boris on Jun 4, 2019 21:47:33 GMT
'Dogs' has all the brightness of the original, I think. Nicely toppy for that purpose. It's often difficult to get the middy bottoms out for sitting in a mix. I'm interested to know where the mic was placed for this too. Would you say these recordings are pretty similar to what you hear in the room boris ? Zingy and not too bottom heavy? I love it when an acoustic almost seems to have it's own chorusing/phasing effect. Thanks DefJef, I placed the mic about 30 cm (12 inches) from the neck, XII fret, for all recordings. I can say that the fingerstyle tracks are very very close to what I hear in my room, while in strumming and flatpicking the sound is actually sharper than what I really hear. I don't know if it's a merit or a defect.
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boris
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Post by boris on Jun 4, 2019 22:13:15 GMT
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DefJef
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Due to musical differences I've decided I can't work with myself any more.
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Post by DefJef on Jun 4, 2019 22:43:08 GMT
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boris
Harley Benton Club Junior Member
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Post by boris on Aug 1, 2019 10:05:16 GMT
Update: after 2 months of playing, I found that the main issue concerns the nut width, too narrow for me (42.6 mm). Recently I had the unexpected opportunity to try (and then buy...) an Eastman E1-OM, the best acoustic guitar under 1000€ I have ever played. So now I'm selling the CLA-16S. But, I repeat: the Harley Benton CLA-16S remains more than a good guitar for the price, and still I would recommend it.
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Post by easyrider on Aug 7, 2019 16:12:27 GMT
Thomann says that CLA-16 has a standard nut width, (43mm). If this is narrow to you, CLA-30 has 45.
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