Steve-san Onotera, the self-described “Samurai Guitarist,” wanted to make a video of himself performing the Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun” as the sun rose. In doing so, he learned something interesting about the sound of an acoustic guitar when you speed up a recording of it.
How Do You Make an Acoustic Guitar Sound Like a String Quartet? Try This
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Christopher Scapelliti is editor-in-chief of Guitar Player magazine, the world’s longest-running guitar magazine, founded in 1967. In his extensive career, he has authored in-depth interviews with such guitarists as Pete Townshend, Slash, Billy Corgan, Jack White, Elvis Costello and Todd Rundgren, and audio professionals including Beatles engineers Geoff Emerick and Ken Scott. He is the co-author of Guitar Aficionado: The Collections: The Most Famous, Rare, and Valuable Guitars in the World, a founding editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine, and a former editor with Guitar World, Guitar for the Practicing Musician and Maximum Guitar. Apart from guitars, he maintains a collection of more than 30 vintage analog synthesizers.
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