sounds great, my Friend!
you know, in the late 90s i had an SG shaped Kalamazoo... really pretty blue color. it needed some work and i never quite connected with it, and i have no idea what happened to that guitar. i'm sure i must have sold it at some point cuz i was broke. oh well, hope it brought someone some joy wherever it landed.

i'm curious how you are using the multiband compression for these.

sounds great, my Friend! you know, in the late 90s i had an SG shaped Kalamazoo... really pretty blue color. it needed some work and i never quite connected with it, and i have no idea what happened to that guitar. i'm sure i must have sold it at some point cuz i was broke. oh well, hope it brought someone some joy wherever it landed. i'm curious how you are using the multiband compression for these.

Thank you!

It's a fine guitar! Heavy, but comfortable, and it plays great. I've found the neck to be very playable due to the 7.25" radius and the string spacing. Surprising to me is that the neck's kind of narrow: the width at the nut is 1 35/64", which is narrower than the other guitars I have that I think of as comfortably playable.

I've had a lot of adventures with this thing, and I'm looking forward to putting it back in service.

I'm doing the lazy thing here: Ableton's Audio Effect Rack, with the Master Wide & Warm preset. Let's unpack what's in there. It turns out, it's not actually multiband, with separate compression in multiple frequency bands. The signal chain is EQ-8 (an eight-channel eq, but here only three are enabled, for bass/mid/high boost/cut. The mid frequency is sweepable, and set to 2.5k here. This goes into a mid-side compressor, and then to a limiter. In this preset, the boosts are gentle.

So...not really multiband, now that I've opened it.

[quote=jwh]sounds great, my Friend! [/quote] Thank you! [quote=jwh]you know, in the late 90s i had an SG shaped Kalamazoo... really pretty blue color. it needed some work and i never quite connected with it, and i have no idea what happened to that guitar. i'm sure i must have sold it at some point cuz i was broke. oh well, hope it brought someone some joy wherever it landed. [/quote] It's a fine guitar! [b]Heavy[/b], but comfortable, and it plays great. I've found the neck to be very playable due to the 7.25" radius and the string spacing. Surprising to me is that the neck's kind of narrow: the width at the nut is 1 35/64", which is narrower than the other guitars I have that I think of as comfortably playable. I've had a lot of adventures with this thing, and I'm looking forward to putting it back in service. [quote=jwh]i'm curious how you are using the multiband compression for these.[/quote] I'm doing the lazy thing here: Ableton's Audio Effect Rack, with the Master Wide & Warm preset. Let's unpack what's in there. It turns out, it's [i]not[/i] actually multiband, with separate compression in multiple frequency bands. The signal chain is EQ-8 (an eight-channel eq, but here only three are enabled, for bass/mid/high boost/cut. The mid frequency is sweepable, and set to 2.5k here. This goes into a mid-side compressor, and then to a limiter. In this preset, the boosts are gentle. So...not really multiband, now that I've opened it.

thanks! whatever you are doing is working!

thanks! whatever you are doing is working!

lovely somber chords and excellent performance.  Such a clean guitar tone that I can just sit back and close my eyes to.  Love those higher notes as they bend.   Nice work!

lovely somber chords and excellent performance. Such a clean guitar tone that I can just sit back and close my eyes to. Love those higher notes as they bend. Nice work!

The melancholy tone and clean sound definitely makes me think of Nick Drake in a certain way... though you have your own style.

I enjoyed this a lot, makes me feel at peace.

By the way, the nice tone on your guitar during your last livestream influenced my sound design this week.

The melancholy tone and clean sound definitely makes me think of Nick Drake in a certain way... though you have your own style. I enjoyed this a lot, makes me feel at peace. By the way, the nice tone on your guitar during your last livestream influenced my sound design this week.

Very pretty and relaxing

Very pretty and relaxing

"It's just an honest statement of this instrument at this time."

This is such a beautiful sentence, and a beautiful song. Those little "honest statements" bring such character and memory, its not "a guitar", it's "this guitar", which sounds flakey but rings really true for me here. Wonderful piece.

"It's just an honest statement of this instrument at this time." This is such a beautiful sentence, and a beautiful song. Those little "honest statements" bring such character and memory, its not "a guitar", it's "this guitar", which sounds flakey but rings really true for me here. Wonderful piece.

This is profoundly beautiful!!

I ran into you a few years back under a different alias, and I can't believe how much your musicality has evolved!!

Incredible growth! Fav'd.

This is profoundly beautiful!! I ran into you a few years back under a different alias, and I can't believe how much your musicality has evolved!! Incredible growth! Fav'd. [img]https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExb3hrdGpwZzI1Z2o4bGNyazB3dDQzOGJvY2dmemppdjFzMTkyZGlwYyZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/gBxL0G0DqZd84/giphy.gif[/img]

That sounds like a very interesting tuning. I'm often very intrigued by the tunings you're using - I've never seen tunings like them - and you make them sound amazing! I will add it to the (ever-growing) list of tunings to try!

The clean guitar sound in this is gorgeous, and the stereo spread is fantastic through a good set of headphones. Wonderful stuff!

That sounds like a very interesting tuning. I'm often very intrigued by the tunings you're using - I've never seen tunings like them - and you make them sound amazing! I will add it to the (ever-growing) list of tunings to try! The clean guitar sound in this is gorgeous, and the stereo spread is fantastic through a good set of headphones. Wonderful stuff!