Stereo guitar output?

[dr3amer]

http://forum.recordingreview.com/content/stereo-guitar-demo-21/

Sorry if this has been discussed before, but I couldn't find a topic on it. Do you guys think that this kind of setup makes sense? I mean, I always figured that the subtle differences between two takes are what makes us double- or quad-track guitars, not just the fact that there's one guitar playing in each channel. Isn't what this guy suggests essentially equal to copying and pasting a take in your DAW?

PS: No, it's not, cause he recorded both the neck and bridge pickup, but I'm still curious.

Here's a sample with the "stereo guitar": http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10995487/stereoguitar.mp3

 

[Wolfeman]

That's no different than using the middle position on the pickup selector switch.

He still is not capturing the slight in and out phase nuances of having a guitarist play the same thing twice, which is what makes multiple tracks desirable to our ears.

 

[PaulSOCW]

I cant see the point of a stereo output on a guitar.

I have often wondered why theres never been a guitar with a balanced output connection though.

 

[OneDaySky]

I cant see the point of a stereo output on a guitar.

I have often wondered why theres never been a guitar with a balanced output connection though.

I may be wrong here, but I think its got a lot to do with impedance matching. Its high gain/line/instrument vs. Mic/balanced. I think a guitars tone would probably sound lifeless with a balanced output. But I do agree, it would be interesting to hear what it sounds like.

 

[Flat Fifth Fury]

Makes more sense to do that with bass like Rickenbacker has done for decades. That way you can put the neck pickup into a round amp and the bridge to a sharper and distorted amp for tracking. I have my P/J bass setup that way and it's great. But for GTR ... why?