Hi Ed !
i'm a guitar player too ...
I don't understand why these metal guys want to play well under the
natural range of their instrument : if a normal guitar is too high for
your taste, play bass and stop bothering your comrades !! What you say
about staying in tune is perfectly right , even with heavy gauge strings
: physics don't mind about gimmicks !
The problem of our friend is , in fact , that all the band members want
to play at very low frequencies , and everyone pushes his amp up trying
to hear what he plays in the overall infra-sound rumble ! In a good mix
, even in "tutti" and "fff" parts , you must hear all the instruments ,
that means everyone has to manage with the sound power and the
frequencies he plays , including harmonics . That's why our ancestors
have invented such a wide range of instruments , from triangle and
piccolo to double bass and bass drums !
@+
J.F.
Ed Edwards a \ufffdcrit :
>Drop "C" (dropsy)? Crap, that's 4 semi-tones below what guitars are
>designed for. Um, I suppose you get a lot of bass frequencies, but as a
>guitarist I don't know how they stay in tune above the 12th fret without
>specialized super-tuning. Further, there are 8 semi tones below that C
>that a bass guitar can reach but those dropsy guitarists can't. As a
>gimmick, I'm not convinced.
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>Anyway, yes, I use the AN1x live. All I can say about where you "fit in
>the mix" is that it takes a bit of intuition as well as a bit of skill.
>Each instrument should occupy its individual sound spectrum so there is
>minimal overlap or stepping on the others tones.
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>If you are compressing every channel then you will never be able to get
>a balanced sound. Compression is a crutch -- a band-aid, an artificial
>squirt, MSG, chemical enhancement of organic tones... be very, very
>careful if you use it.
>
>Meanwhile, remember that a keyboard often is pushed into an
>accompaniment situation by vol-egotistical guitarists. Be firm, be
>omnipotent -- you play the KEYBOARDS! No guitarist, bassist, singer,
>drummer or sewerist can overwhelm you if you know how much power you
>have in your arsenal.
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>Bwahhahahahahahha! It belches - it screams - it slams - it pleads - it
>cries - it sings - it grunts - it leads. You have the POWER. YOU have
>the range. Teach them to take their wooden phallus' and back down while
>a man gives some art to the audience without cocking his trigger.
>Wooden necks, indeed... how I tire of hero guitars pointing at me
>expecting some implied reverence. Bah! (Stewie Griffin)
>
>*Ed Edwards*
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