Hey guys/girls.

I'm recording guitar through a dual rectifier head, Micing up a 4x12 cabinet. I'm using a variety of sounds, from clean to fairly overdriven, mostly standard rock tones.

Well I've been searching for a two channel pre to record metal guitars and I've heard so many good things about the Sebatron I'm definatley considering purchasing one.

But would this pre sound good for heavily distored guitars?

I searched the boards to see if any one had used a Sebatron pre for this purpose, but I couldn't find any.

When recording heavy distorted guitars, going from a tube head driving a cabinet, Micing the cab, into a preamp, and then into DAW, what's the ideal place in the chain to apply compression?

ok so i don't have a great studio
i manage...
i have 3 sm 58 and 1 sm 57

I'm going to be tracking some Heavy Guitars for a project I'm working on, and I want to use a condenser on the guitar cab. But I'm a little worried that this will damage my condenser Mic. I plan on using a Studio Projects C3 along with an SM57.

I was wondering if there is anyway to measure SPL so I know if it's safe to use my C3 at close range on the Guitar Cab.

I'm all for Micing up a real amplifier, and have put in my fair amount of time experimenting with stereo Micing and double tracking to get big stereo guitars. I used some amp sims to add to existing "real" guitars, but passed most of them off as not quite able to stand on their own.

I know a similar post was made earlier in one of these forums, but I am curious to see what you all think is the best combination of mics and pres for a folky/early dylan (63-65) kind of vibe for recordings. The instruments being used are Harmonica, Acoustic Guitar and Voice. It would be preferred for all 3 to be recorded simultaneously (as all are played by the artist).

So far I've been using software amp sims like Amplitube, Warp, Thrash, etc. The best results I get when I run a guitar thru my DigiTech RP100 and apply Warp's JC-Clean (RP100 doesn't vave good cab sims) This is the closest I can get to this unique sound of a real miced cabinet.

I've heard that hardware amp sims like POD XT do the job well, do they?
Or, maybe a tube preamp?

Gday guys and gals, just sitting here wondering what your fave acoustic guitar recorded songs/albums are, and why? I always wonder how some songs/albums are able to sound so good...What do you look for in these types of sounds? What is your ultimate or 'holy grail' sound for an acoustic guitar? how do you get them?
Cheers, just thought id bring up a sort of specific thread..

Hi!
Can anyone guide me to a perfect heavy distortion guitar recording similar to something like Ill Nino, In Flames, Kiss (from the Revenge album) or equals?
Things like: