2009/4/7 Grammostola Rosea
<rosea.grammostola@gmail.com>
> <mailto:rosea.grammostola@gmail.com>>
>
> Hi,
>
> 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?
>
>
> 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...
I think you should use it, plugging directly is really, really a bad thing to do... especially because your epiphone do mount humbuckers.
If you like jazzy sound probably you don't want to lose all those low freqs using a straight low cut (they boost your hi freqs, don't forget that too).
According to your style and preferences in using the handle or bridge pickup (I don't like middle position) I would use EQ instead of low cut, just be careful with your amp eq and keep away rumbles.
BTW, as Arnold pointed out: try.
regards
ra