Doug Young is an acoustic fingerstyle guitarist living in the Bay Area, who composes and arranges for mostly solo guitar. His recordings include Closing Time, Laurel Mill, and Forever Christmas include some of the tunes seen on this channel, as well as many singles available on Spotify, Apple Music, and other streaming services. He has also released DUETS with Teja Gerken. Doug is a Mel Bay author, with two books, Understanding DADGAD, and Fiddle Tunes in DADGAD, as well as his self-published books A DADGAD Christmas, Hymns for Fingerstyle Guitar, and Christmas Carols for Fingerstyle Guitar, all available on Amazon.com. He is also a contributing editor for Acoustic Guitar Magazine, and teaches a course on Alternate Tunings on Peghead Nation.
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What would you suggest for percussive fingerstyle playing? I am currently using a cheaper end micophone like Focusrite but the attack is always too sharp for me
cheaper mics can sometimes have a harsh high end, which might be causing a problem. I don't really have a lot of experience with percussive guitar, but I could imagine it might aggravate the problem. It could also be due to room acoustics, which can produce a harsh sound if they aren't controlled. Many percussive players mix in a pickup, usually a sound board transducer like the K&K, which can add some more direct, punchy and maybe woody sound to percussive effects.
@@DougYoungGuitar I've installed LR Baggs Lyric on my Furch yellow gccr I am thinking about getting Neuman KM184 but for my budget I can only get one, would you say it would be a better option to buy two cheaper mics like Rode NT5 or AT2020 for better result?
@@Floydandsome It depends on how important stereo is to you, I guess. Most solo guitar, if thats what you're doing, is in stereo these days. You might look at used to keep the budget down. The 2020s can work fine, tho it certainly isn't a higher end mic. There are other AT mics for a bit more that sound a bit fuller. I personally would choose a more budget mic(s) in stereo over a single mono mic, if I had to choose, but that's just my taste - I'm used to hearing stereo for solo guitar.
@@DougYoungGuitar Thank you so much for answering! I might go to have soundcheck first
@@DougYoungGuitar Thanks for answering I might go to have a soundcheck first
Muy hábil felicitaciones!!!
Thanks Doug! This was probably one of the best tutorials on mid-side that I've seen.
Beautiful. Thank you for introducing me to this piece.
Doug- this is beautiful! I'm working on an arrangement of this great tune also- I love your vibrato when you shake the guitar - it works so well on your instrument!
Rather cool nice one take care keep rockin cheers Dan
Hi Doug (and anyone else with an opinion) I'm super torn between the Grace design Alix and the SunnAudio Di-2 (single channel of this sunnaudio pre.) Either would be a big investment, and I plan to use for years to come. I play a huge pedal board of effects and loopers into a line array tower, with various guitars and pickups. I don't mind loading IR's into my HXFX but would like a dedicated di/tone sculpting tool for live situations dealing with vol/pedal board issues. Would love anyone's take on using these pres live or in the studio.
I think either one would make a great choice. Alix is a studio-grade preamp with lots of EQ. Very clean and uncolored. The Sunnaudio preamps are also fantastic. They do a bit of subtle voicing, so not perfectly flat, but what they do sounds really good. It doesn't sound colored, it just sounds "good". There's also something special about the Sunnaudio EQ, it's far more effective than you'd think just from the specs. Something about how they've fine-tuned the frequency choices and curves of the EQ bands. Perhaps the choice would depend on ergonomics, like size. Also the Sunnaudio runs off DC power, while Alix is AC-powered, so one or the other might tip the balance for you as far as integrating with your setup.
Very informative…well done!
Great demo Doug and what a cool product. Well explained and played. This has me tempted to move beyond my Mcintyre feather bridgeplate pickup
Wow. Beautiful.
Checked the website but where can we order the true stereo one?
Contact them. They don't have the full list up yet.
@@DougYoungGuitar thank you for your reply. Your playing is beautiful and so is the pickup set up as well!
Really nice, Doug!
I was wondering How this system would work with something like the duel source pickups from the Ibanez Artwood fingerstyle series, or even a basic pickup? The stereo or 3 source preamp is the most interesting sonically, and is something I really like. I'm blind, and wondered exactly what it would take to install this preamp on any guitar and how easy it would be to swap? Also, are there any mixers/blenders that will do this from a standard piezo pickup or the Taylor Expression II system? The stereo spread over strings or two seperat pickups? I'm sorry for the huge comment and mass of questions? Regards, Melissa.
Hi Mellisa, I'm not familiar with the Ibanez system, so I'm not sure. I don't think I'd replace another active system with this, it's more likely to be useful for people building a custom set using various passive pickups. Installation isn't very difficult, but I can't imagine doing it without vision, because there are wires to be run and managed. so I'd suggest having a guitar tech do any work. I don't know of any simple stereo replacement for the Taylor ES - that would need to be a complete pickup replacement, since the ES is a single mono transducer. The Trance system also isn't designed to fit into the pre-drilled holes of the taylor system. You could certainly just have the ES removed and go with any other pickup, like the K&K or Trance, or many others, tho you'd have the 3 holes where the controls on the Taylor go. The ES2 is a good pickup system, tho. I'm not sure I'd replace that. I should note that stereo is fun, and is especially interesting for recording, but may not work as well for live performance, where half the audience would hear the bass strings and the other half the treble strings!
@@DougYoungGuitar I get it about not using the stereo live. But lugged in guitar is ust so bland and (Well) Mono... it lacks the spread of a midside miced setup or even and XY... Also thank you for replying...
@@MelissaCox1992 For recording, stereo definitely helps a pickup sound better!
@@MelissaCox1992 I found a picture of the inside of an Artwood acoustic, and it looks like they use a very thin magnetic pickup up at the bottom of the fingerboard, and 3 piezo disks on the bridgeplate. Oddly enough, the 3 piezos seem to be jumpered together with very short cables between them, with a single shielded cable going to their onboard preamp. Since the piezos don’t have separate, accessible wires, you won’t be able to preamp and treat them separately, which would be a big improvement. You could use one of our various stereo systems to give you separate access to the magnetic and piezo pickups separately, or even use a 3 channel Multi system to give you an additional channel for something like a mic or undersaddle etc. Being able treat and present the different pickups independently and via stereo brings a lot to your sound, both when just playing or recording, and especially in live performance, where even just a small amount of stereo spread really enhances the way your instrument comes across to the audience. We’re still working on getting everything up on the website (there is a LOT) but if you give us a call or email, we would be happy to discuss the many possibilities available! tranceaudio.com/
loved the sound of the k&k pickup with the preamp :)
It all sounds great. Absolutely loved the K&K pickups in stereo.
Sounds great!
Great stuff.! Always enjoyed your performances and arrangements .!👏🏽👏🏽
Great stuff! Standard tuning?
standard tuning!
Nice job, Doug! Very rich, honoring the past yet with a contemporary vibe.
Thanks, El!
Gorgeous. Lovely composition, tone, and playing. Sounds ancient, soothing.
Just wondering if tabs will be made available for this absolutely beautiful piece?
Hi, Yes it's on my website now. dougyoungguitar.com/tab
lovely job done
Another masterpiece, my applauses.
Really nice, what mic pre are you using?
hi Darryl, that was recorded directly into a SoundDevices MixPre-10 field recorder, just using the internal preamps of the device. They seem to be very clean and high quality. Schoeps CMC641 mics.
Beautiful Doug 👍🏻
Thanks for the vid and tips! Hope you'll do some others about routing options which are now ( with the 2.4) awesome, complete bit sometimes hard to understand
I think the ToneDexter team plans to do more tutorials on these advanced topics. I'll see what they come up with first, and if I have anything to add!
Amazing tutorial, what is the song that you’re playing? It sounds beautiful
Thanks, there's 3 different examples. The strumming one is just a random simple chord progression. The fingerstyle example played on the Traugott is just a noodle, maybe it will get developed into a full tune someday. The fingerpicking on the Schoenberg is a tune of mine called Dreamscape, that you can find on the various streaming services.
I’ve tried for years to come up with that satisfactory arrangement of this piece. Yours is lovely. I am crushed, however, to hear that it not only may not be a Carolan tune, but it might not even be Irish. Say it ain’t so 😫😫😫
Maravilloso!!!!!...
Esoooo!
Def did the trick with adding a looper which is an awesome idea. I use this live where I have 4 guitar players, each with 2 sets of wave map, and a strum and finger-picking specific wave map,. I can use this to shape the tone of each which works great in a live sunday setup.
Thanks Doug sounds great, love your arrangement. i got your sheet music and have been working on it. Fantastic rendition in DADGAD
I listened to the 6 string version years ago, still have the tab, and am trying to learn it. Now that I have a 12 string, I can hear from your beautiful arrangement how wonderful it would sound on it. God bless!
Sweet playing my friend. Just beautiful.
Beautful and WOW on the interlude!
Beautifully played, Doug... and what a guitar it is.. the tone on it is sublime. A very fitting tribute to an amazing guitarist and a genuinely good human being. I met Al once, at the Swannanoa Gathering, more than a decade ago. I'll never forget his warmth and open hearted generosity in sharing his music. He, along with Jorma Kaukonen, are/were my two guitar mentors.
Great video, Doug! Thanks for your insight. Being able to individually EQ just the wavemap is really functional.
Very nice.
I think this sounds awesome! Do you get an IR hum or hiss with the Tonedexter II?
No noise that I've noticed
Probably my favorite folk song, and your playing brings out the parts I love most.
Thanks!
excellent!!
excellent work!!
Lovely! Any info on the guitar?
That's a Schoenberg OOO-12 fret cutaway, built by Bruce Sexauer. Italian Spruce and Cocobolo.
That was lovely :)
Tip of my hat, sir!
I am really glad I found this video! Thanks!
Exquisite!
What’s there not to love❤ .
Beautiful rendition. I'm not a fan of the thumb pick though - it creates a sliding or rubbing sound before the sound of the note, instead of a clean sound when the string plucked by a thumb with a thumbnail.
Everyone has different taste, but for me the thumbpick works and sounds far better than my thumb ever does. Just my personal choice, everyone has to pick what works for them.
Amazingly beautiful -- any chance of the tabs? wonderful rendition.....
Thanks! Tab is available at sheet music direct:www.sheetmusicdirect.com/en-US/se/ID_No/1001357/Product.aspx