High mids vs low mids...

[hunter]

Also, from my experience, the guitarists worst enemy is the keyboard player!  They can ruin the entire mix with their big sound walls. :shock:

I will send this quote to my pianist/keyboardplayer.  :lol:

Actually in my experience it's worse to have a drummer that hits his cymbals all the time to cover the sloppy playing. Cymbals, if not used sparingly, kill everything in a band mix.

[JDC]

got to agree on cymbals, all my favourite mixes seem to kill the cymbals and the guitars sit better

[Alex]

True. I had both in one band and a room with bad acoustics. I was playing a Marshall JCM900 with the nasal 1960AV cab, an SG, low gain, lots of mids and presence and still constantly struggled to hear myself. Plus my tone was cr@p.

[BigB]

Also, from my experience, the guitarists worst enemy is the keyboard player! 

"keyboard" ? What's that ?

 :mrgreen:

[AndyR]

Not really relevant for choosing guitar backline to complement each other... but for the way the thread's going (keyboards, cymbals, mix, etc), I thought I'd share this:

The EQ Primer

I found it a couple of years ago and gradually started using it when mixing home recordings. I've got a copy of it printed out, I find it HUGELY useful for getting a mix together. For me it gives me a bunch of useful theory in a practical way (not too theoretical). I use it as a quick "OK, how shall I tweak this pile of cr@p now" reference :D.

[Telerocker]

Also, from my experience, the guitarists worst enemy is the keyboard player!  They can ruin the entire mix with their big sound walls. :shock:

I will send this quote to my pianist/keyboardplayer.  :lol:

Actually in my experience it's worse to have a drummer that hits his cymbals all the time to cover the sloppy playing. Cymbals, if not used sparingly, kill everything in a band mix.

This one is on his way to our drummer hahaha.. He's very good though. Toured four years with Epica around the globe.