[Rogervandeberg]

Originally Posted by Gregg Sartiano

It's the amp, mostly. The hardest thing to fix in the mix is a weak distorted guitar tone.

Have your guitar professionally intonated and use fresh strings. Gee, I already said this in one topic tonight, but it's sooooo true.

Less is more with distortion. ev.x got that right. Less is also more with amps. How come the DSL Marshall kick a$$ over the 3-channel TSL's, just as the 1-channel JCM 800's are classics but the 2-channels are wack pieces of s^&t? Get rid of your dang pedals, by the way, at least for basic rhythm tracks -- don't even put 'em in between your guitar and your amp. I've seen that stupid white Boss Chromatic Tuner ruin more guitar tones...dammit, just hook it up to the line out, BUT KEEP IT AWAY FROM THE AMP'S INPUT!

Having a $$$ A/D converter will help on the recording side. Distorted guitar waveforms are verrrrry complex, and lackluster conversion really hurts you down the line with distorted guitar sounds. I'd take a Mackie and a Rosetta over an $$$ pre and a Digi for heavy guitars, but that's just me. If you have access to well-maintained $$$ gear all around (guitar, amp, mic (57's are cool, though), pre, A/D), you'll be halfway there already. And I must say a lot of the other half is TUNING and TIMING.

Thanks! I recorded the guitar dry without any affects into my sequencer, and go to reamp it. The guitarwork is and quality of the guitars are very good btw, so i am going to try some different converters while reamping! I was going to use a motu traveler, so maybe i'll use some others. Thanks for the info!


Roger