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Half-baked for half a year!

By djippy on June 28, 2026 4:55 pm

New toy, so I did go for a track with the new acoustic... And yeah a parlor sized guitar does record really good. But I feel that it is fun to have the extended low end of a dreadnought.

If you are in Canada and maybe one more acoustic guitar, go on the Godin site an pull the trigger. It is a well crafted instrument (in China), there are 3 shapes available and even after Quebec taxes, it is just over 300$

Did record it in mono with my "cheap" large diaphragm neat worker bee, about 30cm (1Ft) in front of the guitar pointing to the end of the neck. Quick delay on the guitar so it sounds wide. (guit L delay track R) A little drum pass afterward, added a dirty synth bass and Voilà!!!

Did see some old friends this Friday evening, it was great.

The new toy!

Not a great week fitness wise, up at about 92kg, did about 3hrs of cardio... I should be able to up this to 5-7 hrs as I was doing at the start of the year, but need to dig a bit more.

The bass is sooooooo cool in contrast to those sweet guitar licks.

man, that bass is relentless!!! this was such a trip, really good!!! nicely done smile

I love this! Gritty and organic in the best ways. Great width on the guitar in the mix, love how things went together.

Great, now I need to convince myself I don’t need a parlor guitar… smile

beautiful new toy! *goes to research what a parlor guitar is* . everything sounds great, but man I can't get over my jealousy of how much I enjoy hearing real drums in their dynamic and varied goodness. love the little drum rolls and rim mixups. and yeah that bass doesn't give a f*. nice work!

0x_colt wrote:

The bass is sooooooo cool in contrast to those sweet guitar licks.


Thanks!

I feel that taking the time to bring out the electric bass guitar could have been super cool as well with quite a bit of saturation, but I did that in a rush, kids at home so I did the bass lines on the laptop on the living room instead of locked up in my garage as the girlfriend was not home for a big part of this Sunday.

jegasus wrote:

man, that bass is relentless!!! this was such a trip, really good!!! nicely done smile


Yeah, wanted some dirt, didn't take that long to find that patch... then added more saturation on it.

Paisleyfrog wrote:

I love this! Gritty and organic in the best ways. Great width on the guitar in the mix, love how things went together.

Great, now I need to convince myself I don’t need a parlor guitar… smile


Thanks a lot! I feel that for strumming the bigger sized body shape is probably sounding better, but it really plays good, plus I am not that used to the guitar so I have to learn to gel with it... Guitars are a bit more expensive then german made recorder... wink

But in the end, it ain't THAT bad. And if you already have an acoustic, you are fine, really. It is just that it has been a while since I purchased new toys, it was right after "father's day" that I have seen the discount so I just did go for it!

monstret wrote:

beautiful new toy! *goes to research what a parlor guitar is* . everything sounds great, but man I can't get over my jealousy of how much I enjoy hearing real drums in their dynamic and varied goodness. love the little drum rolls and rim mixups. and yeah that bass doesn't give a f*. nice work!


Yeah, acoustic drums is the shit... I really like those instruments, it is wild, loud, unpredictable and very fun.

I still think that this track could improve quite a bit with a bit more polish, some arrangement and mixing tweaks but it was one of those "speedtrash" that I am happy does exists.

yeah, that parlor records really nicely. my bandmate in forestlike has had an Art & Lutherie dreadnaught for years, i've always liked it.
i think the parlor sounds great hanging out with its musical buddies, drum & synth  smile

Half-baked or not, it would do for a nice little acoustic interlude on a harsher-style (think Slipknot) album.
Here's to the other half of the year!

Sounds fully baked to me! [weed emoji]
That thick wobbly bass and the loose drum timing is such a gnarly support for those roomy guitars. Who needs clicktracks when you've got a rhythm of your own!

The analog bass against the acoustic is a great contrast

Oooh yes love that dark growly bass with the acoustic sound.  Especially on the lead notes. Happy Half-baked i mean half year! tongue \m/

illegally posting this!

awesome performance, DJIP!!!

Feels primal. Reverberating in the air/ears Cool!

This sounds massive! Good stuff cool

New guitar day is the best day. Love the synth bass, acoustic drums and guitar combo. Sick stuff.

jwh wrote:

yeah, that parlor records really nicely. my bandmate in forestlike has had an Art & Lutherie dreadnaught for years, i've always liked it.
i think the parlor sounds great hanging out with its musical buddies, drum & synth  smile


Yeah! Did pick it up again this week and recorded some other stuff with it! Nice little instrument. smile

AiDeRen wrote:

Half-baked or not, it would do for a nice little acoustic interlude on a harsher-style (think Slipknot) album.
Here's to the other half of the year!


Already 27 weeks done! Times flies, kids will be mans very soon. (And I'll be an old geezer.) This is how it works!

Dustsucker wrote:

Sounds fully baked to me! [weed emoji]
That thick wobbly bass and the loose drum timing is such a gnarly support for those roomy guitars. Who needs clicktracks when you've got a rhythm of your own!


And the fun part about this is I was playing over a click!!! I suppose I "wobble" quite a bit around it. smile I don't go for the "perfect" timing tho, If it is really really off, I either re-track or time edit a bit. Thanks!

prophisee wrote:

The analog bass against the acoustic is a great contrast


Yeah, I am a sucker for big saturated basses. smile Thanks for listening!

Tone Matrix wrote:

Oooh yes love that dark growly bass with the acoustic sound.  Especially on the lead notes. Happy Half-baked i mean half year! tongue \m/


Happy half-baked to you too!!!!! mmmmm.

orangedrink wrote:

illegally posting this!

awesome performance, DJIP!!!


That was a fun one!!! fun fact, Kevin (that was on the guitar) never did play on a stage before that show. He did the other track I played on as well on the drums (that his not his main instrument)... Performed like a champ! (And I am not a fan of my little belly, but the vocal performance isn't actually too bad! smile

Thanks for coming back to my messy recordings! smile

Minnamari wrote:

Feels primal. Reverberating in the air/ears Cool!


Merci!

cortx wrote:

This sounds massive! Good stuff cool


Good. smile I feel it could sound even more massive, that mix session was really just pulling up the faders and adding loads of compressions on drums. This will do! Thanks a lot for listening.

BarristerPlong wrote:

New guitar day is the best day. Love the synth bass, acoustic drums and guitar combo. Sick stuff.


Yeah, I love those toys. Now that I have to pay for "my" house and have 3 kids with all the responsibilities that comes with it, I try not to go too crazy on the gear aquisition (and I partially succeed), but really it is a good deal. I know you are in Mtl area, if you want to pull the trigger on one of those Godin natural series, it really is a well made instrument.



Thanks so much you all! 52% done! let's kill it for the rest of the year!

Nice vibe, c'est très contemplatif. La bass me rappelle qu'il fa' CHAUD

La guitare est écoeurante! Et belle photo avec les ami-e-s  smile

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