[LAU] how record electric guitar?

[Grammostola Rosea]

Cassiel wrote:
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> 2009/4/8 Ricus Vincente <wizardofgosz at gmail.com 
> <mailto:wizardofgosz at gmail.com>>
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>     On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 18:24 +0200, Grammostola Rosea wrote:
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>      OK, this is driving me crazy.  I've been a professional audio
>     engineer
>     for 15 years.  Hang some mics in front of the amp.  If you're micing a
>     4x12 listen to each cone and put the mic in front of the cone that
>     sounds best.  Hand two mics on the two best cones and record to two
>     separate tracks if you want to get really crazy.  Check phase and
>     align
>     accordingly.
>
>      If you're recording distorted guitar there's little need to
>     compress on
>     the way in because it's already super compressed.  If you have
>     something
>     really fat sounding like a Distressor or a Tube-Tech or something, and
>     you want to fatten the sound a bit more, fine.
>
>      I've had luck with almost EVERY mic I've ever used on guitars.  U47,
>     U67, U87, 414, 4050, 421, KSM44, KSM27, M88.  On general principle I
>     won't have a 57 on anything.  Maybe it's stubbornness.
>
>      EQ your track so that it sounds good and stands out in your MIX.
>      These
>     "cookie cutter" approaches of "do this" and "do that" have never
>     worked
>     for me until I've heard the track in the context of the final mix.
>
>      If I've offended, tell me to go to hell.  I'm OK with that.  :-)
>
>      Best,
>      Rich...
>
>
> ok, rock'n'roll style: go to hell ;-)
>
> (serious) he said his equipment is: epiphone (not gibson les paul 
> custom or a fender custom shop), a 30w orange amp (not a vox ac30 tube 
> amp or marshall jcm), an m-audio preamp, a shure 57 (no neumann or any 
> other condenser mic), no mixing console.
>
> (humor) well, everyone knows a Ferrari is better than every other car 
> all over the world but would you suggest to buy one to every people 
> asking you an opinion about a ford or bmw?
>
Useful suggestions, thanks for that!

Record it as mono or stereo track?

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