Testing Guitar Tones...

[n1ghtnday]

Hey guys,

This is my first post, but I've been browsing these forums for quite some time. After gathering a bountiful amount of information through the various invaluable reads, I have decided to build a home/bedroom studio to record my own shit. I recently finished putting together my basic setup (Great River Mic Pre, SM57, I5, MD421, RME FF800, etc.). I wanted to see what you guys thought of these guitar tones in 3 different EQ settings.

The guitar playing is a little messy as I didn't spend much time making up/perfecting the riff. I am strictly looking for feedback on each of the settings to see whether any of them will be adequate for my first project.

These clips contain drums and double tracked (hard left, hard right) guitars only.

Clip #1 (No EQ, just HPF60,LPF12k):
http://www.artofsubstance.com/media/audio/test/GtrTest_1_noeq.mp3

Clip #2 (Some EQ w/ HPF60,LPF12k):
http://www.artofsubstance.com/media/audio/test/GtrTest_1_eleq.mp3

Clip#3 (A Diffferent EQ w/ HPF60,LPF12k):
http://www.artofsubstance.com/media/audio/test/GtrTest_1_aeq.mp3


Thanks in advance.
-LS

 

[Lonnie5]

Go with the one that hasn't been equalized. If the guitar is recorded right, you shouldn't really be boosting any frequencies after tracking. Now subtractive equing maybe needed to fit the track into the mix better. The ONLY time i boost eq on a guitar track is around 8Khz, just a couple db for that piercing, yet pleasing sound.

Also if I'm mixing someone elses work, a lot of times i need to boost 800hz with a wide Q to add some mids back in. The guitars sonic space is in the midrange.

 

[n1ghtnday]

Go with the one that hasn't been equalized. If the guitar is recorded right, you shouldn't really be boosting any frequencies after tracking. Now subtractive equing maybe needed to fit the track into the mix better. The ONLY time i boost eq on a guitar track is around 8Khz, just a couple db for that piercing, yet pleasing sound.

Also if I'm mixing someone elses work, a lot of times i need to boost 800hz with a wide Q to add some mids back in. The guitars sonic space is in the midrange.

Hi Lonnie, thanks for the reply. I took your information and boosted 3db at 800(wide) / 8k(narrow) and left the rest of the EQ alone, except for the HPF/LPF of course. I am not sure if this sounds better or not, but I posted a sample below for reference.

http://www.artofsubstance.com/media/audio/test/GtrTest_1_800n8kboost.mp3

Thanks for the tips. I'd rather not EQ if I don't have to, but sometimes I get interesting sounds. Check this one out using a clean signal going through an amp sim plug:

http://www.artofsubstance.com/media/audio/test/GtrTest_1_AMPSIM.mp3

Not bad for purely digital? /sigh

 

[MetallyGuitarded]

I'd say this...

Clip #1 (No EQ, just HPF60,LPF12k):
http://www.artofsubstance.com/media/audio/test/GtrTest_1_noeq.mp3