I'm currently working on a musical project that i've been writing for sometime and am looking for a really tight, heavy as hell guitar tone to underpin technical melodies and heavy use of orchestration.

My two choices for guitar tracking are an M-Audio Black Box and Native instruments Guitar Rig 2.

Does anybody out there use a Marshall PowerBrake or a THD Hotplate on their guitar cabinets in the studio?
I understand that they both allow for the user to get better (more) gain without all that volume (typical of a 125W amp).
But are they good for recording per say?
Or is it better to mic a guitar cabinet without using these? And why?

I'm trying to get a GREAT metal guitar sound with the equipment i've got. The problem i'm having is the sound i record is somewhat muddy and not "tight." I'm not sure if my problem is the guitar tone i have now(which sounds great in my basement where we're recording) or the mic placement.

Hello. I was wondering why people use isolation booths for vocals but say that they sound like a "phone booth" when it comes to recording acoustic guitar. Doesn't the "phone booth" sound also apply to vocals?

Thanks
Mike

I was jsut wondering if anyone could give me any advise on Micing my guitar amp.

heres the equiptment i have:

Marshall avt 150 guitar amplifier

Boss br1600 digital recoder

Samson c valve (mainly used to invert the phase of my condenser mic and supply phantom power)

Shure KSM44

Shure SM57

thanks alot

when i was playing electric guitar as a teenager i remember often being told not to play the guitar through my home stereo because it was bad for the speakers.

in the age of DAW is this still the case?

are they liniar?
are they logarithmic?
inverse logarithmic?
why does it always seem like 10 is just a notch higher then 5
yet their should be many more steps between 0-2?

follow what i'm saying?
it's time to start a union

My band is going up to http://www.studiometronome.com to record our drum tracks on an SSL... We're taking everything back to my house for overdubs.

Hi

I have a gibson L6-S and I need a schematic for it. It has 2 pickups, 3 knobs (1vol, 2tone) and a 6 way switch. Can anybody help me. The switch is a 2 layered 6-position switch and its a little complicated to figure out.

Let me know.

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