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Guest -> RE: check out my ebay bargain! Horst Lederer??? (Dec. 21 2008 14:52:22)
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well that just made me feel even better about the guitar[:D]thanks Arash, i hope he is as good as those other makers. The name doesnt matter though really, its how it plays and sounds that counts i guess.
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Have you tried looking inside with a mirror? good idea i dont have a mirror but i can stick my phone in there and take photos.quote:
But the tradition in Marktneukirchen ia very old and some very fine well this just keeps getting better and better, thank anders[:D] it is on the heavy side, but i guess that good in one way because if it was a lighter build i dont think it would have survived all the cracks it has sustained.quote:
What's up with that black bar over the label? thats the gooseneck of the mic i installed (miniflex mic) it hangs in there suspened from the gooseneck, so all you do is drill in the botttom of the guitar and stick it in there and find a good spot to point the mic, you can get a descent sound and theyre cheap!
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electronics,_pickups/Pickups:_Guitar,_Acoustic/GHS_Acoustic_Soundhole_Microphone.html
heres a short artcle on soundhole micing where the miniflex is mentioned and recomeneded by an american flamenco guitarist, Roberto Castellon Jr.
"Actually a mic inside the guitar can sound fantastic as long as you EQ out the mids that build up inside the guitar body. Viejin, Ramon Jimenez and Jesus de Rosario all have used a lavalier inside the guitar (Sennheiser MKE 40 or ME140) mids around 500hz and 2khz usually need to be attenuated heavily. A high pass filter is usally necessary as well, but the sound can be very loud in close proximity to monitors. One of my guitar students was formerly FOH engineer touring with Antonio Canales and Sara Baras, so this is coming from real life practical situations. He would use the internal mic for monitors and also a KM184 blended with the internal mic in FOH to get a natural guitar sound with enough detail to cut through palmas and footwork etc.... I have found the internal mic with clever surgical EQ can work great alone and provide enough gain before feedback to play with even heavy handed drummers. Internal mics can work, but it takes some skill as an engineer. I have used the MiniFlex mics and they work well for this application without damaging the guitar. Roberto Castellon Jr. used to rave about the MiniFlex mics. On a cheap mackie mixer turn the mid knob down all of the way (2khz) and engage the low cut (75hz) add some reverb and you should get a very detailed and useable sound.
thanks for the help guys, im feeling good about my modest investment[:)]
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