Hohner acoustic guitar
In the early 90's, one of Jason's friends was trying to sell this guitar and loaned it to Jason to use until it was sold. Since the Studio did not own an acoustic guitar yet, Jason offered to buy it. The friend agreed but after several inquiries from Jason as to the price, the friend never gave an answer. The friend has since moved away and the guitar is still a part of the Studio's inventory.
Because the guitar has no pickups, the only way to record it is by using a microphone pointed at it. Jason experimented with several different mics and different positioning but was never happy with the recorded sound of the guitar, so it has rarely been used in recordings.
Since the quality of sound was not a concern on the 1999 ORC album Purging the Great Abyss, the guitar was used on several tracks for that album ("Satellites", "Copekata", "Dawn's Tomorrow", "Heureux", and "Intercostal Communication"). It was also used to record the idea session Theater of Pain on November 27, 1997. And the last ORC session that used it was Beautious Songs on October 2, 1999.
Jason also used it to record a solo outdoor ideas session on August 10, 2002, which led to a couple of songs that were on Mune Mud's 2004 Hobson's Choice album.
The guitar is now designated as the kids' guitar whenever Jason's daughter or son wants to play a guitar.
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