DrKev
Moderator
I spent today in a recording studio doing guitar tech for a recording session. The engineer/producer is a buddy of mine and was going through hell with this guys guitars. Intonation was so far out on virtually all of them I have no idea how they got any takes done at all before today. And he was trying to tune with a TU-2 and then by ear when the guitars went out again. Oh, the humanity!! It was just awful. The guy was a great player but surprisingly didn't have a clue where any sort of setup stuff was concerned.
I one point I said "Hey Nic, who has the largest collection of Music Man guitars that you know? Just call him and get those damn guitars in here! Seriously!". He laughed and agreed. Unfortunately this guy insisted on all his vintage 'reissue' stuff. Most of them wouldn't intonate well, the one that did intonate perfectly just wouldn't stay in tune for more than 15 seconds at a time. I worked on five guitars today, he had about a dozen guitars in there total, and not one was doing the job for him. And no Ernie Ball strings to be seen either, to talk about making a bad job worse.
One grateful customer later, the moral of the story is that a good tuner and a good guitar tech are worth their combined weight in gold when you're recording, and I sure earned my money today!
I feel really spoiled by the quality, tone, and overall "ease of life" with EBMM. I am so grateful that I don't have to go through that kind of hassle any more. Thank you so very much, EBMM!
I one point I said "Hey Nic, who has the largest collection of Music Man guitars that you know? Just call him and get those damn guitars in here! Seriously!". He laughed and agreed. Unfortunately this guy insisted on all his vintage 'reissue' stuff. Most of them wouldn't intonate well, the one that did intonate perfectly just wouldn't stay in tune for more than 15 seconds at a time. I worked on five guitars today, he had about a dozen guitars in there total, and not one was doing the job for him. And no Ernie Ball strings to be seen either, to talk about making a bad job worse.
One grateful customer later, the moral of the story is that a good tuner and a good guitar tech are worth their combined weight in gold when you're recording, and I sure earned my money today!
I feel really spoiled by the quality, tone, and overall "ease of life" with EBMM. I am so grateful that I don't have to go through that kind of hassle any more. Thank you so very much, EBMM!
