Acoustic Guitar Pickup Primer: Part 9 – Conclusion
Amplifying your acoustic guitar to get a usable sound doesn’t have to be a compromise (other than...
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Acoustic Guitar Pickup Primer: Part 8 Acoustic Amplifiers
When talking about acoustic guitar pickups, preamps, direct boxes and the signal path your...
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Acoustic Guitar Pickup Primer: Part 7 Direct Boxes
In order to run your electric acoustic guitar into most professional P.A. systems, you need to...
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Acoustic Guitar Pickup Primer: Part 6 Outboard Pre-amps
Many factory equipped electric acoustic guitars have a preamp installed on the rim of the guitar...
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Acoustic Guitar Pickup Primer: Part 5 Onboard Pre-amps
The signal produced by any pickup source, whether it is an on-board mic, magnetic pickup, or...
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Acoustic Guitar Pickup Primer: Part 4 Piezo, Piezoelectric Pickups
Piezo or Piezoelectric Pickups Perhaps the piezo pickup is the hands down favorite for acoustic...
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Acoustic Guitar Pickup Primer: Part 3 Magnetic Pickups
Magnetic Pickups The magnetic acoustic guitar pickup is usually easy to spot when it is...
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Acoustic Guitar Pickup Primer: Part 2 Internally Mounted Microphones
As mentioned in part 1 of this series, there’s more than one way to amplify your acoustic...
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Acoustic Guitar Pickup Primer: Part 1, Introduction
If you’re going to play your songs live, you’ll have to make the decision on how you are going to...
Read MoreDemo Recording for Songwriters: Part 5
It’s not unusual for the songwriter to start making arrangements in their head before the song is even completed on the page. So, when they are playing a song to a loved one or a group of friends for the first time, they...
Read MoreDemo Recording for Songwriters: Part 4
While you were at the studio recording the band you assembled for your demo session, you may have noticed that guy in the plaid flannel shirt with the beanie who looked cooler than just about everybody else. After he...
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Demo Recording for Songwriters: Part 3
The gear is set up. The engineer is sitting behind the console listening to his assistant...
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