A BLIND SHOOTOUT THAT WILL STUN YOU!

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Which pair of guitars sounds best?

  • C sounds best

    Votes: 4 6.7%

  • A sounds best

    Votes: 19 31.7%

  • B sounds best

    Votes: 37 61.7%
  • Total voters
    60
lolzgreg

lolzgreg

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Well guys,

Lately I have been doing blind tests and not telling you what the variables changed are. I like doing this because it really eliminates bias; you use your ears more this way.

Here are a total of three PAIRS of audio files of me playing guitar. A variable was changed in each of these clips, but I will not tell you what until the test is over. All I'm going to say is that when you know what was changed, you will be very very surprised

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1569935/BLIND%20SHOOTOUT.zip

L and R denotes a PAIR of guitars, so they have the same variable changed. You can listen to them as a stereo pair of guitars, or just pick one side if you'd like. Since most people here record rhythm guitar pairs, I figured that would be the most appropriate thing to do for the shootout

I didn't edit the DIs or anything, but they're definitely tight enough to judge a difference.

Either listen to them solo'd, or for a really honest representation, run them through your favorite stereo amp simulator for the big picture.

Pick your favorite: A, B, or C

If you think you know what was changed in the tests, please, feel free to comment.

50 votes, and I spill the beans!

-Greg
 
Hmm, my ears feel shot right now, but...
A-seems the brightest
B-overall most balanced, but warmer than A
C- has a mid bump.

I'm just listening to the dry DI's, so listening that way I'm torn between A & B. I like the high end bite in A, but also dig the slightly fuller B. I'm going with B cause you could always dig in & get a little more bite.

I'm guessing you're changing picks.
 
I like B much better than A and C, it sounds livelier, more presence, a little reverb, too.
Did you put an Impulse Response on it?
 
All of these are raw recorded audio files; no effects whatsoever.

One variable was changed in the chain.
 
A sounds best, IMO. I'll say strings, or maybe picks but that was already mentioned.
 
Spaceboy":30rocoq0 said:
A sounds best, IMO. I'll say strings, or maybe picks but that was already mentioned.
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I think guitars are the same in all 3 samples, just reamped.
 
It sounds like B is "? less or untreated? and a is in the middle and c has the most treatment that takes away bottom- collects mid- and is a bit further away-- I have been wrong b4! j
 
B also. Possibly B is with a boost even though you would think it wasn't. Can't think of anything else that would stun me.
 
freeballinusa":29g6eutw said:
Glip I doubt it as it has its bottom .. who knows!
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That is true but I can't think of anything else that would be surprising.
 
C seemed darker than the other two. A and B were pretty much the same. B might have been a tad brighter. Hard to tell with clean tones and power chords though.
 
Greazygeo":3eyowizz said:
C seemed darker than the other two. A and B were pretty much the same. B might have been a tad brighter. Hard to tell with clean tones and power chords though.
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Im going to go with this. At first listen, I thought that this was a joke because they all sound the same to me LOL!!!!!

Kage
 
different pick up positions i think. I choose A, you can do more with that brightness and twang.
 
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