hannaugh said:
tfarny said:
Never used the lace, but I've heard good and bad things about them - sterile is one word I've heard.
I wish I could hear an example of what "sterile" sounds like. I can't hear it in my head. I've heard people say that about Lace too, and I'm just not sure what is (or isn't) in the sound that bothers them. I know a pickup can have little power or be too thin, and that's not good. Is that what they mean?
It's all subjective.
I never really understood alot of these terms either, but once you hear them, you usually understand perfectly.
I never understood what "glassy" meant until i played a Strat's neck pickup clean with new strings.
I never understood what "clack" meant until i heard certain tonal characters of Jaco's playing.
Fretless "mwah" should be pretty obvious if you have ever heard a fretless bass.
I still have no idea what "burpy" means. Any ideas?
Put on the Motown records and you'll hear "thumpy"
Purple Haze was "fuzzy" as hell (my favorite guitar tone of all time FWIW :icon_biggrin
Being a studio oriented guy, when i think of sterile, i think of a very mono-ish track played over a stereo field.
Think of a dry guitar track (not necessarily clean, just un-effected) being played in the center of a stereo field with no reverb or chorus or anything.
Am i on the right track?