Weapons for recording great guitar sounds

[Meriphew]

What are some of your favorite tools and tricks for getting great guitar sounds recorded (pedals, amps. pres, mics, etc), taking for granted you've already got a good guitar player? Some of my fav tools:

Royer R-121
Bad Cat Mini Cat
API pres

[kats]

1974x Marshall 18w with either a 1958RI LP, 56 CC Strat, or CC tele -->no effects-->Ribbon or LDC-->TG PRE

Oh I like 1176 on solos too

[joeq]

AEA R84!

[paultools]

A tuner.

[monobeat]

gefell MV 962 into my studer desk!

[dhughes]

the sennheiser e609 silver keeps surprising me. I keep choicing it over the 121....

[dhughes]

Oh I also liked an AT4050 on guitar cab the other day

[Ahellam]

Originally Posted by dhughes

the sennheiser e609 silver keeps surprising me. I keep choicing it over the 121....

What style music? Ive never had luck with the 609 silver alone, I will use it with a 421 every once in a while to add some hi end clarity.

[dhughes]

Originally Posted by Ahellam

What style music? Ive never had luck with the 609 silver alone, I will use it with a 421 every once in a while to add some hi end clarity.

I've used it with "post-rock" instumental, punk, metal, and some straight up rock stuff.

The only time I don't reaaaally like it is on clean guitar parts...and even then I still like it...just don't love it.

It is pretty special underneath a snare. If fact the other day, I did recorderman set up on drums and just mic'd the snare from underneath. Loved the end result. The OHs pick up the snare very well and then you can mix in a bit of the snare mic and it sounds bonerific. I don't know...always playing around with different set ups.

[studjo]

my Marshall 4x12 cab
Fender De Vile
Peavey Classic 30
Marshall JMP-1

Royer 121
Beyer M201
SM57
Sennheiser 421

Daking pre

[Sounds Great]

Gefell M900. Awesome on guitar cab.

[bunnerabb]

I've found that slapping a plumber's pipe gently into your hand whilst glaring at the guitar player helps them solo better.

[Jules]

I agree, production 'menace' is a valuable tool in my gtr toolbox..

[BB Bill]

Peterson VS-1 strobe tuner. the "tempered" GTR setting is great, esp for acoustics.

[everybody's x]

Marshall 2550 or any of the Jubilee series
Celestion Vintage 30's
old pre-rectifier boogie heads

MD421
57
AT4050 (sometimes)

Randall iso-cab

my guitar mic-pre is a pentron 4 channel tube mixer from the 50's

cool for vox and bass too

[rolandk]

Less preamp distortion, more power amp distortion. Crank it up!

Les Paul
Marshall JCM800 2204 half stack
SM57

[Kestral]

Originally Posted by Big Bad Bill

Peterson VS-1 strobe tuner. the "tempered" GTR setting is great, esp for acoustics.

This sounds interesting. I have a Peterson Strobe Tuner as well, could you elaborate further about what could be done using the tempered GTR setting?

[paterno]

Originally Posted by Meriphew

What are some of your favorite tools and tricks for getting great guitar sounds recorded

For me, it is always about getting it to sound good out in the room. If it sounds good standing in front of the amp, you are 80% there. I like two mics on the amp, a dynamic and condensor [usually a 57 and a KM 86], and I combine the two to taste and record on one track. Sometimes I'll run it through an La-3a.

Not sexy, but it works like a champ...

Cheers,
John

[Dragonfly]

I really like using 2x12 cabs, I'm no a big 4X12 fan, they seem to have too open a sound for my taste. I pair up a 57 and a 121 on the front side and put a D112 or an E602 on the back of the cab. I'll use a condenser if the room is nice enough, and that is usually a KM86, an 87, or a U67 when available. These I always track separately and sum later, I don't like to make a balancing decision on the spot.

I always go direct as well with a Countryman or a Jensen so I have the option to use an amp modeling plug later if the situation calls for it. I am eagerly awaiting the Waves GTR, it is ideal for my current living arrangement, as my neighbors below me hate when I play guitar at 3 am.

Dante

[Duffster]

SM57
421
121
gt 55
414

[De chromium cob]

Western Electric 119C repeat coil.......

[warhead]

Originally Posted by joeq

AEA R84!

Yup, same here.

War

[BB Bill]

Originally Posted by Kestral

This sounds interesting. I have a Peterson Strobe Tuner as well, could you elaborate further about what could be done using the tempered GTR setting?

http://www.petersontuners.com/suppor...fm?this_faq=15

best thing short of the buzz feiten system IMHO.

[RoundBadge]

Today it was ...
Silvertone twin twelve
Fender blonde bassman head,custom 2x12 blue pups
Germino 50 wat plexi
Fender reverb tank.
littlelabs IBP,PCP
RCA 44bx
Royer 122
57
Korby 67
Neve,wunder,TG channels
Peterson strobe tuner
the band sounded like the Beta Band covering the White stripes[Xylophone,toy piano,glass jar,weird keyboards]

[Kestral]

Originally Posted by Big Bad Bill

http://www.petersontuners.com/suppor...fm?this_faq=15

best thing short of the buzz feiten system IMHO.

Thanks for the link! thumbsup

I just checked and my Strobostomp was already set to GTR!

I guess that's why it made such a huge different when I switched over from the Boss TU-2.

[cdog]

With a 60s Fender or Marshall and this, you're in heaven.

http://www.stephensonamps.com/stagehog.htm

[84K]

must have gear....

PEDALS
Cornish SS-2
Line 6 Yello Distortion Pedal Simulator
Klon
Switchazel by %13 (use 2 amps, with the lift function)!!!
Digitech Whammy 1
Keeley Compressor
Landgraff Overdrive
A Lot Of Different Wahs To Choose From In A Session

[Kestral]

KISS my pedal bling

[pixelhead]

Fatboy 3 channel head with Bogner 2 12 cab. I also split out to GT SE Speaker Emulator. Mics are usually 421, 57 and M201. I am going to pick up a royer 121 and a 609 this week.

[Dangerous Dave]

come on guys more pedal bling!! thumbsup