The story is true, the names are sometimes changed.
Today I went with a English friend, proprietor of a nation-wide operating consultancy go, to buy for him a sound system. Domingo plays passionately (flamenco) guitar, just for the affinity and a hobby. Now wants to strengthen his guitar, not necessarily the Pro equipment, but not exactly the cheapest, because the hobby
may still cost something. On the trip I told him about AER amplifiers, microphones and pickups that, no matter which version is now not at all. It may be that the listening habits, is also in "guitarist" decadent already so that a piezo pickup sound that was even rejected in the 70s and 80s as an inferior Ovation Sound 1), now is normal. However, I can not I get used to it, because a guitar, whether Western, concert, flamenco guitar, just in kind does not sound like it sounds on this miserable, the bridge loaded customers. Is indeed physically impossible and incomprehensible, if one deals with the matter a little, wh is thought about, how does an acoustic guitar to a sound.
These instruments have a sound body, a cantilever roof that is offset from the vibrating string to vibrate. This vibrating ceiling again sets air in motion, it created the famous sound waves. Not only the instrument, but especially the guitar top is a static miracle, which the guitar maker's experience and dozens of other from the history of guitar making brings with. Then came decades ago, a clever electronics to the idea of all the lying with a
pickup under the bridge sticks to remove. I know what I mean, since I was in the 80s, when I was holding a guitar shop, many who had the top names in the guitar scene, chose to spend tens of pick-ups in their Martins, install Ramirez Classical Guitars, etc. "could". These people were very professional, focused daily on stage, wh their unit shaft had to work. After a few months, they all came back to expand the Eumel again. They played back via a microphone, in front of, or in the guitar. The mic in front of the sound hole (which also Paco de Lucía against John McLaughlin and Al DiMeola took -. Ovation at that time both on 1) was very strong feedback-sensitive, but sounded best. The microphone on the
guitar, I played a long time EV-something had to be "GE-equalized", but could be run much louder. Meanwhile I was also somewhat known in the art and for some companies as an endorser of interest, which meant that the things I like deByl, AKG, LRBaggs were provided free of charge. For a long time I played with the Baggs (actually a Crown microphone), which could be clamped to the floor joists, then restarts it AKG C1000S before the guitar.
But now back to our odyssey. We went into a "musicians market on the outskirts of Stuttgart. I warned Domingo before a bit like the salesperson their superficial knowledge openly trying to bring to the customer. 2) I strained but terrible, it's very quiet, neutral and friendly be. Day - I can do for you what. Me: Yes - we are looking for a nylon string guitar a reinforcement system. Just as it sounds here - from the Acoustic amps two boys were playing on a cheap acoustic guitar - it should sound not. He immediately told us anything about pickups, on Marshall, Roland and Schertler amplifier. Despite repeated reference, we do-no-pickup could be not derail the Lord Piezotonabnehmerfachverkäufer like us to reach the standard mantra over. He arrived with a Hanika concert guitar that already had a built-in system. I wanted to continue to be friendly and played a few notes. Gave him the part again in the hand and said, no, just as our ideas are not. Since my knowledge of piezos in his opinion would be from the last century, he reiterated that buy these pickups, which is below the horizontal bar rods, which would total ceiling. Slowly it has become too stupid and I asked directly: Is there a way to a test of that amplifier with a microphone? He: Jaaiiin - because we would have to go into the PA Department. Me: If the PA Department including amplifiers for acoustic guitars. He: No - we have to bring it there. Me: Where's the PA Department? He: One floor down. But he must now serve the customers at the end and disappeared with the two boys, their wanted to pay just acquired low-budget Chinese guitar. We waited about 20 minutes to Domingo said, what's the point, he comes back again. I said "tranquilo", we wait a bit. Suddenly he whizzed past us, we were the only ones in the department and disappeared behind a glass door. That was the Pro division - as only professionals can clean. Domingo said that will not do that. After 10 minutes he came back out that door, was probably surprised that we were still there. Our question was still the same. So you can not have a microphone from the PA Department bring her here? He: No - we need as with the amplifiers down. Me: With all? He: Yes - but he had no time for something. Domingo (remember - it is a management consultant) was about as petrified, we turned around and said goodbye.
On the way to the exit, the stairs down the long corridor before, we are still quite excited over such behavior. The excitement, however, went fairly quickly in amusement. Behind the counter stood at the output of the random boss and I could not resist to drop the notion that this acoustic guitar salesperson would be a good suggestion. The boss looked up briefly, waved his arrogant gaze back up on the counter - if I remember correctly, he sorted Picks - and said something spiteful grin: Something like to miss me ons days fir ahöra days! :-O As I walked towards the exit Domingo had to get rid of a comment in terms of corporate governance. The boss wanted to know who was the seller. We thought then only check but himself, who here in your specialist market where what sells, not better or sold. Good riddance - we're now in the city center.
said than done - we went to Hans Schweizer's "Sound of Music", which I bought about 40 years ago my first Fender and Marshall amp on my first installment. There told us a nice seller, not very young, and what about pickups, but realized very quickly that he will not end up so could, got a Røde microphone with stand, presented the same before me in the hand-held Takamine flamenco guitar (which sounded not bad in kind) and put it in an AER-something. Bumm - Domingo, as well as the vendor stood with wide eyes. Domingo now knew what he had to buy. We thanked the seller, he even thanked him for the great sound and said that he had never heard a stronger flamenco guitar Sun
It works!
1)
No - I have not fundamentally against what ovation. You can add it Instrument can not be compared with conventional guitars. As for the playability, they were always absolutely top. The neck shape, string tension, the frets, everything was always perfectly matched. With its parabolic body, the alleged of a wood-like plastic called Lyrachord "and is more like a plastic water pitcher, and she was able to sound aesthetic, that is not reinforced, keep up just with the plywood guitars from the Japanese / Korean guitar factories in the 80s. Increasingly she sounds just for "Piezo", or "Ovation." If that is like - ok but is a completely different world when it comes to his Martin, Washburn or other Dreadnoughts faithfully, day after day as they listened to increase.
2)
in early summer, during my last visit to this musician-specialist market, claimed another acoustic guitar salesperson that all flamenco guitars here (there were actually two) mahogany necks, had I had in subtly suggest that it is Honduras Cedar. To which he replied, no guitar in the world would have a neck made of cedar, and the ceiling were all made of cedar (is not quite right, most are made of spruce). Disappeared for a moment, probably googling around, came back and said - well - The wood that is used is probably Cedar . I told him the section of my guitars in to study flamenco guitar method where to read and others, is that Cedar Cedar is the same. Of my publications, he has never heard of course what - Okay anyway (?) - The boy would have in age may be my son. But I taught him: "Look what the other has first leg on it and then release. This motto seems to be nowadays probably disappeared.
