I have some instrument repairs I'd like to perform, but before I do, I need to secure a string sponsor for the videos. Why? Because it makes sense to do this. Part of the whole YouTube gig is securing sponsors, particularly on the things we use most, like strings. If I was a smart guy, I'd have a tube sponsor by now too, but I'm not smart. I've been in talks with some companies whose strings I really like, who I've used in the past. All three have expressed some interest in partnering with me, so my question is, which company's strings would you MOST like to see me use on the channel?
I'm in the process of creating the demo for an upcoming video on a 1974 Fender Twin Reverb. This is the point where I'm editing the video and audio layers all together with green screening. The studio-captured audio is not added yet. This is just a rough video mix with the RAW camera guide audio for the drums and guitar ONLY! So this is what the drums and rhythm guitar are sounding like in the room by themselves with no close miking and no post processing (other than a bit of compression and EQ). I am actually kind of shocked how good this is sounding even though one of the camera mics (the one for the drums) is from a DJI Action Cam and the other (for the guitar) is a Panasonic camcorder mic. Usually when making this kind of demo, the raw camera mic audio acts as a guide when lining up video clips on the editing timeline and then gets deleted from the final timeline before publishing. In some cases, I will even mix in a hint of the raw camera microphones with the studio mix to give ...
