Like Aria, Johnson are best known for their budget instruments, but this is NOT one of them! Hand-made in one of the top Chinese factories, the JD-26 is a reproduction of a 1930's Martin D18 dreadnought. Made from quality solid tonewoods and using the traditional fully scalloped forward-X bracing system, this guitar really does deliver the vintage Martin tone - rich and full in the lower registers but with plenty of zing in the trebles - simply a superb acoustic guitar at an amazing price!
I have sampled the guitar in stereo using quality Rode condenser microphones in coincident XY configuration. This captures the guitar's full warmth and detail but remains mono compatible, which is an important consideration when mixing.
The 32 bit version is 266MB.
British company Tanglewood have gained an enviable reputation for producing great value for money acoustic guitars. This all solid wood Grand Auditorium model from their Premier range costs just £200, yet in terms of tone and playability it outperforms guitars costing several times as much! The body size is equivalent to a Martin 000, delivering a superbly balanced tone - well defined but controlled bass, warm mids and sparkling trebles make this a perfect studio guitar which cuts through the mix with ease. This is a very versatile guitar, equally at home strumming or fingerpicking.
Once again, this preset was recorded using stereo miking techniques. It is also mono compatible.
The 32 bit version is 244MB.
I cheated with this one - I don't even own a 12 string! This preset was put together by first sampling my excellent Yamaha FGX-413SC dreadnought acoustic using stereo XY microphones and then blending the appropriate sampled notes together, using a little offset and pitch shift. I hope you'll agree that it works remarkably well!!
In fact, Yamaha do make a FGX-412SC, which is the 12 string version of my guitar, so this preset should hopefully sound pretty close to the original!
The 32 bit version is 203MB.
Johnson Strummed - Johnson Acoustic folk style strumming.
Johnson Arpeggio - Johnson Acoustic picked arpeggio style.
Tanglewood Strummed - Tanglewood Acoustic folk style strumming.
Tanglewood Arpeggio - Tanglewood Acoustic picked arpeggio style.
Fingerstyle - Tanglewood Acoustic fingerstyle.
Folkfinger - Tanglewood Acoustic folk style fingerpicking.
12 String Strummed - 12 String Acoustic folk style strumming.
12 String Arpeggio - 12 String Acoustic picked arpeggio style.