[LAU] hardware: recording voice and acc. guitar

[schoappied]

Giuseppe Zompatori wrote:
> 2008/5/29 schoappied <schoappied at gmail.com>:
>   
>> thanks, I like your drawing skills ;)
>>
>> I've a little amp for my guitar, also with a phone input option... can I
>> use the art tube mp also for that one, guitar (input) and phone? The
>> preamp will make the sound maybe better, or doesn't make that sense?
>>
>> And my guitar amp has not an master channel... can I use the art tube
>> mp, to use for example rakkarack with my amp?
>>     
>
> Bear in mind that ART preamps usually run their single tube "voltage
> starved" killing headroom/freq response. I haven't looked at the specs
> but I bet that they also choose the wrong tube if they did go for
> 12AX7s since 12AU7s sound much better at lower plate voltages.
> You can ask any tube guru you know about that, I am sure he'll confirm
> what I am saying.
> I wasn't aware of those issues until I started building tube amps
> myself and experimenting with different supply voltages.
> I'd rather buy an all solid state device with a low supply voltage, it
> would sound way better.
>
>   
Thanks for your advice...

What are good preamps for a 'starter'? As  I told before, I want to be 
able to record voice (shure sm58) and guitar and have a electric guitar 
(epiphone les paul) with a orange crush 30 r amp.

Dirk