Topic: EQ'ing acoustic guitar

[drumminj]

Hey all.  Doing a little EQ on an acoustic show I'm matrixing.  The sbd mix was awfully thin and harsh, in my opinion.  I want to take the harshness out of the high end of the guitars if possible.  Can anyone suggest EQ settings to do so?  What freq and Q?

I figured I'd just guess and check, but if someone can give me a good starting point, that'd be great. I have a few EQ primers bookmarked, but those mostly deal with EQ'ing studio instruments, and don't take into consideration the effect the EQ will have on other instruments(vocals) in the mix.

J

[sexymexi]

ummm  i couldn't tell you frequencies, but get rid of some mids, and mid highs, they seem to be a little more harsh, mayber bring up lows a bit.  i was just eq'ing my guitar for an upcoming gig, but its different on tape...  good luck man.

[drumminj]

Yeah, I already brought up the lows a bit in the recording to "fatten" things up.  It helped, but there's still a bit of a harshness up top.  I'll just play around.  The problem I always have is that I may be able to nail the frequency, but then figuring out the right Q, etc.  

I know, I know, "what do your ears tell you"

[yemncsu]

Slight boost 250Hz-500hz(avoid boost at 200) for fullness.  10KHz-15Khz is the general range for brightness.  It might be wise to lower these.  These are rough guidelines for solo acoustic, ymmv.
Josh

[drumminj]

Slight boost 250Hz-500hz(avoid boost at 200) for fullness.  10KHz-15Khz is the general range for brightness.  It might be wise to lower these.  These are rough guidelines for solo acoustic, ymmv.
Josh

Thanks.  Why is 200Hz bad?  Just too low/boomy?

[yemncsu]

It contains most of the clarity for the accousitc.  If you have control over a small bandwith around 200, try it out. You will see what I mean
Josh