[LAU] how record electric guitar?

[Grammostola Rosea]

Cassiel wrote:
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> 2009/4/7 Grammostola Rosea <rosea.grammostola at gmail.com 
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>     Cassiel wrote:
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>     > 2009/4/7 Grammostola Rosea <rosea.grammostola at gmail.com
>     <mailto:rosea.grammostola at gmail.com>
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>     >     Hi,
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>     >     I want to record electric guitar chord progression. I've an:
>     >
>     >     - epiphone les paul
>     >     - little amp, orange 30r
>     >     - maudio dmp 3 preamp
>     >     - shure 58a beta
>     >     - mic stand
>     >
>     >
>     >     What do you prefer, preamp of mic in front of amp?
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>     >
>     > I would not use a preamp, unless it's a tube preamp or you don't
>     have
>     > a mixing console
>     I have only an preamp maudio dmp 3. It also has two knobs/ functions
>     e.g, Hi/lo gain range and Low cut 75 Hz, dunno if I should use
>     those...
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> I think you should use it, plugging directly is really, really a bad 
> thing to do... especially because your epiphone do mount humbuckers.
yeah, I use the preamp but should I use the Hi/lo gain range and Low cut 
75 Hz functions on it?