Wow...having an amp makes all the difference

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Wow...having an amp makes all the difference

Unread post by cruz610 » Tue Mar 01, 2005 10:44 pm

It seems so much easier to get songs to sound right with an amp. I can play the verse to Tripping Billies and it sounds dead on; before just acousitically there would be a little buzzing at certain parts, but not with an amp. I love it :lol:
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Unread post by Davy28 » Wed Mar 02, 2005 12:15 am

Do you have an acoustic with a pickup? I would never buy a new acoustic without one.
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Unread post by Beauford33 » Wed Mar 02, 2005 12:22 am

eh, if coult have my way...Id rather just mic the soundhole. No amp sound can beat a full dreadnought unamped.
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Unread post by cruz610 » Wed Mar 02, 2005 12:34 am

Yea its a Taylor with the Expression system. Sounds silky smooth
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Unread post by Kukini » Wed Mar 02, 2005 12:40 am

cruz610 wrote:Yea its a Taylor with the Expression system. Sounds silky smooth
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Unread post by DJR » Wed Mar 02, 2005 12:56 am

man i hear you for sure - first time i played an acoustic/electric thats exactly what i played, sounded so much better
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Unread post by Davy28 » Wed Mar 02, 2005 1:20 am

What model of taylor is it? Just Curious.
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Unread post by hmm69 » Wed Mar 02, 2005 7:41 am

i want a 512ce sooo bad
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Unread post by trippin6strings » Wed Mar 02, 2005 12:44 pm

Ive got a taylor and i play it through my nice sized fender amp (i love the effects and that I can sing through it as welll) but i gotta agree with beuford on this one... nothing sounds better than micing up the soundhole, always sounds so crisp
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Unread post by c_tietze » Wed Mar 02, 2005 1:13 pm

I hear you, I think because we never really hear just dave without amplification. When you plug in you're getting a lot closer to Dave's "sound"
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Unread post by onid41 » Wed Mar 02, 2005 1:18 pm

yeah i want a taylor so bad..theres this sweet 612ce in this guitar store by me...but i dont have $3000 :(
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Unread post by little ants734 » Wed Mar 02, 2005 2:00 pm

just curious, what is an acoustic with a pickup mean.. is that just an electric acoustic with a tuner on top and stuff? sorry if i sound stupid
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Unread post by little ants734 » Wed Mar 02, 2005 2:01 pm

also what does it mean you mic up the sound hole?
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Unread post by Davy28 » Wed Mar 02, 2005 2:10 pm

What a pickup does is it converts the vibrations from the strings into electronic impulses which can be processed and amplified. A full electric depends totally on pickups to produce its electronic sound. An electric acoustic both picks up vibrations from strings and takes the sound from the sound hole and converts it to an electronic impulse for an amp.
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Unread post by Appfro » Wed Mar 02, 2005 2:19 pm

Beauford33 wrote:eh, if coult have my way...Id rather just mic the soundhole. No amp sound can beat a full dreadnought unamped.
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