Tag: Electric guitar

So how can you get that Fender sound without the price-tag? Sounds impossible doesn’t it, can you really get a ’65 Fender Twin Reverb for under $200? I have a few amps in my studio, my main rig is a Vox AC30C2 which has always been (and still is) my . . . Read more

Lets say you want to give an electric guitar part a fuller sound or more “feel”. One way to achieve this is by recording a double of the electric guitar part on an acoustic guitar. On a new track, record a double of the electric guitar part on an acoustic . . . Read more

This is a great way to manage the volume or level of a pair of tracks for a single instrument. For example, the overheads, a guitar cabinet or the acoustic guitar. I almost always use two mics on my acoustic guitar, a Shure SM-57 somewhere around the 12th fret pointed . . . Read more

Your guitar track is sounding a bit narrow and you want it command little more attention. Here’s three quick steps to achieving a wider guitar sound and filling out a bit more of the spectrum. Record the same guitar part with either a different amp or different mic’s on the . . . Read more