thanx Micheal
the cleaness of the guitar has to do with the way it was recorded. I used an NKT RODE'tube mic and an NXT 2000 RODE large Diamphram condenser mic that is built for studio use... the tube mic was pointed at the fret board where it joins the body and the condenser the width of your face back towards the back saddle. the tube was panned right and the condenser panned left. This gives a realistic stereo effect just as if you were sitting in front of the person while he or she playes...both mics were at a flat E.Q. .I did the same with the vocals. Just ast your ears are apart on you head so were the mics set up in front of me and again both panned to their respective side if you were looking at the person from the mics point of view. This type of stereo imagry although subtle makes a big difference in the end result.
The guitar used was a 00CXAE Grand Concert by MARTIN.What is odd about this little animal is that it is made out of composite materials except for the neck which is laminated wood and of course the bracing and perlings in side are standard spruce and to top it off it is a "thinline Guitar " only about half as deep as a d-18. It also packs a on board fishman 5 band eq and saddle pick up which sounds great but I did not use it. What you heard was ambient only..

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