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Author:  James Orr [ Fri Jan 04, 2008 6:29 am ]
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I've been reading Guitar: An American Life by Tim Brookes for the
past week after getting it for Christmas. The book chronicles the process
of Brookes' first commissioned guitar and alternates chapters about the
commission with chapters following the history of the guitar.

Brooks mentions a few OLFers, but last night I was reading through the
amplification section and came to the following. Nice!

"The next step in acoustic guitar technology won't even bother with the
pickup, according to Rick Turner, the founder of Renaissance Guitars, as
modest, quiet, and articulate a guy as ever mixed sound for the Grateful
Dead, and the man who probably knows more about pickups, acoustic
and electric, than anyone alive.

"No, the future will be something he describes as "an elaborate three-
dimensional equalizer" that contains a digital library of sound profiles for
the very, very best acoustic guitars and "superimposes the air and wood
resonance of a digitized guitar onto the hand and string envelope
response coming out of the guitar you're playing." In short, it makes your
guitar sound like a Traugott. Or a McAllister. A $10,000 guitar, to put it
crudely."
Author:  erikbojerik [ Fri Jan 04, 2008 6:53 am ]
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Interesting choice of adjectives there....  
Author:  James Orr [ Fri Jan 04, 2008 2:41 pm ]
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Pretty accurate though from my experience. Seriously.   
Author:  Mark Maquillan [ Fri Jan 04, 2008 3:05 pm ]
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He also has a piece in this month's Acoustic Guitar Magazine on bridge replacement.
Author:  Howard Klepper [ Fri Jan 04, 2008 8:02 pm ]
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Kinda makes you wonder who else mixed sound for the Dead.
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