Hi all, I'm no professional so i need your advice here. I have this accoustic guitar but i just can't seem to be able to get the erm... sound that i want. I don't know how to tune the treble, bass, mid that is on my guitar itself. Can someone guide me?

whats to tune? unless your acoustic has a pickup.
if no pickup, then your choices are to experiment with different strings, change the bridge / nut to different material.

yes yes it has a pickup. Will taking a picture of the pickup help?

Well, we won't know what "sound" you're looking for..... so very hard to recommend the settings..... plus being an acoustic, it already lend it's own acoustical value....

hmm.. true, i just don't know how to describe it. *sigh* Thanks for replying though. Oh i face another problem while playing on the guitar, the sounds seem to crack, is it because of the cable?

well what pickup? piezos? that will pick up the sound of the guitar wood etc.

alternative mod which i've seen is this...
get a feedback buster...a round plastic thing you put over the soundhole.


then cut out a slot for a electric guitar single coil in it...then output of cos like normal thru the endpin jack at the bottom.

woo... i have that plastic thing. It comes when i bought my guitar. I didn't know what was the purpose of it. The guy didn't explain much either. So what does it do?

uhh, its called a feedback buster...pretty self-explanatory.

*sigh* i'm so newbie in this. Maybe i should do more research.

every guitar has it's own sound. If you already don't like the natural sound of it, the EQ is not going to help much. EQ is more for fine tuning. My suggestion is, just continue practicing on it until you save up enough cash to get one that you like.

This post has been edited by Bassix: Jan 10 2007, 03:31 AM

ok ok i'll save and save like mad

anyway...can tell what guitar u r using??if guitar comes with the soundhole cover i think should be a decent one...

ok..to ur problems..maybe u can try changing strings...coz i used to haf this cheap roundback acoustic guitar where is put a rm10 set of strings...it really turns me off...get nice strings like d'addarion EXP or ELIXIR...excellent strings and very long lasting...n u haf a digital tuner??make sure u haf one...

next is maybe ur projection...ur fingernail shaping...etc etc

my guitar is the yamaha compass cpx-8. Ok, i'll go and get a new set of strings later. Yes i have a digital tuner. my fingernails ah... i don't have long fingernails. I keep them very short.

Edited:
Ok i went to buy 2 sets of D'addario strings. One is super light and the other one is light. I've changed the strings of my guitar and it sounded nice. But what i'm worried is i wonder how it sounds like when i plug into the mixed which i would have to wait til this Friday to find out. *sigh* Anyone can teach me how to adjust the pickup on my guitar?

This post has been edited by BlueSilver: Jan 10 2007, 03:29 PM

wow....cpx-8 is a great guitar...not cheap oso....u muz be rich...haha
if not mistaken the guitar is abt rm3k+/-.....its a 2-way pickup...piezo with gooseneck mic....

settings can try 10% of mic and 90% of piezo...should quite acoustic already...the mic try put below the soundhole...

fingernails not need to be too long...juz shape it abit abit curve..pointy sharp nails is a no...

anyways...is ur string d'addario EXP(coated) strings??

more expensive doesn't necessarily mean better. Even different guitars of the same brand and model may sound worlds apart. But if it's 3k, i don't really see how it can sound bad...

EQ adjusting, or pickup adjusting as you call it, requires quite a lot of patience. Nobody can really tell you how to adjust your EQ without hearing what your guitar sounds like. You have to experiment with the knobs yourself and always pay attention to what happens when you turn each knob. With google nowadays, you can even get useful information on basic (really really basic) sound engineering. Study the frequency band of an acoustic guitar and in time you will know how and which frequencies to boost/cut to achieve the sound that you have in your head. Speaking generally, most of the tonal qualities are contained in the mid frequencies around say 500 Hz - 2kHz. The high frequencies give the metallic sound of the strings. And on most acoustics that i have tried, the low frequencies just make the sound more muddy and boomy. But there are some guys in the recording thread who know more about frequencies and mixing. Maybe it's not such a bad idea to ask around there.

That's as much as i can offer. Probably won't help at all anyway

This post has been edited by Bassix: Jan 10 2007, 10:13 PM

the strings didn't mention at all whether it's exp coating or not. i'll experiment with the knobs then, it's kinda hard since i need it to plug it in to try it out. Thanks Reevex and bassix.

haha...no prob...but I really like to try out ur cpx-8
i saw it on Yamaha HQ but they put it inside a glass cupboard n lock it...argghh...

i've tried all lower end L series but dont really like...wanna see how cpx-8 is like...

r u in kedah??if come to pj bring ur guitar along let me try ya...haha

if i go to kl then can la

wahh.. compass series... nice.. so jelessss me...

I find that plugging ur guitar on an ACOUSTIC AMP rather than a regular one might answer a lot of questions. I think its the difference between unplugged and plugged sound thats bothering u isn't it? the sustained humm of the wood lost sumwhere in the cables LOLx thats why ovations are so popular. Looks horrible though on fatties like me

yes that is my problem. Any recommendations for acoustic amp?