Fix Your Acoustic Guitar Tone

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Carl Wockner talks about Acoustic Guitar Tone.
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Equipment List: -
MICROPHONES
Shure KSM8
Shure SM58s
GUITAR
Maton EMD6
PEDALS
Tuner = Boss TU-3
Octave = Boss OC-3
Volume Boost = TC Spark
Overdrive = Wampler Tumnus
Mic Mute = Stompbeat Mic Mute
Multi = Line 6 HX Effects
Vocal FX = Boss VE-500
Loopstation = Headrush Looperboard
Expression Pedal = Mission Engineering Exp
Bluetooth Page Turner = iRig Blueboard
Wireless Guitar Setup = Shure GLXD16
EXTRAS
Beat Sample Hits = Maschine Mikro Control Pad
Wireless In Ear = Shure PSM600
In Ear Monitors = Alclair Audio Spire Custom Molded
Pedal Board Case = Pelican Air case
Carl…ness.
Recently awarded “MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR 20/21” for the QLD Prestige awards - Carl Wockner is a straight-up SAVAGE! (the good kind).
Latest single “Fool’s Gold” is a delicate balance of organic-acoustic POP mixed with singer-songwriter lyricism and honesty, which is exactly what you get when you’re first exposed to Carl Wockner, especially in a live setting.
Determined to pave his own path in modern music - Wockner uses multi-instrumentalism and dynamic production to take listeners on a journey through multiple genres and sonic excitement, all while telling a story.
“Recent singles of 2020 END OF ME, PAINT THE AIR, STEREO, CMB have been a collaboration with pop producer Ben Flanders. We added specific ingredients of Pop production with REAL acoustic guitar, hits, taps - vocal trills and voicing. These were all incorporated INTO the beat to give a nice earthy presence, and we even added Kazoo (on Better) just because.. I really feel like we just straight up need more kazoo in our lives!”
Carl Wockner was named the first and ONLY Australian artist to ever win Top Honors at the International Acoustic Music Award’s 2015 (USA), along with top of the AAA category for the release of his album Crayon Days with producer Michael Flanders in Nashville TN. Wockner has skipped up the charts with his first two single releases receiving high rotation to national radio in both Australia and USA which landed the title track into the International Billboard Charts. The same album has received a 2016 IMA (Independent Music Awards) Finalist nomination for Best Adult Contemporary Album. It was following this recent success that Wockner relocated his family to Nashville TN, USA as a strategic move for his evolving career.
Sept 2019, Carl was featured for an entire episode of “Backstage Marquee” a syndicate show aired across the USA featuring original artists set to be ‘the next big thing.’
Sept 2018 Wockner performed LIVE on National USA Television. The show HLN on the CNN Network for the segment “The Weekend Express,” featured Carl’s original songwriting and performance as a showcase taste of Nashville / Music City.
His rare “Live Looping” style solo performance matched only with his signature vocals and unique acoustic guitar work renders Carl in a league of his own. The live shows have been recognized throughout Australia and USA with multiple headliner performances at festivals and touring, and Wockner is now rumoured as one of the busiest musicians in Nashville, TN - aka “Music City.”
Since landing in Nashville, Wockner has released two EP’s including a Christmas release with the favoured “Santa Selfie.” Currently his latest single “Better” is noted as the best studio representation of his signature live performance style.
There’s something about Carl Wockner’s music that simply exudes peace. The peace you feel when you’re humming along to a nostalgic track, or the peace you feel when you just know everything’s going to be ok. However you connect with Carl’s music, you would agree this he is definitely onto something.
Carl’s first EP, the self-produced, recorded, mixed (all in his lounge room) Acoustic…ness, was released in 2011 to an overwhelmingly positive response. Single “Pictures” received airplay on Hot 91 FM and ZINC FM, the latter of whose DJ’s referred to him as “the man with the big hair and Golden Tonsils.” Carl was also named a finalist in three categories at the 2012 and 2013 MusicOZ awards: Acoustic Singer/Songwriter, Blues and Roots, and Pop.

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  • @jamzammo22
    @jamzammo223 жыл бұрын

    I totally agree!! I was just telling my buddy this. I saw you in Nashville . I own a Tommy E. Maton and also a Maton mini. My main guitar is still my old school Taylor 614ce. Fishmaan pickup.

  • @carlwockner

    @carlwockner

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lovely mate:) great choices there sir! those matons will be stage beasts and the old Taylor must be a nice studio guitar for sure!

  • @rudals1281

    @rudals1281

    Жыл бұрын

    I regret selling my 614ce...😢

  • @Irv123

    @Irv123

    Жыл бұрын

    @@carlwockner what do you think about acoustic amps? Are they worth the money?

  • @kelmusic1689

    @kelmusic1689

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@carlwocknerhello sir if ok to you pks send me a percent of the rigth adjustment of treble, base😊 and med thanks sir

  • @precisionsoundworksstudio
    @precisionsoundworksstudio Жыл бұрын

    He’s a scholar and a gentleman, he’s a man of the people, his music lifts us up, like the sunlight on the steeple. He plays the songs that we love, the classics and the popular, let us all raise our glass and toast to Carl Wockner! 🍻

  • @spectorfriend
    @spectorfriend Жыл бұрын

    I always love your advices Carl !

  • @brucemcnutt1695
    @brucemcnutt16953 жыл бұрын

    Very helpful, thank you for this..

  • @savankumar
    @savankumar2 жыл бұрын

    It was nice and simple tip, this was helpful thanks 🙏

  • @unclehorse3344
    @unclehorse33443 жыл бұрын

    Hello again Carl! Can't wait to see the video on acoustic tone. Just wanted to say hi first! 👏😊

  • @mubianamusole1838
    @mubianamusole1838 Жыл бұрын

    This was helpful thanks

  • @colleenvarlowmusic1463
    @colleenvarlowmusic1463 Жыл бұрын

    Hi there, thanks for that. I have a washburn with a contour slider as well. Have no idea about that, so I keep it at 50%

  • @ariakiss
    @ariakiss4 ай бұрын

    Maton has the best pickup preamp system. Period! Great tutorial, mate. Thank you 👍🏻

  • @josealcocer7373
    @josealcocer7373 Жыл бұрын

    Great vídeo! What about adjusting guitar volume vs amp - mixer volumen vs pedal volume?

  • @1267cando
    @1267cando3 жыл бұрын

    I have a Yamaha with eq, using a combo of a compression pedal, chorus, echo/reverb. Sometimes all on, sometimes one or two. Downloaded 3-4 tracks from my logic software to a boss looper pedal that holds 3 hours of music. Only have 12 songs with the looper right now. The other 25 or so are the pedals me and my female other half of the duo. Got the looper idea from you Carl when I saw you at Acme in Nashville.

  • @unclehorse3344
    @unclehorse33443 жыл бұрын

    Great video! I like your approach to obtaining a live sound. Do you have a community Discord server?

  • @wallacenock7423
    @wallacenock74233 жыл бұрын

    Cant beat the sound of an EMD 6 love mine, just ordered the Messiah

  • @danlee0
    @danlee0 Жыл бұрын

    Vital information! I use the preamp on my guitar effect and set the EQ there. Then there's no need to touch the guitar EQ away from flat!

  • @tattlerman8953
    @tattlerman89533 жыл бұрын

    Havent think bout balancing guitar eq for not interupt vocal. Use an old Seagull S.M 6 modded with two more mics; one trancducer for rythm and one Fishman dynamic along with piezio in bridge --> effectboard --> RC300.

  • @chrisannablemusic
    @chrisannablemusic2 жыл бұрын

    Some great advice! I would love to hear your take on the AP5 Pro (with Mic). A lot of people seem to have different opinions on how much you should dial in the internal mic. Keep up the awesome content!

  • @carlwockner

    @carlwockner

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks mate:) I love the mic on the AP5 pro! For any standard acoustic player I think it’s great to have the Piezo set to 100 and the mic set to around 10-30%. Warm and crisp. However, for looping, or any overdrive tones etc, the mic is a bad option. It will pick up ambient noise easily which gets added to the loops and quickly becomes a problem - and you are always fighting overdrive or harsher FX if you have a pickup with a mic for acoustic. Basically it all just depends on how u use your guitar:)

  • @chrisannablemusic

    @chrisannablemusic

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@carlwockner Thanks for that! I agree about the ambient noise - the mic also puts out a "hiss" when recording at higher levels. Nice to add the mic "sparkle" but in moderation. Keep up the awesome work! Hope to see you back here in Australia sometime soon 👍

  • @spectorfriend

    @spectorfriend

    Жыл бұрын

    @@carlwockner I agree. I never put any mic for my loopings. I dont use soundhole cover.

  • @Alemski
    @Alemski3 жыл бұрын

    Love your videos.. I have ebg 808 and mini maton diesel.. the only issue I have with the small one is tuning the.small thing.. it is often going out of tune especially when I use capo.. can you give some thoughts about it? thanks.

  • @carlwockner

    @carlwockner

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nice! Yeh the trouble with all shorter scale guitars are the intonation. My advise for the mini is to ensure you use 13-56 gauge strings (the tension will feel like 12-53’s on a mini) and check out Thalia capos. Then match the radius of the neck on the mini with the Thalia capo insert. I think the mini neck is a size 12. Also - always tune AFTER you put the capo on. No matter what guitar u use:)

  • @HUHAIRDROP
    @HUHAIRDROP9 ай бұрын

    The problem i'm having until now is that mine sound too bright even if i turn the highs to zero. I'm using a fishman presys which has piezo and mic. I couldn't use the mic as it get so bright that it hurts my ear.

  • @KerryFairbanks
    @KerryFairbanks5 ай бұрын

    I play exclusively unplugged and avoid instruments with electronics. I'd say it is worth investing in a solid wood (opposed to laminate) guitar for any player that wants to truly play acoustic. So long as you got that solid wood, you can change other components easily but you can never change the wood. So that initial investment will serve you well

  • @bionicmark
    @bionicmark3 жыл бұрын

    Hi Carl! I was looking at your rig during the floor shots.. what happened to your Boss RC 300? What are you using now for looping? Thank you for your videos. 👍🏻

  • @carlwockner

    @carlwockner

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hey mate:) I’ve done a new rig rundown vid:) check it out there’s some cool new changes! 🤙🏼

  • @rowjadetv2107
    @rowjadetv21072 жыл бұрын

    I agree . My guitar now is only 150$ but when you plug in direct to sound sytem when I'm in gig lot of people telling that my guitar tone is so good and they are saying that my guitar is expensive that's why it's sound good haha but when I say it's only 150$ they say really its like more the a 150$ tone very nice hahaha.

  • @0713mas
    @0713mas3 жыл бұрын

    Awesome! Any tips for getting rid of vocal feedback?

  • @carlwockner

    @carlwockner

    3 жыл бұрын

    In the loop mic? Feedback or noise? If it’s feedback then you’ll need to find a way to tune the problem frequencies out or reduce your stage volume - but if it’s just reducing noise in your loop then definitely get a mic mute switch:)

  • @AViancourt
    @AViancourt8 ай бұрын

    When you say flat for pre amp. Do you mean all the way off of starting at noon ?

  • @jorgetejera6752
    @jorgetejera67523 жыл бұрын

    Porq cambiaste la RC 300?

  • @josealcocer7373
    @josealcocer7373 Жыл бұрын

    So, you always keep your guitar preamp volume all the way up?

  • @santamaya8869
    @santamaya8869 Жыл бұрын

    Bro can you tell me.. What Is your guitar equalizer name ???

  • @bigbrothergaminghyperion-r4195
    @bigbrothergaminghyperion-r419510 ай бұрын

    that's the sound i've been looking for about 80% of it at the very beggingging 00:00:01 to 04

  • @Hrcak1
    @Hrcak115 күн бұрын

    Playing in small space for only few friends and family. I need speaker for vocal and acoustic guitar using mic not pickup, any advice? Thanks

  • @carlwockner

    @carlwockner

    15 күн бұрын

    Just mic your guitar:) Good luck mate!

  • @tozguitar
    @tozguitar2 жыл бұрын

    Is that the Ap5 pup? Sounds fantastic even on it's own without any effects

  • @carlwockner

    @carlwockner

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yessir, I love it!

  • @tozguitar

    @tozguitar

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@carlwockner Is it a piezo....has a bit of quack but not too much which is a good thing. greetings from ireland!!

  • @carlwockner

    @carlwockner

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tozguitar yes this model is Piezo only - most of them come with a combo mic version, but I don't like the mic from my setup and tone with the overdrive etc... And if I was just going acoustic only, id probably dial back the mids a bit. But Ive made a pretty deliberately flat tone so I can use different parts of the freq when I loop.

  • @tozguitar

    @tozguitar

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@carlwockner Thank you so much for that reply man!! :)

  • @badronster

    @badronster

    Жыл бұрын

    What guitar is that? Make and model?

  • @RichiePhillipsmusic
    @RichiePhillipsmusic3 жыл бұрын

    Not only are you a rad musician, but you play golf too? Let's have a round one day!

  • @DodsonDodsworth
    @DodsonDodsworth Жыл бұрын

    What are the amp settings? When my acustic is plugged in and I adjust the EQ like you did, it totally messes up my amp EQ sound. Do you adjust the amps bass, mids, and treble first with the guitars EQ settings all the way up and then adjust the guitars pre amp EQ??

  • @carlwockner

    @carlwockner

    Жыл бұрын

    I don’t use an amp:) it’s all just direct tone from my guitar preamp into the console/ P.A. system❤️

  • @thebossman60
    @thebossman60 Жыл бұрын

    I do not have any amplification on my guitar but I still think it sounds too bright. Any recommendations thank you

  • @carlwockner

    @carlwockner

    Жыл бұрын

    If you're unhappy with the sound of your acoustic guitar unplugged, the only real thing you can adjust is the brand and gauge of strings. Otherwise you might need another guitar that suits your tone style.

  • @aqualane1
    @aqualane1 Жыл бұрын

    My concern is the volume. Will Turing the volume to 10 give me more sustain or compression. Where do you leave your volume at?

  • @carlwockner

    @carlwockner

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m not sure what you mean? Input volume is setting the gain for your instrument. Sustain and compression are 2 different things to adjust dynamics on a channel with separate hardware or a plugin.

  • @peaceman7321
    @peaceman73215 ай бұрын

    Carl, WHAT kind of stand is that guitar sitting on over your right shoulder?

  • @carlwockner

    @carlwockner

    5 ай бұрын

    hey! this is a super old video, its just a normal folding stand on a table haha

  • @peaceman7321

    @peaceman7321

    5 ай бұрын

    @@carlwockner Ok - i see it now - thanks!

  • @Ray_Wood_1984
    @Ray_Wood_19845 ай бұрын

    🤘😊 🙇‍♂️💓🍀🎶

  • @kkdeveauxgue2784
    @kkdeveauxgue27842 жыл бұрын

    Depends on the guitar body

  • @HunkOfBurningLove1
    @HunkOfBurningLove15 ай бұрын

    you trying to make a hair fashion bahahahahahaha

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