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Greetings All, So as the warm summer nights approach here in the city of Angeles I find myself in need of a guitar that I can use in a rumbero style setting wherein I can plug into an amp. I have three in mind:
Yo Daffeey, I've played a Cordoba, I think it's a FCWE for many years as my main gig axe. I like the Cordobas, because they seem to be pretty consistent and the amplified sound is relatively balanced. If you are using the piezo pickup, there is nothing worse than a dead string or one that pops out. One thing you should ask yourself is if you are going to be doing a lot of strumming or mostly playing leads? The leads can sound okay, but the strumming... I don't know, man. If you are the rhythm player you might consider just getting a cheap Yamaha and jamming a SM57 right up to the 12th fret. The piezos don't seem to sound very good with aggressive playing in general. The piezos also don't pick up golpes, so you will need to use the interior mic--which cancels a lot of the benefit of using the piezos in the first place.
For bossas and classical and other light touch music, the piezo is much better, IMO.
I remember when we used to play out and one night found a Shure PA. I played through a clipon shure wireless setup, my friend John played through a Shure 57 with most of the bass rolled off. The sound was fantastic.
Afterwards, someone came up to us and asked how we could get such a good sound, as he had been trying for years and had never found anything comparable.
I was about to talk about good mics and a flat response amp, when my compadre, John, said: "Well, first you buy a Gerundino!" I was laughing so hard at the guy´s face that I never got to talk with him
I have to tell you, I actually have a phobia with those SM57s. When I started playing out, that's what everyone around town was using--an SM57 straight into a PA. And what made it worse was that the groups were usually just two guitarists, each trying to play louder than the other. It seems the person next to the amp would always turn up his guitar and turn the other's down. My fingers just hurt thinking about it. I remember one time playing with a guy and I kept saying "my level sounds too low, doesn't it?" and he said "no, you sound fantastic, perfect!" After the set was over, I noticed my mic was unplugged.
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