Eds guitar on dead man
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any ideas?
acoustic or electric, sometimes i think both!
so my decision is, he is using a n acoustic guitar through a regular electric amp..has that kind of sound to it...
comments?
any ideas?
acoustic or electric, sometimes i think both!
so my decision is, he is using a n acoustic guitar through a regular electric amp..has that kind of sound to it...
comments?
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and, peopel have done alot crazier things to get different sounds
Ye olde impedance differences... they're a bitch.
There are some acoustic guitars with electro-magnetic pickups that sound good through an electric guitar amp, versus a piezo-electric pickup in a standard acoustic/electric. So that's an exception to the rule.
Acoustic/electric pickups are completely different from electric-guitar pickups, so the designs are way wrong. Of course, if it sounds okay to you, power to ya, but it's not the best way to get acoustic tone. Either get a decent acoustic amp, or just get a DI box and go direct.
The famous Beatles model:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/sid=031112184008150131025216344917/g=guitar/search/detail/base_id/35739
And it's Epiphone copy:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/sid=031112184008150131025216344917/g=guitar/search/detail/base_id/34637
I think Kurt's guitar for Unplugged was one of these, or similar... anyone know?
EDIT: Kurt used a Martin D-18E. From http://www.kurtsequipment.com:
"The acoustic guitar Kurt used on "Unplugged" (and his main acoustic guitar around this time) was his late 50's Martin D-18E.
Although the standard procedure for "Unplugged" is for acoustics to run direct, Kurt insisted on putting his Martin through his Fender Twin Reverb amp; but it was only used as a monitor! To keep the amp as clean as possible, the 7025 preamp tubes were replaced with 12AX7's and the 12AT7 phase inverter was replaced with a 12AU7. Alex Coletti ("Unplugged" producer) made a box out in front of the amp to make it look like a monitor. Again, Earnie believes this amp was used ONLY as a monitor, as the guitar on the album sounds to him as if it's coming off of the D.I. box. He can't be sure, though.
Along with the Twin Reverb, the DS-2 distortion pedal and E-H Small Clone chorus were also used. The Echoflanger and Polychorus were also brought to the rehearsal but they weren't used because they created too much 60-cycle hum.
Kurt used Finger-ease on the fretboard of the Martin to smooth out the solo to "About A Girl." "You know that goofy-ass stuff? It's like anal gel" said Kurt, who knew to use the roll-on as opposed to the spray. He said that he had never used fretboard lubricant before but that his "country and western aunt" used to."
I just thought that was sorta interesting...