Recording a J-45

[dickie]

I did some recording for the first time with my J-45 custom rosewood which i bought just a few weeks back. Newish Gibson Masterbuild phosphor 12s on it,the recording was via a Rode NT1 mic playing a double tracked strummed pattern mostly on open chords, (Amin, Emin, D and G etc). Sending the recording to a stereo group in my DAW I found I got a great sound by using about 2.5 db of cut with a bell curve centered at 200Hz, with a wide bell curve boost of about 1db centered at around 4.2khz. A touch of compression at 2-1 and the result, a lovely full bright and even sound... I'm very pleased with how my new guitar records!

 

Just got me wondering if people have go-to EQ settings for their guitars, and if my experience is similar to what others find and use recording their guitars, particularly perhaps a J-45.

[hojo199]

I usually cut 80 hz and below a few DB to cut the fat off. I also cut from 200-2k as you did to get that bell curve. I don't usually boost because my theory is that cutting the mud in the middle allows the natural highs of the instrument to ring.

 

I usually close mic with an Audio Technica 4033 close to where the neck meets the body but not over the sound hole and a Nady ribbon mic behind the bridge. My close micing is why I have to cut the lows a bit compared to what you do with that RODE mic set -- which does interest me, by the way....

 

Your compression approach is exactly what I do ....

[dickie]

I usually cut 80 hz and below a few DB to cut the fat off. I also cut from 200-2k as you did to get that bell curve. I don't usually boost because my theory is that cutting the mud in the middle allows the natural highs of the instrument to ring.

 

I usually close mic with an Audio Technica 4033 close to where the neck meets the body but not over the sound hole and a Nady ribbon mic behind the bridge. My close micing is why I have to cut the lows a bit compared to what you do with that RODE mic set -- which does interest me, by the way....

 

Your compression approach is exactly what I do ....

 

 

Thanks for your input! Seems I'm not so far off then. I forgot to mention i also high passed steeply at 40hz, though there wouldn't have been a lot of information below that point I'm sure. I close mic'd the Rode pretty much level with the 12th fret. I'll have to investigate your Audio Technica mic.

 

I boosted the high end slightly as I wanted brightness, though less than I would have needed with my previous recording guitar to achieve a similar sort of result. No doubt I'll be experimenting more as time goes by, but I was pleased to get such a good sound so easily :)