Up until recently, I’ve been in a band with a great guitarist who was a dyed-in-the-wool Les Paul man. I can attest that this theory bears fruit in the real world. A lead player with a pickup like that is going to play very nice with a more scooped, airy-sounding pickup in the rhythm guitarist’s axe.
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It’s also no coincidence that lead players seem to reach for pickups that have that bold, scorching midrange, like the JB, Pearly Gates, or Alnico 2 Pro Slash. Of course, most of these guys aren’t always reaching for the same guitars day in and day out (except Angus and Malcolm) but it’s not a coincidence that the axes we most know these guys for seem to be complimentary to what their band-mate chose. Notice two common things here: the two guitarists use very different pickups, and the lead players tend to choose pickups that have more of an upper midrange bite. Guns ‘n Roses: PAF humbuckers and P-90s for Izzy, Alnico 2 Pro for Slash Pearl Jam: Humbuckers for Stone, Strat single coils for Mike Notice something about the pickup choices of the two guitarists:ĪC/DC: PAFs for Angus, FilterTrons for Malcolm Look at the examples I came up with for guitar duos. Everything further down the line – pedals, amps, and speakers – is affected by the frequencies your pickups emphasize. The other aspect is gear, and a very big part of your gear is your pickups, especially when it comes to sitting in the mix. A big part of it is experience with how the other guy operates, and a healthy respect for your fellow six stringer is critical. Listen to AC/DC, Pearl Jam, Guns ‘n Roses and so on, and you’ll hear two guitarists who stand apart in the mix without fighting each other. Leather pants probably don’t help Slash cut through, but they certainly don’t hurt.ĭividing up the midrange can be tricky, since there’s not a lot of wiggle room in there, but it’s doable. However, it also means we’re competing with the singer, and of course with each other. This is good news for us because it means we have a big advantage over the other instruments in terms of being heard. Exciting? Of course! The midrange, after all, is the frequency band that humans are most sensitive to, because it’s also the range of the human voice. Meanwhile, we guitarists occupy the most exciting part of the audio spectrum: the midrange.
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Keyboards vary greatly depending on the patch the keyboardist has dialed up. A bass guitar sits well within the low range, though some bassists like a bit of a high-end percussive attack. A drummer can cover a broad swath of that range, although most of a drumkit’s output tends toward the low and high ends of the spectrum. The key to a balanced mix where no-one gets buried is to carve up that frequency cake and eat only your share. We don’t accomplish this with volume we accomplish it with EQ.Įvery instrument produces sounds that fall somewhere within the range of human hearing (between 20 Hz and 20 kHz would be considered perfect hearing – most people have less range than that). As guitarists in a band, we want to straddle the line of blending in and standing out. A band is a team, not opponents on a decibel-strewn battlefield. The goal isn’t to brutalize my band mates (and the audience) with sheer volume.
That’s easy, and it completely misses the point of playing in a band. I’m not talking about being louder than everyone else. This always presents a bit of a problem though: how do I make my instrument stand out? I’ve even had the pleasure of sharing the stage with a second guitarist and a keyboardist. Save a tree – cut through with your pickups, not a chainsaw.įor most of my career I’ve played in a band with another guitarist.
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