Warm full tone from thin bodied nylon strung guitars?

[thirdspace]

Hi everyone - what tips and tricks do you have for warming up the thin percussive sound that thin bodied nylon string guitars have? I have a Godin Multiac Encore btw and when playing single note melodies in a live band setting, with the Helix straight to the FOH only the percussive strike of the note can really be heard with no real body or tone to the sound, meaning the pitches of the notes become less clear. I guess this is a ‘feature’ of this type of guitar as I hear the same kind of thin sound from Cordoba Stages and the Ibanez Tim Henson. A ‘real’ acoustic nylon guitar with a microphone would sound much better but is not practical at volume. I use the Studio Tube Pre as a starting point, but wonder if there is perhaps a compressor that would reduce the attack (most seem to add more click to the start of the note not less), or IRs that work really well with this type of guitar, or anything else you can suggest?

Thanks in advance :)

[theElevators]

Every guitar is different.  But I would add a nice tube compressor and 10-band EQ to get rid of the noisy/scratchy highs.  The EQ is very powerful and can completely transform the sound of your guitar. 

[codamedia]

I would run two EQ's on this one.... 

 

First a corrective EQ to lower/tame the high end. Cut highs until it sounds more natural. Get the tone as close to "right" as possible before applying anything else.

 

Then I would put it through the Studio Pre, then a light compression (Studio Comp or Rochester), then through a secondary EQ for further tone shaping if required. Finally... season it with a little reverb to your liking.