12-String Musings: December 2010

Tips, Techniques, Examples about my favorite musical instrument, the Twelve-String Guitar.

If you play guitar check out Playing Technique, or Strings / Setup. There are also some interesting posts about guitars at, you guessed it, Guitars.

If you want to spread your musical talents around, you will find some good info at Recording.

Marketing - meh - I'm probably the world's best bad example. Although you could find funny stuff there.

I've made some music videos through the years, and you can find them and other interesting music at Music I Like, Music I Play.

Friday, December 17, 2010

Weird Weather

Incredibly cold in the Southeast. Kerosene heater goes almost all of the time and the humidifier is working overtime, pumping moisture out to keep the guitars happy. Spring seems a long ways away.

I saw these shoots today on the ends of the Dogwood trees out front. They won't bloom until the first week of Spring, but it warms me up to see this.

Monday, December 6, 2010

Good Reverbs For A 12-string Home Studio

Most of the ones I've tried make my 12-string sound like I've got a buzz saw in it. I'm not confident enough to plunk down several grand for a hardware solution; all the ones I tried are free demos or open source free plugins.

Here are a few that I've found that seem to work nicely on the complex sounds of a 12-string guitar: