Do you use as peripherial hardware to record guitars (like compressor, aural exciter, bbe sonic maximizer, etc.), before the signal reaches the amp?

What's your favorite hardware for this?

i'm fairly new to recording, but i've put together a very small home studio to record some of the groups i'm in. most of the research i've read online says when it comes to the quality of recording, use your ears. the biggest problem with that, as both a musician and being the one recording, is that your ears can lie to you

This is my first post and I would really like some life saving help on this one.

Hi all,

What a great forum! So much useful information - unbelievable! I read almost all threads regarding classical guitar but still was not able to get a clear idea of how should I approach my current project.

I'll start by saying I have no prior recording experience of any instrument. I've read up on recording an acoustic guitar and have come across a variety of different views. I'm not fussy about sound quality (and I have no right to be with my budget :D); all I want is an end-product that the majority of people would have no problem listening to in terms of sound quality.

I am sure some of you do this already, But I am really getting into the Sm57 angled and Senny 421 on the grill trick . Its nice to vary the two mics, and with a bit of compression, it really fattens up the tone.

just 2 cents

-gil

Guys,
I am recording a guitar part with lots of gain and distortion
What is the best way to minimise the noise produced by fingers moving across the fretboard?
I have tried gating, but it doesn't work very well..
any suggestions welcome..
thanks in advance!

Hi,

I've been recently recording a band who has 2 guitarists.
It's a home studio so we record the guitars through a LINE 6 POD 2.0 direct into an MBOX.

At the moment i've been recording each guitar part mono ( just with one cable ), and panning the one guitarist hard left and the other guitarist hard right.

Yet this sounds thin to me, in each speaker.

Hi, i'm looking for a few expert recording engineer sugguestions on how to possibly improve a guitar sound a bit. Firstly, i'll give a little background on my setup. I'm running three mics: One cardioid to isolate the sound, one condenser for a little bit of crispness and a tube in the room.

I'm looking for a guitar amp that's good for recording mostly a Fender Strat Plus with Lace Sensors and a Gibson Les Paul with PAF's. Music style is mostly pop-rock, rock, and blues. Good clean tone is more preferable than good distortion since I can get good distortion with pedals. Although, good of both is ideal. My budget is up to $600.