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I am up in Nashville for a few days visiting my Daughter and Son in Law and got my SIL to record a couple of little diddy's with one of my "Prima" (OM) guitars. Thought you might enjoy listening. They are both original songs written by my SIL and only 1 minute long each.

Here is the links:  Demo 1  Finger picking and Demo 2 flat picking.

I'll have a couple more files tomorrow to share and will post them here. These were recorded directly into my laptop computer with an oktava mk-012-01  mic recorded at 5 feet away. no effects at all to enhance the sound... just pure guitar

Hope you enjoy them!

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Reguards,

Ken H

Ken,

That's a nice sounding guitar and your SIL is a neat player. I can hear a Weissenborn melody floating over that first accompaniment

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Ken, Those were wonderful.

Could you describe your recording setup?

Kind of laptop, software and such.... tia

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Ken,
Now that's what I'm talking about... great sounding instrument. I love the idea of having built a handsome instrument but the thought of one that sounds great is even better. Thanks for the inspiration.
chris

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Thanks everyone!  My SIL Kris says to tell you thanks too .  He sure has been good to my Daugher and I am very proud of him.

As far as the setup, it is just one guitar....a Prima Model. I recorded t dorectly into my Toshiba laptop running XP through the standard mic port. As far as the software, it was using the Microsoft Sound recorder which creates a *.WAV file. I then used a wav to mp3 converter program  ( Free CD to MP3 converter 2.1) to get it into the MP3 format.

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Ken H

Thanks Ken, very neat recordings and inexpensive too. I downloaded both and enjoyed hearing your guitars.

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Ken, both clips sound great.  You have to be very happy with the sound of your guitars.  Lots of punch and clarity.. Nice job building and recording...and playing by your SIL.    

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Waddy

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Nice mic too.

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Very cool, and thanks for sharing, Ken! I like the separation of notes, very clean sound, too.

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Is the Oktava a high impedance mic or a low?  Does it need a preamp in front of the computer, or an input board?

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Waddy

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It is high z and we did use a really cheap preamp. from the preamp we used a 1/4" to 1/8" adapter to get it into the computer. One of the reasons I had been waiting to record the guitars is because I knew my SIL had a couple of better quality mics than I had.

Thanks for the kind reviews! I hope to have a short recording of *me* plaing some blues later on tonight on the same guitar. stay tuned!

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Reguards,

Ken H

ok guys, here is one of me playing some blues.... remember though, I'm just the guy who makes the tools, not necessarily the best of a guitar player.

I'm leaving Nashville in the morning, so I guess there wont be any more recordings for a while unless I spring for a good mic.

Here is the link

we might have got this one a little loud, but it is late and everybody is wanting to go to bed on me  guess that is all the noise I can make for tonight

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Ken H

Ken, enjoyed the clip, Bruce.

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That's cool, Ken.  The guitar still sounds good!    Naaa!  That was good.  You understate your skill as a player. 

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Waddy

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Thanks Ken, I enjoyed the recordings. Thats a very
nice sounding guitar you made and good pickin'.

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