PIezo comparisons on Godin Fretless Nylon Multiac

The Godin has a built-in piezo under the bridge which, while working fine with the 6-channel 13-pin synth access port, sounds quacky to my ears as a straight "acoustic" sound. The Schertler Basik stick-on piezo contact mic is tried as an alternative.

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• Godin
• Nylon
• piezo
• Schertler
• Basik

[victorolden]

great music

What this does play?

Pedal?

[therealkaimuse]

Your question is unclear.

What is the antecedent to the pronoun "this"? (What does "this" refer to?)

By "pedal" do you mean the root (tonic) note drone? There is a Raagini electronic tanpura (look it up) plating the usual root-fifth drone in the background, as is usual for Indian music. Or are you referring to pedal steel guitar?

[nomypomy]

What I meant to ask you is that do you give lessons?

[therealkaimuse]

LOL - thanks for the compliments, but no, sorry, I don't give lessons. I'm hardly at the level to do that. (I take lessons from a sitarist who, unlike me, is qualified to teach Hindustani music.)

And I live in Canada.

[therealkaimuse]

The little green thing is the Basik mic; it uses a green putty to attach to things.

My tuning is based on other Indian instruments, using just root, fifth and fourth. My root is C# , so one Godin (I have two) is goes , from lowest to highest, C#, G#, C#, G#, C#, F#. On the other Godin (the one in this vid) I replaced the lowest C# with a thinner string tuned to the high C#. This is called a chikari string - it's there to be struck rhythmically between melodic phrases, to emphasize the root.

[therealkaimuse]

The search for a better "acoustic" sound.

1) Schertler Basik contact mic

2) the Godin's own piezo

3) blend of the two

Still to be done: condenser and SM-58 mic comparisons.

[YaGottaBeKidding]

Nice reply hotshot. Perhaps if you were to respond in Russian then Victor would be able to understand you more clearly. You may have some difficulty successfully expressing yourself in such a pedantic (look it up) fashion, however. To what do I refer? Oh sorry, for you: what do I refer to? Huh.

[spacetraveler138]

what a dicktron

[Raylj318]

can you get the multiac sa fretless? Whats the piezo? Or are you using gr 33?

[scarred2112]

Very nicely done! I'm going to have to try recording a Root-Fifth drone in my looping pedal and play over it much as you did but with my fretless bass. I've always liked non-Western scales and parts to toy around with in a Western music situation.

[mrtunes]

really cool, i wonder what that fretless would sound like if you ran it through a sitar sample on a synth?

[cspgettingfunky]

yo man, sweet guitar, im thinking of getting one myself. just wanted to ask where you got that backing track???

[nomypomy]

Well, thanks for your tips...I will try and explore a bit more into the indian tuning that you told me about before. If i tune my guitar by that, will I be able to play some of these scales that you have played in your videos? I mean, does that tuning only apply to a sitar?