eq high band freq?

[freebird1127]

hey all,

In terms of an equalizer, what frequencies are considered to be in the "high" portion?  I was thinking... 12 - 22kHz?  ish?  I really am not sure... an idea of the lower spec is helpful to me, even if just an opinion.

Thanks!

[the_badcliff]

12kHz - 22kHz are pretty high.

The Boss GE7's 3 highest bands are 1.6k, 3.2k, and 6.4k, so 12kHz would be almost a full octave higher than the highest setting.

I have a link to a good home recording site that talks about EQ, but for whatever reason it won't load right now.  It would tell you what frequencies are useful in dealing with guitar.

http://guitarists.net/lessons/lessons.php/index.php
maybe you can get that to work.

[Mike Burgundy]

Most peple don't hear too well above 16kHz, let alone 22k
10 k is really sharp, 12k and 16k are the really, really high tinkle and hiss, in that order.
for guitar, 6-8k usually tames high end fizz (if any), and around 4k is the real bite of a guitar.

[lovekraft0]

Guitar speakers don't generally reproduce much above 6KHz, so any EQ above that is pretty useless, unless you're recording.

[freebird1127]

oh wow... thanks all, i had no idea!  great!