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There's
something satisfyingly natural, almost primal, about sitting down with
just you and the guitar and making music. Guess I'm living the
ludite's life at the moment. :)
On 8/1/06, Krispen Hartung <khartung@cableone.net> wrote:
This is what I love about it...I actually like hearing the acoustic sound
and the amplified/effected sound...it gives me a few milliseconds of time to
comprehend my playing before it comes out of the PA. I can see how it would
be awkward for others.
Kris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd Pafford" <calenlas@gmail.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 11:01 AM
Subject: Re: OT: New Nylon String Through my Laptop system....oh my!!!
> What I've never liked about running my nylon classicals through my
> effects rig is the disparity between the accoustic sound of the guitar
> riding over the sound coming from the speakers. For example, when
> laying down a loop, I'm hearing both the accoustic sound plus the
> electric passed through the looper (& effects). The sum, in this
> situation, is greater than what actually gets layed down in the loop
> and subsequently played back. It makes it a pain to balance the
> levels.
>
> Of course, there's also the feedback issues as well. Gotta have those
> notch filters tuned up.
>
> I've considered (when I win the lottery) picking up a Godin Multiac.
> Nylon strings full classical scale & neck width, but built to be
> plugged in with minimal accoustic projection. Dreamy. Maybe I'll
> sell off some of my old gear.
>
> Todd
>
>
> On 8/1/06, Daryl Shawn <highhorse@mhorse.com> wrote:
>>
>> Awesome, Krispen! I'm really excited to hear what you do with it.
>>
>> What I like about messing with the nylon-string, besides the contrast of
>> the rich tone, is the fingerstyle possibilities. It's possible to play
>> fingerstyle on electrics or steel-strings, of course, but to really dig
>> in
>> without destroying your nails you need one of these. And I haven't heard
>> many people really going in an experimental direction with one. Though
>> there's Dominic Frasca (who I found out about here), who I hear uses a
>> laptop for his effects, and does amazing things on nylon-string.
>>
>> Someday I hope we can play together, I'll bring my four-track, you bring
>> your laptop and we'll have a super-lo/super-hi-fi nylon-string duet...!
>>
>>
>> Daryl Shawn
>> www.swanwelder.com
>>
>>
>> I just bought a new Taylor Nylon string today, oh my....why I didn't I
>> buy a
>> nylon strong years ago baffles me, even when I had a traditional
>> classical
>> guitar sitting in my corner for years and years. This may very well be
>> my
>> main guitar now for looping. These Taylor's are really interesting
>> guitars,
>> because even though they are often shunned by traditional classical
>> guitarists and even some acoustic jazz players (based on some reviews I
>> read) as sounding very flat and sterile unamplified (which I agree is
>> partly
>> true), they sound tremendous through the electronic pickup system. I
>> believe these guitars were designed to be played amplified, not
>> "unplugged".
>> In fact, my inexpensive Yamaha classical guitar sounds better
>> unplugged...but that is not the point here.
>>
>> I bought the NS32-CE, which is the entry level model for Taylor nylon
>> strings....after weighing the options I got with higher models, and the
>> fact
>> that the neck and fretboard (playability) is basically the same on all
>> the
>> models, I went this route because I prefer a simple guitar, rather than
>> one
>> with exotic woods and all the other bells and whistles. This guitar is
>> basically the sibling of my Taylor steel string electric, the 310 CE.
>> They
>> look very similar.
>>
>> http://www.taylorguitars.com/guitars/model.aspx?model=NS32-CE
>>
>> What I like most about the nylon string and what I like to do
>> looping-wise
>> is that the tone of the nylon string sounds very traditional and
>> authentic
>> (maybe because I was trained on the classical guitar and it is often
>> considered the instrument for academic study), yet I am placing this in
>> juxtaposition with some serious tone mangling and experimental effects. I
>> just love the contrast of these two extremes. It would be analogous to
>> placing a microphone on a grand piano and running it through a bunch of
>> insane soft synths. You have this beautiful and warm bell-like tone of a
>> nylon string guitar, but driving the most wild and bizarre VST effects.
>> It
>> really is a wonderful thing. The tone of the guitar can be so soft and
>> warm,
>> yet the effects it triggers can take a whole new course of action and
>> life
>> of their own.
>>
>> I hope to bring this to Y2K6, unless I think I might not be able to get
>> it
>> on the plane safely. I had no problems last year.
>>
>> Kris
>>
>>
>>
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