JuanCarlosVejar Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 Folks, The sound of this bird is unreal to my ears : It's a 1968 JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scriv58 Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 quite the tone indeed- love the soundhole pickup taped in place no closet queen syndrome with this cat i read up on him he says he likes to tune down a whole step http://www.acousticmagazine.com/interviews/interview-dan-layus/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 One clearly hear the mix of the heavy interior and the 5 decades behind the instrument. A dry, wooden, tight and defined sound. I tried to find a video where he doesn't use capo. Didn't succeed. Nice guitar - which features the adjustable rosewood insert. Always interesting to hear what these adj. rose-ceramic-plast variations will do. And notice that more and more seem to appreciate them recently. I - as you probably know - have been among them for years. Regards - The porcelain-lover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 I find it difficult to judge anything from a video. You never know how the sound has been processed. As this was recorded in a studio all it would take is a bit of compression to fatten up an acoustic guitar and make the individual notes ring out more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie99 Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Folks, The sound of this bird is unreal to my ears : It's a 1968 JC Just wondering why you say it's a '68? I can't see any screws in the pickguard (maybe you can?) Here's a couple of shots of my old '68 HB. You can see the screws clearly in the pickguard. This was later in the year when they fitted the belly-down Martin-style bridge. Heavier bracing was supposed to have been introduced at this time but mine had the lighter 1/4" bracing. It was a great sounding guitar but I couldn't get on with the narrow neck and sold it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanCarlosVejar Posted May 28, 2018 Author Share Posted May 28, 2018 I find it difficult to judge anything from a video. You never know how the sound has been processed. As this was recorded in a studio all it would take is a bit of compression to fatten up an acoustic guitar and make the individual notes ring out more. Z, Sorry you have such little faith in the sound of the guitar ... Here's another video where you can see it would be harder to disguise any sonic tricks and I still like the tone I hear! JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanCarlosVejar Posted May 28, 2018 Author Share Posted May 28, 2018 Just wondering why you say it's a '68? I can't see any screws in the pickguard (maybe you can?) Here's a couple of shots of my old '68 HB. You can see the screws clearly in the pickguard. This was later in the year when they fitted the belly-down Martin-style bridge. Heavier bracing was supposed to have been introduced at this time but mine had the lighter 1/4" bracing. It was a great sounding guitar but I couldn't get on with the narrow neck and sold it. Charlie, Yeah you can see his also has the screws in the video I posted above for ZW . Does your 68 bird have the high gibson logo too? JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie99 Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Charlie, Yeah you can see his also has the screws in the video I posted above for ZW . Does your 68 bird have the high gibson logo too? JC Yes, JC, I can see the screws clearly now. Mine had the high logo (I'd post a photo but have used my allowance). Mine sounded nice, I just couldn't get on with the neck. I prefer the early '68 HBs like this one (and earlier, better still) Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Z, Sorry you have such little faith in the sound of the guitar ... Here's another video where you can see it would be harder to disguise any sonic tricks and I still like the tone I hear! JC Not lack of faith in the guitar but full faith in the recording process. Just this weekend I watched a friend's son record something on his laptop and then use some kind of transposing software to lower it an octave, add a dash of slapback echo and such. Not saying everybody does this just that you cannot always trust the sound you are hearing to be a fair representation of the instrument. All it takes is a computer, the right software, and the knowledge of how to use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hall Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Just say, I like the guitar and his talent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scriv58 Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 amen- and all the great acoustic stuff we love from recordings has some type of sweetening so wha? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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