On Fri, 15 Mar 2002 0:5:36 -0800 Victor Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Actually, when I played one at Jonifest 2001 what > threw me off was how "little" I heard or felt from > the strings. All I noticed was the sound from the > amp...I couldn't feel any of the dynamics or the > natural swell and decay of the strings that are so > much a part of the acoustic guitar. It was that > absence that I noticed and it was very unsettling. > I agree that they are amazing instruments but I > think I would find it hard to get used to playing > one. > Victor I think I understand what you mean, Victor. I noticed in the recordings from Jonifest 1999 where I was playing Michael's e-guitar hooked up to the VG-8, that compared to his silky sounds - well it seemed like my e-guitar playing technique needed some work! But I was trying to play it like an acoustic and I think maybe the string sensitivity settings of the patches I used were not the acoustic ones. I think it's possible to change the settings of any patch so that the sounds produced are more controlled by the actual force used by your fingers on the strings - it's one of the things I hope to learn more about from Michael at his VG-8 workshop in August at Jonifest. It could have been that the setting you were using when you played was one where the sensitivity of the strings was not turned up very high. Since I've had my VG-8 for awhile now, I've had time to discover that most (maybe all) of the factory acoustic guitar settings are such that if I try to play in the same way that I play my acoustic, I get the expected dynamics. Marian
