panning in thirds

2 gtrs: electric (dark,wide), acoustic (strums.. bright, small)

pan dry acoustic hard L

pan electric hard right and run thru stereo processor.. delay/trem/eventide pitch spread, whatever.. something wide stereo….

pan stereo return C and hard R instead of L/R. you can also use a big reverb on the wide side….. keep the acoustic dry

be sure electric is darker than acoustic…. emphasize strum in acoustic and width in electric… for the electric think wide like Bang Bang..

1. L normal, dry
2. R send, pre-fader, 100% wet
3. pre-fader because you want 0% dry on C/R
4. change the pan on the stereo fx return to C/R (instead of L/R)

useful alternative to panning L/R on GTR group with unbalanced or contrasting sounds

panning in 3rds… great way to stop an eventide patch from taking over a whole mix. confine your wide stereo fx patch to one side & center instead of full L/R. offset it with something dry and panned to the opposite side. wet/dry/wide/small all at once