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Originally Posted by pumadrum try recording at a super LOW volume. if it has seperate gain/master volume channels you will be ok. if it is like a bassman and doesnt have a "gain" channel, record direct, then reamp when you have access to the studio. |
I hate doing this as both a guitar player and engineer. Low volumes sound like crud on any valve amp, whether it be 5 watts or 100 watts regardless if the amp has a master volume or not. Valve amps great overdrive tone comes from pushing the output tubes... gotta crank it to do that. Otherwise you are left with only fuzzy preamp overdrive.
Reamping kills the vibe unless you stem the guitar signal out to both your DAW/recorder and your amp whilst recording the DI signal. This way your guitar and your playing is still effected by the guitar amp - both feedback and sustain as well as your playing articulation. It results in a much more natural recording once you reamp it because the original recorded DI signal has the attibutes that are naturally caused by the amp...
Either way... you need loud volumes.