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Hi Pete and thank you for the vid. I recently got the same guitar in black but it's a pain keeping its body clean from dust, fingerprints and other residue. I already use a cotton cloth to clean it but it's not enough, so I wanted to ask you what you use to clean it. Also I'm not a big fan of the original strings, they sound a bit dull when strumming without a pick, compared to other guitars. Picking sounds good, but I'm thinking of changing them.
@@andrugeorge I think because mine has woodgrain, it's not so noticeable when there's paw prints. But yes, keeping a cloth is the only way really. Or wet and dry sand it all down to a matte finish. That would look cool. But very energy intensive. Any new set of string will give you more zing. Just get light strings as you really don't want to have to fight thick ones
Hello, did you change the saddle to bone or does it come with it already? or does it come in plastic? thank you great guitar i will be buying it for my birthday, yes i give myself gifts, jaja
@@user-zz8hl8se6t it's the original string saddle. It's perfect, no adjustment was needed in this case (a rarity on budget instruments). I think it's plastic or synthetic bone.
I hate to be mean but what were you thinking placing the E609 this high? What is it even pointed at? I'm sorry but the SM57 looks and sounds to be the only one placed correctly, which makes the whole comparison useless
@@oskarwroniewicz I agree the placement wasn't ideal. On the day, with limited time, the clip wasn't allowing an angled down perspective. Although it was capturing a strong signal. All the others were placed correctly and giving nice strong clear signals. There can never be and exact scientific approach without placing in exactly the same place one at a time. But then every stick velocity is different, so there's that. A comparison can still be made. And also drawn from my objective in the room experience
@@PetesGuitarUniverse Of course it was capturing a strong signal, you were hitting a loud drum near it. That doesn't change the fact that the frequency response changes quite a lot when you get away even an inch from the head because of the proximity effect, which is a huge part of the sound of spot mics in drum recording. It's the whole reason why they sound how they sound - big, fat and punchy. I understand you had only the mic clip-on holders to work with, which made proper placement impossible, but in that case there was no point to even record the comparison in the first place. You could just as well compare taste of two different meals when one is fresh from the oven and the other one is cold from the day before
I don't want to be mean or play smart for the sake of it, I truly hope the information helps you in some way and I would love to see you make a new comparison! When it comes to the stick hits being different you can just play once and then show that exact part recorded by one mic, then the second one and so on. And when it comes to "scientific" placement you really can get it pretty much perfect for all microphones if you use regular stands
This was very helpful Pete. Beautiful looking guitar and shows how so much is 'in the fingers' - but you still need a great sounding guitar to enhance it all - and at a bargain price to! Jules
At that price it's worth buying it to hang on a wall and just keep looking at it! 😂 Pity I'm skint after just buying a pedalboard, but it's next on the list mate. J
I have owned mine for about 3 years now and absolutely love it! Your review is spot on, and just to add, this is one tough guitar. I am not sure how many times I have bumped it off my guitar stand and it fell over hitting the tv stand or another piece of furniture. No dents, dings or even scratches! It still played and looked the same. I highly recommend this for anyone looking for a full acoustic - it will not disappoint!
I'm looking for a guitar for my niece right now and I discovered HB just yestrday. This one caught my eye. I don't think it's good for a beginer, as in my opinion they should start from 6-string, but I'm seriously considering buying this one for myself. I already have LTD SC-207 and love it, but this one sounds great and looks fantastic. I love the matte finish. The only thing I'd change are the markers - I'd remove them completly, maybe leave the 12th. Thanks for the review and sound samples. It sounds to me like the low tones are a bit to strong, but I heard other sounds samples and I guess this is just your knobs setup.
Hi Pete!) Hope you're doing great! I just got tc 399 in pretty good condition, sounds great but I I'm not enjoying the big amount of hiss, how you deal with it? And also do you increase high frequencies before you send audio on tape? I use ampex 641 new tape, I tried this tape on my friends akai gx266d and the results with the noise are much better so maybe you got some tricks you can share with me) thanks
@@NEEDSHES interesting. Hiss can be as a result of a lot of things. From cables to the electric supply / ground loops / cycle hum. But try demag'ing your head's first. You could always tey recording with the 399 at your friend's place. See if you get different results?!
I have tried many amps over the years ,this one is the closest to my old Vox valve amp .I think its such a perfect tone especially the clean even without pedals
@@RolandDeschain1 ha ha... I can honestly say that over the last 3 years, I have moved away from all Waves plugins. In favour of a load of free plugins which are just honestly better. My paid plugins just sit there unused. Except the Greg Wells Tone Centric which sits on my master bus permanently
@Pete's Guitar Universe Great video, tasty playing -- love your tone and style. Was this direct line-out? It is a great-sounding pedal. I'm purchasing one. I'm going to be using this line-out but also into an acoustic amp (Fender Acoustasonic). As far as the reasoning for the re-branding, I am taking an educated guess, but I'm pretty sure I'm correct. Assuming this is made in China, you'll notice that are many 'rebrandings' that come out of China -- same product, but under a different brand name. I believe that the reason for this is that all factories are technically government-owned and the stuff that ships to the US comes from a factory near the Pacific (eastern) side, whereas products going to Europe I would expect to be produced in western-China factories. My guess is that different factories produce identical items, but are rebranded as possibly a quality control measure. Thanks for your great channel. Liked and subscribed. Cheers.
@@BrianFromBoise tha KS. And yes, it's a DI, as the pedal recreates the mic'd tone sim. And interesting I do about the China production. Food for thought.
Thanks for your quick reply! Do you happen to have a band or some albums that I could check out? The chords and harmonies in your playing are super interesting and that guitar sounds fantastic.
Absolute waste of time trying to compare them when the mics are in totally different positions. 57 looks to be about an inch above the skin, 421 is higher, ND44 is a good distance up, and the 609 is right up in the air, not even pointing at the drum. 🤦
No, it's just an optical illusion of the angle, the mic is aimed at the 12the fret. Or thereabouts (wherever sounded best on the day using ears). It's a very full sounding guitar
Really am a big fan of your work. Thank you for all your detailed videos. How would you go abouts The Music Producer's Creative Guide to Ableton Live 11 adding a patch bay setup with zoom l20?
The L20 is pretty easy to set up via usb. Pretty standard setup. Shouldn't have any issues. But I preferred to record direct to the L20 then transfer to PC to mix. You could record all channels at once via usb but it's just easier to be stand alone for tracking. YMMV.
@@PetesGuitarUniverse I’ve been really challenged and disappointed with the DP 24. And thinking about moving on to another rig. This seems like a step up in the right direction. Thank you for your time.
This thing is a swiss army knife, use it on everything, take time to explore, and make your own patches, most of the existing ones are too wet with effects, love the znr noise reduction, use it to record direct through my interface, you can even use it on your mixers effects loop to process vocals, in case someone didnt think of that.
Thank you very much for the review, very complete. Please help me with a question, I have this sound mixer but I have not been able to make an external metronome, for example, connected to lines 19/20 (stereo) only listen to it through the headphones or monitors (A-F) and that it does not come out along the amplification lines (L-R). Only for musicians to listen to. I do not want to use the mixer's internal metronome. I would appreciate if you could help me clarify this concern.
You need to make a submix, with the metronome fed to the channels you want to hear it on, then save that as a mix on A to F. The master stereo channels won't send the metronome to your main outputs that way.
Flat out beautiful. The tones you were getting and blending single and humbucker was fantastic. This is going to be my next guitar. Thank you for making this.
Vinyl is no better than tape. It has its own character, which is great if you like that character, but it's not sonically better. Even MP3 at 360kbps beats vinyl. Sad but true. But we all love the analogy flavour still
Without looking, my guess is that the solo is set to PFL which means “Pre-Fader Level”, so when you solo it you’re just hearing the preamp level at unity, with no reduction by the fader.
Good call. I agree. Otherwise there should be no increase in solo's tracks. You could check what buttons are pressed in and mirror that throughout the board and re-test
Thanks for this Pete. One question, how can I send some reverb and or delay to a vocal strip on a monitor or headphone mix. When I try the fx goes to all the inputs.
